WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Concerns on Pollard’s Workload? 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:06.440 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:08.039 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:16.159 Cowboys, Let's go. 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:17.760 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:18.279 Yes? 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:20.160 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.079 Absolutely? Ready for a break? 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:23.599 Yeah? 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:25.319 And so much for that. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.760 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:35.239 We were on with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:37.680 Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:43.560 It is Friday, September twenty ninth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:46.640 episode number forty two. 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Sorry, and 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.720 we will start, but we normally start with symandry updates. 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:19.520 What do we know about our offensive line this point? 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:22.280 We got three players that missed last week have had 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.199 varying degrees of practice this week. What are we hearing 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.039 and what are we suspect will happen this Sunday? 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:28.679 All right, We're going to run down the list here. 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.280 Tyler Baddish was upgraded to limit it from did not 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:32.480 participate on Wednesday. 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:33.520 Progress there. 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:37.640 Zach Martin also upgraded from DNP to limited progress there 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.840 as well. Tyrone Smith still did not practice, and it's 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.440 not anticipated that he will practice on Friday either. Mike 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:47.039 McCarthy said this morning that Tyron Smith is expected to 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:50.200 be in the rehab group for the totality of today's practice. 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.560 So not a lot of optimism as far as Tyron 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:54.720 Smith is concerned. Is it impossible that he takes the 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.080 field on Sunday. No, But it is very much a 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.360 wait and see situation for all three of those guys. 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.800 But there has been a good progress for Beattish and 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:06.000 Martin in their goal in their mission to get back 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.280 onto the field. Other than that, I mean, you have 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.079 Tony Pollard had a rest day, Ceedee lamon DeMarcus Lawrence 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.880 return from their rest days, and Chiu May Doga is 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.320 limited again as he continues to work through that that 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:18.320 elbow situation. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.560 So looks like two of the. 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:24.600 Three Cowboys starting offensive linemen have a really solid chance. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:26.720 But again, we'll see how it goes. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.600 Because we got through Thursday, we still got to get 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:30.359 through Saturday. 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.640 Based on that, and obviously at this point it looks 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:37.000 like with Tyron, you know, who knows likely you know, 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:42.320 it could go. Chuma also has the injury. He's still 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.239 nursing that injury. If Chuma can't play the whole game, 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.360 who then becomes your left tackle in that instance? 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.600 You're Richards rich I would absolutely say awesome Richards there, 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.120 and I honestly considering tu much like you said, it 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.160 is dealing with the elbow injury and limited. I personally, now, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:58.680 this is just me talking, this is not the coaching 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:03.160 staff talking. I be okay with having awesome start and 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:05.600 then seeing where that goes, which you know, if he 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.480 goes out there and he performs well, then he Doga 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.840 gets that much more rest on that elbow. If the 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.200 rookie goes out there and starts to struggle over the 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.440 you know, first several series. Then you can put a 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.160 dog out there and say, Okay, well we tried it, 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:19.600 let's let's go with what we know any DOGA. So 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.320 I would be completely fine if if they looked at 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.880 Richard's and say, hey, you know, we we sent Hoffmann 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:26.960 out there, second year guy, we sent TJ. Bass out 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:28.960 there and undrafted rookie. Let's let's see what you can 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:30.440 do as a rookie fifth round pick. 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.920 I'm gonna ask you to speculate here. Uh, do you 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:35.400 speculate that he has. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:36.520 Been practicing all week? 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:41.360 Awesome Richard's at left tackle with a doga situation. 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.800 I would I would speculate that being the case, because 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:46.560 that just makes that much sense. 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:47.120 It makes it. 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:49.480 We need to figure out who's been practicing at left tackle. 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.040 That's also McCarthy said he's going to get practice time 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:53.040 to everybody, right. 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.280 Yeah, that's and that's and that's good. I think that's 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:56.800 a good thing. 