WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who Should Coach? 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.480 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:15.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys let go. Are 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.720 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:23.840 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and so 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:27.720 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:33.839 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:41.960 Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hey, guys, welcome back to another 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:45.320 episode of The Break. I remember Garcia joined by Nickiman, 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.360 David Hellman, Uh, Derek Eagleton. He might join us later, 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.919 we'll see. He's on standby right now. But a lot 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.800 of news coming out. You don't want to do a 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:58.040 number today, Nick, you want to, you want to know 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:02.520 the number. But Derek Randon Knight, forget the number. We 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:08.400 have breaking news. Uh. Coach Mike McCarthy, just guess Enter, 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.040 I don't know. I guess I means he tested positive, 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.720 but he's The point is he's entered COVID protocol right now, 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.480 and that just came out a few minutes ago that 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:23.440 he will not be available for the game. Apparently that's 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:25.880 not exactly what they said. What they said was he 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.560 won't be on the sidelines for Thursday's game in the 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:30.560 he will not be on the side of the Thursday game, 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:34.199 will be involved, but we don't know what we're gonna 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:37.640 We're gonna FaceTime him on the windows surface and have 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:40.440 him on the gatorade jug And he seems like somebody 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.280 that would want to do that. I mean most coaches 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.559 probably would, maybe not Don but but most coaches would 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.200 would do that. I mean, I mean, you're completely not 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:52.000 allowed in the stadium or you have a suite now 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:57.200 to yourself. I don't know if we were playing this 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.040 at at and T, maybe, but I don't think so 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.320 at the Superdome. But man, what a okay, what a morning. 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:07.320 So McCarthy is in COVID protocol. Uh. That brings the 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.440 total up to like eight when you consider all, you know, 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:15.280 basically the entire strength and conditioning staff Harold Nash, Kendall Smith, 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:20.880 Cedric Smith. Um, then you have offensive line coach Joe Philbin, 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:25.680 assistant line coach Jeff Blasco and then offensive line the 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:32.160 assistant another assistant coach, Scott Tolson. Yes, and sorry, I'm 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:36.800 just making sure we're more news break that type of 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:41.920 morning at the Star. Yeah for sure. And then um yeah, 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.240 and then and then we got to mention Terrence Steele, 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.160 which we'll get into it later on, but let's start 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.519 off with the coaching staff and what that looks like 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.840 as of right now for what he could mean for 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.760 this Thursday game. Well, it's just like it's the start 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:57.960 that that's That's the thing that that's kind of scary 0:02:58.120 --> 0:02:59.600 is that if you go back and look at some 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.280 of the the history of how things typically go with 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.519 close context, it's not always right away. It's the after 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.240 the first couple of days, third day, and then sometimes 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.959 the fourth day is when that stuff kind of pops, 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.120 which is sort of what's happening here. So you know, 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:17.440 it's just gonna be hard to prepare for this team 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.440 to practice, to do whatever, and then all of a sudden, 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:22.920 you could be two or three days into it and 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:24.840 we could have more tests like this. There's going to 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.200 be some breath holding going on around here for the 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:30.639 next forty eight hours probably and in New York as well, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:34.079 I mean with the league and all, oh yeah, yeah, 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.200 there's a like, wait, we don't play the Giant. No, No, 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.360 I'm just saying, I mean, you know, and that's what 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.960 I what I wonder is is how I don't know 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:45.160 what the what the number has to be for them 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.840 to consider making a change here. But but like we've 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.960 seen teams that are really really hamstrung and then they 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:54.840 still play the game. So I think it would have 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.600 to be a two team thing unless unless the cowdre 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.360 trying to talk about this to the show, and Day 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.880 was trying to you were mentioning how you remember that 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.880 the NFL saying, which is very straight on, like not 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.720 moving or canceling it. You know, I apologize for not 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:12.680 having my ducks in a row. This kind of fell 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:16.560 on us twenty minutes before we came on. But the 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.000 way that I understand that, the way the league has changed, 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:22.120 like that, that's not happening this year, Nick, They're not. 