1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. Are you ready 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and bar Garcia and 7 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, November first, two thousand and 8 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: twenty two, Season eighteen, episode number sixty three. Welcome to 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: the latest edition of The Break. We are alive from 10 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: the SBbc Mortgage studios at the Star. We're presented by 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: Miller Lite, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. I 12 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: got a different crew. I ain't gonna say a better crew, 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: but maybe how a better crew slightly. We're gonna have 14 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: some fun this week. We go for the next two days. 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: We've stuff all of our podcasts and it gives you 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: guys that are out there listening an opportunity to be 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: able to get some exposure to different people from different shows. 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: If you normally are listening at eleven, you may not 19 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: know who these people are who are here with me. 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: Hopefully you listen to all of our podcasts. You know 21 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: where everybody is. But I got buried church, I got 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: a Issha Morrison with me. Love what you guys are 23 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: doing right now and boys talk, Girls talk, Boys talk. 24 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: You guys are killing it, Iisha and obviously players lounge 25 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: been without a couple of years now. You guys are 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: doing great stuff over there too. When y'all, when y'all 27 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: celebrity can show up. You know, they call Danny the 28 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: celebrity when he actually can show up, y'all got a 29 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: great show. Um, But we're gonna have some fun these 30 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 1: next couple of days. We're gonna do a lot of 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: media review kind of stuff. Today. I got a lot 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: of questions for you guys, just kind of giving people 33 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: a good sense of what your takes are on this 34 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: team halfway through the season, which is really kind of 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: the beauty of what we do here. It allows us 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: to kind of mix up some some some different opinions 37 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: that you guys may have on your shows, and sometimes 38 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: you start thinking that that's kind of the prevailing opinion, 39 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: and then you get on other shows of other people 40 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, wow, y'all see different yea. So 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: so it'll be fun. We'll have some fun here real quick, though, 42 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: I do want to first talk about trade deadline that 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: happens today at three pm. It'll be uh the the 44 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: NFL has the deadline set right now. If you look 45 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: across the Cowboys team, and I know wide receiver is 46 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: to push the position that everybody's talking about, but let's say, 47 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: outside of wide receiver, what position do you think on 48 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: this team can have can be best improved by maybe 49 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: looking at an opportunity to go and make a trade. 50 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: Go ahead, Barry, because I'm thinking, are you thinking a 51 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: little bit of making over here? We're talking about outside 52 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: outside of our receive because we're gonna assume wide receivers 53 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 1: are that group. Ain't getting no separation. R I ain't 54 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: get no separation right now. But um, I'm gonna say this. 55 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: I like what they did along the defensive line bringing 56 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: Hankins in there, because we know right now that Cowboys 57 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: defense is struggling when it against the run. I think 58 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: they're like twenty or twenty first in the league right now. 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: Gets to run and for them to go to where 60 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: they want to go, that's not gonna work. So I 61 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: like what they did. They're bringing a guy out there 62 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: that can stuff to run up. To me, I would 63 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: love to see them do something at the second level. 64 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: The linebacker crew. Now, I understand, we got LV there, 65 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: we got Anthony Barr out there, and we got a 66 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: lot of young talent underneath them cocks. You know, Damon 67 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: Clark had his first couple snaps in there this last game. 68 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: But to me, I think we just need more of 69 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: a like a downhill guy, like kind of like a 70 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: Rod quantsman. But he's going on the other side. I 71 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: understand all that, but I love his mentality when it 72 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: comes to the run game downhill. When he hits you 73 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: at the point of attack, you're going down and they 74 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 1: know leaky yardage involved. And that's why I see a 75 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: lot of our linebackers. They may be in the right 76 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: place at the right time, but when they get to 77 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: that point of attack, it's a lot of leaky yardage two, three, 78 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: four yards down Labroun. Then they're bringing them down. They're 79 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: tackling them like it's a safety out there. To me, 80 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: I need my linebackers in the run game, running downhill, 81 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: stuffing guys writing the out, hitting them right in the mouth. 82 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: And right now, Anthony Barr LV, they're having good seasons, 83 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: but I just don't like the aggressiveness. I want to 84 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: see some more aggression out of both of those guys. 85 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: So to me, I would like to see them make 86 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: a move right there. And it doesn't have to be 87 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: a big splash guy that comes in and has to, 88 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: you know, do eighty snaps a game or anything like that, 89 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: but just somebody who can bring that attitude to the defense, 90 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: because I feel on the defensive line, you got Tank Lawrence, 91 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: you got have Parsons who can bring that thumb and 92 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: bring that attitude to them. In the second level, you 93 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: got Wilson. You got a curse back there who's thumping 94 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: and bringing that pain that second level right now, I 95 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: just don't see it. So to me, I would like 96 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: to see them do something that lineback real quick on 97 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: that line then not the linebacker. Before we get to 98 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: TI issue, I want to talk a little bit about 99 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: that from the standpoint of linebackers. Oftentimes, we've seen these linebackers, 100 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: particularly get swallowed up, can't get off blocks. We've seen 101 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: the number of big plays that happen in the run 102 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: game because they can't get off blocks. How much of 103 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: that do you put on the linebackers? How much of 104 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: that do you put on the defensive tackles in front 105 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: of them? See, I would have put if we're going, 106 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: you know, percentage wise, I would say those defensive tackles 107 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: got to represent at least seventy percent of that because, 108 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: like you said, they get into that second level way 109 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: too fast. And I understand, you know, them linebacker's supposed 110 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: to be able to get off of those blocks, but 111 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: sometimes you're reading stuff back there and they creep up 112 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: on you quick, and once those linemen get them hands on, yeah, 113 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: it's hard to get off you. So that's why I 114 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: love that move back for it. Hankins, big dude, sixty 115 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: three to three hundred four pounds. He should be able 116 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: to gobble up some offensive lineman from getting to that 117 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: second level to lve to bar to those walk down 118 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: safety so they're able to go sideline and sideline a 119 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: lot easier or downhill a lot easier with a guy 120 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 1: like that in there. So I would say, hopefully Hankins 121 