WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Time For LB Change? 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:06.280 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:18.439 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:22.120 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:26.520 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:31.880 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:38.120 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:42.000 It is Tuesday, October fifteenth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.680 number sixty four. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.360 We are live from the s w DC Mortgage Studios 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:49.839 at the Star and it is a Tuesday, so we're 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.159 going big picture today. I've got a ton of questions 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:53.519 for these guys. We're going to hit a lot of 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.760 different topics and hopefully we'll get to some questions from 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:58.240 you guys. You can call us the numbers eight eight 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.120 eight eight five five to two nine seven. You can 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.400 also hit us on Twitter at Derek Eagleton. I'll take 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.000 your questions that way. And again, we just want to 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.720 give you guys a big picture look at this team 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.200 coming off another loss now at three and three, facing 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:16.880 a probably the biggest division threat that they have this week, 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.080 and then heading into a buy so very very very 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:22.440 very critical game. We'll get into a little bit more 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:26.240 about that game tomorrow and Thursday, but sup, big picture today, 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:30.200 how's everybody feeling good? Feel good? Thanks us. Let's jump 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.760 right in. I have probably about I don't know about 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:35.720 seven or eight questions here, and they're gonna be on 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.240 a range of different topics. Obviously a lot of them 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.760 have to do with problems, because right now, when you 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.319 go three and three and you've lost the last three 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.440 in a row, there are lots of problems. So let's 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.200 start first with this question. What has been the biggest 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:53.400 or the bigger offensive problem wide receivers not getting open 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:57.360 or dropping the ball, or offensive line not blocking well. 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.600 I mean, I would say offensive line not blocking well 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.840 because you know, and there's reasons for that. We know 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.160 that you don't have to sit there and you know, 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.040 talk about that. But yeah, I would say the offensive 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:14.519 line has been a struggle whether or not there were 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.959 one hundred percent healthy or the guys that are healthy 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.520 are not black and well, I would say that, and 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.320 I think that stems too. If you can't create the 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:24.000 gaps for Elliott or even Polar whoever is in, then 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.000 you start going to the receivers. I mean, that's obviously 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.399 it's a problem in and of itself since they can't catch. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.320 But I'd agree, I think the offensive line has not 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.440 been what it needs to be. And we've talked for 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.560 how many weeks about the drop off between your starting 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.600 tackles who are out Tyren Smith and Lyle Collins with 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:42.160 Brandon Iden cam Fleming. However, that can't just be an 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.520 excuse every team. You have to have depth and you 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:47.480 have to learn to adjust, and something's not working to 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.919 Nick's point, and I think Derek brought it up yesterday. 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.160 And obviously the problem with the tackles being healthy, but 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.560 you know, the interior hasn't played well. Connor Williams has 0:02:56.560 --> 0:03:00.440 had his growing pains throughout the season. Travis, Frederick and Martin. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.320 I think the Jets game is a second game this 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.360 season where they didn't seem like they played a very 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.000 good game, the Saints game being the other one. I mean, 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.079 we all know Zach is dealing with with a back 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.639 injury of his own, but yeah, to quote de Marcus Lawrence, 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.560 nobody cares. But yeah, they haven't. They haven't played up 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.440 to that standard they think they probably they did for 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:25.520 those first three games, which you know, look at the 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.960 competition and that might help explain it. At this point, 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.560 based upon what you've seen, you've seen, would you move 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:37.880 forward with putting Xavier Suafilo in in place of Connor Williams. Well, 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.240 I mean, I think that you were not on the 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.000 show last week or two weeks ago when I said that, 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.400 So I missed a show. Yeah, I think so I'm 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.120 part of a show. Yeah, Nick did say that. I 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.680 feel like I've said that a lot. So when you're 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.760 all in on that, I'm all in. I'm all in 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.840 because I just feel like he is a stronger player 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:01.600 physically stronger to do that. And last time they put 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.560 him in against the Eagles, I mean he kind of 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.960 handled Fletcher Cox as well as you can. So I 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.000 think that, Uh, I think it would be good, especially 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.200 with the situations that they have on the outside and 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.720 all that. I think he's he's a he's a good 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.760 veteran player, and I think this is it would be needed. