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Today we're gonna flip that around. 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.160 We'll get into that a little bit later in the show. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:18.679 But first things first, we got to talk about injuries. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.520 There's an interesting injury list for the Cowboys and even 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.360 more injuries for the New Orleans Saints. Let's start first 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:28.760 with the Cowboys, though. Jake Ferguson and John Stevens both 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.759 out of practice for knee and hamstring injuries, respectively. Talking 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.640 to me about what we're expecting there and obviously what 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:37.640 happens if those tight ends are not available. 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:39.560 Yeah, we were able to talk to Jake Ferguson in 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.080 the locker room yesterday and it just kind of get 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.600 his perspective on the injury that happened on Sunday, and 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.800 he said, whenever it initially happened, he thought it was 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.520 an ACL and I was talking to some people that 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.360 were coming off the field on Sunday they felt the 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.240 same way. But then those initial testing and everything came back. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.960 He tweeted out, God is good and that's what it's 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.560 looking like right now. But still some rehabbing that he's 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:01.760 going to have to do going into the week. Obviously, 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.680 mispracticed yesterday, he wasn't even out on the field, so 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.960 they're trying to, you know, work him in a smart 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.560 way to get him back on the field. But with 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.720 that being said, I personally I don't feel like he 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.600 plays on Sunday, just given the nature of the injury 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.760 and the typical time frame that it takes to recover 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:19.600 from those kinds of things. 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:20.840 We've seen it in the past where. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.280 It's more of a two to three week type deal. 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.840 Granted it's Jake Ferguson, so he could be back by 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.280 the following week against the Ravens, but I think pushing 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.120 it against the Saints, I think it might be a 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:33.280 close timeline for him. And then you mentioned John Stevens Junior. 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.919 When I talk to people, and I think Brian feels 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:37.359 the same way. 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:38.160 He's mentioned it as well. 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.919 There's a little bit more concern with John Stevens playing 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.560 on Sunday than there is with Jake Ferguson. Granted, still 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.440 concerned with both, but John Stevens still working through that 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.720 hamstring injury. We saw him out on the course yesterday 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.119 with Britt Brown, so you know, trying to work back 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:52.920 from that. But if they're down two tight ends, I mean, 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.079 we talked about it a little bit, there's gonna be 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:56.880 a lot of moving around that they're gonna have to do. 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:57.520 With that position. 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.760 But then also Marshawn Neeland was out yesterday with a 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.120 calf injury, was not on the practice field, So we'll 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:05.919 probably learn a little bit more about that and Mike 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:07.000 McCarthy's press conference. 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:09.680 Yeah, before we get too far into Niland, how much 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.400 does that set back the offense if you don't have 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.640 those two tight ends available to you on Sunday. 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:20.679 I feel like though that where in watching the Saints, 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.400 and we'll get into it. I kind of feel like 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.160 though that if you had your tight ends in this game, 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.960 you could take advantage of the Saints and the way 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:32.880 they play their coverages. Really and I don't know this 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.280 is if they were just because Carolina has a second 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:40.920 year quarterback, but they were super aggressive with the way 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:45.080 that they blitzed this kid and the majority of their 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.720 blitz is and maybe they're worried a little bit too 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:52.080 about their pass rush that they had to bring corners 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:56.119 and slots and you know, there was a lot safeties. 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.720 There was a lot going on here. And I kind 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.720 of feel like that if you have the tight ends, 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:04.680 if you have a Ferguson or somebody like that, and 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.200 you know you're you're dealing with uh, you know, you're 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.040 dealing with Tyron Matthew and and and and and guys 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.240 like that, and Will Harris that you know, you want 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.120 to kind of get these guys and you know, you 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.000 want to make them have to play and cover a 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:22.360 little bit. So I think it hurts Dallas in that 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:26.880 way because the secondary for the Saints, I don't think 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.080 it's as nearly as good as what we saw last 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.800 week in Cleveland. But they've got a couple of guys. 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.640 Depending on what happens with Marshawn Lattimore, we'll get into 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.000 that a little bit more with his injury and stuff 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:42.640 like that. Uh Adobo the uh the the the other 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:43.360 corner there. 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:44.000 Uh. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:48.400 You know, I kind of feel like that maybe there's 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:50.800 some opportunity here, but these safeties are kind of an 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.080 area that I would like to really trying to attack 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:54.480 if I could. Yeah. 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.920 Absolutely, And the we well, we know just overall how 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.599 important the tight end position is for the quarterback like 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.120 Dak So that's always unfortunate. But they do have guys 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.520 that can still help in there. But the good thing 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:12.600 is what I think Dallas does have some favorable matchups 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.240 and you still have some really really good receivers on 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.360 the offense that you can really try to take advantage of. 