WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Glaring Weakness in Bills Defense? 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:05.760 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:07.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:15.520 Cowboys, Let's go. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:17.120 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:17.640 Yes? 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:19.520 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.400 Absolutely? Ready for a break? 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:24.640 Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:29.080 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:34.559 We were on with Ambar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.000 Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:42.600 It is Thursday, December fourteenth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.560 episode number eighty eight. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.560 The Break. We are live from the SWBC Mortgage studios 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:50.839 at the Star and today we're going to be talking 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.760 a little more about Cowboys versus Bills. Today we'll get 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:57.800 into the Buffalo defense versus the Cowboys offense. Depending on 0:00:57.840 --> 0:00:59.320 how the show goes, we might have time to talk 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.760 a little bit about playoffs. We might get into that 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:04.400 here at some point, and what all has to happen 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:08.319 for Dowan Glint maybe maybe, And and really the big 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:09.640 question i'ma have for you guys, and we're going to 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.840 talk about either today or tomorrow, is the question is 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:14.199 Philadelphia broken? 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:16.760 H Because I think that's gonna be interesting this weekend. 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.440 They got an interesting matchup where we're about to see 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:23.040 if they really are broken with Seattle or is it 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:26.320 just they had two tough games against two better teams 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.640 and that's what we're seeing. But we'll talk about that 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:30.480 maybe a little bit later in the show. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:31.560 Let's start first. 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:35.160 I want to talk about some injuries. Malie Cooker did 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:37.360 not practice yesterday with an ankle injury. There were lots 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.600 of people that were listed on the injury report, but 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:40.959 that's the one that stood out to me. 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:42.720 What do we know about Malik and his ankle? 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.200 Asked around about it, doesn't seem to be any concern 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.400 with it. Sounds like it was a rest day for 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.360 Milie Cooker, just as it was for all others. However, 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.920 his was in fact injury related, so you couldn't list 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.320 it as NI R on the injury report. So we'll 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.560 see if that holds true today when n I are 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:01.240 not you. Yeah, we'll see if that holds true today 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.360 with a full practice being undergoing by all these guys, 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:06.440 and these guys should be returning. So if at three 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.960 pm when the injury report pops up for Thursday, if 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.400 Malie Cooker is still there and D and P I 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.320 mean if he's limited, it still goes to rest and 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.520 kind of making sure he's ready for Sunday. But if 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.519 he's DNP again, then it would raise an eyebrow. But 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.160 it doesn't seem like a lot of concern right now. 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.400 If they ever didn't have a game with if they 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.239 ever had a game when Malie Cooker couldn't play, is 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.120 it Janye Thomas the guy that would step in, who 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.399 would step in that free safety. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.080 The guy that has the best range, best coverability. Yeah, 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:32.799 you probably put him on the back end. I think 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:35.840 that would be the best plan of attack. That way, 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.400 you can keep Wilson and then cursing those guys down 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:40.640 low where they played better. 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:41.600 So yeah, I. 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.240 Think Thomas is a guy that you never I'd never 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.440 shy away from putting him in coverage. Yeah, he's super competitive. 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:51.560 He's got some corner skills to his game. You know, 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.720 you would have to see if you know, how he 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.040 sees the field and stuff like that. You know't ever 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.240 want to get trapped back there, you know, going the 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.720 wrong direction or making the wrong read. But man, the guys, 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.519 you know, he plays as your personal protector on the 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.840 punt team. So the aptitude, the smarts, all those things 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:11.480 are probably lined up for you right there. 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.400 Ye. Well, he's great. That's why I would drop back there. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.840 I mean, he's got all the physical abilities, the quickness, 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:21.520 the football IQ, the tackling ability and willingness to tackle. Obviously, 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.640 what you'd be losing there over Malee Hooker is you 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.640 have to wonder how more easily deceived he would be. 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:29.840 One yea from a guy like Josh Allen and you know, 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:31.840 a veteran offense for coordinator. But as far as skills 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:33.840 setting football like Q concerned, je yay is there. 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:35.760 Yeah, it does concern you a little bit, Brian. Yes, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.240 so you mentioned this offense. 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.400 They'll try to fool you so well, so you get 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.280 a little less experienced than that could put you in 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:44.760 a compromise position in some instances. 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.080 All right, let's talk about a few guys from the 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:48.240 Buffalo team. 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.080 There are four guys that were on their injury report 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.200 that popped out to me, and I really want to 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.560 get an idea of Obviously we are not there, so 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.960 we don't know the extent of these injuries, but certainly 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.040 from the standpoint of what it would mean if they 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:04.160 don't have these four players. Uh, let's see what what 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.760 what what do you think, Brian Uh defensive end AJ 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:08.360 Panessa huge rib injury? 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:08.720 Huge? 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.840 Yeah, that's a big that would be a big problem 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.440 because what's happened is von Miller's you know, playing less 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.880 and less for them, and so now you've got Greg 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:21.440 Russo at Oliver and Panessa in the way that he's playing. 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.839 And yeah, he tried to play in the game, he 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.240 got his ribs hurt in the Kansas City game, tried 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:27.200 to come back into. 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:28.720 The game and then you didn't see him anymore the 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:29.520 rest of the way. 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.440 That one sounds like in the podcast I did with 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.040 the Buffalo guys and talking to some people outside of Buffalo, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.440 that would be a big, big loss for them. 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.440 How about a safety Micah Hyde with the next stinger. 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.400 Yeah, Micah Hyde's been doing with this now. 