WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who Gets The Most Carries? 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:04.200 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:07.360 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:12.080 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:15.880 for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. It's 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:20.160 time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Wait 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:25.919 Well with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:30.280 Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, November second two, thy seventeen, 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.920 Season thirteen, episode number sixty second seven. Welcome to another 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:36.040 edition of The Break. We are alive from the s 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.640 WBC Mortgage studios at the Star and we appreciate you 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.080 guys taking some time with us to talk Cowboys football. 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:44.280 Got a lot to get into today. We will be 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:48.800 talking specifically about Kansas City Chiefs their defense versus the 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.640 Cowboys offense. We're gonna take some time to talk a 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:54.080 little bit about the running backs on the Cowboys. There 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:56.120 was a little bit of talk yesterday, Dave. You wrote 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.840 an article about what they had to say and when 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.080 Jason Garrett had to say. And we'll talk about the 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.480 running back position what we think will happen there without 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:07.360 Ezekiel Elliott. And we will also begin the show talking 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:10.119 about the injury report which we always do. So how's 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:16.240 everybody doing this morning? Baller a F Derek ball or AF. 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:18.800 I like it. Yeah, that's a good attitude right there. 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:22.119 And yeah, all right, what does a stand? Can't talk 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:25.440 about it. I'll just get it. Tell you later, tell 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:29.760 you laid office. I'm good, Nick, good, all good, good, 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.240 all right, good, nice and full Nick. So you get 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:34.280 a nice healthy breakfast there before we get on the air, 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.000 I was working on it. There you go. All right, 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.399 let's get into it. Let's talk some injuries. Cowboys had 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:45.000 four players who did not practice yesterday for various injuries. Cheetahbewoozier, 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.920 Dan Bailey, Tyrn Smith, Cole Beasley. Really the one there 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.760 that I think is most of note because it's new. 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.800 We'll not really new, but at least it's something that 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.880 we're monitoring for the week. Um, it's Cole Beasley. Any 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:58.840 word at this point on where he is he is 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.880 in the concussion protocol where he isn't in that protocol. Yeah, 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:04.680 Jason Garrett said he's doing really well. He's been in 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.720 team meetings, he went trick or treating on Tuesday night 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.560 and was posting videos. He appears to be a great 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:15.720 video was it was cute, cute as hell. Yeah, Garrett said, 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.799 he hasn't really been showing a whole lot of symptoms 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.480 and such. You know, head injuries are always weird, so 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.040 I don't want to prescribe too much. I don't know 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.560 if he'll play, but it sounds encouraging. So and if 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:30.720 he doesn't play in this game, then I would imagine 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:35.280 he would be back in time for Atlanta. So, I mean, 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.400 we've talked about it before. The guys that have concussions, 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.720 I mean maybe they treat it differently around here. We've 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.800 had two so far and they haven't played any football since. 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:49.480 So I would think that Nolan Carroll and Enrico Gathers 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.960 are not weighed the same as Cole Beasley here. But 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.639 in all, concussions are differently. Love just saying the two 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.239 that we've seen before, they have not played. So I 0:02:58.320 --> 0:02:59.840 would like to think he'll be ready to go. If 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:02.200 he's out trigger treating, you know, good scary out there, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.880 I'm sure he'd be good. All right, Let's talk about 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.640 a couple of guys that were limited in practice yesterday. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.639 Noah Brown thigh injury, Des Briant with a knee injury, 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:12.799 Willie Collins a foot injury. He showed up on the 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.960 injury report last week but played, and then DeMarcus Lawrence 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.000 shows up with a calf injury. Any of those concern you. 