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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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Speaker 1: It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Wa with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday. It is Wednesday, October twenty eighth,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode number fifty three. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the latest edition of The Break Worldlife from the s

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Speaker 1: WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. Got Nick David Amber

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Speaker 1: with me and we're ready talk some Cowboys Cowboys football,

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Speaker 1: if you guys for the next forty five minutes. We

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Speaker 1: will be joined by Bucky Brooks in the second segment today. Well,

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Speaker 1: he will help us start breaking down the Philadelphia Eagles

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Speaker 1: will talk about their offense versus the Cowboys defense. But

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Speaker 1: before we get to that, we've got news related items

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Speaker 1: we need to talk about. There are some personal changes happening.

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Speaker 1: We alluded to that yesterday on the show based upon

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Speaker 1: some of the comments that Jerry Jones gave in his

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Speaker 1: interview on one one five Dot three The Fan and

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Speaker 1: the first Domino falls yesterday with the Cowboys trading Everson Griffin.

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Speaker 1: Dave talking to me about what the Cowboys got out

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Speaker 1: of this trade deal. So it's a conditional pick, which

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Speaker 1: is the type of thing you hear in deals like this.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like it can be as good as a

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Speaker 1: fifth rounder or a sixth. And the thing is, we

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Speaker 1: don't know what those parameters are. Maybe it's a certain

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Speaker 1: number of games, and maybe he has to sit hit

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Speaker 1: a certain number of threshold, you know, a threshold of

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Speaker 1: snaps or sacks or games on the active roster. You know.

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Speaker 1: I would imagine if the Lions cut him in three weeks,

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Speaker 1: you're probably not getting a round pick. So we'll have

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Speaker 1: to see what that is. But they're gonna get a

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Speaker 1: Day three pick in return. Amber whether it's a fifth

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Speaker 1: worth that to to get rid of I guess a

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Speaker 1: guy that's although he hasn't been great, I think this

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Speaker 1: is it worth it? Well, if you don't really know that,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't going to work out with him then then yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you can try to get whatever you can

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Speaker 1: get it. It's better than anything then, you know, than

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Speaker 1: just cutting him. But it makes me wonder, I mean,

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Speaker 1: are the Cowboys really better right now? I don't know,

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Speaker 1: it's a question mark. I'm I know we are gonna

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Speaker 1: get to see probably more Bradley and I and Randy Gregory,

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Speaker 1: but I wonder how they're gonna start developing with getting

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Speaker 1: more snaps on the field. I know that Nick and

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Speaker 1: I hope he can talk about this. I know that

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Speaker 1: we're certain things that that Nick has mentioned and as

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Speaker 1: far as maybe his attitude and the things that he

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Speaker 1: able to see Bud. Because Nick does travel with the team,

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Speaker 1: he's getting a little better feel of what the dynamic

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Speaker 1: is over there. So sorry, Nick, to put you on

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Speaker 1: the spot, but I think that that's something that that's

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's you know what, that's That's why I

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Speaker 1: trips and I miss you guys being there with with me.

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Speaker 1: For sure. I do. I definitely do, trust me, um.

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Speaker 1: But but yeah, there are some things that I don't

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Speaker 1: He said he it's been excellent. I well, then why

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Speaker 1: And then Everson Griffin, who clearly wasn't as happy, and

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Speaker 1: addition by subtraction. They wanted to get rid of him, Dave,

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Speaker 1: Amber mentioned an I and Gregory that's what all the

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Speaker 1: probably frustrated them by saying, oh, Dorin's Armstrong would be

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Speaker 1: They're not gonna be on the team. They're not and

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Speaker 1: everyone's gonna know that, and they're like, what are they

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Speaker 1: Amber Well. I think this is something that we can

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Speaker 1: them to be extravagant. I just want them to be competitive. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is kind of making it go. But I'm

428
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Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you, he has not played at

429
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,640
Speaker 1: a high level. It is a bit of a Jucklin

430
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,680
Speaker 1: Hyde scenario. When you get him, he'll play good. In

431
00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,240
Speaker 1: the first quarter, He'll disappeared the second and third quarter,