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.159 Just trying to go off of previous years when things 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.640 weren't going well, I think they would they were going 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:27.560 to do that and do it during the bye week. 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.120 If Connor Williams struggles again, in this game, and he 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.840 might with Fletcher Cox being on that defense. Would you do? 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:36.560 That's what they did, right, That's what they did. So 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.080 they did last year redskin game. He was not good 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:42.560 Connor Williams and bye week, yeah, well they they they 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.640 fired Paul Alexander and kind of switched things up. And 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.320 I don't I don't know that Connor didn't get benched. 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.560 He got hurt, right, but and they just didn't get 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.400 his job back. They've made personnel moves during the bye 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.200 week like that before. What I mean, you can go 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.480 all the way back to fifteen when they benched Brandon 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.719 Whedon for Castle et C. What would I do? I 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.960 don't know. I'm not an offensive line expert by any means. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:10.240 I that it feels convenient to be like, well that's 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.960 that's the problem, and that'll that'll fix it, and don't 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.560 give me probably just I'm not pouring everything to corner. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.839 There's a lot of problems on this team, in particularly 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.400 the offensive line. But my point though is, I guess 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.560 what I'm asking you is is his play if you 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.240 just take his play by itself, knowing that you have 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.680 another guy like Xaviers to a fellow who you've seen 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:30.880 play and you feel like he's a pretty good player. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.560 Do you think there's an upgrade in moving Xavier into 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.800 the starting lineup over Connor? I know, we I mean, 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:37.919 he did play well against the Eagles, but he played 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:41.039 several games last year and they weren't all beautiful. Like 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.560 you know, if if he was like this pro bowler 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.320 sitting back there, maybe I'd feel differently. But no, I 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.080 think I'm I'll roll forward with it and hopefully you 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.760 get tiring back for this game or you certainly expect 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.000 you would get him back after the bye week. And yeah, 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.880 I don't I don't feel super strongly about that. Ny. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:01.240 That was kind of my thought. I was when I 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.400 if you get tiring back. Is this as much of 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.840 a discussion as people are thinking about, right? Are we 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.360 just more focusing You're seeing Connor Williams and you're expecting 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:13.760 him to step up more since Tyring is out? I 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.680 don't know. I don't know. I guess maybe, I mean, 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.000 he's obviously Suaphilo is practicing, and but maybe you do 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.200 try more in the you know, those those first team reps. 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.920 I just think that when what you saw from you know, 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:28.800 the third and short fourth you know, fourth and short. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.560 I just feel like that that he gives you a 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:33.719 little bit more, He gives you a lot more strength 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:35.840 at there because I remember Connor was a tackle that's 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:37.880 moved to guard. I don't think that Suphilo has ever 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:42.479 been anything more than an interior player. So um. I 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.720 know it wasn't perfect last year, but I mean, you know, 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.800 he just happened to be in the starting lineup for 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.719 that last you know run of seven out of eight games, 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:54.640 and you know, Cooper was probably the bigger reason for 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.120 the offensive turnaround, but I think he helped. I do. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.640 I do think he helped in there. And I get it. 