WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Defense Good Enough? 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:08.480 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:20.200 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:24.360 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:28.680 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:33.000 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:40.360 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:46.159 It is Wednesday, September sixteenth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.000 number twenty four. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.519 We are live from the s WBC Board studios at 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.000 the Star. We've got Dave Amber at the Star as 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:57.680 well in different locations. Also have our special guests Bucky Brooks, 0:00:57.680 --> 0:00:59.440 who is joining us again this week. He'll be on 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.720 with us every week on Wednesdays and Thursdays. He'll give 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.480 us some analysis on the upcoming opponent. This week, obviously, 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:08.080 we're talking about the Atlanta Falcons. A little later in 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.240 the show, though, we'll have a few things we got 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:12.320 to get into. We got some transactions that the Cowboys 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.840 made yesterday, a little report that just came out that 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:16.559 we're gonna talk a little bit about in the second 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.480 segment as well. And then we'll have a little bit 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.560 more conversation later in the show around the Cowboys defense 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.640 and what we saw from them last week and how 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.840 they prepare for next week. So no further Ado. Let's 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:30.080 welcome in Bucky Brooks from NFL Network. Bucky, Welcome to 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.520 the show, hey man, thanks for having me on. All right, 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:35.120 let's let's jump right in. I had a couple of 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:36.760 questions for you. I'm gonna start with kind of a big, 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:40.160 big picture question for you. Just as you look at 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.640 the Atlanta offense, talk to me about what you think 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:44.960 is their greatest strength, and then what you think is 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:49.920 their greatest weakness. Their best strength, the biggest strength, and 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:54.000 their skill players. They are loaded at the perimeter positions, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.280 three ward receivers that can play Calvin Riley, Julio Jones, 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.280 Russell Gage has emerged, Tid Gurley in the bad Feel 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.080 when healthy is one of the best running backs that 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.160 you're seeing. And then you have a former MVP and 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.600 Matt Ryan, so their offense is loaded with a fireprower. 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.280 I would say the biggest weakness is upfront. They have 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.760 struggled in the past being able to dominate people at 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.919 the point of attack in the trenches. They can be 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.360 overwhelmed at times, and even though they fancy themselves as 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.960 wanting to be a physical offense, they're a little more 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:27.680 finesse in the way they're constructed at the line of scrimmage. Now, 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:32.280 after week one of watching this first game of the Cowboys, 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:36.080 obviously we notice many many struggles in the defense. What 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.840 is something an area that the Cowboys can actually improve 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:43.040 within just one week when they get ready to face 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:47.280 the Falcons. I think the big thing Nanda mcnolan has 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.480 trotted out the guys and he understands what he has 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.560 from a defensive standpoint. They have to dominate each and 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.040 every week up front at the line of scrimmage. The 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.120 Marcus Lawrence has to be a five star player. He 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.480 is expected to be the best passion should they need 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.359 him to play at that level, because he is the 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.160 guy that sets the table all this. Smith gave tremendous 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.080 effort a week ago. He is heavy handed, he's solid 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:11.360 against the run. Everything Griffin is still settling in. But 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.280 the biggest area where the Cowboys have to improve, they 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.040 have to dominate at the line of scrimmage because you 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.959 don't expect the secondary to hold up each and every week. 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:21.920 With the young guys did they have, So they have 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:23.919 to be able to disrupt the timing and rhythm of 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.520 the passing game by really controlling everything at the point 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:30.960 of attack. Who's the best receiver from Alabama in the NFL? 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.760 I mean, I think this is easy. I think Julio 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:40.640 Jones is the prototypical number one receiver that everyone wants. 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:44.080 He's big, he's fast, he's physical, he's an outstanding route runner. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.000 He's a playmaker with the ball in his hands. I 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:47.880 think the only thing that you can knock who your 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.800 Jones on is For whatever reason, in Atlanta, they haven't 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.720 found a way to get him enough touchdowns. He hasn't 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:56.480 been the dominant player in the red zone. Based on 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:58.240 the skill level, you would think that he would be 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.640 a touchdown waiting to happen. It just hasn't worked out 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.360 for him in Atlanta. But look, man, there's the guy 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.320 averages one hundred and seventeen yards per game. He is 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:10.680 hard to deal with. When he gets it going, he's phenomenal. 