WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Cooper’s Value? 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:05.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:15.360 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys Let's go. Are 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.280 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:23.440 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah? And so 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:27.320 much for that. It's time for the Break on Dallas 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:32.640 Cowboys dot Com. Were with Nick Eatman, Brian brought us, 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:38.840 and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, October fourth, 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:42.360 twenty twenty two, Season eighteen, episode number forty three. Welcome 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:44.800 to the latest tradition of the Break, Real life from 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:46.960 the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, we are 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.680 presented my middle Light, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:51.559 It's Tuesday, so we got a lot of things we're 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.120 gonna hit today. A lot of different topics we'll hit today. 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:56.120 Brian's got a game for us, so we'll do it 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.160 to that and have a little bit of fun. I 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:01.040 also have some questions at out toss these guys to 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.520 give us a little bit of a quarter review now 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:05.640 that we're about a quarterway through the season. Now it's 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:08.800 seventeen games. It's not really an even breakdown of the 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.680 quarters a quarter of the season, but we're almost here, 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:13.600 So we'll give a little breakdown there. If you just 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.480 make it twenty you know they're going to play twenty games, 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.160 and then you would like that. And I'm not sure 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.240 the players would like that, but I would like that, well, 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:24.320 I mean theffs. You know, I got three playoff game. 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.760 You would like that. I would like that. Yeah, I 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.319 can't control that, though, can't control that. I would love that. 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.720 That would be outstanding. If the season ended today, Yeah, 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:34.520 I don't know if we haven't gotten there yet. Well, 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.560 if the season ended today, you do know your Cowboys 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:38.720 would be in the player probably like five seeds. Yeah, 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.119 something like that. I think. You know. The interesting part is, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.480 and this is kind of dovetails into the topic I 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.920 wanted to hit first, there would actually be three teams 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.320 from the NFC East in the playoffs if the season 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.960 ended today. The Giants would be the seventh seed, The 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:54.440 Cowboys I think, were like the fifth seed, and the 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:58.080 Eagles would be I think the number one. And they're terrible. 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:00.880 Who is a Giant? Oh? I thought the Eagles? Okay, yeah, 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:02.760 now Eagles are good. Yeah, I'm not I'm not sure. 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.840 I'm not sure how good the Giants are, but I 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:06.960 will say this, whatever they are, I think they're better 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.880 than they were last year, because last year they were 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.359 losing the bad teams. These they're beating bad teams now. 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.520 So I think that's there's something that said about that 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:17.480 brought us is famous line of NFL as a strange lady. 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.880 That's it. It's it's it's very she's really weird. This year. 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.320 We're still trying to figure out everything, you know. I mean, 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.800 but because I don't know how good the Giants are. 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.200 Who knows how good the Cowboys are? I mean, who knows? 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:32.280 But their defense looks pretty good. I'll tell else that's 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:36.000 a good defense. Forty nine ers, Yeah, god, forty Niners 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.560 have always had they when they're healthy, like they just 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:39.919 don't know, you just don't know when they're going to 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:41.639 be healthy. But when they're healthy, they got a ton 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.600 of talent on that defense. So so so Washington gave 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.480 up nine sacks to the Eagles, and then played the 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.239 Cowboys and give up two, and then the Niners and 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.880 then the Rams give up seven sacks to the forty Niners. 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.280 Will see what happens this game. Well, here's the deal. 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.440 Let's be clear, the Cowboys won't sneak up on anybody 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:01.000 when it comes to their defensive front. So every team 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.080 that the Cowboys played, just like I think the Commanders, 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.040 came into that game with a very clear game plan. 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.120 We're gonna run the ball, We're gonna throw a lot 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:10.720 of short, quick passes. We are not going to expose 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.680 our quarterback to getting hit. Yeah, and I think the 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.200 Cowboys can probably expect that's going to be the game 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.600 plan for a ton of teams that they will play 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.480 this year, because they've already shown teams if you don't 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.959 do that, you are putting your quarterback at risk. That 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.120 would be a real challenge. No, this week is going 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.880 to be a real challenge, especially when you get embarrassed 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.519 to just nine points. I would assume as a team, 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:37.720 especially playing at home, you'll be pretty pissed off and 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.600 ready to go. So this would be a real test 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.280 for the Cowboys offense to see how they perform, because 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.720 I don't think with Cooper Rush, we haven't really seen 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:50.760 them play against a team with this type of caliber. Yeah, 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.880 this is on the defensive side of the ball though, too. 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:55.480 This is all going to be about and we'll get 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.520 into all that. You know, it's going to be about 0:03:57.560 --> 0:03:59.920 a tight end and a wide receiver. Really, for the Rams, 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:03.040 running the football has just been so painful for them, 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.120 And we'll study more about that this evening. But you know, 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.120 it's whoever's got Cooper Cup in this game. It's gonna 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.040 be an all days struggle for all day and it's 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.800 gonna be nineteen targets, and it's gonna be You're probably 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.080 gonna get thrown on. You're probably gonna get fourteen of 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.880 them caught. It's gonna how you're gonna defend the other five. 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.320 You know, that's how you're gonna That's how this game 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.039 could very well play out for you or Tyler Higbee. 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.000 You know, whoever's gonna have to carry Tyler Higbee the 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.920 tight end, it's gonna be twelve targets for him. So 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.919 it it's gonna come down to a couple of different 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.120 players for them. I think in a weird way, I 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.560 think it almost hurts their team a little bit when 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.919 when now here we are all offseason, c Lamar has 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:43.320 got to figure out a way to get Ceedee Land 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.040 the ball, to get your number one guys, all the 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.719 Rams they get Cooper Cup the ball, Yeah they do. