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Speaker 1: Were with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and
Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, December third, two, twenty, season sixteen,
Speaker 1: episode number seventy four. Welcome to the latest edition of
Speaker 1: the Break Life in the s WBC Mortgage studios at
Speaker 1: the Star. Dave and Nick are there. Amber and I
Speaker 1: are at our own homes, and we got forty five
Speaker 1: minutes from you guys of Cowboys Talk. We got Bucky
Speaker 1: Brooks is going to be joining us here in just
Speaker 1: a moment, so we could talk a little bit about
Speaker 1: the Baltimore defense versus the Cowboys offense. Before we do that, though,
Speaker 1: we do need to get a catch get caught up
Speaker 1: on a few injury updates. Nick talked to us about
Speaker 1: the injury updates on Anthony Brown Alden Smith and surprised
Speaker 1: when Trayvon digs well, it doesn't sound like Alden Smith
Speaker 1: is too bad. I think he may just be, you know, sick,
Speaker 1: and which I know, you know, it's always kind of
Speaker 1: scary this time of year. But I think he's just
Speaker 1: got maybe a minor cold or something. I don't think
Speaker 1: it's anything major for him. Anthony Brown, I'm gonna defer
Speaker 1: Dave on that one. I think he's I haven't. I
Speaker 1: well they I mean, that's the thing is this this
Speaker 1: week is so weird. They didn't put out a practice
Speaker 1: right yesterday. I haven't heard anything new on him. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, the extra time off will probably help him.
Speaker 1: You know, we heard that he was going to try
Speaker 1: to give it a go going into the Thanksgiving game.
Speaker 1: Obviously couldn't do it. So I'm optimistic. Yeah, I'm optimistic.
Speaker 1: But you know, we've learned that Mike McCarthy's not going
Speaker 1: to give out information that he doesn't have to, and
Speaker 1: so you know, part of this weird week is that
Speaker 1: you don't have the normal practice reports, and I don't
Speaker 1: know if they have to they probably, Yeah, they don't
Speaker 1: have to do one today either because it's a very
Speaker 1: light football day for them with Marcus Paul's memorial. So yeah,
Speaker 1: tomorrow will probably be our first chance to really get
Speaker 1: a good look at it. Trayvon Diggs. Um, you know
Speaker 1: he was. We saw him yesterday running a little bit um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously out of the walking boot and with
Speaker 1: the broken foot. He looks pretty good out there, just
Speaker 1: just from you know, the nature of the injury against
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and so um. You know, I talked to Stephen
Speaker 1: Jones yesterday and he said that he, you know, that
Speaker 1: they're really confident that he will be able to play
Speaker 1: at some point this season, and even said maybe sooner
Speaker 1: than than they expected. So then you go back to
Speaker 1: what was expected was four to six weeks, I believe,
Speaker 1: and I think the injury was November the eighth, so
Speaker 1: December eighth, you know, that's about four weeks. And then
Speaker 1: you know I would say maybe I would say, maybe
Speaker 1: there's a chance for Cincinnati game. Maybe. You know. It's funny,
Speaker 1: is like, it's those things always depend on the player, right,
Speaker 1: Like we talked about obviously the injury itself, like the
Speaker 1: timetable for return. But what I'm trying to say is,
Speaker 1: you know, like Zach Martin, depending on how these next
Speaker 1: few games go, You're like, yeah, maybe we don't need
Speaker 1: to see Zach again this year, you know, depending on
Speaker 1: how they play. I mean, he's he's an all pro.
Speaker 1: I've seen plenty of Zach Martin, but Treyvon Diggs, I'm like,
Speaker 1: get out there, buddy, Let's get some repsa way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if if they lose every game between now and the
Speaker 1: and the season finale, but those two guys can play
Speaker 1: against the Giants, absolutely play. Get in there and get
Speaker 1: some reps. Yeah, that's the thing about it. At this point,
Speaker 1: you're trying. You're really playing for next year anyway, and
Speaker 1: whether it's your draft pick or whether it is actually
Speaker 1: looking at these younger guys. So it makes a ton
Speaker 1: of sense to get him back, even if he plays
Speaker 1: for just one game, It makes a ton of sense
Speaker 1: to get him back in there and give him some
Speaker 1: reps that otherwise he wouldn't get until next season. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: here's what's gonna do. We're gonna go ahead and flip
Speaker 1: on to Bucky Brooks. Bucky should be joining us here
Speaker 1: right now from NFL Network. Bucky, Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: We want to talk a little bit about this Baltimore
Speaker 1: defense versus the Cowboys offense. It was an interesting game yesterday.
Speaker 1: They didn't have a lot of their parts but they
Speaker 1: played a very very competitive game. Talk to me specifically
Speaker 1: on the defense about the greatest weakness and the greatest
Speaker 1: strength of this Baltimore defense. The greatest strength of the
Speaker 1: Baltimore defense is their ability to bring pressure and the
Speaker 1: unique scheme that they employ. They're a team that is
Speaker 1: a high pressure team. They line up in their three
Speaker 1: four defense, they bring pressure from everywhere, and then they
Speaker 1: compliment that what we will call simulated pressure, meaning it
Speaker 1: looks like they're bringing more, but it's only four and
Speaker 1: they're dropping seven. And so they give the offense a
Speaker 1: lot to think about when it comes to all the
Speaker 1: pre snap movement and disguise. I would say their biggest
Speaker 1: weakness has nothing to do with their personnel, but their
Speaker 1: ability to stay locked and engage over the course of
Speaker 1: a sixty minute game. It's a very emotional unit. You
Speaker 1: have some guys who kind of are red liners when
Speaker 1: it comes to their emotional mentality, and so you just
Speaker 1: wonder can they keep it together. Marcus Peters and some
Speaker 1: of those other guys. Matt Uton, We've seen those guys
Speaker 1: have penalties, and so a lot of it really depends
Speaker 1: on width set of guys show up. Because they show
Speaker 1: up and they want to be the Baltimore Ravens that
Speaker 1: play at a high level. They can absolutely obliterate with
Speaker 1: what they do on defense. Bucky, talk to me about
Speaker 1: the run defense. We keep wanting the Cowboys to be
Speaker 1: able to run the ball better and more. So, let
Speaker 1: me know, how is this going to be a problem
Speaker 1: once again or are they gonna be able to get
Speaker 1: the ball move in in this game? Well, it really
Speaker 1: depends on the personnel that's available for the Rave Brandon
Speaker 1: Williams and Kalias Campbell played. Then it becomes tough sledding
Speaker 1: with the running game. If those guys are not available,
Speaker 1: then they have been gutted in the last few games,
Speaker 1: like prior to the game against Pittsburgh, three of the
Speaker 1: last four games they have been outrushed by their opponent.