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.679 He had surgery on his neck in September of last 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:48.799 year and it caused him to miss the whole season. 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.839 It's had It's happened to him twice. It's very similar 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:55.880 to what Leyton Vanderish deals with. And so uh, you 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:58.480 know that's something that if he doesn't play in this 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:03.080 uh in this game, and that his replacement that in 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:05.680 that particular situation would be who. 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.359 Did I have down here that they had? Who did 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:08.800 they move? 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.360 I'll get to it on my notes here, but but yeah, 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:15.200 it's one of those things that that Oh it's Taylor Rapp, 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:17.680 the veteran Taylor rap used to be at the Rams, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.000 and so Rapp would take his spot, but that would 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:22.960 be a that would be a significant loss for him 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:23.320 as well. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.960 How about a cornerback Tarren Johnson with ankle? 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.640 Yeah, Tarren Johnson is that's their nickel and so but 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:33.000 I've got a plan for how to attack Tarren Johnson 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:34.880 in this game. I think even if he's playing, even 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.800 if he's playing, I think this is where this is 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:41.039 a guy that has problems with speed, and to me, 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.719 now the matchup turns into how do you get Brandon 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.520 Cooks in the slot more to have to deal with 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.039 somebody that's dealing with an ankle, but also struggles with 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.719 guys that can really really run. So that to me 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:54.400 was a matchup that I was looking. 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.800 At right there. 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.159 And then tight end Dalton Kincaid rookie, that's. 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.440 A big play for them too. They've got the two ends. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.960 Him and Dawson Knox are two really good players, and 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.680 you know that with with Kinkaid, it's down the field 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.280 that we mentioned, you know, how would you deal with 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:14.240 I feel like that they're okay dealing with the Buffalo receivers. 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:17.120 We'll see with Diggs and how they play him. These 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.800 tight ends, though, are really capable players. Not I wouldn't 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.600 call them great blockers, but. 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.560 I would call them those guys that try. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:28.799 They try and create mismatches with athletic ability. 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.559 They are very reliable catching the football. They have huge 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:32.600 catcher radius. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.840 For both guys, so that that would be not having 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:40.240 not having Kincaid would would be be significant for them. 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:41.400 All right, So let's jump in. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.600 Let's talk about this Buffalo defense versus the Cowboys offense. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.240 I'll start with a big picture question. If you had 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.800 to define one player on that defense that you would 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:54.960 say is the most should be the most concerning for Dallas, 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:56.000 who would that player be. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.440 I'm gonna go with Leonard Floyd. 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.520 I think Lynn Floyd can be a game wrecker, and 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.680 the Cowboys are familiar with him from having played him 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:07.680 frequently over the course of his career. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.360 You know, but when you talk about somebody who's. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.240 Coming in with nine and a half sex, he's the 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:16.240 heartbeat of that pass rush with the Buffalo Bills. And yes, 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.480 von Miller contributes in a major way as well, so 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.640 does up in necessary. I mean that they have contributors 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.800 up there, but it feels like it goes as Leonard 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:24.880 Floyd goes. So if you can figure out a way, 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:26.440 or not necessarily figure out a way, but if you 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.520 can win your matchup against Leonard Floyd on that offensive line, 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.520 then that's going to give you a huge leg up 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.840 to helping to neutralize the pass rush and then from 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:36.560 there you can try to attack that secondary. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.000 Yeah, I would say that that Floyd makes a lot 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:43.160 of sense. I worry about Greg Russo going against Terrence 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.840 Steele in this football game. And you know that because 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.880 the way that the way that Russo brushes you as 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.240 a passer, he covers a lot of ground. His first 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.560 two steps are like really long and all of a 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.560 sudden now and the one thing that Steal has had 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:57.960 over the problem is if guys. 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.120 Can get the corner on him, can he get over quick. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:04.440 Enough to push that guy past, uh, the past the 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.720 quarterback in the pocket and stuff. Uh you know his 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.920 uh it's it's you know in the way he fights 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:12.920 you too. The hand fighting, the way he gets kind 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.960 of breaks guys down. I I do worry about that 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.560 that matchup there. Ed Oliver would be a guy in 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.320 defensive tackle that you should be concerned about. But the 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.320 problem but the problem with that is that Ed Oliver 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.480 is going up against two of your better blockers. When 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.240 you start to talk about Smith and then you talk 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.880 about Martin, and you know, those are your two inside 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.959 players right there. That and Oliver's leading the team and 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.200 and pressures and and you know, and and he's really 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:39.400 good at defending the run. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:40.000 Uh. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.000 Coming out of Houston, he was an undersized guy that 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.480 was worried about how light he was. But he plays 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:50.200 that three technique under tackle outside shoulder of the the 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.520 guard and then he works his way up the field. 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.360 But I feel like the Cowboys matchup pretty well dealing 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.240 with him with the two guards russo uh. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.800 And then as as you mentioned. 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.960 Floyd, that's a little bit different story, especially if they 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.520 could they find ways to get them over on steal. 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.880 Even though Steel's playing pretty well though, there's always that 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.120 you worry about those those those those other moments. 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.120 Yeah, I wouldn't point out a specific player, but like 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.720 you guys mentioned I think the d line as a 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.720 group as a whole, they're really good with four man pressure, 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:27.080 with rushing the passers. So I would say, if there's 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.679 any area and Brian, you're about to break it all down. 