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the latest edition of The Break. We're live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. Nick, give me a seventy five. It's going good. Jethrope was really good player. But uh, you know Philipos Derek. Yeah, you ever heard of him? Bill? Yeah, No, you haven't. You never heard of him. I've heard the name. But you know, Anthony Brown's had some games where we hear his name a lot, and Connor Williams has had a game. The most famous one was phil Pose Derek. We keep hearing about LT.

Lawrence Taylor. Maybe Mica is gonna be then Eltic maybe. But there was a game I think it was like nineteen eighty six where the Cowboys probably got four first downs on one drive to try to win the game, and every time was holding seventy five holding. He couldn't block Lawrence Taylor Man, Okay, sorry, he couldn't. But like they were, they were driving for the win, and it was like three or four in a row of just holding seventy five seventy five. So that's the one I

remember the most. I mean, jeth Rope was a great player, and Tony Castillus was pretty good. But Philip pos Derek seventy five, let's just call him phil Pose. He doesn't deserve Derek. All right, let's move on. Geez let hell, I'm an askue right there. That was pretty good. Yeah, let's talk about some injuries. Many let's not have a few injuries that I think we should uh, I think we should mention. Um, Yesterday, obviously Cowboys signed Edo Smith. I don't know when they did it, but it happened

within the last few days. Um. And then the tone the we find out that Tony Pollard didn't practice yesterday with a foot injury. My first thought is I'm sure a lot of people was was like, does this mean something? About was the signing of Edo Smith? About the fact that Tony Pollard was out, Does that mean maybe he's not playing this weekend? What what are we hearing as far as what's happened with the running back position? Thanks

for making me feel smart. I asked Mike McCarthy that said, did you sign this guy because you're worried about Zeke and Tony? And he sort of danced around it and said a bunch of other stuff. But yeah, I mean, that's that's why it's an insurance signing. He's a guy that they liked in twenty eighteen as a draft prospect. Both of their running backs are dealing with things. But he also said he thinks they're both gonna play, Like

the expectation is that Tony's gonna play. He didn't practically, Yeah, Zeke's him any if the drag Zeke off the field, That's what he said. Um, and I've also heard some things and then they end up not to be the case. It's very fair. It's very fair. I mean, at this point, I don't feel confident about it, and that's why Edo Smith is here. I think like they are going to monitor Tony for the rest of the week. He didn't practice, but he was out there he was in uniform, like

he was sitting up somewhere with his foot up. No, yeah, exactly, Like there's differences between like the two dnps can be different. Like Tony was out there in uniform working with Britt, jogging around, working on his legs, So that's different from just not being out there at all. So watch him this week and maybe you need to lean on Edo Smith or maybe you don't. I mean, dan Quinn coached him for three years in Atlanta, so he knows him.

And I'm sure you know his opinion was was you know, asked about this, so you know, maybe he's better than Corey Clement. I don't know. Clement's giving him a lot on special teams, plays a lot on the special teams units. And so yeah, well if Tony can't play, he will probably want three running backs. So that's so you would have Clement. And you know, I think he's gonna play too. I do this every week. I'm like, yeah, I think

he's playing. Zeke's definitely playing. I mean he when the guy comment, you can't make that comment, can't make that comment. Not play. But this isn't a new injury. He's been playing with it, so I wonder though, like if you're like the training staff, you know, you're like, listen, if we if we'll drag you off, if we if you know what I mean? Like he was like they have to drag me off. It's like, well, if you're not

gonna play, we will. I gotta fill in the brips, Like all right, is that what we need to do? Because if we decide that you're not playing, then that's what we're gonna have to do. I'm like, okay, but it's you know, it's a great quote when he said it was like, okay, this will be a story. Yeah, and it was. I love those moments. We had one today too. I want to talk about that? Sure, why not? I was gonna put it on the on the thing for tomorrow, but we talk about tomorrow too. But go ahead,

last thing he said or not? Yeah he said the last thing. No, it's not. What was the last thing he chatty Kathy way before that? Yeah, right before that, net Man, that's you know that the day's vocabulary is that is such where it just just glosses. Right. They didn't even like he didn't even really hear it. It's just he gave him a good day, he gave him a g D A good day. Oh I love Mike McCarthy, so right, he's that's my kind of guy. I just I mean, it's amazing. I don't swear more on the

podcast honestly because thank you, that's just how I talk. No, that didn't even register with me. I was like, yeah, sure, whatever, Mike. He just it's just one of those sound bites that make sure eyebrows raised, where he's like, we're gonna win the game. I feel confident in that. And then the media gave him every opportunity to kind of back down. They were like, kind of you're giving no, this is gonna be on every talk show. Yeah, basically, and he was like, what do you want me to say? Like

