WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Scouting the Lions Defense 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.520 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:10.719 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.400 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:18.759 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:24.160 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:30.440 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:35.200 Thursday September twenty seventh, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, Episode number 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.760 forty s seven. Welcome to another very special edition of 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.080 Mess Up dot Number live from the s WBC Mortgage 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:44.599 Studios at the Star. We've got a lot of a 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.600 lot of really good information to get into today. We 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:48.720 appreciate you guys taking some time to talk to us, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.760 and we're gonna talk some Cowboys football. How's probably doing 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:59.080 this morning? Hi? Hey? What the heck? Alright, it's very creepy. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.560 What's going on on? How are we doing? Guys? Hey? Jason? 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.880 All right, let's get right into it. We gotta get 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:08.240 to this Detroit Lion defense. Yesterday you guys talked about 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.840 the Lions offense versus the Cowboys defense. Today we talk 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:14.679 about the Lions defense versus the Cowboys offense. But before 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:16.600 we do we do need to catch up on some 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.920 injury information. Yesterday there were three players that did not 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:24.400 practice Malik Collins, Travis Frederick, Shawn Lee. Nothing surprising about that, 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.800 but there were a few guys that were limited. Cole 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.839 Beasy with an ankle injury, Jeff Heath with another ankle 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:34.240 with an ankle injury, and Antoine Woods with a groin injury. 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.280 Talk to me about those three guys and what you're 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.000 expecting this week as far as their health. Well, I'll 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:43.680 start with Sean Lee. I have the chance to talk 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:47.200 to Steven Jones every week for a special edition and 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.960 it's going to air on Saturday, so I don't know, 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.960 I don't know when, Saturday night, ten thirty in Dallas, 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:54.720 but all over the place, and if you're in that, 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.840 we'll have it on the website too. The website, and 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.320 I have a feeling that he's going to have an interview. 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.080 We haven't done the interview yet, but I have a 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.800 feeling that during the interview that he will say something 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.320 like two to four weeks for Sean Lee. Yeah, feeling. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.079 I've a feeling that that's going to come out in 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:14.680 the interview. We'll see it sounds about right. Yeah, So 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.480 that's not really what the head coach I don't think 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:19.959 is saying. No, he's saying day to day, but I 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.600 think he really means like fourteen to twenty eight days 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.640 sounds about right. What nothing. I'm just and you guys 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:31.400 already talked about it yesterday. It's just it doesn't surprise 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.480 you anymore when this pops up. But at some point 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.160 it's like, you know, I guess they're gonna see this 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.600 year what happens in his absence. Last year, in his absence, 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.040 they realized they couldn't do without him. This year in 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.480 his absence, I wonder if that maybe starts to change 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.760 a little bit. If what we've seen so far from 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.000 these linebackers is accurate in the fact that they've played 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.799 pretty well. I wonder if we will get through this 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.720 period and say, you know, these linebackers pretty much can 0:02:56.720 --> 0:03:00.880 handle it, maybe need it. Maybe them said sitting Sean 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:02.720 Lee for most of training camp or a lot of 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.360 training camp wasn't really about Sean Lee. Maybe it was 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.600 about point getting Joe Thomas and these other guys acclimated 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.399 to the system. So when it happens, not so much if, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.560 but when it happens, they'll be ready for it. And 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.760 I talked to Joe yesterday and he kind of said, 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.120 you know, he's anxious to prove that that's not going 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:23.160 to be the mantra here when when Shawn's out, I'm excited. 