WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Should the Cowboys Reunite with Randy Gregory? 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:06.240 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:15.960 Cowboys Let's go. But are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:16.479 Yes? 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:18.360 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:19.160 Absolutely? 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:21.279 Ready for a break? 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:23.520 Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:27.960 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:32.480 We were on right with Ambar Garcia, Brian brought us, 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:35.880 Patrick Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:41.040 It is Wednesday, October fourth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:43.360 episode number forty five. Welcome to the latest edition Oh 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.640 the Break, live from the SWBC Mortgage Studios. At the 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:50.240 start today we start talking Cowboys versus forty nine Ers. 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.800 Brian will have his breakdown of the Cowboys offense versus 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:56.200 forty nine Ers defense. We will also get a few 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.560 updates here, hopefully at some point during the show on 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:01.840 some injuries. But we'll kind of lay the table on 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.400 what that looks like and then start getting you guys 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:08.479 ready for this upcoming game on Sunday Night Football. 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.480 Got my crew here, Let's start off first. 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:13.840 I know that Mike McCarthy will be going we'll be 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:20.039 approaching the podium here momentarily, but in the meantime, no, 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.319 see just kind of lay the groundwork on what we're 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.280 looking at as far as injuries for this week, What 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.000 should we be keeping an eye on, and what do 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.080 we think is the status as of right now? 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.759 And as you stated, we'll get some real time updates 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:35.880 from Mike McCarthy here via text momentarily, but yesterday is 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:37.679 what we have as far as the most updated. Ric 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:40.800 o'dowdo hip contusion is what it's being described as. He's 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.880 expected to be limited in today's practice, today, me and Wednesday. 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.440 Zach Martin suffered a quad injury on Sunday. He's also 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.200 expected to be limited. He and Rico will both do 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.080 some work with the rehab group and then the expectation 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.560 is they'll get a little bit of participation with the 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:59.120 team practice. Tyrone Smith knee, he's been out the past 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:02.000 two games. Expectations that he will be with the rehab 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:05.600 group on Wednesday and they'll see how he feels after that. 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.079 But I expect that he'll be DMP four Wednesday. We'll 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:09.840 see if they wrap him up for Thursday, which is 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.680 a big day in Cowboys Nation as far as practices 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:14.600 are concerned. Knock going all the wood you need to 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.800 when it comes to Thursday practice, Michael Parson's dealing with 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:19.760 a knee and an ankle injury. They were kind of 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.440 banged up against the Patriots. Michael told media on yesterday 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.919 at a somewhat of a charity event with a youth 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:30.400 sports team that he's good to go for Sunday, so 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:32.760 as long as there are no setbacks from nothing worse. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.760 Since this week, Michael Parsons will be on the field 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.160 and that's massive for the Cowboys. Can't afford to not 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.680 have him, so Dowell and Martin have a chance to play. 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.640 Michael Parsons sounds like he's a full go. Tyrone Smith 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:47.680 still wait and see, all right. One of the quick note, 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:50.200 I wanted to hit here real quick. Actually, right before 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.040 we went on the air, I started seeing some news 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.400 reports of a former Cowboy that may actually be out 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.360 on the street again as a free agent, both Adam 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:02.320 Schefter at ESPN and kevinpatrat NFL dot Com. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.000 Or reporting that he will be released. And I will 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:07.000 say this before we get into the conversation. Let me 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.720 be real clear, these are the opinions of this group 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.840 based upon being media people. We are not representing anything 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.120 from the football side of the football operations part of 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.480 the building. This is just opinions that we're giving based 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.800 on our impressions of Randy. 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:23.840 Gregory and the Cowboys team. 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.920 So that being said, if Randy Gregory is released, as 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:30.839 these reports are saying he will be, do you think 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:32.120 the Cowboys. 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:33.640 Should be interested in possibly bringing him back. 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:35.240 I don't see the fit now. 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:37.920 Obviously saw the fit then when they were willing to 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.080 sign him a free agency before they lost him out 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:42.440 to the Broncos. But now when you look at what 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.280 Dante Fowler has come in and done and being researching 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:49.000 under Dan Quinn, you want to see Sam Williams continue 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.320 to ramp up and the only way to do that 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.440 is to keep getting this guy the reps. And then, 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.680 of course you know you have Mike and DeMarcus Lawrence, 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.400 so you know, from a Cowboys standpoint, you would then 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.600 be trying amend fences to bring in a D five 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.000 maybe because who are you taking reps away from Fowler 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.360 who just got you a strip fumble that you took 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.240 for a touchdown, or Sam who you need to take 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.760 that year two leap. I just don't see it happening 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.640 from a Cowboys standpoint, And then from a Randy Gregory standpoint. 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.640 I think Bill Belichick is probably on his phone already. 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.600 I mean, Belichick just lost Matthew Judon, he lost Christian 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.320 Gonzales and then had to give up a couple of 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.680 picks to go back and get J. C. Jackson, which 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:26.880 probably put them out of the trademarket for a pass 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:30.200 rusher after losing Judon. But then the timing goes, you 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.960 have a veteran pass rusher who can still be effective 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.640 on the edge come into free agency. I think this 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.640 has Bill Belichick written all over it, which would also 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.720 give Gregory a chance to kind of rebuild himself for 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.640 a better contract than twenty twenty four. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.920 Two years ago. They were willing to pay him. Yeah, 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.080 you know, and they thought enough of him, and I 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.560 actually they thought they had the deal done. You know, 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:53.039 you have a Denver based agent, and so you know, 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.640 it makes sense to try and maybe build some more 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.320 clientele there with the Broncos, which is always good. That 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.320 way the guy can kind of look after Randy while 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.000 he's there in Denver. Always been a huge fan of 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:08.880 Randy Gregor. The injury part of his career has been difficult. 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.240 The mental struggles that he's dealt with. I think he's 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:17.160 come through brilliantly. I would absolutely bring him back, and 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.360 I really don't have time for people's feelings right now 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:24.880 when it comes to playing time. I'm kind of in 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:29.479 that mode where to me, it's about trying to find 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.599 the best best players to put on the field and 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.960 rush the passer or play run defense. Run defense not 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.360 always one of Randy's strength, But I know with Randy 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.520 you could put him wide, He's fine, you could kick 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.480 guys inside of him. He's a really good combination player 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.280 when you work games with him. When you start to 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.279 talk about the one thing we'll get into with the 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.400 forty nine ers is they create a lot of forman pressure. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.320 You bring Randy Gregory in here, I think you create 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.440 foreman pressure. Haven't been completely sold on what I've seen 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.760 from Dords Armstrong. I know Dward's Armstrong has a is 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.680 in the last year trying to get a deal and 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.440 all that you know going forward, But to me, I 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.080 have no problems with trying to add guys that I 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:13.440 know legitimately can rush the passer and I know this 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:14.240 guy can't do that. 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:21.040 I agree with everything you both said about the talent, 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.640 but I would say no, thank you. I do take 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:30.400 feelings into consideration. I am a very stubborn person and 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:36.960 I will admit that. But after everything we did with 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:41.320 the organization did and then I know there was a 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:46.000 whole confusion and whether was it the agent or not 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:49.640 and what there was a lot going on and at 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.440 the end the deal didn't work out. But even then, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.680 the comments that were made on social media, I don't 0:06:55.680 --> 0:07:00.400 forget about that. I mean, after they've supported him for 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.480 so long and then he comes out with I forget 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.400 exactly a word by word what he had tweeted at 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:11.880 the time. I'm like, I'm sorry, I don't That's like 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.000 a slap in the face to me. And no, I 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:19.960 don't care if i'm if I have zero pressure right now, 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:25.280 tours like pressuring the quarterback and I'm here struggling and 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.880 losing every game, I don't care. I'm good. 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.040 If you get fired, then you get fired for not 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.679 having then you get fired for not having players. See, 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.920 this is where and I get that, this is where 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:40.360 you have to disconnect yourself from the situation. You have 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.440 to sit there and look at it and go, Okay, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.920 what is the one thing that Randy Gregory could help 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:48.720 us to and again two years ago you were committed 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.960 to doing that, dan Quinn probably signed off on it. 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.800 Dan Quinn's like, yeah, heck yeah, I can use this guy. 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:58.320 So to me, I'm not in the business of getting fired, 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:00.600 you know, I'm in the business of trying to find 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.920 players so my defense can match up with the teams 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.960 I'm playing on my schedule, you know, the Philadelphias, the Detroits, 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.320 the Chargers coming up. That's what I'm trying to figure out. 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.080 I don't win enough games I get fired. Nobody's gonna 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.480 feel sorry for me when I get fired, you know. 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.080 But you also have to look. I think the one 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.440 thing that always came down with Randy Gregory was his 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:26.280 talent was always so innate. He had that innate talent. Yeah, 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:30.400 and we always talked about what he could be, and 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.920 it always came down to how available he was because 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:34.839 he kept getting. 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:35.920 Suspended and all of that. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.560 And and again I don't I don't. I take mental 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.400 health super super serious one hundred percent, So I'm not 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:47.679 trying to downplay that. But when you talk about availability 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:51.000 and can you count on something like that and someone 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.240 like that, is that someone that will fit in now 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.320 with the culture that's currently being created. 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:58.720 In the law. If you, if you told me that 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:03.280 you are against this move because of availability, I really 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.520 don't have a leg to stand on because that has 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:09.040 been a history. But I do know that when he 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.360 is available that he could be a difference maker as 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.720 a player. You know, there's a reason why. You know, 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.600 the Denver gave him five years, seventy million dollars second 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.280 year in a deal. Now what's happened is Denver's in 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.439 a situation right now with a brand new head coach, 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:28.199 brand new staff. There's that guy over there is setting examples, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.960 is what he's doing. He's saying, Okay, how can I 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.319 you know, I'm gonna get somebody's attention in this locker 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.320 room today, And that's how you do things like that. 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.880 But like I said, if you told me, if you 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.680 told me, hey, I don't want the player because he's 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.400 not always available, you have a point. 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.800 And when it comes to like Randy Grigory and just 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.199 mental health in you know, specifically, everyone knows how I 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.319 feel about mental health and knowing both sides of the coin. 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.640 As far as the availability part of it, the non 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:03.160 injury availability issues which were the NFL suspensions around marijuana, 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:05.760 and my feelings on all of that are relevant. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:06.960 So I'm not going to get into all that. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:08.920 He's proven to be right by the way what he 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:10.520 thought about correct for a year. 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.920 And then here we are new CBA, new testing rules 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.360 that don't apply as far as you know, suspension for 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:18.040 marijuana and a certain and a much much of a degree. 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:21.120 But i will say this, my main thing is for 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.280 that thing when that thing fell apart. Between both sides, 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.800 there's Brandy Gregor and his agent side of the story, 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:29.920 and they're the cowboys side of the story, and there's 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.360 dirty laundry on both sides. I'm not going to air 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.960 either of the dirty laundry because I know both sides. 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:37.360 What I will say though, is knowing both sides, I 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.600 give grace to both sides of that coin to say, hey, 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.240 it's possible to mend those fences. It's ugly, but it's possible. 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.920 That being said, to answer Derek's question, I'm not going 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:49.760 to put any of that into play. As far as 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.800 my thought process or potentially or not potentially bringing Randy 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.280 Gregory back, I'm looking at it strictly as from. 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:56.360 A cowboy schematics. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:11:00.080 I don't know that he would be the Dee f 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.760 five that you would want in the building if your 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.280 plan is to develop Sam Williams and to keep Dante 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:06.559 Fowler out there as well. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:07.760 I don't see that fit. 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:09.800 Because you probably are gonna have to pay him, probably 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.160 more than you would typically play it, pay ade five 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.199 to get that done. Now you flip over to the 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.080 player side of it, because free agency is a two 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.440 way street. From a player side of it, Randy Gregory's 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.400 agent is looking at him, him saying, there's better situations 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.080 out there. New England is a better situation. You'll probably 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.320 get paid a little bit more, You'll likely be a 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.960 starter in the absence of Judaan, and you get a 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.320 chance to kind of rebuild yourself to maybe get back 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.440 into the pool in twenty twenty four. So feelings hurt, 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.800 feelings aside, and burnt bridges aside, take all of that, 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.040 throwt out the window, and if we're strictly talking football 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:43.000 from both sides, I don't see it. 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:44.840 And let's also be clear that the one thing I 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.240 know about Jerry Jones is he is not one of 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:47.959 the whole crutches. 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:48.520 He is. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.840 It is about when it comes down to it, like 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.480 it's business, and I think he looks at it as business. 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.800 It's the reason why you can have an ezek. You'll 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:00.000 come back last week and them get you on it, 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:00.480 put it on. 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.080 Video board and say, man, he is one of us, right, 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:03.800 and the. 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.319 Cowboys had to cut him. Cowboys cut him a smith 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.560 like there are. There are lots of situations. I've seen 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:10.800 this over no. 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.120 No, no, no no, I have different no no. 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:14.760 I've seen this organization. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.440 I've seen this situation a number of times where you 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.319 could say the cowboys were in a situation where they 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.120 were spurned by a player, or the player had something 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.000 to say walking out of the door after the cowboys 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.760 cut him. And and then you see when that guy's retired, 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.520 he's back here and he's in the building and he's 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.120 got off the gray jacket, and the cowboys are like, 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:35.240 he's one of ours. I just don't think Jerry takes 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.000 it personal like that. So I don't think Jerry would 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:38.600 look at it like that. That's my own personal opinion. 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.200 I don't think he would look at it like that. 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.240 But I do think your point about availability is the 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:44.080 most important. 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:45.480 That's the point you look at it. 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:49.120 I think at least in part, he is not he 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.440 will be if these reports are accurate that he's going 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:53.240 to be released. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.800 Then I think in part that's. 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.040 Because over two seasons he's now played ten games he 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.520 missed I think what it was eleven games last season, 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.319 And on top of that, in the games that he's 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.080 played in those ten games, he only has three sacks 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.920 and twenty one tackles. When you're paying a guy five 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.439 year deal word seventy million dollars, your expectations are you 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.120 going to get a little bit more in your pass rush? 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:19.000 Remember how what has been the longest that he's played 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:20.160 in one season? 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:22.920 We could find out, Yeah, I assume somebody can pull 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:23.600 that up real quick. 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:25.640 Sure, but again I think you can. 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:29.080 I don't think anyone is going to argue availability has 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:30.400 been his biggest. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.439 Death around his career. 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.679 And so for me, that's when I look at the 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:37.040 depth of this defense, of the defensive end position in particular, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.640 I'm like, hey, I know you may say Durance Armstrong 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:41.880 may not be showing me all I want. 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.040 What I look at is. 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.240 I'm like, he can make a few plays here and there. 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.680 He's not going to be a world beater. But what 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.640 I do love about him. Is he shows up every week, 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.679 he's available, he's available, He's consistently available. 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:54.720 And I don't know that there are guys on that 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:55.400 list that I. 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.280 Would think I would want to take time from for 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.120 a guy that I don't consider to be So. 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.360 To answer your question, eleven starts in twenty twenty one. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:04.000 That's the well. 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.719 Also, I think we've seen when people don't fit in 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:09.960 Laurria laughing. 