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.360 But we need to figure out who's playing it left 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.680 at who's Notctice and left tackle, because if you tell 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.440 me that it was, if you tell me it was 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.040 Tyler Smith, I'd think a whole different thing. But I 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:09.839 don't think that's the case, and that's why I said, 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.840 I asked you if you would just speculate, I mean everything. 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.760 I would say that Austin Richard's probably practiced a left tackle, 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:19.560 which would lead some credence to why you would probably 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.839 play him in this game or just start him in 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:22.320 this game. 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:23.480 If that's the case. 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.400 I just I'm getting the feeling more and morning. I 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.039 know we talked about it yesterday. It's different because the 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.600 injuries aren't happening not good late in the week, so 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:32.760 you have a whole week of preparation and then maybe 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.440 you consider the Tyler Smith to left tackle against the Patriots. 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.880 But in conversations I'm having in the building, I'm getting 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.200 the sense that they're really locked in on Tyler Smith 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:42.080 at left guard yea. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.320 And I can't, for the life of me, I can't 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.720 understand why they're so locked into him staying at guard. 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.880 But I think that's probably the way it goes as well, 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:52.359 is that he's going to be your left guard and 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:54.719 they're just gonna keep kind of moving other parts into 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:55.360 left tackle. 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.880 It to me, this reminds me very much of when 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.920 I did work in the scouting department here and Jerry 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:06.440 Jones would always talk about the front of the pocket. 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.039 He'd always talk about how. 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.599 Important it was, and he learned this when it was 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.760 when Romo was involved, of how important it was to 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.560 have the ability to step forward in the pocket. And 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:22.320 he's likely thinking that my best options are to keep 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.920 the front of the pocket firm and clean for Dak 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:30.080 in order to make these things work, and so that 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:30.960 would be the only thing. 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:31.160 Now. 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.040 Maybe I don't know if Jerry would go in there 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.279 and tell Mike McCarthy, hey, listen, we need to keep 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.200 my philosophy. As a general manager, he can say that, 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.480 he goes, hey, I firmly believe that I need to 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.880 keep my guards strong and my center strong too for 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.240 my quarterback. So I don't know if that's something that 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:56.320 they're trying to that Mike McCarthy is allowing, or because 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.599 the general manager asked that, Hey, this is one. 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:00.000 Of my beliefs. 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.159 Yeah, And the thing is that's not a I don't 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:06.160 think that would necessarily be an uncommon belief. Yeah, So 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:09.080 it could be Mike actually thinks that's the philosophy he 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:10.800 has as well, right, because very well, it could be 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.200 the offensive line coaches like I think we need to 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.760 keep the center of the offensive line stronger right and 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.480 protect that again. I know what you used to. Nick 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.359 used to always say this, I'd rather my tackles be 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.280 the points of failure because my quarterback at least can 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.160 prepare for that a little bit more special if it's 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.160 coming toward now on the blind side a little less. 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:29.840 With Romo, it always seemed like he had eyes in 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:31.240 the back of his head. Sure, so if he knew 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:33.320 that guy was coming, he felt he couldn't get away 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.800 from that guy. But maybe that's it. Maybe they just 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:37.479 feel like it's better to have the middle of the 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:38.520 pocket protected. 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:39.040 Bill. 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:41.080 There's a lot of people in the league that will 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.960 tell you that quarterbacks can handle edge pressure better than 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:44.440 they can. 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:45.440 Handle pressure in their face. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.400 Yeah, And that's I think where we get the some 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:49.560 of the thoughts about. 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.640 That, which makes sense because if you know, if you 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:53.880 had to choose, like you said, Derek, you'd rather the 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.480 pocket collapse on the edges and hold firm up front, 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.839 because then the quarterback can step in to a collapsing 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.159 on the exterior and then maybe, depending on what the 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.680 linebackers are doing, he might even have an opportunity to 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:06.960 run for you know, four or five yard game maybe 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:07.320 more so. 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:08.400 Yeah. 