WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who Plays Saturday? 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:06.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:10.039 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:14.400 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:18.759 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:24.880 We with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:29.480 Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, welcome to another episode of The Break. 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:33.519 I'm gonna be hosting today's show. Derek should be walking 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:37.080 in at any meme minute, who knows. Meg might be 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.440 walking out at any minute, who knows. But well, we'll 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:42.320 try to give you guys a good show today. We're 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.559 watching practice. We'll get into some of the things happening, 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:50.240 as well as some random fan questions that I received yesterday. 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.920 How are you guys doing I'm so good, Age, I'm great, 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:56.360 Thank you, that's good. You know who's not doing well? 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.720 Some of these tight ends are here on the field. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.320 They have a game to play this Saturday, and they've 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:07.520 only got one tight end practicing. So what's gonna happen here? Yeah, 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:11.520 that's the fun. The fun storylines of training camp is like, obviously, 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.040 you know, in terms of the Giants game, Everything's fine. 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.080 Jason Witten's around and and Blake Jarwin and Dalton Schultz 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.480 should be back at some point. But when you're trying 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:21.760 to play a preseason game against the Texans and Marcus 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.399 Lucas is the only guy available to get snaps, that's 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:27.640 not great. Just trying to get on camera. Here there 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:33.480 we go, look magic, No, but serious. So Jason Witten's 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.640 taking a vet day right now, Dalton Schultz and Blake 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.520 Jarwin are hobbled, and so there's literally one type. Do 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.320 you expect when I mean I don't. I wouldn't expect so, 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.800 But will you expect him to get more snaps? I 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:50.760 think you know they'll it goes and it gradually gradually increases. 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.080 So he played a few series the other night. He'll 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.760 probably play close to halftime. He might do a little 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.040 bit less because I think this is not going to 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:01.200 be an address rehearsal though now I think it's gonna 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.880 be the same as the Hawaii game, about fifteen snaps 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:05.760 or so for the for the starters. I don't think 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.000 they're treating it that way. And it sounds like Houston 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:13.239 is so expect a big w there. That is a 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.839 okay with party for Houston. Now. You know one thing though, 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.120 it seems like it's happening around the league. More and 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:21.040 more teams are just like not playing their starters. We 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.560 saw it last week, yes, with the with the Rams. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:25.360 I just heard. I was riding in this morning and 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.520 I heard it was the Colts and somebody else that's 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.560 playing this week, and both teams are basically not playing 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.919 their starters at all. I mean like not at all, 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.200 And and it made me wonder, are more teams starting 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.200 to do this? Are the Cowboys gonna at some points 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.680 start doing this a little bit more? And rest just 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:43.359 not putting their guys out there, or if they put 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:44.920 them out there, it's for one or two series. There 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.080 is no more of the dress rehearsal game, like you 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.360 just said, what we've gotten used to. I mean, it 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:52.120 does change things a little because you start seeing these 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.440 injuries and teams start wondering is it worth to put 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.760 guys out there. I think it was Kyle Shanahan, the 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.400 forty nine Ers coach that said the other day he 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.280 was like, I'd like it to be two games, Like 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.160 one game for my guys to knock the rust off 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.840 in another game to see the guys on the back 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.120 end of the roster, and I think that's what it's 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.600 trending toward. Honestly, I don't want to get too deep 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.520 in the weeds, but I think the whole thing stems from, like, 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.880 you know, they charge fans for these games, and so 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.560 they want to keep the illusion of it being meaningful football. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.440 And I think the coaches are just tired of it, 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.480 at least some of them. Yeah, this is nonsense, And 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:21.839 everybody would get more money if you did it that way. 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:23.960 I mean, the teams get more money, the players would 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:25.560 get more money. I don't know if you're gonna play 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.800 eighteen games, but you mean that's probably what you would do. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.960 You you'd play eighteen games, and so you'll have people 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.280 in the fourth quarter of those games showing up. So, 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.000 I mean, that's all gonna be about this next CBA. 