432
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,160
Speaker 1: then Rea here in the fourth quarter and play great,

433
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,359
Speaker 1: and that has been good enough to get them close

434
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,400
Speaker 1: to the winner circle sometimes. So you know, it's one

435
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,400
Speaker 1: of those games where I don't know where the production

436
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: is going to come from the Eagles, but they just

437
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 1: kind of find a way to get it done, and

438
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:21,879
Speaker 1: they've been playing better of late. Lucky, when things aren't

439
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,399
Speaker 1: going too great in your own team, you tend to

440
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: start looking at opponents and kind of look at the

441
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 1: things that they're doing, and they're starting to be successful

442
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,520
Speaker 1: at I think that with the Eagles, you can argue that, yeah,

443
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 1: they haven't been a great team at all this season,

444
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Speaker 1: but I feel that they are starting to trend upwards

445
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,800
Speaker 1: and doing some things a little bit better. What would

446
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Speaker 1: be an area that you would say that you've seen

447
00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,199
Speaker 1: some good improvement throughout this season and how were they

448
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 1: able to do that? I think the best thing that

449
00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,239
Speaker 1: they have done is they've tried as much as they

450
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,919
Speaker 1: can to continue to innovate to give their quarterback the

451
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 1: best chance to succeed. I would say that Carson Wentz

452
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 1: has really been struggling. Obviously, you look at the number

453
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,119
Speaker 1: of turnovers that he's had. He is not playing to

454
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,200
Speaker 1: the level of expectation for a franchise quarterback, much less

455
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,080
Speaker 1: someone that was taken second. Overall, they have added more

456
00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,000
Speaker 1: tempo to this offense. They tried to go faster. He

457
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,280
Speaker 1: appears to play better when they're operating at a quick

458
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: because it simplifies things not only for the offense but

459
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,600
Speaker 1: for the defense. But the best thing that they can

460
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: do is to get him to kind of play within himself.

461
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: He has a tendency to make these hero plays and

462
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 1: these crazy throws, to going across the field and doing

463
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,240
Speaker 1: those things, and that's when the turnovers are coming. He

464
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 1: also has tried to be something that he's not. He

465
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 1: has tried to fancy himself as a traditional drop back passer,

466
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,960
Speaker 1: and his game is not such where he can do that.

467
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,120
Speaker 1: He has to lean into his athleticism. He has to run,

468
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: he has to get on the move and make some

469
00:23:54,560 --> 00:24:00,119
Speaker 1: plays outside the pocket for him to fully maximize his talents.

470
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,639
Speaker 1: He said, not good enough just to stand in the

471
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 1: pocket and deal that. That has not been the strength

472
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,359
Speaker 1: of his game. Bucky, I'm gonna I'm gonna take a

473
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: page out of Knicks playbook, Like, at this point I

474
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 1: care a lot less about what the Eagles are doing

475
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: than I've like then obviously what we're seeing from the

476
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Speaker 1: stats defense, I'm curious in your mind. Let's just assume

477
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,959
Speaker 1: you know, Everson Griffin's already gone. I think Daryl Worley

478
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: and Dontari Pope won't be long for the roster either.

479
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,159
Speaker 1: If you take those three guys off this defense and

480
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 1: put three younger guys, like even if they're not as

481
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Speaker 1: experienced or maybe not as talented right now, like, can

482
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Speaker 1: this defense be a little bit sounder with just young

483
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,920
Speaker 1: guys doing what they're asked to be doing? Like? Can

484
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: I find some optimism there? I don't know, but help me. Yeah?

485
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,120
Speaker 1: Absolutely so. One of my best friends is a former

486
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 1: cowboy Dennis Thurman, who played under Tom Landry guys, and

487
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 1: he says that one thing that he always took from

488
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 1: coach Landry is there's no difference between a guy who

489
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,080
Speaker 1: won't do it and a guy who can do it.