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.120 But it's almost it's almost at a point where like 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.640 that's all they do, and that's all they want to do. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.880 And therefore once I mean, yeah, he got fourteen passes, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.320 where'd you go? You know? I mean like like caught 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.560 it eighty nine yards of cat and he gets age yeah, 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.320 all the time. So like I don't know, Like I 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.640 don't know if that's just the strategy, get your number 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.640 one guy the ball all the time, if if if 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.360 no one else can can do anything, you know what 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:14.520 I mean, I think it's got to be a little 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.600 bit more balance. It can't just be dump off dump 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:18.800 off dump offs and let this little guy's not that big, 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.479 it's getting crushed. I mean, Jayron Curse if he comes back, 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.560 Donor Wilson, those guys would love to be hitting on 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.120 him all like that. They used to be able to 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:27.120 run the ball, you know. And then and then they 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.960 had Odell Beckham too, so he had a weapon to 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.599 go along with Cooper cut They've lost they've lost Van Jefferson, 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:35.680 he has not yet, but they lost jeff Yeah, and 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.520 that that was gonna be their number two and he's 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.359 out now in I R I think for us to 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.719 return and something Odell hasn't signed. No Odell. I just 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.159 thought the fact he just visited, he was he was 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.320 going to see Shepherd. He just went to go see 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:51.080 Shepherd after his surgery. I saw on Fantasy where it 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:54.040 was trending where where Odell Beckhams is now people are 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:55.760 picking him up on Fantasy. So I was like, I 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:57.440 don't know what he was in New York yesterday, but 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.440 I mean, he's still unsigned, but I don't know that 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:04.560 he'd be ready November. November doesn't help them, And I 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.240 do think there's gonna be a lot of conversations this 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.679 week on not just here but everywhere. I think that 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.600 a lot of people are talking about the Rams from 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.400 the standpoint of is it enough to just have Cooper Cup? 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.320 You know, when you got the guy getting you know, 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.880 I don't know, fifteen targets a game, they're off at 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:20.359 some point you gotta think, like, what are you going 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.240 to do offensively other than Cooper Cup? Right? Yeah? Their 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.800 offensive line, you know, is really that's been the biggest problem. 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:31.000 They've been banged up. They're on multiple centers, multiple guards, 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.680 they lose a you know, an all pro tackle. You know. 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.320 Now they've got note Boom playing and he doesn't look 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.960 really completely ready to take the job. So it's going 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.960 to be an interesting game from the Cowboys. Aspect of 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.520 attacking the Rams, I mean, if if Matthew Staffu is 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.039 gonna throw the ball forty eight times and it's only 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:51.839 going to go for a little over five yards, she's 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:53.880 give me that all day, Give me that all day. 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.080 If it's the same recipe, you just beat the Commanders, right, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.760 you know, they threw the ball forty something times and 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:03.160 they only through for four yards a completion. Just bring 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:05.720 it on without the power running game that Washington kind 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.440 of has, because they don't have that. They quite frankly, 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.040 I don't think their defense necessarily is a sack scared 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.200 of right now, no sacks for that scared of that defense. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.440 So if if the offense can do what they've been doing, 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.680 get them right right there around that twenty point range, 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.400 then you know they got a shot. The pressure, the 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:24.520 pressure that the Rams. I was looking some numbers, not 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:26.960 that I'm nerding on numbers, but I mean just sometimes 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.200 you do. But the pressures that they're bringing on blitzes 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.480 and not getting home is alarming. That they're having to 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.600 bring pressure and they're not getting rushed or something. Again, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:38.320 they give up no sacks. I think the forty nine 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.560 Ers have got a good offensive line, even though Trent 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.280 Williams has been banged up for them. But yeah, the 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.480 fact that the Rams get little pressure, and you know, 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.840 and if you can hold, if you can hold that 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.240 defensive tackle Aaron Donald to no sacks in the game 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.640 and only four tackles, man, sign me up for that too. Yeah, yeah, 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:58.280 I just I just think this is going to be 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:03.280 really fun game. I think that Cowboys have some advantages 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.160 obviously with defense against the Rams offense, and then you know, 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.160 on the other side of the ball, we'll see I mean, 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.680 it's gonna be tough, like you said, Aaron Donald. But 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.360 but also I mean this game has been on schedule 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.080 since it came out in May. I mean, Cowboy fans 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.680 will be there. Home Gate will be a it will 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.960 be a lot of fans. We saw it with the Chargers, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:24.080 you know, last year. It'll be the same this year. 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.760 You know, their season, they won Super Bowl last year 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.760 and they I'm sure that those fans of you know, 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:32.080 and they're selling some tickets. The Cowboys will have a 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.840 huge crowd. It'll be a really fun like Bowl game 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:37.280 type atmosphere. It'll be really fun. I made that point 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.240 yesterdar in the radio, and the guys look at me like, 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.160 I said, this is going to be a home game 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.600 for the Cowboys. Watch and they kind of looking at 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:45.680 me like what do you mean? I go at Southern 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.160 California fan base for the Cowboys is huge. We see it. 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.920 We go to Oxnard. You understand that this is their opportunity. 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.080 The Chargers game last year. I mean the Chargers had 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.960 to go silent count in the game last year because 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.079 of the Cowboys fans and was their first game ever 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:04.080 Yeah with fans, Yeah so far. Yeah, So I think 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.120 that I think it's the same thing. Cowboy fans will 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.680 show up in Southern California. It'll be it'll be a 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.840 good crowd. And I don't know about saying a home 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.559 game because I did. I don't care. Well I think, 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.320 but I think it'll be like fifty fifty. But what 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.800 happens and those those games we've all been, Yeah, where 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.000 like the fans bring out the best in each other 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.800 or worst, but they bring out the enthusiasm and each other. 