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:38.880 That'll be one of the things they'll be negotiating is 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.120 whether they'll change up. You know, how many regular season 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.000 games they have, how many preseason games. I bet you 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.920 when when the new CBA's decided, whenever that is, I 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.120 bet you they'll decrease the number of preseason games. I 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.120 think they'd all be happy with that. I would love that. 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.560 Let's getting into some questions. Yesterday we talked quite a 0:03:55.560 --> 0:04:00.040 bit about Jalen's new contract extension, and I've received a 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.520 question in regards to Lyle Collins, which is a guy 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.600 that we've talked about, and you know, big question mark here, 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.600 is it possible for him to stay here? Would he 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.800 get more money somewhere else? With what happened with Jalen 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:16.480 and his contract? Do you feel that Lyle gives the 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:21.080 Cowboys the same hometown love that Jalen gave for then 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.839 taking a chance on him when you know he fell 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.120 down the board during the draft. I don't know who 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.600 asked that question. It's a good question, though, and that's 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.040 what and that's one that the Cowboys are have their 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:36.320 fingers crossed that will will happen because they have done that. 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.200 They did reach out for him, They've already given him 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.920 one contract. They would like for him to do that. 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.919 But you know, we'll see if if that happens. But 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:48.440 either way, and Davis pointed this out before, either way 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.440 on Lyle Collins, even the discounted deal for a hometown 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.120 discount not breaking the bank, is still gonna flirt with 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.440 the range of what Tyrant Smith is making he might 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.159 create another issue there, but there hopeful of that. That's 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.000 one guy that they're thinking if they're going to get 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.279 a hometown deal, could be him, because it won't be 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:09.000 MALIEK Collins. He's got the same agent as Dak. He's 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.080 focused on something else right now, and which you know 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:16.920 as he probably should be focused on something else. Right. Oh, 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.280 I thought you'd say Malik was functually something else, right, Sorry, 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.159 I mean, if Malik's focused on maximizing his payday, I 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.320 can't blame the guy. That's for somebody that's battled so 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:26.479 many injuries. I mean, yeah, if he can go out 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.839 and have if he looks as good during the season 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.920 as he does right now, he will be in line 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.200 for a pretty sizable raise. That's still even if you 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.719 get even if Lyle takes the hometown discount like you 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:39.760 were saying, and that number is flirting with where they 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.640 can't keep, I wouldn't assume they could keep. They can 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.800 keep giving these big deals to that number of players, right, Well, 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.440 go ahead, Connor, I mean, Connor mcgovernan's looked really good 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:55.120 here at camp. He hasn't done anything, and that's something 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.640 that you wish that you could start thinking, Okay, we 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.960 got I know what we have here. I still think 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.440 you know, you've got solid depth in the line. I 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.360 think Suefilo is a player that you could keep for 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.680 a while, and Connor might be might be a right tackle. 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.600 So I could see them saying, we just can't pay everyone, 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.919 and here's one that we've drafted well. And you know, 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.000 I mean, Jalen just took a home down hometown discount. 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.000 I was wrong about that. I said it yesterday, So 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.440 anything's possible. But you're absolutely right, even a discount would 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.320 be a huge deal. So I don't I have a 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.280 hard time thinking they can find the space for him. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.440 And on top of that, Lyle already did that, like 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.039 he took a discounted contract to kind of make some 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.360 of his money back. And especially with the money he's 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.280 you know, lost from everything that happened to him in 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:43.159 the draft process, I would just assume he wants to 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:44.960 go see what he can find on the open market 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.080 because it will probably be a lot of money. And 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:48.960 here's another question I would have for you guys. I 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:50.919 think Lyle is a good tackle. I think he's a 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:54.120 good right tackle. Do you think he's such a great 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:57.360 right tackle that you have to spend the money rather 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.200 than going back and saying, let's take a young guy 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.280 and develop a young guy in that position. I think 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.880 you're right about that this. I think you just play 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.520 this year out. Let's see what Tyrn Smith does left 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.400 side healthwise? Is he Is he good? I mean he's 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.120 still got issues, back issues. I mean this team's got 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.240 back issues now, you know. I mean think about it, 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.760 he's got some back issues that keeping him out at times. 