I've which he couched it really well. He was like, I expect to win every game that I've ever played in my career. Like that's what I mean. Yeah, it's hard to do, but that is how you're tired if you're in the NFL. But it's a good sound Bye. It's gonna make the rounds. Oh yeah, you know, it's gonna be on every talk show, it's gonna be on every radio show. But the fact is he's right, Like, if a player or a coach goes into a game and doesn't think they're gonna win, there's probably something wrong

with that. And as I thought, matters the classic hypocrisy of media where we're like, you're so boring, you never say anything, and then Mike McCarthy's like, yeah, I think we're gonna win the game, and everybody's like, sir, how could you say something so audacious? Like oh, I just I saw the tweets coming, Like Mike McCarthy says like, yeah, it's gonna be. It's gonna be everywhere. And but I like it. I like the confidence. I like that he's willing to say it and we'll see if they can

back it up on Sunday. He's still he's a football coach at the end of the day, and like they're they're trying to be boring and not give you a ton. But I love working with Mike McCarthy, Like he'll he'll throw a gd out there on you know, he'll tell you a funny story about Pittsburgh. He'll you know, he got up today and was like, yeah, I missed you guys. It's pretty far down the list of things I missed about being at work. But you know, he's just but

it's on the list. He's fun to work with. I like it all right, talk to me about the wide receiver position because all of a sudden, Dallas is kind of back in a situation where some of their depth might be affected. Noah Brown, what's up with his groin injury? It's a two week injury, a couple week injury, That's what Mike said. I'm not gonna play this week. I'm gonna play this week where they with Cedric Wilson with

the ankle he was limited yesterday. Being limited at the start of the week is always a good sign in my eyes. Um, So they'll keep an eye on it. But the big three are all as healthy as they like, he said. He said today like he doesn't anticipate that Amari Cooper would need a snap a pitch count this week. So you got all three of them, good to go, Malik Turner, Semi Pajoko and the fact that Cedric is limited at the outset of the week is good. So I'm not overly worried about it. Good. As long as

you got the top three, you feel pretty good. Yeah, you know, Brown is now I mean I think Cedric I forgot his name, Cedric Wilson. Malik Turners, Okay, Malik Turner. I mean he can do that. He's a special teams guy. He can do the things Noah Brown is doing. Yeah, I think probably better. I've actually been a little disappointed with Noah Brown over the time when the when Amari

was out, I expected more of him. Yeah, he it was all working toward that moment, Like he had a great training camp, he's he's been a very useful player for them in the role that they had for him, and he got a bigger opportunity and he didn't, you know, he didn't do anything. This is year fifth five, Yeah, seventeen eighteen, nineteen twenty. Yeah, and by the way, I was joking on fifth, but it really is his fifth year. Yeah. I wasn't really expecting him to do like like takeover games.

What I was disappointed in is the number of drops, a number of opportunities he had that he just you know, he had a few catch had He's had the most contested catch you've ever seen in college football. Like he's brought one of the greatest catches ever, which is ironic because like he doesn't catch the ball well on contested plays like that, which it always seems like it's third, third and eight, it's over the middle, and it's like he didn't get it, And of course I'm thinking my stuff,

like why are you throwing it to Noah Brown? Even though he's made enough plays where you can kind of get past that, But I still say it in my head every time and sometimes out loud, but I'm just like, yeah,

it's like, why are you throwing it? He was like he's made plays before, you know, but yeah, he just doesn't come up with that ball and that, you know, if I had to guess, he probably had four opportunities at big plays like whether it's a third down conversion or whatever, over the course of the time that Lamb and Amari weren't healthy, and he just he didn't make them. And it's disappointed because like, I love Noah Brown, I love what the role that he's had and what he's

done for them. He had a great train camp, just didn't show up when the moment came and that and Malik Turner conversely, has like he's made some of those like yeah, it's garbage time against Denver, but he had that nice fourth quarter, and he's made some other plays in these last few games where if for some reason you need somebody other than the big three on the field, i'd probably feel best about Well, I feel better about him than Noah Brown put it that way him. I agree.

