WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Adjustments & Predictions 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:07.400 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:18.280 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:22.200 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at the 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:27.800 Star in Frisco. Flowing to the goal line, saw Scott 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:34.559 Pizza and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison, 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:40.479 Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's Week three, Episode five of 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.960 Talking Cowboys. It's a say it with your Chest Friday 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:47.159 as we get you ready for the Cowboys and Seahawks 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:51.520 coming up on Sunday afternoon. And you might notice there's 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.680 a little housekeeping we gotta get taken care of today 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:57.280 to start things off. We're not at nine thirty. We're 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:01.160 getting you early today. Nine fifteen is our new start 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:05.280 time on Thursdays and Fridays. The reason why there's a 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.080 head coach in the building, and the head coach does 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.319 what he wants whenever it comes to his timing of 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.160 his press conferences, and so we will be the ones 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:15.800 to adjust. We will move up to nine fifteen only 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:18.399 on Thursdays and Fridays will stay at nine thirty. For 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.880 all of those of you who like to watch live 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.240 throughout the week Monday through Wednesday will stay at nine 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.760 thirty Thursday Friday, nine fifteen. But we are talking cowboys. 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:32.280 Kyle Yeoman's heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips and Isaiah stand back. 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:36.240 And I see Isaiah has updated the background. He's got 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.120 both jerseys up there. One of those I might be 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.880 wearing if Ezekiel Elliott doesn't go for one hundred all 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.440 purpose yards. But the other one, it's not gonna be 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:47.520 what Isaiah wears. I have a different thing in mine 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.720 that's on its way after I bought it on Amazon 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:54.320 yesterday that he could be sporting. Oh oh, I've got 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.480 I've got some mystery met Yeah, that's exactly what it is. 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.520 I ordered it, ordered it on Amazon esterday. I know 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.840 what you know. He's the bat now, Kyle. I know 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:07.200 we were going back and forth yesterday on Twitter about 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.320 whether or not it was whether or not it was 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.960 one hundred yards in total or a hundred yards rushing. 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.720 Remember you're scared, right, No, no, no, no, no, I'm 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:18.600 scared as I know you don't know who a stand 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:22.480 back in. We don't get scared, O your Kyle, your 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.639 original statement on the show yesterday. We can we can replay, 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.080 it was Zekiel Elli was gonna get a one hundred 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.639 and fifty yards. I said, nah, he won't get a 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:32.520 hundred fifty yards rushing. You're like, yeah, he's gonna go 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.440 off and I said nah, I said he's Now, I say, 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.520 I don't see him getting a hundred yards rushing. Uh 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:38.600 in this game? Okay, because they're gonna be eight men 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:39.919 in the box, I said, they should be able to 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:42.000 throw the ball. And then later on on Twitter, I saw, 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.560 as we're having discussions with with some of our some 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.440 of our viewers, that you switched. You changed the verbiage 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.280 a little bit to change the verbiage to a hundred 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:53.480 yards total, not a hundred yards rushing. So I was 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.040 backing up on this. Are you backing up on this? Am? 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.240 I backing up on this. Neither way. I'm still gonna 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.480 make sounds like the either way, I'm gonna the bet. 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.799 But I do think the verbiage was one hundred yards, 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.760 not rushing yards. But you know what the fact of 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:08.840 the matter is, I do think Ezekiel Elliott will have 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:10.639 a hundred yards. Let us know in the comments to 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.160 all of those listening live, let us know if you 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:17.200 think Ezekiel Elliott versus this defense could get one hundred yards. 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.400 You look at the history of what he's been able 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.400 to do. He's had a ninety seven yard game, He's 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:25.040 had one hundred and twenty plus yard game. In two games, 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.400 he's had two hundred and twenty four yards and forty 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.360 carries against the Seattle defense. And that was the legion 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:34.280 of boom, not necessarily the legion of zoom, as in 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:38.000 zoom meetings, as in coronavirus, as in twenty nineteen, not 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.240 zooming to the football. This isn't the same defense. So 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:44.680 either way, I think Ezekiel Elliott has one hundred rushing 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:52.160 yards total on Sunday, that's fine, We'll change it to that. Yeah, 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.560 we'll change it to that. And that's the thing. The 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.720 Cowboys could win this game. And I still