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.839 And still with the running game, that's still a question 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:24.560 mark because I don't think we truly have a sense 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.560 a good sense of what the running game for Dallas 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:31.320 is at the moment. But I think that the Saints defense, 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.960 and we'll get into it Brian will do his accounting report, 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.880 but it seems like overall it might be a matchup 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.640 where the Cowboys still have the upper hand despite being 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:42.760 down at tight end. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.280 Yeah, could be the Hunter Lipke, you know that that's 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:50.280 where they can get around, you know, with you know, 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.839 playing with him as that you know, detached player, the 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.400 move guy, the h the full back. You know, maybe 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.719 you jump into some of those, you know, play with 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:05.200 with Schoonmaker and span Ford, But the third tied end 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.040 is going to be Hunter Lipke and how he plays. 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.200 So I have a feeling that. But man, this this 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.280 Saints bunch at the at the safety spot, if you 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.760 had somebody that could play vertically, because they play a 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.599 lot of single eye stuff, you know, I mean, and 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.279 maybe it had to do with Carolina that they just 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:26.239 there they they knew that they could overwhelm Bryce Young. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.720 But if you're gonna play a lot of single high man. 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.720 That's where it seems like that Ferguson has that ability 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.320 to get up the seam and and then you can 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:37.480 hit some hit some plays up there that way. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.560 This game will tell me a lot about Schoonmaker. He 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.800 is a second round pick. He had a you know, 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.760 a red shirt year last year effectively didn't play, and 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:48.839 he didn't play as well as we all wanted him to, 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.440 you know, as a as a second round pick. But 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:56.480 now you're in your second year and and today, yeah, 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.599 and he's healthy and and this is a game where 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.000 it looks like maybe they're going to eat him. And 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.840 so this this is a good opportunity to see where 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:04.279 you see. 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:04.680 Uh. 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:06.280 And I think we'll have a lot to talk about 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.520 on Monday from the standpoint of the tight end position. 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.320 If those two guys don't play, because schoon Maker is 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.280 going to be asked to do more. 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.680 He's gonna be asked through a lot more in this game. 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:20.920 And uh, it's it's where the you know, these edges, linebackers, safeties, 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:25.240 there's some opportunities here with this defense. It's Uh, I 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.760 think that the challenge you faced last week was pretty stiff, 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.880 and this one is it's got its areas where you 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.320 can take advantage of some things, but you just you 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.760 have to take advantage. You can't let these guys get 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.920 off the hook, you know with some of the things 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.320 that they're trying to do. They're they're really trying to 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:46.160 scheme and play around some of their their lack ofs 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.920 you know, with the way their scheme is. So you know, 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.080 but you need you need to be on the screws 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:51.560 for this one. 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:53.680 Yeah, and this is still a strong pass rush for 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:55.440 the for the Saints unit. I mean, you look at 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.280 Cam Jordan, uh, they bring in Chase Young. Granted he's 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.400 more of a rotational guy behind Carl Granderson and that 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.120 might be a name that a lot of fans don't know, 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.000 but eight and a half sacks last year he was 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.600 really productive for the Saints. So I think whenever you 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.840 factor in potentially giving Tyler Geitton some help around the edge, 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.200 you factoring a guy like Luke Schoonmaker who's going to 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:14.800 have to be doing a lot of that chipping, doing 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:16.800 a lot of that pushing around even in the run 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.760 game too, helping out on both sides. 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.320 But whether it be a Guiden or Steel. 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:23.600 These are big guys that they have around the edge, 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:25.760 Cam Jordan, Carl Granderson, So there's gonna have to be 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:26.920 some bodies attached to them. 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.640 How much do you do, how much do you lose 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:30.880 or do you lose anything from the standpoint of blocking 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:32.760 when you talk about some of like span Ford that 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:34.520 might now have a lot more rest. 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.440 Yeah, I think span Ford this could be an opportunity 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.400 for him as well, like you said, and I think 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:41.800 whenever we identified him coming out of the University of Minnesota, 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.560 he was this blocking specialty type tight end, and I 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:46.480 think that was kind of the thought process and bringing 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.160 him in as one of the highest paid undrafted free 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.200 agents around the league. They gave him the most guaranteed 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.920 money of all on drafteds out of the league. I 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.560 think whenever you put him into this offense this week, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.120 without a Jake Ferguson and without a John Stevens junior, 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:00.600 He's gonna be asked to do a whole lot, not 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.640 only in the blocking game, but also in the receiving game. 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:04.440 He wasn't really asked to do a lot of that 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:07.040 at the University of Minnesota. Granted we did see him 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:08.680 at the Senior Bowl line up and do a lot 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.280 of different red zone things, and he really took advantage. 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:11.760 Of those big bodies. 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:12.920 For sure, he is a big body. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.280 I think you could work that in in red zone situations, 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.040 but how comfortable is he doing that. I didn't see 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.000 a ton of reps during training camp him working in 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.800 the red zone. So you know how much application of 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.400 knowledge will have to be applied this week specifically for him. 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.440 I think that's something to keep an eye on moving forward. 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:29.920 But those are gonna be the two tight ends that 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:33.000 they call upon. You'll probably anticipate a Princeton fan elevation. 