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Ready for a break? 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:22.799 Yeah? 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:24.520 And so much for that. 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:28.720 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:35.680 Weight with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Patrick Wolker, and 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:36.880 Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.960 It is Thursday October twelfth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.440 episode number fifty one. 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:45.960 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.199 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.760 the Star and today we'll continue our breakdown of Cowboys 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:54.800 versus Chargers. Today we're going to look at Cowboys defense 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.680 versus the Chargers offense, dive in a little deeper on that. 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.480 This is actually going be our final show of the week, 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:03.680 so we'll also get to some picks here before the 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:04.240 end of the show. 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:05.440 We got some things. 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.120 Going on tomorrow, so we won't be having a show tomorrow. 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:08.920 We'll get to our picks by the end of the show, 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:10.800 so you guys will hear what we think is going. 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.200 To happen this weekend. So let's get it rolling. 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.760 I want to start first today Brian with yesterday, Cowboys 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:20.680 make a roster move at a linebacker to the roster 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.800 Rashaan Evans. What do you have in the way of 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.120 a scattering report on this guy. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.200 Yeah, I'm glad we got to finally do that. My 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.720 gang is seven or my general manager and player personnel friends. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.440 Around the league, and I always kind of lean on them. 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.520 Because they're the ones that watch the tape and build 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.720 emergency boards and all that. Rashaan Evans was a guy 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:41.480 that when I asked him, I said, give me some 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:45.880 linebacker names. When vander Esch went down, Rashaan Evans was 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.120 the number one guy on four of the lists that 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:53.000 I of these general manager and player personnel friends I have, 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:55.760 and so I was good to you know, it's nice 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.600 to see it that way. Just kind of a thumbnail 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.600 on him. They was talking about how he you know, 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:05.600 he's an instinctive inside linebacker. He's got some thump to him, 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.280 high motor, high effort type of guy. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:10.639 The thing that they talk about. 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.600 With him is everybody was mentioned he has played a 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.720 lot of football, and that's something when we start to 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.280 talk about, you know, Ambar always asks about, well, is 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:21.680 he going to be ready. Is he gonna be one 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.720 of these guys you bring in? Is he in shape? 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.240 Is he you know, there's all these questions the ramp up. 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.079 They make a really big deal about that, but everybody 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.280 feels like it's gonna be felt like that. Evans was 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.160 one of those guys that was ready to play, and 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.480 so that's you know, I could see why he was 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.680 first on a lot of these teams lists of their 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:46.560 emergency boards, and so it that that itself, I think 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.040 boats pretty well. But I think the thing that everybody 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:52.040 was talking about was about, you know, this guy is 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.480 a physical player. He will he will take on blocks, 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:58.560 he'll get off blocks, he'll play in the running game and. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.920 The effort and the motor, all those things that you 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:02.040 kind of like in a player. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.400 And they'll get him acclimated to what the Cowboys are 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:08.200 doing scheme wise, and then incorporate him and let him 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:11.400 go to work. So everybody that I talked to seem 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.919 to be on board with this. Look at the Cowboys. 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.679 They have a really nice track record with their pro 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.240 department and their ability to go out and find guys, 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.480 either find guys off the street, poach guys from other 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.800 teams or sign guys, trade for guys. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.720 So I think they're on the right path with this signing. 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:29.560 Right now, Why was a guy like this available? 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:30.320 What was on the street? 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.160 You never know, you know, there's sometimes you get to 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.160 a point where maybe a guy's a veteran guy, and 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.280 you know, maybe there's maybe it's not the exact scheme 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:44.400 fit that you want, and there are other players to 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:45.200 become available. 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:46.920 You know, we've got this now with the. 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.840 XFL and the USFL that a little bit more of 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:52.840 an access to go out and get players. So maybe 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:57.760 some players that were with teams won't get an opportunity again, 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.440 or they get passed by because they're not the fit. 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.240 And scouting is not perfect, and we miss guys all 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.120 the time, you know, and maybe it's one of those 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:07.960 things where, Okay, we kind of have an idea what 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:08.520 he is. 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:10.800 He's an emergency board guy. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.240 And in the cowboys sake, right now, are the Cowboys 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.520 where they are right now? They're they're in an emergency 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.719 just because of the lack of depth. But sometimes too, 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:23.840 you have a situation where these personal departments just kind 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.120 of pigeonhole a guy and put him to the side, 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:28.920 and then other teams are kind of like, well, wait 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.800 a minute, we know this guy, we have a history 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.760 with this guy. Oh, a coach knew this guy. You know, 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.840 that's George Edwards. Let's how you got Curse. You know, 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.599 George Edwards has a history had a history with Curse 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.760 at Minnesota, and so then you know, you sometimes you 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:49.520 get guys that way and it's it's it's it's not perfect. 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:51.440 But that's probably why he was on the street. 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.480 Teams not really thinking about him in a way that 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:56.120 now the Cowboys well, wait a minute, this is a 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.080 better fit. We've got to find something better. Of all 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.680 the guys that they were doubt, I'm sure he was 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:02.919 the best one on their list. 