might be 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:00.000 wearing a Seahawks jersey on Monday, but it's in Isaiah 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.840 stand back Seahawks jersey, So I guess that's fine. Now, 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:10.720 very tight. That'll be nice. Night's nice and tight like 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:12.680 a halter tip. I'm gonna have to work out all 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.839 three days this weekend. They get ready for it. One 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.000 of the big things though, yesterday coming out of the 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.599 Cowboys side of things as they enter into the week 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:23.440 is actually on the defensive side of the football, and 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.480 we've talked a lot about the coverage in a secondary 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.480 against these Seattle wide receivers, and so I don't want 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.320 to go too far into this, but Rob yesterday something 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.200 very encouraging finally on an injury front, as Trayvon Diggs 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:40.279 was participating in practice. He was a full participant, and 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.920 really a lot of optimism even on that defensive side 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.880 of the football for Tank Lawrence heading into the weekend 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.360 as well. Rob, Yeah, we've got some good news, right 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.280 I think Diggs I don't. I don't think there was 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.039 ever that much concern about it. But as they brought 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.520 up a good point, you never want a rookie starter 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.080 not practicing during the week, but obviously they felt like 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.200 you needed a day of you have and with a 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.800 full practice they don't. They don't practice on Friday. They've 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:07.840 got that regeneration day today and then have a short 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.920 practice on Saturday. But also looks like all systems go there. 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:16.599 Tank Lawrence did the rehab yesterday with the the knee injury, 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.839 and Tyrann Smith Mike McCarthy was on the fan this 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.800 morning and said, if he could do something on Saturday, 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.000 he's got a shot to play. So it looks like, 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.440 oh optimism for three top guys they're they're counting on 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:32.600 on Sunday hopefully, How big of a shot and injury report, man, 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.160 how big of a shot in the arm would that knee? Heck? Though, 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.280 if the three those three guys were on the injury 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:41.560 report but are able to play this weekend, I mean 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.000 that we need him. That's that's the bottom line, And 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.680 I mean, I'm sure that's a falsil long freak out 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.359 for all of Cowboy Nation once we saw Digs on 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.279 the injury report. So it's really good to hear that 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.360 he did get those reps in. But I agree with 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.520 Isaiah on that. Man, you never like to see a 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:00.360 rookie who definitely needs to get every rep that that's 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.479 available to him, especially this week with the assignment that 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:08.160 he's gonna have with DK. Isaiah is at the same 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.360 feeling that you get is if you get these guys 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:12.760 back all of a sudden, your chances of closing the 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.479 gap on what is a favorable Seahawks team is starting 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:20.320 to close. I don't think so. I think I think 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.600 this is gonna be and this is gonna be a shootout. 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.400 You know, I think, you know, it's always I think 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:26.560 every time we say it's going to be a shootout, 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:28.760 I believe that ends up being a low scoring defensive 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.720 game somehow, some way. But I do believe this is 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.040 gonna be a shootout. I'm not impressed by either defense 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:38.280 right now. Honestly, I'm impressed by Seattle's offense. And I mean, 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:42.160 and obviously Dallas has the potential to be a very 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.000 dangerous offense. UM. They were able to put up crazy 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.960 yards last week just because of the situation they were in. UM, 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.240 but both offenses are potent. UM, it's really gonna you know, 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:52.920 we have to wait and see what these defenses show 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.080 up and do so in Diggs being in their digs, 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.520 not being in their digs. Wasn't that that big of 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.680 an impact last week against the number one receiver in 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.400 the league. So it's kind of hard to match that up. UM. 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.240 You know, there there is a drop off with DK 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.800 and lock It, but it's a you know, DK is 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.680 a lot more physical receiver than Julio is. So that's 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.760 where I see the issue being with Digs being on 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:13.800 injury report, not on an injury port. It really doesn't matter. 