Cowboys Break: Dak/Rush Debate

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special teams. There are actually a few things that happened in this game regarding the special teams, which by and large, I think over the last year and a half, two years, whatever you might want to say, I personally think the special teams have been pretty good. Like they've had a lot of things to kind of check off, like, man, you know, pretty good in this area, pretty good in this area. That all being said, there were several things that happened in this game that you could look at

as special teams and kind of raise an outbrow. I'll start first just with a general idea, what do you guys think of the current special teams and how well they're performing? Nick, borderline great? Borderline great? I mean good to great. I think they're good. I don't. You're gonna have to feel me in. I don't remember what happened last game that was so bad. Man missed extra point. I mean they had a guy come in there, and you know, it was a misunderstanding of how we snapped

the ball. After that, you know, I don't remember anything else that that would happen on a bad thing I thought the kicker did a good job. Anger. You know, Anger's anger. You know he's gonna be I think he's gonna be fine. But I think for the most part of the Special Team has been really, really good. The man, I'll tell you what, you couldn't have faked a punt better than they did. And you know, Dallas recognized that. They just you know, they tried to rally. Gifford tried

to rally. He saw a personal protector run through. Sometimes. I mean that could have been a bigger play than it was. The miss extra point. Yeah, that that's you know, I mean to me, that's very simple, you know. And I love the fact that Nick went up and got an explanation of how the operation works. I think that's insight that you get on this program and talk about it's clear that you know that Overton, you know, never the hand was never presented, and so you know, it's

unfortunate did you have that. The thing, I'm not worried about Anger, but are we going to be worried about Anger if it turns into the member of punters in the past here, when it turns into it's, oh, it's a thirty eight yard punt. Every time, and I don't know if it's just a one time a game or you're trying to hit it. But he kicks at sixty one, he kicks it fifty eight, and then you kick at twenty eight, you know, and you just don't want that

to be the situation that puts you in. Oh well, by the way, they just kicked a field gold and now they're ahead kind of a thing. And I those are the things that you know, the coverage on losing the ball on Goodwin on the outside, you know, was a little bit of a concern because he's one of your better special teams players. You know, he always just played with awareness and those kinds of things. But to go out and have a you know, they addressed the

field Goald situation during training camp. They could have just ran with the guy Garabay, it's oh, no, we're fine, you know this is gonna be okay. No, they addressed that. So I like to see the fact that they're trying to be proactive about things, and so that I'll give them some high marks about But you know, I think overall, I think you know, I wouldn't say great, but I

would say good. Yeah, I think that they've been doing just in general, a lot of special things and things that do change the game a little bit, things that in the past years before, I felt that special teams never really gave you much of anything, and now they do. They you do watch certain things that they're doing. Dorn's

Armstrong on special teams doing those kinds of plays. But going talking about the kicker, we talked about it here before the game, how Jake McQuaid being out the long snapper and the changes that like how that would affect and how Maher was kicking and missing field goals and extra points in practice, and we thought, okay, maybe this could be a problem, and it really wasn't other than that mistake that again, like Ryan just said, it is

something like it's fixable. It's not something that you're necessarily fully concerned about. But as far as the punning, I think it's it's happened more than I would like it to be happening, because this wasn't just the first game. It's kind of happened throughout the season where they're just not good punts and you're like, Okay, it hasn't really affected you in a game just yet, because you got the defense that you have and you win. You're winning games.

But I think that that could be something that in the future could be a problem if it keeps happening. I'm not concerned right now, but that's definitely something that needs to be worked on and fixed. Yeah. I think it was the Cincinnati game where he had the amazing punt that that ultimately was a part of you winning the game. And I think over the last two games, which is what's kind of raised my eyebrow a little bit. He's been so consistent throughout the time he's been here.

