WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Is Help on the Way? 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:03.760 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.920 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:11.520 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:15.440 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:21.360 time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com with 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:26.680 Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:30.400 It's Tuesday, October ninth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, episode number 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.440 fifty six. Welcome to another edition of The Break, live 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.919 from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. We've 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.080 got a lot of stuff to get into today. Yesterday 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.919 was pretty explosive. Today may not be as explosive, but 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:44.720 it'll be a day for some perspective. I think. I 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.880 think today will be the day when, instead of jumping 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:49.760 off the ledge, we will give you the reasons why 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:51.960 maybe you shouldn't jump off the ledge and give some 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.440 perspective to what you're seeing so far this season through 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:59.040 five games where we export Oh, it was definitely, it was. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:05.160 It was pretty It was definitely explosives. Talking cowboys. Cowboys. 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.280 That's because we all like each other and we get along. 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:11.440 Talking cowboys gets contentious about whether or not it's raining outside, 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.000 Like that's that's nothing new. Like we we disagree, but 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:18.360 we disagree friendly, like we we're friends. We can have 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:22.400 a discussion that we disagree, Right, So let's get into it. Um. 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.000 I guess the first thing I want to get to 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.319 today is just talk a little bit about this NFC East. 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.200 I mentioned it yesterday, um and as and I know 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.520 Dave doesn't like this conversation because as bad as the 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.200 Cowboys are, I don't think you like even mentioning the 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.560 fact of where they sit in a bad division. But 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.200 right now they are only half a game out of 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:43.119 first place, UM in the NFC East right now watching 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.360 US two and two after they get blasted last night, 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:47.720 which I don't know that anybody couldn't have seen that 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.160 coming to some degree when when Brady's I mean when 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.560 when Breeze is going for this record and and they're 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.480 at home in New Orleans, just everything about that, as 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.360 they were talking about in the pregame, I'm like, this 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.080 has a beat down written all over it, and that's 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.360 exactly what they got last night. But it was cool 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:05.960 to see Drew Brees get that record. That was really cool. Yeah. No, 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.239 I mean I covered the Cowboys. I don't really. I 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.200 don't know very much about the Saints anymore, but you know, 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.640 I turned it on and I grew up watching Drew Brees. 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.680 It was super I mean I got a little emotional 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.600 watching him do it was cool. Yeah, a little missed it. 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:22.320 I mean, he's the most important athlete in New Orleans history. 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:24.400 And I know it's I said this on Twitter last night, like, 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.680 I know it's cheesy, but he really does mean a 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:30.440 lot to that city in a very non sports way. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.520 So yeah, it was cool. I mean it's weird to 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.080 think that like one of the you know, handful of 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:39.840 greatest quarterbacks ever to play is came from the Saints. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.880 I mean, we don't think of the Saints as a 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.880 laughing stock anymore because of him, which we certainly did. 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.480 We certainly they certainly were for a long time. So 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.280 it was cool. The moment with his son at Sons, 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.040 I thought was pretty cool. That was that was pretty emotional, 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.360 just having that that opportunity to see him with his 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:57.080 sons during that time. But going back to the NFC, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.160 East Washington loses last night. They're two and two and 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.960 two Cowboys at two and three are sitting in second place, 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.160 tied with the Eagles, but one game. I guess they 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.240 have the tie break over them at this point because 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.400 they did win one division game against the Giants, and 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.560 nobody's any good I'm not trying to right, and then 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.560 the Giants are at one and four laying I know. 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.760 One point is that you know the two and three 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.399 two into whatever, Like nobody's really running away with anybody. 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.760 Like nobody looks to be explosive on any side of 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:29.000 the ball. I think Washington's offense is Washington looks a 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.760 lot like Dallas to me with their offense. You know 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.560 that they just don't have a lot of explosive players there. 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:38.920 Their defense looks pretty aggressive, but they definitely got burned 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:40.440 last night. But like you said, that was kind of 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.600 a hornessness that they were walking into there. There was 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.720 no way that Drew Brees and Sean Payton weren't going 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.160 to get that job done. I don't know who number 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:48.760 ten is, but he looks like he's gonna be a 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.880 problem for a while. Trey Kwon Smith or see from 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.600 us you see f he's a third round pick, which 0:03:56.160 --> 0:04:01.040 third picks abounds doing third round picks don't make me. Hey, 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:05.520 they don't have Drew Brees. I guarantee if Michael Gallup 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:08.600 was streaping streaking down the sideline without a defender within 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:10.640 twenty yards of thinking, that's a touchdown for him too. 