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Speaker 1: Kyle Yeoman's heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips and Isaiah stand back.
Speaker 1: And I see Isaiah has updated the background. He's got
Speaker 1: both jerseys up there. One of those I might be
Speaker 1: wearing if Ezekiel Elliott doesn't go for one hundred all
Speaker 1: purpose yards. But the other one, it's not gonna be
Speaker 1: what Isaiah wears. I have a different thing in mine
Speaker 1: that's on its way after I bought it on Amazon
Speaker 1: yesterday that he could be sporting. Oh oh, I've got
Speaker 1: I've got some mystery met Yeah, that's exactly what it is.
Speaker 1: I ordered it, ordered it on Amazon esterday. I know
Speaker 1: what you know. He's the bat now, Kyle. I know
Speaker 1: we were going back and forth yesterday on Twitter about
Speaker 1: whether or not it was whether or not it was
Speaker 1: one hundred yards in total or a hundred yards rushing.
Speaker 1: Remember you're scared, right, No, no, no, no, no, I'm
Speaker 1: scared as I know you don't know who a stand
Speaker 1: back in. We don't get scared, O your Kyle, your
Speaker 1: original statement on the show yesterday. We can we can replay,
Speaker 1: it was Zekiel Elli was gonna get a one hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty yards. I said, nah, he won't get a
Speaker 1: hundred fifty yards rushing. You're like, yeah, he's gonna go
Speaker 1: off and I said nah, I said he's Now, I say,
Speaker 1: I don't see him getting a hundred yards rushing. Uh
Speaker 1: in this game? Okay, because they're gonna be eight men
Speaker 1: in the box, I said, they should be able to
Speaker 1: throw the ball. And then later on on Twitter, I saw,
Speaker 1: as we're having discussions with with some of our some
Speaker 1: of our viewers, that you switched. You changed the verbiage
Speaker 1: a little bit to change the verbiage to a hundred
Speaker 1: yards total, not a hundred yards rushing. So I was
Speaker 1: backing up on this. Are you backing up on this? Am?
Speaker 1: I backing up on this. Neither way. I'm still gonna
Speaker 1: make sounds like the either way, I'm gonna the bet.
Speaker 1: But I do think the verbiage was one hundred yards,
Speaker 1: not rushing yards. But you know what the fact of
Speaker 1: the matter is, I do think Ezekiel Elliott will have
Speaker 1: a hundred yards. Let us know in the comments to
Speaker 1: all of those listening live, let us know if you
Speaker 1: think Ezekiel Elliott versus this defense could get one hundred yards.
Speaker 1: You look at the history of what he's been able
Speaker 1: to do. He's had a ninety seven yard game, He's
Speaker 1: had one hundred and twenty plus yard game. In two games,
Speaker 1: he's had two hundred and twenty four yards and forty
Speaker 1: carries against the Seattle defense. And that was the legion
Speaker 1: of boom, not necessarily the legion of zoom, as in
Speaker 1: zoom meetings, as in coronavirus, as in twenty nineteen, not
Speaker 1: zooming to the football. This isn't the same defense. So
Speaker 1: either way, I think Ezekiel Elliott has one hundred rushing
Speaker 1: yards total on Sunday, that's fine, We'll change it to that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll change it to that. And that's the thing. The
Speaker 1: Cowboys could win this game. And I still might be
Speaker 1: wearing a Seahawks jersey on Monday, but it's in Isaiah
Speaker 1: stand back Seahawks jersey, So I guess that's fine. Now,
Speaker 1: very tight. That'll be nice. Night's nice and tight like
Speaker 1: a halter tip. I'm gonna have to work out all
Speaker 1: three days this weekend. They get ready for it. One
Speaker 1: of the big things though, yesterday coming out of the
Speaker 1: Cowboys side of things as they enter into the week
Speaker 1: is actually on the defensive side of the football, and
Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about the coverage in a secondary
Speaker 1: against these Seattle wide receivers, and so I don't want
Speaker 1: to go too far into this, but Rob yesterday something
Speaker 1: very encouraging finally on an injury front, as Trayvon Diggs
Speaker 1: was participating in practice. He was a full participant, and
Speaker 1: really a lot of optimism even on that defensive side
Speaker 1: of the football for Tank Lawrence heading into the weekend
Speaker 1: as well. Rob, Yeah, we've got some good news, right
Speaker 1: I think Diggs I don't. I don't think there was
Speaker 1: ever that much concern about it. But as they brought
Speaker 1: up a good point, you never want a rookie starter
Speaker 1: not practicing during the week, but obviously they felt like
Speaker 1: you needed a day of you have and with a
Speaker 1: full practice they don't. They don't practice on Friday. They've
Speaker 1: got that regeneration day today and then have a short
Speaker 1: practice on Saturday. But also looks like all systems go there.
Speaker 1: Tank Lawrence did the rehab yesterday with the the knee injury,
Speaker 1: and Tyrann Smith Mike McCarthy was on the fan this
Speaker 1: morning and said, if he could do something on Saturday,
Speaker 1: he's got a shot to play. So it looks like,
Speaker 1: oh optimism for three top guys they're they're counting on
Speaker 1: on Sunday hopefully, How big of a shot and injury report, man,
Speaker 1: how big of a shot in the arm would that knee? Heck? Though,
Speaker 1: if the three those three guys were on the injury
Speaker 1: report but are able to play this weekend, I mean
Speaker 1: that we need him. That's that's the bottom line, And
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure that's a falsil long freak out
Speaker 1: for all of Cowboy Nation once we saw Digs on
Speaker 1: the injury report. So it's really good to hear that
Speaker 1: he did get those reps in. But I agree with
Speaker 1: Isaiah on that. Man, you never like to see a
Speaker 1: rookie who definitely needs to get every rep that that's
Speaker 1: available to him, especially this week with the assignment that
Speaker 1: he's gonna have with DK. Isaiah is at the same
Speaker 1: feeling that you get is if you get these guys
Speaker 1: back all of a sudden, your chances of closing the
Speaker 1: gap on what is a favorable Seahawks team is starting
Speaker 1: to close. I don't think so. I think I think
Speaker 1: this is gonna be and this is gonna be a shootout.
