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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys. The Washington's Is Mickey likes the column.

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Speaker 1: Mickey said that he does that on purpose, and I

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Speaker 1: it a lot. But yeah, Washington football team. We're talking

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Speaker 1: about the Washington offense and the Cowboys defense today. But

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Speaker 1: X forty five minutes. Heck Ma Harrison, Isaiah Stanback, Kyle

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Speaker 1: Yeoman's with you. No Rob Phillips today or tomorrow as

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Speaker 1: he had some some business to take care of. But

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Speaker 1: we will see Rob back sooner rather than later. Is

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Speaker 1: hopefully it would be a god came a friend. You're

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Speaker 1: gonna be okay. You're sitting in the chair, you're filling

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Speaker 1: I'm on an island on the island, Rob p island.

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Speaker 1: the table. Oh man, We've got a lot to get to. No,

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Speaker 1: more quiet tuesdays you've had and quite some time. Most

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Speaker 1: at least today, as the Cowboys do get back on

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Speaker 1: the practice field today, and then they'll get into kind

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Speaker 1: to be back heading into this Washington matchup? But you guys,

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Speaker 1: are you guys a little nervous about this matchup at all? Yep?

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Speaker 1: Why is that I think this thing is better than

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Speaker 1: I First, first of all, it is a divisional wall,

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Speaker 1: right is his divisional little competition on and then second

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Speaker 1: of all, these guys are these guys are. They're sneaky good.

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Speaker 1: They're sneaky good, and it's I think it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a very competitive game. I think the areas that they're

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Speaker 1: we need I think we need to be hidden on

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Speaker 1: games that you lost in the games that they won.

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Speaker 1: What did they do? I mean? And so I go

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Speaker 1: And just like with any team, if you underestimate them

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Speaker 1: This is that game where you have to create turnovers.

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Speaker 1: Against teams that Washington has been successful against, the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: some money on your team. Man. Not good right now.

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Speaker 1: The engine they're yeah, they're not very good. But Washington

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Speaker 1: Washington a game. But the final kind of right along

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Speaker 1: the lines of the Cowboys final five games of the

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Speaker 1: All five of Washington's final games are against the NFC East.

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Speaker 1: They wanted it to be in your face obvious that

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Speaker 1: We need to go hire and handle our business. Yeah no,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think the ball kick is kicking

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying like that. As far as the what's

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Speaker 1: if if I'm hot, passing games on point, running games

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Speaker 1: Maybe right now New England. New England's rolling. But even them,

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Speaker 1: back to school aisle and he needs one. He needs

428
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Speaker 1: one of those Velcrow ones that once it starts to

429
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Speaker 1: get ugly, the velcrow won't go back. Then that'll be

430
00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,399
Speaker 1: the telltale that you just can't keep it no more. Bro,

431
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 1: when's the last time you had a velcro wall. It's

432
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,840
Speaker 1: been ages. It's about to say, I haven't had one,

433
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Speaker 1: and I don't think I ever had one middle school

434
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Speaker 1: probably Yeah, I was thinking like middle school first fifth

435
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Speaker 1: grade had put in a wallet. Stop. It hit him

436
00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:09,280
Speaker 1: with all I did. You guys are so privileged. Let

437
00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,359
Speaker 1: it's crazy. I want to you need I think we

438
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,560
Speaker 1: need to make him sleek and get him the wallet

439
00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,720
Speaker 1: that goes on the back of the phone. There's don't

440
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Speaker 1: think so. Rob has trust issues. Anybody that has that

441
00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 1: kind of wallets legit trust issues. He's packing it all in, Bro,

442
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,240
Speaker 1: he does, I might forget something, never knows. You get

443
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Speaker 1: one for his phone cover and it's like you can't

444
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Speaker 1: lift up his phone anymore. Uh. Chris in the in

445
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,920
Speaker 1: the Break brought up a really good point that no

446
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Speaker 1: team or there's only been two teams that that have

447
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:47,000
Speaker 1: swept the NFC East in the last what twenty years, Chris,

