WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: A Tall Order Ahead 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:04.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:06.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.600 Cowboys. 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.919 This is Talking Cowboys straining live from the Dallas Cowboys 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.160 World Tours at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:26.680 Straight six second Pascot tisdown and. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:32.680 Now your hosts Isaiah Standback, Nick Harris, John Mashoda and 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:34.080 Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:40.760 It's a Tuesday edition of Talking Cowboys presented by Black 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:45.280 Rifle Coffee Company. As we are live from Black Rifle 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:50.680 Coffee in North Frisco, Talking Cowboys on the road today, 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.199 as we break down, of course, what happened on Sunday 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:56.440 with the Dallas Cowboys and what's coming up in week ten. 0:00:56.600 --> 0:01:00.760 Alongside John Matchoda, We've got Isaiah standback, Nick Arrists, Chris 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.680 Beam in the back of Kyle Yeomans. Everybody is here. 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.160 We are on site. It's a little bit different this 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.880 time around, John, but you've got the fireplace behind you, 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:13.480 you got the smell of medium roast in the air. 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:14.839 It's the perfect way. 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.280 To start the morning, right a coffee drinker. 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:24.560 I want yeah, I want you to lie. I uh, 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.480 good to be here, Good to be here, Isaiah. 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:28.679 I'm going to be here. You know I've been showed 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:30.680 shooting up Black Rifle Coffee Company for a minute now, 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:33.440 So uh, you got all the RTG, all the RTDs 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.760 in person. We got the brew right there, we got 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:37.800 the brew crew, got a big fella back there, you know, 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:39.440 making it happen. So I'm happy. 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:39.720 Now. 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:41.720 I am a little confused as to why John and 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:43.800 I are sitting there to each other with a nice 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.479 little little fire behind us. We're gonna ask Beamer about 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:47.240 that one, but I'll pass it. 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:48.960 No, it's gonna be here. 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:50.600 This is a quicker drive for me this morning, so 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:52.360 I got like ten extra minutes and it was great. 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:54.880 A little bit closer than what the Star brings for you, 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.720 and a little extra fuel to go with it as well. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.560 I've got my coffee on the way, really excited about that. 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.840 We've got the drip. Do you even know what the 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.280 like drip coffee is? Because you're not a coffee Okay, 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:10.160 you know of it, so that's that's good. You've got 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.280 the America's Team Blend in front of us, which is available. 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.280 I know they're on the shelves right over there too. 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.240 But then I'm flying walking out with a T shirt. 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:19.200 You're walking out with a T shirt. They got a 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:20.040 merchandise here too. 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:21.720 Yeah, but I'm walking out with a T shirt today. 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:22.040 I'm a rep. 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:24.639 Okay, absolutely rep some Black Rifle coffee. They do a 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.880 great job in the community. Plus they've got their Frisco 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.079 grand opening. This is the soft opening of the North 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:34.160 Frisco store, but they have a grand opening on Saturday. 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:36.760 Doors open at five am. It's a coffee shop, so 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:39.840 starts right. Got to get here early. The first fifty 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:44.760 in store customers receive a free twenty ounce yetti tumbler. 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.320 I feel like we should count as the first fifty. 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:48.400 I mean, we're here right. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.000 Right now, I feel like but you know, I don't 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:51.640 mind getting here early. I'll do five am. 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.840 Yeah yeah. If you didn't want just the tumbler, you 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.920 get a free batch brew coffee for an entire year. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:02:58.640 Oh wow. 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.200 Yeah. Real camping about. 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.000 At like three am though, you know it's gonna be popping. 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:03.399 See. 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.239 No, what happens is you got it's all about smoking distractions, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.200 you know what I'm saying. Oh look at that it 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.320 turns around. You just slide right in spot and they 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:10.960 can't move right. 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:15.000 I'm too big, right, You don't know who's going to 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:15.600 be showing up. 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:18.800 I might not want to mess with I just about. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:20.040 To say, you might not want to mess around with it. 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:20.560 Box out. 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.280 But the address sixteen five nine nine farm to Market 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.880 Road FM for twenty three here in Frisco, Texas, five am, 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.040 doors open. Charlotte Jones will be here on Saturday. The 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.840 Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders will be here, Rowdy will be here. 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:35.640 It's gonna be a whole lot of fun. But John, 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.040 we've got to get your thoughts first time here on 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:41.560 the show since you arrived back in Dallas from Philadelphia. