WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Back to Basics? 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:06.360 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:18.520 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:22.239 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.599 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:31.960 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:38.279 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.760 It is Thursday, December nineteenth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.520 number one oh three. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:48.080 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.440 the Star and today we're going to talk about the 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:53.720 Cowboys versus the Eagles. We'll get a scouting up report 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.000 from Dave on the defense. Yesterday we talked about the offense, 0:00:57.920 --> 0:00:59.680 but before we get to that, we need to talk 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.760 a little about some injuries and some guys that did 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.200 not practice yesterday. Get some updates on those guys. I'll 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.960 start first with the quarterback. Obviously, he was limited yesterday, 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.600 but and you guys made it pretty clear you expect 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.399 that he's going to play this weekend. However, what have 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:18.000 we heard at this point as far as where he 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:23.039 is being able to practice? No rush shot, No, that's 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.600 what I'm saying, Cooper Rush has been out there practicing, 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:30.840 got okay, Yeah, just in case, I do, I do expect, 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.640 Just in case, I do expect that Dak Prescott's going 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:35.320 to play. But I think I said yesterday, if your 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.959 quarterback can't throw, like if his throwing shoulders affected to 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:40.920 the point that he's not throwing in practice, that should 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:44.800 be concerning to anybody still not throwing a day. Jason 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:48.200 Garrett said he probably wouldn't do much Cooper Rush took most. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.760 He said most. I would guess that means all or 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:55.120 at least all of the passing reps in practice yesterday 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:57.960 and see what he can do tomorrow. Jerry Jones, for 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.240 his part, said he thinks he's gonna be fine this morning, 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.520 but I don't know that's concerning for me when the 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.880 starting quarterback can't throw in practice. Yeah, I mean it's 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.480 obvious to say that. I don't think any of us 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:10.959 and correct me if I'm misspeaking, but I don't think 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:15.959 any of us necessarily would feel comfortable with the idea 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.200 that Dak doesn't play, or that Dak at some point 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.680 has to come out of the game. But do you 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.040 think that the Cowboys does it change whether you think 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.360 the Cowboys have the ability to win this week if 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.120 Dak plays or doesn't play well. The good thing, at 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.240 least was to be able to see the Cowboys be 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:35.480 successful with the running game last week utilizing Issikiel Elliott 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.720 and Tony Poller. So for this weekend, that gives me 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.960 a little bit more of confidence as far as what 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.480 Dak is dealing with with his shoulder than being able 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.160 to use the running game more. But at the same time, 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.840 I'm concerned, not just for I don't know much about 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.320 the injury, like how can you use it? And then 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:02.560 maybe do you react aggravated? And if so, how long 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:06.160 could that live you for like looking further out if 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.680 they make it into the playoffs, you know, like I 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.920 don't really know how those kinds of injuries are like. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.919 But the comment that Zeke made in the locker room, 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:19.680 it didn't sound like that's something very easy to deal with. 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:24.360 So I don't know, I don't know. I mean, he's 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.840 not throwing right now. He's he's going through all the drills, 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.760 but he's not he's not participating in the throws. So 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:34.440 it sounds like they're gonna go with rest over the test. 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.560 You know, they're not testing it, They're just going to 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:41.960 rest it. But those cut Cooper Rush. How do you 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.160 feel about do you do you think that if he could, 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:45.960 he could go win the game. Okay, yeah, he could 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.000 win the game if they need to. I mean he 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:51.360 I mean Brandon Weeden, you know, won the game, and 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.720 Matt Castle's won games for him. I think Cooper Rush 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.160 could go within the game. You know, we don't know 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.560 what Cooper Rush should that. We've never seen Cooper Rush 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.480 in a game. Yeah, you never seen Cooper Rush hand 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.720 the ball off to Ezekiel Elliott. He gets to hand 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.000 the ball off to guys that aren't Ezekiel Elliott and 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:10.080 offensive lineman that really aren't you know, these guys the 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.240 Pro Bowlers. So I don't know, I think he'd be fine. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.920 I also think I don't. I just I lean toward 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.919 thinking Dak will be okay. Well, I mean they'll they'll 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.039 give him, you know, he'll they'll do something for the 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.520 pain toward all that type of thing. Um and and 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:27.520 a week to rest it. I mean not throwing in 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.159 practice obviously as an ideal, but you can rest the shoulder. 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.960 Zeke's you know, guys play with this injury all the 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.960 time typically doesn't require throwing the ball. Yeah, that is 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.640 definitely concerning. I just I'd be shocked if he's not 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.479 out there. And I mean it was just a week 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.680 ago that Sean Lee didn't have a practice rep and 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.400 played a great game. It seems like we see this 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.799 type of stuff all the time, right. But they also 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:52.719 signed Chris Covington just to make sure true. So true 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:56.680 that other guy Clayton. He's out there throwing and he 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.039 throws a ball better than Cooper. Yeah, he's good. He's 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.960 got a cannon. Noticed that he's he's been spending time 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.200 before the games. I think was you Nick that pointed 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:05.560 it out to me the first time I saw it 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.840 or somebody did, but it was he was out there 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.120 and he does it. I think before every game he's 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.040 out there with Kitna and they're they're just kind of 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.560 working before the games and pre they bring him on 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.120 road trips. Yeah, right, which is unusual for a practice 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.120 squad player. Right. Um, that would be in I mean, 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.960 they could sign him on Friday or Saturday, and if 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.600 they do, that should be concerning. I mean, if they're 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:31.200 that nervous about it, Yeah, I still I lean toward 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.839 thinking Dack will play, and you know he'll play. I 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.479 mean he played three quarters with this problem, right, I 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:38.520 mean he heard it in the first quarter against the Rams, 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.320 and he played three quarters and was effective. So the 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.360 thing you got to think about they have to think 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:46.479 about is because of the injury, now it does the 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:50.200 other team other situations where he hurts it more because 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.080 somebody lands on him. And that's the part you gotta 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.000 be worried about. When you said you're gonna bring up 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.880 that third quarterback, is you know, he's just one hit 0:05:58.080 --> 0:05:59.800 that would normally be a hit. He jumps right up 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:02.680 from now maybe not being able to throw when that 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.720 becomes an issue. But I do remember in the game Sunday, Nick, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.000 you kept saying, you said a couple of times, why 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.000 is he throwing the ball side arm? And I wonder, 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.599 I wonder if that was a like that was the 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:15.839 tailtale sign of that he had been injured by that 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.280 point and it was more comfortable to throw like that 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.800 maybe than the throwing overhand, because when you have a 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.480 shoulder injury, obviously the rotation of your shoulder kind of 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:27.480 changes at or what feels comfortable he does. He's been 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.200 throwing side arm a little bit, but there was there 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:31.600 were a couple of plays where it looked like he 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.480 was skipping rocks at the lake. I mean, it was 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.560 just like, like why, Like it didn't even seem like 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:38.440 there was a reason for it. All right, talk to 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.600 me about some of the other guys that did not practice. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:46.320 Tyron Smith, Michael Bennett, c J. Goodwin, Sean Lee, Joe Thomas, obviously, 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:49.120 Laton vander esh Are there any of those injuries that 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.520 that concerned you guys from the standpoint of their availability Sunday? 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.720 Tyron's back. They put a shield on his helmet, per 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.800 Jason Garrett. He was out there today, so again, you know, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.800 got a medical team dedicating all of their resources to 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:04.880 getting you right. I think he'll be okay. I think 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.240 I heard Michael Bennett had an illness. It seems like 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.600 that's kind of been going around like a flu type thing. 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.920 He's back, he's out there today. Joe and Sean are 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:21.800 doing the rehab stuff with Britt Brown stretch the um. 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.000 They're out there moving. That's always a good sign for 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.320 veteran players. We'll see, but it's encouraging. UM. CJ. Goodwin. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.400 C J. Goodwin came in with a cast. Did you 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.640 see him in the locker room yesterday? Yeah? I saw him. 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.680 I've never seen that before, big old cast. And I said, 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:39.480 so this is gonna get, you know, lighter, as the 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.480 week goes on. He's like, no, it gets heavier, Like 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.680 I'm gonna have a bigger cast. Like he's gonna have 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:46.680 a really big club. He's like, I don't need this 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.960 left hand to go down and make a play. That's 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:53.640 what he said. So he but and let's hope he 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.720 doesn't have to play a lot on defense. So you know. 