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:14.400 I'm laughing because just real quick, what about Tyron Smith 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:15.280 and Tyler Smith? 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.199 We can have that conversation now. I don't think Tyler 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.920 is the same conversation. I think Tyron is a conversation 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.520 that we've already had and we've talked about, like, how 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.520 do you manage when you're going into a season you 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.840 have to be thinking about I think they need to 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:30.720 be thinking about, you're not going to have him for 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:31.360 a full season. 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:32.520 Yeah, and if they've made the. 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.640 Decision that his talent is good enough for them to 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:36.840 deal with that, that's one thing. But I also will 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.080 say this, are you trying to make the equation? Are 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.840 you trying to make the equivalent between the ability of 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.320 Tyron Smith when he's healthy ability? 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:44.920 No? 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:48.360 No, but say to me, to me, Tyler Smith as 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:52.520 a tackle is the future. That's the future to me, 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:58.280 and they chose to go with non availability at times 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.160 at tackle instead of putting the guy out there who's 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.640 the future of your team. 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:05.840 But is that about the fact that they consider the 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.120 talent they would consider in this instance, lets's they were 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.800 comparing these two things. They consider the talent of Tyron 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:16.440 Smith at that position with what else they've got better 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.640 and more important and work the risk than defensive end, 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.280 where they've got lots of different options and it's the 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.000 same level of unavailability. I think there are more factors 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:28.520 that are involved in that than just availability versus unavailability. 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:36.040 Right, I mean that's completely factual. I mean because contextually speaking, 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.880 you're both right, but you have to apply the extra variables. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.560 Like you said, they're thinner on offensive line than they 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:43.840 are on defensive front. And then this is a league 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.600 where you're seeing the offensive line play kind of take 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:47.440 a large hit. 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.600 Because you talked about it a few weeks ago. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.240 It's the quality of the offensive lineman that are coming 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.040 into the league. So the pipeline isn't there, So it 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.080 gives you a little bit, It gives you an option 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.160 to give more grace to a guy like Tyron Smith 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.640 than maybe you would have given to Randy Gregory. But again, 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.000 this is all if we're talking about feelings, we got 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.640 to get feelings off the table. Availability absolutely a great point. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.160 Scheme fit or lack thereof, absolutely great point. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.000 Let's not make let's not mince words there. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:14.600 We know d Q can get the most out of 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.960 Oh yeah, that's the part I do agree with you, like, 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.000 that's the part what makes you a little bit like. 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.160 Out of him. There is a willingness. There was a 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.080 willingness at the time to give Randy Gregory probably seventy 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:29.120 million dollars. Maybe not the way that maybe not the 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.680 way the Broncos were willing to do it. But but 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.920 Jerry Jones, I mean Jerry Jones to to you know, 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.360 has gone out of his way to always try and 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:41.920 help Randy Gregory even and you know, to me, there's 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.280 that You're absolutely right. I don't think he'll ever have 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:46.560 a bad thing to say about Randy Gregory. I don't think. 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.360 I think the agent is a whole other thing to it. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.760 I think that's why Jerry backed him up so long, 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.480 because you do get to know Randy. He's such a 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.200 great guy. Like you know, there's nothing like he's not 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:03.160 a bad person. So it's very smart. So it's one 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.679 of those things that yes, you want to support not 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:07.760 as a player, just as a player, but also as 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.600 a person be there. And I think that's why he 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:14.520 stayed here for so long, where so many critics and 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.480 I think me at some point and a lot of 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:19.720 people at some point before you really got to know 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:25.919 the full situation behind every suspension type of stuff. They 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:30.880 they allowed him to try to get better and gave 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:34.760 him all the support he wanted, he needed, and the 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.560 talent has always been there. But again, can he be available? 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:40.480 And then I just remember the other thing that I 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:42.399 was going to say, is he and I don't know 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.520 the answer to this, but would he be a good fit? 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.520 Like I mentioned before in the locker room, because we've 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:52.719 seen it with other guys that just they don't fit in, 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:58.080 not on the field, but with everybody else on the team, 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:59.960 and that kind of creates we saw it with talk. 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:02.679 I know that was a little difference because I know 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:07.400 that's very different, very different. I get, I get I'm 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.840 talking about yeah, you know, clicking, But. 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:13.720 I will say this, I have never heard anything heard 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:17.760 no suggested to me that he was ever not good 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.040 with the locker room when he I think I think 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:21.680 the players were good with him. I think he was 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:23.800 good with the players buy and large, so I don't 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:25.879 I wouldn't necessarily worry about that one too much. I 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.800 think he was a guy that they respected, and he 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:29.479 respected them. 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:31.480 I think it all worked here from the statement. 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.639 I'm just not I'm not putting too much. I'm not 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:36.480 investing much of anything into the hurt feelings thing things, 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:38.159 because we're not going to sit here and pretend that 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:42.560 we've not said some things during a breakup only to 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.680 end up back with that person a few months later. 