490
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,120
Speaker 1: The guys who were there before, they weren't doing what

491
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: was being asked to them, so you better serve to

492
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,359
Speaker 1: put in the young guys and let them have a

493
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: crack act. Also, we've been waiting for six or seven

494
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: weeks for someone to be the sacrificial lamb. Someone has

495
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,199
Speaker 1: to get cut. So everyone understands that there's a certain

496
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: standard of an expectation what players should be doing. So

497
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: now that you remove three guys, you can best believe

498
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: that the locker room understands that, oh, we at an

499
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 1: earthen level. And so I think with the young guys,

500
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Speaker 1: I think you have a chance to if you're Mike

501
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: Nolan to be a little more, you can teach them.

502
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: You can have a bigger impression on them, a bigger

503
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,480
Speaker 1: impact on the way that they fight, and that in

504
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: itself they help them. I think what you want to

505
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,879
Speaker 1: look for may not show up in the win column.

506
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 1: Like Nolan Mike McCarthy have to do, is you have

507
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: to focus on what's one area that we can prove

508
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: on this week, whether that's running to the ball or

509
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,360
Speaker 1: not letting the ball overhead. Let's focus on that and

510
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 1: if we can slowly piece of these things over a

511
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: three or four week period, the defense will eventually begin

512
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: to play better and maybe the wins will come. If

513
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: you can just focus on clear up some of the

514
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 1: little issues supposed to try and take on how can

515
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 1: we fix the entire defense? What's the road line look

516
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: like right now? I know that they're tackles I mean

517
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 1: Cowboys two tackles out, but I think they've also had

518
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,439
Speaker 1: two tackles out, maybe not together, but it feels like

519
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 1: that they're really banged up as well. A mess. It

520
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 1: is a mess. Two teams that are really struggling. The

521
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: former rugby fair Jordan I'm allowed to has been starting

522
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 1: left tackle and he is certainly talented. Inexperience that has

523
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,959
Speaker 1: hurt them. They cut recently cut Jamal Brown, and they

524
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 1: put in a rookie who was struggling inside the guard.

525
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: And so Carson Wentz has been sacked twenty eight times,

526
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 1: tied for the most in the league. The office line

527
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 1: is vulnerable, and so all the issues that we can

528
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: talk about offensively for the Cowboys, we can spit right

529
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 1: back at the Eagles. The challenge will be which defensive

530
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,680
Speaker 1: coordinator takes advantage of the vulnerabilities of the offensive line.

531
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 1: We've seen Jim Schwartz for the Eagles dollars up. Will

532
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 1: Mike Nolan have confidence in the back end to press

533
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,719
Speaker 1: and push the envelope and say, hey, we're gonna come

534
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: after Carson went when he's been under pressure, he is

535
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: really melted and will under pressure. The Cowboys have to

536
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: find a way to create pressure. On that note, Bucky,

537
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: when you look at the fact that Wins has been

538
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 1: sacked twenty eight times, is this the kind of game

539
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: when you look at what you've seen and I actually

540
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 1: personally think that Tank Lawrence has actually played a little

541
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,399
Speaker 1: better the last few weeks. Is this a game that

542
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: becomes somewhat of it? And I know it's gonna sound

543
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: really crazy, so everyone's gonna laugh, but kind of a

544
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 1: get right game for the Cowboys pass rush because you know, again,

545
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: it maybe differencing an offensive line that might just be

546
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: beat up as the one that they've been practicing against

547
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 1: all these weeks. You know, I'm domistic that it is.

548
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 1: But then I was outmis last week that why football

549
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: team's offense was so bad that that would be the

550
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: get right game, and they ran for twenty yards. And

551
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: so the first thing that has to happen. Dallas has

552
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 1: to know that Philadelphias are going to try and run

553
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 1: the football at them because they put bad film on

554
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 1: the They've seen teams that can't run like Washington. The

555
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 1: Giants have a level of success from the football. The

556
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: first thing they're gonna do it They're gonna to defense

557
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 1: see if they can they can stop the run. If

558
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 1: they can stop the run, then tack Lawrence and Aldi

559
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 1: Smith and those guys would have an opportunity to hunt.