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:25.920 You don't want to be hearing the Rams fans. Don't 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:27.560 want to be here and let's go Cowboys, and then 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.559 they start getting in and then it just and it 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.320 just makes everything huge. It'd be really fun. It's gonna 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.960 be a fun game, and I think the Cowboys can compete. 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.040 I really do. The one thing I'm interested in saying, 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:38.400 I agree with you that it will be a lot 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.960 of Cowboys fans. I want to see if at all 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.600 that's affected by the fact that they want a super Bowl, 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:48.480 because I do think that fans can often be you know, 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:50.200 you can you can have a lot more fans that'll 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.200 show up when you just want a super Bowl, right, 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:53.520 there are a lot more people who want to jump 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.800 on the bandwagon at that point. I wonder how much 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.040 that has affected their fan base in LA to the 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.680 point where does it now are they now having more 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.800 people that are going to those games that bought the 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.400 tickets rather than selling them, let's say, to Cowboys fans, 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.240 so I'll be interested to see. I'm not saying it 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:08.760 won't be I'm just saying I'll be interested to see. 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:10.559 I think that's a little bit of a wrinkle there 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.040 that could change maybe the dynamic of what that game 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.760 feels like. And in typical situations where we've gone now later, Well, 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.520 they got smoked by Buffalo an opening day, you know, 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.320 I mean that was a home loss. It was bad, 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:24.240 and sometimes you have some bad losses along the way. 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.360 That fan base there's other things they can go do. 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:28.520 You know, that's not that's not like a that's not 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.599 a fan base. It's like, cheez, we gotta go to 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:32.600 the game this week because we got nothing going on. Yeah, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:34.679 it's like, have your thought about going up to Ventura 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:36.800 this weekend? I know the Rams are playing, but let's 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:38.720 just go up, you know. I mean that's the kind 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:40.520 of you know, let's go to Santa Bar. You know, 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.680 there's things to do in California. Some places you don't 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.760 have that advantage. Ye. All right, we're gonna check our 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.320 first break and we come back. I got some questions 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.440 for these guys. We'll do some first quarter of the 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:52.600 season reaction and then the final secondent we'll get to 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:53.960 Brian's game. We'll do that when we come right back 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.839 to this. Dallas Cowboys dot Com Vigo Todd thought it 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.360 would be secure to jog and the Cheetah savant. 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The first question out for you is which 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.600 free agent loss do you think the Cowboys missed the most. 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.040 Here are the answers that you can choose from Randy Gregory, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:43.720 Lyle Collins, Amari Cooper or none of the above. Be 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.000 a Marie Cooper. I mean I think, I mean, there's 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.120 a team, like they still lead the league in sacks, 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.160 but they may not now, but they did last week. 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:51.560 I don't know if they lead the league in sacks, 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:53.559 but they still did. Okay, Well, yeah, I mean I 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.480 can't say that they miss them. Then, I mean, and 0:13:56.520 --> 0:14:00.800 then Lyle, I mean we saw Lyle's work or this year. Yeah, 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.200 I mean, and he's now hurt. Yeah, Okay, which is 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.400 which is availability? Remember they kept saying availability and I 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:08.840 don't know. I saw Randy Gregory's name pop up on something. 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:10.960 Saw that Randy Gregor was hurt as well. I haven't 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:14.400 heard this meniscus. He's gonna be about three or four games. Yeah, 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.040 they had to get some two to six weeks Carle shape, 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:19.720 some Cartlet shaped or something like that. Got to be 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.840 Cooper then, because the offense, I mean, you know, I 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.800 mean the offensive receivers are Donal Kay, I mean Brown 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.520 and the starting but I mean I think Cooper looks 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.120 pretty good over there too with a plane with the 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.480 backup quarterback. So I think I think the answer there 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:34.440 is Cooper. Yeah, I agree with that. And aside from injury, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.880 like just looking at talent wise, what they were, what 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.440 they were bringing to you, and what you currently have, 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:43.160 I think that maybe the Cowboys would have won that 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.960 game for Week one against Tampa had they had Amari 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.720 Cooper in the roster in the offense, I think the 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.440 offense would have looked differently. They would have been able 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.960 to maybe move the ball a lot better and score 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.960 some points enough for you to get to win. Because 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.000 we know the defense was able to hold Tom Brady down. 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:06.040 But despite Noah Brown having a great season, so far 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.680 showing things that me personally, I didn't think he would 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.440 be able to take that kind of weight on him. 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.200 He's been good, but I think that Ceedee Lamb would 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:20.320 have kind of stepped up a lot sooner had Amari 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:23.520 Cooper been here already. And I know he would have 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:27.600 maybe been the number one receiver, but still it would 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.840 have created that balance on offense that you are currently 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.640 I feel like still missing because regardless with Michael Gallup 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.320 being back, it's gonna take a couple more weeks for 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:41.040 you to hopefully start looking like it's working together. None 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:45.680 of them they missed. None of them. Absolutely, none of them. 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.280 Your point about the receiver stepping up, Ceedee Lamb stepping up, 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.040 Noah Brown stepping up, you got Michael Gallup stepping back. 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.120 When we were all in Oxnard, they were telling us like, 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.040 why are you guys so worried about these receivers. Don't 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:01.240 be worried about these receivers. Don't be worried about these receivers, 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.120 you know, and we kept asking the question. Washington got hurt, well, 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.080 and you're going to get a receiver, need a veteran guy. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.160 They knew where Michael Gallup was going to be in 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.040 all this. They really really do, and so to me, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.840 I feel like though they've got the receivers. I like 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:17.680 what you're saying about a Maury Cooper excu Ceedee Lamb 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.040 having to elevate his game. I think that's I think 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.520 that's something that's been a real positive for them. I 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.920 think Noah Brown stepping up out of the shadow. They 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.440 tried to make Noah Brown and Cedric Wilson the same guy. 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.360 Cedric Wilson just became a little bit better player, and 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.280 they went, Okay, Cedric, you're our guy nowhere. You're now 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:38.080 on special teams. Noah's seen what happened to him last year. 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.960 He elevated his game too. He's a guy that you 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:42.840 can go out and be reliable. I think his numbers 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:44.640 are very similar to what am. I think a Maury 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.000 had one catch for nine yards the other day. His 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.480 home road splits are still bad, and he plays on 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.760 the road. He's a bad player at home. He's he's 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.480 an all pro. But see that's what I'm saying that 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.640 you know, the thing is, as much as I hate so, 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:58.640 he'd be fine this week against the Rams because they're 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:04.840 playing at home. Yeah, they play home yea. So, but 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.400 the thing about it is, to me, as critical as 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.080 I am with Steel, they're getting away with that. They 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:13.080 trust Steal more than they trust Collins. The health he 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.000 couldn't bend because the hips. She can't play him at tackle. Well, 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.080 I mean he's play m at guard now he's hurt. 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.720 You know, the reliability factor. And besides, they made that 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.440 a little personal in my opinion, not the Dallas Cowboys 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.880 dot Com opinion. Brian brought us his opinion. Okay, so 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:30.399 to me, they're they're looking at Randy Gregory. They figured 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.199 it out, they figured out what they went out and 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.760 got Fouler, They got Armstrong. Armstrong with this coaching has 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.760 gotten better. You know, they've gotten better with this coaching. 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:42.120 It's proven that. You know, they wanted to sign Randy Gregory. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:46.000 His agent didn't allow him to sign here. His agent says, well, 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.239 I'm gonna shop this deal to Denver and see what 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.480 we get. You know, Randy, you know Jerry Jones is 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.560 talking about what you got three for one. That's a 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.040 good you know, But in reality, they wanted to sign 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.639 Randy Gregory. Yeah, they don't miss any of these players 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.879 right now. You know, you got you got a factor 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.800 into You can't just say, well, put Amari Cooper on 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:07.280 this team because now they still have some money available. 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.520 But when you go and look at you know, jay 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:13.760 Ron Curse that they added, and Malie Cooker and Layton 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.040 vander Ash and Dorin's Armstrong and Fowler and Brian Anger, 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.160 and you know they added all all of these other 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.440 guys in here that I don't know if you can 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:25.240 get all of them with with just keeping the twenty 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:27.919 million dollars tag, which you know Cooper said he would 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.520 he would, he would bring it down a little bit. 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.000 But you know, if they wanted to do that. But still, 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:33.840 you know, if you're going to sign these guys, you 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.520 don't have the depth at some of the other positions. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.439 I still think you can get some of them, but 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:41.200 not all of them. And I think depth at safety, 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:44.640 depth a defensive end is helping this team thrive. Yeah. Yeah, 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:46.560 And that's I agree with you, Brian. I don't think 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:48.359 I don't think they're noticing any of them. I mean, 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.200 don't get me wrong, if you had Amari Cooper's talent 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.320 on paper, you are a better team. I get that. 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.399 I think that Ultimately, I actually liked the idea of 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:59.960 forcing cd Lamb to step up his say at Amber 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.560 and so for me, that's actually positive if it's gonna 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:04.359 make him. And by the way, if we're starting to 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.359 see signs that maybe he's gonna do that, we won't 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:08.320 know until the season is done whether he really did 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:10.720 that and really assert himself to be the number one guy. 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:13.320 And he is among those receivers in the league that 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:15.920 are number one receivers. But I do like the idea 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:17.840 of forcing him to do that and not letting Amari 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:19.480 Cooper be a crutch for him. I've got to I've 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:21.520 got to figure out if I gotta pay Ceedee Lamb 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:23.920 here soon enough if you have to your point, which 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.680 I thought was really really good, and it to me, 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:29.879 if I can't figure out what Ceedee Lamb is. His 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:33.119 numbers are good the first two years. Everybody's like killing 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.000 him because of his numbers. So I'm like, he let 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:36.600 the team last year, and that's what I'm saying, look 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.280 at the numbers. And so to me, that's where I 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.560 got to figure out. I'm not willing to This receiver 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.720 market is crazy with the money they're spending for guys. 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:48.400 You know that guy from Arizona leaves and he goes 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:52.960 to Miami or Jacksonville. Yeah, that should to Jacksonville, Christian 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:56.480 Christian Kirk And I'm like, what, yeah, what you know 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:58.640 that kind of thing, And you know, no, I need 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.600 to figure this thing out before show me that you're 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.880 the guy. Show me I could rely on you. If not, 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:06.920 I'm gonna go get another guy. But I can't give 0:20:06.960 --> 0:20:10.119 a guy twenty twenty five million dollars just on hope. 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.200 You know, I got to give it on the performance. 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:15.680 And people out there right now are going, whoa broad 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.919 us They've given money to guys on hope before. You know, 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:22.359 I think this organization's in a different mindset with that now. 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:24.120 I think that if they go if you go back 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.439 and look at and this is again me talking the 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:29.679 Zeke deal and other deals, they might have been not 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:33.199 so willing to step up the way they did. You know. 