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.520 You would need to use him in some blocking situations. 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.400 And then, like you said, Hunter, look he's also an option. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.120 You mentioned Marshawn Neelan being out yesterday for practice with 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.000 a calf injury. Talk to me about what the Cowboys 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:46.880 do if he can't play. When you look at someone 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.120 like Tyrus sweet Chance, Chauncey Golston, do you bring up 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.200 Carl Lawson, Like, where do you think they go there? 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:56.960 I was told that I asked about Neelan's injur I 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:01.199 said concern, and they appeared to say it wasn't bad. 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.680 So hopefully he will be able to go. You know, 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.120 but we've we've had these moments before with the calf. 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:09.719 We're not worried and all of a sudden we get 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.440 to the end of the week and the guy just 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:15.480 can't go. And so but initially it was, hey, we 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.040 should be okay here, okay, well let's see, you know, 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:20.520 we're we're gonna have another couple of days, three days 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.680 here to kind of figure all this out. But yeah, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.760 you know, it could be you know, Carl Lawson could 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.400 be the elevation there. You know, they've got to find Wheat. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.680 He was primarily special teams guy last week. You know, 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.880 you have to get him involved. We talked about yesterday. 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.200 You get a rookie left tackle for the Saints. And 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:42.440 then with with Penny on the other side, he's a 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:44.240 guy that kind of can give up some pressure. When 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.400 he watched him play as a left tackle, he wasn't 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.200 very good and right side there were some pressures you 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.600 know that Carolina was able to generate over him on 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.840 that right side. So anything over there that is against 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.559 those against that right side, I think is good. If 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:04.280 it's Wheat and or Lawrence Parsons, anybody that they want 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.520 to take off that right side I think can cause 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:07.319 some problems. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.199 Yeah, and I think you could look for a Carl 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.800 lost in elevation, like like you mentioned Derek. I think 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:17.240 there's still confidence in Lawson. Just really didn't find a 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.800 roster spot that made sense for him going into this season. 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.160 But he's still a guy that's here at practice every 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.160 day and if there's an injury to that edge unit, 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:25.640 he's gonna be the first one called upon. 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.600 All right, let's talk about the Saints. They had five 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.079 guys that did not practice yesterday. I'm gonna run off 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.280 these names. Let me know which ones you think are 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.480 the most important to keep an eye on from the 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.280 standpoint of how much of an impact it would be 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.400 to the Saints if they didn't have then we had 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:44.200 cornerback Markshawn Lattimore, a really good player, obviously, safety Tower 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:48.800 and Matthew, guard Lucas Patrick, defensive tackle Kaylin Saunders, and 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:50.520 linebacker DeMarco Jackson. 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.640 I think that I would start with Latimore because if 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:57.360 you go back and you watch the time that Ceedee 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:02.240 Lamb played against Lattimore at I think there were three targets, 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.680 one catch for three yards, there was an interception, and 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.640 against everybody else. I think that Ceedee Lamb was eight 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.480 for eighty four or eighty five. You know, when it 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.760 came to it was remarkably different. The amount of space 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:19.360 that Ceedee Lamb was able to generate and the receptions 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:23.120 that he was able to grab By not playing against Latimore, 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.920 that means that kool Aid mckissory. If you watch the 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:27.880 draft show, I think a lot of you did out 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.000 there that we talked about. Mckisstory a lot from newestity 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.400 of Alabama. He came in last week and actually did 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.439 a pretty good job. There were three targets I believe 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.240 his direction, there was only one reception. He's a very 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.880 talented player. I was surprised he went in the second round. 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:43.640 Kind of a bunch of thought he would probably be 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.800 a first round player. Alabama had a couple of cornerbacks 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.360 and he was one of the more talented ones that 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.880 they had. So he stepped in and did a pretty 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.640 nice job. But if you take Lattimore off this defense, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.720 I think that's pretty significant for them. 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.480 Yeah, I'll give you a close runner up in the 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.360 fact that Lucas Patrick starting left guard. 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:01.479 That's that's definitely. 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:02.520 A one to keep an eye on as the week 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:04.960 moves forward. They don't have a ton of interior depth. 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:06.240 A lot of teams do not have a lot of 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.440 interior depth, so this could be a situation. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:14.319 Yeah, Landing Young was his backup, and there's clearly a 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.560 drop off between Patrick and and Young when you watch 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:18.480 them play. Yeah. 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.600 Absolutely, I'm just shaking my head because I'm like, some things, 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.760 just don't say it because then that's when things happen. 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:26.600 That's fortunate things happen. 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.839 So man, as soon as you said that, I'm when 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:30.960 you got right. 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.240 Now, that could change quickly. 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.840 Yeah, when it does come to the Saints practice schedule 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.880 this week, I think something just to keep an eye on. 