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.040 They were limited in practice, so the assumption is they 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.720 at least did some things, which is better than no 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.800 practice at all. I would assume anytime you're riding bikes, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.520 you know you're gonna hurt your calf or you have 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:33.760 a chance to hurt your calf. So yeah, I mean, 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:35.960 I know he was riding by We all saw that 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:37.720 he was riding bikes, So I just hope that that 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:41.120 doesn't come back to hurt this team. He rides. He 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:45.480 rides his bike every single day though. This is nothing 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.240 new except when you put it on camera maybe or 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.600 something like that. Maybe it hurts. What don't shake your 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:55.160 head at me? Why are you killing you where I'm not? 0:03:54.920 --> 0:04:01.720 I'm not. I love Tyrone Crawford, He's great. Um um, yeah, 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:05.120 I don't know. I'm not concerned. But those will all 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.440 be things Jason Garrett talks about. That is fine. I 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.920 saw and talked to Das yesterday. I don't think that's 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.520 a big deal. But you know, you have to list 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:18.040 that stuff when something happens. So none of those four 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.760 bother me as of yet, but I mean that'll be 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.240 something Jason Garrett talks about today. If any of them 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.360 concern me, it would be DeMarcus because I hadn't heard 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.520 anything about that, and you know, he's playing pretty really 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.960 good player. He's playing pretty well, So all right, Tittabae Woozier. 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.120 Just for the purposes of catching everybody up, the assumption 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.480 is he didn't practice again yesterday. He hasn't been practicing 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.920 last few weeks. At this point, we unless we hear otherwise, 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.200 the assumption is that he is probably not going to 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.640 be ready to play again this week. I have moved 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.680 him into that category in my mind where I'm just like, 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.200 all right, you don't have him. Yeah, He's into that 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:56.560 drop by Kent where you're just like, okay until you 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.880 hear that otherwise he is not going until Honestly, I 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.400 don't even care about his practice status, like I need 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.360 to see him in uniform on Sunday to believe that 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.640 he's gonna play. You think, even when he's healthy, he 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.000 may still be inactive. I mean, he's been out on 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:14.040 the field every day for three weeks. Like people like 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.800 every day. I'm like, I tweeted out, I report who's 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.240 at practice, like everybody was at practice today? Or what 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.240 people are like, Cheeto was at practice, so he's gonna 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.239 play And I'm like, he's been at practice since week six. 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.600 That hasn't translated to him being ready to play. And 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:33.080 let's make a distinction. Being at practice doesn't mean he's practiced, right, 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:36.000 means he's there. I mean, you know, he warms up, 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.359 he does some patent go and some other stuff, and 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.040 then he works with this conditioning, you know, the training 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.280 staff on his hammy. He doesn't we are talking about 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.120 the game, We're talking about practice. You're damn right, Ai, 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.920 You're right, and it's frustrating, But I mean you want 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.760 to be cautious with that, you know, I mean, you 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:55.800 don't want to sideline him for longer than he already 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:59.120 has been. But he's been sidelined for basically half the season, 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.760 So I mean, I don't know what to make of that. 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.320 Maybe he's not good enough to play. I mean, maybe 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.200 he's practices, but maybe he's not the best option. I 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.560 would have a hard time believing that because they wouldn't 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:12.640 list him as a DNP if he was going through 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.719 the team portions of practice, right, right. But I'm just 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.880 saying when you get when you get to the game though, 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.120 like he has been, he hasn't been active for the games. 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:21.839 That's what I'm saying. That maybe he's not going to 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.800 be maybe not, I mean, maybe he's not better than 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.640 like Ben Wickery. I mean, you would like to, you 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.680 would like for him to get the opportunity, but I'm 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.400 just saying he may not be. Here's talking about once 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.880 he's healthy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's yeah, yeah, 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.040 I agree with that. I mean that that's something that 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.480 we'll have to see because he hasn't played a whole lot, 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:39.720 so you just don't know. You don't know what the 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.200 coaches think of his readiness to be able to play either. 