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.240 I think for those that are asking why why the 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.160 Eagles released him from the practice squad, it's just a 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.880 numbers game for the Eagles. Eagles as far as positional 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.080 content for them as practice squad, I mean, they're running 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:17.800 heavy on cornerback at the practice squad. They got three cornerbacks, 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:21.080 they got two three wide receivers. So it's just when 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.400 you look at that and the fact that they already 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.760 have a lineback, another linebacker and vansomerin on the practice squad. 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.200 They've already designated to Kobe Dean for a return. They're 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.719 expecting him back on the field. They just don't have 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.200 that need, but they have a need for CB depth. 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:35.920 They have a need to make sure the wide receiver 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.279 core stays strong as far as depth is concerned. So 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.360 when you look at it from their aspect, you look 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.719 at a guy one of the linebackers was probably going 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.400 to end up going and it just ended up being 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:45.200 Rashaan Evans. 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:46.880 Their loss is hopefully the Cowboys. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.640 Yeah, we had a chance to interview Brian Baldinger from 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.719 the NFL Network yesterday. I went to five to three 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.800 the Fan and we asked him his baldy is he 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.760 lives in that area that Philadelphia. He has that background, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.640 and I believe Gavin Dawson asked him why why did 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:04.040 the Eagles move on? And to Patrick's point, absolutely right 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.839 about they're struggling at corner right now in their secondary. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.720 But he was saying, you know, he gives. It didn't 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.800 feel like it was anything that was a negative as 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.040 far as he's a bad guy. He's you know, he's 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.960 he's being problems, he's being combative and all that. 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.360 No, it was just it was like Patrick was talking about, 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.200 it was very well put a numbers thing with them. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.479 So Baldy was very very much a fan of the guy. 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.240 He has listen, I've seen him play at other places Tennessee, 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.159 he goes at one time. This guy was a force 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:38.200 to deal with when you watched him play. So hopefully 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:42.159 the Cowboys, you know, in week six, you know, catch 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.000 a break on one of these things. 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.040 I mean, the talent is definitely there, and this is 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.040 a guy who's not you know, he's used to the 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.120 big stage. I mean he comes from the Alabama program 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.920 and you know, uh, he understands the pressure of planting 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.000 and performing in the NFL. He's, you know, a first 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.240 round pick and I mean he's been there, done that 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.039 as far as sure is concerned. 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.240 And that's what he's coming into. A pressure packed situation. 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:06.159 Cowboys coming off of a butt whooping and they lose 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.440 their green dot you know, and LVE, which is also 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.360 one of their best run defenders. So yeah, he's being 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.400 asked to step in and do a lot. The ability 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.080 is definitely Their question is you know where is he at? 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:19.360 He's only twenty seven, so we're not talking about a 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.680 thirty two or thirty three year old. He's still fairly 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.480 young by linebacker standards, so there's still a lot of 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.760 potential for him to come in and be that impact guy. 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.040 But like we talked about on yesterday, I mean, there's 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.400 no point in pretending that you know one guy is 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.160 going to be the one that solves the LVE equation 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:39.240 until LV returns. But I will say Evans has as 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.280 good of a chance as anyone to at least help. 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:42.800 Didn't resolve that. 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:47.720 After the Sikh situation during the off season, heading into 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:50.960 training camp, him being still being available and team's not 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:54.120 really picking him up yet. I've changed my tune on 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:58.080 guys that are available, like becoming more open minded. 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.680 Yeah, mercenaries, Yeah, k Y Hilton was a mercenary. 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.080 So you never know. And again seeks intention totally off 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:08.440 topic and his production in New England, it's been you know, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.040 But the point is I've kind of become more open 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:15.280 minded about that and how you evaluate certain talents and 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:19.640 why you wrote there are still guys are are good 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:23.440 or can be good that are still available there out there, 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.960 but you always initially go into that. I thought, I 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.160 was like, well, if this person was any good, why 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:29.480 he's still out there in the streets. 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.360 But also keep in mind, I mean, free agency is 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.480 always a two way street. So you know, once he 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.040 was released from the Eagles and like that we're talking about, 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.320 it was a positional numbers game for them. They just 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.880 didn't need that depth at linebacker. He's released and now 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:42.920 he's able to pick and choose where he wants to go. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.680 And then you know, Dallas comes up as the blinking 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.360 light they lose Lve. So maybe those other opportunities weren't, 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.439 you know, such as that you're being thrown in as 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.680 a starter. Maybe it was, oh, we was signing to 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.680 the practice squad and we'll you know, we'll see how 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.080 it goes. Now, even if the Cowboys do sign sign 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:00.679 him to the practice squad, he's going to get a 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.680 ton of burn he's getting early elevations often, he's getting 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:04.960 a ton of burns. So if you look at it 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.800 from that capacity, maybe he was waving off those others, 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.640 waiting for the right spot and this, you know, is 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:11.560 it works out wilful. 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.920 Yeah, you hope this is uh, you hope this is 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.400 the reincarnation of an Alabama linebacker that was also a 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.520 first time pick. Going with this, Yeah, Rolando mcclan. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.120 Dude has talking about having some thump to you. He 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:25.120 had dump to him. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.880 But only my only thing that I'm so disappointed about 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:33.400 Rolando mcclan only no, no, no, no, man, Rolando mclan 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.320 was all right, Ye disappoint I ever got to go 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:37.160 fishing with him? 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.120 Yeah, I always wanted to go fish fish. He loved 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:40.640 the fish. 