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.240 Players were sent home early yesterday in anticipation of hurricane 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:43.240 Hurricane fran Scene making landfall. They were all out of 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.400 the facility by about two pm, so they were able 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.679 to complete practice, but team meetings and everything got cut 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.839 pretty short. And then with heavy flooding in Jefferson Parish 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:52.760 last night, that's where a lot of players do live 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.160 down there, and then the causeway is causing some issues 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.120 up in Mandeville. I think just kind of keep an 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.000 eye on the practice schedule this week for the Saints. 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.079 There could be some things that are moved around quite 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:02.160 a bit with them because of that story. 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.200 Yeah, that's an interesting thing. And Brian, you and I 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.480 were talking yesterday before we went on the air. I'm 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.880 sure you've had some experience with it when you talk 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:13.520 about teams having to prepare under really difficult circumstances when 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:15.880 life starts to life, right, and you got these things 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.400 outside of your control that are not about football, that 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:22.120 are affecting your life and obviously then your ability to 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.280 be able to do your job. How do you prepare 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.640 for that? And what have you seen in your experience, Brian, 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.200 particularly like in how teams manage that and how players 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:30.920 respond to it. 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.240 Yeah, the thing is an organization, you have to be 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:38.119 very mindful that your players are human and they have families. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.840 You know, a lot of them had their wives, their kids, 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:44.160 you know, their girlfriends. You know, maybe maybe mom dad 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.520 are there, you know, living with them now. They're taking 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.360 care and your first thing is okay, you're thinking about 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.240 your job. But as an organization, you have to be 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.200 very mindful of this. And that's the one thing that 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.720 the Saints are very mindful of because they live it 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.640 every year. Hurricane season hits down in Midami, they deal 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.320 with the same thing hurricane season hits, and then you 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.280 have to be you know, you have to. So the 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.400 organization usually has a really good plan for Okay, listen, 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.880 we're gonna get take care of your families. This is 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.360 what we're going. If you guys have to go early, 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.400 if say you have to get on a plane and 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.840 get out of here to go play this game, please 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.200 don't worry about your families. We'll get everybody taken care of. 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.120 We'll get a bust out, we'll get them hoteled up. 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:24.760 You know, everything will be fine that way, And so 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.800 that takes a lot of pressure off the players to 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:29.600 have to deal with that. They're like, Okay, I don't 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.920 have to worry about moving my mom, my dad, or 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:33.920 moving my wife and the kids out of here. We 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.400 can we can take care of that. So it is 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:40.360 difficult because we all talk about when we get into 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.800 and you brought it up, we came in the routine 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.760 the creatures of habit where every week you get into 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.480 a routine Monday Tuesday, every day there's a you know 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:51.080 what you have to do, and then you do it 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.560 for like eighteen weeks. And so when you throw somebody 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.360 off that schedule, it could be very, very difficult. The 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.560 league tried to do it the other day with you know, 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:03.920 with sin in Green Bay and Philadelphia to Brazil on 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.120 a nine hour flight and then turn around and play. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.480 Green Bay's got to play a day day, a noon 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:12.320 game this week after playing again, you know, so the league, 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.680 the league will do that. Well the Cowboys, heck, I mean, 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.400 how many times you guys played three games eleven days. Yeah, 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.080 you know, I mean you just get used to the 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.360 part of the don't complain. You just show up, You 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.960 practice for two days or a day, and then you 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.640 go play. And so teams are accustomed. But there's, like 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.960 I say, there's some organizations that are really good at 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:35.920 helping their their players just have that level of comfort 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.000 that know that their families are taking care of while 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:38.760 they're practicing. 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:41.040 All Right, we're gonna take our first break. We'll come back. 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.960 We'll jump into this New Orleans defense versus the Cowboys 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:45.920 offense with at a moment, this is Dallas Cowboys dot 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:46.480 Com Radio. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:49.680 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.640 Cheatah Savannah. 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Second segment of the Break Life from SWBC 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:42.879 Mortgage Studios at the star of the segments brought to 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:46.480 you by blockchain dot Com. All right, Brian, let's go. 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:50.320 Let's talk Cowboys offense versus New Orleans defense. Let's start 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:53.080 with a big picture question. Yeah, tell me the greatest 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.159 strength of this defense, and then tell me the greatest 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:56.159 weakness of this defense. 0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:58.520 You know, I'll tell you it's the very small sample 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:03.280 size of the Carolina game. And to me, the strength 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:07.080 of it was their ability. And I haven't seen a 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:09.600 team do this in a while. But they're not afraid 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:12.720 to get their secondary involved with blitzing. And Nick and 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.280 I we were all talking about the pass rush with 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.800 Grandison and then you know, you bring in you know, 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:23.000 you bring in others to you know, Chase Young, guys 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:25.960 like that and Cam Jordan. I mean, they've got some 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:29.160 guys that you would think are like legitimate pass rushers 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:32.240 and and and they do those you see those guys 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:35.760 get involved. But I was, I was shocked of Holmut. 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:40.480 And I don't know, I don't know this because I 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:43.480 don't know if it's just that that Dennis Allen decided 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:48.359 that that Bryce Young can't handle pressure from the secondary. 