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Today, we're going to 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.119 start with some rule changes NFL had their owners meetings. 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:22.400 There were quite a few rules changes, and I want 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.400 to run through them with you guys and get your 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.720 opinions on them. Some of the different rules changes that 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.720 were proposed were tabled. I want to get your opinions 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.319 on those as well, and then we'll get back into 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:35.200 some of our position analysis, our position breakdown that we 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:36.920 started last week with Today, we're going to focus in 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:40.280 on safety and wide receiver. Both those two I think 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.959 are pretty interesting and have some interesting things for the 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.040 Cowboys from the standpoint of where they are and where 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:48.120 they need to be when the season begins. So let's 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:50.600 jump in. Let's start first with some of the rules changes. 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:53.040 I think the first one that jumped out at me 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:59.360 was the change to the overtime rules as it stands. Basically, 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.040 I think the the original rule, the rule that they've 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.600 been playing by it before, they had one rule for 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.080 the regular season, one rule for the postseason. They've now 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.960 basically said, we're gonna make the one that we use 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.440 in the postseason the regular season rule with one modification. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.639 So essentially, both teams will get a possession in overtime, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.800 they'll be guaranteed a possession in overtime. But he was 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.600 the interesting kicker. And I've never heard this being discussed before. 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.600 It sounds like they're going to reduce the overtime from 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.239 fifteen minutes down to ten minutes, yes, which I think 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:30.120 is pretty significant. And to start thinking about it from 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.360 from the standpoint of if you hit that ten minute 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.360 mark and there's still is a tie, you now have 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.840 a tie on your record. How do you like it 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:38.360 or dislike this this new rule? 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.040 I think that you know, the league is doing their 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.240 best to try and kind of figure these rules out. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:49.000 Stephen Jones plays a significant role on the Competition Committee, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.320 and I think Steven does have the best interest of 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.320 the game in heart, and you know, when you talk 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.560 to him about it, it's something he takes very seriously. 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.120 And you know, I think you know, as a fan, 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.960 you just want want your team to have the best 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.240 opportunity in overtime. We've seen so many times when you know, 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:08.880 we've seen reactions of you know, of quarterbacks at Baker 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.320 Mayfield when they're playing Kansas City and they go to 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.640 overtime and they lose the flip and his reaction to 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.040 it is, oh my gosh, we just gave the ball 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.920 to Patrick mahomes and we're done, you know, and and 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:22.000 and that's and that's a reaction we have as fans, like, Okay, 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.160 we're done. Uh so yeah, the fact that they're they're 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.800 going to the what the playoff rules, I think is 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.959 a is a good a good measure if you have ties. 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.240 The things that are always interesting about ties, guys, is 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.160 that at the end of the year sometimes they play 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.880 into factor of deciding playoff spots and maybe keeping a 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.680 team eligible or knocking a team out. So you know, 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.320 there was a time, way before you guys were born, 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:49.400 when I was watching football that ties were part of 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.000 the game. So yeah, it's but the fact that each 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.280 team gets a possession and uh you know, but there 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:57.520 may be some you know, think about this also too. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.240 You score, but you take all the clock and you 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:04.120 really don't give any other team an opportunity. That's something 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.400 that could be really, really a very a painful thing 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.040 for a lot of fans to have to deal with 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:10.600 if you're on the short end of that. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.720 Yeah, nothing else I hate more in sports when there 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:15.920 is a tie at the end of the game, like 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:19.360 that is just go do rock paper sits or at 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.320 that point, I don't care but I need someone to 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.000 be the winner. So I think that this new structure, 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:26.719 I think it just brings and I agree with everything 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.719 that Brian just said, but it also brings that fairness 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.080 to it. There's a lot more fairness in the game, 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.800 and you allow it to be more competitive. It is 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.200 one of those situations, just like you mentioned with Patrick 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.240 Mahomes that yeah, those type of quarterbacks, You're like, Okay, 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.000 they got the ball. You know it's gonna work. You 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.240 know where it's at it, Yeah, there's no chance. So 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:50.560 I think it does give it a more baalid right 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.400 to whoever ends up. It's just a lot more fair 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:57.279 in that sense. Also, with the time being lower, I 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:59.640 feel like typically it doesn't take that long for you 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.360 to herman who wins that game when it goes into overtime. 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.960 But also it doesn't drag it along that much either, 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.279 because when you get to that point and going into 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:15.840 overtime it's you know, four quarter that's a long time 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.440 for players to be out there. It gets exhausting and 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.840 all of that. So I think I'm not too big 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.800 on the even though it's five minutes difference, it's a 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.960 big difference there. If it ever gets to a scenario 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.920 like that. But I like the rule, and just like 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:34.919 Brian said too, these situations, it's always them trying new things, 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.360 different things, and kind of testing it out and see 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.440 what actually works better and what doesn't, and always keeping 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:42.800 in mind one the fairness of the game and two 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.800 the health of the players when they're playing out there. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.360 Yeah, I'll be interested to see if if this ends 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.159 up leading to more ties because of the reduction in time. 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.320 Like you said, Brian, there is a sign and there's 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:57.680 a chance that a team could take pretty much the 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.120 entire overtime period. You can get a drive that's a 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.640 good eight nine minutes and then you leave the other 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.800 team with very little time to be on score, especially 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.200 if you can end that with a touchdown. I just 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.240 I don't want. I want to do whatever it takes 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:16.280 in order to ensure there are fewer ties and there 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.840 are as few ties ties as possible. I agree with 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:21.560 you Amber, like you don't want to sit through three 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.000 hours of football, three and a half hours of football 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:27.680 and then go home feeling like my team did they win? 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.839 Did they lose? Like it's just it's a limbo. I 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.120 don't like ties. I think it's better to get a 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:36.520 winner or a loser. And so for me, I like 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.120 the rule change where both teams get a possession. I 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.280 don't love the idea of taking it from fifteen down 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:41.840 to ten minutes. 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.080 Well, the thing that could be, you know, and the 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.240 league has proven that if they do get a bunch 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.560 of ties, say in a season, if they implement this 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.680 the next year, they will do something different. Yeah they will. 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:56.400 They will not sit there and just continually like, Okay, 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.800 we're going to have you know, seven or eight ten 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.120 ties or something like that. We're just not They're not 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.200 going to allow that. So they'll adjust as they see fit. 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.359 That part of it I think is pretty good. You know, 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.080 it's funny they talk about, you know, the player safety 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.000 and taking it down five minutes, but man, they will 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.800 argue like heck for that eighteenth game. So you know, 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.480 there's there's gonna be some type of trade off here. 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:18.680 I will tell you this though, if they go to 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.520 eighteen games, yeah, what I what I would love about 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.680 that is I think in the in the scenarios I've 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:28.000 heard says they would then do two bye weeks in 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.520 eighteen game season. And if you give me eighteen games, 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.760 but you give me two bye weeks. Actually we have 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.120 a lot better. That makes me a lot better. 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:34.320 We do. 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.240 And I know when I first started working with there 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:38.040 was a time where we did we had the two 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.080 bye weeks. I believe that we were kind of going through. So, yeah, 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.360 it makes it a little bit, you know, it makes 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.200 it a little bit of a longer season and all that. 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.160 But and I in a way, I kind of feel 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:48.680 like the season's long. I know, I was at the 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.960 super Bowl in New Orleans and I felt like baseball 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.200 was right around the corner, you know, kind of thing. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.600 So but yeah, the league and the players, we're aways 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.440 from that right now. Yeah, but it's it's coming. 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.600 But see to your point with the ten minute thing, 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.720 the reason why I actually do like it is because one, 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:09.560 with getting the both teams get a position, you bring 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:13.400 the fairness to it. But then with the time being reduced, 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.120 it also allows you to be strategic, like whoever has 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.000 the ball, they can take that to their advantage. And 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.560 it's still a fair game here, but it just doesn't 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:26.720 prolong it as long. But I mean, I still agree 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.240 with you with it. And then with a tie and 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:30.680 all that, But at the end of the day, I 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:33.960 think that's when the strategic part of it in the 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.560 game and how you utilize and how you can kill 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:40.400 time doing that, you can use it to your advantage 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:41.200 if you're good at it. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:42.960 Yeah. The thing that I think the thing you would 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.239 worry about though, is if you're a team that that 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:48.959 that gave up the lead to get into overtime, then 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.280 all of a sudden, now you're maybe your defense is 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.079 wore down and your and then the other team gets 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.240 the ball and then they go on a drive and 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.400 then they and you know, now they're like, okay, we 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.320 figured out we got this game tied. Now we've wore 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.120 you down, and how we can run the ball now? 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.880 And and strategically you could say we could score here 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:11.080 and give them, you know, give them two minutes, maybe 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.280 a minute, and then now you know, the momentum is 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:16.280 clearly with the team that's kind of maybe got to 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.880 the tie. So yeah, there's a lot of strategy that 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:20.080 you can you can do here. 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.480 There's a very interesting strategic point of who wants the 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:27.360 ball first, who wants before, and almost all that the 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.080 ball second, because you want to know what you have 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.240 to match. And in this instance you might think the 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.679 same thing, but the reality is you could also have 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:36.120 if you give them the ball first, you may not 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.720 get the ball back because they may take a majority 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:39.120 of the time. 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.080 So there's a lot to factor into this strategically. 