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.720 Twenty eight, twenty three final score of the Eagles over 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:46.680 the Cowboys. What are your thoughts from Sunday night? 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:49.400 So for me, going into the game, I thought that 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.400 there was a chance that they could lose by multiple touchdowns, 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.839 and the way the game started, I thought it could 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:57.680 have been headed in that direction. So I was I 0:03:57.800 --> 0:03:59.960 was impressed on how when they came out and got 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.880 when three and out Philly scores. But then the answer 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:04.960 the way that they did, I was, I was genuinely 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.760 impressed with that and kind of it set the tone like, Hey, 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.480 this isn't going to be some type of a san 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.880 Francisco Part two. But then the third quarter happens and 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:15.600 you're just like, yeah, this could this could get out 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.400 of control. I didn't think the defense played well enough. 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:19.960 I mean, that's you know, how much any times have 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:21.520 we talked about them being the strength of the team. 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.480 The defense had to play great, needed the defense to 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.960 show up, and they didn't in that third quarter, But 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:27.440 then they do in the fourth. I mean, just the 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.400 ups and downs of that game were wild, and then 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.600 to even get the chance to steal it in the end, 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.360 it was stunning. And I will say this, going in 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.120 the locker room, I didn't really know what to expect, 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.200 but it certainly was a more positive locker room than 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:47.520 I can remember after any loss. I literally there isn't 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.840 even like a comparison. I can't even think of a 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.400 rival to it in my time covering this team. And 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:54.760 so maybe that's a good sign, you know, maybe that 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.480 they feel like that this is a building block and 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.520 they can take it's in a positive direction. The issue 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.600 is that now you're two and a half games back 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.400 of the Eagles, and this is a team that really 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.800 needs to win the division. With how they've played at home, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:12.320 you don't want to be going into this as a 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.080 wild card and having to play on the road all 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.240 the time, and so they got some catching up to 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.600 do now. I mean, I certainly think when they rematch 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.400 against the Eagles, that's a must win. They have to 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.039 have that game. But there were a lot of good 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.320 things to take out this game, obviously, with number one 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:26.200 being Dak Prescott. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.000 I'm gonna sound like a therapist, and it's not just 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:30.800 because of the coffee and the fire behind me and 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.400 we're leaning back in these nice leather stures, so we're 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:37.400 here for you. But I'm gonna ask Isaiah, how does 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:41.520 that make you feel? From a player former player standpoint? Whenever? 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.280 Following the loss, there is some positivity around it. I know, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.440 we talked about it yesterday. There are positives you can 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.440 take from it and build from in that game. But 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:53.120 we've talked about moral victories, we talked about the some 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.760 of those things you can rest your laurels on. Does 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.000 that make you feel confident in the way this team 0:05:58.120 --> 0:05:59.839 is moving in the right direction or is that something 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:01.440 that could maybe come up in the future. 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.280 I think that is realistic, you know, everybody. I mean, 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.920 there's no moral victories, but there is facts and the 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.760 facts are earlier in the season, when you got your 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.200 butt kicked by San Francisco, the gap between you and 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.040 the teams that are on that level of competition was vast. 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:17.800 It was it was a freaking you know, it's an 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.839 ocean right in between, you know, in between you and them. 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:22.800 And now all of a sudden, you play the Eagles, 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:24.880 and now you recognize that it's not that large of 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.839 a gap anymore. And you know, you hear people saying, well, 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:29.320 I could play with these guys. That's not what you 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.000 want to say. You know that you could play with 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:34.240 these guys, but you didn't recognize that, hey, we're that 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.040 we're just that close to winning the game. And now 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.719 you know, and now you know exactly what issues they 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:41.880 present to you. Now you know instead of just going 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.200 off of, you know, the analytics, instead of just going 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.480 off of you know, the rosters. Now you know for 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:48.960 sure where your where your problem spots are and you 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.680 can address those via film. And now that you could 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:53.400 dress those via film, you go out there. You can 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.520 correct these issues over the next few weeks, right and 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:57.400 you take you have some tough opponents following that, and 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.280 then you get to face the Eagles again and then 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.600 guess what, you get the chance for redemption. So I 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:03.839 think it is awesome from that regard. Like I said, 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.520 like we say yesterday, the only thing that sucks is 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.000 you two and a half games back, So now you've 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:08.600 got to try to play catchup and you're kind of 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.440 hoping that they that they stumble along the way in 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:11.280 the middle of their season. 