WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Must-Win Game? 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:04.800 The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:15.239 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Let go. Are you 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:19.400 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.720 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:29.080 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:34.199 Were with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, A bar Garcia, and 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:41.400 Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday to November twenty fourth, twenty 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.080 twenty one, season seventeen, episode number sixty eight. Welcome to 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.279 the latest edition of The Break. We are live from 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.479 the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, Nick and 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.839 Amber joining me. Dave will be joining us in a 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.320 moment once he finishes with his walk off with coach McCarthy. 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:59.960 Let's start first, Nick with a sixty eight Doug Free. 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.160 Doug Free, I think is he one of the most 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.720 maligned players that really didn't deserve to be maligned in 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.759 our time here there's more, but he's in that category 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:15.199 for sure because he was a pretty solid player. But yeah, 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.520 he's just one of those guys who hated him. Yeah, 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:21.039 they didn't like him. He was a pretty good player. Yeah, 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.319 I think he's sixty eight. Now I'm kind of. I'm now, 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:26.960 I'm he may not Chris is he sixty eight? Crawford Curry, 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:32.400 that was a man trustee producer. Crawford Kerr was my 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.520 backup because you know, I've never heard of him. No, 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:38.080 Crawford Kerr, no heard him. Played in the eighties guard 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.479 Man obviously with tail sixty eight. Yeah, uh yeah, those 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:44.759 are those those are only sixty eight that I got. 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:50.320 Matt Lair remember him, Yeah, I do remember Matt guard Center. No, 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:52.240 I was. I was actually a fan of Doug Free 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.480 on the field, and I know there were so many 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.680 fans that just always had something to say about him 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.280 and his false starts and whatever else he had one on. 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.360 But I thought he's a solid player, pretty good player 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.520 for the Cowboys. All right. Um, let's talk a little 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:10.600 bit about Google. Best player at number sixty eight, and 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.480 this article came up. Nobody better than big Foot at 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:20.520 number sixty eight, defensive end Dennis Harrison, who some guy 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.280 for the Cowboys was for the Eagles, Oh oh, across 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:29.360 the league. That also tells you something else, like it was, 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.519 if that's the best, that's the best sixty eight in 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.959 the history of the league, then yeah, yeah, And I'd 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:37.520 say he's not a good player. I don't keep up 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:41.400 with with Eaglestores, but illustrator, Yeah, but I wouldn't. I 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.519 definitely don't. The name doesn't ring out to me. Um, 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.440 let's talk about the four players. There are four players 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:51.280 the Cowboys have been missing here over the last game. UM, 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.679 and I wanted to talk about these four these four 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:57.640 players from the standpoint of what the Cowboys miss in 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.919 not having them. It does look like maybe Tyren Smith 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.480 maybe back this week. But let's first start with him 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.000 and talk about what if the Cowboys missed not having 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.360 him on the field the last three and a half game. Well, 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:11.799 Dak Prescott can go back to pass and turn his 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.000 back to that side and not feel like he's going 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.520 to get hit. I mean, that's Do you think that 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.960 affects Dak in a way? Obviously it affects everybody, But 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:21.760 do you think that's maybe some of the things that 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:24.160 we've seen in two of the last three games where 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.840 dact just didn't seem to be himself. Probably, I mean, 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.239 I would, I would imagine. I mean, Tyren Smith is 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.680 one of the best left tackles, and I mean that 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.720 we've seen in decades. I mean isn't. He's that good, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.760 and so there's got to be a comfort level when 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.280 you when you know he's there and he's playing. You know, now, 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.560 now he gets beat sometimes, I mean he gets beat 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.520 everything once in a while, but for the most part, 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:47.440 I mean, yeah, I think it just locks it down 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:49.920 and then everything else kind of trickles down. The left 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:51.920 guard can be a little bit better, so it helps 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.200 everybody around him, and you just don't have that when 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.440 you have Terren Steele or really anybody even in Schi 0:03:57.560 --> 0:03:59.640 over there. So yeah, it's it's probably just more of 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.920 a up thing one and two. Just he's locking it down. 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.720 I mean, yeah, of course you're gonna miss a guy 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.960 like Tyren Smith in the lineup. But at this point, 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.360 I feel like I am at the point where I 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:17.920 will never use that as an excuse anymore, like, oh, 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.640 they're missing tyrns. After so many years of this happening, 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.360 you would think they got it down, and I know 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:28.080 that they have turned steel and he did a good job. 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.679 And now you got a shuffling going on with Lyle 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.920 Collins back and then what's happening with Connor McGovern there. 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:39.200 But it's just and I'm sure it's difficult. It's easier 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.800 said than done, especially from me looking from the outside. 