WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Unpacking Expectations 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:04.960 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:06.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:11.840 Cowboys. 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:17.160 This He's Talking Cowboys, springing live from the Dallas Cowboys 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.640 World Course at the Star in fris Joe. 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:27.000 Dot TIXI ty Ptient Touchdown. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:32.760 And now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, Nick Harris, Josh Rodriguez 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:39.800 and Kyle Yeomans. It's a Tuesday edition of Talking Cowboys, 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.400 presented by Black Rifle Coffee Company, live from the Star 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:47.319 in Frisco, Texas. In the s WBC studios, we have 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.080 John Matchoda, Nick Harris, Chris Beam in the back. 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:54.240 I'm Kyle Yeomans. As it's wild Card weekend. 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:57.200 Week I should say it's not weekend yet, wishful thinking. 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.960 Got an update from Jay Jones on a one oh 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:02.400 five three the Fan this morning. 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:05.959 Maybe looking ahead a little bit because of what Jerry. 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:08.200 Had to say, but there's plenty to get to and 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.679 we're going to take your calls and text messages today. 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:11.800 If you want to go ahead and get a. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:13.920 Jump start, get on the phone line for our next 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.440 segment eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:19.560 Give us a call and then the text line is 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.759 eight one seven two nine zero three two nine eight. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:23.679 What's going on? John? 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.640 Not much? Made the trip back living the dream here. 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.160 I uh, I had a nice smooth flight back from DC, 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.320 all right, but let's just be honest series, Okay, shut, 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.600 I made a mistake and uh, that's not a mistake. 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.360 I'm happy with it. But I'm moving apartments, okay, Oh no, 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:44.720 And it's never good to do it during the season, 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.040 And so I had to be out of my place 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.680 by today, and so as soon as I got back yesterday, like, 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.160 I immediately went to my other place and just started 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.200 getting whatever was left. I did most of the move before, 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.240 but it's never great to do that during like when 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.840 you're about to leave, like you know, go to DC, 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.280 because I'm just thinking, man, my planes delayed and all this, 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:04.840 like this is not going to be good or whatever. 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.400 So I just finished that up last night. So I 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.720 didn't get really watch a ton of National Championship game. 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.680 I grew heavily against the University of Michigan, so it 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:15.760 wasn't going well, so I didn't want to watch it anyway. 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.639 But the move thing during the season is the dumbest thing. 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.760 I think it is the worst. I just I really 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:21.880 wanted to get out of the place I was in, 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:23.360 and I really wanted to get in this other place. 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.200 But uh yeah, so that's what I've been dealing with. 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:27.600 So not that you guys care, but you. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.400 Got out of that. I mean at the buzzer, you're 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.920 you're good. Oh yeah, yeah, you turned in the keys already. 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.280 Well I'm gonna do that today. I mean, there's nothing 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:35.160 in there, so good. 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:38.560 I have like a looming situation that's like upcoming because 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.600 my lease ends right in the middle of training camp, 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:42.400 and I'm what the hell am I going to do? 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.000 I had that problem. Yeah, yep, it is the same 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.200 exact thing we made. We bought our house. 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.480 Six days before training camp, not even six days, and 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:56.600 then we got back and within six days we moved 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.440 into the house. So it was just left. It was 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.760 vacant for like a month while we were gone, and 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:02.040 then we moved into the house. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.960 And within within three days. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:06.680 Of us moving into the house is whenever I figured 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.160 out that Lorena was pregnant, and then we were having 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.680 a kid at that point, one kid and now it's three. 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.639 So yeah, I get you, but you might. 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.800 Be fine as a multitasker. I'm not I'm terrible. So 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:19.919 when the season goes when the season goes on, I'm 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:25.080 I'm like, that's just locked in Cowboys stuff during the season. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.880 So to do this during I mean, it's just it's 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.440 very overwhelming for me. Most people are probably like, it's 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:31.680 not that big of deal. I would have been finally 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.640 life stuff, yeah, yeah, which is fine, which is fine. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:36.640 I just I don't know. 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.640 That's that type of type of sacrifice John and showed 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.960 a man. Yeah, Cowboys fans out there, Yeah, if you 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:47.040 ever were were interested on John's background, that's what it is. 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:48.800 Yeah, he's making sacrifice. 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.120 I mean, really, my whole life is based around the deal. 