WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Big Challenge On Defense 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:05.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:17.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:20.439 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World hours at the 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:30.200 Star in Priscilla, flowing to the lives and now your hosts, 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:35.600 Isaiah stand Back, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:41.080 It's the Wednesday edition of Talking Cowboys as I'm line 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:44.760 from inside the Ast WBC Mortgage Studios, and we're back 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:48.319 and better than ever nine thirty every weekday morning as 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:52.879 we preview the Atlanta Falcons and the Dallas Cowboys, a 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:58.000 Sunday afternoon matchup. It's Week two, Episode three. Isaiah stand Back, 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.880 Rob Phillips, and the great Heck Harrison joining you as always, 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:06.320 I'm Kyle Yeoman's and guys, it's it's Wednesday, and Isaiah, 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:07.600 I've got a little bit of a bone to pick 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:12.040 with you, my friend, because I was told, I was 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:16.360 told by by you yourself, a former teammate of one 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.840 certain Earl Thomas, that he would be a Dallas Cowboy 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.559 by now, and that there would be movement on that front. 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.560 And you know, I'm looking at the clock and I'm 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:32.000 seeing man, it's September sixteenth, it's a Wednesday. Where is Earl? Isaiah? 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.880 Where is Earl? And I want to know why there's 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.840 no Earl Thomas. Kyle. I have a response for you. 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:39.880 Kyle's the heck of a question. And I had a 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:41.480 feeling that it was coming, being that I have my 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.880 crystal ball. At times I feel as if my crystal 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:47.840 ball got a little murky, Right, he got a little murky, 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:51.280 did it? And it got murky? It got murky in 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:55.200 the form of of of of injuries this past week 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.400 that really took really took the helm. It really kind 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:02.920 of took over, overshadowed what should have been all Pro 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:07.120 Hall of Fame currently in his prime safety in the 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.320 name of Earl Thomas, that should have been in addition 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:13.560 to this team yesterday. But because of the injuries at 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.480 right tackle, because of the injuries at linebacker, because of 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:21.240 our inability to stop the ball being ran up our throat, 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.680 our inability to block the inside, I think that's become 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.359 more of a president to address more than signing this 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:34.120 current Hall of Fame player. Oh what happened? Was hppened? Yeah? 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.680 It kind of sounds like that a little bit. Uh, Yeah, 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.040 so that's the I guess the big no news story 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:41.840 of the day is that we are into the point 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.280 where veterans contracts are no longer guaranteed for the remainder 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:49.640 of the season. Unless priorly noted. But Earl Thomas is 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:51.920 not a part of the Dallas Cowboys. Neither have the 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.840 Cowboys really done a whole lot in terms of starting 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.520 caliber players that have been brought in, but Rob there 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.960 were plenty of moves made yesterday in terms of guys 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.480 being brought in off of other practice squads. The Cowboys 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.440 were very active on waivers. Kind of run through some 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.640 of those moves in what kind of impact they have 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:13.440 in terms of the Cowboys this week. Yeah, I guess 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.160 they didn't. They didn't make moves to fill starting positions, right, 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.720 but they did because they talked about in house, and 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:21.680 I guess they aren't doing that, but it's gonna be 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.600 guys already on the roster of taking more snaps. Most likely. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.360 They did address a couple of spots with some practice 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.280 squad poachings, if you want to call it that, Alex 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:34.519 Light offensive tackle off the Cardinals practice squad and linebacker 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:40.040 Rashad Smith off Chicago's practice squad. He's a rookie free 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:45.520 agent out of FAU and so you know. Also, oh, 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.600 I forgot to mention Brandon Carr as we're talking about 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.840 veteran DBS. He's on the fifty three man roster now 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.680 I assume for the rest of the season unless something happens, 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.040 and we'll see what his workload is going to be 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:02.280 this week. But hey, three open spots with three guys 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.960 headed at two. I r not only Latent Vanderesh and 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:09.520 Blake Jarwin, but Cam Irving as well with a spraying knee. 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.440 So all three out for a minimum of three weeks. 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.680 We know vander Esh is out for about six to eight. 