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: is able to reduce you know, the lineman getting to 122 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: the second level, and maybe Nevill Gallimore and those guys 123 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: as well be able to step up. But I would 124 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: say definitely at least seventy percent on those guys, because 125 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: when you're at a linebacker, you're not technically just looking 126 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: straight at the D line. You're looking at all this 127 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: stuff in the backfield to make sure you're reading your 128 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: keys correctly, and that could be tough when you get 129 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: those big lineman coming up on you. All right, I 130 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: don't want to make nobody man, but I think, well, 131 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: number one, what you have going on in the safety 132 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: room right now, I think it's great. You got the 133 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: young guys behind Mallie Cooker and those guys with them, 134 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: and so you had Marquis Bell and Israel mcquamu those guys. 135 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: But I mean, I know y'all saw on Sunday you 136 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: had a lot of safeties, you know, get out of 137 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: injured and stuff like that. And when you look at 138 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: the free safety spot after Malie Cooker, there's not a 139 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: definite guy that can come in there and you know, 140 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: play that backfield. I guess you want to say, like, granted, 141 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: you do have those young guys, but when you're asking 142 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: a guy to go out there and be like I'm 143 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: the guy back there, you know single I you know, 144 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: the Cowboys play a lot of you know, single high, 145 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: so he's just like, hey, he's whoever's back there's going 146 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: to have to do their job. So with that being said, 147 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: I think that maybe you could bring in another secondary player. 148 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: I think that you've seen teams there's just no slight 149 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: to one, but you've seen teams go Anthony Brown early. 150 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see what's gonna happen with that 151 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: cornerback two spot. Right now, it feels like maybe there 152 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: is a little bit of maybe competition there, So maybe 153 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: if you wanted to upgrade, or maybe not upgrade necessarily, 154 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: but bringing another veteran player for the secondary in itself, 155 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: I think that would change some things and give you 156 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: some depth there. But I would have said linebacker two. 157 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: I think that Demon Clark kind of what you're asking for. 158 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: He actually did well on tape, and I mean and 159 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: to see that from him early. Granted he had his 160 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, his few whips and stuff, but you're talking 161 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: about somebody coming downhill and just being instinctive and just 162 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: going and to make the play regardless of Like I think, 163 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys linebackers right now, I think they're reading, 164 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: but they're not reacting fast enough a lot of the time. 165 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: Right So um, I agree with you on the linebacker 166 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: thing too, but it's kind of kind of weird with 167 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: Demon Clark where he come him with him coming in 168 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: the way he is because he is a rook and stuff. 169 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: So I kind of feel like that that makes me 170 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: feel weird about the linebacker situation now, and maybe they 171 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: feel like they maybe don't need it right now. But 172 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: the secondary, I think at the two positions, the cornerback 173 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: two positions could get better there. Let me ask you this, 174 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on Darn Bland Because I think 175 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: right now when I look at the secondary, I personally 176 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: think I definitely think he's your third best cornerback. At 177 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: least I think there's a case to be made he 178 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: maybe your second best cornerback. What are your thoughts I 179 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: was hinting. I was trying to ease on into that, 180 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: you know what, because quite honestly, like I said, you 181 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: do see teams going at your two cornerback early in games, right, 182 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: So I do think that people see that there's they 183 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: think there's a weakness there or whatever. So I would 184 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: like to see maybe Anthony Brown slide into, you know, 185 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: play more slot. We've seen him thrive there. He's actually 186 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: good in the We've seen him thrive there. I think 187 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: his awareness and his ball instincts are just better there. 188 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: And so maybe looking at dron Bland playing on the out, 189 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: seeing how he does, that's an option. Possibly. We saw 190 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: him have some success in the preseason. You know, it's 191 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: just preseason, but we've already said, like, this guy has 192 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: a nose for the ball. He's extinctive, especially, and I 193 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: think that he could maybe do something out there if 194 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: you put him out there. Say now, obviously, this name 195 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: is not one you have to worry about when it 196 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: comes to a trade because he's not on a team 197 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: right now. But Odell Beckham Junior is sitting out there. 198 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: He's recovering from an injury last year, was injured in 199 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Coming back from that injury, and don't 200 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: really know the time frame on that. I assume the 201 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: Cowboys would if they were thinking or interested in him. 202 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: Would you, if you were the Cowboys take a look 203 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: at him and possibly bring him in as a free agent? 204 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: I would say absolutely not without literally not, Like I understand. 205 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: You know Eldell Beckham, you know he's he's an elite 206 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: wide receiver when he's healthy, when he's healthy. He's an 207 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: elite wide receiver, no doubt about that. The only thing 208 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: is he's coming off his second you know, ACL injury, 209 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: and I believe that happened. Well, it was at the 210 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: super bow. It's right around the right, it was right 211 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: around the corner. So we've seen how guys recover from 212 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: the ACL. Look at look at Michael Gallup right now, 213 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: he's still trying to get there. He's still trying to 214 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 1: find himself out there. Of course you'll have a couple 215 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: of moments where he's like, oh, he's back, look at it. 216 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: He's doing his day. But they don't have a lot 217 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 1: of laws out there as well. So to me, I 218 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't bring Odell Beckham in until I know he's a 219 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty percent right and he's right back to 220 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: where he can be to come and help this team out. Now, 221 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: maybe that'll be, you know, further down the line, you know, 222 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: maybe closer to the playoff situation maybe, but as of 223 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: right now, I wouldn't bring him in and try to 224 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: develop him and try to get him right and try 225 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: to get him hooked up onto this system. Knowing that 226 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: you got a guy named Michael Gallup has a already 227 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: dealing with that ACEL injury, and we see how slow 228 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 1: he's he's coming back from his progress. So Odell, I'm 229 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: out on him out. I don't know, I'm I'm kind 230 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: of on the fence. I think that you could bring 231 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: someone here and help out with like the slot work 232 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: and any medior work. But with Odell, like you were 233 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: just talking about his injury, he did like his rehab 234 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: is where is he at his rehab? Like that's the 235 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: biggest thing, is like where is he at in his rehab? 