WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: High Risk, No Reward 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:04.800 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:14.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.279 straining live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:26.680 Star in Frisco. Elliot flowing to the goal line and 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:33.920 now your hosts Iaiah stand Back, Patrick Walker and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:42.040 It is a Terrific Thursday edition of Talking Cowboys presented 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:45.360 by Black Rifle Coffee Company, the official coffee of the 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.239 Dallas Cowboys. As we welcome you into the Star in 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:52.639 Frisco and the s WBC studios alongside Isaiah stand Back, 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.360 Patrick Nose Walker, We've got Chris Beam in the back. 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.520 I'm Kyle Yeoman's gentleman. How are we doing today? Fantas 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:03.040 terrific terrific Thursday? Yeah, it is. It's hard to make. 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.039 I try and do like an alliteration before every show. 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:08.440 Thursday is the one that I always cary, I have 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:10.200 a I don't know, I have a tough time with it. 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:12.759 Maybe I should just do like a like a touchdown Thursday. 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.520 We are safe. I can't really say thirsty Thursday, because 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.680 I mean, unless it's Black Rifle Coffee, thirsty could do that. 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.440 Why don't just just keep it simple, terrific Thursday. Yeah, 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:30.479 something something of that nature, tantalizing, don't overthink it, don't 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.399 overthink it, don't overthink it. Okay, I want I want 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:38.559 over again. That was one of your favorite tiger milk. 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:42.160 Tiger milk Thursdays. Yeah, Tiger milk Thursday. Maybe that's what 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.360 we'll do. And then, of course we've got to say 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.880 it with your chest Friday coming up tomorrow, I'll have 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.840 I'll have updated standings and everything for for everybody tomorrow, 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:53.760 so that way we can head into the final weekend 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.200 to the regular season and really do it in style. 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:02.000 Speaking of uh, one of the final times we're doing something. 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.600 We're getting down to the nitty gritty on this news 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.639 and notes thing we are we are. It's it's bittersweet 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:12.720 because that means the season is we've only got like 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:14.800 a yeah, we've only got like a month and a 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:17.080 half left of that of the season. That is correct. 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.160 That's why we're focusing on the teams like the Bills 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:24.760 in the Chiefs wink wink, hint hint. News and Notes 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.960 for Week eighteen against the Washington Commander is what would 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.200 Rob do? WWRD I started foremost of the start off 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:35.240 news and notes. Everyone continuing to keep Damar Hamling in 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:38.360 their prayers. There has been progress made, but he is 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.919 still sedated. Not out of the woods by a long shot, 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.360 but he has man can progress, So prayers are working. 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:47.280 Keep that up from the Cowboys front, we spoke on 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.160 it yesterday. Has been confirmed. It was confirmed shortly after 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.880 the show wrapped on yesterday. James Washington was in fact waived. 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.280 He is, as every veteran is after the trade deadline, 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.799 subject to waivers. If he does clear waivers, it's my 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:03.480 understanding the Cowboys are not adverse to bringing him back 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.400 to the practice squad, so we'll see if that happens. 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.239 I was at three pm today, that's three pm today, 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.080 and I was having a conversation with Nick Eatman yesterday 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:17.360 wondering who might claim Washington playoff wise and not my bulls. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:19.240 I landed on the New York Giants, and not as 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.160 a means of being petty against the Cowboys. I mean 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.639 that would be the sprinkles on the ice cream for them. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.360 But they need some wide receiver help, so I could 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.200 see that happening, but hopefully it does not. But wherever 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.480 James Washington Lands because he's such a good dude. Like 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.520 we've said yesterday, I hope it works out well for him. 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.920 Matt Farniyak, his twenty one day window was activated on yesterday. 