WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Fearless Predictions 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:09.280 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:20.160 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.079 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Howards at the 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:33.559 Star in Friscollowing, says Goot Pisa and now your hosts, 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:41.360 Isaiah stand back, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. Oh, 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.960 it's a rarity here on this Talking Cowboys, something that's 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:48.720 never before been seen or heard. 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But I'll tell you what, 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.640 I got to watch a lot of football this weekend, 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:28.840 and it was kind of discouraging to me. And I'll 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.679 tell you why. And the reason why is the fact 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.040 that I got to see teams like the Chiefs and 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:39.120 the Packers and all these really solid teams kind of 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.600 take care of business the way that you should. And 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:43.680 it kind of made me realize that the Cowboys may 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:49.280 not be as close as I originally thought even going 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:51.840 into the season. Just the fact that the Chiefs won 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:56.080 that game against the Broncos when they let multiple touchdowns 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.600 off the board and just did not play well and 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:00.520 they're still able to go out and beat a team 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.360 like that. It just kind of discouraged me a little bit. 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:04.320 Rob Did you feel the same way when you were 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.799 watching some football yesterday and over the weekend? Um? Yeah, 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.840 I mean, look, Pat Mahomes is in his own category. 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.160 Aaron Rodgers is kind of in his own category. The 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.079 most discouraging thing is watching a team like the Giants 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:21.720 just continued when ugly fellas. I mean, they didn't have 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.800 their quarterback in the game. Colt McCoy drives that bus, man, 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:28.000 He drove that bus really well. Their defense is nasty, 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.480 and um, they have to be considered. I feel like 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:35.840 in the driver's seat right now. To win this bad division. 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.400 I mean, the Cowboys aren't out of it, but if 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.480 they don't take care of business tomorrow night, they're two 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.880 games back with four to play, and that's not good. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:49.760 I say, I gotta ask, Oh, Kyle, you know how 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.720 I feel about that game? Kyle, I don't like that question. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.000 He know, everbody, don't I feel like you're leading, leading 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:58.120 the witness and I don't like that maybe a little. Everybody. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.760 Everybody out here knows. Everybody knows that I love my 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.440 Cowboys nation, but everybody knows that I also love my 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:08.280 Seattle Seahawks. Born to Raise, That's what at home. That's hometown, 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:10.639 the same way that everybody loves that Cowboys. That's from 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.960 some form of Texas. That is my passion for the Seahawks. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.920 And I not only am I mad because they lost 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.240 and they are now tied for the division lead over there, 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.840 but I'm really mad because they lost and they screwed 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.320 the Cowboys too, so it's a double whammy. It's not 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.280 a good weekend. I'm not happy. I'm definitely not satisfied. 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:32.000 Joe Judge, magic Man, he's waving that wand up there, 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:38.440 catch you off? What were you going to ask one, No, 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:42.360 I was. I was actually just uh. I really appreciated 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.480 you for admitting your team envy. You know, you just 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.120 had that kind of a double where you look through 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.720 everything go wow, I want one of those. Yeah, I've 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.720 never been there before, but I'm glad you admitted it. 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.320 But man, you know watching watching the Giants and Seahawks 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.760 with me that I was the one that it was 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.000 like a It's like watching one of those ugly heavyweight 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.200 boxing matches where these guys are just holding each other, 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.960 hugging and clinching the whole fight. But you know, that's 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.480 the kind of fight that Joe Judge wanted. He mudded 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:18.000 the water for Seattle. And you talk about Cope McCoy 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.680 driving the bus, he was driving that thing with his 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.280 pinky finger yesterday because he he had it. I mean 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:28.600 he had it. He was cadillacing that thing yesterday and 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.440 and I really appreciate it. Just looking at what they're 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.840 building in New York, it just it's hard to say 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.480 anything good about him, but I really have to. Man, 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.080 the defense showed up. They were able to manufacture the 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.840 pressure with just four down linemen and set their guys 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.400 back and sitting those lanes that you know that Russell 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:49.600 likes to cook in and they just made it a 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.920 hard game for the Seahawks. Man, you gotta credit those 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.200 guys for getting a great victory. And at the same time, 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.800 on the other side, yeah, I can see that from 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.800 your perspective. But on the other side, whenever it comes 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.560 to the Philadelphia Eagles, could they have looked any worse? 