WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: A Need at WR? 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:04.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:06.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:16.320 Cowboys. This He's Talking Cowboys Street Live from the Dallas 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.640 Cowboys World head Boards at the Star in Friscoll. 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:31.720 Touchdown and now your hosts Isaiah Standback, Patrick Walker, Josh 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:37.280 Rodriguez and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.879 It's so wonderful Wednesday edition of Talking Cowboys, presented by 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:45.199 Black Rifle Coffee Company, Live from the Star in Frisco, Texas, 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:48.360 in the s WBC Studios. We've got the full cast 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.279 and crew ready to rock today. We've got Isaiah stand Back, 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:55.640 Josh Rodriguez, Patrick No C Walker sporting the Braves throwbacks 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.000 ice one more time. Ic my friend. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.920 Maybe maybe I'm trying to give some some good. I 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.920 see I didn't represent them yesterday lost and see how 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:04.399 that works. 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.480 So this might be my final chance. Yeah, I haven't 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.880 any mirrors. I haven't reaped any mirrors year. That's why 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.200 they met the playoffs. I went to. I went to 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:14.679 the game where they beat up on the Rangers, though 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:20.560 they weren't alone in that regard. The Rangers won the game. 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.400 You went to, No, we definitely beat up on them boys. 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.640 There it is. I don't think they want a game 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:32.280 World Series talking chips. Now, we're talking chips, chips that rings. 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:33.800 Okay, we have one of the greatest players of all 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:37.319 time in our history. Multiple we got like the Nolan 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:39.039 Ryan that's cool. 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:44.880 Yeah we have Griffy Randy Johnson. Okay, how many championships 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:49.560 did they win with you guys, doesn't matter. It's absolutely matter, doesn't. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.240 It totally changes from year to year. THERAPD is going 0:01:52.240 --> 0:02:00.440 on back then. Yeah, years, I represent the grips. Yeah, 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:09.000 those are my size, not your side. You know how 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:13.200 it goes exactly. I love postseason baseball, I said to baseball, 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.280 just watched all sorts of October baseball. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.320 And for those that didn't get that, okay, that was 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:19.400 an underlying joke there in the in the hood. Okay, 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.280 if you grow up in a bad neighborhood, if you're 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.760 if you're walking on the street, okay, and some fellows 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.919 or maybe some ladies and you never know, I asked you, 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:29.840 what your. 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:31.560 Side, what side shoe you wear? 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:33.000 The bad news? 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.480 Don't even respond, Just look for the nearest exit or 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.880 the best exit plant and just take off. Try me 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.720 at that point, like not not creasing your shoes. Is 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:43.520 not worth. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.120 Losing your shoes. Okay, so just take. 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.239 Off running because back in the day, somebody asked you 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:49.239 what side shoe you wear? 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.440 You look down, You look down at your shoes. 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.760 By the time you look up, you're gonna be straight 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.080 uh louty tunes with the little stars. See that's what 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.000 that's what we were a little bit different from where 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:00.760 I'm from because where I gave you. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:01.320 Is the answer. 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.840 Yes, absolutely, but you're right, don't take your eyes off 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:05.360 the person, like, don't look down. It depends on how 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.120 many people they got. It depends how many people they 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.760 got if it's one person. And okay, you may answer 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:13.760 my size and you square up because this is about 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:14.600 to go down because. 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.120 As they say in Las Bogs, making bigger desertion, you 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.480 can return it and say you can say they're your 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:24.040 size and just really know that's how U n t stuff. 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.640 No no, no, no, no no. That was actually told to 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.400 me by one Bury church. Yeah, said I'm about to 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:35.720 blow up to that's a South Lake statement. You know, 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:36.680 you know you don't say that. 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:38.240 That's on your rough oil on yourself and you start 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:38.840 running at them. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:43.280 Yeah, yeah, freaking out. 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:45.760 They're like never want baby oil. 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:50.280 Sorry, maybe that a stock nowadays. 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.280 Yeah, you just gotta out weird the per game. 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:57.480 Honestly, that's agreed. Agreed. That's the way you get news 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:57.839 and notes. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.800 Pat save this place, all right, So we got you yesterday, 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:05.440 DeMarcus Lawrence was moved to IR, which was completely expected. 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.480 He will be down a minimum of four games with 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:12.000 that foot spring so verrez that Yeah, the corresponding, well, 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.440 I should say, that's the corresponding move to the Cowboys 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.960 poaching kJ Henry off of the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.000 It's a two year deal. He's going to be on 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.880 the active roster for a minimum of three weeks per 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.440 poaching rules in the NFL. 