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.200 It seems like it's you're you're just picking on one 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.520 guy to be like, well, you're the problem, you know, 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.599 But but when you look at across the board guys 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:11.440 that aren't playing well, and then who's behind him, drop 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.280 off between Dak and Cooper. I'm not a rush I'm 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.679 not saying that that's the problem, but I'm just saying 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.920 drop offs between the backup and that I think that's 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:24.280 the closest one on the entire team because Suaphilo, you know, 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.600 basically didn't give him his job back last year. Son 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.600 Connor Sufilo, I think is the closest backup to the 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.640 starter on any spot on the team. From that standpoint, 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.559 is it fair to at least ask the question about 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:40.119 the center and whether your backup can give you maybe 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.000 more than what you're getting from Travis Rage I'm talking 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:47.680 about Joli. Yeah, it's fair. That's that's that's fair. But um, 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.200 I'm gonna say, like Dave said, I'm not an offensive 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.040 line expert on that one. Well, that is I think 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.440 that's in terms of in terms of like watching I mean, 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:58.720 we have access to NFL Game Pass. You can go 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:00.720 watch the All twenty two and get an idea of 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.920 what's going on. It's very hard to evaluate that if 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.920 you haven't played it or coached it or you know, 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.440 I mean, broad Us has a lot of leeway to 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.120 speak on that with not just his scouting experience but 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:17.960 his spirits playing offensive line, you can do your best like, oh, well, 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.360 you know he got beat or but you don't know 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.320 the protections, you don't know what each guy's a simon 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.880 is And I just I mean Connor and I said 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.160 it at the top of the show. I don't think 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.440 Zach and Travis played very well in that game, but 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:34.640 I'm just I'm not ready to say like that, is 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:38.560 this just like blinking red light about why they're losing 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.000 these games and they've got to do something drastic. I'm 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.240 just I'm just not all the way there. I think, honestly, 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:48.160 I'd rather they just stop trying to run into unfavorable looks, 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.080 like how about they do that instead. I don't think 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.320 we realized to have the importance of the Amari Cooper 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.920 injury in that game. I mean, yeah, they lost the game. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.439 I don't think they lose the game if Cooper is 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.640 not hurt, and I don't think it's really that close. Okay, well, 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.640 then let's I just think Amari Cooper being out for 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.680 that particular game I think was a fourteen to seventeen 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.480 point difference, that they probably win the game by two touchdowns. 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.559 I believe that. Okay, so let's take this. This is 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.960 your next question. You set this up perfectly. Which player 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:24.920 is more critical to the Cowboys offensive success? Mary Cooper 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:29.760 or Tyron Smith. Honestly, the answer has been Tyron for years, 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:33.000 and I feel stupid saying it's probably a Mari Cooper, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:36.760 but I think it probably is because who backed him. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:41.080 Up eleven. I mean you wind up trying to make 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.960 it work with Michael Gallup, Cedric Wilson and Tavon Austin. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:48.120 I mean Tavon Austin was playing outside for a pretty 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.920 big chunk of that game, and we saw the difference there. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:52.920 He can make some plays if he gets lined up right, 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.559 and that's that's That's not really a knock on him. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.840 He's not really that type of guy. He's an inside 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.800 guy that those guys make mistakes when they're out there 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.440 that they're not lining up on the right spot cost 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:07.120 them a big play in the game. I think when 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.120 you're talking about drop offs between the starter and the backup, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:14.000 I think Amari Cooper to Cedric Wilson is a bigger 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.880 drop off than Tyron Smith to Cam Fleming. As weird 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:18.680 as that sounds, I'll go to my grave and it's 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.240 just like, the offensive tackle play is not why they 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.680 lost the Packers or the Jets. I'm not saying those 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.079 guys played great. I mean, you know that there was 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.079 a big dispute on Talking Cowboys yesterday about Dak getting 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.760 hit like Dak took a lot of those shots, extending 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:33.840 plays outside of the pocket, like It's not like he 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:35.880 just had two, in particular two of the biggest hit 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.080 tablet outside the pocket. Yeah, it's not like he had 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.120 no time to throw and there were just got I mean, 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.520 go watch at lant At twenty seventeen if you want 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.160 to see what that looks like. I don't think this 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.360 was that well. And again, sorry, but he saw the 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:49.640 Jets do it all day, like, get the ball out 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:51.960 of his hand faster, help your tackles. I don't like, 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.000 you know, the old do what we do thing like. 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.320 I think the Cowboys could be better at adjusting their 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.400 play calls to suit who's on the field for them. 