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.000 But if there isn't an area, it would be just 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.920 the defensive line what they do all together. 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.880 Well, you're absolutely right, you know, that's their their whole thing, 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.920 Their whole game plan is based on. They really rely 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.320 on their four man front to carry the day because 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:48.880 they're one of the best. They don't blitz a ton 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.160 and you could watch and I went back and I watched, Okay, 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:53.679 sort all the blitzes. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:55.800 For me, there were five in a game, you know, 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.160 and you're like going, oh wait, And as you. 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.199 Watch the Cowboys sort blitzes, there's you know, there's twenty 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.720 seven blitzes that you know, and some teams are. 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:05.280 Really good at it. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.439 But here's a team that could put a lot of 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.120 pressure on you with the four man line, the third 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.199 in the league in sacks, and that's what they do. 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.840 They rush you with four and they have to rush 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:16.479 you with four because if you look at their secondary, 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.720 their secondary gives up a lot of space. When you 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.080 watch them play zone coverage. There are a lot of 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.520 open guys tight window throws. They're one of the worst 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:26.440 in the league when it comes to tight window throws. 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.520 You could see it on tape. You know Rashul Douglas 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.000 out there. We're all familiar with his game from Philadelphia. 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.439 He's bounced around a couple of times. But if their 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.200 four man rush doesn't get home or you pick up 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.600 the blitzeres when they do, their secondary gets put into 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.800 a world of hurt because they find ways to not 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.880 cover the guys as tightly as they need to. 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:47.280 Yeah, it's interesting. 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:49.839 What jumped out to me is I noticed that they 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.200 are four man team the vast majority of time, twenty 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.120 fifth in the league, and blis percentage. They don't blitz 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:56.640 very much at all. Here's an interesting thing. And you 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.360 mentioned the sacks the third in sacks fifth and sacks percentage, 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:00.319 so they're getting. 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.559 Home at a rate that's that's up there at the 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:03.360 top of the league. 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:05.840 Here's the interesting part though, when you look at just 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.080 their pressures, they're all the way down at fourteenth in 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.000 the league as far as their pressure percentage when they're 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:13.679 in a four man front, So it's almost like they 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:17.160 don't always consistently get pressure, but when the efficient they 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.040 get home, they get home, they make the sack. Does 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:23.280 it also like it also suggests to me that maybe 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.559 they don't get consistent pressure enough. Is that what you're 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.800 saying on tape, is that they're not consistently getting pressure, 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:29.679 but when they do they get home. 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:30.320 Yeah, it is. 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.439 It's It's one of the things I watched, like the 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:35.240 couple of games where the last two games where it's 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:39.040 Philadelphia and then also then this Kansas City game, and 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.240 when when they don't get home, like I said, it's 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:46.920 a problem for them because their secondary just can't hold 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:48.400 up long enough in the back end. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.559 And so you you know, if you find a way to. 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.760 Block these guys and they've got they've got legitimate I mean, 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.840 they've got legitimate pass rushing. It's very similar to what 0:11:57.880 --> 0:11:59.880 the Cowboys do with the way that they play their 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.200 and you know, you get four man but you get 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.520 four man games, you get the twists and get picks 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.160 and all these things like that. So they know how 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.920 to get those guys home. But when they don't, you 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.640 do see completions, you know, And that's that's the thing. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.280 If Dallas goes into this game with the idea this 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.720 is going to be a game. In my opinion that 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.800 the running backs of the Cowboys are going to be 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.360 huge in this game. And I'll tell you why because 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.520 the ability to be that extra blocker to help on 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.240 the four man rush. But also though this team, when 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.800 they do rush or they do blitz, which could be 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:39.800 occasionally it's slot pressure or its secondary pressure, they use 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.560 their linebackers and coverage is what they do. So now 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:47.280 you're dealing with safety pressure or you're dealing with slot pressure. 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:52.080 So Tony Pollard and rico'doudle when they look they're usually 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.400 keying off linebackers. Now you have to be ready for 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.880 the pressure that comes on the outside of that. Okay, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.960 where's that safety walking up and coming from? Where's that 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:05.439 slot player? Because they'll run the safety over the top 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.680 to cover a slot blitz and they'll try and catch 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.560 it up much like when the Cowboys used to do 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.400 it with Orlando Scandric Yeah, you know, like he would 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.000 line up tight to the line and then all of 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.280 a sudden come flying down and nobody would ever blocking. 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.080 They try and do the same thing. But how Pollard 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:24.240 and doubt will pick up actually help on four will 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.559 be key in how they pick up extra any extra 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.760 blitz that they might see in this game. But they're 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.360 gonna need to get pressure because the problems. 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:33.520 That they have. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.960 It's not a secondary to me that it's like as 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:39.720 bad as like what they've seen with the Giants and 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.600 some of the others back in the past, but you 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:46.800 see completions on them, and just because of the space 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:47.480 that they give up. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.079 It'll be interesting to see how the Cowboys attack the 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.000 linebacker call, like you mentioned right, because of the twelve 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.680 interceptions that the that the Bills have, five of those. 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:57.480 To their linebacker corl. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.600 Yeah, their cornerbacks and their safety their safeties one or two, 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:02.800 but their cornerbacks aren't good with taking the ball away. 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.000 It's also a defense that you mentioned they play zone. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.160 They'd love to play zone. Almost eighty one percent of 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:10.920 the time they're playing zone. 