448
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,919
Speaker 1: and more than that, more than that then and the

449
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 1: Cowboys of course would have to sweep the NFC East

450
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Speaker 1: by winning four of their last five. The only one

451
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Speaker 1: that would not be there would be the Cardinals, and

452
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Speaker 1: then the Washington football team is on. He played one

453
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Speaker 1: divisional game and they last five are all against the

454
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Speaker 1: NFC East. Last time the Cowboys did it was in

455
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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight back in the Dude. That surprises me

456
00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 1: when I saw that, because while think about it, how

457
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Speaker 1: many Super Bowls the Cowboys won in the nineties and

458
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,680
Speaker 1: they never swept the division at any point throughout those runs. Nope, Wow,

459
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 1: just tell you how contentious those those meetings were. A boy, Buddy, Ryan,

460
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson, Philly. Oh, you don't have any coaching rivalries

461
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 1: like that anymore. Maybe you do now and Buffalo and

462
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,240
Speaker 1: those guys don't like each other. That coach was bothered

463
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Speaker 1: by what Bill did. Yeah, Buffalo in New eng Yeah.

464
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Speaker 1: I feel like there's there's coaching rivalries, but there's a

465
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Speaker 1: lot of turnover and some of the big brands lately

466
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Speaker 1: in the NFL, and I think it needs to kind

467
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,000
Speaker 1: of get to that point. I feel like Andy Reid

468
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 1: is probably one of those guys that's starting to solidify

469
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Speaker 1: himself with the Chiefs, but before then, it was the

470
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Speaker 1: turnover from him going to the Eagles to the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: and then the Cowboys haven't had a stable decision since,

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Speaker 1: I guess, Garrett, but there's there's a lot of things

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Speaker 1: that I guess play into that. But I bet you

474
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Speaker 1: it comes back. McCarthy takes a swing at Riverboat run.

475
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Speaker 1: Not gonna happen. That ain't gonna happen. That'd be fun though.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about this run game. Gibson and

477
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Speaker 1: company have had their fair share of success against the

478
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Speaker 1: Cowboys defense the last couple of seasons, most notably last year,

479
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,400
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys were just dominated in two games against

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Speaker 1: the Washington football team, both on Thanksgiving forty one to sixteen,

481
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Speaker 1: and then back in week what was it eight of

482
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Speaker 1: the season, seven of the season and it was twenty

483
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: five to three at FedEx Field. They go back out

484
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,200
Speaker 1: to Maryland for this one, and now they're gonna have

485
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Speaker 1: to face Gibson and possibly J. D. McKissick back there

486
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Speaker 1: as well, another tandem backfield that's been pretty good this year,

487
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 1: but Gibson is definitely the main star of that. Isaiah.

488
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Speaker 1: When you look at the film, what scares you the

489
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Speaker 1: most about what those tailbacks and what that running game

490
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Speaker 1: can do against the Cowboys upfront. Their running scheme is

491
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 1: set up for big place. It's where you down, where

492
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 1: you're down, if you're out of if you choose wrong

493
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,159
Speaker 1: in terms of your your leverage on the defensive line,

494
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 1: a big play is right there ready to happen. It's

495
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,880
Speaker 1: not it's not a downhill. Hey, we're shooting this one

496
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,840
Speaker 1: gap type of offense. These guys are literally running a

497
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 1: zone scheme and they're leaving the backside defensive end free.