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:47.560 We've we've all you've never never circled back. Now, once 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:52.360 respect done, once it's done, I honestly can't say the same, 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.840 So let me move on. I mean, there are times 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.159 where you say things during the toxic breakup because you 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:58.399 thought it was going to go this way and it 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:00.240 didn't go that way, and then you both kind of 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.080 yelling at each other and then you hate each other 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:06.399 for you know whatever, And then time passes and those feelings, 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:08.840 those feelings lesson, and you start to kind of remember 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:10.800 the good times a little bit and then you start 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:15.320 do you start to kind of wonder, you know, But nonetheless, 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.919 but nonetheless I'll say feelings aside, because I think feelings 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.200 can be repaired, especially when you start sprinkling money on 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:21.840 the feelings. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:23.120 But feelings aside. 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.959 If you look at it from a football fit, from 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.080 a Cowboys standpoint, I don't think that they will want 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:30.439 to pay what they need to pay Randy Gregory to 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.119 be what is likely d E five because then losing him, 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.919 they got Sam Williams, so that's who they want, you know, 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.720 to replace Randy Gregory with. And then from a player standpoint, 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:40.520 like I said, they are better options Bill Belichick and 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.119 the Patriots, they they're in dire straits right now. This 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:46.040 is a move that maybe the Chiefs will probably look 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:49.240 at something like that. Andy Reid is not adverse to 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:51.560 adding pass rushers, and they need some depth on the 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:53.040 defensive line behind Chris Jones. 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:54.639 So I mean, I just don't see it. 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:56.359 There are probably lots of teams where he'll get a 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.280 better opportunity as a defensive. 0:19:58.800 --> 0:19:59.879 But he has already been paid. 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:02.480 That's jay he's getting them latter, so that's which also 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:03.800 makes it easier the next. 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:05.320 Two needs to go where the fit is, where he 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:06.440 feels the most. 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:08.280 Comfortable, and I would get the most rips. 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.240 I wouldn't be doubt if it's in the backyard. We're 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:12.040 right here all right. 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:14.800 Are you saying down down to South Texas? 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:17.080 No, I'm saying right here, right here, in this backyard here, 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:17.359 all right. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:17.960 We will see. 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:20.080 That'll be interesting to keep an eye on here over 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.080 the next few days, because I have some something should 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:23.240 happen relatively quickly. 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:23.840 We'll see. 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:24.960 Let's take our first brick. 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.720 Let's come back, and we'll start getting into the storylines 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:29.360 of the week. We'll that Brian give us his breakdown 0:20:29.440 --> 0:20:31.840 the Cowboys offense versus the forty nine Ers defense. 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Yeah, the only 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:15.280 thing hotter than the Dallas Cowboys will be the thirty 0:23:15.320 --> 0:23:18.320 thousand pounds of brisket, chicken, pull, pork and ribs smoking 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:20.760 at Miller Lighthouse when some of the biggest names in 0:23:20.840 --> 0:23:23.800 barbecue come together at the Q Barbecue Fest. Tickets are 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:27.480 on sale now at SeatGeek dot com, the official ticketing 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:29.800 provider of of AT and T Stadium. 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:30.360 Welcome Back. 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:32.560 It is the second segment of The Break Live from 0:23:32.560 --> 0:23:35.720 the SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. The segment brought 0:23:35.720 --> 0:23:39.840 to you by block game dot Com. All right, here 0:23:39.920 --> 0:23:42.639 we go, Brian, give us your breakdown. Dallas offense versus 0:23:42.640 --> 0:23:43.639 forty nine Ers defense. 0:23:43.720 --> 0:23:45.520 Yeah, this is a true four to three front. You've 0:23:45.520 --> 0:23:47.639 seen one to play like this already this year with 0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:50.399 the New York Jets. They're going to play what they 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:53.359 call we call the wide nine, where those defensive ends 0:23:53.400 --> 0:23:57.199 are going to be really lined up wide outside of 0:23:57.240 --> 0:24:00.680 the tackles the stream extreme outside shoulder of the offensive 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:03.800 tackles is you look at it. Their outstanding when it 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:06.439 comes to getting pressure on the quarterback without using the blitz, 0:24:06.440 --> 0:24:09.160 they're gonna they're gonna rush for they don't have the blitz, 0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:13.280 they will just it's it's really impressive the way that 0:24:13.320 --> 0:24:16.359 they play. They they've got. The thing about it is 0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:19.440 they tend to play a little bit more with their 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:22.320 front and when I get into the defensive lineman where 0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:25.000 guys play a little bit stationary, they don't really move 0:24:25.080 --> 0:24:27.800 back and forth. One plays on the left, one plays 0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:29.679 on the right. That's kind of how they work. So 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:32.399 it's it's a it's a really unique way of playing 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:34.560 it because you see guys flipping all the time. But 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.160 but not this crew. They're going to play a lot more. 0:24:38.400 --> 0:24:40.159 They're gonna play a lot more zone coverage in the 0:24:40.200 --> 0:24:42.600 secondary than they are man. They're going to be in 0:24:42.720 --> 0:24:45.840 nickel about eighty five percent of the time you're going 0:24:45.880 --> 0:24:48.520 to get I went back and looked at the divisional 0:24:48.560 --> 0:24:50.679 game last year against Dallas and the way that they 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:53.760 played Dak They played Cover three, which is that zone 0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:56.520 look to cover two, which is a too high safety 0:24:56.560 --> 0:24:59.800 look to cover four and then Cover one in those snaps, 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:02.359 So you know, Dak took advantage of them when they 0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:05.080 went single high or the Cover three. He did a 0:25:05.119 --> 0:25:07.879 really nice job against him that way. When they played 0:25:07.920 --> 0:25:11.480 the two safeties, the cover two look, that was a 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:13.840 little bit more of a problem for him. So we'll 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:16.560 see if, in fact that the forty nine ers give 0:25:16.640 --> 0:25:19.000 him a little bit more of Cover two stuff. But 0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:22.840 they're really a Cover three zone kind of a team 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:24.800 when you look at him their defensive line, this is 0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:27.920 one of the best defensive lines that the Cowboys probably 0:25:27.920 --> 0:25:31.120 will face this year. They're physical, they're disruptive, they're difficult 0:25:31.119 --> 0:25:34.800 to move. Nick Bosa is primarily the guy you're going 0:25:34.880 --> 0:25:36.760 to have to deal with. He's going to line up 0:25:36.760 --> 0:25:39.840 on the left at the left defensive end, so that 0:25:39.880 --> 0:25:42.800 means this will be a Terrence Steele game. Last year, 0:25:42.920 --> 0:25:46.320 Terrence Steele wasn't in this game. The playoff game that 0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:49.080 was Tyron Smith. Tyrant Smith didn't fare too well against 0:25:49.160 --> 0:25:51.480 Nick Bosa in that game. That was a problem for him, 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:56.080 So we'll see how how things work out this time around. 