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Speaker 1: got that buzz, it's got that feeling of football being
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Speaker 1: I think everybody should be excited. Football is back on
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Speaker 1: It's already done. I clean the shed, I've stacked the wood,
Speaker 1: I donated all the clothes, I rearranged the closet. Okay,
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Speaker 1: whole fall, at least on paper. You know there will
Speaker 1: be something. There will be something that you need. I
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Speaker 1: be me, not my house. What is a backhand? Yeah?
Speaker 1: But hey, you're right, I can. I can delay horse
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Speaker 1: watch all fall. I was watching horse racing last night
Speaker 1: as well. Right, those are jack of ball trades. I'm
Speaker 1: my press. Yeah, man, I definitely wasn't watching You Gotta
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Speaker 1: about that's true. That's true. Hey, here we go. Hit
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Speaker 1: it was definitely a shameless We've got a lot to
Speaker 1: talk about because that's the thing is is this is
Speaker 1: the final week where we don't get to go every
Speaker 1: weekday with our podcast. So because of that, news kind
Speaker 1: of stack up on each other as we get along
Speaker 1: in the week. And so let's start with probably the
Speaker 1: biggest news of the week, and that's Zach martin COVID
Speaker 1: nineteen list as of was it. Saturday was the day
Speaker 1: that that was officially reported, So this is the first
Speaker 1: time we've gotten to talk about it on this show specifically.
Speaker 1: But Zach Martin is listed currently as out for the
Speaker 1: Thursday match up with the Buccaneers, so a backup plan
Speaker 1: at right guard looks like Connor McGovern will be that
Speaker 1: fill in. What is the specifics in the details surrounding
Speaker 1: that whole scenario or he's not officially ruled out And
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones on the fan just now he's holding out
Speaker 1: like this much sliver So he said it again today. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean what you need. And I know fans like
Speaker 1: jumped on this and said, why isn't he vaccinated? Well,
Speaker 1: just based off of the protocols that they're discussing, he's
Speaker 1: vaccinated because he needs two negative tests twenty four hours apart,
Speaker 1: and he also has to be symptom free. So it's possible.
Speaker 1: But Jerry even said the fan this morning, based on
Speaker 1: their experience, they need more time than what they have.
Speaker 1: So yeah, you're right, they're preparing for Connor McGovern to
Speaker 1: be the starting right guard on Thursday night. It's crazy
Speaker 1: to think like there could be a timeline there that
Speaker 1: that would fit into, because I mean, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: wild against the wall anyways, and it would have to
Speaker 1: be a perfect case scenario of no symptoms, really no
Speaker 1: fallback whatsoever from having COVID or testing positive anyways if
Speaker 1: you're Zach Martin. So yeah, that's tough for me to
Speaker 1: really think that this is a possibility that he's ready
Speaker 1: to go. But Isaiah, based off of what you saw
Speaker 1: throughout training camp, how ready is a Connor mcgoverned to
Speaker 1: step in and be the starter at right guard, even
Speaker 1: if it is just for a game. Yeah, I didn't
Speaker 1: like it. I didn't like it. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: in preseason and throughout the camp, I think we talked
Speaker 1: to you know and extensively about what that second line
Speaker 1: really looks like, you know, coming off of last year's experience,
Speaker 1: you know, Terrence Steele, the you know, Connor mcgovernance, and
Speaker 1: I didn't like what I saw. I feel I think
Speaker 1: we mentioned a couple of weeks back. I feel like
Speaker 1: both of those guys took a step back, including Night.
Speaker 1: I'm hopeful, I would say, I'm very hopeful that it
Speaker 1: should he have to play that he will kind of
Speaker 1: revert back to how he was finishing last year, which
Speaker 1: was on a higher note. He was starting to play well.
Speaker 1: But just from what I've seen this year, um, I'm
Speaker 1: not confident in his ability to step in and feel
Speaker 1: that role. And let's not get it confused. Nobody can
Speaker 1: replace Martin, all right, but we have to be able
Speaker 1: to come in and do enough to be efficient on
Speaker 1: offense because they have all their dogs back now on
Speaker 1: that defensive line. That that hopeful was like puberty octave level.
Speaker 1: So yeah, that so that means you're not very hopeful,
Speaker 1: you know. But I think for McGovern honestly, we didn't
Speaker 1: see him at right guard. We saw him primarily at
Speaker 1: left guard. And so look, my thing with McGovern has
Speaker 1: always been, you know, I love big ten offensive lineman
Speaker 1: period because I feel like they have the propensity to
Speaker 1: fire off the ball. That's just a running league where
Speaker 1: they come from. So that's the one thing. And then
Speaker 1: based off of his play last year filling in for
Speaker 1: Zach Wants the concussion in Arizona, I believe he filled
Speaker 1: in then, and the calf and the calf after that
Speaker 1: starts it right. Absolutely, So he has he has film,
Speaker 1: and he has experience. And you talk about that a
Speaker 1: lot of Isaiah about throwing guys to the wolves that
Speaker 1: don't have any experience. Where here is Konna McGovern and
Speaker 1: we have to rely on his experience. You're absolutely right.
Speaker 1: There is no replacing number seventy, period dot the end.
Speaker 1: So don't even worry about that. The thing is is
Speaker 1: that Kona mcgovernment can come in and be serviceable. The
Speaker 1: bigger question is how healthy is Lyoh okay, because if
Speaker 1: lio can actually play up no, no, if LiOH can
Speaker 1: actually play up to where he'd been pre injury, then
Speaker 1: I think that's what's going to catapult and make that
Speaker 1: shore up that right side, because he's pretty much soltered
Speaker 1: next to you, gotta say it shaking his head. And
Speaker 1: you just got on me before the show saying, I
Speaker 1: just have nothing but negativity of feed. See. I wasn't
Speaker 1: gonna I wasn't gonna bring that up. I was gonna
Speaker 1: bring Lyle's issues up. I wasn't gonna do it. Was
Speaker 1: like I'm in church and I'm reading Rod rob sweets
Speaker 1: like crap. I didn't say that. No, I say that.