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.600 One other takeaway I wanted to share. I know that 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.840 this has been a pretty notable NFL story, so I'm 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.400 not breaking any news here, but it was wild being 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:24.360 there and seeing how they're head coach and quarterback are 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.360 handling his knee injury, Like just how secretive they're being 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:31.760 about it. It is so strange. He clearly was injured 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.080 at the end of the first half and just like 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.120 you didn't expect questions about this. I mean, there was 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.040 some Marcus Mariota was warming up on the sideline, and 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:41.640 the way that they're just keeping that under wraps, it 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.240 just makes me wonder, like how significant is this. But 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:45.800 then the other part of it is like he's not 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:49.480 on the injury report. Yeah, that whole thing is is 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.120 kind of kind of wild to me. The way that 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.640 that's going down who knows how significant it is. Obviously 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.960 he played well, so he's able to play through it. 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.080 But is that something that they have their topest part 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.320 of their schedule coming up. How is he gonna make 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.280 his make his way through that. Obviously they can sit 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.320 there and say publicly what they want, but I don't 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.480 understand how you're in if you're playing the Eagles, how 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:11.920 you're not trying to put big time shots on Jalen 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.280 Hurts right now, because it does look like just the 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.520 wrong tackle type thing like that. I mean, I didn't 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.640 even think the way Micah tackled him that it was 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.200 any type of you know, thing that would lead to 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:22.080 an injury. 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.360 Or or it was the law it was de Law 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:27.280 fell on his knee that first first half year's. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.760 One when when Micah like kind of you know, honestly 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.080 I thought he like went and set him down nicely 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.880 and uh and in just the way that he just 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.199 didn't seem like one hundred percent right. So just something 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.440 that to monitor going forward. But again just because how 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:40.960 secretive there being about it's weird. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:42.319 Two piggybacks off that one. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:44.679 You could see on the TV copy right after that 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.160 uh tackle late in the first half it's like his 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.199 left leg is like shaking as he's getting up, and 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.000 I was I told Patrick Walker next to me, I 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:52.959 was like, oh, he's done. Then he comes right back 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:53.720 out for the next drive. 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:54.560 I'm like, all right, so. 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.439 Well, they did a great death to building up the 0:08:56.480 --> 0:09:00.720 hype out. Yes, when they came out, he was one 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:02.360 of the last people to come out of locker room, 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.120 and Mariota had his helmet on and was throwing. So, 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.240 I mean, you're sitting there like, are they really about 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:08.760 to is he not? And then all of a sudden 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:10.560 he comes out, granted his helmet at the last minute, 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:12.600 goes back in, So it's almost like they're playing up 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.040 to it a little bit too. It just it's something 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:14.840 interesting to watch. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:16.640 Well, when we were talking about it on the TV 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.199 copy as well. He goes in early at halftime, and 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:23.280 of course if you're just just watching the game casually, 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.040 you're like, oh my gosh, he's heard. He's going into 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.400 the locker room. He's going into halftime. They weren't going 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.960 back out on offense, and he's getting treatment to begin 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.120 the second half and try and get an early start 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:35.280 on treatment. But you need the treatment for an injury normally, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:40.120 and we were even doing our prep for postgame and 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.880 I write the postgame highlight reel and I put together 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:45.599 plays as a game goes along, and there are some 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.080 that I put in there, and I take out. One 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:49.319 of the plays I put in there was the d 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:51.400 Laws sack right at the end of the second quarter, 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:53.160 and the way he got up and the way he 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.480 kind of hobbled to the sideline. He continued through the 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.240 second quarter and then once of course they had to punt, 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:00.120 went into the locker room. I was like, Okay, I'm 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:01.679 gonna put this in the highlight reel because if he 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.679 comes out and he doesn't look good, or if he 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:07.679 doesn't play, then it's a significant storyline coming into the 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.400 third quarter. He comes out and they drive right down 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.040 the field, and I texted our producer, I said, yeah, 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:13.640 he's fine. I was like, I'm going to take that 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.640 one out, that play out of it. But that's that's 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:18.920 kind of speaking to what you're talking about, how how 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.560 played up it was to the point where now it's 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.880 a complete non factor. It is kind of an interesting dealing. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:29.240 I mean, if you withhold injuries off of an injury report, 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.760 that would be possible draft picks. 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.560 Fine, I'm not sure exactly what it would be, but yeah, 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.280 the other thing I wanted to mention of it too 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.920 is and maybe just watching more of that game than 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.079 a lot of the other ones. But the key to 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:42.440 the brotherly shove is Kelsey. 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:43.760 Oh yeah, I mean. 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.000 As well, as soon as they snapped the ball, it's 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.880 like he's already leaning in and you look at like 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.480 when the Cowboys tried to run it one of those 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:57.040 times dek is beyond the oddish mm hmm. Whereas like 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.280 when you watch the Eagles run it, there is always 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.600 a push up, there's always like immediately. So my old 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:04.360 thing is I would like to see how it looks 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.640 if Kelsey wasn't out there. I bet you it doesn't 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.079 have the success it does without him. 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.040 What do you think, Isaiah, whenever you look at something 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:13.120 like that, I. 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.880 Think it's as successful with or without Kelsey. I think 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.959 the guards are the main guys that really kind of 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:21.480 spearhead it, literally spearheaded it, because they're in a four 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:23.400 point stance. Kelsey has to be in a three point 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.520 because you just you know, you know, snap the ball. 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:27.880 But those guys are in a four point stance, and 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.160 as soon as the ball is snapped, they literally just shoot. 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.280 They shoot right down and pretty much clear out the 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.480 way for Kelsey and so that between the three of 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:38.840 those guys, there's no way to stop that dam. I mean, 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:40.800 if somebody stopped it, what once this year, I think, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:42.720 but the chances are slimmed it none. 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.520 Well was Washington who stopped it, and then the very 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.280 next time they turned around and ran it. They flipped 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.160 it out and there was a fake brother lea shove 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.480 and then they ranched into the end zone with DeAndre Swift. 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.599 So plenty to talk about from this Eaguals game. I 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:56.480 want to get into the defense in the next segment 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.400 before we do that, Nick, do we have any news 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.240 and notes to hit from? Yes, hearing from coordinators Mike McCarthy, etc. 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:04.719 Yeah, We'll start with something we didn't really get to 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.360 touch on a whole lot yesterday with Marktavis Bryant coming 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:08.760 in today this morning for the workout. 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.800 Should be happening right as we speak, right now. Steven 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:12.920 Jones talked about it yesterday. 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.319 Mike McCarthy spoke a little bit about it, but it 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.360 looked like it was an evaluation from Will McClay and 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.320 his staff based on what he did in the XFL 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:20.360 with the Vegas Vipers. 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:21.640 Not a lot of production. 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:23.640 I believe it was eighteen receptions for one hundred and 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.040 fifty four yards this past spring season in eight games 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.600 with the Vipers. So bringing him in today for a workout. 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.400 He's at thirty two years old, hasn't played in the 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:33.560 league in five years, so not sure what the level 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:36.240 of expectation should be, but it's something that's happening and 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.520 there's an open practice bot available for him if he 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.960 does end up wanting to be signed by the staff. 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.600 If he doesn't, then he'll head to Tennessee and workout 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:44.200 for the Titans. 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.640 We talked a little bit yesterday about Michael Gallup along 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:51.160 with Brandon Cooks and kind of the inability to get 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:55.680 those weapons involved. It's mostly for a practice squad spot 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:59.240 that they're trying Brian out for, so it's in terms 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.760 of the grand scheme of this offense. It doesn't shake 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.200 things up significantly, But does that tell you anything about 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.240 what they're trying to do from an offensive standpoint, trying 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:08.959 to find some weapons and work guys out. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:11.360 I mean, listening to Jerry this morning, I thought it 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.080 was interesting that he mentioned two different times that they 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.319 have this receiver coming in that they're going to work out. 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.240 They have workouts all the time, he never talks about that. 