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versus the Cowboys offense. And I want to start with the fact that it seems like this Washington defense got better after they lost their best player, Chase Young. They also will be without Montes Sweat. Talk to me about what has changed from the beginning of the season to really the last four games, when it seems like this defense is now started being the defense that most of us expected them to be when the season began. The lesser players are doing their jobs and playing within the

framework of the defense. Mates Sweat and Chase Young were They had a lot of conversation prior to the year about chasing Chris Doleman and Keith him on Lard's duo sack record, and so they were kind of getting out of swords trying to make plays and they compromise the integrity of the defense. Those guys have been removed, and so now you have guys that are playing the scheme the way that it was designed to be played, and so they're doing their jobs. Everyone's fitting in their gaps,

and they're playing better defense because because of it. Bucky wrote an article this week on our website about your five bucks, and one of them was that you thought it's it's Pollard time. When when you're saying that, are you thinking he needs the bulk of the carries, he needs more carries, or that you just need to figure out ways to get him the ball even more. Now

he has to get the ball even more. I'm not saying that Deek needs to be Zeke needs to be removed from the equation, but it's obvious when you kind of just track the numbers and just look at the big plays per touch, like he's a big play performer, and so you would like to think if you give him more touches and more opportunities, he'll deliver more big plays. And we're reaching a critical juncture of the season where you also want to think about how can you preserve

Zeke for the postseason run. How can you make it where he is beginning to play at his best when you get close in into the tournament, And so one of the ways you can do is kind of level the playing field when it comes to the number of carries that you're distributing to both guys. So I think Tony pollit needs to be a bigger part of the game plan. That's also me Nudge and Kellen Moore a

man room to running game. Don't get so carried away where you start throwing it all over the yard, because December is when the running game has to be a factor because that's the only way for you to control the action. Bucky, the memories and are still fresh in my mind of Chris Jones rag dalling this offensive line

in Kansas City. Can you make me feel better about them going against Jonathan Allen and Dron Payne, Or if you can't make me feel better about out it, can you give me some ideas for how to mitigate that one. I can suggest that you get a bank youre pacifier, because I can't make you feel better at the point of its sad. I can tell you that it's gonna be a tough one. And I think the big thing when you're dealing with Washington, all the teams in the

nfcas this is a challenge. The interior is probably the best part for most of those other teams, like the defensive tackles are the ones that are able to get it done. And so for the Cowboys, they got to find a way to control the interior part of the line. If they can control the interior part of the line where they can run it and throw it and Deck doesn't have people write it is lap, you know, then this is a game where the Cowboys should be able to have their way. But it's all up front. Man.

The games that the next five games on the horizon, they all be decided that the line of scrimmage and typically be the offense person the defense of the opponent. Other than that, I mean, is there another area of concern certain for the Cowboys offense that you're looking at. I mean, look, I think in anything, I think the Cowboys want to operate with a level of balance. You want to make sure that you're able to run the ball, but in the balance is also in the distribution of

the targets. And it doesn't mean that it's always going to be even every game, but you just want to make sure that now that you got the entire game back together, you have Michael Gallup, you have a Maori Cooper, you also have Cde Lamb. You want to make sure that those guys are actively involved in the game plan because you need all of them. Because you can make teams defend all three wire receivers plus the tight end and the running game man. The advantages go to the