Speaker 1: I did not say that at all. I was I
Speaker 1: started with a sh what I said, let's pray forward
Speaker 1: and and to your points since since you brought it up, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm concerned. I am very concerned because Lyle Collins is
Speaker 1: not one hundred percent healthy. No, no, no. The major
Speaker 1: injury that most people are concerned about, obviously is the hip.
Speaker 1: That's what most people are gonna be. What he's coming back,
Speaker 1: what he's coming back from, however, what has kept him
Speaker 1: out most recently the neck. The neck stinger, right, and
Speaker 1: for those I've never had a stinger, stinger is essentially
Speaker 1: an impingement of your nerve. Right, I've had a stinger
Speaker 1: and it hurts. Okay, I had a stinger in Seattle camp.
Speaker 1: One time I went to go around my little, my
Speaker 1: little hitch route right over the middle of the ball,
Speaker 1: quarterback through the ball opposite away linebacker came boom hit
Speaker 1: me the opposite direction, and I sat there for a
Speaker 1: minute because I couldn't move right and literally the nerve
Speaker 1: gets gets pinched and it shuts down that portion of
Speaker 1: your body. Now, it could be very temporary, it could
Speaker 1: be something that's elongated, right, That's why you see varying.
Speaker 1: Some guys get right back in the game and they're
Speaker 1: good to go. Some guys are out for a week.
Speaker 1: And the scary thing about about the nerve damage portion
Speaker 1: of it, okay, at about those stingers, is it's easily
Speaker 1: triggered again. Yea, So even though we have Collins back
Speaker 1: in the starting lineup, it takes one play. And I'm
Speaker 1: sorry to scare everybody like that, but that's me understanding
Speaker 1: the reality of this particular injury. He's healed until he's not.
Speaker 1: It takes one shot, and that one shot that sent
Speaker 1: him right back to the same protocol he was in before.
Speaker 1: You're right, And that's why the last week of training
Speaker 1: camp and even these practices that they had what they
Speaker 1: called like the bye week last Friday and Saturday. They
Speaker 1: held him out because try to let it calm down.
Speaker 1: And it must be calmed down because they had a
Speaker 1: full padded practice yesterday, full participate and so that's heck,
Speaker 1: that's good news. But you're right, I mean, once you
Speaker 1: get into real, full live contact, it could flare up again.
Speaker 1: It's definitely a possibility. Heck one's face whenever Rob just
Speaker 1: looked at you and said, that's good news, and then heck,
Speaker 1: mone was just pure cold. Why. I mean because the
Speaker 1: reality of what could potentially be right. It could we
Speaker 1: potentially not have Martin, You could potentially not have Collins
Speaker 1: at some point in time in the game. So now
Speaker 1: you're right side of offensive line is not there. That's
Speaker 1: that's a reality. That's the reality that we hope we
Speaker 1: don't see. But that is a potential. Well, once you
Speaker 1: start talking about the lineup that you know our offensive
Speaker 1: line is going against, I think that's where the cold
Speaker 1: is is that Shaq batt, Vida Bay and dominquinsue. At
Speaker 1: some point you know this line is gonna be tested.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to hold up. I mean, it's it's
Speaker 1: one hundred percent healthy line is gonna have a problem
Speaker 1: with it every single time. But that's the thing I
Speaker 1: mean this is there's so many question marks about this
Speaker 1: offense because we hadn't seen it. Maybe that's one of
Speaker 1: the great things going into this game is that the
Speaker 1: great unknown. But those questions will be as absolutely first
Speaker 1: second quarter. Everybody will be familiar with one another. How
Speaker 1: will Tampa Bay come back this because, like you said, Isaiah,
Speaker 1: with Connor McGovern being at right guard, I mean he
Speaker 1: saw six hundred plus snaps last year at right guards,
Speaker 1: so that's a positive because he did fill in the
Speaker 1: back half of the season for Zack Martin. How would
Speaker 1: they come? Are they gonna send the house? Are they
Speaker 1: gonna bring Devin White? Are they gonna just blitz? That's
Speaker 1: the scary guys, that's the scary thing about about Tampa, Right,
Speaker 1: Tampa doesn't have to blitz. No, they don't have to blitz.
Speaker 1: They have two of the most dominant interior defensive linement
Speaker 1: in the game, right, Vita Vea and right, two dogs
Speaker 1: right and Gholst. And then you got that's the reality, right,
Speaker 1: and then you put JPP and Barred on the outside.
Speaker 1: They don't have to blitz. Now, should they choose to blitz,
Speaker 1: they have some guys at the second level that just
Speaker 1: may be able to get to you a little quicker
Speaker 1: than you are like to. So they present a problem
Speaker 1: even with one hundred percent healthy offensive line. So I
Speaker 1: to answer that they don't have to blitz, Well, they
Speaker 1: blitz probably probably their defense is going their defense and
Speaker 1: their defense coordinator that's his in Mo. They gonna they're
Speaker 1: gonna apply pressure and they're gonna come after you. Do
Speaker 1: we know them? Do we know their defensive coordinator? I
Speaker 1: think we do. We do, And so they're gonna come after.
Speaker 1: They're gonna come after. Da Dak is gonna have to
Speaker 1: make some adjustments at the line of scrimmage. It's always
Speaker 1: been that way. And with the right ankle, I expect
Speaker 1: for defenses to see where he is tasked, where he
Speaker 1: is uh, you know, it wants to me if the
Speaker 1: Cowboy has become one dimensional at any point in this game,
Speaker 1: that is when they are going to unleash the hounds.