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.840 They they moved on from from Jalen Smith. They moved 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:39.800 on from him. Yeah, Dan Quinn, somebody went in and said, 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:43.199 kat can't play, can't play. Why why do'd you give 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:45.480 nine million dollars you can't play? You know some And 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:48.000 they said, okay, you're right, We'll move on so I 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:49.680 think we're maybe getting a little bit of a trend 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.760 of that of guys moving on from guys. All right, 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:54.760 here's our next question. If you could sign one upcoming 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:57.560 free agent to a new deal right now, who would 0:20:57.560 --> 0:20:59.639 it be. I'll give you a few names. Actually, they 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:01.359 got a lot of guys that are on this list 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:04.800 free just for next year. But Cooper Rush, Donovan Wilson, 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:09.560 Noah Brown, Terrence Steele, Brett Maher if you could sign 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:11.560 one of them right now, And it could be for 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:13.639 different reasons. It could be because you feel like if 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:15.439 you do it now, you get a better deal. But 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:17.240 if you could sign one of those guys right now, 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:22.840 who would it be? Man Um, you said, Rush Brown, 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:27.680 Rush Brown, Wilson, Steele, And all right, I could sign 0:21:27.720 --> 0:21:30.119 him right now. You can sign him right now, Cooper Rush, 0:21:30.160 --> 0:21:34.040 because I'm signing my backup quarterback and not having to 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:38.200 deal with trying to get another backup quarterback. That's yeah, 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:40.560 I think it's Cooper Rush. If you can get him now, 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:42.879 he needed to. He would need to fire his agent 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:47.080 for doing that. Yeahs agent would be an idiot to 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:49.760 do that right now. M But I mean, yeah, that 0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:51.640 would be my guy. Well, if you gave him enough money, 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.719 I think, oh, yeah, you could definitely do it. But 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.400 I mean right now, I mean, I haven't lost as 0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:59.960 a starter. So there's teams, there's teams in around the 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:03.280 NFL that were like, oh, I would like quarterbacks that win, 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:06.200 you know, and so, and I know it's not just him, 0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:07.720 it's not. He even said it. That's what I like 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:10.320 about it. He says, it's the defense. Yeah, So I 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.359 like that he's aware. You know, quarterbacks need awareness, and 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:17.040 he's aware of everything. I think I agree with that. 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:19.640 I would probably do him because I know how difficult 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:22.280 we've seen it happen here, how difficult it is to 0:22:22.359 --> 0:22:26.400 have a capable backup quarterback. And he's a guy that 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:31.080 although the offense hasn't been explosive whatsoever and scoring a 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:34.639 bunch of points or anything like that, he's played very clean. 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.280 He's made his game look very clean. And to me, 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:40.560 everything that he's shown so far and the way he 0:22:40.600 --> 0:22:44.200 acts after the game, he's just so humble about everything. 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:49.080 I just I'm becoming a fan again of Cooper Rush 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:53.240 and what he brings to the table in this scheme. 0:22:53.280 --> 0:22:55.840 I think you signed Cooper Rush if they change coaches 0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:57.600 I don't know if I would do that, but it's 0:22:57.600 --> 0:23:00.760 for right here, right now. I think I would go 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:03.720 with Wilson is who I would go with, because I 0:23:03.760 --> 0:23:07.160 trust what dan Quinn's gonna do with him. I try 0:23:07.600 --> 0:23:09.560 as much as and I think you're gonna see this. 0:23:09.680 --> 0:23:12.800 I think you're gonna see Curse played down, Wilson and 0:23:12.840 --> 0:23:15.800 Hooker play deep. And I think you're gonna play Wilson 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.240 as a robber. And I mean a robber, like a 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:21.560 guy that plays in the middle between like the linebackers 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:23.679 and the safeties, and when the people are trying to 0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:27.320 run all this crap it's crossing and all that. You 0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:29.639 got a guy that can go and react and go 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:32.199 get the football, knock people out in the middle of 0:23:32.240 --> 0:23:35.040 the field, make it difficult to catch the ball. Hey, 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:37.479 I got a match up against a tight end. You know, 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.000 we'll let Curse play the run because he's a bigger 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:43.000 guy and he could tackle really well. Wilson could cover. 0:23:43.080 --> 0:23:46.119 We've seen him run like heck to cover the back, 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:49.360 you know, third of the field. I think, man, this 0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:54.359 team has chased safeties forever ever. They finally figured it out. 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:56.960 They finally figured it out. You know it took George 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.240 Edwards saying, Hey, this Curse guy can play a little bit. 0:23:59.359 --> 0:24:00.720 There's not a out in the league that it would 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:02.280 have told you that Curse can cover and play it 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:04.600 down and do all those things as long as dan 0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:08.040 Quinn's as long as dan Quinn's a defensive coordinator. Here, 0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:11.560 give me all his guys, everybody he wants to sign 0:24:11.640 --> 0:24:13.960 that he plays in the scheme, Give me all those cats, 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:16.080 because I know that that's gonna be worth my money, 0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:18.440 I really do. I would actually say Cooper Rush, but 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:20.480 i'd say him for a little different reason. The way 0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:23.679 I look at this is having a quarterback that's a 0:24:23.720 --> 0:24:27.399 backup quarterback that can play and that team's think is 0:24:27.520 --> 0:24:30.480 a good Let's just say it, he's a good quarterback. 0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:32.920 There's value for that. Sure, you might be able to 0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:35.960 turn that around and leverage that in a trade where 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:39.960 maybe now you're talking a significant trade option. Like literally, 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:41.560 I don't know if a teams doing to give me 0:24:41.600 --> 0:24:43.120 a one, but maybe they're willing to give me a two. 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:47.320 But you would you take a four right now? Right now? No, okay, 0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:49.320 because this is a game I play on one oh 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:51.920 five three. The fan called my Gang of seven which 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:55.240 are general managers and guys, old krusty guys I worked 0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:58.240 with throughout the league. There was three of them. Five 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:00.880 of them got back to me. One of them said, nah, 0:25:00.960 --> 0:25:03.720 I wouldn't give anything. Another guy said, I'd give you 0:25:03.760 --> 0:25:06.480 a five. The other three said they would give me 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:09.040 a four. That's that's where they were at right now. 0:25:09.040 --> 0:25:12.560 And one of me, all those teams that they made 0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:16.160 a quarterback. Yeah, one of my guys is like, he's 0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:19.159 he's on he's right now working guys out kind of 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:22.359 a deal. So you know, yeah, but he said he's like. 0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:24.879 Three of those guys said a four now before the 0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.400 season in training camp and bar I go and bar 0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:30.520 Cooper rush I could get a fourth round pick from 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:32.520 him right now? What are you gonna say? Do it? 0:25:32.760 --> 0:25:35.280 I mean, yeah, there you go. I mean we're up there. 0:25:35.520 --> 0:25:39.400 We're like, I mean, frankly, there was better. I would 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:41.680 hang up right now if I would first, I would 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:43.520 do because I would tell you this, Yeah, you guys 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:48.680 are hard to do at the second round is a wash? Sure? 