236 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: And I mean, he is a veteran guy, So if 237 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: you bring him in here, maybe that the short, intermediate 238 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,599 Speaker 1: stuff that you're asking him to do. Maybe he's not 239 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: a strenuous But I do agree that his injury, in 240 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: the timing of his injury is kind of off putting, 241 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: especially seeing how guy how long guys take to come 242 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: back from an ACL. Then you have to look at 243 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: the locker room. You have a very young locker room 244 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: that's close knit right now. Do you want to bring 245 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: a guy in here who is you know, been in 246 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: the league for a while, has some experience, and how 247 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: does he fit in this locker room? That's another conversation 248 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: to have with him being an alpha personality. So I'm 249 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: good on it right now, I'm the contingent on It's 250 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: contingent on where he's at in his rehab. For me, Yeah, 251 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: I agree with all that. But here's my thought. Even 252 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: even if let's say he is a ninety percent of 253 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: what he was, is he still not better than Yeah, 254 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: you start looking at your depth chart. Yeah, he may 255 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: not be CD. He may not be the oldell that 256 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: you're expecting or that you've had in the past, But 257 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: when you look at what you have right now, he 258 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: might upgrade the whole level. And by the way, you know, 259 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: I know that there have been times in his career 260 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: where you're like, man, I don't know if i'd want 261 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: him in my locker rooms. I think he's mature beyond that. 262 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: And so the way I look at it is I 263 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: actually think he might actually be It might actually be 264 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: an advantage. You got a really really young wide receiver 265 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: room and and having somebody with his skins on the 266 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: wall walk into that room, especially if he's the matured 267 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: person I think he is. I think he adds some 268 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: some extra mental to that room. I think he can 269 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: bring some stuff into that room that maybe helps him 270 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: think about the game differently and helps them mature a 271 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: little bit better in the game as receivers. Do you think, 272 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: you know, bringing Odell in there, do you think that 273 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: would hinder CD in any type of way, Because like 274 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: right now, CD's like, all right, I'm the leader. I'm 275 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: an alpha dog in this room, like you know what, 276 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: I what you go through me. Do you feel like 277 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: if you brought an Odell in there it would kind 278 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: of hinder him and he would kind of want to 279 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: take a back sea because I don't really I don't 280 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: see him as that kind of do an You know, 281 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: I go if if you're an alpha in another alpha 282 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: walksing room, you don't take a step back exactly. You're like, 283 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: all right, cool, we might run this thing together. But 284 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: I ain't taking a step back. So I don't. I 285 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: don't see CD as the type that's gun necessarily step back. 286 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: I think he will say, okay, that's a VET. I'll 287 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: learn some stuff from him, So I'm open to that, 288 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I'm not gonna step back 289 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: and just kind of addicate everything. Then That's where I 290 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: look at Noah And to your point, like when you 291 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: talk about bringing in possibly an Odell. It truly, just 292 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: the threat of him on the field may change things 293 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: for you as well, just may open up things like 294 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: say what you want to say. But this guy is 295 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 1: respected in the league, and granted he is coming off 296 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: of an ACL, but his speed is something people have 297 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: always talked about and you're looking for right now. I 298 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: think every receiver you need someone to take the top 299 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: off right now. You need a vertical threat. So I 300 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: don't know, let's see, let's see if people are open 301 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: to you know, Odell being a a cowboy, that would 302 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: be an interest. That would be crazy. I mean the lights, 303 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: camera action and do it. He would love it. And 304 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. Meant like, we gotta have 305 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: somebody on in this wide receiver room that can consistently 306 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 1: beat man and man coverage because right now CD's getting 307 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: that double. Everybody's knowing like, all right, if we take 308 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: CD away, you know what can these other guys do? 309 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: And right now, you know, Noah Brownie had a couple 310 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: of games early on that you know, wow, he's doing 311 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: this thing. But can he be consistent out there and 312 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: beating that man to man coverage because we know teams 313 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: are gonna do the Cowboys. They've they've been leaning on 314 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: their strengths, which is the defense and that run game. Ye, 315 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: eventually they're gonna run into a team where they're gonna 316 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: stack the boxing, They're gonna they're gonna shut down that run. 317 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to open it up. Do we have 318 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: receivers on this team that can consistently beat that man 319 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: to man coverage. I know, you know, James Washington's coming 320 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: back from injury, but there's a reason why Pittsburgh let 321 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: him wik. You know, it wasn't like he was the 322 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: most consistent guy out there and doing this thing. So 323 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: you know that we gotta find somebody to come in 324 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: here consistently beat man and man they put help of 325 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: pressure off of CD Lamb out there. Yeah, absolutely needs 326 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: a running buddy. I do think that I do think 327 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: that Kelly did a really good job this game scheming 328 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: these guys open. Yeah, I mean, and granted this last 329 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: couple of weeks we've seen guys be open and stuff. 330 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: You know, you got you got your quarterback back there now, 331 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: so that makes the difference. But I do agree with 332 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: you that you do see that the way that teams 333 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: are playing, they're just Bracken and CD and they're just 334 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: they're betting on the next guy to make the play. Now, 335 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: we'll say the way that the tight ends are being 336 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: used kind of muddies the water a little bit because 337 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: you can say, right like, Okay, well these guys can't 338 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: get open on their own right now, they're not creating 339 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: a lot of separation. Well, your tight ends are doing 340 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: a lot and that are you know? So that's an 341 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: option too that I think that sometimes we forget when 342 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: we're talking about the receiving corps. I guess you do 343 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: got some guys out there. Dalton Scholtz is coming along 344 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: like since stacks back. So I mean, I agree, like 345 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: there's there's something to be said about what's going on 346 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: with the receiver corp. Right now. You see improvement, but 347 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: is going to be enough when you start playing those 348 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: teams that can lock down and load the box and 349 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: do all that stuff. 