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.239 He can't. He can't read it, he can't see it. 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:53.639 He's not going to get his guys in the right spot. 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:57.080 He's not going to move a blocker. Hey, he moves 0:20:57.119 --> 0:21:00.600 a blocker over from the left to the right, and 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:02.600 they run the blitz from the left and he gets 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:05.760 sacked from the second and you're like going, wait a minute, 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.480 why did you just move? And what happened is the 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:11.680 blocker the back on the right side does nothing blocks nobody. 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:13.960 It's kind of like he was, you know, looking and 0:21:14.040 --> 0:21:17.080 the actual blitz came from his left. So I don't 0:21:17.119 --> 0:21:21.000 know if, if, how if Dennis Allen in this game, 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.760 in his strength of slot blitz, safety, blitz, you know, 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:27.920 combinations of blitzes, I don't know if he's going to 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:30.479 do this to Dak Prescott or even try to do 0:21:30.520 --> 0:21:33.560 this to Dak Prescott because in this game, I mean, 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:37.720 you look at just this was a metrics thing. And 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:40.240 the great thing about us and our ability to watch 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:43.000 tape and they go look at things, and this just 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:48.200 was jarring to me. And the Saints had five off 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:52.439 ball players generate a pressure versus the Panthers in this game. Overall, 0:21:52.440 --> 0:21:55.920 the Saints sent twelve different players who did not play 0:21:56.160 --> 0:22:01.640 edge or defensive tackle on blitzes eight p's eight pressures 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:05.840 on fourteen blitzes. Fifty seven percent of the time they 0:22:05.880 --> 0:22:08.000 blitzed on third down. That was their big blitz down 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:11.160 was third down. That's gotta think about down though, right, 0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:14.480 think about that though? Is this something? Is this a okay? 0:22:14.520 --> 0:22:17.880 Is this a first game trend or every week? Are 0:22:17.880 --> 0:22:21.840 we going to really dial things up? And if you're 0:22:21.920 --> 0:22:26.399 sending that much secondary pressure, are you worried about your 0:22:26.440 --> 0:22:29.280 pass rush? Because what happened is you go back and 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:31.560 you watch the guys that were getting the pressure. Though 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.320 Chase Young was the one that had the most pressures 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:37.600 in the game. Granderson is a good rusher, Jordan's a 0:22:37.600 --> 0:22:40.720 good rush, but they didn't generate the pressure that Chase 0:22:40.760 --> 0:22:44.639 Young did as the edge they had it. Their nickel 0:22:44.840 --> 0:22:48.320 had had three sacks in this game. Four rushes, three 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:53.280 sacks from their nickel. That's a slot player. Yeah, and 0:22:53.320 --> 0:22:55.879 so you're going, there's no way in hell they do 0:22:55.960 --> 0:22:57.080 this to Dak Prescott. 0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:00.240 But that's also where I guess what I'm thinking of it. 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:01.960 My question would be you were asking me. 0:23:01.920 --> 0:23:05.120 What the strict and it was, I don't know, because 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:08.880 I'm thinking, damn. If this is something that they're going 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:11.399 to go in every week feeling like we're not going 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:13.800 to create enough, you would think that they're that they 0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:16.680 across the across the front, that they could generate pressure 0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:20.520 on this Carolina defensive line. You would think that, yeah, 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:23.520 but they found something that like, well, this kid can't 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:25.040 read he can't read Blitzer. 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:27.320 Right, Which that's my point, like, yeah, Dak Prescott is 0:23:27.359 --> 0:23:30.000 a veteran quarterback. You would think they wouldn't go into 0:23:30.280 --> 0:23:34.000 a game plan like that against a veteran quarterback because 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:35.879 he will eat you live. If you're sending all those 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:38.960 there's gonna be somebody open and you got a dangerous 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:41.160 guy like CD Lamb on the outside. You got other 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:43.879 playmakers in this offense. Like, to me, that's just like 0:23:44.000 --> 0:23:45.720 you got a running back that can pick up the 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:47.600 blitz and then you're exposed. 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:48.440 Yeah. Right. 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:51.920 I want to offer two points of I think optimism 0:23:51.960 --> 0:23:55.159 from that point, Brian, since that Dak Prescott, whenever he 0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:57.919 is escaping the pocket and getting out an extending place, 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:00.280 we saw him really succeed doing that last chair. This 0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:02.560 Mike McCarthy offense. I think it was an emphasis going 0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:04.400 into last year. You know, we talked so much about 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:06.480 the footwork at training camp and being able to escape 0:24:06.480 --> 0:24:08.320 the pocket. That's a big part of that. Being able 0:24:08.359 --> 0:24:10.040 to step up in the pocket, that's a big part 0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:10.240 of that. 0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:10.760 I think. 0:24:10.800 --> 0:24:12.960 Also the second point is, and Mike McCarthy mentioned this 0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:15.840 yesterday in as press conference. He was asked about how 0:24:15.880 --> 0:24:18.720 can you evaluate based off one game? And he said, 0:24:18.720 --> 0:24:20.879 in the Saints specific case, whenever he's looking at the 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:23.960 Saints defense, the personnel is pretty much the same back 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:26.240 to last season. And I think if you identify, you 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:28.359 know what they did under Dennis Allen last year with 0:24:28.440 --> 0:24:31.639 the personnel that they had in place. Only a thirty 0:24:31.680 --> 0:24:34.560 six sacs last year, twenty eighth in the NFL. So 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:36.199 I think whenever you look at it from a pressure 0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:38.639 standpoint and you take last week in a vacuum and 0:24:38.680 --> 0:24:40.880 try to understand it, I think it said more about 0:24:40.960 --> 0:24:43.840 Carolina than it did about New Orleans. With that being said, 0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:46.600 like I mentioned earlier, there are some big pass rushers 0:24:46.600 --> 0:24:48.680 on this defensive line. Yeah, And I think if you're 0:24:48.720 --> 0:24:51.720 looking at power guys and you're understanding Tyler Guiden is 0:24:51.760 --> 0:24:54.040 in his career, where you understand where Cooper Beebe is 0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:56.760 in his career, even Terren Steele in some instances, power 0:24:56.800 --> 0:24:59.360 could be an area of concern. But I do feel 0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:01.600 comfortable with guys like Exeel Elliott being able to pick 0:25:01.640 --> 0:25:03.600 up blitz his Dak's ability to be able to escape 0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:05.360 the pocket. I don't think they're gonna have as many 0:25:05.359 --> 0:25:07.200 issues as Carolina did last yek. 0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:09.520 Yeah, you know you would think that maybe that they 0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:13.159 that they they're looking at this like last year we 0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:17.040 generated no sacks, and so I would maybe that that 0:25:17.200 --> 0:25:19.520 they we're not going to get off once again. The 0:25:19.600 --> 0:25:21.440 thing that all of a sudden they. 0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:24.160 I remember where they ranked last. 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:27.280 Year twenty eight. Yeah, yeah, they just sty this. But 0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:30.200 in this game, I was sitting there expected I was thinking, like, okay, 0:25:30.960 --> 0:25:34.920 Jordan Young, those get they're just going to overpop Carolinas. 