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.520 I mean, I don't like, I'm not even like making 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:12.800 fun of the Eagles just based on the fact that 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:16.160 the Cowboys have not looked good either. But man, I mean, 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.120 their their troubles continue to multiply, and even Doug Peterson 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.440 said that, hey, he doesn't know who's gonna start next 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.839 week at quarterback. It could be Jalen Hurts, it could 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.960 be Carson Wentz. Will Hurts I played better than Carson 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.040 Wentz did, so yeah, I think I know you're picking 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.479 up on it too. I'm picking up what you're throwing 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:38.679 down there, buddy. Do you think that's the right choice? 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:42.040 They Hecky has the right choice. It's the right It's 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.520 been the right choice for the last five weeks. Jalen 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.400 Hurts is is an up and cooming quarterback. We know 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.960 the type of talent he is. We know how dangerous 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.240 he is. Um. The thing is they can They're committed 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:53.560 to Carson Wentz. But the thing is, in this world 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:57.040 of NFL professional football, there's about things that kind of 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.080 revolves around the money aspect that you can see. You 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.279 can see my guy kyled given to He's not asking 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.200 for a tip. No, that's that's that's the gap. I 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:08.800 mean cheese, the cheddar. Yeah, it's a cheddar. And I 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.880 know Rob might be a cheddar guy, So any form 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.320 of cheese. Um Wentz has a lot of that, and 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.720 they can't afford, as Heckma alluded to last week, they 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.440 can't afford to him uh not playing. That's why I 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.719 said last week they Carson Wentz will probably get traded somehow, 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:24.080 some way, and they have to find a way to 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.000 get rid of that dead money or just live with 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.200 it because Jalen Hurts it's the quarterback of their future. 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.400 I don't know how you trade that contract. How do 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.720 you do Yeah exactly how did you do that? But 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.040 I but I do know for this next week, I 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.440 would be shocked if Jalen Hurts doesn't start that game. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.960 He comes in, he completes fourth and eighteen for a 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.240 touchdown on an Eagles offense hasn't been able to get 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.160 anything going. Now they're going up against the Saints, which 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.000 might be the best defense in the league right now. 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.000 But I don't know how you don't go back to 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.680 Jalen Hurts and just see if he can keep that 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:56.000 momentum going. Now you mentioned there in a tough spot, 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:01.520 go for it. Heckma, the Eagles are in a tough spot, 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.080 and you know when you talk about maneuver in that cap, 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.040 there's nothing they can do about it, and they're just 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.480 shouldna have to go back to the lab and try 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:12.640 and remanufacture figure out what's up with Carson Wentz. At 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.920 this point, it would kill them if they tried to 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.120 move on from him with the dead money and how 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.320 it would affect their team. So I don't know. I 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.760 don't envy the position that they're in. But still at 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.440 the same time, you said that Jayala Hurts came out 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.080 and he gave them the spark. I guess that they 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.560 kind of have been looking for for this offense, but 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.520 doesn't look good at all in Philadelphia, Heny, But heck, 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.160 it's just just for everybody that's listening right now, if 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.520 there is ever a question, if you ever ever pondered, 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.440 every had the inkling to worry, to wonder whether or 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.080 not Money plays plays a partner, who plays or who doesn't? 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:48.160 End this in this league, you might have your answer. Yeah, right, yeah, 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.680 no doubt for sure. Now, Robert, it's not about to win. 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:53.880 Can you kind of mentioned this a moment ago? Whenever 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:57.200 it comes to the Saints defense, it's one of the 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.200 best in the league. I know their offense is kind 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.520 of pitter pattern down the stretch here, even though taystom 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:03.200 Hill does bring a bit of a jolt there. But 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.000 who do you think is the front runner in the NFC. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.120 I Mean, we can talk about the NFC East being 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.160 terrible all we want, but that's one thing we haven't 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.320 hit on this show is who do you think is 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.400 the front runner? Because I feel like the NFC East 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.200 is pretty wide open, the AFC is really top heavy. 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.840 But where are you thinking in terms of both of 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:25.440 those those divisions and who could be your favorites right now? Well? 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:27.200 I wrote this last week and I think I said 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:32.040 it last week. The turnover differential lines up as of 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.080 last week perfectly with the standings. The team that has 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:36.640 not turned the ball over as much as done a 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:41.040 better job in that area. Has is leading the division. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.839 That's the Giants with the only plus differential. They've won 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.120 four straight, which is like, that's like ten straight in 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.520 any other division this season. So I think you've got 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:53.599 to run with the Giants because of their defense and 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.880 as long as they don't turn the ball over offensively. 