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:15.160 He's a phenomenal player. Who second, Bucky I was just 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:22.120 gonna follow up, who's the second best from Alabama? Mary Cooper? Yeah, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.640 you know, like It's funny because the Mary Cooper would 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.360 have to be there because he is more established and 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.120 more consistent than I would say Calvin Really Calvin really 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.080 kind of plays in the sidecar. But Mary Cooper. Mary 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.600 Cooper is a fantastic player. I think the expectations are 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.840 always very lofty for him because of where he is now. 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.840 He's with the Dallas Cowboys, He's on the big stage. 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:46.400 People expect Cowboy number one receivers to be exceptional players. 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:47.720 But I think when you look at him and look 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.599 at his body at work, it's hard to dispute that 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.640 he's not a phenomenal player, that he's not a top 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.760 ten wide receiver. Bucky, I want to go back to 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.040 what you brought up about the Cowboys pass rush, which yeah, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.800 I mean that is gonna be how the defense succeeds. 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.880 I agree with you, but the Rams didn't really give 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:06.920 him a chance. If you watch that game on Sunday, 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:08.960 I mean, Jared Goff was getting rid of the ball 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.839 very quickly. For the most part. When I think of Atlanta, 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.040 I think of Matt Ryan taking deep shots down field, 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.640 which you know, maybe that helps the Cowboys, but is 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.080 that accurate or are we going to see this again 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.960 where Atlanta doesn't even give the Cowboys pass for us 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.520 a chance to get going. It's funny that you said that. 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.320 When you studied the numbers from Matt Ryan's performance against 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:33.360 the Seattle Seahawks, he really struggled on passes air yards 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.120 fewer than ten yards, meaning a quick rhythm pass game. 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.440 For whatever reason, the first half against the Seahawks, he 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:42.440 was right about a fifty percent completion mark, didn't really 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.080 have a lot of success. Now, when the Seahawks backed 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.839 off at the end of the game in the fourth 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.200 quarter and kind of played that two minute defense, he 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.880 was eleven for eleven. But the numbers are deceiving. But yes, 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.599 the way the Rams attacked the Cowboys, the quick rhythm throws, 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.880 the bubble screens, the quick els, the movement passes, where 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.440 they neutralized the pass for us by really getting the 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.800 ball out in under two and a half seconds. That 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.240 is the way teams will approach to Dallas Cowboys. And 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.440 so that puts the onus on the corners. As much 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.240 as we talk about them, as much as we want 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.720 to see them get more interceptions, they're going to have 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.600 to walk up and put their hands on wide receivers 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.520 to disrupt the timing, and so Mike Nolan may have 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.640 to get out of his comfort zone. He may have 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.679 to play a little more man to man, a little 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.159 more pressure to try and disrupt the rhythm of the 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:31.960 Atlanta Falcons passing him Bucky Against the Seahawks, the Falcons 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.479 put up five hundred and twenty two yards of total offense, 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.120 second in the NFL last week in Week one, Why 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.400 did they end up losing? Like that's a lot of yards. 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.640 Obviously they only scored twenty five points, But why did 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:45.919 they end up losing after having such a what looks 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:50.440 like such a productive offensive day Because they were basically 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.280 eating potato chips, a lot of empty calories, a lot 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.080 of empty calories. In the fourth quarter, they were chasing, 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.600 they were chasing points in the fourth quarter. That's really 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.600 when at Ryan got going. But early in the game, 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:04.880 this was a very competitive game. And what happened They 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.279 went for it on down, they were stopped. The swac 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:09.760 yards came back and kind of stretched it out. But 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.640 this game, in the third quart fourth quarter, it was 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.360 twenty one twelve, it was pretty tight. The Seeyaks had 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.040 a couple of things go They were and stretched out. 