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This segment is brought to you by 399 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: blockchain dot Com. I got Aisha Morrison from Girls Talk, 400 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: Boys Soccer, got Barry Church from Players Lounge. They will 401 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: be joining me today and tomorrow, and so we're gonna 402 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: launch into our media review. I got some questions for 403 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: you guys, and they're just meant to expand your mind, 404 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: make you think about the whole season. Hold, give these 405 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,479 Speaker 1: fans a little bit of a flavor of what you 406 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: think of what we've seen so far through eight games. 407 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: Let's start here. Dallas was six and two in twenty 408 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: twenty one. The zac same point, they were six and two, 409 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: just like the Cowboys are now. Are they better this 410 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: year than they were last year? And also remember we 411 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: gate it last year that was at debacle against Denver 412 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: thirty to sixteen stadium. That being said, they better team 413 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: now than they were last year? Well, to that point. 414 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: I think that when you look at what the Broncos 415 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: did against the Cowboys last year with that two high show, 416 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: and how hard it was for the Cowboys to offensively 417 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: figure out how to beat it, they they're figuring out 418 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: ways to beat it this year. You saw that especially 419 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: last game like this, the two high show is not 420 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: as I think Dak is just reading it far far better. 421 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: And then I think what you're getting in the run 422 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: game last year, a lot of that worked because you 423 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: cannot run the ball. Yep. You literally got to a 424 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: place to where you cannot run the ball. So teams 425 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: are just let me just drop six and covers and 426 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: see what you're gonna do. So um, I also mentioned 427 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: yesterday on our show, I think they're battle tested in 428 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: a different way way to start this season, you know, 429 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: to make it through not having your quarterback. You've had 430 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: quite a few key injuries. I mean, we just we 431 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: keep moling over the fact that you're starting left tackle 432 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: was not supposed to be your rook right, So I mean, 433 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,479 Speaker 1: you have guys coming in here. You had a lot 434 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: of young guys played early. But I think also they've 435 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: seen quite a few different like you've seen some of 436 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: the best receiver cords in this game. You've seen some 437 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: of the best offensive lines when you come when you 438 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: start talking about run blocking in this game. They've seen 439 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: a variety of different looks early in this season that 440 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: I think is so such good teach tape that they 441 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: may be a little bit more battle tested going into 442 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: you know, the playoffs this year are going into you know, 443 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: the second half of the season. So to me, with 444 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: what they've had to overcome and how things have transpired, 445 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: especially the coaches, for sure, I think that they're at 446 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: a better place this year than they were last year 447 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: at this point, right and the men you talk about, 448 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 1: you know, this offense being battle tested. You know, you 449 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: had to go through a five game stretch with Cooper 450 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: WESHI has you're starting quarterback now. If you would have 451 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: told me, you know, week one, we're gonna lose Da 452 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: Prescott for the next five weeks and still you don't 453 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: have a legit chance to make the playoffs, sound I 454 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: thought you were crazy, you know, but Cooper us here 455 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: we are and he was able to hold it down. 456 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: I think he went four in one during that stretch, 457 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: was which was remarkable. So to me, offensively, I think 458 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: I don't think we're as explosive as we were last year, 459 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: but I think we're a much better unit overall because 460 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: we have more ways to beat you. You know, if 461 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna stack that box. We still got Dak Prescott 462 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: out there, who's able to move the ball down the field. 463 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: Now we also have a run game that we didn't 464 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: have last year, like you just said, with a two 465 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: headed monster out there. So offensively, I think we're not 466 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: as explosive, but we're better as a unit. And then defensively, 467 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: I think, you know, I'm not gonna say heads and 468 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: tails about what we were last year because they were 469 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: getting a lot of takeaways last year. But once again, 470 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: as a unit, this team is playing remarkable. I mean, 471 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: you don't see any mental mistakes out there. Last year, 472 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: you've seen a couple of busted coverages, receivers running wide open. 473 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: That's how the teams got got points on his defense. 474 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: But this year you don't see any of that. And 475 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: the way they're able to rush the passer, I mean 476 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: it comes in waves. You see. You know the Marcus 477 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: and Parsons, all right, they're out of the game. I 478 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: could take a break. Nine comes here comes Fouler like 479 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: you got O Digizoa in there. Never talk about Sam Williams. 480 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: Sam Williams. So it's just like these the waves they're 481 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: able to come at these offenses, it's unbelievable. So and 482 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: that's a secondary. I mean, like I said, overall, you 483 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: know you got Diggs Brown, he has his up and downs. 484 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: But as a secondary, I think they're playing extremely solid. 485 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: They have a great quarterback back there and cursing those 486 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: safety So to me, I think as a whole, this 487 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: team is playing better than it did last year. But defensively, 488 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's this team is it's blowing my mind. 489 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: I've never seen as far as since I've been here 490 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys, it's always been offense, offense, offense. 491 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: You know, the offense is the leader. That the strength 492 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: of this team this year. I mean, dan Quinn got 493 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: those guys moving on all cylinders. I mean, and it's remarkable. 494 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: So to me, as a whole, I think they're playing 495 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: better than last year and they have an opportunity to 496 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: go longer in the playoffs if they are to make that, 497 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: because like you said, they have multiple ways to beat 498 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: you on the offense and on defense. If you can 499 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: rush the password like that. I mean, you stand a 500 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: chance every single game out there, and they tell you 501 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: what travels best and what when the teams do best 502 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: in the playoffs is run the ball and have solid defense. 503 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: And that's exactly what the Cowboys have, all right. Next question, 504 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: bigger surprise. I got three names for you, Tyler Smith, 505 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: Terrence Steele, or Noah Brown. Bigger surprise? All right, So 506 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 1: I would say dan't get saved again. What would I 507 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 1: have bigger surprise? Tyler Smith, Terrence Steele, Noah Brown. Oh okay, 508 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: so I would say, do my biggest surprise. I guess 509 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: my biggest surprise would be at all those I guess, 510 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: I guess maybe Terrence. I guess Terrence. I guess, I 511 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: guess Terrence. And I'm I'm gonna say Terrence not in 512 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: a in a in a negative way, but just the 513 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: level he's playing at a right tackle is I think 514 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: it's better than a lot of people expected. A lot 515 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: of a lot of people expected for him to maybe, 516 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: you know, fall off a little this season. Also, um so, 517 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,959 Speaker 1: I think the development he's made and that right side 518 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: of that offensive line being somewhat dominant is making a 519 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: difference in this run game, I would say, I would 520 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: say Terrence, I guess I was Terence like, yeah, I 521 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: like that. I like that, And I'm gonna go the 522 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: counter part. I'm gonna go Tyler Smith. And the reason 523 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Tyler Smith as if you look at it, man, 524 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: this guy was he was a raw He was raw. 525 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,959 Speaker 1: He's super athletic, super talented, but as far as technique goes, 526 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: when I'm talking to Big Nate Newton, He's like he's 527 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: a raw candidate out there. He's just raw out there. 