Speaker 1: You know, I think, you know, it's always I think
Speaker 1: every time we say it's going to be a shootout,
Speaker 1: I believe that ends up being a low scoring defensive
Speaker 1: game somehow, some way. But I do believe this is
Speaker 1: gonna be a shootout. I'm not impressed by either defense
Speaker 1: right now. Honestly, I'm impressed by Seattle's offense. And I mean,
Speaker 1: and obviously Dallas has the potential to be a very
Speaker 1: dangerous offense. UM. They were able to put up crazy
Speaker 1: yards last week just because of the situation they were in. UM,
Speaker 1: but both offenses are potent. UM, it's really gonna you know,
Speaker 1: we have to wait and see what these defenses show
Speaker 1: up and do so in Diggs being in their digs,
Speaker 1: not being in their digs. Wasn't that that big of
Speaker 1: an impact last week against the number one receiver in
Speaker 1: the league. So it's kind of hard to match that up. UM.
Speaker 1: You know, there there is a drop off with DK
Speaker 1: and lock It, but it's a you know, DK is
Speaker 1: a lot more physical receiver than Julio is. So that's
Speaker 1: where I see the issue being with Digs being on
Speaker 1: injury report, not on an injury port. It really doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: If he steps out there and tries to press against DK,
Speaker 1: it might represent some problems. This is why Kyle, I
Speaker 1: think maybe you're gonna be wearing that standback jersey because
Speaker 1: if it come on Rob, we already know where if
Speaker 1: it if it is a track meet, if it is
Speaker 1: a shootout, They're gonna try to keep Zeke involved. But
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys can't fall behind by double digits again
Speaker 1: and expect Zeke to be to eat and be Zeke,
Speaker 1: Zeke's always gonna be capable of eating. But I just
Speaker 1: wonder if it's going to be that type of game
Speaker 1: for him. We'll just have to see. I mean, the
Speaker 1: Cowboys wanted to be they want to ride him all
Speaker 1: throughout the second half, but but it's going to depend
Speaker 1: on how well they can try to contain Russell Wilson.
Speaker 1: I don't say stop him, contain him because he's gonna
Speaker 1: make plays well. And you also look at the lack
Speaker 1: of effectiveness that he's had in the passing game again
Speaker 1: Seattle in the past, and I really do think he'll
Speaker 1: have an uptick in that as well as the yardage.
Speaker 1: And he's had the rushing yards. I already mentioned the
Speaker 1: stat to twenty four on forty carries, but he's only
Speaker 1: had seven receptions for thirty two yards in those two
Speaker 1: games as well, so he hasn't necessarily been a factor
Speaker 1: when it comes to catching the football out of the
Speaker 1: backfield and being that checkdown option. I think that's gonna
Speaker 1: come a lot this week in twenty eighteen. We also
Speaker 1: have to say that he had that illegal touching penalty
Speaker 1: that negated a touchdown. So yeah, so we got to
Speaker 1: kind of clue that in the numbers as well. But look, man,
Speaker 1: I anticipate Zeke havin a big game. But Rob, I
Speaker 1: want to ask you how much credence did you give
Speaker 1: to Jaylen Smith saying the defense is going to be
Speaker 1: a simplified version of the of the defense going into Seattle. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that one, And it started with with Mike McCarthy's press
Speaker 1: conference yesterday where he was asked about, you know, mistakes
Speaker 1: and mental errors and he said, we had way too
Speaker 1: many on defense throughout the entire team and maybe we
Speaker 1: need to scale some things back. To me that that
Speaker 1: was a little different than what what Mike Nolan said
Speaker 1: earlier in the week that they haven't really used all
Speaker 1: of their capabilities on defense because they're trying to you know,
Speaker 1: supplement as they go because of the lack of time
Speaker 1: on the field. So I don't know which one it is,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I mean, I think, but
Speaker 1: I think J Jalen did say to your point that
Speaker 1: a smaller playbook might help, might give guys because maybe
Speaker 1: they're asking guys to just try to do a little
Speaker 1: bit too much. Just the volume of trying to put
Speaker 1: this all together on the fly has got to be difficult.
Speaker 1: And I think we've said it throughout the week. They
Speaker 1: need to try to just keep getting better weeks and
Speaker 1: the week, and maybe simplifying it a little bit will help.
Speaker 1: Everson Griffin was on with us a couple days ago
Speaker 1: and said, i'm a said, I'm a three point man. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a three point stance guy. And that's
Speaker 1: that's one way to simplify it for one of your
Speaker 1: defensive linemen is if they're not comfortable in a certain stance,
Speaker 1: let them let them do what they're comfortable with. And
Speaker 1: maybe that's going to help from a technique standpoint, because
Speaker 1: I think I think when when you have that two
Speaker 1: point stance, as I understand it, you know, it helps
Speaker 1: with your eyes, it helps you read what's on going
Speaker 1: in the backfield, but maybe your technique suffers a little
Speaker 1: bit and you're not you're not as in tune with
Speaker 1: certain misdirection plays or things of that nature. So so Rob,
Speaker 1: it sounds like you and Hecker are starting to kind
Speaker 1: of insinuate that there might be a little bit of
Speaker 1: discontent within this defense right now, within this organization, because
Speaker 1: what it sounds like is that you're getting mixed reports.
Speaker 1: And Mike Nolan, we know what he wants to do.
Speaker 1: He wants to go out there and fly by fly
Speaker 1: by his waist man. But then you have you know,
Speaker 1: he's he's forcing these guys that be in this stand
Speaker 1: up you know, stand up start. But then you also
Speaker 1: have you know, his guys coming out and saying that
Speaker 1: they really want to be in a three point stance.