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.040 Jar went out for the season, and we'll see what 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.480 happens with Cam Irving. But trying to get some tackle 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.520 depth there as well. And I'm a little surprised they 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.000 didn't go with you know, Francis Bernard maybe as a 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.000 call up from the practice squad. They go with Rashad 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:31.440 Smith instead. Well, we only heard the last thing you said, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:37.360 and that was instead, so I'm sure I'm sure it 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:44.960 was awesome. Oh man, Yeah, okay, all right, I just 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:49.200 let me do a quick recap for you. Fellas. Alex 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:53.640 light Rashad Smith, and Brandon Carr are your call ups, 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:58.039 two poachings from the practice squad from Arizona and the 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.880 Bears car gets called up three guys the ir Jarwin 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.559 Vanderesh and Cam Irving for a minimum of three weeks 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.159 for Irving, so we'll see what happens. They're gonna have 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.000 to fill some things in the house apparently with their 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.120 starting spots, but they add some depth from other teams 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.719 and Smith RASA. Smith is is a guy that I'm 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.640 familiar with, and it sounded like to me rob he 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.400 was someone that our scouts had targeted prior to the 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:26.839 draft and obviously wanted to get him, but the Chicago 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.320 Bears plucked him away from us, and to me, coming 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.120 out of Florida Atlanta, he was a guy that would 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.920 fit perfectly into a three four scheme. So I'm really 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:37.880 interested to see how he's going to fit into the 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.640 Cowboys scheme. Yeah, I think he is somebody that's going 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.599 to be interesting because you talk about the instead of 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:49.479 you have excuse me, instead of having Francis Bernard, you 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.440 go with him instead. That's the term that I'm kind 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.159 of pointing at right now. Is the fact that you 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:56.800 still didn't call up Francis Bernard. I know that's what 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.240 really the media and those who were watching training camp 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.720 and everybody's kind at least relying on or at least 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:04.440 that was the first thought that popped in our head. 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.080 But Rob, why didn't they go with a guy like 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:14.040 Francis Bernard? I guess maybe we just overestimated his training camp, 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.320 you know, and maybe maybe we did in a few 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.320 different spots as well, you know, in terms of how 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.600 guys looked in practice, and then it didn't carry over 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.640 the game. I think they like him, but obviously, like 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.760 as Hekma said, Smith's a guy that they liked coming 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.320 out of school. And you look at his production in college. 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:33.120 He's only about two hundred and twenty pounds, but he 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.320 is a fly around, make plays guy. I think he 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.919 had over three hundred tackles in college. So, you know, 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.680 but it's gonna Kennie plays special teams, and how effective 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:43.760 is he on special teams? And if he's gonna be active, 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.919 obviously they must feel good about that, Oh Rob, That 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.080 is app sole fact, Old loot Lee the truth when 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.479 it comes down to what they're doing at the linebacker 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.600 because Francis Bernard would have to play a special team. 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.760 So maybe that made the difference between going with him 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:03.039 over Francis on It might have been the difference. And Isaiah, 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.160 I know you're a guy who's who's played on special 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:09.560 teams before, and is there really that kind of that battle. 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.800 I know, especially early in the weeks. We talk about 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:13.760 it in training camp all the time, and we mentioned 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.640 it in training camp, but whenever it comes into that 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.560 first couple of weeks of the season, if you're a 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:19.880 practice squad guy, you really got to up your special 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:25.120 teams game, correct, absolutely, I mean special teams is huge. 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:26.400 I mean, I know we we spent a lot of 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.800 energies talking about offensive defense, but uh, there's the other 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.800 third of the game that's kind of important in terms 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.160 of field, in terms of not only the scoring points, 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.520 but just field it. You know, just just field a 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.960 position right where where we're at on the field. You know, 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.200 a simple play such as a punt. You know, we 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.520 saw it last week, you know where where the Cowboys 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.800 were given some great field position because of because of 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.520 their punter freaking boot at the ball doing there at 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.480 the stadium. Um and and that those things matter and 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:57.520 then being able to cover on those plays matter. So 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.720 if you're a you're a practice squad guy, I mean, 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.440 you know you're going out there during your week of practice, 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.040 you have an opportunity to show that guess what this starter, 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.880 whoever else I'm facing in practice, you know they're not 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:09.720 as good as I am in this regard, and you 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.920 