528 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: And for him to come out there, he was one 529 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: of the most penalized offensive linemen in all of you know, 530 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: NC DOUBLEA when he came out. This guy got all 531 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: his reps everything at the left guard spot during camp. 532 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he had an opportunity to go 533 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,239 Speaker 1: out there and you do one on ones and all 534 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: that stuff for the left tackle. But they didn't do that. 535 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: They let him at left guard. Even though Tyler not 536 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: Tyler Tyrn Smith has his injury history, they still you know, 537 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: kept him at that guard. Tyrn goes out, they move 538 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: him to left tackle, which to me is a totally 539 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: different position than that guard spot because you got guys 540 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: on either side of you to help you out that 541 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: tackle position. You buy yourself on an island against some 542 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: of the most dangerous pass rushers in the National Football League. 543 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: So for him to do that without getting any reps 544 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: at that guard spot, to me, it's super surprising. And 545 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: he's playing at at a pretty high level. You know, 546 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,239 Speaker 1: he's had his his struggles with Aaron Donald, but who 547 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't you know, and you know the guy from Detroit, 548 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: Hutchinson kind of got after him a little bit, but 549 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: those are growing pains. I think he's still playing at 550 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: a high level. And for him to do that without 551 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: getting any reps at the tackle spot, to me, that's 552 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: pretty surprising. And why I would I wanted to add 553 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: to your point, like with so Tyler didn't surprise me 554 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: because I just I don't know. I've really just was 555 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: kind of obsessed like first, because at first I found 556 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: like when I first realized who he was and I 557 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: started taking a deep dive into who he was. His 558 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: character's why I knew he was gonna be I like, 559 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: his worth ATICI whatever. But when you start talking about 560 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: I was like, you know, about them being battle tested. 561 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: He Tyler's seen some of the best best edged rushers 562 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 1: in the game early, Like he saw some of the 563 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: best early, and I think that's again, like we started 564 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: talking about getting later in the season where you're talking 565 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: about these d ends you're gonna be going against, where 566 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: they're like they're singling him out, like we know there's 567 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: a rook on this line, let's go make a play. 568 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: He's seen that already. He's seen people come at him 569 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: early and be like, oh, you know, we got the best, 570 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: We're gonna put him on him, and like, so let's 571 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: I think I wanted to add to your point and 572 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: say that that's important that like he's adjusted and developed 573 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: early this season too, to have something to going to, 574 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, later in the season of accidentally absolutely like 575 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna tell y'all, I disagree with both y'all, 576 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: and here's why. Here's why, here's why I know he's 577 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 1: gonna First of all, first of all, I think both 578 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: those tackles are playing above what I thought they would 579 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: play it, but not like I didn't. It wasn't like 580 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:40,959 Speaker 1: I didn't see a scenario where they could play at 581 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: this level, right, So what they're doing doesn't surprise me. 582 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: It's it's a it's more like, Okay, I kind of 583 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: thought they could do it, but they're like they're doing 584 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: and they're doing it ahead of maybe what I thought 585 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: they was. Listen to these numbers on Noah Brown about 586 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: to fix up no Brown. Noah Brown has had in 587 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, he had four catches for thirty three yards 588 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight seeing five catches for fifty four yards. 589 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: He's a season totals. It's not a game. This is 590 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: a season total, right. Twenty twenty fourteen catches one hundred 591 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: and fifty four yards, twenty twenty one, sixteen catches one 592 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty four yards. This year, halfway through the season, 593 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 1: Andy missed the game. Twenty five catches, three hundred and 594 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: thirty nine yards and a touchdown, the only touchdown of 595 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: his career. He is doing something. When they when they 596 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: brought him back this year, my thought was, I don't 597 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: even understand why, because don't say last year he had 598 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: an opportunity. There was a game where they had a 599 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: lot of wide receivers out, he had an opportunity to 600 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: step up. They didn't really get much production out of him. 601 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: What we saw this year, especially when Cooper Rush was 602 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: in there was we saw a guy that took advantage 603 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: of that opportunity and showed us things that I don't 604 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: know anybody other than him and maybe mom on them 605 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: that thought he was capable of doing that because his 606 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: career had not shown that he was capable of doing that. 607 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: That has been a huge surprise to me. And now 608 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: we're even talking about it from the standpoint of I 609 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: look at him and I say, yes, he is clearly 610 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: the third best wide receiver on this team, and if 611 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: you need him to step into that second role, he 612 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: can do it. So that to me is a huge surprise. 613 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: So if you're talking surprises, I really don't think there's 614 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: a bigger surprise. Honestly, I don't think there's a bigger 615 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: surprise on this team this year for me if you're 616 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: looking at personnel than what Noah Brown has done, because 617 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: I just didn't expect anything close to this. The two 618 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: I'm trying to look at the roster of my mind, 619 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: trying to see where you can prove me wrong. You're like, 620 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: it's a lot of guys on this roster that's the 621 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,719 Speaker 1: biggest surprise. Like Noah Brown talked about, you know, dropping 622 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: weight an offseason coming in here and trying to be prepared. 