Cowboys Break: OBJ or Tyron?

edition of The Break. We'll live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Start, presented by Miller Light, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. Today's a Reset day. We got tons of tons of topics that we're going to hit today, and I think Brian has a game for us which would be fun. If you heard us last week, you know these games can get a little interesting. So we'll see what creative when you do this stuff.

We'll see when he has lined up for us. Now that he's a big radio guy, got to test all I gotta test all my stuff out on you guys. Let's start first, though, I want to start talking about ob Ju exactly. We'll start talking about OBJ. Yesterday Mike McCarthy was asked about it. Jerry Jones also asked this morning if anything that happened over the last several days with regards to uh OBJ and the thing that happened

at the airport, which I don't really know the details. Obviously, he was escorted from a plane but was not arrest it was not cited. Um, but if any of that had anything, it didn't affect in any way their desire to have him on the team. Both were pretty clear it did not. My question for you guys, should it? I mean, this is what he is. I mean, this is he's he's a show. I mean that's that's part of it. That's part I mean, now that doesn't and all the time, but it wouldn't happen probably to just

some regular guy. I mean, like he is who he is and this is this is part of the show. I mean he does extraordinary things. Um, we've all been at the airport before in situations like that where you know, you gotta you gotta look at both sides of it. I've seen over zealous people on the you know, the flight attendant side. I've seen it on the other. So

I don't. I don't really know. I don't know. But like I always say, you know, if if you don't care about the good stuff, you shouldn't care about the negative stuff. And if this is considered negative. But but I don't think I mean Jerry, I mean, this team isn't one to talk. Yeah, I mean they signed guys worse than that they've done that, you know, yeah, no doubt. Yeah,

you know me personally, Uh, you don't know. He might be a guy that doesn't like to fly, and so you're self medicating yourself to kind of and then you guess it wrong, and you guess it wrong, and you're like, oh again, guess it wrong. You mean, like the timing, timing of it, Like you took something and you're like or you're like, you didn't take it soon enough to

allow it to take its course. And now all of a sudden, I know personally, I was on a flight to Saudi Arabia in March and I was actually sleeping and they buckled my seat belt for me. That I was on I was completely laid out, and I had a blanket and pillow and and and and I was completely lad and they buckled my seat belt for me while I was asleep, you know. So to me you talked about with no, I was fine because that was

you know, that was the thing about it is. I mean, you know, they're trying to keep you from moving around, and you know, and they and they never know obviously didn't want to wake you up, allowed you to keep sleeping exactly. So that's the thing about it is that to me, you know, there's I think just think there's a couple of things. Again, we don't know if he's a guy that hates to fly. I'm one of those guys too. You know. I have to take dramamine when I get on a plane, and I don't know if

it works or not, but psychologically it makes me. It calms me down from being anxious. And so, you know, and I think to Nick's point, he is he's a guy that kind of is always into something. You get people these I've talked to several of you know, uh, flight attendants toward just whatever you want to. You know, they're you know, they're in a difficult job. They're shorthanded. You know that people are back to flying, they're not

being able to people are not hiring enough. I'm not trying to make it that, but they're under a lot of stress up there too, and sometimes you get to the point where any little thing will completely set somebody off in that we're in that mode right now in this world where those things happen, where you know it's like, hey, which is calmed? You know, No, it's just like immediately there's like a fight and it gets on someone's video.

You know, somebody is yelling at somebody, and somebody is asking somebody to get off a plane, and somebody is yelling back at that person. So we don't know. I mean, that's the thing about it is. And Nick's right, this team has signed far worse character guys and and and gone forward with it. So I don't see this as a problem at all. Yeah, nothing that has come out

indicates to me that it was a big issue. You know, there's no TMZ putting out a camera a cell phone video footage that someone shot and him yelling at somebody. You know, there was no Yeah, it wasn't really an altercation. And it's to the point where do you warn someone that's kind of going in and out of sleep and not being fully responsive to go on and however, long fly that was no that's you know, for medical reasons.