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.920 Then in the fourth quarter it was previous defense Matt 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:21.600 Ryan kind of throwing it down the yard. They were 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.120 still throwing the ball with less than a minute left, 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.800 and so that's where the yards come. I think the 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.960 big thing when it comes to the Falcons, how are 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.320 they going to play dirt cutter? Can't put the ball 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.560 in Matt Ryan's hands and say fifty four times and 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.320 think the DEA's a winning recipe. Todd Gurley has to 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.720 be a bigger factor, and will they be committed to 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:44.200 running the ball to kind of balance out this offense. 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.320 The way the La Rams were able to win, they 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.360 ran the ball, they were very patient and it was 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:54.840 a ball control approach. They played with their offense to 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.160 keep Dallas's offense on the sideline. And more teams are 0:07:58.200 --> 0:07:59.680 going to do that because when you really look at 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.880 the Boys offense, it is really an unstoppable unit. They 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.000 only can stop themselves, so you have to play a 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.120 little keep away to keep them on the sidelines. The 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.760 Atlanta Falcons will probably take some of that approach to 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.280 try and take some of that out of the game. Now, 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.840 something that a lot of fans keep bringing up is 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:19.760 the Cowboys run defense and how unefficient they've been last 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.000 year and even a little this year. In this first game, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.520 when you speak about the Falcons, do you see this 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.640 being a problem with the running game that they got 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.240 going on over there? Well, I mean, here's the thing 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.600 about the National Football League. Once you put stuff on 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.560 tape that you can't defend, you're going to have to 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.680 defend it each and every week until you show that 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:41.680 you can stop it. So the Rams are gonna take 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.480 I mean, the Falcons are gonna take what the Rams 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.679 did and they're gonna put some of those things into play. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.640 They're gonna run the outside zone. They're gonna continue to 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.760 see if they can pound in it. If the Dallas 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.640 Cowboys are disciplined enough to stop it early, If they 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:55.960 stop it early in the game, you won't see it again. 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.320 But if the Cowboys don't stop the run early in 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.520 the game, the first quarter of Russian yards really matter. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.040 If they don't stop it, they're gonna get a heavy 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.200 dose of the run game. You can't allow a team 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.439 to have forty rushing attempts too many Russian attempts. You 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.040 really got to cut it off, and you have to 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:13.120 get the game where you're dictating part of the reason 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.040 the Cowboys. I don't think they played a bad defensive game, 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.680 but they never could control the game because they couldn't 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:22.800 get the Rams and lawn yards third down situations, third 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.840 and two, third and three, third and four. It's even Stephen, 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:27.480 it's easy for the play caller to do it. So 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.840 against the Rams, they have to win first and second 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.640 down to force the ramp force the Falcons to throw 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:37.240 in obvious passing downs. Buck yet did not see the 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.920 Falcons game. I'm curious though they didn't go for it 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.559 on fourth downs. Should they have kicked the field goal instead? 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:47.880 And are they still talking about that in Atlanta all week? Well, 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.120 so here's the thing where the Falcons. The Falcons were 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.439 oh for four on fourth down attempts, and so they 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.640 had a fake punt where they got the first down, 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.040 but the guy fumbled it, gave it back to the 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.920 Seahawks and read his own territory. They went for it 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.320 on a fourth and six, didn't get it in the 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:06.920 red zone, and then they had a couple of other failures, 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.360 and so yeah, they're disappointed because they were trying to 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.400 be aggressive. But the thing about being aggressive when it 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.240 doesn't go your way, you have to answer for it. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:17.680 And so fourth down would be a huge game considering 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.599 both teams tried to be aggressive and it didn't go 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:21.679 their way. To be interesting to see how those situations 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:26.040 play out on Sunday. But yeah, you kind of touched 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.640 on this when you were answering Amber's question. But and this, 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.440 it feels like it goes back to last season with 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.880 the Cowboys defense too, in the sense that, like, if 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:37.280 you watch the game, it felt like they got dominated. 