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:47.320 So all right, let's jump back into the running back situation. Obviously, 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.840 Ezekiel Elliott as of right now is suspended. There's still 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:52.719 is kind of that hell marry that's kind of sitting 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:57.520 over there out in space there the NFLPA waiting for 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.560 a ruling on whether they can get a an appeal 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.400 heard by or at least a temporary restraining order from 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:08.320 the Second Circuit Court, which they asked for it by Friday, 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.760 the courts under no obligation, right, just FYI, Right, So 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.520 there is this really really really small chance that something 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.480 happens there. But assuming none of that happens, they're going 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:20.720 to play without Ezekiel Elliott. And yesterday I thought it 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.920 was interesting because Jason Garrett, the running backs that are 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.480 left on the team all had something to say about it, 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:28.360 and they all seem to say the right thing. Let's 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.840 actually listen to what Jason Garrett had to say about 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.560 how they plan to work these running back in these 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.720 running backs in Kent. Excited about the opportunity for those guys. Again, 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:40.080 each of those guys have been very productive players, and 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.040 a Rod being the most inexperienced of the group, but 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:44.800 he's done a lot of positive things for us and 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:48.520 the opportunities he's gotten. Darren's been very productive, Alphred has 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.600 been productive with his opportunities even though they've been limited. 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.360 And you know, we're excited about giving those guys chances 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.120 to go play. And you know, I guess your question 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.480 is how do you substitute them. We're gonna give him 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.120 each opportunities. We're not gonna lay out what that plan 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.800 is they'll get opportunities to practice, and we'll work day 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.320 by day this week, and we think each of those 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.480 guys will have an opportunity to help us. So it 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.080 sounds like they're all going to get a chance. I 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.080 was Jason Garrett talking about the running back position. My 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.640 question for you guys is just based on what you 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.360 know of this team, based upon your experiences covering this 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.480 team and the coaches, what do you anticipate will happen 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.920 with regards to how they run these guys out. Who starts, 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:28.640 who's the guy that you think will get the bulk 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.320 of the carries. What are maybe some of the roles 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.880 that you could see for some of these guys. Well, 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.440 I think Alfred Morris will probably start. That's the way 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.360 that that's who they like the best, and that's that's 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.040 who they've liked this whole year, So I think he 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:42.839 will start. And then I think it'll just come down 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.120 too who's playing the best. I mean, if some guy 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.440 rips off a thirty five yard run, then he's gonna play. 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.560 So I think they're just gonna give I don't know 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:51.520 about third down. I I would say that they kind 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.360 of rotate McFadden in some but I bet you it's 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.240 Rod Smith gets in there. But I mean, whoever plays 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.360 the best in the second half, you know, in the 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.120 first half play in the second. I just ride the 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.839 hot hand. That's kind of most people do it. I 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:06.920 bet this is going to look a lot like kind 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.000 of what we thought it would look, or what we 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:10.959 talked about it looking like in training camp, in the 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.640 sense that Darren McFadden is your number two running back 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:18.720 who plays third downs and has receptions and stuff like that. 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.840 You know, you talk about him being the better option 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.160 as a true backup running back, and I think that's 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.720 what he'll be here. I think Alfred Morris is going 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.640 to have the bulk of the carries at least until 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:32.160 somebody proves that they should have more, and then yeah, 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.200 McFadden will fill that role that we kind of talked 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:38.520 about him having at training camp. And I don't like this, 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:42.600 but I think I don't want to afterthought. Seems harsh, 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:46.080 But I would imagine Rod Smith's workload is far smaller 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.440 than the other two guys, at least to start, but 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:52.080 I hope that he plays well enough to merit more 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.280 of that as this stretch goes on. I mean, six 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.440 games is a lot, so he'll have his opportunity to 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.280 show he can do at some point and hopefully he 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.200 makes the most u It, Amber, what do you think 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:05.880 I'd rather see Rod Smith like? I'm anxious to see 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.240 him play a lot more and see him out on 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:11.080 the field. Honestly, I know Darren is a veteran and 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.280 I'm sure he's gonna get a lot of playing time here, 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.920 but he hasn't played a game. We haven't seen him play. 