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:37.920 Just can't block these guys. And for the most part, 0:25:37.920 --> 0:25:39.920 there were, like I say, Young had had a good 0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:43.000 game rush in the passer Chase Young. We remember him 0:25:43.000 --> 0:25:45.959 from the Commanders. I mean, he was a highly selected guy. 0:25:47.359 --> 0:25:50.879 Was one or yeah and one or two? Was he? 0:25:51.920 --> 0:25:55.360 I thought he was two, but he was up there. Yeah. 0:25:55.400 --> 0:25:57.640 I don't think the Commanders had the first overall pick. 0:25:58.359 --> 0:26:00.800 I think he was number two to Okay, okay. 0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:01.439 Good work, good work. 0:26:02.880 --> 0:26:05.480 Guy. I can't remember what I had for breakfast. I mean, 0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:07.879 but do you remember that I remember that one because 0:26:07.920 --> 0:26:10.439 that was some quarterbacks in that draft. That was one 0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:13.640 of those that that. Yeah, there was I think there 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:16.600 was some guys they they passed on. They passed on 0:26:16.640 --> 0:26:19.080 a guy or too there. But anyway, that the the 0:26:19.160 --> 0:26:23.679 thing about it that with with the Saints, I just 0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:25.760 kind of feel like that they're now going to they're 0:26:25.840 --> 0:26:29.359 taking a more aggressive approach when and Nick's right about 0:26:29.400 --> 0:26:32.760 the guys they have the names they have, but this 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:35.200 this one, this one was one of those kind of 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:37.159 like is this a one time thing or is this 0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:39.280 an all time thing? But but they play a ton 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:41.800 of man coverage. I mean that that is something that 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:45.280 they are going to They're going to line up and 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:48.760 and again they they might not respect, they might not 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:53.359 respect what Carolina had at receiver, but but their team 0:26:53.400 --> 0:26:57.359 that if you look at the numbers, say, okay, was 0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:01.480 this something they've done before the last two years, big 0:27:01.560 --> 0:27:05.320 heavy press man coverage team, so you know this, I 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:10.280 think the respect was there. But Carolina in pressman coverage 0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:14.280 only had five completions against them in this game when 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:17.880 they played press. So you know you're gonna gamble here 0:27:17.920 --> 0:27:20.560 if you you know, to me, I'm always to give 0:27:20.600 --> 0:27:23.639 me the quick death. I don't want slow death. You know, 0:27:23.680 --> 0:27:26.280 if I'm if I'm a defense, just you know, give 0:27:26.320 --> 0:27:28.719 me the quick if it's you know, if we we gamble. 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.280 I think this team gambles. I think this is going 0:27:31.359 --> 0:27:33.520 to be their identity. I think they're going to gamble 0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:37.760 on coverage because you'll see them at times. You'll see 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:40.720 them at times. It's crazy to believe this, But here 0:27:40.720 --> 0:27:43.400 they are bringing a blitz and they got a linebacker. 0:27:43.480 --> 0:27:46.159 They they've got a receiver in the slot and a 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:50.080 linebacker playing inside, and they're showing linebacker inside like in 0:27:50.119 --> 0:27:53.240 the B gap, and they bring the slot and they 0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:55.879 run the linebacker all the way to the outside to 0:27:55.920 --> 0:28:00.440 try and cover a vertical Uh you know, feeling, Yeah, 0:28:00.480 --> 0:28:03.400 THELAN is running a route from the side. He looks 0:28:03.440 --> 0:28:05.520 and like he looks out and there's nobody in front 0:28:05.520 --> 0:28:07.960 of him. There's no it's like they're they're in like 0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:11.920 a little tight little twins look and feeling's like, are 0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:13.959 you gonna throw me the ball when I'm running up 0:28:13.960 --> 0:28:17.320 the field here? Because there's nobody in front. They took 0:28:17.359 --> 0:28:20.320 their inside linebacker B gap and ran him all the 0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:22.919 way to try and take THELAN on a vertical route. 0:28:23.000 --> 0:28:24.960 There's no way they can say that they're sitting You're. 0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:28.800 Sitting there thinking, yeah, I mean, Dak, you try that. 0:28:28.920 --> 0:28:30.919 Dak is going to find that book there you go 0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:31.360 right there. 0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:32.920 I think that's also where you have some hope that 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:34.200 Jake Ferguson plays in this game. 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:37.760 That's exactly what I was thinking, So anything because these safeties. 0:28:38.000 --> 0:28:41.200 The thing I love Tyron Matthew because he's my LSU 0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:44.040 brother and stuff like that. But the thing with Tyron 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:47.360 Matthew is Tyron Matthews still where Tyron Matthew help will 0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:50.959 help the Saints. He creates turnovers. He's a come up 0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:52.920 to you tackle and you're like, book, punch the ball 0:28:52.920 --> 0:28:55.680 out guy, you know, or he's always trying to, and 0:28:56.040 --> 0:28:57.680 he did. He knocked the ball here. You know, they 0:28:57.720 --> 0:28:59.640 get they get a nice little run. What's tying Matthew 0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:02.360 come up punch the ball. That's what he's always been. 0:29:02.840 --> 0:29:04.840 That guy's round. Yeah, So all of a sudden, if 0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:06.840 you're one of these guys, you know, if you're Cooks 0:29:07.320 --> 0:29:09.520 your lamb, you're catching the ball and all of a 0:29:09.520 --> 0:29:13.240 sudden Matthews there just don't give up the turnover that way. 0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:16.960 But their defense, it might be just because of Carolina, 0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:20.800 but I think they're going to They've got an aggressive 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:22.320 side to it this year. 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Welcome back. 0:32:31.000 --> 0:32:33.120 Final segment of the break laugh from the s WBC 0:32:33.240 --> 0:32:36.080 Mortgage studios at the Star were presented by lg Uh. 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:38.200 Let's talk a little bit more about this Dallas offense 0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:39.680 versus New York defense. Brian, do you have something? 0:32:40.120 --> 0:32:42.760 I was asking Cuba Hubbard? Yeah, do you think they have? 0:32:42.840 --> 0:32:44.600 I mean the running game of Caroline. We were talking 0:32:44.600 --> 0:32:46.920 about Carolina and the break. They have enough talent for 0:32:46.960 --> 0:32:49.200 Bryce Young, I don't. 0:32:49.200 --> 0:32:51.120 I don't think he's a consistent runner, but I think 0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:53.760 whenever they do get Brooks back healthy, I don't think 0:32:53.760 --> 0:32:55.280 there's an excuse for Bryce Young after that. 0:32:55.960 --> 0:32:58.880 Okay, I like you, Yeah, I don't. 0:32:59.040 --> 0:32:59.320 I don't. 0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:02.760 He look, but it was hard to watch. It was 0:33:02.800 --> 0:33:05.720 hard to watch, and and like you said, I've never 0:33:05.720 --> 0:33:07.480 seen him play that poorly. And you know, all the 0:33:07.480 --> 0:33:09.720 way back to high school how he played, and I 0:33:10.360 --> 0:33:12.720 never I never believed that he was going to play 0:33:12.840 --> 0:33:13.440 this poorly. 0:33:13.680 --> 0:33:14.040 Me neither. 0:33:14.240 --> 0:33:16.160 I just know how he played against my long Horns 0:33:16.160 --> 0:33:19.440 when he was at Obama that game, the Longhorns should 0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:20.840 have won, But for Bryce Yell. 0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:21.560 You know what's funny. 0:33:21.560 --> 0:33:21.760 He was. 0:33:23.800 --> 0:33:27.600 He was talking about the corner blitzer or the nickel blitzer, 0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:28.880 and he's like, yeah, I just don't think he has 0:33:28.960 --> 0:33:30.880 you know, I don't think he has trouble with that. 0:33:30.920 --> 0:33:31.920 And I was like, there was the one time. 0:33:36.080 --> 0:33:37.840 Why do you think the Saints did with that? I mean, 0:33:38.040 --> 0:33:40.080 I was just curious, now real quick, I'm sorry, I mean, 0:33:41.360 --> 0:33:43.360 but why do you think the Saints played him. The 0:33:43.360 --> 0:33:46.480 way they did is that they did they don't think. 