0:08:56.160 --> 0:09:01.040 And give Jason Garrett credit their OC for helping Jones. 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.680 He has, He's helped Daniel Jones. He kind of coached 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.559 away some of those turnovers. So I mean, to me, 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.040 they're playing the most winning football of any team. I'd 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:15.079 have to go with the Giants right now. Wow, that's 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:18.600 in the NFC, right, I mean, you're saying, Rob, You're 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.800 saying in the NFC, you in the whole NFC. Are 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.520 you just talking about NFC East. I'm Kyle, I got 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.800 up at five with the baby. Did you say Easter 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:30.040 or NFC or NFC said we were talking, We have 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.679 talked about the NFC East. But who's your favorite in 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.520 the NFC? So that's why I mean, I think, Oh man, 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.880 I'm taking it back right there. He's on record. Coup 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:45.120 He's on record. Coupeau come on back. No, no, no, 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.000 I'm gonna get some coffee in the break. I will 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:51.520 go with um man, I'll go with the Saints. I'll 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.800 go with the Saints because Breeze is gonna come back eventually. 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.360 And that defense that Sean Payton is such a good 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.240 coach man to find a way to build up plan 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:05.199 around Taysom Hill's strength like that's and seeing something in 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.200 him and and and what he's been able to do. Uh, 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.200 They've got the They've got the inside edge right now. 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:18.120 I think they'll keep it. No, I love that. I'm 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:22.760 on the same U boat man. I think the Saints are. Uh. 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.320 You hate it when you talk about their head coach 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.319 and what Sean Payton has done just the bringing having 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.679 Taysom Hill, and what a decision it was to go 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:35.520 with Taysom Hill as well, knowing that he had another 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.640 guy on the on the another quarterback on the roster 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.599 that other people wanted to see, uh in place of 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.640 Drew Brees. So look, I think that when you look 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.320 at their defense and what they did so stout up front, 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.000 I mean, if they're not the front runner of the 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.400 guys that you you think could come out of the NFC, 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.079 then you know, you're gonna have to show me because 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.480 I think that they are that and just some of 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.160 the moves that they've made. I just man and the 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.440 way that they're will and I would say the Saints 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:06.360 of the team in the NFC to look at. Do 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:10.559 I have to go again Seattle? Yes? Yeah, they just 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.280 lost the Rob's favorite meme in the NFC, so I mean, 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:17.400 might as well go again Seattle. You know what I'm 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.439 going I'm gonna stick with Seattle, I'm gonna say, and 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.679 I'm gonna tell you why they're They're inconsistent right now. 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.120 But one thing I know about that organization, about that 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.760 coach um, is they figure out a way to make 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.880 stuff happen in the playoffs. That closer you get to 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:32.480 the playoffs, it's like it's like they get the juju. 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:33.719 It's kind of like you're the kind of like a 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.000 kind of like a dog on wrecking ball. Man. Like 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:37.920 the more momentum they build up, you know, the stronger 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.120 they are. And I think that they're they haven't reached 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:41.959 their peak yet. I don't think at any portant time 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.800 this year they've reached their peak. And they also have 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.000 a dude by the name of Josh Gordon, who will 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:54.240 start playing games here in about two weeks. Stop. He's washed, 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:59.240 he's washtop. It's not the same job that you saw 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.920 in Cleveland twenty fourteen. It's not the same guy. Okay, 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:05.719 all right, all right, we're gonna see. I don't see 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.560 all I know. I'm just saying, if you're gonna if 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.360 you receiver out of that line up, if you're gonna 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.000 pull a receiver out of a lineup, pull out of 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.040 Tyler Lockett or a DK Metcalf, don't don't bring me 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:16.439 a job. No no, no no no no no no 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.559 no no, no, no, you're playing. What I'm saying is 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.120 what I'm saying is now, when they line up with 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.000 three receiver sets, you have Josh Warden on the outside, 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.480 you have DK Metcalf on the other outside, and you 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.920 have Tyler Lockett that you put in the slot. That's 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.199 what I'm saying. So they create some matchup problems, and 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.439 then they have they'll have all the running backs back 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.880 their officeive line will be healthy. So and then they 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.319 also have Russell Wilson, who just who's that guy? And 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.160 then also Jamal Adams on the other side of the 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.800 Jamal Adams are starting to play like Jamal Adams. So 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.240 they they're gonna they're gonna figure it out, right, That's 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.400 what that's all I'm saying. They have the experience, they 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.640 have the head coach that's been in the playoffs every year, 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:51.719 who's been to the Super Bowl multiple times in the 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:57.120 last decade. They have a defensive defensive foundation in Carlos Dunlap, 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:04.680 they have I say, they have some guys that are hungry. 