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:42.760 Like his house was on fire at one time and 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.760 I think he was fishing and he just kind of 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:46.440 watched it burn while he was fishing. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:47.800 So that is Cray. 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.760 He's one of those guys. But no, Rwando McLain. 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.640 If they could find if you find out, we all 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:57.319 know about a big thumping linebacker That was Rolando mclan. 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.000 He's such a force, a continued force. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.520 But you know what I love about this, this particular 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.800 move is the fact that I think the linebacker room 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.560 needs some veteran presence and I think you're bringing in 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.640 a guy that has some experience that could help Damon 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.680 Clark because you really want to see him develop in 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.120 only his second year. So I think this move could 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:20.560 be not only a guy that can of the best 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.800 of what's out there and available to you, but it 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.280 also can have other ramifications to help you kind of 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.319 develop some of your younger guys in that room without 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:29.000 having LV. 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:30.720 Because I mean a couple of weeks ago you brought 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.840 in Michael Jones. He's a younger guy. Can't necessarily give 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.240 too much mentorship to Damon Clark worked out Brandon Smith, 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.679 but Brandon Smith young guy. Submit some familiarity there from 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.280 the Penn State time he spent with Michael Parsons before 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:46.280 Michael opted out in twenty twenty. But I mean, when 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.200 it comes to the options as far as who has 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.720 a ton of NFL experience, Rashaan Evans sixty seven starts 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.520 and I think seventy three ish NFL games, former first 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.120 round pick, knows how to be dropped into a pressure 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.720 peck situation from a big program where he was an 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.040 All American talent. So I mean it's kind of a 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:05.760 no brainer that he would, like brand say, would be 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.199 at the top of several people's list, and the Cowboys 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:12.320 just kind of forratuitously looked into him because if he's 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:15.080 not available and you go into this, uh, this absence 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.000 of LV, you're kind of you're kind of up against it, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.000 and yeah, you're you're going to ask the mon Clark 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.920 to step up and do more, but still trying to solve, 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.040 trying to fill that whole is going to be a challenge. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:25.400 And just to give you an idea of the production 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.520 he had just last year while he was with Philadelphia, 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.880 he had eighty six tackles, not a bad year for 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.280 a linebacker. Had six tackles for a loss, uh, and 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.400 he had two sacks. So he's a guy that too 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.559 a little bit of production. And especially when you're talking 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.000 about this time of the year having to go out 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.800 and find somebody, I'll take that guy. That guy is 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:44.200 probably much better find. 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:46.520 You're not finding this sky in week thirteen. 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.080 Exactly, it's not that's it's not going to happen, exactly right. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.520 And and his numbers, some of those were career highs. 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.080 His tackle tally last year career highs. And that includes 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.000 not only combined, but his his solo tackles a career high. So, 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.520 I mean he he had a very very solid you 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:00.000 last year. 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.600 And I said Philadelphi, I'm sorry Lana last year. All right, 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:05.120 let's go ahead and take our first break. When we 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.760 come back, we will jump into our breakdown. Brian tell 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:09.839 us what he's found about this is a lot of 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.880 Los Angeles charger offense and how it matches up with 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.160 the Dallas defense. We'll be back Dallas. Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:17.960 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.920 cheetah Savannah. Todd believed the big Cat repellent he bought 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:23.880 online was reliable. 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It has been been there. 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.760 You weren't around back when Stephen like one training camp, 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.320 just invited our entire media bus, the entire media team 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:57.200 that's just a bus, and take us to an open 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.440 bar on the bus in Malibu. I guess it was 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.280 right and had a special a special. 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:04.480 Uh what was it the. 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.440 Chef, the chef that won Chopped. 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.960 Yeah, it was crazy and he like cooked this whole 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.600 meal for us. It was it was this phenomenal. But 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:13.160 that's our guys. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:14.680 No, I'm just giving. 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:16.600 I'm gonna praises to Steven. 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:17.640 Well, yeah, he runs. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:22.040 If you're familiar with the movie Ford Versus Ferrari, Yes, Stephen, Okay, 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.160 Now Steven and I we talked about just I'll try 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:29.040 and make this quick. His racing career started on a 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.560 bar napkin in the Cowboys Club. 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.040 We were fan, by the way, huge fan of the Cowboys. 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:35.120 He was. He's a lawyer. 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.520 He's one of the one of the most successful lawyers 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.760 in the in the country, and so but he's a 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.000 huge Cowboys fan. Well, now he's a huge racing fan. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.840 But he's known as a gentleman driver. And so have 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.560 you seen the movie Ford vers Ferrari twenty four Hours 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.920 of the Rolls twenty four He's run it. He's won, well, 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.520 he's won at Lemon, he's won at Watkins Glenn. He's 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.600 this guy's like, yeah, he just has been a driver 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.960 for all three years now and he's won it all 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.920 all these historic tracks, and he wanted Indianapolis two weeks 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.160 ago the Innneapolis Motor Speedway on the road course there 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.040 and he drives on an l m P two car 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.400 which is a Leman's Prototype car running for the championship 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.800 this weekend in Atlanta Roade, Atlanta. So going to see 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.080 him because of the Cowboys Monday night game. But I 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.120 know everybody here at Dallas Cowboys dot Com is fan 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:21.560 he had. 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.200 When we went to his house, he had a room. 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.840 Do you guys remember where he had a big screen 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:31.040 like a projector of simulator, a simulator and it's like 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.280 you're playing a real video. 