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.600 I want to see what it looks like. Yeah, you 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:29.280 drafted a guy nineteenth overall, he looks he looks good 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.320 so far apart he looks like a freak. Actually, I 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:36.040 saw Matt Patricia was talking about you know, they the 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.040 Lions spent some time on him too. They've been trying 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.240 to revamp their linebacker corps. And I don't want to 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.000 miss quote him, but he said something like, you know, 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:46.320 it's it's insane that a guy who's that big can 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:50.600 take up that much space that quickly. Which and so 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.800 Laye Vanderesh is going to make his first start on Sunday, 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.760 there's very little doubt, and it will only be his 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.960 fifteenth start in eleven on eleven football. Ever, he made 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.320 his first start in eleven on eleven football September second 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:09.360 of last year. All right, Jack Black, like alone, I'm 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.360 scratching my arm for a while, though I know it 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.120 was like absent mind that ever gonna go away. It 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.920 was an absent mind. Like you guys throw me off, 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.279 appreciate that you're a distractable player. Day I'm distracted. I'm 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:23.920 just you know, I just wanted to throw in some 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:28.279 product of Jack Black. I can help that. I'm intrigued 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:33.839 to see what it looks like. And I think there's 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.279 a lot of potential there between him and Jalen Smith. 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.640 And yeah, I mean I love Shaun Lee. I respect 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.520 the hell out of him, but the writing is always 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:42.960 on the wall when you draft the guy in the 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.720 first round that you're thinking about the future, and Sean 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:49.360 Lee's thirty two. He might be here next year. I 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.360 don't know. I mean, it's hard to predict that type 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.920 of stuff. Where contract, Where are we in this contract? 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.000 I couldn't tell you how many years he's got left, 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.120 but I believe you could save seven million dollars on 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:02.920 the cap if you wanted too next year, which I 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:07.200 think it's too soon to say that, but um, but 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.359 that's the nature of the NFL. So I just feel 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.760 great about the fact that the Cowboys actually are going 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.840 into because this does not through nineteen, so he's got 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.480 one year left on him, and usually that one year 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.560 left on his deal is usually one where you can 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:26.480 actually yeah, I just like the Cowboys. I know. What 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.680 I'm saying is I do think that that the conversation 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.520 I do think that the conversation said, what's this contract? 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.720 Look like that? That's what that means. It doesn't mean yeah, 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.240 that's exactly what I mean. It does. The fact of 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.080 the matter is, I think that if these young linebackers, 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:46.960 if these young young linebackers play well during during Sean 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:50.000 Lee's absence, then it does beg the question, especially if 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.960 you're talking about, like you said, you can save that 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.040 much money, it does beg the question, at what point 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.680 did the Cowboys say we no longer can rely on him. 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:59.840 It's happened with a lot. Look, yes, every player that 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.760 to the Cowboys organization. I don't care how great they are. 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.480 At some point it's going to come to an end. 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.839 We have seen it with every single player that comes 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:12.440 through here. Don't lose. Okay. Here's the thing though, And 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.880 when you talk about like possibly cutting him or maybe 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.720 thinking of that or going there, that's dumb because Sean 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.800 Lee is not like any other player. He acts more 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.960 of a coach as anyone else. I've even seen here 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.600 and now that I know much about the history, and 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.200 I can't go that far back, but in the time 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.160 that I've been here, he's the one player that has 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:39.359 the right attitude and is absolutely fully invested. And not 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.200 only that, he shares that with his teammates and acts 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.440 as a coach and teacher, so he has a lot 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.320 more value than just being on the field. In my opinion, 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.800 Aaron Woodson was the same guy. I mean, there have 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.880 been other guys like that to come through the Cowboys organization. 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.520 The problem is, at some point you no longer can 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:58.160 rely on them because their bodies get to a point 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.240 where the bodies just can't take it anymore. And that's 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.320 my whole point is are they at the point? At 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.160 what point will the Cowboys get to a point where 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:07.080 they say, you know, we really can't rely on the 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:08.599 fact that Sean's going to be able to be helped 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.800 four years left on his con and on top of that, 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.720 we actually have options because last year they had no options. Yeah, 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.960 like they had to have Sean Lee because that's all 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.720 they I mean, that's what they had. Right now, everything 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.480 we've seen in training camp suggested maybe they've got other 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.280 options and maybe their defense doesn't fall off