WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Has the Giants Offense Changed? 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:03.600 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.760 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:11.400 a Break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:15.280 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.560 time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Wait 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:25.360 Well with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:30.040 Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday, September twelfth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:33.280 episode number thirty eight. Welcome to a very special edition 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.199 of The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:37.960 at the Star. We got a good show lined up 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.040 for you guys today. Got a lot to talk about. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.159 We're gonna get into these Giants days. Got a scouting 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.879 report on the Giants offense, and we'll talk about some 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.000 of their playmakers over there. A little bit of a 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:48.960 different offense than what the Cowboys have been used to 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.199 seeing when they face the Giants with the addition of 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.040 say Kwon Barkley. But I'm sure we'll get all into 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.000 all of that. Before we do that, though, a few 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.200 housekeeping things we need to catch up on. A players 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:03.040 signed to the Cowboys yesterday, a guard by the name 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:08.280 of Xavier Sue Filo, and they also released Kadeem Edwards. 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.640 Talk to me about Sue Filo. Is he is he 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:12.720 a guy that's that they're bringing in to just play guard? 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:14.399 Can he play guard and center? Does he have even 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.640 more flex than that? What's his purpose here? Is he 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:19.600 just kind of a backup body that they're just kind 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:23.160 of just turning the bottom of the ross. I think 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.319 he's definitely better than Kadem Edwards, obviously, that's why they 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:30.760 did it. He started some games for Houston. I don't 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:33.440 I don't know if this is a situation of do 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:36.400 they want to get a better guard in here than 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.120 what they had at left guard? I mean, I don't 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:39.759 think that's the case. I don't think they're gonna pull 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:41.679 the plug on this with Connor Williams at all. But 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:43.400 I'm just saying I think they just want to have 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.280 a little bit more depth there at the guard position. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.360 It's the same thing and what they had in Parker 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.200 Anger and Anger. I thank god I didn't have to 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.120 figure out how to pronounce his name. At least we 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.560 would have done that all season. Anger, Anger, whatever. He's 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:58.760 a second round pick. Actually, I remember talking about him 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:00.960 on the Draft show. He started a few years in Houston. 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.960 I think you would call his career disappointing to this point. 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.360 But well, in the second round pick and he's not 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.600 I mean only three or four years ago and he's 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.520 not still with the team that drafted him. So not great. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.520 But Cowboys have Shona. That's what they like to do. 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:18.040 Jonathan Cooper ring a bell um, bringing a talented guy. 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.560 I think he gives you flex. He can play either 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:25.400 guard spot. He's better than Kadeem Edwards. Theoretically he could 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.000 push Connor Williams, but that's down the line. Like this 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.080 is and that's I said that on Twitter yesterday. This 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.680 is not a reaction to Connor Williams having some struggles 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.320 on Sunday. They worked him out last week. This this 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.480 is I love this type of stuff, like the mechanics 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.400 of how NFL teams used their roster. They needed a 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.320 guy because anger was going on ir They worked him out, 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.440 they liked him. But they can't ask a guy that 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.600 they signed on Wednesday to play on Sunday if he 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.840 hasn't been here. Kadeem was here for a few months. 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.919 You sign him, you get through the game with that, 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.480 and then now you can go and get the guy 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.320 that you wanted. Yeah, was Anger? Anger? Guy was Anger? 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:01.600 The person I'm thinking about that had the position flex 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:05.120 where he could play center, guard and even did somebody 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.800 say maybe tackle in a pinch? Jerry said he could 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.840 play all five spots. I think it was really more guard, center, 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.680 well guard tack ar tack didn't have the center fleas. 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.520 I think I think Jason Garrett told us that Sue 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.919 Philo could play center in a pinch. In a pinch, 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.440 you don't probably want him to. And Adam Redmond is 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:25.280 still here too, so um, but it's he's a guy 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.959 that could guard. He gives you depth at two positions. Okay, 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.280 got you a third? Got it? Um, Let's move on. 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:34.160 Let's talk a little bit about injuries to watch this week. Cowboys. Still, 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.440 their injury report is relatively small at this point, they 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.600 haven't really had any major significant injuries. But tell us 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:43.400 tell the fans which fan which players we need to 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.160 keep an eye on this week. With regards to the 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:49.680 injury report, I would challenge that losing for Travis Frederick 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:53.000 has been kind of major so far. Yeah, we'll see, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.080 but I'm just saying hopefully it's not a hopefully you 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:56.880 don't know hopefully it's not forever. I mean, not for 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:01.200 the season. I'm interesting, but it was more significant than 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.880 I think we thought it was just by watching the game. 