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.280 I don't want to drag us down your way down, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.600 but I'll discuss this, Derek. You know, you and I 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.960 do watch a lot of college football, and you know 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:53.240 I do like the collegiate rules of overtime, and you know, 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.280 and I was my team at LSU suffered and the 0:09:56.360 --> 0:10:00.000 rules were changed after a seven overtime game against Texas 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:04.120 A and M to where it came, okay, possession, possession, 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:07.080 and then after possession became you could kick the extra point, 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.240 and then after the second one it was you got 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:11.560 to go for two. You could get some games that 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.440 can end, you know, pretty quickly there too, you know, 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.079 having to go for two. I think it brings more 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.560 excitement to the game, you know, the fact that it 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.320 can your team get a stop with the other team 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:24.480 being on the twenty five yard line. And there's some 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.440 teams that aren't very good at red zone offense. You know, 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.160 you might play to your advantage, or you might be 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.560 a really good red zone defense. I think the collegiate 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:37.000 way of deciding the game, to me, is more exciting, 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.200 and I would I wondered why the NFL would never 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.760 look at that way because that that is a an 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:44.920 interesting way to end a game. Now I agree with you. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.000 I think it brings a level of sudden death. That's yes, 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.599 you know you every every play of that overtime and 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.319 your team might score. Yeah, but now let's see what 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:55.520 the other team can do. Can they match it? 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:55.760 You know? 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.280 It's it creates a lot of extra drama in game. 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.520 So I actually sometimes getting those games like that seven 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.320 overtime game where you literally like, okay, somebody in this 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:04.960 this is too well. 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.320 David helm and I were standing there. We were hoping 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.080 that LSU would find a way to end it, and 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.520 Texas A and M wouldn't allow it. Yeah, so yeah, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.960 it's and they changed the rules. But I think you know, score, 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.280 kick the extra point, then have to go for two. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.040 After that, You're going to see teams come up with 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.040 creative ways to try and run two point plays to 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.120 win a football game. I just think it brings a 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:29.319 more more exciting element then trying to run the clock 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:32.400 completely down and give the other team no chance. All right, 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.319 let's move on. Let's talk about the kickoffs. That the 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.559 touchback is now being moved. Instead of being going to 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.840 the thirty yard line automatically, it now moves to the 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.760 thirty five yard right. Some would say that that's only 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.720 five yards, but it actually, I think is a pretty 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.160 pretty significant thing when you think about the fact you 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.280 only need a twenty twenty five yards to be able 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:51.880 to get in a field goal range. For Dallas needs 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.520 ten Dallas Dallas to get one first down there in 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.480 field goal range. So yeah, you know, yeah, you're right, 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.839 And like I said, I mean interrupt you there, it's 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:04.600 just but yeah, to me, it's it's going to you know, 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.080 do you want to I think there's some teams that 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.120 will still kick the ball out of the end zone. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.600 Playing the Cowboys, I think if you look at what 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.480 Turpin was able to do as a returner, you know, 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:16.760 bring he could bring the ball out past the thirty 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.240 five I mean, I I me, personally, I'm not gonna 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.560 let him bring the ball out to the fifty yard line. 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.000 I's capable of doing that. I'm just gonna kick it 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.920 into the end zone and make you play and make 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.400 myself play defense at the thirty five. I'm okay with that. 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:29.800 Yep. 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.000 If anything that it helps, anything that will help Cavanti 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.760 Turpin get the ball in his hands. Yeah, frequently, I'm four. 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:36.719 I agree with you. 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.560 I think things teams might still opt for teams that 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.640 have a player like Cavante Turpin. They maybe say, hey, we'll. 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.520 Take thirty, We'll take the thing now the killer. 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.480 As you mentioned, the big deal is you also have 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.240 a kicker who can kick from a long That's where 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.959 it's very interesting dynamic for the Cowboys that maybe other 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.440 teams don't have. Is the range of a kicker in 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.400 combined with a really great cat kick returner. That will 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.319 make it a bit more of a chat challenging decision 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:02.360 for opponents. 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:05.640 It's a double edged sore, you know. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:06.720 I was like, what. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:13.800 We got in both ways? No, No, it's exciting. It's 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.480 exciting because I remember the times where that wasn't the case, 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.360 where you had players that you couldn't necessarily rely on 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.920 when it came to those plays and special teams. So uh, 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.280 very very benefiting for the house. 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.320 This was another rules change I thought was really interesting. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.959 They've expanded replay assists, so essentially what people don't know 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.440 what that term is. It's basically when the booth can 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:35.920 make a call from the booth. 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.079 Or call down face mask yeah on the zone. 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:39.720 So there are. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.640 Five different rules now, and there are five different penalties 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:46.560 that the booth can overturn from the booth. They are 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:53.440 hitting the defensives player face mask, horse collar, tackle, tripping, roughing, 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:54.559 or running into the kicker. 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:55.600 What do you guys think? 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.439 I'm okay with that? I mean, I you know, and 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.120 we all watch foot and I remember a game where 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.680 Minnesota was playing against the Rams late in the year 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.800 and there was a clear face mass penalty, you know, 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.600 on on Sam Darnell and and you know, and and 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.280 they and the officials missed it. And you know, the 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.360 Vikings were trying to drive and and they but they 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:20.280 missed the call. And so here you are, you know, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.800 your team, you know, if you're in that situation, you're like, oing, gosh, 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.440 how how do you miss that call? You know? I 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.880 always the roughing the kicker and the running into the 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.200 kicker one I don't quite know. I guess if you 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.720 just completely destroy the the punter, it's you know, or 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.080 it's roughing, And if you just kind of run into 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.120 I guess because there's sometimes it's called one way or another. 