I think you as an airline and as a flight attendant, you take actions to that because you don't know what could happen in flight. So the whole thing, I don't have an issue with it because I haven't seen anything completely wrong with it. Unless something else comes out, then maybe I know that. When I first saw the headline, I don't forgot what I initially saw it, but I started reading it didn't it was still the end where you started seeing, oh well he was kind of going

in and out of sleep and stuff. But as I saw a Dell Beckham Junior kicked off a plane or what, I'm like, oh, God know what, here we go. But no, I think McCarthy and Jerry, I'd right to keep going on course, excited to see when is it that he comes in for the visitors and next week. That was actually gonna be the next question the timeline. Jerry said this morning on the radio that he was that he expects he's already had a conversation with him over the phone.

He expects him to be have an in person meeting on next Monday. He's meeting with the giants this Thursday, maybe Thursday Friday. So that's what the timeline looks like as far as we know at this point. Yeah, the most important thing is the physical, the knee. That's the most important thing that's going to determine whether you want to go forward with this or is it something you can deal with. And now I think it's also going

to determine how much of the compensation. You know. I think it's like, listen, if we if you're interested in a long term deal, you're n looks fine, we could do this. Your knee, you know, looks like it's a little bulky right now, balky, you know. I think that to you know, maybe you're in a situation where you know, we can't do this or we can't we can't pay you, you know, these many millions of dollars, we just can't do it. And so I that that's the most It's

not the visit. I think the visit part of it is just really everybody knows who this guy is. I think he has an idea who everybody is on this side of the fence, and I think it's just now up to doctor Cooper and them to determine if they if you can work with them long term and I

was told that this was this. If this happens and they start, they're negotiating, and whenever that does happen, that they're basically negotiating two contracts at once because they are they are looking at CD's deal as well, because they know this will trigger that, and so they're having to play all the sides of this. Of course, you already signed gallup and you have that, but CD is this will be his third year completed, which means he can

a new deal after this year nine. They don't have to do anything with that, but I think they are. I think they're gonna they're looking into that. So that's the tricky part here. I mean, the Giants don't have that issue. I mean, they don't have a guy that they're worried about upsetting and in making the number one. He would be probably the number one. Yeah, I believe that Giants do have some issues with their cap. Well, I mean that that's that that that yeah, No, No,

it's as far as the players go. No, I mean where they are in the cap with your team. Yeah, that's why it's interesting to me that the Giants would get involved. I mean, they Giants don't have anybody Let's be honest. We we've talked. They need help there clearly. And the thing about it is, though I think that you know, the last time I checked, they were pretty close to pretty tight to the cap. So how they make a deal will have to be pretty creative to

how you know, to get Beckham on. But you know, we'll see that. You know, nobody, nobody has had the opportunity yet to look at that knee, and you know, and we'll see once that doctor Cooper and those guys have a chance to look at it, then you'll know exactly the direction this team's going. You feel like this is kind of getting drawn out, like like by him, like like maybe he doesn't feel like he is one

hundred percent just yet. I think he was driving the timetable on this all along, because ultimately, there were teams weeks ago, including the Cowboys, that have been saying they're very interested and obviously, as Brian's been talking about, the Cowboys, training staff is going to need to look at that. They never anything happens. It's so to me, it's all about his timetable. Yeah, you never. You know, It's funny.

Jay Glazer came out several weeks ago and was like, Odell Beckham is ready to go, and then you had the report basically two days later that Ian Rappaport was saying that, you know, no, he's you know, he's gonna wait. He's got you know, he's got an idea of how he wants to this to proceed. And so yeah, it went from being like, Okay, let's go in November to okay, let's go in December. You know that. That's how you know, Oh, no,

he's ready to go. He's been fully cleared. And it's been I think three weeks since Jay Glazer said he's been fully cleared. You know, nobody, nobody, I could say nobody knows he's fully cleared or not until you look at that knee. That's the that's that's the that's the biggest question right there, because if he if he if he doesn't pass it, you know, the Cowboys are going to say, now we don't feel like that this knee

stable enough for him to play this year. I was gonna say the what's also interesting, I mean we're about to enter the month of December. You got about six games left plus however many from the playoffs. So let's say next visit. Let's just say, best case scenario, everything goes well, somehow the Cowboys managed to negotiate a deal that puts him here in Dallas. How much time would a guy like him knee is ready to go feed