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:38.760 With everything Grandismo where you know these kids, yeah, playing games. 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:41.520 That they get it. I actually have that set up. 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:43.360 I have a grand Risk I'm set up at home. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.760 This thing he has, he went to he went to 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:48.160 he went to England. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.640 He went to McLaren and got a it's a two 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.480 hundred thousand dollars simulator and put it so. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.960 Literally, when he drives, he can drive any track in 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:56.480 the world. 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.080 And he he puts his gloves on his helmet and 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.800 straps in and then next thing you know, that thing 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.920 is moving and it's shaking and moving, and you see 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.600 him working his feet and but yeah, he's running for 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.040 the championship, the IMSA championship. 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.520 It's it's called petite Lamon is what we're running. 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.960 It looks our guy. Just give him all our love 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:17.879 rooting for him this weekend. 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:20.920 Yeah, people that mentions are freaking out right now. 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:21.480 It's all good. 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:23.760 Brought us all right, here we go, Brian, give us 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.240 a breakdown of this Los Angeles Charger offense. 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.760 Yeah, this is clearly a different offense than what we've 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.399 seen in the previous season with the Chargers because of 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:35.119 Kellen Moore being there as a unit. As a unit, Uh, 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.080 they they do things that we've kind of familiar with 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:41.440 with Kellen Moore, but you've noticed and the numbers will 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:43.640 tell you, but also on tape will tell you. They 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:47.399 run more slants, they run more go routes or vertical routes, 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.320 and they run more wide receiver screens. 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:51.320 Uh. They like to run the ball. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.160 Out of the what the what we call a sidecar 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.679 where which is next to the quarterback, or they'll go 0:17:55.800 --> 0:18:00.840 pistol where they're directly behind, so you'll either see uh, 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:04.639 the running back next to you're justin Herbert there and 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.960 they'll hand him the ball on the inside or they'll 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.680 turn and spin and hand it to him from directly behind. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:11.960 But that's kind of the two primarily ways that they 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.800 like to run the football. They're best players, Their best 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:20.160 offensive threats are Keenan Allen, Jared Everett, and then Austin Eckler. 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.119 In my opinion, I think these are the you know, 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:25.919 when you start to talk about the players that the 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:29.080 Cowboys have got to be alert for during this football game, 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.560 those are the three main guys I mentioned the quarterback there, 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:35.480 justin Herbert, He's he's one of these young and up 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:39.879 and coming guys, super talented. You can't draw them up 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.080 any better physically than what this guy looks. Total package 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.760 when it comes to his makeup, his skill. He's a 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.080 quick decision maker. He knows where he wants to go 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:50.520 with the ball. He's not going to hold it, he's 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.000 not going to delay in the process. He gets through 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.960 his reads quickly there and he'll deliver a strike. Physically, 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:58.439 he stands really tall in the pocket, but he's had 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:01.800 to share plays. If you watch the pressure plays that 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:03.800 he's dealt with, there's a lot of him getting out 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:05.760 of there and running and trying to make something happen. 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:09.440 He's going to find ways to escape. Cowboy's got to 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.520 be alert for that. He is willing to run, So 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:14.600 that might be a little bit of something you have 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:16.840 to keep an eye on. Right there. He could throw 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:19.560 on the line with deadly accuracy. He doesn't make the 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:22.280 receivers at all work for these balls. I mean, you know, 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.280 he usually puts it right where they need to be. 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:26.320 But you kind of make sure you get him on 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.760 the ground when you have the chance, because I've seen 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.040 him bounce off in the film and the Vikings had 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.879 him sacked and he's spinning around in the pocket and 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:35.880 the next thing you know, it's like a twenty five. 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:37.960 Yard pass down the field for a first down. 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:41.080 So got to wrap this guy up for sure when 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:42.359 you get the opportunity in the pocket. 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:43.159 I mentioned Keenan. 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.680 Keenan Allen, he's Herbert's go to guy, the quarterback rating 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:50.480 of one hundred and thirty point five when he's targeted 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.600 this guy and so he's yet to throw an interception. 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.240 By the way, when throwing the ball in Keenan Allen's direction, 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.800 Keenan's a strong handed catcher. This guy can't run out 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.320 of okay, He's just not He's not going to scare 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:04.280 you with his speed, but what he'll scare you with 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.879 is his initial burst off the line to gain some separation. 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:11.560 He makes his share of contesting catches. He's a dangerous player. 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:13.600 When you put him inside and you put him outside, 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:15.880 it really kind of doesn't matter because he'll body up 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.000 defenders and use his size as to his advantage. He 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.240 catches the ball well on the move, and he is 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:23.960 an outstanding finisher and they'll line him up all over 0:20:24.000 --> 0:20:27.320 the place. Quentin Williams has kind of taken over for 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.080 Mike Williams. Mike Williams suffered a knee injury in the 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:33.800 Minnesota game, so you don't have to worry about Mikey loss. 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:35.640 That's a huge loss for them because he was having 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.119 a pretty decent year. But Quentin Williams, if you follow 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.760 the draft show here on our platform, we talked a 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:41.560 lot about. 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:42.840 Him last year from TCU. 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:47.440 He's got that downfield ability, he's got size, the body control. 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:50.399 He can be a difficult guy to handle in those situations. 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:52.960 He's kind of feeling his way right now as far 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.160 as learning how to deal with the press coverage stuff. 0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:57.920 They'll knock him around a little bit. When corners walk 0:20:58.040 --> 0:20:59.880 up on him, he kind of gets a little bit, 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:02.920 a little bit skittish, so you know, be ready to 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:08.640 maybe make it uncomfortable for him. Joshua Palmer is another 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:11.439 receiver there. He's like a he's got a running back building. 