a cliff 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.280 when Sean isn't there. Well, just to be just to 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:32.200 clarify on the contract, it is through next year. If 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.920 they decided at the end of the season to release him, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.720 next year's cap hit is ten point there's ten million, 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.920 and he if they released him, they would save seven 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:46.840 million on the cap, which they would also save seven 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.960 million on this year's cap as well. So if they 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.440 would have they would have done that. It is it's 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.840 far too early to speculate on that, but it's something 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.200 that from the minute they again from the minute they 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.880 drafted Late and vander Esh, that's something you should have 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.840 been keeping an eye on and it's something to watch 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.440 see how they do. Like I said, I mean between 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.800 Jalen Smith and Layton vander Esh. I actually wrote about 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:11.360 this in my column today Shameless plugged. But you've got 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.560 arguably two of your most athletic players playing linebacker now. 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.480 They're both under contract for multiple years, and they're both 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.440 younger than twenty five. So the writings on the wall, 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.880 that doesn't mean that Sean Lee will be cut you know, 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.000 this offseason. It's way too soon to say that. But 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.840 he is not the future of this defense, and don't 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:30.640 don't be mistaken if you have, if you don't think 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.880 the Cowboys will move on and make tough decisions from 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.400 guys that are franchise type players you haven't been paying 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:39.120 attention to say, are a franchise now that a rock. 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.200 At times, they get kind of cutthroat, like I'm like, wow, 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.959 they did that. I mean, they are doing what they 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.480 feel like is in the best insies of the organization first, 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:49.240 and whether those are the right decisions or not, you 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.880 can debate that all day. But they I don't think 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.120 they get caught up on well, this guy's been with 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.400 us for a long time and we really love him 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.080 and respect him. Like the end of the day, they're 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.920 gonna make whatever decision they think is best for those organizations. 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.600 Those guys that were way more you know, productive than 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.720 Shaun Lee has been, and Sean's productive, but he hasn't 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.320 been consistently productive because he gets hurt. Yeah, and he's 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:11.679 hurt again. All right, So let's talk to me now 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.439 about those guys that are limited because I know, we know, 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:17.520 as Nick just said, he's not playing this week, probably 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.360 not playing for a few weeks. But Cole Beasley, Jeff 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.480 Heath Antoine Woods. Those are three guys that were limited yesterday. 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:25.880 Are we thinking that these are injuries that we really 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.040 need to be concerned about? Are these precautionary type limited 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.200 practice type players? All three guys got hurt and well 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:35.080 Beasley had the ankle last week but played with it right, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.120 Woods and Heath got hurt and came back, and they 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.520 are limited on Wednesday. Again, I just I look at 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:42.600 what's the word and what's the day of the week. 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.680 If you're limited on the first day of practice, you're 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.400 probably gonna play. If you're limited on Thursday, you're probably 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.560 gonna play unless they take a back step back on third, 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:54.400 which is rare. Backsteps in the course of practice are 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:57.000 rare more often than for last year. Remember last year 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:02.280 on Thursdays for the most Yes, if I really I 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.240 don't want to say I don't care, but I'm really 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.400 only studying that if it's getting to Friday and you 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.000 haven't practiced yet, which all three of those guys were 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.440 there again today, so they're going to do at least something. 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:17.559 So again it's trending toward being good for Friday slash Sunday. Travis, 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.720 Travis Lee and Malik we're all still not there today, 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.840 which I mean, I think obviously Travis no, obviously Lee no. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.760 And I think I would lean toward thinking Malik can't 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:29.959 go this week either. But we'll see. 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We've already talked about the offense, 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.800 the Lions offense, and now it's time to talk about 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.319 the Lions defense. Dave, what do we have to be 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:05.520 afraid of? Uh? Well, you know I tweeted this last night. 