Speaker 1: And so there's some vulnerabilities there when they don't have
Speaker 1: their big guys available. But if those big guys are there,
Speaker 1: it becomes a little tougher, it becomes a little stouter.
Speaker 1: And then when they begin to add the pressure and
Speaker 1: start sending guys from the second level and attacking how
Speaker 1: you run and blowing up your running game and really
Speaker 1: attacking your protections, it can be a very long day
Speaker 1: for the offense. Okay, Bucky, I mean, I obviously know
Speaker 1: who this guy is because of where he was drafted
Speaker 1: and where he played, But Nias tell me about Marlon Humphrey,
Speaker 1: like I don't get to watch the Ravens a ton.
Speaker 1: I know he's a good player, but like my suspicion
Speaker 1: is that he's like one of the more underrated cornerbacks
Speaker 1: in the league. Am I right on that or am
Speaker 1: I a little bit off base? I don't it just
Speaker 1: it seems like he's not getting his due for how
Speaker 1: well he's played over the last couple of seasons. He's
Speaker 1: been a very good player. He's a Pro Bowl caliber player.
Speaker 1: He has played at that level. He does a really
Speaker 1: good job in coverage, and what he has become is
Speaker 1: the master of the old peanut punch, which is what
Speaker 1: Charles Tillman made famous in Chicago when he always knocked
Speaker 1: the ball out. Where Marlin Humphrey has become a guy
Speaker 1: that has a knack for knocking the ball out. And
Speaker 1: so for Ezekiel Elliott and Mary Cooper and Ceedee Lamb
Speaker 1: and guys that are handling the ball on the perimeter,
Speaker 1: they have to be aware of where number fifty four
Speaker 1: is because he has a knack for prying the ball loose,
Speaker 1: and so it's not just him, it's everybody. But Marlin
Speaker 1: Huphy has been a very very good player in coverage
Speaker 1: and he's also found a way to consistently create turnovers. Bucky,
Speaker 1: obviously in Baltimore kept that game close yesterday. They had
Speaker 1: what twenty twenty three guys on the COVID list. Do
Speaker 1: you think that it was a benefit to face the
Speaker 1: Steelers or you know, a negative thing because they're an
Speaker 1: undefeated team. I mean, they seemed like that familiarity with
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh almost helped them. Yeah, And I think Robberry games
Speaker 1: are always unique like that. Sometimes you have to throw
Speaker 1: out the record. Yeah, there's a level of familiarity with
Speaker 1: Baltimore playing Pittsburgh, and also the way Pittsburgh plays, because
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh doesn't really try and run the ball. So it's
Speaker 1: all about defending the short passing game from the Stillers,
Speaker 1: as we saw a few weeks ago when the Cowboys
Speaker 1: played them. I think the thing about the Ravens, it
Speaker 1: was a very very solid effort, but there's a sense
Speaker 1: of frustration that is going on with the organization because
Speaker 1: this is a team that came in with title hopes
Speaker 1: and they certainly have underperformed offensively. They're struggling and they
Speaker 1: don't really have an identity. That leads to the defense
Speaker 1: being frustrated because the offense isn't performing to that level.
Speaker 1: And so when I talk about it being a very
Speaker 1: emotional group, it's kind of like an emotional powder kig,
Speaker 1: and they can blow it any time, and if you
Speaker 1: give them enough reasons, they will self destruct. And they're
Speaker 1: teetering on the break and we've seen it the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, Fucky. The Baltimore defense has allowed three
Speaker 1: hundred plus passing yards only once this season, and that
Speaker 1: was to what most people agree is the best offense
Speaker 1: in the league in Kansas City. They hit him for
Speaker 1: three eighty five. Is their past defense so good because
Speaker 1: of their pressure or is it the secondary and their coverage.
Speaker 1: It's funny because I saw Dave Hellman's tweet when he
Speaker 1: was talking about I'm trying to figure out pressure and
Speaker 1: coverage which matters more. I would say that pressure always
Speaker 1: matters more than coverage because it forces the quarterback to
Speaker 1: throw the ball under the rest arrant, throws tips overthrows
Speaker 1: typically happen when they're hurried, and if you hit the
Speaker 1: quarterback early, it changes the way that he performs. And
Speaker 1: so for Baltimore it is all about the pressure and
Speaker 1: how they do it. That said, they're guys in the
Speaker 1: back end can be had. Marcus Peters is a gambler.
Speaker 1: He squats on routes. He has great instincts and eyes,
Speaker 1: but he guesses and if you can protect up front,
Speaker 1: you certainly can get him on double moves. Ailin Humphrey
Speaker 1: is a little more sounding his technique. He is more
Speaker 1: difficult to kind of get on those double moves. But
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters is the one that you want to target.
Speaker 1: But it's still a sense of buyer beware because if
Speaker 1: you keep throwing the ball over there, he is going
Speaker 1: to make a play, even though he may give up
Speaker 1: a few plays. I want to ask you this question
Speaker 1: because I've seen a few fans make this common. Despite
Speaker 1: of all the struggles that the Ravens are currently facing
Speaker 1: and having backups and all that, when you look to
Speaker 1: evaluate both teams, are the Ravens still a better team
Speaker 1: than the Cowboys currently? Yes, I would say the Ravens
Speaker 1: are a better team because their defense is more consistent
Speaker 1: and more dominant. Offensively, the offensive line is probably a
Speaker 1: push because their struggles on offense have centered around their
Speaker 1: offensive line being unable to control the point of attack.