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:52.520 What what? What guy with a torn al? Character issues 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:54.240 are we gonna get from the second round? You know? 0:25:54.400 --> 0:25:55.960 Jerry drafts of the second round, all of that I 0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:57.919 don't want that, But I'm just saying I can't what 0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:01.280 if that hurts them again and it's like, well, who's 0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:04.080 the backup? Like, well, we got Will Greer or somebody 0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.840 could have been Cooper Rush, but we got we sure 0:26:06.840 --> 0:26:08.800 did get Jake Ferguson. Though you just don't do it 0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:10.160 during the season, you don't know. I mean, I got 0:26:10.160 --> 0:26:12.400 a fourth round pick. I mean, like I always think 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:14.879 of like the worst fourth round picks, not that, but 0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:16.639 I think of the Charles Tappers, Like what if you 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:18.280 traded for a fourth round pick when you have a 0:26:18.280 --> 0:26:20.359 backup that can come into play. But I'll tell you this, 0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:23.000 so Bright, here's a question. Yeah, it is his value 0:26:23.040 --> 0:26:25.480 greater now or is value greater at the end of 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:28.000 the season. I actually think you may actually sit on 0:26:28.040 --> 0:26:30.200 that now. At the end of the season, when teams 0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:32.080 are trying to reevaluate what they're gonna do at their 0:26:32.160 --> 0:26:34.240 quarterback position, you might actually be able to get a 0:26:34.280 --> 0:26:38.560 really good, really yeah trade dealing. So I gotta to 0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:40.240 the season, and you get that close to the season, 0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.119 the agent is like, no, no, no no, no, Well, I 0:26:42.160 --> 0:26:45.159 mean if he if he signed, if he signed, then 0:26:45.160 --> 0:26:47.000 you could do that. But this agent is not going 0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:49.000 to do that, like he Okay, so let me let 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:50.520 me ask you this. If you went to his agent 0:26:50.600 --> 0:26:54.159 right now and said, we're willing to pay him twenty 0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:57.919 five million for a year for three years, Okay, that's cool, 0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:03.080 but your draft pick then and better be close to that. Well, look, 0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:04.400 this is why I look at it. Let's say, let's 0:27:04.400 --> 0:27:06.480 say he's willing to take that twenty five million for 0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.679 three years. Right way I look at that is if 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:12.120 I then get to the off season and I'm willing 0:27:12.160 --> 0:27:15.240 to now trade him. How many teams that that, by 0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:17.399 the way, they they're bringing him in to be their starter. Yeah, 0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:20.200 they're now getting a three years starter for twenty five 0:27:20.240 --> 0:27:22.720 million a year. That is a bargain of a deal. 0:27:22.840 --> 0:27:24.720 Then yeah, then they're gonna have to trade a good 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:27.879 pick for it. Exactly. So now I've created to leverage 0:27:27.920 --> 0:27:30.120 me to get an even better pick in the off 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:32.720 season or heading into the next season. You know, then 0:27:32.760 --> 0:27:36.640 again he fires the agent because because if you don't 0:27:36.720 --> 0:27:39.159 do that and then teams are still wanting you in 0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:41.440 free agency, they're not gonna get you for eight million 0:27:41.480 --> 0:27:43.440 to clip, They're gonna get you a lot more than that. Well, 0:27:43.480 --> 0:27:45.560 but here. But here's the thing, that's all a bet. 0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:48.320 That's all a bet right now. The values high enough 0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:49.600 where if I go to him right now, it's that 0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:51.480 it's that do I want to get paid now and 0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:56.600 secure myself now? I love football, we just enjoy them now. 0:27:58.760 --> 0:28:04.280 Controversy because the order watch quarterback. I'm getting rid of 0:28:04.280 --> 0:28:06.639 the quarterback controversy, Like I want the next year. He 0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:08.160 doesn't need to be here, like give me another guy. 0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:10.320 You see. That's the thing about it is if you 0:28:10.400 --> 0:28:12.479 if you don't do anything with Cooper Rush and he 0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:14.760 then goes on, he doesn't you don't sign him back, 0:28:15.560 --> 0:28:19.120 and he goes and has some success, Uh, you can 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:21.480 likely get your third or fourth on the on the 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.720 compensatory pick side of things. It's true. So you have 0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:27.879 to determine if if you feel like that, Listen, I 0:28:27.920 --> 0:28:30.359 could if he signs a big deal, I'm likely going 0:28:30.400 --> 0:28:32.640 to get a third. If he signs a good deal, 0:28:32.680 --> 0:28:34.480 I'm gonna probably get a fourth. So you got to 0:28:34.640 --> 0:28:37.840 determine do you want to play the compensatory game to 0:28:38.040 --> 0:28:40.920 protect yourself in case something. Now there's people that will 0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:44.440 tweet at me and say Dack's injury prone. Yeah, Dack's 0:28:44.480 --> 0:28:47.480 injury prone, Brian, I'm telling you, Dack's injury prone. So 0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:51.200 to me, I'm kind of taking the San Francisco approach, 0:28:51.440 --> 0:28:54.040 even though they wanted to start Trey Lance. Yeah, I'm 0:28:54.120 --> 0:28:57.080 keeping Jimmy Garoppolo. Yeah, you know, there's a big difference 0:28:57.080 --> 0:29:00.720 between Gimmy Garoppolo and Cooper Rush. I would rather have 0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:04.560 Jimmy Garoppolo because I heard somebody says, Jimmy garoppolos when 0:29:04.600 --> 0:29:08.240 I forty something games. I mean, but and I was like, 0:29:08.360 --> 0:29:10.280 and I was like, honestly, I don't know that there's 0:29:10.280 --> 0:29:13.560 a big difference between those two players. You know, Stafford 0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:17.480 tried to throw. Was it Tart the safety that dropped 0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:19.240 the ball for the forty I mean, they catch that ball. 0:29:19.280 --> 0:29:22.360 The forty nine ers are through, They're into the Super Bowl, 0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:24.920 and they might beat the Bengals. You know, with Jimmy 0:29:24.920 --> 0:29:29.240 Garoppolo at quarterback. Every time anybody says Jimmy Garoppolo, you 0:29:29.240 --> 0:29:32.000 know I'm the Giants, I'm going, yeah, what do you 0:29:32.040 --> 0:29:34.680 want for Jimmy Garo? Yeah, I've never thought for the season. 0:29:34.720 --> 0:29:36.960 He's not a bad player for all the seat. I mean, yeah, 0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:40.040 when you put things around him, when you block for him, 0:29:40.040 --> 0:29:42.040 when you run the ball, you know he's not gonna 0:29:42.080 --> 0:29:45.000 mess it up totally. He tried against the Cowboys though, 0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:47.680 remember through a pick and he tried. He was he 0:29:47.720 --> 0:29:48.840 was trying to get them back in the game, but 0:29:48.880 --> 0:29:52.800 then they moved on and beat Green Bay or yeah, no, 0:29:52.880 --> 0:29:55.920 that was a week before that week after right, yeah, 0:29:55.960 --> 0:29:58.080 all right, real quick, let's get one the one more 0:29:58.080 --> 0:30:01.120 before we take our final break. And I'm gonna take 0:30:01.160 --> 0:30:03.040 this from Nick. Nick threw this out there yesterday. I 0:30:03.040 --> 0:30:04.560 thought it was a good question. What do you think 0:30:04.640 --> 0:30:06.920 is the bigger who's been the bigger surprise? Brett Maher, 0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:11.800 Cooper Rush or Tyler Smith? I mean, I think I 0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:16.280 think we could probably sidestep Rush, don't you think, I mean, 0:30:16.640 --> 0:30:18.920 didn't he the obvious here because we kind of talked 0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:21.000 about it and we've I mean, when you start paying 0:30:21.000 --> 0:30:25.000 the biggest surprise. Maher was not even on a team 0:30:25.360 --> 0:30:28.240 in training camp, and the Cowboys had already been there, 0:30:28.320 --> 0:30:30.760 done that and brought him back. And for him to 0:30:30.840 --> 0:30:33.280 be doing what just go back to training camp. You 0:30:33.360 --> 0:30:35.640 and I are sitting there and they're like, I bet you. 0:30:35.760 --> 0:30:38.640 Maher makes five of his first six kicks, HiT's a 0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:41.520 couple of fifty yards in the game winner, Like really, Like, okay, 0:30:42.120 --> 0:30:45.360 I bet you that Cooper Rush comes in and wins 0:30:45.600 --> 0:30:48.000 all three of his starts, win, dacks her, and creates 0:30:48.000 --> 0:30:50.480 a quarterback controversy. You were like, what did you drink 0:30:50.560 --> 0:30:52.440 last night? Are you drinking? Now? That's why he's not 0:30:52.480 --> 0:30:54.720 created a quarterback controversy. But I get your point. Well, 0:30:54.720 --> 0:30:58.200 I mean, no, his owner is, but I'm you're saying, yeah, 0:30:58.280 --> 0:31:00.920 so kind of crawfish from that state. I think. I 0:31:00.920 --> 0:31:03.280 think that's I think that's just the biggest one. I 0:31:03.400 --> 0:31:08.520 think if you said I'm not trying to change the games, 0:31:08.640 --> 0:31:12.640 the answer