Speaker 1: That's what And the same thing that you saw in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Once they saw that, Kansas City turned
Speaker 1: one dimensional and made everything and they play defensive play
Speaker 1: calling easier I went back and watched that game two
Speaker 1: nights ago, and every play that Mahomes had just just curious.
Speaker 1: And it's hard to compare because of how just wrecked
Speaker 1: the Chiefs off their line was. I mean, they were
Speaker 1: down like third on their depth chart at certain spots
Speaker 1: and they moved over. I think MS. Mike Rimmers timmers
Speaker 1: to their right tackle spot and shack Barrett just all
Speaker 1: night long. And you're right, they only blitzed like less
Speaker 1: than ten percent of dropbacks in that game because they
Speaker 1: didn't have to. Yeah, and when they did blitz, like,
Speaker 1: like Kyle said, Devin White pressuring and I think one
Speaker 1: of one of Pat's two picks were on a blitz.
Speaker 1: So like, I think the Cowboys are even with Zach out,
Speaker 1: they're more intact than that games. But are they going
Speaker 1: to be challenged? Absolutely? And that four man rush based
Speaker 1: on what we've seen last year. I mean, it wasn't
Speaker 1: just the Chiefs being banged up. They had forty eight
Speaker 1: sacks last year throughout the season. I don't going into
Speaker 1: this game if I'm Top Bowls and I'm the defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator for ten Bay, I am not. Now you're going
Speaker 1: to blitz, right, But I'm gonna probably be along those
Speaker 1: lines of probably ten percent of my total snaps blitzing.
Speaker 1: The reason why is because why would I give Dak
Speaker 1: Prescott an opportunity to get a big play? Why would
Speaker 1: I risk that? Right? So I'm gonna sit back, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna play coverage, right, and I'm gonna I'm gonna ask
Speaker 1: my four guys up front to get home. I like that,
Speaker 1: and I like the fact if they do that. I
Speaker 1: think that benefits I think that benefits Dak, and I
Speaker 1: think that Kellen Moore is going to scheme a game
Speaker 1: plan to give Dak the confidence that he needs, easy throws,
Speaker 1: easy reads, to build that confidence up everything in the
Speaker 1: middle slot, because we know where they're most susceptible, and
Speaker 1: that's in the running game. They were twenty first, twenty
Speaker 1: second in passing all right, number one in running. You
Speaker 1: can't overlook that, so most teams could not run versus them.
Speaker 1: But we have to get the running game on the rug.
Speaker 1: We have to, we have to establish it because at
Speaker 1: some point if we don't, then, like you said, like
Speaker 1: you just mentioned, they're gonna simplify their game play and
Speaker 1: just come with their guys up front. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: tough without Zach. I mean, Zeke said it the other day.
Speaker 1: He said, damn, he said their best player, best player
Speaker 1: on offense, and most of our runs. I mean, I
Speaker 1: mean I mentioned it. Last season at one point some
Speaker 1: of it was with Zachett right tackle. They were dominating
Speaker 1: in the run game, even with all the other injuries
Speaker 1: and backup quarterbacks in there. I mean, he is the
Speaker 1: centerpiece of their run game besides Zeke obviously. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: Connor McGovern is gonna have to step in and fill
Speaker 1: that role luckily. I mean, Isaiah, you were pretty down
Speaker 1: on Connor mcgoverned, and you still are pretty down on
Speaker 1: Connor McGovern a lot of people, especially last year. He
Speaker 1: was the most improved offensive lineman by far from beginning
Speaker 1: to end of the year. In twenty twenty, I thought
Speaker 1: he took a step to be decent again. Like we said,
Speaker 1: you're not going to replace Zack Martin. Nobody can. And
Speaker 1: if the expectation for Cowboys fans out there is to
Speaker 1: replace Zach Martin, you will be let down on Thursday.
Speaker 1: So do not think that's the case. But I think
Speaker 1: if you're going to pick a guy to fill a role,
Speaker 1: it would be Connor McGovern filling in for Zach Martin.
Speaker 1: He's your sixth man off of the bench, and that
Speaker 1: makes me feel a little bit better. And it kind
Speaker 1: of goes back to what Heckma was saying, as long
Speaker 1: as Lyle Collins is healthy and able to play, because
Speaker 1: if not, if it's if it's Connor McGovern and Terrence
Speaker 1: Steel or Connor mcgovernor and Tying sec who missed practice yesterday,
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, it doesn't make me feel like I
Speaker 1: feel good about McGovern if he plays like he played
Speaker 1: last year. Okay, from what I've seen in camp, I
Speaker 1: don't feel confident. From what I saw last year, I
Speaker 1: feel confident. But sometimes guys neither the person in front
Speaker 1: of them removed before they get that dog back in
Speaker 1: him right for whatever whatever. For whatever reason, some guys
Speaker 1: kind of get tentative when there's somebody in front of
Speaker 1: them that they know that's he's that's boss man, that's
Speaker 1: the that's the that's the man that runs things. So
Speaker 1: I'm a fall back, right and I'm not myself anymore.
Speaker 1: But once he's out the picture of what did he
Speaker 1: do last year he stepped up, I'm Connor freaking McGovern right,
Speaker 1: So maybe I'm hoping that that's what shows up if
Speaker 1: he has to step in and play McGovern and Connor
Speaker 1: McGovern just he kind of went to Jalen Smith route
Speaker 1: with having the injury, sitting out red shirting basically and
Speaker 1: so and then you know, getting himself healthy and then
Speaker 1: playing last year again. I'm not as much as people
Speaker 1: want the Skies falling mentality with this with Zach Martin.
