WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: We've Have Liftoff 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.240 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:21.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's Talking 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:25.600 Cowboys Screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:37.600 the Star in Frisco. And now your hosts Isaiah stand Back, 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:47.479 Patrick Walker and Kyle Yeomans. It is a terrific Thursday 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:51.159 morning here on Talking Cowboys, presented by Black Rifle Coffee 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:55.520 Company at the SWBC Studios at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.880 Today we break down the Cowboys offense trying to light 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:03.400 it up against the Texans defense. Wacom in everybody alongside 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:07.120 Isaiah stand Back, Hello, Patrick, No, c. Walker, We've got 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.200 Chris Beam in the back. I'm Kyle Yeoman's. Gentlemen, how 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:13.520 are we doing? I'm happy to be here. Yeah, yeah, 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:15.800 I'm just happy to be here, you know, just stopping by, 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.520 visiting something with your chest, Yeah, say it with your 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:24.920 chest are tea. Yeah, you're a little guest past. Thanks guys. Yeah, No, 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.280 I'm glad to be here. You know, stickers are happy 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:30.400 you're here. Yeah, where you guys? Full name Isaiah stand 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:35.600 Back Escort required. Yeah, about about what it takes, right, Yeah, 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.520 that's what happened was you guys might be jealous. I 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.280 am jealous because stickers rock. That's why we had, you know, 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.320 stickers after victories. Good point. I like it. Good point. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:53.160 Put that one on that week. Here's my smelly sticker. 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.200 If a practice squad guy gets elevated, has a breakout game, 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:00.360 has to get the elevated back to day visitor. Yes, 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.480 that being real, I'll tell you right now, that's happening 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.760 if we if we take care business weekend, this is 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.200 going on the helmet. It's been a lot of wins, 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.200 and so there's a lot of stickers. That sticker is 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.440 gonna Yeah, we're gonna have to find a space for 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:17.119 it because that thing is huge. Oh man, that that's 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:23.480 pretty funny. Gosh. I'm looking ahead, guys to this Texans matchup, 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.079 and I couldn't help but think about what we talked 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:31.600 about yesterday, and I hate how confident this team is, 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.200 or not this team, but like this team as an 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.320 in the building with talking cowboys, these these three right here. 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.520 I hate how confident we are in the fact of 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.280 this is just gonna be another game. It's no there's 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.600 there's no such thing in the NFL. But then a 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:50.080 couple of things continue to kind of come down yesterday. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.440 These are toilet thoughts, Yeah, a little bit, just flush 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:58.720 them away. Seventeen point favorites the most, the biggest point 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:02.600 spread in the n FELL this season. Cowboys lead the 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.440 NFL and point differential and toward the bottom of that list. 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.400 Guess who's there, the Houston Texans. Then you look at 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:13.000 the injury report yesterday, Patrick No C. Walker and the 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.600 Cowboys had a couple of guys sprinkled on there. However, 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:20.119 Tyrn Smith back at practice, you had James Washington in practice, 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:26.280 and then the Texans it's DMP, DMP, DMP, DMPDMP. It 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:30.720 doesn't look great for the Houston Texans. I don't. I 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.080 don't know if it's tanking or not. I really don't. 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:34.800 I mean, there's a lot of quarterbacks coming out right, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.320 A couple of guys, c J. Stroud got Bryce Young, 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.080 two guys at the top of the list. We're not 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:45.760 accusing them of tanking. I don't think we're saying that. Um, 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:50.720 you know it's convenient that guys separated. Have they had 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:54.800 a buy this is uh? I don't think so. If 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.040 they're one ten and one, that's twelve games, So yeah, 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:02.760 they have had a buy Yeah yeah. Um uh. I 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:04.600 was want to say, let's let's use that to sega 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:06.440 to it and we will do it on the inverse. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:10.440 Houston Texans, ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourself, um, because this 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.880 is what their injury report looks like. All right. Mario Addison, 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.000 dealing with the knee injury, did not participate. Malie Collins, 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.440 who you guys and gal should all know well from 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:21.960 his time with the Cowboys. Um, he did not practice, 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.039 but his was a rest day, So Malie Collins looks 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.920 like he will play. Nico Collins foot did not participate, 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:35.800 Brandon Cook's calf did not participate, and it goes down 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.000 the list from there. Derek Stangley, the defensive back, did 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.120 not participate. Jerry Hughes, his was a rest day, did 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.440 not participate, and we'll talk about him momentarily because he's 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:48.520 the team leader in sex. Kurt Hennish, I mean, it's 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.360 it's like I summed up in the tweet yesterday for 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.520 the injury report, kind of laid out the Cowboys injury report, 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.400 which is short, and we'll get to that in a 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.480 quick second. But then when it came to breaking down 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.400 the Houston Texas injury report. Just yikes. That was my 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:06.039 professional assessment of their injury report. Just analysis, yikes. Cowboys wise, 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.960 Quentin Bohannah was limited with a knee injury. Doesn't seem 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.840 like there's any major concern there. However, he was inactive 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.680 last week, so that is something to keep an eye on. 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.320 Good news is he's back in practice and he is 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.440 working through it. But we'll see if the Cowboys activate 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.120 him this week or if they give him another week 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:26.480 of rest on that knee. Jonathan Hankins he did not participate, 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:30.000 but his was due to a personal reason, so he's 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.840 expected back in practice today. Hopefully the personal issue isn't 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.640 anything major, but if it is, prayers to him and 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:40.599 his family. Kelvin Joseph and Sam Williams. After the press 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.440 conference yesterday, head coach Mike McCarthy said that there were 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.240 a couple of guys that were quote unquote under the 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.800 weather injury report comes out, and those guys are Kelvin 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.120 Joseph and Sam Williams, both tagged with the illness designation 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:54.279 they did not participate last week. It was Treyvon Diggs 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.799 and Michael Gallup. Both of those players did were active 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.919 very much so the game against the Indianapolis coach. So 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.440 we'll see how it goes with kJ and Sam Williams. 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.960 kJ specifically because he is tabbed as the front runner 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.440 to replace Anthony Brown, so this game is one of 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.760 the first key games for him. And then from there 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.920 you have j Ron Curse with the shoulder and DeMarcus 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.920 Lawrence with the foot. Both of them were limited. Both 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:21.760 are expected to practice today Tomorrow, Saturday, and beyond the 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.680 field on Sunday. So that's the injury report between both 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.880 of them. Cowboys looking fairly fairly good, assuming that Kelvin 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.960 and Sam, you know, rest up and recover in time. 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:37.560 But the Houston Texans, my word, so kind of on 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.360 the reverse end of injury talk. I mean the fact 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.240 that a couple of guys were in there yesterday and 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.800 the Cowboys were indoors yesterday. It was a little nasty 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:50.080 outside and so they worked inside the Ford Center. Tyrn 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:51.960 Smith was out there. You and I both gotta look. 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:55.480 I thought he looked great. I thought the movement was there. 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.000 He didn't look like he was limbering, laboring, nothing of 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.920 the sort. What was your assessment of Tyron? Same and 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.440 This is something that just carries over from what we've 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.719 been seeing, you know, in the open portion of practice 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:08.640 over the past couple of weeks or so, he has 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.880 been moving extremely well. And there was one one point 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:14.840 in practice I think was might have been last week. 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.400 It shouts out to Haley Sutton. She was standing there 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.320 next to me, and he been Tyrann. He went through 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:24.200 a full drill with brit on the in the rehab 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.200 chords and it was full speed and it included cuts 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:31.000 and change changes of direction, and I am in awe 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:37.840 at how someone that side can move that freaking well. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.880 So when I saw that, I literally was taking a 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:42.360 back and I looked at Haley. Now it was like, 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:48.520 holy crap. That again my professional assessment. Yikes, of in 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.840 a good way, in a good way. This is a 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.040 guy who had his hamstring torn off the back of 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.680 his knee the same day. He walks out of the 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:01.280 out of the facility without even a minor lump, and 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.320 you know, a couple of months later or so, here 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.240 he is out there running, you know, full speed. So 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.240 yesterday was just to carry over from me. I didn't 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:12.000 expect to see anything um lesser than what I had 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.320 seen over these past several weeks with Tyrono Smith. He's back. 