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.800 I mean, the place I live, everything is in location 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.400 of this facility, you know, I mean it really is. 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.880 My whole life is built around covering the Dallas Cowboys 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.520 during the season. I try not to have any distractions, 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.520 and I have this distraction right now that I'm trying. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:05.880 To get rid of. 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:08.880 John's going to be living out of a tup aware 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:12.240 the next my new. 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.400 Place just boxes and everything just everywhere, like it will 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:16.880 sit there until whenever the season. 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.120 No, I say, like you have a pet, like that 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:24.000 pet is just dying for the count. 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.720 No one because of that. 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:27.680 Because of that reason, it'd be too much work. 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.920 So at one point I was roommates with David Hellman 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:36.760 and he had a dog, and I think it was Josie. Yeah, Josie. 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.080 I don't think I was traveling yet. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:39.000 Maybe that was what it was. 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:40.680 I don't know, But anyway, what happened was is like 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.559 there'd be a lot of times, like during road games, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.920 where like he'd have to board the dog. And so 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:48.880 because of that, I was always like, I'm not getting 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:50.800 a pet. Why I cover the team just because I 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:52.040 don't want to have to do that all the time. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:53.880 So no, no pet. 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.600 I know y'all's conversations in both of your senses of humor, 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.640 I could just see you given him all sorts. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.280 Of flack for that. Oh yeah, like are you kidding me? 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:05.880 Like you're gonna go board that animal? 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.800 Yeah, Dave probably felt like awful about it because he 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:11.440 loves that dog, and yeah, it was just. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:11.960 The whole thing. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.240 Yeah, all right, let's get into some news and notes 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.159 we just heard from Jerry Jones. 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:16.960 Going into Tuesday. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.240 We did we could start with so defensive coordinator Dan 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.400 Quinn has been generating quite a bit of interest from 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.480 from various teams don't say yeah, And he's not the 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.920 only one. According to Jerry Jones, Will McLay was reported, 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.000 i think either late last night or earlier this morning, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.360 that he's generating interests from the Commanders and Panthers for 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.560 their GM jobs, and Jerry was kind of asked about both, 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:39.080 and he said that there are several assistant coaches that 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:42.640 have generated interest. He said he expects close to fifteen 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:47.160 to twenty total interviewer interview requests across the board by 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.960 the end of the hiring cycle. So I guess, you know, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.760 Schottenheimer might be might be thrown into that equation, you know, 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.240 you know, with him not being an offensive play caller. 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.160 I'm sure that that could be another team's pitch to 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.360 Kim one if if they if they were. 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:02.880 To land him. 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.440 Obviously, Dan Quinn, we've gone through two hiring cycles and 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.040 he's still you know, a part of the Dallas Cowboys. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.120 So they're gonna try to go three for three here, 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:15.040 I'm sure this coaching staff. And yeah, there's a lot 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:16.680 to deal with this time of year, obviously, with the 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.960 playoffs starting and Black Monday in the past now, and 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.760 you know, opening's kind of figured out already and who's 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:22.479 gonna end up where. 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:26.320 So this is a fascinating time, especially with this coaching staff. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.320 Yeah, it's I don't see will leaving. I mean you 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.080 have to take these these interviews, no question about it. 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.279 But the dan Quinn thing, that's a lot more up 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.440 in the air, just because it's been multiple years where 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:44.000 he's sat there and had these opportunities to you know, 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:45.800 return to being a head coach, and you just look 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.480 at like the Eagle situation, that's the way it is 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.920 going forward. You have a good team, teams, teams are 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.720 trying to take your assistant coaches. So, uh, I get it. 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:56.120 If you're a Cowboys fan, you look at this and 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.640 you're you know, you might panic or whatever, like, oh, well, 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:00.560 you know we could lose dan coinn or whatever. 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:01.160 But you don't know. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.480 And I will say this. The one other thing is 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:05.920 that some people might look at all this could be 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.280 a distraction, you know all you know, teams in the 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.040 playoffs and now all of a sudden, the coaches doing 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.160 interviews or whatever like that. Like dan Quinn has done 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.240 so many of these. He's a pros pro that's not 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:18.280 going to take any anything away from him getting ready 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.120 for whoever their opponent is Packers this week and whatever 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.080 going forward. So that just comes with it. I mean, 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.080 if you're a good team, that's how it is. I mean, 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.080 I've seen it this year with the Lions. You know, 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.280 like the Lions are generally not a team that people 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.760 are like trying to get their assistant coaches, but their 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.800 offensive defensive coordinator is getting tons of interviews. So that 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.080 just comes with it. If you're going to be a 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:38.720 good team, you're going to have this happening you all 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:39.040 the time. 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.080 And it's always going to go into the playoffs because 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.480 that's when teams are looking. Black Monday's already in the 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.800 rearview mirror and teams are making their moves. You also 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.960 look at i mean, look at the Super Bowl teams 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:53.640 last year. You have Philadelphia on one side and you 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.320 have Kansas City on the other side. Those coordinators all 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:58.560 pretty much all four of them, I think it was 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.960 three of the four took new job in twenty twenty three. 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.520 That you had both of the coordinators for Philadelphia and 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.760 then he had Eric b Enemy go to the offensive 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:10.120 coordinator job in Washington. So it is interesting to see 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.520 just how much of that does come down going into 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:15.920 the playoffs. Of course, none of it's going to come 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.960 to light until after that team is eliminated or however 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:20.119 long that ends up running. 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.080 Yeah, it's just the juggle game, I guess at the 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.200 end of the day, and there's nothing that the Cowboys 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:25.760 can do to control that real quickly. 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.240 Which one do you feel like would be the most 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.840 significant loss out of the two, Will McLay or dan 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.599 Quinn Will McClay, Yeah, I think so too. And it 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.720 may not be the biggest name because dan Quinn's going 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.240 to be at the coach and he'll be out there 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:39.199 and it'll be in the news. 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:43.040 But if Will McClay walks, that's a massive blow. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:44.800 You look at the way this roster has, but it 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:46.719 constructed since Will McLay has been here. I mean, his 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.520 footprint is his fingerprints are all over it. 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:50.560 Footprint footprint too. 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.240 Yeah, Yeah, I guess he's kicking the door in his 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:53.480 his prints are all over it. 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:53.880 Yeah. 0:08:54.480 --> 0:09:00.960 You know, he's big on those those verified measurement, verified 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:04.400 athleticism numbers that come out of the draft. He's he's 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.360 big on, you know, looking for those really small school 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.160 guys that have been able to come in and he 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.320 prefers that athleticism and you can see it on the team, 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:12.679 especially on the defensive side of the ball. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.199 Dan Quinn has been a big part of that as well. 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.679 So I think I think Will McClay would be the 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.760 bigger loss just because you would have to account for 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:22.120 that just personnel mindset, and it's hard to find, you know, 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:24.520 completely because everyone has a different personnel mindset in the 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.200 scouting department. So I think that would be the bigger 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:28.719 loss as far as replacing him. 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:31.880 So yeah, i'd agree, especially just because of the fact 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.679 of where this team is right now. You know, all 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.920 the guys, the ones on the wall behind you, right there, 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.720 and he's over here. I mean he's you know, helped 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.480 draft those guys and they're all making lots of money. 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.880 And so for UH to pay Dak and CD and 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:47.719 Mike of those next contracts, you're going to really be 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.559 relying on the draft going forward and finding some gems there. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.960 So yeah, yeah, losing what would be would be huge. 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.320 You said, he you don't anticipate him leaving? 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:02.079 Why we Well, he said, he has said this a 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.160 bunch and I don't think it's changed. I mean, his 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:06.160 one of his top goals is that he wants to 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.120 win a super Bowl with Jerry Jones, you know, and 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.000 he's close with the Jones family. He's obviously been here. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.719 I know, he really likes it here. Yeah, not just 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.040 the Cowboys, but living in Texas and that, and so 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.720 I think it would be easier for him to move 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.120 to another gig if they were coming off winning the 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.640 Super Bowl, but not when you know, it's kind of like, 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.040 I mean, last night's a good example, Like there's a 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:34.959 part of the Jim Harbaugh story where he went back 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.240 to his own matter and he's going to try and 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:38.959 turn this thing around finally, you know. I mean, they're 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.079 just getting owned by Ohio State for like two decades, 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:42.920 and he turns it around. They went three in a row, 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.000 gets them in the in the colleg Football Playoff three 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:46.800 years in a row, and then finally wins the National Championship. 