WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: O-Line Concerns & Predictions 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:07.640 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:19.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.439 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at the 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:29.200 Star in fris flowing to the SAT Scott Ta TA 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:35.959 and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, Heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:41.360 and Kyle Yeoman's. It's officially a say It with your 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:46.320 Chest Friday here on Talking Cowboys. Welcome into the show 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.040 as we're gonna break down this Cowboys Giants matchup. We're 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:53.080 gonna talk through our predictions, we're gonna finish up our 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:58.040 first quarter grades, and guys, last week, first let me 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.400 introduce you guys before I get into this little spiel. 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.160 Heck Harrison, Rob Phillips, Isaiah stand Back. I'm Kyle Yeomans. 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.680 And last week I mentioned that I don't think it 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.040 was time to even look at the panic button yet 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.720 the panic button wasn't even in the mail, wasn't even 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.040 in the mail, wasn't on the way, wasn't being shifted. Well, 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.039 after last week, I was like, Okay, maybe it's still 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:21.880 not time to make the order, but I've got it 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.400 in my cart. I've got the panic button. It's in 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:28.200 my cart on my Amazon It's it's ready to go. Yeah, yeah, 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.440 it's it's it's ready to go, just to click on 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.320 the button. Well, then we heard some news yesterday. Let's 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.160 just say the panic button may or may not be 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.040 Amazon Prime to ride back into the mail head in 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:44.080 my direction in Frisco right now, because Tyrant Smith news 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:49.400 came out yesterday. It's not official yet, but the neck 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.960 issue has resurfaced. It was a reason why he was 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.560 out of practice on Wednesday, he was out again Thursday, 0:01:57.080 --> 0:02:01.440 and now reevaluating the neck issue on whether or not 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.440 he should shut the season down. That's where we'll start 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.240 this Friday edition of Talking Cowboys. Didn't really want to 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.359 make this an injury report, but really this is a 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.320 huge blow to the Cowboys if it ends up being true. Rob. 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:17.480 What's the latest on what Tyrn Smith is dealing with? Yeah, 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.320 we're starting to say your Chess Friday off on a 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:26.680 down note. Left. Yeah, you know, basically as of now, 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.840 what Stephen Jones told our Nickietman yesterday is that indeed 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.440 all options are on the table, including surgery, to try 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.440 to correct the problem, because clearly he had some type 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.160 of setback after the game. You know, I mentioned yesterday 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.560 he played eighty two snaps. He played every snap in 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.560 the game, but clearly he had some problems afterwards as 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.519 the week started, and you know, I think the Cowboys 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:53.639 were hopeful. You know, when he didn't practice Wednesday, it's like, okay, 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.120 you know, I didn't I figured he was going to 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.480 have a Romo type Wednesday thing as they went on 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:02.600 through this season, because uh, you know, they felt like 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.519 it was a situation. They you know, it didn't just 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:06.320 go away with the Browns game. They were gonna have 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.400 to manage it and make sure he's okay going forward 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.079 because the stuff can crop up pretty quickly. But obviously 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.680 getting a second opinion anytime you're talking about surgery, as 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.520 we saw with Lyle Collins who had surgery yesterday, if 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.840 you're talking about it, it means it's a definitely a 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:25.400 real proposition, and it's it's tough. You know, when Jerry 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.240 Jones said on Tuesday on the Fan that his number 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.760 one concern wasn't the defense, he didn't talk about the defense. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:35.040 He talked about the offensive line depth. Now we know why, 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.480 because now we're right back talking about how they're going 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.200 to fix things on the on the left side and 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:44.360 the right side. Yeah, heck, I mean this is not good, Fellas, 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:49.160 It's not good. It's not good at all. Yeah, now 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.000 that's not good at all. Man. Obviously we know the 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.440 importance of having that man on the field. We need 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:55.720 Tyron Smith. He is that dude on the left side. 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.800 He protects the backside of your franchise quarterback, of your 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.840 most valuable player on your team. That is going to 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.560 hurt with him not being there if he's taken from 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.360 somebody who's had seven surgeries. Okay, I've had seven of them, 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.560 all right, and I think three of them occurred here 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:16.480 in Dallas. Seven damn it. Man. Hey, I'm just saying, Hey, 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:18.120 I took a licking and I came back taking you 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:22.200 know what I'm saying. But take it from somebody who's 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.279 been through it and been through injuries. And I even 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.160 like my time here in Dallas, where it wasn't the 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.600 greatest career that I wanted, of course, but it was 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:31.120 played with injuries. I came in with coming off of 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:34.280 surgery rehab from that, and then I faced three surgeries 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.000 in a row here in Dallas, right, two shoulder surgeries 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.640 and a knee surgery. Two of those surgeries. I played 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.520 the whole year with the pain, but knowing that at 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:43.560 the end of the year I was gonna have to 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.840 get surgery. So I played less than one hundred percent 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.720 shoulder popping in and out, dealing with the pain, dealing 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:51.000 with the you know, scruciating pain that comes with that. 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:52.920 But I knew and I was gonna have to shut 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.800 it down after the offseason or maybe even sometime during 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:57.720 the season. They get it taken care of, if they 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.320 know that they're his guy going forward, is probably a 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.120 smart move to secure the bag and make sure that 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.080 he's good going forward. But you just hate to have 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:08.680 to do that at the sacrifice of potentially this season. 