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.040 I'll take one to watch it. Mean Xavier Woods, um 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.760 didn't see him do a lot there. Um, I'm gonna 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.720 step on a limb. I think it's a sturdy limb. 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:17.880 But I just I don't think Xavier Woods can go 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.240 this week. That's really that's just my guess. It's Wednesday, 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:26.720 I get it. But basing that on conversation with Jason Garrett, 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:28.359 they don't expec him to play early in the weekend 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.560 to get case and I'm sorry, thank you. Practice case 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.080 in point. Randy Gregory's the other guy to watch. Jason 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.760 Garrett even said today he's like, while he's still in 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.520 the protocol, he's got his knee, but we feel good 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:40.919 that by the end of the week, you know, maybe 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.640 he'll progress. You asked him about Xavier Woods, and it's 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.880 kind of more like, uh, you know, he's still not 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:50.040 quite ready yet. We'll see about that. On top of that, 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:53.640 eternal optimist Jerry Jones even said, I don't know if 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:55.359 he'll be able to play this week, but he's getting 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.680 closer to being able to play, So not a not 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.000 a guarantee of anything. I said, I was stepping out 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.400 on a limb, but I just I don't know that 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.000 he's gonna be ready. It sounds like those are the 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.120 two guys that are that are most important to watch 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:08.599 this week, and it sounds like maybe one of them 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:10.839 is looking good. One. You have a little question about 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.680 Randy's I mean, concussions are always it's different, you know. 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:16.560 I mean, it sounds like if he didn't, if he 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.960 wasn't in the protocol, I think he could maybe practice 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.479 right now. But you gotta be careful with that stuff. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.160 So it's just they're just gonna have to watch him 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.640 and see where he's at. Okay, all right, good, So 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.840 let's move on. Let's talk about this Giant's offense. And 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.200 before we get to the scouting report, the one thing 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.040 I want to point out, just kind of overall, when 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.159 you look at this team is over the last six meetings, 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:40.120 that's the last three years the Cowboys have played this team, 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.800 you've seen basically offensively, at least, this is not a 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.400 high powered offense, although they got some players that are 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.880 high powered, particularly O'Dell Beckham, junior. When you look at 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.560 their passing game particularly, and then look at their running game, 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.000 they haven't really put up a lot of yards. They 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:56.800 can put up some points, they haven't in a lot 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.800 of these games put up a ton of points. You 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.520 guys expect that to be different now with the addition 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:09.239 of se Quon Barkley. No, which why a question? Why 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.880 do you think that is? Why do you think that? 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:13.360 Was not a statement, That was a question I was 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.520 asking was do you think that I'm not making Why 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.680 do you think that despite having arguably the best receiver 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:21.920 in the league and in top five picket running back 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.800 I get you, and an accomplished quarterback? Why do you 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:30.440 think their offense isn't better? Maybe because the offensive line, Yeah, 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.680 that's what I think. And it's still the same. Yeah, 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.880 it's well, they got an older it's not the same, 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:37.760 but it's not better. At least the early returns aren't positive, 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.560 and I think that that's going to be a factor 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.520 for them. I think you know, Cowboys fans, y'all were 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.279 here for more of it than I was. I really 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.680 I got here when the offensive line got good. But 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.400 you remember watching these Cowboys teams that had Tony Romo 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.279 and Dez Bryant, and it was a struggle to do 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.800 stuff a lot because you didn't have guys who could 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.160 block everything. I think the jury is still out there. 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.960 I mean, Jacksville is probably the best defense in the NFL. 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.280 And you know, their star receiver had eleven catches, their 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.960 star running back is one of the well there's only 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:10.840 four players in the NFL or that had one hundred 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.600 yard game. He was one of them. And so they 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:17.480 did their thing against a you know, pretty good, really 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.800 good defense. So I think I think they're excited to 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.040 probably face the team defense is not as good and 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.400 Dallas is definitely not as good as Jacksonville defensively, yeah, 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:26.960 I think, And that's the part that you gotta be 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.360 a little bit concerned about, is they've been able to 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.680 h They've won three of the last six I think 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.920 the Cowboys in and the Giants have split those and 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.760 that's with them not having the kind of running game 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.800 that that you would that that certainly that they have now. 