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:25.640 So he's here. 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.400 But so they had to make the corresponding move expectedly, 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.760 they put DeMarcus launch on IR. Michael Parsons remains week 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:36.039 to week. He is quote unquote frustrated. He said, this 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.640 injury is humbling the high ankle sprain. He's talking as 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.880 if he's going to miss against the Steelers. He's not 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.880 been ruled out yet, but looks like a foregone conclusion 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:44.600 at the moment. 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.200 But again he's still week the week. 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:49.480 Mike McCarthy did say, however, that the team is preparing 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.440 to play without him, so don't expect him to be 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:52.840 on the field. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:54.680 I'll be shocked if he is too valuable for the 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.960 long run. Then you got the Lions and then the bye, and. 0:04:57.920 --> 0:04:59.800 Then the forty nine is coming up, games that are 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.400 going to be that much more challenging than even the 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:03.360 challenge of. 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.200 The Steelers in Pittsburgh. 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.000 Kayln Carson missed last week with a shoulder injury suffered 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.440 in the loss against the Ravens. We'll see if he 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.880 practices today, but McCarthy said he's making some progress. See 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:16.839 if you can take the field to Ron Bland. Do 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.520 not expect Dron Bland on the field against the Steelers. 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.440 Too soon for that, but his twenty one day practice 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.400 window could be opened as early as today, And for 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.240 those that don't know, once that window was opened, you 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:29.880 have twenty one days to either put the player on 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.200 the active roster or they revert to season ending ir 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.840 that's the in house news, and I'm just driving in 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.239 this morning. Happened to casually catch a couple of reports 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.680 saying the Cowboys might be interested in a big name 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:45.120 guy from a big name place. At a particular position. 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.960 But it kind of raised my eyebrow because of the position. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:53.320 So brow yeah, rocks eyebrow. Okay, right, you're down Micah 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.560 for at least maybe one game. Yep, you're down to 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.599 Marcus Lawrence for a minimum of four games out We 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.880 talked to about the running back position struggling and where's 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.200 Dalvin in whatever the case may be. But the Cowboys 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.240 themselves in training camp kind of left the door open 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.680 for a possible trade scenario at running back if things 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:09.560 didn't kind of work. 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:10.640 Out the way they wanted to work out. 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.760 I guess my question to you guys is, would you 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.239 if you were to strike a trade before November fifth, 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:17.159 what position would it be? 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:19.200 Would it be wide receiver? Would it be running back? 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:25.039 I was, I was standing on business a few weeks. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.960 I need I need a wide receiver. 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.919 I need another wide receiver personally, Uh, just me, just 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:32.640 for I would love to have a wide. 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.800 Receiver just so why that? Yeah, That's what I'm. 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:39.880 Going to me. There's we've talked about it. The separation 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:41.000 I don't think is there. 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.520 I think Brandon Cooks is have and all wide receivers 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.359 outside of Brandon Cooks are having trouble getting open and 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:51.520 Dak is having to throw these like pristine, perfect window throws. 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:56.160 Uh, demirror, Yeah, yeah, exactly, Demur. 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:58.960 I just don't think that the spacing is out there. 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:00.480 I don't think the threat is out there. I don't 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.240 think anybody's necessarily afraid of any of the receivers outside 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.360 of CD Lamb. So to me, you add another weapon, 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.280 I think that opens up a lot of windows. That 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.240 opens up not only throwing windows, but that opens up 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.160 your running game a little bit. That kind of pushes 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.280 the defense down the field if you have another threat 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.040 on the other side that isn't Cede Lamb. 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:21.600 There was sorry, go ahead, I was gonna say. We 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:23.480 talked about it a little bit with Brandon Cooks. Though. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.720 If there's no running game, how much separation are you 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.040 going to get when teams sell out to stop the pass. 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:32.040 But you also would have Brandon Cooks in the scenario. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.920 Right, you would, and he would be your wide receiver 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.600 three hopefully, But even then as a wide receiver two, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.600 he hasn't been able to get it done. Bringing in 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.240 another guy, whoever that may be on the open market. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.760 Bringing in another guy, does that immediately make you a 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.520 better football team just by having another wide receiver two here. 