Speaker 1: I don't do this stand up stuff. That's that's really
Speaker 1: what that's really the translation. And then you have Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy and jas minnisaying that they're going to scale back.
Speaker 1: So it sounds like there's a lot of things that
Speaker 1: are going on. You're starting you're starting to hear a
Speaker 1: little some guys that are unhappy and then not pleased
Speaker 1: with the positions that are defensive schemes that are being
Speaker 1: out there. I'm just saying, how please help us. Okay,
Speaker 1: here we go, Isaiah. I know, I know you're coming
Speaker 1: from a certain specific area in this regard, and I
Speaker 1: know you're trying to stir up things. You're stating facts. Sure,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of mixed reports that have come over
Speaker 1: the long period of time. There's this thing that I
Speaker 1: know Cowboys fans haven't been used to over period of times,
Speaker 1: at least especially over the last ten years. But it's
Speaker 1: called a thing called in season adjustments. In season adjustments,
Speaker 1: when things don't go your way, let's figure out a
Speaker 1: way to make it go your way. In the past,
Speaker 1: we've had coaching staff that goes into a scheme and
Speaker 1: falls into a scheme. Hold up, heck, I'm not done yet, sir.
Speaker 1: Whenever we get who I'm about to say, here's the thing.
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy talked about it this morning on the fan
Speaker 1: as well, and he talked about the two point versus
Speaker 1: three point stance, and he said, sure, we're gonna scale
Speaker 1: it back a little bit, We're gonna go really with
Speaker 1: what our players want to do. And if that's first
Speaker 1: and second down, going out of a two point stance
Speaker 1: because there's more motion on the lines scrimmage, there's more
Speaker 1: to get your eyes on, there's more to look at.
Speaker 1: And then on third down, getting in that three point
Speaker 1: stance and letting the dogs go after the quarterback and
Speaker 1: put pressure on an opposing offense. That's what's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be a set in stone system.
Speaker 1: You have to fit to our system. I'm Mike Nolan.
Speaker 1: This is how you're gonna do it, just to the players,
Speaker 1: and I think that's what the Cowboys are doing now
Speaker 1: and they've seen that through the first two weeks of
Speaker 1: the season. There's my thank you for coming into my
Speaker 1: tax I mean, yeah, yeah, you pose a great valid point.
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's valid, but I'll respect your
Speaker 1: opinion that valid. McCarthy said it, so so as I'm
Speaker 1: just saying, as a defensive coordinator that Mike McCarthy appointed,
Speaker 1: who was a defensive coordinator, irrest Hey, Mike McCarthy appointed
Speaker 1: a dude by the name of Mike known and as
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator right, rob correct. Okay. So he's in
Speaker 1: charge of everything that happens on his defense, correct, yeah, correct, Okay,
Speaker 1: So he put he put forth the system that he
Speaker 1: wants to implement on this defense. Correct, regardless of what
Speaker 1: guys are used to doing, regardless of what guys are
Speaker 1: comfortable are doing, this is the defense we're running, correct, correct, Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 1: And through these first two games, now you're starting to
Speaker 1: hear discontent with the players as to running the system
Speaker 1: that he really wants to run because we haven't seen
Speaker 1: we have not seen a bunch of coverages. We have
Speaker 1: not seen a bunch of blitzes. We have not seen
Speaker 1: a bunch of different looks in terms of the D
Speaker 1: line and a different personnel groupings. We have seen pretty
Speaker 1: basic defense. And so you're hearing now the head coach saying, Hey,
Speaker 1: we're gonna scale back from a basic system that we're
Speaker 1: already or running. We're already not doing the things that
Speaker 1: Mike known On wants to do, so we're gonna we're
Speaker 1: gonna pull back even more. Oh and by the way,
Speaker 1: now players are starting to come out and say, man,
Speaker 1: this this two point thing, this ain't for me. I'm
Speaker 1: a three point guy, I'm just saying those are little
Speaker 1: things to start brewing. They start brewing, Isaiah, you've heard
Speaker 1: the term, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. What's broke,
Speaker 1: So you gotta fix it. And fall is a game
Speaker 1: of adjustments, and you have to make those. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: have to make those adjustments. And if it comes down
Speaker 1: to playing to a guy's strength, whether it be three
Speaker 1: point two point, whatever that is, you have got to
Speaker 1: let your dogs do what they do back hunt and
Speaker 1: we look you of all people know that, and so
Speaker 1: we're gonna make those adjustments. All the defense because if
Speaker 1: they're looking at the at the tape in the film
Speaker 1: of those past games, they realize that there are a
Speaker 1: lot of blown assignments and miscommunication. I e. The Atlanta
Speaker 1: game where they're tight end just pretty much walked into
Speaker 1: the end zone and that was a miscommunication. Clearly, they're
Speaker 1: trying to fix those screen problems that they had against
Speaker 1: LA because they know they're getting gashed for those big plays.