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:10.240 I didn't feel good about this game, and I still 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.440 don't feel great, I guess, but I fired up the 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.800 tape and I watched a couple games, and I feel 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.920 better after watching their defense. I do. I do feel better, 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:20.920 which is funny. Because the Cowboys can't throw the ball 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:23.240 to save their lives and the Lions have the best 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.640 passing defense in the NFL one hundred and fifty two 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.600 yards a game. That's not great, But what is great 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:31.520 is they are absolutely dead last in the league and 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:38.360 defending the run so money. That's nice. They're surrendering. When 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.720 you read that last night, you got so excited. Well, 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.360 I mean, if you're looking for ways for this all 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.319 year to win, it's funny. I wait, let me read 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.680 your mind. Yeah, they ran the ball really well in Seattle. 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.520 And still that wasn't what I was gonna say. What 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:52.839 I was gonna say is I was going to harken 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.200 back to what you said. I think it was last 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.520 week that this NFL as soon as you see something 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.840 that is so drastically the points to one thing that's 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:05.160 gonna happen. It's not gonna happen. True, we'll see how 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.720 you're right. But you know I've all week I've been saying, 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:13.440 shut up about Zeke's carries, like it's not Zeke only 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.040 getting sixteen carries is not why they lost. You can't expect. 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.960 You can't expect anything more like you got to throw 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:20.560 the ball at some point. But a guess the defense 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.080 like this, maybe you really can just load up and 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.920 try to run forty times because it has worked. It 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:28.200 has worked for two of the three opponents that have 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:30.560 played the Lions. They gave maybe keeps their offense off 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.040 the Yeah, they gave up one hundred O. No, that's 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.920 the biggest part of this for me is keep Matt 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:39.040 Stafford off the field. So they're giving up one hundred 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:43.080 forty nine rushing yards per game, twenty nine point three 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.040 points per game. Forty nine Ers hit him for thirty 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.240 the Jets hit him for forty eight, which those aren't 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:52.040 great offenses. No, well, that well that's go. You know, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.200 if you have a NFL game Pass, it's one hundred 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.720 dollars for the whole season. I highly recommend it. You 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.760 can see all the you can see the All twenty two. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:00.640 Then you go to Dallas cowb was that com forward 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.600 Slash game pass, and that's how you can get in 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:04.800 and get your subscription. You can get the All twenty two. 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.040 You can also get the condensed version of the game 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.280 where it literally just jumps right to the next snaps. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:13.200 You can watch a whole game in fifteen minutes. Anyway, 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.520 You're right, Like, I know, you know, Jimmy Garoppolo was 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.560 playing well, and they gave him that extension before he 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.560 got hurt. But like, that's not this Gangbusters offense. You know, 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:25.880 they're throwing Pierre Garson and rookie Dante Pettis out there, 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.560 Matt Brada and Alfred Morris or their running backs. They 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:31.280 ran for one hundred and ninety eight yards on these 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:35.240 guys and scored thirty points. Jimmy Garoppolo I charted it. 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.560 He threw five passes that went more than twelve yards downfield. 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.960 He connected on two of them, and he drew a 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.680 flag on third. So there's something to be you need. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:46.680 You need to hit on some of those longer plays. 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.560 I think we would all agree with that. But the 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.920 vast majority of what he was doing was out's curls, 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.920 smoke routes, short quick stuff, and they did just enough 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.120 and they let the running game take over. So there's 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.800 a blueprint for success here. So you look at it. 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.320 A lot of big bodies on their front y'all were 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:08.720 talking about it in the break a. Sean Robinson, Sylvester Williams, 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:16.880 DeShawn hand Ricky, Jean Francois Romeo, Aquara, Carrie Hider. They 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:21.720 all basically comprise your down linemen. It's it's listed as 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.680 a four to three, but it's very multiple. It's a 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.920 lot like the Patriots, not surprisingly with Matt Patricia being there, 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.360 they kind of mix and match. Your main pass rushers 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.640 are Ziggy Ansa and Eli Harold, who they got from 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.920 the forty nine ers. Actually, Ziggy hasn't played a full 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.280 game yet this year. He's got a shoulder that knocked 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:41.280 him out of the Jets game. He missed the Week two. 