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.960 Oh my god, that was ridiculous. But you look at 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.480 this entire division, it's pretty bad. I mean, you look 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:19.400 at this relative to the other division. It's the only 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.159 division in football right now that doesn't have a team 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.280 with a winning record. The top team in the division 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:25.680 is at five hundred and uh and you look at 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.280 just a total number of wins. I think they're two games, 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:32.360 two wins less than the next closest team. Right now, 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.080 the NFC East looks pretty bad. Yeah, I mean I 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.279 think he's still got to worry about the Eagles. I 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:42.080 mean they're gonna you know, Carson Wentz, he'll eventually I think, 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.560 be okay ast a running back season. Well okay, well 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.119 the other three running backs they got a few, and 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:52.520 you know, I think and sorry I did hear that 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.120 room up? Go ahead, yeah, Nick, nick Foles. I mean, 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.920 it's it's no different than anybody else. I mean, just 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.520 like Dak and these other guys, these defensive cord I mean, 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:02.640 they are what they are for a reason they can 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.320 you know, hit, I can straight gold for a little 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.359 bit and get hot and all that, But for the 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.159 most part of mean, he is what he is. And 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:13.160 so I think Philadelphia Wentz they play with Wins, I 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:15.280 think they'll be the team to beat. Here's one thing 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.560 I do wonder though, and we've seen this happen before 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.359 with this teaming with other teams. You change the coach, 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.360 you change the guy who's making the calls, and sometimes 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.760 things change up. Frank Ryk, who was calling their offensive 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.839 plays last year now the head coach in the Indianapolis Colts. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.479 How much does that affect Wins and the monster run 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:34.600 he was on last year? How much does that affect him? 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.880 I know Dave Peterson's I mean, I'm sorry David Doug 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.799 Peterson really good coach and obviously a good offensive mind. 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.680 But I wonder how much that can that can affect him. 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.640 And don't forget either that the Filippo, the guy who 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.080 calls the plays in Minnesota, now was his quarterbacks coach. 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.720 So good point. Both of the guys that had their 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.599 hands on him the most are gone. And I agree 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:56.440 with Nick, I think Wins is going to be fine. 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.400 I would still give Philly the nod as the team 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.320 to beat. But also, like, the thing that troubles me 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:04.360 with them is not wins because he's coming back off 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.880 in ACL. It's their defense. Honestly, that's classic Super Bowl 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.159 hangover is you know, you let Vinnie Curry go, you 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.160 let um Who else did they kick off of that line? 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:16.960 I know they let I think two of them are 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.159 in Tampa now. I can't remember Vinny Curry's going. They 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:22.760 did relace, Yeah, no, they did, but it new pieces 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.040 and then Rodney McLoud goes down with an injury, and 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.080 their secondary all of a sudden looks like it sucks. 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.520 Jalen Mills is having his struggles. Malcolm Jenkins is a 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:33.440 good player, but he can't do it all himself. So 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.560 there appear to be some really serious flaws there. Like 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.640 I would guess they'll probably get it together, but they've 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:41.360 already lost as many games as they did all of 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.560 last season. And you know, the Giants are, uh, they're 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.480 interesting because you know, they went to Carolina and they 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.080 put up some points there late in the game of 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:52.640 me lost pretty well three yard field goal. I mean, like, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.520 you know, they good enough to win, They've got issues 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.400 in locker room obviously with with Odell and talking and 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.760 all that kind of stuff. But I think they're gm. 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:03.800 I mean, I think that the front office is starting 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:07.239 to figure it out because they decided to part ways 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.760 with Eric Flower. So that makes me think that, you 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.160 know what, they're actually getting it there, because I don't 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.360 now they do think they can get a trade for it. No, 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.280 I think they were just putting it out there like, hey, 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.800 by the way, we're cutting this guy. Anybody wants him, 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:22.840 I don't care if anybody wants him, just let us know. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:26.240 Otherwise we're cutting him. Yeah, who's gonna say, oh, I'll 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.400 take that. Oh? I don't know, But I think that 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.680 was kind of there. That was kind of their last 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:32.880 dit Jefford, just to say, yeah, we're making this move. 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.280 If anybody should happen to want him, it's anyone jumping 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.720 onto the mailbag with that, because any anybody that gets 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.840 put out there, they say, hey, what about the Cowboys? 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.400 Did anyone do that? But Brian was giving me crap 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.040 about it this morning, like I'm not the mailbag guy anymore. 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.640 Rob's been doing it this season, And Brian was like, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.520 you haven't even looked in the mail bag this year, 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.400 have you? And I was like, no, Rob's on top 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.760 of it. Ware you go Rob so nice him And 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.600 you came back and said, that's because I'm reading your 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.720 st Yeah. I was like, I was like, I do 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.760 plenty of stuff, Like I'm sorry that I'm not doing 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:06.840 the mail bag. Brian just loves to find ways to 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:10.360 needle me about things. One other questions about the East. 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.040 You think any chance that the Redskins at the end 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:14.320 of the season are going to be at the top 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.840 of this division? I mean the only team I don't 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:19.720 think the Giants will be at the top of the division. 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.360 Everybody else I could see, which it's weird. That's what 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.000 I was gonna say is I got to readjust my 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:29.640 mindset because from Okay, the Cowboys were great in OH seven, 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.360 and then the Giants won the Super Bowl, and then 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.360 the Giants were like pretty good in O eight, but 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.520 not as good as they should have been. Probably the 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:41.000 same goes for the Cowboys, obviously, but then from like 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:45.720 two thousand and nine to thirteen, you were just trading 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:48.800 one team having decent season and everybody else kind of sucking. 