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.480 But I think drop off in the passing game is 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:06.800 pretty severe without Amari Cooper and especially I mean Michael Gallop. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.840 And you know, I gotta give Amber credit. She called 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:11.640 out the receivers last week. I didn't think it was 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.040 justified based on what we had seen to that point, 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.160 but it was an ironic twist of faith that the 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.199 first time Gallup was called upon to be more without 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.200 Cooper in there, he wasn't up to it, and that 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.760 only kind of highlighted the problem. So if you told 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:28.520 me I could have one of the two for this game. 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.360 I think I'd rather have Cooper than tying me too, Yeah, adn't. Yeah, 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:33.720 I agree, And I think we've seen that, I mean, 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.679 last year without Cooper and you get so excited and 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.120 we see such great things from Gallop and he even 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.600 said he's like, it's on me. He's in locker room 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.360 yesterday he goes, I had three passes I should have 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:46.560 had and I don't know what you do differently. He 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.520 didn't really have an answer in terms of how you 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.960 execute better. But there is a big drop off and 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.160 he's the guy and he did not perform, and Cedric 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.040 Wilson did not set up the way he need to. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.600 We saw some good plays from Tavon, but there just 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.640 wasn't enough. And if you know, if we're going to 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.000 talk about the injuries, I think that if if you 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.160 had to tell me, you know, make a bet on 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:09.160 which player is going to be able to play in 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.000 the game, I would say Tyrant Smith over Amari Cooper. 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.920 Doesn't look like Amara he's gonna play. And I'm basing 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.520 that off of the fact that he had no shot 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.200 of coming back in that game, Like he wasn't trying, 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:22.880 he wasn't he was just sitting there. I know he 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:24.080 was in a lot of pain, but he was just 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.800 sitting there. It wasn't close to coming back. I just 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:28.480 have a hard time thinking then he's going to be 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.319 able to be back for this game. Yeah with the 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.280 bye week sitting there and doesn't. Yeah, it doesn't. I 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.640 don't feel good about it on Tuesday. But real quick 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.040 about that, we've seen this free years one of the 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.280 bye weeks there. It's so much easier to just rest 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.280 the guy one more game and knowing that that's there 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.000 and they cannot do that. They if these guys are 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.200 healthy to play, they got to play. It's the biggest 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:48.559 game of the year. I will say this, I think 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.720 a lot of their problems offensively originate on the offensive line. 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.160 I think a lot of the things we've seen, particularly 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.560 in the last three games, have been issues at start 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.599 at the offensive line. Other guys have their hand in, 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:00.040 and but I think it starts with the offensive on 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.320 The problem is and goes to what you guys are 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.679 saying here. Last year, the Cowboys were not doing very 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:09.199 well until they got Amari Cooper and then everything changed. Essentially, 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.360 if you don't have Amari Cooper in this offense, you're 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.000 going back to that this wide receiver by committee that's 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.840 proven not to work with the current set of players. 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.080 I just don't think it's there yet. They looked a 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.880 lot better in this game against the Jets than they 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:27.120 did during those lean games before a Cooper got there. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.520 I differ. I disagree with that. I think I think offensively, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.520 particularly in the first set, like they were they were 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.880 having a hard time getting any kind of rhythm going. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.920 It was because they didn't have reliable catches like there 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.240 were there were opportunities there, but they didn't have anybody 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:44.839 stepping up to make the player. Don't get me wrong, 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.600 they obviously didn't play well, but like it's a testament 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:51.040 to how atrocious they were against Carolina in Seattle early 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.160 last season. Like that looked better than what we saw 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.040 in twenty eight. And I think both those teams probably 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.079 I would guess, are a little bit better or a 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.280 little bit better last year than what the Jets are 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:05.560 this year. Why would deposit And I mean, based on 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.240 what we've seen, I don't expect the Cowboys to take 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:09.839 advantage of it, based on what we've seen in the 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:11.920 last three weeks, But the Eagles might have the worst 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.040 secondary in the league, and we can get into that. 