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.960 You came in with a laborum right with the Cowboys. 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:14.920 I no, I came in with my foot I had. 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:17.440 I had a little frank jury, but I had labor 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:22.120 laboramu meniscus. So I just Dallas didn't like me apparently 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:27.040 with my body. But uh, the league was rough to me. 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.119 But I mean, but I mean, but it just sucks. 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.080 It sucks. And we we've been we've been talking about 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:32.680 this office, the line for a long time, and this 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:34.600 obviously it doesn't sound good to believe me, if you're 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.160 talking about it, ask somebody who's had it. It's it's 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:43.040 it's a rat heck. I mean, it would make me 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.320 feel good at all whenever it comes to this office. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.919 You said last night on our on our on our 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:49.599 text group last night, you said you had the bubble 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.840 guts again. Yeah. I was about to lead him into 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.520 that convert because I know you're nervous about this, just 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:57.880 in the fact of having a left tackle and a 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.440 right tackle now out for the season. If that ends 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.560 up being the decision, Now you've got a revolving door. 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.640 Is he gonna be Brandon Night, is gonna be Terran Steele? 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:09.279 You've got Jordan Mills, You've got Greg sat I mean, 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.000 you've got a bevy of options, but none of them 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:17.800 are Tyrn Smith, no man. And I think my upset 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:22.720 stomach and indigestion started with the retiring of Ving Fresh. 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.840 So I mean it's just been it's steadily, you know, 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:31.799 steady decline and guys being hurt and just the injury news. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.560 I thought, just like you did, Rob that you know, 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.720 we were just taking those I wouldn't say senior citizen 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.360 days are just days off of giving your veteran guys 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.160 a little bit of rest. But when the news came 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.400 out that there was a setback from from the Cleveland 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.920 game or whatever he's dealing with, and and even going 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.920 back to a conversation that I had with Joe Thomas 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.120 about stingers and saying that that's the only way to 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.920 alleviate it for a lot of guys is by going 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:01.720 to get those surgeries to widen the nerves. So it look, 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.040 it gives us, It gives me pauls As to say, look, 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.040 what do we do for the rest of the season. 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.960 It also tells you why they are bringing in so 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.840 many guys in having those auditions every day at the 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:17.120 Star in Frisco. But look, we have a game on Sunday, 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:18.680 and we gotta go with the guys that we have. 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.880 Brandon Brandon Knight. If you are a ward daddy, let's 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.920 see it all right, Tara Steele, It's it's your job 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.200 to lose at this point, and it looks how else 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.400 do you adjust your game plan at this point? If 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.600 you're the Dallas Cowboys, knowing that you are going to 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:39.840 go through twelve games without your veteran left tackle, it's 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.680 amazing that they've played four games and they've got the 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.840 number one offense and the third highest scoring offense, because 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.200 I think when when Tyran first went down before the 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.480 Atlantic game, it was like, can they function? You know? 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.960 And it hasn't been the way they've wanted to, but 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:56.440 they have been able to move the ball at least 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.400 in the passing game. So I guess that's encouraging. But 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:01.480 you hate to see this, and yeah, it does bring 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.360 up the question what are they gonna do? Because you know, 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.240 if you want to put Brandon Knight at left tackle, 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.160 I think that's probably your best option. They're getting like 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.320 heck yeah, like as Heckma said, though they've got more 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.720 options potentially at right tackle. I know people, Kyle, I 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.160 don't know, if you want to get into all the 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:21.520 different combinations, people are gonna ask should they move Zach 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.840 Martin out to right tackle? I think that comes down 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.240 to whether you feel I think Mike McCarthy doesn't want 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:28.680 to do that. I don't think he doesn't want to 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.480 change a bunch of spots. But to me, it might 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.080 come down to whether you feel better about a Connor 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:37.720 McGovern playing tackle better than your options at right tackle. 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.559 You know you juggle the two and say, okay, because 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.040 I'm about I'm about best five personally, guys. I mean 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:47.839 I think you know, it eliminates concern of one on 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.079 one matchups because you're gonna have you saw it with 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.960 Miles Garrett against Terrence Steele last week. Eventually, guys are 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.640 gonna have to just hold their own and so who's 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.280 your best five? I think they still got to figure 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:58.400 that out, and they still gotta be I think they 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:00.360 gotta be flexible too at just as it goes. If 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:03.439 it's not working, try something else. Hey, but Rob, I 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.880 have a question for you and and Kyle. Heck, even 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:08.960 when you find the five, do you really expect him 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.480 to give a hundred percent for all seventy plays? You 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:16.760 damn right? Yes? Oh wow, we yeah, we didn't talk 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.920 about that yesterday. No we didn't. No, no, we didn't. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.199 We can get into that if you want to. But 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.640 that's a setup. That's a setup. You set me up there, 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:30.160 like yeah. So he's referring, of course, to what Xavier 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.480 Woods had to say about the defensive side of the 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.480 football and that you're not quote unquote expected to play 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.520 one hundred percent at one hundred percent of the time ultimately, 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.320 is what he ended up saying earlier in the week. 