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.480 So when the Cowboys say, um, there's a chance that 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.400 he will be on the field against the Texans, believe it. 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:22.680 Believe it. There is a chance. Do you think there's 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:24.960 a chance he's there this week, Guysaiah, just based off 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.720 of the injury and the timetable and what you've heard 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.200 from the front office, or is it more of just targeting. 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.079 I don't think next week's out of the question at all. 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:37.360 I think that's really the fall before Philadelphia, correct, So 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.160 I think the chances are it's a dumb and dumber chance. 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.400 Dumb and dumb saying there's a chance, Remember that I 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:47.079 got that one, You got that one? Didn't give a 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.880 night at the Roxbury people. Sorry, people are really upset. 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.880 I'm gonna watch it. I need to get the log 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:59.040 in for the service. Yea, that service, Yeah, whatever it 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:07.080 is of your Yeah that that that that nobody's watching. Yeah, 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.240 but but yeah, no, I haven't gotten to watch it yet. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:10.920 I'll watch it soon. But yeah. So, I mean there's 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.920 a chance. I don't see it happening, But I don't 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.800 know his health in terms of you know what they know. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.360 So I can't speak on it, but you obviously you 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.160 guys say that he had a good half and half 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.880 practice and we'll see how the rest of the week goes. 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.600 I guess really today and then yeah, no shells all week. Right, 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:30.520 there's no shells, just walk throughs. But I think what 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.880 you could do he needs to he needs to contact, right, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.719 I would say he needs game. Put him out there, 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:40.880 let him start um ten to fifteen snaps without shells. No, 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:44.040 I mean he needs some shells, Okay, but yeah, I'm 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.800 talking about if there's a likelihood of him playing. Yeah, 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:48.400 of course it's the Texans. You put him out there 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.720 as a starter, you give him ten to fifteen snaps, 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.880 you pull him, you let you know. Tyler and Jason 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.240 Peters finished the job at left tackle against the Texans. 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.600 But you start the ramp up process, which is basically 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.400 what you just did with Anthony Barr, which with a 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.080 much lesser injury, but none the less, wrap ups need 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.040 to happen, especially when you're out for such a period 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.560 of time as Tyron was. So is that a question 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.440 for McCarthy maybe today is with the lack of pads 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.680 in practice this week, and he made it known he 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.040 said it in this press conference that he's not putting 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.320 the guys in pads. It's a scheduled thing. It's not 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.920 because they're playing the Texans and they're taking the Texans lightly. 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.240 I think it's it's just a day off, couple couple 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:27.080 of days. I think it's too important to see him 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.680 with that full resistance. Yeah, you know, you think he 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.040 needs some guys, like we talked about, when he comes 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:33.800 back and needs some guys getting after him, right, whether 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:35.880 it's Mica Dlaw, Sam Williams, whoever you want to throw 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.959 over there, Tach, don't do tac. Tach might be a 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:40.840 little bit too much. But yeah, you know, I mean 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.040 throwing you mean got waves, right, those some guys out, 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:44.640 I mean, do some one on once. He needs to 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.880 feel that that contact. You just can't when you're when 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.679 you're not in shells. And for people that don't know 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.360 what shows are, it's you're wearing all football pads from 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.160 the from the waist up right, so he shoulder pads, helmets, Okay, 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.760 that's shells. If you're not wearing that, then you just 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.160 have helmets on him. You're not getting anywhere near the 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.360 amount of contact that you would typically get, which means 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.320 that he's not facing that real resistance. Then hasn't faced 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.080 that real resistance since he got injured. Right, So if 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:12.280 for whatever reason, and typically they have a pretty robust 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:15.960 practice on Saturday, um, if they have a if they 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:17.960 change up and then go shells on Saturday, then that 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.200 increases the likelihood and the chance, I should say, of 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:23.880 him taking the field against the Texans ums a day 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.360 before the game. But not for a twelve o'clock game. 