Speaker 1: I understand, Look, he's going to be a great absence
Speaker 1: and void in an offensive line. But I guess the
Speaker 1: great thing is it's temporary. We're not talking about for
Speaker 1: the rest of the season, and so we can gain
Speaker 1: plan this up for just one game. I feel comfortable
Speaker 1: with what we're gonna do. And you know, he's gotten
Speaker 1: quite a few reps at right guard throughout training camp,
Speaker 1: left guard too, because you know, they give Zach a
Speaker 1: little bit of a break. He's a vet. They're moving
Speaker 1: Connor Williams at times inside at center to give him
Speaker 1: some first team reps. So you've given him opportunities with
Speaker 1: the first team throughout camp plus the Stars. Yet last year,
Speaker 1: he'll be prepared and look, they've let him focus mostly
Speaker 1: on guard, not center. Even though they didn't really have
Speaker 1: a backup center going into camp and he's played it
Speaker 1: in college. That's a fantastic point because the coaching staff
Speaker 1: had an opportunity to say, Hey, Connor Williams or Connor McGovern,
Speaker 1: who's going to be our backup center. Let's let Connor
Speaker 1: McGovern work on being a guard. Well, now he's got
Speaker 1: a chance to step up into that open spot and
Speaker 1: potentially make a huge impact come Thursday night. Who else
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Speaker 1: stand back, Rob Phillips, I'm Kyle Yeoman's and let's get
Speaker 1: into some sleepers. These are guys on both sides of
Speaker 1: the football that you feel like are gonna make an impact,
Speaker 1: but maybe aren't the headliners of the offense going in.
Speaker 1: And I don't want to necessarily outline the headliners because
Speaker 1: that could change the opinion of what you guys think,
Speaker 1: but impact players that aren't necessarily at the forefront. We're
Speaker 1: gonna start with you, Heckma on the offensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball, then we'll go defensive in a second. Well,
Speaker 1: thank you for coming to me first, Kyle. I well,
Speaker 1: I should I really appreciate you. You always get so
Speaker 1: mad when we take here. Guys don't know what happened
Speaker 1: in the studio. What my sleeper for this game is
Speaker 1: going to be Tony Pollard. And the reason why I
Speaker 1: say Tony Pollard is just through OTAs and just watching
Speaker 1: the different ways that Kellen Moore was lining him up.
Speaker 1: I think that he has an opportunity to really break
Speaker 1: some big ones and knowing how aggressive Tampa's defense is
Speaker 1: going to be, I think getting Tony Pollard on those
Speaker 1: screens when sometimes when they line him out in the slot,
Speaker 1: we've seen that, and also him out in the backfield,
Speaker 1: I think those are going to be beneficial for him
Speaker 1: and his speed. And that's why I'm saying that he's
Speaker 1: a sleeper for this game. I like it. I like it.
Speaker 1: I'm going with Tyler be honest. Oh wow, yeah, yeah yeah, TB.
Speaker 1: The reason why I say TV because he has his
Speaker 1: hands for and I think that he is going to
Speaker 1: have his moment. This is this is the if there
Speaker 1: is ever gonna be a game, his coming out game.
Speaker 1: This has to be a reason being it's the biggest
Speaker 1: challenge of his life. Right. He has two dogs on
Speaker 1: the inside, Big va Vell, Who's gonna sit up there
Speaker 1: and try to bull rush them all day long. And
Speaker 1: then he also has Oo and DOMINICANSU right the savvy
Speaker 1: vent and I think if he comes out there and
Speaker 1: bust these guys in the mouth, he can shock them.
Speaker 1: And if we have him at the forefront, we can't
Speaker 1: do anything productive on his offensive line unless he has
Speaker 1: a game. So that's why I say this our sleeper pick,
Speaker 1: because if we want to move the ball in the
Speaker 1: pass game, guess what he has to set the protection.
Speaker 1: If we want to run the ball, guess where it
Speaker 1: starts at. He has to be able to take one
Speaker 1: of those guys at a half body and move him
Speaker 1: out the dog on hole if we want to have
Speaker 1: any hope at running the ball. So I'm taking TB
Speaker 1: for the winning RTB, not their TV, not their TV. Y. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is TB six three instead of I like what
Speaker 1: you did there, TB six three. Um. The thing about
Speaker 1: Tyler beotish and I love your point here because if
Speaker 1: Connor McGovern is your right guard, and even if not
Speaker 1: one hundred percent Lyo Collins is out of right tackle,
Speaker 1: where do you want to run the football? You're gonna
Speaker 1: want to run it left around your strong side of
Speaker 1: your or your offensive line. Either way you want to
Speaker 1: run the ball, Tyler be honest part in the middle. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And so if you wanted to kind of switch it
Speaker 1: up and maybe throw the defense off a little bit,
Speaker 1: you need him to set the tone on the right
Speaker 1: side of that offensive line, especially if those two guys
Speaker 1: are the ones in the game. So I love that
Speaker 1: point overall. I think as a sleeper, somebody who maybe
Speaker 1: won't show up in the stat sheet, but man, he
Speaker 1: needs to put filing. Yeah, makes make an impact there.
Speaker 1: I'll go with the law firm of Dalton and Schultz,
Speaker 1: and I say that I say both because they're both
Speaker 1: gonna play, but take your pick on which tight end.
Speaker 1: Because we just talked about how the Bucks, if they
Speaker 1: can get home with four, they don't have to blitz
Speaker 1: as much, and what they did in the super Bowl
Speaker 1: and what they did when they had that type of
Speaker 1: successor in the season. As you can play shell coverage
Speaker 1: and you can you know, put two safeties over the
Speaker 1: top and limit things downfield. I mean, Kellen Moore made
Speaker 1: great points in the in the training camp about how
Speaker 1: offense you have to have chunk plays. You know, you've
Speaker 1: got to be able to make plays down the field,
Speaker 1: and they have obviously guys who can do that, but
Speaker 1: you know, if that's the situation for this offense Thursday night,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to make some plays kind of underneath
Speaker 1: the middle of the field and try to open things
Speaker 1: up a little bit. So that's why I think both
Speaker 1: guys might have an opportunity to make some plays in
Speaker 1: the passing game. Goodness, I'm so excited to see both
Speaker 1: of them back on the field at the same time
Speaker 1: after the year that Scholtz had a year ago. And
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be a safety blanket for Dak.