Speaker 1: The thing that makes them right is number eight. Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson can make him right with his athleticism, and when
Speaker 1: they are committed to the running game and they're not
Speaker 1: trying to be cute, they can run it down your throat.
Speaker 1: What happened against to Pittsburgh still is yesterday may have
Speaker 1: been a blessing in the size. They had to get
Speaker 1: back to running the ball out of these tight, compacted
Speaker 1: looks with these heavy for personnel informations, three tight ends.
Speaker 1: That's really how they ran over the league last year.
Speaker 1: Maybe it forces Greg Roman to get back to that
Speaker 1: because when they play like that, that's when they're the
Speaker 1: most dangerous team. Even though Hollywood Brown and Willie Snead
Speaker 1: and those guys have been celebrated, they're more effective when
Speaker 1: they really played in a phone booth as opposed to
Speaker 1: play spread. I'm gonna ask this question knowing full well
Speaker 1: that it might not matter because off the Dallas offensive
Speaker 1: line is a mess. So I get that, but you know,
Speaker 1: you look at you look at Baltimore's front, and there's
Speaker 1: like there's a whole bunch of names you recognize. You know, Campbell,
Speaker 1: everybody knows Calais Campbell, everybody knows Janick and gok Way.
Speaker 1: Even you know, Matthew Uton has had a nice you know,
Speaker 1: he's playing on the I believe he's playing on the tag.
Speaker 1: Had a nice season last year. But none of those
Speaker 1: guys are really blowing it up this year. So if
Speaker 1: I'm looking, you know, if I'm looking at their front
Speaker 1: and again, I understand that they'll probably win a lot
Speaker 1: of matchups because of the state of this offensive line,
Speaker 1: But which one should worry me the most? Like, I mean,
Speaker 1: which Dallas offensive lineman has got the toughest assignment coming
Speaker 1: into this game? You know, like it's really tough because
Speaker 1: the way they can overload the front and the way
Speaker 1: they bring pressure. They bring pressure to really isolate your
Speaker 1: offensive lineman. And so I would say the two edge
Speaker 1: rushers have difficulty, Brandon Knighte and tern Steel, because we've
Speaker 1: seen those difficulties showing up. They show up on tape.
Speaker 1: But then even on the inside, depending on where Kelas
Speaker 1: Campbell lines up, it could be kind of Williams or
Speaker 1: kind of McGovern Both of those guys could have problems.
Speaker 1: And so this is a game where the individuals have
Speaker 1: to play well, and it's going to be hard for
Speaker 1: guys to help each other because they're going to put
Speaker 1: enough bodies at the line of scrimmage where they can
Speaker 1: create those one on ones through pressure. And then really
Speaker 1: it's about skilled on skill and right now that tips
Speaker 1: in the Baltimore Ravens favor. All right, Becky, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: ask this from any perspective that you want to take, it,
Speaker 1: would Earl Thomas have helped this team or I'll say
Speaker 1: it this way. Are you surprised going back to summer
Speaker 1: that Earl Thomas is not in this game. No, not
Speaker 1: at all surprised. And I say this being an Earl
Speaker 1: Thomas fan because we have mutual connections my guy coach
Speaker 1: to Mac Brown. But Earl was not a model citizen
Speaker 1: in the locker room. Earl had got to the point
Speaker 1: where he was freelancing to a point that it was
Speaker 1: hard to hold him accountable, and some of his behaviors
Speaker 1: as a veteran player, rubbed not only his teammates wrong,
Speaker 1: but rubbed the coach is wrong. And so it made
Speaker 1: it very, very difficult to kind of establish and create
Speaker 1: the culture that you want when you have a player
Speaker 1: who is so egregious in his actions. And I think
Speaker 1: that is also part of the reason why he hasn't
Speaker 1: been picked up to this point, because the reports that
Speaker 1: come out of Baltimore just about his relationships and accountability
Speaker 1: in the things that he's doing in the locker room
Speaker 1: just made it very very difficult. And I don't know
Speaker 1: if in Dallas, when you are a new regime and
Speaker 1: you're trying to kind of establish something, I don't know
Speaker 1: if it would have been positive in terms of his
Speaker 1: influence on the younger players, on top of his willingness
Speaker 1: to freelance and do his own think in the back end.
Speaker 1: And I'll just ask this. I was going to ask,
Speaker 1: do you think he ever plays again in the NFL? Nice? Seriously, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think. I think. I think time heals all woes.
Speaker 1: But I felt like it was gonna be a difficult
Speaker 1: road for him getting back into the league this year,
Speaker 1: just because of the pandemic and everything and all the
Speaker 1: stuff that was coming out. When you have a full
Speaker 1: year away and you have an opportunity to kind of
Speaker 1: build up the pr campaign and show some contrition and
Speaker 1: some of those things. Yeah, he has an opportunity to
Speaker 1: get back into the league. But I'll say this, he's
Speaker 1: not the player that he was in Seattle Age and
Speaker 1: injuries have taken away some of his skills, and then
Speaker 1: it becomes a risk and reward like and my risking
Speaker 1: blowing up my locker room, and the reward is not
Speaker 1: really what I think I'm getting. I think that is
Speaker 1: what he has to show that he not only can
Speaker 1: be a good player in the locker room, but he
Speaker 1: still has enough skills to take on all the stuff
Speaker 1: that comes along with him. Yeah, that's what I call
Speaker 1: the t O effect. All right, Bucky, before we let
Speaker 1: you go, we do want to get to the final.
Speaker 1: Your final prediction on what you think will happen on
Speaker 1: next Tuesday. Who wins this game and why six stays away?
Speaker 1: Tough man, Hey Ben the very I think this is
Speaker 1: a tough game because Lamar Jackson comes back, and I
Speaker 1: think Lamar Jackson having the time of way to look
Speaker 1: at the game from the side will enable him to
Speaker 1: get back into a rhythm. And this is a must
Speaker 1: game for the Baltimore Ravens. So I think you're probably
Speaker 1: gonna see the best effort from them. With mark Ingram
Speaker 1: coming back, JK. Dobbins and all the guys that set out,
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a tough one. The odds are
Speaker 1: stacked against the Cowboys, not only from a talent standpoint,
Speaker 1: but also in terms of a motivation standpoint. This is
Speaker 1: a highly motivated team coming in. Yeah, it's very interested.