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.360 I think there's other ways to improve this team at 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.600 rather than spending high dollar, high draft capital, high picks 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:57.640 to go get a guy in a spot where you 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:01.600 already feel like you're good enough but you just aren't 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.080 having the cohesiveness. 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:07.200 Outside of that, you're talking about drafting for somebody who 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.840 was of the caliber to be able to complement CD Lamb. 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.840 It's going to be costly. Oh, it's going to be costly, 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:14.600 so you have to you have to take that into account. 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:19.240 For me, it's it's about establishing the run and that 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.960 should open up opportunities for Brandon Cooks to separate and 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.160 things like that. That'll force guys teams to stop playing 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.240 too high safety maybe they go single high because they 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:29.440 have to put another guy in the box. 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:30.480 And now you give. 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.040 Brandon Cooks the opportunity to impact you on those deep 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.600 crossers and on those gold routes and things like that. 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:44.480 Uh So, I don't know, man, for me, is it 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:46.920 a signs that you is this a party? 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:52.360 God's like, what's side of those? But I don't. I 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.160 don't know that whide receiver would be it. 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.720 I think you have the talent here in the Brandon 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.760 Cooks to complement CD Lamb, and once Jake Ferguson really 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:01.960 starts to get gone, I think you have that for 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.480 the passing to take. But I look at a position 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.240 like defensive end. Yeah, kJ Henry, he has some talent, 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.120 but what does that look like? You have a depth 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.480 chart at defensive end that doesn't have depth right now. 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:14.760 That's very concerning for me. 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.720 And thankfully the cornerback position is about to be resolved 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:21.120 by Doron Bland coming back here soon. But if I 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.480 were to strike a trade, the only two positions I'm 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.760 willing to really entertain unless the price was just something 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:28.920 you can't pass up on at wide receiver, which I 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.600 don't think that's gonna happen at all, would be maybe 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:35.120 running back and most certainly defensive end, depending on how 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.080 the progress of DeMarcus Lawrence goes and if the Cowboys 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.720 starts slipping backward in the absence. 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:41.640 Of the Marcus Lawnce you know what I mean. 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.160 Of course, there's so much that you that you put 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.600 into that that update there. I have to let us 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.360 go backwards. Come go back a little bit, Come on, 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.559 rewind it. You're about to play the Pittsburgh Steelers. Correct 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.920 their quarterback currently is Justin Fields currently, Yeah, Justin Fields. 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.120 He's been he's been doing okay this year. He's been 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.000 doing okay this year. He's playing with more confidence. And 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.440 I tell people all the time, this is a game 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:07.440 of confidence. I don't care what your history has shown. 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.600 I don't care that you're at the highest level of 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.960 your competition field. If you're if you have confidence, you 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.439 were going to be the best version of yourself. And 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.760 I think that's what we're starting to see with Justin Fields. 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:17.719 Everything that he was. 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:21.240 Capable of doing in Chicago, he's gaining on that every 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:22.640 week while he's in Pittsburgh. 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:22.840 Right. 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:24.720 They lost last week obviously, but that was still his 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.680 best numbers he's had his. 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.120 Time in the league. So he's gaining, he's getting better. 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.600 Okay, So you have a dual threat quarterback and you're 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.400 missing both of your defensive ends. Can we start there both? 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.600 Can we both both? Should be em both of them? 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.640 So no shirts plays on that one. That's a best 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.679 of bad shirt. But that's a problem. That's a problem, 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.200 and we've talked about Marshall Neeland had a good week 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.679 one against the Cleveland Browns. But I've also said that 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.200 I don't feel personally my opinion, I don't think that 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.600 he's a true defensive end. I think he's more of 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:02.240 an interior I as alignment. I think that's his style 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.200 of play. I don't think he's quick enough, not doesn't 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.600 have a quick twitch. I don't think he's as powerful 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.640 as a mouse Garrett to be able to just overpower you. 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.560 And I don't think that he has an overarching speed 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:12.840 to be able to get around the corner. I just 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.040 don't think he possesses those abilities. 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.120 Bar for Barr, Kyle said this for you yesterday. Yeah, 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.320 I said Isaiah would say yeah, yeah. 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:21.920 So it's like I can hear him right now. It's 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:23.200 like I don't want to put words in his memory, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.320 but I guarantee this is what he would say exactly 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:30.000 what we look like. So yeah, so there's a problem there. 