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.320 He was back at practice for the Cowboys. Keep in 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.640 mind for those that may not know, twenty one days 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.080 it's the time frame that the Cowboys have to either 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.120 activate him to the fifty three man roster or revert 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.520 him back to IR, which would be season ending. But 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.680 he is trending well for the Cow's offensive line depth 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:58.080 backup center behind Tyler Biadish from the practice squad, Wanye Thomas, 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.480 the safety, was moved to practice squad reserve injured reserve, 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.720 so he's there with Alec Lenstrom with injury. Good news 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:12.200 from the Cowboys legends front. We have three Cowboys legends 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:16.000 who are up for possible induction into the Pro Football 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.680 Hall of Fame. We have Chuck Howley, who is a 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:24.640 senior who's possibly entering as a senior, DeMarcus Ware. This 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.480 is de Ware's second attempt. We could all argue he 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.880 should have been first ballot. But while we're arguing, where 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.680 should have gotten in by now? Darren Woodson yea is 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:40.919 a finalist. Darren Woodson, he should have been in a 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:46.240 long time, the absolute goat safety is a finalist and 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.640 hopefully this is the year that he does not get snubbed. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:54.000 Let the king in shout out to Woody. Woody is 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:57.840 just the man quick injury front. As far as the 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.120 injury report yesterday, Cowboys only had two who did not 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.640 participate Tyler Biadish, which was expected. He is expected to 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.840 return for the playoffs, though Kelvin Joseph did not participate 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.480 with a tooth issue. Toothache, however you want to describe it. 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:13.640 We spent way too much time on Twitter talking about 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:18.560 this man's mouth yesterday. Tony Pollard, he used the headline here. 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.640 He was a full participant, not just back at practice 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.440 with the thought issue that they rested last week. Again noted, 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.520 not limited. Full Okay, Tony Pollard is back and he's 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.839 going to get those twelve or thirteen yards. That man's 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.839 gonna get him a thousand yards this week. And then 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.800 hopefully they sit them down and let Malik and Zeke 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.080 do their thing, or Zeke Malik, let's put it in 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:44.440 the right aspect. Washington commanders. I guess they're burning through 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:48.440 their PTO days before this season is over. They literally 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:52.599 had one, two, three, four, or five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.799 twelve players who did not participate in practice, which basically 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:00.440 means they didn't have a practice. Jonathan Allen, Montes Swit, 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:05.080 Antonio Gibson, i'man Davis. The list goes on and knowing 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.520 these are starters. So the Washington Commanders, I'm not saying 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.080 they're mailing it in, but they didn't have practice yesterday 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.839 by all accounts. So that's news and notes hitting into 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:19.240 this Tiger Milk Thursday. Very nice, very nice. Patrick, Let's 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.480 go into I'm gonna go into Hall of Fame talk 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.240 for a little bit, because three guys that are very 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.440 much so deserving to be in, two of which that 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:29.960 probably should have been in by now. And then Chuck Howley, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.799 you talk about not being able to tell the story 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.599 of the NFL in order to be a Hall of Famer. 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:38.360 He's part of the story of the NFL. He was 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:42.320 one of the only Super Bowl MVPs, the only Super 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.919 Bowl MVP that was on the losing side because he 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.200 had such a great performance and a losing effort in 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:53.200 the Super Bowl against the Steelers. But he was phenomenal 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.080 for years around the Cowboys in an absolute legend. But 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.560 let's talk about two of the modern era finalists. The 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.840 Marcus Ware star with him should have gotten in last 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:06.960 year's a first ballot guy was disappointed not to Cowboys 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.040 and Broncos fans alike discipline and not to see him 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.080 in there. What are your thoughts on d Ware, Isaiah 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.520 and what he brought to the table as a defender. 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:17.800 D Ub is one of the most dominant players that 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.400 I've played with. Obviously, when I came in here in 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.480 oh seven, he was here still wrecking shop, Yeah, tearing 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.640 things up, and he is a good dude and he's 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:28.480 a one hell of a player at the same time, 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:32.800 so I'm definitely on board with him obviously getting in there. 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:34.800 You know, when you started talking about Hall of Fame, 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:37.960 it gets real tricky in terms of who should go first, 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.000 who should have been in you know, because you have 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:43.560 strong feelings. Yeah, the politics or a real thing, but 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:46.640 also you know, you know, when you start thinking about 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.960 guys like Wood, he's like, okay, yeah, d were, absolutely 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:52.000 you should be in there. But Wood, he definitely should 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:53.720 have been in there for a long time. Yeah, you 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.280 know what I'm saying so like that's when the Hall 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.640 of Fame stuff starts getting tricky. All these guys that 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.560 we're talking about are definitely worthy of it and they 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.560 will definitely get their jacket. I look forward to seeing 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.280 him when he has his opportunity to put that on. 