WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Bag of Tricks? 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:06.920 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:18.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:22.840 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:27.160 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:32.519 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:38.839 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.600 It is Thursday, November fifth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:46.280 number fifty nine. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.840 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.959 the Star got Nick and Dave and Amber, where you're 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:56.160 gonna be joined here momentarily by Bucky Brooks. 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This 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.960 is just one more iteration, the next iteration and how 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.760 we get more Cowboys content to you. All right. So 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.800 that being said, let's welcome to the show, Bucky Brooks 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:04.080 from NFL Network. Let's talk a little Cowboys versus Steelers. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.920 The day, we're going to focus in on the Cowboys 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.919 offense versus the Steelers defense and what a good defense 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.960 it is. Bucky, the first question I have for you 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.880 is when you look at these two teams. There's obviously 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.800 that there's OBUs obviously a really huge talent gap between 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:25.160 the Cowboys offensive front and the Steelers defensive front. That 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.799 being said, and I'm thinking more big picture, what you've 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.600 seen in your experience as a player, as a scout 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:33.880 and now as an analyst. What can teams do when 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.440 you have that big of a talent gap between the two? 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:40.400 What can teams do offensively to maybe lessen that or 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.680 give you just a little bit more opportunity to at 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:47.280 least do something and not just get completely embarrassed. Well, 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:48.679 I think a couple of different things, And I think 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:52.240 this has to be a collective effort, meaning Kellen Moore, 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.359 Mike Nolan, Mike McCarthy, John fall Stay all have to 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:56.960 be on the same page in terms of how this 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.600 game is played out. If you want to protect your offense, 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:02.280 the best way you can protect the offense is to 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.959 really slow this game down. And I know early in 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.560 the year when Dallas was playing, they're playing really really fast, 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.840 trying to get plays off. They're averaging two and a 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.760 half plays every minute. You don't want to play this 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:15.840 fast against this Pittsburgh Steiler's team because if you're not 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:19.320 having success, you don't want to give them opportunities. I 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.360 think this is a game where you almost operate at 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.160 a turtle tempo. Take the play clock down to about 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:27.240 five seconds, really drained the clock, and see if you 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.440 can make this game where you have anywhere from ten 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:33.840 to twelve total possessions. So not because of your talent, 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:35.680 but because of the way that you play, you may 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.400 be able to keep the game tight, and maybe you 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.000 can put pressure on the stealers to go make a 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.520 play because you put yourself in a position to be 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.680 there in the fourth quarter just by the way that 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.560 you've conducted yourself in terms of operating at a very 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:53.800 deliberate and slow tempo. Bucky, yesterday, they've brought up the 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.720 whole idea of the wildcat information, which I thought was 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.840 pretty interesting and I wanted you to talk a little bit. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.760 Weren't about that. We know what the pros can be 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.720 for that kind of formation, but what would be some 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.600 of the cons for the Cowboys if they were to 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:13.120 play those that formation against the Steelers defense? Well, I 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:17.480 mean the pros obviously you get the additional blocker. Like 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.200 when you're looking at offensive football, most teams don't count 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.599 the quarterback, and so the defense always has a plus 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.320 one advantage when it comes to matching me up against 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.279 the run game. Well, now you remove the quarterback and 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:31.479 put a viable running threat. Now even the numbers, and 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.080 so now you have advantages when it comes to being 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.479 able to run the ball inside and out because you've 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:41.000 gained an additional blocker. The cons are, if you're guy 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.480 who was running the wildcat doesn't have the ability to throw, 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:48.160 at some point you're able to squeeze and collapse the 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.159 box because you know that they can't throw. But I'll 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.039 say this, and to bring up Texas Lore years ago 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.440 when our brows was at Baylor, I watched him run 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:01.240 for maybe four hundred yards against Texas without a quarterback. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.040 All their quarterbacks that got knocked out. The following bowl 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.359 game they played North Carolina, they ran for seven hundred 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.520 yards and they didn't have a quarterback. So in the 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.960 National Football League we have seen teams like the Miami Dolphins, 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.600 we saw the Carolina Panthers employed this strategy successfully. So 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:19.040 it can be done. Is just that, are you bold 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.880 enough to try and employed the strategy when everyone is 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.120 going to say it's an out of the box way. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:29.000 To play a football game, Bucky. I'm probably gonna steal 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.440 this question from Dave, so I'm glad I'm going first, Tara, 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:35.200 when you were looking at the draft, did you was 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:38.479 t J Watt? Was he someone that had to play 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.520 in the three fourth scheme or is he good enough 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:45.760 where he could have played in any scheme? I mean, 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.760 I think the three four scheme is probably best for him, 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.120 just in terms of the way they mix him with 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.640 hand down, standing up pressuring, but it's awsome man takes 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.039 three four four three. What you asked to edge rush 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.280 to do in most of these defense is the same. 