WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Scouting The Giants Offense 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:06.880 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:14.720 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.560 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:23.120 time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com wall 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:29.800 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.960 It is Wednesday, December sixth, twenty seventeen, Season thirteen, episode 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.880 number eighty five. Welcome to another edition of The Break, 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.600 live from the s WBC Morgas studios at the Star, 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:42.840 and we're ready to talk some Cowboys football with you guys. 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.320 This morning. We're gonna focus in on the New York Giants. 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.200 Dave has a scouting report in New York's offense. We'll 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.560 talk about that today. I hope he has the offense 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:53.720 and no, yeah, okay, that look made me think, oh god, 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.680 did you do Denos? That look was like they're bad? 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.080 That was okay, good, good, perfect. I like to hear that. 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.280 That'll be good. So we'll talk about that a little bit. 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.120 And uh, we'll start first though, talking a little bit 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:08.319 about the cornerback situation. They will probably be without Orlando 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.800 Scandrick and we'll talk about what that could mean for them. 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:17.000 How's everybody doing this morning? Good? Lovely? Great? Coach? You 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:22.360 good Amber. I'll just do the wave. It's Wednesday. It's Wednesday, coach. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.280 I mean, what should we do on a Wednesday? Y'all 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.640 feel a little Wednesday? Thank you? Y'all feel a little 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:31.119 out of sorts now? I feel great. Just I don't 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.640 mean like tired or just it. We're finally like back 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.720 into like the Monday Friday grind. Oh yeah, after I 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:39.920 mean it's literally been a month since the Cowboys have 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:42.479 been on their normal schedule. Yeah, so it doesn't feel 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:43.960 like one of the normal schedule again. I don't think 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.640 that'll happen And that's probably Sunday, right because because it's 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.400 been a week since they've played, Like, it feels like 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.040 we're supposed to be getting ready to play a game, 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:53.120 but it's Wednesday. When they announced that Alfred Morris was 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.840 one of the three finalists for that award X Aaron 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:01.280 Grown like for what game? Yeah, feels the last game 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.640 Redskins game was like a month ago. Yeah, it's been 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.720 a while. It's been a while since they played some football. 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.760 But they'll be back on Sunday at noon. In case 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.840 you guys didn't know, the game was flexed down. It 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:14.880 was a supposed to be a three twenty five game, 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.160 three thirty games, something like that, but now it's been 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.560 flexed back to a noon game, which for us, it's 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.280 pretty good. How many times in history has an NFC 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.519 dot like that? It's fine, I mean, it's all it 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.200 all is good until you're rushing on to get on 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.840 the bus at nine thirty and because you got like 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.359 a one hour bus ride to the stadium, and you're like, man, 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.400 why didn't it just keep it at three? These guys 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.840 are morning person though, they get up and I'm much 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:44.160 to do that breakfast late night. How how how many 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.160 times ever in y'all's twenty years being around here has 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.800 a NFC East game been flexed out of prime time 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:54.480 and into how Boys four Eagles, Cowboys and O seven. 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:57.680 I was glad. I was like, how about to say 0:02:57.680 --> 0:02:59.600 I don't remember that? I was just gonna ye, like 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.200 you must looked at the notes or something now, and 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.200 why would they put that in there? This one got 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:08.040 moved down? Yeah? Yeah, PR's like, this is only the 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.440 fifth time we've been in a bad enough matchup to 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.440 get flexed out of primetime. Yeah, yeah, but they did 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.000 not get flexed out of that Sunday night game next week. 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.080 That's not happening. So they'll be playing next week against 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.960 the Raiders in prime time seven thirty in Oakland. So 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.240 that'll be a fun night, you know, Glenn, we'll get 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:27.079 back at about three o'clock in the morning. That'll be good, 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.040 all right. So that that could have been a because 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.680 because of the Pittsburgh game, Pittsburgh and New England, Yeah, 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:35.760 that would be the game. Everybody's kind of looking at, like, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.200 you know, both of them are ten and two right now, right, 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.440 I mean, yeah, that would be the game you'd probably think. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.680 But as I was selling someone else, you look at 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:46.600 the just the size of the fan bases between the 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.360 Cowboys the Raiders, and by the way, the Raiders are 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.520 still in contention to win. The Raiders winning against the 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.320 Giants put them back in right. Yeah, so it's their 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.360 division is I think everybody's either at five hundred or below, 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.200 so they're still in contention win their division. The Cowboys, 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.120 if they win this weekend, continue to be in the 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.240 mix for the playoffs, so then it becomes a meaningful 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.920 game with two really large fan bases. So I'm sure, 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.640 I'm sure NBC wasn't wouldn't have been happy to give 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:16.080 that up. All right, let's talk some Cowboys football. Let's 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.520 talk about these cornerbacks. It's interesting yesterday, Dave, I don't 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.000 know if Orlando was listening to our show, but I 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.680 heard him yesterday evening on another show here in Dallas 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.719 where he was talking about They asked him, so, you know, 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.560 you're talking about the injury and everything, and they said, 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:32.240 so you kind of see if you can give it 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.840 a go by the weekend. And you know, it's of 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:38.320 course Orlando, and so it's an awkward pause and he's like, dude, 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:42.080 I have a broken bone in my back. Do you 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.400 think it's not a situation. I mean, you know, he said, 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.800 it's not a situation of let's see if we can 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.800 give it a go. I mean he said, I'll just 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.640 keep doing the rehab and everything. And he said that, yeah, 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.840 that's kind of He was pretty adamant, like do you 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:56.920 did you hear what I said? Like I got broken 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.640 bones in my back. I would have expected him to say, like, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.200 de fine, give it a go, or like you just 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.080 something contention. He was pretty He was pretty adamant, like, 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.400 why are you asking me? You know what? Good for him? 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:10.200 It was exact same thing you said on the show. 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.159 You had a broken bone in his back. Like it's good. 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.479 I'm glad good. You should be allowed to be honest 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:17.400 about that. It's okay to take a week off if 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:20.279 you broke a bone in your back. Yeah. So Nick 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.560 looks like he disagrees. No, I do agree. He's not 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.520 gonna put bad tape on of himself out there. I mean, 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:28.760 he's not gonna do that. So and he proved that 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.000 two years ago. But he does have a broken bone 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.920 in his he boned in his back. Whatever, it is good. 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.120 I'm you're right about that. I am glad that he 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.120 said that. I'm glad he said that. So at ten 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.320 thirty five today when they asked Jason Garrett, I don't 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.920 even ask him, right, Skendrick's not playing obviously he's got 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.920 broken As he says that he's not in. He doesn't 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:53.240 feel confident. Stephen Jones actually said Monday too. He was like, ah, man, 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.320 it's probably a stretch to think he'll be ready and 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.600 right by Sunday. So we're just gonna take a day 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.720 by day by day? You good, I'm happy, like I'm 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:04.599 glad we can bring a little sanity to the situation 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.560 instead of being like, well, he's day by day with 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:08.799 a broken bone on his back. It took Orlando bringing 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.840 sanity to the situation for him. Yeah, but that being said, 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:13.960 talk to me about the cornerback position and what you 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.000 expect to happen. I guess the first question to be, 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.559 who do you expect to be the starter opposite Cheetah 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.320 bay Uh? Is it gonna be Jordan Lewis or would 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.440 it be Anthony Brown? Love it? I know why you laughed, 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.280 and it's hilarious. It is. It's just funny that like 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:31.000 his first real game as a cowboy, and he played. 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:32.960 He played really well, no doubt about it. But we're 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.400 just like, well, who's starting off at him? He's in. Well, 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.280 here's the thing. He was a starter last week and 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.120 he didn't do anything to push himself out of being 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:44.080 a start. So it's like, it's just funny to be like, well, well, 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.120 of course he locked that. Obviously Cheeto is gonna be 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.360 there to shut down their number one. So who's coming 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:52.360 with him? Who is there number one? That's a good question. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.760 The Oklahoma kid. He's their slot guy. I mean he 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.560 doesn't really, he's more of a slotters Harris back. I 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.400 don't we'll get into Yeah, the Harris Harris is and 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:06.080 I are okay, they're they're up many Chris, Dwayne, Oh, 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.680 who are you talking? I'm sorry, I Dwayne Harris. Lucius Harris, 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:10.960 I don't know, I can't. I don't even. I don't 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:15.360 even know who lucias random Lucius Harris. I don't even 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.400 he played for the Mavericks, like in nineteen ninety. I 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:20.960 think I've never heard that name before. You never heard 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.080 of Lucius Harris. Maybe I have their guy mixed up. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.040 I think he played for the Mavericks like Nathan Harris. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.560 He's still on the team, Devin Harris. There's a Lucius Harris, 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.680 Long Harris State, Long Beach State. Lucius Harris. I think 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:36.040 he played about three years for the Mavericks. Thinking you're 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:41.160 you're awesome, former New Jersey Net Lucius Harris, You're right, yes, weird, 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.320 it is weird. It's so weird. All right, go ahead, 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:47.520 Dave well kids like, you're right weird. We're done. We're 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:51.400 done with the talking nets. Portion of the best. Sorry, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.280 they have a better chance to score points than the giants. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:08:01.200 Very true. Okay, I think Cheeto will maintain his at cornerback, 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:05.280 and I think opposite him, I would probably give the 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.800 first lumber to Jordan Lewis, okay, as the other star. 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.800 As the other Stony Brown gets picks. And then then well, 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.080 Landy Brown and Jeff Heath are like the same, like 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.440 they they both get some turnovers now and again the 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:22.680 ball kind of finds them. But you know, I'm I'm 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.480 I'm hoping, I'm open for debate. I mean this, you 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.040 slide people up in a situation like this, next man 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.280 up and all that good stuff. So would you rather 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.840 Jordan Lewis out there and put Anthony Brown in the slot? 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.920 Would you rather mix that up? Would you rather put 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.080 Jordan Lewis out there and maybe Xavier Woods can be 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.360 your slot guy? That was the next question is who runs? 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.280 Who is in the slot? You know Xavier Woods has 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.360 been doing a lot of that, but do you want 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.640 to have Anthony Brown? Maybe that that because think it's 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.400 the other way around. I think cornerbacks are like countdowns 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.760 for TV shows and stuff. You know, you say you 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.160 count three two one, That's the way it is a cornerback. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:58.200 I think you have to start with three. You have 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.640 to start with the slot to see who that's gonna be. 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.560 Then you start figuring the other two parts out. Unless 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.920 the slot's going to be a guy that's not a cornerback, well, 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.080 but you have to figure it out first. I'm not 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:10.120 saying he's your best player, but I mean you figure 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.240 that part out so you can also decide on who 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:14.760 goes to the You know, if it is going to 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.880 be Xavier Woods, that's a lot easier to decide who 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:20.160 the other two corners are. You're also well, you're in 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.440 a fun situation where the Giants slot guys their best 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.840 receiver right now. Sterling Shepherd, I mean, Sterling Shepherd and 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.320 Evin Ingram are like the only weapons that the Giants have, 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.360 and Evin Ingram has been the most consistent of those 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.000 because Sterling Shepherd's been out with injury a lot of 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:38.840 this time as well. So I mean, take your pick. 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.400 Both of those guys play inside. I would imagine Byron 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.800 Jones will have a role in defending Ingram Xavier Woods too. 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.040 Probably I would probably put Anthony Brown in the slot 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.520 and put Jordan Lewis on the outside. That's my guess 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.959 of what they'll do. And but again, like I always say, 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.720 like it's it's always an all hands on deck type 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.360 of situation, Like they don't ever just handle these things 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.800 with three guys, Like it's five guys playing three positions 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.520 more often than not. How much do you think this 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.880 affects the Cowboys Orlando being out? I know there's some 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:11.240 players on this team, they lose them and everything goes 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.600 goes horribly wrong. Do you think it's one of those 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.280 situations that do you think this is one where Cowboys 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:19.320 are made to kind of understand this? Yesterday I was 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.920 talking to someone over on the that area of the building, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.640 the coaching side, and not that this is anything new, 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.920 because we've I mean, everyone that watches the game can 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:34.160 obviously see that that their secondary is not the greatest one. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.560 But to hear it from someone that's over there and 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.680 say that they definitely are not happy with any of 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:46.160 their veterans. Pretty much overall, the rookies are doing way 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:50.760 better veterans in the secondary. Yeah, So I mean, just 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.000 to hear that it tells you a lot. I mean, 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.520 to me, it just confirms or at least it gives 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.280 you Okay, they are seeing what we see. You know, 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.120 it's not that they're, um, how would you say this 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.760 blinded by the situation Because a lot of people, let's 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.840 say on Twitter and a lot of fans, they think 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.400 that they don't see any of this and they don't 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.600 address the situation. But the fact that Orlando is out 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.960 or will probably be out for this game. I don't 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:25.199 think it's gonna really affect them at all. Not at all. Wow, Okay, 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.760 it's not. I mean, I'm sorry. You know it will 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.000 affect them, but I don't think you'll be like, oh, 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.000 like Sean Lee being out type of It's more a 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.480 situation of death like that just means that you have 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.199 one less body, not so much right, right, right, but 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:42.520 not necessarily production wise right. I would like to think 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:44.920 that if there's a game where you can afford to 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.440 be shorthanded at corner, it's this one. This is the game. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.760 This is a bad passing attack or it has been 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:53.160 all this year, even with Elie back. Yeah, I know, 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.959 I'm just I'm just clarifying, Like there's been this ground 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.240 swell of sympathy for Eli since he got banned, and 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:04.079 understandably so, but like he wasn't playing well. He has 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:05.880 not had a good year, and I we can get 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.440 into a lot of the reasons why, but you know, 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:10.920 everybody takes him blame in that, including the quarterback. Like 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.640 it's not just like he's this all pro with no 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.600 help around him, right, and he hasn't had a great 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.760 year at all, like their twenty second in the league 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:20.959 in passing to go to go back to that point, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.240 I'm sure that Orlando would disagree with that. I mean 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.920 that they're not going to drop off at all with 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.000 him out there. But if that really is the case, 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.480 if the Cowboys think that way and it's not a 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:36.800 huge change, then I think you'll you'll see that next 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.120 year with the players on this team and not on 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.880 this team. You know, Scandrick was a little bit upset 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:47.240 obviously at the draft that they drafted three corners and 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.480 they signed one free agency and he was thinking he 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.280 was on the way out and he wasn't that year, 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.080 but he might be the next year. You know, if 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.240 if he really isn't missed that much when you have 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.240 all these young guys, then I think it's it would 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.560 be foreshadowing for next year. Where's his contract? You know, 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.520 Adam's office, I guess I don't know. I don't know. 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:08.600 I just said that because I don't have to. I'm 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:10.840 just trying to. I guess the bigger question is if 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:12.400 I'm not here, is it does it cost him a 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.640 ton of money? And that sometimes dictates whether a guy's 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:17.640 here or not is can you afford to make a 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.240 move on him if he's got two or three more 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.240 years left on his deal? It may be like h 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:23.680 is better just to have him here than pay the 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:25.560 money it cost to not have him here. I want 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.840 to say that he's got a few more years. I 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:29.920 want to say two more years left on his deal 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.160 after this season. I also want to say that the 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.760 way it's they, I mean, they've structure these things so 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.440 they can get out of him after a few years, 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.280 And especially for a veteran guy like him, I don't 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:40.880 think it would be the end of the world if 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.680 they tried to get like, you know, they're not going 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:45.679 to be taken on this absurd amount of money if 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.080 they were to do that. But I don't know it 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:48.960 off the top of my head. Maybe it can help 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.480 us out here and dead money and twenty eighteen would 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:56.079 be three point eight that's not a huge number. Five, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:00.559 it would be six one this year, three eight, eighteen 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.839 and one point six and nineteen, So I really, really 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.599 you probably want to keep him through more. Yeah, I 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.040 would think. And there's no here's the thing, like, it's 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:11.000 kept playing. I don't think he's playing poorly. So so 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.360 it is exactly the same this year is next year. 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.720 But five to eight, five to eight, that's not bad 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.640 at all. The salaries exactly the same. Um, you know, 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:23.880 well obviously it would be the same if the same 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.360 cap number. So and you know what, if they wanted 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.200 to do a post June one cut on him, it's 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.280 one point four, so they could do that, and that 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.880 makes a little more interesting. But still I don't think 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.640 you would. Yeah, I don't think. I don't see any 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.600 reason unless the only reason you would do that, in 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.760 my opinion, is if the Cowboys opted this year to 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.080 go back to the well and in the second or 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.680 third round get a cornerback. If they do that, then 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.240 maybe you consider it. But if your cornerbacks kind of 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.040 stay the same or you get like a late round cornerback, 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.200 you know, six seventh round, I don't think you would 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.080 make that move just yet. But I mean if you 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.760 stay I mean I could easily see him just dropping down. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.960 It's one of the we're talked about, is the way 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.880 that these rookies have been tackling and the way they 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.000 go about it and the energy, and I mean it 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.480 makes sense their rookies, you know, young guys are eager 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.440 to play and show what they can do. So obviously 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.240 there's gonna be a difference there. But if they're doing 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.360 a better job, then that's who you're gonna play. Yeah, 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:22.440 and that's great for the two rookies, and maybe that 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.560 creates I think that's a good point, because maybe it 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.160 creates a situation where Skeandrick just becomes your nickel guy 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.520 and he's just playing in the slot. But I do 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.720 have a little bit of pause about Anthony Brown. I mean, 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.320 he played really well last year, but that also could 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.920 be because expectations were where they were for sixth round 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.080 picking his first year. So I'm not certain that I 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.960 feel comfortable with the idea that Anthony Brown's gonna regularly 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.240 be my slot. Until I started to see him get 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:47.560 a little better. I would say right now, you'd still 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.520 want to Orlando here, even if those rookies become your starters, 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.480 your primary starters, right, yep. You know, I'm looking at 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:58.240 his contract that from two fifteen to nineteen, so those 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.160 five years there, I guess they give him a five 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:04.520 year extension. Yeah, I mean it was very friendly for 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.960 him and for the team. I mean his cap numbers. 