560
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: The priority has to be we have to run. We

561
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,359
Speaker 1: have to force the Eagles to be dimensional. If you

562
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: can make the Eagles one pension you can get after

563
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, and Carson Wentz will give the ball away,

564
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: but the Stars were stopping the run. Well, adding to

565
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: that question, and be honest with this, how confident are

566
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: you on the voice defense ability to whether they end

567
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 1: up stacking Carson Wentz and then recovering the ball or

568
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: trying to get their hands on a back throw that

569
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 1: he throws in their How comes they are you that

570
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: the Cowboys stefense can actually get their hands on that ball. Oh,

571
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: I'm not confident. I'm not real confident right now because

572
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: I haven't I haven't seen. But but what I'm doing

573
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: is I'm trying to be faithful. I'm trying to have

574
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: enough faith that at some point the players are good

575
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: enough to get it done. But I do believe we

576
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: can talk about Mike Nolan simplifying and those things. I

577
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,239
Speaker 1: think this has kind of been a wake up call

578
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: for everybody because when you start removing players, I think

579
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 1: everyone understands where they're sitting. And for Mike Nolan, this

580
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 1: is a huge challenge because how do you get a

581
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,479
Speaker 1: group of guys to believe in your scheme when they

582
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: haven't seen a lot of success early on? Where does

583
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: that come from? And so he has to figure out

584
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: which guys are his leaders, which guys can convey his message.

585
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: He has to convince those guys first and hope that

586
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: they can convince their teammates that and we have to

587
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: play as one. But right now, no, I'm not very

588
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: optimistic or confident, but I'm hoping over the course of

589
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: the game, you get a couple of good plays to happen,

590
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: and then maybe it spreads like wildfire. I want to

591
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: ask you about Jalen Rager, but we don't know if

592
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: he's going to play. I think I read he's coming

593
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 1: back to practice this week, but not a guarantee to play.

594
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 1: But I do remember the other rookie, John high Tower,

595
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: has got a pretty good reputation for being a deep

596
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: ball guy and made a really great play in the

597
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,240
Speaker 1: Giants game last week. So am I right to think

598
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: that he's who I need to be worried about getting

599
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: behind the defense this week? Well, I mean, I think

600
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 1: you have to be worried about everybody, because I don't

601
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 1: think it's even I think it's anybody. I think the

602
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: main thing is just trying to get the young guys

603
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: to do exactly what has asked to him. And you know,

604
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: whether it's Trevon Diggs or anybody they put Anthony Brown,

605
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: whoever's playing outside, I think the number one priority for

606
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: the past defense, Let's keep the ball in front of

607
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: the defense. Don't let the ball flow over the head

608
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: because big plays of what gets you beat in this league,

609
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: like the seventy yard bombs, to just letting it go

610
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: completely over your head, that has been the biggest problem.

611
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: If you keep the ball in front of Yeah, they

612
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 1: nfitely diamond down the field and you can find a

613
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: way to get a stop in the red zone. Sure

614
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: they get threes, but they don't get sevens. But when

615
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: you give up the bombs, it's demoralizing and I just

616
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 1: think for a team that is already teetering on the

617
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: brink from a confident standpoint, just the big plays just

618
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: absolutely crushed him. And so regardless of whether it's Greg

619
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: Ward or Travis Folgum who was really emerged, or John

620
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: hog Tower, the Cowboys have to focus on keeping the

621
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: ball in front of the defense, make them drive the

622
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 1: length of the film. Don't get them any cheats. All right,

623
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Speaker 1: here's my dilemma, Bucky. You talked about confidential. Also we're

624
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: also talking about guys from you know, the future. You're

625
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: getting these young guys ready to play. So Cheeto comes

626
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: back this week, Chito Woozier, What are you doing with

627
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: Trevon Diggs? Do you want to do you want to

628
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: put him on nickel? Do you want to bench him?

629
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: Do you want to maybe hurt his confidence? I mean,

630
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,720
Speaker 1: I mean you can't. You got to stop the big plays.

631
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: But how are you handling him back in the mix?

632
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: And maybe Anthony Brown or what are you doing at corner?