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:20.200 Zack Martin's that hasn't practiced in a while. I was thinking. 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:21.800 I was just thinking about the officsive line right now, 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.840 just the line. I mean, so there's a lot of 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.560 questions to be answered. Yeah, getting him locked up would 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.000 be good if you if you can get it. I 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.120 will say this and again I said that yesterday too. 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.720 It's like you don't know everything that motivates these players 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.240 all the time. And if there's a guy kind of 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.000 like Tyrn Smith who like doesn't want to be bothered 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:41.760 by all that type of stuff, Lyle strikes me as 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.520 that type of guy. Like he's a he is a 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.160 low key guy. He's close with his mom and his 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:48.920 brother who live in Louisiana. I think he likes how 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.080 close Dallas is to get out to the nature and 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:53.680 fish and all that. Guy he doesn't. He doesn't strike 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.680 me as a dude who wants to move to Buffalo 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:01.280 just because they're offering him a lot of money. Point somebody. Honestly, 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.840 that was not intended as a shot at Cole Beasley. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:09.080 I was not intended as a shot for Buffalo. Well, 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.920 I'm just saying, like a guy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.280 probably doesn't want to live in upstate New York. If 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.600 I had to guess, Okay, that's all I'm saying. All right, 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:23.000 you know anyway, well, yeah, I mean, like you said, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:27.040 upstate New York and and you know these negotiations, I'll 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.000 just I'll just say I got a chance to talk 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.600 to some people yesterday, and there's so many other things 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:38.319 involved with the negotiations, and and state income tax has 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.600 been has been mentioned a lot in the negotiations. And 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:46.200 it's funny, it was it was Golf and Wentz have 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.040 I mean, Wentz has a contract. Golf didn't get the 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.559 second contract, but not not yet. But if it's funny 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:56.160 if they had the exact same contract, apparently from what 0:08:56.240 --> 0:09:00.160 I was told, golf would make ten million dollars less 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.600 than wins who they still have a state income tax there, 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.679 So like California is crazy, yeah, and so that's one 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.920 of the factors that like, you know, Dak, they're just 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.280 looking at this list from all the websites to say, 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.480 these are the highest paid players. But like where are 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.800 you taking home? And that's what the Cowboys are trying 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.800 to fight here. And there's other issues too, we can 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.480 talk about later about the about guaranteed money and stuff 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:25.240 like that that are factoring into the deal. I just 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.599 looked it up in California and state income tax for 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.880 the highest earners, which these guys would fall into thirteen 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.920 point three percent. That's just your state income tax. That 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.840 doesn't include whatever federal government taxes. You know they always 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.800 so that does make a huge difference, right. We always say, like, man, 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.520 it's it's so crazy, how like everybody on the Cowboys 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:44.960 roster lives in Dallas, because that's not like that everywhere else. 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.000 Is it really that crazy? Non? You think that it 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.000 helps you keep a lot of money. By and by 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.320 the way, former player, it's a ton of former players 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.680 that didn't even play for Dallas, move here and want 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.559 to live in the state of Texas, whether there's Dallas, Houston, Austin, whatever, 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.160 because there is no state income tax. It makes a difference. 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:03.120 You know, the other guy that's looking for a contract 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.199 as Byron Jones. But I'm tired of the contract talk, 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.680 so let's move on from that for a little bit. 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.719 Let's talk about his injury. Where is it ad right now? 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.160 I know fans keep asking is he really going to 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.800 be ready for week one? We actually like, we actually 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.720 saw something with him Today's um what you see he's 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.040 doing well. He's been doing rehab, but he had his 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.400 uniform on, he had his helmet on and his in 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:27.440 his jersey, and he's still not doing football stuff. But 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:29.840 that seems to me like a step in the right direction. 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:31.560 If he's trying to get used to moving in his 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.600 uniform again, that seems like a good sign. Garrett said, 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.720 he's still a little bit away from getting off of pup, 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:41.960 but maybe that'll happen in the next week or two. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.280 But everything I've heard is that he's still on track 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.480 to try to be ready for the opener. On the field, 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.720 we saw Sean Lee doing some things. Speaking of the 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:55.320 linebackers group. Do you think that the Cowboys have the 0:10:55.360 --> 0:11:01.800 best linebacker combot in the NFL? Yeah? Oh, I know 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:05.199 there's somebody that can. I mean, who Carolina's got somebody. 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.520 It's not Thomas Davis anymore. Most um. From one to 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.480 three it was somebody else though that I saw somebody 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.920 put it something together on Twitter. It seemed like they 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.600 were one or two. Forget Carolina, I mean Bobby Wagner 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.200 and kJ right, are you that's what it was? But 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:19.720 that was the one that they say was the best, 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.679 and I agree that's probably the best one. From one 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.960 to three, though, you probably got the best Jalen Layton 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.200 and Sean It's hard to find. I mean, you got 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.800 Pro bowlers or damn near pro bowlers at all three spots. 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:34.160 It's not bad, are they? Okay? Again, Sorry, we're going 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.040 all over the map with this. Okay, Are there any 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:42.800 injuries right now that worry you? For Game one? Byron, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:47.360 all the all those guys, Byron, Tyrone Crawford, I just 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.120 where what's he doing. I'm just worried about Tyrone because 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:52.520 I don't know that I don't know what his role 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.960 is even gonna be, Like, he's not I don't know that. 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.160 They don't have like, they don't feel like they they're 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.080 fine to be able to roll out Game one one 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.560 without him. Byron immediately steps in and starts Game one 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.559 if he's healthy. Yeah, I would assume Tyrone. I mean, 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.760 this is so, this is a shorts and shells practice, 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.360 as you can see from the monitor. But Tyrone's down there. 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.920 He's so, he took yesterday off. But part of him 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.200 and Demarcus's plan is that they're both out here today, 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:20.200 so they're ramping up. But I mean, until I see 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.040 him playing football, it just gives me pause. Let's let's 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.800 talk a little bit about what and if you're not 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.240 getting to watch, if you're just watching the podcast or 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.880 listen to the podcast, sorry, but we're getting to watch this. 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.760 Number five is a guy tearing Christian, kind of an 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.319 interesting story, and they're playing him all over the place. 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.040 They're trying to play him all over the place here, 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.120 and I don't know, I have y'all seen two I've 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.640 seen two drops in a row now from him. Yeah, 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:46.480 so this you know this is a fourth quarterback? Can 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:51.199 you do everything? Return kicks, play running back, receiver? Explain 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.080 why they're doing that though, it's not so that they 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.079 can line him up on Sundays, explain what the purpose 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.440 isn't doing that. Yeah, Jamial Showers is probably not going 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.199 to be on the practice squad again. And you want 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.840 a guy that can do multiple things. He's a perfect 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.679 scout team player if he can do it. If heall 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.560 run the ball, be another team's Russell Wilson at times, 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.880 be another running back, scap back, just do a bunch 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.720 of different things if you can do it, and they're 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.360 trying to see if he can do it, just off 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.480 the small sample sides that you're watching there, it's yeah, right, 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.120 because the thing about the thing to consider here, and 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:23.959 this is what I wanted to make sure fans understand. 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.960 The thing to consider he is when you think about 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:27.960 the roster and the number of players you have, you 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.520 don't always have a ton of guys that can get 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.559 out there and their purpose that week is to basically 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.360 emulate what they're gonna face. And so if you can 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.680 get a guy that has this multidimensional has some speed, 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.800 has some quickness, can run routes, can play quarterback. Now 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:45.480 what you can do is you can take that guy 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:47.600 and whoever you're playing that week. If you have a 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:50.360 dynamic player or a quarterback, maybe he's the Scout team 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.760 quarterback that way. If you have a dynamic player at receiver, 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.240 maybe he's a Scout team receiver that week. It gives 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.520 you some opportunities to kind of move him around. If 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.839 you got a player that you're plan that really is 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.800 a that can play multiple spots, maybe you can use 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.240 him in that way. That's why a player like him 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:07.360 becomes valuable to you, if he has a lot of 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.800 different skills. What's going to be interesting is you see 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.360 the screen here at number three, Mike White. I can't 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.360 imagine him making the team. I can't imagine him being 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.679 on showing anything where you're like, we've got to hang 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.680 on to him. And I can't really see another team 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:23.560 saying we'll take him and put him on our on 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.360 our roster. So I think he would be practice squad eligible. 