WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Connecting the Dots 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:06.400 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:17.160 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. Are you ready 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:21.000 for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:25.320 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.680 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:35.800 Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:41.239 Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday, November third, twenty twenty one, 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.080 Season seventeen, episode number fifty three. Welcome to the latest 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.720 edition of The Break Life from the s WBC Mortgage 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.199 Studios at the Star. Running a little bit behind the day, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.360 Coach McCarthy ran a little late, so we're gonna have 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.520 Bucky Brooks on here in just a second to start 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:59.200 talking Cowboys versus Denver. But before we do that, real 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:01.360 quick day one to hit up a one topic that 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.760 he did talk about, Tyren Smith. It sounds like he's 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:05.600 not going to practice. What are we talking about here? 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:10.120 It sounds like he's probably not gonna play. Mike said 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:12.640 he was kind of pressed on it, and he said 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:14.640 he'll he'll be hard pressed to play this week. For 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.640 a head coach to say that on a Wednesday's kind 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:22.400 of indicative, So bone spurs. I'm interested to see where 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.600 this goes because a lot of times guys have minor 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:26.920 procedures to clear those things out of there, Which I mean, 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.560 that's not a season ender, but that's something that few weeks, right, Yeah, 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:33.759 so that's something I'm not saying that's happening, but I'm 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.240 just curious. Maybe this can get better with rests. But 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.720 we're hearing that, But what exactly is that? Like, I 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:41.559 know it has to do with a lot of pain 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.080 and all that, but what exactly you You just you 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.400 always have a knack for asking me something that I 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.800 don't have the answer to, isn't it I mean, it's 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.400 just like a it didn't it Like a little splinter 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.960 of bone that kind of comes off and just sort 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.640 of nags at you. Shoot, I don't know, man, that's 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.880 what That's what I think. But I'm I'm I mean, 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:02.640 that's when you hear the worst spur. That's kind of 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.720 what you think bony projections that develop along the edges 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.800 of your bones. I just I actually have one here, 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.320 but I don't know what's started. It's a growth of 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.840 your bone that like pokes at your body. Basically, if 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.560 you're a doctor. I mean, obviously they would know more, 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:19.680 not necessarily one of those things that you just shit 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:24.640 something up your veins, like I means, I don't know, 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.280 that's not that stuff, that's something else your arms, just 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:30.120 to kind of give you that extra I mean, you 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.920 take pain killer to probably lessen the impact of it. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.919 But it's just it's not a it's not something that 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.760 probably heals, you know, like it's not a strain. You 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.680 got to go in and get it out at some point. 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.079 But it's up to Tyre and how long and how 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:45.760 well he can play with it, which he is a 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.400 tough m effort, so maybe he can go all season. 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:50.799 We'll have to see. Doesn't sound like he's gonna play 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:57.880 Sunday and Mike. Mike does not want to elaborate on 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.520 who might play left tackle, which I respect, I love. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.920 I love his transparency about being a football coach, like 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.200 he's gonna lie to you, but he's sort of he 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:10.760 he's up front about it. He's like, I don't want 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:12.560 to talk about that. I know you're gonna ask about 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.040 it again this week, but this is the answer. We 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:16.919 know we have a lot of options at left tackle. 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.760 Will explore them, and we don't want the Broncos to 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.000 know about it. I'm like, Okay, for some reason, that 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.600 just sits a lot better with me than somebody just 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.120 sort of dancing around and acting like I'm stupid. You know, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.799 like if you line to me and tell me you're 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:31.960 not lying to me, Yeah, just lie, just lie to 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:33.240 me and tell me you don't want to tell me. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.480 And I'm like, yeah, that makes sense instead of trying 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.000 to play games. So we'll see. I think all their 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.880 options are on the table, but I'll be I would 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:42.800 be surprised if Tyren plays Nick. How much of a 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.560 problem you think this is that if Tyron doesn't play, um, 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:49.040 I mean it's a it's a big problem. But I 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:53.280 mean you got Lyle too, I mean he I mean 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.560 Lyle will probably play left tackle, I would imagine, and 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.480 so you got Terrence Steele and Lyle Collins. I mean 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.440 it's a problem because Tyron is as huge, you know, 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.760 a great left tackle. But I mean you've got as 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.440 good a backup options as you could have at this point. Yeah. 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.920 One of the interesting things I noticed yesterday. And you 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:12.840 can say what you want about PFF. I think a 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:14.880 lot of us are kind of like Minx sometimes it 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.839 seems right, sometimes it doesn't. But the one thing you 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.440 can say is that at least it's consistent because they're 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.159 grading everybody the same way, right And I saw a 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:27.320 graphic yesterday said that two of the Cowboys players are 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.440 in the top three of all NFL players this season 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:34.120 in PF grades, that being Zach Martin and Tyron Smith. 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:38.000 They're two and three, and so this could be even 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.080 though you got some options of guys you can throw 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.359 in there. I think one of the reasons why this 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.880 team has been so good offensively, particularly their ability to 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.040 kind of morph run when they need to and also 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:49.839 passionately they need to, is because those two guys have 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.160 played at such a high level. And I don't know 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.160 that Lyle is going to come back and immediately at 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.719 a different position play at that level. So that could 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.040 be something interesting, something to keep an eye on. I mean, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:02.560 you don't get or not having Tyrn Smith. But to 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:05.240 Nick's point, they're as well equipped to handle it as 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.080 they maybe they ever have been. Just between I mean 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.560 Tie and Seck, he's played a lot of football Le Collins. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.080 That speaks for itself, and I doubt they would move Steele, 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.120 but he's played well. If they want to do that, 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:21.360 they have that too. So that's three above average options, 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:25.080 whereas most years it's been an iffy option at best. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.200 Ye all right, here's good. He's like every time he 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.000 gets like even a tiny little procedure, he comes back 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.000 he's like, whoa, this is. This is the best I've 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.480 ever felt like. I'm feeling good and then something else. 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:39.080 That's what sucks, man, is it's not it's it's been 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.360 the neck and the stingers that have really been his 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.559 downfall most of this time, and that hasn't been an issue, 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.480 but now he's got an ankle problem. It's just I mean, 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:51.520 it sucks. But this is yeared six where you can't 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.400 rely on him to play a full season. It is 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.080 what it is. In fact, does the matter is he's 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.200 still so good when he's out there. Sure you go 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.320 into there. You should go into every season saying, hey, 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.240 we might lose him for three, four or five games 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:05.080 this year, and it's still worth it because he's still 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.040 playing such a high level. I ran into somebody at 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:10.520 the airport on my way home from Minneapolis, and this 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:14.000 which great conversation. Awesome talking to you. If you happen 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:15.640 to be listening, but he was like, we gotta we 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:17.760 gotta get we gotta move on from tiring, like this 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.359 is too much. And I was like, I disagree completely, 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.920 Like if he's if he can give you double digit 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.960 games at the cost, because he's such a bargain because 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.680 he signed that deal so long ago, find a swing 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:30.720 tackle and make it work. Like, as long as he's 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.400 playing like this, if I can get him out there 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.400 for more than half the season, it's worth it to me. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:37.599 And the key is, you gotta have a good swing tackle. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:39.280 And it sounds like it looks like right now then 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:40.920 maybe they do. Maybe they do have a spoptions. We're 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:42.760 gonna find out right now how it looks over on 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.240 that left side. All right, here's what we need to do. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.040 We need to go ahead and jump into our conversation 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.919 with Bucky Brooks of NFL Network. Bucky is on the line. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:53.200 We're talking Denver offense versus Cowboys defense, and Bucky, where 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.520 I want to start today is with the fact that 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:59.159 this is a very nondescript offense. There aren't a lot 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.520 of aims and people that you just necessarily know, I 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.560 think nationally. So let's start with you just kind of 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:09.080 giving a general overview of who or what is the 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:20.760 greatest asset of this Denver offense. Oh no, he's pulling 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:24.320 the Dave. He's pulling the Dave on Monday. All right. 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.720 Tell you well, we'll let that, we'll let get worked out. 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.080 And what we'll do, we'll take a quick break ahead, 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.080 get the break in. We'll come back Hopefu'll have Bucky 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.800 on and we'll start talking a little Cowboys versus Broncos. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.840 We'll right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot com Radio. 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.520 Before there was a draft. You get sized up a 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:41.680 cowboy by three simple factors. 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But 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.280 I did have some other topics I wanted to talk 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:16.480 to you guys about Michael Parsons's named NFC Defensive Player 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:19.840 of the Week. And an interesting thing that that was 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:23.079 noted yesterday was the fact no, actually, I should take 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.320 this back, this was noted actually in the pregame by 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.080 Christy Scales in a report. She was doing from the 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:32.719 sideline at the games, but jay Ron Curse actually at 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:37.160 the green dot on Sunday's game in Sunday's game versus Minnesota. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.640 For those that don't know what that means, basically just 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:43.200 denotes who the person is it has the that can 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.560 hear from the sideline, that gets the play call and 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.040 then communicates that to the team that's on the field. 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:50.320 My question for you guys is how much do you 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.760 think that affected Michael Parsons and how great a game 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:55.840 he had. He usually would be the guy doing that, 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.120 take that responsibility from him. Do you think that that 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:02.600 actually was a was a part of the reason why 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.520 he had such a remarkable game. I think it's a 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.400 small sample size. I'm not ready. I don't want to 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.000 just jump completely off the deep end, but yeah, I 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.320 think that plays a factor. I think I mean, what 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.080 did Mica say the day he got here when he 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.120 got drafted Sea ball? Get ball, Like you're just reacting 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.000 to what's happening and using your national athleticism, And I said, 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.480 national natural athleticism to go get the ball. If you're 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:27.679 calling the defense and trying to make sure everybody's where 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.680 they're supposed to be. I gotta believe that at least 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.680 slows you down a tick for us as a rookie. 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.240 I love that they trusted him enough to give him 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:40.080 the mic, but I did I thought that was kind 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.600 of weird that they're asking a guy who's never been 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.679 in the NFL before to call their defense. And it's 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.400 not a knock on Mica, but that's a lot of 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.400 responsibility and requires a lot of knowledge of the game. 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:54.520 So I remember a training camp being like this is 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.880 really cool. But I think it's interesting if they want 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:58.880 a rookie to do all of this on top of 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.040 all all of the position switching and everything that they're asking. Yeah, 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.160 so I think it makes a lot of sense. And 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.640 in my head, yes, it totally tracks that you can 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.120 just play faster and think less if you're not responsible 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:16.400 for ten other people. I mean, that makes sense when 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.160 you put it that way, because initially, when you ask 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.839 the question, I'm thinking, well, how hard can that really be? 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:24.000 Because all you're really doing is relaying the message. You're 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.480 not teaching these guys anything. You're they're all pro players, 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:29.200 you know, You're just kind of telling them where to 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.680 be and that's it. So but then the way that 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.400 they've just explained, and I mean, I would imagine that 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:40.800 it does take away some extra not worry, but you 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:42.840 have to think more and be like, okay, you do this, 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.080 rather than just thinking on yourself. And that's it. But 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.040 at the same time, I just don't see it at 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.720 the same time as something huge. So I would like 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:55.679 to just give him credit just for it being week whatever, 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:59.840 what week eate was it or seven? Still it was eight, 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.920 it was eight week eight, and him just play more. 