Speaker 1: So the defense and Mike Nolan, I'm sure he's just
Speaker 1: trying to put these guys in the best place to
Speaker 1: do to make those plays. But if they don't do
Speaker 1: it after he said, fies and and dumbs down, not
Speaker 1: when they dumped down and dolls it down. On the defense,
Speaker 1: he's gonna rip these guys a new orfice. So just
Speaker 1: know that he's gonna give it. He's putting them in position,
Speaker 1: but they have got to prove that they're ready to
Speaker 1: take that next step as a defense. I agree, Hey,
Speaker 1: I agree, I just I agree. I just put it
Speaker 1: out there. I'm just putting out some facts. I know
Speaker 1: Cole doesn't like when I throw that out there. That's
Speaker 1: not a fact though, because it's not a fact, it's
Speaker 1: just a weird observation. They tried it, Mike, mister Nolan's
Speaker 1: way right now, they're trying get the player's way correct
Speaker 1: and if it doesn't work, Hick, what happens, They gonna
Speaker 1: rip them. It's gonna rip them. But that is part
Speaker 1: of it. That's part of Mike Nolan's job though, right
Speaker 1: Like if it's not where if a player is not comfortable,
Speaker 1: and look Jalen said yesterday, we're all on the same
Speaker 1: page here. It's just part of discussion on Okay, what's
Speaker 1: not working. Some of it is very simple corrections like
Speaker 1: pre snap pre snap alignments, like got guy's just not
Speaker 1: in the right spot pre snap and so but I'm
Speaker 1: with you, Isaiah, I don't think. I don't think it's
Speaker 1: been crazy complex what we've seen on film. Um. But
Speaker 1: that that being said, we're only five weeks since training
Speaker 1: camp and you're you're you're absolute correct. I'm just saying
Speaker 1: as a former player, I just I know how much
Speaker 1: you hold back the things that you want to say, um,
Speaker 1: to protect the team. So if I was out there
Speaker 1: and I was playing for the Cowboys right now and
Speaker 1: I say, hey, I don't I'm a I'm a go
Speaker 1: route runner. I don't run. I don't run over routes,
Speaker 1: cats would be like, what you know what I'm saying that.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying that that's how it comes across. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But there, but there are given players, you know, options
Speaker 1: to do. I know Tom's Jim Tom sewell d line coach.
Speaker 1: He was asked in camp about Tank being in the
Speaker 1: two point stance. He said, look, I never I never
Speaker 1: told him to do it. We gave him the option
Speaker 1: and said how did you try it around? See see
Speaker 1: what you think? And I guess he liked it. But
Speaker 1: if it's affecting certain things pre snapper then maybe you
Speaker 1: need to go back to what you're coupled with. I
Speaker 1: don't think there's any problem problem with that, um and
Speaker 1: and the thing about it is like they've had they've
Speaker 1: had drives where they've been productive late in the game,
Speaker 1: and I think there is some things to build on,
Speaker 1: but overall it's just there's just been it's been too
Speaker 1: sloppy in points. Yeah, and they got to get back
Speaker 1: to that. And man, we we've talked about it. They
Speaker 1: got to get pressure. However, whatever stand you want, one, two, three, four,
Speaker 1: five points stand get some pressure on Russell Wilson. Sunday
Speaker 1: he stands. And in the comments section, our boy g
Speaker 1: made a very fantastic point. Whenever we're looking at the
Speaker 1: defense and we're really upset about the fact that they
Speaker 1: gave up thirty nine points against Atlanta, really the offense
Speaker 1: spot at them twenty four. They really gave up the
Speaker 1: majority of the offense, or they give up the majority
Speaker 1: of the points off of turnovers, and really, uh, right
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the game, and they spot on
Speaker 1: them twenty to start and then a couple points later
Speaker 1: on in the game. So really the defense had some
Speaker 1: some positive things. Like Rob just said, heading out of
Speaker 1: that Atlanta game. But you're gonna you've got a tough
Speaker 1: task on your hand going into Russell Wilson and VP
Speaker 1: Caliber Russ at the moment in terms of what he's
Speaker 1: doing on that side of the football. When we come back,
Speaker 1: we're gonna look at the offensive side. Can blocking help
Speaker 1: this offense from a non offensive line perspective? And should
Speaker 1: there be improvement in that regard. We're going to debate
Speaker 1: about it and continue on when we come back. You're
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Speaker 1: Isaiah stand back. And yes, we did start the show
Speaker 1: a little bit early for those of you just joining us.
Speaker 1: Normally we go at nine thirty on Thursdays and Fridays.
Speaker 1: Now we'll go at nine fifteen. Mike McCarthy's press conference
Speaker 1: takes president and we will move up in order to accommodate.
Speaker 1: But that's where we are right now. We're in segment
Speaker 1: number two. Glad you're with us here on Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: dot com. And two more things We mentioned that Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy interview is actual a very well done interview from
Speaker 1: a Sean and RJ's side of things. On the one
Speaker 1: of five point three the fan the flagship of the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and uh, they asked him the question about Tank. They said, hey,
Speaker 1: what do you think about Tank? And where is he
Speaker 1: at in his progression and Mike McCarthy. His response goes,
Speaker 1: who who is who is Tank? And they were like
Speaker 1: tank Tank Lawrence. To Marcus Lawrence, he goes, that's his nickname.
Speaker 1: It's Tank Lawrence. That's he was like, where did that
Speaker 1: come from? He was like, back in my day, they
Speaker 1: had two nicknames for everybody, so I didn't even learn them.
Speaker 1: So I just thought that was interesting that the head
Speaker 1: coach did not know that it's Tank Lawrence and and
Speaker 1: that's the that go to. That was definitely a bit
Speaker 1: of sarcasm right there. I know he's he straight up
Speaker 1: did not know. Yeah, it was I really don't think.
Speaker 1: I absolutely don't think you knew either that or can
Speaker 1: we go give him impossible? Can we go give him
Speaker 1: an oscar? Like can we go give Mike McCarthy an
Speaker 1: oscar for a radio interview? Because it like if it
Speaker 1: wasn't real and he didn't or he did know and
Speaker 1: he faked it. He tricked me pretty well. I listened
Speaker 1: to the whole thing, and I don't think he had it.
Speaker 1: He also he also talked about the fumbling in the
Speaker 1: first half in the first quarter of the game yesterday.
Speaker 1: They asked him, what do you do as a coach,
Speaker 1: what's the first thing you say to your players, Because
Speaker 1: you can't really say, hey, hold onto the ball a
Speaker 1: little bit more of their guys. You can't necessarily coach
Speaker 1: him up that way. He said, two things is all
Speaker 1: I can do as a coach, And it's really the
Speaker 1: same throughout the game. He said, I could say really
Speaker 1: bad words and I can pray. And that's the two
Speaker 1: ways that Mike McCarthy handled the first quarter situation on
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Falcons. But moving into Seattle week and
Speaker 1: we're looking at really ways that this offense can improve.