0:25:56.400 --> 0:25:59.080 The biggest problem deal with Bosa is the movement that 0:25:59.119 --> 0:26:01.399 he plays with like he is going to He's not 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:03.439 just going to rush up the field. He's a He 0:26:03.520 --> 0:26:06.080 kind of just tries to break you down by suddenly 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:08.320 just moving back and forth, kind of finding spot and 0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:11.840 then you're not sure how to get your hands on him. 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:13.879 And that's the way he kind of breaks you down 0:26:14.480 --> 0:26:17.439 by that movement. He shakes, he wiggles, and then he 0:26:17.560 --> 0:26:19.840 just doesn't want the blockers to get his hands on him. 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:22.440 You have to be really patient when you block him. 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:24.639 Don't let him get you with all that movement. You 0:26:24.680 --> 0:26:26.600 got to kind of set you know, let him move 0:26:26.640 --> 0:26:28.480 all that stuff. He's not getting to the quarterback. Just 0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:30.040 let him move, let him move, let him move, and 0:26:30.080 --> 0:26:32.320 then kind of find a way to get your hands 0:26:32.320 --> 0:26:35.800 on him. So he'll also lower his head and bullrush 0:26:35.960 --> 0:26:38.680 a blocker. If he feels the blockers given too much ground, 0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:41.240 he'll just carry you right to the quarterback. This is 0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:44.040 where Terrence still needs to be careful because Terrence still 0:26:44.080 --> 0:26:47.439 at times doesn't always set his feet and when guys 0:26:47.440 --> 0:26:51.320 get under him, he gets compressed. And so that's if 0:26:51.359 --> 0:26:55.200 Bosa feels like that he can run steal back into 0:26:55.200 --> 0:26:56.640 the quarterback, he will. 0:26:56.720 --> 0:26:57.400 He will do that. 0:26:58.000 --> 0:27:02.200 He's really good on on running plays where he'll gamble. 0:27:02.480 --> 0:27:05.720 He'll gamble on just shooting the gap and just going down. 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:09.359 And sometimes we've seen DeMarcus Lawrence do this where all 0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:10.880 of a sudden, they're lined up and they're like they're 0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:13.080 feeling like the run play is going to go to 0:27:13.119 --> 0:27:15.800 their side or go away, and they just shoot the gap. 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:19.440 And that turns into a problem because once he gets going, 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:23.840 he could be a hard guy to stop inside it. 0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:30.159 Tackle Armstead and Hardgrave, they're the problems that I talked about. 0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:32.199 They're going to line up, you can Armstead is going 0:27:32.240 --> 0:27:35.200 to line up on the left tackle at left tackle, 0:27:35.720 --> 0:27:37.720 and Hargrave is going to line up on the right side. 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:40.040 Eighty five percent of snaps, these guys just kind of 0:27:40.040 --> 0:27:44.879 play those spots. But Armstead is long, powerful, He's a 0:27:44.920 --> 0:27:48.040 handful to deal with against the run. Hargrave is the 0:27:48.080 --> 0:27:50.680 pass rusher. He's the top tackle in the league when 0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:54.320 it comes to quarterback pressures. If you get these guys 0:27:54.560 --> 0:27:57.600 what we would call adjacent or right next to each other, 0:27:57.920 --> 0:28:00.520 you're gonna get some type of game. So you know, 0:28:00.560 --> 0:28:02.520 with how wide they play, and all of a sudden 0:28:02.560 --> 0:28:04.840 they get real tight and they get together well they're 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:06.840 gonna do some game. You're probably gonna get a twist. 0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:09.080 You're gonna get it. Maybe a linebacker involved. So the 0:28:09.119 --> 0:28:12.440 Cowboys just by alignment need to be aware of where 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:15.520 these guys play. Tight alignment probably a game, you know, 0:28:15.680 --> 0:28:19.040 far alignment, probably a little bit of a normal pass rush. 0:28:19.119 --> 0:28:22.560 Drake Jackson is another one. He's a guy plays edge 0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:26.639 opposite of Bosa. He's got three sacks, nine quarterback hits. 0:28:27.000 --> 0:28:29.600 He's exceptionally quick off the ball. He's got the ability 0:28:29.600 --> 0:28:32.000 to use that quickness in order to break down blockers. 0:28:32.000 --> 0:28:35.359 So they've got a front that's pretty pretty potent to 0:28:35.359 --> 0:28:38.400 deal with with the two big inside guys, three guys 0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:41.360 that could really get after the passer. When you look 0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:44.480 at their linebackers, Fred Warner and Drake Greenlaw, that are 0:28:44.520 --> 0:28:47.120 outstanding when it comes to play in the run. 0:28:47.200 --> 0:28:47.800 That's the league. 0:28:47.960 --> 0:28:51.040 Yeah, they are really good. You know the sixty run 0:28:51.080 --> 0:28:53.400 snaps that they face this year. The two they've got 0:28:53.400 --> 0:28:56.240 sixteen tackles, so they're not going to miss when they 0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:58.720 get in position. They're a difficult group to run away 0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:03.520 from due to their awareness, their anticipation, and their athletic ability. 0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:07.760 They both diagnose well they play down hill in a hurry. 0:29:07.840 --> 0:29:10.840 What you hope for is you take advantage of their aggressiveness. 0:29:11.040 --> 0:29:13.040 You know, we have this problem here with the Cowboys 0:29:13.080 --> 0:29:16.520 at times. Can you get them to run past the play? 0:29:16.640 --> 0:29:20.040 Can you get them to over commit in the run game. 0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:22.560 That's really your best hope because getting guys up on 0:29:22.640 --> 0:29:26.760 them can be really, really difficult. There's there's been some 0:29:26.960 --> 0:29:30.280 success when you throw the ball though against this guy, 0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:33.440 I mean, and I'm Fred Warner is the one particularly 0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:36.240 if you look at the number of targets and receptions 0:29:36.240 --> 0:29:39.080 that have come to dealing with him, he's he's one 0:29:39.120 --> 0:29:41.200 of those guys though that he might let you catch 0:29:41.240 --> 0:29:42.680 the ball, but he's not going to give you any 0:29:42.720 --> 0:29:45.400 run after catch. But there are times where people have 0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:47.800 caught the ball, but he's quick to bring you on 0:29:47.840 --> 0:29:50.600 the onto the ground. So middle of the field, though, 0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:54.040 is his area where he generally operates. And so that's 0:29:54.080 --> 0:29:56.040 where you got to kind of worry about. If you 0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:59.240 know where where those guys are on the field. You know, 0:29:59.280 --> 0:30:01.880 you gotta worry about the these guys jumping routes too. They 0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:05.000 like to if they see like the ball, maybe quarterback 0:30:05.040 --> 0:30:08.360 sets looks back. Next thing you know the quarterbacks, guy's 0:30:08.360 --> 0:30:10.920 eyes on the underneath and they just immediately just drive 0:30:11.000 --> 0:30:13.880 on it. They play with really, really great awareness when 0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:15.760 it comes to this, They're gonna be difficult to deal 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:20.040 with in that way. The secondary I mentioned they're going 0:30:20.120 --> 0:30:22.960 to play nickel eighty five percent of the time. I 0:30:22.960 --> 0:30:26.560 think this unit really benefits from their front seven because 0:30:26.840 --> 0:30:31.880 again it's another one of those stationary groups. Travarius Ward 0:30:32.000 --> 0:30:34.560 he's going to line up at the left cornerback ninety 0:30:34.560 --> 0:30:36.240 eight percent of the time. So if he lines up 0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:39.000 at left corner, that's going to be your right side 0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:42.200 of the defense. And then Leonore is the other corner 0:30:42.240 --> 0:30:45.400 on the other side. He's going to play that spot 0:30:45.560 --> 0:30:48.960 seventy eight percent of the times. Isaiah Oliver is their nickel. 0:30:49.200 --> 0:30:51.560 He's always in the slot. When they in the first 0:30:51.640 --> 0:30:54.680 two games, they had a guy Abray Thomas was in 0:30:54.720 --> 0:30:58.680 the lineup, but they've gone with this current group of Ward, Leonore, 0:30:58.880 --> 0:31:02.960 and Oliver the last several weeks, and Thomas has played 0:31:03.000 --> 0:31:05.960 a far less. I think if you throw the ball 0:31:06.000 --> 0:31:07.880 at one of these guys, I throw it at Leonore 0:31:08.200 --> 0:31:10.040 is who I would throw it Ceedee Lamb had a 0:31:10.160 --> 0:31:12.920 huge play against him last year on a bit of 0:31:12.960 --> 0:31:15.760 a just a go, just a go route, a vertical 0:31:15.880 --> 0:31:18.920 nine route and Dak They maxed the protection, got the 0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:22.080 ball down the field, Ceedy made the catch. He also 0:31:22.160 --> 0:31:25.680 drew a pass interference call. I don't think Leonor runs 0:31:25.880 --> 0:31:29.400 as well as some of these corners that we've seen 0:31:29.560 --> 0:31:31.920 the Cowboys play. I think he's a better zone player 0:31:31.920 --> 0:31:34.560 than he is a man. The catchup speed there, I 0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:36.880 just don't see. When there's separation, it's a little bit 0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:39.360 of a struggle for him to get back. So taking 0:31:39.400 --> 0:31:41.560 a shot at him, I don't think is a bad option. 