498
00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 1: They're running tight ends on the backside, receivers to cut

499
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Speaker 1: off the backside, and there's these big, gaping holes that

500
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: present themselves, and it takes one cut to tear in

501
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,680
Speaker 1: something that should be two or three yards into something

502
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 1: that's a fifty yard play. And I think that they

503
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 1: have the patients to just chip away, chip away and

504
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Speaker 1: wait for that big opportunity. And hopefully that doesn't occur obviously,

505
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,720
Speaker 1: but I think that that's the way that this offense

506
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,800
Speaker 1: is set up. And then with Heineke, he's gaining confidence,

507
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,240
Speaker 1: he's really gaining confidence and allowing that run game to

508
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,120
Speaker 1: set up and really set up their play action because

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Speaker 1: all their run plays they have a route off of

510
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Speaker 1: their run plays. Every single run play that they have,

511
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Speaker 1: whether it's a counter, whether there's a power or there's

512
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 1: a regular zone, whether it's a RPO, they have a

513
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Speaker 1: pass a passing option off of it, and they're really

514
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: just setting you up. It reminds me of old school

515
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 1: West Coast offense, where it's like, hey, we hand the

516
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,439
Speaker 1: ball off, but if you don't respect this backside, you know,

517
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 1: they we'll throw this thing, we'll boot out of it.

518
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 1: And he has the ability to obviously get out on

519
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 1: the edge and create some issues as well, especially with

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00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: both of their route runners back now. Now, I saw

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Speaker 1: that too, and when I watched the running game, I

522
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Speaker 1: try and watch it from the end zone copy, and

523
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Speaker 1: what I saw from Gibson is they the linemen give

524
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Speaker 1: him a two way go. You know, if it's not there,

525
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:38,920
Speaker 1: like you said, it's on the backside and the way

526
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Speaker 1: you have to read and respect it from an RPO standpoint,

527
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Speaker 1: it gives him that you have to close off all

528
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Speaker 1: those options. And you know, I was run Rivera is

529
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: one of my favorite was one of my favorite Bears.

530
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Speaker 1: Loved him as a linebacker defensive coordinator for the Chargers. Also,

531
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Speaker 1: you know, just Chargers Bears. Everywhere he's been, he's had success.

532
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Speaker 1: Even with the Carolina Panthers, you knew that that was

533
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Speaker 1: what their formula was gonna be. They're gonna play physical

534
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: defense with Luke Keikley and they're gonna run the ball

535
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: right and the same thing applies here for Washington. They

536
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 1: are gonna play physical upfront, try and win the line

537
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, but they want to beat you into submission

538
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,399
Speaker 1: offensive I just think that their offensive line, there's going

539
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,159
Speaker 1: to be some opportunities for us. I think we have

540
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: to put pressure on them every week. We're gonna say this,

541
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: you gotta win the line of scrimmage. Hell, everybody in

542
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 1: the league is saying the same thing, win the line

543
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. But it's going to be important for us,

544
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Speaker 1: especially with Gibson because of the kind of wiggle that

545
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Speaker 1: he has. He's talking about Gibson's patience. He really is.

546
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's not one of those guys that tries

547
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Speaker 1: to hit the hole too fast before it's open. He's

548
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: really trying to find his way and read his blocks,

549
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 1: and he does a good job of doing that. I

550
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,679
Speaker 1: think our ability to put pressure on these guys up

551
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,159
Speaker 1: front and close those running lanes down. It's going to

552
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 1: be important for us to just hold these guys off

553
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: because if they are able to establish any part of

554
00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 1: their running game, everything else is going to start to

555
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,880
Speaker 1: open up. Now. I guess fortunately for us, we don't

556
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 1: have to worry about the tight end aspect of it,

557
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 1: but they still have some guys on the outside man,

558
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: and look, Terry McLaurin is a guy that you know,

559
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: but DeAndre Carter, DeAndre Carter, you have to watch him

560
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 1: because we've struggled versus. He's the prototypical guy that gives

561
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 1: us problems. Short, speedy, and can work into space. The

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00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 1: other thing, man, is the last thing about Taylor Heineke.

563
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: He's feisty man. He's a feisty guy. He's gonna keep scrapping.

564
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: And just like most quarterbacks, if you give you give

565
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: me a phenomenal defense and a serviceable quarterback, you can

566
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: win some games. And that formula still works in the NFL,

567
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: especially when you can run the football. Like you said,

568
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: it opens everything up. And that's how Taylor Heinekes still

569
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: won football games is because the running game has opened

570
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,360
Speaker 1: things up. I'm gonna go back to Week four, I'm

571
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 1: gonna read off the running totals from Washington as a

572
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: team since this week four. This is pretty incredible. They're

573
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 1: still ranked ninth in the NFL one hundred and twenty

574
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: four yards per game. But this is what they've done lately.