Speaker 1: They found a rhythm, especially in that second half against
Speaker 1: Atlanta on Sunday. But one of the things that has
Speaker 1: been sticking out to me on film is blocking outside
Speaker 1: of the offensive lineman. You've got Blake Bell. You've got
Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin or excuse me, Dalton Schultznoble Jarwin, and you've
Speaker 1: also got Ceedee Lamb and Ezekiel Elliott. And really, from
Speaker 1: a Zeke standpoint, we'll start with him first. He saw
Speaker 1: a much larger role in terms of protecting Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: in the passing game instead of maybe being a part
Speaker 1: of the passing game like he was a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago, or at least in week one of the season.
Speaker 1: But heckmo, when you look at this offense, how much
Speaker 1: of a huge and crucial role is it that Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliot's able to block some of those linebackers. I think
Speaker 1: that's one of his strong suits. I think, other than
Speaker 1: I think he missed Dion Jones barely last weekend, he
Speaker 1: was able to hit Dak's arm and deflect the pass.
Speaker 1: But I think that's always been one of the Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliot's strong suits. And look, with two undrafted free agents
Speaker 1: at tackle, you're gonna have to give this offensive line
Speaker 1: as much help as you can. And whether that be
Speaker 1: chipping guys are taking on a linebacker, I definitely trust
Speaker 1: Zeke in that responsibility. Yeah, absolutely correct, heck that he
Speaker 1: has to do that in this position right now. Until
Speaker 1: you get your dogs back in Smith and Collins, most
Speaker 1: of those guys get back, he'll have the ability. He'll
Speaker 1: be enabled to be able to get out and to
Speaker 1: run some routes on some of these linebackers, wrestling swing routes,
Speaker 1: do some isolation type plays. But until then, he has
Speaker 1: to sit in there. He has to chip and this week,
Speaker 1: he has to lick out for that one Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: that's gonna be coming down and coming off the edge
Speaker 1: because he will blitz probably at least three to four
Speaker 1: times this game. Yeah. Absolutely, And from the tight end perspective,
Speaker 1: you know, Blake Bell was signed in part because he's
Speaker 1: he's a good in line blocker. Dalton Schultz can do
Speaker 1: some h back stuff, but you can pretty much move
Speaker 1: him anywhere. So I think that's we saw them helping
Speaker 1: in the run game in the second half. I thought
Speaker 1: also pass blocking, helping on those edges and Zeke, you know,
Speaker 1: Marshall falk Is his idol, you know, growing up in
Speaker 1: Saint Louis. That's the guy he tried to pattern himself after.
Speaker 1: A complete player. And you know, when he's not in
Speaker 1: the running back meetings, if the other running backs are
Speaker 1: in special teams meetings, he goes and hang out in
Speaker 1: the other skill position rooms, quarterback room, trying to you know,
Speaker 1: merge everybody's thoughts together in terms of what his assignments
Speaker 1: are to try to help in some of those blocking situations.
Speaker 1: So it's he's one of the best in the league
Speaker 1: at it. That's it's it's part. It's one thing people
Speaker 1: probably don't talk about enough why he's a top, you
Speaker 1: know whatever, two three running back in the league, because
Speaker 1: he really can do it all. And I think I'm
Speaker 1: really looking forward to that, to that matchup though, I know, Kyle,
Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to Jamal Adams coming down hot
Speaker 1: and hot from the safety position coming in and Zeke
Speaker 1: and him just colliding. It's gonna be like two dog
Speaker 1: on rams hitting each other. I'm looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: that well when we saw it last year in the
Speaker 1: New York Jets game as well. But you also got
Speaker 1: to add Bobby Wagner into that mix as well. I
Speaker 1: think there's two guys that Ezekiel Elliot's gonna have to
Speaker 1: go up against in terms of blocking. He tried to
Speaker 1: do so in Week one against a certain Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: and that ended up becoming a viral video instead. Do
Speaker 1: you think he took maybe some exception to that, the
Speaker 1: fact that he was tossed around by Aaron Donald and
Speaker 1: the video went vinyl? And then he came back. He
Speaker 1: had a much better blocking week in Week two than
Speaker 1: he did in Week one, and now he gets a
Speaker 1: chance to go up against another dog. Hey, when Jack
Speaker 1: Martin gets tossed around two exactly. I mean that's what
Speaker 1: he does. There's there's just there's some there's just there's
Speaker 1: just some physical specimens in this world, the same way
Speaker 1: that we talk about DK mecals and physical specimen. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's the same thing with a with Aaron Donald, he's
Speaker 1: just not human. I don't know where he was. He
Speaker 1: wasn't born, he was created. When you get disrespected by
Speaker 1: somebody like that, you just chop it up to the game, like, hey,
Speaker 1: he is what he is. That's that dude. There's nothing
Speaker 1: you can physically do. Hey, Kyle, you gotta go back
Speaker 1: and watch a guy by the name of Reggie White.
Speaker 1: He has one arm, three hundred and twenty pound offensive
Speaker 1: linemen off their feet. So because maybe take any exception
Speaker 1: to that, that's just God just created some guy stronger
Speaker 1: than others. And that's really what we saw. And Zeke
Speaker 1: had to go up against him. But on the other side,
Speaker 1: really the outside ceedee Lamb. There were a couple plays
Speaker 1: where the blocking and the physicality that we saw on
Speaker 1: film at Oklahoma at the college level didn't necessarily translating.