623 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,360 Speaker 1: He also does he does so much in the blocking 624 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: game that is underrated. He's almost like a tied end, 625 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 1: but not a tied end in some ways with how 626 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: they use him in the twelve and get him out there. Um, 627 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: but I agree with you that he has been a 628 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: surprise to some Are you like a surprise to some 629 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: degree with how well he's he's played. Um, I'm excited 630 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: to see what he looks like when he comes back. 631 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: And again, like when you start talking about the wide 632 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: receiver position, is like, well, Dan, what's Noah gonna do 633 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: when he come back at that three? Likely? Yeah, I 634 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: don't know, Like it's it's a weird spot to be in, 635 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: but yeah, go ahead, Ferry. I was just gonna, you know, 636 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: add on to both of y'all. Knowah Brown had has 637 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: been really surprising, and I think a lot of that 638 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: has to do with what Cooper Rush and him and 639 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: that report, because if you think about it, yeah, they 640 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: you know practice squad always going against the ones on defense. 641 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: They had that connection out there, and I'm interested to 642 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: see what him and Dak are gonna be able to do. 643 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: You know, can he go out there. I see him 644 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: as a guy that can make those contested casters, like 645 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: a possession guy. You need to move the chains. He 646 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: might not bust you for you know, a fifty yard 647 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: game or sixty yard game. He'll get you those tens. 648 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: He'll get you those fifteens, and he ain't gonna get 649 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: a lot of yacht yards, but he's gonna catch that football. 650 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: You know. That's actually that's actually a great point. I've 651 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: never really thought about it like that, but and I 652 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: know it's gonna sound really crazy, so forgiven before I 653 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: say it, But it might have actually been a blessing 654 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: in disguise that based on not having Michael Gallop early 655 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: in the season that you also didn't have Dak Prescott 656 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: because Cooper Rush and Noah Brown, the chemistry that they 657 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: have actually may have served you well and may have 658 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: served you better than what you would have gotten out 659 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: of Dak and Noah. They may not have had that 660 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: same level of chemistry. We might have seen the same 661 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: thing we've seen throughout Noah's career if Dak would have 662 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: been the one poll in the trigger. So I don't know, 663 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: that's that's an interesting way to look at it, and 664 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: it makes me think, like was that really something to 665 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: actually helped this offense because of that chemistry that he 666 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: has with Coop, And I'm not so sure. You know, 667 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: Dak would have been willing to run the football as 668 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: much like you know, he might would have been up 669 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: there and say, you know, hey, this is a run call. 670 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: But you know he has that pool and that clichetor 671 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: where he can be like a kill kill kill, get 672 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: the guy out there, and get that guy out there, 673 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: and we would have never seen this offense have that 674 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: formula that they have now, running that football and playing 675 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: to the defense. And now that we've seen how successful 676 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: that can be in that five game stretch, you see 677 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: Doc he's like, hey, I'm not gonna mess this up. 678 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: Let's just gonna keep going on what it's going. So 679 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: and he did talk about he did talk about that 680 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: and said he learned a lot on the sideline about 681 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: kind of how things were working and watching how things happen. 682 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: So some of that might have been might have been 683 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: the result of him watching from the sideline. A lot 684 00:29:58,080 --> 00:29:59,959 Speaker 1: of it is just your offensive line being better than 685 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: has been in a minute. Sorry, like I mean truly, 686 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: I mean you being able to run the ball consistently 687 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: just has changed a lot of what you do offensively, 688 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: and quite honestly, I don't know if the Cowboys have 689 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: consistently ran the ball well for a while now. Well, 690 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: three of the pieces are guys that two years ago 691 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: you we thought they probably should be running out of town. 692 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: They've developed this offensive. We talked about tern Still, you 693 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: talk about Beardist, you're talking about McGovern That was a 694 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: time all three of them were on every fans wishless 695 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: to replace it, like like getting rid of them. They 696 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,719 Speaker 1: are not very good guys, and so you gotta give 697 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: a ton of credits to the coaches were developing that 698 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: time because they that's certainly what wasn't what we thought. 699 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: Even maybe last year there were questions about Beardish, but 700 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: we wouldn't. We went into camp this year and I 701 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: think everybody thought mc government days were limited because you 702 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: were thinking the rookie's gonna take his job Jack, and 703 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: the rookie could not move him out of that starting spot. 704 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: So in credits to those guys for I mean, we 705 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: talked about Tyler Biada, she talked about Terren Steell, Tyler Smith. 706 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: These gentlemen are also taking the time to get work 707 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: outside of this building, so working with Duke can get 708 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: in those like is. There's something to be said about 709 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: players who are going and getting that extra work, especially 710 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: at the offensive line position. When we talk about they 711 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: don't get a lot of time in practice, they don't 712 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: get a lot of reps. So for these guys to 713 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: be taking the initiative to get better says something about 714 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: this offensive line as well. All right, let's let's take 715 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: our final break. We'll come back. We got a few 716 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: more questions for you guys, and we'll get today. We'll 717 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: save some of them for tomorrow. We've got plenty between 718 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: today and the borrow. 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Welcome back. 761 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: Final segment of the break Life in that WBC Mortgage 762 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: Studios at the Star presented by Miller Like the Only 763 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: Beer of the Dallas Cowboys, we are running through questions. 764 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: We are talking about the Cowboys and a media review. 765 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: My next question for you guys, ready for this movie? 766 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: All right? More important to this team's success. Dak Prescott 767 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: or dan Quinn? Oh, what is wrong with you? Oh? 768 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: I learned from the master, Brian Brows is the best 769 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: of these kind of questions, and this one is one 770 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: that that he would be proud of. This this question, 771 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: get your thanking more important success. Dak Prescott or dan Quinn. Oh, 772 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: my goodness, Uh, I gotta go. I'll go with you all. 773 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,479 Speaker 1: You know, I'm more six. I'm gonna have to go 774 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: dan Quinn. I'm gonna have to go dan Quinny because 775 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: it's like what he's been able to do with this 776 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: defense and being the strength of this team. And you know, 777 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: coaching matters out there and you and you're getting the 778 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,760 Speaker 1: most out of each and every one of your players. 779 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: You're putting them in the right POSI. You know how 780 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: many times do we see, Okay, George Lewis goes down 781 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: one of the top nickels in the National Football League. 