633
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: If you're the Cowboys right now, right now, all hands

634
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: on deck. So I would put Cheetah in him. Cheetah

635
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: as ready and available to play, because what I need

636
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: I need guys who can take the information that's been

637
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: given in meetings and executed. Dix has struggled and he's

638
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: given up a ton of big plays. And even though

639
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,719
Speaker 1: I want to build him up because he is the future,

640
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: right now, I got to solve the bleeding. And if

641
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: Cheeto knows exactly what to do, if he can keep

642
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: the ball in front, if he can tackle and make

643
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: some plays, I'm gonna go with the veterans, Anthony Brown

644
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: and Cheeto, and I'll try and work Digs in. But

645
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,719
Speaker 1: we've seen too many instances of Digs just falling asleep

646
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: at the wheel, not knowing exactly what to do when

647
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: it comes to some of the matchups. Are we in man,

648
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: are we in zone? Stopping his feet giving up big plays?

649
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: I can't. If I'm Mike Nolan, I gotta go with

650
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: the guys that I trust, and I would trust Cheetah

651
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: over Digs right now. All right, before we let you go, Bucky,

652
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: I had a bigger, bigger picture question just from the

653
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: standpoint of the Eagles Carson Winch. She go back to

654
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: his rookie year, he was on pace to be a

655
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,719
Speaker 1: real candidate. I thought or League MVP and was playing

656
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: outstanding football. From that to where he is now, it's

657
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:11,479
Speaker 1: a simple question what happened to him, you know, Like

658
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: so he was really reckless in terms of how he played,

659
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: and going all the way back to North Dakota State,

660
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: he's always battled a series of injuries, Like he always

661
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: had something that he's dealing with. Well when he goes

662
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: into the league, because of his style of play, because

663
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: he lives on the edge, he doesn't really understand or

664
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Speaker 1: know how to slide. He takes a lot of shots,

665
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: and he also doesn't know when the play is over.

666
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 1: And because he extends plays and he plays in such

667
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: a reckless style, he kind of exposes himself to me.

668
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: When he was coming out, he was a version of

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton in terms of like how rugged and physical

670
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 1: that he played, the way that they used him in

671
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: North Dakota State. He has continued to do that, but

672
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: he's done that and hurt himself acl bad concussions, risks

673
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries, and that has really impacted his game.

674
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: And so now he's a bit true trigger shot into pocket.

675
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: He doesn't really want to deal with that, and so

676
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: it impacts his game. But he's not good enough to

677
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 1: play as a status passer. And so I think the

678
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: funny thing is when you hear this, and without even

679
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: inserting the dad conversation, I'm inserted. But I think when

680
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,720
Speaker 1: you look at Dak and you look at Carson Wentz,

681
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 1: Dak has been a much better player, more consistent player

682
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: throughout his time. And I just think because a draft status,

683
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz has always gotten tony because outside of that

684
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 1: one great year, he has not played at that level

685
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: that you would expect a guy that was taking second

686
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: overall to play. Hey, that's good stuff, Bucky. We appreciate it.

687
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: We're gonna go to our final break. We'll be back

688
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 1: tomorrow with Bucky when he's gonna talk a little bit

689
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: more about this Philadelphia defense versus a Cowboys offense. But

690
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Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break right now. We'll come back.

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00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,480
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Speaker 1: All right, well let's go, let's let's get back into this.

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Speaker 1: We got some injury updates. There are quite a few

739
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: guys that are that we need to catch up on

740
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: as far as where they are from an injury standpoint, Dave,

741
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: why don't you run through these forests. I'll give you

742
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Speaker 1: a name. You tell me what you're hearing as far

743
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: as where they are and their trek to to come

744
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: back to play. They'll start with Andy Dalton. Uh, Andy

745
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: Dalton in meetings, not practicing. I don't feel optimistic about that.

746
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: But if if he's able to go, I mean, if

747
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: he's able to get into practice I'm gonna go out

748
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: on a limb and say I won't be until Saturday,

749
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: which is that's that's their Friday practice day. So um,

750
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: not optimistic, but he is in meetings, so that's good.