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:15.960 I'll see if they can. 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Well, 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.960 I do have a watch party that the Cowboys have 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:36.960 already scheduled here for November the twenty Fourth's on the Sunday. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.240 It's an a festive game day atmosphere at the Testido's 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:43.240 Championship pose at the Star in Frisco. So the Cowboys 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.680 will take on the New England Patriots. Danny, I know 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.080 you will be. You were out there before. I was 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:49.800 for the Washington game. It's a ton of fun and 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.240 there were a lot of people there and it was hot, 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.480 so I think this one will be a nice turnout 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.440 as well. The cooler weather, cooler weather, November twenty fourth, 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:03.080 Cowboys Patriots mission and parking free at visit the Star 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:05.520 and Frisco dot Com. Should be a lot of fun 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:11.080 to watch the Cowboys take on the Patriots. All right, 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.280 let's get back in. We got some questions. We got 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:14.639 some other teams to get to before we get to 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.280 the Patriots. Yeah, well that's I know. I'm just saying like, 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.199 as you said that, I was like, Oh, that's just 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.720 one more problem. That's just lingering out there. That'll be 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.840 a problem we deal with later. Um. All right, so 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.760 let's go back. Another question for you guys. This next 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:31.879 question is what is the what has been the bigger 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:37.400 defensive problem for this team? Pass rush coverage or run defense, Collie. 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.560 The fact that that there's been a seven second pause 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:45.880 tells you that everyone love thinking, Yeah, it's all of them, 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:47.720 and then they all kind of got to pick one. 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:49.840 I'm gonna I'm gonna say tackling, because if you have 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.280 to fix one, if you have to fix, pick fix one. 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:54.720 Which one do you think gives you the better chance 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.639 to fix the others? Pass rush? Pass rush to me 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.760 gives you you can I mean, if you get after 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:01.959 his ass back there, then you can do a lot 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:03.719 of things. Your coverage looks a lot even more than 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:07.640 run defense has their coverage with the exception of this 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:11.240 past game, like in the other five, was their coverage awful? 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.440 I would say the last two. I would say in 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:16.840 the last two they've probably had some issues in coverage. 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.320 I mean green Bay they scored a lot of points 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.080 in and some of that. I mean, they You're right, 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:25.240 they didn't get just destroyed. I've just seen some and 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.439 Rogers finished with two thirty eight and needed three or 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:32.040 four really Rogers esque throws to make it happen. You know, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:34.000 I said it. I said it after that game. I 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:35.760 was like, that's gonna happen when you play him asked 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.159 the fricking pack the Lions about that. I mean, did 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:39.919 you see him last night? Yeah. One of the reasons 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.639 why I probably have a weird opinion about the secondary 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.240 with regards to the Packards game is because they're pack 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.480 They're tackling. Was also a part of the problem, yes, 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:50.520 and so I think I'm kind of equating that just 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:52.800 to the secondary in general. But you're right, from a 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.480 PAS defense standpoint, that wasn't the issue of that game 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.120 the first part. Cheeto Cheeto had a rough first half 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:02.000 against DeVante Parker against the Dolphin, But in general, it 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.560 has not been a week to week thing where I'm like, man, 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.160 this this still hasn't played up. I don't think Kedo 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.360 has played up to expectations as far as I'm concerned. 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:13.520 Nobody Robert Quinn is the only guy who's maybe Malik 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:16.320 Collins who's fitting that bill. I don't think the run 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:19.480 defense has been to the point where it's the biggest problem. Yeah, 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:21.720 the page of the Packers, they got after him, Aaron 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:23.880 Aaron Jones, you know, But I still think a lot 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:25.880 of that had to do with with how they were 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:29.680 trying to to, you know, try to get Aaron Rodgers 0:19:30.000 --> 0:19:31.920 and the and the Packers have a great offensive line, 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:33.760 and they caught him and they gassed him, and you know, 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:35.879 and with with a big lead like that, they were 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:37.679 able to keep running the ball. But I think for 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.160 the most part, going up against Kamara, going up against 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.480