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:11.079 Now. 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:12.800 Of course you go back to week five and the 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.680 team can try to flip that on you high forty 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.079 nine ers, but Dak Prescott is playing at a different 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:18.959 level right now as far as it really doesn't matter 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:20.400 if you're going to do zone or man, he's going 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.320 to attack it. But the reason they go to zone 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:24.240 is because they don't have a lot of confidence Without 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.080 Trey Devis White on the field, don't have a lot 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:27.840 of confidence, so they give that space to try to 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.120 protect their guys. But in doing so, the Bill secondary 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.880 is allowing one of the worst completion percentages in the 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.480 entire league. It's over seventy percent, almost seventy one percent. 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:38.920 So the play, yeah, so the players are going to 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:40.280 be there, the catchers are going to be there to 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:43.080 be made. And also of I think they're at twenty 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:47.080 nine hundred yards allowed passing yards allowed, roughly fifteen hundred 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.160 of that is yack. So not only are you able 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:52.360 to make passes and get catches against this secondary, but 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.600 they'll give up the yards after the catch as well. 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.600 And then you look at what Ceedee Lamb and Cooks 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.040 and and Jake Ferguson can do in that capacity. I mean, 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.840 it's a favorable match for the Cowboys if, like Brian said, 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.040 you can stop that front four and if that means 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:06.240 you have to you know, tast Tony Pollard and Rico 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.760 Dalde with helping on the rare occasion they do blitz, 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.840 then do so. But yeah, there's lunch to be had 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:13.880 for Dak Prescott all. 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:18.400 Right, smart, Yeah, they're small at linebacker, and that's why 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.040 teams have had some success running the football at these 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:22.960 guys a little bit. And that's what you kind of 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:24.480 have to do with. This might be a game where 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.480 Dallas tries to run the ball a little bit more. 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:28.400 Matt Mulano out for them. 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.120 That injury that he suffered in Week six just really 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:34.200 crush this linebacker crew. He's really good at playing the 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.280 pass and playing the run. And so they've struggled now 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:41.200 with some of their size at linebacker and people have 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.040 taken advantage of that. And by the way, I just 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.560 got to report that Hooker should be available for this game, 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:46.480 so don't worry about him. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.120 Awesome, Great, all right, we're gonna take our first break. 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:50.760 When we come back, we'll talk a little bit more 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.200 about some strategies maybe that we might see from Dallas 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.280 offensively when it comes to taking advantage of the sees 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.520 wide open targets, as well as the running game where 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.400 they can maybe take advantag of the run. This run 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.200 defense that may be a bit undersized. We'll talk about 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:04.680 that when we come back. 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They are seventh right now, and the most 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:55.040 attempts allowed to wide open talks about twenty five percent 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.080 of the time when you got to pass attempted against 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.280 this defense, the receivers wide open. 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:02.560 Yeah, that's a lot, that's a quarter of the time. 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:03.480 That's a ton. 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.479 And then when you think about the pass rushing and 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.640 what they can can can really create some some challenges 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.200 from the pass rushing standpoint, It makes me wonder if 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.120 this is a game where we should see at least 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.040 early a lot of the quick passing game just so 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:18.679 you can get the ball out, because it looks like 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.600 they're gonna have some open targets. There are opportunities for 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.399 you do, especially if you're scheming guys. My question is, 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:26.240 is the quick passing game what we should expect to 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:28.760 see much more than just their kind of the deep 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:29.760 ball as much as this game? 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:32.080 Yeah, I would say so, I think that you want 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:35.520 to you know, to me, they just they don't have 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:39.399 the quality at corner that most teams have. And I 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:43.240 mentioned Rashuel Douglas, Christian Benford. You know, he's a guy 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.040 that's a second year player and you know he's kind 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:47.280 of feeling his way right now. 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:50.000 They really just don't have that. They don't have anybody 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:51.640 that could really shut anybody down. 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:56.080 I mentioned about Terran Johnson though, you know with the 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.840 nickel he's he's struggled at times. So they just don't 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:02.399 have that one guy that can walk over there and 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:06.439 take your best guy. And so yeah, anything to anything 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:10.080 to alleviate just you know, any type of pressure holding 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.960 the ball against these guys, I think is a terrible idea, 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.960 you know, just because eventually these guys, one of their 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:18.240 three guys is going to win. You know that that's 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:20.160 just the way that they that's the way they They're 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:23.520 able to rush the passer. But somehow, you we've talked 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:26.480 about this full before. If you could block the front, 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:29.479 they blocked the front in Philadelphia and what happened. You 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:32.040 have passing game involved, you know, so if you can 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:35.879 handle pass rush with your players, then your receivers are 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:39.080 much better than what these secondary guys are, So anything 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:43.160 quick or you know, maybe even really normal passing game, 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:45.040 because because if they're going to play a ton of 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.360 zone on you, I mean, every every time I looked 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:49.040 up and was watching them, you know, there was just 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.159 so much space. So when the ball gets out, you 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:54.640 know that the things that affect is there. Like I say, 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.720 their their pass rush can't affect you control that though 0:20:57.800 --> 0:20:59.520 you can make some plays against these guys. You've heard 0:20:59.560 --> 0:21:00.000 me say that. 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:02.200 Before when you talk about the pass rush. 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:06.160 Just to give people a perspective, this front four, would 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:09.040 you say it is comparable to San Francisco? Would you 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:10.480 say it's more like Philadelphia? 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:11.280 It's which one. 