our good and all that. Would you like, how much time would you have to give him to kind of get back into things, you know, he needs to learn the team, the offense and all that. Would it be about maybe two weeks? So I'm trying to get maybe a timeline of like, Okay, when would if it happens, would we be seeing him? When did he sign with the Rams last year? Do you remember trade? I means

literally am September Octover. I don't remember, but it was kind on light with three or four games, because I do remember it was it didn't seem like he really got acclimated and really being they started really using him in that offense as much until the playoffs. That's when it seemed like And maybe it was because I would desk when I was really watching their team more. Yeah,

but in the playoffs he certainly made a difference. I thought this, this to me seems very much if you get this thing done, that maybe Philadelphia would be the game you would think about him playing, and then from that point on you just gotta go. I mean as many you'll have what two more games after that in the regular season, right, you'll have Philadelphia, you'll have the Titans,

the Commanders, and then near into the playoffs. So this you're this is really you're I think you're buying this one. And you know, to potentially beat the you know, I think you're gonna have to be of course you're have to beat the Eagles. I think you're gonna have to win that Titans game too. Yeah, and and so you know, all hands on deck for that one. We'll see what the Commanders situation is. They might be playing for a spot too, So you know, therese are three games, right

there were playoff you know. The thing with the Titans though, they're they're they're moving away with the with that AFC South, So maybe it might be a situation we could kind of catch him in a bad time for them. But I just kind of feel like that you're buying him for potentially three games, and any playoff game that you play, well, we've seen VET step in and give you something like immediately, even if it's not the six catches four hundred yard type game making just big a big catch or two

big catches in a game. We've seen Sean Jackson do that kind of thing where he comes on, signs with a team, and then the very next game he goes for sixty yards. Like those kind of receivers I think could do that. All right, let's let's look at this real quick. He got traded. He got traded, he played six games with Cleveland, or eight games with Cleveland. He got traded. He goes to play with the Rams. The first game he is three targets, two catches, eighteen yards.

The next game at Green Bay, ten targets, five catches, eighty one yards and a touchdown. And then the next two games touchdown and a touchdown. We're moving. I mean his targets when he got there's targets were three ten, five, seven, three eight seven five veterans. Guy, No, the tricky part is and you're gonna deal with it. So it's not

like they're not gonna do it, but it is. You know, for the back end, it's not the easiest thing in the world to put a fourth receiver, third fourth receiver that doesn't play special teams on the field and figure out how he's gonna go into that mean who who comes off? I mean, because I mean you take Tilbert off and he plays special teams right, So it's just you gotta have to figure something out there right now.

I'll deal with right now, right now, when he if he comes onto this team, where's he sit on your depth chart? He's my fourth receiver, probably third receiver, I mean until he can get going in to probably be the third receiver. I would take him and put him like in Noah Brown's spot, and Noah Brown's now a special team's player the here on out. You know, Ah Brown, go be personal protector, or go be cover, or go do all that stuff like that. Me, this is the thing.

This is why I want Odell Beckham here for fourth and three against the Green Bay Packers. That's why I want him here. If I don't care if you target him three times, I just want him here for that one play. I want him here for that two point play that's gonna beat somebody. I want him here because I know that son of a gun will go get the football and he's a bad ball catcher, is yeah, that fourth and three play that haunts me to this day in that Green Bay game that they didn't have

a better play and a better option. You know, the option was to try and drag Michael Gallop underneath and he was short of the sticks. You know, there was no separation there. There was. I mean, give Green Bay some credit, but I want him for those one or two catches a game where all of a sudden, it's first downs. It's first that's another first down. You know he's catching the ball, he's maybe down the field, he's making a big play, maybe he the route running stuff

like that. The separation him catching it, getting up the field, That's what I want him for. And you know what would be a better I know you threw those numbers out there. That's good. Those are good numbers. I wonder what his first four or five, six whatever games after he came back from his first Aco looked like, how was he playing there? Because I think that's probably what we ought to factor in, is that he's coming off

this injury. How long will it take him to get up to speed to where he's being Odell Beckham that we've all seen throughout his career. Because I have no doubt if he gets to that old Dallas can definitely use him. A lot of teams around the league could use him. Question is how long it's gonna take to get there? All right, we're gonna take our first break. When we come back, we have a few more topics we're gonna hit. We got a game, got a lot of stuff to do here in the last I guess