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.559 So transferring that over to the offensive line though, and 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.000 I kind of wanted to go off of what what 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.640 Rob was just saying with the best five, Terrence Steele 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.280 probably isn't a part of that best five? Correct? Would 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.480 we all agree with that? Terren Steele not a part 0:09:56.520 --> 0:10:01.160 of the best five? Who else do you have? Who 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.160 else do you have behind tarn Still? I mean, at 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.360 this point, we're talking about moving Zack Martin now to 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.200 right tackle, and that's going to leave a deficiency right 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.000 smack dab in the middle of our offensive line. We're 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.199 already starting a rookie at center, and we already have 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:19.839 a big question mark over our left guard. You know, 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:23.000 Zack Martin to me, I think he gives that assistance 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.200 and at least gives you the state of mind going 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:30.120 into a game that you're strong next to some of 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.720 your weaker links. I don't know how you put him 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.319 out on the island and expect for the middle of 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.400 your offensive line to have be solid at all. I 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.040 don't know. I think that would be a mistake to 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.200 do that, especially with Looney now dealing with an mcl 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.760 I agree, go ahead, us don't. I don't know who 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.040 our best five is. I know we got nine offensive 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.439 tackles within this roster, so there's some guys that we 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.640 don't even know what the they can do. So at 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.680 this point, go out there and put your pass rushers. 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.599 I put Alden Smith out there, pick d law on it, 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:04.800 put Randy Gregory and having to do one on ones 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.360 all practice today and find out who the heck is 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:08.760 a dog and that's who you put out there on 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:17.400 the field. Oklahoma, Drill drill second. Tried to do that. Yeah, 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.480 I'm with heck. I mean I would feel better about 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.200 maybe kicking Zach out to right tackle if you had 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.360 Looney in the middle there. I think having his presence 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.199 probably helps be Oddish and uh, you know, look for 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.280 cam Irving at some point. I think he's definitely making progress. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.400 They have two open spots on their fifty three right now, 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.719 so you know, Anthony Brown could take one of those 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.680 this week coming off I R and possibly cam Irving 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:42.719 as early as this week, maybe next week. And we'll 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.000 see about Laton vander Esh But but I think they 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.839 think he's getting close, so he becomes an option for 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:52.679 you soon. I just don't know if it's gonna be 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.079 at least a couple of weeks. Probably uh, with with 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.439 the MCL, MCL usually you know, two to four or 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.880 something like that. So they got to roll with the 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:01.640 rookie there in the middle there for the time being, 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.240 which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing. I 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.839 think be Odish has done a fine job of popping 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.280 in there and even in the middle of that offense. 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:13.800 Now look at that, and you look at that good, 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.480 good way that I've always I'd like, be honest, I 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.200 said a long time ago that Beyondes should have been 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:19.880 a starter and Luna should be playing guard. I said 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:21.600 that a long time ago. Oh, I like him, throw 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.040 him in there. We also we also said with a 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.000 short training camp that Beodish would probably not be the 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.160 starter at the beginning of the year, but ultimately would 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.120 transition into that role. And I think we're starting to 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.439 see that, maybe a little bit earlier than what was 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.439 anticipated due to the MCL injury to Luny, But overall, 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.120 Beyondest should really his job right now, and I don't 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.520 I don't know if he even really which is it's 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.360 not that early. Only have you only have seventy five 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.280 percent more games to play. That's true. Yeah, yeah, I'm 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.040 three quarters of the season left to go. There's a 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.120 lot of football left to be played here, Isaiah. Now, yes, 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:56.440 with that being said, sticking with the theme of there's 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.120 a lot of football left to be played, and Rob 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:02.199 mentioned it, Isaiah mentioned it, Layton Vanderesh still looking ahead 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.559 of schedule. Yesterday hearing practice he not only had a 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:06.599 helmet on, but he also had pads and he was 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.760 in team not team drills, but he was in individual 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:15.000 position drills throughout the course of the morning. So even yesterday, 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:18.560 Mike McCarthy, he didn't rule out not having Layton Vanderesh, 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:20.640 but he also didn't necessarily say he was going to 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.920 play on Sunday. I still don't expect him to play 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.319 on Sunday. But Rob, is this something that we can 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:29.640 maybe see going into Week six against Arizona? Or do 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:31.679 we take the there's a lot of football left to 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:37.120 play approach? It's crazy we're talking about this because he's 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.520 what is he three weeks removed from having the play 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.959 put in and the plate you know, it does accelerate 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.480 the healing process. So and they say he's ahead of schedules, 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.400 so we'll just see how he does. You're right, Mike 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.800 didn't rule it out. I don't know how realistic that is. 