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.880 I mean again, conversations I'm having in the building, I'm 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.200 just getting the sense they're really locked into Tyler Smith, 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.200 the left guard. And that's why I say, you know, 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.560 Chiumey dog I think gets the start. We'll see how 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.160 it goes with Tyrone Smith. But I would be completely 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.560 fine with you know, throwing your rookie fifth round pick 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:22.920 out there. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.160 Who did he had a strong camp. 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:26.680 And if you look at what he did at you 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.320 and see at granted you and see in the NFL 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.360 two different things. But there's a lot of potential on 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:31.080 Austin Richards. 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.480 Yeah. The thing with awesome Richards, and you make a 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:34.120 really good point. 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.640 The thing with Austoin Richards coming out of North Carolina 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.720 is he's played against some outstanding at rushers. 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:41.880 He's Clemson, Florida. 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.080 Stay you know, in that Notre Dame in that conference. 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.000 To me, when he's played against some guys and we 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.400 saw some things, He's not perfect by any means right now. 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:51.840 He probably needs to be a little bit stronger and stuff. 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.080 But you know, the thing with. 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.400 The Doga is that And I don't think a Doga 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.440 was terrible in that game the other day. 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.720 I mean I had some legitimate concerns. 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:05.560 About him playing tackle, but you know, if he's compromised, 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.880 he fought through the game with the elbow problem in 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:08.960 that game and you know. 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:10.360 Was you know, we'll see. 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:14.040 But I I just like I was taught this a 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:18.160 long time ago that they always say that the tackles 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:22.760 responsible for the width and the inside three guys are 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.920 responsible for the depth. And I do I do know 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.840 working for this guy as the as a general manager, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:30.880 that was something that was important to him. 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:35.040 I think we have enough in the backups to be 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:38.720 able to play better than how you played last weekend. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.480 I mean, the running game was there for the running 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.160 backs and then Dak wasn't absolutely destroyed. He got sacked 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.560 a couple of times, but other than that, it was 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.880 a pretty good game as far as like protection wise 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.040 for him. So I think that after seeing that three 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.320 starters being out them playing with the backups, last minute 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:02.120 type of situation, it gives me a little bit more 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:08.120 ease in a sense that they can go out and perform, 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.360 you know, or do enough. Be that whole extra large 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:16.680 band aid that you need. Now you just need to 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.760 be creative. Now you need to get McCarthy and McCarthy 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.840 get out there and be more creative with the other 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:27.200 pieces that they do have a starters, and how they 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.960 utilize other guys and even the tight ends, how they 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.360 can help us as well in the blocking game. 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:34.880 All right, I wanted to talk a little bit about 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:36.880 Tony Pollard. We were going to talk about this yesterday, 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:38.920 we ran out of time. There are a couple of 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.800 things I noted about his performance so far that stood 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.400 out to me. The first being right now, Tony poll 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:49.040 leaves the NFL in rushing attempts with sixty two kind 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.760 of surprising for me for a guy that has not 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:54.640 throughout his career, even going back to college, was never 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:56.880 the guy. Was never the guy that was getting all 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.599 the bulk of the carriers, always split those reps. Do 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.199 you guys have any concern from the standpoint of workload 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.200 if you're trying to keep him for a seventeen game 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.000 season and then hopefully a playoff run, Are there any 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.120 concerns from the standpoint of giving him that much of 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:10.880 a workload here at the early parts of the season. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.680 I would say a soft yes. 