Speaker 1: I was watching that game yesterday. I was just thinking
Speaker 1: to myself, if this is what the Baltimore Ravens are
Speaker 1: without half their team, it's gonna be really tough when
Speaker 1: they get all those Well, we'll see how it goes. Hey, Bucky,
Speaker 1: we appreciate you joining us. We'll be back with you
Speaker 1: next week so we can start talking a little bit
Speaker 1: about the Cincinnati Bengals. We're gonna take our first break
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Speaker 1: I want, I want to go around the table and answer.
Speaker 1: The Baltimore Ravens right now lead the league and fumble recoveries,
Speaker 1: forced fumbles. If you're Mike McCarthy, what are you saying
Speaker 1: to Zeke this week? Let's start with you, Dave. I mean,
Speaker 1: what is there to say? What is there to say?
Speaker 1: And December to a guy who's been playing running back,
Speaker 1: who was eight, who's on the biggest salary in the league,
Speaker 1: like hold onto the damn ball? Like like at this point,
Speaker 1: I'm I kind of this sounds counterintuitive, Like Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: shouldn't have to say anything to him. Just do it,
Speaker 1: do it literally like that's I don't care that the
Speaker 1: yards per carry isn't that great. I don't care that
Speaker 1: the explosive runs aren't there. This whole season is working
Speaker 1: against the running back position. Don't get me wrong, it
Speaker 1: would be awesome if Zeke could do that stuff. But
Speaker 1: I don't care. Just hold onto the ball like that's
Speaker 1: that's how low my expectations are by now. Just don't fumble,
Speaker 1: and and nobody should have to tell Ezekiel Elliot at
Speaker 1: that agreed. Oh go ahead, Nick agree, I just agree.
Speaker 1: I mean I don't. I don't know what you can say.
Speaker 1: Just just hang on to the football. This defense is playing,
Speaker 1: I know, I know. Let him have it. Let's go
Speaker 1: give me a real ag ramp. Okay, right now, hear
Speaker 1: me out, hear me out. This is gonna sound stupid,
Speaker 1: but if you think about it, that's Trually, it's actually
Speaker 1: pretty smart. You get seek to play with no sleeves, right,
Speaker 1: no sleeves. You buy some um you know that perspirin
Speaker 1: or anti perspirin deodorant that makes you like protects you
Speaker 1: from sweating. You put some on and then on the
Speaker 1: arms and then you buy some stinky ass glue. That's
Speaker 1: what it's called. There's one that they sell. It's like
Speaker 1: rat glue, and you put it on right here. Okay,
Speaker 1: I mean no one would know, No one would know,
Speaker 1: And I think that would be pretty smart. He hangs
Speaker 1: onto the ball. It stinks on there. I don't know
Speaker 1: if that would be cheating. It's just being smarter than
Speaker 1: the opponent there, I think. And that's just finding a
Speaker 1: little solution to the problem. Do you think Amber has
Speaker 1: any idea? Who Fred Bulitnikoff is no, But yeah I
Speaker 1: think she does. I get where you're going. I mean
Speaker 1: she's saying, yeah, wow, yeah, I don't. I mean, I've
Speaker 1: been around for a long time. Anybody listening to this
Speaker 1: show has probably seen their replacements. You remember Orlando Brown
Speaker 1: just dipped his hands and stick him because he couldn't
Speaker 1: catch the ball. Yeah, just yeah, let's get some pine
Speaker 1: tar and just coat Zeke before the game. That's my suggestion.
Speaker 1: Problem just the whole body. Just the whole body, or
Speaker 1: at least from the shoulders to the to the fingertips,
Speaker 1: the whole thing, both arms. But it's second in name. Hey,
Speaker 1: you gotta find the solution. You're right, and desperate times
Speaker 1: call for desperate measures. Yeah, Like at this point, Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy's like, bro, I've been telling you to hold onto
Speaker 1: the ball since September. Like we're getting we're getting drastic
Speaker 1: in here. You know what he could do is he
Speaker 1: could make um like their hotel keys could say like
Speaker 1: protect the ball on it or something, the ball the ball,
Speaker 1: because I don't know if if the hotel they're just
Speaker 1: regular That's what it was. They're just regular keys there.
Speaker 1: They don't say like the balls. Zeke didn't. Zeke didn't
Speaker 1: care about that except when he checked out on Sunday
Speaker 1: mornings he saw on his hotel key. That's what it was.
Speaker 1: I guess is that a terrible him? Sorry Jason Garrett
Speaker 1: used to put it. Oh yeah, maybe they will. They're
Speaker 1: going back on the road. Yeah, let's let's do it.
Speaker 1: Would you guys, would you guys consider it all using
Speaker 1: less of Zeke and more of Pollard in a game
Speaker 1: like this, Uh, less meaning that Pollard gets more of
Speaker 1: the workload. I don't think so. And that's not like
Speaker 1: it's not a it's not a salary thing. It's not
Speaker 1: you know, it's not because they're like, like, because I
Speaker 1: would be afraid to do it. But I just, I mean,
Speaker 1: Zeke is still I insist that Zeke is still a
Speaker 1: good football player. You're gonna need multiple running backs to
Speaker 1: beat a physical team like this. I don't. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not like it's a classic situation of like what
Speaker 1: we've only seen. We've probably the high for Tony Pollard's careers,
Speaker 1: like twelve carries. Never seen what it looks like if
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard gets twenty carries, right, And don't know if
Speaker 1: it would be better. I don't say less z more Pollard,
Speaker 1: I say more Polar, less Blake Bell or less Dalton Shoultzer.
Speaker 1: I mean, just just put them back and there together
Speaker 1: and maybe his snaps take over the two tight end
Speaker 1: sets or maybe some eccentric Wilson's, you know whatever, whatever
Speaker 1: they're doing. I just would like to see the rotation
Speaker 1: involve him more and maybe him and Zeke more together.