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.520 It depends on how he did yesterday. He's not on 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.080 the injury report because he's on IR, so they said 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.040 he was gonna try to do some stuff yesterday. You know, 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.040 next week they have a little bit longer week. I 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:01.800 don't know if that really matters, but they play a 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.760 Monday night game I think October nineteenth, so it's a 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.199 little bit of a longer week. Maybe it's possible he 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:11.280 gets back by then, but you know, wow, you know, 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.760 usually when you're with collar bones, you're talking about six 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:18.480 weeks minimum. So's he's Superman. Apparently he's doing well. He's 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:20.880 got he's got to be man. And Isaiah being our 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:25.880 resident doctor here on the podcast, I mean, you talk 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.800 about a bone healing fast. That's crazy to me. Even 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.200 when I saw the images and we talked about it yesterday, 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.040 I didn't even think that it was realistic that he 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:38.120 would be back. But when you hear Mike McCarthy saying 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.040 that he could play Sunday, I don't know what I'm 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.880 I guess I'm trying to register how is that possible 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.480 or even how can he be back versus Arizona. But apparently, 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.120 with the medical advancements, that bone is healing quickly and 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.120 he could be back playing medal. He could be back 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:59.400 playing middle linebacker by next Monday. Smoke signals. Smoke signals 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.520 this dude, you would be setting him up for failure. 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:04.400 We talked. I did mention you know here. I told 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.720 you guys that bones hill substantially faster. You can put 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:14.080 poems and bones hill fast. However, however, okay, him practicing, 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.000 don't get too excited. He's practicing with pads on. Yes, 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:18.920 he's practice with a helping on. Yes. But we ain't 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.080 said nothing about him hitting anybody. Yep. Okay, that collar bone, 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:24.440 that neck, nothing about that prevents you from going out 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.000 there and running around the practice field. Okay, but I 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.440 guarantee you he hasn't hit not one person, nor do 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.240 they intend on him hitting anybody over the next few weeks. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.800 And if they do, I think that this would be 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.040 I love the training staff, but I and I respect 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:38.960 Jim Bow and all those guys. I don't. I can't 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.280 see them putting him out there. I just can't see 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:44.480 them they care too much about their guys. If they 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:46.520 do that, then I feel like they're probably getting pressure 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.280 from somewhere else because you're setting him up for failure. Yeah, 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:53.000 I just I mean think about it, Like and Mike 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.840 said he probably would do some limited stuff potentially yesterday, 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.720 which doesn't mean full team or anything like that. That 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.800 would be his first time out there period, in pads, whatever, 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.280 in basically a month. I think, like September twelfth was 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.840 they had a practice the day before the game, the 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.960 opener against the Rams. Like that's one practice and you 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:12.760 put him out there. That's that's kind of hard to see. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.800 You can put him out there in a deep sea 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.800 diving outfit and he's still not gonna be playing in 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.560 the games. It doesn't matter. He won't be. He should 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.360 not be. Let me put it this way, he should 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.440 not be playing for at least another three weeks. In 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.760 my opinion, I'm confused where the deep sea diving reference 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:28.680 came from, but whatever I'm gonna stick with it is 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.040 that you know the navy man, you know that the 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:35.720 heavy the heavy outfit. Okay, okay, okay, so like military 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:43.200 grade stuff is what we're talking about here. Jorn uh Yeah, 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.560 and whenever it comes to late. In vander ash yesterday 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:47.840 during the media portion of practice, there was actually a 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.280 moment where he kind of I don't know if it 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.320 was a joke or what what it ended up being, 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:55.160 but there was a bit of a pad tackling drill 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.480 that the defense and even some of the offense the 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:00.160 special teams were going through on the other side where 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.160 they were tackling dummies, and he kind of went and 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.000 got in line and Jalen Smith like kind of kind 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:06.399 of hugged him and gave him a little pat on 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:08.440 the back. I was like, yeah, not yet, buddy, let's 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:09.919 not get ahead. And I think it might have been 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.120 a joke between the two, but from afar it looked 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.119 kind of funny, just that chopping at the bit mentality 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.159 with Layton vander Esch. He's a leader, he's somebody that 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.239 you want on your defense, but you also want him 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:21.920 to stay healthy for an elongated period of time. I 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:23.679 think that needs to be the priority, and I think 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.879 it is the priority on the other side of the building. 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:29.119 And hopefully lvs ready to go for a lengthy period 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.040 of time. Okay, so when we come back, we're going 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.520 to finish up our grades of the first quarter. We've 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.600 talked about it all week long. We finish it up 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:41.000 with special teams and coaching. 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Kyle Yeomen's Isaiah stand Back, 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:01.440 Rob Phillips, and the fantastic mister heck Ma Harrison with 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:05.200 you up until ten o'clock today as we break down 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:09.080 this Cowboys Giants game and also looking back a little bit. 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:11.520 We're gonna finish up what we've done all week long. 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:13.959 And this has been a fun segment because there's been 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:18.960 some debate, there's been some disagreements, there's been some honeycrisp 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.960 apples involved, There's been so many different things thrown around 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:25.399 during this segment. But it's our first quarter grades and 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:28.560 we've talked about the offense in terms of the passing game, 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:32.240 the running game, the trenches with offensive and defensive line. 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.600 Yesterday we attacked the defense and went linebackers and safeties 0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:37.840 and those were some pretty harsh grades. But now we 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:40.879 go into special teams and the coaching staff, and this 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:43.119 is through the first couple of weeks of the season. 