Cowboys in those situations. Bucky, this offense has been one that started the season, and I think everybody was keenly aware of how good they were. Over the last several weeks, I think that FRA impression has gone down. Some people point to Dak not playing as well. Some people point to the receivers not getting separation. Others point to the offensive line, the running backs, like there's everybody is getting

some lame from someone. What do you think is the biggest challenge of the biggest problem right now for this Cowboys offense, Well, the biggest problem like the month where they didn't play well is I mean, you had injuries that took away the primary playmakers. I mean, when you play without two of your top receivers, it's gonna be hard to move the ball. And I heard you guys

talking about Noah Brown and other guys. Man, there's a big drop off between number one and number two, and then when three, four and five sliding, when those guys are elevated, it changes. And so with Amari Cooper, Cedee Lamb back, Michael Gallaback on the perimeter, it's the first opportunity that we've really seen the entire crew back together now when they get healthy. You like the thing that they can roll. But this is a team that is good enough to still do the special stuff that we

think about. Oh, I want to I want you to clarify that you said there's a big difference between one and two, or it's a big difference between one, two and three, four and five. Now I'm just saying in the general pecking order, like when you have a number one receiver, it's a huge difference between being a number one and the number or two. Look, I would say that the Cowboys have two number ones and CD and

Maury Cooper. But every time you drop down or run, it's a huge talent disparity in terms of being able to handle the roles because when you're the number one receiver, that means even if you're a double team, you get untilted coverage your way, you still should be able to thrive. Those guys that are threes and fours typically can't can't handle that kind of situation. This is it's useful. Obviously they're in the division, so they're playing the same teams.

We saw the Bucks have plenty of success against the Cowboys through the air. Raiders did it to Washington, held both of those guys below twenty points, And I'm just curre like, what what what's the overall theme of that? Like are they doing all of this with pressure or or are they getting takeaways in these games? Like what has been the formula for what's enabled them to hold these explosive offenses to such a low point. Total coverage

coverage has been good. They're throwing a blanket over everybody. If you know Jack there, you know he's not one that is really a big fan of listening. They want to sit back and rush forward. They want to drop seven. They want to keep the ball in front of the defense. They want to bog you down and the red zone and make you kick field goals as ipposed to score seven. What has been better is they got more effort and energy up front that has been able to kind of

create the chaos. And obviously we talked yesterday about the long drives from offense. Well they're playing keepaway. I mean you have fifteen seventeen nineteen play drives on offense, your defenses and exposed on the field, the game shrinks. What the Washington football team wants to do, they want to make it a fifteen minute game at the end of it. They want to get into the fourth quarter and let's see if you can beat us in fifteen minutes. That's their whole goal in the jet and that's how they

call in the game. But yeah, you alreally talked about the running game. But after learning about the polar injury and all that, is this a game that the Cowboys can still win without a non existent running game? I mean, like, hopefully they can run the ball something. I don't think you want to get to the point where you're you're throwing the ball fifty times, because what happens is the more throws you have bad things, sacks and turnovers and

do things. You still got to try to run the ball. Look, you can try and be aggressive at the beginning, then settle into the running game later. The thing that you don't want to do against the Washington football team you just don't want to give them opportunities. This is a team that struggles scoring on their own accord, So the last thing you want to do is give them short fields, give them takeaway opportunities, those things like just play it straight.

If this is a game of ping pong, just sit back and back and just keeping it and waiting for them to mess it up. They're not good enough to necessarily beat the Cowboys in a straight up game, but if the Cowboy gives they give them stuff, the Washington football team can win it, all right. So give me your prediction. What do you think happens is this this Sunday Cowboys versus Washington football team. Well, I mean, look, Mike McCarthy guaranteed it, so they said they're gonna win. So

they're gonna win. I put it out there for all of us to consume and talk about it. I actually appreciate that because I don't really like coach speak. I appreciate that he has enough confidence, and I think what he's trying to do is take a fresh off the team. He would rather all of us come at him, then everyone go at the team, so then his guys can play comfortable and free. All right, Well, appreciate you joining us. We'll be there to have you back. Next week. We're

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Shouts out to Danny. Didn't win a million dollars. He made it to the final sixth though. They'll just ruin somebody's day. We talked about that earlier. I mean, I'm sorry, but if you're gonna do that, you know, you guys are getting take part in life. You were getting on somebody like Clarence Hale because he tweeted so yeah, like he like, because you didn't have it, don't do it tediate right, you don't. You don't tweet about a show immediately.