751
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: And at this point, is the expectation that you got

752
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 1: Bend Nucci or is this a possibility? Maybe it'll it'll

753
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: be Ben, It'll be Ben or Andy? Okay, d Yeah,

754
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,800
Speaker 1: how you guys feel about that? I tell you what.

755
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 1: We'll wait. Savings not great, mob, we'll talk about that tomorrow.

756
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: We're talking about the Cowboys offense. Um, all right, so

757
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: talking to me about Zack Martin. Zack Martin is expected

758
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 1: to practice today. I think he will play on Sunday night.

759
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: All right, good, h Let's talk about Joe Looney. He's practicing.

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00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna back. He's practicing. Yeah, message on that from

761
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: the PR staff that he is returning. Okay, good. So

762
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: it looks like Joe Zach might be back this week.

763
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 1: That gives you two offensive linemen that have some experience

764
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: that you could kind of study some things with. I

765
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: do too, Like, that's that's great. That's that's good for

766
00:38:55,960 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 1: an offensive line struggle in meaning meaning go ahead, Amber No.

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00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: Based on what I heard from Mike McCarthy earlier today

768
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: in his press conference, him saying that Joe Joe is

769
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: kind of close to returning. But if it's practicing, I mean,

770
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: is this like a practice hole he's practicing too, maybe

771
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: return this weekend or he's just coming back to practice.

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00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 1: In general, I think it's probably premature to think he's

773
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: gonna play in this game. Not saying it's impossible, but

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00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 1: you know, something to keep an eye on. I'm not

775
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: ready to say that he's definitely gonna play on Sunday though,

776
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: but just positive that he's coming back to practice. It's

777
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: really great. And actually McCarthy had an interesting quote. You know,

778
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: he's obviously not going to give too much away, but

779
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: he was asked, you know, with Zach back and maybe

780
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: Joe coming back, can you maybe kick Zach out to

781
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:52,240
Speaker 1: tackle try different combinations? And he was basically like, we

782
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 1: we don't have you know, we don't have the set five.

783
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: We don't you know, he's big on continuity, but he's like,

784
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: we don't have five guys at the five respective positions

785
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: that we feel concrete about, so we're gonna work as

786
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: many combinations as we can. So hopefully hopefully having Zach

787
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: at the very least will allow them to maybe get

788
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: creative with plugging this thing up. All right, let's move

789
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 1: on to cheet Obey Owoozier. What's the status with him.

790
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: McCarthy basically was like, yeah, I think he's got a

791
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: good shot to play, which you know, coaches hate saying

792
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: stuff like that, but he's supposed to do something today.

793
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,319
Speaker 1: And McCarthy was like, yeah, like, our goal is to

794
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 1: have him ready for Sunday nights, so that more so,

795
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 1: maybe even more so than zach Man. Maybe not more

796
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 1: than Zach, but I think it would be huge to

797
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: have Cheeto out there, just somebody who can competently handle

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Speaker 1: his side of the field, because you might not think

799
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: the world of Cheeto, but we've never seen him struggle

800
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: with letting guys get behind him by five six yards.

801
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: On a regular basis, he leads the team and interceptions, right,

802
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:02,439
Speaker 1: does he sure does? Oh god, there's only been one

803
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: so and how many games does he mean? I mean,

804
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: is that stat I still saw it? Does Dak still

805
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,399
Speaker 1: leading the NFL pass? I don't think so? I think

806
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: I don't think no, not anymore. Last week he was

807
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 1: before last week's games, he was, Yeah, well Cheeto still

808
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: leads to teham and interceptions. Yeah. I thought it was, well,

809
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 1: they might being like this week and they might be

810
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: like this weekend with that because with Carson Wentz and

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00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: him maybe throwing some interceptions. I mean, you can get

812
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 1: a cheetah get his hands on that ball. Yeah. So

813
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: I got to see that to believe it. But I

814
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 1: like your optim talking about you know, you know, I'll

815
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: jump in on this, Dave Sean Lee, you know, he

816
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: was McCarthy was talking about him getting back to practice

817
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: and all that saying the normal coach speak, and I

818
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: thought he kind of just slipped in and said, you know,

819
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: I think he has a good chance to play Sunday night,

820
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: which I don't. I wasn't expecting that. I wasn't expecting

821
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: him to come back to play, but you know, it

822
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: would be it would be ironic if he did, because

823
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that's where you have the surgery in Philadelphia.