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.839 Because of that, I think he's gone, yeah, you know, 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.320 and for Will, if he was to, you know, they 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.280 were to win a super Bowl here, maybe then I 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.000 just think that that's something he really wants to do, 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.520 you know. And I'm not saying that he his way, 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:02.480 but I wouldn't be surprised if he does or not, 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:06.679 but when you I'm sure he feels like they're close. 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.360 And I'll just use it as my own perspective from 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.120 my own job. And I've probably told you guys this before, 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:14.760 and I don't know if I ever said it on 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.520 the air before, but one of my biggest fears would 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.719 be to cover another team, to leave this beat when 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.640 the Cowboys won a Super Bowl. I would be sick 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:24.480 to my stomach if I left and then they won, 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:26.120 you know, because it just it's just different, you know, 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.719 And and people can sit there and that don't like 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.640 the Cowboys and it's all America's team and all that, 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.360 and it's not whatever. This is just but it is different. 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.480 The Cowboys are different. So and I don't know if 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:38.240 you took it this way, but Jerry on the radio today, 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:39.800 I kind of felt like was saying that like in 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:41.480 a way, like you know, when he said the thing 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.040 about exon, I was kind of feeling like he's he's 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:45.439 not gonna come out and say like this is the 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:47.680 Dallas Cowboys. We're gonna be fine, We're gonna get people. 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.959 But but it is just it is just different. And 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.319 so if you feel like they're close, like I'm sure 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.360 Will does. I think it'd be really hard to leave this. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:56.560 Yeah, yeah, I agree. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:00.680 Moving on to Stefan Gilmore and Tyler Smith and news 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:01.560 coming into this week. 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:03.040 We didn't touch on it yesterday. 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.559 It was to find Gilmore but dislocated his shoulder and 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.800 the win against Washington and was able to pop it 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.199 back in place on the sideline, had the second half 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.600 with a sling over his shoulder, and then told Mike 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:14.720 McCarthy after the game, I'm good, I'm gonna be ready, 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.360 and then told reporters after the game in the locker 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.880 room that he felt great and that, you know, it 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.199 just kind of depends on the week. And that was 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.160 more of what we heard yesterday from Mike McCarthy and 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.559 then this morning again from Jerry Jones. Sounds like he'll 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.839 probably get a rest day tomorrow on Wednesday, if I 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.280 would have to guess, and then probably limited on Thursday 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:35.439 and or Friday. But I fully expect to find Gilmore 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:39.200 to go on Sunday. It appears he'll probably wear one 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:43.000 of those harnesses under his jersey on the to protect 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:43.520 the shoulder. 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.200 I wonder how much of his you know, movement will be. 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:49.959 Conflicted with but we'll just kind of see as the 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:51.600 week goes on, that'll be a little bit more clear. 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:53.960 And then Tyler Smith sounds like he's gonna get ready 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.440 to go this week as well, dealing with that horn 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.360 planner fashion that he suffered against Detroit obviously, but it 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.839 sounds like they're looking forward to getting him back on 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.640 the field and this week in a limited practice fashion 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:07.880 and then play on son Aegasreenbay, So. 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:09.200 Good news on both fronts. 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:13.040 Stephan Gilmour starting with him specifically, I mean we asked 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:19.120 Barry Church on postgame show coverage of when you're wearing 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.640 brakece like that on your shoulder, how can that affect 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:23.760 you as a defensive back? 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:24.599 How can that affect you? 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.640 Of course Barry played safety, but he was saying from 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.200 a cornerback standpoint, it's not going to affect you as 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.320 much because you can still move, you can still use 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:33.400 your hands, you can still be. 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.760 Semi physical, probably not as physical, especially in the run game. 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.240 Can't come downhill and just hit people with your shoulder 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:42.480 or anything like that. But it is going to affect 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.719 you just from a physicality standpoint, in terms of the 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.079 actual coverage ability in the way that he's able to 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.199 defend the pass, it shouldn't affect Stephan Gilmore too much. 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.839 So great news, especially in a scary moment where he 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:59.000 was being held coming off the field. I thought it 0:13:59.040 --> 0:13:59.600 could have been. 0:13:59.480 --> 0:13:59.960 A lot worse. 