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:57.800 Did you see him in the locker room yesterday though? 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.960 But like he didn't have he had like this week 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.760 your bag on his arm. Yeah, Like it was like 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.040 a plastic bag that went over his whole arm and 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.040 had like a you know, something to fix it so 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.200 that nothing could get in there. I was that because 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.480 he was about to go shower or something that would 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.960 make sense. I'm not smart. I didn't even think about that. 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:18.400 You don't think that's what it was. It's a I've 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.480 had something wrong with my thumb before, and they have 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.360 a bag on it. I guess it's for the air. 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.000 It's like a little cast that they put on there, 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:27.840 they mold something on there just for a little so 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.120 the bag is just part of the molding process that 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.720 I've never seen anything like it. But yeah, so he 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:37.040 doesn't need his arm to make plays. He'll he'll get right. Yeah, 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:38.839 he'll go down there and play one of their better 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:40.679 special teams players. And they certainly don't need to be 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.240 missing special teams players, and some of the misques they've 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:47.120 had so far this season in special teams. So overall, 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:51.120 I guess the the general consensus I'm getting here is 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.520 that really there are no injuries that are really really 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.959 concerning outside of maybe Dak obviously just because your quarterback 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.280 has an injury. But the rest of these guys like 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.000 they probably are going to go Obviously, Layton probably not. 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.000 Sean is a little bit I mean not Sean, I'm sorry, 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:09.160 Joe Thomas, probably a bit iffy. Everything else seems pretty good. 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.720 People freak out every week. The injury list, if you 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.200 look at it on Twitter or anywhere else, is it's 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.640 really long, but the vast majority of it is not new, 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.920 and it's not stuff that should keep guys out of 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:23.560 the game. Dak, I mean, Dak is not maybe concerning. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.839 That's it's very concerning to me, just because not only 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:27.560 is your quarterback hurt, but it's the part of his 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.960 body that he needs the most to play well. Right, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.040 So it is what it is, but it's definitely concerning. Yeah, 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.040 and Nimber, I know you said earlier you were you 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.199 were more, you were happy at least that they got 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:41.000 the running game going. The challenge becomes, can they keep 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.280 that running game going if they don't think that there's 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:44.960 much of a threat in the passing game. Can they 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.400 more resources to stopping the run. That's what you worry about. 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:52.440 And hopefully, hopefully Dak will be not only able to play, 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.720 but will be at top form. As Jerry said this 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:56.560 morning his radio call, he expects him to be. So 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.319 we'll see, allright, we're gonna take our first break when 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.680 we come back. We're gonna jump into this Fill Delphia defense. 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.120 We will also get some phone calls for you guys 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:03.600 later in the show. Go ahead and give us a call. 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.280 Numbers eight eight eight eight five five two two nine 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.240 seven again eight eight eight eight five five two two 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:10.880 nine seven. We'll be right back. 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It's the second segment 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.640 of the break Lock Miss WBC Morty Studios at the Star. 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.320 We're gonna talk about the Philadelphia Eagle Defense Day. What 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.679 do you have for us? What do I have for you? 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.680 This one looks a lot more similar than the offense 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:32.040 does from what you remember last last time out. The 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.760 main difference right now is that Derek Barnett is not practicing. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.040 He hurt his ankle. But the guy that's been filling 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.480 in for him, you should be really familiar with Vinny Curry, 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.719 m Camu, Gruge Hill. Do you remember him for he 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.360 t he's the guy that talked smack last year. He 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.560 went on IR earlier this week, so he's not there. 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.720 But a lot of these names should sound familiar. Tim 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:56.400 Joern again, Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Fanny Kirch Cox also questionable. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.599 I mean that question, but he's he was limited. He 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.439 was limited. I mean the same rules. Go for them, 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.040 is go for us. If you're practicing on Wednesday, you're 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:09.400 probably playing on Sunday. Um, Nigel Bradham, Jalen Mills, Rodney McLeod, 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.600 Malcolm Jenkins. Like it's interesting to me because I look 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.440 at it and I'm you know, you gotta watch games 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.640 because you're like, oh, these guys are all good players, 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.160 aren't they? Like I know those names, I know Ronald Darby, 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:25.400 but they're not playing very well. Um, their secondary is 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:30.800 a mess. They got torched by Dwayne Haskins, who obviously 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.640 is a big time draft pick, but had not been 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.800 playing that way up until Sunday. Like, you're I mean 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.000 talking about a guy that was throwing for one thirty six, 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.640 one eighty and he almost hit three hundred yards on 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:47.760 these guys he lit them up. This Actually you'll appreciate this, Derek, because, 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.320 like you know, people roll their eyes at fantasy football. 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:52.840 I think this is an interesting stat that I got 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.360 from a fantasy website about the Eagles. They have allowed 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.439 the second most fantasy points in the league two wide receivers, 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:04.439 specifically on the perimeter. So it is interesting when they 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.920 play like their opposition succeeds on the boundary. And if you, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.880 I mean, if you watch the Cowboys, you would think so. Obviously, 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.160 Mary Cooper's played great against these guys since he got here. Um, 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.520 they don't give up as much to the slot. But 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.960 I'm curious, is that because they have this awesome slot receiver? 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.040 I don't think so. Like Avante Maddox is fine, I 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:27.160 mean slot corner, you know what I mean. He's fine, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.840 but he's not amazing. And I just I wonder, like, 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.120 is that just because nobody's throwing in the slot because 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.480 it's so easy to get yards outside? And if you 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:38.200 watch him, I think that's the case. Terry McLarin killed 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.680 these guys. Remember him, he's a good receiver, but he 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:42.280 is a good receiver. But guess what so or a 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:45.720 Marie Cooper and Michael Galls. I think that's that's my 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.440 thing with this is Dak needs to be healthy enough 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.120 to get the ball to those guys. That's a that's 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.200 a big deal. Is can he take advantage because Jalen 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.760 Mills he went to LSU love him for that. He's 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.960 not that good and I and the Eagles will tell 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:05.080 you that it's pretty obvious. Um, they just they lose 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.160 guys in the in the secondary. They you know, when 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:08.880 they run zone, it doesn't seem like they have a 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.240 good concept of who's supposed to be where. And they 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.000 don't have man guys who can stay with their man, 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:20.000 at least not consistently. Um. I wrote not inspiring tackling 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.040 like saw a lot Terry mclaarin went seventy five yards 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:24.640 on a touchdown that should have been like an eighteen 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:29.640 yard game. Vante Maddox just missed the tackle. Um, they 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:33.160 look very passive in their coverage. I don't they like 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:35.200 you know, Cowboy fans can probably relate to that. They 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:39.760 don't attack the ball. Um, they just look lost. And 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.600 I mean I think their front is good and their 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:43.640 front is I know they gave up rushing yards to 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.680 Zeke last year, but their front has been a challenge 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:47.640 for the Cowboys in the past. You know, Fletcher Cox 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.280 is a great player, Journegan's still a really good player. 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.960 But the back seven is what gives me cause for 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:57.440 concern if I'm an Eagles fan, for sure, if you've 0:15:57.480 --> 0:15:59.720 been as you've been getting looking at the games that 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:02.600 they've played, have what does it pass rush look like? 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.440 Just in general as far as being able to get 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.760 consistent pressure on the opposing quarterback. They did not do 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.720 it last week honestly in my opinion. But I know 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.080 that these guys can. Like I know that they can. 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.240 I've seen him do it, and I mean I advocated 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.600 for the Cowboys to sign Vinny Curry when he I 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.560 believe he got released by Tampa Bay. I think much 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.640 much like the Cowboys, it's consistent. I mean, it's talented, 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.160 but not consistent. Brandon Graham's got seven and a half 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.400 really one of the most underrated players in the NFC 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:35.760 over the last handful of years in my opinion, But 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:41.320 Derek Barnett, first round pick, hasn't had the consistency. He's 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.200 got four and a half sacks, Like they can definitely 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:46.280 generate it. I would say consistency is their biggest problem. 