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for the game. He had one forced fumble. Mike McCarthy When asked about him yesterday, he says he's just been a stud. The way he attacked it, he's got very brightly, He's a very bright light, that young man. I think we're seeing the beginning of an outstanding career. My question for you guys is, based on what you guys have seen from him, do you think he's looking more comfortable and comfortable enough where whenever Anthony Barr is healthy, he

keeps the job. Maybe I've totally forgot about Anthony Barr. So yeah, maybe, so I don't think maybe you forget about him that fast. Well, I mean, yeah, I guess so. I mean, but I mean he has Anthony barrs has been okay. You know, he hasn't been a four time pro bowler guy. I mean, he's just been It's been okay. There's been some good games, there's been some okay games, and that's kind of what Clark has done. But Clark's

the guy that is his like fourth game. Yeah. Yeah, you're in a situation right now where Clark is your future and Anthony Barr's not the problem is you deal with coaches that like to play with what they know and they understand, you know, George edwards linebackers. Coach knows Anthony Barr, he knows what Anthony Barr can do. I think Anthony Barr has been kind of a fifty fifty player, you know, but I think there's been some times too

where Clark has been as well. And and the difference really is, there's one guy that has a lot of experiences and one guy that doesn't have very much experience. There's one guy it's very very capable of of of you know, like coach was talking about being a rising player. But you're in a situation too with these coaches tend to when the games get tough and they want experience out there, especially, they don't want mistakes. And not that Clark makes a bunch of mistakes, but they will. There's

a reason why coaches do this. And Tyler Smith has been playing we think well at left tackle. Right, they're about to put Tyrant Smith back at left tackle and move move a guy that's been playing pretty well. That that's coaches. That's what coaches do. They they want the guy that they know that when when when things start getting a little messy, that they'll be there and they'll fight their way through it. And you know, the inexperienced guy will he can learn, but not this year. He's

not going to learn this year. You know. That's where I think they're at with with Clark and also with Barr. I was gonna say, I think he's progressive lead getting better and better each time, and you can see it naturally, you're going to get more and more comfortable. The only time that I feel that I would maybe give him just let him be out there full time, or vice versa, like maybe take him out and put bar in is in a scenario where who are the starters around him.

Let's say someone gets hurt or whatever. In that instance, I would keep the veteran guy in versus having the moan just being out there. So to me personally, right now, the way I see it, his amount of time playing on the field depends on whoever else is around him as far as the experience goes. Yeah, they need to figure it out because that player allows Parsons to do other things. So you don't want somebody that's slacking there.

You want somebody that will make seven tackles. We'll play in pass coverage and things like that, so that allows Parsons to do other things. So they don't have to play him as an off ball linebacker. I talked to Stephen yesterday. You know you always say, well they stole

one there in the draft, Stephen Jones. Stephen Jones, and he said in the when they watched the games, you know, in the owner's box or whatever, and demon makes a play, he said that he always has this big smile and Jerry kind of gives him a little bit of a nudge, like there's a their guy, you know, because somebody and I don't know if it was Stephen or Jerry, who don't know who want to scout, maybe that was like he can play, and he will be healthy at some

point sooner than you think, and he's gonna really help us. This makes sense, and so they're like, yes, let's do it. So every time he makes a play, they kind of like nudge at each other like, well, this is making a play. You know. Yeah. This was the situation because they're the ones at the combine that found his injury to begin with, and so they're like, listen, you've got this problem. So they had they had a pretty good idea of what It's kind of like the same thing

with Jalen Smith. You know, they had the idea, and doctor Cooper did the surgery on al Smith, so they had a good idea of how quickly a guy could recover and be ready to play. Yeah, that that. I look at him, and I look at this last game, and in my opinion, it's probably the best game he's played. Here. A cowboy played this, which makes That's the reason why I'm most excited is because it seems like over the