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.560 I think I need some help there, you know, I 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.760 think some of sometimes the officials, some officials just are 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.080 just they're adamant, like now that's running into that's no, 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.720 that's actually roughing. Last week I watched the game that 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.600 was roughing. So yeah, anything to do with that kind 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.080 of help I think makes the game better. 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.960 One thing to note, Brian, in that scenario, they actually 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:06.400 wouldn't have reversed it. The new rule as I read it, 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:09.840 says that they won't make a call from the booth. 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:11.040 They can only correct a call. 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.480 So let's say, for example, in that instance, if there 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.480 was a face mask that was not. 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.280 Called, the booth won't call it for them. 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.760 What they will do, though, is if there is a 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.120 face mask pause and they didn't really get again they 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:23.520 really didn't get the face mask. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:25.360 Now the booth can call down and say it's not 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:26.560 and to be honest. 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.240 With you, so they changed the bad calls. 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.920 Yes, they'll take a bad call. They will make a 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:31.440 call for you. 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.440 That I was the depression that you could if there 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.920 was a call that like, listen, you guys clearly blatantly 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:37.880 missed the call here. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.240 So I think that's better, Brian, I actually agree with you. 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:41.680 I think they should do that. I think I do 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.800 think that becomes a bit of a challenge because you know, 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.200 you know the old adage broke used been offensive lineman. 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.720 You know that, Yeah, there's a there's a penalty probably 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:52.600 on every place. So if you have somebody in the 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.000 booth who's just literally making a call every time they 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.440 see it, the game would slow down to it. 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:01.160 Also, we're dynamic when it comes to the referees, like 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:02.960 down there on the field, and then all of a 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.040 sudden you got somebody saying, hey, you missed this one, 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:08.440 and then you got to It's very difficult to be 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.600 to make it be seem less and not well mess 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:13.440 up the game. 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.960 Flow, you know, Amber, I think that the officials nowadays 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.560 have gotten better in a way of understanding that there's 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:23.000 replay that will back them up. Like we've seen quarterbacks 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.360 get hit in the pocket and the ball like clearly 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.480 ball in hand, flying forward and the next thing you 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:30.640 know is that should be an incomplete pass and now 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.000 beanbags are flying in as they're calling it a fumble, 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.120 and I think of let it out. They let it 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.000 play out. The officials are like, listen, we're going to 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.720 call it a fumble until somebody upstairs tells us ball 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.440 in hand it was forward motion, So you know that's 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.440 there's a lot of those calls where you're like, that's 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.120 not a fumble, but the officials are like, hey, I 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.000 know I have replay backing me up that if I 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:55.920 make this calling it's wrong, it's going to change and 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.680 we're going to move on. I'm okay with that too. 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.320 The one area I think is it glaring omission for 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:05.199 me is I would love for roughing the passer to 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.080 also be included in this How many times do we 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.719 see calls where they say roughing the passer and then 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:13.880 you look at the replants like, oh, he really didn't. Yeah, 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.840 he kind of rushed his shoulder, but it looked maybe 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.280 like he hit him in the head because his head 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.080 snapped because of the violent hit to his shoulder. I 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.240 just think those are situation where I would love because 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:25.879 because it's so punitive, I would love for those to 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:27.440 be plays that they could overturn from the booth. 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.439 The roughing the passer penalty that that's the most that 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:33.880 I understand the most is when you go low on 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.280 a on a quarterback if you go into the knee 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.720 area and stuff and try and those are the ones. 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:43.160 I understand the ones had that, but that's again player safety. 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.520 For you know, if you're a defensive lineman and you're 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.639 coming through and you're trying to swat at the ball 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.399 and you hit the quarterback in the head, the rules 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.960 are pretty clear you can't hit the quarterback in the head, 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:57.000 you know, but maybe some of those can be you know, 0:17:57.840 --> 0:17:58.520 maybe changed. 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:03.920 I feel like we're a lot in recent years. What 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:06.560 are we're playing flag football here? Like what are we doing? 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.800 Like is this football or not? Like I think it's 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:13.320 going to I can't recall one game specifically, but I 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.120 know there are being quite a few that we've seen. 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.200 You're like, this is getting out of control, Like this 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:22.040 is ridiculous with some of those calls that are being called, 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:24.960 like for a guy for example, Micah and the way 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:28.480 that they're rushing and getting those sacks. So I think 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:32.320 I agree with you, Derek. I mean, hopefully eventually in 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.639 the future that's something that can continue to improve. 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.000 Yeah, this is another one with Brian. 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.719 I think the college game may happen a little bit 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:42.520 with the targeting call for instance, I think I don't 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.840 love the idea of getting the player based out getting 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.000 kicked out until the next like the four quarters. 