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.080 And I know, you know, Fletcher Cox has taken some 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.440 heat because he hasn't been the man eater that, at 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.440 least statistically that he always is. And you would think 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.000 that if the Cowboys could could block up the front 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.480 that they played last week, they should be able to 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:05.159 block this front as well, right, ideally, Yeah, exactly, theoretically, right, theoretically, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.600 I mean, you're you're talking about a very very very 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.879 good defensive tackle, and you're talking about other guys on 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.399 that line that could get after the quarterback. But the 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:15.440 Cowboys did a good job last week, so the hope 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.080 would be at least that the same thing had happened 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:22.240 this week. Talking about the linebackers, specifically their ability to 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.840 be able to cover, because especially if Dak's arm is 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:29.680 a little gimpy, maybe the Cowboys, you know, are doing 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:33.160 a lot more dump offs to running backs to tight ends, 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.920 trying to just give them some shorter throws. How good 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.320 are these linebackers and coverage and being able to cover 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:40.960 the entire field? I think they're just really talent poor 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.199 as a unit. I like Nigel Bradham as a player, 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.800 but just in general, and Gruge Hill is on IR 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:52.960 But I don't see difference makers there, and that's why 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.520 I would like to see more of what we saw 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.760 last week. Like I hope they keep that in their arsenal. 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:00.560 I just said Gallup and Cooper are a favorite matchup, 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.480 but against these guys, I think Blake Jarwin and Tony 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:07.440 Pollard really could be too for you know, as receiving, 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:09.960 but I mean as a runner, but catching the ball 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.800 out of the backfield, catching the ball in the flat. 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.680 Same thing with I don't think their safeties are playing 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:19.200 that well. Um, not up to the standards you associate 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.280 with Michael Michael Malcolm Jenkins, at least in my opinion, 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.240 they keep they keep him down in the box a lot, 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:27.360 which I would expect him to do against seek They've 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:31.280 had success with that before. But covering guys, I think 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:34.360 that's again, I think that's favorable provided Deck can get 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:38.400 the ball out, which easier throws for Titans and running backs. 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.320 You would think you mentioned Cooper. I had this question 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.280 from from Brian wood Woodward on Twitter. He says something 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.160 that I Phil has lost in the Cowboys dominant performance 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.920 as a Mari. Is he healthy? Was he just blanketed 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:54.760 by Ramsey all game, hardly call even really seeing him 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.800 throughout the game. Obviously, if you're going to take advantage 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:00.280 of this against the Eagles, amar would be a big 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:01.760 part of it. But what did you see just from 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:04.199 that last game? Obviously they did they didn't need it 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:07.199 because they had such great offensive production. But what do 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:09.240 you think as far as where Maria is health wise, 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.159 as far as where he is, as far as you know, 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.399 was he blanketed? What was going on? You know, I 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:15.679 don't know if Jason Garrett has an issue with Jalen 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.119 Ramsey or whatever, but he was pretty adamant when he 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:20.440 said he was a non factor in the game. We 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.639 talked to him afterwards, um and a walk off, he 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.680 was like, absolutely not a factor at all. Didn't do it. 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:29.159 It doesn't sound like a Jason kind of It was 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.600 a statement. Yeah, yeah, he was just like, no, they didn't. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:36.080 He didn't do anything. So it wasn't like he was. 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:38.359 It wasn't like that was the reason they had to 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:40.840 run the ball and he wasn't traveling with a mar anyway, 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:43.400 so they were there were opportunities for mart to get 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:45.520 none of them. I think none of the secondary guys 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.640 were a factor in the game really because he they 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.359 didn't have to and I think you know we've talked before, 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:53.480 do they have to pass the set up the run? Now, 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.000 this is a running team, we saw it, and you're 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.960 gonna keep running and keep running until they stop you 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:01.760 and then you know, or the game runs out. And 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:04.359 that's pretty much what happened in this one. So I 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.760 will say I'm not saying he had a huge impact 0:20:07.800 --> 0:20:09.359 on the game, but his one catch was on a 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.400 third and nine on a scoring drive. So and yeah, 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:16.399 he was targeted twice. And you could say, well, they 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:19.800 never targeted him because Jaalen Ramsey Jason Garrett says not 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:23.520 and Ramsey went on him all day to answer the question. No, 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.760 he's not healthy. It's definitely not healthy. But I think 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:29.160 he can play and play well, and I don't Yeah, 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:31.280