0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:48.800 He can I mentioned this in the break, and this 0:33:48.840 --> 0:33:50.440 is the first time in his career he's not had 0:33:50.480 --> 0:33:52.440 an offensive line that can protect him, and I don't 0:33:52.480 --> 0:33:54.360 think he knows how to play with that. That's that's 0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:56.280 a real thing for quarterbacks, and I think it's understated 0:33:56.320 --> 0:33:57.920 at times because it's kind of the cliche, Oh, you 0:33:57.960 --> 0:34:00.000 don't have protection, so it doesn't work. I really think 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:02.640 that's the problem with Price Young because whenever you're having 0:34:02.680 --> 0:34:05.440 to escape the pocket two and a half seconds after 0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:08.560 the snap, whether you have protection or not, you're immediately 0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:11.240 going to have that anxious feeling, unless it's a snap throw. 0:34:11.800 --> 0:34:14.040 You have the anxious feeling whenever you have to dissect 0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:16.319 and read. And I think that's the problem because you 0:34:16.360 --> 0:34:18.520 see the happy feet in the pocket with him. 0:34:18.680 --> 0:34:20.960 You never saw that at modern day or in Alabama. 0:34:21.080 --> 0:34:23.120 So I feel like the more you mess up, the 0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:24.640 more he gets into your head. 0:34:24.680 --> 0:34:29.680 Absolutely, and I think they probably wanted to overwhelm him, 0:34:29.719 --> 0:34:31.680 like you're coming into a new season, you know, the 0:34:31.719 --> 0:34:34.200 talent that he had coming out of college. You're like, 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:36.360 you don't want him to get comfortable on you, so 0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:37.960 you say, send everything at him. 0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:40.560 And by the way, they made car comfortable playing defense. 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:42.759 Yeah, I mean, like that's the point, like you just 0:34:42.800 --> 0:34:45.440 send everything at him. And as after what they did 0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:48.319 last year or not did what they didn't do when 0:34:48.320 --> 0:34:50.160 it came to pass rush last year, it was a 0:34:50.160 --> 0:34:52.000 good thing to put on tape. Now teams have to 0:34:52.080 --> 0:34:54.480 account for the fact that they may be sending pressure 0:34:54.480 --> 0:34:55.960 from a lot of different points. I'm sure there's a 0:34:56.000 --> 0:34:57.400 lot of time the Cowboys, and it has been this 0:34:57.440 --> 0:34:59.719 week thinking about, Hey, what about the corner, what about 0:34:59.719 --> 0:35:01.920 the safe, what about the backer? Like you got to 0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:04.880 think about all those things. Now after that game. 0:35:04.680 --> 0:35:06.600 Do you feel like, though the end of this game 0:35:06.640 --> 0:35:09.280 that you're gonna you're gonna gamble, like we're talking about 0:35:09.320 --> 0:35:12.200 safety in the excuse linebacker in the A gonna carry 0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:15.239 a slot wide receiver. Do you think it's one of 0:35:15.320 --> 0:35:18.400 those things you say against Dak you have to do 0:35:18.480 --> 0:35:22.920 it because we're gonna get home before they adjust. I 0:35:22.920 --> 0:35:25.080 would I mean, it's the it's the slow death first 0:35:25.160 --> 0:35:25.480 the fast. 0:35:25.520 --> 0:35:27.360 I would say, look at look at the pass played, 0:35:27.400 --> 0:35:30.600 the touchdown, played it to Cooks. They they got it. 0:35:30.680 --> 0:35:33.560 They they got a press inside, they got the pressure 0:35:33.840 --> 0:35:36.960 and guess what, Dak, Oh my god, off the back 0:35:37.000 --> 0:35:39.560 foot touchdowns like that's got to worry. 0:35:39.400 --> 0:35:41.360 About something about that touchdowns A little off topic. I 0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:44.720 apologize something about that touchdown that was a product of timing. 0:35:45.360 --> 0:35:47.279 That touchdown pass does not happened if CD Lamb was 0:35:47.320 --> 0:35:48.080 running that route. 0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:50.600 Whenever you look at the timing and certain things that 0:35:50.640 --> 0:35:53.520 they tried with CD and Dak at times in Sunday's 0:35:53.520 --> 0:35:53.959 game too. 0:35:53.880 --> 0:35:55.399 Are you saying because they haven't had the time over 0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:55.960 the work. 0:35:56.560 --> 0:35:59.680 Five receptions there was not a lot of complex route 0:35:59.719 --> 0:36:02.960 running schemes run by CD Lamb. But you see that 0:36:03.000 --> 0:36:05.520 instance with Brandon Cooks. He hadn't even broke when Dak 0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:07.680 threw that ball. Yeah, and he knew exactly where Cooks 0:36:07.760 --> 0:36:09.120 was going to be. He was wide open and it 0:36:09.160 --> 0:36:11.319 worked out for a touchdown. We've seen that route how 0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:13.160 many times over the course of the last month and 0:36:13.160 --> 0:36:15.040 a half. I think that's just a product of really 0:36:15.080 --> 0:36:17.200 good timing in a quarterback receiver connection, right. 0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:19.279 I think Kevin Thornhill out there, I'd thrown that ball 0:36:19.360 --> 0:36:19.680 up too. 0:36:19.880 --> 0:36:20.080 Yeah. 0:36:21.320 --> 0:36:23.759 That guy look that he was watching a home run. 0:36:24.520 --> 0:36:26.320 Aaron Judge slam went over his head and he's just 0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:27.600 kind of sitting there and the OW I feel like, 0:36:27.640 --> 0:36:29.280 oh yeah, it's a home run. I'm not moving. 0:36:29.840 --> 0:36:32.080 Speaking of CD, LAMB, how much do you guys expect 0:36:32.080 --> 0:36:34.160 that that he'll have a full clip this week and 0:36:34.160 --> 0:36:37.919 and that that that that connection would improve this week 0:36:37.960 --> 0:36:38.600 over last week. 0:36:38.760 --> 0:36:40.880 I think whenever we look up here, you know, before 0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:43.120 the Ravens game, I would expect Dak and CD to 0:36:43.120 --> 0:36:44.920 be one hundred percent by then. But I think right now, 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:47.879 going into the Saints week, I'm probably anticipating about eighty 0:36:47.880 --> 0:36:50.120 eighty five, just because that timing is a real thing. 0:36:50.160 --> 0:36:51.960 And yes, Dak Prescott could say, hey, it's only going 0:36:52.040 --> 0:36:53.440 to take a couple of practices for us to get 0:36:53.440 --> 0:36:56.400 back in the rhythm of things, but those guys probably 0:36:56.520 --> 0:36:58.720 worked out all you could count on your two hands, 0:36:58.840 --> 0:37:01.280 you know, over the course of the the offseason. Obviously 0:37:01.360 --> 0:37:05.520 hasn't had CD implemented in the offense since January. You know, 0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:08.120 it's gonna take some time to get back up to speed. Granted, 0:37:08.200 --> 0:37:10.240 now we're looking up about three weeks since he signed 0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:12.759 that deal, So I think whenever we're looking at going 0:37:12.840 --> 0:37:15.280 into the Ravens game, that's when we should start seeing 0:37:15.280 --> 0:37:17.520 some of this complex route running schemes come back, and 0:37:17.880 --> 0:37:19.920 that's where he's doing the double moves. That's where he's 0:37:20.120 --> 0:37:22.480 you know, a DAK is trusting where the ball placement 0:37:22.520 --> 0:37:24.279 is going to be because he trust where CD is 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:27.040 going to be. I didn't necessarily see that against the 0:37:27.239 --> 0:37:31.359 against the Browns. Oddly enough, the route that worked the 0:37:31.400 --> 0:37:33.920 best for CD and DAK last year was just a 0:37:33.960 --> 0:37:36.680 pure slant route, and they relied on that in the 0:37:36.680 --> 0:37:39.279 Browns game, as they should have. But you can also 0:37:39.320 --> 0:37:41.520 see that they're falling on their weapons that they know 0:37:41.640 --> 0:37:43.400 will work. But you also have to mix it up 0:37:43.400 --> 0:37:46.040 with some things. That's that's with anything. But I think 0:37:46.040 --> 0:37:47.239 if they mix it up a little bit more and 0:37:47.239 --> 0:37:50.040 they're able to implement some double moves and get CD 0:37:50.200 --> 0:37:52.520 open on some slant, then break out to a corner slant, 0:37:52.560 --> 0:37:54.200 break out to a post, I think there's gonna be 0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:56.120 some opportunities to really open up this offense. 0:37:56.200 --> 0:37:58.160 Yeah, the guy you want to put him on is 0:37:58.160 --> 0:38:01.200 Alante Taylor, the slot. He's the one. The last two 0:38:01.280 --> 0:38:04.319 years they've gone after this cat, and Carolina went after 0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.360 this guy too. He gave him a touchdown, had four receptions. 0:38:07.360 --> 0:38:09.600 I think it was seven targets. I was watching him play. 0:38:09.880 --> 0:38:11.600 I'm thinking, man, they're kind of picking on this dude, 0:38:11.600 --> 0:38:13.480 and went back and check. They pick on this dude 0:38:13.520 --> 0:38:15.960 a lot. So if your routes are coming out of 0:38:16.000 --> 0:38:18.560 the slot, the stuff you talk about, the slant and 0:38:18.560 --> 0:38:21.480 the corners and things like that that you want to run, 0:38:21.560 --> 0:38:25.040 maybe that Think about the Saints Alante Taylor, he's number one, 0:38:25.080 --> 0:38:27.240 he's their nickel player, he's the one with three sacks. 0:38:27.400 --> 0:38:29.239 Maybe he's a better edge than he is a cover. 