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.680 Oh yeah, and we go back to that, the Trayvon 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.960 Diggs injury. I remember, you know, that was the talk. 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:08.040 Then it was just well, that's a big loss. But 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:09.439 then it's also one of those you look at the 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.880 depth at the position, like a significant. 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:14.160 Drop only year you probably could right, right, And. 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.440 So when this is two games now where Gilmore has 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.920 been kind of slow to get up on different things recently, 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.160 and you just think, okay, well there's a big drop 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:22.720 off if you don't have him. So even him with 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:27.280 a harness and maybe being say ninety eighty five percent, 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.800 I mean, you'll take that to over the fact or 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:32.520 the possibility of you not having him. 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:36.120 So yeah, it was funny this morning hearing Jerry Jones 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.560 talking about being healthy going into the playoffs, and he 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.600 was talking specifically about this team. He wouldn't want to 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.200 set him up any better, he wouldn't want to put 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:45.280 him in his position better. 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.280 The first thing that popped in my head was. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.920 Man, I would love Trayvon Yeah, that's really too too. 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:53.080 I would love on this roster. I'd love Layton Vandersch 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.720 on this roster two. I think overshown it would be 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:56.400 a huge piece. 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:57.760 But I get what he's saying. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:59.880 I mean, overall, this the health of this team, that 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.400 cornerstones of this franchise. They are healthy going into the postseason. 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.720 I completely agree they're in a good spot. But man, 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:07.520 it would push him over the top if you had 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:08.560 guys like that available. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.360 Look was Stefan Gilmore. 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.720 And Nashan Wright because that was who kind of came 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.840 in for Gilmore after he got hurt on Sunday. How 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.400 catastrophic would it be if Gilmore couldn't play right? 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:23.560 Why do we got to talk about this? 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.200 I'm just throwing it out there. How is it a 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.720 catastrophic thing? I think about na Sean Wright. I see 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.800 a strong training camp, honestly, that he had a preseason 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.560 that he put together where he had some really shining moments. 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:37.800 But he hasn't really been trusted on the field just 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:38.720 yet so far this year. 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.800 Battled a little bit of injury early in the season two, 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.760 and we haven't quite seen that third round type talent 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:48.080 from Nashan, right, since he's been in Dallas. So is 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.960 it a huge catastrophic loss Stefan Gilmore cannot. 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.120 Play on Sunday? That's I think it's a reasonable thing 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:55.080 to kind of look at. 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.040 I would say, yes, yeah, I don't know. 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.440 I don't know if i'd use the word catastrophic. But 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.000 if I was ranking, you know, the roster and players 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:05.880 that you can't afford to lose, he's certainly in the 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:06.400 top ten. 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:07.320 Yeah. 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.960 Yeah, i'd say top five probably borderline top five, borderline 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:13.400 top five, I mean. 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.920 Okay, dak micah cd CD, Yeah, those are top three, 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.160 no doubt. The top three is then often I would 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.720 say two offensive linemen, probably Zach. 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.320 I mean, we've we've seen you can survive without Zach. 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.160 But that's why I would put like Gilmore above the 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:28.800 offensive line. 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.440 Yeah, because you feel better about Brockoffman and t J. 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.200 Bass behind him. What about Tyron Smith? 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:38.840 Yeah, that's biguma. Yeah, depends on who you're going against. 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:40.680 Yeah, I think Tyran Smith's gotta be. 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.480 Tyro Smith's probably the only offensive lineman. Would put it 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:44.960 on hil. 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:50.000 Moore pretty rough after that, but yeah, I think Gilmour's 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:54.200 border Damon. Yeah, just because you don't have anybody else period. 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:57.440 Clark goes down. Who's off a linebacker one? 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:58.760 Thomas, Yeah, I. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.280 Mean it's it's yeah, it's rough, it's ya. 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.600 Buddy Johnson, Yeah, yeah, off of the practice. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.200 Squad probably probably, so he's been getting those elevations and 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.080 then the elevations reset this week or reset for the playoffs. 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.639 They can elevate whoever for the playoffs, so that'll obviously 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:13.080 help the double. 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.359 Is there a limit in the playoffs? Is it only three? No, 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:17.200 you can go all four games? 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.200 Okay, yeah, yep, So I was curious. We will see 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:21.720 how that that goes down. 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.680