575
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: After kind of a pitter pattering to start the year,

576
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: one twenty two versus Atlanta, one thirty one versus New Orleans,

577
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: they only had ninety four against Kansas City. Kansas City

578
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: kind of shut them down, one ninety five against Green

579
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Speaker 1: Bay in a bounce back game, one twelve against Denver,

580
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 1: ninety four again against Tampa Bay. So the two Super

581
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,920
Speaker 1: Bowl teams were the only teams that held them under

582
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: one hundred yards to this point. One ninety against Carolina,

583
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: one fifty two against Seattle, and then one twelve against

584
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Since a trend there. Yeah, they're pretty good

585
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,479
Speaker 1: at running the football and they can do it with

586
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: a committee as well. And when you go back and

587
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: watch the film, one of the things I think the

588
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: change is they started using Heineken more under center and

589
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: giving Gibson a little bit more leverage in the background,

590
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: you know, in the backfield to get going downfield. They

591
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: use a pistol a lot, and I think that is

592
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: what's changed their running game. You look at the four

593
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: games that they lost, going it back to the Saints,

594
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, the Packers, and the Broncos, their running game

595
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: was just in disarray. I mean, they had some you know,

596
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: artist time runs and things like that. But you go

597
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: against those defenses, your offense, Jess, isn't clicking. You're putting

598
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 1: up thirteen points, ten points. I mean, where your offense

599
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 1: is sputtering, and even to the point where they've won

600
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: some games, it's not like they're thirty burger ring here,

601
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: forty burger there the rest. Still it's a slow paced offense.

602
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: And even with as great as they are in the run,

603
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: they're one of the worst teams in the NFL in

604
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: the red zone. So, you know, some doesn't compute which

605
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: one of these kids are doing their own thing and

606
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 1: we've got to figure out how to keep them out

607
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: of the end zone. They are straight up fifty percent

608
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: in the red zone. That's twenty ninth in the league.

609
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: Thin't good. That's not very good? Is it? Not very good? Now?

610
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: With that being said, you mentioned the route runners, and

611
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: that's the thing that also kind of gives me pause

612
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: whenever looking at this matchup, because not only are you

613
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: talking about like you said McLaurin, Curtis Samuel, it's almost

614
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: every wide receiver on their roster knows how to route, run,

615
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: knows how to cook in the second level. Is that

616
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: something that the secondary from the Cowboys is going to

617
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: struggle with going into Sunday. I think this is gonna

618
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: be a challenging game in terms of playing sound defense

619
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: at the defensive back position under under fourteen yards. So

620
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: there's so most of the route tree comes to under

621
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: fourteen yards. It's not a deep threat. It's not a

622
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: deep threat team. This is this is a Hey, these

623
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: guys are gonna rout trying to route you up five

624
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: six yards, catch it, get yack yardage, just like you know,

625
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: to Heckim's point, this is a very physical team. These

626
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: guys don't have a problem taking the little five yards

627
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: and you know it was like three yards in a cloud.

628
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: It does. They're they're okay with that. They are perfectly

629
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: that they are okay with that. And so you're gonna

630
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: have to be very sound defensively to not get your

631
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,239
Speaker 1: hips turned to the sideline. These defense these ddbs are

632
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: gonna have to be squared up, keep their hands on

633
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: guys and stay square second. Of all these guys anna

634
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: to tackle, They're gonna have to tackle their buts off

635
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: in the secondary anywhere from the second level to the

636
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 1: secondary I got to tackle. Because the defensive line. I

637
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 1: think it's gonna have their hands full, even though I

638
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: think that they can win with leverage upfront. If they don't,

639
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: if they pull an old school pole and start standing

640
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 1: up and they're getting moves side to side, it's gonna

641
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: be a problem. Because of how these boys play downhill.