Speaker 1: That's what That's what I was gonna say. It's like
Speaker 1: when you can't say, oh, ze versus Polar. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, I feel that they're not
Speaker 1: really trying to run the ball as much period, Like
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter who's the running back at that point,
Speaker 1: I personally would like them just to keep trying to
Speaker 1: run the ball a little bit more regardless of who
Speaker 1: the running back is. Yeah, and if you look at
Speaker 1: the matchup this week, it's clearly, in my opinion, favors
Speaker 1: the ability to run over the ability to pass. They
Speaker 1: have a really good pass defense. They've given up some
Speaker 1: yards though, on the ground. Even Philadelphia hit him off
Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety fo yards on the ground. And
Speaker 1: we know the issues they have with their offensive line
Speaker 1: and that they've had all season with the running backs
Speaker 1: as well. So I think there's some opportunity there in
Speaker 1: the run game if the Cowboys can be committed to
Speaker 1: it and they can can block it up a little bit.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to some fan questions. Amber, what
Speaker 1: do you have over there? Um? I know you guys
Speaker 1: are going to start the draft show tomorrow, so maybe
Speaker 1: we do a little preview on here because that's what
Speaker 1: a lot of fans are asking. So here's the question
Speaker 1: for you guys. Do you the Cowboys draft for a
Speaker 1: three four defense or for a for three defense? Oh wow,
Speaker 1: that's a great question. Hadn't even a great question? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I hadn't considered it, um, I mean in the middle,
Speaker 1: in the middle of this season. It's kind of hard
Speaker 1: to say. I mean, that's that's really that's the fun
Speaker 1: thing about the draft process is which we'll see how
Speaker 1: it changes because of the pandemic. But you know, you
Speaker 1: go to the mobile and you go to Indie and
Speaker 1: you kind of you get to talk to these people
Speaker 1: away from microphones, may be over a drink or or
Speaker 1: you just see you know, you find out who's on
Speaker 1: their visit list. You're like, well, they're these guys, like
Speaker 1: all the guys they're visiting with it the Combine or
Speaker 1: these like six six, two hundred and thirty pound and
Speaker 1: edge rushers, like they're looking at three four. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's you know, that was how Dak Prescott first cropped
Speaker 1: up on everybody's radars, that they met with him at
Speaker 1: the Combine and then they brought him in and then
Speaker 1: Wade Wilson went out to Mississippi State. So it's hard
Speaker 1: to say that while they're still playing games. I really,
Speaker 1: I really don't. I don't have a great answer for you,
Speaker 1: just because we're so early in the process. My answer
Speaker 1: to that is it needs to be the third question
Speaker 1: that you that you answered. The first one is is
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith coming back? The second one is what defensive
Speaker 1: scheme are you going to put him in? If he's
Speaker 1: better suited for a three four, then fire, I mean,
Speaker 1: then do that. And I think that they're right there
Speaker 1: on the edge where they can kind of do that.
Speaker 1: Randy Gregory helps them, Neville Gallimore helps them. I think
Speaker 1: play a three four. The law could probably go either
Speaker 1: way there. So I think there's just a few pieces away.
Speaker 1: But I would figure out what you're gonna do with
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith, and I think he could be a three
Speaker 1: four middle linebacker with Layton in the middle, but you
Speaker 1: know you need other pieces if you're going to do that.
Speaker 1: I'd like to try him, as I will say, but yeah, sorry,
Speaker 1: go ahead, Derek, Now, I was just gonna say. I
Speaker 1: think we all saw earlier this season and during training
Speaker 1: camp that they have a preference to be a hybrid defense.
Speaker 1: They want to be able to use some three four
Speaker 1: So I would suspect that they're gonna probably try to
Speaker 1: get some versatile players that can do both. I know
Speaker 1: that's a hard thing to do, but that seems like
Speaker 1: what they really want to do. Is is be a
Speaker 1: hybrid defense that can morph based upon matchups, based upon
Speaker 1: different times in games. And so I would expect they're
Speaker 1: probably gonna get some players that may look like three
Speaker 1: four players, but they're players that also can play the
Speaker 1: four three as well. And I think they're gonna be
Speaker 1: a They're gonna try to be at least a defense
Speaker 1: that can give you multiple looks, multiple fronts. You were
Speaker 1: just talking about Jayleen Smith, seeing the fact that he's
Speaker 1: shown some coverage issues. Do you guys think that they
Speaker 1: put a spy on Jackson? If they if they put
Speaker 1: a spy on Jackson, would it be Layton vanderash Yeah,
Speaker 1: Layton or Jalen Smith? Please, please God, please don't do
Speaker 1: that to Jalen. Yeah, that's anyone, And I mean you're
Speaker 1: right to any Jordan Lewis. Yeah, Jordan Lewis is probably
Speaker 1: the best guy you've got. And I would and he
Speaker 1: wouldn't sleep at night, Jordan Jordan Lewis, He's he'd be like,
Speaker 1: let's go Len, I got him him. I don't think.
Speaker 1: I do not think that is a recipe for six
Speaker 1: success success with this personnel, Like if yeah, drop in,
Speaker 1: drop in z own absolutely, like keep him in front
Speaker 1: of you. Let's let's have all the linebackers and as
Speaker 1: many corners as possible facing the line of scrimmage so
Speaker 1: you can tell when he starts to move. I like
Speaker 1: that idea. I would try to drop in zone a
Speaker 1: lot in this game. But I don't think they're somebody
Speaker 1: on this team. I don't know. There's there's probably only
Speaker 1: like three guys in the NFL that could adequately spy
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, you know, like Devin White and Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: comes to mind. Maybe Bobby Wagner could still do it,
Speaker 1: or like a Jamal Adams, But I don't I don't
Speaker 1: like the idea of somebody on this defense trying to
Speaker 1: do that. No. Yeah, if you're going to rely on
Speaker 1: one guy, if you're relying on one guy to actually
Speaker 1: take down Lamar Jackson, if he gets loose in the
Speaker 1: open field, you're going to be in for a long day.