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:16.480 It's more like Philadelphia, but more like Philip more like Philadelphi, 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:21.080 well different than Philip like Philadelphia with the edge, different 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:25.199 from the inside players because ed Oliver can rush from 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:28.600 the inside. I don't think Philadelphi mean Fletcher Cox and 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.080 they got those big body guys and they just pushed 0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:34.400 the front. Ed Oliver's got some wiggle to his game. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:36.199 He's got some quick maybe a bunch like what we've 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:39.760 seen like with the when the rams with with Aaron Donald, 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:41.720 that kind of you know, when you have that quick, 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:43.160 three technique guy. 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:43.920 Yeah. 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:45.840 So yeah, So that's. 0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:47.640 That's kind of where you're at with this team, because 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:50.960 they've got a legitimate defensive tackle that can rush, and 0:21:51.000 --> 0:21:54.520 they've got two legitimate edges that can rush. So now 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:57.160 you've got three guys that are involved. The other guy 0:21:57.200 --> 0:21:59.520 for them is more of a push guy. But you know, 0:21:59.520 --> 0:22:03.840 when you play Philadelphia, it's really two guys and big 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:05.280 bodies trying to push in the middle. 0:22:05.680 --> 0:22:07.679 There have been games here in the last thing, and 0:22:07.720 --> 0:22:09.640 you know, when we look at the like the pre 0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:12.840 the first five games this season and then the posts 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:15.359 after that and how Dak's been playing, there have been 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:17.440 some games where Dak has been on this stretch where 0:22:17.440 --> 0:22:20.520 he's playing phenomenal football, well, he's been under pressure. 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:21.920 And still been able to make it work. 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.719 So my question becomes like, is this really a problem 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:26.879 for Dallas, because it seems like Dak is being able 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:29.360 to operate even when he's under pressure. Although the offensive 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:31.159 line has played pretty well in most of these weeks, 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:33.120 even when he's under pressure, Dak still has a way 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:34.240 of making plays, playing a. 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:37.199 Lot better with his feet, you know, and he understands 0:22:37.240 --> 0:22:39.800 where when things do break down, just immediately take off 0:22:39.800 --> 0:22:40.160 and run. 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:41.399 Don't try and hold. 0:22:41.119 --> 0:22:44.160 The ball and you know, and and and make a play. 0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:47.040 Just take off running and play for the next down. 0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:49.800 Get your six, seven, eight, ten yards whatever you're gonna get, 0:22:49.880 --> 0:22:53.280 get down and go for it. So yeah, that to me, 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:55.919 that's Dak is dealing with pressure just fine. 0:22:56.800 --> 0:23:00.080 You know, Like I said, hopefully, hopefully the pressure is 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:00.440 it to. 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:03.680 The point where it happens quick and now they're on him. 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:05.640 That kind of thing. That's that's what I would worry 0:23:05.680 --> 0:23:06.520 about writing this game. 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:08.200 I said, get like you said, Derek, I said, get 0:23:08.200 --> 0:23:10.920 the ball out quick, get your guys in rhythm. Lamb Cooks, 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:14.920 Jake whomever else, trping Michael Gallup. Get those guys out 0:23:14.960 --> 0:23:17.920 and get them running early. Put the secondary on their heels, 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:20.520 kind of help neutralize to pass Russ frustrate those front 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.439 four pretty early. And you know, when you look at 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:25.520 a guy like and we talk about uncommon opponent, but 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:28.000 then you look at the roster and see who who 0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:29.680 are common opponents. 0:23:29.280 --> 0:23:29.840 Within the roster. 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:32.520 Rasseuo Douglas, he's won from the time he spent with 0:23:32.600 --> 0:23:35.679 Philadelphia he was there from twenty seventeen through twenty nineteen. 0:23:36.119 --> 0:23:38.640 Seven times he's played against Dak Prescott, it's been awful. Yeah, 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:43.200 he's had in those seven games one interception, one pass breakup. 0:23:43.320 --> 0:23:44.639 That's it in seven outings. 0:23:44.640 --> 0:23:46.240 So if you're Dak Prescott, you got to be looking 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:48.320 your chops to say, okay, well, when we move ceed 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:50.360 Lamb to the slot, that's Russello Douglas. 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:50.760 Douglas. 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:52.800 We're eating cooks in the slot, turping in the slot, 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:56.240 we're eating So in that type of situation, it's all 0:23:56.440 --> 0:23:59.160 all the more reason for you to drop back, get 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:00.920 the ball out quickly, and then I mean the big 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:02.879 players are going to develop themselves. You just have to 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:06.800 establish the rhythm early. Especially in a hostile environment like 0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:07.440 Ultra Park. 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:10.320 You mentioned that the running game has had some challenges, 0:24:10.359 --> 0:24:13.720 particularly because these linebackers are a little undersized. Is there 0:24:13.760 --> 0:24:16.679 a particular area of the defense where you've noticed their 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:19.240 most vulnerable to the outside, to the inside. Yeah, like 0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:21.320 where if teams had a lot of success running the ball. 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:23.480 Dallas has done a good job and they've tried to 0:24:23.520 --> 0:24:25.240 run the ball in a lot of different ways. Now 0:24:25.320 --> 0:24:27.920 they're not just it's not outside zone stuff all the time. 0:24:27.960 --> 0:24:30.600 They've done the crack toss stuff. They've done it's just toss. 0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:33.800 They've run the jet sweeps. Those plays are all going 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:36.040 to be good in my opinion. To me, I would 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:38.399 try and do things that are misdirection plays. You know, 0:24:38.440 --> 0:24:40.760 the Cowboys ran a double screen the other day, which 0:24:40.840 --> 0:24:43.680 you know tells me they're trying to affect to get 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:45.840 guys to move, to get guys out of the way. 0:24:46.080 --> 0:24:48.640 This linebacker crew, they're small and they want to run. 0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:49.639 They don't want. 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:51.480 To play toe to toe with you, because if they 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:52.919 play toe to toe, they. 0:24:52.760 --> 0:24:53.680 Get swallowed up. 0:24:54.160 --> 0:24:57.840 So to me, if anything is how quickly you can 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:00.440 secure down guys and then get guys up on the 0:25:00.480 --> 0:25:03.600 second level and effect there because Philadelphia was able to 0:25:03.640 --> 0:25:06.000 do that a couple of different times. Kansas City was 0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:08.440 able to do that couple different times. You get them 0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:10.280 going one way with the read and then all of 0:25:10.320 --> 0:25:12.040 a sudden, you get them to commit and now the 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:15.760 ball's coming back the other way. So Dallas, we've seen 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:18.520 Dallas with their ability to play that way in the 0:25:18.600 --> 0:25:22.280 running game to be able to affect the lineberyer with flow, 0:25:22.520 --> 0:25:27.240 getting like the motions, quick motions to get the linebackers 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:29.760 to step and then take the ball behind them. And 0:25:30.000 --> 0:25:33.120 that's the problem that because when these guys get hooked up, 0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:36.000 they don't get off blocks very well at that linebacker, 0:25:36.119 --> 0:25:37.240 especially that second level. 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:39.720 Let's flip over and talk a little bit more about 0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:43.960 this Cowboys offense. They have had their four lowest point 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:46.320 totals this season when they've been on the road. That 0:25:46.400 --> 0:25:49.800 would be sixteen points at Arizona, ten points at San Francisco, 0:25:50.280 --> 0:25:54.879 twenty points at the Chargers, twenty three points at Philadelphia. Typically, 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:57.640 I'm one that doesn't believe home versus road is really 0:25:57.640 --> 0:25:59.440 a big deal, but you look at stuff like that, 0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:02.080 and you look at how they're scoring at home, and 0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:05.199 there's something there. Have you guys been able to identify 0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:07.680 anything you can point to where you say this may 0:26:07.720 --> 0:26:10.360 be the reason why Dallas is so much more effective 0:26:10.400 --> 0:26:12.960 at home offensively than what they are on the road 0:26:13.920 --> 0:26:14.720 better opponents. 