WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: How Bad Are The Injuries? 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:07.040 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:19.200 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.919 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:27.240 ready for a break. Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:31.560 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:38.919 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:46.880 Let's go. It is Monday, August sixteen, twenty twenty one, 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.360 Season seventeen, episode number nine. Welcome to the latest edition 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.080 of The Break. I'm joined by Nick Eatman Dave Hellman. 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.160 We're talking some Cowboys football with you guys for the 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.840 next forty five minutes, maybe an hour, depending on how 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.600 these guys go. H. We got a lot of topics. 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:04.520 But y'all just amused because there's a camera. I mean, 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.200 because there's a no just video. Nick loves looking at 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.040 the monitor. But also I'm I look even shorter than 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.240 normal today. Yeah, that's a sair. So yeah, that's what 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:18.480 I was mentioning. Just doesn't care, doesn't care. You should 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:20.840 be showing off the haircut. You got the fresh yet cut. Yeah. 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.600 Put me on the little yeah the front, yeah, cleaned 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:26.760 it up. We can barely see you though I know 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:30.880 what I mean, people don't. This is not a face 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.440 for TV, like they put me on TV because I'm here. 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.840 But let's be honest. So all right, this works. I 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.480 think it looks good. You got a good haircut. It 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:40.679 looks good on you. Let's jump in. Let's talk about 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:44.360 this game. Cowboys lose to the Arizona Cardinals nineteen to 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.800 sixteen preseason games. So wins and losses really don't matter. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:51.120 But what does matter is how how how the team played. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:53.560 And before we get to how the team's team played, 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:55.880 I think what matters most is how healthy are you 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.640 once the game is done. Let's start with Neville Gallimore. 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:00.680 Tell me where he is, what's going on with his injury, 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:04.240 and what do we expect me as far as time frame. Honestly, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.360 for what it looked like, it's probably a best case 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.760 scenario for Neville Gallimore. I mean, just the amount of 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.880 pain that he was in and the way that you know, 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.280 the length of time it took him to get off 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.799 the field looked really bad. I mean, it is bad. 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:20.640 He hyper extended his elbow, but you could have convinced 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:22.200 me he was done for the year based on what 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.960 it looked like. And it sounds more like a six 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.080 eight week type of deal. I think he'll start the 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.839 season on IR if I had to guess. But he's 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:31.839 got a chance to come back in the first half 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.600 of the season, which is good news considering how bad 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.320 it looked. Yeah, and that's the thing that I think 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.520 if you didn't watch the game and you just saw 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.360 the headline of an article we had about encouraging, you know, 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.680 it's like encouraging timetable because based off of what it 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.120 looked like. Now, I did see some of the comments 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.760 on there, like that's not encouraging because he's out for 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.600 probably two months. But like Dave saying, it could it 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.160 could have been, and it looked like it could have 0:02:56.200 --> 0:03:00.000 been worse. I mean, best case scenario maybe six weeks. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.120 If you think, you know, we're three weeks away from 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:06.200 the season starting, probably three games would be best case scenario. 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:10.280 You know, four or five games is worse. But they 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.240 have to make the decision on you know, do they 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.840 want to put them on an IR to return, And 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:16.760 that'll just you know, they'll they'll get to make that 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.160 decision when we get closer, when we get on cut day. 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.280 Real quick, just explain to people that all rules because 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.800 they were they changed last year and now they're going 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.519 to continue with what they had last year. Hopefully it's 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.480 a permanent change. I know it three weeks. Three yes, 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.119 so you're out for three weeks, you can come back, 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:35.920 and there's no limit on the number of guys they 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:40.800 can do that with, which I never I never understood 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:42.800 why you have to punish a team for a guy 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.040 getting hurt. Like, if a guy's out, you know, you 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.000 used to what you used to get two guys that 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.320 you could bring back, and it was eight weeks. So 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:51.720 you know, if a guy's got a month long injury, 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:55.440 you know basically have to shut down his season, even 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.200 though you don't really need to. I just I always 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.520 hated that. Well, there's a guy you know up in 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.960 the North East that that bends the rules a lot, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.280 and so they they but but but a lot of coaches, 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:06.720 a lot of teams that that's what they would do. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.160 They would end up stashing players and say that they're hurt, 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:10.920 and he wouldn't be the only one, right, No, No, 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.720 there's a lot of teams, you know, and it's like, oh, 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:14.400 or you hurt, No, I'm okay, And then you drop 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.080 a weight on his foot, and his foot's hurt and 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:17.919 he's out and he's on. I don't even drop it. 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.479 You just gotta act like you, right. So you know 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.919 they're trying to make sure and police that. But I 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:25.200 agree that there's got to be a better middle ground, 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.599 and I think we're fine. We're finding it here now. 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.160 The one the one thing about that is is that 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.520 you have to be on the roster week one. That's 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.120 that's the one thing here. So well, not week one, 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.560 day one, Day one. I'm sorry, day one, don't. Yeah, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:38.919 you don't. You don't have to be there for the 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.479 first game, but you do have to be on the 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.719 roster for twenty four hours, which I mean, we saw 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:45.520 it last year. It's gonna be a thing that they 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.679 do again this year. They're gonna get creative with it. Um. 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:50.600 You know, c J. Goodwin was the guy last year, 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:53.039 could be him again, be him again. They're gonna you know, 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.520 vested veterans, if you've played four seasons in the league, 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.479 you don't have you're not subject to the waiver wire. 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.840 You're not subject to that stuff. So you could see 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:04.359 a c. J. Goodwin or maybe a J Ron Curse. 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.839 Garrett Gilbert Garrett Gilbert. There's abody like that that they cut. 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.560 Any number of guys that you can cut and say 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.520 stick by her. Yeah, sure, anybody that's been in the 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.160 league four years or longer. I mean, well, no, they 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.280 couldn't do it to Dak because of his contract. That's 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.880 a terrible I was trying to use it as an example. 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:22.680 But anybody that's been in the league for four years 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.480 or longer, you say, this is procedural, Go chill at 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.040 home for a day, we'll call you. We gotta move 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:32.560 some guys, and you know it's the cut. Kennedy, Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:37.520 they cut five years, so that's what's going to happen. 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.080 I would guess Neville goes to i R when the 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.960 season starts, especially again, you got this log jam of 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.599 young players. Obviously you would prefer him to be healthy, 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.480 but this helps you make room for some of those 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.600 types of guys. Uh. You know, at Tristan Hill could 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.400 be moved to PUP. Maybe I gotta figure out what's 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.000 up with Chauncey Gholston. People keep asking me about him. 0:05:57.279 --> 0:05:59.720 We're into the point of camp now where I feel like, 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.680 wasn't it a hamstring? Yeah, let's go what I mean, 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:07.040 well you, I mean there are degrees of hamstring. Let's go, 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:11.000 let's go, there are degrees of hamstring. Jordan Lewis missed 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.599 ten days with one. Chauncey's me. I covered Miles Austin. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:19.080 I understand. Francis Bernard is another one here, just hamstring 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.080 on like the first day of camp and hasn't come 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.440 close to practicing sinse. So but those are guys again. 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.200 You know, Chauncey could wind up on pup to start 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.440 the season. We'll have to see anyway, a lot of 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.880 procedural stuff. But like I said, based on I mean, 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:36.680 Neville was screaming on the field on front. I was like, 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:40.760 this looks awful, and so four to eight weeks after that, 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.160 I call that good news. Let's look at tight end 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.240 as well. Tight End it's starting to be a position. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:46.840 Is that on your list? Yeah, I'm gonna get to 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:48.560 you know they on the run down. I'm gonna get 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:50.359 to that right after this. But but before we get there, 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:52.279 That's why I went there. Before we get there, though, 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.400 I did want to ask you guys about the defensive 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.080 tackle position because when you just look at the depth 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.880 of and Dave, you kind of started getting into it. 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:02.640 But in my opinion, watching throughout training camp, that was 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:06.359 only one defensive tackle position or player that I felt 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.640 like was he is on the roster. He will be 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.760 a guy that's going to be a regular rotation guy. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:13.480 There were a lot of guys doing a lot of 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:17.200 different things, but Nevill Galliman will always working the first team. 