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:45.080 We can be easy on the coaching staff and just 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:46.600 do it as a whole. We don't have to attack 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.840 certain individuals or talk about certain individuals at this point, 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:52.160 just coaching as a whole what you think thought so far? 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.679 But special teams will start things off here. It hasn't 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:59.359 been pretty for the Cowboys at times, but at other times. 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.200 Its actually one year, your first football game, uh, and 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:05.240 your only football game of the year so far. But Isaiah, 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:07.359 what do you think in terms of this special teams 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:14.800 unit so far in twenty twenty D minus oh D minus? Okay? 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:20.720 They have had entirely too many mistakes. Entirely too many mistakes. 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:23.800 The only positive thing that I've seen from this unit 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:26.200 is obviously the watermelon kick, which you really shouldn't have 0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:28.080 been in a situation anyway because you messed up earlier 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:32.400 in the game. Um. And also their their their punt 0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:34.840 coverage has been good. Their their punt coverage has been 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:38.240 pretty respectable. Uh. And they with their gunners. Their gunners 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:41.680 are getting down the field enforcing fair catches like nobody's business. 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:43.720 So I respect them for that. But aside from that, 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.200 it has not been good. UM in terms of not 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:52.680 it seems you said we can lump it all together. Yeah, yeah, 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:56.600 so it's a it's a D minus for me, for 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:58.920 the coach, for the for the special team's coach, and 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.840 this unit. UM. I think that they're trying hard, but 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:05.240 their lack of execution. UM kudos that are coached for 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:08.840 calling it. But you know, when the guys aren't aren't 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:10.679 making them making the necessary plays, you got to get 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:12.800 somebody else in there. And there's just no there's no 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:15.200 room for errors on special teams. It's just too it's 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:17.200 too important a portion of the game. It's a third 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:21.000 of the game, and people always forget that. All right, heck, 0:22:23.600 --> 0:22:25.920 all right. Well, the going theme around here has been 0:22:26.040 --> 0:22:28.840 that for as a coaching staff, we hadn't been very aggressive, 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:31.359 and now we have a coaching staff that has been 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:37.439 overly aggressive. And Chris Jones is where Chris Jones passed 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:42.240 away from obviously executing a great fake punt. I think 0:22:42.280 --> 0:22:44.240 all of the failed attempts you can look at, and 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:47.119 we talked at length about the Squift kick in the 0:22:47.240 --> 0:22:50.200 Cleveland game. But when it comes down to other areas, 0:22:50.440 --> 0:22:53.600 in other areas and for special teams, I have the 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:58.639 feeling like Ceedee Lamb is getting close. I feel as 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:01.880 though somebody's gonna We're gonna cover one, and Ceedee Lamb 0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:04.919 is going to put the Lambeau on the runway, uh 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:07.560 and go take one to the house. I just look, 0:23:07.600 --> 0:23:09.280 there are other areas that you look at that you 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:11.359 just oh, man, we need improvement on that. And I 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:15.600 never liked pats or field goals turning into events. So 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:19.200 I'm gonna go see minus overall and just leave it 0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:24.320 at that. I like it. Love that explanation, Rob. I 0:23:24.440 --> 0:23:26.480 got some apples ready for you, guys, because I got 0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:28.800 I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go to the sea. I'm 0:23:28.840 --> 0:23:30.920 gonna go to the sea because I know, I know. 0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:34.760 But look, they would be owing four right now if 0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:36.920 they didn't pull off that kick. And that was a 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:39.040 hell of a play. That's one of the best craziest 0:23:39.080 --> 0:23:42.760 plays I've ever seen that that that helps the curve 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:45.760 a little, gives them a passing great rough Yeah, yeah, 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:48.480 I think so. Now, look, it hasn't been good. It 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:51.920 hasn't been good overall, and John Fossil spoke to that, 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:54.640 But you guys hit on some things they have done well. 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:57.439 You're right, Isaiah. The coverage has been pretty good. They 0:23:57.520 --> 0:24:00.680 haven't allowed any big returns really, uh in kickoffs or 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:05.320 punt um ceedee. Lamb, like heck said, has been effective 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:08.160 as a returner. That's been a problem in the past. 0:24:08.359 --> 0:24:10.879 At punt returns. And I know Greg Zerline had a 0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:14.080 blocked extra point, he's missed a kick, but he's definitely 0:24:14.119 --> 0:24:16.880 an upgrade. I think he's definitely an upgrade over Brett Maher. 0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:19.639 So there's some things they can they can build on. 0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:21.879 But if not for your special teams, you were a 0:24:21.920 --> 0:24:23.800 winless football team. Right now, at the end of that game, 0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:25.600 you're a winless football team. So if that's why I 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:27.359 got to give him a little a little bit higher 0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:30.399 right before before Kyle goes, can I just help everybody 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:33.800 remember because I'm a specialist. I was a special specialist 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:35.240 in the league, more more than I was a receiver 0:24:35.400 --> 0:24:37.440 or quarterback or even a tight end. Right, I was 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:40.600 a specialist. That's what I did. Um, let me just 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:44.120 remind everybody. So there was a miss extra point yep. Yes, 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:46.960 a block fail goal because we failed to block it 0:24:47.080 --> 0:24:52.200 up properly. Yes, Um, A terrible squid kick that had 0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:54.280 that was pointless, right, and I'm not sure what the 0:24:54.320 --> 0:24:58.680 point of that was. Yes, Um, don't forget about kickoff returns. Yeah, 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:02.199 kick kickoff returns off is like kick off is like pointless. 0:25:02.320 --> 0:25:04.240 Like the NFL needs to change it. It's ridiculous. I 0:25:04.320 --> 0:25:05.560 was a part of the XFL and they did a 0:25:05.600 --> 0:25:07.399 good job changing that. The NFL needs to figure this 0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:09.800 out because that's a point display right now. But um, 0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:11.639 and then let's also not forget the fact if that 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:15.720 we had two fake punts that failed, right, and that's 0:25:15.760 --> 0:25:18.760 all within the first four weeks, there's no way they 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:20.880 have a passing grade. But I'm gonna I'm gonna, like Kyle, 0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:24.040 determine that. But it's the power of the watermelon kick, 0:25:24.240 --> 0:25:30.520 don't the power? Man? No A C minus. Let's see 0:25:30.680 --> 0:25:33.720 C minus come on the paths to rob. You can't 0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:36.040 put too much weight on a watermelon kick because the 0:25:36.119 --> 0:25:40.359 watermelon kick only was successful because of the lack of 0:25:40.760 --> 0:25:44.760 execution by Atlanta Falcons defender. That is it? Hey, that's 0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:49.920 all that's maybe it's not, that's not it was no. Hey, 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:52.280 you're you're absolutely correct, But it wasn't that. It was 0:25:52.320 --> 0:25:54.119 just this amazing. It was a great kick. Doesn't not 0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:56.080 get it wrong. But had that gentleman done when he 0:25:56.119 --> 0:25:58.359 was supposed to do, there would still be an on fourteen. 