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:13.280 You have to almost do a double take when he's 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:15.119 out wide. You're like, waitnute, they got a running back. 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:18.000 Oh wait, that's number five. That's Palmer, So you have 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:21.879 to kind of you understand what you're getting. He's a 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:25.960 really good run after catch guy. He can make things 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:27.480 happen with the ball in his hands. He was that 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:29.720 way at Tennessee and he plays that way in the NFL. 0:21:30.119 --> 0:21:32.520 He's much more of a faster guy than he really 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:34.280 is a quick guy, but you do see the ball 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:38.000 go down the field to him. I mentioned Gerald Everett, 0:21:38.000 --> 0:21:41.200 the tight end. He's been outstanding for Justin Herbert early 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:44.600 this season. He's an h back move guy. He's got 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:48.400 the receiver movement and skills with the hands. You see 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:51.199 him lining up in a lot of different spots. He 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.040 really excels when they get him in space. He's one 0:21:54.040 --> 0:21:57.119 of the better receivers the Chargers have when it's creating separation. 0:21:57.240 --> 0:21:59.720 If you look at those numbers and metrics, he's right 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:03.440 over four yards of separation. So he's opened a lot 0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:06.320 in these routes and that's why that Herbert's able to 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:10.880 get him the football. You know, he's not the best blocker, 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.119 but he's not afraid to block. He's not afraid to 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:14.840 stick his nose in there. He's not going to just 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:17.240 smash you and then drive you out of the hole. 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:18.600 He's going to kind of get in the way and 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:22.000 try and turn you. Donald Parham is the other tight 0:22:22.119 --> 0:22:25.719 end at that but Param's been dealing with a wrist sprain. 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:28.439 It happened in the last game and they had the 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:31.480 week off. They're hopeful that by practicing all week that 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:34.359 he can maybe play in this game. But those the 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:37.679 two tight ends you have to worry about. I mentioned 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:41.159 Austin Eckler. I think he's I think he's a tremendous player. 0:22:41.520 --> 0:22:44.040 You just watch him. He's he's been in the league 0:22:44.040 --> 0:22:47.280 seven years now. He's dealing with a little bit of 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:51.480 a hamstring injury. He's a compact, tough runner. He's got 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:55.639 outstanding vision, patience, he could finish runs that way. He 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:57.320 could be a tough guy. To bring on the ground 0:22:57.359 --> 0:22:59.240 due to his running style. He's built real low to 0:22:59.280 --> 0:23:01.920 the ground and he's got a powerful lower body or 0:23:01.960 --> 0:23:05.440 a base the leg drive the power. Where he's very 0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:08.960 difficult to deal with is that he is around the 0:23:09.000 --> 0:23:11.840 goal line when they hand him the ball, he finds 0:23:11.880 --> 0:23:15.080 these creases. I know, people that play fantasy football love 0:23:15.160 --> 0:23:18.480 this guy because he's always always scored touchdowns. He's one 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:20.280 of those guys that he kind of takes it off 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:22.280 tackle and it's kind of kind of muddy, and then 0:23:22.320 --> 0:23:24.880 he jumps back inside and next thing you know, he's 0:23:24.920 --> 0:23:25.560 in the end zone. 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:27.040 The good thing you meant. 0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:30.000 But the good thing about him is Killen Moore doesn't 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:32.920 throw screens to their running backs. He'll throw screens to 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:35.920 the wide receivers. So but in the past, this guy 0:23:36.000 --> 0:23:38.200 was really a good screen catcher. But you don't see 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:40.720 him catch the screens anymore. So that's kind of But 0:23:40.880 --> 0:23:45.680 after watching McCaffrey catch that screen on that first and 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:49.560 fifteen player, whatever it was, don't be surprised if they'll 0:23:49.560 --> 0:23:52.040 work it in some way. But this guy as a 0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:55.200 real nose for the goal line. Their offensive line has 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:57.040 been a little bit of an issue for them and 0:23:57.320 --> 0:23:59.960 it's it's funny because they're a team. They're a team 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:04.360 that has has invested in their offensive line. Rashawn Slater 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:09.120 and Zion Johnson are both first round picks and they 0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:12.240 both play on the left side together. And but the 0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:19.160 the the interesting thing is that Rashaan Slater has had 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:22.400 some problems in pass protection. Uh, he has not been 0:24:22.480 --> 0:24:26.400 as good as we've seen him and the previous couple 0:24:26.440 --> 0:24:29.080 of years, when I went back and watched the pressures, 0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:31.959 I'm just curious, there was a lot of times where Slater, 0:24:32.040 --> 0:24:33.960 the left tackle, was having some issues. 0:24:34.000 --> 0:24:36.239 Now, you know, you're dealing with some teams that can 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:38.639 rush the passer. The Raiders can rush the passer, the 0:24:38.720 --> 0:24:41.520 Vikings can rush the passer. The Cowboys can rush the passer. 0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:44.840 So keep an eye on on Slater on that left 0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:48.080 at that left tackle spot. And because there were some 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:51.439 times where they were getting the edge on him and 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:52.720 it was a struggle for him. 0:24:52.880 --> 0:24:53.880 It is only because of his. 0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:59.160 Athletic ability that it saved him from disasters a couple 0:24:59.160 --> 0:25:01.840 of different times. Guy that I think is the weakest 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:08.000 of the group here is Trey Pipkins, who plays right tackle. 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:10.800 There was a number of times He's one of those 0:25:10.800 --> 0:25:13.679 guys that gets way out over his feet when he 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:16.160 passed blocks. He's scared that people are going to try 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:18.639 and get by him, so he has to get his 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:20.679 hands on people quick, so he gets a little bit 0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:23.680 over extended. So Pipkins would be the guy that I 0:25:23.720 --> 0:25:26.800 would attack, but keep an eye on Slater. It's just 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:29.439 not been as clean in those games, those four games 0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:32.400 that I watched on him. I was surprised the pressures 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:36.000 that he gave up, but that was that was something 0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:39.800 that I didn't expect. My final thing is they're a 0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:42.680 pull trap guards. We all remember Kellen Moore how he 0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:45.040 used to run. He'd like to pull guys, especially down 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:47.080 on the goal line. They like to pull. Member Zach 0:25:47.119 --> 0:25:49.280 Martin used to pull and trap and stuff like that. 0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:51.600 They still do the same thing with the way they 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:53.840 do it with their guards and their tackles and so 0:25:54.520 --> 0:25:57.840 they you know, they like to try and get that. 0:25:58.359 --> 0:26:00.640 You know, that's something that we've seen before with Kellen Moore. 0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:04.359 I will say this, I think Herbert and Eckler mask 0:26:04.520 --> 0:26:07.400 for some of the blocking sens of this group as 0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:07.840 a whole. 0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:10.320 So we'll see if the Cowboys can take advantage of that. 0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:12.280 I was going back and I looked at the game 0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:14.560 that they had their worst passing day. It was versus 0:26:14.680 --> 0:26:17.919 Las Vegas in Week four. During that game, they were 0:26:17.960 --> 0:26:21.440 thirteen thirteen and Justin Herbert was thirteen of twenty four 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:23.159 fifty four percent completion rate. 