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.840 But it just seems like you would think they got 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:50.440 it figured out that when something like this happens, it's 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:56.480 not such a drastic change. But I mean it always 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:01.320 affects anyways. And last game we saw Dick running for 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.560 his life continuously. It wasn't funny to Deck, but that's 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.960 funny to us. Yeah, well, I mean we I wasn't 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.080 laughing in the game. I'm watching the game, but it's 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:16.200 just it's I really thought they would play a lot better, 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:20.000 but it wasn't the case. Yeah. I think that Tyren 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:24.240 Smith being out, that that's really affected this offense in 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.320 a way that I didn't think it would as much. Um. 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.560 I thought Terren Steele would be able to be adequate 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.320 on the left side because I think he's been pretty 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.640 good on the right, and I just don't think after 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.800 watching these games, I don't think he is. I think 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.159 he is a right tackle. Um. I don't think he 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.240 is a swing tackle necessarily. I think he's a right 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.160 tackle that might be able to give you some good 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.840 quality starts, maybe be at a point where he can 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.440 be a starter full time for US. Or for any 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.440 team at right tackle. I don't think he's a left tackle. 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.000 Let's talk about Amari Cooper. What are the Cowboys missed 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.200 by not having go ahead? I mean, this is going 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.880 down the line a few games down. But let's say, Okay, 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:04.760 Tyren comes back this game, it's fine, whatever, But then 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.360 towards the end of the year, something else happens where 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.760 he comes back out. I mean, do you think they 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:17.040 still go with steel rather than And we've talked about 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:22.479 Lyle kind of then flip in. I mean, is that 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:25.000 so hard when you and I get it you used 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.640 to being but is as a pro player, is that 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.920 so hard switching sides? I think it is. Yeah. I've 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:34.960 never played it, but I would think it is. Yeah. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.239 I mean, apparently it is. And I don't think Lyle 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.800 collins Is wants to do that, like I don't think. 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:42.800 I think he's made it pretty clear he doesn't want 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.640 to do that, and I don't think they feel like 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.039 he can do it as well. It's there's it's a 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.279 different type, it's a different drop. There's a little bit 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.880 more athleticism you see on the left side. I think 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:56.440 Terrence Steele is probably a better athlete. I would say 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.320 than than Lyle, So it makes more sense there. And 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:03.000 I think that the fact that they didn't move lyl 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:04.800 there's a couple of reasons for that, and I think 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:06.960 one of them is the fact that they just expect 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.640 Tyring to be back when you know, when he has 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.960 been so it's two or three, it's a short term injury. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.400 I think steals the perfect swing tackle there, and he's 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.640 still have Benseki. They're not letting him go, so they've 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:22.360 got some options. They their tackle situation is better than 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.360 I would say a lot of teams in the league 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:28.960 just from the backups have at least fifteen, you know, 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:33.560 probably seventeen to twenty starts among them the two backup tackles. 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.320 That's pretty good. But I do think I will say this, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.160 I think that I would at least give it some thought. 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:41.960 If you get into that kind of scenario where you 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.800 lose Tyrant for another couple of games or so towards 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.920 the end of the year, I would really consider ty 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:49.840 and Sky. As you were talking about, Nick, I just 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.080 and maybe here's the one thing that could be a caveat. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.440 Maybe during these next several weeks, if Tying is healthy, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.560 maybe they find some opportunity to get steal some work 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.720 in practice just a left tackle, so he continues to 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:04.960 work there. Maybe in continuing to work there, if some tents, 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:06.880 if it comes up where he has to play later 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:08.960 in the year, maybe he's better than he is now. 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:10.880 The one thing I will say about him is there 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.840 were times last year we thought he couldn't play, like 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.920 literally couldn't play, and he figured it out on the 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.360 right side. So maybe with more time on the left, 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.760 maybe he can figure it out on the left. But 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.320 right now what we've seen, that's not good enough for 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:25.520 playoff football. In my opinion, I don't think the guy. 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.120 I think the Cowboys would be very handicapped if they 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.920 had to go into a playoff game with with Terrence 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.760 still left tackle as he has played so far. Let's 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.240 talk about Amark Cooper. What did they missed by not 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.760 having a Mark Cooper on this scene the last week? 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:43.720 They missed or did they miss him? Oh? Yes, really well? 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.320 I think the question is a fair question. The fair 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.800 question him if they missed him more than they missed 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.320 Tyron Smith. I mean it was it was they missed 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.000 Tyron Smith big time. I'm aary Cooper to me, it 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.640 was just as much missed, and he'll be missing just 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.760 as much just as much because he is an outstanding 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:06.160 or outrunner. He can, he gets open, he figures out 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.520 a way. He's I think he's the most quarterback friendly 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:12.760 receiver they've had in many years here. And even though 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.520 his stats aren't always great, the fact that he knows 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:18.440 exactly where he's going to be. He runs, like I said, 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.200 it runs these great routes and it helps the other 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.120 guys kind of do their thing. He was missed in 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.559 that game. You know, CDs a little bit more. I 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.440 wouldn't say a freelancer, but he's he's he's more, you know, 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.560 just just kind of uh more of a big play 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.000 type guy. And and you know, maybe he doesn't have 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.000 this much separation, but he'll go and make the play. 