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.920 If he steps out there and tries to press against DK, 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.920 it might represent some problems. This is why Kyle, I 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.280 think maybe you're gonna be wearing that standback jersey because 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:27.280 if it come on Rob, we already know where if 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.000 it if it is a track meet, if it is 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.040 a shootout, They're gonna try to keep Zeke involved. But 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.440 if the Cowboys can't fall behind by double digits again 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:37.640 and expect Zeke to be to eat and be Zeke, 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.800 Zeke's always gonna be capable of eating. But I just 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:42.360 wonder if it's going to be that type of game 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.000 for him. We'll just have to see. I mean, the 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.120 Cowboys wanted to be they want to ride him all 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.160 throughout the second half, but but it's going to depend 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.720 on how well they can try to contain Russell Wilson. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.040 I don't say stop him, contain him because he's gonna 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.000 make plays well. And you also look at the lack 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.960 of effectiveness that he's had in the passing game again 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.120 Seattle in the past, and I really do think he'll 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.000 have an uptick in that as well as the yardage. 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:08.360 And he's had the rushing yards. I already mentioned the 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.560 stat to twenty four on forty carries, but he's only 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.440 had seven receptions for thirty two yards in those two 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.120 games as well, so he hasn't necessarily been a factor 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.640 when it comes to catching the football out of the 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.600 backfield and being that checkdown option. I think that's gonna 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:26.800 come a lot this week in twenty eighteen. We also 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.560 have to say that he had that illegal touching penalty 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:35.079 that negated a touchdown. So yeah, so we got to 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.120 kind of clue that in the numbers as well. But look, man, 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:41.680 I anticipate Zeke havin a big game. But Rob, I 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.160 want to ask you how much credence did you give 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:49.400 to Jaylen Smith saying the defense is going to be 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:56.040 a simplified version of the of the defense going into Seattle. Yeah, 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.240 that one, And it started with with Mike McCarthy's press 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.480 conference yesterday where he was asked about, you know, mistakes 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.439 and mental errors and he said, we had way too 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.360 many on defense throughout the entire team and maybe we 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.520 need to scale some things back. To me that that 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.560 was a little different than what what Mike Nolan said 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.680 earlier in the week that they haven't really used all 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.080 of their capabilities on defense because they're trying to you know, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.520 supplement as they go because of the lack of time 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.960 on the field. So I don't know which one it is, 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.280 to be honest with you, I mean, I think, but 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.439 I think J Jalen did say to your point that 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:32.520 a smaller playbook might help, might give guys because maybe 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.240 they're asking guys to just try to do a little 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.600 bit too much. Just the volume of trying to put 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.040 this all together on the fly has got to be difficult. 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.120 And I think we've said it throughout the week. They 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.599 need to try to just keep getting better weeks and 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.760 the week, and maybe simplifying it a little bit will help. 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:53.400 Everson Griffin was on with us a couple days ago 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.040 and said, i'm a said, I'm a three point man. Okay, 0:09:56.120 --> 0:10:00.000 I'm a I'm a three point stance guy. And that's 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.959 that's one way to simplify it for one of your 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.920 defensive linemen is if they're not comfortable in a certain stance, 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:07.480 let them let them do what they're comfortable with. And 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.040 maybe that's going to help from a technique standpoint, because 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:13.079 I think I think when when you have that two 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:15.800 point stance, as I understand it, you know, it helps 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:17.559 with your eyes, it helps you read what's on going 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.120 in the backfield, but maybe your technique suffers a little 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.360 bit and you're not you're not as in tune with 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:27.040 certain misdirection plays or things of that nature. So so Rob, 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.679 it sounds like you and Hecker are starting to kind 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.600 of insinuate that there might be a little bit of 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.720 discontent within this defense right now, within this organization, because 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.080 what it sounds like is that you're getting mixed reports. 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:40.400 And Mike Nolan, we know what he wants to do. 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.559 He wants to go out there and fly by fly 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:44.880 by his waist man. But then you have you know, 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.160 he's he's forcing these guys that be in this stand 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.600 up you know, stand up start. But then you also 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.560 have you know, his guys coming out and saying that 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.160 they really want to be in a three point stance. 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.280 I don't do this stand up stuff. That's that's really 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.680 what that's really the translation. And then you have Mike 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.240 McCarthy and jas minnisaying that they're going to scale back. 