782 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: Duran Bland, a rookie, steps in, already has an under 783 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: interception under his belt. He understands the defense. And I 784 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 1: feel like dan Quinn, he when he gets the most 785 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: out of these guys because his system, what he does 786 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: with them, he makes them understand it, like, all right, 787 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,359 Speaker 1: these are your strengths, these are your weaknesses, these are 788 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 1: who you need to lean on. And he does a 789 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: great job doing that, and he's built this team up. 790 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: So I feel like if we don't have him in there. 791 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that, you know, there's there's coaches underneath 792 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: him that will be able to do, you know, a 793 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: decent job as well. But the way he's calling this 794 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: team and the way he's getting his defense going, I 795 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: just don't see it in the offense being able to 796 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: exploit this defense. So we we had that five game stretch, 797 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: you know, with with Cooper Russian I saying that he 798 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,399 Speaker 1: could be the guy and take us as far as 799 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: you know, Dak Prescott could possibly good, but I still 800 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: feel like we'd have a better chance with a dan 801 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: Quinn defense rather than you know, Prescott being in there 802 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: and being the guy. I gotta go with dan Quinn 803 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: on this one. Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna agree. It hurts, 804 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna agree because it's also to you look 805 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 1: at what he's One thing I loved about the Cowboys 806 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: when they hired dan Quinn is that they got him 807 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,879 Speaker 1: in here before the season started and he was able 808 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: to kind of put his his imprint early. So he 809 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,640 Speaker 1: was here through the draft. You can see his imprint 810 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: on the draft. You've seen his inprint on the draft, 811 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: You've seen his imprint on the free agency sign as 812 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: you've seen. And so this has been a real like 813 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: a build in a way, like a build in a way, 814 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 1: and that and to see the change and the like 815 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: when you think back to twenty and twenty, when you 816 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: think back to this d and to flip it that quickly, 817 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 1: but also too it's I think we talk about the 818 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: Cowboys all the time, and people talk about culture and 819 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: all this stuff. I do I think for sure that 820 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn is a huge part of this culture change. 821 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: Um and obviously Mike McCarthy as well. But I would 822 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: say yeah, just because of what the locker room, how 823 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: they talk about them, how they how, and we seeing 824 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: guys improve with him. When you talk about coaching, you 825 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: look at this secondary, Some of these guys were here 826 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: when there are other coaching staffs here and you weren't 827 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: getting that production. You aren't getting these same looks, you 828 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: weren't getting the same you know, versatility there. So and 829 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: I also feel like if you don't have Dan Quinn, 830 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: maybe you don't see Michael do what he does. Like 831 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: a lot of coaches looked at Micah in the draft 832 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: and they saw what he was capable of doing. Dan 833 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 1: Quinn saw what he was capable of doing and made 834 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: it work. He also threw away his whole playbook from 835 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: when he was in Seattle. So not only that, he 836 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,760 Speaker 1: came in here and he solely built this defense based 837 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,840 Speaker 1: off of the players he brought in here, and I 838 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,439 Speaker 1: think that is very difficult to do when you look 839 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,760 Speaker 1: across the league. Teams struggled to draft and develop, struggle 840 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 1: with coaching, locker room issues, and that's not something you 841 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: see here. I think he's a big part of that. Okay, 842 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 1: so let me throw I'm gonna change it up a 843 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: little bit for you. Is Dan queen Quinn most important 844 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 1: to his team's success because he has Michael Parsons. Without 845 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons would he be able to do the magical 846 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: things that he's been able to do so far with 847 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:06,320 Speaker 1: this defense. So I would have said that maybe last 848 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: year based off of how they were using Michael Parsons 849 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 1: coming from the linebacker spot in Russian and how they 850 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: used him now but now that they're using him, granted, 851 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,399 Speaker 1: MICA's nobody to sleep on, but now that they're using 852 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: him at edge a lot more, I do think that 853 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,640 Speaker 1: the way that they were using him last year was 854 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,479 Speaker 1: a little bit more mystique. I guess if that's the word, 855 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, if that's the way. He didn't know 856 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: where he was gonna be. You didn't know where he 857 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: was gonna be. But now this year, you kind of 858 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: know where he's gonna be. I think that kind of 859 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,240 Speaker 1: takes a wrinkle away in some degree. So I'll say 860 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 1: that maybe this I think this defense. I say all 861 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 1: that to say, I think this defense can still thrive, 862 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,240 Speaker 1: maybe not the same exact way. I think they thrive 863 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: more when you don't know where Michael's coming from. You know, 864 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,319 Speaker 1: I would have to say without Micah, I'm not gonna 865 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 1: say they're gonna take a huge step back, but they 866 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 1: would definitely take a step because if you I mean, granted, 867 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,520 Speaker 1: he's probably you know, top three defensive players in the 868 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: National Football League, but not only that, he's creating so 869 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: many more one on ones everybody else on the line, 870 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: Like you know, d law Duran's Armstrong file, those guys 871 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,960 Speaker 1: they're getting a lot of one on ones and they're 872 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 1: able to take advantage of that. And I don't think 873 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 1: you get that without Michael Parsons being there, Like if 874 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: they kept him a linebacker or if he wasn't on 875 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: this team at all, I think it would be a 876 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,399 Speaker 1: different story. So to me, you know, he's a top 877 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,600 Speaker 1: three defensive player for a reason, and I think he 878 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: just creates so much more for everybody else. And then 879 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,160 Speaker 1: you talk about being in the secondary when a quarterback 880 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 1: has to make a decision like that and he's like, oh, man, 881 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: you know I'm looking at Parsons, but I don't know 882 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: who I'm going to. It makes your job a lot 883 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,359 Speaker 1: easier in the secondary. So with that guy being there, 884 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 1: everybody else's job is a lot easier. They wouldn't take 885 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: a huge step back, but I think they would definitely 886 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 1: take a step back. I also mentioned that yesterday and 887 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,840 Speaker 1: Cross Talk. He said this is He's like, this is 888 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: the thing about rushing the past or with the Cowboys. 