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.120 Amari is just the precision of him running routes I 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.160 think really helps the quarterback. And they missed that in 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.560 that game. They needed somebody to kind of calm down 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:47.959 third and six, get over, get a first down, move 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.679 the chains, keep it going. And just his demeanor is 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:56.079 so good out there. Yeah, and just his presence allows 0:09:56.760 --> 0:10:00.000 see THEE to be able to make those impressive catches 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.000 is that Nick was talking about. And the crazy thing 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.400 about Amaric Cooper, He's a Cooper. He's the type of 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:09.280 player that, to me, sometimes he goes a little unnoticed, 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:14.080 like he's quiet, but he'll make plays. But then that's 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:17.160 the greatest thing about him. He's like, all of a sudden, 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.960 you see him, Oh wow, there's Amari, And sometimes you 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.200 tend to forget about him, but clearly we saw it 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:26.040 in this past game. How important his presence, regardless of 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:32.000 him being the target play targeted player. It's I think 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.920 they would have played so and I say this given 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:40.200 like everybody played bad and there were drops and all that, 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.520 but I think that having him on the field would 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:48.360 have at least made them play a little bit better. Yeah, 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.439 I wonder, And I think we're going to get to 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.800 see a little bit of that this weekend. Sounds like 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.440 Tyren Smith will play this weekend. If he plays, we'll 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.880 get to see because I really think Tyron was really 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.760 the the big part of why they couldn't do what 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.240 they wanted to do, more so than Amary. That doesn't 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.040 and don't get me wrong, I think Amari is a 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.920 valuable asset for this team, but I do think losing 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.839 him for a game, you should be able to You're 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.000 offense still should be able to put up big points. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.280 I think the problem was they lost him and they 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.439 also didn't have that left tackle, and that I think 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:20.440 was well and then you can go and then they 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.719 started and they started the blitz that more even more 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.400 in the second half. I mean, are you know they 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.040 trudged their corners that they weren't going to get beat 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:33.560 by Gallop Noah Brown, h Cedric Wilson and they you know, 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.240 those those guys aren't going to just continually beat the secondary. 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.160 And so it worked out perfectly for the Chiefs because 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.320 they were able to just keep putting the pressure on 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:43.720 a line that couldn't handle it, and they didn't have 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:45.840 to worry about really getting beat over the top or 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.439 really anywhere. How much have they missed or what did 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.400 they miss by not having Randy Gregor and DeMarcus Large 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:52.840 for that for as long as they've been out at 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.160 this point. But you're just missing badass pass rushers. I mean, 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.880 I mean that's just what it is. And now Mike 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.080 has been helping some, but Mike, I mean you can't 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.480 have enough. I mean, like like Micael can do his 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.079 thing for wherever and Brandy on this side, and you 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.439 just can't block them all. And then that's what they've missed. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.240 And then I still think that Michael will go back 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.559 to being a linebacker at some point. But still he's 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.400 gonna miss comment yesterday, huh he did us comment yesterday? 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.280 He said, yeah, they can have back all those chips. 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.520 Yeah with that, yeah, I mean like no pass rusher 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.599 likes to get chipped, no finding that out. No, he 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.959 let him be a roaming linebacker, a blitzer rusher all that. 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:32.960 That's where I think he's going to be the most effective, 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.440 and I think that's where sets up well for this roster. 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.880 But they anytime you're missing a good pass rusher like 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.480 Gregory d Laws a great pass rusher, he's also a 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.719 great run stopper as well, they're just missing their their 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:48.240 best defensive ends. I mean that no team is going 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.959 to lose their both ends and be good. That Cowboys 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:54.160 have been fortunate there. But also I mean they're they're 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:57.000 missing something. The linebacker con O'Neil and Layton vander Rush 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.680 aren't the greatest inside linebackers right now. And that's interesting part. 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.480 This defense has actually played pretty well without the two 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.120 of their best defensive players, and that's I think the 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.319 post most amazing part about it. Yeah, I thought they 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.160 were not gonna be able to play the way they 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:16.040 that they did without those two guys, especially without Randy Gregory. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.640 But I think that if the offense continues to play 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:21.920 like let's say they go in this week and play 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.040 kind of similar to what happened last week, I think 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:29.400 I mean that's where maybe you do miss got that 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.400 kind of pressure there to create maybe more turnovers, to 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.880 give your the ball back to the offense to allow 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:39.000 them to create whatever they can on the field. But yes, 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.760 definitely miss those guys, but definitely impressed on what they 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.360 have been able to handle without them so far. Joined 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.320 by David Helm and Dave I'm going to throw this question. 