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.760 And then from eleven to thirteen it was everybody sucked 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.800 I mean, this makes I said this last night on Twitter. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.120 It reminds me of twenty thirteen. Cowboys were trading wins 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.320 and losses and they didn't look very good, but it 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:02.920 was like, well, who who else is any good? Like 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.440 everybody else sucks too, so they're gonna beat each other up. 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:08.840 Which but then from fourteen to seventeen it wasn't like 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.600 that because the Cowboys were great in fourteen, they were 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.080 terrible in fifteen, so we weren't even talking about this. 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.480 They were great in sixteen, and the Eagles started nine 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:18.720 and one last year, so you haven't had this problem 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.520 where there wasn't a good team. But fifteen was very 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.280 similar to this. As bad as the Cowboys were that year, 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.000 they weren't out of it. They weren't very end who 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:31.000 won it and which, which I think they wanted at 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.320 like nine and seven though, like they weren't great. I 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.880 just looked at that, at that offense, I just I 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:39.480 just don't see the guys there that all. You know, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.880 obviously they have holes in defense because they got you know, 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.280 they got put up forty something points on them last night, 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.800 But I just don't think their offense is going to 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.960 be good enough to like win a bunch of games. Um, 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:51.280 you know, they don't really know what they're doing and 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.600 running back seems like and think different guys and receivers. 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.440 Nobody really scares you there, And I think I agree 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.360 with you, but I'm not ready to rule them out. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.200 I mean, no, no, And they've you know, they beat 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.080 the Packers, not in the Packers look surprisingly bad too, 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.640 So maybe that's not this amazing win. But we'll see. 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.160 These division games will come down and it'll be interesting. 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.320 There's a lot of Division football games to be played. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.640 I mean, am I wrong by saying that it's just 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:19.760 Dallas and the Giants. Has anybody else played within the division? 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.839 I don't think so. But I think Eagles and Me 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.040 play the Giants on Thursday night. Thursday night. I mean, 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:25.719 and I think when you when you break it down 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.360 at the end of the year, I think the teams 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.520 that are going to be the division that's going to 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:31.920 be one of the best in football, I think is 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.280 going to be the AFC South. I do think Jacksonville 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.160 will be there. Tennessee looks pretty good. They've kind of 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.680 taken Aldle step back. Well, Houston's yeah, that's truly lost 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.760 to the Bills in Houston. I think he's actually moving 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.480 up'll do it, um, you know, I'm just saying. And 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:49.040 they have faced them a lot. This division has faced 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.920 that division a lot this first month. I think the 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.320 NFCS North is going to be the toughest division when 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.680 it's awesome. Thing. Wow, we all disagree. I think the 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.880 NFC North really yeah. I mean, the Bears are the 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.360 hottest team in football, or well, the Chiefs, but the 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.160 Bears are hot. The Packers have Rogers. I don't as 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:06.760 long as they got them out. Yeah, and then the 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.840 Vikings are stacked so and the and the Lions are 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.240 not a pushover they never will be. I kind of 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.080 agree with that. But I think just because the Browns 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.400 are now actually playing decent football, I think you could 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.240 say the same thing across the board about the AF. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:23.040 The Bengals look really good. Wait, I mean really, is 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.920 the the NFC East one of the two or three 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.760 worst divisions of football? Maybe the worst? I mean, I'm 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.640 having other than maybe if you want to put the 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.720 NFC South in there. NFC South is having gets struggles. 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.199 Outside of the Rams, they really got nothing. Sorry interesting West, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.320 I'm sorry NFC West. If unless other than the Rams. 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.960 They really got nothing else on another team of the 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:46.160 winning record that I would throw the AFC East in there. 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.480 They've been they have the best team in football, but 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.880 they've been garbage for twenty years, Like that same team 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:53.640 in that division is any good? And that's the thing 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.400 about it is right now everybody can just get their 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.520 ass kicked. Everybody can you who's the best team in football? 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:01.400 The paid tricks is that? Who? Just? Well I meant 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:02.840 over the last year and I agree with you one 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:04.680 d percent. That's who I thought you were talking about. 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.800 Two the same team. They got wrecked by the Lions, 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.120 and you know, and the Vikings look pretty good, but 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.800 the Bills smashed them. And you know, everybody's kind of 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.720 had one. And then is it this week that the 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.520 Chiefs and Rams play? No, it's next month, next month. 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.040 Oh that's in Mexico. Yeah, yep, I thought I just 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:23.760 saw a promo for it. I didn't know if it 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.599 was this coming up or not. Unless you're a Chiefs, 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.400 Rams or maybe Bengals fan, you don't have a And well, 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.880 the Bears, because they've been they've played so much beingles 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:35.920 are gonna disappoint. They're gonna disappoint them why. I mean, 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.480 Andy Dalton is why he's playing great. Okay, I'm just 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.280 saying they won. They've won that division like three out 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.040 of the last five. It's the playoffs where they have 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.400 their struggles. They do something. They not saying they're gonna 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.000 win a play about some things in a regular season. 