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.280 And the fact that the way that he played the 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.599 previous game, and he said it after the game, he 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.960 was talking and he said how he just felt like 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.240 he didn't do enough, you know, he wanted to contribute 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.679 more on the defense. And I think that it was 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:21.040 just maybe his change of mentality. He's focused during the 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.560 week and wanting to go out there and just give 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:27.360 more and contribute more in the defense. All right, let's 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.440 we got Bucky Brooks on the line. Bucky, let's uh, 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.360 let's start first. I think you can hear us now, 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:37.480 can hear us? Awesome? Let's let's start first with the 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:41.440 fact that this is a very nondescript offense. Uh, in Denver. 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.679 Tell me what do you think is the greatest u 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.280 It can be a player or a just a thing 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.720 that they do. What's the greatest asset that this Denver 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:54.480 offense has. I think they're very balanced and how do 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:56.920 you want to play the game? Pat Shermer does a 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.280 really good job of calling plays to put the ball 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.880 in the hands of their playmakers, and when they have 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.880 their their compliment or their full lineup, they can give 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.319 you problems. Cortland Sound and Jerry Judi or guys on 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.120 the outside that can make things happen. In the backfield, 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.560 Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon can give you problems. And 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:16.880 Tim Patrick is kind of like the X factor that 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.360 kind of pops up and makes plays from time to time. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.239 The biggest thing has been there's been a disjointed approach 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:25.400 where the first three games of the year it looked good. 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.440 Some would say they were playing cupcakes or it worked 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.560 for them. The last handful of games it hasn't been 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:34.120 as consistent. But I mean, any given Sunday, they certainly 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:35.520 can make plays, and so it's one that you have 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:39.520 to be careful of as they're tight end gonna play 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.640 this week I know he's maybe in the COVID protocol. 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.040 If that changes, what is he one of their best 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:50.760 factors on offense? I mean, look Teddy Bridge, what his 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.000 best race is that he's a distributor. He'll pass to 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.160 the open guy, He'll get it to anybody if no 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:59.200 fan is available. Certainly he becomes a guy that can't 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.440 hurt you. But I would say that no, offense hasn't 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.360 been what we thought when he entered the league. He 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.440 hasn't been necessarily the dominant player that we can see. 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.840 But they have a lot of weapons on the outside, 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.680 So I don't think this is one where the Cowboys 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.280 can come in and kind of sleepwalk on their personnel 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:16.480 and think Denis to gimme. They're gonna have to line 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.320 up and play because they're good enough to put points 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.520 on the board if they put it all together. They 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:24.120 just haven't put it together consistently to this point. I 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:27.800 noticed I forgot about this because it was so long ago. 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.920 But Jerry Judy got hurt in the season opener. He 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.280 just came back, and I know, I mean it's a 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.520 small sample size for that as well, but how much 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.280 different or explosive do you think this offense can be 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.440 with him back in the lineup as opposed to what 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:45.800 they've been in the last six or seven weeks. Well, 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.480 now it puts people back in their normal pecking order, right. 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:50.760 Tim Patrick is a solid player, but he's not necessarily 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.320 a number two wide receiver. Now he goes back to 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:56.400 being a number three. You have Jerry Judy and Courtland Sudden, 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.640 who's your starters on the outside and now probably has 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.520 a little better flow in rhythm to it. Jerry Judy, 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:04.840 when healthy, is an outstanding route run of someone who 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.080 can tie you up in knots and do some fantastic 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.440 stuff on the perimeter. His rookie season, he has some 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:12.280 issues with the drops, but make no mistake about it, 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.440 this is a guy who understands how to get open 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.680 and he can work to get open. And also the 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.960 natural intel and knowledge that he has having worked against 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.800 Diggs day after day after day, certainly could make it 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.360 a situation where he could have an advantage based upon 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.680 what he knows about Digs and what gave Digs problems 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.800 back when they were collegians. Bucky, Mine is a more 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.440 general question, and I don't want to start getting kakey, 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.800 