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.000 He was always out there. What does this mean for 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.400 the defensive tackle position now that he will be out 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:25.480 presumably at least three weeks, maybe some more, it's probably 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.000 you know, it helps Carlos Watkins, even though he was 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.240 playing pretty well anyway, I mean him Urban. You know, 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.800 we were all we were wondering how it was gonna 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.600 shake out, and it's kind of shaking itself out here 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:41.120 now temporarily temporarily now after you know, four or five 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.520 weeks of the season, we'll see. But then who knows 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.000 if someone else doesn't get banged up. So I would 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.040 think week one, you know, of the of a regular season, 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.080 you know you're looking at an inside, You're looking at 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:56.760 Watkins Urban, DIGI zua help me here, and I'm missing 0:07:56.800 --> 0:08:00.800 another tackle, I mean not a three technique because that's 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:02.720 I mean, you know, you got Quentin you got Quentin Bohem, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.280 you got Justin Hamilton. But that's the interesting thing for 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.880 me is and that's why I think right now, this 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.680 is an incredible opportunity for Osa because they drafted him 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.520 to play three technique. That's what they want him to 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.800 focus on right now, and all like everybody's versatile. You know, 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.360 Watkins can do a little bit of everything, but nevill 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.200 was going to start as your three technique in your 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.760 four man front, and Osa is really the only guy 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.200 that specializes in that right now. And so you know, 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.240 I think he's probably the next man up to start. 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.000 I do think, yeah, I think they're going to keep 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.360 their eyes peeled. This is where your pro personnel comes 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.959 into play. You know, we ran into our old buddy, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.439 Walter Julife on Friday night. The Longtime Scout team sends 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.120 scouts to every game in the league for this reason 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.040 is to look and say, okay, is there is there 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.440 a pass rushing defensive tackle on any of these teams 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.280 that might not have a future here that we can 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.040 take a look at. I know people are gonna bring 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.760 up Geno Atkins. He's still available. I don't why you 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.400 raise your eyebrows. I could from the from the reports, 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.520 it doesn't sound like he's like a guy you necessarily 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:06.839 want to go out and rely on. I mean, it 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.720 sounds like he is. His injury history like it doesn't promising, 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.000 and I don't I don't think they're gonna do that. 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.840 I think they're gonna look at Neville's situation and say, 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:17.439 we'll have him back in October. We've got some young 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.440 guys we like. If there's a guy we can claim 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:22.520 or a guy we can do a minor trade for 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.320 when cuts come. We've seen him do stuff like that before. 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.160 That's what I would expect to happen. I do think 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.439 they'll try to add to it, but not in some 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:34.000 crazy splashy way. Right. All right, let's move on, Nick, 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.480 you kind of preempted it. We do need to talk 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.760 about the tight end position. And actually let's go and 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:40.240 jump into that because I want to get to Randy 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:41.839 get Gregory. But let's start a tight end since you 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:45.480 brought that one up. Sean McEwan gets hurt in the game. Uh, 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.280 he was a guy that I think we all agree 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.760 he had had pretty much played himself onto this roster um. 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:52.800 What does this mean now for the tight end position? 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:54.360 I guess first tell me what his injury is and 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.640 how long, what his statusus like, and then let's talk 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.960 about what it means for the It's a high ankle sprain, 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:03.560 and high ankle sprain can obviously vary. Um. I've seen him. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.800 I've seen guys out six weeks. I've seen a guy 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.160 come back and play on Thanksgiving short week, So I mean, 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:14.120 where does he fall in there? Probably, you know, three 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.560 to four weeks or so, which is which is another 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.079 situation of you know, we'll see if he's an ir 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.600 to return on the roster in the first day. But 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.480 you know they're gonna they're they're still gonna limit Blake Jarwin, 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.160 you know, I mean, he played some they're not going 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.680 to just rush him back there. And even though Dalton 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.680 Schultz is banged up with an ankle injury, I don't 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.760 think that's I don't think it's that serious though for 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:40.120 Dalton Schultz. So Sprinkles, you know, the only healthy really 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.240 you know, veteran tight end there. And then you've got 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:48.560 two other guys I don't even know their names. I 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.280 was excited about you Banks coming in. He had He's 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:55.080 got deceptive athleticism, but haven't seen a ton from either 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.079 of those guys. Really may I mean, you're so far 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.400 down in the depth chart at that point, I wonder 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:02.719 which you know, you always try to glean things from 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.400 what you get to see. McEwen was in a boot 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.920 and had crutches on Friday night, But that doesn't necessarily 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.440 mean anything. It's kind of like Dak having an MRI. 