weeks he's getting better and better and better. He's feeling more comfortable, right, and if you get to a point where right now, I think last week he did a lot of the basic things really well. I'm waiting for that moment where he starts to make those big splash plays because I think that's coming as well. I think it's once he feels very comfortable, then his athlete then his athleticism. No yeah, no, no, no, that's just that's

exactly what I'm saying. But I think that's when his athleticism takes over, and that's when he will get loose and he will make plays that some people just can't make. He will make those kind of plays and make you say, wow, Right, I think that's coming college, Yeah, I think that's coming. And that's why I'm getting excited, because he's starting to get to the point now where he's doing the base

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Dallas Cowboys dot com slash Academy Welcome Back. Final segment of the Rake Lifems WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. This segment presented to you by Blockchain dot Com. By Blockchain dot Com. Ah, there we go, all right, Brian? All right? Nicky Yo's play to advance in the playoffs, you have to beat Tampa Bay, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Put them in order. How you think you have your chances against them? What teams again? Tampa Bay, San Francisco, Philadelphia,

Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, San Francisco. I think that would be the order. And the only reason I say that no disrespect to what the Eagles are doing. They're gonna be They're gonna be tough as hell. But I do think the matchup of what you know them, you're playing them Cooper Rush had them rolland don't throw it to them. I think they can beat them. I think there are

going to beat them again. San Francisco, though, that's a beast that you're gonna have to you know, and not only that, you have to play him in the playoffs. That you got to see the catch. You gotta see last year. You gotta see the dat getting hit by the raff. You know, all that kind of stuff. You gotta see it all and where you live it all and all that, and I think that's just gonna be a challenge. But um, you know, but I will say, I'll let y'all weigh in on this. I mean, it's

also about places to play. Yeah, your offense can function fine in Tampa. It's gonna rain a little bit, but it'll sop at four o'clock and then you'll play I mean San Francisco. I think it'll be fine and then, but that's gonna be a challenge. So what did I say, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Philly, San Francisco. You're talking yourself out of your own answer. Just Tampa Philly, San Francisco.

I actually agree completely with that. I think that the the what I saw last year from San Francisco when they played the Cowboys, that has none of that has changed. The Cowboys still have a hard time stopping power run offenses, and they are even more powerful now with Christian McCaffrey there. I think that's going to be as much of a challenge as any other team in the NFAC San Francisco

will be for the Cowboys. I don't worry so much about whether they'll nick on that point, just because this team, the Cowboys, are constructed to play in any weather situation. They run the ball pretty well, and and that they just I mean, that's how they that's how they win games, and so I don't think they're they have to have this open passing game like last year. I think they were more reliant on the past. Think they do They think they do? Yeah, they think they do. They go

to lambeau Field, they gonna throw. I mean, Ryanan Rodgers is running in a hundred times. But they got to throw. If you get into a situation where where you cannot if the if the weather says you cannot throw today, I think the Cowboys still would be effective. Amber you got an idea, would you how would you rank Tampa, San Francisco, Philadelphia as far as having to beat to get through the playoffs, having to be you know, beat in Philly? Would that's just a big win, you know,

and playoff time. But I would say I agree with those orders too. And it's interesting because it got me to think when you mentioned the place they would be playing and the weather and all that, it got me thinking, am I, okay, what's really a scenario that the Cowboys do not play well in? What would you say? Like they're usually like you said, they kind of play about

the same in every place. And there are other teams that you can say, oh, in this type of not even weather in place, but also the time of the day that they don't play well and all that. So I don't think they're affected that much in that way. But I don't know they're They're all kind of the same honestly to me. And yeah, nobody I don't think wants to play Tom Brady in a playoff game. I think that would be terrifying to me again anymore. You know,

you might be right. It's just that you look at history. Yeah, and I actually I was as Ambel was talking, I was like, I wish I could go back and change mind, because I would actually put Philly Tampa. Then, you know what, I very much thought that. I thought Philadelphia, Tampa and San Francisco. I want nothing to do with San Francisco, Yeah, I really don't. They don't let you run the ball.