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:03.640 From a side standpoint, he wasn't your traditional base in 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.760 in terms of like how big he was, and so 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.920 depending upon how you deployed the defensive end, he might 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.440 not have been a great fit. But he was a 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.400 really good player. And even though he was a bit 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:15.599 of a one year player for Wisconsin, in terms of 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:19.039 the production, you can see the traits. And I don't 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.200 know if anyone thought that he would bloss him and 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.039 emerge to being the player that he's been in Pittsburgh. 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.520 So I would say he was a really good player, 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:28.640 but I think his game has been elevated by the 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.360 fact that he's playing in a scheme that puts him 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.320 in a position to really make a lot of plays 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:38.520 because they blitz at an alarming rate. I actually don't 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.799 want to bring up t J. Watt because it's depressing. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.840 I think we've covered We've covered that situation pretty thoroughly. 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.520 But I actually so t J. Watt gets all the 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:51.400 headlines and understandably so. But me being the guy that's 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.040 advocating for just running the ball as much as possible, 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:58.040 I feel like maybe Cam Hayward and Tyson ah Lulu 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.800 don't get enough credit for how good they are at 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:05.400 run defense, and I'm curious if Tyler Beadish and Connor 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.000 Williams are up to that task. I mean, that's a 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.240 pretty nasty front that you're going against if you're going 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:13.000 to be trying to run the ball. Yeah, first things first, 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:14.840 before we can even talk about the personnel that the 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.960 Stealers have, whenever you play the Pittsburgh Stellers, you have 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.720 to have the right mindset. It is the most physical 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.400 game that the Dallas Cowboys will be in, and they 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.640 have to know that when you play Pittsburgh like that 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:27.880 is their calling card, that is the first thing that 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:31.520 they're going to test you with their overall physicality and aggressiveness. 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.240 And so Tyler Baddish and all those guys up front, 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.520 they have to really be able to weather the physicality 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:41.000 and toughness from a personnel standpoint, You're right. Those guys 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:45.200 on the inside, Stefan tour Cam Heyward, those guys put 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.640 a lot of pressure because they can troll on a scrimmage. 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.720 And then this is a team that blings more blisses 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.960 and pressure than any other team in the league, well 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:57.000 second most, forty two point five percent of the time 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.600 to bring in at least five man pressures. And a 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.560 lot of the press is not necessarily designed for the quarterback. 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.040 It is designed to blow up the running game, and 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:06.920 so you get a lot of movement, a lot of 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.200 bodies around the box, and so you have to be 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.280 able to sort out who's coming where in your gafts 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.800 while also dealing with the physicality. So they make it very, 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:18.040 very challenging for you to be able to run the ball. 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.560 And Mike Tomlin has already served notice Ezekiel Elliott is 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.640 a guy that they're focusing on. They're making a concerted 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.400 effort to make sure that Ezekiel Elliott doesn't run the ball, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.760 and so this is going to be a test of 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.760 wheels who can impose their will on the other team. 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.000 And so we'll see if the Cowboys office line is 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.360 up to the challenge. Derek, I just wanted to add 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:40.000 a point. I remember right when the schedule came out, 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:41.960 I talked to a coach and I said, what do 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.000 you think about the schedule? And the first thing he 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.079 said was is I like the fact we have a 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.880 buye after the Steelers because they're always very physical. That's 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.760 the first thing the guy said, not like three in 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.400 a row or anything to start the year or December. 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.280 It was the bye week comes after playing Pittsburgh. Now 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.520 I thought that was interesting. Yeah, and that's actually an 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.920 interesting I'll follow up on that a little bit because 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.240 you look at this, I mean for people like like 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.080 me and Nick and Bucky like that have been that 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.880 are a little older, We've been watching the Steelers like 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:13.560 for generations, and it seems like their their defensive prowess 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:17.040 and who they are defensively has not changed. And they've 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.920 always been a tough team. They've always been a physical team. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.080 Or city wouldn't accept them if they weren't well. And 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.360 that's that's the question I have for you, Bucky, is 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.240 how is it that because I would assume all teams 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:30.880 are trying to get to that level of greatness, but 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.160 to be able to be consistent with that even with 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.280 changing of coaches, which they're again, they're not a franchise 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.760 of changes coaches a lot, But even with the change 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.760 of coaches and skiing, how is it that they're able 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:44.240 to be as dominant defensively if they've as they've been 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:48.960 for generations? You know there. I'm a big believer that 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:52.440 your team almost has to reflect your city in terms 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.080 of the style of play, and the way that jarr 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:58.560 Pittsburgh is a blue collar, a hard scrabbled uh city, 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.000 and the team has to reflect defensively. Defensively is how 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.640 they claimed those four Super Bowls during the Chuck no era, 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.520 and so anybody that comes after that you have to 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.720 embrace that style. Now, I will say this as recent 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:13.679 as three or four years ago, when they were governed 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.400 by the Killer Bees, when it was Big Ben Levan 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.840 Bill and Antonio Brown, it was all about their offense. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.600 Their defense dipped and they didn't have any significant wins 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.040 I think Mike Tomlin went back to the recipe in 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.360 the formula that's been successful for them. It's about their defense. 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.320 And when you look at this team that walks into 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:35.200 the stadium, their defense has all the stars Stefantoit, Cam Hayward, 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:39.840 t J. Watt, but Dupree, when Bush was there, Mica Fitzpatrick. 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:43.560 Their best players are on defense. And it's not a 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:46.720 coincidence that since they've turned it back over into being 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.640 a defensive team, which started with the draft two years ago, 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.199 they have now begun to play like we remember that 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.400 Stiller is playing in yesteryear and so everyone is on board. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.440 And the way they're calling the offensive game. We talked 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.080 about the offense yesterday about big Ben in the quick 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.680 Deacon duck where big Ben has no choice. It's not 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.720 about the offense, about the defense, and they play it 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.320 as such, and so it's a more conservative approach. Even 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.280 though there's going a bunch of points. Their defense is 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:16.160 what really cares to water for this team, Bucky. When 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:20.000 you look at the Cowboys offense, and we know about 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.200 Zeke popping up with a hamstring injury, and I'm sure 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.560 we're gonna get into that later and done the show. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.400 But when you talk about that and you look at 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:30.720 the quarterback and the old line and all the struggles 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.679 that they currently have in the offense, who would be 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:38.320 a guy or that could possibly bring some light to 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:42.320 the offense and have potentially a good game for the 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:47.120 Cowboys When you look at matchups specifically against this defense, 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.040 I think the guy that has to have a big 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.920 game is Tony Pollard and I think he has finally 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.319 settled into the role that they have him. I think 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.559 early in the year like for whatever reason, it was 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.760 kind of disjointed, he was fumbling on kickoffs, really couldn't 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.040 settle land, and I think they found a way for 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.520 him to get going, and I think hopefully as part 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.480 of a bigger strategy, I think the magic number for 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.080 the Cowboys each and every week should be thirty five, 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.559 And thirty five means the number of rushing attempts that 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:15.040 they have, not about the rushing yards, but when you're 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.920 playing with a hodgepodge of quarterbacks, you have to be 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.040 able to somehow find a way to control the game. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.360 The way that you can control the game is with 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.320 the running attack, because then it makes it easier for 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.520 the quarterback to play against favorable looks. The problem is 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.400 can the offensive line generate a push against what is 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.719 really a formidable frontline from the Pittsburgh Steelers. That is 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.000 where the game will be one. If they can create 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.240 any kind of movement up front, it gives them a chance. 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.480 And coming off a game, even though we've built the 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:45.960 Steelers up to be like the best defense ever, the 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.120 Baltimore Ravens had success running the ball. Is there something 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.679 in that tape that the Cowboys can steal to utilize 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.760 against the Pittsburgh Steelers to find a way to control 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.839 the game. That is what I'm curious. I'm curious to 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.880 see if Kelly Moore can still a nugget or two 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.800 from Baltimore's approach and implement it to see if the 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.440 Cowboys can have some success on the ground. I'm glad 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.560 you mentioned Kellen Moore because in your weekly article of 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.480 five Bucks, which if you haven't listen, if you haven't 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.760 read that, you need to every week because I'm telling you, Bucky, 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.800 you seem conservative when you sometimes in quiet, mild manner, 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:19.800 but you bring the heat in these articles and your 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:24.079 first one says Kellen Moore needs a lesson in complementary football. 