That's the part that's a little bit weird. Like last game he had that I think it was a thirty something yard punt kind of got off the side of his foot, and then this week he has the thirties up in yard punt and and those are the things that I'm looking at. I'm like, that doesn't seem anger like it makes me a little bit concern. Yeah, but you know when you hey, when you block field goals

or you you know, block punts and all that. You know, we don't always see that every week in the NFL, but there's you know, there's the areas of there's some concern. I mean, I I feel much better about him now than I have at any time during the the Mike McCarthy administration so far, you know about I think they've made a lot of improvement. You know, you get to get like Kelvin Joseph, who everybody's kind of talking about, when's he gonna play defense? Well, I don't know, but

he's playing really good on special teams for you. Right now. They're finding players that can help them win football games. Yeah, and not only that, I know, Nick, you and I were talking about the formation that they had on one of their punts where they had Kelvin Joseph lined up.

It was it's kind of an odd he was kind of lined up back nearer to the punter offset to the I guess what it would have been their right um And so you have basically both your gunners on one side, one offset back went up and and and at first I think everybody was a little like what is this? And and you know, we've heard some some people in the press box even being like, oh, they're being doing the crazy stuff again. But to me it

was it was great. Yeah, yeah, yeah, because the at the end of the day, the guy key you can't get a hand on him. By the time that you said it, Nick, by the time the the guy that was trying to block him got to him, He's already a full head of speed, right head of speed, head of steam running and he just couldn't. Yeah, I mean,

you gotta have the speed to offset that. If you're gonna be five yards off the ball or seven yard whatever it is, that's fine, as long as you've got the speed to make it up and the punt is there and all that. So you know, those things set up everything else. That's what That's what Fossil has done his whole career. He's he's he's faked punts enough where he's now he's got he's got that. You know that. Everyone thinks, Okay, he's gonna have a fake punt and

it works to his advantage. Yeah, you know, I gonna get a throwback in this game, don't you think? Probably national national TV game? This has been special teams. Coaches they always think about, hm, let's pull out our best ones so you'll get something. You'll get something in this game.

I would have thought that about a year ago. It jumped out to me yesterday with Mike McCarthy was talking when he was talking about the offense actually, and he was saying something to the effect of the head coach has told him talking about Kellen, the head coach just told him, we have to be smarter talking about, you know, kind of playing to our defense. And I think it's the same thing with special teams. The head coach is probably telling him, Man, we're not gonna do that. Right now?

What is not a bad thing? What did Jerry Jones say on the on the radio this morning on one or five three the fan, He said, he said, run the football, play good defense, punt the ball. Yeah, like and then and then the good, good question, good follow up to that is that do you need a forty million dollar quarterback? Basically you do that? That is a good question, yeah, Nick answer, No, you don't need a

four million dollar quarterback to do that. Um. But then again, you know, I gotta remember when Dak signed his deal, he was the number two paid quarterback in the NFL. And what's he in ten now? I mean, it quickly changed. You know. It's funny you asked the question about a forty million dollar qarback and I don't want to go down that path. But this team is equipped not to have a forty million dollar quarterback. And I'll say it for this reason alone, the general manager and is not

going anywhere. You know, the general manager is you know, it's a family run team much like the Bears and the Giants, and that you know the other other teams around the league that the Bengals that have you know, personnel. So if you want to make a decision, you know some of these guys like I know my guy down there in Tampa, Jason Light, he thought he was going to get fired until Tom Brady showed up. You know. Less Snee thought he was going to get fired until,

you know, until his head coach showed up. Sometimes as a general manager, you have to sign a forty million dollar year quarterback or you have to make a trade to go get one of those guys because of job security and stuff. There's a lot of teams around on the leaguehere they're not going to change their general managers.

And I'm seeing this out of respect for the Cowboys, because you know what, they could say, no, we don't have to pay a forty million dollar quarter million dollar yar quarterback because you know, we feel like that we could draft well enough. We'll go find one, and you know, we'll build around it that way. So a lot of general managers say, I've got to have the forty million dollar quarterback to win, you know, yeah, I mean, you know, to me, it goes even further than that about we

say this all the time. If you're going to be a good I don't think there's ever been a great team that doesn't do something great. You got to do something great. And usually when you sign a quarterback to that, he's great and you're winning because of that. And you know, I think Dak is good. I don't think Dak is like great, but I think that's he's good and they've