824
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 1: I mean, if you think, I think that's where where

825
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: all all those sporttorney surgeries are always done. To see

826
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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, So it would be interesting if he comes back,

827
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 1: he plays, and they certainly need him. That's day. That's

828
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,800
Speaker 1: what I think. I think he sounds like he could play.

829
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 1: You agree, Um, I mean, I agree with what you

830
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Speaker 1: said about McCarthy. Uh, you know, I'm always reluctant to

831
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Speaker 1: on Wednesday be like, yeah, he's definitely gonna play, but

832
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,720
Speaker 1: I think he's got a shot. He definitely has a shot.

833
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: There's one other topic I wanted to hit before we

834
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Speaker 1: end the show. Um let's talking about special teams and

835
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 1: the punting situation. The Cowboys did sign a punter earlier

836
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: this week, Hunter Niswander, and they said in the in

837
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: in a press conference that they this player has always been,

838
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: has been on their radars, guy they wanted to sign.

839
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Speaker 1: They thought it's a good idea to have a guy

840
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: that can both kick and punt that they would have

841
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: on their practice squad. My question for you guys is

842
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: should that be the case or should he really be

843
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: here for the purpose of taking Chris Jones's job, Because

844
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 1: you look at Chris Jones over the last two years,

845
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: his punting has not been great. I'll throw some numbers

846
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,360
Speaker 1: at you. This year, he has ranked twenty ninth in

847
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: the league in yards per punt at forty three point one.

848
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: His longest fifty four, and that's thirty first in the league.

849
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: Last year his average yards per punt was forty one

850
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Speaker 1: point six and he was thirty first in the league

851
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: at that and as long was thirty long was fifty eight,

852
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: and he was thirty second at that the last two years.

853
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: And you can go back even farther than and see

854
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: he's regularly in the bottom at least bottom third of

855
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: the league. Isn't at a point where the Cowboys really

856
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,240
Speaker 1: need to replace him because they're just not getting anything

857
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,439
Speaker 1: from him. From the standpoint of punts. Let's start first

858
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 1: with you Amber, Well, this is something like you said,

859
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: we've kind of been talking about about it and been

860
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 1: wondering with like a question mark on there. And Fassil

861
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 1: he did when he first was hiring and asked about

862
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: the punter position. I mean, he did mentioned the injury

863
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: that Chris was dealing with last year and kind of

864
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: played through it or whatever. But this is something that

865
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: I don't think it's injury related. Clearly, his efforts on

866
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: the on the field have started to decline, and I

867
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: think that the way that the fact that they said, oh,

868
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 1: this is a player that has been in a radar,

869
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,919
Speaker 1: it's just a nice way to put it. Honestly, that's

870
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,240
Speaker 1: just them being nice and kind with that. But we

871
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 1: should find out pretty soon if we start seeing that

872
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: guy on the field. Plane Nick, well, yeah, they got

873
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: to get better at the punning. I mean Chris Jones

874
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: gets to also. I mean you think about this year

875
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 1: where he's ranks twenty ninth, and I mean he's played

876
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,399
Speaker 1: four home games, is that right? I mean four home

877
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 1: games and then it's at Seattle and at the rant.

878
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: I mean, whether it's not been an issue kind of

879
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: was in this game but thirty two yard punt I

880
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: mean in the second quarter was the one where I

881
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,359
Speaker 1: mean that you had to get field positioned and that

882
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: punts is not it's just not there. I mean, I

883
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: just don't think he's got that boom on the ball

884
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 1: like he like he did when he when he first

885
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 1: got here. And he's been a great punter for a

886
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: long time. He's been a good punter. He's sorry, Jason,

887
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: he's been a good punter for a long time. But um,

888
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:12,919
Speaker 1: but when Dame Bailey left, that's when old buddy left.