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.480 If they didn't show me the rest day yesterday, that 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:19.520 tells me that they're looking at the GPS, they're looking 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:21.920 at the workload and they're actively trying to manage this 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.000 in real time. So if they continue to give Tony 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.839 Pollard a rest day every couple weeks, maybe once per week, 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.240 then I think that'll do well in offsetting his added workload, 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:32.959 because like you said, he's not been the guy I 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.800 think since the beginning of high school. So he's going 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:37.160 to have to and he will tell you, you know, you 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.160 call it, I'll haul it, and I love that, and 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.680 he's absolutely correct. But you got to offset that somewhere 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.040 because he's kind of being thrown into that RB one 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.800 row in a big way. But then you also offset 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.400 it by mixing in a little bit more Rico mixing 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:51.920 induce Vaughn mixing in Cavante Turpin is kind of that 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.520 plus one in the running back room. And then, of course, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.000 like I said yesterday, get Hunter lib Key involved like 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:57.800 you did last week. 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:58.440 Keep that going. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.000 You have enough guys to where you can do that. 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:07.680 But I don't think they should lower the amount of 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.760 times that they give him the ball because one, he's healthy, 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:17.520 Two he's young, Three he's getting paid. So if all 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:22.160 of the above are there, exactly exactly So if all 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:25.840 of those things are there, I mean, this is what 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:29.080 we do in the NFL season is play the game. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.720 So there's no reason for me unless now you start 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.520 seeing his body being taking a hit. Then that's where, okay, 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.000 you look at it and you start managing it a 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.200 little more drastically, and luckily you have guys where you 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.160 can balance that thing that out. But right now, I 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.160 don't I don't think it needs to be that way. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.040 Ask me that question of week nine. All right, yeah, 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.120 that's where I think that you'll know. Right now, I 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.360 think there's to the point where Amber is making it. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:55.719 You know, he has it. 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:57.920 As you mentioned earlier when you were leading up to this, 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:59.960 he hasn't had a lot of carries in his career. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.319 You know, this is the first time that he's really 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.520 had this opportunity. You know, if you look at say 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.560 a guy like Ezekiel Elliott back in the day, uh, 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.040 you know, b Jeon Robinson split in time at Texas, 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.520 now with you know, with Atlanta, some of these guys 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.840 have had a lot of carries in their college careers 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.480 and then all of a sudden that those carries start 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.520 to add up when you get to the NFL I 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:22.839 think with Pollard though, that. 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.240 They are I think they'll manage him right. 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:30.120 But until you see that day where there is okay, 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.760 the play is falling off, where you see him completely 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:38.200 falling off, then I would continue to ride that ride 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.559 that horse until I intwo with my own eyes. I'm like, okay, 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:43.599 looks like to me, we're starting to break down a 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:44.079 little bit. 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:44.280 Here. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.640 Here's the other thing that jumped out to me. And 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.439 this this was probably even more shocking than him leading 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.200 leading the leagues in rush attempts. I think it's because 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.560 we've always assumed that Tony is more of an outside 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:56.839 runner than an inside runner. 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:57.840 Oh no, he'll run it inside. 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.640 But check this out. Yeah, the Cowboys have had this year. 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.200 They have run forty times with Tony Pollard inside, yeah, 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.360 twenty two times outside. So they're doubling the number of 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:12.240 times they're running inside with Tony versus outside. And the 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.559 more interesting thing is he actually leads a league in 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.400 rush yards inside the tackles. There's one hundred and ninety 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.600 nine yards there. He's averaging five yards per carry inside 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:23.920 the tackles. Are you guys surprised by that? 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:24.079 Is? 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.560 Does that seem like just these are circumstances of the game, 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.760 and it just makes sense based upon who they've played 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:30.960 in the situations they've been in. 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.840 I kind of feel like that we all thought that 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.280 Tony was a small guy. Yeah, and he's really not 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:38.440 a small guy. He might be a shorter guy, but 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:42.400 wait wise to twelve to fifteen something like that though. 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.760 So Yeah, it to me that the thought of running 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:51.320 him inside is because I've always viewed him as if 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.880 you could get him on the edge, he's one of 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:58.240 those guys that kind of he could transition better into 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:00.680 he gets the edge and then he hits the hole 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.439 and now he's outside or he takes it back. When 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:07.280 you're inside runner with the with all the trash and stuff, 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:09.439 you don't play to his strints, with. 