won with him. But now they're winning with an absolutely great defense, and that's I mean, if they can just play this way with Dac and he can take more shots and also he can run the ball a little bit, I mean even that's another think Jerry said, Just imagine how if the defense keeps playing this way and Dad gives you more as you would expect him to do than then Cooper Rush is giving you. And quite frankly, I don't know that they've beaten on some teams, and

they've been some teams I think are pretty good. I don't know that any of the teams they've beaten. I expect to see in January late January playing football. And so if you're if you're wanting to make a deep run, I don't know if this question for you guys, then we know this weekend is a different challenge that we haven't faced just yet. Yeah, expect imagining. Dyk is ready to go, and Jerry did talk about it this morning and said, Okay, one of the things that he's missing

and needs to do is spin it. Spin the ball when he throws. And that's something that they're gonna look at it tomorrow when he gets on there. But let's say he's healthy, he's good to you for this weekend. Who gives you a better chance? I mean, I think that's any question. I think, but if would you play Dak Prescott this weekend? Can I can? I put that question actually another way because I want to make sure I get this fan an opportunity to ask his question.

But Eric Corderrell says, is an eighty percent Dak and by the way, that you can put whatever percentage you want on it, better than a one hundred percent Cooper Rush. No, no, why I don't think Dak is that much better than Cooper Rush. And why is the only eighty percent? What is the part that he's not is the thumb? Then then if his thumb isn't isn't. If the thumb is the reason why he's eighty percent, then I think it's worse than that because Dad doesn't throw the ball completely

accurate at a one hundred percent. So if he's an eighty percent because of the thumb, if if it's because of something else calf, ankle or not calf, that's a big deal. But other things, something else, Yeah, FuMB, I don't. I don't think you can. I mean, I don't know. I don't know why. I just again, I don't. If he's an eighty percent quarterback because of the pump, than I'd rather rather you've already seen him at one hundred

percent not do very well well, not just week one. Yeah, but yeah, and I I'll tell you what, that is a very bold statement you made. And you know what I applaud think. No, I'll tell you what I to me. I know, I know in this particular game, you've got

a score. And I was watching the Eagles this morning and I'm just thinking this is going to be a real test for your defense, and they could play, they could play really well, and it might not be enough if you don't keep up with you know, with you know, if you just can't just leave him out there and just hope for the best and hope that Hurts doesn't see the drop linebacker and he throws an interception and

all that you've played well against him before. But I think that to me, I think that Dak might give me a chance for more points. That's the only thing I'm thinking of right now. And but I man, I applaud I really do, because you're not you know, there's a lot of people out there just blindly follow this team and it's Dac, it's Dick, it's Dak. But you know, there's there's some things that he's deficient at, and he's some things that Cooper Rush is deficient at, but you're

not seeing them as much. Yeah, yeah, I think that's that's to me, that's fine, But I think it's also just completely dismissing the fact of what Dak did last year, Like, yeah, he had some rough games, but Dak was balling. Dak was putting up numbers that Cooper Rush has not come close to in any of the five starts that he's had. So I think it's just to me, that's a little to say that, to say that Dak eighty percent Dak isn't better than one hundred percent rush, I don't agree with. Now,

I will agree with this point that you made. If it's the thumb, that's a whole different thing. And by the way, that's any quarterback in the league. You tell me you get an eighty percent quarterback versu one hundred percent quarterback, and you're talking about a thumb on their throwing hand. Now, they can't throw the ball, that's what they have to do. So I get that point. But just four out of every five eighty percent, four of

every five throws are just gonna be crap. I don't know where it's going, and maybe going back the other way, how about that? But by my point, so I get

your point. If it's the thumb, and that's what it is in this instance, and yeah, I want I want Dak back when he's one hundred percent because I don't trust a quarterback with a bump thumb says to me, you're probably not gonna be able to throw the ball at your best and you might not be able to hold on to ball if somebody hits that arm, that's that could become a fumbll So, yes, that's the one percent when it comes to the thumb. Yeah, And that's the thing that Cooper Rush has done. He hasn't put