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.079 For him to mention it multiple times, I did think 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.560 that that was interesting. So it made me think that, yeah, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:27.360 there must be some genuine interest in potentially adding him 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:30.680 to the mix. I mean, yeah, I guess, I guess 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.640 it could help, But I don't know how he's going 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.040 to bring anything more to the table than what they 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.040 already have. Like, how is he going to bring more 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.120 than what they have in Tolbert? You have Brandon Cooks 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.600 who's coming off and getting targeted only twice. I don't 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.360 know how all of a sudden, a guy that was 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.400 playing for the Vegas Vipers, which I just learned that 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.960 team name right now, is going to come in here 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.439 mid season and then be like a major factor for 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:56.280 this team just because another factor in that for me 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.040 is just I kind of thought the way that t 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.640 Y Hilton started when they first added him, that it 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.040 was going to be a bigger factor as the season 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:04.920 went on. You know, he had that big catch against 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.120 the Eagles and that kind of just kind of faded out, 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.400 you know, and I just I would be very surprised 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:13.200 if at any anybody at this point that is going 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.599 to make this this notable addition to the offense. I 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.319 think that they're pretty much when they didn't make a 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.960 move at the trade deadline, they were their hand was 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:22.760 was shown. It was gonna be what they have right now. 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:24.840 You took a page right out of the next question, 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.440 it was are they trying to find t Y Hilton? 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.520 Is that where they're trying to find just somebody to 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.040 make an impact like that, maybe from a veterans standpoint, 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.960 maybe from a locker room standpoint, because isay, I know 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.040 you liked what he brought to the table last year, 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.120 not necessarily from a production standpoint, but what he did 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:41.120 outside of the field. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.640 So about t Y and t Y, oh yeah, t 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.760 Y was a dude. I mean, I mean, obviously he 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.200 had to play against Philly, but he was open a lot. 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.720 He just didn't get the ball. So some kind of 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.400 like Brandon Cooks this year, Brandon Cooks has opened a lot. 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.320 He's just not getting the ball. So they're going to control. 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:59.400 You can control from that position. But to you guys's point, 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.360 I don't see that if they do sign Brian I 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.400 don't think that he comes in and has a major impact. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:06.880 If he didn't have a major impact in the XFL, 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:08.360 I can't see him doing it in the NFL. 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.200 Yeah, he was drafted by Pittsburgh, spent three seasons there, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.880 traded to Oakland, spent a season there before getting suspended 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:18.520 for a year, ended up getting suspended for indefinite amount 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.840 of time that eventually ended this past Saturday. He spent 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.240 time in the CFL and then obviously the XFL. He 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.240 never played in the CFL because he kept getting suspended 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.120 in the CFL too, But and then now he's in 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:27.680 the XFL. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.240 But I'm not sure. 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:29.840 I'm not sure. 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:31.600 We'll see, We'll see what comes out of this. I 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.440 think if he signed today, then there's probably a lot 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.200 more questions that come on the backside of it of 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.720 you know, what if he's done in the last couple 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.560 of years to tell you that he's not. 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:41.800 Going to be suspended again. 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:43.880 So I'm trying to think, like, who they've added, like 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.840 a mid season type thing like that that's had Like 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.200 the biggest impact in the last like ten plus years. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.240 Was Greg Hardy a mid season No, he wasn't okay. 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:54.640 Okay, and even that I think maybe that was more 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:55.640 of a negative impact. 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.840 Yeah yeah, if anything, Yeah, yeah. 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.240 I maintain that's the worst always a moved the last decade. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.480 And they obviously they trade for Hankins last year. You know, 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:07.240 he's he's helped the run defense. But I just think 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.120 of like like Michael Bennett and some of these other 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.880 moves that they've made, Like, I don't know, there's just 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.080 something about mid season like that there's hope that you 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.560 know that this can be something, but you're probably gonna 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:18.640 roll with the guys that you've had going all the 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:20.120 way back to Ota many. 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.760 I thought you're talking more like mid season character guys 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:24.600 where it's like, oh do we. 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.040 Really want to throw him in the locker room? 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.440 The middle is a good point mid season? 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.200 No, no, no, I was not speaking to him on 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.320