guys need to make some room for me. And hey, 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.680 I will say this about Francis Bernard. Guys for the 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.160 second straight week. You know, you get to protect four 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.080 or your practice squad guys from being you know, signed 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.320 from another team. He's been protected two weeks in a row, 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.640 so obviously they like him. But you know, I guess 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.040 Smith really stood out to him as an option. One 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.319 other note on Alex light the offensive tackle. He played 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.280 for Mike McCarthy in twenty eighteen, So there's some familiarity 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.960 there and some insurance there, I guess, depending on what 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.360 they do. Obviously you got Terrence Steele and you got 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.920 Brandon Knight potentially as a tackle option. Two. Now I'm 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.679 glad you mentioned that, Rob because you're talking about offensive 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:50.800 tackle and you're mentioning the depth and the backup plan 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.240 at least as Alex Light is concerned about this Cowboys 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.880 offensive line, and really they were graded the third worst 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.400 offensive performance from an offensive line by Pro Football Focus 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.440 in Week one. I have a couple of questions for you, guys, 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.439 and you might be able to take this one way 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.480 or the other way. You may agree or disagree. But 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:11.760 I was kind of playing around with a depth chart 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.160 this week, and I was looking at the Cowboys offensive line, 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.120 and of course Connor Williams kind of struggled as a 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.240 left guard this past week. He had the right guard spot. 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.560 Of course, Zack Martin he's going to be he's locked 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:25.840 in Joe Looney a center. What would you think about 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:30.480 potentially putting a Connor Williams back out at right tackle, 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.959 which is really what he played throughout his career at 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.280 Texas in college, and then throwing maybe a Joe Looney 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.000 or a Connor McGovern at left guard, and then having 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:44.040 Tyler Biattish play center or even a Connor McGovern play center. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:48.120 Is there any objection to that or what's what's so 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.960 difficult about doing something of that kind of shifting around 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:57.480 on the offensive line. I sensed an objection from Isaiah. 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.920 I want to hear in no disrespect. This is where 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:06.439 just just our opinions, right, Um, however, you oh, how 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:12.120 can I address it? Connor Williams, Yes, I'm being um. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.680 Unfortunately he had say so much of Unfortunately Connor Williams 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.640 face arguably the best defensive alignment in the league, which 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:23.120 he did this past week. Right, So that's that's we're 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:24.960 gonna give him that benefit of the doubt. He got 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:28.680 ragged dog. He got disrespected. Zeke got disrespected, exact, Martin 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:32.160 got disrespected, Looney got disrespected. Everybody got disrespected by this, 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:33.920 by that gentleman. So we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.480 act like that didn't even happen. Um, But what what 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:41.400 you're suggesting? Um, he got disrespected with help on both 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.600 sides of him. Correct, he had a left tackle and 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.280 he had a center. Correct, he had he had right. 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.000 So we had big Smith on the left and we 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.880 had big Looney on his right. He still got ragged dog. 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.720 So you're suggesting that we put him on an island 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:03.960 in the NFC East conference where there are some dogs 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.040 out there that we're gonna be facing. And I really 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:09.720 want to kind of speak to the Washington Redskins maybe okay, 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.400 and you want to put him on the island by 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.960 himself to fin for himself where he can get rag 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:19.959 dog and potentially have a straight line to your franchise quarterback. 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.400 Is that what you're suggesting. Well, the Cowboys don't play 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.640 the Redskins until Week eight, and by that point I'm 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:29.079 hoping that Lyle Collins is back at right tackle because 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:36.640 I still think come back, I'm mostly talking about Atlanta Seattle. No, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:41.520 maybe I get it, Kyle, that was man, Kyle Yeoman's 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:45.280 that's a great conversation piece. But no, I don't think 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.560 that's gonna happen. I don't think that that's what you 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.679 want to do. And also with stell this, going back 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.240 and watching the tape of steal Man like, he did 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.560 a serviceable job. I know we're gonna talk about later 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.520 possibly getting him some help with with tight ends to 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.280 the right of him as well, but he didn't do 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:06.440 as bad a job as making Connor Williams your right 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:10.560 tackle and champ Like you said, Connor Williams won't have 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.720 to go against ninety nine next week and the week thereafter. 