0:26:16.280 --> 0:26:19.600 I mean, if you're in. 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:22.359 Right, but the different let me ask you that. 0:26:22.400 --> 0:26:24.440 So so then if you do that, then what's the 0:26:24.480 --> 0:26:27.399 difference between Philadelphia on the road versus Philadelphia at home? 0:26:27.400 --> 0:26:29.320 Because there's a big difference in how well Dallas played 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:31.440 at home. We gets Philadelphia, then maybe how they play 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:32.560 Dallas at home. 0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:35.119 Is impossible to deal with. I just do I think that. 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:38.920 I think the conditions and I'm gonna be honest, I 0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:42.800 mean this the field, the conditions, the things that they 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:45.040 deal with, they they just they. 0:26:44.880 --> 0:26:47.800 Find a better rhythm playing offense, you know. 0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:50.080 And maybe what happens too is you get on the 0:26:50.160 --> 0:26:52.119 road and now you're dealing with crowd noise, and now 0:26:52.160 --> 0:26:55.800 you're dealing with trying to communicate, and not everything gets 0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:58.399 you know, not everything gets taken care of, you know, 0:26:58.520 --> 0:27:01.199 like it needs to be. But against Arizona, they were 0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.040 really they were bad in the red zone. You know, 0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:04.560 they were just really bad. 0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:06.560 In the red zone at this point. 0:27:06.680 --> 0:27:08.840 Yes, I think I think they've gotten better at it. 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:10.880 I think they actually have gotten better at it because 0:27:10.880 --> 0:27:13.159 they've been more willing to use DAK if they have to. 0:27:13.400 --> 0:27:15.080 But the receivers are doing a good job. 0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:17.960 You get guys like guys Guy Turpin involved, you know, 0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:19.800 I mean, he's had a couple of catches down there, 0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:23.800 Ferguson making plays, Cooks making plays. You know, they've they've 0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:27.199 gotten guys, you know, Gallup had a touchdown the other day. 0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:29.720 They're getting guys involved in the scene. The schemes have 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:32.240 been good, you know, the ways that they've been able 0:27:32.240 --> 0:27:36.080 to operate, the running backs running the ball better. So yeah, 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:38.119 they I feel like they've gotten better in that red 0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:38.720 zone stuff. 0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:39.159 And they have. 0:27:39.240 --> 0:27:42.479 And to answer that question statistically, I was, you know, 0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:44.840 doing some science lab last night and it's it's up 0:27:44.880 --> 0:27:48.440 on the dot com right now, shameless plug. But one 0:27:48.520 --> 0:27:51.000 interest in that I came across was the red zone 0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:53.919 red zone efficiency for the Cowboys. Obviously a huge talking 0:27:53.920 --> 0:27:56.520 point over the first you know, charmester of the season, 0:27:56.520 --> 0:27:58.600 even first portion of the second trimester. But as we 0:27:58.640 --> 0:28:01.960 have this conversation, Cowboys have scored inside the red zone 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.520 seventy one percent of the time over the last three games. 0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:07.240 That's good enough for sixth best in the NIT. Now 0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:10.440 guess what they're going up against. The Buffalo Bills defense 0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:13.480 has allowed the opponent to score inside the red zone 0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:16.320 eighty eight percent of the time in the last three games. 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:19.960 Forty six completion percentage down there, yeah, forty six. Half 0:28:19.960 --> 0:28:20.920 the passes stone. 0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:22.480 In the red zone are completely The Cowboys over the 0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:25.320 last three games have heated up in the red zone 0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:28.080 and the Bills are ice cold as far as stopping 0:28:28.160 --> 0:28:30.240 teams from scoring in the end zone. 0:28:30.400 --> 0:28:32.960 That's the only challenges office really has found. Also, like 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:35.280 they get moving and when they start moving, it's hard 0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:37.240 to stop them. But the red zone has been the 0:28:37.280 --> 0:28:37.840 issue in it. 0:28:37.920 --> 0:28:38.840 That's wow, that's amazing. 0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:41.680 Going to get better in the red zone. 0:28:41.760 --> 0:28:44.000 That's one of the issues that they've definitely gotten better 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.360 the red zone because I'm going back to the beginning 0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:48.080 of the season some of the things that we were 0:28:48.120 --> 0:28:51.560 talking are they were still moving the ball pretty well, 0:28:51.560 --> 0:28:53.800 and it's always when they hit the red zone, they 0:28:53.840 --> 0:28:57.160 just couldn't get in and get the touchdown. And I'm 0:28:57.160 --> 0:29:00.800 going back, I mean, the away games hasn't been that. 0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:04.160 I mean, yes, the losses have come from away games, 0:29:04.160 --> 0:29:05.120 but it hasn't. 0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:05.760 Been that terrible. 0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:09.240 You can go back to the game against Philly that 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:11.240 was a very close game that it came down to 0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:12.480 inches that. 0:29:12.720 --> 0:29:14.680 You didn't handle the nine situation. 0:29:14.920 --> 0:29:18.760 Yeah, well yeah, but very close, could have possibly been 0:29:18.800 --> 0:29:22.680 a win for the Cowboys. Then you go to the 0:29:22.720 --> 0:29:27.600 forty nine ers, that's yes, yeah, we know, we know, 0:29:28.400 --> 0:29:28.840 we know. 0:29:29.280 --> 0:29:29.680 Uh. 0:29:29.800 --> 0:29:33.040 The when they play against the Giants, you completely dominated them, 0:29:33.200 --> 0:29:38.880 scored forty points, and then with Arizona you they were sleepwalking. 0:29:39.120 --> 0:29:40.280 Yeah, that was my point. 0:29:40.320 --> 0:29:41.960 My point, I guess that's the point of it is 0:29:42.480 --> 0:29:45.440 the four times this season when they've had the lowest 0:29:45.480 --> 0:29:48.280 points scored on offense, they've been on the road. 0:29:48.480 --> 0:29:49.200 Yeah, they've had. 0:29:49.080 --> 0:29:51.400 Some outliers, like the Giants game on the road where 0:29:51.400 --> 0:29:53.640 they scored a ton of points. But even I think 0:29:53.640 --> 0:29:55.720 we all came out of that game even saying offense 0:29:55.760 --> 0:29:59.880 that it wasn't really clicking. Yeah, you have some defense, Yeah, 0:30:00.000 --> 0:30:01.719 there was other things that were going on in that 0:30:01.800 --> 0:30:05.560 game that that kind of made that score what it was. Now, again, 0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:07.400 a lot of that happened in the early part of 0:30:07.400 --> 0:30:09.840 the season, in which case, now we think the offense 0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:12.240 has made some changes and they're they're playing a much 0:30:12.280 --> 0:30:15.000 different level, did much different type of game, and they 0:30:15.000 --> 0:30:17.880 were playing back then, but the road was the road 0:30:17.920 --> 0:30:18.680 back then. 0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:22.360 They they've improved on things that they've improved on when 0:30:22.400 --> 0:30:24.720 you start to talk about pre snap motions and things 0:30:24.800 --> 0:30:27.560 like that, and you know, it's just you know, every 0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:30.520 every every week it's gotten better and better. And to 0:30:30.560 --> 0:30:33.440 the point when you look at week five was kind 0:30:33.480 --> 0:30:36.120 of the water mark where we say, okay, things flipped 0:30:36.520 --> 0:30:39.080 from that point on that that their motion stuffs up 0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:41.360 about eight percent. You know, I mean, they went from 0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:42.960 being one of the worst teams when it came to 0:30:43.000 --> 0:30:46.360 pre stap motion to at least middle to back respectable 0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:49.920 prestap motions. And you know, whether it's coming across or 0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:53.040 going out, you know, they're they're finding ways to set 0:30:53.520 --> 0:30:56.160 plays up with their motion and as long as they 0:30:56.240 --> 0:30:57.400 keep doing that, they'll be fine. 0:30:57.480 --> 0:30:58.200 Yeah, I'll tell you this. 0:30:58.280 --> 0:31:00.640 I really want to see very interesting to see what 0:31:00.680 --> 0:31:02.440 they do this week and what they do next week, 0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:05.320 because that will tell me a lot about their capabilities 0:31:05.320 --> 0:31:07.800 in the playoffs. Because if these if they continue to 0:31:07.840 --> 0:31:11.840 have lackluster offensive performances in these next two games, then 0:31:11.880 --> 0:31:14.000 you have to start saying it's something about the road 0:31:14.040 --> 0:31:16.960 that's different than at home. And the likelihood is, if 0:31:17.000 --> 0:31:19.400 all things play out as a lot of people expect 0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:20.880 them to, Dallas is going to have to go on 0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:22.360 the road. They have to if they want to get 0:31:22.360 --> 0:31:25.400 to their ultimate their ultimate goal. So uh this, I 0:31:25.400 --> 0:31:27.080 think these two games will do a lot for telling 0:31:27.200 --> 0:31:29.680 us what we should expect from them in the playoffs 0:31:29.720 --> 0:31:31.840 based on how they handle these two road games. Are 0:31:31.840 --> 0:31:33.520 we gonna take our final break when we come back. 0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:35.760 Let's jump into the NFL NFC. 