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:26.760 Can you explain on that, even though you did in 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:30.920 the article, explain on that little bit. Okay, I'm a 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:32.960 firm believer that the Cowboys should have more wins than 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.200 this ship if they just managed the game correctly. In 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.080 terms of just from a play calling standpoint, I think 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:42.679 it is easy for offense for easy for offensive coordinators 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.080 to kind of operate in a solo by themselves. Meaning 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.120 I am just calling plays because I want to ring 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:48.480 up these stats and i want to see if I 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.840 can score points, and I'm not worried about what the 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:52.800 defense is doing. I'm not worried about how the kicking 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:57.000 game is going. But great teams, everything is always working 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.240 in unison, and the head coach's job is to make 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:01.480 sure that he is telling the offensive order, Hey we 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.360 need to sprinkle in some more runs. Hey we have 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.080 them undercontrolled on defense, So you don't have to be 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.640 as aggressive on offense because we have this game undercontrolled 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.640 defensively and the other team will give us a short 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:14.679 field if we continue to do what we're doing. And 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.160 I think for Kellen Moore, he is young as a 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.800 play caller. He has to understand how to take all 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:22.520 of that in and to make his play calls fit 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:26.280 the style that the game is going. And so hopefully 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.880 Mike McCarthy has pulled aside because we've heard him kind 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.200 of touch on it, like, Hey, this is the style 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.080 of the play that we want. But I need Mike 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:37.920 McCarthy to put a bigger imprint on this because he 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.000 was known as a dynamic play caller. I'm wondering how 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.400 long Kenney continue to go with Kellen Moore kind of 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.000 running on his own and them not calling the game 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.640 in conjunction with the way the rest of the team 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:53.640 is playing, which kind of going off that. Okay, So 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:56.800 I mean you got you gotta find a way to 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.320 manufacture big plays in a situation like this, right, I 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:04.120 mean last week they they tried, they tried the trick plays, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:08.280 the reverses, the wide receiver throws, anything they could to 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.920 do that. And I assume, you know, Pittsburgh, I would guess, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:13.480 is going to put nine or ten guys in the 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.960 box and commit to stopping the run. How do you 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:21.320 manufacture plays that'll back them off in this instance? I mean, 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.080 is it as easy as saying, just chunk some deep 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.000 shots down the field. We didn't really see that A 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.520 ton last week, the Nucci didn't have the accuracy to 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.760 do it. Do you stick with trying the trick stuff? 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.240 I mean, they're going to need to back the Steelers 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:35.720 out of the box, and how do you do it 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:39.560 with a fourth quarterback? Hey, you can't play a trick 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.560 the football against Pittsburgh Steelers. So that's that's not gonna work. 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.400 We all over that you've exhausted your trick plays last week. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.640 That's not going to be effective this week. I think 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.240 that the advantages that the Cowboys have are on the outside. 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.320 Despite me talking about the pressure and all the things 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.440 that the Pittsburgh Steels due in terms of knock into 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.960 quarterback around, they can be had on the outside by 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.680 the Cowboys Wibers. The trick will be can the Cowboys 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:07.240 manufacture some play action max protection shots where they're able 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.120 to get one on one with a Maori Cooper or 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:13.240 Michael Galloper or Ceedee Lamb down the field against this 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:17.360 secondary Because we don't talk about Joe Hayden and those 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.960 other guys being premier cover corners. What we talk about 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:22.520 is the pressure forcing the ball to come out and 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.800 that is how they generate their turnovers. So I would 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:28.280 think that even though you're playing with three wide receivers, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.920 hold the running back in, hold the tight in, and 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.480 run some three man routes and take a handful of shots. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.080 I would say you need four or five shots this 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:40.240 game to be able to score points when you take them. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.440 They come at various times, but you have to dial 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.080 up some big play shots. But I think max protection 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.040 must come with those so you can be successful. All right, 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.440 Bucky man, we appreciate you joining us real quick before 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.520 we let you go, give us an idea of what 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.600 you think is going to happen this weekend and your 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:58.400 final score. I mean, this is a tough one, man. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.600 It's tough. It's optimistic as I want to be about 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.240 the Cowboys offense. Playing a rookie quarterback or a young 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.200 quarterback against Distiller's front is tough. And so I'm gonna 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.119 say the game tips in the Steller's favor unless the 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.000 Cowboys can avoid the turnovers and they can control the 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.520 game by slowing the game down. If they don't opt 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.560 to slow the game down, they don't have a chance 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.199 of knocking off the stealers. They cannot get in the 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.000 track me, they can't play tote to toe with them, 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:23.560 they will get knocked out. Appreciate it, Bucky. We will 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:25.399 get back with you. Actually, we won't be back with 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:26.800 you next week. We'll be back with you the week 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.320 after next week's bye week, so we won't have an opponent, 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:30.760 but we'll be back with you the week after that 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:33.360 to start getting ready for that game. We're gonna take 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:34.959 our first break when we come back, We're gonna dive 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.359 a little deeper into this Cowboys offense. Ask some questions 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:39.760 for these guys on this matchup. We'll be right back. 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:44.480 This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com or radio. There's nothing 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:48.720 as unique as our eyes, which is why SLOR pioneers 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.520 ways to make lenses as unique as you. Very lux 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:56.879 for super sharp vision, Essential Blue for protection, I'm cresolved 0:17:57.000 --> 0:18:00.720 for freedom from glare. Three cutting up solutions in a 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:05.280 single unique lens. 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