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:47.680 I don't love that. 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:49.679 But I do think the idea of if you're going 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.520 to do something so punitive, at least allow it to 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.840 be reviewed and by somebody on camera to say, yes. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:59.040 This definitely was roughing the passer, this definitely was targeting. 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:01.400 Or if it's not, because we've seen that also happen 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:02.600 where you go and you look at you like, that 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.480 really wasn't targeting, and so they'll overturn it. Players, fine, 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:07.440 I think you should do the same thing with something 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:09.679 like you know, rough in the passy. 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.960 For years, being around you guys for years, I've and 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:17.600 again I don't watch much college football whatsoever you guys do. 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:20.639 But here's where I'm always confused. You guys always bring 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.600 college football and the way that it's managed and handled. 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:29.240 Why is it so Why is it so different than NFL? Like, 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.840 if they see things that are being successful ye in college, 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:34.720 why not apply it into the NFL. 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.800 It's television. It's a three hour game as opposed to 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:41.080 a four hour game. That's it to me. There's a 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:44.040 lot of the college rules that would apply to the NFL. 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:48.280 They have a specific window of how they stagger games 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:50.360 and stuff like that. And I don't think the NFL 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:54.520 wants games going four hours. I really really don't. So 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:57.160 that's why I think there's a lot of things there 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.840 that say, Okay, we have to keep our game within 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:02.359 that twelve to three, and then the next one is 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:05.040 three to six, and then the next one is too 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:06.919 And I think that's why a lot of these some 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:10.800 of these not these rules and these rule changes aren't 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.240 always the same. I just don't think that the NFL 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:17.960 wants a four hour or five hour game on Sunday, 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:20.000 and I think that's why they don't do some of 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:20.840 the things that they do. 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:23.399 And let's be clear, like it's just two completely different 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:27.240 bodies running them, with different interests and different things they're considering. 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:30.040 And so it's not going to ever be a situation 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:31.800 where the NFL is like, Okay, well let's look at 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:33.399 the college game and see how we can get closer, 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:35.399 or the college games and look at say, let's look 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:37.000 at the NFL games, see how we can get closer. 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:39.800 They exist as two different bodies, they're two different leagues, 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:43.040 two different bodies, and so they're always going to operate separately, 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:45.720 which means their rules are going to evolve in different ways, 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:48.840 and sometimes you will see a rule happened in one 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:51.399 that precipitates a rule in the other. Like I think 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:54.639 targeting became an issue after the NFL started talking about 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:58.560 player safety from the standpoint of hitting depensiless receivers, hitting 0:20:58.600 --> 0:21:02.760 quarterbacks late, and the college response to that was targeting, 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:05.800 We're going to protect this particular We're gonna protect players 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:07.320 from this particular action. 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:10.040 And as a result, these will be the punitive rules. 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:11.800 So they were trying to do the same things, they 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:14.479 just did it in different ways, right, the penalties were 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:15.960 different in college versus then. 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.320 As we kind of wrap this up, though, I kind 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.200 of feel like, though that to me, the one rule 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.919 i'd like to see change that the colleges do do 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:27.040 in the NFL maybe adopt is pass interference. That is, 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:29.119 and you use the word punitive, that that is one 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:31.879 of the most punitive penalties that you could ever endure, 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:35.159 either for you or against you. You know, mainly against you. 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.919 If you know forty four forty five fifty yard penalties 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:42.399 for pass interference. To me, you know, the rules really 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:46.400 do favor offensive football. You have to give the defense 0:21:46.520 --> 0:21:49.240 something as far as rules go, and to me, a 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:55.159 fifteen yard you know penalty is significant. I mean, are 0:21:55.200 --> 0:21:59.520 excusing is sufficient for my take because, like I say, 0:21:59.760 --> 0:22:03.440 you know so, past interference is just Sometimes it's called correctly, 0:22:03.480 --> 0:22:06.600 sometimes it's called incorrectly. You get a forty four yard 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:10.359 penalty against you that's been called incorrectly. That is big. 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:13.040 That is big. I'd like to see the NFL adopt that. 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:14.200 I don't think they ever will. 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:15.880 All right, we're gonna take our first break. We're gonna 0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:18.639 come back. We're gonna talk safeties, lots to talk about there. 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:20.240 We'll be back, Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.240 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:26.240 Cheatah Savannah. Todd believed the big Cat repellent he bought 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:29.159 online was reliable. And now Todd is trying to be 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:31.960 faster than this cheetah that can run eighty miles per hour. 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:34.240 But the good news is Todd has at and T 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:37.000 five G. 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All right, 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:21.320 let's talk to safeties. 0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:21.919 Uh. 0:25:22.040 --> 0:25:22.480 This is a. 0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:26.640 Position that I think, on paper, seems to be one 0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:28.960 of the more stable positions on the team. You got 0:25:29.000 --> 0:25:31.480 Malie Cooker, you got Donovan Wilson. They've been starters for 0:25:31.520 --> 0:25:35.040 a few years. They are both back, they're both under contract. 0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:38.439 Neither one is, as we know, holding out or anything. 0:25:38.480 --> 0:25:40.720 So it seems like it's a very stable position. But 0:25:40.800 --> 0:25:44.000 that being said, they have some young guys Yanye Thomas, 0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:48.480 Marquee spell Israel Makuamu. Do you think that this is 0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:52.280 a position that really is that why I should say 0:25:52.280 --> 0:25:52.560 it like this? 0:25:52.760 --> 0:25:53.680 Is that a good thing? 