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.559 They have hungry guys who are experienced, and they have 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.560 experienced staff. So I'm gonna go with them. The Saints 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.360 always just find a way to miss something up um 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:17.719 so or the ref ye the one of the two. 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.960 So now that we've kind of we've kind of talked 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:24.480 about that and the NFC specifically on the other side, 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:26.760 whenever you talk about the AFC, one of those names 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.880 early in the season was the Baltimore Ravens. I mean 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.120 it had to be the Baltimore Ravens. I mean they 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.760 were five and one, they were scoring close to thirty 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.880 points per game. Looked a lot like the team that 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.800 went fourteen and two in twenty nineteen. Well, this Ravens team, 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.720 still beat up, still banged up, I mean even without 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.240 COVID issues, which is something that the Ravens have been 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:50.440 absolutely dealing with over the last let's say, two the weeks, 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.960 maybe three weeks. But Ronnie Stanley out their left tackle. 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.000 That's really kind of been a huge blow. Of course, 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.200 the Cowboys know what it's like to lose their tackles, 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.559 but the Ravens just haven't been the same. And not 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.160 to mention, Lamar Jackson has not been cleared yet, at 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.559 least at the recording of this episode of Talking Cowboys, 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:11.280 Lamar Jackson has they tuned, it has not been cleared yet. 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:14.480 He could have been cleared as soon as yesterday, but 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.240 he hasn't been. How much does that change the outlook 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:19.680 of this offense, rob whenever you're talking about the Ravens, 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.600 especially whenever they were already struggling going into that Pittsburgh 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.520 matchup and you kind of compounded with all the COVID cases, 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:32.400 completely changes it. Now the ESPN reporting that he will 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.440 play and that now they thought he could have been 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.160 activated as early as yesterday. That hasn't happened yet as 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:43.160 of what ninety five this morning, But you know, they 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.640 I think they've got to walk through today. So he's 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.800 if he participates in that and he's cleared, then he'll play, 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.720 and it dramatically changes what they do on offense. I mean, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.400 they're completely different. I don't know if any quarterback in 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.160 the league can quite run an offense the way Lamar 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:01.320 Jackson does, and certainly Trace McSorley can't. I mean, um, 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.040 we'll see. I know the Cowboys have been preparing for 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.520 Lamar Jackson. I mean Mike McCarthy said that a few 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.360 days ago. They're operating under the assumption that by Tuesday 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:12.600 he'll be ready to go. The question is, you know, 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.120 is his third year in the league. I mean, if 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.280 you don't practice at all, you know, in Madden you 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:20.720 line up with the with the ratings on both sides 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.000 and it's like, oh, the Baltimore should have the edge. 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.120 But with so many guys out and Lamar will not 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.480 have had a full practice. If he plays Tuesday night, 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.800 I don't know. There may be some rust involved so 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.560 and their offense, their offense had been click in Isaiah 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.280 to begin with. Really yeah, my question is is Lamar 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.040 Jackson the guy that we're most worried about in this game? 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:50.680 Who would it be elsewhere otherwise Ingram Ingram Dobbins that 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.120 I'm worried about. I'm worried. I'm worried about the renting 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.440 game more than anything, because at the very least Lamar 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.760 Jackson comes in and so what his timing's off on throwing? 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:03.520 So what does he do? Right? Run right? So he 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:05.480 does that, and then he got mark Ingram. And then 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:07.520 you got these receivers that are gonna be coming in 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.280 blocking the miss out of our safeties or or crackbacking 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.280 on our linebackers. Oh and there's that's right. I forgot 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.200 about that guy who's gonna be coming in trying to 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.120 blow our guys up too. If he doesn't catch them all, 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:18.840 you best believe he's gonna be coming in blocking. So 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:23.520 there's they got. Regardless of how in sync Lamar is, 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.400 they still have plenty of go juice. And I believe 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.680 that if Lamar comes off of the COVID list, I 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.440 think Klais Campbell and arrest of the crew, I think 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.720 they come off too, right. Well, Campbell's already off. Yeah, 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.240 both of the running backs were already off as well, 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.320 So JK. Dobbins and mark Ingram are both activated at 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.080 the moment. I believe there's a couple other guys that 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:46.240 have already been activated as well, but um, yeah, this 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:50.960 has a depth. Sorry, they got nine guys questionable, Klais Campbell, 