Speaker 1: You have to rely on the fact that your defense
Speaker 1: can rally to him. And that's about playing zone defense,
Speaker 1: like you said, Dave, and everybody being able to see
Speaker 1: what's happening, and if he starts to break the pocket
Speaker 1: and starts running, everybody can kind of try to converge
Speaker 1: and corral him because he's just too fast and too
Speaker 1: elusive for them to do it any other way. And
Speaker 1: that's what makes him so good. That's what makes running
Speaker 1: quarterbacks so good, because when you start start thinking about
Speaker 1: who could match up and like a spy, well, where
Speaker 1: does the spy have to have to sit or stand
Speaker 1: close to the line of scrimma? Okay, so then what
Speaker 1: happens when they run the ball and I've got Jordan
Speaker 1: Lewis gonna spy, but really number sixty three's coming off
Speaker 1: the tackle and he wants to just get him out
Speaker 1: of the way. That's a mismatch. So it's really hard
Speaker 1: to find someone that that can run with him but
Speaker 1: also can can play run defense that close to the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. I mean, that's that's what makes these
Speaker 1: guys so good, the running quarterback. Ye let's go ahead
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Speaker 1: segment of the Break live from the SWBC Mortgage Studios
Speaker 1: at the Star we're taking fan questions. You can just
Speaker 1: at Cowboys Break on Twitter, Amber, what do you have?
Speaker 1: Should we hold out on all the criticism we have
Speaker 1: been making this year and wait until we actually give
Speaker 1: them a full season and see how that a full offseason? Sorry,
Speaker 1: and then see how that season turns out. There won't
Speaker 1: be any talk radio, there wouldn't be any shows, there
Speaker 1: wouldn't be five shows on our stuff. I mean, they
Speaker 1: just that's that's what happens. I mean, I mean, there's
Speaker 1: that's why people talk about the draft so early and
Speaker 1: all that stuff, because they're like, like this is okay,
Speaker 1: well this we know what this is like, we got
Speaker 1: to move on. So if you can't sit there and wait,
Speaker 1: nobody waits anymore, well we should probably give them the
Speaker 1: ben for the doubt. Yeah, well let's just come back
Speaker 1: and say I'm sorry. Later, that's what they'll say, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: And McCarthy is actually a pretty good coach if that happens.
Speaker 1: But I'm saying right now, it's just easy because because
Speaker 1: think about it, we do this too. Every single play
Speaker 1: we do like the overview, like you know what that
Speaker 1: he's just not very good, even though like he gives
Speaker 1: up gives up a sack, it's like he's not very good,
Speaker 1: and it's like, well, it's it's the classic. It's the
Speaker 1: classic quarterback thing too, is like you have you, you
Speaker 1: and I. But also like every fan listening, you've seen
Speaker 1: every snap of Dak Prescott's career. You've probably seen thirty
Speaker 1: five percent of every other quarterbacks snaps. Like, I mean,
Speaker 1: you watch a lot of football, but you know you're
Speaker 1: not watching Rogers if the Packers are playing at the
Speaker 1: same time you're you haven't seen every snap of Pat
Speaker 1: mahomes career. I Pat Mahomes makes three awful decisions a
Speaker 1: game or you know three you know, but you don't
Speaker 1: see that, and so you don't wait to weigh with it.
Speaker 1: You don't weigh it the same way and that you
Speaker 1: do it with your team too. So see the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl win well and absolutely I'm not I'm not saying
Speaker 1: Dak is as good as no, but you just you
Speaker 1: weigh it differently when you're into the minutia of your
Speaker 1: team verse just sort of seeing the overview of everybody else's.
Speaker 1: But doesn't it see like with every snap, you're every
Speaker 1: fan assists there like they're the judge. Like they've listened
Speaker 1: to the jury, they've listened to the both sides of this,
Speaker 1: and they finally they said, here's the decision on every play,
Speaker 1: like this guy's really good or the he can't throw,
Speaker 1: you know, and that's that's what we do. So that's
Speaker 1: a nice question, but like, there's just too many people,
Speaker 1: too many bloggers, too many people that just want to
Speaker 1: have the answer and want to have an opinion about it.
Speaker 1: So well the other thing too, I mean it's a
Speaker 1: sliding scale, right, Like, do I think Mike McCarthy deserves
Speaker 1: to get fired after one after this terrible season. No,
Speaker 1: not with everything that's gone against him, Not with the circumstances.
Speaker 1: Do I think he should be absolved of all blame.
Speaker 1: Absolutely not. And I'm gonna do what I just criticize
Speaker 1: people for doing because I have not watched every snap
Speaker 1: of the Carolina Panthers season, but I know that Matt
Speaker 1: Rule is in the exact same circumstances with an untalented team.
Speaker 1: I mean, before the season, the Panthers were viewed as
Speaker 1: a contender for a top five pick, and I mean
Speaker 1: they're taking people to the wire. They took the Saints
Speaker 1: to the wire, they went toe to toe with the
Speaker 1: Chiefs on the road at Kansas City. Therefore, you know
Speaker 1: they've got a better record than the Cowboys right now,
Speaker 1: and they've done a lot of it without Christian McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: so they've had their own injury issues. So no, Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy does not get a complete pass for this season.
Speaker 1: But I also you know I'm not trying to fire
Speaker 1: him either. Sorry, what's up, Derek. I will say this,
Speaker 1: Dave mentioning Carolina that a lot of people believe that
Speaker 1: that Matt rule. Butcher that that game and time management
Speaker 1: in that last game against Minnesota, and that was the
Speaker 1: reason they lost. He didn't take enough time before they scored,
Speaker 1: and it ended up giving the ball back to Minnesota
Speaker 1: and they went down and scored and won the game.
Speaker 1: So there's something like you said, if you're not watching
Speaker 1: all the players, you don't miss, you miss some of
Speaker 1: the nuance. But I will say this, I believe, I believe,
Speaker 1: and I've come to this conclusion on this. I think
Speaker 1: it's fair to criticize because I think there have been
Speaker 1: some things that are worthy of criticism from Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: and from his coaching staff. I would caution anybody from
Speaker 1: burying them. I wouldn't be making just grand statements about
Speaker 1: whether he can coach or how good he is as
Speaker 1: a coach, because at the end of the day, they
Speaker 1: didn't and I know it's an excuse, but it's also
Speaker 1: an explanation. They didn't have the ability to meet with
Speaker 1: their team as much as they would normally do, to
Speaker 1: be able to set up things, to be able to
Speaker 1: get their team accustomed to the things they want to do,
Speaker 1: and get them prepared for a season. So all those
Speaker 1: things consider, I wouldn't bury him yet. I would just say,
Speaker 1: you can criticize the things that he does that you
Speaker 1: think aren't good, but I wouldn't bury him just yet.