642
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: That name keeps getting dragged through the mud on this show.

643
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: Hey don Terry Poe, No, that's bad, that's bad. Do

644
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 1: you travel digs with mclaura No, No, keep him to

645
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: the side. Yeah you agree, you know, I think you

646
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: you switch it up. Maybe not the whole game. I

647
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: think in their situations with them, I think Taylor Heineke,

648
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: his deep crossing routes are just balls. He can make

649
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: that throw, but I don't think that he can make

650
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: every throw. I think he struggles. I don't think that

651
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: you why they keep it under fifteen yards For the

652
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: most part, I don't believe you ever play these guys

653
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: man to man, I really pla him in the zone.

654
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: I think you can play zone with these guys and

655
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: try to keep your two, keep your box as sound

656
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: as possible. I wouldn't go cover two shot. I don't

657
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: want to keep another man down there close to the

658
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: line of experience because you know, if they're gonna try

659
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: to win this game running dan Quinn cover three defense

660
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: is a sort of deal. But but the thing is,

661
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: like your second I'm again, I'm gonna keep saying this,

662
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: Your second level has to tackle this game. They have

663
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: to tackle. If they don't tackle, if they don't close

664
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,719
Speaker 1: those holes and close those gaps, is gonna be a

665
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: long freaking day. And what's your confidence level that they're

666
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: going to go up and tackle. There's the pause because

667
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,239
Speaker 1: we have shown repeatedly as of late that we're not

668
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: as physical as we were the first half of the season,

669
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: and that concerns me. That concerns me, especially against a

670
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: team like this. That's my worry against this team. Not skills,

671
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: not these guys have so much talent, Not that their

672
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 1: schemes are so amazing. This is a physical team, right,

673
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: It's a physical team. The last physical team that we

674
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: that we handle was New England won that game. That

675
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: was awesome. Physical though, right gave us problems because of that.

676
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: I would argue the Raiders were physical, the Raiders would

677
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: fly around. They're they're competitive, they're they're super competitive. But

678
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: in terms of in some terms of a strategy, in

679
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: terms of, hey, we are going to just we're coming downhill.

680
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: We don't give a dog on at you that you

681
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: know we're coming down here, We're coming downhill at you.

682
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: This is gonna be with one of those type of

683
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,719
Speaker 1: games and guess what, we'll sprinkling you know, springklin heinee

684
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: every so often. That's why you can't play a whole

685
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: lot of Man, because he will take off and get

686
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: that fire yards and keep those chains moving. Yeah, that's

687
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: the reason why you don't want to play Man against

688
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: these guys. You don't want to give mclauren. You don't

689
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: want to give Samuel an opportunity to have extended plays.

690
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: And now all of a sudden, it's harder to stick

691
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: guys longer as a player. You know, duration continues, So

692
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: you want to go ahead and zone it up and

693
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: make sure that your sound right there in that box man,

694
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: because that's where it's gonna be one or lost. Honey.

695
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: He's not gonna beat you dropping back and throwing the ball.

696
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: He will beat you if you try to play man

697
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: to man and you allow him to get out in

698
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: extend plays. And the reason man to man, just just

699
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: elaborating on that reason why man man is such a

700
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: factor is that your dvs will have their back turn

701
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: while he's running towards them. But in this game, one

702
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: of the keys to victory is going to be meeting

703
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: matching their intensitive We can't in weeks past, we've had

704
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 1: a problem with starting slow, and I think even just hey,

705
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 1: I just feel like we're a little foggy going into

706
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: this other team is primed and ready to go. This

707
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: is gonna be a playoff atmosphere in Washington because they

708
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: understand what they have at stake here. I just we

709
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: have to make these tackles where you say be physical

710
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,479
Speaker 1: at the latter half or back half of the defense,

711
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: I agree with that. I just believe that you have

712
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: such talent back there that you can mix some of

713
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: these things up. I think he's they tilt their hands

714
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: on a lot of things that they do. They try

715
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: and run a lot of motion, just so that you