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:30.600 There's a depth there. 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:34.360 Law and Isaiah carl I also said in the preseason, 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.680 after watching you know, calling those games for the Cowboys 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:40.200 this preseason and seeing him play, no no, no shade 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.880 on him, I just I think he's a one I 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.280 think he's a one trick pony, and that's not that's 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:46.960 not a negative thing. Is just like if that, if 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:48.880 you're gonna have one trick, you better be dominant with it. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.280 And I don't believe that he is so well. 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:55.559 He's also a rookie. He's four games into his career. Okay, 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.280 but that's I get what you're saying. I don't want 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.280 to knock the guy. I don't know. I'm not knocking 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:01.960 the guy. I'm not. I don't listen not I don't 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:03.400 take shots at people. Y'all know this, right. 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.160 I'm just saying, from what I've seen on film, he 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.400 has not displayed an ability to make contributions to this 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.320 team that affect and impact the game. 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.679 That's all I'm saying today. I think it's running today. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.400 Okay, his run defense is there, correct, there but two 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.440 and I'm about to agree to Marshawn's own point. 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.640 His past rush is not there. He's just saying himself. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:25.880 He needs to know. I'm sorry I left the marshaon Neeland. 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:31.440 I'm talking about lost. Now Carlo show that he can. Yes, 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.400 I'm talking about Carloston just to show. That's how I 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:34.760 went back to that. I went back to the preseason 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.640 and said they brought in Carl Loston like his guy. 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:38.960 I haven't seen anything on film that shows me that 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:40.959 he can make an impact on the game. Kneeland, yes, 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.440 run game right, He's He's an interior defense alignment in 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.839 my eyes, and Marshall Kneland is okay, he will turn 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.439 into something, you know, in terms of a. 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:49.120 D N hopefully. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.760 I just think his body type and all that, naturally 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.679 he's interior defense alignment. That's just that's just my opinion, Okay. 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:57.439 With Carl Loston, I feel like his simple size is 0:12:57.440 --> 0:12:57.920 too small. 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.360 I mean if you consider the preseason where if he 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:02.600 played one game I think it was, and they were 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:03.360 basically like, all. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.000 Right, we're gonna put them on in the practice. Yeah, 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.319 he's not ready, he's not ramped up. 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.960 But he was Also what's concerned about Carl Lawson is, 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.000 and I said this yesterday, we were assuming and under 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:15.760 the assumption that in the absence of Micah and Tank, 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.760 that the McCarthy would then start talking about obviously Marshaw Kneeland, 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:23.160 but also Carl Lawson's kind of that combo package. That's 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.200 not what McCarthy was talking about now, it's talking about 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.840 Marshaw Kneelan and Chauncey Ghoston. What does that tell you 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.640 about Carl Lawson. It tells you what Isaiah saym. He 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.920 has to show that he can contribute. Yes, So I'm 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:34.880 not confident there. Right, So you're about to play a 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.360 dual threat quarterback. You're talking about a team that runs 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:42.080 the ball just as much as Baltimore and New Orleans, right, 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:44.160 these guys, these guys running the ball. And by the way, 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:45.880 those are both teams that you've lost to this year. 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:46.240 Yep. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.959 So these guys run the ball thirty four times a game, 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:51.439 thirty four times a game. 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:52.960 And that's not just turning around the hand of the 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:53.440 ball off. 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.880 That's also quarterback rounds that he's getting out the pocket. 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:58.800 These are mocked up, whether it's it's not that's not 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.160 him breaking the pocket on a pass, that's him actually 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.240 having pulling guards, tackles, going after the going after your 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.600 second level guys, hooking your defensive hands and getting out 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:07.080 on the edge. 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:08.559 So I don't feel confident there. 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.000 But when you start talking about what position would you 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.360 go try to trade for, there's a lot of there's 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.520 a lot of issues right now with this team. There's 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.400 there you have a depth issue that you knew that 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.280 you had at defense end. You were hoping that nobody 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:21.960 got hurt if you were to have you have two 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:23.880 guys missing at the defensive line. If you had one 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:25.280 guy you missed at receiver. 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.880 Three Sam Williams, that's true. Sam William's gone, Yes, so 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:29.160 you didn't. 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:33.400 Nobody anticipates losing three guys, right, So Dallas. Dallas did 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.480 not have a depth issue at that position coming into 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.720 the season. But injuries now put you in a position 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:38.840 where you have a depths one. 