WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Vegas' Show 0:00:01.920 --> 0:00:04.440 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:13.039 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This He's Talking 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:17.640 Cowboys training live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:26.119 the Star in Frisco. Elliot flowing to the Scots and 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:31.240 now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:37.440 and Kyle Yeomans. It is a Talking Tuesday edition of 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:42.760 Talking Cowboys presented by Tostitos, helping fans get in on 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:47.240 the game once again from the Star in Frisco. Alongside 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.960 heck Ma Harrison, Isaiah stand back, Rob Phillips. We've got 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:53.559 Chris Beam as always in the back. I'm Kyle Yeoman's 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:56.160 glad you're with us here. With the next forty five minutes, 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:59.760 we are going to preview the Las Vegas offense versus 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.200 the Dallas defense. And we're gonna take your calls as well. 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:06.399 Eight eight eight eight five five two two ninety seven. 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:08.680 That is eight eight eight eight five five two two 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.080 nine seven. We'll do that coming up here in just 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.080 a little bit. Gentlemen, how are we doing today? Peach 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:20.960 Peachie swell, swell and Peachy as well, doing good. We're 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.880 bracing the short week, aren't we. Yeah, no, you gotta 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.440 get after his twenty four hour rule. Let's get out, 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:30.280 get in, get out. Let's not talk last game. I'm confused. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:32.320 I don't know what day it is. I don't know 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.720 what time. What's going on? Man? It we got a 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.600 game on that. So this is officially our Thursday to Thursday. 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:41.440 This is the Jason Garrett thing. It's like it's it's 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.120 a Wednesday, but it's really like a third It's a Wednesday, Thursday, 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.720 and then tomorrow will be like a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:52.520 actually Friday, it's Friday. Well because if day's Thursday, yeah yeah, yeahah, 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.000 but we've got two shows later for them, it's a Friday. 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:59.600 For us, it's a Thursday. It's a Friday. Okay, cool 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:07.480 Friday to them. Yeah. Mike mccartley was talking about it yesterday. 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.520 He said it was it looked like a Wednesday when 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.480 they walked in because they had all the packets and 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.960 stuff and the quality control was all there, and they 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.920 always they were ready for the Vegas Raiders whenever they 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.600 walked in the door, which is good. And the Cowboys 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.840 are back on the practice field today, Rob what does 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.639 a week of practice look like this week. Whenever it 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.839 is such limited time to get ready for Thursday, it's 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.560 usually it's no pads. It's it's in and out almost 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.079 like not meetings on the field, but very very light. 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.520 And Mike reference it yesterday, especially once again with these 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.400 uncommon opponents that they have not had a ton of 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.200 success against in this AFC West. It's a lot of 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.480 film study, it's a lot of quick crash course on 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.400 what these guys do well, and there is some familiarity, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.120 especially with the coaching staffs on the defensive side of 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.560 the ball. But yeah, it's I think it's probably more 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.640 mental than physical this week. Is that a good thing 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.239 or a bad thing for this team? Because I don't 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.639 know if I really know that ants or yet after 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.600 what we've seen to the last three weeks, it's a 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:07.000 good point. A lot of flash cards, a lot of 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.080 flash cards to ross point this week it's men's mental. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.000 I mean, you physically can't go beat your guys down. 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.359 They're still recovering. I mean it takes Sunday game, We're 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.880 on Tuesday. Your body honestly doesn't start feeling better like 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.919 until about Wednesday of a normal week. So tomorrow, guys 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.200 will be like, all right, I'm all right that that 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.320 game is starting to come up off me a little bit. Yeah, 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:29.920 And so I mean then you're at the twenty four 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.960 hour rule. So you can't do a lot of physically 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.400 because you because you will still literally be recovering from 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.760 last week's game. No, I mean both of you, guys 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.080 will spot on and the way that you handle this 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.200 is just trying to get I don't know even know 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.400 if this guys can be healthy by Thursday. You just 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.280 limp into Thursday. But and right now, I guess what 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.960 I've been thinking about watching the Raiders is, man, could 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:57.360 we potentially be paying playing the right team at the 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:01.560 wrong moment right now? And and so I just look, 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:06.800 there's a lot about them offensively and defensively that you 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.800 if you start fast, you go in there, you handle 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:10.960 your businesses. You can make this an easy game, or 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.720 you could make this a long Thanksgiving for everybody. Yes, 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.040 you could very easily. We're going to get into that 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.000 coming up here in just a little bit. But first 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.279 news and notes, a couple of guys given some updates 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.640 on yesterday. Mike McCarthy was at the podium. We'll start 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.360 with Ceedee Lamb. What's the possibility of him getting out 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.480 of concussion protocol and ready to go for Thursday? I 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.560 mentioned yesterday on the show, and it's does sound promising 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.839 or possible. Mike said he was in all the meetings yesterday, 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.720 so that is encouraging. There's a multi step process to 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:44.880 eventually getting back on the field. You have to pass 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:49.160 all these separate steps in the concussion protocol, but it's possible. 