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.480 Think about this from a five year cap numbers four 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:13.080 point three, four point four, five point two, five point two, 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.200 five point six. I mean, usually a five year deal 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:18.200 you see first two and then it balloons up, or 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.840 three and it balloons up. This is a legitimate five 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.600 year extension that they gave him, And I mean I 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.000 could see him probably finishing this out as long as 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.600 he plays pretty well. And I think he's if he 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.960 doesn't bark too much when it comes to some of 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:35.240 these other guys playing over him. But they got to 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.760 beat him out too. Yeah, he is super far down 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:40.720 the list of things that I think are wrong with 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.080 the defense. I agree, But I do think this. I 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.200 think this is gonna be an interesting month, whether they're 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.480 in the playoff contention or not. Knock on wood. If 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:52.520 Cheeto and Lewis specifically or stay healthy through the whole time, 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:56.440 that's gonna be four games of them probably getting their 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.560 most snaps of the season, and we'll see how they 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.440 response to It's you know, it's that the age old 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.960 football thing where if they have a bad month, you 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.480 go into twenty eighteen like, oh, secondary is a problem. 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:09.840 And if they have a great month and just play awesome, 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.880 you're like, we're good at corner, We're set here, we're 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.479 looking great. They're gonna take the step in twenty eighteen 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.600 and they're gonna be Pro Bowlers like that type of thing. 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.520 So this will this will be interesting. I really, especially Cheetoh, 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.600 I hope he can stay healthy enough to really put 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.200 you know, three or four if games on tape. If 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.960 he does that, Let's say he plays like he did 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.000 in the Washington game. He'll have some plays where he 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:32.600 gives up something here and there, and you know, they 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.159 got the Raiders come in. They like to throw the 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.960 ball down the field. But let's say plays really well 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.800 at corner, no consideration at all to move him to safety. 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:43.560 Like you feel like, if you got a good corner, 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.160 keep him at corner. We'll figure out safety. I think 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.880 the premier position is corner. And there was a time 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:53.000 when the Cowboys were pretty static well, they had a 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.119 lot of bodies at corner. They don't have that anymore, 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.280 and they got to be thinking about the future. I 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.679 think drafting him where they did, if he is a 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:03.080 good cornerback, you leave him at cornerback. Yeah, I agree 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.800 with that. And what if they decide that thirty one 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.639 is not a safety needs to play some corner. I 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:11.000 think that should have no bearing on what you do 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.639 with Cheetah Bay because if if he is a better corner, 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:16.560 keep him at corner and replace the safety. Like if 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:19.080 you if you don't think thirty one can play, replace him, 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.120 put somebody else there. But that doesn't mean you gotta 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.360 move somebody else. That sounds good. You lose a game 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:25.560 or two, you're gonna you already, you guys already said 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.440 you're not gonna be willing to give him the You're 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.639 not you're not gonna take the option. No, so he's 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:34.640 gonna stay out anyway, right Yeah, well mostly, I mean 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.520 you never know, right, I know, there's some things that 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.960 the deal here afterton right now, you guys don't think 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.440 that he's worth the option. So my point is, don't 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:46.119 move Cheeto out just because you're trying to find a 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:48.200 place for him when he's not in your future plans. 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.440 If that's what the Cowboys are thinking, right, But if 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:53.800 the if the Cowboys don't, you know, run the table here, 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.400 if they lose a game and get out pretty much 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.359 out of the playoff rates, I would probably move Cheeto 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:01.639 to safety just to see, just to see if he 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.720 could maybe that is a better position. But let's say this. 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:06.600 Let's say he plays He's played pretty good at corner right, 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:08.480 and let's say he goes to safety, he plays pretty 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.919 good at safety. Then what do you do? Then? I 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.160 then I had to go into free agency and the draft, 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.840