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.679 You were talking about the four players that the Cowboys 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.760 didn't have last week for star players. Which of those 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:56.400 four players I'm talking about, Tyren Smith, Amari Cooper, Randy Gregory, 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.360 Marcus Lawrence do you think they missed the most in 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.920 that speci if a game, If if I could go 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.080 back and play it again with just one of those guys, 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:08.200 I would want Amari Cooper. Um. I know the offensive 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.000 line didn't hold up very well. But I think a 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.480 big part of that was, again we talked about it 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.120 earlier in the week, like they couldn't separate downfield. I 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:18.680 don't think there were things open for Dak. I think 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:22.000 not having a Mari allows the defense to key on CD. 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:26.280 Then you lose CD, and now nobody's afraid of anybody. Um, 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.760 no disrespect to Michael Galla, but like I think they're 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.640 willing to just man him up. You don't have to 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:34.560 worry about diverting extra attention to him. Um. I think 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.760 I think Amari Cooper does a lot for this offense, 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.080 even if he's not being targeted. And you can see 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.640 that on tape if you watch teams focus on him. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:45.080 They know that he can hurt them. So, um, I 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.400 think he could have changed the trajectory of that game 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.040 for sure. Most important. Yeah, I mean I agree with you. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.640 I mean, I think they're fifty fifty, but I think 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:57.320 that Steele you known can hind. I mean, he struggles, 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.400 but he's still Like I don't think it's a it's 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.080 as much of a drop off as especially because of 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.240 what happened just losing CD. Annamari. That's just like I said, 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.320 there's he's just a quarterback friendly guy. Bill Belichick told 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.880 you six weeks ago when they played that game. I 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:12.600 mean he went and he tried to take him out 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.240 of the game. So you know, they understand just how 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.400 important he is. 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It's saying 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:21.680 at this thing, it's the end. So I'm gonna start 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.960 doing a terrible job and then see what happens. Now. 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.200 All right, welcome to the show. We're in the second 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.479 segment of the break Life and that WBC Mortgage Studios. 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:30.439 At the start, we got Bucky Brooks of NFL Network 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.000 joining us. Bucky, it is the day before Thanksgiving. We 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:37.000 got Thanksgiving football tomorrow, Cowboys will take on the Raiders, 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.399 and so let's start with their defense and give me 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:43.240 an idea of what this defense can do when they're 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:49.680 on and tell me what can can get them flustered too. Look, man, 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:51.960 this is a defense that's really static. They don't do 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.600 a lot. They're just kind of line up in play. Um. 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:56.720 It's a candid like just kind of driving by the 0:18:56.720 --> 0:18:58.600 neighborhood seeing a bunch of iron deer on the larm. 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.440 They don't do much of anything to try and trick you. 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:05.800 Or through you and so and so. What they what 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:07.360 they want to do is they want to make it real, 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:11.119 simplistic for the team to allow their players to play fast. 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:13.960 They have some good players, particularly in the front line. 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.040 You think about Yannicking got ways back to playing at 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.640 a high level because he reunited with Gus Bradley. Max 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:23.080 Crosby is an energizer bunny at the front line. Denzel 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:26.920 Peerman is a tackle or tackle playmaker on the inside. 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:29.679 And then they have a cornerback, Brendon Fazon, who's actually 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.600 playing really really well for them. So it's a it's 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:37.199 a solid maybe defense, but they're not gonna do a 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:39.760 lot and so it's about execution. It's not about trickery 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:43.240 for them. Well, you wrote in your five bucks article 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:45.760 that they they've got a blueprint they can go off 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:48.040 of now. So you say that the blueprint to beat 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.440 the Cowboys is now out. Can you explain that a 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:54.680 little bit? Well, I mean, look, the blueprint has been out, 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:56.720 Like I mean, people are gonna line up and they're 0:19:56.760 --> 0:20:00.840 gonna play with four man rush. They can play seven 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.000 in coverage, they can play man demand. And what they're 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:04.560 gonna do it They're gonna dare the Cowboys to be 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:08.000 able to win on the outside and the way that 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.600 people are playing man demand. They're playing what they call 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:14.280 man match, which is basically man to man on vertical routes, 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:22.640 but it kind of goes into a switching zone. Did 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:25.080 we lose them? I think we don't have a Mark Cooper. 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:33.840 You're there, Bucky? Hello, Yeah, we got you. I can 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:36.280 hear you now we're talking. Yeah, we lost. You lost 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:37.760 the raft. You were saying that you were talking about 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:42.880 mixed mixed match man so gold. Yeah. So so when 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:44.760 you have man match, what they do is they able 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:46.760 to take away the stuff on the outside, will also 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:49.520 handling all the crossing routs and the things that happen inside. 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:52.440 And when you don't have guys that can separate, like 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:54.359