Speaker 1: It came back to bite the Cowboys a couple of
Speaker 1: times on Sunday, And I really like what Ceedee Lamb
Speaker 1: brings to the table as a blocker. I just haven't
Speaker 1: seen it yet, Isaiah. When you're a new wide receiver
Speaker 1: in the NFL, is that one of the tougher things
Speaker 1: to adjust to is actually finding a way to provide
Speaker 1: some blocking on the outside. It's definitely something that you
Speaker 1: have to pick up. And you have to remember when
Speaker 1: he left. When he left college, he was confident as
Speaker 1: all get out. So there was nothing on the field
Speaker 1: that was taking place that he didn't feel fully one
Speaker 1: hundred confident in. Now you're stepping into the NFL and
Speaker 1: these are all grown men and CD is actually substantially
Speaker 1: smaller and a lot more leaner than I than I
Speaker 1: imagine that he would be. So he looks pretty pretty frail,
Speaker 1: has nest no indictment on his actual overall strength. I
Speaker 1: don't know how strong Hee is, but I mean these
Speaker 1: dudes he's going in there trying to block. Now, there
Speaker 1: there's some dudes and they lift weights for a living.
Speaker 1: They actually get paid to do so, now it's not
Speaker 1: just a class that they have to go to. So
Speaker 1: you know, it takes a special mindset to do. So
Speaker 1: you know, you think about guys like hines Ward. Hines
Speaker 1: Ward was not the most physically imposing guy. He wasn't
Speaker 1: the most athletic human being in the world. But guess
Speaker 1: what his mentality was to go in there, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: knock your head off, right, So you have to you
Speaker 1: have to develop that. And once you developed that, then
Speaker 1: he could add that to his game at this level,
Speaker 1: and then all the other things that he does will
Speaker 1: open up. What do you think his confidence level is
Speaker 1: right now? Isaiah? Just one hundred yard game in his
Speaker 1: second game, I'm already said yesterday his second game of
Speaker 1: his career. He had one hundred yard game, and it really,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of elevated his confidence. I mean, and
Speaker 1: Dak going to him, you know, in a late situation
Speaker 1: like that to try to go win the game. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's he might be ahead of schedule, you know, in
Speaker 1: terms of what he could do for this offense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think they're finding ways to get him the ball,
Speaker 1: and I think that he's you can see his swag
Speaker 1: start to him last week. You know, he did his
Speaker 1: little snotty nose whatever that was, you know, so he
Speaker 1: you know, he's getting more confident. But you know, but
Speaker 1: there are the other elements of this game. You know,
Speaker 1: he should going into this game. He should be confident
Speaker 1: coming off of that game. And also the fact that
Speaker 1: he's the matchup that he's probably going to have. He
Speaker 1: should be able to take care of that um at
Speaker 1: a relatively easy, you know, easy level. But you know,
Speaker 1: the other aspects that you guys brought up, the blocking
Speaker 1: and things of that nature, that's going to be required
Speaker 1: to really, uh, you know, initiate this game the way
Speaker 1: in which the Cowboys want to. He's gonna have to
Speaker 1: get dig in there and dig out Jamal Adams. He's
Speaker 1: going to get in there and get KG right sometimes.
Speaker 1: So he's gonna have to get physical. And you know,
Speaker 1: that's the aspect that he really has to become more
Speaker 1: confident in. You know. And one of the things you
Speaker 1: mentioned this is so picky on my side. This is
Speaker 1: such a picky thing when when it comes to football.
Speaker 1: I know some fans will agree here though. And the
Speaker 1: fact that the little snot thing that that that cde
Speaker 1: Lamb did. I liked the swagger. I like the fact
Speaker 1: that he did it, but I like the fact that
Speaker 1: he only does it in a big moment and it
Speaker 1: may change. He may start doing it every time he
Speaker 1: catches a first down, and that's cool, that's fine. Zeke
Speaker 1: does it. You see Jaylen Smith swipe every time he
Speaker 1: makes a tackle after like a four yard game, it's fine.
Speaker 1: But whenever Ceedee Lamb does it, he only has done
Speaker 1: it once and it was in a massive part of
Speaker 1: the football game where he made a huge catch and
Speaker 1: a huge moment, and that's where the swagger was. Once
Speaker 1: he did it, it was like, Okay, here we go.
Speaker 1: It wasn't a oh, there's Ceede Lamb doing his thing again.
Speaker 1: That was a we're feeling it right now. Let's roll
Speaker 1: where the Dallas Cowboys and we're about to make this
Speaker 1: comeback happen. So I kind of respected that you you were,
Speaker 1: you were feeling that way. You were feeling that way
Speaker 1: about CD before the game even started. We know you
Speaker 1: be before the game even started. He had got I
Speaker 1: gotta get me a T shirt? Can we make some
Speaker 1: of those Cowboys pro shot by the way of the
Speaker 1: new shirt Cowboys pro shot? But I just want to
Speaker 1: make sure and plug them so we can get some
Speaker 1: Seede Lamb shirts. But one really that's that's that's thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you. I've got your back coming for you. I
Speaker 1: forgot to take his bag yesterday. I feel really bad
Speaker 1: about it. Um okay, how convenient. Now I do have
Speaker 1: a really good stat for you. When it comes to
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, he mentioned how it's his first one hundred
Speaker 1: yard game. Of course, Uh, he's tied for the fastest
Speaker 1: Cowboy rookie receiver to ever have a hundred yard game.
Speaker 1: It only took two games for him. Mean that tied
Speaker 1: franchise record. The other guy who did it and Rob,
Speaker 1: you may be the only one that knows this name.
Speaker 1: Heckma might know this name, Isaiah. I know you don't
Speaker 1: know this name, Cornell Burbage. Have you ever heard that
Speaker 1: name Cornell Burbage? I don't I have, oh, Rob Okay
Speaker 1: Rob nineteen eighty seven, He went for three receptions one
Speaker 1: hundred and ten yards as a replacement player in the
Speaker 1: lockout season against Philadelphia. For the rest of his career,
Speaker 1: he played two seasons, had sixteen receptions one hundred and
Speaker 1: ninety yards. He had one game where he went off
Speaker 1: for three for one ten and it was his second
Speaker 1: career game. Hopefully, Ceedee Lamb doesn't fit that same fate
Speaker 1: completely different scenarios, But it is just kind of an
Speaker 1: interesting stat that the only other guy to do it
Speaker 1: other than Ceedee Lamb is Cornell Burbage in Cornell Bourbage. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's the first Cornell Burbage I think this show has
Speaker 1: ever had in its entirety. But we're gonna take a
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Speaker 1: continue on here in the final show before the Cowboys
Speaker 1: take on the c Seahawks coming up this Sunday, three
Speaker 1: twenty five. Joe Buck Troy Aikman on the call on Fox.