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.080 The league made it pretty clear they're not moving a 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.560 game unless it's like an act of God that does it. Um, 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.040 I don't, I don't. I don't think they would. And 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.960 what I remember from the summer, I need to go 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.840 back and check. I'm sorry, Maybe maybe it's different if 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.000 it's unvaccinated status, but like what I remember hearing is 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:42.840 that if it gets to a point where you can't 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.880 play the game, it's just a forfeit on your part 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:48.360 and and um, and they don't care. Like it could 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:49.920 be both teams and they're still like, we don't care. 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.799 So like I'm under the impression that this is happening 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.679 Thursday no matter what, or a game won't be played, 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.239 but like we're not doing the whole Move it to Tuesday, 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.840 move it to Wednesday, whatever thing year. Do you think 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:04.520 you could be like a strength coach? Me? Yeah, you 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:08.000 know what I mean. Could I walk around and like 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.120 clap my hands and lead guys through warm ups? Yes? 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.520 Do I know anything about the techniques required to lift 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.440 in the NFL? No? That and that's the that's the 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:19.320 problem here. And it makes sense. I mean, this is 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.400 how it happens. People that work together, sit together, they 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.560 eat together, they coach together. So that's why it's that's 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.279 three strength coaches and two offensive linemen. And you know, 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.560 I mean, that's that's the way it works, you know. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.680 So that that that'll I just hope that that it 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:38.920 doesn't continue to spread like that, which it very well 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:40.719 could though if it's if it's got to the head coach, 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.400 head coach is probably interviewed or meets with a lot 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.200 of people. The irony like we were. We were just 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:50.960 talking recently about like, even if you're vaccinated, the precautions 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:52.760 that a lot of these guys take, like you make 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:54.919 the people in your inner circle get tested on a 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:58.559 regular basis. You're probably keeping a close eye on where 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.200 you go and what you do. But that's the nature 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:05.279 of this thing. Man. The vaccine helps, but it's it's 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.440 not a cure all, despite what people say, and people 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.680 want to get mad about it. It's never it's never 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:13.200 been built that way. So this stuff had, this stuff 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.080 has potential to happen. It's just what timing. And of 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.880 course it's got to be the Cowboys well. And I 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.960 think we have to point out too that like obviously 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.839 a lot of people that are listening, this matters because 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.720 of how it affects the game against the Saints. We 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.840 get that, but also, you know, more than anything, I mean, 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:32.880 the most important thing is just the health of these 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:36.320 guys ends as I've been told, right now, and things 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.120 could change. I think everyone seems to be doing well. 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.080 There are some of those eight are just completely symptom free, 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:46.800 which is frustrating in its own right too, just to 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:50.880 be vaccinated, symptom free and still held out but I 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.520 don't know that about all eight. If you know, there 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.000 are some couple offensive line coaches that weren't on the 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.520 virtual call yesterday. I thought that was a kind of odd. Yeah, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.760 not on the call. It was virtual. Hopefully those guys 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.680 are okay. But but that you know that, let's make 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.400 sure and stress that that's important. That that's the number 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.280 one thing here. But and it is. It's interesting too 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.760 because players obviously have the choice, but any coach in 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.480 the NFL has to be vaccinated, right, that was mandated. 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:22.000 So again that just tells you the unpredictable nature of 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:23.760 this thing, I guess. But yeah, I mean I that 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.200 is that's important to keep in mind that hopefully all 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:30.200 these guys are feeling okay well between today and Thursday, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.800 or let's say Wednesday, which is when the team would 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:36.600 be traveling, things can still change and other guys could 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.720 pop up, like Nick was mentioned. But as of right now, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.560 who do you think would be best to assume the 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.200 head coaching duties, if you know, with McCarthy being out 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.760 for the game. So that's where I feel kind of guilty. 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.520 We're doing this podcast because this is when it's scheduled 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:54.560 and we want to give people up to date information, 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:59.360 but like, this is a developing thing. You know, you 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.600 could name an an interim head coach and then he 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:06.160 tests sponsitive tomorrow. You know, yeah, I will. So there's 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:07.960 there's two guys on the staff that have been an 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:11.080 NFL head coach before, or well, well three, but Philbin's 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.800 in COVID protocol. But Dan Quinn and John Fossil have 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:19.000 both done it recently obviously, and Dan actually had COVID 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.240 at the beginning of the season, So you would think 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:25.480 that decreases his likelihood of catching it this go around. Again, 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.720 wild speculation on my part, but that's just kind of 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.440 what they tell you about antibodies and all that good stuff. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.559 So I mean, all things being equal, if he's available, 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.960 I would lean toward dan Quinn. Probably I would too. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.839 I would, yeah, because you know, and I understand he 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:44.000 calls the plays as well. I don't know why, maybe 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:45.800 I just maybe I'm wrong with this. I just feel 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.680 like it's harder to call an offensive play than a 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.120 defensive play. Maybe that's not the case. Colin plays is 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.559 probably Colin plays, but but I would just think, yeah, 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.960 Wilin Moore to call the offensive plays and not have 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.920 to run the game. He's never done it before. I 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.480 would just I'm sure he can because I mean, he 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.520 hasn't wanted us to say that because he's probably going 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.320 to interview for jobs and all that. This might be 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.600 a good test for him to do that. But um, 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.199 I would lean towards Dan Quinn. And not only that, 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.320 but but also you know, he's played games in the 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:15.920 you know, the Superdome before, he's coached there, he's coached 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.760 against the Saints. Probably would just be as comfortable as anybody. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.840 I thought there was five guys that had been a 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.240 head coach before, didn't we lose a couple of them though, 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.240 like tom Sewela is not here anymore. I thought we 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.880 added one though I don't remember and can't keep it 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.040 all straight. Yeah, it doesn't matter. It come down to 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.480 it come down to quit. I mean, okay, technically there's 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.439 there's a Yeah, there's an assistant, and there's an assistant 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:41.880 head coach Rob Davis. Um I would like to think 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.800 that's a title only I don't think you'd be coaching 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.000 the game. But um I saw a report like the 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.440 vice president where you know, something happened he slides in. 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.360 I don't think It's like that Tom Pellaceero had a 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.800 report that he'll have a larger role, and Tom you 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.720 should you should trust Tom he will, No, you should 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.360 trust Tom Pellicero's in. When it comes to Mike McCarthy. 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.520 You can connect the dots on that if you go 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.199 back and take a look. He will have a larger role. 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:07.960 But that doesn't mean he's going to be the acting 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.320 head coach. I mean, that's a hell of a jump. Yeah, 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.720 that's a hell of a right. I don't even like. 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.960 I mean, I think the world of Kellen Moore, but 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:17.480 that's a hell of a spot to put a guy 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.640 in like three days. Notice, hey, you're in charge of 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.560 all of this, you've never done it before. That's I 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:26.320 leaned toward Quinn as well, because he's done all that. Like, 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.839 the biggest question for dan Quinn is probably like, well, 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:30.560 you got to come down out of the box, even 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.880 though you probably wouldn't. You don't want to, but you 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.120 need to for this game, whereas Kellen Moore like, But 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.440 but dan Quinn's done all of those other duties and 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.760 that's a pretty good point. He's done it in the 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.880 Superdome a lot. I mean, he was the head coach 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.400 of the Falcons for what five years, which means I 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.040 mean he's played played in this environment a lot. Shouldn't 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.600 be anything new for him. It just it just makes 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:53.760 the most sense to me. That's why I would do 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.000 Let's do it well, let's try to make sense of 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:01.320 something else, which is the Cowboys offensive line we got. Yeah, okay, 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.400 now we can get to the part where one of 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.280 their starters actually is out with COVID as well. Yeah, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.400 Terrence Steele, he came out with He's in the protocol 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.120 as well. And I mean we saw last game how 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.200 they were playing Musical Chair and it wasn't a good 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.400 game for the old line and the Cowboys. So what 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.040 do you I mean, you got to you got guys, 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.800 But is it gonna work? How do you guys feel 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.440 right now with this news and him not being available 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.559 for this game? I think if you're gonna have one 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.760 guy that that would be in the protocol U a 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.320 starter in the protocol, it would be the starter that 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.200 you're scratching your head of why he's the starter? You know, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.240 it's not like he I mean, there's it's still it's 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:42.720 still weird to me that Terrence Steele is starting over 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:46.040 Lyo Collins at right tackle. U. I understood the left 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.800 side man because that's not something he hadn't done in forever, 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.079 But to start over him at right tackle, that just 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.240 seems weird to me. Is he that much better? I 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.319 don't see him being that much better. I think at 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:59.719 this point now we're not talking anymore about expectations of 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.040 drafted and whatever. No, it's just about who's the better player, 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.960 and I think I still think Lyle would be so. 