absolutely. I remember very clearly after the game, 0:31:12.880 --> 0:31:16.640 everybody's surrounding Jerry Jones outside the locker room and you 0:31:16.720 --> 0:31:21.400 hear him say he's gonna go under surgery or something, 0:31:21.400 --> 0:31:25.720 and everybody's like, what like a panic mode, like what what? 0:31:26.000 --> 0:31:30.080 What are we listening? And immediately, because of how that 0:31:30.160 --> 0:31:33.840 game went down and everything that we saw there on 0:31:33.960 --> 0:31:38.200 the offense, you immediately thought, man, that's it, like there 0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:42.160 goes to season, there goes another year. And surely I 0:31:42.400 --> 0:31:46.240 was one fighting or saying I want Will Greer to 0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:50.160 go in there. Why Cooper Rush. Why he looked terrible, Like, 0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:54.000 you know, and I've had my roller coaster with with 0:31:54.080 --> 0:31:57.680 Cooper Rush, but lately mine was all the way down. 0:31:57.720 --> 0:32:00.280 I'm like, I'm not up for Cooper Rush. So the 0:32:00.280 --> 0:32:02.280 fact that he went in there and he's done it 0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:06.960 so effortlessly in a sense, and so clean and just 0:32:07.200 --> 0:32:11.560 so poised and composed, I think has been really a 0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:15.680 huge surprise to me. I wasn't surprised about Tyler Smith 0:32:15.720 --> 0:32:18.160 because I do have the advantage of seeing him, like 0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:22.120 for the Draft Show and stuff like that. To Anabar's point, 0:32:22.160 --> 0:32:25.160 that night after Tampa and Jerry's standing there giving us 0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:28.160 like the doctor medical report he's given, and then you 0:32:28.240 --> 0:32:31.280 know that curse is leaving the building two on crutches, 0:32:31.320 --> 0:32:34.960 and you're thinking, hmmm, our best offensive player, our best 0:32:34.960 --> 0:32:37.520 defensive player, of our best you know, I mean after 0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:40.920 this game. Yeah, and you're like going, well, and fifteen 0:32:41.040 --> 0:32:45.000 text messages or tweets at me brought us, when's Derek 0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:47.160 going to start the Draft show? Brought us? When's you 0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:50.360 know this is week one? Yeah. So I'm on the 0:32:50.440 --> 0:32:54.400 roller coaster with Ambar. I'm strapped in hands up, screaming 0:32:54.520 --> 0:32:59.840 over the hill, because I'm yelling for Will Green. I'm 0:33:00.000 --> 0:33:02.720 doing that because in training camp, I'm not you know, 0:33:02.760 --> 0:33:05.920 I'm watching you guys do your work at Broncos practice. 0:33:06.040 --> 0:33:08.680 I'll watch you do your work at at the Charger 0:33:08.720 --> 0:33:11.360 practices and stuff like that. I'm going, this doesn't sound 0:33:11.440 --> 0:33:13.400 very good. And then I'm doing the games, you know, 0:33:13.560 --> 0:33:16.160 I'm doing broadcast at games. I'm like going, throw it, 0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:18.600 throw it, throw it, you know that. And he's holding 0:33:18.640 --> 0:33:21.040 it and getting sacked and getting hit and you're like going, 0:33:21.600 --> 0:33:25.040 why why? And I was I was thinking about when 0:33:25.080 --> 0:33:27.040 am I going to start watching tape? When am I 0:33:27.080 --> 0:33:29.600 going to start watching college tape? And it was that 0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:32.840 I think, I think it's Cooper Rush with that. But 0:33:33.120 --> 0:33:36.760 because I just know I knew the Mahard one, I 0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:39.960 give the organization credit on that one, because that, to 0:33:40.000 --> 0:33:43.080 me is so cowboy front office, take out, take out, 0:33:43.080 --> 0:33:45.520 Cooper Rushing. I'm putting nor Brown in and I'll play 0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:49.000 the game. So Brown, no biggest surprise, No Brown Maha 0:33:49.120 --> 0:33:55.000 or Tyler Smith Maha, no all problem for me. I mean, 0:33:56.120 --> 0:33:58.120 I was ready to cut the guy it already too, 0:33:58.240 --> 0:34:01.440 like I'm because he's here so long, you tend to 0:34:01.480 --> 0:34:04.520 forget about him. He shows some things last year with 0:34:04.600 --> 0:34:07.640 Dak and all that, but even then, could he for me, 0:34:07.800 --> 0:34:11.240 could he step up to that role? I really didn't. 0:34:12.400 --> 0:34:15.080 I mean, we've seen him make some really good catches 0:34:15.120 --> 0:34:19.120 at times, I would think he was des Brian when 0:34:19.200 --> 0:34:21.239 that had just left. You would watch him from the 0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:23.040 press box and then you're like, oh, is that that's 0:34:23.120 --> 0:34:26.200 Oh no, that's no brow. But it was. I just 0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:29.560 didn't see him being so good as he's being so fun. 0:34:29.600 --> 0:34:31.879 But you see it every year training camp. Yeah, it's 0:34:31.920 --> 0:34:36.000 like we call it all a star Like every time 0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:38.640 would go need ten names from you, let's rate him 0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:41.439 one to ten. Who's had the best camp? Noah Brown 0:34:41.520 --> 0:34:49.239 number four, that's always number four. Happened last year team 0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:52.280 special teams. Yeah, It's like the thing with Cedric Wilson. 0:34:52.320 --> 0:34:54.800 They were trying Noah Brown and then all of sudden, 0:34:54.800 --> 0:34:56.920 circ Wilson says, I'm gonna go get paid from the Dolphins. 0:34:56.960 --> 0:34:58.759 I don't know what you're doing, you know, Okay, I'm 0:34:58.760 --> 0:35:00.279 gonna get a one year deal. Yeah. I think it's 0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:02.719 the old Brown for me. I mean, Tyler Smith's been 0:35:02.800 --> 0:35:04.719 I mean just the fact that he's moved around and 0:35:04.760 --> 0:35:07.799 didn't even practice at left tackle. That's a that's amazing too. 0:35:08.000 --> 0:35:10.000 All of it's amazing. Yeah. The only thing that's not 0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:13.440 amazing their first round offensive linemen or money. That's the thing. 0:35:13.760 --> 0:35:15.959 Every time they trapped the first out of linement, that 0:35:15.960 --> 0:35:18.040 that one they missed on any of them. I'm trying 0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:20.360 to think they missed on him. They know they haven't, 0:35:21.719 --> 0:35:23.600 and there are some missises. Don't get it wrong. They 0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:25.800 were in the second round. I'm saying. I'm saying throughout 0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:29.920 the league to look at first round offensive linst Talk 0:35:30.000 --> 0:35:32.400 to the Giants about that. Yeah, sometimes you picked in 0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:35.160 the late late first round in twenties and nothing to guarantee. 0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:38.120 So I mean he's been very impressive. Yeah, yeah, no 0:35:38.120 --> 0:35:39.839 doubt about it. All Right, we're gonna take our final break. 0:35:39.840 --> 0:35:42.200 We'll come back. We got about five minutes. Bryan's gonna 0:35:42.239 --> 0:35:46.400 rush through this game. Okay, maybe maybe we say for 0:35:46.480 --> 0:35:47.719 mart that might be a good idea, because I do 0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:49.200 have a couple more questions. 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I do 0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:30.000 have one more question for you guys though, in our 0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:33.680 quarter review, Uh, tell me what was the best performance 0:38:33.680 --> 0:38:36.439 from an individual player so far? On the first four games, 0:38:36.440 --> 0:38:39.120 we've got ten Clarins versus the Giants, he had six 0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:42.560 tackles and three we have two. Huh can you kill 0:38:43.000 --> 0:38:45.080 coach in there too? Yeah, anybody, I'm gonna give you 0:38:45.080 --> 0:38:46.480 my three and if you got one, you want to 0:38:46.520 --> 0:38:48.359 go and you say, this is my answer you that's 0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:51.080 more than okay? Okay. Michael Parsons versus Cincinnati, he had 0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:53.680 four tackles and two sacks in that game. Noah Brown 0:38:54.239 --> 0:38:57.479 versus Cincinnati had five catches for ninety one yards and 0:38:57.719 --> 0:38:59.960 a touchdown. Where do you think at the best perform 0:39:00.000 --> 0:39:02.640 Warman so far this season the first four games. For me, 0:39:02.680 --> 0:39:05.360 it's Mike against Cincinnati. It's one of the best performances 0:39:05.400 --> 0:39:08.160 I've seen any defensive player have since I've covered this team. 0:39:08.239 --> 0:39:12.480 So Mica against Cincinnati, I thought is completely a game wrecker. Yeah, 0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:14.279 and it didn't show up in the stat sheet all 0:39:14.280 --> 0:39:17.440 the time. If you watched the game, you know, people 0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:18.799 were like, where was he that good? I'm like, oh, 0:39:18.800 --> 0:39:20.359 I'm sorry, I thought you watched the game. Yeah, because 0:39:20.400 --> 0:39:22.000 if you did, he was. If you didn't watch the 0:39:22.000 --> 0:39:24.279 game and really focus on the second half, you had 0:39:24.280 --> 0:39:27.799 been like, he was amazing. That's my pick. That's a 0:39:27.840 --> 0:39:33.680 tough one because I think everything comes down to Micah 0:39:33.760 --> 0:39:36.680 Parsons because everything comes out to what the defense is doing, 0:39:36.719 --> 0:39:39.000 and what the defense is doing realizes on what Mica 0:39:39.120 --> 0:39:42.840 Parsons is doing. So like initially I'm thinking, Okay, Noah 0:39:42.840 --> 0:39:45.440 Brown because the offense like wasn't you know you need 0:39:45.480 --> 0:39:48.560 the offense to be able to get you somewhere too, 0:39:48.920 --> 0:39:51.600 But the only reason the offense has been able to 0:39:51.640 --> 0:39:55.560 stay in games is because of the defense. So it's 0:39:55.600 --> 0:40:02.480 just automatically Mica Parsons one thousand percent said, I do 0:40:02.600 --> 0:40:05.880 like the other options, but I don't think they're that 0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:10.040 close to him, right, right, man? I go back to 0:40:10.120 --> 0:40:15.080 that Week two matchup against Cincinnati, and it's Noah Brown. 