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.479 When we did see him in the preseason, he wasn't 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:26.400 any great, So, I mean, he had some plays, but nothing. Wow. 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.760 Obviously Alfred was a lot better than him. So I'm 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:34.080 hoping that the Cowboys do give rod Smith some chance 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:35.959 to kind of go out there a little bit more 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:40.240 and prove himself. It's interesting you guys mentioned rod Smith. 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.840 Jason Garrett was asked about Rod Smith and maybe what 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:50.160 his opportunities might be. Can't can you play that for us? Oh? 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.240 I think they're all different. They all have strengths. They 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.360 each have different things they can bring to the table, 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:57.439 and again, we have confidence in them. You know, We've 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:00.679 given rod different opportunities to run the ball, play on 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.319 third down. He's been a very good special team's contributor 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.680 for us, and he's just a guy who comes to 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.160 work every day with tremendous passion. He loves to play, 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:09.960 and he's getting better and better every day, so he's 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.640 gonna get an opportunity to do something for us on 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.160 offense as well. Yeah, it sounds like I mean, obviously 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.840 they're saying all the right things. Jason's not gonna gonna 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:20.080 show his hand on this one until the game, so 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.480 you won't really know what they're gonna do. But Dave 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.520 Ivan heard you mentioned yesterday something similar to what Amber saying, 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.760 and that you you'd think Alfred's going to be the 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.600 guy to get the ball of the carries, but you'd 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:32.120 like to see them not make rod Smith an afterthought 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.200 because you think there may be something there. And I 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.040 personally agree with that. I think I think he's a 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.640 guy that has some Obviously he's got size, he's got speed. 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.040 I'd like to just kind of see and maybe that's 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.360 what it is. It's just more you want to see it. 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:45.680 You know, you kind of want you kind of know 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.240 what those other two guys are. You kind of want 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.400 to see if rod Smith has a little something going 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.480 all the way back to April, like, there is a 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:57.840 lot of quiet confidence in this building that he's a beast, 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.480 and I would like to see him get a chance 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.840 to showcase that he had a chance. And he did 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:04.640 it at training camp. I mean, he was great at 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:07.080 training camp. He was great in the preseason. He was 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.560 like the goal line touchdown vulture at training camp, Like 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.520 it seemed like he was always the guy picking up 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:16.160 the rushing touchdowns. Having said that, like I said a 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:18.920 minute ago, I just don't think it's realistic to think 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.760 a guy with twelve career carries in the NFL is 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:27.800 going to magically just vault over these veterans with thousand 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.240 yards seasons and literally thousands of carries on their resume 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.679 for this coaching staff, Yeah, well for one hundred percent 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:38.080 until he does something that they can't ignore. And I 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.160 mean it's not like they don't have confidence in them, 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.640 you know what I mean, But it just Alfred Morrison 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.760 Darryn McFadden have been doing this and doing it well 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.520 in the NFL for a long time, and I don't 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.600 I think that they will have the first chance to 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.079 really do this thing well. And we'll see how it goes. 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.520 As you know, as these games go along. I know 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.720 Darren obviously, it's a veteran and has a lot of experience. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.480 But are you guys expecting him to come into this 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:08.920 game and play pretty well out there, even though he 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.600 hasn't played at all this season so far, aside from 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.120 the preseason. I don't. Yeah, I mean, I expect him 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.040 to be I just my feeling about this whole thing 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:19.920 is I just expect him to be fine. I don't 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.400 expect him to light the world on fire or be terrible. 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:24.920 I just think they will be fine, They'll be good. Actually, 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:26.960 I actually kind of agree with you saying I don't. 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.719 I don't really expect and I you know, this is 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:32.840 always you just don't know how they're going to do it. 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.280 But I don't really expect that I'm gonna that we're 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.080 gonna see a whole lot of Darren McFadden. I think 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.640 this is really gonna be Alfred Morris and Rod Smith. 