716
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,319
Speaker 1: know Heineke knows what he's in. But I believe that's

717
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: where you can confuse them the short routes that they

718
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: are gonna throw digs last year versus Terry McLaurin. If

719
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 1: you watch The Tape Boys a couple of times, McLaren

720
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 1: took him to church, and it's just true. For the matter,

721
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: I just think he's so much better now at those

722
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: crossing routes and breaking on crossing routes. But getting that

723
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: pressure up front, I think it's going to make the

724
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:41,399
Speaker 1: difference for Taylor Heineken. Again, he's serviceable. You know, he's

725
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 1: good enough for you to win with him, but you

726
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: can also force some mistakes and those mistakes that he

727
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: makes this once he starts getting happy feet, he will

728
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: run because he's an athlete. You know he'll go back

729
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 1: to what he knows. He's gonna try and run the ball.

730
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: If you force him to do that, and then he

731
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: looks up at the last minute and try and get

732
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 1: rid of the ball, that's where you can get some interceptions.

733
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Speaker 1: I think I completely agree with you because I think

734
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: one riverboat Ron is watching this show and he's gonna

735
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: clip that and send that to Taylor and say, hey,

736
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: here's your here's your motivation. Oh man, man, that's what's

737
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: getting you going into more to please use me. No,

738
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: I agree with you completely. I think this is a

739
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: game where you have to be physical from a defensive standpoint,

740
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to step up and have some

741
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: guys step up, even though you can't sit back and say, oh,

742
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,240
Speaker 1: our guys are back, let's have some fun now. No, no, no,

743
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: this is a wake up game. You need vander Es,

744
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: you gotta step up. Neil has to step up. Curse

745
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: is gonna have to tackle at that level as well.

746
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: He doesn't have a tie, big tight end to worry about. Now,

747
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: his mostly his responsibility of this game. Off, lease elaborate

748
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Speaker 1: why fifty five? Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait

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Speaker 1: wait wait wait wait, we'll come back here. Let's do

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00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: it when we come back. Let's take our break and

751
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 1: let's elaborate on that. Who needs to step up and

752
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,840
Speaker 1: be physical? Also? Who has been the biggest surprise for

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Speaker 1: a cliffhanger, going into the cliffhanger of asking who needs

808
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Speaker 1: to step up against the Cowboys or excuse me, against

809
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 1: the Washington offense. From that Cowboys defense, there's there is

810
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: an a mention of a number fifty five and maybe

811
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: a forty two. Who out of those guys needs to

812
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: step up more? Fifty five? Why he's supposed to be

813
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:31,400
Speaker 1: our big physical linebacker, supposed to be our big physical linebacker.

814
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Speaker 1: And I'm not in the business of calling anybody out.

815
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: But I feel as if he is not upholding the

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00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: ask and the responsibility that they have placed on him

817
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: this year. But that's a call out. Yeah, I mean,

818
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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I just go up what I see.

819
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: I mean, I just call how I see it, umtat

820
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: stats aside. I just I see him retreating more than

821
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: I see him attacking. The there's a reason why they

822
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 1: didn't re up him, and it's showing up. It's showing

823
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,919
Speaker 1: up is a reason why they didn't. They didn't grab

824
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: that at that fifth year or whatever it is. It

825
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 1: is showing up last game in particular, watching him, I'm like,

826
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: come downhill, please, come downhill. We need you at the

827
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: second level to be physical. Who else is going to

828
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: be physic about that second level aside from Mica. Again,

829
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Speaker 1: that's why I say, if MICA's not there, we got

830
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 1: a freaking problem, because nobody is stepping up to be

831
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Speaker 1: physical at that second level. There is nobody that you

832
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 1: circle on that on on the roster right now. That's

833
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: as you say, he's gonna he gonna bush you in

834
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: your mouth, maybe curse. That's that's that's third level. But yeah,

835
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: second level, you know, like so like that's what I'm saying.