Speaker 1: I think those easy reads, especially with pressure coming down
Speaker 1: on them slot tight end, He's gonna be looking for
Speaker 1: those guys. I kind of gonna be post game. I
Speaker 1: think they got to play some some basketball, some big
Speaker 1: man basketball, and played within that five six yards and
Speaker 1: just bodied those those smaller linebackers up. Those linebackers they
Speaker 1: can run. Those linebackers can run, but they're not the biggest,
Speaker 1: right So I think that they have the advantage there
Speaker 1: in terms of just boom running five yards, bodying up,
Speaker 1: get big kettle five yard dincon duncks and move the
Speaker 1: chains Devin White's pretty big. But outside of that, I mean,
Speaker 1: there's not the big he's two thirty seven, it's not
Speaker 1: six feet He's not. Like when I watch it. I
Speaker 1: wrote about this today, a lot of his skill set
Speaker 1: reminds me of Michael Parsons, Like, I mean four sub
Speaker 1: four four speed, can run, can blitz, can do all
Speaker 1: those things. But they're different body types. Mike is a
Speaker 1: bigger linebacker, but he's built like I mean, he swollen.
Speaker 1: You know you're right he is. I mean, but when
Speaker 1: you talk about Jarwin, freaking Jarwin's two two fifty something, Yeah,
Speaker 1: six six five two fifty something. That's the twenty plus
Speaker 1: pound plus five inches, And what you're talking about is
Speaker 1: posting that talking about post game, that's talking about you know,
Speaker 1: So I Honda, it kind of goes back to what
Speaker 1: Heckman was talking about earlier. If Kellen Moore having to
Speaker 1: scheme up that confidence builder for Dak early on the
Speaker 1: easy passes, the easy scheme, the tight ends are going
Speaker 1: to be a key part in that. So I like
Speaker 1: that point as well. And initially I say that initially,
Speaker 1: but I think you're gonna have opportunities with coop and
Speaker 1: gallop and lamb to take the top off of this defense. See,
Speaker 1: I don't think we're gonna come out in Danka dunk.
Speaker 1: I don't you think I think that. I think Tampa's
Speaker 1: expecting that. And but to the same thought process that
Speaker 1: you just had, Right, let's get let's get him some confidence. Right,
Speaker 1: let's get Dack some confidence. I think we're gonna come
Speaker 1: out play actually and throw over the dog on top
Speaker 1: and try to bust and try to bust them in
Speaker 1: their mouth. You have to bust Tampa in the mouth.
Speaker 1: You can't go out there and just say we're just
Speaker 1: gonna move the ball down the field. We're just gonna
Speaker 1: run the ball against this front seven and we're just gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, get you and keep moving to chains. No,
Speaker 1: you gotta bust these casts in the mouth and say
Speaker 1: back up, back up. Now we can get back to
Speaker 1: our regular offense. And that's kind of what Kellen talked
Speaker 1: about it. Camp was like you if you try over
Speaker 1: and over again, and you need to establish the run
Speaker 1: and all that for sure, but over and over again,
Speaker 1: these long drives like something eventually bad may happen. You know,
Speaker 1: you gotta hit chunk plays. And what Tampa is one
Speaker 1: of the only teams that can match this team in
Speaker 1: terms of offensive firepower. Yeah, And the reality is when
Speaker 1: you take your shots down the field usually too you know,
Speaker 1: probably sixty six percent at a time, some good's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: He's gonna complete it right, You're gonna get a pass
Speaker 1: interference right, or guess what, you throw it out of
Speaker 1: bounds and you're on to the next play. So, I mean,
Speaker 1: the chances of something positive happening for you are really good.
Speaker 1: With our receivers. Let me ask all this and Jerry
Speaker 1: was asked about this on the fan this morning. We've
Speaker 1: touched on a little bit. Do you are you guys
Speaker 1: concerned with rust with this offense week one? No, not really.
Speaker 1: In the time guys have missed, they haven't really all
Speaker 1: been together this whole camp for the most part, I
Speaker 1: think you have to be. I mean, the continuity of
Speaker 1: your offense hasn't been in a real game, and we
Speaker 1: understand that the lights will be on and the whole
Speaker 1: environment it's going to change, and I think that's gonna
Speaker 1: make the difference, especially coming from a COVID nineteen year
Speaker 1: where you didn't have anybody in the building. I mean, man,
Speaker 1: do you Thursday night is going to be rocking. And
Speaker 1: you got a team that hasn't been in front of
Speaker 1: a live audience all together. How is that? I think
Speaker 1: there has to naturally be some rust for Dak and
Speaker 1: for as long as he has been out, because most
Speaker 1: people don't get better away from playing football. I think
Speaker 1: on any portion of the game that I can foresee
Speaker 1: us being a little rusty as comes in the form
Speaker 1: of that most fans don't see. And that's in the
Speaker 1: non verbals. That's in a non verbal communication, that's in
Speaker 1: you know, coming up to the line of scrimmage, you
Speaker 1: see something over there, I look over a to receiver
Speaker 1: like and I give it all ahead. And that's a
Speaker 1: whole message, right, A little that's like a little more cold.
Speaker 1: It's like I look at you and I'm like, all
Speaker 1: right in colleagues, I mean, he's like, yeah, let's go.
Speaker 1: And I just changed your I just changed your play right.