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:56.280 Or does Dallas really need to do more at this 0:25:56.400 --> 0:25:58.879 position than just rely on Malie Cooker and Donovan Wilson. 0:25:58.920 --> 0:26:02.520 Yeah, Derek, I think the fact that you know that 0:26:02.800 --> 0:26:07.440 I know, I've heard you know from thirty visits potentially 0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:10.959 for the Cowboys with mcuba from the University of Texas 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:16.520 safety very I love outstanding safety, six foot eighty six pounds. 0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:20.880 He can cover, h he tackles, he gets his hands 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:24.120 on the football, playmaker this guy. I mean, Texas has 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:26.520 got a very good secondary and you know, with with 0:26:26.680 --> 0:26:29.920 Baron and mcuba and Muhammad, they've got some guys that 0:26:30.000 --> 0:26:31.280 can absolutely play. 0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:32.479 Cat babies was pretty good. 0:26:32.600 --> 0:26:35.000 Yeah, and so yeah, So to me, this is this 0:26:35.080 --> 0:26:37.919 is one of those things that the Cowboys were talking 0:26:37.960 --> 0:26:41.480 about it as we seem to be okay here, everything's fine. No, 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:44.639 they really you know, if they could upgrade Hooker and 0:26:44.640 --> 0:26:49.359 they could upgrade Wilson and with a guy like maccuba. Absolutely, 0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:52.159 you know this is this is where I think, And 0:26:52.240 --> 0:26:55.680 now how early would you have to do this? Forty four? 0:26:55.880 --> 0:26:58.120 I think mccouba is one of the best safety. 0:26:57.880 --> 0:26:59.280 Second round guy in the draft. 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:01.600 Absolutely, you would have to hit him in the second 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:03.560 round if you're interested in doing this, and they might 0:27:03.560 --> 0:27:06.280 absolutely consider that because of all the things I just 0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:08.879 talked about, find me a guy can you can you 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:12.720 say with certainty Hooker really covers, Wilson really covers where 0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:14.800 they tackle really really well. Boy, they get their hands 0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:17.719 on a lot of balls. That's that's that's all very 0:27:17.800 --> 0:27:20.760 much up for debate. Yeah, so no, I think that 0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:23.040 it's if you want to ask me a position that 0:27:23.080 --> 0:27:27.080 people aren't talking about near enough for this football team. Safety, 0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:29.760 that's one as far as drafting goes. Yes, I think 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:33.120 they're open to that. And the fact that they've identified 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:36.400 but Kuba as one of those guys, I think that's 0:27:36.560 --> 0:27:37.679 a step in the right direction. 0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:42.680 Honestly, I think I would be okay with the great 0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:45.760 and I agree with Brian, you definitely need if you 0:27:45.840 --> 0:27:49.720 can upgrade the position, for sure, But I would be 0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:53.240 okay with the group of guys that Derek mentioned and 0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:57.760 listed if I felt a lot better about the cornerback position. 0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:02.800 I feel that the corners right now, you we need 0:28:02.840 --> 0:28:04.800 to fix what's going on there. Right now, you don't 0:28:04.800 --> 0:28:07.440 really have much, I mean other than there On Bland, 0:28:07.800 --> 0:28:11.320 that's a solid guy, proven. You got Trevon Diggs that's 0:28:11.320 --> 0:28:13.359 coming back from the injury. There's still a lot of 0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:17.280 question marks surrounding him and everybody else. Aside from those 0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:21.160 two persons, you still don't know how well can they 0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:22.240 you know, turn. 0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:23.640 Out to though. 0:28:24.720 --> 0:28:26.640 Does he does Elm factor in that for you at all? 0:28:26.800 --> 0:28:29.880 Yeah? I think that to me, if where I would 0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:32.960 if you're if if Matt Eberflus is going to play 0:28:33.119 --> 0:28:35.959 a lot of press coverage, man up you know and 0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:40.640 play that's where Elam really that's his strength. You ask 0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:43.160 him to play zone or off carverage. But I agree 0:28:43.200 --> 0:28:45.680 with with Ambar there there are so many questions that 0:28:46.080 --> 0:28:49.640 at corner, and I think Elam addresses the spot of 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:54.000 a size guy with physicality that could play up. You know, 0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.200 they could play that press. If you're going to play 0:28:56.200 --> 0:28:59.160 a lot of zone, man Ambar's right, you better go 0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:01.440 get you some corners. You don't know with Diggs, I 0:29:01.440 --> 0:29:04.000 mean we're seeing clips of digs working and all that. 0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:06.760 That's that's super positive. You know that he can. You 0:29:06.760 --> 0:29:09.160 know that he wants to to get back on the 0:29:09.160 --> 0:29:12.720 field as quickly as possible. But man, you know there's 0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:17.520 reasons why that. Teams, our people have talked about Dallas 0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:21.040 at a corner at twelve. You know Will Johnson from 0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:24.360 Michigan six too, you know, two hundred and six pounds. 0:29:24.400 --> 0:29:27.920 I mean, there there are some conversations about these guys, 0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:30.560 and this is a very deep draft when it comes 0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:32.840 to corners, whether you want to get a guy with 0:29:32.920 --> 0:29:34.400 size or you want to get a guy that's a 0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:39.120 nickel player. So Dallas is absolutely, I believe in the 0:29:39.120 --> 0:29:42.640 market for for looking just what Amber said, you know, hey, 0:29:42.680 --> 0:29:45.520 this is you're really down to it. You would feel 0:29:45.560 --> 0:29:50.000 a lot better if if Carson had played better last year, 0:29:50.240 --> 0:29:54.040 you know, but the learning curve, the injuries, all those problems, 0:29:54.480 --> 0:29:57.040 he just didn't get that. Hopefully this offseason will be 0:29:57.080 --> 0:29:59.120 good for him. But you know, we've heard this before. 0:29:59.360 --> 0:30:01.240 We've done it with the wide receivers. Oh we want 0:30:01.240 --> 0:30:03.160 these wide receivers. Oh they're going to make a jump 0:30:03.160 --> 0:30:05.560 and all that. You say that and then they get 0:30:05.560 --> 0:30:07.480 in the season and they really don't make that jump, 0:30:07.600 --> 0:30:09.440 So she's absolutely right about it. 0:30:09.520 --> 0:30:11.520 Well, and then with Alan, I mean we talked about 0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:13.720 the experience that he has and all that, but again 0:30:13.800 --> 0:30:16.760 it's still you haven't seen it here yet, so there's 0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:20.480 still question marks around that and how this new system like, 0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:23.440 how everything's going to start coming together and clicking. And 0:30:23.600 --> 0:30:26.240 with safeties, I think I always see it as a 0:30:26.240 --> 0:30:29.480 supporting role right to the corners. So I think with 0:30:29.840 --> 0:30:33.000 you not being as solid as you would like to 0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:36.440 be in the cornerback, sorry, in the cornerback position, now 0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:41.200 you're leaving these safeties, forcing them or putting them in 0:30:41.240 --> 0:30:44.719 a quote unquote bad position where they're having to do 0:30:44.760 --> 0:30:47.800 a lot more, trying to do more than what maybe 0:30:47.800 --> 0:30:51.120 they're capable of at the time based on the current 0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:54.120 talent that the team has. So absolutely if there is 0:30:54.240 --> 0:30:57.800 an opportunity to upgrade the position, for sure, But if 0:30:57.840 --> 0:31:01.520 you upgrade cornerback and get that group really solid where 0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:03.840 you feel good about it, I think I would feel 0:31:03.960 --> 0:31:06.800 a lot better about the curring guys on the roster 0:31:06.920 --> 0:31:08.200 when it comes to the safeties. 0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:11.000 Okay, we weren't supposed to talk about cornerbacks yet, what 0:31:11.160 --> 0:31:12.920 kind of go. But what we're gonna do is we're 0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:15.680 just gonna shift because that's what Amber brought us and 0:31:15.720 --> 0:31:17.960 that's what we're gonna do. So that being said, here's 0:31:17.960 --> 0:31:20.880 my question on cornerback. What do you think right now? 0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:23.280 Like there, I hear what you're saying, Amber, and I 0:31:23.280 --> 0:31:26.440 agree wholeheartedly. The bigger concern for me right now is 0:31:26.680 --> 0:31:30.360 who is your day one slot? Because you know you 0:31:30.400 --> 0:31:33.760 could possibly move land in. You just create one problem. 