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.240 But you can't help but love d Were. I mean, 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.360 not only was he a shock shock shop wrecker, but 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.680 he did it with a million dollars smile. I mean, 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.960 the guy's just a fantastic human being, much like Darren 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:19.360 Woodson is. I mean, you can't find better players on 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:23.480 the field who are also elite human beings off of 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.360 the field. We're talking about Darren Woodson and DeMarcus wear 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.720 So yeah, get Woody should have been in. I'm going 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.360 to pound this table until I break some knuckles. Pro 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:37.480 Football Hall of Fame. Let the man in. And like 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.599 you said, both of those guys are fantastic. I was 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.640 just thinking about I did an event probably not put 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:47.280 three weeks ago and maybe three weeks ago with with 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.920 Darren at the stadium and we kind of had a 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.840 one on one panel interview and whatnot in front of 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.640 a group of people, and I mean, the the amount 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:02.200 of insight and emotion and passion that that guy has 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.680 for not only the game of football, but for life 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.960 in general. Came from a rough upbringing and then just 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.439 took advantage of every opportunity that he could, fought through 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.599 a bunch of stuff, fought through some demons all the 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.760 way through, and then came out on the other side 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:17.640 as one of the best to ever put on a 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:19.600 helmet with the star on the side of it. So 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:24.560 Darren Woodson, I could not speak more highly of period. 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.800 I think he's a great dude. I think he's very 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.240 much so worthy on the field of getting into the 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.079 Hall of Fame, and he stands for everything that the 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.640 game stands for as well off of the field. So 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.440 very very excited to see him in the Senior Final 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:42.400 or the modern day finalists to get his shot at 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:44.640 going in. I wanted to see if you had a 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.360 DeMarcus ware story, one that's appropriate for the air, which 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.280 is good. I don't have one off you don't have one. 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.040 Just we just had a lot of good laughs. I mean, 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:54.560 do you wears is a good dude? You know to 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.959 your point, he you know, he's a he's a happy 0:09:57.000 --> 0:10:00.240 go lucky guy that just happens to be a let 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.080 dog on the field as well. You know, he gets 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.560 little knuckles and he does a little plane of the apes, 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.600 you know, smash on the ground and and it's a rap, 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.680 you know, and he goes back to laughing and smiling, 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.559 you know, and then then he's backed out there and 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.160 he's like, okay, let's go time. You know. He just 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:14.960 he has one heck of a motor, one heck of 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:16.720 a drive. The way in which he approached the game 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.320 was always awesome. I'm always I was a sponge in 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.720 terms of, you know, just being around really great guys 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.040 and seeing what they did well. He prepared well, he 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.920 practiced well. M every everything about him, like you guys 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.240 already mentioned it, on and off the field, is awesome. 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.520 So he's a He is exactly what you wanted as 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:36.719 a role model for this game. You talk about his 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.920 charity work, I mean that it's incomparable um and also 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.400 just from a football aspect, he's still contributing to the game, 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.319 to the sport and to this organization. Look at the 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.240 work he does in the all season with Michael Parsons 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.360 for example. Yeah, but Michael Parson has become a better 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:53.240 pass Rusher, so just just all around phenomenal guy and 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.480 DeMarcus where as well as Darren Woodson. And to your 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.520 point again, we can't speak highly enough of either of 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.559 those guys, Um, but when it comes to Darren Woodson, 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:09.240 you're starting to feel the Drew Pearson esk vibe around 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.440 Darren Woodson when it comes to the Pro Football Hall 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.040 of Fame where it's like, why is this taking so long? Yeah, 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:16.760 it wants to take him so long. So hopefully you know, Woody, 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.240 if you're listening, hopefully this push between your fans and 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:23.440 your resume and in the organization and just the league 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.000 