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.800 All right, that's a one time deal, hopefully into the playoffs. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.400 But still, but still we understand how that is in 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.960 and also the one thing about it is Looney is 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.600 your veteran center. Hea. You gotta go with that. And 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.880 I think that experience, especially with the abbreviated preseason and 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.480 everything else, you just that that that's definitely gonna keep 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.400 Mike McCarthy up at night with a rookie center. So 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.000 I think this out of comfort right now. We just 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.079 got to give it another week For Connor Williams. I 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.079 think he's gonna come around. We also have to mention 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.679 that he came off of an ACL surgery also, that's true. 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.439 That's true. But Kyle, I'm gonna throw you a raft here. Okay, 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:55.000 your raft, you throw it. I kind of like it. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.280 I don't like it now. I don't think it's gonna happen. Now, 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.400 I don't think. I don't think it's gonna happen. But 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.480 I threw it out there yesterday as just an emergency option, 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.160 you know, if things aren't going well or if there's 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.480 another injury at tackle. You know, Connor Williams played tackle 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:14.720 in college basically, and I think his athleticism is a 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.720 good fit out there if they needed to make a change. 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.320 I don't think they will, and like you guys said, 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:21.600 give him, you know, give him some time coming off 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:25.480 the injury. Huge tough matchup, tough beyond a tough matchup 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.840 in week one. But I do think they have some 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.000 flexibility there also. I mean, if you had to really dig, 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.440 dig deep in the bag, Zach Martin could go out 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:35.960 there too, So they have some flexibility there. I just 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.040 don't know how they feel about how, you know, Connor 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:42.000 McGovern and Tyler Biadaship come along so far in camp, 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:43.960 if they're ready to step in and play starters snaps 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.160 right now. I don't know about that. But obviously they 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.520 felt like Karen Steele was, which came to surprise and 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:53.199 everybody pretty much. Hey, Rob, just just because it's a 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:57.360 life rapp doesn't mean they just inflated. So if you, 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:02.400 Rob would would float me life and raft oh man, 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.200 that would That'd be the old man savage. But yeah, 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.319 just trying to just grab on, I'll pull. It's got 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.200 a roth attached to it. Uh yeah, I mean, I'm 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.600 with you, Rob, I don't think it will happen. I 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.960 just I was playing around with the depth chart and 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:19.520 whenever you look at the past of both Looney and Williams. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.200 The fact that they've played those positions stuck out to me. 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.040 I mean, Looney played the majority of the beginning of 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:28.800 his career at guard, whereas you saw, like you said, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.960 Connor Williams at Texas playing at a tackle role. And 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.520 I think if you have two guys like McGovern, like 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.040 be Oddish that could come in and play center, maybe 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.200 not at the level of Joe Looney, but you sure 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.120 up two other spots and sacrifice maybe a little bit 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:46.520 of one. I think there's at least something to play 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.760 around with here. I don't think it will happen. I 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.840 don't really believe it it should happen, but it's just 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.680 something to think about with this offensive line. If things 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:59.960 do go south, things go south. I would keep Looney 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.760 he is at center. But it is interesting that when 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.120 I think Connor Williams shoe fell off and for like 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.600 one play in the game, Yeah, and it was it 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.080 was be Honest that came out at left guard. That 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.760 was interesting. That's interesting. Hey, Rob, you know you know 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.320 what else I saw. I saw that Beyondest was not 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.440 ready to come in a game because by the time, 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.840 by the time that Connor Williams got all the way 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.080 to the sideline Beyondest was just getting his helmet, so 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.640 I saw that as well. Oh man, you gotta stay ready, Yes, 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:29.160 stay ready. Can't be ready, it's move the Wisconsin's center 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.400 playing a little bit of left guard. That's probably why 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:33.120 he wasn't ready because he was like, oh, I gotta 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:36.160 go play left guard. Okay, uh, let's go ahead and 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.400 take our first break. Because like you guys were just 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.520 talking about, Aaron Donald was a problem on Sunday. Tack 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:45.800 McKinley could be a problem this upcoming Sunday. We're gonna 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:49.560 preview the defense tomorrow. 