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:53.280 You got two days left, so we'll see there. And 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:58.520 DeMarcus Lawrence is getting closer. He's going to be starting 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:03.400 his practice window soon, maybe as early as this week. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.360 And I wouldn't look for him to play in this game, 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:11.080 but Saints are next week possibility, So who that starting 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:12.800 to get healthy and looks so I guess he's ahead 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:17.159 of schedule compared to like Randy Gregory or Neville Gallimore 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.400 in terms of being activated at this point. It's what 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.120 has taken so long for Neville Gallimore. Was there a 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.560 setback there that we don't know about? Was there something 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.040 going on there because it was a dislocated elbow. That's 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:32.440 a lot for a defense interior defensive alignment. I see 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:36.360 and I don't disagree I mean, you're pressing against three 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.960 hundred plus pounders. Every play, you're reaching, you're literally trying 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.760 to shed the blocks and reach out there, and which 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:44.800 got him in trouble the first time. Right, you're you're 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:46.600 you're engaged with a block, and now you're trying to 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.960 reach out and stop another two hundred and some pound 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.840 man running full speed. That elbow has to be right, 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:54.280 and there's a lot of ligaments and joints in there 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.680 which have to be strengthened. So that's and I'm pretty 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:58.360 sure he'll be out there playing with the the you know, 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.240 the the good old Don way, you know, knee brace 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:05.320 as an elbow brace on there like Tyros Smith, Tyre Smith. Yeah, 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.320 you should patent that. That's a bad injury though for 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.840 for a defense alignment, because it was originally what six 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.080 to eight weeks was the initial diagnosis, but it's been 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:16.880 I mean, that's what they said about ten weeks said. 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.000 That's what they said about Tank too. Yeah, and you 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:20.760 know when Tank broke his foot in twenty fourteen, it 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:24.200 was closer to like this timetable. So no, and they've 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:26.760 had success. You don't have to rush guys, and they're 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.760 not gonna rush guys anyways, But what's up? Heck, why 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.400 won't you tell me? Why don't you tell us about 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.000 what I tell the people what they want to hear. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.360 I can't do that. I tried to be optimistic Friday 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.640 to really to make you happy, and it didn't work. 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:45.840 You wanted me to go about fifty percent. I went 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.080 about fifty percent. He didn't play, So I'm gonna say. 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:54.320 I'm gonna say fifty percent. He will be questionable. I 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:59.839 think we'll see. Now. Look, they do sound more optimistic 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:04.039 this week than they did last week, Stephen said, barring 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.880 a setback, I think he's playing. Yes, you can ask 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:11.800 a question, yeah, not knowing what we do know about 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:13.679 what just took place in that game on the defense 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.880 in front for them, for them, for the opposing team. 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.360 And I'm gonna refer so forget what happened, forget what 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.480 happened last week? Which game is it more important for 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.480 a tiring to be there last last week's game or 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.160 this week's game? This week's game, for sure, no doubt. 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:29.920 I agree, unbelievably, no doubt. I would have taken him Sunday, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:35.200 would this week day? Yeah? Yeah? Against well the strength 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.320 any Kansas City any weeks, any week. I agree. The 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.320 strength of Kansas City's defense is Chris Jones and the interior. 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:47.040 The strength of the Vegas defense is off the edge. 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.360 What are they taking over there? Can I just ask 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.920 that question? What how do you take what kind of 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.600 subliman's already taken over there that they are juiced up 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.880 the entire game? The motor is, the motor is real 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.160 on that side of the ball. They I mean, goodness, gracious, 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:03.880 you think it's preseason and somebody's trying to get a 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.560 roster spot. But Max Crosby has always been like that. 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.280 Max is just he is every everything ONNA go to 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.200 with him. But man, usually when I when we come 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.400 in here on Monday, I watched the game twice. I 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.720 couldn't watch the game on twice on Sunday, I can 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:23.120 only watch it once. But Chris Jones, Man, dog yah, dude, 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.520 just ninety five dak is still see in ninety five, 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.280 you know, like you stare at the sun close. He 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:35.319 didn't change the numbers, dude, because offense, offensive line got dominated. 