you in harm's way with with turnovers. And you know, if you wanted, the most redeeming quality I think Cooper Rush has right now is the fact that he doesn't turn the ball over, you know, and with Dak, I'm not sure if the thumb's bum Yeah. Well, I even in one hundred percent, like Nick's talking about, you know, decision making, throwing at a crop that hasn't been Dak has not been a turnover guy throughout his career, really has he? No, No, he hasn't been. He's been to me,

there's been. He's even admitted it. Derek standing at the podium that he goes, I got too greedy. I tried to I got too greedy. Yeah. But but and that's how it more than it was, it more than a than a good quarterback. Fact that he has to address it, I think says something. Yeah. I mean when you stand up there and the questions asked, and you say I got too greedy. You're you're saying that like, Okay, I tried to force that one when I probably shouldn't know.

But most of his career he has been a guy that's even in the opposite of that, he's been well, you know, hesitant towards you know, throwing the ball in there like that. The thing is is to me, when I see the biggest difference between the two is when somebody puts their hand on the shoulder pad of Cooper Rush plays over either he gets sacked or he throws it away or whatever. There's no wiggling out of that and doing something else, which is fine for this team,

right based on what they gotta right. Yeah, But what I'm saying is is, you know, if Dak plays kind of hesitant and doesn't want to get greedy and doesn't want to run and doesn't want to just want to sit back there and kind of throwing for the ball, I'm not sure that he is better than Cooper Rush if he plays that way. Yeah, but that's not That's not how he's played throughout his career, though, is it. Okay? But I'm just saying he's got to get that back.

He's got to get that back and play, because we've seen when he comes back from injuries he's been. He has been the same he's been in caution. So if he comes back and he's at eighty ninety percent and he doesn't really want to run and he doesn't want to throw interception, he just wants to kind of play it safe, and he's not playing his game because he doesn't have that deep ball touch like like Cooper Rush

Jos and he doesn't. There are some things that rush there not many, but there are some things he does a little bit better. So I'm saying, Dak has got to be Dak. Be that guy that you were Mississippi State first couple of years. Be that guy cut it loose, be a football player playing quarterback. If he's that, then the Cowboys are much much better. So we agree one hundred percent Dak. There's no question. Yeah, he is the better quarterback. He should be in there eighty percent Dak.

If the eighty percent is about the thumb, now that's a whole different ball game. Now you're thinking about something different. I do agree with Nick about the cautious Dak because I went into the season thinking he put all that injury history and stuff behind him. Yeah that he and maybe he had. You're losing, you're losing the tackle, you're loser receiver, you're losing players around you. And I was thinking, Okay, Dak, it's now your team. Go go find a way to carry.

Go carry like Michael Parsons is carrying your team right now. You know he's carrying your defense for sure, So go be that guy too. And you know, but if you see cautious Dak holding, holding, not willing to run, not willing to take it, you know, not willing to to escape and go make a play, I don't know if he's a good enough quarterback just to play that way, just drop back and throw the ball. I don't think.

I don't think. I think when he when he feels how the game is being played, where it's a little blood on him, a little mud on him, when he feels that he's a different player because and when they played fast, he's a for player. Because that's it takes away the thought, It takes away that Okay, I'm reading reading reading you know it make him play, make him play the game how he is more comfortable playing that Well, also, we don't know just yet how the game is going

to change. Kellen Moore's game is going to change once Dak comes in, because well, it could be maybe there are some things that you realize. Okay, maybe because they've said it before, maybe we kind of simplify things a little bit and not gifts so much and see how

that works out for a guy like Dak. And also with Dak sitting on the sideline, you get a different aspect than view of things and you start realizing some things that when you go in, this is what I'm gonna do or this is how I'm gonna do it.