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.800 This is a new game. This is a neon game, 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.720 because it's it's difficult to remember that his team gets 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.720 neon games. This game, the next two or noon games 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.120 game a lot of new games to Kyle's points. So 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.200 if if you know seven to seven isn't out there 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.360 on Sunday, then I think it's as close to one 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.120 hundred percent chance as you can get that he'd be 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.920 out there against the Jaguars. So it's really sad that 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.120 you don't get the experience of donuts that we have 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.480 here in the studio on twelve o'clock games. I mean, 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.280 you get the experience of game Ie the l and Kyle, myself, 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.720 Barry I gets we're sitting here just in a it's 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:03.360 pretty good. I get the mac and cheese. Mac and 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.400 cheese is pretty fire. Yeah, you didn't get the smoked 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.840 mac and cheese though, didn't get that one. Uh. Kind 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:15.000 of continuing with this conversation, not the food conversation, the 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:19.480 offensive line conversation, Kyle trying to push bass that trying 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:24.199 to Yeah, no, no, not for me. So I originally 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.120 wanted to talk about wide receivers, and we'll talk about 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.080 that a little bit later on the show. But since 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:34.040 we're talking about offensive line initially, how exciting is it 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:37.840 because we talked about good problems on Monday? Right? Who 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:41.360 do you put at left? Card? Connor McGovern, Tyler Smith. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.880 By the way, the overwhelming majority of my Twitter poll 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.400 was in agreeance with Patrick. But I think I'm in 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.800 agreeance now with Isaiah. I think you keep it the same. 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.840 I think you keep it at Connor McGovern. Connor McGovern 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.320 hasn't lost that job. He's played really, really well. Just 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.319 want you to have a friend. I'm right there, I'm 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:02.560 right there, But the fan poole got it over there. Yeah. 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.400 I don't want to make another debate, We've already thrown 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.760 that out there. But how exciting is it to not 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:13.880 have a lack of offensive linemen, but have a surplus 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.760 this time around, because that's a huge piece of this 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.559 puzzle moving forward that you didn't necessarily you think going 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.720 into the yof season that you had. Front office has 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.800 done an amazing job they have over the last two seasons. 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.559 They've been they've been lights out and I'm not talking 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.600 about Sean Merriman and they've been they've been killing it 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:35.600 in regards of like completely changing this defense personnel wise, 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.040 completely changing the scope of this office in line. Both 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:42.400 of these areas have been concerned, right, They've been huge concerns. 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.840 You know, you look at the kicker situation. We thought 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.320 that was going to be a complete wou right, it 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:51.480 was bad. Right, So every issue that has been presented 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:56.679 in terms of potential downfall at positions, they've addressed it. 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.880 And the more incredible thing, and I think this also 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.560 gives credit to the coaching staff. I mean give the 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.400 flowers to the coaching staff too, because every and we 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.839 talked about it on this show Week one against the 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.360 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a nineteen to three loss, we came 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.800 back into this studio and we said everything that was 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:16.800 a question mark reared its ugly head against Tampa Bay 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:19.640 so and then you lost your quarterback. So at that point, 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:23.200 Hope looked lost. The fact that all those question marks, 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:27.720 Twitcher's offensive line, special teams, and a little bit of 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.480 the defense in terms of stopping the run, all of 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.040 those things were just torn apart. And so was your 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.280 secondary in that game too. But with that being said, 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.480 that's not a question anymore. I mean, these are all 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.200 things that have been checked up, checked across the board, 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.080 been addressed and been addressed since that point going into camp, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.000 Like you said, one of the biggest questions, hands down, 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.360 was the depth at the offensive line position, just as 