They play really good past defense, and their and their quarterback, their quarterback doesn't have to throw a touchdown pass and they win games. That's scary to me. So I would Philadelphia. It seems like the team you know what, you play him, you know them, You had a chance to beat him with a backup quarterback. We'll see what happens on Christmas Eve. But man, I think Dallas would match up pretty well against them, and Tampa can take away which you do best.

Like Tampa's run defense is really good. I think that's the reason why Dallas didn't. They look so poor. They're in their first game of the season. They just couldn't run the ball. YEP. I just think that if the Cowboys do become this consistent team and we get the best version of them, which to me would be I'm not saying it's gonna replicate the same, but let's say kind of how they did in Minnesota. If they do that,

I think they can take down anything. And I'm saying, you know, again, I'm not saying everything's gonna be perfect in all three phases of the game or anything like that, but if you got something close, I definitely think they can beat down either any of those three. Is that Minnesota doesn't pose the same challenges and them, Nick, you talked about it yesterday. It's about the matchups. Minnesota doesn't pose the same challenges to the Cowboys that Tampa, San Francisco,

and Philly do. All three of those teams pretty good at stopping the run, and they're defensively gonna let you score a lot, and then you got to match up with what they're gonna do offensively. So I just think Minnesota is just a different beast. If Minnesota even played the Cowboys different, I think they could create more problems with the Cowboys. They just decided they want to pass.

If Minnesota running the ball in Francisco is the big the toughest matchup because their defense is really tough, their offense is very physical in their quarterbacks. Say what you want about him, he's played in a super Bowl before. When he wins games because like what you said, it's not about stats. He doesn't care about all that. He just goes out and functions. Yeah and bar. In the month of December, it will be up to the offense

to carry this team. Uh yes, damn hold on, Uh that's a that's a tough one, but I would say yes because we've seen it way too many times where and specific especially this season, where the defense does do enough, but then he comes down to the offense not being

able to score enough points for you. So I think that whatever this area, even if it's against a team that can run the ball pretty well and the defense struggles in that aspect, I still think they can do enough to hold the opposing team down or close enough for the offense to be able to catch up and beat them. So I think it all comes down to what the offense is doing and being able to generate points. Derek, does this offense carry you in December? Nope? I still

think defense is the best thing that you do. And if they're going to have any success this year, it's going to be because the defense plays out of their mind and the offense supports that. I think there will be games where maybe you need a little bit more support from the offense, But if the defense falls apart, I don't think they have a chance. Like look at the games they've lost this year. Those games typically the defense didn't play their best game. So I think it's

about the defense. Yeah, I want to use your line against you, mark being on your scantron. Yeah, I think right. Um, I agree with you, Derek, because those games, like you said, those the games that you lost, you know, Green Bay, in Philadelphia, the last two teams that beat the Cowboys, they've really neutralized Michael Parsons. They figured out how to get him away from what he does best, and and that's I think that's the key, and then everything kind

of falls from there. So I mean, offense, offense is gonna have to play. The offense is gonna have to do its thing. But yeah, if the defense struggles, I just think that that's what their their bread and butter is right now, it's defense, Derek, Which would you which let me see here, which move. Would you like the best adding Tyrn Smith or Odell Beckham to the lineup?

Odell Beckham And it's more about replacement value, And what I mean by that is, I think you will get more by having, as you said earlier, having Odell replaced Noah Brown than having Tyrn Smith's replaced Tyler Smith. I think Tyler Smith. I agree that at his best, Tyron Smith is better than Tyler Smith. I don't know that the difference, based on what I saw this summer and what I project Tyran to be at this point, I don't know if that difference is bit as big as

what Odell Beckham to Noah Brown would be. Han Bar, would you rather have Tyran Smith or Odell Beckham in the lineup? I just don't think you've really missed And he's saying this, but it's true to me. I don't think you've really missed Tyrant Smith in the lineup. I think they've managed to play games very well. But on the other side, if had they had a better wide receiver, I think they would have worn some of those games

that they lost. So right now, the value at wide receiver and the need for it, it's a lot higher than tackle. Have you ever seen me order at a menu? I mean in the steak I'm just like, where's the combo pladder? I want both? I mean, I think I can get both there. But I agree with your assessment there about about Tyring versus Tyler and O'Dell versus Noah

Brown or Turpin or Tolbird or whatever. But I'm sorry, I'm greedy, and I mean I've never seen an NFC Championship game of life, so I'd like just both, please, you know, I'll throw this was a young man, we did that. Yeah, I'll throw this into I think Odell Beckham Junior will help this running game. The running game is already good, but having him on the field, defense is going to have to respect him and his abilities.