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.240 I agree with you on that. I just don't. You 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.040 just don't like him. No, I don't dislike him. I 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.160 just don't ahead he come from any get no, where'd 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.880 he come from? Where did he come from? I think 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.600 he's from Rockwall. No, where'd you go to college? I 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.679 don't know. Not a fan. I think that has a 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.760 little bit. I just know it doesn't that not that 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.600 point Amber pointed this out last. I mean, you gotta 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.640 you can't. You can't use those preconceived notions in an 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.760 NFL season because you said that about the Eagles last 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.280 year and they went thirteen and three and won Super Bowl. Right, 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.000 let's put it. Let's put it out there. What the Bengals, 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:23.680 I mean, it's they're probably. I mean they already have 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:26.439 four wins. They're a ten win team, and that's that'll 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:27.920 get you to the playoffs. I don't know if that want, 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:29.400 you just see what happens at that point, right, you 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.480 get to playoffs. Well, they be in the AFC Championship. 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.440 I doubt it. I doubt it. But and that's just 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:39.560 based on history sittings. That's just me taking the field, like, yeah, right, 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.240 who the hell knows. But the thing about that is 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:46.800 is that they they play in probably the most physical division. 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:50.920 I mean, the Ravens, the Browns have gotten their defenses 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.880 really well. Yeah, and the Steelers, of course, it is 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.319 tough to to do anything really from that division just 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:02.400 because they be each other up. 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Number one wide receivers to be exact yesterday Nick, 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:29.880 you had an interview that you did with Steven. We're 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.160 gonna play a clip from that. But also this morning 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.320 on one on five dot three of the fan here 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.600 in Dallas, Jerry had his morning talk with the guys 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:41.000 over there and they were asked and Jerry was talking 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.680 about the wide receiver position and basically said, the Cowboys 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:48.240 haven't had a number one receiver for a couple of years, 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.480 a few years. Let's listen to that quote that you 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.240 and Steven had though, because I want to I want 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:56.360 to dive into this conversation after we hear that there's 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:58.360 not a silver bullet here. We've got to go to work. 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.720 There's no number one receivers laying around on the street 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.879 out there, so we've just got to get to work. 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:07.919 And give us the context of that Nick you were 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:09.919 doing the interview I had asked him. I said, you know, 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.720 we talked about number one receivers all off season and 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:16.120 that the thought was that you could get this done 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.080 by committee. After seeing the first five games and seeing 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:24.439 what Houston's number one receiver did single handedly, do you 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:28.119 still feel like you know that you don't have a 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.800 number one you need one? And he basically said doesn't 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:35.040 matter because there's not one out there. And I think 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.160 everybody knows exactly. I mean, if you're reading between the lines, 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.760 everyone knows what that means and what he's saying. I 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:47.239 don't even know your name, but they forgot it. I 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.920 think they have forgotten his name now or they don't 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.440 want to. I mean, basically, and let's go with what's 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.200 what Jerry said too, I mean, and help us out 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.320 with that. But I mean they're basically saying Dez Bryant 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.320 is not going to fix this problem. He is not 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.280 a number one receiver. So don't don't bring up that. 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:09.920 But do you have you have Jerry's quote written down? Um, 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:12.280 I don't have the exact quote. It was Cowboys haven't 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.119 had a true number one bide receiver in years. That 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.280 was part of the quote. I actually, so that's you know, 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.600 I mean that for them, that's the gist of it, Yeah, 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.600 saying he's talking about yeah, and here's the deal. And 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:25.600 I went back and obviously you hear that, and at 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.080 first you raise your eyebrows, but really, if you go 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.840 back and you look at the numbers all the way 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.520 back until probably twenty fourteen or not, probably two thousand 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:37.720 and fourteen was the last time Dez had numbers that 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:40.760 reflected a true number one wide receiver. I'm talking about 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.280 in the top ten in categories. Did the math receiving 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.640 and and and touchdowns and yards. I did the math 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.760 when I wrote the story about Jerry's comments. Over the 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.720 three years after he signed his seventy million dollars deal 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.240 after the fourteen season and the three years after that, 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.399 he averaged fifty catches for six hundred and seventy eight 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:01.800 yards and six touchdowns per year, which those are great 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:05.080 numbers if you're not on a seventy million dollar contract. Yep. 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:08.280 So I mean that's I kind of look at it like, 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:10.840 and you know, further, I would have loved to have 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.119 seen them negotiate something with Dez where they brought his 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:15.120 number down and kept him here. I think he would 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:19.120 probably still be the best receiver on this offense. But yeah, 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.000 that that it didn't raise my eyebrows that much because 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:24.280 I was like, well, yeah, like, obviously they feel that way. 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:26.679 They cut him when and his numbers bear it out too. 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:29.760 Were what year was it. We sat there and we 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.959 did the interview in his in Jerry's office, and they 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.000 signed him to the extension. When was that It was 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:38.720 the summer of fifteen, Okay, the summer of fifteen, So fifteen, sixteen, 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.760 and seventeen, yes, so he said for the last three years, 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:45.280 so they he didn't specify years several years I was 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:47.680 playing out. Those three years have been the three years 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.880 that his numbers didn't reflect him being a number one receiver. 