but I do think that the Cowboys are pretty badasses 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:40.960 right now, and I'm getting to the point where I 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:44.440 don't necessarily care all that much who the opponent is, 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:48.080 and I'm just like, okay, what the Cowboys cannot go 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.920 out there with everything that we've seen, especially last week 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.680 and the quarterback being out and Cooper Rush stepping in, 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.240 but with all the challenges that they faced, I feel like, 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.520 right now, how can a team beat us? How Like, 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.360 why can they do that we haven't seen for them 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:05.320 to be able to beat a team like the Cowboys 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:09.200 right now? Well, I mean the Cowboys has been really, 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.680 really solid. I mean they were solid last week playing 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.280 with the backup quarterback and Cooper Rush. I would say 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.440 that the issues still will remain the same in terms 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:19.680 of how you beat the Cowboys. One can you run 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:21.800 at them? Are the Cowboys good enough to stop the 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:23.840 run consistently? We saw it last week, But can we 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.280 see it week after week after week consistently that they 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.960 stop the run too? When it comes to the way 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.480 that the Cowboys play offense, what happens if they're able 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.240 to stop the run and they're able to generate pressure 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:39.040 on the quarterback whoever that is Dak Frescott Cooper Rush. Now, 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.480 if Cooper Rush has to play again, the thing will 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.320 be which Cooper Rush is going to show up like 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.280 he's great, that he played outstanding against the Minnesota Vikings. 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.080 But is that really who Cooper Rush is? The difference 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:51.840 between good and great in this league is being able 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.280 to do it week after week after week. If he 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.520 does get to start, can he played at the same 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:58.639 level that he played at against the Minnesota Vikings. That 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:00.960 would be the challenge. Let's talk a little bit about 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.119 Trey Von Diggs. Last week was the first game this 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.000 season that he hasn't had an interception. My question for 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:09.960 you is, as you assess his play, do you think 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:11.960 he played pretty similar how he played the other week, 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:13.639 just didn't get an interception, or do you think there 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:17.960 was a bit of a drop off this last week? No, 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.080 I mean I think, look, the interceptions kind of come 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.239 in buckets, right, You get a handful of him, then 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.400 it disappears and it comes back. He is a really 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.240 good player. He's played really well. I would say the 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:30.760 challenges last week was he was dealing with two really 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.840 really good route runners and Justin Jefferson and Adam Feeling, 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.160 and I think they can make it tough for anybody. 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:38.359 But the guy was played really well, good pass defense, 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:40.400 didn't know the ball flower, the head kept everything in front. 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:42.159 I think he just has to make sure that he 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.720 doesn't fall asleep at the wheel. Sometimes when you're a 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.560 guy who's got your hand on a ton of balls 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.040 early in the year, you begin to take these gambles 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:52.560 and guesses that sometimes can compromise yourself an integrity of 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.200 the defense. He just has to stay patient and make 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.560 the plays that he's expected to make and those other 0:18:57.560 --> 0:18:59.800 plays that come along. But right now he's playing like 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:02.359 the best corner in football, and so all the accolades 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:04.439 that have gone his way deserve to go his way 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.800 because he's been fantastic. You think Randy Gregory will be 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.040 the best pass rusher like even in the next three 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.720 or four weeks when d Law comes back. I mean, 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.560 is he playing at a level that we haven't really 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:20.879 seen here since Dware. I mean, he's playing at an 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:23.520 outstanding level. I think the thing that makes Randy Gregory 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:28.479 a fantastic players he takes athleticism and skills and combine 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:30.959 it with a NonStop motor. Is one thing to be 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:33.600 very talented and skilled and artistic. When it comes to 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.440 your hand movement in your rush moves, it's another thing 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.560 to be an all day sucker. He is a guy 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:41.520 that plays hard from snapped to whistle. And what happens 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:45.040 is I've talked about it. The energizers him, Michael Parsons 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.919 and Treyvon Diggs. When they bring the effort and energy 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:51.440 to the field, everyone has to bring it because when 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:54.679