0:25:58.480 --> 0:26:10.399 That's not how the statuate. Breeze man, how's this one? Listen? 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:14.520 Whenever you're let's go across the street from where that 0:26:14.600 --> 0:26:18.600 watermelon kick happened, And yesterday the Dodgers and the Padres 0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:22.080 were playing in globally Field. You think at some point 0:26:22.240 --> 0:26:25.280 Joe Kelly was like, no, I'm gonna throw a curveball 0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:27.920 or a fastball instead of a curveball here, because you know, 0:26:28.040 --> 0:26:30.240 as a as a Padres hitter on the other side, 0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:32.560 you should be able to hit that ball. No, you 0:26:32.680 --> 0:26:34.680 try and change it up a little bit. You throw 0:26:34.760 --> 0:26:36.879 a curveball at him. That's what the special teams did, 0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:40.160 and that's why that did that kick ended up working. 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:43.920 Did the Dodgers lose that game? No? They won. No, 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:46.360 That's why I'm saying. I'm saying they won that game 0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:51.840 because we know who would sleep on the game, Dodgers. 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:55.680 Dodgers are going to the NLCS. Anyways, back to football, 0:26:56.200 --> 0:26:58.560 I'm gonna stick with hecma here. I'm not up to 0:26:58.680 --> 0:27:00.920 a sea, but I'm at a sem I thought, heck, 0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:04.800 I explained it. Well, there's goods, there's bads. There hasn't 0:27:04.880 --> 0:27:09.280 necessarily been any sort of u of positive in the 0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:11.600 kick return, but there's been a lot of positive in 0:27:11.680 --> 0:27:13.680 the pump return, and even with the kicking game. I 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:15.960 don't really put a ton of stock in block kicks. 0:27:16.000 --> 0:27:18.280 I think you can share that up pretty quickly here. 0:27:18.320 --> 0:27:21.360 I think Greg Surline gives you an opportunity at some point. 0:27:21.520 --> 0:27:24.200 You haven't seen it yet to knock through any kind 0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:26.680 of field goal from long distance. They haven't had a 0:27:26.800 --> 0:27:29.040 chance to do any of that field goal. I'm looking 0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:32.960 at you, Isaiah, I see you doing this. It's ah, 0:27:33.320 --> 0:27:37.159 remember this first one. I'm saying it. So I just 0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:39.000 want to make sure that we're clear here because I 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:41.800 know you guys are all educated individuals, and you guys 0:27:41.800 --> 0:27:43.480 are putting a lot of weight on the on the 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:47.480 watermelon kicks. So that's a one positive correct, YEA one 0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:50.040 positive Okay. So well, there's a couple we've had We've 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:53.560 had a uh okay, there's one main positive that that's 0:27:53.560 --> 0:27:55.119 only one play that we can we got turned to it. 0:27:55.119 --> 0:27:57.040 There's been a couple of good what twelve yard returns 0:27:57.080 --> 0:27:59.560 or something like that by by CD Lamb. That's that's it. 0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:02.480 But we've had a drop kickoff return, we've had a 0:28:02.600 --> 0:28:05.280 miss extra point, we've had a block extra field goal, 0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:08.440 we've had two failed punts. We've had a terrible squid 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:11.680 here so I'm naming like six to seven negatives, and 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:14.120 you guys are putting all the weight on one positive. 0:28:14.160 --> 0:28:16.399 We're not saying this is an A or an A plus. 0:28:16.720 --> 0:28:18.399 If you take all those things away, it may be 0:28:18.520 --> 0:28:20.160 a B or a B plus. But we're not even 0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:21.920 there yet. You gave you gave him a D. You 0:28:21.960 --> 0:28:26.320 gave him a D minus. Right. I guarantee you he 0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:28.280 would say the same thing. That is not a that 0:28:28.520 --> 0:28:30.640 is not acceptable on special teams. You don't get enough 0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:33.359 plays on special teams every game to make mistakes like 0:28:33.440 --> 0:28:35.880 these guys are making. These are technical errors. These aren't 0:28:35.920 --> 0:28:37.800 just things that happen. No, you don't. You don't bring 0:28:37.880 --> 0:28:39.760 up a valid point. You don't drop a ballot point. 0:28:40.040 --> 0:28:42.640 As a kickoff returner for the former Dallas formerly as 0:28:42.680 --> 0:28:45.160 a Dallas Cowboys, you don't drop kickoff returns. You don't, 0:28:45.560 --> 0:28:47.920 especially when they're in the area they're curveballs, you don't 0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:50.880 drop them. So so that's bad. Okay. You don't give 0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:53.280 up block field goals. You don't do that. You don't 0:28:53.280 --> 0:28:55.840 do that, not, not not with that, not technique wise, 0:28:56.120 --> 0:28:59.120 you don't. You don't miss extra points D minus, right, 0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:01.840 you don't. You don't do that right, and guess what, 0:29:02.000 --> 0:29:04.280 and when you're back and when you run a fake punt, 0:29:04.520 --> 0:29:06.840 you make sure that you do your job. And they 0:29:06.920 --> 0:29:11.080 did not twice twice. And look at the raplifications of 0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:13.280 those plays. Look at that. Look what happened on those 0:29:13.360 --> 0:29:16.640 negative plays. Yeah, it didn't go well. No, it didn't 0:29:16.680 --> 0:29:19.120 go It didn't go well. And it's not like we're 0:29:19.200 --> 0:29:22.200 giving them an A minus, B plus any of that. 0:29:22.400 --> 0:29:24.440 Just c mind. But you're passing them onto the next 0:29:24.480 --> 0:29:26.480 grade though. Heck him, you're pat letting him go. You're 0:29:26.520 --> 0:29:29.320 letting them advance within your educational system. And that's you 0:29:29.400 --> 0:29:31.760 know what, Isaiah, you right, this is the one time 0:29:32.040 --> 0:29:36.240 you have changed all right, yeah, all right? A D plus? 0:29:36.360 --> 0:29:37.960 Can I give him a D plus and give that 0:29:38.040 --> 0:29:41.400 worse deep still passing? No, according to the grade, No, 0:29:41.640 --> 0:29:45.480 it is not where where we're over that half a 0:29:45.720 --> 0:29:51.600 letter grade. He's not gonna litterize. He's sixty five to 0:29:51.800 --> 0:29:54.280 sixty nine percent. That's where they're at right now. If that, 0:29:55.200 --> 0:29:57.400 I mean, you're fighting over what could have been seventy 0:29:57.480 --> 0:30:01.400 one to sixty nine whatever. Let's move on to our 0:30:01.440 --> 0:30:04.880 coaching staff. I mean, we can talk about the special teams. 0:30:04.920 --> 0:30:06.800 And whether or not they've been good. None of us 0:30:06.840 --> 0:30:09.000 said they were good. I just want to lay that 0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:11.719 out there, and I just want to say a passing 0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:14.040 grade at a C minus is different than getting an 0:30:14.040 --> 0:30:16.760 A or an A minus. Anyways, going to the coaching 0:30:16.800 --> 0:30:18.960 staff and like I said, lumping all of this together, 0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:22.440 mostly talking about play calling here. Whenever you're looking at 0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.600 the defensive side of the football and the offensive side, 0:30:24.640 --> 0:30:26.440 we can kind of balance it and Tito totter it 0:30:26.520 --> 0:30:29.240 back and forth. But I'll start things off in terms 0:30:29.280 --> 0:30:32.840 of play calling, and really because of what Kellen Moore 0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:35.040 has done on the offensive side of the football to 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:38.400 adjust for what is a banged up offensive line, I 0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:40.640 think it off balances what I could have given an 0:30:40.760 --> 0:30:42.720 F on the defensive side of the football, but I'll 0:30:42.760 --> 0:30:46.320 give it a solid D plus. And really that's the 0:30:46.400 --> 0:30:49.480 only thing I can look at from a positive standpoint, 0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:52.120 because I think Kellvin Moore is getting better as a 0:30:52.160 --> 0:30:55.120 play caller and we're starting to see that evolution. However, 0:30:55.320 --> 0:30:57.520 Mike Nolan has just kind of struggled on the defensive 0:30:57.520 --> 0:30:59.760 side of the football, and I don't necessarily think he's 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:01.960 done a good job of putting his players in the 0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:06.120 best scenario in where their talent is utilized the best. Isaiah, 0:31:06.200 --> 0:31:10.200 what have you've got on this grade? See? Were you 0:31:10.240 --> 0:31:12.680 talking about the offensive the defense both? I mean, that's 0:31:12.680 --> 0:31:15.320 what I'm saying. I'm combining them together. We don't have 0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:23.240 time to do both. Here makes things a little tougher. 