889
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: Well well true, true, well when we started we started there.

890
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: It could be a back injury. But I mean, what

891
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: one of the two, I mean, it could be both,

892
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 1: could be both. If if we see what's his name,

893
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: miss Winder, miss Winder, if we see him holding for

894
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: kickoff for field goals, that's a hint that yeah, that's

895
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,400
Speaker 1: that's where you know, because that's one thing you know

896
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 1: Chris Jones does. But also, I'm sorry, Dave, but their

897
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: point is is correct too when you get to the

898
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: road games, because if they don't have a backup, I mean,

899
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: you do need that. I think that's maybe they just

900
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: did not forget to do that. Or something that you

901
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: gotta have a backup you get on the road and

902
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: something were to happen to test positive, somebody tests, you

903
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: gotta have, you know, that's nice to have right now.

904
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 1: They're not really in games where you know, kicking is

905
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,799
Speaker 1: really a actor at this point. But but I get

906
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: your point. Yeah, that's true. Your point again, you don't

907
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: want you. I just am I am I the only

908
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 1: one that like, I mean, I don't know. I think

909
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 1: they're lying, honestly. That's that's my that's my takeaway is

910
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: maybe they're not ready to cut Chris Jones right now,

911
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: but they're like, oh, like we thought it might be

912
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 1: a good idea to have a guy already ready. Well,

913
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: you didn't think it was a good idea for training

914
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: camp or the first seven weeks of the season. Like literally,

915
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:30,760
Speaker 1: when they found out they had to cut their roster

916
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: to eighty for training camp, the extra specialists were the

917
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: first to go, Like they were the first guys that

918
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 1: they got rid of, like, oh, we don't we don't

919
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 1: have room for that, we don't need that on our

920
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 1: roster during training camp, and then seven weeks of the season,

921
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 1: you know, didn't it wasn't a good enough idea that

922
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:46,919
Speaker 1: you did it any of these other weeks and now

923
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 1: after a month and a half of Chris Jones being

924
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 1: pedestrian too, you know bad now it's a good idea,

925
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 1: Like I that, No, that's that's not the case. They're like,

926
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,319
Speaker 1: you know, we might have to do something about this,

927
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: and we should get the guy we like in here

928
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: before somebody else does like that. That's what I think

929
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: is happening. Yeah, I suspect they did the same thing

930
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: I did after that thirty two yard punt. They probably

931
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 1: are like on the headsets like, hey man on Monday,

932
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: we might need to see if what we can find

933
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 1: out there, because this might be an opportunity for us

934
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 1: to move on. Yeah. Yeah, I just think you know,

935
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 1: a team like this that struggles as bad as they

936
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 1: do in so many areas, that's an area that, as

937
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,839
Speaker 1: much as anything could help you right now, that's an

938
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: area that could help you. It could actually create situations

939
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: where maybe you can flip the field because your offense

940
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 1: isn't really moving the ball at all, and you have

941
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: an opportunity to not give the opposing offense great field

942
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,839
Speaker 1: position in stay of thirty two yard punt gives them

943
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: the ball at the forty Like, that's the kind of

944
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: situation that you just really can't afford on a team

945
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: that's just bad in so many other areas. All Right,

946
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 1: we appreciate you guys joining us. We'll be back tomorrow.

947
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,319
Speaker 1: We'll be ready to we'll be outside. Actually, tomorrow gotta

948
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 1: be interesting because all four of us will be in

949
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 1: the same location for a show for the first time

950
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 1: in what seven eight months. It'll be really nice to

951
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 1: be somewhere we can all just have a conversation in

952
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,959
Speaker 1: Dave's own isn't acting up and it'll just be It'll

953
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,880
Speaker 1: be a wonderful show. It will be cold, so Amber,

954
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 1: make sure you were about five layers. But we will

955
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: have a great time, and we'll hope you guys will

956
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 1: join us. Till then. For Nick Eaton, Dave helm and

957
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: Amber Garcia, I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been The Break

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