836
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 1: At that second level, who are you circling to say,

837
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: we got to worry about this dude? Or even guess what,

838
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: you can't just go you can't just go lock up

839
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 1: with him because you can run him to the sideline

840
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: like he's not being what we need him to be

841
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: and we and we have to figure that out because

842
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,879
Speaker 1: as you guys know, as we go further and further

843
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: in this season and hopefully into the playoffs, teams are

844
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: going to come downhill and they will double up. They

845
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 1: will combo block on your on your on your nose

846
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,919
Speaker 1: guard and your dtackles and work up to that next level.

847
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Speaker 1: And if that person doesn't want the smoke, there's gonna

848
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Speaker 1: be big, big holes leading up to the K k

849
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Speaker 1: Z and all this everybody else in that third level. No,

850
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: that's a that's a great point. I just wanted to

851
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: make sure that you elaborated on that when you left

852
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: off of the second piece there, because you know, last

853
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:21,720
Speaker 1: game Laton had one tackle, Yeah, and that linebacker, yeah,

854
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,359
Speaker 1: that's one tackle. And the stats she's show, I mean,

855
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: it's like the proof is there. And then they say,

856
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 1: and this scot don't lie you what you're talking about,

857
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: is him catching at the line of scrimmage? Are you're

858
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: not scraping and feeling hole? Yeah, And it's weird to

859
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: hear to think about Laton Vanderesh and that to that

860
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: aspect because you have to think about him as a rookie.

861
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 1: He was All Pro as a rookie and his whole

862
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: game was being physical. Now, I don't know if if

863
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,879
Speaker 1: he's if he's injured. We hadn't heard about it any

864
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: any of that. He's out there, but we need him,

865
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: especially specifically in this game, to pick up the pace

866
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: and be physical at the line of scrimmage. Also, Ken

867
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: O'Neil Neil has been making some tackles. He's been doing

868
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: some really good things in pass coverage, but at the

869
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, I think he gets washed out and

870
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: he tries to run around block and I think that

871
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: gets him in trouble because he's a little bit lighter

872
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: of of a linebacker. But going back to Curse, I

873
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: think there have been times where Curses playing a lot

874
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: closer to the line of scrimmage than we even give

875
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: credit for because he has acted because our linebackers because

876
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 1: that physicality, you know, but he's just operated. He's operated

877
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: in that way, and that's where a lot of I

878
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: think when teams have had success versus us in the

879
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: running game, going back to the Denver game, you could

880
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: just see it. Man, They're they're gashing us, and those

881
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: you know, those two phases of being able to find

882
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 1: the two way go and get on the back side.

883
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 1: We just hadn't had a defender that could stop it

884
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 1: or at least stimy that block. And that's my concern

885
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 1: with this game, and I'm gonna keep saying it because

886
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: where these guys can be dangerous is what our guys

887
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 1: are doing right now. They're gonna combo block. Guys are

888
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: gonna try to wash one side of the of the

889
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 1: line one direction. They're gonna leave one guy free. They're

890
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 1: gonna run somebody back, try to take his knees out

891
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: on the back end. So d Law, if Gregory comes back,

892
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 1: your knees are gonna you better get your hands down,

893
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 1: he says. They say, they're just shooting straight at your

894
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 1: knees and they're gonna clear you out. So now there's

895
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 1: a gaping hole right there. And if your guys at

896
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: the second level linebackers want to run around blocks, and

897
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: want to avoid lineman leaving. You are literally doing what

898
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: they want you to do, and there we will be

899
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,399
Speaker 1: in a world of trouble, whole heap of trouble if

900
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: these guys don't come down and be physical. I'm just saying,

901
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you how it is. I've seen it

902
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 1: too many times. So are the linebackers getting a pass

903
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: this year? From a general standpoint, I know we're really

904
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: diving into it right now, but from a Cowboys Nation standpoint,

905
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 1: I feel like there's not as much heat on the

906
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: linebackers now that Jalen Smith's not a part of that group.

907
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: Is that because just from a tag standpoint, late or

908
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: not late manner, Michael Parsons is categorized as a linebacker.