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.920 You have one at receiver coming into the season. 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:45.360 If you had one injury at receiver, you had a 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:45.920 depth issue. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:50.640 Donezo. If you had one, right, you have one. 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.760 You didn't lose any contributors this year coming into the season. 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.840 You had one of the top offenses last year. Yep, 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.000 you're coming in with that same personnel. You're coming in 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.440 with the same personnel and your offense is just just 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:06.680 not getting it done. So yes, part of it is separation. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:08.920 When I when people talk about Brandon Cooks and his separation, 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:13.280 I don't necessarily agree with that narrative wholeheartedly because I 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.000 think that he's open when he's supposed to be open. 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.320 But if the ball's not on time. Now he's not open. 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.720 Yeah right, he's quick, he's not get Yeah. 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.680 So the ball's not getting out in a timely fashion, 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.680 which anybody right. If you don't continue to work back 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.360 to the quarterback, you're no longer open. 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:31.200 Right. If I run my route and I'm open, I 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:33.840 stop my feet. Now that defensive back has closed that gap. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:34.800 Now I'm not open. 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.800 Okay, So I think Brandon Cooks is getting open. If 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.200 the ball was to be on time, you're not getting 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.200 the contributions from the other receivers the way in which 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.960 you in which you need to. You're not seeing the 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:47.200 creativity offensively like we've seen in the past from coach McCarthy. 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.240 I know Christmas is a couple months away, but we 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:50.800 need to get into that back a little bit earlier 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:52.720 because your offense is not doing what it needs to do. 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:54.920 Usually that's the opposite of what you said. Usually you 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:59.760 say let's save the bag. Absolutely, let's push it. They're like, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.080 fill out a little bit. So we have to get 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.840 that to the part you're talking about, the running game. 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:07.160 The running game is hasn't a direct effect on this 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.240 offense's ability to move the ball down the No doubt, 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.000 if you don't have a running game. You're now teams 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:13.040 know you have to throw. 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.320 Now I can sit two guys over the top, right, 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.320 I don't have to put seven eight guys in the box. 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.160 I can play six guys in the box and run 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.400 stunts right all day long and get pressure in the 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.240 backfield and stop your running game. So now I can 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:24.840 sit back and I could double up on guys, I 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.080 could take care of crossers. I can have multiple safeties 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.160 back there to take care of the big splash plays 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.640 that we've had historically. When you see CD running those 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.040 over routes, when you see Cavartae Turpin running an overroute 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:35.640 like you ran in the first first week or second 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:37.760 week of the season, whatever it was, you don't see 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:39.800 you don't get those plays anymore because they have extra 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:41.200 guys back there. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.200 So now Dak is in a position where he has to. 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.560 Be precise with every dog on pass that he throws, 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.760 and he can't get creative and he can't do play 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.040 action because that's what he does best. So the running 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:52.520 game has to be affected. And it's not just a 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:56.320 personnel thing in the backfield. It's not just a backfield thing. 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:58.960 Everybody's looking to that Room. We're gonna do a breakdown 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.640 on film room this week. I'm not sure how they 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:05.000 distribute that anymore. Right, it's on social right, but we're 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.520 gonna do a breakdown to show you just how close too, 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.680 just how close this running game is this. 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.160 This is just guys just not taking care of their assignments. Yeah, 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:15.119 it's not scheme. 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:17.760 It's the same old line coach, it's the same offensive coordinator, 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:20.000 it's the same play called. This is just guys not 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.159 getting their blocks, and there's usually one guy that doesn't 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.920 do his job. You got ten guys doing their job, 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:30.119 but one guy misses his blocking assignment. The whole play 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:32.400 is crap, and we're going to show that on film 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:33.840 this week. So definitely take a look at that whenever 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.480 we get it put out. And I think that's good. 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.480 I think that's part of the point that I was making. 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:41.359 Compared to Josh wanting a wide receiver, it would be 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:42.080 a whole lot of fun. 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.199 Don't get me wrong. You go get a high caliber 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:46.040 wide receiver. We've seen it in the past when they 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.800 traded for Amari Cooper in twenty eighteen. The fact that 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.280