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:53.480 Then you know what, You know that they paid him 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:57.440 the money to be an elite player, and you know 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.439 they they've gotten in trouble with this way back in 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:03.840 the late nineties of paying players for what they have 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:07.399 done and not for what they were projected to do. 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:11.240 And maybe they did project him to bed. No, I can't, 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:13.760 I can't go there, I and I've I've said this before. 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:17.000 They signed Dez Bryant to a five year deal thinking 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.439 that he'd play most of, if not all, of that 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.920 with Tony Romo, and he played two more games with him, 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:26.600 Like straight up, I mean, and I mean, there's no 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.200 way to say this without sounding like yours bashing Dak, 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.120 which that's not my intention, But I think des Bryant 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:34.040 would probably still be on this team if Tony Romo 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:36.800 was the quarterback. I think if you put Dez Bryant 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.080 on a team like the Saints, he might not be. 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:43.560 He probably has dropped a couple notches from the Odell's 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:45.760 and the Abs and the Julios of the world. But 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:49.080 he would be a much more productive receiver with a 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:52.280 quarterback like that who can do whatever he wants to 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.720 than he would be on this team. And that's the point. That's, honestly, 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:57.879 the point that I'm trying to I've been trying to 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:00.560 make with regards to Dez Bryant is it's not that 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.679 Dez is no longer can no longer be a productive player. 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.800 It's that under the current circumstance with the quarterback that 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:09.040 you have, and what we've seen since he's been with 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:12.040 that quarterback is he's not that elite kind of receiver. 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:14.680 And guess what, the quarterback isn't going anywhere. So if 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:16.320 you have him here, you're gonna be paying him elite 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:20.360 money to give you pedestrian production. And it's not worth it. 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:22.240 It's not worth having that guy in the building when 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:25.760 you're doing that. And I'm not trying to sound smartie, 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:27.520 but I feel like we covered all of this in 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:31.119 the offseason, like this isn't new information. And that's I 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:33.600 hate it so much. But the phrase Dak friendly is 0:21:33.640 --> 0:21:37.760 basically Dez at this point last season had two hundred 0:21:37.800 --> 0:21:41.920 and something yards on like fifty targets. Like to get 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:45.000 him involved the way you want to in this offense 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:47.840 with this quarterback, you just got to target him fifteen 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:51.000 times a game. And that's not in their best interests. 0:21:51.000 --> 0:21:54.640 So they so they got rid of him, I mean basically. 0:21:54.680 --> 0:21:58.120 And I on it, like I said, I don't know 0:21:58.200 --> 0:22:00.679 that it was like this terrible blunder because I think 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:02.919 if Dez Bryant was here, it would look awfully similar. Well, 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:04.920 let me ask you this question. Go ahead. Well, I 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:07.520 just think that it's hard to just go back and 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.800 say we covered this in the off season because the 0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:13.480 offseason you expected, or at least you know, there was 0:22:13.480 --> 0:22:16.879 some hope from this team that the receivers. Right now, 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:20.560 after five games, it's like, well, now let's revisit this. 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:24.960 How bad was it? Because these guys aren't aren't making 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:28.480 plays for you either, you know, And so the negative 0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:31.399 plays that you saw from Dez last year, you know, 0:22:31.560 --> 0:22:34.199 drop passes that led to an interception in Denver and 0:22:34.280 --> 0:22:36.679 things like that. You saw that kind of stuff, and 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:40.040 You're like, Wow, that's a that's that's not great. These 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:44.120 guys are doing it here without really making some des 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.400 was making some plays for both teams. But I mean, 0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:50.040 like Deontay Thompsons is not making a play for you know, 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:53.160 for the Cowboys at all. I'm not sure Deontay Thompsons 0:22:53.200 --> 0:22:57.159 the one that's kind of weird here because what is 0:22:57.240 --> 0:22:59.800 he He's a four two guy that can run. So 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:01.800 when if we seen him run down the field, no, 0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:05.119 we see him run like I mean, passes over the 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:08.440 middle and that Carolina, they put all of their eggs 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:12.600 in that basket. That he who hadn't practiced most training camp, 0:23:12.840 --> 0:23:15.320 and he got cut earlier and comes back and a 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.960 fourth and ten or whatever runs an out that the 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:20.720 timing is going to be perfect between him and I mean, 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:22.560 and that lost the game for him or that was 0:23:22.600 --> 0:23:24.280 the last play there, and then he had a couple 0:23:24.320 --> 0:23:26.119 of I just don't understand why they're trying to make 0:23:26.119 --> 0:23:28.000 this guy into a wide receiver when he's never been. 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:30.560 When he's never been, I mean, he's a speed guy 0:23:30.760 --> 0:23:32.480 and they're not using them that way. They're trying to 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:35.240 use him as a possession guy. And I think his 0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:37.480 hands are as good as ours well. But that's also 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:40.359 the problem when you don't have when you're kind of 0:23:40.359 --> 0:23:42.639 throwing everybody into one mosh pit and saying we'll just 0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:45.240 kind of use them all rather than having guys like 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:47.320 I got a guy that I know can stretch the field, 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:49.040 I got a guy that I know runs great routes 0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:51.120 that can move the chains. Like there, I don't think 0:23:51.160 --> 0:23:53.440 they have, or at least it doesn't seem like they may. 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:56.560 It doesn't seem like they have really well defined roles 0:23:56.560 --> 0:23:59.040 on what guys do well and getting him in them 0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:01.560 in those situations most frequently. And that was fine in 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:04.320 the spring. It was actually it was kind of exciting 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:07.120 in the spring to be like, oh, like all ten 0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:08.919 of these guys are doing a little bit of everything, 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:10.960 like they're really gonna try to see who does what 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:13.840 the best. But like we're still kind of doing that 0:24:13.920 --> 0:24:16.639 in October, which they've you know, they've tightened up the 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:18.600 rotation a little bit. I would guess I don't have 0:24:18.640 --> 0:24:21.680 the snap counts in my head, but I think it's 0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:23.640 a little more defined than it was. But yeah, still 0:24:23.680 --> 0:24:27.119 like again for the like Alan Hearns seems like he 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:30.760 would be your best possession receiver. They don't. They use 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:32.760 him that way, but not enough in my opinion. They 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:35.760 don't use Tavon to his strengths. They haven't been using 0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:38.760 Deonte to his strengths. And you're quite frank the same 0:24:38.760 --> 0:24:41.040 thing with Cole Like, I don't think. I think that 0:24:40.720 --> 0:24:43.240 that when you're on that fourth and one, that third 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:46.000 and one him on a flare route, you're probably going 0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:47.879 to have a good shot of completing that. I I 0:24:47.920 --> 0:24:50.680 know you guys Joe groan and called me the implier. 