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.480 That's why I asked the question about Tyren Smith because 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:42.080 we need him back period. I mean for our running game. Uh, 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.880 there's so much to be desired. Our offense just sputtered 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.400 and you can't get anything going. I know a lot 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.959 of people have been on Dak, but man, what could 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:53.079 Dak do? Literally, what could Dak do? He had no 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.680 time even in the offense where his queens as quick 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.199 as any quarterback in the league at getting the ball off, 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.560 he just had at no time. Yeah, period, And watching 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.680 the game back because I didn't hear the broadcast Sunday, 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.199 but Troy mentioned that that, you know, he's he's not 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.040 in rhythm, and I think people maybe want to compare, 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.439 you know, correlate it to the calf and all that. 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:14.959 Jerry on the fan this morning. So that's not it's 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.920 not an issue. I do think he was out of sync, 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.559 you know, when your protection is not there. Look, he's 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.480 got to make throws, and he didn't play as well 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.120 as he needs. A player Byte knows that he's got 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.520 to play better. But but yeah, I think the protection. 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.480 We said it yesterday, that was the biggest factor. I 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.199 think offensively, and look, you were right too, because because 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.000 Mike said it yesterday, Jerry echoed it. They agree with you. Heck, 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.120 they needed to run the ball more than they did Sunday. 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.920 That's sixteen carries and that was a season low. By 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.840 the way I averaged it out, they were averaging thirty 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.199 one attempts or thirty two attempts a game going in. 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.679 Now you've played with a ton of leads, but they 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.959 probably should have strived for more balance in that game 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.600 than they had. And that's gonna be something to talk 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.400 about in tomorrow's show too, because I want to ask 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.079 about the rushing offense, the rushing attack, because it has 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:02.040 not been great over the last month really since the 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.280 Giants game, really since then. You're exactly right, since the 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.520 Giants game, there's hasn't been the same level of success. 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.160 So that's gonna be a lot of what tomorrow show is. 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.319 But before we start taking calls, and we'll take some 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.439 calls after our first break, but let's talk about this 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:20.920 Las Vegas offense. Derek Carrent company, what I mean. This 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.360 has been such a crazy season for them off the field, 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.800 and it's starting to translate on the field. The Vegas 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.600 Raiders have lost three straight games ever since their bye 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.959 week and their bye week which was the bye week 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:36.280 that included the Henry Ruggs incident. And he's still being 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.959 processed through all of that, he's been released. He is 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:42.320 not no longer a part of the Raiders organization. John 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.319 Gruden was a couple of weeks before that, he was 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.560 let go parted ways by the Raiders organization. And then 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:51.960 after that, Damon Arnett, first round cornerback last year, taking 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.280 out of the picture because of a social media video. 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.760 So this has been a trying season for the Las 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.880 Vegas Raiders from the get go, and they are they 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:03.960 at first, we're able to kind of weather the storm 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:05.679 a little bit and want a couple of games. But 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.000 since that bye week, since the Rugs deal and then 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:11.160 the Arnette release, they've lost three straight and they have 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:15.199 not looked great so offensively. What are the strengths of 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.839 this team and why is that not necessarily translated over 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.520 the last couple of weeks. And this team really is 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.439 a hard team to gauge, And obviously because of the 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.479 controversy and everything that us just said, that's an understatement. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:28.959 Now I wouldn't have to deal with all of that 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.160 as a team and then still have to go out 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:35.240 and face opponent opponents. But Coachsachia, there used to be 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:39.040 rich Besachia. They used to be a special teams coach here, 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.480 It's done absolutely his best to try and get things 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.160 on the road. This last three games slide for them 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:50.959 has been bad. Defensively, they have looked like we talk 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:52.880 about the motor and some of the things and players 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:54.360 that they have, but you go back and you look 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.079 at the film and you go man, especially against the 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.160 game against the Giants is the one that I watched 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.880 that and and just seeing the faults in their defense 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.480 and some of the guys that they have on the 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.439 outside that are good scheme, but in the middle of 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.840 their offense and excuse me, the middle of their defensive line, 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.800 they have some problems where and I think we can 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:15.239 explore that just talking about the running game. But offensively 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.880 they haven't been able to do a lot since they've 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:24.240 lost some of the key pieces. But Hunter renfro is 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.160 a look, he's not a speecher, he's a he's a tech. 