Speaker 1: It'll be a fun one regardless, and I think it'll
Speaker 1: be extremely high scoring. I think both defenses are suspect.
Speaker 1: I think both offenses are pretty fantastic, and I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a race to forty ultimately. But send
Speaker 1: us your predictions. We're about to give our own, but
Speaker 1: here's some fan predictions. Initially, our guy John Leacrace says,
Speaker 1: and I love this prediction. Two quarterbacks combined for nine
Speaker 1: hundred total yards of offense. Cowboys win thirty four thirty
Speaker 1: one Rob has some exception to that. What Rob kind
Speaker 1: of with Isaiah. Yeah, when we think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: these video game numbers, it never seems to be. Now,
Speaker 1: remember the Saints game with the Cowboys a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago. Saints are gonna put fifty on them, and
Speaker 1: I think they had like seventeen. Now I'm with you,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna score points, but you know it's
Speaker 1: not gonna be first to sixty m first to say, oh,
Speaker 1: he said thirty four thirty one. He didn't even give
Speaker 1: anybody forty burger, which is now supposed to be the
Speaker 1: norm around these parts. Dallas thirty one, Seattle twenty eight.
Speaker 1: That comes from Carter looking down the list a little
Speaker 1: bit here. Cowboys thirty seven, Seahawks thirty five. That's from
Speaker 1: at we Making Noise, so a fun one there from
Speaker 1: we Make a Noise a two point win in a
Speaker 1: very odd score. West Oak Lane gives us thirty one,
Speaker 1: twenty four. Cowboys. Our guy Tom says, Cowboys twenty seven,
Speaker 1: twenty three. There's a lot of Cowboys picks here, guys.
Speaker 1: I know you're Cowboys fans, but are we Are we
Speaker 1: being realistic here and keep sending in those predictions. But
Speaker 1: we're gonna go to Heckma here first, and he's gonna
Speaker 1: start us off Heckma, can the Cowboys get a win?
Speaker 1: And do you agree with the assessment that some of
Speaker 1: the listeners have been throwing out there right now? Well,
Speaker 1: first of all, let's talk about our standings as a show, right, Okay,
Speaker 1: you're the only one that's two And no, I wasn't
Speaker 1: gonna brack right, but Iah, no, no, I just want
Speaker 1: to bring up no, I want to bring up facts here.
Speaker 1: I want to ease into this. Isaiah. You're one in one,
Speaker 1: all right? And Rob is one in one? What is
Speaker 1: Rob one in one? Yeah? Everybody's one and one except okay? Cool? Well, look,
Speaker 1: you know you know, and I'm gonna have to say
Speaker 1: it playing and say it with my chest. Now you know,
Speaker 1: I'm going with the Cowboys in this game, and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna start with the fact that Amari Cooper should be
Speaker 1: one pissed off individual. And I'll tell you why. Going
Speaker 1: into this game, everyone's talking about DK mccalf and I understand,
Speaker 1: eight catches, one hundred and eighty seventy yards, he's a
Speaker 1: big play machine. But I'm sorry this this guy a
Speaker 1: Mary Cooper is just quietly going about his business one
Speaker 1: more time. Sixteen sixteen excuse me? Yeah, sixteen catches for
Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty one yards. Half of those catches
Speaker 1: are moving the chains. And he is the guy that
Speaker 1: we know has the big playability in this Cowboys office.
Speaker 1: His foot, you know, he said now this week he's
Speaker 1: running full speed because his foot is feeling better. He
Speaker 1: has an opportunity versus this Seahawks secondary to really take
Speaker 1: the top off of it. And I think that's gonna
Speaker 1: make the difference in this game, is what Amari Cooper
Speaker 1: does against Griffin on the outside because you know they
Speaker 1: can't get him any help. And uh, I say, the
Speaker 1: Cowboys win this game. Twenty seven Cowboys thirty five, twenty seven.
Speaker 1: It's no surprise Hack goes with the Boys three straight weeks.
Speaker 1: Well they let him down, Isaiah, who you got? Oh wow?
Speaker 1: Heck my, that was interesting. What's going on? He's thinking thinking? No, no, no,
Speaker 1: no thinking required here. Um, I'm a fact based individual.
Speaker 1: Now everybody knows that. You know, I'm loyal to my soil.
Speaker 1: In terms of Seattle, that's family. I don't care if
Speaker 1: the dog on Sattle. SuperSonics we're out there playing on
Speaker 1: the field. I'm still you know, a Sonics is my
Speaker 1: Seattle of my life. However, I live in Dallas and
Speaker 1: I and I respect the heck out of the organization
Speaker 1: because Jerry took a big risk on me and I'm
Speaker 1: loving for life. So Cowboys always got my heart as well.
Speaker 1: But when it comes down to this real life thing, okay,
Speaker 1: I don't I don't sway one way or other. I
Speaker 1: don't care who my who, my loyalty goes with. Seattle
Speaker 1: is a better team right now, right now, they're playing
Speaker 1: out of their better team. The Dallas is a better team.
Speaker 1: On paper, Seattle is playing better. Seattle will win this
Speaker 1: game thirty four to twenty four, even without the twelfth man. Kyle,
Speaker 1: you know, I think you've got an advantage going oh here,
Speaker 1: I'll go now. If you want to go next, you
Speaker 1: want to protect that, you want to protect that leads? Fine, No,
Speaker 1: that's fine, Yes you do that's fine, I'll go next.