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:42.640 I mean I look at I went back and looked 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.720 at the running their rushing attack over the last uh 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.040 six games, and they I think their best day was 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:50.760 one hundred and thirty two yards. I was back in 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.480 twenty fifteen at one hundred and thirty two yards in 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:57.400 the game. There were one, two, three games. Half the 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.400 games they didn't even get over one hundred yards. And 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:01.720 this is totaling, is not one person is a total 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:05.400 rushing as a team. So they haven't traditionally in the 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.560 last again, last three years, haven't run the ball particularly 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:10.800 well against the Cowboys. And that's a position where you 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.440 would say they've upgraded a bit, even if the offensive 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.280 line is bad. A really good running back, Yeah, a 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.640 really good running back makes a bad offensive line look 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.040 pretty good, of course. Yeah. I mean no, I mean 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:25.560 since Bradshaw and Brandon Jacob's left, they running the ball, 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:30.000 it's been an afterthought. It's been nothing dark or he 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.320 had some plays in that twenty fifteen game he did. 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:33.560 He did. That was the year when they had one 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.679 hundred and thirty two. He had some plays, so they 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:40.560 were shot. Uh, okay, since Jennings, I why don't you 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.200 disagree with you, Dave? And just for the sake of 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.560 the argument, you said it was such disdain in your 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.400 boy for the sake of the argument. Now, I think 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.319 I mean overall, if you look at overall as a 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.960 team in the whole NFL, I wouldn't say, yes, there's 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:00.520 so much better than what they've been. But versus the 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.320 Cowboys right now, which is the game that we're focused 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.839 on at this point, I would say they are one. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.960 They have a running back that can run the ball, 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.000 So do the Cowboys. Okay the old line. Yeah, it 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.800 might not be the best or anything, but they can 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.760 do it, can still make some damage. Now, they have 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.360 a quarterback that can't get the ball out there a 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.400 lot quicker than our quarterback, and they have a receiver 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:30.440 that can catch the ball even a lot more than 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.120 what we have. So I'm saying when you start comparing 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.560 the two teams right now offensively, I think that they 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:42.480 can definitely put up a battle and score probably score 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.840 more points than what we think the Cowboys can do 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:50.839 at this point. So you're picking the Giants basically. The 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.800 one thing to note though, is although we know Odell 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.520 is a really really great talent and he's had some 0:09:56.760 --> 0:10:00.240 big time plays against the Cowboys, overall, he has been 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:03.000 a Cowboy killer when it comes to just his overall 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:04.960 average in these six games. I mean, you're talking about 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:06.800 a guy that has I think he's averaged seventy one 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:08.960 yards per game in those six games. I mean, he's 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.360 not really killed the Cowboys other than those big plays, 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.000 like he had the slant route that he took quite away. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.760 There's that a touchdown even having touchdowns, and then obviously 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:20.280 the play that set his career off against a Brandon Carr, 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.959 which obviously was you know, that was just a spectacular catch. 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.439 But he hadn't have had a lot of really great 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.640 games against the Cowboys. He hasn't been the killer of 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:32.640 the Cowboys. Yeah, but what I guess where I'm getting 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.960 at is they have at least three good elements working 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.319 on kind of working on their favor you know, a 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:40.640 good running back, a guy that can catch a ball, 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.280 and then a guy that can throw the ball pretty 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.800 quickly without having to be you know, running around and 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.400 getting pressure. He can make those kinds of decisions a 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:52.120 lot faster than let's say, Dak So when you look 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.680 at that versus what the Cowboys have at this point, 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.400 the Cowboys only really have one I would say that 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:02.240 can't work, which is Zee. We know he can't run 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.640 the ball successfully, even if his little yard by little 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.760 yard at the end of the game, it all adds up. 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.120 So I think when when you start looking at those 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:15.400 factors and comparing the two, I think, right now I'm 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:19.560 leaning more towards what the Giants offense can do. Alright, 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.560 point Dave Gold and give us a scout report on 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.400 these guys. What did you see as you started watching them? Well, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.000 we sort of touched on a lot of it, but 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:30.160 it just ever, this whole conversation that y'all just finished 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:34.480 just makes reaffirms my belief that for the Dallas defense, 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:36.440 I think this whole game is going to come down 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.959 to how well they tackle, Which is funny since they 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.200 didn't tackle very well. Let's wrote that down. They got 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:45.199 a tackle will It's I mean, it sounds elementary. Obviously 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.679 you have to you have to tackle football. But here's 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:50.720 the thing. Okay, let's start with Sequon Barkley. He's a 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.720 phenomenal talent. Everybody knows that. You saw his draft tape. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.760 I assume you saw his run against the Jaguars. If 0:11:56.760 --> 0:12:00.280 you didn't, you really should because it's real. It's just 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:03.360 fun Like Beau, I mean, it was a broken play. 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.280 He goes up the middle, he squirts outside, breaks two tackles, 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.400 breaks another tackle, beats another guy to the corner, tiptoes 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.440 along the sideline for three yards, and then he's gone. 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.160 I'm honestly, I think it's a little bit everything. It's 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.080 more impressive than any touchdown Zeke has scored. I think 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:22.680 probably I think do that. But the point being, he's 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:27.080 got that game breaking type of talent. He's got insane balance, 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:28.640 and we talked about it, you know, all through the 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.120 draft and leading up to this point. Like he's got 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.760 these thick ass tree trunk thighs. That's what he can 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.400 do with them. Like he is a hard guy to 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:40.840 bring down, So I think they're that's scary, but there's 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.160 a positive to that because I'm gonna read off, all right, 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.840 Saquon Barkley ran a sixty eight yard touchdown. I'm gonna 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.960 read off his other runs from the line of scrimmage 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:53.040 on Sunday zero negative three ten five four negative four 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:57.880 negative one one eight zero three two three one five 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.320 three sixty eight four and one. That's what he did. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:03.959 He had one run that you might qualify as a 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.480 chunk play other than the touchdown, and you can't take 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:08.600 that away. I hate people who do that. I get it, 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.559 but look at the trend there that to me says 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.200 your offensive line and your blocking is bad because he's 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:17.199 getting swarmed within three yards of the line of scrimmage, 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.680 damn near every time he touches the ball, and even 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.480 on the play that he scored, that happened too. He 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.600 just he did some superhuman stuff. And that's what I 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.520 mean when I say you've got to tackle well, because 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.400 if you do, if you're wrapping up, and if five 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.520 guys are flowing on the ball and you're gang tackling 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.080 and getting hats on him, you can wrap him up. 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.440 He ran seventeen times for thirty eight yards other than 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.240 the touchdown, and again you can't take that away. I 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.040 get it. But the trend is there that there should 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.600 be plays to be made because the blocking is not 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.439 that good. Running backs can do crazy stuff, but if 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.680 you just tackle well, then I'm not gonna say he 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.720 doesn't scare me, but you can manage with that. Because 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:59.080 go back and watch the tape. This Giant's offensive line 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.320 is not very good. They added Nate solder Um, they 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:06.960 drafted Will Hernandez. They have John Halapio, who's a journeyman 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.959 who is kind of you know, he was with Halapio 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:15.160 h l a p Io, Um, how are you? Yeah, Well, 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.600 he's a five year he's the typical like journeyman vet 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:22.520 who finally caught on with the team exactly like he No, 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:24.840 I mean, he's the HALOZ was a good good offensive line. 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:28.160 He's he started seven times with the Giants after never 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.520 starting in his career prior to that. Like whether it's 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.800 their scheme or they don't have anybody better or whatever. Um, 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:38.040 they brought in Patrick a Mama from Jacksonville. And then 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.240 the big one is Eric Flowers is still your starting 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.280 right tackle and it sounds like he's going to be 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:46.560 this week, even after he had a tripping penalty he 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:48.760 had like he he had a holding in the end 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.760 zone that was damn near a safety. Did you see 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.920 the LA play? Yeah, just got. He's just not a 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.400 good player, certainly not for a top fifteen draft pick 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.720 laws on the left side exactly. And that's what I 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.440 was gonna say, is we'll get to the Giants defense. 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.040 We'll get to the Giants defense tomorrow. But like they 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.040 don't have the pass rushers that they've become known for 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.880 right now, Olivier Vernon's hurt and they don't have another 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.120 proven guy, so like he was getting his butt kicked 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.280 by guys that are not as good as what the 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:20.160 Cowboys can run out there on Sunday. So that's really encouraging. 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:25.000 And that goes back to my point that Barkley can 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:29.240 he can make some things happen, but if you tackle 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:30.840 well and get guys to him, I think you can 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.360 limit what he's able to do, just because this blocking 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.320 is not very good. The other thing too, I think 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.120 it extends to the passing game because you have not 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:42.320 just Odell Beckham, but Sterling Shepherd. And the thing is, 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.720 I'll take it back to the blocking. Eli Manning is 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.160 probably not going to have a ton of time, if 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.480 I had to guess, and if he does, I don't 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.160 think he's that guy. You know. I think of Kirk Cousins. 