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.040 You know, they gave up one hundred and fifty three 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:43.040 rushing yards and they obviously lost the game. They also 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.280 only allowed twenty points and they actually only allowed three 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.920 point eight yards per carry. And I feel like the 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.360 narrative here, and I'm not saying it's wrong, but people 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.959 are dogging on the run defense, dogging on Jalen Smith 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.559 for the way that he played between the linebackers and 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:02.720 the defensive tackles. What did you see from them? How 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.559 poorly or maybe not as poorly as we think. Did 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.319 you think they played? I think outside of the first drive, 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.679 I felt like the defense was pretty solid. The first drive. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.840 A couple of things happened the tempo that the Rams 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:18.960 were operating, with the misdirection game that they were using, 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.520 meaning the fly sweep action, with the zone and the 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.760 counters and those things coming behind it, it can put 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:29.280 your defenders in quicksand because you just don't know where 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.600 to go. And I would give Sean McVay credit. He 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.000 had them operating at a fast clip. He threw a 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.520 lot of stuff at him. But really as well as 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.120 the Rams looked like they were playing. At halftime, it 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:43.280 was a fourteen thirteen lead for the Cowboys, And when 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.240 you go back and you really look at the game, 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.760 if the Cowboys kicked the field goal early in the 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.600 fourth quarter, it's a twenty twenty ball game. And what 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:52.640 you do is you now put the pressure back on 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:56.560 Jared Goff to have to make plays. And so I 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.439 may understand the gamble, but I would say the way 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.520 the game was, it was an unnecessary gamble because it 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:05.800 was an even game and the Rams hadn't generated any 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.400 big place and so at some point you have to 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:12.160 think Jared Goff is going to give you another opportunity 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:13.920 to get a turnover, and so they kind of let 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.960 the Rams off the hook by going for it and 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.559 not getting it. That's it's things to hear you say that. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.040 I can see the smirk on Derek's face. You knew 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.559 although here smiling about it, you know I was over smiling. 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.160 I had a few more questions for you, though, Buckiet. 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:28.719 It's kind of shocking to me that we've gone through 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.800 all these questions and nobody still asked about Todd Gurley. 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.120 He's a guy that obviously coming in the league was 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.360 very very highly towed. It had some years of really 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:38.680 great production, and then over the last couple of years 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.040 experienced a lot of injuries. Does he look like he's 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:42.920 back to one hundred percent at this point or is 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:45.040 he still battling some things that just are going to 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.199 be a part of his game for the rest of 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.880 the time he plays in the NFL. Well, I mean, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:51.360 I think the one thing that we don't know, we 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:53.600 never would have a true sense of how he feels. 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.520 On tape, he looked like the same guy that first drive, 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.280 the first two drives that he had for the Falcons. 0:12:58.280 --> 0:12:59.839 He ripped off a couple of big runs at a 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.600 team yard run where he looked at sprite as ever. 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:06.400 The thing that Tyd Gurley has run up against he 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.880 has play callers who prefer to pass the ball as 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:10.960 opposed to run it. For whatever reason, he is a 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.640 very talented back. But they get enamored with throwing the 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.400 ball all over the yard and sometimes they forget about 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.200 the running game. I do believe against the Cowboys the 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.160 running game will be a big part of their recipe 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.080 because they don't want to give the ball to Dak 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.880 Prescott Ezekiel Elliott in that offense. So I would think 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.840 that you would see Tyd Gurley touch it more. But 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:33.280 I'll say this, When Todd Gurley gets it twenty times, 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:37.280 his record, his team record is twenty twenty one. When 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.680 he gets it twenty five times, he is undefeated. So 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.400 to me, it's pretty simple. If this was a video game, 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.040 I'm gonna make sure that he gets it twenty or 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.920 more times to see what happens. We'll see if Atlanta 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.760 Falcons followed the script real quick. Before you let you go, 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.160 one more question. Not many teams have had success defending 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:57.240 Julio Jones over his career, But in the instances where 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.960 he has been somewhat neutralized or at least kept in chet, 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:04.560 what have those teams done? Man? You gotta commit to 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:06.719 taking him away. You have to double team he's too 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.840 good to play one on one, So you have to 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.680 have a safety overtop. You have to play a little 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.680 two man where the corner is trailing and playing underneath 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.720 him and undercutting all the routes that he has. With 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.480 a safety overtop, you have to make a concerted effort 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.640 to take him away. The problem with the falcons, they're 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.760 so good in other areas that they can work you with. 