Speaker 1: I'll go next. So here's the thing. Here's the thing
Speaker 1: with me whenever it comes to picking this game, is
Speaker 1: I want to be the guy who's who supports the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm wearing the shirt. I'm I've grew up a fan,
Speaker 1: I work in the building. I really enjoy what I do,
Speaker 1: But I also have an obligation to the fans to
Speaker 1: give you the prediction that I actually think will happen,
Speaker 1: and to try and go three and oh and keep
Speaker 1: that undefeated streak alive. Whenever you look at this game,
Speaker 1: you're looking at injuries for the Cowboys, you're looking at
Speaker 1: it's you're looking at so many different things. On the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the football. When it comes to Trayvon
Speaker 1: Diggs being banged up, how are you gonna match up
Speaker 1: with Trayvon Diggs, no Cheetah Awoosier, no Anthony Brown against
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett in that entire offense led by
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. On the offensive side of the football, You're
Speaker 1: still unsure about your offensive line. You really are. But
Speaker 1: with that being said, I've got a gut feeling, and
Speaker 1: I don't really know how to explain that gut feeling.
Speaker 1: It's it's a mystery, meat, bubble guts type of nervousness.
Speaker 1: But I also think it's a game I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys can win sneakily. I think this is a game
Speaker 1: that everything's going the opposite direction, but they're riding the
Speaker 1: momentium off of a second half. They're found a rhythm
Speaker 1: on offense. I'm gonna pick the Cowboys to upset the
Speaker 1: Seahawks and get a victory here. And this isn't a
Speaker 1: Homer pick. This is legitimately my thought process. New England
Speaker 1: lost by five. I don't think New England's a good
Speaker 1: football team. I don't think Cam Newton is that great
Speaker 1: of a quarterback right now. Proved me wrong, Cam, because
Speaker 1: he has so far continue to prove me wrong. But
Speaker 1: a five point loss to the Seahawks good. I think
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have a chance to win. I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys can win this game. Hello, Hello, Hi, is it?
Speaker 1: It's on? It's right, you heard me right, I'm picking
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. It's gonna be close. Thirty one Cowboy. We
Speaker 1: don't we don't. Heck, we don't have enough time to
Speaker 1: digest everything that he just said in a one statement.
Speaker 1: You see, Ahi, he prefaced a lot of statements like
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not a Homer, and I got it
Speaker 1: some Cowboys. You think he's going one way, it goes
Speaker 1: the other good? I mean, oh good, oh good? All right,
Speaker 1: we don't have enough time to go through all the
Speaker 1: stuff college to say go ahead, Rob, I don't. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna try to. I'm gonna try to tie Kyle up
Speaker 1: by week four because I'm gonna sorry, heck, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with Seattle here. I think I think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: definitely are gonna be competitive in this game. And I
Speaker 1: and although it didn't work out with the Rams in
Speaker 1: week one, I think there might be some kind of
Speaker 1: confidence level for a rogue team going into what's normally
Speaker 1: a really hostile environment and knowing they don't have to
Speaker 1: deal with that all that noise offensively, I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna be able to settle in. I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: play well. But Russell Wilson, he's Mike for MVP this year.
Speaker 1: He's playing at at an all elite, all Universe level
Speaker 1: right now. And while I think the defense has things
Speaker 1: they can build on, and I think they're gonna get
Speaker 1: better and better, at this point, I gotta go with
Speaker 1: with the best player in the league right now at
Speaker 1: home making enough plays to win the game. So I'll
Speaker 1: go Seattle. Twenty twenty four. We're a house divided, we
Speaker 1: are a house decisions with your mind and not your heart.
Speaker 1: Run I'm like the way you make sound decisions with
Speaker 1: my mind the whole time. I just think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are gonna win. I'm the only one that's two and
Speaker 1: oh here, I feel like I have some some positive
Speaker 1: Once you get your second way, you can start talking
Speaker 1: in next week. And hey, some of the fans on this,
Speaker 1: on this, on this chat right now are blowing it up.
Speaker 1: They're saying, oh, we know who Kyle's gonna pick. He's
Speaker 1: gonna pick the Seahawks. He's saying, it's not it's not
Speaker 1: gonna be positive and true. No, I'm thinking the Cowboys
Speaker 1: thirty one. Not so fast. I pulled the lead corso
Speaker 1: on you. But that's gonna do it for our week
Speaker 1: of talking Cowboys. We hope you had as much fun
Speaker 1: as we did breaking down this matchup. This is gonna
Speaker 1: be a fantastic game. It really will be. I think
Speaker 1: both teams are very good. I think even if the
Speaker 1: Cowboys come out on the losing side, you're probably gonna
Speaker 1: have positives heading into week four and really an easier,
Speaker 1: lighter sc edule over the next couple of weeks. This
Speaker 1: is a benchmark game for the Cowboys and it's a
Speaker 1: huge thing for them if they get a win. If not,
Speaker 1: you learn what you can do up against one of
Speaker 1: the better teams in the NFC. By the way, our
Speaker 1: coverage throughout the weekend on Dallas Cowboys dot Com, Isaiah
Speaker 1: Stanback and I will be handling the pregame duties. Pregame
Speaker 1: live an hour before kickoff. At three twenty five is
Speaker 1: the kickoffs, so we'll go live right around two thirty
Speaker 1: two twenty five on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Stick with us.
Speaker 1: Rob Phillips has his coverage all the way through. Heck
Speaker 1: Ma Harrison will be back on Monday. We'll be back
Speaker 1: in breakdown exactly what happened over the course of the weekend.
Speaker 1: But for heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, Isaiah stand Back,
Speaker 1: and for Chris Beam in the back up, Kyle Yeoman's saying,
Speaker 1: so long, let's go Cowboys. We'll see you after the
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