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:23.840 Not very good. 0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:26.280 Yeah, only one hundred and sixty seven yards, one touchdown 0:26:26.280 --> 0:26:27.080 in one interception. 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:28.640 What did you see in that game? 0:26:28.680 --> 0:26:31.320 Particularly that maybe was the reason why they had their 0:26:31.320 --> 0:26:32.040 worst production. 0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:34.640 I think it was it was the pressure that they 0:26:34.640 --> 0:26:35.239 were dealing with. 0:26:35.280 --> 0:26:38.600 They did not handle the Vegas off the Vegas defensive line, 0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:42.800 Max Crosby's hand, Max Crosby to deal with. I'm sorry, 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:45.479 and I don't mean to curse like that, but it 0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:47.920 really is. I mean, he is a problem to deal 0:26:47.960 --> 0:26:50.600 with because what happens is the way that Vegas moves 0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:54.480 them around and they've got guys that they've got inside, 0:26:54.480 --> 0:26:57.560 guys that caused pressure to get pushed. When you're bad 0:26:57.600 --> 0:26:59.840 at both tackle spots. We saw that when you played 0:26:59.840 --> 0:27:01.920 the Giants in Week one. When you're bad at both 0:27:01.960 --> 0:27:04.720 tackle spots, you know that makes sure it makes makes 0:27:04.720 --> 0:27:08.320 your scheme your your your offensive scheme looked really poor. 0:27:08.720 --> 0:27:11.640 The Vikings did the same thing. I mean, the Vikings 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.160 were able to get pressure on these guys as well. 0:27:14.240 --> 0:27:17.399 It's just teams should have that type of pass rush 0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:20.480 ability and I remember the Titans game of that being 0:27:20.600 --> 0:27:22.680 is effective and the Titans could rush the pass a 0:27:22.680 --> 0:27:25.399 little bit, not like not like the Raiders can't. But 0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:27.960 with Crosby, they they just that was a big, big 0:27:28.000 --> 0:27:31.199 issue for them. They were able to take advantage of this. 0:27:31.320 --> 0:27:34.160 And it was a home game too for the Chargers, 0:27:34.200 --> 0:27:36.080 which you know you would think, oh, maybe crowd noise 0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:37.720 got it, maybe something was a problem there. 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:38.320 No, it was. 0:27:38.560 --> 0:27:41.560 It was a home game for the Chargers. It just 0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:43.639 didn't do a very good job of handling that. That 0:27:43.760 --> 0:27:48.359 the key elements of what the Raider Raider defensive line 0:27:48.680 --> 0:27:49.600 presents to you. 0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:53.320 So that being said this week, where I mean talking 0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:55.760 about Google mic go back to linebacker this week that 0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:58.600 maybe you say, hey, let's just mix the safeties in 0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:01.000 and let them be lined back with the mount Clark 0:28:01.160 --> 0:28:03.919 Unlet's keep keep Micah rushing the passes. 0:28:04.040 --> 0:28:08.439 Honestly, I feel like that to me, the offense is 0:28:08.480 --> 0:28:11.400 going to dictate how your defense plays in this football game. 0:28:12.040 --> 0:28:14.400 You've got to find a way to get ahead, put 0:28:14.440 --> 0:28:17.080 points on the board. The Chargers are capable of coming 0:28:17.160 --> 0:28:19.680 back in games, but you've got. 0:28:19.480 --> 0:28:21.320 To find a way to make them. 0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:25.280 The forty nine Ers were never behind, never behind, and 0:28:25.600 --> 0:28:28.399 that way it kind of dictates the way that they play. 0:28:28.600 --> 0:28:31.600 They could do things. And you know with that, you know, 0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:34.440 if you make if you make the Chargers one dimensional. Yeah, 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:36.720 their quarterback's good enough. Yeah they have skill guys and 0:28:36.760 --> 0:28:40.360 all that, but yeah, the pressure. I've seen pressure give 0:28:40.480 --> 0:28:43.560 them problems, you know, And but we saw pressure give 0:28:43.600 --> 0:28:47.080 San Francisco problems. It's a matter of can your offense 0:28:47.240 --> 0:28:51.840 generate enough points and continue drives and then make the 0:28:52.000 --> 0:28:54.880 Chargers kind of become a one dimensional team. Hey, don't 0:28:54.960 --> 0:28:56.920 let them be balanced, you know, make them throw the 0:28:56.960 --> 0:29:00.000 ball where you can maybe take advantage of that pass rush. 0:29:00.280 --> 0:29:03.080 Your corners are definitely going to have the work cut 0:29:03.080 --> 0:29:05.560 out for them, and your linebackers as well, because obviously 0:29:05.600 --> 0:29:08.160 what looms large is the likely return of Austin Eckler, 0:29:08.480 --> 0:29:11.360 which marries to the absence of Lve And we'll get 0:29:11.360 --> 0:29:13.040 to the injury update. I have an injury update here 0:29:13.040 --> 0:29:16.040 in the moment, so you will Rashaan Evans play and 0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:18.920 if he plays this coming Monday, you know, how quickly 0:29:18.920 --> 0:29:20.840 can he get into dan Quinn's system. What does it 0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:23.360 look like for Damon Clark to have more snaps? What 0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:25.440 does it look like for Malike Jefferson to be thrown 0:29:25.480 --> 0:29:28.160 into the fire in a big way in that capacity. 0:29:28.200 --> 0:29:32.280 But I will also say that when it comes to 0:29:32.400 --> 0:29:35.080 trying to contain the run game, I'm sitting here and 0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:36.880 I'm looking at next Gen Status, and I was looking 0:29:36.920 --> 0:29:38.440 at it yesterday and I just wanted to revisit it 0:29:38.520 --> 0:29:43.440 during Brian's excellent scouting report. Unlike the Cowboys, who are 0:29:43.440 --> 0:29:45.880 still trying to figure out things in the offensive back 0:29:45.920 --> 0:29:47.960 field with Tony Pollard, and you want to mix in Hunter, 0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:50.680 you want to mix in Douce Far, the Chargers don't 0:29:50.720 --> 0:29:52.560 do any of that. They look at the single back 0:29:52.600 --> 0:29:54.520 and they say, it's your game. You're going to have 0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:55.640 to make this happen for us. 0:29:55.680 --> 0:29:56.360 They don't run. 0:29:56.560 --> 0:29:59.560 They've literally run zero from A twenty one. They've run 0:29:59.680 --> 0:30:02.920 zero twenty two personnel. Contrarily, the Cowboys, as they're trying 0:30:02.920 --> 0:30:06.160 to figure things out, they've run nineteen plays through these 0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:08.239 first five weeks from twenty one. And I say that 0:30:08.280 --> 0:30:10.320 to say in twenty one being a two back set. 0:30:10.560 --> 0:30:12.160 What I'm saying that is what I'm saying is if 0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:14.880 the Cowboys can find a way to at least contain Eckler, 0:30:15.000 --> 0:30:17.120 they don't have to worry about the duality of, oh, 0:30:17.160 --> 0:30:19.080 well it's a two back set, who's the blocker and 0:30:19.120 --> 0:30:21.360 who's the decoy and who's getting the ball. It's just 0:30:21.400 --> 0:30:23.520 a matter of saying, we got to stop this guy. 0:30:23.640 --> 0:30:25.920 So from that capacity, it makes it a little bit 0:30:25.960 --> 0:30:29.760 more decisive. Then the execution comes into play. But to 0:30:29.840 --> 0:30:32.760 Brian's point, Eckler is he's more than a half full 0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:34.040 so you got a key in on him. But at 0:30:34.080 --> 0:30:36.720 least you know that they run typically a single back 0:30:36.920 --> 0:30:39.240 when they have a back back there, so not much 0:30:39.280 --> 0:30:40.600 the k in on, but the one you got a 0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:41.240 key in on is. 0:30:41.200 --> 0:30:41.640 A big deal. 0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:44.760 Yeah, we've seen it before. We've lived this with Kellen Moore. 0:30:44.800 --> 0:30:46.520 What happens when he wants to play with the fullback. 0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:48.400 He'll put a tight end back there, right, you know, 0:30:48.480 --> 0:30:50.440 all of a sudden, he'll he'll put Parham back there 0:30:50.440 --> 0:30:52.040 in the backfield and be a league block and it 0:30:52.080 --> 0:30:54.560 won't be effective. They're better off running out of a 0:30:54.600 --> 0:30:57.160 single back back then they are running with a tight 0:30:57.240 --> 0:30:58.760 end that gets in the way of Eckler trying to 0:30:58.800 --> 0:30:59.600 find the hole. 0:31:00.160 --> 0:31:01.600 And really quickly because I know we got to go 0:31:01.600 --> 0:31:04.240 to brick. See I'm feeling that I'm feeling the flow there. 0:31:04.920 --> 0:31:07.720 Lve is heading to IR. That's been confirmed this morning 0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:11.440 by Mike McCarthy. Nashawan Wright will see his practice window 0:31:11.520 --> 0:31:13.960 opened this week, so he will have twenty one days 0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:16.200 to show that he's ready for active roster, otherwise he 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:19.680 has to revert to season ending injured reserve. Peyton Hendershot 0:31:19.720 --> 0:31:22.600 is now a candidate for IR with that ankle injury, 0:31:22.720 --> 0:31:27.040 so that is very very interesting. Likely means, obviously, Sean McEwan, 0:31:27.240 --> 0:31:29.480 do they sign him to the active roster and you 0:31:29.520 --> 0:31:31.720 know what's about to be some roster shuffling because of 0:31:31.720 --> 0:31:35.160 IR moves. Cavante Terpin will start today with the rehab group, 0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:37.120 but he has a chance to practice, and Mike McCarthy 0:31:37.160 --> 0:31:40.760 said that Cavante is beating down the door to actually practice. 0:31:40.760 --> 0:31:41.520 So it's amazing. 