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.079 The elusiveness that he has. 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.440 You know, if he's on the edge, you could see 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:17.880 him make cuts and work outside or work back across, 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.760 or let guys overrun and him come back inside. When 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.400 you take him inside, he's pretty much taken and getting 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.560 what he can get, you know, without the ability to 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:27.720 play to his strengths. 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.880 That part of its surprising me, right, that's the part 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.920 that shocks me, because you're not using his best assets 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:33.480 I would. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.360 Think, and I think it's there's some situational football involved 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.360 in that. You talk about the blowout in New York 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.040 and you know, using the running game to kind of 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.320 manage what was going on in the game, not taking 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.640 unnecessary risks downfield. But I think what's surprising for me 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.400 is not that Tony can run in those gaps. It's 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:54.000 the fact that he's averaging what he's averaging with backup 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.920 offensive lineman because this has been a makeshift offensive line 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.320 since week one. We've not seen this this front five 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.840 behold just yet and getting still Tony Pollard he's doing 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.160 the dirty work and getting the yards as well. So 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.640 that's what's surprising is not that he can do it, 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:10.080 is that he's doing it with backups in front of 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.360 him in one capacity or another. So I like that 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.000 because that gives you a lot of optimism for win 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:16.240 that offensive line this whole. 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:17.520 Then what does he look like? 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:23.680 Yeah, I had a lot of questions or uncertainty when 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.000 I knew, Okay, Zeke is on and then now you're 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:30.640 giving this role to Tony Poller, and we had seen 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:34.880 him capable of playing a full game and taking charge 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:40.080 and doing really well. But we hadn't seen week after week, 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:45.440 game after game, and I think characteristic wise, that would 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:48.000 be It is surprising to me that you're saying that, 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:52.240 because that's not what you think of him as that's 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:56.160 always been zeke type of play. That's when Zeke goes 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.800 in and does that, takes charge of that. So it 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:03.320 is surprising and and that's not what you're expecting. But 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.080 it's not surprising because you know he's a talented player, 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.560 He's a talented running back. But it's it's good to 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.560 see that because there are times that you've seen Zeke 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:17.160 trying to run or block somebody more block than running, 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.800 and he'll just bounce back. There were times that happened 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:24.200 last year and then you imagine, oh god, what does 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.240 Tony how is he gonna look like in that situation 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.920 when Zeke has looked this way. So but he, I mean, 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.800 he's doing it. He's doing it, and good for him. 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.280 I'm I'm happy that he's kind of started proving me 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:40.760 wrong in that way. Not that he needs to, but 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:42.680 you know, it's just good to Like. 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.160 That old lady in the Titanic movie when you start 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:48.280 to talk about the offensive line playing together. 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:53.520 It's. 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:59.680 Yeah, I'm standing when they actually had him Doug Free and. 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.320 Yeah, they like you know, they had a Travis. 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.360 Yeah, Ron Leary and you run the same five out 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:13.040 there every week years since I've seen this offensive line 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:13.760 play together. 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:14.840 You know that. 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:17.239 You're looking at it. 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:23.640 You're like comb back yeahs, floating on the wood sink 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:24.920 to the bottom of the ocean. 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.440 That's me, all right, that's we're gonna take. We're gonna 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:30.640 take our first breaking and come back. And the game 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:32.480 for us it's called let's take a trip down memory 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.640 lane little bit in the second segment, and then we'll 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.359 get to the final segment where we will get to 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:37.720 the picks and we'll let you guys know what we 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.480 think are the keys for the offense of the defense. 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.200 We've back Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.080 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.040 Cheatah Savannah. Todd believed the big Cat repellent he bought 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:50.000 online was reliable. And now Todd is trying to be 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.680 faster than this cheetah that can run eighty miles per hour. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:54.920 But the good news is Todd has a T and 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.679 T five G. 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