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.480 So it sounds like there's a lot of things that 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:04.520 are going on. You're starting you're starting to hear a 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.440 little some guys that are unhappy and then not pleased 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.600 with the positions that are defensive schemes that are being 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.920 out there. I'm just saying, how please help us. Okay, 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.600 here we go, Isaiah. I know, I know you're coming 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:19.240 from a certain specific area in this regard, and I 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.840 know you're trying to stir up things. You're stating facts. Sure, 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.199 there's a lot of mixed reports that have come over 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.800 the long period of time. There's this thing that I 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.840 know Cowboys fans haven't been used to over period of times, 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.559 at least especially over the last ten years. But it's 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:40.839 called a thing called in season adjustments. In season adjustments, 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.360 when things don't go your way, let's figure out a 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.199 way to make it go your way. In the past, 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.520 we've had coaching staff that goes into a scheme and 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.000 falls into a scheme. Hold up, heck, I'm not done yet, sir. 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:58.800 Whenever we get who I'm about to say, here's the thing. 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:00.800 Mike McCarthy talked about it this morning on the fan 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:02.760 as well, and he talked about the two point versus 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.160 three point stance, and he said, sure, we're gonna scale 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.800 it back a little bit, We're gonna go really with 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.080 what our players want to do. And if that's first 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.199 and second down, going out of a two point stance 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:14.960 because there's more motion on the lines scrimmage, there's more 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:16.760 to get your eyes on, there's more to look at. 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.280 And then on third down, getting in that three point 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.959 stance and letting the dogs go after the quarterback and 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.280 put pressure on an opposing offense. That's what's gonna happen. 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.040 It doesn't have to be a set in stone system. 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:31.559 You have to fit to our system. I'm Mike Nolan. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.400 This is how you're gonna do it, just to the players, 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.200 and I think that's what the Cowboys are doing now 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:37.880 and they've seen that through the first two weeks of 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.839 the season. There's my thank you for coming into my 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:45.760 tax I mean, yeah, yeah, you pose a great valid point. 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.840 I don't know if it's valid, but I'll respect your 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:53.720 opinion that valid. McCarthy said it, so so as I'm 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:57.160 just saying, as a defensive coordinator that Mike McCarthy appointed, 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:02.960 who was a defensive coordinator, irrest Hey, Mike McCarthy appointed 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:04.480 a dude by the name of Mike known and as 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:08.160 a defensive coordinator right, rob correct. Okay. So he's in 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.559 charge of everything that happens on his defense, correct, yeah, correct, Okay, 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.719 So he put he put forth the system that he 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.360 wants to implement on this defense. Correct, regardless of what 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.440 guys are used to doing, regardless of what guys are 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:23.040 comfortable are doing, this is the defense we're running, correct, correct, Okay, okay, okay. 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:25.400 And through these first two games, now you're starting to 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:29.320 hear discontent with the players as to running the system 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.520 that he really wants to run because we haven't seen 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.679 we have not seen a bunch of coverages. We have 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:35.760 not seen a bunch of blitzes. We have not seen 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.719 a bunch of different looks in terms of the D 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.439 line and a different personnel groupings. We have seen pretty 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.560 basic defense. And so you're hearing now the head coach saying, Hey, 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.000 we're gonna scale back from a basic system that we're 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.199 already or running. We're already not doing the things that 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:49.679 Mike known On wants to do, so we're gonna we're 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.680 gonna pull back even more. Oh and by the way, 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:53.959 now players are starting to come out and say, man, 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.240 this this two point thing, this ain't for me. I'm 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.040 a three point guy, I'm just saying those are little 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:02.480 things to start brewing. They start brewing, Isaiah, you've heard 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.200 the term, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. What's broke, 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:07.880 So you gotta fix it. And fall is a game 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:11.120 of adjustments, and you have to make those. Yeah, you 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.520 have to make those adjustments. And if it comes down 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.640 to playing to a guy's strength, whether it be three 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.480 point two point, whatever that is, you have got to 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.760 let your dogs do what they do back hunt and 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.760 we look you of all people know that, and so 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.680 we're gonna make those adjustments. All the defense because if 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.240 they're looking at the at the tape in the film 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.560 of those past games, they realize that there are a 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.480 lot of blown assignments and miscommunication. I e. The Atlanta 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.440 game where they're tight end just pretty much walked into 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.720 the end zone and that was a miscommunication. Clearly, they're 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:46.760 trying to fix those screen problems that they had against 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:50.280 LA because they know they're getting gashed for those big plays. 