0:31:41.960 --> 0:31:44.920 I thought that ankles brand thing came off high ankle 0:31:44.960 --> 0:31:47.520 for six you say the word high ankle, I'm thinking 0:31:47.560 --> 0:31:49.360 it might as well just be broken, you know. 0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:52.840 For anything. Well, some things that's okay. 0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:56.520 But you know, but this but this particular case, I 0:31:56.520 --> 0:31:59.440 mean I thought the absolute worst watching him go off 0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.760 that field there and listen to your guys reports, you know, 0:32:02.840 --> 0:32:04.120 from the from the locker room. 0:32:04.200 --> 0:32:05.000 Well, I will say this. 0:32:05.120 --> 0:32:07.760 Nick reminded me, we've seen a player come back within 0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:09.280 a week of a high ankle sprain. 0:32:09.360 --> 0:32:11.360 We saw I think it was Jason Witten do it. 0:32:11.440 --> 0:32:12.280 Yeah, and. 0:32:14.160 --> 0:32:16.320 Player I can't remember, Yeah, I know, got played with 0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:18.360 last k explain. So yeah, he's a little different than 0:32:18.440 --> 0:32:20.640 most people. But Nick Mixon mentioned one other guy and 0:32:20.640 --> 0:32:22.240 I couldn't remember who it was. It was another player 0:32:22.240 --> 0:32:24.000 he mentioned as well that came back pretty quick off 0:32:24.000 --> 0:32:27.000 of high ankle sprain. But obviously it's a little different 0:32:27.040 --> 0:32:30.120 when you're Cavante Turpin and your best as set is running. 0:32:30.440 --> 0:32:32.440 That's a little different like coming back from a high 0:32:32.440 --> 0:32:33.400 ankle sprain that quickly. 0:32:33.440 --> 0:32:34.320 But we'll see, we'll see. 0:32:34.320 --> 0:32:36.680 Hopefully he can he can get it together and he 0:32:36.680 --> 0:32:38.200 can play this week. We're gonna take our final break. 0:32:38.200 --> 0:32:41.080 We'll come back. Got more questions for this panel about 0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:43.640 the Cowboys defense versus discharge your offense. 0:32:43.680 --> 0:32:45.120 We'll be back Dallas Cowboys dot com Radyo. 0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:48.360 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:32:48.400 --> 0:32:51.080 cheat of Savannah. 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Check this out. 0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:41.480 Justin Herbert he has completed forty nine of fifty passes 0:35:41.920 --> 0:35:44.879 for four hundred and sixty nine yards and two touchdowns 0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:48.400 on attempts where he is targeting the seams. Yeah, I 0:35:48.440 --> 0:35:50.160 don't know if I've ever heard a stat like that, 0:35:50.239 --> 0:35:52.719 because that just means like that is deadly for them. 0:35:52.960 --> 0:35:54.960 How does that match up with the Cowboys and what 0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:56.520 the Cowboys like to do defensively? 0:35:58.040 --> 0:36:00.080 Got anything in mind with them linebacker play. 0:36:00.360 --> 0:36:02.239 That's the first thing popped in my head was the 0:36:03.000 --> 0:36:06.040 concern with the linebacker. I mean, that's what pops into 0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:08.839 your head immediately, because when you hear stat like that, 0:36:08.920 --> 0:36:11.840 you you immediately think of the linebackers and you say, okay, well, 0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:13.320 what's their coverage ability? 0:36:13.640 --> 0:36:13.839 Right? 0:36:14.160 --> 0:36:18.000 And lve quite as it's kept, is not bad at coverage, 0:36:18.120 --> 0:36:20.160 and you're going to lose that and they're going to 0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:23.800 attack the seams. Forty nine out of fifty is insanity, 0:36:24.040 --> 0:36:26.440 That is lethality. And so that means you're going to 0:36:26.520 --> 0:36:28.960 have to get some help from those safeties and covering 0:36:28.960 --> 0:36:31.880 those seams. You don't have a choice otherwise that forty 0:36:31.960 --> 0:36:33.959 nine to fifty is going to become You got three 0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:36.799 of them, and you got three So because of what's 0:36:36.840 --> 0:36:38.719 going on with the Cowboys linebackers, you're gonna have to 0:36:38.760 --> 0:36:39.479 get safety out. 0:36:39.760 --> 0:36:44.200 Hard to Like, right now, I'm questioning everything, even the 0:36:44.239 --> 0:36:46.960 things that were good, you know, like even the good times, 0:36:47.000 --> 0:36:48.600 I'm questioning that was I. 0:36:51.200 --> 0:36:53.480 It's like you're getting divorced and you know you got 0:36:53.560 --> 0:36:53.960 cheated on. 0:36:54.160 --> 0:37:00.160 Start question everything, Bui, and I'm going back like, Okay, 0:37:00.560 --> 0:37:04.120 dan Quinn, I love him. Let me hold on to 0:37:04.200 --> 0:37:08.360 that love and respect and appreciation for his knowledge and 0:37:08.440 --> 0:37:11.799 ability to make things happen. But when you come off 0:37:12.719 --> 0:37:16.879 two games where the defense played a certain way, now 0:37:16.880 --> 0:37:20.400 you start questioning, Okay, can they do that again, or 0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:24.440 can they adapt or can they figure it out despite 0:37:24.640 --> 0:37:28.960 the injuries or the lack of depth that they currently have. 0:37:29.520 --> 0:37:34.040 So it's just it's very hard to visualize right now. 0:37:34.080 --> 0:37:37.160 But then I keep trying to remember the good times. 0:37:37.440 --> 0:37:40.239 Well, the problem you're running into now in trying to 0:37:40.239 --> 0:37:42.479 remember the good times is to out the last three 0:37:42.760 --> 0:37:47.880 games defense has been a really been attacked, you know, 0:37:47.960 --> 0:37:50.040 and they kind of figured things out in the second 0:37:50.040 --> 0:37:52.560 half of the Arizona game until they gave up the 0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:54.320 sixty nine yard past at Wilson. 0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:57.720 They had things kind of in control. But last week 0:37:57.800 --> 0:38:00.600 that tests your resolve a little bit of like like, oh, well, 0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:01.640 what's going on here? 0:38:02.640 --> 0:38:05.319 What do you think that does to your confidence for 0:38:05.400 --> 0:38:08.000 a group like this, Like we've always seen them very 0:38:08.000 --> 0:38:11.839 confident and and you know, competitive guys that come come 0:38:11.840 --> 0:38:15.360 out and play at a very high level. But coming 0:38:15.400 --> 0:38:18.279 off the beat down against the forty nine ers, what 0:38:18.280 --> 0:38:21.880 do you think that that does to this group's confidence? 0:38:22.200 --> 0:38:25.759 Well, I don't know if it has anything to do 0:38:25.800 --> 0:38:29.120 with confidence. Is it has to do with Maybe there's 0:38:29.120 --> 0:38:32.600 some players on that defense that masked some issues that 0:38:32.680 --> 0:38:33.359 you really had. 0:38:33.920 --> 0:38:37.040 Maybe maybe there's maybe about it, maybe. 0:38:37.000 --> 0:38:40.040 Maybe maybe yeah, absolutely, yeah, maybe the fact that Micah 0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:42.759 Parsons is one of the best deodorant sticks you've ever 0:38:42.840 --> 0:38:45.879 had when there's been stink, you know, if you put 0:38:45.920 --> 0:38:50.120 the deodorant on and you don't stink anymore, or maybe uh, 0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:54.400 Tank Lawrence or oh so Diggi's or you with digs 0:38:54.520 --> 0:38:57.480 or digs or digs maybe digs on the field. Maybe 0:38:57.520 --> 0:38:59.960 Digs was the great deodorant too. Yeah, And all the 0:39:00.080 --> 0:39:02.520 sudden when the thing that worries me, if we could 0:39:02.520 --> 0:39:04.719 circle back about what Patrick was talking about or you 0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.880 were talking about the seams and the linebackers, is the 0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:10.839 fact that you saw the other day and I don't 0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:12.680 know really if it's a seam passed, but with the 0:39:12.680 --> 0:39:16.800 way that Kittle, the way that Kittle got across into 0:39:16.880 --> 0:39:19.680 an area where it went middle to seam, you know, 0:39:19.760 --> 0:39:22.120 and all of a sudden, you're you're, you're you're you're 0:39:22.160 --> 0:39:25.560 not seeing it right, You're not you know, and we're 0:39:25.560 --> 0:39:28.520 all were kind of having questions like is it Hooker's 0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:31.120 guy or is that there's bell supposed to. 0:39:31.200 --> 0:39:32.400 Carry that guy? 0:39:32.520 --> 0:39:34.719 And that's when all of a sudden that if you 0:39:34.719 --> 0:39:38.400 have a quarterback that's what was the word use lethality? 0:39:38.480 --> 0:39:43.480 What was lethality? It's impressive. But you're like, yeah, but 0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:44.440 see that's what I'm saying it. 0:39:45.040 --> 0:39:48.640 You just worry is that something that now other teams 0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:51.320 are going to see like, oh well, hey they can't 0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:54.879 they can't deal with drop depth of the linebacker. Wait, 0:39:54.960 --> 0:39:57.960 the safety is looking at two different things. They're getting 0:39:58.000 --> 0:40:00.840 put in bad spots. Yeah, I could say it the 0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:03.719 great deyodaan is Michael Parson sacking the guy before it 0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:07.480 gets to being that problem in the secondary, or somebody 0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:10.560 sacking that guy before it gets to be a problem 0:40:10.560 --> 0:40:11.400 in the secondary. 0:40:11.560 --> 0:40:12.239 Yeah. 0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:14.799 So when you look at that, Brian, I look at 0:40:14.840 --> 0:40:16.560 it and I'm like, this is not just a one 0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:18.680 game problem. We've seen throughout this year, even in some 0:40:18.719 --> 0:40:21.920 of the games where they won where receivers get lost 0:40:22.080 --> 0:40:24.799 like they there's the defense kind of loses them. And 0:40:24.840 --> 0:40:26.759 what we've heard from them in the post game has 0:40:26.840 --> 0:40:30.040 been communication. Yeah, communications wasn't right. I mean And in 0:40:30.160 --> 0:40:32.600 Arizona game, got a guy that's just wide open and 0:40:32.640 --> 0:40:35.000 again it was a crossing type route and they just 0:40:35.080 --> 0:40:38.640 lost him. And that's one of those situations where I 0:40:38.680 --> 0:40:40.839 am getting a little bit concerned and you talk about 0:40:40.880 --> 0:40:43.399 what the players are thinking, I do start to wonder 0:40:43.400 --> 0:40:46.640 if the players start thinking like there's there's maybe there's 0:40:46.719 --> 0:40:49.239 too much that they're thinking about and maybe in some 0:40:49.280 --> 0:40:51.640 respects they're gonna have to dial this down a little bit, 0:40:51.640 --> 0:40:54.120 to simplify things a bit, because there is this lack 0:40:54.160 --> 0:40:58.200 of communication or understanding or something in these moments in 0:40:58.239 --> 0:41:00.080 games where you're getting guys who are just getting it 0:41:00.200 --> 0:41:03.000 open because they're just busted plays, and they're busted plays 0:41:03.000 --> 0:41:05.120 in the secondary well other. 