0:31:33.800 --> 0:31:35.600 You just basically take a problem from one place to 0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:37.960 put in another. But who is the slot? Who's the 0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:40.400 guy that's going to be your third cornerback? At this point, 0:31:40.800 --> 0:31:42.840 I don't even know if they have a real option 0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:44.280 right now for that person. 0:31:44.320 --> 0:31:45.520 What do you guys think about that? 0:31:45.600 --> 0:31:48.640 And does that necessitate really at the Cowboys have to 0:31:48.680 --> 0:31:51.320 maybe look at the first at least the first two 0:31:51.360 --> 0:31:53.320 picks to find a corner because they're gonna need him 0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:53.600 to play this. 0:31:53.960 --> 0:31:58.080 Yeah, there's the options that the options at twelve and 0:31:58.160 --> 0:32:01.600 forty four are clearly there, depending on and we'll see 0:32:01.640 --> 0:32:04.600 what will Johnson. I mentioned him before it at Michigan. 0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:07.840 What you know he's going to run. There's several corners 0:32:07.880 --> 0:32:11.400 that have first round ability that are on that board. 0:32:11.400 --> 0:32:13.640 But the problem is there some of them are coming 0:32:13.680 --> 0:32:16.600 off injury. Revell from East Carolina might be the best 0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:19.560 corner in the draft, but he hurt his knee, you know, 0:32:19.720 --> 0:32:23.239 to start the season, missed the entire year. Morrison from 0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:26.240 Notre Dame has a has a hip problem, but you know, 0:32:26.600 --> 0:32:29.440 fine player in his own right, probably a first round player. 0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:31.920 Could one of these guys show up at forty four 0:32:31.960 --> 0:32:34.320 for the Cowboys? You know, there's there's people that you 0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:38.520 know sometimes they they these corners will fall through the 0:32:38.600 --> 0:32:40.840 draft if they're banged up a little bit, and and 0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:43.120 Revel could be a guy. Boy, that would be just 0:32:43.240 --> 0:32:46.640 a huge steal for the Cowboys if all of a sudden, 0:32:46.720 --> 0:32:48.760 say they were to take a receiver at twelve, and 0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:50.840 then all of a sudden one of those corners are 0:32:50.880 --> 0:32:54.080 there at at forty four, boy, that would be that 0:32:54.120 --> 0:32:56.240 would that would be just you know, you couldn't ask 0:32:56.280 --> 0:32:58.200 from a better gift from the draft GUIDs if that 0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:02.280 was the case. But yeah, this to your point, Derek, 0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:04.800 there's there's going to be guys that are going to 0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:06.720 be able to fill the nickel role that maybe you 0:33:06.760 --> 0:33:09.320 can't grab in the third round. You know, Perish from 0:33:09.440 --> 0:33:13.680 Kansas State is an example of that. Mohammed from Oregon. Guy, 0:33:13.880 --> 0:33:17.040 these are shorter guys. These are five ten, five nine guys, 0:33:17.440 --> 0:33:20.320 but extremely quick, but able to kind of cover all 0:33:20.360 --> 0:33:22.720 that ground. They might be in the market of having 0:33:22.760 --> 0:33:26.520 to draft their corner or their draft their nickel because 0:33:26.560 --> 0:33:29.040 the middle of the now. Not having a fourth round 0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:31.959 pick as you sit right now, you know, maybe they 0:33:31.960 --> 0:33:33.720 can't find a way to get that back or get 0:33:33.720 --> 0:33:36.440 an extra three if they move down a few spots, 0:33:36.440 --> 0:33:40.600 and that's where you would maybe address your secondary as well. 0:33:40.680 --> 0:33:44.280 Let me shift the conversation just a tiny bit more. 0:33:45.160 --> 0:33:47.480 You want to talk about guards, Yeah, you talk about. 0:33:47.880 --> 0:33:50.080 It's still about the corners. No, it's still about the corners, 0:33:50.080 --> 0:33:52.120 but it was gonna I wanted to pose a different 0:33:52.200 --> 0:33:54.120 questions to you guys and take it as sick. 0:33:54.040 --> 0:33:55.200 They don't have starters right now. 0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:59.600 Derek tv On, We know he got injured last season 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:01.840 during the time that he played. What would be your 0:34:01.880 --> 0:34:05.680 final assessment of how he was playing last year when 0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:08.759 he was healthy on the field. Good question Himber You 0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:11.319 know what, well, you guys will inswer it after the break. 0:34:11.360 --> 0:34:12.880 We're gonna take a break we'll come back, We'll let 0:34:13.160 --> 0:34:14.640 and we'll run the rest of the show. 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I don't know that I necessarily 0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:29.880 feel like it was always warranted. Now, that's the thing 0:37:29.880 --> 0:37:32.239 about cornerback. You're not going to be perfect. Like every 0:37:32.320 --> 0:37:35.480 cornerback is going to have moments. We did see him 0:37:35.560 --> 0:37:38.480 in some moments last season where he got beat, but 0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:39.440 that's also a part. 0:37:39.320 --> 0:37:40.160 Of being a cornerback. 0:37:41.040 --> 0:37:43.520 My question is more around like, did we see the 0:37:43.719 --> 0:37:47.160 kind of game changing plays that we had seen his 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.600 in earlier years of his career, and I don't think 0:37:50.640 --> 0:37:51.600 we saw those as much. 0:37:51.680 --> 0:37:51.799 Now. 0:37:51.920 --> 0:37:54.080 Could that be because teams weren't throwing at him as much? 0:37:54.120 --> 0:37:56.840 I don't know, but that would be more. What I 0:37:56.880 --> 0:37:59.640 would question is when it came down to those game 0:37:59.760 --> 0:38:01.839 changes plays, I don't think those were there as much 0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:04.880 as they've been in the past. And I'm interested to 0:38:04.920 --> 0:38:07.800 see if that was just a function of how teams 0:38:07.840 --> 0:38:11.840 were playing against him, the level of competition against him. 0:38:12.520 --> 0:38:14.960 Or just his ability to actually make those plays. 0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:19.520 Yeah, I think to me, there was there was far 0:38:19.640 --> 0:38:25.040 too many of these plays where you saw receptions, you know, 0:38:25.360 --> 0:38:27.759 you saw like you know, you're kind of I think 0:38:28.239 --> 0:38:31.200 there was. He gave up thirty three of them, I 0:38:31.280 --> 0:38:35.160 think last year when he was playing and and you're like, 0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:38.560 why is he not up? Why is he not more connected? 0:38:38.640 --> 0:38:40.520 Why is he not And we've all we've seen him 0:38:40.520 --> 0:38:43.200 at times be he's one of those guys that tends 0:38:43.239 --> 0:38:45.279 to play on field. You know, he kind of can, 0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:47.800 he could run with guys, he could stay in position. 0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:53.239 He's we've seen him before. He's very much and when 0:38:53.239 --> 0:38:55.640 it comes to putting himself into position to make plays, 0:38:55.719 --> 0:38:57.480 he could do that. A lot of his interceptions are 0:38:57.560 --> 0:39:00.359 input himself or maybe the ball just kind of comes 0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:02.920 to him, and but that's part of putting yourself in position. 0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:05.480 I think there were too many times last year where 0:39:05.520 --> 0:39:07.040 you watched him in the route and it just you 0:39:07.200 --> 0:39:09.480 just felt he watching him. You felt he was really 0:39:09.560 --> 0:39:12.520 disconnected that you know, it was the catch and now 0:39:12.600 --> 0:39:14.719 he's driving the catch and now he's driving. And in 0:39:15.480 --> 0:39:18.560 times past where we've seen him play really really tight 0:39:18.680 --> 0:39:21.279 drive on the ball, knock the ball down, it might 0:39:21.320 --> 0:39:23.000 have had to do with his knee. It might have 0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:25.560 had to do with some confidence or lack of confidence 0:39:25.600 --> 0:39:28.560 that he could really explode and go make a player 0:39:28.680 --> 0:39:30.480 go run with the guy inside. But there were just 0:39:30.560 --> 0:39:35.320 far too many snaps last year where he just played disconnected, 0:39:35.960 --> 0:39:38.040 and you know that that's something I think that was 0:39:38.120 --> 0:39:39.239 the biggest concern for me. 0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:41.880 And I can't remember the games, but there were it 0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:43.839 seems like there were like at least two or three 0:39:43.920 --> 0:39:47.959 times last year when he was in position the ball 0:39:48.120 --> 0:39:51.000 came and it hit his hands and hit the ground, 0:39:51.520 --> 0:39:54.239 and in the past that would have been an interception, right, 0:39:54.360 --> 0:39:57.120 And that's those were the areas where I was more like, again, 0:39:57.200 --> 0:39:59.879 I don't I don't mind my corner getting beat from times, 0:40:00.400 --> 0:40:01.839 like I think that's just a part of the game. 0:40:01.880 --> 0:40:02.920 You play good wide. 0:40:02.680 --> 0:40:05.720 Receivers, you're gonna get beat. The What I love about 0:40:05.960 --> 0:40:08.680 Diggs's game is he makes you pay though. Yeah, you 0:40:08.760 --> 0:40:10.560 might beat him some, but he's gonna get you. And 0:40:10.600 --> 0:40:12.440 when he gets you, he's gonna make a game changing 0:40:12.520 --> 0:40:15.080 type play. So in order for him to have that 0:40:15.160 --> 0:40:19.840 style of game and be as valuable as he is 0:40:20.080 --> 0:40:22.120 as he has been to this team, that means he's 0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:24.000 gonna have to make those big plays going the other way. 0:40:24.080 --> 0:40:25.520 So when he gets those opportunities and. 0:40:25.560 --> 0:40:27.319 The ball gets there and he's there and his hands 0:40:27.360 --> 0:40:29.239 are there, he's got to come away with the ball. 0:40:29.600 --> 0:40:31.360 And that's where I was a little bit like, ugh, 0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:34.799 that's that's not like Diggs. That's not that's not like him. 0:40:34.880 --> 0:40:37.920 He makes that play usually he plays cornerback like a receiver. 