So I think that when he comes back, whenever the time is right, Kellen Moore and what he's gonna do with the offense is gonna look a little different than what it was at the beginning of that first game, let me say, because the reality is, you see how you've been playing with Cooper Rush, and yeah, it's like not too much. You're not giving him too much on his plate, and maybe you know you need to because now it's at that point where you need your offense

to score more points. And I think a guy like that, with that kind of formula, DA can Cooper Rush is formula right now can be a little bit more successful than what it's been so far. Yeah, the one thing I'll say is the thing I've seen that's really different is they've been committed to the run when Cooper Rush is in there. I think they should continue to be committed to the run. And what that means is what that means is I'm not saying I don't want Dak

to throw the ball. Don't take the ball out of Dak's hand, But Dad doesn't need to be throwing the ball forty times in a game like you need to find some balance. And by the way, that's just because on a team like this, where you have a really good defense, you want to be able to take some time. So you want to be able to run the ball. And this offensive line, as they've shown, they are a good run blocking offensive line. How much do you think that Dak changes plays at the line? I know this

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and we see it obviously in the game. We have the benefit if we're in the game at the game being able to see that. But yeah, so much you miss. All right, we're gonna take our We're at our second segment. This second is brought to you by blockchain dot Com. Brian, you asked the question before the break. What's the question? What was the question? I mean, no, give fifty eight years old? Uh you yeah, with with Dak you know

how much? And this is gonna be hard for us to you know, unless we ask and you know, how much do you think that Dak does change plays at the line of scrimmage? And you have to add to that question, is it different than the amount that Rush does, because I don't want to get the the impression that Dak does all the time and Rush doesn't. And what we might find out is that if they both do it quite a bit, right, Yeah, And it might be a situation where Rush is looking at his team and going, man,

my defense is playing really well to day. If I run the ball, if I run the ball here on third and twelve, we might get a first down or we could punt it right like the boss wants us to pun it. Yeah, right, you know you know that that's a good point. I was gonna say um before about Dak has never Dak has played with a really good defense. Dak hasn't played with a great defense. Even last year that was not a great defense. It was some great moments at times and last year, but but

they had some issues too. They weren't playing like this. And so I mean, I think you gotta give that credit to for for like reading the room, like let's see what happens when he's in there and he can see what's happening too. And and that's kind of because that Bingals game changed everything. That's when you realize, like, man, they really can play at a high, high level with parsons and all that. Just don't if it up, you know. And I think he could play that way too. I

think he. I think he'll be smart. He's a smart guy. He'll be smart enough to do that as well, and then take the chances now and then when they come to like run and get the first down and kind of be dak. Do you think that quarterbacks here the label bus driver and it affects them? Yeah, I guess you know what I mean. I think people say that he's a bus driver, but they win games, but he's a bus driver. You think the quarterbacks, especially quarterbacks in

this day and age, they're trying to justify salary. It's so stupid though, bus drip. You know what A bus driver's number one job safety. Don't hit a kid. Yeah, that's the number one job. Don't do anything with the Yeah, don't don't do anything. Yeah, and that's okay, be safe.

I don't yeah, yeah, I guarantee though, if you need to take that thing in the h OV lane and get it and go seventy five down there because you're late for a high school game because you were driving bust bus number one out of eight and they're driving down I bet he can get on it too if you need it. But for the most part, stay twenty miles an hour. Stop, get that red light, you know, red stop, signed out, make sure nobody goes, make sure everyone's safe around you see. But they don't pay the

bus driver quarterback, No, no they don't. I mean, the bus driver is not gonna the bus driver that's driving the yellow dog, he might not get the job at trailways, you know what I'm saying. But I've all get to drive the cowboy busy. I've always thought Tom Brady was the the greatest bus driver of all time. And that's why I don't think it's a bad term. I don't think it's a bad term. Bus driver to me is just just don't mess it up. Keep it in front of you. But when it's time to go, you can go.