0:41:05.000 --> 0:41:09.080 Than the injuries, it makes me wonder what a game 0:41:09.200 --> 0:41:12.640 was it was it against Arizona where like guys looked 0:41:12.680 --> 0:41:19.520 confused or like Mike I was lining up. So it 0:41:19.640 --> 0:41:26.080 just makes me wonder how what is different really aside 0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:29.320 from injuries, Like what is different when you had such 0:41:29.360 --> 0:41:33.400 a connected, tight group in sync, And by that I'm 0:41:33.640 --> 0:41:36.839 specifically talking about when they're on the field acting and 0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:41.040 everybody reacting. We talked about, like literally starting the season, 0:41:41.080 --> 0:41:44.680 how every single player was having a good day. Everyone 0:41:44.840 --> 0:41:48.480 made a play, tackle, got the ball, did something, and 0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:53.320 it was all around an unanimous great effort from everybody. 0:41:53.320 --> 0:41:55.360 But then all of a sudden you start seeing games 0:41:55.400 --> 0:41:58.719 like that, Like, aside from obviously the opponent and what 0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:02.319 they're doing when it comes to communication and all of that, 0:42:02.560 --> 0:42:04.000 what has changed. 0:42:03.880 --> 0:42:08.080 Which changed and those two losses what I pinpointed was 0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:12.440 the fact that the Cowboys have so many quote unquote 0:42:12.440 --> 0:42:15.239 dogs on the defensive side of the ball, so that 0:42:15.560 --> 0:42:18.279 when they get down and out, everybody wants to be 0:42:18.320 --> 0:42:22.080 the hero. Everybody's chasing the big play. That's the difference. 0:42:22.200 --> 0:42:24.560 When you're blowing out the New York Giants, you don't 0:42:24.560 --> 0:42:26.000 have to chase the big play. You just get to 0:42:26.000 --> 0:42:28.200 play football and then you can go out there and. 0:42:28.160 --> 0:42:28.759 Kick them butt. 0:42:28.920 --> 0:42:31.280 Same thing against the New York Jets, same thing against 0:42:31.280 --> 0:42:33.800 the New England Patriots. But when you start struggling and 0:42:33.840 --> 0:42:36.080 get punched in the mouth by the Cardinals, and then 0:42:36.280 --> 0:42:39.279 you need in your offense is also struggling, and now 0:42:39.320 --> 0:42:42.160 you start feeling that pressure to score defensively and get 0:42:42.200 --> 0:42:44.480 those extra takeaways you want to be you're trying to 0:42:44.480 --> 0:42:46.799 be the guy to do it. On the very next play. Well, 0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:49.279 then maybe you're too aggressive on your pursuit for a 0:42:49.360 --> 0:42:51.680 tackle and then you chase the wrong shoulder and now 0:42:51.880 --> 0:42:54.640 it's to the house or whatever the case may be. 0:42:54.719 --> 0:42:56.759 So in those losses, this is why it's key that 0:42:56.800 --> 0:42:59.160 the Cowboys. Why I should say this way, that's why 0:42:59.239 --> 0:43:01.760 one of the biggest cas for the Cowboys continued success 0:43:01.920 --> 0:43:05.160 is they have to play from in front as opposed 0:43:05.160 --> 0:43:08.040 to behind, because once they start playing from behind, everybody 0:43:08.040 --> 0:43:09.960 wants to be the hero. And yes, you have a 0:43:10.000 --> 0:43:12.319 defense full of guys who can be the hero. But 0:43:12.360 --> 0:43:14.319 the more you chase the big play, the less likely 0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:16.680 you will get the big play. What's more likely is 0:43:16.680 --> 0:43:18.200 that you're going to give up the big play. 0:43:18.640 --> 0:43:21.239 All right, let's get our picks. See what everybody thinks 0:43:21.320 --> 0:43:23.480 is going to happen this week. Cowboys travel to Los 0:43:23.520 --> 0:43:26.040 Angeles take on the Chargers Monday night football. 0:43:26.680 --> 0:43:33.440 Amber, What do you say, sure, I'll start holding on 0:43:33.480 --> 0:43:38.480 to the good times and to the stat of holding 0:43:38.520 --> 0:43:41.520 on to that and holding on to the stat of that. 0:43:42.040 --> 0:43:47.239 The Cowboys are nine and one or I think that's 0:43:47.760 --> 0:43:53.000 ten and one of wins after a loss, so they 0:43:53.040 --> 0:43:55.480 have shown a tendency to be able to come back 0:43:55.760 --> 0:43:59.359 and win after they get bit beaten. 0:44:00.520 --> 0:44:00.640 Too. 0:44:03.800 --> 0:44:07.120 But I'm choosing a victory. I'm choosing a win for 0:44:07.200 --> 0:44:11.719 the Cowboys. I think we will get a tight, like 0:44:12.000 --> 0:44:17.360 a close game score, maybe something like twenty three twenty. 0:44:17.480 --> 0:44:19.440 Yeah. I think the I think it's gonna come down 0:44:19.480 --> 0:44:21.319 to a game winning field goal for the Cowboys. I 0:44:21.320 --> 0:44:24.040 think Aubrey's gonna have to knock one home. It might 0:44:24.120 --> 0:44:26.480 have to be for some distance, you know. I think 0:44:26.520 --> 0:44:27.480 it's it's one of. 0:44:27.480 --> 0:44:32.120 Those games where I've I've got this, I've got this vibe. 0:44:32.120 --> 0:44:34.640 I keep hearing the number keeps going in my head 0:44:34.680 --> 0:44:37.600 of you know, twenty seven to twenty eight, something like that. 0:44:37.880 --> 0:44:39.160 You're doing the fortune Tiller things. 0:44:41.680 --> 0:44:44.400 Yeah, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Dallas twenty seven 0:44:44.400 --> 0:44:45.000 to twenty four. 0:44:45.000 --> 0:44:48.799 In this one, I thought the Cowboys had a good 0:44:48.880 --> 0:44:51.320 chance of escaping with a close win against San Francisco. 0:44:51.440 --> 0:44:53.560 But I knew that that would be a tough one, 0:44:53.560 --> 0:44:55.560 and I thought it'd be emotionally draining, and I said 0:44:55.560 --> 0:44:57.440 it out loud, you know, off the air, but I said, 0:44:57.480 --> 0:44:59.120 they're going to win to San Francisco and that's going 0:44:59.200 --> 0:45:02.800 to cost them the charger. But Brian made an excellent 0:45:02.840 --> 0:45:05.960 point I think last week when he said, you typically 0:45:06.160 --> 0:45:08.200 lose the ones you aren't supposed to lose, and you 0:45:08.239 --> 0:45:09.920 win the one when the ones you're not supposed to win. 0:45:09.960 --> 0:45:12.480 I think that the flips they lost against San Francisco, 0:45:12.600 --> 0:45:14.120 and in the fashion in which they did, they have 0:45:14.200 --> 0:45:17.719 no choice but to bounce back. I believe wholeheartedly the 0:45:17.760 --> 0:45:20.600 defense will bounce back. I don't think they want that 0:45:20.680 --> 0:45:23.040 reputation of getting their butt kicked two weeks in a 0:45:23.120 --> 0:45:27.239 row offense and heading into the by offense. I don't 0:45:27.239 --> 0:45:29.160 know yet. So because I don't know about the offense, 0:45:29.239 --> 0:45:30.600 this is going to be a low scoring game. I 0:45:30.640 --> 0:45:33.520 think the Cowboys win it on an Aubrey kick. I 0:45:33.520 --> 0:45:36.120 agree with you there, but I think it's twenty to seventeen. 0:45:36.280 --> 0:45:38.759 I think defense does their job. Offense just I don't 0:45:38.760 --> 0:45:39.160 know yet. 0:45:39.520 --> 0:45:42.960 That's the There's a side of me that could have 0:45:43.080 --> 0:45:44.959 very easily picked the Chargers game. 0:45:45.080 --> 0:45:46.400 I think we all think it's going to be a 0:45:46.400 --> 0:45:47.680 close game, however it goes. 0:45:48.040 --> 0:45:49.880 I just don't trust the offense right now, to be 0:45:49.920 --> 0:45:52.160 honest with that, and I just did because of the again, 0:45:52.239 --> 0:45:53.120 the ten and one. 0:45:53.200 --> 0:45:55.200 I think there's some merit to that. That's just not 0:45:55.320 --> 0:45:56.120 hollow numbers. 0:45:56.400 --> 0:45:58.560 They do find a way to play, right, They better 0:45:58.640 --> 0:46:00.520 find a way to play better because they're three and 0:46:00.560 --> 0:46:03.120 three coming back. There's gonna be some hell to pay 0:46:03.120 --> 0:46:03.880 in that off week. 0:46:03.880 --> 0:46:06.680 Especially if the Eagles continue to win. They're going to 0:46:06.719 --> 0:46:09.560 start getting distanced, putting a gap and put space between 0:46:09.560 --> 0:46:09.960 one and two. 0:46:10.120 --> 0:46:12.239 So I also agree Cowboys win, but I think it's 0:46:12.239 --> 0:46:13.200 a very close game. 0:46:13.320 --> 0:46:15.080 I think it's a lower scoring game. I have a 0:46:15.200 --> 0:46:16.240 seventeen sixteen. 0:46:16.960 --> 0:46:19.799 It's going to be just it's gonna be a defensive game, really, 0:46:19.840 --> 0:46:22.959 I think, because like you said, Patrick, I've not seen 0:46:23.000 --> 0:46:26.719 anything yet that gives me confidence that this offense is there, 0:46:26.960 --> 0:46:28.719 and so I think this is gonna be a game 0:46:28.719 --> 0:46:30.120 where it's going to have to be the defense and 0:46:30.160 --> 0:46:32.160 they're gonna have to make some plays, and I think 0:46:32.200 --> 0:46:35.360 they will. I think they'll respond well, and the history 0:46:35.400 --> 0:46:37.000 is on their side, and like what they've done over 0:46:37.040 --> 0:46:39.759 the last two years, two and a half years, is 0:46:39.800 --> 0:46:42.120 we know when they lose, they come back the next week. 0:46:42.000 --> 0:46:43.120 And they give a really great effort. 0:46:43.239 --> 0:46:44.000 They usually get a win. 0:46:44.120 --> 0:46:44.919 Better figure it out. 0:46:44.960 --> 0:46:47.480 Yeah, So we'll see what happens is Monday. Till then 0:46:47.480 --> 0:46:50.080 for Patrick Walker, Brian brought us Ambergarcia. I'm Derek Eagleson. 0:46:50.120 --> 0:46:51.040 This has been The Break. 0:46:50.840 --> 0:46:53.440 Live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:46:53.960 --> 0:46:56.960 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:46:57.080 --> 0:46:58.960 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.