0:31:25.400 --> 0:31:29.800 Kellen Moore gives them a full letter grade upgrade off 0:31:29.840 --> 0:31:32.719 of what I would have given them. I give them 0:31:32.760 --> 0:31:37.320 a C combined. Okay, I would. I would too, because 0:31:37.360 --> 0:31:40.640 I think, I mean, what they've had to deal with upfront. Still, 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:42.840 with the numbers they've put up, I know it hasn't 0:31:42.880 --> 0:31:44.760 led to winning. Some of their biggest problems have just 0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:49.040 been not taking care of the ball defensively. There's a 0:31:49.080 --> 0:31:50.920 lot of problems to go around. I think the coaches 0:31:50.960 --> 0:31:53.440 have taken blame for it. Players have said, we got 0:31:53.520 --> 0:31:55.239 to be better with assignments. So it kind of all 0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:57.320 goes together. I think if you average it out, it's 0:31:57.320 --> 0:31:59.920 probably about to see so far. Okay, Mike McCarthy said, look, 0:32:00.000 --> 0:32:01.480 it all falls on me right now, where one in 0:32:01.560 --> 0:32:04.280 three it starts with me. It's true. Yeah, I love that, 0:32:04.400 --> 0:32:07.120 And that's that's just more coaches speak. You know, it's 0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:09.480 my job to get these guys in the right places. 0:32:09.560 --> 0:32:12.920 And look, when you average it out on both sides 0:32:12.960 --> 0:32:15.280 of the ball, and this team isn't gonna get a 0:32:15.360 --> 0:32:18.800 mulligan for the climate that we're in with the pandemic 0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:21.400 or any of that, because all thirty one other teams, 0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:23.680 all thirty two teams are dealing with the same thing. 0:32:24.080 --> 0:32:25.600 But I think a lot of that has to do 0:32:26.160 --> 0:32:29.160 with the execution of the scheme. Defensively, we're just not 0:32:29.320 --> 0:32:32.560 able to execute the scheme. That's just it, all right. Offensively, 0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:35.600 that looks to be some continuity, especially with the way 0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:37.680 that Dak is able to leave these drives and those 0:32:37.760 --> 0:32:40.400 come from behind efforts. But you know, look, you just 0:32:40.520 --> 0:32:43.080 get a smelly sticker for doing that, especially if you 0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:51.360 don't win the game. And I'm trying to be positive here, 0:32:51.440 --> 0:32:54.280 but I'm just saying one thing just kind of takes 0:32:54.320 --> 0:32:57.360 out the other. So y'all, y'all crack me up, man. 0:32:57.720 --> 0:33:01.240 Look like my whole what I'm saying is I hate 0:33:01.280 --> 0:33:03.800 the banana sit and I hate I love that. I 0:33:03.920 --> 0:33:05.920 love the roof bear sit. So it was a great 0:33:05.960 --> 0:33:08.479 pay Like It's just one of those things where one 0:33:08.520 --> 0:33:09.840 of the one of the things that we have to 0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:13.320 correct as a team is just our execution offensively. If 0:33:13.360 --> 0:33:17.080 we cut down on the turnovers, obviously, that's gonna help Scott. 0:33:17.240 --> 0:33:19.960 Come on, God, I know, no, I just want to say, 0:33:20.400 --> 0:33:22.400 nineteen ninety two was the last time I heard a 0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:25.160 street Fighter reference. Nineteen ninety two was also the last 0:33:25.200 --> 0:33:31.080 time I thought about yeahs, I'm gonna have to go 0:33:31.160 --> 0:33:33.720 to hobby lobby this week and get something I don't 0:33:36.920 --> 0:33:43.000 walking out street them. He's got it on. We go 0:33:43.160 --> 0:33:46.800 from honey Chris baffles to rounding out our grading segment 0:33:46.880 --> 0:33:50.720 with scratching sniffs to stickers. Yeah, and it's been I 0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:57.280 can't have no room in today at this It's been 0:33:57.360 --> 0:33:59.360 a rough quarter and to say the least, but at 0:33:59.440 --> 0:34:02.960 least we're having fun hero talking Cowboys. 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We predict three games throughout the regular 0:36:56.640 --> 0:36:59.319 NFL schedule, including the Sunday night game, the Monday night game, 0:36:59.360 --> 0:37:02.279 and then an insert getting name or a game here. 0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:05.040 And then we've capped things off on the week with 0:37:05.160 --> 0:37:08.840 the Cowboys game, and we've got we've got some standings 0:37:08.880 --> 0:37:11.560 to update. And mister Rob Phillips had himself a week 0:37:11.680 --> 0:37:13.839 last week. He went three and one and has now 0:37:13.960 --> 0:37:18.359 taken a sole advantage of the standings lead five and two. 0:37:18.600 --> 0:37:21.600 A week ago, both Hecmah and Isaiah went two and 0:37:21.719 --> 0:37:24.160 two and even five hundred, so that puts Isaiah at 0:37:24.200 --> 0:37:27.440 four and three, squarely in second place. Heckma, after a 0:37:27.760 --> 0:37:29.719 slow start one and two, is back to three and 0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:33.000 four and I went one in three last week. I 0:37:33.120 --> 0:37:35.919 did not have a week. Yeah, and uh so I'm 0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:41.600 at So we're all separated by two games. At the moment, 0:37:41.760 --> 0:37:44.400 Rob has the lead, which means he gets to go first. 0:37:44.480 --> 0:37:46.279 He's at five and two, And we're gonna start with 0:37:46.360 --> 0:37:50.720 the Colts and those now hated Cleveland Browns. Both teams 0:37:50.800 --> 0:37:53.399 at three and one. The Colts have allowed less than 0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:57.360 twelve points in three straight games. That defense is firing 0:37:57.400 --> 0:37:59.920 on all cylinders, both teams at three and one. Rob 0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:05.759 who you got in that one? Oh? No, Nick Chubb? Right? No, Nick? 0:38:06.160 --> 0:38:10.360 A little bit. For Cleveland, I'll roll with Philip Rivers. 0:38:11.080 --> 0:38:13.560 It's the advantage at quarterback. Despite what we saw from 0:38:13.600 --> 0:38:16.600 Baker Mayfield last week, I think the Browns luck for 0:38:16.719 --> 0:38:20.960 now runs out with a Colts victory. Okay, this is 0:38:21.000 --> 0:38:23.359 in Cleveland, by the way, and also for the fans 0:38:23.440 --> 0:38:26.240 watching on periscope, send in your picks as well throughout 0:38:26.320 --> 0:38:31.160 the course of the segment. All Right, heckma, who you got? Yeah, 0:38:31.200 --> 0:38:34.120 that's gonna be a tough matchup. Man, the Cleveland Browns. 0:38:34.160 --> 0:38:37.560 They left here the neighborhood hero. Everybody's talking about Stefanski 0:38:37.840 --> 0:38:39.880 and all the great work that he's doing with the 0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:42.920 offensive line in Callahan, and but I think they run 0:38:43.000 --> 0:38:46.480 into a bus. All that Indianapolis defense is for real, 0:38:46.600 --> 0:38:49.880 and you know, hopefully my guy Philip Rivers isn't going 0:38:49.960 --> 0:38:52.600 to turn over the ball and give them the opportunities 0:38:52.640 --> 0:38:56.480 that we did. So I'm going to Indie is zam Hey. 0:38:57.040 --> 0:38:59.319 My mascot, my mascot of high school as a dog 0:39:00.080 --> 0:39:02.320 mascot in college was a dog. So I'm going with 0:39:02.440 --> 0:39:07.680 them dogs this weekend. I'm gonna ahead and go with Cleveland. Wow. Okay, 0:39:07.719 --> 0:39:10.160 so you're going with Cleveland, I'm gonna go with Indianapolis here. 0:39:10.200 --> 0:39:13.799 Top three offensive line, top three defense. I think they 0:39:13.880 --> 0:39:16.799 get the job done, even with Philip Rivers. Maybe gonna 0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:19.120 give an opportunity here and there to the Cleveland Browns. 0:39:19.120 --> 0:39:20.719 I think this will be a great game and it's 0:39:20.760 --> 0:39:23.799 one that I know I'll be watching kind of alongside 0:39:23.840 --> 0:39:27.120 the Cowboys game on Sunday. Okay, here we go Sunday 0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:30.719 Night football. The Vikings, who desperately need a win at 0:39:30.760 --> 0:39:34.520 one in three, going up against Russell Wilson and a 0:39:34.800 --> 0:39:38.000 four and oh Seattle Seahawks team, by the way, Russell 0:39:38.040 --> 0:39:41.759 Wilson six and oh career against Minnesota. I think they 0:39:41.840 --> 0:39:44.920 make it seven and oh, and I'm picking Seattle to win. Isaiah, 0:39:44.960 --> 0:39:52.839 who you got Seattle? That's easy boys, Yeah, easy win 0:39:53.040 --> 0:40:01.279 for him? All right, Hackma, I'm gonna I'm yeah, definitely Seattle. ROBERTA, Yep, 0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:03.719 we'll make it a clean sweep. If it's Russ, if 0:40:03.760 --> 0:40:07.440 it's Tom Brady, if it's Pat Mahomes, if it's Aaron Rodgers, 0:40:08.080 --> 0:40:12.120 Lamar Jackson, I'm probably gonna take their team. And if 0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:14.799 I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Seattle wins. It's weird how there 0:40:14.920 --> 0:40:17.120 was no Kirk Cousins on that list that you just mentioned. 