0:31:42.200 --> 0:31:44.720 The numbers, the metrics, all those things kind of point 0:31:44.800 --> 0:31:47.520 to that direction too. Teams have had success throwing the 0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:49.640 ball in front of him and they and they've had 0:31:49.680 --> 0:31:52.040 some success throwing the ball behind him a little bit. 0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:54.720 So you know, that's something that the Cowboys kind of 0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:58.200 need to keep an eye. The safeties are really good 0:31:58.240 --> 0:32:02.560 players to Sean Gibbs and then the Funga are two 0:32:03.080 --> 0:32:07.360 really solid players. They Funga is always around the line 0:32:07.360 --> 0:32:10.760 of scrimmage. He's like cursed the way he plays. He's 0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:13.040 going to line up in the box. He's like a linebacker. 0:32:13.440 --> 0:32:15.560 He's kind of a headhunter when it comes to the 0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:17.680 way he plays. If you're one of these guys, you're 0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:21.440 on crossing routes, the stuff underneath neath. If he's in 0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:24.440 that area, he is going to take a shot at you. 0:32:24.520 --> 0:32:28.080 He's going to try and knock that ball loose, and 0:32:28.120 --> 0:32:31.120 he does a really good job of that. Gibson plays 0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:33.440 more coverage. I think Gibson does a really good job 0:32:33.440 --> 0:32:36.000 of reading routes. He puts himself in position in the 0:32:36.000 --> 0:32:39.400 middle of the field. You got Warner and Gibson in 0:32:39.440 --> 0:32:41.600 the middle. That's why teams have struggled a little bit 0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:43.840 to throw the ball inside there because of those two 0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:47.600 guys in the way they play. But there's there's there's 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:49.480 They do a great job of keeping the ball in 0:32:49.480 --> 0:32:52.560 front of him and then rallying. Both safeties tackle really 0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:55.040 really well. So it's a hard team to move the 0:32:55.080 --> 0:32:58.720 ball on. But in a way, the running aspect of it, 0:32:58.720 --> 0:33:00.800 I think is going to be some of a prompt. 0:33:00.840 --> 0:33:04.440 But if you're going to attack a guy leonor the corner, 0:33:04.520 --> 0:33:05.960 I think would be the guy if they want to 0:33:05.960 --> 0:33:08.240 throw the football, that's the guy that I would go after. 0:33:08.520 --> 0:33:10.520 All Right, we're going to take our final break when 0:33:10.520 --> 0:33:12.960 we come back. 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Right before we went to break, Brian 0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:55.560 broke down the Cowboys offense versus of Niners defense. 0:35:56.120 --> 0:35:57.440 No, see in the Break you had. 0:35:57.320 --> 0:35:59.880 Something you wanted to arrive Absolutely just sparting Lenor right, 0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:02.800 Just some science to help support what Brian's excellent scouting 0:36:02.840 --> 0:36:05.920 report was saying about Leonor. He is absolutely the weak spot. 0:36:05.920 --> 0:36:07.279 He's the one that you want to poke with a 0:36:07.320 --> 0:36:10.640 sharp stick. His hawk rate per our good friends at 0:36:10.719 --> 0:36:14.160 next Gen Stats, I mean love them, Yeah, is roughly 0:36:14.239 --> 0:36:15.960 just three percent. That's one of the lowest, one of 0:36:16.000 --> 0:36:17.840 the worst in the league. So he doesn't halk the 0:36:17.840 --> 0:36:21.400 ball very well. Coverage success rate is just around forty 0:36:21.440 --> 0:36:23.360 five percent, so less than half the time when you 0:36:23.400 --> 0:36:26.000 target him he's having success. Those are two of the 0:36:26.040 --> 0:36:30.640 lowest marks of any defensive back in San Francisco. But contrarily, 0:36:30.680 --> 0:36:33.520 when you look at Hufanga, Whufonka hawks the ball at 0:36:33.560 --> 0:36:36.200 a rate of about thirty three percent, so that's hey 0:36:36.320 --> 0:36:38.320 keep an eye on that. But also he has the 0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:40.719 highest covered success rate on the entire team, which is 0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:42.600 roughly sixty seven percent, So. 0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:44.400 It's wildly lopsided. 0:36:44.440 --> 0:36:47.839 Like Brian said, so if you're Mike McCarthy, Brian Schottenheimer, 0:36:47.960 --> 0:36:50.759 Dak Prescott, as long as your front five holds up, 0:36:50.880 --> 0:36:53.560 you need to target leonor early often and for the 0:36:53.640 --> 0:36:54.439 entirety of the game. 0:36:54.560 --> 0:36:55.560 That's a huge if. 0:36:55.600 --> 0:36:58.040 When you say, if you're front five, pretty your job 0:36:58.160 --> 0:37:01.560 holds This is a tough defense. I wanted to go 0:37:01.640 --> 0:37:05.440 back and I was looking at this top the defensive front. 0:37:06.200 --> 0:37:08.920 Their pressure rate is about forty three percent. They get 0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:11.480 pressure almost half the time when they're when they're going 0:37:11.520 --> 0:37:13.920 to get the quarterback they don't blitz much though obviously 0:37:13.920 --> 0:37:15.879 he st Brian On about it over time. 0:37:16.239 --> 0:37:16.719 But what was. 0:37:16.719 --> 0:37:19.359 Interesting to me was Javon Hargrave is actually the person 0:37:19.400 --> 0:37:22.520 that leads the team in quarterback pressures in twenty two Uh. 0:37:22.680 --> 0:37:25.799 He also has three sacks try with tied with Drake 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:28.600 Jackson for the lead on the team. Talk to me 0:37:28.640 --> 0:37:32.239 about how the interior of this offensive line matches up 0:37:32.440 --> 0:37:35.520 with those two defensive tackles, particularly because it mostly gets. 0:37:35.400 --> 0:37:38.480 A lot of a lot of the press. Hardgraves a problem. 0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:41.480 Yeah. The thing about it is with Hardgrave and the 0:37:41.520 --> 0:37:44.560 Cowboys are familiar with Hargraves game from Philadelphia a little bit, 0:37:44.640 --> 0:37:48.040 you know, and you know, San Francisco goes out, they realize, well, heck, 0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:50.560 we need to maybe shore some things up, you know, 0:37:50.560 --> 0:37:53.160 with help Armstead inside, and they and they really have. 0:37:53.320 --> 0:37:57.880 And the thing that that Armstead is so long and 0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:04.200 strong that he's he doesn't have the explosiveness. So you know, 0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.640 if the matchup, the left and right matchup and the 0:38:07.640 --> 0:38:10.120 way they play is going to be critical in this game. 0:38:10.160 --> 0:38:13.440 And the Cowboys, I feel like, are really equipped to 0:38:13.560 --> 0:38:17.000 handle this because Smith last year, well in the playoff game, 0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:21.440 he played tackle so here you have Martin a little 0:38:21.440 --> 0:38:24.680 bit compromised with the thigh or the quad or what 0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:26.440 he's dealing with, maybe a little bit of an ankle, 0:38:27.040 --> 0:38:30.319 but you do have two power players inside that when 0:38:30.320 --> 0:38:32.839 you when I went back and watched that game, it 0:38:33.000 --> 0:38:37.319 wasn't a very good game for the oddish that it 0:38:37.400 --> 0:38:41.480 was a struggle for him in this football game. And yeah, 0:38:41.560 --> 0:38:44.400 because the way these linebackers played, but these defensive tackles 0:38:44.760 --> 0:38:47.760 and Hartgrave is just such an up the field player, 0:38:47.840 --> 0:38:50.160 so you have got to stop him at the point 0:38:50.200 --> 0:38:53.440 you've got. You can't let him get going. And the 0:38:53.480 --> 0:38:56.239 Cowboys are equipped to be able to do that. Is 0:38:56.320 --> 0:39:00.279 last year, like say, Connor McGovern, not probably the best 0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:02.719 situation there. I mean, they moved on from him. He 0:39:02.760 --> 0:39:05.440 was the starter in this game. Wasn't terrible, but he 0:39:05.600 --> 0:39:09.640 wasn't you know. It's not Smith and then also Martin. 0:39:09.760 --> 0:39:12.880 So Dallas is better equipped to handle this will be 0:39:12.960 --> 0:39:15.960 a this will be a difficult matchup for San Francisco 0:39:16.160 --> 0:39:19.840 with really good on good inside. They haven't played anybody 0:39:19.840 --> 0:39:21.880 that's as good as Dallas is in the inside. 0:39:21.880 --> 0:39:25.879 That way, the Rams also regularly what I saw when 0:39:25.880 --> 0:39:27.759 I went back and watched the game against the Rams. 0:39:27.760 --> 0:39:30.680 They would regularly keep six blockers in to be able 0:39:30.680 --> 0:39:33.080 to handle this. I was actually thinking, like, this will 0:39:33.120 --> 0:39:34.520 be a game where I would love to see them 0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:37.480 play a little bit more twelve personnel and try to 0:39:37.520 --> 0:39:40.919 max protective thing to where you can now really try 0:39:40.920 --> 0:39:43.919 to get those receivers out in routes where where maybe 0:39:43.920 --> 0:39:46.040 you can get them freed up to where they are, 0:39:46.239 --> 0:39:48.200 you know, matched up one on one with these corners 0:39:48.239 --> 0:39:49.600 and try to make some plays there. 