as a whole, Hopefully this is the year for you, 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.520 because no one's more deserving. Hey, Biemer, you got to 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.960 spend a lot of time with both of those guys, 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.760 and I know you you know both d Ware and 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.120 Darren Woodson quite well. Do you have any stories or 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.280 any thoughts on on both those guys getting in and 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.160 having a shot to get in as a finalist? More 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.760 from probably well both of them really, I've I've spent 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:48.000 a lot of time with Yeah, I was, I was 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:53.080 really close to Um where kind of early on in 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:57.120 his career. UM we took a couple vacations together. Nothing 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:01.160 I can say on that. We had one of those 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.600 stories in Mexico I got. I got to hear him 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.880 later though. Yeah, just funny stories. But I think my 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.719 biggest thing about Darren Woodson is is when I came 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.680 to the league. I started with the Cowboys in nineteen 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:17.880 ninety nine. It's my first year. I was an intern, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.400 you know, you know, fresh out college and and I 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.280 mean this guy was back I mean ninety nine. He's huge, 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.959 he's you know, captain, huge player. And the one thing 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.079 you always remember I always remember about him is when 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:35.600 he first met you, he asked your name and he 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.640 never forgot it. Yeah, you know, it's not like hey, dude, 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.880 what's up, what's up? Man? You know, like he was 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.360 always like, what's up, Chris, and how you doing? You know, 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.880 That's how he is. He's very he's very very genuine. 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:51.040 Um is such a great dude. Yeah yeah, really, well 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.880 say yeah he does that now he does that to everybody. 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.079 If he's interacted with you in the building, he knows 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.200 him or outside of the building, he knows your Here's 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:04.440 the question, is he going in as a Cowboy or Bronco? Where? Where? Uh? 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.160 Cowboy and I don't even think it's close. I don't. 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.800 I agree. I believe he built his Hall of Fame 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.400 career as a cowboy. He wanted to ring as a Bronchi, 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.800 all right, he put the exclamation point when it in Denver, 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.160 but without what he achieved in in Dallas. But in 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.160 the NFL, you don't go in as as team. Yeah, 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.240 it's not like it's not like Cooperstown where you have 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:28.320 the hat to pick a hat. Yeah, so it'll have 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.320 both on his on his plaque underneath that's a Hall 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:36.360 of Fame. But yeah, most of the Arizona two years 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.520 on there. That's why he retired as a cowboy. That's 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.680 why he can't make him return. Yeah he did one day. Contra, 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.000 Yeah he did. All right, let's step aside. When we 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.000 come back. What is the offensive line going to look 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.640 like this week? Is there a possibility of maybe Matt 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.160 farneyak filling in for Tyler Beiottish? And did we like 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.720 the way that the coaching staff adjusted things when Beotis 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.960 went down against Tennessee. 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It's 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:02.240 not as what we've fared initially is like a hammy 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:06.160 or a thigh or an acl It's a high ankle sprain. 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.680 He's out, possibly until or most likely until the playoffs, 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.080 could be longer, who knows, depending on the severity of 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.600 the high ankle sprain. However, they made an adjustment that 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:21.400 I don't think everybody really anticipated, but it also made 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.240 a lot of sense. Was Connor McGovern went from left 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:28.960 guard to center. Tyler Bottish or Tyler Smith rather slid 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.040 from left tackle to left guard, and then Jason Peters 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.000 was your left guard. They kept the right side the 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.679 same and they just slid both McGovern and Tyler Smith 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:41.080 down into the interior. Isaiah, when you looked at that 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:44.480 move and what they were able to do after that move, 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:46.439 were you okay with it? And is that something that 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.440 you can anticipate this Cowboys team doing Heading into Week 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:53.600 eighteen against Washington, they're gonna be playing musical chairs again. 