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:53.480 I'm not implying anything here. I'm saying everything. I'm saying 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:57.960 everything that I know. I think the Cowboys will get 0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:00.159 a wide receiver in here in the next Cup a 0:25:00.200 --> 0:25:02.960 week or two that we have heard of. This won't 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.320 be Dez Bryant, but it'll be somebody that they're going 0:25:06.400 --> 0:25:08.600 to try to bring in here. And that's all that 0:25:08.640 --> 0:25:11.280 I know would be available. I mean, I'm just saying 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:13.960 there could be you could sign someone, you could try 0:25:14.000 --> 0:25:16.680 to trade for someone. I don't think it'll be anybody 0:25:16.680 --> 0:25:19.400 that's significant. I don't think anyone that will really really help. 0:25:19.880 --> 0:25:22.159 I do think they will try to do something. You 0:25:22.200 --> 0:25:25.200 can't keep going with this Again, I'm not implying that's 0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:27.119 all that I know. That's what I think is going 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:29.200 to happen in the next I would say week to 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:33.040 ten days, I'd be kind of shocked because I think, well, 0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:35.520 if they bring in trying not get it, but if 0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:38.280 they're bringing in more of the same, it just clouds 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:40.840 it even further. I would I would maybe go if 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:42.840 I were them, I may go the route of saying, 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:46.320 tighten up my rotation even more, figure out the guys 0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:48.920 that I really want to use on specific roles and 0:25:49.160 --> 0:25:51.600 focus on using them in that role versus bringing another 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:53.199 guy and throwing them in the mix. And I just 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:55.480 got one more guy that's doing what everybody else is doing. 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:59.200 If anybody, I'm sorry, anybody got kind of like excited 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.320 about that comment that I just may just remember the 0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:03.679 last ten days, they also brought in a receiver that 0:26:03.680 --> 0:26:06.360 you've heard of before and he's done absolutely nothing, So 0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:09.200 that doesn't mean anything. They brought in Bryce Butler. I'm 0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:12.040 saying it could be something like that. Heck they need 0:26:12.080 --> 0:26:14.040 to use. If they're gonna do that, they probably do 0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:16.880 better off just using Butler. If they're gonna bring somebody 0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:19.479 else in, that's probably the same ilk right. I don't know. 0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:21.320 If they want to give Bryce a shot, that would 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:23.600 be great. Otherwise, like, if they're not gonna change anything, 0:26:24.240 --> 0:26:29.760 I would lean on Beasley. Hearns t well Tavon as 0:26:29.960 --> 0:26:33.280 the way Tavon should be used, not not sending him 0:26:33.320 --> 0:26:35.800 down the field to catch twenty yard routes like Tavon. 0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:39.600 Use Tavon the way that the Texans use Kiki qt 0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:42.320 like it. It doesn't seem like it should be that hard. 0:26:42.560 --> 0:26:46.040 Um I was gonna say, Gallop, I don't love saying 0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:48.360 that because I mean, you want to go to bat 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:51.159 for the draft pick. But he has done he has 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:53.560 done something to indicate that he's not ready for this 0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:59.480 in basically every game. So maybe Bryce. Yeah, Um, I'm 0:26:59.520 --> 0:27:01.560 gonna I'm I need to ask around. I haven't, but 0:27:01.840 --> 0:27:04.760 we're getting We're coming up on when Noah Brown can 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:09.440 start practicing, not playing, but after Actually I think maybe 0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:11.800 he could practice this week if they wanted him too. 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:14.560 I don't. I don't know, Like I said, I don't 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:16.640 know if they have any intention of bringing him back. 0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:19.200 If you do that, that's one of your IR spots 0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:21.480 that you can't use anymore. So can I answer that 0:27:21.600 --> 0:27:24.119 question because I have asked around yeout that for the 0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:27.000 answer is yes, they are intending on bringing him back. 0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:29.240 Right there you go. I would love to see that 0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:32.720 another case for your pre show meetings. Dare mmm, No, 0:27:32.920 --> 0:27:37.639 I like we hash it out. Yeah, sure, bro's talking. 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:39.720 I mean, we don't say and talk about Noah Brown 0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:41.399 all the time, but ye had since it came up. 0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:43.320 I do. I do think that he's a guy that 0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:46.240 they are they would look to bring back here at 0:27:46.240 --> 0:27:48.679 some point. I would. I would love to see it. 0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:51.240 I was impressed with him as a rookie, and nobody 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:54.359 else is making their case. So yeah, it's true. Noone's 0:27:54.440 --> 0:27:57.920 running away from Yeah you're not like, well, well let's 0:27:57.960 --> 0:28:00.360 give no a little more time, because these guys that's 0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:03.280 why to me, that's why Rico is here, you know, 0:28:03.640 --> 0:28:07.199 none of the anything. 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Shop Exclusive Cowboys Underwear Tommy 0:31:58.160 --> 0:32:02.760 John dot Com Forward Slash Cowboys. Oh yeah, let's get 0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:05.800 into it underwear. I had a question for you guys 0:32:05.880 --> 0:32:08.320 right before the break. We're talking about the wide receiver position, 0:32:08.360 --> 0:32:11.000 particularly talking about number one wide receivers. I had a 0:32:11.000 --> 0:32:13.640 fan on Twitter before the show bring up what I 0:32:13.640 --> 0:32:15.520 thought was a very valid point, or at least a 0:32:15.520 --> 0:32:20.000 point that was worth discussion, which is last year, despite 0:32:20.000 --> 0:32:22.720 what you thought about the production from Dez Bryant, despite 0:32:22.760 --> 0:32:25.840 what you thought about the production from from Jason Witten, 0:32:26.200 --> 0:32:29.440 the fact is, when Jason Witten and Des Bryan are 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:32.360 on your offense, defenses have to account for them because 0:32:32.400 --> 0:32:34.720 if they don't account for them, they can make them 0:32:34.720 --> 0:32:38.160 look silly. Right Is that a situation or should that 0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:40.920 be something that should be considered here when you talk about, hey, 0:32:40.960 --> 0:32:43.360 the Cowboys really don't need a number one. Does the 0:32:43.440 --> 0:32:45.760 threat of having a Dez Bryan out there, even if 0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:48.000 he's not a true number one, just the threat of 0:32:48.040 --> 0:32:51.600 the damage that he can do, is that enough to 0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:54.000 still need to have him on a team like this one. 0:32:55.160 --> 0:32:57.720 I think there's there's a couple of ways to look 0:32:57.720 --> 0:33:00.800 at that one, like, yeah, yeah, they miss him in 0:33:00.800 --> 0:33:04.520 the sense that they are good veteran players who you 0:33:04.560 --> 0:33:06.840 can typically count on to do what they're supposed to, 0:33:07.040 --> 0:33:10.080 Like Jason Witten is gonna be there. He's gonna probably 0:33:10.080 --> 0:33:12.160 figure out a way to get open more often than not. 0:33:12.680 --> 0:33:15.720 Dez Bryant can still do des Bryant things. Nick brings 0:33:15.760 --> 0:33:17.880 up the slant against the Giants all the time. You 0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:21.480 have to cover him. But to go back to Jerry 0:33:21.560 --> 0:33:24.479 Jones's point, it's been a long time since I remember, 0:33:24.520 --> 0:33:27.680 I think it was fourteen. The count went like first 0:33:27.720 --> 0:33:30.040 time we really thought those Cowboys were a good team. 0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:32.680 They smashed the Saints here in at and T like 0:33:32.680 --> 0:33:36.160 week four. I think like literally, the Saints put two 0:33:36.240 --> 0:33:38.400 corners on him, and I'm not talking about like rolling 0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:41.760 a guy over the top, like literally they had two guys. Yeah, 0:33:41.840 --> 0:33:43.880 and Dads was literally standing on the sideline like are 0:33:43.960 --> 0:33:45.680 y'all kidding me right now? Or I mean not this. 0:33:45.800 --> 0:33:49.320 He was standing in place in the formation like okay, 0:33:49.320 --> 0:33:52.120 Like nobody was covering Dads like that in the last 0:33:52.200 --> 0:33:54.160 two years. So he's not to get that kind of 0:33:54.200 --> 0:33:56.240 a team. You got to account for him. And he 0:33:56.320 --> 0:33:58.800 has a track record that makes him more dangerous than 0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:02.480 any of these guys, but he's he's not He wasn't 0:34:02.520 --> 0:34:06.720 that guy in recent memory. I mean, you know the 0:34:06.720 --> 0:34:09.359 thing about it is it reminds me of like the 0:34:09.440 --> 0:34:12.480 last You're probably too young for this, but you know 0:34:12.640 --> 0:34:15.120 the last I don't know, five or ten years of 0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:19.920 Mike Tyson. You know, it's like he wasn't what he was, 0:34:20.160 --> 0:34:23.919 but you're always worried about it. Why because he could. 0:34:24.040 --> 0:34:26.840 He could knock you out with punch. He's got that, 0:34:26.920 --> 0:34:28.719 And I think that's kind of what's happened here with 0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:31.239 Dez in a little bit. It's like, yeah, you're not 0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:32.920 the same, and you don't have to cover him the same, 0:34:32.960 --> 0:34:35.480 but you got to be careful with that. And it's 0:34:35.480 --> 0:34:37.920 not just about Dez, it's about it's about Tavon as well. 0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:40.319 Look back to the first game or this last game. 0:34:41.080 --> 0:34:43.439 A couple of plays they had to touchdown and even 0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:46.560 the shovel pass that on third down that was important. 0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:49.359 It got him in there. Fake to Tavon, shovel to 0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:52.600 to Zeke, fake to Tavon and Zeke throw it to 0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:55.520 Herns in the end zone. You can keep faking it 0:34:55.600 --> 0:34:57.440 all day, but at some point, you know, so the 0:34:57.480 --> 0:35:00.160 threat of not having the ball, it sounds good, but 0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:03.279 you do have to show him every once in a while. So, um, 0:35:03.760 --> 0:35:06.600 that's a good question. You do have to show him 0:35:06.920 --> 0:35:09.680 that we can hurt you and then use that against them. 0:35:09.680 --> 0:35:11.879 And honestly, that's the part I think that would hurt 0:35:11.960 --> 0:35:15.640 this argument is I don't think enough times last year 0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:18.640 Dez actually hurt the opposing team. Now, there were a couple, 0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:21.279 but I don't think it happened frequently and frequently enough 0:35:21.320 --> 0:35:23.640 where teams wouldn't still walk into a game with the 0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:25.560 Cowboys this year and say the exact same thing they're 0:35:25.560 --> 0:35:28.160 saying right now, which is, if you're gonna beat this team. 0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:31.120 You gotta stop Zeke. Dez is one thing, and we'll 0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:33.239 deal with him. We could probably put one guy on him, 0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:35.560 and we will. We will be okay if we let 0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:37.879 if he gets a big play on us, Like we're 0:35:37.880 --> 0:35:39.440 okay with the idea he might get a big play 0:35:39.480 --> 0:35:41.879 on us. Well, we can't let we can't let get 0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:44.200 off is Zeke. And I think that's that doesn't change. 0:35:44.400 --> 0:35:45.799 That doesn't change where the Dez is on the team 0:35:45.880 --> 0:35:48.279 or not. And that I mean, you know, I worry 0:35:48.320 --> 0:35:51.040 about sounding like a homer, but like we saw Dez 0:35:51.400 --> 0:35:54.200 do so much of the stuff we're seeing right now. 0:35:54.239 --> 0:35:56.640 You brought up the Denver game, the Seattle game last 0:35:56.719 --> 0:35:59.600 Year's burned into my brain forever, like, and he made 0:35:59.600 --> 0:36:02.479 some play and he would probably still be the best 0:36:02.480 --> 0:36:05.400 receiver on this team if he was here, but he 0:36:05.800 --> 0:36:07.480 left a lot of stuff out there. I mean, you 0:36:07.560 --> 0:36:10.759 can blame Dak if you want to. I'm lean more 0:36:10.760 --> 0:36:12.840 toward thinking that if you make twelve million dollars a 0:36:12.880 --> 0:36:16.160 year to play receiver, you should have a DeAndre Hopkins. 0:36:16.440 --> 0:36:18.960 Those balls were not all accurate, and he mean, he's 0:36:19.000 --> 0:36:21.439 got a fifty foot catch radius. It doesn't matter where 0:36:21.440 --> 0:36:22.799 it is he's going to bring it in. You know, 0:36:23.000 --> 0:36:25.359 that's what you're paying twelve million dollars a year for. Right. 0:36:26.239 --> 0:36:29.560 The thing about that is is that he keep going 0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:33.239 back to that statement that I agree with and Dave 0:36:33.239 --> 0:36:35.239 agrees because he just said it. I don't know if 0:36:35.239 --> 0:36:38.080 you do, but that Dez would be the best receiver 0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:41.520 on the team if he was here. Think about any 0:36:41.520 --> 0:36:44.400 other football team in the league, and any other position 0:36:44.560 --> 0:36:47.560 other than maybe kicker, I don't know where else could 0:36:47.600 --> 0:36:50.040 you say if I signed this guy off the street, 0:36:50.080 --> 0:36:52.359 he would be better than anyone else that I have 0:36:54.360 --> 0:36:57.600 for all the problems of well, what he is in 0:36:57.600 --> 0:37:00.080 the locker room and all that. That's a that's a 0:37:00.280 --> 0:37:03.560 statement that's needs I think needs to be addressed like 0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:07.400 no one No other team can say that no other position. 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:09.799 You could say, there's nobody out there that would be 0:37:09.840 --> 0:37:12.040 the best of all of that, but he would be. 0:37:12.080 --> 0:37:14.600 My question back to you, when you're saying that, you're 0:37:14.640 --> 0:37:18.880 speaking purely from the point standpoint of just raw skill 0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:22.040 as a receiver. You're saying he'd be the best one. Now, 0:37:22.120 --> 0:37:24.359 let's factor in the other reasons, because there were other 0:37:24.400 --> 0:37:26.920 reasons why he's not on this team. When you factor 0:37:26.960 --> 0:37:30.960 in those other reasons, is his ability that much greater 0:37:31.239 --> 0:37:33.239 to where it's worth saying have him put him on 0:37:33.280 --> 0:37:36.439 this team? That's the issue well ahead any other team 0:37:36.440 --> 0:37:39.400 in any For any other team they had, they'd have 0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:42.120 to deal with the part of Des learning the offense 0:37:42.160 --> 0:37:45.600 and all that. I mean, so you got a guy 0:37:45.680 --> 0:37:47.879 that would be talent wise, raw talent, like you said, 0:37:47.960 --> 0:37:50.560 better than anyone you have. It's got more experience in 0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:53.440 production than anyone else that you have. He's got an 0:37:53.520 --> 0:37:56.480 understanding of the offense. May not be better than anyone 0:37:56.480 --> 0:37:58.279 else you have, but he does have an understanding of 0:37:58.320 --> 0:38:03.799 the offense. And you know, I but don't you think 0:38:03.840 --> 0:38:06.120 being cut and being on the street no one's signing you. 0:38:06.200 --> 0:38:08.840 I mean, do you think that would change anything? Humble 0:38:08.960 --> 0:38:12.400 him at all? Did not? I don't know. Do you 0:38:12.400 --> 0:38:15.839 think it doesn't feel like he doesn't seem like Twitter 0:38:15.920 --> 0:38:19.279 activity does not indicate that it has um which the 0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:21.320 other thing for me is okay, all of that is 0:38:21.440 --> 0:38:23.920 very all of that is very important, and for how 0:38:23.960 --> 0:38:27.200 good his relationship with Jerry Jones is. I'm sure Des 0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:31.040 has burned several bridges in this building, in the locker 0:38:31.120 --> 0:38:34.120 room and out of the locker room. But my thing is, 0:38:35.320 --> 0:38:38.960 what how big is the difference in production? Really? Like honestly, 0:38:39.000 --> 0:38:41.160 I mean that because like Dez would definitely be leading 0:38:41.160 --> 0:38:44.799 this