Speaker 1: The reason why because we watched film last week, and
Speaker 1: when we watch film, we talked about when they come
Speaker 1: out in this, in this, in this coverage and they
Speaker 1: come in with this leverage, sitting inside, we're gonna switch
Speaker 1: to play over to this, and I don't have to
Speaker 1: say nothing. I just literally come up to a line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage I'm looking at I'm like, boom, that's it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're ready. Okay, we got it. Cool and we and
Speaker 1: the play just changed. Right. So those are the things
Speaker 1: that I think that we might have some some issues
Speaker 1: with it initially, but after that first quarter of first half,
Speaker 1: I think guys would be back in tune because the
Speaker 1: competition level is gonna be so high you're gonna snap
Speaker 1: right back into your old self. I'm not really that
Speaker 1: worried about the non verbals and the communications side of things,
Speaker 1: especially offensively because Dak Prescott, even though he hasn't been
Speaker 1: throwing a football, has been fully involved. Yeah, but there's
Speaker 1: a lot of other elements. Okay, you start talking about
Speaker 1: the fans and now we got fans. Sure, we got fans.
Speaker 1: Now we got the stadium. Everybody's got to deal with
Speaker 1: that though understood, But not in the first game like that,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like, not in this environment.
Speaker 1: This environment is gonna be lit. Now, they're gonna it's
Speaker 1: gonna be turned up. They bringing a banner, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be it's ban night words, flyovers, all that stuff. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be high. The cannon's on the ship going.
Speaker 1: Oh goodness, yeah, Raymond James Stadium, Thursday night. It will
Speaker 1: be fire um really quickly. My offensive sleepers, Connor Williams
Speaker 1: kind of for the same reason if Tyler Beotis has
Speaker 1: to set the tone early. I mean, this is going
Speaker 1: to be a big or it has to be a
Speaker 1: big year for him, contract season, something that he really
Speaker 1: needs to come out strong. And if that offensive line
Speaker 1: is going into mesh whenever Zach Martin and Lyle Collins
Speaker 1: are fully back, I'm not saying Lyle Collins is out,
Speaker 1: but when they're all one percent healthy, Connor Williams is
Speaker 1: gonna have to to hold his part. He did so
Speaker 1: last year. He needs to do it again this year.
Speaker 1: So defensively, we're gonna go the other way around the table.
Speaker 1: So Rob who on the defensive side. I've been I've
Speaker 1: been talking about Osa Diggi Zoo for a while and
Speaker 1: whether he starts or not, I think he probably will
Speaker 1: that this is a big opportunity for him. I mean
Speaker 1: talking about it was funny talking to Mica earlier this
Speaker 1: week about how old he was when Tom Brady joined
Speaker 1: the NFL and I think he was like mind like
Speaker 1: maybe one something like that. Same with Osa, you know,
Speaker 1: So they can't let that affect their mindset going into
Speaker 1: this game, you know. And but he's played so well
Speaker 1: and been so consistent in terms of what he's done
Speaker 1: in the middle of the defensive line. This is a
Speaker 1: great opportunity for him. And I know that you know,
Speaker 1: Tampa's strong on their on their offensive front, especially on
Speaker 1: the edges. But but this is a chance for him
Speaker 1: to be productive. By the way, last night Cowboys Hour
Speaker 1: with Jalen Smith out in the Ford Center and I
Speaker 1: asked him which of the eleven rookies on the draft
Speaker 1: in the draft class have impressed you the most? And
Speaker 1: he didn't say Michael Parsons, who is in the linebacker
Speaker 1: room and has a relationship with He said, Ohsa, did Gizua?
Speaker 1: So just just another talked about his hand placement. Yeah,
Speaker 1: just saying out. I mean, just that was a that
Speaker 1: was a great compliment because I expected him to say Micah.
Speaker 1: I thought so too, Yeah, it was gonna be Mica.
Speaker 1: But when he said Osa, and it was quick too.
Speaker 1: I mean, he was on top of it. He's like Osa,
Speaker 1: Bam there. It is so Hey, maybe he's not as
Speaker 1: much of a sleeper as we're thinking. Yeah, Maurice Kennedy,
Speaker 1: Mo cannedy Mo can all right, and Mo can do right,
Speaker 1: the more he can do because he is gonna have
Speaker 1: his hands full when they go out there and they
Speaker 1: come out and they're four wise, but it's not four wise.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be two wides. And they're gonna have O. J.
Speaker 1: Howard out there, and they're gonna have grunk. He's gonna
Speaker 1: have to come in and guard one of those guys.
Speaker 1: I was wondering, who's who gets the grounk. You don't
Speaker 1: put a safety on those guys. You bring him Israel mcquama,
Speaker 1: and you bring in freaking Mokennedy, right, you bring him
Speaker 1: in Cooker, Molli cooker couldn't couldn't handle it. But maybe
Speaker 1: a little big Jr. I mean be cursed. I mean yeah,
Speaker 1: but you want your cover, guys, You want your cover guys.
Speaker 1: I much rather put six four Israel out there and
Speaker 1: put and put mo Can out there and let him
Speaker 1: go ahead and put I Honda on him, right because
Speaker 1: you have you gotta blank of these guys. Don't let
Speaker 1: him down the ball. You get up there and you
Speaker 1: freaking be a pest. You get in their hip pocket,
Speaker 1: and I guess what, you're just fighty with him. You
Speaker 1: just fighty with him. They're not gonna be able to
Speaker 1: outrun you, right, both of Neither one of those guys
Speaker 1: can't outrun you. But if you let them get gone,
Speaker 1: they're like the juggernaut. So get up there and get
Speaker 1: some of your cover guys up there and get get
Speaker 1: on their in their face. No, I like that, And
Speaker 1: the reason that is because you know that that's gonna
Speaker 1: be the mismatch because of the way that Tampa does
Speaker 1: their their schemes and their packages. They're gonna go with
Speaker 1: a lot of motions, so they're gonna try and isolate
Speaker 1: guys all game long. But for me, it's Ken O'Neill.