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.760 Calvin Ridley, Russell Gage showed up and those things. But 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.040 I think if you are a gamblerman, if you're Mike Nolan, 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.240 you live with those other guys getting their yards. What 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.320 you can't do is you can't let Julio Jones dominate 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.560 this game. You have to figure out who do I 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.200 want to take away. We've seen Julio Jones go for 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.880 three hundred yards. He cannot be a factor. Make Calvin Ridley, 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:50.400 make Russell Gage, make make hayten Hunter whatever you got, 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.560 make those other Hayden Hurst, make those other guys do stuff. 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.760 You can't let Julio Jones be the guy to beat you. 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:57.960 All right, man, we appreciate you taking some time with 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.600 us today. Another week of really great stuff. We'll have 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.520 you back tomorrow talk a little bit about this Atlanta 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.040 Falcons defense. We're gonna check our first break and we 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.160 come back. We're gonna jump into some transactions. We're gonna 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.440 talk a little bit about report out there on Sean 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:11.880 Lee and maybe what his status is over the next 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.480 few weeks. 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Tomorrow 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.000 again we will have him on the show. He will 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.199 probably be in the third segment tomorrow though, but he 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.720 will be on the show talking about the Atlanta defense 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:05.600 versus the Cowboys offense. Nick run me down some I 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:09.480 know there were some transactions at the Cowboys did yesterday. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:13.040 They signed a couple of players and just once you 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.119 kind of run down the players and maybe what you 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.800 think this means relative to the players that they signed. 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.240 Let me find the list here because I've lost it, 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.000 just because there was a bunch. There's a bunch going on. 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.000 I mean, they signed off the practice squad of the Cardinals, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.520 They signed a tackle, Alex Light. They signed a linebacker 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.360 Rashad Smith, off the Bears practice squad. I think those 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.720 are the two biggest things. They did activate a Brandon 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.560 Carr again from the practice squad, still learning what those 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:39.680 rules mean. I thought he was already on the team. 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.240 I guess he gets to get moved back to the 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.439 practice squad. For those two that they are allowed to 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:47.240 bring up on Saturday, I get the biggest part. And 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.800 then they signed some other guys to the practice squad, 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:53.679 placed Cam Irving on i Art's return, same with Jarwin 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:57.119 and Vanderesh. I think the biggest part is that they 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:00.480 they signed a tackle and a linebacker that they are 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.160 better than the guys they have so um France Bernard, 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:05.920 I guess is not really in the equation for them 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:09.560 to play. They just want them to develop. Rachard Smith, 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:14.040 I guess is a better option. Alex Light tackle this also, 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:16.200 you know guy that they feel like we're ready to play, 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:19.760 but you've got they've got seventy two hours they've got 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:22.119 to pass, you know, I think three tests or so 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:23.960 just to just to get in the door. So they're 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.560 not ready to play right now, but just ready to play. 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.560 At some point. You guys know how those rules work. 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:31.160 As far as obviously, when you sign again, you sign 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:33.280 a gap for the practice squad of another team, you 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.600 have to sign them to your active roster. You can't 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:37.800 take them and move them to your practice squad. Once 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:40.520 they are though established on your roster, can you then 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:43.680 move them back to the practice squad. The rule used 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.440 to be three weeks. They have to be on your Yeah, 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:48.760 sorry they yeah, Nick? Is what Nick said. They have 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:50.600 to be on the active roster for three weeks before 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.480 you can do anything with them. I don't know. I mean, again, 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:55.320 there's a lot of rules that have changed, so I'm 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.840