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.720 He's gonna be a very technical wide receiver. But they 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.640 have a guy number eighty three, Darren Waller, and I'm 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.720 really curious to see what you think about him, because 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.480 in evaluating the tape on eighty three and Derek Carr, 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.520 that is his safety blinking he wants to get the 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.319 ball out of his hands. He wants to get the 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.840 ball to number eighty three. Jacob's in the running game. Okay, 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:49.559 But they have a guy by the name m Kenyan 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:54.720 Drake if you guys forgot about him last year twenty carriage, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:59.000 one hundred and sixty four yards and two tugs on us. Yeah, Arizona. 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:04.360 So I mean, look, man, I yield the floor you guys. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.600 Let me know, Jo, what do you think I said? 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.360 I think these guys are past a passing team. However, 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.760 I mean, you know, to Heckma's point, you know, they've 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.200 had a heck of a rough year that I don't 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.480 even know how you even play. But they've had a 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.360 rough year, and this team is capable of a lot. 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.559 This team is very capable. These guys are momentum type team, 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:28.600 especially offensively. They have a lot of youth. They're the foundation. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:30.720 Let's go back to Gruden. The foundation of their team 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.800 is hard nose players. That's the foundation of their team. Right. 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.200 Obviously things are changing now, Hey, coach isn't there anymore, 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.640 but the players are still there. And those guys were 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.800 there because they were gutsy type, hard nose get after 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.880 it balls to the wall type players offensively and defensively. 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.640 Jacob's at the running back position is a freaking horse 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.120 if you let him get going, which you can't allow 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.160 to happen. But these guys respect their offense because as 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.319 good as our offense is, their third best in the 0:13:56.360 --> 0:14:00.600 league been passing, we're fifth. Don't forget, I'm gonna run 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.679 that back. We're third. I mean, they're third in the 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.560 league in passing. We're fifth in the league in passing. 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:08.839 So we better respect what they can do offensively on 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.920 that side of the ball. David Carr, get to him. 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:13.719 If you can get to him, he'll turn the ball 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:15.640 over if you don't get to him. These guys are 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.120 like they are another juggernaut team there. If you allow 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.920 them to get confidence, they'll get rolling. Because they're athletic, 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.520 they're tough, They got some they got some cats that 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:25.480 that really don't care what you got to say or do. 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.880 They're gonna bush you in your mouth. They're gonna keep fighting. Um. 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.640 They don't have any softies over there, So um to 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.760 that point, David Waller or when you're Darren Darren Waller, 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.240 Waller's a dude. He's a big boy. He can run, 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.160 he creates mismatches. A lot of his big plays come 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:40.960 off of play action. So if you can if you 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.120 can negate the running game, then you can kind of 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.760 negate what Waller does. Curse has his hands full and 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:50.040 then on the outside obviously with Renfro He's he's a 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.440 dude too. He's what fifty six yard fifty six catches 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:56.880 for twenty four So I mean he's he's he's a guy. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.680 He's he's pretty elusive route runner kind of it's kind 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.360 of weird. Yeah, what a stretch for Jabron Curse, Travis Kelsey, 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.360 and Darren Waller in four days. That's that's an He 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:07.880 had a nice pick. He had a nice pick in 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:12.160 the game on Sunday. Yeah, for sure. Shout out to 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.200 Eddie and the Raiders Digital team because they've been through 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.000 a lot o friends with the Raiders, they've been through 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.200 a lot this year. Rich Besaca to your point, he's 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.800 a family guy. I think he's the he's the perfect 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:24.640 guy for them to step in and try to lead 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:29.080 this team through all the things they've been through so far. Um, Yeah, 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.200 they're they're they're a good passing team. Derek Cark and 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.800 Sling it. We've watched it for years. Um, they haven't 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:36.880 been as prolific than they're in this three game losing 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.080 streak though. I mean, he racked up the yards of 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.360 the first month. He's been at two ninety six, two 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.240 sixty one, two fifteen. The last three games all losses, 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:48.080 and they've they've scored sixteen, fourteen and thirteen this past 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.640 Sunday against the Bengals. And I, you know, talked about 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:56.840 guys the Cowboys are missing yesterday tyrn Amari. Again, I 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.240 don't think those are excuses. I think those are facts. 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.280 I think obviously those guys can help the Cowboys offense. 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.040 Not having Henry Ruggs in their lineup is clearly making 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:07.800 a difference. Yeah, I mean, heck and I talked about 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:11.080 before the show. For years, this has been a team 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.000 offense based on speed. They draft speed, they want to be, 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.560 they want to get vertical, and they don't have that 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.640 element of their offense right now. Waller's their guy, and 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.680 he's an outstanding tight end, maybe the best in the league, 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.880 but you know, they don't seem to have that element 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.280 right now, and they've been playing from behind and it's 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.640 been difficult. And they've also had some guys, some changes 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.280 in their offensive line that changed out a couple spots 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:37.040 in their interior because of injuries, so they haven't been 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:39.400 as prolific. We'll see if they can get anything going 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.000 in this game. Though. That's a great point because when 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.160 you look at the Cowboys defense, what has been the 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:48.640 number one most consistent weakness all year long? Giving up 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.920 the big play that's consistently across the board been a 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:54.040 weakness because they give up the big play quite a bit. 