909
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: But outside of Michael Parsons, the linebackers have not played

910
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 1: exceptionally Well, That's why I brought up the point. I said,

911
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:56,879
Speaker 1: if you take Mica out the picture, which I hope

912
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:01,839
Speaker 1: never happens, what do you have. No, that's a great point, um,

913
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 1: And going back to the you know, just watching film

914
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: and watching the Carolina game and with that Jalen played

915
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 1: in and you could tell the differences in speed from

916
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: my linebacker group I think we've gotten a lot faster

917
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 1: since then. Um, just the tackling just hadn't been there

918
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmag Jar tackles for loss. That's

919
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: where Michael is so much better. And we don't know

920
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: where Michael's gonna line up. So you want to, you

921
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 1: wanna you want to, you know, do a critique. Hell,

922
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: you don't know he's gonna be an age at well,

923
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 1: Michael wants to smoke. Right when you walk up there

924
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 1: as an office a linement, you look up, you see Michael.

925
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: You're like, ooh, if I go up to that next level,

926
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 1: I gotta bring my big boy draws, even though I

927
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 1: outweigh him by seventy pounds. I gotta bring my big

928
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 1: boy dress because I know he gonna bust me in

929
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: my chin. And the mother cats next to him I

930
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:43,439
Speaker 1: handle them. Yeah, they don't. And then those other cats

931
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 1: don't have the no lateness as big. He's catching, he's catching.

932
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 1: But that's this is why important, why this game is

933
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,799
Speaker 1: so important, and how Washington has gotten their running game going.

934
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: It's really kind of we need to look at how

935
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: we need to get our running game back going. It's

936
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 1: just look one of this game particularly guys like Osa

937
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: Diggi Zoor up front, if not Neville Gallimore, but Tristan Hill.

938
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: It's gonna be imperative that our techniques that if they

939
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: play sound and they gobble up those blocks to allow

940
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: our linebackers to be able to get to flow and shed.

941
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 1: We hadn't had that a lot because it's been we've

942
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: been interchanging guys. But you know, I don't know that's

943
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: gonna be as soon as these guys get back, it's

944
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 1: gonna be an odd man out on our defensive front.

945
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: I don't know exactly who that's gonna be, but I

946
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: don't know if we can have everybody on. Yeah, the

947
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: fact that Brent Urban's not available for the rest of

948
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: the season gives you an extra spot to work with.

949
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,800
Speaker 1: But you're right, I think, especially at the edge rusher spot.

950
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: I mean, having all those guys and then Michael Parson's

951
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,800
Speaker 1: rotating in as well, are you really gonna need to

952
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: keep all those edge rushers. Probably not. It's probably not

953
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: the case. You'll probably have to move somebody down to

954
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: the practice Watt squad or put them on waivers so

955
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 1: their decisions to be mad now really quickly before we

956
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: wrap up I know Chris is gonna get get us

957
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 1: on time here for a in a second, but most

958
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: surprising piece of the Cowboys defense real quickly. Who has

959
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: it been throughout the course of this season. I mean,

960
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the easy one, and that's

961
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,919
Speaker 1: the runt curse, Ye curse all the way across the board.

962
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,479
Speaker 1: I agree, he's played phenomenal and like we just said,

963
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: the ability that he has to come up to the

964
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage is huge because outside of Michael Parsons,

965
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: the speed might be better at the second level than

966
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: it has been in years, but the physicality has not been.

967
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: And that's something we're gonna talk about. And you mentioned

968
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: getting the Cowboys run game jump started. That's what we're

969
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:40,240
Speaker 1: gonna talk about tomorrow, Cowboys offense versus the Washington defense.

970
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: But that's it for us here on this Wednesday edition

971
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Speaker 1: of Talking Cowboys. For Chris Beam in the back, Isaiah

972
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,359
Speaker 1: stand Back, the Great, heck Ma Harris, and I'm Kyle

973
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: Yeoman's We'll see you tomorrow on Talking Cowboys. This has

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