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And when 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.639 I'm mean offense, it's with a capital O from the 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.280 Atlanta Falcons perspective, because they put up some numbers against 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:30.720 a pretty stout Seattle defense on Sunday, even with Seattle 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.720 getting the win, thirty eight to twenty five was the 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.760 final score of that one. Atlanta finished with the most 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:39.760 offense in the NFC last week five hundred and six 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.880 total yards, most in a season opening game by Atlanta 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:46.480 since twenty fourteen when they had five to sixty eight 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:50.960 against New Orleans. So the fact that Atlanta is firing 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:54.840 on all cylinders, it really revolves around the passing game. 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:59.480 Matt Ryan four hundred and fifty yards of passing through 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:04.240 the air. Three count them, one, two, three, one hundred 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.879 yard receivers Russell Gauge. Then you had Calvin Ridley and 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:12.920 then last week's NFL leading receiver Julio Jones. So guys, 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:16.480 I know we had this conversation last week, Isaiah, and 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:22.240 I'm looking at you. It's whiteouts versus Whiteouts again. We're 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:25.040 gonna talk about the Atlanta Whiteouts today. We'll talk about 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:28.760 the Cowboys versus their defense tomorrow. But this is another 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.000 stout passing game, and it's one that even has a 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.360 stout running game with Todd Gurley back there as well. 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:39.159 What do you think about the offense overall? Isaiah? I 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:44.639 am nervous for all of Cowboys Nation because, like my 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.719 statement I've made on Monday, which wasn't well received from 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:50.680 Cowboys Nation, there's a real possibility now that we can 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:54.920 go Oh and two reason being reason being this offense 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:57.239 is probably one of the most talented offenses in the 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:00.960 entire NFL. You have a veteran back in the form 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:04.160 of some dude named Matt Ryan, a ka Mattie Ice. 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:07.040 He gets the name Ice for a reason because he's 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:11.040 ice cold. And then you give him. You give him, 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:15.240 in my opinion, the best receiver in the NFL, by 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:18.919 the name of Julio Jones. You give him a secondary 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:22.480 receiver by the name of Calvin Ridley who can blaze 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:24.640 all day long. And then you bring in this dude 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:28.960 named Russell Gage. Oh and by the way, there's a 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.720 tight end that they have that they picked up in 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.400 a trade who was a first round draft pick who 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:36.399 is now on their team, named by the name of 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:40.960 Hayden Hurst. And then you get a dude who's been disrespected, 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:43.760 who's probably the most angry running back in the NFL, 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:48.400 by the name of Todd Gurley. This team is stacked. 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:52.200 If last week's performance by them against Seattle didn't show 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:54.639 everybody that these dudes are not to be mess with, 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:57.080 they just happen to play a better Seattle team. Seattle 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:59.720 is really good this year, but Matt Ryan still through 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:02.720 for four hundred plus yards. They had three one hundred 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:05.280 yard receivers. Like you said, Kyle, these guys didn't just 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:08.520 have one hundred yard receivers on hundred yard games like 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:10.960 like it was just like big plays. These guys had 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:15.600 nine receptions each, nine receptions each for one fifty seven, 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.640 one thirty and two touchdowns and one hundred and fourteen yards. Fellas, 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:22.000 bootstraps need to be strapped on because we're gonna for 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:31.000 a ride this week. This secondary in trouble. Oh my god. Well, 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:35.640 look to let me just say this two tis point 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:39.480 about the Atlanta Falcons. And look, guys, I don't know 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:45.119 if no I should say this. Now there's a yes, 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:48.840 the Christler three hundred looks a lot like a Rose 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:51.199 Royce from a distance, but when you get right up 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:57.920 on you realize this. So so they have a Rose 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:01.399 Royce and they have a little Bentley on the side. 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:04.560 But the other one man, that's that's the Christler three hundred. 0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:11.440 So you look, this is what I'm saying. The Atlanta 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:14.119 Falcons do. They do have a lot of weapons. And 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:16.800 the Cowboys, if you go back to last week's tape, 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:21.120 if we don't stop the screens those smoke routes, we're 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:23.639 gonna be in trouble all season alone. So that's something 0:22:23.680 --> 0:22:26.760 that we're gonna have to fix anyway. And to mention 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:30.080 Todd Gurley in that conversation, yeah, man, I mean play action. 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:32.879 You're going to have to respect that heck out of 0:22:32.920 --> 0:22:36.359 play action this week because of Todd Gurley. Last week, 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:39.680 the Atlanta Falcons in that tall, sweet but girly my god, 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:44.240 it was devastating to Seattle in the first half, but 0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:48.280