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.080 So the defense and Mike Nolan, I'm sure he's just 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.160 trying to put these guys in the best place to 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.840 do to make those plays. But if they don't do 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.800 it after he said, fies and and dumbs down, not 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.160 when they dumped down and dolls it down. On the defense, 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.640 he's gonna rip these guys a new orfice. So just 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.840 know that he's gonna give it. He's putting them in position, 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.720 but they have got to prove that they're ready to 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.320 take that next step as a defense. I agree, Hey, 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.840 I agree, I just I agree. I just put it 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.440 out there. I'm just putting out some facts. I know 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.040 Cole doesn't like when I throw that out there. That's 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.080 not a fact though, because it's not a fact, it's 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:29.240 just a weird observation. They tried it, Mike, mister Nolan's 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.160 way right now, they're trying get the player's way correct 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.680 and if it doesn't work, Hick, what happens, They gonna 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.560 rip them. It's gonna rip them. But that is part 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.520 of it. That's part of Mike Nolan's job though, right 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.000 Like if it's not where if a player is not comfortable, 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.880 and look Jalen said yesterday, we're all on the same 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.080 page here. It's just part of discussion on Okay, what's 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.400 not working. Some of it is very simple corrections like 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.600 pre snap pre snap alignments, like got guy's just not 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.400 in the right spot pre snap and so but I'm 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.480 with you, Isaiah, I don't think. I don't think it's 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:04.800 been crazy complex what we've seen on film. Um. But 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.400 that that being said, we're only five weeks since training 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.880 camp and you're you're you're absolute correct. I'm just saying 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.960 as a former player, I just I know how much 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.200 you hold back the things that you want to say, um, 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.680 to protect the team. So if I was out there 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:21.120 and I was playing for the Cowboys right now and 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.720 I say, hey, I don't I'm a I'm a go 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:25.720 route runner. I don't run. I don't run over routes, 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.440 cats would be like, what you know what I'm saying that. 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:32.280 I'm just saying that that's how it comes across. Yeah. 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:36.120 But there, but there are given players, you know, options 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.560 to do. I know Tom's Jim Tom sewell d line coach. 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:42.000 He was asked in camp about Tank being in the 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.200 two point stance. He said, look, I never I never 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.480 told him to do it. We gave him the option 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:48.560 and said how did you try it around? See see 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.120 what you think? And I guess he liked it. But 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.640 if it's affecting certain things pre snapper then maybe you 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:55.960 need to go back to what you're coupled with. I 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.280 don't think there's any problem problem with that, um and 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.800 and the thing about it is like they've had they've 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.400 had drives where they've been productive late in the game, 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.480 and I think there is some things to build on, 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.840 but overall it's just there's just been it's been too 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.159 sloppy in points. Yeah, and they got to get back 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:14.679 to that. And man, we we've talked about it. They 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:18.280 got to get pressure. However, whatever stand you want, one, two, three, four, 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:21.560 five points stand get some pressure on Russell Wilson. Sunday 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.760 he stands. And in the comments section, our boy g 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.359 made a very fantastic point. Whenever we're looking at the 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:31.399 defense and we're really upset about the fact that they 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.480 gave up thirty nine points against Atlanta, really the offense 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:36.800 spot at them twenty four. They really gave up the 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.679 majority of the offense, or they give up the majority 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.200 of the points off of turnovers, and really, uh, right 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:45.840 at the beginning of the game, and they spot on 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.160 them twenty to start and then a couple points later 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.359 on in the game. So really the defense had some 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.639 some positive things. Like Rob just said, heading out of 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.040 that Atlanta game. 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