You don't tweet about it find out something like that to find immediately, like you give it. I thought Britt said it the right way upstairs. She said, give it at least twenty four hours, Like, just don't do it right at I tweeted about it this morning. I waited, I waited. I will say that that's better than last night because if you're if you're I mean, like, by the way, that's the way media works today. You don't

have to watch everything live. A lot of people listen to this show, they will not be listening to it live. They will listen to it later. So if somebody kills whatever we talked about for them, part of the we don't have a lot of I get yeah, part No. Part of the fun of social media is engaging with something during a game. I don't do score, not not during a game, engaging with something in the moment, Like you want to talk to people that are enjoying what

you're enjoying. Like, if you you can't watch it on time, Well, that's what's your wife or husband or boyfriend or girlfriend is for, Like, talk to them. Maybe not everybody has that. Yeah, well, if you got a friend a dog that works too, You've never like, I mean, why do you tweet during games? Hey? Sparking? I don't. I don't try not to get things away during games. But I do think it's understood you don't

get on Twitter if you're watching a game. Yeah, talk to your dog, Dave, you don't talk to your dog. I never told I talk to my sea. Don't even say I know you talked to me, Josie. Yes, as if you are invested, if you can't watch the Cowboy game and you want and you don't want to have it spoiled for you, and you get on social media, that's your fault. Like, yes, last you're right, but I'll give I'll give you an example. Let's go back and go back to Game of Thrones when it was on.

I saw many people like like they agree, like, you don't talk about what just happened on Game of Thrones. You write this if people watch it like it's poor form. But guess what, don't get on Twitter, then get off of the super duper live social media platform where people from all of you have to disconnect. If that's how you're gonna play it. We lost a few people here. We lost the plot. Danny, I'm sorry. On Survivor, he's no longer he got voted because it got you didn't

watch it. I'm sorry these people gave that to the end and they're like, hey, we gotta we gotta have a real physical athletic challenge here. It's like, let's let's get rid of the NFL player. Did you did you say that? I mean, there's no spoilers and you're over here giving almost the whole thing. D WI deal with it? WHOA, Okay, that's yeah, that's that's not what I want to play with it. It's not the acronym. I know, yes it is. Deal with it. Okay, build a bridge, get over it.

How about that one? Look they look they they tamped his fire out with the thing. I'm a bomber. And then he turns around and goes go cowboys at the camera, Danny. That point I loved. I was like, all right, there we go. There Weiler Danny. Yeah, he just gave it. It's not like this is even the finale. Oh no, he's one of the like twenty other people that didn't win. Like if what you tweeted last night about it? Yeah, I don't know. No, he didn't. All he said was

it was a it's been a rough week. I'm not sorry. It's been a rough week, all right. Anyway, we do need to get back into some cowboys watching the football team, because you guys took about six minutes on that, um real quick. I wanted to get some opinions. How concerned do you, Dave? You asked the question, how concerned are you about Watchington football team's defensive tackles Ron Payne and Jonathan Allen up against the interior part of the Cowboys

offensive line. It's ironic. For many years, I thought Ryan Carrigan was the most underrated player that this team went against all the time, gave them fits. I think it's Jonathan Allen Now he's a He's He's a top five defensive tackle in the league in my mind. And darn Pain's really good as well. Yeah. Um, and interior pressure has been a problem for these guys, like it took him a minute to figure out Fletcher Cox and Javon Hargrave. I'm obviously they won that game comfortably, but the early

going was not great. Vita Vea beat them up. I know that's week one. Morales still happen, and then obviously Chris Jones stat line speaks for itself. So I think it's a problem, and I think one of the biggest things that I think I need for this game, and I'm not saying that he normally doesn't. Zach Martin's incredible, but I need him to play amazing because I just need one of those guys to not be a factor so that the Garden Center and everybody else can focus

on the other one. I need Zach Martin to just wipe one of those guys. This could be a Tampa offense. I mean, I mean, this could be the game plan that they used in Tampa where a lot of it was outside and you know that's where you're seeing a lot of success with Tony Pollard and all those guys and even CD. You know, quick passes like that. They didn't have Zach in that game, but they didn't even

try really with those interior defensive lineman. This might be a game where they do that because that got them some points. And as Bucky said, you get twenty four, twenty eight points. If you can do that, you should

win the game. Yeah, that's one thing. But I'm way more concerned about can they actually give Dak time because if those defensive tackles are pushing your guards and centers back into Dak's lap, then because I don't think they're gonna win the game just running the ball like the running game has not been Remember the Tampa game, Remember what they did. That's what I'm saying. You don't need time to throw a quick out like that or a