0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:19.800 I'm sure, I don't know. I've just wanted to mention that. 0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:23.040 By the way, the Cowboys not the only team with 0:40:23.160 --> 0:40:26.000 some disappointing starts to the season. Because the Vikings one 0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:27.879 and three, they could very easily be one and four 0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:31.600 by the time by the time that the weekend's over. Okay, 0:40:31.800 --> 0:40:36.279 another one and three team, the Los Angeles Chargers, going 0:40:36.360 --> 0:40:39.080 up against the Saints back at the Superdome, and just 0:40:39.160 --> 0:40:41.560 a reminder, the Chargers starting to find a little bit 0:40:41.600 --> 0:40:43.480 of rhythm here. They've had a tough schedule to start 0:40:43.560 --> 0:40:46.520 the season as well. Now they've got Justin Herbert as 0:40:46.640 --> 0:40:50.000 the full time starter at quarterback in New Orleans. Four 0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:53.320 of their last five games against the Chargers have resulted 0:40:53.400 --> 0:40:58.000 in a win. Rob, Who you got in this one? Oh? 0:40:58.120 --> 0:41:01.000 I got a side with experience. Go with Drew Brees. 0:41:01.400 --> 0:41:05.080 Herbert's got a lot of talent, but there he's gonna 0:41:05.120 --> 0:41:07.480 have some growing pains, I feel like, and the Dome's 0:41:07.520 --> 0:41:10.239 not gonna have the dome type environment. But I'll still 0:41:10.280 --> 0:41:13.960 take the Saints at home. I'm gonna Saints at home. 0:41:14.000 --> 0:41:17.480 Two guys make it easy, okay, saying say, I'm gonna 0:41:17.480 --> 0:41:19.120 go to New Orleans across the board since we had 0:41:19.200 --> 0:41:21.920 two games that were clean sweeps, I'm gonna throw a 0:41:22.000 --> 0:41:25.200 bonus in there, and hopefully this game gets played, because 0:41:25.200 --> 0:41:28.560 we're really we want everybody to stay healthy and stay 0:41:28.640 --> 0:41:30.440 careful in this. But I do want to do this 0:41:30.600 --> 0:41:33.120 as an extra game on top, just in case it 0:41:33.239 --> 0:41:34.920 is played, because I think it's gonna be a fantastic 0:41:35.000 --> 0:41:38.400 one if it is. Ryan Tannehill and the Tennessee Titans 0:41:38.520 --> 0:41:42.200 up against the Buffalo Bills, both teams undefeated. The Titans, 0:41:42.239 --> 0:41:45.360 of course, having their game postpone last week against Pittsburgh. 0:41:45.400 --> 0:41:47.759 Now they have a matchup with the Bills. If this 0:41:47.960 --> 0:41:51.080 game gets played, I'm gonna take the Bills on the 0:41:51.200 --> 0:41:54.600 road against Tennessee to take down the Titans and move 0:41:54.680 --> 0:41:57.239 to five. And oh, I think the Bills Mafia is 0:41:57.280 --> 0:41:59.040 the real deal in this one. But this is gonna 0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:03.319 be a good game. Isaiah. Let the Buffalo roan. I'm 0:42:03.360 --> 0:42:09.840 all about them Bills. They're they're really good team. Nema M. 0:42:12.000 --> 0:42:14.759 I gotta get some separation here, so I'm gonna go. 0:42:14.960 --> 0:42:17.680 I'm gonna go Tennessee. I'm gonna go Tennessee. My mind 0:42:17.719 --> 0:42:19.960 sets one thing, but I know I gotta I gotta 0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:22.359 get some separations, So I'm going Titans on this one. 0:42:23.000 --> 0:42:24.600 I gotta go with the Bills. There's too much going 0:42:24.640 --> 0:42:26.200 on with the Titans right now, and I hope they 0:42:26.239 --> 0:42:28.640 can get it all corrected and everybody's okay. But I 0:42:28.719 --> 0:42:30.840 gotta go with Buffalo. They're rolling right now. Thoughts and 0:42:30.880 --> 0:42:33.080 prayers with that organization, not only with the players, but 0:42:33.160 --> 0:42:35.800 even the personnel who had tested positive for COVID nineteen 0:42:35.880 --> 0:42:40.000 and hopefully that situation gets under raps pretty quickly and 0:42:40.040 --> 0:42:43.239 they everybody can stay safe. Now onto the big one. 0:42:43.320 --> 0:42:47.280 We've got about two and a half minutes left. Cowboys, Giants, 0:42:47.360 --> 0:42:50.360 the return of Jay Geez back to AT and T Stadium. 0:42:50.640 --> 0:42:53.040 You've got the Cowboys looking to get back on track 0:42:53.080 --> 0:42:55.239 at one and three, and then really just trying to 0:42:55.320 --> 0:42:57.200 get on the track for the Giants as they come 0:42:57.280 --> 0:43:00.520 in at oh and four, needing Joe Judge his first 0:43:00.600 --> 0:43:04.279 win of his New York Giants tenure. I'm gonna go 0:43:04.440 --> 0:43:06.720 first on this one. I'll make it easy on everybody 0:43:06.840 --> 0:43:09.319 once again. I had the fake out the first couple 0:43:09.320 --> 0:43:11.040 of weeks. I'm not doing any fake out. I think 0:43:11.080 --> 0:43:13.480 the Cowboys take care of business here. I think it 0:43:13.600 --> 0:43:16.400 might be a little bit closer early on first three quarters. 0:43:16.480 --> 0:43:19.400 I think it's gonna be a nerve racking first three quarters. 0:43:19.440 --> 0:43:21.840 I think the Cowboys stick with a lead though a 0:43:21.960 --> 0:43:24.520 short one, and then they pull away late to get 0:43:24.560 --> 0:43:26.200 their second win of the year. You get back to 0:43:26.280 --> 0:43:28.480 two and three and then have a long week ahead 0:43:28.520 --> 0:43:31.160 to where you can maybe take advantage of the Arizona 0:43:31.239 --> 0:43:33.319 Cardinals coming up on Monday Night football. But I think 0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:35.880 the Cowboys here in Week five get a win. They 0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:38.880 get back to two and three and take down the 0:43:39.040 --> 0:43:42.960 Jason Garrett offensively led Giants on the other side. Rob 0:43:45.320 --> 0:43:49.520 any any score projections, I'll do a score thirty four 0:43:49.920 --> 0:43:55.120 twenty seven, Oh, no, thirty four, twenty four, twenty four, 0:43:55.239 --> 0:43:59.560 let twenty four, twenty four, Yeah, thirty four twenty four 0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:03.120 ten points win. I got all right, I got about 0:44:03.120 --> 0:44:05.160 a ten point win. Two, I'll go thirty twenty one 0:44:05.320 --> 0:44:08.279 Cowboys nine point win. I think it comes down to 0:44:08.560 --> 0:44:11.040 chunk plays for me. Can the Giants get anything going 0:44:11.360 --> 0:44:13.920 down the field to give them put themselves in scoring 0:44:13.960 --> 0:44:17.239 position because they have their their explosive plays are very 0:44:17.400 --> 0:44:20.120 very low and the Cowboys have the ability to do 0:44:20.239 --> 0:44:22.719 that on any given play. I think that that that 0:44:22.880 --> 0:44:24.680 leads to more wins than anything, if you can take 0:44:24.719 --> 0:44:27.239 care of the ball. And so I think, you know, 0:44:27.320 --> 0:44:30.080 the Cowboys just more explosive offensively, they're gonna win this game. 0:44:31.600 --> 0:44:35.719 Heck yep, And oh are you going? You going? Me 0:44:37.880 --> 0:44:41.640 can go? He was, he was ready to go. Oh yeah, 0:44:41.640 --> 0:44:45.239 I just got Cowboys forty two seventeen. Whoa, Okay, So 0:44:45.400 --> 0:44:50.200 you think it's not even close? Yeah? Is this? If 0:44:50.239 --> 0:44:52.640 this is close, then we have bigger problems than we 0:44:52.880 --> 0:44:57.040 Then we think the defense is averaging giving up what 0:44:57.320 --> 0:45:00.320 thirty eight points in the last three games, that doesn't 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:03.600 look good. Yeah. If everybody in the national media laughing 0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:06.960 at you, you know, questioning whether you have the heart 0:45:07.040 --> 0:45:09.560 to play this game, the defense has to stand up. 0:45:09.600 --> 0:45:12.560 They have to get it together offensively, just don't turn 0:45:12.640 --> 0:45:16.000 the ball over and be smart. The New York Giants 0:45:16.040 --> 0:45:19.240 having scored a touchdown since Week two, I don't expect 0:45:19.280 --> 0:45:22.480 for them to get in rhythm here in at and 0:45:22.520 --> 0:45:25.560 T Stadium, at least I hope they don't. So I'm 0:45:25.640 --> 0:45:29.759 predicting the score somewhere around the twenty eight to thirteen. 0:45:30.560 --> 0:45:32.640 But I believe that this is an easy win for 0:45:32.680 --> 0:45:35.160 the Dallas Cowboys. That's true. I think it will be 0:45:35.239 --> 0:45:38.879 a lower scoring game than than really even we anticipated. 0:45:38.960 --> 0:45:41.040 I think twenty eight thirteen might be the closest thing 0:45:41.080 --> 0:45:44.480 that we see to the final score because this defense 0:45:44.560 --> 0:45:47.560 for the Giants pretty stout. They play together, they play fast, 0:45:47.600 --> 0:45:50.160 they play aggressive. The offense of the Cowboys, we know 0:45:50.239 --> 0:45:52.080 what they bring to the table. I think it'll kind 0:45:52.120 --> 0:45:54.840 of stifle each other out. But ultimately I think Cowboys 0:45:54.880 --> 0:45:56.839 are a better team, and then so does everybody. As 0:45:56.880 --> 0:46:00.359 we go across the board picking Dallas on Sunday once 0:46:00.400 --> 0:46:03.480 again that one on CBS, Jim Nance and our boy 0:46:03.560 --> 0:46:06.040 Tony Romo on the call of that one. Hope you'll 0:46:06.120 --> 0:46:09.239 join us on Monday at nine thirty, win or lose, 0:46:09.320 --> 0:46:11.480 we'll break it all down for you. We'll party together 0:46:11.520 --> 0:46:14.040 if it's a win, or we'll really be talking about 0:46:14.120 --> 0:46:16.920 hitting that panic button come Monday morning. If it's a 0:46:17.040 --> 0:46:20.120 one in four start for the Cowboys, however, that's gonna 0:46:20.120 --> 0:46:22.799 do it here this week for Talking Cowboys. Glad you've 0:46:22.840 --> 0:46:24.879 been with us over the last five day special thanks 0:46:24.920 --> 0:46:28.360 to Chris Beam in the Bank special, thanks to Isaiah Stanback, 0:46:28.600 --> 0:46:31.839 Rob Phillips, and heck My Harrison. I'm Kyle Yeoman saying 0:46:31.880 --> 0:46:33.839 so long from the start in Frisco. Thanks for listening 0:46:33.920 --> 0:46:38.920 to Talking Cowboys. 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