Speaker 1: And the reason is because Neil has to have an
Speaker 1: impact on this defense immediately. He has to be that guy,
Speaker 1: especially backs out of the backfield coverage, and you know
Speaker 1: that that's what Tampa's gonna do. Giovanni Bernard, that his
Speaker 1: that's his stick, you know, catching passes out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: and you know, playoff Lenny, that's what he does very well.
Speaker 1: And so I want to see ken O'Neill's uh, the
Speaker 1: way that he impacts Dan Quinn's defense. I've already I
Speaker 1: loved his impact on Michael Parsons, him mental worring him.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure when you came into the league you
Speaker 1: had guys to show you how to be a pro
Speaker 1: and the different the way that they're diversifying Michael Parsons
Speaker 1: as well. And I think Ken O'Neill is kind of
Speaker 1: a godsend in that situation because he was formerly a
Speaker 1: safety now playing linebacker and he's looked upon as a
Speaker 1: true tweener, and so just seeing his athletic prowess on
Speaker 1: display on Thursday, I think it's gonna be important, and
Speaker 1: I think it's going to solve some of the problems
Speaker 1: that we saw last year because we could not stop
Speaker 1: backside of the backfield. Now, and with three guys like
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay has coming out of the backfield, you have
Speaker 1: to have somebody step up. I think me and I
Speaker 1: RS are on the same wave Lenk today because my
Speaker 1: sleeper is Jordan Lewis. So you said Connor, You said
Speaker 1: Tyler Beatach, I said Connor Williams, you said Mocan. Now
Speaker 1: I'm saying Jordan Lewis, And it's really for the same
Speaker 1: reasons you're good. At some point in this game, you
Speaker 1: will be matched up with a tight end, or at
Speaker 1: some point in this game he will be matched up.
Speaker 1: So who's going to be a lot receivers? Who's gonna
Speaker 1: be Antonio Brown? If these guys are I mean, because
Speaker 1: we're missing somebody here, that's hard. If you go Nickel,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna nick, if you're gonna go Nickel defense,
Speaker 1: then wouldn't that put one of the Jordan Lewis on
Speaker 1: a b instead of on the tight end, Because that's
Speaker 1: gonna put your linebacker on a heg mother's mismatches. Okay, Okay,
Speaker 1: let's let's just put it like this. Their starters are
Speaker 1: better than our starters. Said in the secondary, it's banner
Speaker 1: knife for a reason. Sampa's very good. Let's get that
Speaker 1: on the table. Okay, you're exactly right. And there's such
Speaker 1: a I wrote about this in big picture, but there's
Speaker 1: a blend of talent, experience and speed on that in
Speaker 1: that receiving core. It's pretty unbelievable. Tom Brady knew selfless.
Speaker 1: He did. He knew what he was doing when he
Speaker 1: left New England. That's the thing. The selflessness portion is
Speaker 1: gets overlooked. It does, It definitely does. And for the
Speaker 1: entire team, Yeah, what aren't two guys? I mean it
Speaker 1: is the whole. But you know what you got at
Speaker 1: these guys and and I guess there's so much parody
Speaker 1: in the NFL these days, and you want to think
Speaker 1: that everybody's evenly matched and any any given Sunday is
Speaker 1: what you believe. But you know, you look at them
Speaker 1: and you have to admire the way that they've mixed
Speaker 1: in their veterans with you know, their young guys and
Speaker 1: their ability. Like you said, the selflessness of it. I
Speaker 1: think we I think we look at that and we
Speaker 1: want to if we're you know, looking at them, shoot
Speaker 1: the fireworks and raise the banner. You you envy that
Speaker 1: you want to be that same thing. And that's why
Speaker 1: it's important to bring in guys like Neil and mix
Speaker 1: them in with guys like Micah because you want that
Speaker 1: young and veteran balance and speed and speed. Better believe
Speaker 1: that package brings a lot more speed at linebacker than
Speaker 1: they had last year and they've had in multiple years.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, I mean the speed there is something
Speaker 1: that I think is notable. You know what else is notable?
Speaker 1: What's that? It's time to make some predictions. Wait a minute,
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Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, we'll figure it out, you know, like
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Speaker 1: keep the can. He cat, I'm not real. He just
Speaker 1: signed his deal. Okay, the cap is a myth. So
Speaker 1: it creates five million more space, yeah, or four million more?
Speaker 1: No more, But now we're I went twelve million extra
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Speaker 1: Week one of the NFL season. Well, we'll finish off
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys in the Bucks coming up in a
Speaker 1: little bit. But we're doing this a little early. We
Speaker 1: will have a show on Friday before these games are played,
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Speaker 1: about this Jack Wires and Texans the battom of the
Speaker 1: bottom of the Barrel to start off Week one of
Speaker 1: the NFL season. This one's at noon on CBS. Rob,
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Speaker 1: Meyer gets his first victory as an NFL head coach.
Speaker 1: Okays the Jags, Isaiah Texans, Tyrod Taylor. Yeah, I'm going
Speaker 1: to Tyrod, not going Jacksonville. Yeah. I think I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go Tyrod too. I just early leading me. Ye. How
Speaker 1: about the Cardinals and the Titans in Tennessee CBS at
Speaker 1: noon as well. Heckmon Titans, M Derek, the Titans. You
Speaker 1: going Titans? Titans? Okay, Cards, I'm just digging Hurley hole
Speaker 1: for my I think I'm gonna go Bardinals with you too.