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:10.320 But I think you could argue that they've been worse 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:14.400 once Lyle came back into the line. I don't think 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.000 you're wrong to say you can argue that Lyle hasn't 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.680 been amazing since he came back from his suspension. He 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.760 also hasn't really had a chance to get into a 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.040 rhythm either. I mean, yeah, he wasn't playing tackle, then 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.440 he was playing tackle, then he lost, then you know, 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:31.559 Terrence Steele took his job back. It's just I mean, 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.360 this whole thing's been in flux for the better part 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:37.360 of a month. And sorry, no, and now you got 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.240 offensive line coach, the assistant oh line coach or tied 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.400 end coach, London Wells is going to slide over and 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.600 help with that. You know, this is this is a 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:50.280 game where you need your guy. You need Zack Martin, 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.400 Tyren Smith, Lyle Collins. You need your veteran guys to 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.480 be out there because this is going to be allowed environment. 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:59.840 You know, you think the Saints give a crap about 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:01.840 the Cowboys issues right now. I mean they're trying to 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.360 sneak back into the playoff races. It's a huge game 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.800 for them. So if you've o line coaches are down 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:10.199 to tied ends coach all day, you got to lean 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.640 on your veterans here more than anything. So I think 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.320 it's not great that that happened to Terence Steele because 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.360 he's a swing tackle. I mean he'd be or he 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.200 he's the starter. You know, he would be at the starter. 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.960 But whatever the situation is, you don't want anyone to 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.599 be down. But I think it's it's if you have 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.040 to lose somebody, it's not a I mean, it might 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.640 even be a step up. Honestly, I don't want to 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.560 say anything glib about COVID like we I hope Terrence 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.360 is feeling fine. That's I would never wish that on 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.840 a person. But if anything, it's in a way It's 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.320 almost feels like a relief to have some clarity about 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.079 who's gonna play. And that's this is what happens when 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.040 the game's on Thursday. We don't do a show Friday 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.240 because of the holiday weekend. It feels like the Raiders 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.680 game was a lifetime ago. But that was so weird. 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.320 I've have you ever seen like beyond like varsity high 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:58.600 school football. Have you ever seen them just rotate the 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.520 line like that when everybody's health. That was the That 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.600 was the second most weirdest thing that that didn't sound right, 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.480 But second most, that's the second weirdest thing about that. 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.840 The first was the was the explanation, which which is 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.959 no offense. Mike McCarthy crap to me, stop it, yeah, stop, 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.560 and that's stop. I have true you're not trying to 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.280 give guys rest because for the first eight weeks of 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.480 the season, all you did was talk about how huge 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:25.920 continuity on the line went like it he said it 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.480 every and and then we and then we take that 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.080 info to the air and we're like, this is what's 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.120 important to Mike McCarthy, this is why this and then 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.840 and then you just fall back on it, and I 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:39.760 have no choice but to conclude like they're playing politics, 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.040 like they've got seven guys that are good enough to start, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.800 and they're afraid of hurting people's feelings, which I get. 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.560 Lyle Collins is a fifty million dollars a year player 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.080 who found found his way to the bench. Terrence Steele 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.600 is a guy that you hand picked and believed in 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.120 and and and you've you've talked him up and he's 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:57.600 played well. I'm not trying to say that he hasn't. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.200 He's played really well, but so you've got him him 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.720 and he plays five or six games, however many it was, 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.320 and it's like, well, how am I going to lose 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:07.640 my job for no reason? How am I going to 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.040 lose my job for playing well? And it's like, guess 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.040 what this is why you're paid a lot of money 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:13.760 to coach in the NFL, Like you're not supposed to 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.000 care about people's feelings. You're supposed to make the best 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.800 decision for the team and not come up with weird 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.760 platoon systems on the offensive line, which nobody everyone who's 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.960 ever watched football agrees that that doesn't happen, right, And 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.040 the Cowboys are just like, yeah, we we just wanted 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.760 to give him a series to see what it looked like. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.480 What stop not resting anyone because they only did it 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:37.160 for one series. You didn't do it for Tyrant Smith, 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.560 who's been beat to hell with injuries and stuff like that. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.040 You didn't do it for Zach Martin, thankfully. It's just 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.880 these It just comes across as the epitome rush didn't 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:47.560 come in and you didn't get a few snap not 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:51.280 being able to make a decision right and so and so, 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.000 Like I said, like, I'm certainly not happy that Terrence 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.240 Steele has COVID. I hope he's feeling better. I hope 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.160 he feels great. But at least now you got some clarity. 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.320 You're just like, oy, hey, Lyle Collins needs to start 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.920 it right tackle on Thursday night. Yeah, just so you're listening, 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.560 you listen, people listen to our show at all hours 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.120 of the night. We appreciate that. That's that's how we 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.560 get a big following, is because we know people are 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.960 listening at all times. But just remember this show is 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.800 where at our time Central, it's like almost eleven o'clock. 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.560 So you might be listening and they've already announced to 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.240 their head coach is gonna be uh, they they've already 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.520 announced what this oh or if anyone else knocking, would 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.280 you know, might get into the Copproe I said, I 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:31.640 feel bad doing this show right now because this it's 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.760 probably not gonna age great shout out to talking Cowboys, 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.360 our poor colleagues. All this news about McCarthy came down 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.360 forty five seconds after they got off the air. So 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:44.680 that's like a whole show that's basically obsolete. It's about 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.160 ten minutes. But you know, but but you know, they don't. 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:48.600 They don't. They're not like us. They don't look at 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.760 their phones as much as we because if it would 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.920 happened in ten minutes, like we're gonna we're gonna say 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:54.680 that's a good point. Yeah, no, I mean we're gonna 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:56.920 see whatever happens in the NFL while we're on here 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.800 because I can't put my phone down before we go 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:00.520 to break though. We're talking old line. Do you want 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:01.840 to just try and we'll just try to go left 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.119 the right here. I mean we think Tyrann McGovern be honest, 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:09.600 Zach Lyle, I mean like, yeah, that's that's why they 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.440 could they could go back to Connor Williams, but could 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:14.760 don't you don't. You hate that you have to specify 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:19.240 when you say Connor. Yeah, I hate that, But you know, honestly, 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.760 I think I would go back to Connor Williams because 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.240 I haven't seen a big difference between MC government's fine 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:28.400 and they don't run the goal line package with Connor Williams. 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:30.160 They don't do it. They did it once. He still 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:34.800 hasn't blocked anyone doing it, So I think if it's 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.119 that close, I think I'd go back to Connor Williams 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.080 at left guard and go with the McGovern package. I mean, 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.240 there's a lot happening there and I think he's kind 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:46.320 of almost mastered it a little bit, so I would. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.480 And I don't know how much we've talked about this. 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.280 I hope they do it. I've been He's too he's 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:52.840 too good of a teammate. He's too much of a 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:56.679 diplomat to answer this publicly. But just ask Tyrone and 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:00.200 ask Dak, Yeah, who who do you want at left guard? 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.520 Who do you want playing there? And whatever they say, 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.680 that's fine with me. Dak did somebody with somebody asked 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:10.479 him that before the Chiefs game, I think, and he 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.119 was just like all those guys are competitors. They're my brothers. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:14.680 I feel good no matter who's up there. It's like, 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:16.520 that's not what I asked you. I asked you who 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.760 you want to be prying there? Right? So that's what 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.399 and that's what needs to happen. And I think you know, 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.119 nobody can tell you better than those two. Yeah, you know. 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.080 I mean, Tyrn's played with Connor Williams for three years. 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.280 Maybe maybe there's a comfort and I get he doesn't 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.160 have the same pool, but i'd ask the center too, 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:33.080 because I want him to be as comfortable as he 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.159 could possibly be out there. If you don't want to 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:36.480 do it in front of the team, that's fine, pull 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:39.480 him aside, Maybe do it on zoom given the circumstances, 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.640 Just Dak, what do you think? Who do you think 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:43.800 should be playing left guard? 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