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If you 0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:27.000 if you speak Spanish, then we may have a job 0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:28.680 for you day. 0:34:29.280 --> 0:34:33.239 Because miss Garcio, you're gonna stop me. I'm gonna try it. 0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:33.959 I'm wow. 0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:36.000 But one thing I've learned about you is can you 0:34:36.000 --> 0:34:36.880 get in your head or. 0:34:36.920 --> 0:34:37.680 He'll bring you back? 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:41.440 Man, always come back and can always. 0:34:42.239 --> 0:34:46.359 Let things die down a six months and then he'll go, man, 0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:48.640 what are you doing? Hey right, you're thinking about doing 0:34:48.680 --> 0:34:49.240 an these shows. 0:34:49.320 --> 0:34:52.160 Once you're on my team, You're always on my team. 0:34:52.239 --> 0:34:55.560 You're never truly gonna let things just die down. Everybody 0:34:55.600 --> 0:34:57.640 forgets about you, and then all of a sudden show up. 0:34:57.680 --> 0:34:59.440 They're like, wait a minute, when do we bring Broadest? 0:35:01.360 --> 0:35:04.880 You never get away, keeps drawing you back in. All right, 0:35:04.960 --> 0:35:08.560 let's talk about the NFC. Interesting here, man, it's gotten 0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:09.120 really interesting. 0:35:09.200 --> 0:35:12.040 Let's first start with the Cowboys have an opportunity this 0:35:12.080 --> 0:35:15.800 weekend to clinch a playoff spot, which, let's be clear, 0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:18.799 the likelihood of Dallas clinch is a playoff spot is 0:35:18.840 --> 0:35:20.920 like ninety nine percent. They're going to clinch it at 0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:24.440 some point unless there's some sort of epic epic fail 0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:26.640 on their part going down the stretch. But they can't 0:35:26.640 --> 0:35:29.360 clinch this weekend with a win, and there are fourteen 0:35:29.400 --> 0:35:33.360 other scenarios or thirteen other scenarios that could also allow 0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:35.439 the Cowboys to clinch if they should lose the game 0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:38.719 this weekend. So suffice to say, there's a pretty decent chance, 0:35:38.760 --> 0:35:40.200 depending on how you think the game is going to 0:35:40.280 --> 0:35:42.719 play out with the Bills, that's a good chance the 0:35:42.719 --> 0:35:45.359 Cowboys will be in the playoffs by the time we 0:35:45.400 --> 0:35:49.480 get to next Monday. That all being said, you look 0:35:49.520 --> 0:35:52.560 at the standings right now. You got the top four 0:35:52.640 --> 0:35:55.239 teams that are clearly ahead of everyone else. You got 0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:57.520 San Francisco at ten and three, Dallas ten and three, 0:35:57.560 --> 0:36:00.680 Philadelphia ten and three, Detroit one game at nine and four. 0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:02.719 After they take a loss, they're starting to get a 0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:03.560 little wonky there. 0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:06.560 I was really high on Detroit, but I'm. 0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:09.239 Starting to wonder now, starting to wonder now, like was 0:36:09.280 --> 0:36:10.160 that fool's goal? 0:36:10.200 --> 0:36:10.640 A little bit? 0:36:10.680 --> 0:36:11.240 But we'll see. 0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:13.800 But then you get down below that, and you're talking 0:36:13.800 --> 0:36:16.600 about Minnesota at seven and six, Tampa Bay at six 0:36:16.640 --> 0:36:19.400 and seven, Green Bay at six and seven, the Rams 0:36:19.400 --> 0:36:22.440 at six and seven, Seattle six and seven, Atlanta six 0:36:22.520 --> 0:36:23.919 and seven, New Orleans six and seven. 0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:26.080 And then that's not enough. 0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:27.680 You got the New York Giants at five and eight 0:36:27.680 --> 0:36:30.440 and Chicago at five and eight. Both those teams had 0:36:30.520 --> 0:36:32.440 a little bit of success, definitely in the last week 0:36:32.480 --> 0:36:34.560 the Giants and now are on a three game win streak, 0:36:34.719 --> 0:36:38.680 including the win last week that they got against the Packers, 0:36:38.680 --> 0:36:40.200 who are also a playoff contender. 0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:42.040 So here's my question for you guys. 0:36:42.160 --> 0:36:44.800 We know those top four teams, who are going to 0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:46.560 be the other three teams If you have to name 0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:49.360 three other teams that'll make the playoffs in the NFC 0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:54.200 out of Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Green Bay, the Rams, Seattle, Atlanta, 0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:58.239 New Orleans, New York Giants, and Chicago, who are you three. 0:37:00.120 --> 0:37:00.399 A lot? 0:37:01.280 --> 0:37:04.000 It's it's such a it's a muddy mess below that 0:37:04.080 --> 0:37:04.600 top four. 0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:10.719 So let's say San fran Dallas. Who does Detroit take 0:37:11.480 --> 0:37:12.520 the NC North? 0:37:12.760 --> 0:37:13.800 Yeah, I think the Ty. 0:37:15.600 --> 0:37:18.000 And then number four let's just label the NFC South 0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:19.719 because ain't no telling. 0:37:21.080 --> 0:37:24.480 Philadelphia, give me the Rams. 0:37:25.280 --> 0:37:28.040 Give me the Rams in there at the Rams to me, 0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:31.799 are the team that they they've got, They've got their 0:37:31.880 --> 0:37:35.800 quarterback is I mean, they were at the Baltimore last 0:37:35.800 --> 0:37:37.520 week and they should have won that game. 0:37:37.600 --> 0:37:39.839 Yep, they absolutely should have won that game. 0:37:39.880 --> 0:37:41.560 And I think that Baltimore is one of the best 0:37:41.600 --> 0:37:43.719 teams in the league. And for the Rams to go 0:37:43.760 --> 0:37:46.520 all the way across the country play basically a one 0:37:46.520 --> 0:37:49.600 o'clock game over there, they showed up that used to 0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:52.360 be roadkill for teams that did that, go all the 0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:54.200 way across the country and play in one of those 0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:57.880 they the Rams played physical against a physical team. 0:37:58.400 --> 0:38:02.520 I feel like I can't trust Seattle to beat Philadelphia. 0:38:02.600 --> 0:38:04.879 I want to believe. I want to believe that. 0:38:04.920 --> 0:38:07.960 But Seattle, to me seems like they're even though they 0:38:08.000 --> 0:38:10.040 get all that skill at wide receiver and all that. 0:38:10.120 --> 0:38:11.200 I just I don't know. 0:38:11.280 --> 0:38:12.880 I mean, they need to they need to kind of 0:38:12.880 --> 0:38:16.200 figure things out on defense. But the Rams seem like 0:38:16.280 --> 0:38:19.560 the team them in Green Bay. I know Green Bay 0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:24.439 had a bad loss against the Giants, but I kind 0:38:24.440 --> 0:38:26.239 of feel like that they're still in the mix with 0:38:26.440 --> 0:38:28.240 I thought they had. I thought they had a shot 0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:31.359 to kind of get themselves ahead of Minnesota. I don't 0:38:31.400 --> 0:38:34.680 trust Minnesota. Minnesota's look at their quarterback situation every week 0:38:34.719 --> 0:38:37.239 and they're drawing it out of a out of a hat, you. 0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:39.960 Know, Josh crazy that they've gone to this point that. 0:38:41.080 --> 0:38:43.319 They've just I mean, they're trying to hang in there, 0:38:43.360 --> 0:38:45.120 but there's no consistency there. 0:38:45.640 --> 0:38:47.839 The Rams of the team that you probably don't want 0:38:47.880 --> 0:38:48.440 to play. 0:38:48.760 --> 0:38:50.919 You just don't want to play them because of how 0:38:50.960 --> 0:38:56.160 good Pukin Deakua and and the Cooper Cup the tight end, 0:38:56.280 --> 0:38:57.480 the quarterback they get. 0:38:57.400 --> 0:39:01.000 Running back now Karen Williams, Yeah, I'm kind of glad. 0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:05.160 Dallas played the Rams earlier then later, because that's a 0:39:05.200 --> 0:39:06.520 team I don't think you want to deal with. 0:39:06.560 --> 0:39:08.480 I think the Rams are the last team to get in. 0:39:10.080 --> 0:39:12.239 That's interesting because you Philly's five. 0:39:12.320 --> 0:39:15.160 I don't trus San Francisco at the end, yea, what 0:39:15.200 --> 0:39:15.400 you do? 0:39:15.680 --> 0:39:17.600 Yeah, I don't trust Minnesota. 0:39:18.400 --> 0:39:21.359 I could see Green Bay kind of bouncing back from 0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:23.480 a loss that they should not have suffered against the Giants. 0:39:23.480 --> 0:39:25.279 Giants I was surgeon, so credit to the Giants and 0:39:25.280 --> 0:39:29.280 Tommy Cutlet's three game Winistrey, I do like the Rams. 0:39:29.320 --> 0:39:31.840 I'm torn between Rams and Seahawks because you know, you 0:39:31.960 --> 0:39:34.440 got the Rams and they're playing good football and McVeigh 0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:39.120 he's got those guys rolling. And Seattle contrarily, they're stumbling 0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:42.759 right now, and that includes allowing forty one points. But 0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:44.759 you know it's too one of the highest scoring, if 0:39:44.800 --> 0:39:46.680 not right now, the high scoring offense in the league. 