Speaker 1: I think they're one of the more underrated. J Green
Speaker 1: fell I think AJ Green's gonna happen thing. He's gonna
Speaker 1: have a great year two. I think he could be
Speaker 1: legit uh, Steelers and the Bills. This will be a
Speaker 1: fun one at noon on Sunday. I'll go first with
Speaker 1: this one. Give me Bills, Mafia Josh Allen gets it done,
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs and company. Isaiah, I like that, but something
Speaker 1: says Steelers, Oh cut been, Big Ben, where's Ban's coming back?
Speaker 1: It's in Buffalo, Big Ben? And and that Nagi heads
Speaker 1: m nag Buffalo. Okay, Mafia Bills, Mafia Packers and the
Speaker 1: Saints on Sunday. This will be a fun one. Can
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston turn things around? I'm gonna say no, it's
Speaker 1: a Green Bay Packers pack Rob Packez head Chee's head. Yeah.
Speaker 1: That game, by the way, is in Jacksonville, a tia
Speaker 1: A bank field in Jacksonville. Of course, our thoughts and
Speaker 1: prayers still with those down in the coast after the
Speaker 1: storm last week. This is another fun one. This is
Speaker 1: Monday Night football. Ravens and the Raiders. What about Las Vegas?
Speaker 1: Can John Gruden and company get things off to a
Speaker 1: hot start? Isaiah? You say, I think they get off
Speaker 1: to a hot start, but I think the Ravens pull
Speaker 1: it out. Okay. This is in or Las Vegas by
Speaker 1: the way. I'm going to Ravens d Okay, Bolt Baltimore. Yeah,
Speaker 1: do it, Kyle, Yeah, I'm gonna do it. Give me
Speaker 1: the Raatest, the Las Vegas Raids. I don't know why
Speaker 1: I rolled my art there. That was weird. It's not
Speaker 1: how it goes. Okay, in the final game that we
Speaker 1: are picking here in week one, Okay, Thursday Night football
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Speaker 1: Don't do that. Let's start with that one. Don't do Okay,
Speaker 1: I start with It's the Cowboys at the Buccaneers, the
Speaker 1: reigning Super Bowl champions taking on, hopefully the upcoming Super
Speaker 1: Bowl champions. Heck my hair, what is your prediction? Cowboys
Speaker 1: and Bucks. I'm not scared. I'm not scared, and I
Speaker 1: know a lot of people are. And you know, when
Speaker 1: they try and build them up so big, you know,
Speaker 1: like mister T and Mister T and Rocky three, Club
Speaker 1: of Lane. That's how I feel like we're heading into
Speaker 1: a Club of Lane fight right now. But they ain't
Speaker 1: so bad and they ain't so tough, you know, and
Speaker 1: so I'm I'm going with my boys. I'm there's no
Speaker 1: way I'm not picking the Cowboys. I'm going with my boys,
Speaker 1: and I really don't believe that everybody's talking about the
Speaker 1: Oh they're so big, it's so bad. I don't think
Speaker 1: that's tough as you make the mouth to be. And
Speaker 1: we're gonna go down. And they hit him in the mouth, Michael,
Speaker 1: I don't hit him in the mouth. Hit him right
Speaker 1: in the mouth. Isaiah. Hit him in the mouth. Isaiah's
Speaker 1: face says it all Um, for all of the listeners
Speaker 1: and viewers at home. Hit him in the mouth. I
Speaker 1: love the Cowboys. The Cowboys take a chance on me,
Speaker 1: they drafted me. Love Jerry Jones, the organization. I appreciate
Speaker 1: this opportunity to begin on the media team. However, Tampa,
Speaker 1: I don't see I was getting past Tampa. I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Come on, we have score. We need to
Speaker 1: score as a matter score no, no score not Okay,
Speaker 1: this week I'm going I'm going Tampa as well. Okay,
Speaker 1: I think I do the content. Maybe so. I had
Speaker 1: some bad picks early on here in the league, but
Speaker 1: the continuity for the bucks Man, it's I mean, we
Speaker 1: just talked about the Cowboys offense still is trying to
Speaker 1: kind of find their rhythm a little bit. The Bucks.
Speaker 1: It's unheard of, the continuity they have. They're playing at home.
Speaker 1: The records Dave Hellman told me the records of like
Speaker 1: these Thursday night games for defending champions. I mean, every
Speaker 1: year is different, but it's ridiculous. Yeah, it tilts towards
Speaker 1: the home team. Um, I think these are both playoff
Speaker 1: teams this year, but I'm going with Tampa at home.
Speaker 1: I'm with you. Heckma, I'm gonna be right here with you.
Speaker 1: And I'm said this before. I said, I don't think
Speaker 1: it's unheard of that they go in and win this game.
Speaker 1: I don't think it is. I and I've said this
Speaker 1: all on record two before that I'm more scared about
Speaker 1: Week two than I am really about Week one because
Speaker 1: of the sleepwalk factor. And we'll get into that certainly
Speaker 1: throughout the next week. But I'm gonna take the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: thank you. I think the return of Dak Prescott is
Speaker 1: gonna put a Jolton in this team. It's whether or
Speaker 1: not Zach Martin will be there, it'll be. I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a really good game, and I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be pushed to the limit, and it might
Speaker 1: end up being who has the ball last, and I
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys might get lucky and then that coin flip,
Speaker 1: they would end up with the ball last. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna pick the Cowboys with you. I'm right there with you,
Speaker 1: my friend, to shake up before you bake it. Shake
Speaker 1: bake baby right here on this near side. But that's
Speaker 1: gonna do it here for us on Talking Cowboys presents.
Speaker 1: Those thetos, the official chip and Dip of the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: We will be back on Friday to break it all
Speaker 1: down for you, but until then, for Chris Beam in
Speaker 1: the back, for Phillips, Isaiah, stand back and head my Harrison,
Speaker 1: I'm Kyle Yeoman's head. What do we say on Cowboys? Nason?
Speaker 1: I hope your team win. This has been a production
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