So when you put him out there with Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallop and and whatever tight Ends whatever other guys, you got to skill positions. Now, if teams are gonna say, hey, we really really have to keep that that guy back a little bit to make sure we don't get beat, I think that helps the run game even more. Running game is already playing really well. You're not wrong with that, But also, just to be fair, I do think Tyrn Smith is going to help your left guard whoever that is.

It's gonna help your tight ends not have to chip every time, it's gonna help your quarterback. So I do think a better left tackle will also help some other guys around it. That's a great question because they're both going to help other people, and they both and they both have enough name recognition for defenses to have to respect that. Yep, that's true. My final one for you guys, Nick, do you worry about Brett Maher missing that last field goal? God? Oh,

then the game? Yeah, I didn't see it, so it didn't happen. We're down waiting. We're trying to move out down to the field. Yeah. I mean, I mean for a guy that picked thirty one nineteen, I mean, if he would have made that, that would have been kind of nice. I was kind of happy if my sixteen was looking good. You have the best ones. If you guys haven't seen what we put on the website now, I mean pod picks. Everybody in the podcast has their picks,

and it's it's pretty good. We're probably not going to see another team's helmet flash up there for a while because these next three weeks yeah, Dallas needs to win, should win. No not, I don't really, I don't worry about it. He's had enough room for that. He's I mean, that's the kind of kick he is with forty five yard right, I mean, yeah, you want them to make all of them. But man, he's been so good. It's

too early to worry about that. I think. And bar, Yeah, by that point, you were ready to go to the locker room, you were ready to go home and your Thanksgiving meal. No, the game was won by Dan. He's done so much greatness to this point. I think, huh, Dan, I thought I thought she said Dan? Or say then by then? I say, did you say Dan? I thought you were going back to your Dan Bailey days. No.

I took his poster off a while back. Now it Slee is there, but no, no, no, I just think again, he's done such such an amazing job for a guy that was on the team, was not on the team. Then they bring him back and you're like, what the heck is going on? He was already here, we already saw him. Why are we bringing a guy that we already know didn't work Kyle? So he's done really, really good and for him to miss that. I'm not I'm not concerned at all. There not even a little bit

that he's been so good this year. Susie hit, Yeah, I missed. That's one thing I like about him. I think he's just mentally tough for all the he's here, he's not here, and to come back and do what he's doing right now. That tells me a lot about

his mental makeup him concerned. And tell the story about Chris Beam, our producer, and he comes up to me in Minnesota, and you know, we're down there ready to do a pregame show and he comes up to me and he goes, he just I think it was like fifty yard or and it was it was so far to the right it missed the net. He was like, oh my god, it was terrible kicking. I was, you know, okay, well, well see, and then I saw some other ones that he made it, you know, but you just saw that.

So every time he kicked it in Minnesota, I was thinking, what Chris said, it was like that one bad miss. Well, he has like the greatest game in the history of games. You know, it's a sixty yard or twice the fifties and all that. So yeah, I mean maybe to your point, like when it didn't really matter, it's not just lay in the game, let's get out of here. But when I mean when the money kicks, I mean he's he's made him. Yeah, he definite answer. Thank you, guys, appreciate that.

How's a good game, good good questions? All right, we appreciate you, guys. Jas We're back tomorrow. We're gonna start jumping into Colts, Cowboys versus Colts after we watched them last night. So we're gonna get logos on the helmet or just look like a high school team or what are we doing here? I don't know. We'll talk about it all that tomorrow. So then for Nick Keatman and Brian brought us in Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Hieltson. This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

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