0:39:49.960 --> 0:39:53.040 I feel that's where they that's where they really they 0:39:53.160 --> 0:39:56.520 have to They have to be almost predetermined where they're 0:39:56.520 --> 0:39:58.680 going to go with the ball, like with the intent 0:39:58.920 --> 0:40:02.640 of may make the forty nine ers have to commit 0:40:02.800 --> 0:40:06.839 resources to going over and helping you know, Dallas needs 0:40:06.880 --> 0:40:08.960 to find ways to win on the outside. Both these 0:40:08.960 --> 0:40:11.680 corners will give up some plays, it just so happens 0:40:11.680 --> 0:40:16.040 that Leonora gives up more. But they benefit so much 0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:18.799 from that front. I mean, okay, it's great to say, 0:40:18.800 --> 0:40:22.000 oh we'll attack the secondary here. Oh yeah, by the way, 0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:25.480 you got to block this front, you know, and sometimes 0:40:25.480 --> 0:40:27.440 you look at it, but the Rams did a good 0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:30.319 job of getting the ball out. I mean it was like, 0:40:30.680 --> 0:40:33.680 you know, Matthew Stafford was not interested in holding that 0:40:33.719 --> 0:40:36.399 ball at all. It was get it out, get it out, 0:40:36.440 --> 0:40:38.360 get it out. And I have a feeling that the 0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:40.719 Cowboys are gonna have to if they're gonna play, if 0:40:40.719 --> 0:40:43.000 they'll play his own coverage against Dak and they'll play 0:40:43.000 --> 0:40:45.719 off like what New England did you know? Run these 0:40:45.719 --> 0:40:47.920 guys off, throw them the ball and go for it. 0:40:47.960 --> 0:40:49.600 I mean, if there ever was a week when you 0:40:49.640 --> 0:40:52.440 want to see this Texas Coast offense that's predicated on 0:40:52.480 --> 0:40:54.239 getting the ball out quick, this is the week to 0:40:54.280 --> 0:40:56.240 do it. This is the week when it should actually 0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:56.799 help you, right. 0:40:56.920 --> 0:40:58.319 I think they're gonna have to be able to run 0:40:58.320 --> 0:40:59.319 the ball a little bit too. 0:40:59.440 --> 0:41:00.400 I know this. 0:41:00.880 --> 0:41:02.440 I would think, oh well, this could this be one 0:41:02.440 --> 0:41:05.239 of those game plans where you like Tampa was a 0:41:05.280 --> 0:41:07.880 couple of years ago where Dak where they played in Tampa, 0:41:07.920 --> 0:41:10.280 not the playoff game, but the one that started the season, 0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:13.719 and they just completely committed to throwing the football. You 0:41:13.760 --> 0:41:16.600 know that's I don't know, could that be, like you said, 0:41:16.600 --> 0:41:18.440 could you just max this thing up and say, you 0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:21.879 know what, our best shot at winning this game will 0:41:21.920 --> 0:41:24.840 be throwing the football. If we can just block this front. 0:41:25.000 --> 0:41:27.480 If you had to summarize. 0:41:27.040 --> 0:41:30.920 And there are pain has to deal with, well, yes. 0:41:31.440 --> 0:41:35.600 But I was the biggest difference between what they're what 0:41:35.760 --> 0:41:38.839 they look like now versus the last time last year 0:41:38.880 --> 0:41:40.399 when or earlier. 0:41:40.080 --> 0:41:44.239 This they rattled. They rattled, I mean and they they 0:41:44.520 --> 0:41:47.200 they took advantage of your offensive line in some spots. 0:41:47.400 --> 0:41:51.160 I mentioned Tyron Smith was not good enough at right tackle. 0:41:51.520 --> 0:41:53.920 He just wasn't that that matchup with him and Bosa, 0:41:53.960 --> 0:41:57.720 Bosa had him on his heels in that game. Usually 0:41:57.760 --> 0:42:00.719 Tyron Smith is base is good, is balance is good, 0:42:00.800 --> 0:42:04.239 body control is good. He was, he was caught. He 0:42:04.360 --> 0:42:07.319 was caught a little bit. I mentioned the center wasn't 0:42:07.440 --> 0:42:12.400 very good. McGovern wasn't great. You know, uh, ty Tyler 0:42:12.400 --> 0:42:15.080 Smith was fine at the at the other tackle spot, 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:19.400 but they were really lacking. You the forty nine ers said, Okay, 0:42:19.440 --> 0:42:21.839 you're just not good enough at these spots. And they 0:42:21.880 --> 0:42:24.640 they went after that. They and they they did a 0:42:24.680 --> 0:42:27.640 really good job of when you know when the receivers 0:42:28.120 --> 0:42:30.439 you talk about teams, when when they when they able 0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:34.080 to make plays, they tackled really well. That's the thing 0:42:34.120 --> 0:42:37.000 about this defense is it's like the balls there and 0:42:37.040 --> 0:42:38.959 then there's it looks like a big game, Like Zeke 0:42:39.000 --> 0:42:40.640 had a run where it looked like it was going 0:42:40.680 --> 0:42:43.279 to be out the gate and it's like a six 0:42:43.400 --> 0:42:45.399 seven yard run that looked like it could have gone 0:42:45.440 --> 0:42:49.400 for thirty six yards. But you know here's the you know, 0:42:49.480 --> 0:42:51.640 Warner jumps over boom tackle right there came in six 0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:54.040 and you're thinking, wow, that was that could have been 0:42:54.080 --> 0:42:55.120 a huge player right there. 0:42:55.160 --> 0:42:55.960 He had a big day there. 0:42:56.040 --> 0:42:58.719 Yeah, that's that's where that's the that's when you have 0:42:58.800 --> 0:43:02.359 to deal with the team. You have to take what 0:43:02.680 --> 0:43:06.920 you can get, but be ready for you're probably going 0:43:07.000 --> 0:43:09.200 to be tackled at the spot. But if you could 0:43:09.239 --> 0:43:11.279 break a tackle or two and make a big play, 0:43:11.440 --> 0:43:13.320 that's what they were able to do against the Patriots. 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:16.200 I felt like it broke some tackles in the secondary 0:43:16.239 --> 0:43:19.600 and Nebor, you know, Ferguson and Lambing. Those guys able 0:43:19.640 --> 0:43:22.200 to break some tackles and make some bigger gains because 0:43:22.200 --> 0:43:24.880 of that. But I don't know, we'll see how if 0:43:24.920 --> 0:43:26.200 they can get away from this crew. 0:43:26.280 --> 0:43:28.200 I just feel like this is and I've been saying 0:43:28.239 --> 0:43:30.760 it all week to anybody who listen. I just feel 0:43:30.760 --> 0:43:33.239 like this is the Brandon Cooks game. I keep saying, 0:43:33.239 --> 0:43:35.000 I feel like this is the Brandon Cooks game, and 0:43:35.239 --> 0:43:36.960 you know, part of it goes to you know, this 0:43:37.000 --> 0:43:38.920 is the stockedon native, this is his area. He's back 0:43:38.960 --> 0:43:41.040 in his old stumping grounds. He's most comfortable here and 0:43:41.080 --> 0:43:44.360 playing football here out in the Santa Clara area. But 0:43:44.719 --> 0:43:46.799 at the same time, like we've been talking about, we've 0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:49.760 been waiting to see what that package looks like with Cooks, 0:43:50.120 --> 0:43:51.840 and we've not seen it in Week one because they 0:43:51.840 --> 0:43:54.080 didn't have to get unveiled. He missed Week two. Week 0:43:54.120 --> 0:43:57.480 three three offensive linemen out. Mike McCarthy says he overreacts. 0:43:57.520 --> 0:44:00.080 He takes some of the vertical package against the j 0:44:00.560 --> 0:44:02.279 didn't quite need it, but he started to get a 0:44:02.320 --> 0:44:03.040 little more active. 0:44:03.120 --> 0:44:03.640 This is it. 0:44:03.760 --> 0:44:05.479 This is the game that you have to You're probably 0:44:05.520 --> 0:44:07.600 going to have to go deep into your offensive playbook. 0:44:07.640 --> 0:44:09.680 You're gonna have to stretch the field to keep those 0:44:09.760 --> 0:44:12.600 pass pass rushers honest. And then when you look at 0:44:12.640 --> 0:44:15.480 the matchups like Brian was talking about, Yeah, hufang is 0:44:15.480 --> 0:44:17.680 going to be a problem, but you would love to 0:44:17.719 --> 0:44:20.760 believe that Ceede Lambkin can take advantage of that, which 0:44:20.800 --> 0:44:23.840 means Cooks is against Leonore, if Cooks is against Lenoir 0:44:23.880 --> 0:44:26.719 or whomever is against Lenor, but schematically it'll probably be 0:44:26.760 --> 0:44:28.799 Cooks for most of the time. Get him the ball 0:44:28.920 --> 0:44:31.319 in space, let him be effective. Get him the ball 0:44:31.360 --> 0:44:33.319 on vertical routes against a guy who doesn't have a 0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:36.200 good success rate, has one of the worst hawking rates 0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:38.799 in the in the NFL. Take advantage of that. So 0:44:38.840 --> 0:44:40.279 I think this is a Brandon Cooks game. 0:44:40.360 --> 0:44:42.480 One of the things I saw on film with against 0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:44.120 the Rams, and Rams had a lot of success on 0:44:44.239 --> 0:44:46.239 deep crossing routes. If you're trying to stretch the field 0:44:46.239 --> 0:44:49.040 doesn't need to necessarily even be vertical right deep middle 0:44:49.120 --> 0:44:50.760 you can do a lot you can do not even. 0:44:50.560 --> 0:44:51.239 The middle like. 0:44:53.560 --> 0:44:57.200 Cross good for you can do. 0:44:57.320 --> 0:44:59.920 And they actually lost some receivers a couple of times 0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:02.680 in zone coverage when they were sitting them across the field. 0:45:02.760 --> 0:45:04.360 So I would love to see the Cowboys use some 0:45:04.360 --> 0:45:05.960 of that and use Brandon Cooks in that way. He 0:45:06.040 --> 0:45:08.239 has the speed to where he can get open. He 0:45:08.280 --> 0:45:10.360 can make some plays, especially if they're gonna try to 0:45:10.360 --> 0:45:12.480 play him in zone. So I'd love to see some 0:45:12.520 --> 0:45:14.000 of that. Now, this could be a game where they 0:45:14.000 --> 0:45:16.080 could use the skills of Brandon Cooks. All right, we 0:45:16.080 --> 0:45:18.759 appreciate you, guys, Jonas. We're back tomorrow. We'll talk about 0:45:18.800 --> 0:45:22.440 the Cowboys defense versus this Niners offense. You thought it 0:45:22.480 --> 0:45:25.640 was complicated to the man that defense. We'll talk about 0:45:25.680 --> 0:45:26.440 that offense tomorrow. 0:45:26.440 --> 0:45:27.200 We'll be back Dallas. 0:45:27.280 --> 0:45:30.759 Until then, for Brian brought us Patrick Walker, Amber Garcia. 0:45:30.840 --> 0:45:32.279 I am Derek gild And this has been The Break 0:45:32.320 --> 0:45:34.200 live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:45:35.239 --> 0:45:38.239 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:45:38.400 --> 0:45:40.240 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.