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.520 You know. Coach Fieldman's back on the hot seat in 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:57.639 terms of all eyes on him trying to figure out 0:17:57.680 --> 0:17:59.520 exactly what he's going to do with that front. The 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:01.719 good news is he has options. You know, he's had, 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.360 He has viable options. That's the main thing we've seen 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.199 him have to deal with this in recent years. We 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:08.880 know that he's capable of doing it. So I don't 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.040 think there's any question marks in terms of whether or 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:13.000 not it could be pulled off. It's just some now 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:14.600 a matter of wait and see. You know what the 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:16.280 line ups gonna look like. You know, we've talked about 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.119 this before. Tyler Biad has got hurt. We're trying to 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:19.920 figure out where it's gonna be. Who was that Smith 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.520 tie run. He's gonna be Tim, who's gonna be like, 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.840 we're all all the tie train trying to figure out 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:26.760 what was gonna go on. So just add another one 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:30.560 to it is add another tie into the into the mix. So, uh, 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:32.600 you know, going back and watching the last game, you know, 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:37.520 Farniak he actually had a pretty um engaged role in 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:39.320 this in the game against Washington last time, but he 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:41.159 was just mainly playing fullback. So I think that you 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.680 will probably see him based upon Coach's comments yesterday in 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.560 his press conference, I can imagine that he'll be in 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.240 there um is snapping the ball a few times, if 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.120 not the whole time. Yeah, I think that's it's very 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.840 possible that they handled this similarly to how they did 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.800 with Toronto Smith and not using the full twenty one 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:01.560 day window. It sounds to me as if Varniyak has 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:05.119 progressed to the point where there is a good chance 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:07.840 that he could be on the field so this Sunday 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.639 against the Washington Commanders, so the way the Cowboy If so, 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:14.000 then the way the Cowboys played that injury and managed 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:17.520 the roster numbers wise, so that if they were to 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:19.880 lose someone like Tyler Biadis to be able to look 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.159 at Fanniyak and say, okay, you've been looking good. You 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:25.679 ready for this, and him to be physically ready. That 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:29.679 would be just masterclass roster management from the Cowboys. So 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.800 if Faraniyak is there, obviously you're still gonna have to 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:34.920 put him on a rep count because you gotta ramp 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:36.239 him up. You're not going to throw him in there 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.720 for one hundred percent of the snaps considering how much 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.280 time he's missed the season with that injury, because a 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:42.840 lot of people thought his injury was going to be 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.560 season ending. So here he is just ahead of the playoffs, 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:49.280 likely returning, and if that happens, then you just shift 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:53.160 Connor McGovern and Tyler Smith back to the left. Connor 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:55.960 McGovern goes back to left guard, Tyler Smith goes to 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:59.040 left tackle, Jason Peters falls back to swing tackle duties. 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:00.960 And obviously we know the right side of the line 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:04.160 is already set with Zach Martin and Toron Smith. But 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:07.000 you're still, as his point, you're going to have to 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:09.240 play some kind of musical chairs because, like I said, 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.840 you're going to have to ramp Forni Yak up. If 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.920 he's available, So in those times when you pull him, 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:18.080 you're going to see the same rotation you saw on 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:22.159 the back end of the Titans game when Beotist went down. Yeah, gosh, 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.879 you look back at and it's a dangerous for it 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:27.600 to have to do this against Yeah, let's I mean, 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:31.080 let's take a look back to early twenty twenty one. 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:34.639 So right at the beginning of twenty twenty one, six 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.720 guys were in the conversation of being on that offensive line. 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.320 Five of those six guys are either no longer on 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:43.399 the team or playing in a different spot now. The 0:20:43.440 --> 0:20:46.040 only guy that's been the same has been Zach Martin. 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:48.560 Everybody else is either playing in a completely different spot 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:50.280 or they're no longer on the team. And the six 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:54.480 guys included Lyle Collins, who's gone and Connor Williams gone. 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.479 Five of the six guys who started this season as well, 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:01.320 that we're in that station or four of the six 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:05.240 guys are playing different positions at the moment. And that's 0:21:05.720 --> 0:21:08.840 everybody except for Zach Martin and then Jason Peters, who 0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:10.520 wasn't even on the roster at the start of the season, 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:12.280 but he was expected to come in and be your 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:14.320 swing tackles, so that's kind of what he's doing now. 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:18.199 Is the offensive line the biggest question mark on this 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:22.320