0:39:46.719 --> 0:39:48.319 So take that for what it's worth. 0:39:49.080 --> 0:39:53.520 I like that Seattle was competitive with Drew Locke in 0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:56.600 Santa Clara against San Francisco for the majority of that game. 0:39:56.640 --> 0:39:58.120 That tells me they're not quitting. 0:39:58.160 --> 0:40:00.960 So if they do get Gino Smith back, We've seen 0:40:01.040 --> 0:40:03.520 that Gino Smith in that offense with his quick release, 0:40:03.560 --> 0:40:06.439 they can put up some points. So I believe that 0:40:06.440 --> 0:40:09.560 that versus a Philadelphia secondary that has to visit Seattle, 0:40:09.600 --> 0:40:13.120 talk about home field advantage, twelfth man advantage and gene 0:40:13.200 --> 0:40:19.560 cross country right, cross country trip, Gino and that arsenal. 0:40:18.400 --> 0:40:23.720 Right, what you guys are trying to do. 0:40:23.239 --> 0:40:26.359 You know, and that arsenal against the secondary in Philadelphia 0:40:26.360 --> 0:40:28.480 that's basically toast. I think we can all admit that 0:40:28.480 --> 0:40:31.360 that secondary's toast. So I do like Seattle in this 0:40:31.360 --> 0:40:33.480 game against Philadelphia I'm not saying it'll be a blowout, 0:40:33.520 --> 0:40:36.200 but I like them more than I trusted a team 0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:38.680 like Minnesota. Hell more than I trust a green team 0:40:38.760 --> 0:40:40.520 like Green Bay. Right now, I do like the Rams do. 0:40:40.600 --> 0:40:41.760 I think the Rams are dangerous. 0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:45.640 Seattle's perfect for Philadelphia. Seattle's perfect for Philadelphia. 0:40:46.320 --> 0:40:48.680 Philadelphia's won ten games with the team at the end 0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:49.959 just gives it away. 0:40:50.560 --> 0:40:51.920 You know, they've won all these. 0:40:51.760 --> 0:40:53.680 Games where all of a sudden, you know they should 0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:56.680 they shouldn't win, but they shouldn't win, but the opponent 0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.920 falls apart at the end. What did Seattle do against Dallas? 0:41:00.000 --> 0:41:02.360 They fell apart at the end. You know, that's what 0:41:02.400 --> 0:41:06.160 they're gonna do. And so I I appreciate you guys 0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:08.279 talking about it this way, but I think the next 0:41:08.280 --> 0:41:10.359 two weeks, you look at the Rams. They've got the 0:41:10.360 --> 0:41:12.520 Commanders at home, and they got the Saints at home. 0:41:12.920 --> 0:41:15.200 They're about to be eight and seven with the Giants. 0:41:15.200 --> 0:41:17.279 They go to the Giants and then that San Francisco. 0:41:17.600 --> 0:41:20.480 That San Francisco game might be important to them, and 0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:22.160 it might maybe it'll help you. 0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:23.880 Yeah, maybe it'll help you. 0:41:24.000 --> 0:41:26.560 Yeah, you know, because it'll be important to them to 0:41:26.600 --> 0:41:27.960 make sure that they get into. 0:41:27.800 --> 0:41:30.160 This, and you got also remember division is still gonna 0:41:30.200 --> 0:41:31.600 be hard. The Vision's always hard. 0:41:31.640 --> 0:41:33.640 Well you the Commanders. 0:41:33.680 --> 0:41:36.080 Yeah, And my point is like, if you got the 0:41:36.400 --> 0:41:39.440 Rams playing their best football toward the end of the season, 0:41:39.560 --> 0:41:41.279 which I've been saying is for a few weeks. The 0:41:41.320 --> 0:41:42.920 reason why I like the Rams is because they're a 0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:44.560 veteran team. A lot of these guys were in the 0:41:44.560 --> 0:41:46.640 Super Bowl a few years ago. Like, this is a 0:41:46.719 --> 0:41:48.960 veteran team. They know what they're doing, they have a 0:41:49.000 --> 0:41:51.799 really good coach, they got really good schemes. I think 0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:54.000 that you look at it from that standpoint, if they 0:41:54.000 --> 0:41:56.480 get on a roll, they become very scary for a 0:41:56.520 --> 0:41:58.960 lot of teams. Everybody in the NFC has to be worried, 0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:00.920 Like I don't necessarily to match up with that team 0:42:00.960 --> 0:42:02.640 if they're playing their best football at the end of 0:42:02.640 --> 0:42:04.600 the season. So yeah, I think the Rams are the 0:42:04.600 --> 0:42:07.799 team that the team out of all these teams that actually. 0:42:07.560 --> 0:42:10.520 Could get in the playoffs and causeys, yeah. 0:42:10.320 --> 0:42:12.680 That's that's that's like a six to seventh seed that 0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:14.959 could go and be one of those two or three. 0:42:15.160 --> 0:42:17.760 Absolutely because of the way they play. I'm talking myself 0:42:17.760 --> 0:42:22.200 into that, but seriously. I mean they had the Ravens 0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:25.399 on the ropes. Yeah, they had that game over and 0:42:25.440 --> 0:42:27.200 they you know, that had been a that's that's been 0:42:27.200 --> 0:42:29.840 four straight after the bye with the Commanders and the 0:42:29.880 --> 0:42:32.439 Saints on the horizon, You're looking at a five game 0:42:32.520 --> 0:42:33.319 heater right there. 0:42:33.440 --> 0:42:35.720 Yeah, you know, is Philly broken? 0:42:38.040 --> 0:42:42.440 Amber Hopes. I don't think they're broken. 0:42:42.600 --> 0:42:45.760 I mean, they still have all those talented players in there. 0:42:46.600 --> 0:42:50.319 I think they just they're still hurting from them beat 0:42:50.360 --> 0:42:55.040 them against the forty nine ers. But I'm rooting for 0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:58.080 the Giants right now. You talk about the perfect time 0:42:58.239 --> 0:43:01.600 and crazy time for them to to start winning some games, 0:43:01.600 --> 0:43:07.719 and he hasn't been anything extravagant, extravagant. It hasn't been 0:43:07.800 --> 0:43:11.560 like that. But it's crazy because they're they're about to 0:43:11.600 --> 0:43:15.959 face the Eagles pretty soon twice to end the year 0:43:16.520 --> 0:43:20.319 and maybe gives them some some troubles. But I don't 0:43:20.320 --> 0:43:23.760 think Phillies were it's broke. They're just hurting. 0:43:23.960 --> 0:43:25.879 I would trade schedules with them right now. 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:29.640 Absolutely absolutely. 0:43:30.320 --> 0:43:31.360 They went through that run. 0:43:31.520 --> 0:43:34.759 They went through that run where they beat they beat Miami, 0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:38.360 they beat Buffalo. You know, I mean they're ten to 0:43:38.440 --> 0:43:40.960 three with now, they're gonna play I'd love to play 0:43:40.960 --> 0:43:44.080 Arizona again. You caught Arizona at the wrong time. You 0:43:44.120 --> 0:43:46.719 caught the Rams at the right time, Arizona at the 0:43:46.719 --> 0:43:51.640 wrong time. So but yeah, I to me, the Phillies 0:43:51.800 --> 0:43:55.440 capable scoring points. The problem they have is they can't 0:43:55.480 --> 0:43:58.359 stop anybody. That's their issue right now. 0:43:58.440 --> 0:44:01.800 Yeah, they're beating, they're bloodied. 0:44:01.920 --> 0:44:05.040 They're not broken. The offense is not broken. The secondary 0:44:05.080 --> 0:44:05.520 is broken. 0:44:06.160 --> 0:44:06.800 Are you sure? 0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:08.480 And that's really where I was gone when you say 0:44:08.480 --> 0:44:10.239 the second Well, but I'm saying when you say the 0:44:10.239 --> 0:44:12.520 offense isn't broken, like you go back to what Nick 0:44:12.560 --> 0:44:15.359 Bosa said, and since they've played that, like we will 0:44:15.360 --> 0:44:17.400 see this weekend if they have the horses to do it. 0:44:17.440 --> 0:44:18.840 But he's like, we got the blood. 0:44:19.480 --> 0:44:20.760 But it's what you just said. 0:44:21.160 --> 0:44:23.960 If Seattle has the horses to do it, Cowboys and 0:44:24.000 --> 0:44:26.440 the forty nine Ers have the horses to execute the blueprint, 0:44:26.680 --> 0:44:29.560 Maybe Seattle does. We'll find out, but do the Giants. 0:44:29.600 --> 0:44:31.120 We'll have to find out. These are some of the 0:44:31.160 --> 0:44:33.880 lesser teams who are not of caliber of the Cowboys 0:44:33.880 --> 0:44:36.640 and the forty nine ers, but offensively, you know is 0:44:36.760 --> 0:44:39.399 Jalen Hurts in that offense, light and scoreboard up. Nope, Nope. 0:44:39.440 --> 0:44:42.440 They need to figure some things out. But they've shown 0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:47.040 that they can score points more often than struggling to 0:44:47.080 --> 0:44:48.879 score points. So I don't think I think they'll figure 0:44:48.880 --> 0:44:52.400 that out. Offensively, however, they need to. But defensively, the defense, 0:44:52.520 --> 0:44:55.440 defensive line is what it is, which is great, but 0:44:55.560 --> 0:44:57.720 that secondary it is just it's it's lunch. 0:44:57.800 --> 0:44:58.239 It's lunch. 0:44:58.400 --> 0:45:02.799 It's time for the Eagles to say, Jalen Hurts, start running. Yeah, now, 0:45:02.920 --> 0:45:03.520 become a run. 0:45:03.520 --> 0:45:05.239 It looks like they were trying to do that last week. 0:45:05.320 --> 0:45:06.919 Yeah, he didn't do it enough. 0:45:06.960 --> 0:45:07.960 He jumped out early. 0:45:08.160 --> 0:45:10.839 You were to the point in the season now that 0:45:10.880 --> 0:45:13.000 we got to make sure that we win this division. 0:45:13.640 --> 0:45:16.960 You start running the ball, yeah, and do whatever it takes. 0:45:17.200 --> 0:45:19.000 Do whatever you have to do. We're not We're not 0:45:19.120 --> 0:45:20.600 keeping the bubble wrap on you anymore. 0:45:21.040 --> 0:45:24.920 You run the ball, contrarily, New York Giants, whatever it takes, 0:45:25.560 --> 0:45:26.600 whatever it takes. 0:45:27.200 --> 0:45:28.799 Quick update of just gotta update. 0:45:28.880 --> 0:45:31.719 Malik Hooker is expected to be limited in practice today, 0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:34.759 so wrapped up from yesterday's work, D and P from 0:45:34.760 --> 0:45:37.560 the walkthrough. So he's turning toward Like Brian said, being available. 0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:38.960 So all right, so well. 0:45:39.000 --> 0:45:39.439 That's a wrap. 0:45:39.480 --> 0:45:41.239 We'll be back tomorrow. We'll wrap this thing up. Let 0:45:41.280 --> 0:45:42.640 you know what we think is gonna happen this weekend 0:45:42.680 --> 0:45:45.280 for Patrick Walker, Brian brought to an Ambergarcia. 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