Speaker 1: I think this team will be much better when they
Speaker 1: have a little more time. I think they'll be in
Speaker 1: they get a lot of these players back that have
Speaker 1: been injured, these frontline players that have been injured. I
Speaker 1: think one of the thing, Sorry, Amber, go ahead, I
Speaker 1: was just gonna say that. I think that one of
Speaker 1: the things too, regardless of who the head coaches or
Speaker 1: any of that, I feel that every season we start
Speaker 1: off training camp thinking or seeing the potential that the
Speaker 1: team can have and thinking that maybe maybe this might
Speaker 1: be the year. And there's a lot of people who
Speaker 1: think that at the beginning of the season every year.
Speaker 1: So when you start seeing it play out not the
Speaker 1: way that you expected, there's more criticism there and you
Speaker 1: just attack things differently because it's not the outcome that
Speaker 1: you want to see happening. I would you gonna say
Speaker 1: something today? Yeah, I was just I agree with everything
Speaker 1: Derek said, And that's like, I'm not interested in burying anybody,
Speaker 1: but specifically specifically on the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: I just don't think there's an excuse that holds water
Speaker 1: for how bad they've been. And like the pandemic all
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that, all of that, I get it,
Speaker 1: you know all of that. It's it's out there and
Speaker 1: it's fair. And that's I bring up Carolina as that's
Speaker 1: my reference point to say, well, that is a brand
Speaker 1: new coaching staff that has had all of the similar challenges.
Speaker 1: And I haven't watched every snap of their season, but
Speaker 1: but this is the worst defense in the league or
Speaker 1: has been for long stretches of the season. I just
Speaker 1: that stuff doesn't hold water for the amount of ineptitude
Speaker 1: we've seen at times. In my opinion, you know how
Speaker 1: many times we've heard Brian say, you know, brought us
Speaker 1: would would say coaches have to know their team. You
Speaker 1: have to know your team. And I think that's just
Speaker 1: been a big challenge for all coaches and all news staffs,
Speaker 1: but it seems like it's been a bigger one for
Speaker 1: this staff. They just haven't really figured out. And how
Speaker 1: can you know? You're like, what's your name is it?
Speaker 1: Say Beyond or say okay, Google play corner, go out
Speaker 1: there and play against the Steelers. Go I mean like that,
Speaker 1: that's been a challenge for every team, But I'm just
Speaker 1: saying I don't think he really understands what he's got.
Speaker 1: It's taken some time. And then they goes back to
Speaker 1: what we said Yester here about the aggressive plays. Wow,
Speaker 1: you know you don't have Aaron Rodgers cashing the checks
Speaker 1: that you're you're trying to write. You don't have it anymore,
Speaker 1: So you've got to figure that out. Yeah, I'll say this,
Speaker 1: Dave on on what you just said. I think with
Speaker 1: the one thing we've learned about that defensive staff and
Speaker 1: their decision making, I guess it goes all the way
Speaker 1: up to McCarthy. Is either one of tw things. Either
Speaker 1: they don't like change, or they're very stubborn, because we've
Speaker 1: seen them in situations where they've needed to make some
Speaker 1: decisions and they've been so against making those decisions until
Speaker 1: they're forced and their hand is forced to finally make
Speaker 1: decision and you find out later that it was the
Speaker 1: right decision, right. And so, either they don't like change
Speaker 1: or they're very very stubborn. I don't think either one
Speaker 1: of them is good for them. And that's what we've
Speaker 1: seen this year, and I think that's part of the
Speaker 1: reason why this defense was so bad for so long.
Speaker 1: Here's another question that fits into this theme and this topic.
Speaker 1: With all the questionable decisions that we've been talking about,
Speaker 1: especially in this past game that we saw the Cowboys play,
Speaker 1: how close do you think that McCarthy is to losing
Speaker 1: his team amongst the players. I actually, and this is
Speaker 1: totally this is like anecdotal. You would honestly be the
Speaker 1: best person to answer this, because you travel with them,
Speaker 1: you're a little bit closer. But I sort of feel
Speaker 1: like I get impression that they're tighter than they were
Speaker 1: a month and a half ago. Like I think that
Speaker 1: that part of it doesn't worry me. As much. Maybe
Speaker 1: maybe I'm wrong, Like I said, I don't get to
Speaker 1: go into the locker room five days a week like
Speaker 1: I used to, so maybe my read on it is
Speaker 1: not as good. But like it, really it felt to
Speaker 1: me like he was on the cusp of losing this
Speaker 1: team during the like the first time they lost to Washington. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, when DeMarcus Lawrence is saying that they're spineless
Speaker 1: on the record to a reporter, that's not good. Um,
Speaker 1: But I don't I don't know. I don't get that
Speaker 1: sense recently, even even though they you know, they just lost,
Speaker 1: you know, they lost a pretty embarrassing game to Washington
Speaker 1: the other day. I still don't get that sense. We'll
Speaker 1: see because right now, since the worst decision he's made
Speaker 1: this season, they're they're down twenty one, nothing like that.
Speaker 1: That's what you know. We don't know. We don't know
Speaker 1: anything other than like he made a really bad decision
Speaker 1: and everyone knows it but them, and you know. But
Speaker 1: then and then they came back and they gave up
Speaker 1: three straight touchdowns, and so we haven't seen any kind
Speaker 1: of response. We'll see if they come back and have
Speaker 1: some life there. And and like Amber said about the watermelons.
Speaker 1: I mean, what is it this this week? You know, what,
Speaker 1: what is it before him? It's got to be something.