You can drive down the field and go and do all that. But but I mean doesn't care about his running backs getting a touchdown Dion Lewis in the Super Bowl after this glorious comeback. A lot of quarterbacks are throwing that in. Russell wanted to throw it in, didn't want to run it to Marshawn Lynch. You know what,

run the ball. Who cares because at the end of the day, the only stat people care about is this like voisting that Trophia, you know, And so I think and I think Dak has that quality, I really do. I don't think Dak cares too much about the stats and all that he'll run to the Z he'll do and that he'll do what he needs to do. So, you know, but we're talking a lot about a guy that's not gonna play, Like, yeah, I know he plays this week. I don't think there's a chance. And Eagles

are over there like they know who's playing. Quite frankly, the way everybody's talking about it, I don't even know if it's a foregone conclusion he plays against the Lions, like right now again, if we're talking about getting him

to one hundred percent. And I think this team, especially especially if they get a win this weekend in Philly, I think they're gonna look at it too and say, is Dak one he's one of our medical people saying if he's one hundred percent, if he's not one hundred percent and he's throwing well, because that's the other part. It's like the thumb has to get hit well, and

then he hasn't been throwing. So is he back to throwing in a way that he doesn't get him injured because he's throwing so much all of a sudden, Right, there's a lot of things have to be factored in. I'm not certain he played. He makes two weeks. He has to throw this week to play against the Lions. Yeah, I don't think it's throw this week. I don't. I don't think it's throw this week to play against the Eagles, Right, I think it's throw to throw well to play against

the Lions, exactly. That's the way I look at it too. Yeah, that's why I look at it. All. Right, let's we want some other questions that we have some from some fans. We got a question from Andrew Rucker. Interesting question. He says, does Tyler Smith have a job when he's healthy or does he become your swing tackle? Wow, Aaron Donald's produced in the drafts. I mean, go back to the draft. I mean does your first round pick have a job? Yeah, he does. I think he I mean questions Tyron Smith,

Tyron Smith, I mean, yeah, I don't know. Maybe that's not such a crazy carse that to me is that to me is a lot more like if you want to talk about Dad. That's not the same thing as Tony Romo. This is like Tony Romo because you're talking about an aging player. Yeah, you're talking about a player that you have a replacement for, and by the way, he's playing pretty good and you probably are thinking this might be towards the end of when you're gonna have

that player on your roster. Anyway, what you need to find out you can't stay healthy? They say, Tyler Smith the swing tackle or Tyron Smith, Tyron comes in? What what you need to figure out? When Tyron Smith? No, they said, I'm sorry, did I read around? I was saying Tyron Smith be the swing Tyron Smith Tyrn Smith? Oh, I thought you said, does Tyler Smight have a job? I'm sorry, No, no no, no, Tyron Smith pro bowler. Does Tyler Smith come back? And let's let's be clear, does

he come back and get his starting job? They just said job. I think it's really more, does he get his starting job? Does become swing tackle. Yeah. I mean what I think has to happen is is that, um, then they're not going to face another errand an old type of player. I mean, some guys that are really really good. But Aaron Donald said, um you, I'm gonna pick you and I'm gonna I'm you know, there's a reason there's like in Red Rover, You're just like, I'm

gonna go for him and I'm busting through there. Does does does anybody bully Tyrann Smith? You know? Is he at that point? I don't think Aaron Donald will have done it as bad as it's been injury wise. No one's really just kicking his ass, like and I and I've seen him, can I ask you? So? Yeah, this year during training camp he got beat a lot more than we're customed to seeing him give meat by that awesome defense. Yeah. But but you've just been saying like,

they're not gonna face those guys. So I don't even I don't think any of those guys other than Mica is necessarily Aaron Donald was to mean well, because I'm when he was before the injury, there were still moments that you're like, Okay, that's not usual for a guy

like Tyran to be allowing. And another thing I was thinking, and this is a cop out I answer, but I truly think that when he comes to the old line, things just kind of work themselves out, like something happens and then you figure out, like we always get to that point where like, oh, what's gonna happen here? Well, things just happen and then they work themselves out because then there's an injury that pops up, and then now

you got to replace the guy. So that's something that it'll be great to have him back when he's ready and healthy to go. But I think that and hopefully not, but I just think that something always happens, and by that time of the season, you know, a lot of these guys are really pretty banged up. So we'll see what happens. I don't think he's going to be out there doing what he's done to try to get himself back by Thanksgiving or whatever, just so he could be