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:45.920 In Week three, he has not practiced yet as of Thursday, 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:47.920 which I don't think their report is out, but that 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:52.280 is something to watch because that would be big. Your linebackers, 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:57.360 Devon Kannard, Gerard Davis, Christian Jones. It's Gerard Davis is 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.720 a first round pick, but it's it's so so. I 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.960 don't don't see anything that scares the daylights out of 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.080 me the way that Bobby Wagner and Luke Keikley do. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:09.400 And then obviously, you know the prime guys or your 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:13.920 secondary Darius Slay at one, cornerback Nevin Lawson, and then 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:17.200 your safeties Glover Quinn and Quandre Diggs, who just signed 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.440 a contract extension before the season started. They're very aggressive. 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.119 They make a lot of plays on the ball. They 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:26.080 are confident, you know if I mean if you if 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:27.520 you throw at them, they're going to try to jump 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.560 in front of it or swatt it down. You see 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:33.359 a lot of contested balls, which you know, it makes sense. 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:35.280 They don't. Um, they don't give up a lot of 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.520 passing yards. Um, you don't see a lot of bad coverage, 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.000 like even you know, Tom Brady couldn't throw his guys 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:44.040 open in their game and the Patriots always scored ten 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:47.560 points as a result, which the Patriots only ran the 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.679 ball nineteen times, which I don't understand because the Jets 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.480 and the forty nine ers both did whatever they wanted 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.119 to them. Um. They also didn't have one of their 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.320 running backs though, but go ahead, which which x Burkhead 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.879 was get hurt. That's they are. They are typically a 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.399 team that that splits the carry, so you got one 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.240 less guy. But they had White and they had Sony Michelle, 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.920 who's their second round pick. Yeah, they should have done better. 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.840 Forty nine ers twenty eight carries one hundred and ninety yards. 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.560 That's six point eight yards per carry. Jets thirty six 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:21.880 carries one hundred and sixty nine yards, which again, that's 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:23.840 what gives me confidence, is like, you can't do that 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:25.959 against most teams, but I feel like you might just 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:27.879 be able to run against these guys all day. You 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:29.720 gotta get a lead on them, though, that's the thing. 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.520 Start fast, please, That's that's the really thing with anybody. 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.000 But if you get a lead and you could run 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.120 on them, that's probably where where it's easier to beat 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:40.200 the Lions. If you're down and you have it to pass, 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:42.159 pass pass, that's what they want you to. But the 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:43.879 one thing I would say is I wouldn't panic if 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:46.879 I got down, because I would still keep running. And 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:48.760 that's the thing about an offense like I mean, a 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.760 defense like this, If they really are as bad against 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:55.119 the run as we think they are, then you can 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:58.080 still eat. Taking time and going down the film methodically, 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.760 going down and field and scoring still is just as 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:02.520 valuable as feel like you got to throw to get 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:04.320 back in a game you can't get back down by 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.720 too much. But you can't wind yourself in a track meet. 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.720 And we talked about yesterday with with Stafford and those guys, 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:11.600 and they could put up some points, so you know, 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:14.160 you hope. But if you watch these last few games, 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.040 I mean the Cowboys have gotten down early third quarter 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.240 of they kind of buckled, you know, buckled down, and 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.639 they get themselves back in the game if their offense 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:25.000 could score at all. Yeah, one thing, like you really 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.600 you can't substitute actually sitting down and watching tape. I mean, 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:30.199 you know, if you don't have a hundred dollars, I 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:33.239 get it. That's what we're here for. But Lions are 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:36.399 fourth in the league in sacks with ten, which says 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.920 to you, oh man, this stallus offensive line better buckled down. 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.240 I wasn't that impressed. Like again, ziggy Onza is not here, 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:46.320 he's not playing right now, so maybe that could take 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:48.720 him to another level. But this looks like a lot 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:51.280 of coverage sacks to me, like they use their linebackers. 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:53.400 They blitz their linebackers to make up for the fact 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.240