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.199 I actually think those will be the two guys that 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.880 will get the bulk of the carriers. I think McFadden 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.160 will get a couple, but I honestly think that at 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:48.960 the end of the game, we'll look back at the 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.240 at the stat sheet and Alfred Morris is going to 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.440 be the guy that basically carried the load for them. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.640 There's something to be said for I mean, you know, 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.520 he is a veteran, but this coaching staff also isn't 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.800 the type to just throw a guy into the fire 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.040 after six weeks on the shelf. I mean, and that 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.440 doesn't seem overly responsible for that matter. So that's something 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:09.640 worth keeping in mind. Yeah, I mean, I think when 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.120 it's all said and done, I don't know how many 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:12.720 times you think they're going to run the ball on Sunday, 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.080 let's say twenty six. Yeah, I would guess Alfred Morris 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.720 will have at least sixteen or seventeen of those twenty 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.800 six carries. Like that's my guests. I think he's going 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.280 to be at least, you know, to start this thing off. 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:25.880 I think he's gonna get the bulk of the carries. 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.040 It seems like they're very confident. You listen to the 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.480 running backs in the locker room yesterday. Alfred was talking 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.760 a lot about Look, this is this unchanging thing for us. 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:35.760 We do what we do we think will be fine. 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.360 Are you as confident as they are that they can 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.400 carry the load as a group and not really have 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.960 a significant drop off from what they've been able to accomplish. 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.880 With Ezekiel Elliott, I'm not as confident as they are, 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.360 but I shouldn't be, you know what I mean, Like, 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.000 I hope you're confident. You're two time Pro bowler, You've 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.320 been in this league since twenty twelve. You know you've 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.160 been on playoff teams, You've been thousand yard rusher. I 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.680 would hope that you're really confident. I actually said that. 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:06.640 I was on one O five through the fan last night, 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.440 and if you think back, it feels like ancient history 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.760 at this point. But Alfred Morris joined this team before 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.920 Zeke was drafted, and there was a lot of excitement 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.000 about what he might be able to do behind this 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.800 offensive line, like the I mean, people thought that he 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.840 would have a career renaissance of sorts if he was 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.960 the Bell cow back, and obviously it didn't work out 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.480 that way because of Ezekiel Elliott. But I would hope 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:32.640 that he's really confident that he can do some good things. 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.240 I think he'll be fine, But like I said, I 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:39.400 would hope he's more confident than I am. How confident Unick, Well, 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.520 I think that I think that all three of them 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.400 are gonna play. I mean, I don't think that they're 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.720 gonna play. They're gonna do what Zeke does. But but 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.400 I just think it's gonna come down to what the 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.880 defense does. If the defense can keep them in the 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.880 game and keep them to the point where they can't 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.680 still run their offense, I think that these guys can 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.160 still run the offense. I don't I agree with you. 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.200 Mcfan's not going to get a ton of carries unless 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.160 he makes the most of them early that they're not 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.760 going to try to you know that they don't want 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.560 that to happen. They want Morris, they want rod Smith. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.600 But if if McFadden gets in there and does things 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.840 that these other guys aren't doing, then you know he's 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.400 gonna play. He does have the explosiveness. I think we're 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.120 forgetting a little bit about what happened in the preseason. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.080 I think he was. You know, there's no way that 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.480 Morris was clearly better than McFadden. I think McFadden was, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.120 you know, had times wherever he was better, but he 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.200 did fumble and then that that was the key, and 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.240 that's always been the key for him. And that's what 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:34.880 I would worry about with him not being playing for 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.680 six games. All right, let's take our first break. 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Yesterday we talked about the 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:09.040 Chiefs offense pretty explosive. I think we all came out 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.480 of that show a little bit wondering how this defense, 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:14.960