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.800 Chuck Clark starting safety. Sounded like they're hopeful Brandon Williams 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:56.680 can come back on defense. So yeah, all some of 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.520 their big, big time guys defensively, that's not good. If 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:03.280 they he said the whole cruise here guys, you know 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:07.640 what he said. They're putting the band back to Yeah exactly, Noah, man, 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.200 it's uh just in the nick of time, right, and 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:14.359 it is crazy. All these guys are healthy. I mean, 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.800 NFL do us a favor, don't do us no favor us. Uh, 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:21.359 these guys are back and Lamar Jackson to me and 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.159 this third year, maybe this first year, I would have 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.520 been worried about the ruster would have you. I just 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:27.800 feel like at this point he is what he is. 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.280 You know what he's gonna do. He's gassing up right 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.520 now to be on the runway with us on Tuesday. 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.679 So you know that when you talk about our defense 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:38.960 and what we're gonna be able to present, I mean 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.440 we've talked about the zone and how we attack it 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.680 and possibly have some success there, but it's gonna be 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.920 up to our defense affront. You said it, Isaiah, Ingram 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:49.800 is going to be a threat for us. And when 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:53.280 you're having to watch this three headed months or tandem 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.000 that they have in the Running Game, you know, if 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.680 you have read option starts to fool you and you 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.280 start biting down too hard on Ingram and oops, there 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.280 you know that goes Lamar Jackson. He makes you kiss 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.639 the baby for adr touchdown. So man, look, we just 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:11.360 got pray today. It was first Sunday, last Sunday, saw 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.320 me and a lot of prayers about this game and 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:18.600 just hoping, hoping, hoping, hoping that this Cowboy defense shows 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.320 up and puts, you know, puts a lock on this 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.880 running game for Baltimore. I know a lot of Cowboys 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:28.040 fans out there are still thinking about seeing number eighty 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:29.920 eight on the other side of that offense or the 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:31.800 other side of that line is scrimmage as well. And 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.600 of course I'm talking about Dez Bryant. But what kind 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.000 of added element, Isaiah, does Dez bring you the table? 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:39.480 I know you just threw up the X and for 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:41.720 those listening didn't know maybe who you were talking about, 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:43.960 But you threw up the X and said, that guy 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.119 on the other line or on the other side is 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:49.000 gonna come right at our guys. Do you think Dez 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.440 is able to do that? Do you think he's still 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:53.840 that kind of guy, because I mean he's only had 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.920 what two receptions in three games with Baltimore, But I 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:58.560 know it's a little bit different when you're facing your 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:02.479 four team. Yeah, they're definitely gonna try to get him 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.040 the ball, um just to just to feed feed that 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.159 beast um that that's that's been lying within for some 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:10.959 years now. But even if, like I said, even if 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:14.040 he can't, you know, get get crazy and go crazy 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:17.080 with the passing game and he receptions, he's gonna come 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:20.439 in and block. Like if nothing else they're gonna use. 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:21.879 They're gonna use him to come in and block and 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:24.399 crack back and and try to man handle our corners, 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:27.240 manhandle our safeties, you know, get some cracks on a linebacker. 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:30.200 So he will be heavily involved in the game in 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.520 some form or fashion. Whether he'll be effective, I mean 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:35.360 he'll he'll definitely be affective if he's catching the ball 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:36.800 or if he's blocking. I think he has a big 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:38.960 impact on the game, and he said the other day, 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.760 you know, it's water under the bridge with the Cowboys 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.720 for cutting me two years ago. Yeah, and that's fine, 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.200 but you know, he's gonna cut a little harder, he's 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:49.680 gonna run a little harder, he's gonna you know, and 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:52.880 he still can be a red zone threat for them. 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.639 So I expect him to make a player two in 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:59.520 this game. I really do. Man. It's you know what, guys, 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.720 it's when from the beginning of Das Bryant trying to 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:05.920 get back in the league, he was documenting everything on Twitter, 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:08.920 and man, at first it did it did not look 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.000 good for Daz, and he just kept working, kept working, 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.400 kept working, and he cleaned it up and now he's 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:16.959 gotten his opportunity in the league. I'm really proud of him, man, 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.120 I'm you know, as as a former Cowboy, just everything 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:22.920 that he's had to overcome, the Achilles, the knee, all 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:26.320 of those things. I wish him nothing but the best 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.840 except for tomorrow. I just feel as though the Cowboys 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:36.000 defensively should be He's this isn't the threat that he 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:38.959