0:40:15.560 --> 0:40:19.080 Noah Brown had every he was five for five on 0:40:19.160 --> 0:40:22.480 targets and catches. Go back and look at every one 0:40:22.480 --> 0:40:25.800 of those catches and how important they were third down catches, 0:40:26.280 --> 0:40:30.840 fourth down catches, deflected ball catch to keep a drive 0:40:30.920 --> 0:40:33.440 going to go for the game winning field goal. His 0:40:34.000 --> 0:40:35.440 it was. It came out too and I looked at 0:40:35.480 --> 0:40:39.319 the numbers. It was eighteen yards or reception in that game. 0:40:39.480 --> 0:40:42.080 Played eighty five percent of the snaps in that game too. 0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:44.560 If you don't have Noah Brown on the field. And 0:40:44.640 --> 0:40:47.560 I love Michael Parsons usually say that when you're trying 0:40:47.560 --> 0:40:50.319 to sell something. But you love what another guy did 0:40:50.600 --> 0:40:55.120 and Parsons, but you expect that from Parsons, you really do. 0:40:55.160 --> 0:40:57.640 You expect Parsons to go out there and just wreck shop, 0:40:57.640 --> 0:41:00.319 as we like to say. But Noah Brown in that game, 0:41:00.560 --> 0:41:04.000 those five receptions, I would I would beg you to 0:41:04.040 --> 0:41:08.360 find a bigger, more clutch game from a Cowboy player 0:41:08.560 --> 0:41:11.839 in a while then, But you know what I've been wondering, um, 0:41:11.880 --> 0:41:14.640 because last game I saw Mica I just a little 0:41:14.960 --> 0:41:17.680 kind of tied for a little bit. I'm not saying, 0:41:18.280 --> 0:41:21.600 and hopefully nothing happens to him, But I've been wondering. 0:41:21.800 --> 0:41:25.240 We do give den Quinn so much, so much praise 0:41:25.400 --> 0:41:27.600 into what he's doing with all the talent on the 0:41:27.640 --> 0:41:29.799 defense and all that, But how do you think this 0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:34.840 offense would, sorry defense would actually look without a Mica parton. 0:41:35.000 --> 0:41:37.080 I'm glad because I'm glad you did that because I 0:41:37.120 --> 0:41:39.479 was driving in on the way and I thought, could 0:41:39.560 --> 0:41:43.600 you survive these games without Micah Parsons? I don't think so. 0:41:43.880 --> 0:41:46.840 I don't think so. No, I think I think you 0:41:46.960 --> 0:41:50.359 hit Michael Parsons most valuable player on this team. Yes, 0:41:50.800 --> 0:41:53.520 it's not even question because once again, once again, the 0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:56.399 only reason your quarterback has been able to win these 0:41:56.440 --> 0:41:58.759 games is because he doesn't have to score a ton 0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:01.880 of points to do it. That's because the defense is 0:42:01.920 --> 0:42:05.720 holding these teams to very very small numbers. That doesn't 0:42:05.719 --> 0:42:08.240 happen without Michael Parts. I said that last year, doesn't. 0:42:08.440 --> 0:42:11.000 After Thanksgiving, I remember telling Derek the press counts and 0:42:11.200 --> 0:42:13.960 press box. I think Michael Parsons is the best player 0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:16.080 on this team. If you have him, you have a shot. 0:42:16.120 --> 0:42:18.279 And I believe it even more now because that's just 0:42:18.320 --> 0:42:20.799 how more versatile he is he's shown. Do you think 0:42:20.840 --> 0:42:25.759 about Queen can manage to make something out of the defense. No, no, no, 0:42:25.760 --> 0:42:28.160 no no no, I'm not saying that, Like Dan can 0:42:28.160 --> 0:42:30.319 still get a good defense out there and get him 0:42:30.320 --> 0:42:32.719 to play good for a game or two. But point back, 0:42:32.920 --> 0:42:34.920 that's my point. You better score some points. Yeah, I 0:42:35.000 --> 0:42:37.600 think about last year. Yea, even though Michael had a 0:42:37.640 --> 0:42:39.759 good year last year, I think he's been more impressive 0:42:39.800 --> 0:42:42.759 this year than last year because basically they've decided. Have 0:42:42.800 --> 0:42:45.360 you seen him line up at linebacker much? It's because 0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:47.279 they're like, this guy's a pass rusher. He's going to 0:42:47.280 --> 0:42:49.480 get the quarterback almost every place. I think they got 0:42:49.520 --> 0:42:52.560 better players today than they did last year. Yeah, I agree, Yeah, 0:42:52.600 --> 0:42:56.279 I agree, And so it's a better defense man. I 0:42:56.320 --> 0:42:58.640 would knock on wood. I would never want to weather 0:42:58.719 --> 0:43:02.000 that storm. But I have that much faith in Dan Quinn. 0:43:02.320 --> 0:43:05.480 I have that much faith that. But but okay, I 0:43:05.520 --> 0:43:08.439 get but I get my I get my quarterback back, right, 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:11.040 I mean, I mean that's that's I have to have 0:43:11.520 --> 0:43:14.640 my quarterback to be able to do to survive. Wait, 0:43:16.080 --> 0:43:17.960 I don't know. I mean this guy's going. I don't 0:43:18.000 --> 0:43:20.520 think they lose Michael Parsons and win three straight. Let's 0:43:20.520 --> 0:43:24.880 be but let's be honest. Let's be honest. Looks like 0:43:24.880 --> 0:43:27.560 he looks is because he only has to make sure 0:43:27.560 --> 0:43:29.560 he doesn't mess it up and he's making a few 0:43:29.560 --> 0:43:32.640 throws a game to get you. But without Mica, you 0:43:32.760 --> 0:43:35.120 need more than I'm I'm on your side. Literally, like 0:43:35.200 --> 0:43:41.440 I'm saying, that's you know, that's what I'm saying. I'm like, 0:43:41.560 --> 0:43:44.480 I don't think I think Mica Partson is more valuable 0:43:44.480 --> 0:43:46.800 because if they lose him, I don't think that vanders 0:43:47.080 --> 0:43:49.160 just steps into the Cooper rest roll and they win 0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:51.160 three straight and and we're talking about what do you 0:43:51.200 --> 0:43:53.719 do with him? Do you resign Vander No? No, I 0:43:53.800 --> 0:43:56.320 think losing Michael part I said it before the season started. 0:43:56.719 --> 0:44:00.000 If Dak and Micah Parsons both play every game this year, 0:44:00.080 --> 0:44:02.799 year they will be in the super Bowl. Well, well 0:44:02.840 --> 0:44:05.040 I don't have to, that's already done. But I'm just saying, 0:44:05.080 --> 0:44:08.239 but it really is more Micah Parsons. Yeah, I just 0:44:08.280 --> 0:44:10.320 I just don't see. I'm glad you asked that question 0:44:10.360 --> 0:44:13.000 because I was thinking about it. I really was. Dan 0:44:13.080 --> 0:44:16.840 Quinn is a phenomenal, phenomenal coach in mine all to 0:44:16.840 --> 0:44:19.400 be on the defensive staff. Yeah, you saw the difference 0:44:19.400 --> 0:44:21.960 when he came in here versus the year before of 0:44:22.040 --> 0:44:24.080 how much of a difference he makes with this defense. 0:44:24.120 --> 0:44:26.359 Like it's yeah, I mean it's a big difference. This 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:29.720 guy knows what he's doing. No, it's not a button. 0:44:31.600 --> 0:44:34.400 He is a phenomenal defensive coordinator and at the end 0:44:34.400 --> 0:44:36.239 of the day, like I trust that he's gonna make 0:44:36.280 --> 0:44:39.799 this defense play good football. Yeah, without Bika Parsons, can 0:44:39.840 --> 0:44:41.799 you be great? That's the point. And you gotta be 0:44:41.840 --> 0:44:43.680 great right now if you don't have your quarterback, I 0:44:43.680 --> 0:44:46.719 just don't know. No, no, no, you gotta be great anyways, 0:44:47.080 --> 0:44:50.160 because I mean, I'm sorry. I mean, Dak needs some help, 0:44:50.280 --> 0:44:52.520 and he need he needs help. They needed to be 0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:54.879 great against Tampa Bay. That's nice to say, but last 0:44:54.960 --> 0:44:57.440 year he won a ton of games with a good defense. 0:44:57.520 --> 0:44:59.560 That wasn't a great defense last year, and he won 0:44:59.600 --> 0:45:03.120 a ton of those games. Where get you that? No plays, 0:45:03.120 --> 0:45:04.839 we're not talking about the playoffs we're talk about getting 0:45:04.840 --> 0:45:10.200 through the season. I'm on your side. They got as 0:45:10.239 --> 0:45:12.760 a team, not just Dak. As a team, they needed 0:45:12.800 --> 0:45:15.839 to be more competitive against the better teams. It wasn't 0:45:15.880 --> 0:45:18.520 just Dak, it was the whole team defense too. So 0:45:18.760 --> 0:45:21.719 that's you know, they had a favorable schedule last year 0:45:21.719 --> 0:45:23.799 and it played out and they worked. It worked well 0:45:23.840 --> 0:45:26.080 for them. This year not so much. I mean they 0:45:26.080 --> 0:45:29.120 have to play first play schedule, and first play schedule 0:45:29.320 --> 0:45:31.440 is more than it was last year or a a few 0:45:31.520 --> 0:45:34.840 years ago, because you play seventeen games. Now, you played Cincinnati. 0:45:34.880 --> 0:45:39.360 Now you play three for three winners, three extra number 0:45:39.400 --> 0:45:42.600 one teams from the year before. And so that's something 0:45:42.680 --> 0:45:44.719 the Eagles don't have this year. I may have it 0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:46.480 the next year, but they don't have it. So they've 0:45:46.480 --> 0:45:49.400 already played. They played. Obviously the Rams would be that 0:45:49.440 --> 0:45:51.480 that they played this week. Who are the other team? 0:45:51.520 --> 0:45:56.239 Cincinnati would be because yes, yes, you already hit that 0:45:56.239 --> 0:45:58.000 that one game you won it. Yeah, damn you had 0:45:58.000 --> 0:46:00.000 Tampa you won, I mean you lost that one. Yeah, 0:46:00.000 --> 0:46:01.799 and now you got the Rams coming up. Those they 0:46:01.880 --> 0:46:05.279 got one more. Right, Well, you play the NFC, you know, 0:46:06.200 --> 0:46:08.439 of those three games out of the difference makers. Yeah, 0:46:08.800 --> 0:46:11.680 you've you're one in one right now. Yeah. Yeah, And 0:46:11.960 --> 0:46:14.560 the Eagles are playing the number two teams they got 0:46:14.760 --> 0:46:16.480 and they got one more win than you do, right, 0:46:16.560 --> 0:46:18.839 and that maybe that's the difference, right. All right, We 0:46:18.840 --> 0:46:21.399 appreciate you guys. You back tomorrow. We're gonna jump into 0:46:21.400 --> 0:46:24.560 the Rams. Oh yeah, we'll jump into the Rams office 0:46:24.640 --> 0:46:26.839 versus the Cowboys defense. Still in for Nick Eatman, Brian 0:46:26.840 --> 0:46:28.839 broad Us, and Ambergarcia. I'm Derek Eagleson. This has been 0:46:28.840 --> 0:46:32.640 a break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 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