0:38:30.400 --> 0:38:33.200 Well, looking at this game, they were pretty dominant over 0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:36.280 Carolina both in the pass defense, in their pass defense 0:38:36.360 --> 0:38:38.319 and their rush defense, only allowing one hundred and thirty 0:38:38.360 --> 0:38:41.520 five yards passing fifty eight yards rushing. Brian from what 0:38:41.560 --> 0:38:43.640 you could tell, do you think this is a team 0:38:43.640 --> 0:38:45.880 that you would attack if you're the Cowboys, you attacked 0:38:45.920 --> 0:38:48.279 them more with the run game or with the pass 0:38:48.360 --> 0:38:50.440 game based on where you see deficiencies. 0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:52.520 I kind of feel like that you're throwing the ball 0:38:52.560 --> 0:38:54.799 against these guys might be okay. And I know that 0:38:55.200 --> 0:38:58.799 Nick has his concerns with the pass rush. I guess 0:38:58.840 --> 0:39:01.200 I would have concerns with the too. If I thought 0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:03.600 every time I'm going to blitz a secondary guy. He's 0:39:03.600 --> 0:39:06.680 going to get home, you know. But I you know, 0:39:06.760 --> 0:39:09.040 you find a way that the matchups are going to 0:39:09.080 --> 0:39:13.839 be about can these Cowboys tackles hold up in this game? 0:39:13.960 --> 0:39:17.680 Can you know the Browns I said, are the Browns 0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:20.840 defense was so much better than this defense. When you 0:39:21.040 --> 0:39:23.799 talk about the pressure and you know the players that 0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:27.600 you have, there's some sneaky, sneaky good players in this team. 0:39:27.719 --> 0:39:30.799 But I don't know, Like I said, you know, I've 0:39:30.840 --> 0:39:34.480 seen Chase Young before rush wide, rush wide, rush wide, 0:39:34.560 --> 0:39:36.000 rush way and then all of sudden decides to go 0:39:36.040 --> 0:39:38.280 inside and like, oh he figured it out. He actually 0:39:38.280 --> 0:39:41.160 got a pressure there, but he you know, he's That's 0:39:41.200 --> 0:39:43.040 the thing about it is some of these guys get 0:39:43.120 --> 0:39:44.880 in a little bit of a rhythm rush and then 0:39:44.960 --> 0:39:47.000 you can kind of you kind of deal with it. 0:39:47.040 --> 0:39:50.320 But if Dallas's tackles hold up well in this game, 0:39:50.840 --> 0:39:52.600 I they can throw the ball. 0:39:52.880 --> 0:39:55.319 I wouldn't necessarily say I have concerns with the pass rush. 0:39:55.440 --> 0:39:57.440 I think it's just more so identified. 0:39:57.880 --> 0:39:59.759 You're not wrong. You're not wrong strength here. 0:39:59.680 --> 0:40:01.040 And I think whenever you look at you know, the 0:40:01.080 --> 0:40:03.240 rookies up front, they did a really good job against 0:40:03.239 --> 0:40:06.040 the Brounce that's a fact. Sure Miles Garrett didn't make 0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:08.319 his presence felt on that one play, and by god 0:40:08.360 --> 0:40:08.680 he did. 0:40:08.800 --> 0:40:09.000 Yeah. 0:40:09.200 --> 0:40:10.799 But I think whenever you look at the picture as 0:40:10.800 --> 0:40:14.320 a whole and how Tyler Geydon performed against those edge rushers, 0:40:14.600 --> 0:40:17.200 I'm comfortable going into New Orleans understanding that he can 0:40:17.239 --> 0:40:19.440 play to that same level. I just think it's a 0:40:19.440 --> 0:40:22.560 strength of theirs that definitely should be And I'm with you, Brian, 0:40:22.600 --> 0:40:23.920 I'm passing the ball if I want to win in this. 0:40:24.120 --> 0:40:26.560 See the thing about it is with Geyton and hopefully 0:40:26.680 --> 0:40:28.479 the hands and the feet, you know, I mean after 0:40:28.520 --> 0:40:31.160 why we talked about it, it was he was in survival 0:40:31.200 --> 0:40:34.000 mode and with these guys, I think he can breathe. 0:40:34.040 --> 0:40:36.719 These guys can rush, Don't get me wrong on this. 0:40:36.760 --> 0:40:39.319 These guys can rush, but it's not like dealing with 0:40:39.400 --> 0:40:44.000 Miles Garrett and even even Smith. You know, those guys 0:40:44.000 --> 0:40:45.960 don't give you a breath. And I think with the 0:40:46.000 --> 0:40:48.799 Saints they have some guys where technique, you know, just 0:40:48.880 --> 0:40:50.719 play your technique, and he got a good shot of 0:40:50.800 --> 0:40:51.680 blocking these cats. 0:40:51.760 --> 0:40:54.320 I think this is a game where Dak goes into 0:40:54.440 --> 0:40:58.680 feeling a lot more comfortable and confident, because even going 0:40:58.760 --> 0:41:01.600 back to the game again to Browns, where there was 0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:05.320 some pressure coming, Dak would sit still like you didn't 0:41:05.360 --> 0:41:07.880 really see him kind of going out of the pocket 0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:10.640 and taking off. So I think I think that maybe 0:41:10.680 --> 0:41:13.480 this gives him more like Okay, it frees him up 0:41:13.520 --> 0:41:16.759 more to be more comfortable to anticipate those pressures and 0:41:16.800 --> 0:41:19.960 start using his running game. Because again, he's healthy, he 0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:22.239 looks good. We know he can do it. He's done 0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:25.239 it before, like you mentioned before, Nick, We've seen him 0:41:25.520 --> 0:41:28.120 get out of the pocket, run and throw, and he 0:41:28.280 --> 0:41:32.840 has been very successful at connecting those passes with the receivers. 0:41:32.880 --> 0:41:35.279 He has very talented receivers. So I think this is 0:41:35.320 --> 0:41:38.399 an opportunity to maybe see him just a little bit 0:41:38.400 --> 0:41:39.000 more mobile. 0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:42.640 Yeah, these linebackers, when you talking about Pete Warner and 0:41:42.719 --> 0:41:45.760 the Murio Davis here that last week's line back again, 0:41:46.239 --> 0:41:49.279 Coral Moore, those these guys are run. These these guys 0:41:49.280 --> 0:41:51.120 are a little bit later to the ball. I mean 0:41:51.160 --> 0:41:53.080 they could they could be a tick late. There were 0:41:53.080 --> 0:41:55.319 a couple of times where Carolina were able to get 0:41:55.360 --> 0:41:58.080 the ball inside and then make some you know, a 0:41:58.120 --> 0:42:00.879 lot of four or five yard runs, eight yard run. 0:42:01.440 --> 0:42:05.359 You know, against this group, the linebackers are not going 0:42:05.440 --> 0:42:10.000 to make the number of plays that the Browns linebackers were. 0:42:10.640 --> 0:42:13.479 Those dudes were hum into the ball on the run. 0:42:13.640 --> 0:42:15.319 Yeah, this is more of a blue collar group. 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:17.359 They do the dirty work, they get it, they get 0:42:17.360 --> 0:42:19.680 in there, they will make their presence felt. But I 0:42:19.680 --> 0:42:21.719 think it is a strong second level, but it's not 0:42:21.920 --> 0:42:24.360 what we saw from the Browns last week. They do 0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:26.160 have some young guys though, that are pretty interesting in 0:42:26.200 --> 0:42:28.080 that second level too, that we might see rotate. In 0:42:28.360 --> 0:42:31.000 Anthony Orgie, he's a rock Wall product, Jalen Ford, he 0:42:31.000 --> 0:42:32.640 went to Friscal Lone Star. There was a couple of guys, 0:42:32.640 --> 0:42:34.880 and then DeMarco Jackson while he was on the injury report. 0:42:35.120 --> 0:42:36.520 That certainly got to keep an eye on too. 0:42:37.120 --> 0:42:39.799 Yeah, this week, based on what we've heard Brian you 0:42:39.840 --> 0:42:41.800 talk about with him using so many guys from the 0:42:41.840 --> 0:42:45.040 secondary on blitz's, do you expect this is a game 0:42:45.120 --> 0:42:46.719 we'll see a lot more of Zeke Elliott in the 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:49.839 backfield than that rotation. Knowing that he is I think 0:42:49.880 --> 0:42:53.840 their best, their best blitz pick up guy from among 0:42:53.880 --> 0:42:55.120 the running backs that are on the roster. 0:42:55.360 --> 0:42:56.720 Yeah, I think you would expect. 0:42:56.960 --> 0:42:59.040 If we're looking from a carry's perspective, I think we're 0:42:59.040 --> 0:43:01.120 going to see a similar distribution. But as far as 0:43:01.160 --> 0:43:04.080 passing downs, I think we you can anticipate Zeke Elliott 0:43:04.080 --> 0:43:05.439 being on the field a lot on third down. 0:43:05.480 --> 0:43:08.640 Did you ask that question of press conference something like that, Yeah, 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:11.440 I thought so about that you be comfortable with the balance. 0:43:11.160 --> 0:43:13.400 And he was with that Yeah, yeah, yeah, man, It's 0:43:13.560 --> 0:43:15.920 obviously it's gonna be Ah, they're gonna need that. If 0:43:15.960 --> 0:43:17.840 if this is the way the Saints are going to 0:43:17.880 --> 0:43:19.839 be playing this year, you're gonna need that, which means 0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:23.160 is the number of snaps. The number of snaps certainly 0:43:23.200 --> 0:43:30.520 gonna fix a lot more. Yeah. You know, actually for 0:43:30.560 --> 0:43:32.319 those out there, for those out there that don't know, 0:43:32.760 --> 0:43:35.280 and as a nod to the game against the Saints 0:43:35.320 --> 0:43:37.920 this week, today in the training table, we are having gumbo. 0:43:38.000 --> 0:43:39.920 So uh, if you know anything about me, you know 0:43:39.960 --> 0:43:41.319 I'm very excited about that. 0:43:41.440 --> 0:43:41.960 Two days. 0:43:44.000 --> 0:43:46.440 Year. Man, So we get on doing it. 0:43:46.520 --> 0:43:47.880 Exactly so we can get over here and get some 0:43:47.880 --> 0:43:49.400 of this gumbo. All right, I appreciate you guys to 0:43:49.440 --> 0:43:51.080 join us back tomorrow. 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