quick bubble screen. I think that helps, I don't. I just think that when it comes down to it, this offense is predicated on them being able to get the ball downfield. I think that's when they're at their best. Now, you're right, they may not have to score a lot of points against this team. Some teams have beaten them without a lot of points. They don't score a lot

of points. I still believe that it's going to be problematic if those guards and if the guards and the center can't keep them out of Dak's lap, because if he's in Dak's lap, he won't be able to have time to be able to make those he needs to make. I'd like to see I'm with Nick. I'd like to say sorry, I'm sorry, Amber, just keep a grand with Nick.

But I'd like to see some adaptability, whether that's just you don't have to challenge the teeth of that, Like those two are the best things about probably this entire team. Like that duo is probably the best thing on this roster. And you don't have to just run into the teeth of it to prove something. Let's see some off tackle, Let's see some bubble screens, Let's get the ball out of dacks. Like, give me some hot reads, give me

some quick game. Anything you can do, and it challenge these guys horizontally, like again, it feels like it's been forever since a jet sweep or even the threat of a jet sweep has been a reliable thing. I get the Tony Pollard fake against Kansas City was nice. That was three weeks ago. I'd like, just challenge these guys horizontally. You don't have to be stubborn. We've seen them struggle with you know, dropping the ball and all that. But

help my memory. Please have those happen in games where you've had your three wide receivers or has it been where oh, you got one of those guys missing and they had They didn't have Gallop against Denver, but they had Lamb and Cooper and they I mean that that was a rough day. Atlanta was the last time all three of us played, right I believe. Well now they played against the Saints. True, yeah, well yeah, Mario was limited. I'm just wondering what I mean is because in my

mind you can see it going both ways. But is this gonna be the game where, at least in the passing game they finally get in sync and they're finally connecting and becoming dynamic again, because yeah, take the pressure

away from Deck and all that. If these receivers are not catching the balls or dropping it or you know, not in sync with him, it's gonna be an issue all or run, especially if you're running game is not working out either, which I mean that it goes back to what Bucky said about Jack del Rio, and it's been something that defensives have been able to do with success.

Drop seven and if you're getting home with four, if Jonathan Allen and Dron Payne are just whooping your line and you don't need to do anything else, that that has proven to be problematic. And it's Ondac and the receivers. McCarthy he got so excited when Clarence Hill asked him about separation today. He was like, Oh, we're talking ball, Yeah, let's go. Yeah. That's been a problem for us, and that's they need, I think even more so than the

running game disappearing. They need that so desperately. They need the receivers to win and make those plays when they do win. Dack to have confidence that it's going to work and trust what he's seeing. It hasn't been there, and I think that's the biggest because I just don't think opponents are afraid that they're going to get killed

by the pass because they haven't been recently. Do you think the problem of not getting separation is a recent problem that has happened with all of the games that have been missed by the starters, or do you think that's a problem that's persisted all season. And the reason why I asked that question is because it doesn't necessarily match up with what we think of this wide receiver corps. We put him up there with one of the best as one of the best wide receiver corps in the league.

But if they're not getting separation, obviously they wouldn't be that. I completely think it is a matter of like guys not being healthy and being out of the lineup, like it they were killing people all through the first like six weeks of the season. I mean, Ceedee Lamb walks off in New England because he just toasts his man on an over route, Like, no, I'm not worried about it if the three are healthy and doing what they're

supposed to do. But that hasn't been the case, and that people are like, oh, it's always an excuse with the Cowboys, and maybe it is. You would have liked to see better from Noah Brown and Cedric Wilson and stuff like that. But it matters when you have really good players healthy and doing what they're supposed to do. All right, that's a rap. We'll be back on tomorrow. We're gonna talk about the Washington football team versus Dallas Cowboys.

We will talk about get some predictions from these guys, talk about some other big picture storylines heading into that game. Till then for Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman. Oh yeah, by the way, we will be on at twelve thirty tomorrow instead of our normal time. We have some things in the morning, so we'll be on at twelve thirty. Makes you check us out. Till then for Nick even, Dave helmant Ambergarcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This has been The

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