team in catches and yards probably, I think he'd 0:38:44.840 --> 0:38:48.440 also be far and away leading in targets because we 0:38:48.480 --> 0:38:51.880 saw it last year's Like, even though he is a 0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:54.600 complimentary player in this offense, at this point in time, 0:38:55.360 --> 0:38:57.960 you have to plan for him, like he's a premier guy. 0:38:58.040 --> 0:39:00.319 Like that's what they did. He had forty targets through 0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:03.120 four games. That's why they did this. Is that Michael 0:39:03.160 --> 0:39:06.400 Gallup isn't gonna say bup if he gets two targets 0:39:06.400 --> 0:39:09.279 in the game. He's a rookie. Deontay Thompson is not 0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:12.080 going to raise a stink about getting five targets in 0:39:12.120 --> 0:39:14.000 the game because that's probably a career high for it. 0:39:15.440 --> 0:39:22.320 They're getting there. One, there's one guy that's ye're saying, 0:39:22.480 --> 0:39:26.040 they're they're getting there because everybody, well, what they're what 0:39:26.040 --> 0:39:27.919 what it sounds like they're doing. It sounds like they're 0:39:27.960 --> 0:39:30.799 just saying it's not us, that's that's what. It's not 0:39:30.840 --> 0:39:33.240 so much give me the ball as much as they're saying, hey, 0:39:33.280 --> 0:39:35.719 everybody out there is trying to point the finger at us. 0:39:36.120 --> 0:39:38.200 It ain't us. That's what I'm here rich from there. 0:39:38.480 --> 0:39:42.080 It's it is, but that's not. That's at least what 0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:45.480 I think they're saying is it's not it's everything. It's everything. 0:39:45.520 --> 0:39:50.040 It's everything talking great, but they're not getting open. But 0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:52.600 that's why I say yesterday, there's only one of all 0:39:52.640 --> 0:39:55.320 that we're talking about. There's only one or two positions 0:39:55.360 --> 0:39:57.719 that our expectations were different than what we're seeing right now, 0:39:58.040 --> 0:40:00.400 and that's offensive line and running back. That's the we 0:40:00.440 --> 0:40:02.680 had high expectations for. It's as easily needs to be 0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:04.799 the number three receiver on this team, and he's not. 0:40:04.920 --> 0:40:07.360 He's the number one receiver, and that's the problem. He 0:40:07.400 --> 0:40:09.719 needs to be number three. He needs to be the 0:40:09.760 --> 0:40:12.839 guy that's the mismatch guy. But if teams want to 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:14.759 take him out of the game, they'll take him out 0:40:14.800 --> 0:40:18.000 of the game and then leaving you with what that's 0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:21.640 that's to me, that's I mean, that's what they've they've 0:40:21.640 --> 0:40:25.720 committed themselves to what we're gonna do when all else fails, 0:40:26.200 --> 0:40:28.279 we fall back on our running it. Yeah, that's what 0:40:28.320 --> 0:40:31.040 they've committed to. It's funny, because I mean, it's it's 0:40:31.040 --> 0:40:33.000 the it's a tale as old as time this league. 0:40:33.120 --> 0:40:35.480 Every damn near every team in the league thinks it 0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:37.320 has a shot at the playoffs when the season starts. 0:40:37.320 --> 0:40:40.160 That's what's great about it. But so damn near every 0:40:40.200 --> 0:40:42.200 team in the league feels really good about what they 0:40:42.239 --> 0:40:44.879 did in the offseason, which in some cases it has 0:40:44.920 --> 0:40:48.480 worked out, Like the linebacker situation has worked out perfectly 0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:50.960 with the way they planned it out, even it hadn't 0:40:51.000 --> 0:40:54.680 been great. But safety has not sunk this team yet. 0:40:55.160 --> 0:40:56.919 You could say the same thing about their defensive front. 0:40:57.080 --> 0:41:01.880 But having said all of that, they are currently getting 0:41:01.880 --> 0:41:04.560 a big f for how that they decided to approach 0:41:04.560 --> 0:41:07.160 wide receiver, like none of the stuff that they thought 0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:10.239 would happen, like we think we think Michael Gallup, we 0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:12.560 think Alan Hearns will do this with you know, Diante, 0:41:13.080 --> 0:41:15.440 he worked with sanjt Like none of it's working in 0:41:15.960 --> 0:41:18.759 we think he can be this and and doctorserve some 0:41:18.800 --> 0:41:20.759 blame in that too, for that matter, because these are 0:41:20.800 --> 0:41:22.839 supposed to be guys tailored to what he wants to 0:41:22.840 --> 0:41:25.360 do and they might not be getting open. They certainly 0:41:25.360 --> 0:41:27.600 aren't getting open all the time, but he's missing throws 0:41:27.640 --> 0:41:29.759 as well when he's having those opportunities. I just thought 0:41:29.800 --> 0:41:32.560 about something, have you guys, Has anybody asked the question 0:41:32.840 --> 0:41:35.080 what happened to the whole concept of Tavon being a 0:41:35.120 --> 0:41:37.560 web back. I don't think I've seen him line up 0:41:37.560 --> 0:41:42.680 in the backfield at all. I don't like, I don't 0:41:42.680 --> 0:41:45.320 care where he lies. I'm what I take some offense 0:41:45.360 --> 0:41:47.839 to that because I've been yelling about it all season long. 0:41:47.920 --> 0:41:50.920 They're not using him the way that he seems like 0:41:50.960 --> 0:41:53.600 he is screaming to be used. My point was that 0:41:53.680 --> 0:41:55.560 was what was said on draft Day, and that's what 0:41:55.560 --> 0:41:57.880 they talked about there at the beginning, is that you 0:41:57.920 --> 0:42:00.200 look at how the Rams were using him last year. Year. 0:42:00.320 --> 0:42:02.239 They lined him up in the backfield a lot. I mean, 0:42:02.239 --> 0:42:04.360 he was getting carries quite a bit, probably more of 0:42:04.360 --> 0:42:07.160 a ball carrier than just a receiver for the Rams 0:42:07.239 --> 0:42:10.400 last year. So my expectation from what they said was 0:42:10.440 --> 0:42:11.880 that he was going to be a guy that was 0:42:11.880 --> 0:42:13.920 going to have the ball in his hands more frequently 0:42:14.480 --> 0:42:16.279 as a as a runner, just as a runner. So 0:42:16.280 --> 0:42:18.680 whether that's a bubble screen, whether that's a handoff, they 0:42:18.719 --> 0:42:20.239 were gonna find ways just get the ball in his hand. 0:42:20.239 --> 0:42:22.600 That's not necessarily as a receiver, because they made a 0:42:22.640 --> 0:42:26.719 point of saying web back versus wide receiver. At what 0:42:26.840 --> 0:42:30.160 point did that change and if so, why are they 0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:32.839 not Did they decide to do that versus using him 0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:35.239 more in that role? I know my question. I don't 0:42:35.280 --> 0:42:37.080 care if he ever takes a single handoff out of 0:42:37.080 --> 0:42:40.760 the backfield. But Josh Norris, who's a fantasy football guru, 0:42:40.840 --> 0:42:46.960 I quote tweeted this last night. Key Key Qt's average 0:42:46.960 --> 0:42:49.400 depth of target of five yards is the lowest of 0:42:49.480 --> 0:42:51.840 any wide receiver in the league with twenty plus targets. 0:42:52.239 --> 0:42:54.520 You can spend it in a positive way because he's 0:42:54.520 --> 0:42:56.600 got twenty two targets in just two games. Again, that's 0:42:56.600 --> 0:42:58.319 what I said when we were previewing him last week. 0:42:58.560 --> 0:43:01.560 He never touches the ball all more than five six 0:43:01.640 --> 0:43:05.360 yards down field. He's still a crucial component of their offense, 0:43:05.440 --> 0:43:08.040 which is my point. No, but I don't care if 0:43:08.120 --> 0:43:10.520 Tavon's lining up at running back. Just get him the 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:13.799 ball in shallow space where he doesn't have to make 0:43:14.239 --> 0:43:17.200 this amazing grab to get the ball. Same thing. Yeah, No, 0:43:17.239 --> 0:43:19.640 we are, we are, but it's something I've been harping 0:43:19.640 --> 0:43:21.359 on and will continue to harp on because I don't 0:43:21.440 --> 0:43:24.320 understand it right, and I would be interested to see 0:43:24.520 --> 0:43:27.160 what coaches have to say about that, seeing as though 0:43:27.160 --> 0:43:29.239 that seemed like that was the plan when he came in. 0:43:29.640 --> 0:43:30.880 Um and not to say this is the end all 0:43:30.880 --> 0:43:33.080 be all, but it was funny because even on like ESPN, 0:43:33.080 --> 0:43:36.000 on their fantasy game, he is listed as a running back, 0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:38.000 not as a wide receiver. If I had to guess, 0:43:38.040 --> 0:43:41.280 they will give an answer that suggests that we're stupid 0:43:41.320 --> 0:43:44.320 for suggesting it. I know they suggested it. Like they'll 0:43:44.360 --> 0:43:47.160 say something that's like, well, you don't understand, but here's 0:43:47.160 --> 0:43:50.080 why that's I'll I'll try to get a question in 0:43:50.120 --> 0:43:52.040 for you. Let's see how goes. All right, appreciate you guys, Jonas. 0:43:52.040 --> 0:43:53.600 We'll back tomorrow. We're gonna get you guys ready for 0:43:53.640 --> 0:43:57.719 Cowboys versus Jaguars. I have this again tonight. Yeah yeah, 0:43:58.840 --> 0:44:00.799 you guys are in the area, come check us out. 0:44:00.840 --> 0:44:03.360 We'll be a concrete Cowboy tonight at six pm for 0:44:03.600 --> 0:44:06.880 the Happy Hour, and it'll it'll be US three plus 0:44:06.920 --> 0:44:09.040 Shannon Gross. We'll see how that goes anyway. For Nick, 0:44:09.120 --> 0:44:11.279 even Dave Hellman I'm Derek Eagles and this has been 0:44:11.280 --> 0:44:14.719 the Break live on Dallas cowboys dot Com. 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