the swing tackle. And I don't think you're gonna let a decent steal and a pretty good Tyler Smith keep tiring Smith on the sidelines just because, I mean, because and what will happen is the first time that Terrence Steele gets gives up a sack, then all your questions on there are going to be like, should Terrence Steele be this week? I mean, I need to like keep ripping Terrence Steel because he's playing. You know, I just

take that three. There's a couple of guys that listen to our show that are like NFL guys, and it's funny they text in. Both of them said, play the rookie. Just keep playing. I just keep playing that rookie. Just play the rookie and over over Tyron Smith. And here's why, here's why I think. I think are they're saying about Terrence Steele though, well, we didn't talk about Tarren Steele. Let that later. I say, if you keep talking bad about Tarred still, he'll make you look like you're an

idiot for doing that. Yeah. Look, I've been throwing dirt on him forever since he's been a starter. If you're talking about Tyler Smith, who at that point will have played twelve, thirteen, fourteen games as a starter and plays those games similar to what he's played these first five games, I look at that and say that's my future. Sure, he is the guy I'm gonna ride with I don't necessarily think Tyron was the tyrant I've been accustomed to

before the injury. And to say that he hasn't played football in several months, I don't know that he's gonna come back better than that. So, and by the way, I'm in the deep part of my run towards the playoffs, I'm sticking with the younger guy. I'll say this, I think he will be better though, yes I do, because because what has been his biggest problem, well it's all connected together injuries, back, shoulder, elbow, all neck, all of

that stuff. He's just like this bionic person. Well, what's what's been you know, like that he's dealing with the knee, the kneecap or the hamstring whatever. He's rehabbing that. But all of that has got to be feeling pretty good, because every year he tells you in August, I'm feeling better than I've ever felt before because he hasn't been

doing anything for a while. So all I'm saying is is that if we can get this thing healthy, the hamstring, then he's gonna get here in December and he's not going to have those issues, at least for a game, right, But he didn't have those things in August, and like we said, he wasn't playing like the tyrn we were accustomed to sing. That doesn't mean he's bad, right, I mean,

he's not the tire. So all I'm saying is if he's down a notch and I got this young guy who's playing pretty good and he's going to be my future, why did I disrupt that? Because because McGovern maybe isn't playing well or tyrant too. I mean, like she said, everything's gonna work, I just don't see this. I don't see this line being so good that get on the field.

I don't got it. We're talking all this talk, but we don't even know if he does want to come back, Like, is he at the point yes, well, he's trying to work out I see. Well, yeah, I could see scenario where he's not. But he might he might be. He might be a situation where's trying to work out just so we can walk. Yeah. I mean, you're still rehabbing and all that from what you went through. But it makes me wonder it's he at the point where he's okay, like ready, you know, I don't I hate to say

to call it quits. But he's gone through a lot, and we all know those kinds of pains that regular human beings our size deal with, so I can't imagine what he deals with on a daily night. No, to your point, though, I was in the off season there was talk about which trade and what could you get, and then it came down to I had people in the organization tell me, if you try and trade him a Hill retire. He's just not going to go somewhere

else and play football. So I mean, that's that's kind of to your point, but it just makes me wonder. And it was a time when we talked about him as the bet one of the best blindman in the league, and we're talking about it looks broken down to me,

God where be gone? But I think the thing too is that you know with you know, if if the line is playing well, and that's and I have Stephen Jones the question on our show one day on one O five three about there used to be a time you played with your five guys and you didn't mess with it. Yeah, but it seems like this team and he's like, yeah, you're right, but this team, we have to find the right five guys and whether that's Jason

Peters or Tyron Smith or whoever that is. We got to keep doing this so that that leads me to believe that they might even with Tyler Smith playing, well, they might put Tyrann Smith. But I totally agree with her on this, totally agree. It will work itself out one way or another. They're not gonna sit there with this great problem like who do you play it? Left

calls Now, it'll it'll, it'll work itself out. But but give them credit that that they have rotated enough where you know, they're not They're not scared to play FARNII. They're not scared to play McGovern obviously he starts. They're not even scared to play Tyler Smith and move him around, you know, so they if they have some backup situations, it's gonna it's gonna be fine. All right, We're gonna take our final break and come back. We had about five minutes left in the show, so we'll hit one