0:40:38.480 --> 0:40:40.120 And so that those are the things I think the 0:40:40.200 --> 0:40:42.160 stick out to me more last year than even the 0:40:42.239 --> 0:40:43.480 times when he got beat And. 0:40:43.640 --> 0:40:45.520 I think some of the things that came up to 0:40:45.640 --> 0:40:48.480 were the miss tackles. You know that that was something 0:40:48.480 --> 0:40:50.759 when the ball would spill and then there's times when 0:40:50.800 --> 0:40:53.279 he would be physical and step up. But you know, 0:40:53.400 --> 0:40:55.120 if you go and look at the metrics, you know 0:40:55.200 --> 0:40:57.799 he was credited with twelve miss tackles last year. 0:40:57.960 --> 0:40:59.759 And that's my concern. Like when you talk about his 0:40:59.840 --> 0:41:05.160 game and he one of the biggest criticisms towards him 0:41:05.520 --> 0:41:09.560 is his lack of physicality when it comes to tackling 0:41:09.960 --> 0:41:13.239 and that, oh, is he just afraid of tackling And 0:41:13.360 --> 0:41:15.680 now that he got paid and all that, well, that's 0:41:15.719 --> 0:41:18.600 the question mark for me because even last year when 0:41:18.640 --> 0:41:21.120 you look at his game. I think it's safe to 0:41:21.200 --> 0:41:24.080 say that it took a decline, like his game decline 0:41:24.520 --> 0:41:29.319 then from what he was prior to that and after 0:41:29.440 --> 0:41:32.960 him getting injured. Now you add the injury part to it, 0:41:33.600 --> 0:41:38.120 and now it becomes even more concerning with him coming back. 0:41:38.719 --> 0:41:41.000 What is the level that he's going to come back 0:41:41.080 --> 0:41:45.520 to and how that's gonna look like. And so it's 0:41:45.680 --> 0:41:50.000 just an extra added element to the lack of let's say, 0:41:50.160 --> 0:41:53.080 who's going to play at the slot position there, and 0:41:53.600 --> 0:41:56.480 it's just lots of question mark. The only guy that 0:41:56.600 --> 0:41:59.719 I feel very secure is their own Bland right now. 0:42:00.040 --> 0:42:01.120 I mean, I think here's the thing. 0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:05.239 I want to see, how tenacious uh Trayvon is in 0:42:05.520 --> 0:42:07.560 coming back from the injury. How how much does he 0:42:07.640 --> 0:42:11.160 attack the rehab how much does he does he really 0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:14.239 kind of get out there and push it to get 0:42:14.280 --> 0:42:17.239 him Because I have no doubt in Trayvon's ability. He's 0:42:17.280 --> 0:42:20.040 shown it the level of capability that he has. And 0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:21.839 I don't you know that, Yes we can. You can 0:42:21.920 --> 0:42:24.160 talk about the plays that you know from a tackling 0:42:24.200 --> 0:42:26.520 standpoint where maybe it wasn't great, But at the end 0:42:26.560 --> 0:42:28.680 of the day, what I know about the guys. When 0:42:28.719 --> 0:42:32.279 he's playing at his at his top level, he can 0:42:32.360 --> 0:42:34.879 be one of the best cornerbacks in the National Football League. 0:42:35.160 --> 0:42:38.000 So my question is, just if whatever we saw last 0:42:38.040 --> 0:42:41.320 year was remnants of the knee from the year before 0:42:41.800 --> 0:42:44.759 or whatever it was, can he attack this rehab in 0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:47.719 a way to where he gets himself ready and next 0:42:47.760 --> 0:42:50.800 time he's on the field he is mentally and physically 0:42:51.200 --> 0:42:55.120 at top notch best case, I mean, best version of 0:42:55.320 --> 0:42:58.319 Trayvon Diggs, then I think he can be again one 0:42:58.360 --> 0:42:59.640 of the best cornerbacks in the league. 0:42:59.760 --> 0:43:01.080 And so that's what I'll be looking for. 0:43:01.400 --> 0:43:03.520 I know he's capable, it's just a question of whether 0:43:03.680 --> 0:43:06.640 it ends up being that once he's back on the field. 0:43:07.840 --> 0:43:09.759 All right, let's uh, let's move on. Let's talk a 0:43:09.800 --> 0:43:11.839 little bit more. Actually we got a we only got 0:43:11.880 --> 0:43:13.359 a couple of minutes here real quick. 0:43:13.400 --> 0:43:16.040 Before we end. I did have a question back on 0:43:16.320 --> 0:43:17.920 the quote on the topic of safeties. 0:43:18.320 --> 0:43:20.520 What are the chances that some of those younger guys 0:43:20.560 --> 0:43:24.680 like Thomas Bell and Makuamo actually overtake Hooker or Wilson, 0:43:25.080 --> 0:43:27.239 uh for starting jobs or even for more playing time. 0:43:27.560 --> 0:43:31.160 Yeah, it's always a possibility. I I know visit with 0:43:31.320 --> 0:43:34.239 Mike Zimmer last year before the season started. He was 0:43:34.320 --> 0:43:35.840 a very he was a fan of Hooker and he 0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:38.200 was a fan of of Wilson. And that's why you 0:43:38.280 --> 0:43:42.160 saw those guys get the opportunities. Kind of a step 0:43:42.280 --> 0:43:44.600 back for Bell, you know, we saw Bell. Bell was 0:43:44.640 --> 0:43:48.120 when you're leading tackler the year before, playing linebacker, hang linebacker, 0:43:48.200 --> 0:43:50.040 playing out a position, you're kind of thinking, well, man, 0:43:50.080 --> 0:43:51.520 how can you keep a guy off the field. That 0:43:51.680 --> 0:43:54.080 that's tough, you know, And you know, Mike had his 0:43:54.200 --> 0:43:56.399 reasons for why he wanted to play Hooker and why 0:43:56.440 --> 0:43:58.320 he wanted to play Wilson, and you know, and so 0:43:58.560 --> 0:44:01.319 you know that's that's fine, you know, but no longer here, 0:44:01.800 --> 0:44:06.040 Matt Eberflu's here, and we'll see hopefully that Bell and 0:44:06.280 --> 0:44:10.839 Thomas both get opportunity this year. And but the fact 0:44:10.880 --> 0:44:15.000 that they're they're talking to or the possibly of bringing 0:44:15.040 --> 0:44:18.000 guys in for you know, thirty visits that are that 0:44:18.120 --> 0:44:22.399 are high quality safeties, tells me that Eberflus might be like, listen, 0:44:22.480 --> 0:44:24.880 we could upgrade a couple of different spots. You might 0:44:24.920 --> 0:44:27.719 want to upgrade the starters and the backups will get 0:44:27.760 --> 0:44:31.439 an opportunity I think that there's some things about Bell 0:44:31.760 --> 0:44:35.000 that are that in coverage and toughness and all that, 0:44:35.280 --> 0:44:37.800 you can absolutely play him, and you could do the 0:44:37.960 --> 0:44:40.960 very same with Thomas. Thomas is a really good cover guy. 0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:45.879 So I think that we're I wouldn't I would put 0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:50.319 the starters of Hooker and Wilson in pencil right now. 0:44:50.680 --> 0:44:53.479 I would not put them in pen I would I would. 0:44:53.719 --> 0:44:56.719 I think that position is is very much in in 0:44:57.280 --> 0:45:00.920 in flux right now, which will see when we get 0:45:01.000 --> 0:45:04.000 to opening day. You know who exactly the starters are. 0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:05.680 I think they have some questions about that. 0:45:06.000 --> 0:45:08.239 Yeah, I totally agree with those two guys. Yeah, those 0:45:08.320 --> 0:45:10.640 would be right now, the two at the top. But 0:45:11.040 --> 0:45:14.360 what's cool about this as far as these guys and 0:45:14.400 --> 0:45:17.440 the opportunities is that they have a legit chance of 0:45:17.560 --> 0:45:21.080 actually going out there training camp competing for a legit 0:45:21.239 --> 0:45:25.040 spot or even starting spot. So nothing is solidified right now. 0:45:25.200 --> 0:45:28.799 I think anyone in the list right now can fight 0:45:28.920 --> 0:45:32.600 for a spot and make their name known. And again 0:45:33.239 --> 0:45:36.640 we'll see what happens during the draft and who else 0:45:36.760 --> 0:45:39.839 comes into the mix here, but anyone on the list 0:45:39.920 --> 0:45:42.319 right now has a good fighting chance. 0:45:42.360 --> 0:45:44.720 There's Quale in this draft, though, there's as you follow 0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:47.040 the three days here in Dallas Cowboys dot Com, there 0:45:47.080 --> 0:45:50.319 are quality safeties in their quality corners. If they want 0:45:50.360 --> 0:45:53.319 to address those positions, you should feel good about them 0:45:53.400 --> 0:45:56.000 getting one or two guys out of that group that 0:45:56.120 --> 0:45:57.839 can make a difference on your football team. 0:45:57.960 --> 0:45:59.879 All Right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We will 0:45:59.880 --> 0:46:02.920 be back next Tuesday. We'll have a more content for 0:46:03.000 --> 0:46:06.080 you guys. We'll be talking I'm sorry next Wednesday. Sorry, 0:46:06.360 --> 0:46:09.280 next Wednesday, and we'll talk about wide receiver and probably 0:46:09.280 --> 0:46:09.800 another position. 0:46:09.840 --> 0:46:11.319 We'll see if we have enough time for that one. 0:46:11.400 --> 0:46:13.040 We'll see how it goes and see if Amberg throws 0:46:13.080 --> 0:46:15.680 any other curveballs at us, changes up a little bit rundown, 0:46:15.719 --> 0:46:19.120 We'll see for Brian brod us in Ambergarcia. 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