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.600 It's like, well, yeah, like you have access to this stuff, 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.880 doesn't cost you any money. Why not? Why do you 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.800 want a two hundred and fifty pound guy putting weight 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:20.480 on his leg if he doesn't have to. So that 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.360 doesn't necessarily mean that he's out forever. And that's going 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:26.679 to be an interesting one because if you're three weeks 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.400 from the start of the season, so you could probably 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.680 get away with just carrying him on your fifty three 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.280 for a week or two, but you might have to 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.839 you know, maybe Jeremy Sprinkle makes the team now when 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.400 he probably wouldn't have before, And now you're just carrying 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.240 four when maybe you were thinking you could carry three. Sure, 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.400 And I mean McEwan was gonna make He's had a 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:47.599 good camp as a tight end, but special teams is 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.160 a big part of that too. He played a lot 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.920 last year, and it's you know, it's it's funny how 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.240 it's ironic the way all of these things tend to 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:59.560 tie together. Because she wo allan Alua also hurt, probably 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.200 not gonna be ready for the start of the season 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.640 to hear it from Mike McCarthy. So, now, all these 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:05.400 big body guys that can do a lot of stuff 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:07.920 on special teams, you're you're losing them, and so they're 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:09.400 going to have to find a way to get creative 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.280 with that. You know, Kellen Moore was asked that question 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.240 and he said, there's a lot of ways to do that, 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.600 you know, whether it be four tight ends with a fullback, 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.520 an extra running back. He even said, an extra wide 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.000 receiver or a wide receiver that can do some of 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.280 those roles. And you know, I don't think he's great 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.960 at it, but Noah Brown has done it in the past, 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.200 and he's kind of got that big, big body to 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.160 do that that's not as forte and then he kind 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.880 of gets into, you know, you get into a role 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.880 that he's not as comfortable with. So but you know, 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:40.680 I think if they needed to do some things on 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.320 game day, Noah Brown could be one of the you know, 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.600 feels like you're going to probably keep six receivers here. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.800 I would think, yeah, still, really we still have two 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.360 games to play in the preseason. But I I just 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:55.199 can't see them cutting you know, any of those three backups. 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:59.720 You know, I think it's three and then three and 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.840 then after that. I don't know, but the three Malik Turner, 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:08.360 Noah Brown and well see that's im. Sorry, I'm fascinated 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.679 by that because I was talking about this before the 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.640 game on Friday. Yeah, Cedric, Cedric and Noah should make 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.200 the team. Like I know, the front office wants to 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.959 save money look somewhere else. I mean, like they're not 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:24.120 that expensive, and they're versatile, and they're clearly the best players. 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:26.320 They're clearly much better than the other guys. You know. 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.400 I know people were saying Noah had a drop at 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:29.839 the beginning of that game. I didn't think that was 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:31.720 a drop. I mean, he could have caught it, but 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:33.720 it was a well played ball by the dB in 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:37.640 my opinion, like Michael Gallup dropped it. That's I Noah Brown, 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.000 I don't. I don't consider that a drop anyway. I 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.559 think they're a lot better than everybody else. They've been 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:44.840 working with Dak for three four years at this point, 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:46.840 so if they need to play, they have that rapport 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.440 with him. I just and the special teams obviously, Like 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.240 that just doesn't make sense to me, but I do. 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.760 The thing I wonder about is Malik Turner and Semi Fajoko, Like, 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:58.079 how important is your draft pick? First? How valuable? I mean, 0:13:58.280 --> 0:13:59.920 Malik Turner can do a lot of stuff. I'm not 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.280 convinced Semi can. But he's the he's the draft pick, 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:07.160 and he's he's got the very interesting intangibles. I you know, 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.320 I just take my chances on the practice squad with him. Yeah. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.800 If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. And my bed 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.800 is there's probably the vast majority of teams out there 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.400 have a Semi Fioco, Like they have somebody at their 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.480 camp where it's like, we think we can get him 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.960 to the practice squad, We're not really sure. I think 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:26.000 those guys tend to maybe available to you. This will 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:30.800 be my ninth round of roster cuts, and I can't, 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.400 you know, everybody brings up Danny Amendola. Like in the 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.480 time that I've covered the team, I can't think of 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.160 a guy that they cut who got away from him. Yeah, 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.520 not like somebody that everybody was like Noah, oh my god, 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.720 him and Ammndola. People forget that Ammendola actually made it 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.840 through a whole season. He was on practice squad the 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:52.080 entire rookie season and then the Eagles when when they 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.520 made the playoffs and the Cowboys didn't, the Eagles just 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.000 tried to sign him to their thinking they could make 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.040 him to their practice squads and say we're still and 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.360 it didn't work out, but he still went and signed 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.600 with someone else. But I mean, it's not like he 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.960 was he was. He wasn't even claimed right away. Yeah, 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.000 and he was a Hard Knocks feature and all that 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.160 stuff like that, and that's happens, but not not much. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.360 Rondelle Carter got claimed like the Colts signed him, but 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.360 that was a month end of the season. He wound 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.200 up back a month later. Blake Jarwin tried to leave, 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.400 but even that was like October. It convinced him to stay. 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:27.400 It's it's a lot more rare than people think that 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.840 a guy gets claimed off your initial cuts in my experience, 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.880 at least yep um. Real quick. You mentioned Molie Turner. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.400 He did also have an injury as well. What's his status. 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.280 Turf toe, turf it's what they're calling it. Um, I 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.720 don't have a timeline that's talked to our buddy Brian 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.760 brought us about this, and I mean it's a sad reality. 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:50.320 Like you know, injuries can differ based on how much 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:51.840 work you need to do to make the team. So 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.480 I mean, if that's if that's maybe you know, maybe 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.440 he doesn't go today, But if that's the thing that 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.280 you can grind through and still be available, one of 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.280 the minor the reality of being at the bottom of 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.920 the feel good one of the most injury for later. 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:08.240 But that's one of the most underrated injuries. Seriously, Oh 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.160 the pain of it. Oh well just I mean, you 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.560 you think that it's not a big deal. I get 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:15.560 you got nine more. It is a very not serious 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.000 sounding injury, like maybe we need to give it him suss, 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.600 like you stubbed your toe. But like in the reality 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.680 when you're especially as any anybody that's trying to run 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.560 and cut and do all that, like it's you realize 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.400 how much you use that well, I mean, turf toe 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.640 changed a whole season for the Cowboys back at ninety 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.000 eight Dan Sanders. They were rolling and then Dion gets 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:37.280 hurt with turf toe, and you know they weren't the 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.880 same after that, so that that really affects him. I've 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.160 seen that injury really affect the whole team. It was 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.920 it was turf toe that Patrick Mahomes had in the 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:46.960 home stretch of last year, right, And I mean he 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.480 obviously played through it, but he needed surgery when the 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:54.040 season was over. So but you know, when you're the 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.760 seventh receiver, sixth receiver on the team, which so we'll 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.040 see how long he's out, but that just might be 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.560 a situation where you got to grind through it. We'll see, 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.840 all right, real quick, let's talk about Tie and Seki. 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.360 He also at one point left the game. I think 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.440 he came back, but I just wanted to make sure 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.840 he's okay. I think that might and I don't know 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.560 this for sure. I haven't heard anything firm about him, 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.840 but he did walk off the field and literally three 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.040 days prior to the game, he had the same thing 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:23.919 happened where he got tangled up left kind of walked 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.159 it off for ten or fifteen minutes and then was 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:29.120 fine later. And I mean, he's like thirty six years old, 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.480 and it just might be a reality of playing offensive 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.440 tackle when you've got that much mileage on your knees. 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.359 I don't I don't know what's going to happen at 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:41.000 that tackle position. That is a tough one. Yeah, honestly, 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.240 honestly that it to me, it's it's the offensive line 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.720 because you look at the that's the backup at the tackles, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:51.160 the interior offensive line. Like, who knows how they're gonna 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:52.600 We're gonna talk about that a little later in the 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.800 show too, but yeah, make your point. I have no idea. No, 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:56.640 I'm just saying I have no idea what's going on 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:58.800 with I don't really know what they're trying to do 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:02.000 at center. Not really sure what's going on at swing tackle, 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:04.560 you know. I mean, they would love if Terrence Steele 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.919 could just do it, but I don't. I don't know 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.160 if they think he can. Yeah, and I don't think 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:13.600 they are one hundred percent confident. Insecky And then you 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.320 got your you know, does Martin is he is he 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.600 the swing tackle there? I mean, it's just I'm starting 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:21.520 to think he should be and I think I think 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.320 it was last It was one of our last shows 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.480 in Oxnard where I was like I'd rather keep Zach 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.840 at guard if I can. But yeah, but if you do, 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.119 if you do that at this point, yeah, if that 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.360 is the option, then I don't know why Insechi would 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:36.680 be here. Well, I do think. I think it's two 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.199 different things. I think if you're in a game and 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:43.159 you lose a tackle, that I would like Insecchi or 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.439 or Steele to be able to just step in and 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:48.840 play the rest of that game. If you lose a 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.000 tackle for an extended period of time, I don't think 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:52.960 he even mess around. Whether you say, Zach Martin, get 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:54.480