889 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 1: You if you don't get there before Michael does, you 890 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 1: just not gonna get it. And that was crazy to me, 891 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: like hearing him say that, Like everyone's like when you're 892 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,839 Speaker 1: rushing if you don't be Michael, you're not gonna get 893 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,080 Speaker 1: set because he's he's up the competition, you know. There, 894 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: So I agree with you that fumble RecA exactly what 895 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: you're about to say that. Yeah, like the way his 896 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,400 Speaker 1: motory is, it's like you you see talented players, they're like, 897 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,680 Speaker 1: all right, well, just onen't my turn is? This guy 898 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: is literally he just doesn't stop the fumble recovery, the 899 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 1: chase down tackle in Detroit, which that could have switched 900 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,919 Speaker 1: the momentum to everything. But he chased that that tight 901 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: end down at the one yard line. Tank goes in 902 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: there and forces the fumble, switches the whole game up. 903 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 1: So when you got a guy with that mentality that 904 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,759 Speaker 1: wants to that passion, it's infectious and the rest of 905 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,440 Speaker 1: the defense kind of feeds off of that, and you 906 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 1: see how they're flying around. I honestly think Curse thought 907 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,840 Speaker 1: he had that that that recovery, that fumble recovery. I 908 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,839 Speaker 1: think you can kind of it's almost like you could 909 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,279 Speaker 1: see it on his face, like oh and you can 910 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: see you can. You can just hear Michael being like, 911 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: I got that, but give me that yeah, block, go 912 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:46,160 Speaker 1: block somebody. Yeah. It was like it almost took it down, 913 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 1: and Knights like, man, I knew I had that one, 914 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: and but that's Michael like, and that does up the 915 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,560 Speaker 1: the everyone's level of play. When you got players like 916 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,440 Speaker 1: that on your team who are so competitive, ultra competitive 917 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,759 Speaker 1: and always always giving everything to go get to the 918 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,720 Speaker 1: play and make a play, it makes everybody else also 919 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,520 Speaker 1: want to make a play and want to get there 920 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: before that person gets there, to be able to have 921 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 1: one up on him. That's why this guy's NFL. You know, 922 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,799 Speaker 1: but you've been there, Like these are ultra competitive people, right, 923 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,759 Speaker 1: They're just competitive people just in general, because that you 924 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: have to be to be good in the NFL. You 925 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 1: don't want to be left off that board. So Marinelli, 926 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 1: you always had to turn over board. And if you're 927 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: a starter in the league and you sit there and 928 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,440 Speaker 1: you're like, man, this guy got you know, a couple here, 929 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: a couple there, you don't want to be that guy 930 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,120 Speaker 1: that's not contributing. Like you're trying hard to, you know, 931 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,040 Speaker 1: to get to that next that next phase and be 932 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 1: on that board. And when you got guys like Mic 933 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,160 Speaker 1: out there, it's like, man, you know, I gotta catch up. 934 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 1: I gotta do something out there, So he's making his 935 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,839 Speaker 1: defense a lot better real quick. Before we end the show, 936 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 1: I did want to get I had this this question. 937 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: It's real really for you, Barry, because you played safety NFL, 938 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 1: you kind of know what good safeties look like. Millie 939 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: Cooker is a guy that I think it's played really well. 940 00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 1: But I wanted to get your perspective on what exactly 941 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000 Speaker 1: makes him a good safety. He was a guy who's 942 00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,160 Speaker 1: highly tired coming out of out of college, first round pick. 943 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,360 Speaker 1: Injuries really derailed him more than anything else. But what 944 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,080 Speaker 1: makes him a really good safety? And what are you 945 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: seeing from him this year that makes you believe that 946 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,520 Speaker 1: he is really back to maybe being that level of safety. 947 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: I think he's playing outstanding right now. You know, he 948 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,200 Speaker 1: understands his role. He's a middle to feel safety. He 949 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,839 Speaker 1: knows that he doesn't let anything pass his head. And 950 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,439 Speaker 1: what I love most about him, he's able to read 951 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,439 Speaker 1: that quarterback back. They're like none other. I mean, maybe 952 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,400 Speaker 1: Earl Thomas back in the day, you know, had a 953 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 1: real knack for reading quarterbacks. But if you look at it, 954 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,759 Speaker 1: he's always in the picture, even if he's in the 955 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:29,239 Speaker 1: cover three zone in the middle of the field and 956 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: they throw that deep ball on the outside. By the 957 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: numbers or about the hashes out there, he's able to 958 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: get over there and help his teammates out. You rarely 959 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:40,800 Speaker 1: see a mental error from this guy and tackling that's huge, 960 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: and from a middle of the field defender. Ninety percent 961 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 1: of the time you're open field tackling people, and I 962 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 1: rarely see this guy miss tackles. Like he might not 963 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 1: bring the thump like a Wilson or a curse, but 964 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 1: he's gonna wrap you up and he's gonna come up 965 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,520 Speaker 1: with a body part. So to me, he checks all 966 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: the boxes. He's a great tackler. He's a great communicator 967 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,040 Speaker 1: because he gets, you know, the calls that everybody gets, 968 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,239 Speaker 1: everybody lined up in the right space, and he's great 969 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 1: against the past and reading quarterbacks, not letting anything over 970 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,440 Speaker 1: top of his head. So to me, I think he's 971 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,759 Speaker 1: playing outstanding football. The numbers may not show it, like 972 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,680 Speaker 1: he may not have a lot of interceptions or a 973 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,400 Speaker 1: lot of tackles, but he's playing solid football right now 974 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,600 Speaker 1: and exactly what the Cowboys need. And you mentioned his 975 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,680 Speaker 1: tackling like he's dealing with a thumb injury, he's been 976 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,400 Speaker 1: dealing with that thumb injury, it sounds like for the 977 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:19,840 Speaker 1: majority of the season. So it just also puts in 978 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,799 Speaker 1: perspective his grid and some of the things you see 979 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 1: from him. One thing I've loved from Millie Cooker so far, 980 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,040 Speaker 1: Like you were talking about as a tackling he's not 981 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,920 Speaker 1: afraid to come up and tackle or even at the 982 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,920 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, like he's an active player. But he's 983 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,440 Speaker 1: also very vocal. Yes, just look at him. I mean, 984 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,120 Speaker 1: you have to be as a safety. But they talk about, 985 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,319 Speaker 1: you know, the secondary or the defense in itself. They 986 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,200 Speaker 1: talk about communication all the time, and from the safety position, 987 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,280 Speaker 1: that is so intricate, especially when you have a cornerback 988 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,560 Speaker 1: that likes to take chances. And I think that and 989 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: I think that a lot of what you're seeing from 990 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,800 Speaker 1: Digs is because he trusts his safety. He trust his safety, 991 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,040 Speaker 1: his trust a little bit more than last year, you 992 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,960 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. But yeah, he trusts that safety 993 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: a lot, and I think that's important to what they're 994 00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:00,399 Speaker 1: doing defensively right now. So all right, that's a man. 995 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,840 Speaker 1: It's been fun. It's been fun. It's some good answer, 996 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,319 Speaker 1: all right, So we're gonna be back tomorrow and we'll 997 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 1: have some more questions for these guys. We're gonna do 998 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,919 Speaker 1: some more wrapping up of this midyear review until then 999 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,320 Speaker 1: for Barry Church, fry Esha Moore Soon. I'm Derek Hielton. 1000 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,520 Speaker 1: This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 1001 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:20,640 Speaker 1: Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys 1002 00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:23,359 Speaker 1: dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.