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.640 The Raiders have two plays over fifty yards this season. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.880 One of them was to Henry Ruggs, who's no longer 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:01.440 part of the team, and that was a sixty one 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:03.960 yard touchdown. And then Brian Edwards had a fifty one 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:08.119 yard score as well, So he's a decent receiver on 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:09.879 the back end well as well. I liked him out 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.840 of South Carolina whenever the draft world around a couple 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.560 of years ago. But overall, you don't look at this 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.320 team and you say they're built for the big play. 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.760 I don't see that. I don't see them being built 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.320 for the big play. I see them built for sustaining drives, 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:26.200 moving the ball down the field, which in my mind 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.440 worse Oh yeah, I was thinking it matched up better 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:32.480 with the Cowboys defense. You don't think so, I don't. 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.280 Why is out It's easier to stop a team that 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:38.040 relies on a big play. We just did it. Okay, 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.080 we just did it. We stopped a team that relies 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.080 on the big play. Ken City's not built off of 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.919 sustaining drives. Kann City has built off of big plays, right, 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:46.920 Tyreek Hill, you know you back your safeties up, you 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.200 make share those guys that when he crosses that formation, 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:50.760 I mean he crosses the field that you have your 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:52.760 backside of safety, cut them off and all those things. 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.440 Teams that are built to sustain drives. Those are teams 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.480 that wear you out. Those are teams that wear you 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:59.679 out if you allow them. They're they're equal opportunists. Right 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:01.159 to give Jacob's the ball, he'll beat you down a 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.040 little bit. Then you play action, you get Waller the ball. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:04.920 Then you go to Renfro and these guys are used 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.640 to ten, twelve, fourteen play drives. Those are the teams 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:09.760 you worry about because they'll just they'll just keep eating 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.840 away at you, eating away at you, because there's not 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:13.920 one thing that you that you're waiting on. You're not 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.040 waiting on them to make that one big attempt at 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.399 a big play for you to get to capitalize off 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.200 that mistake. They're not. They're not that team. So in 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:24.359 frame my eyes, it's actually worse for us. Now they 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.280 have less weapons, So that's always awesome, right, But in 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.520 terms of holistic and their approach as as a team, 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.160 when they're third in the league and passing, these guys 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:34.119 will chip away at you. I was thinking more of 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.879 the Cowboys are built for a matchup better than that. 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.280 I feel like they're built to take on teams that 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.480 are built that way. Yeah, I mean that are ready 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.280 to take absolutely thinking about how dangerous as a team 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:48.800 when they're third in the league and passing and they 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.119 only have two plays over fifty yards. Yeah, but you 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.320 gotta sustain drives and they haven't been able to sustain 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.440 drive late yet these last couple of games, I think, yeah, yeah, 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:01.240 lately fourteen straight unsuccessful third down attempts going back to 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.159 Kansas City in this Bengals game ward they're having, you know, 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:06.440 and they've got to Sean Jackson to try to try 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.119 to get that get that vertical element back, but it 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:11.000 hasn't you know, it hasn't connected. I thought I was 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.160 reading that wrong when I saw the Sean Jackson's name. 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.600 Why won't he just retire and go away? That's been 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:22.000 a problem here. I do not like that guy. He 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:26.280 just comes out of the Salvation army kettle. Where did 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:29.359 he come from? And here he is um. But but 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.640 you guys are right. I mean, either way it goes. 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:34.119 I think first down and third down, we've been played 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.240 giving up the big run on first down, giving up 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:38.240 you're not getting off the field on third down. It's 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:40.400 going to be important for us. This team is one 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.200 that if you get on top of them, Derek Carr 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.399 will make mistakes. He will turn the ball over, and 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:48.720 we've seen where turnovers coming bunches for this team. I 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:52.600 think the weakness for the Raiders is their offensive line, 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.520 and I think Alex Leatherwood, Uh, the guy that they 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:58.439 drafted I think seventeenth overall and everyone was surprised by 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.560 him out of Alabama. He's a big old dude, right guard, 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:05.520 right guard, but he was originally attacked at Alabama. He 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:07.520 was attacked. Yeah, so they tried him at tackle and 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:10.760