Speaker 1: And I think that that that kind of helped, and
Speaker 1: you know that they played better, and but they're going
Speaker 1: to have to figure something out. I think it's a
Speaker 1: very very good question because I don't I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think I think it's been a roller coaster. It's
Speaker 1: been up, it's been down. Right now it's down. Let's
Speaker 1: see if they come back. You know, they had plenty
Speaker 1: of time to rest here. Do you guys think that
Speaker 1: the Cowboys give de Nucci or Gilbert any playing time
Speaker 1: before the end of the season if it gets away
Speaker 1: from him. Absolutely? Yeah, you know, I mean this this
Speaker 1: reminds me, of course it does, because it was the
Speaker 1: last time they were really bad. But twenty fifteen, like
Speaker 1: they tried their best. You know, Romo came back and
Speaker 1: everybody got excited for a week and that didn't work out.
Speaker 1: They brought Castle back out there, but he was awful
Speaker 1: in a game that kind of put him out of
Speaker 1: the division race, and then Kellen Moore took over for
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. I think I think this two
Speaker 1: games swing against Baltimore and Cincinnati will decide what the
Speaker 1: rest of the season, what the last two games look
Speaker 1: like like. If you beat Baltimore, and I mean, you'd
Speaker 1: like to think they can beat Cincinnati, especially without Joe Burrow.
Speaker 1: So if they beat Baltimore, they got a good shot
Speaker 1: to beat Cincinnati. All of a sudden, they're what five
Speaker 1: and eight and now no, and probably you're not going
Speaker 1: to see those guys. But if they lose these next
Speaker 1: two games, or if you know, if the division gets
Speaker 1: away from them, I would expect you'll see a young
Speaker 1: quarterback start at least the last game of the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because they're gonna win four straight games, they're gonna go
Speaker 1: seven and eight and then they'll have everything wrapped up
Speaker 1: and then the last game against the Giants, they'll just
Speaker 1: sit back there. Wow, that would be I know we
Speaker 1: overuse this phrase, but that would be the most twenty
Speaker 1: twenty thing ever, is if they sit Andy Dalton in
Speaker 1: week seventeen because they've clinched the NFC, like, that would
Speaker 1: just be that would be insane. I do want Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: I would like to see him play against Cincinnati. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, I'm sure he would love that, But
Speaker 1: but I think it's a good question. I mean, like,
Speaker 1: if they don't win those two games, and he's got
Speaker 1: to make those decisions. As Garrett Gilbert, part of the
Speaker 1: future is a guy that you want to maybe use
Speaker 1: as a backup quarterback, and if so, maybe he plays more.
Speaker 1: But but I think that would have to be a
Speaker 1: few weeks down the road. You know, guys, I kind
Speaker 1: of disagree there. I actually think listening to what Jerry
Speaker 1: has said over the last several weeks, I kind of
Speaker 1: get the impression that they feel like they're they're not
Speaker 1: necessarily looking at these young guys as being a backup
Speaker 1: next year. I would actually be shocked if they don't
Speaker 1: resign Andy Dalton to be their backup again next year,
Speaker 1: because I think if the way Jerry will probably look
Speaker 1: at this is, Hey, I think there are a lot
Speaker 1: of things that contributed to us not being very good
Speaker 1: this year, and part of that is Dak. But I
Speaker 1: think he believes if he had his tackles right now,
Speaker 1: and if his coach would have had an offseason, I
Speaker 1: think he believes right now here they'd be contending. And
Speaker 1: I don't know that I disagree with that, and so
Speaker 1: I think when it comes down to it. I think
Speaker 1: they want to play Dalton as much as they can
Speaker 1: down the stretch because number one, I do think they
Speaker 1: still want to at least the coach does still want
Speaker 1: to try to win, and he gives them the best
Speaker 1: chance to win. But I also think that they want
Speaker 1: to see what he can do because I think they
Speaker 1: are still evaluating whether they want to keep him next year.
Speaker 1: And I think I think I would be kind of
Speaker 1: shocked if they don't try to keep him next year
Speaker 1: and there's nothing he's doing right now. I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna make him just his high commodity where other teams
Speaker 1: are going to be jumping in trying to sign him
Speaker 1: to be their starter. I will. I mean, I agree
Speaker 1: with that it's it's not all his fault, but Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton hasn't looked good enough that you have to worry
Speaker 1: about him signing some massive deal in the offseason. But
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, like, you gotta do what you
Speaker 1: gotta do right now because the division is up for grabs,
Speaker 1: But you want to send a thirty something year old
Speaker 1: quarterback out there behind this offensive line in the game
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean anything in the standings and potentially get
Speaker 1: him killed I mean, like, you you have to right
Speaker 1: now because a playoff spot is still up for grabs,
Speaker 1: but if it's not anymore, I if I was Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: I would be like, no, I'm not doing this anymore,
Speaker 1: which he probably wouldn't say that because you know, you
Speaker 1: don't think like yeah, you don't think like a football player, right.
Speaker 1: These guys want to go out you only get as
Speaker 1: Brian you just mentioned broad Us as he always says,
Speaker 1: you only get sixteen of these, right, So these guys
Speaker 1: want to be out there as much as possible because
Speaker 1: it's just another opportunity to compete if if a playoff
Speaker 1: spot is not and I like, you know, we're basically
Speaker 1: talking week sixteen and seventeen, if a playoff spot is
Speaker 1: not up for grabs for those two games, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: send Andy Dalton's already been concussed playing behind this line,
Speaker 1: Like I wouldn't do that to him, and maybe they will.
Speaker 1: I don't know. But look at the way he responded
Speaker 1: to that day, the way he played against Washington. I mean,
Speaker 1: this guy was like diving head first, like he was
Speaker 1: not scared. You can tell how much he wants to play.
Speaker 1: You gotta be wired, right, so you gotta be wired
Speaker 1: the right way to play in the NFL. And I'm
Speaker 1: not trying to like Andy Dalton's a competitors, I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to knock him. But again, they were playing for
Speaker 1: first place in the division on Thanksgiving like there were
Speaker 1: I mean there were, there were tangible things to be gained.
Speaker 1: Week seventeen, somebody else has already clenched the division. I
Speaker 1: just I don't know if it's the same story. We'll see,
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