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.360 He would to come back. Do you need two quarterbacks 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.720 now on your practice squad? You could make an argument 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.920 that tarn Christian could be more valuable to you because 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:36.720 of all the different stuff he can do. Yeah, you 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.160 do you have room for two quarterbacks on your practice squad? 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.680 I don't remember the Cowboys ever doing that. Maybe they have, 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:46.720 but Mike White is purely a quarterback, whereas tarn Christian 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.200 could conceivably do five or six different things for you. 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.360 So that's definitely something to watch. I said, White throws 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:57.560 an interception to Jeff. Was that mikey? Uh wait? What? Oh? Yeah? 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.800 That was that. Let's go ahead and take a break. 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.120 When we come back, let's discuss how these young guys 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:09.560 on the d line are developing at this point. While 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.160 a player can look good on paper, it's one he's 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.240 out on the field that you really find out what 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.360 he's made of. 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Pushes 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.720 up the middle touchdown. Visit Dallas Cowboys dot com to 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:11.880 get your tickets today. Back to the break, all right, 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.320 we talked about the Marcus Lawrence. We know that there 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.240 are some of other veteran guys on the D line 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:21.239 that our angel is still recovering. With that happening, I'm 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:25.320 glad everybody gets to see that. Yeah they do. I'm 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.080 trying to see they see the other end of it. 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.920 I'm trying to integrate my social with my radio with 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.080 all that good stuff. I'll tag you don't worry Amber, 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:38.560 thank you. All right. Well, with that being said, these 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.960 guys being now younger guys getting more time to practice, 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:46.160 blah blah blah, how have you seen their development and 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:50.800 how how can you award winning? Thanks? How do you 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:54.040 how do you feel that their development is going at 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.280 this point? I see some fans are are kind of 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.840 concerned that during the games they haven't necessarily seen much 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:02.399 happening from the D line, and these younger guys not 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:05.399 many flashes going on. So how do you feel at 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.600 this point I disagree with that though. I think I 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:12.280 have seen those guys flash. Wow, I have seen those 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:15.760 guys flash. I mean, you know, Walker and and I 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:17.800 mean they've been there. I think you know, you look 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.399 at you look at the defensive line. Defensive line to me, 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:24.120 has probably been the area where there's been more flash 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.280 of any position that you could say in the preseason. 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:28.880 In my opinion, I think those guys have flashed quite 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:30.800 a bit. What do you guys there? I mean Nick 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:32.840 has been in love with Jail and Jelks since we 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.520 got to camp, and he hasn't given him any reason 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:37.840 not to be. I mean, yeah, they all kind of 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.560 take take their turns. Ye, Ricky Walker has really shown 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.520 up since the game started. Um, if I'm just going again, 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:47.600 you know, you can form your own opinions based on 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:50.160 watching it. But if I'm just going from having conversations 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.720 with people like they love Joe Jacks Joe, Yes, they 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.640 really like him. And I know we're talking about defensive line, 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:58.359 but it would a guy just had the interception and 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.760 I can just tell you Donovan Wilson on the team, 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.679 I think he's gonna make that like that. And I 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:07.240 said that too, and I was like, yeah, it looks 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:09.080 like he's gonna make it, and it was like, no, no, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.920 he's on the team. Yeah. Bill Parcells did that one time, 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.800 like two thousand and four. There's a linebacker out of 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:17.800 Texas named Kalen Thornton. I don't know if you remember. 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.840 He ended up having micro factor Jalen dancing right now. 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:24.840 He's gonna be on the team too. Yeah. But but 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:26.840 Bill just said told the whole he was like, he's 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.680 he's on the team. He was just like real emphatic 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:31.560 and that I kind of got that out of day 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.760 A nice catch by Cedric Wilson. I got that from 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.280 that Donovan Um. It was Cooper brushed it through that 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:40.760 Donovan Wilson on the team. So if you wanted Darren 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:42.840