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could be a relatively short conversation Nick for that. But this question comes from Armando. He says, did de Ron Bland play poorly that he was not given an opportunity over Lewis against the Rams man. I that's a great question, seriously, because to me, I thought the whole thing, I'm gonna give Bland a chance. I need to see Bland play. I'm even more. But it's such a difficult task to have to deal with the Rams, with that, with how the slots being play right, and I would hate to

see that kid get out there. Then all of a sudden, it's just okay, what is I mean? You're playing man coverage, You're running all over the place and you're trying to carry guys and it doesn't work out. Then your confidence is smashed. I think, just keeping ready? Yeah, I got him a test, keeping ready for this next These teams are going to get the ball out quick. We know that, and that means these corners are going to tackle, and we we've seen it. Diggs has to tackle a lot.

They're trying to beat him up. Anthony Brown, Jordan Lewis, all these guys have to tackle, so they're gonna get I mean Jordan Lewis stay not stays injured, but there will be an injury with him it happens. He's not the biggest guy in the world. He's gonna get banged up, Anthony, all of them, they're gonna deal with something. So like you said, just keep them ready, stay stay ready. Kelvin,

Joseph will have to play something. Even no Sean Wright has been an active So these guys will play because I think that because of how much they're having to tackle, they get the ball out so quick, they're gonna get banged up. Keeping that kid's confidence high right now, but I want to see more of him, I will say that, oh no, everything. He has passed every test along the way. He is camp. He has been every bit as good

as you want to tell me. If you tell me he is a track guy, he's the strongest track guy that I've ever seen playing football like that, because track guys usually these small, little fast guys, Tavon Austin types. You know all that. This guy is well built, he's strong, he's tough, and then he's also got that speed, so he's gonna keep it. That's funny because that's not the

I mean yeah, sure. For for his size. I guess when when I see him in person, you see him without the equipment and all that shoulder pats off, he's he's he's a baby. Like you see his face, he's he's small and and just like such a baby someone that you would never even think is playing in the NFL. And the fact that so you you speak to him, he even has like this un confidence about him, but like not in a bad way, just you know, someone that's young and unexperienced and just not used to lights,

camera and all of this going on. But yet the way he's playing and the way he plays on the field, it's just so it's kind of refreshing and stuff. But the way you were describing him, I'm like, we're talking about the same person, because that's not the visual I have. Athletically, he's I mean, his background was was a track guy. But but he he's got some good strength to him. He's gonna he's got the total package. I think that

was a really good pass. Somebody in the PAC twelve missed that kids guy, I mean him playing at Fresno. They missed that kid. He should be playing at Washington or UCLA. You're a good player. He's a good player game. And I don't know that I can remember a rookie coming in and being that impressive that early on here at a camp a rookie Scandrid, Is he that good?

Scandrid's pretty good at everybody. Yeah, But during camp though, well, I mean, I know he started his first game at the first game of the year against Cleveland oh eight. He started that game. He was the slot corner. I mean, he was impressive from from the jump there. And he wasn't the top corner drafted that R Jenkins was. And I remember, didn't he come down to the last last little bit before they made the decision the next year? Next year? And some guys go, yeah, but that was

like who cares? I mean, okay, so you don't start, you know, they were still a third corner. Now. I just this camp good. It was so impressive, And maybe part of it was I didn't the Bland came out of nowhere for me, Like I just I knew they drafted him, but I was kind of like, you know,

I didn't be this good. He's been here, he's been yeah, and they got decisions to make with Jordan Lewis and Anthony Brown and stuff like contract wise next year and then he might, you know, help them make decisions, no doubt about it. All right, we appreciate you guys. Janus will be back tomorrow. Tomorrow go to jump into Cowboys versus Eagles. We'll talk about the Eagles offense versus the Dallas defense. So many storylines there till then for Nick

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