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.560 I know we like to criticize him, but Kirk Cousins 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.960 just used to bomb away downfield on this team all 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.240 the time. Any he would hit at least a few 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.400 of them. Like, I don't think Eli is going to 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:05.520 have that kind of time, and when he does, I 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.600 don't trust him anyway. You watch the game back, Derek right, 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:13.680 the cleanest pocket he had all day, he had Odell 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.160 Beckham just screaming down the slot just three yards behind 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:20.120 everybody and just missed him. I mean, you can't have 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.480 an easier touchdown. So he doesn't scare me in the 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.480 sense of like an Aaron Rodgers who can just sit 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.560 back there and pick you apart. Where he does scare 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.040 me to Amber's point is that he's going to get 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.960 the ball out quick, and he's got two receivers in 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.800 O'Dell and Sterling Shepard, who are just as scary within 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.200 ten yards of the line of scrimmage as they are downfield. 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:43.080 Because that's what I think Odell Beckham does maybe the 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:46.000 best is he just presents himself as a target quickly 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.240 and then he's gone. He's fast and he's sheds tackles. 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:53.840 Um So you're talking turning six yards slants into sixty 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:55.960 yard touchdowns like a couple of years ago in New York, 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:59.240 or you know, running crossing routes. It seems like he 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.640 runs sing route every other snap. So again that goes 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.560 back to my point, gotta tackle well, you gotta keep 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.040 it a sixteen yard game instead of a fifty eight 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.800 yard game. And that's going to be the challenge for 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.440 this for the Stallas defense. I feel like on all 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:17.280 fronts is limit They're gonna make their plays. You gotta 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:21.840 limit it. When you can't, you can't let them break it. Well, 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.640 I mean, it's just we've been talking for five years 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:27.600 while Eli or ten years, Eli Manning gets the ball 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:31.400 out quick and he's still it has been effective at 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.920 times doing it. And it's like you just said, he's 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:38.360 got playmaking you know, receivers that can get open quickly 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.160 and then do something with it. And so, I mean 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.760 their offense is Eli friendly, it's Dak friendly, and this 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.680 is not Dack friendly because they don't have He doesn't 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:50.520 have players that. I mean, he can get the ball 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.800 out quickly to who like who's open, you know, like 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.879 right off the bat. So I know that there's the 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.119 argument that this, you know, the receiver's got open some 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:04.160 you know last week and all that, but they're not special. 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:06.720 You don't have you have special receivers over here. So 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.800 you know, when Eli's career is kind of going down 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:12.720 the way it is, you need to surround him with 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:14.439 some special players. And I think that's one of the 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:16.200 reasons why they're able to do it. I think he's 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.680 got three special guys honestly. I mean, obviously Odell, I 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.760 think Sterling Shepherd is a very underrated player. And then 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:26.200 there's Evan Ingram too, who's basically a receiver. I mean, 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.119 he hinders them in some ways because he's not a 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.000 good blocker. They have to I mean, they go, he 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:33.720 added to an offensive line. It doesn't right, So I 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:35.760 mean you and that again, that's part of the that's 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.160 gonna be a problem for Barkley for the foreseeable future. 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:39.800 I would guess they've got to bring in other tight 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:43.960 ends and other offensive lineman. But yeah, I don't. I 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:45.679 don't go ahead and say it like Cowboys got kind 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:47.800 of lucky that Greg Olsen had to lose that game. 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.960 It certainly didn't leave not loose. It didn't seem like 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:53.119 they had an answer for him during the time that 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.639 he was there. And Evan Ingram is probably gonna be 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:58.720 worse because he's twenty four and faster and leaner and 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:02.560 easier to create separate And let's remember Xavier Woods doesn't play. Now, 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:04.600 you got two box safeties that are now out there 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:07.879 playing safety. Can either one of them be able to 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.360 to cover him? There's no way that they can play 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:12.920 another game where the safeties to play the whole game 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:18.600 and no backups play. I mean even on special teams. 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.879 I mean I talked to Cavon Frasier Um just the 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.560 other yesterday and he was like, I was dead on 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:27.359 the plane. I mean, I couldn't move so tired. He 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:30.879 played every snap on defense and special teams. Same with 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:32.600 Jeff He and he was hot out there. That's hot. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:34.919 The other part to it, too, is really don't understand. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.480 I just for the life of me, do not understand 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:41.119