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:56.400 a unit. And here we are in, you know, mid December, 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.240 and we're talking about you know, unfortunately you loosed he 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.520 Round Smith at credit the front office, Will McClay, Stephen Jones, 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.840 Jerry Jones. You got Tyler Smith, much to the chagrin 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.840 of a lot of Cowboys Nation. Tyler Smith comes in 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.120 and pops right out the left tackle, which is what 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.960 he played at Tulsa, and he has acquitted himself very 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.440 well as a rookie. Obviously, you're gonna have your rookie hiccups, 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.600 and they've been the penalties. But for the most part, 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.440 based upon expectation in the situation he was thrust into. 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.640 You could not have asked for much more from Tyler 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.640 Smith and big fellow. Right, and you pick up Jason Peters, 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:33.760 you lose Matt will let's go. You lose Matt Farniac too. 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.480 You can't protect right, No, so you lose. My point 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.000 is you lose these two players which you were hoping 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.440 to get some contributions from as early as this season, 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.120 and your offensive line doesn't lose a step, not a 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.680 single step. And that is before seven seven gets dropped 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:54.200 back into the mix. It's just it's phenomenal kudos across 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.800 the board, front office, coaching staff, and of course we 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.119 have to specifically mention Joe philbin in his his offensive 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:05.880 line assistant. They've just been phenomenal. So bouquets of roses. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.560 Scouting department too, Yeah, to the scouting department. That's where 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.360 really that's boots on the ground right there. So when's 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.360 the last time you had this much confidence in the 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:18.640 offensive line. It was it the Travis Frederick Beard was here, Yeah, 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.600 it was it was the fred Beard fred Beard tyron 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:24.520 Zach error and then toss in some Ronald Leary for 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:28.120 those that might have forgot about big Ron right, you know, 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:32.360 um that was also when you know Lyle Collins was here, 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.880 but also challenging Leary for positions and then you had, 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.560 you know that that situation. But as far as depth 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.880 and talent goes, it was that it was that error, 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.720 not since that error. I'm looking at Tyler Smith's numbers 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:49.080 compared to Tyron Smith's numbers as a rookie in twenty eleven, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:53.040 Tyrone had over a thousand snaps, he had eight sacks 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:57.160 allowed and thirty pressures given up seven penalties totals, so 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.960 numbers that aren't necessarily great numbers, especially for Tyrant Smith. 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.760 I mean, he got better as his career got along, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.800 of course, But then you look at Tyler's numbers. He's 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.080 had seven hundred and eighty snaps. He's allowed four sacks, 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:15.240 which is half of what uh Tyrn did in his 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.359 rookie season with about three quarters of the snaps, and 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.560 he's allowed twenty five pressures, which is pretty high for 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.440 that number and relative at that point too. I mean, 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.720 the fact of the matter is when this season comes 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:29.560 to a close, Tyler Smith at left tackle in filling 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:34.480 into a position, that he wasn't anticipated. I'm just saying 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:39.040 he wasn't anticipated to play left tackle this year. He 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:43.320 was anticipated to play left guard, came in, struggled there 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.760 in the off season, went right back out the left tackle, 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.800 which was his position in the future. And he's having 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.399 comparable numbers to Tyrant Smith whenever they're both in the 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:55.439 rookie seasons. There's a chance. There's a chance he's your 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.359 left tackle of the future, and he's shown that the 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.639 way that you wanted it to be sure, But anything 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:02.600 can happen either way, is what I'm saying. That's why 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.440 it's always a chance. I mean, it's not foregone conclusion 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.320 that he's going to continue to have the trajectory the 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:11.320 Tyrants in. It's a foregone conclusion that they're looking to 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.720 him to be absolutely I agree with that. Now will 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:18.720 that manifest itself? Time will tell. Yeah, trajectory says yes, 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.359 but time will tell. Injuries happen knock on wood, and 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.439 you know, dips and production happened knock on wood. But 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:29.399 current trajectory looking good, looking good. All right, let's take 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:31.920 our first break when we come back. 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