Cowboys Break: What's The Rush?

Year's resolution? No? Nothing, keep doing what I've been doing. I don't like to think of it that way. Like you just just you always have some kind of different than the than the world. Just I mean, yeah, yeah, you're right. No, what do you like to think of Just like, don't don't do it because it's the new year. Just do it. Like if you want to do it, just do it. Did you go out on the thirty first? I sure? Did it? Mean more than usual? I mean, don't just do it because it's the new year. I mean,

just do it. I didn't. I didn't do it any harder than I'd normally do. Yeah, I went yeah, Hey Shannon, Yeah, Okay, all right, yeah, fun, yes, good, not in a good way though, all Right, it sucked, but hey, I'm alive and we're here, ready to talk about Cowboys football. There are on the in the playoffs. Everyone knows that this weekend they are hosting the Seattle Seahawks. But before we

get into any of that, Blake Jarwin. He won NFC Offensive Player of the Week and that's kind of I mean, it's surprising in a way, not because of his performance last weekend he got three touchdowns against the Giants, but surprising that the Cowboys have a tight end winning that for the first time ever. Now, I wanted to ask you, guys, after seeing this performance and where we're at right now, does this change anything as far as tight end goes

as far as the position. Did it come too late in the season or is this something that came up right at the right time for you to kind of start changing your tune as far as the tight end future for the Cowboys? Man, I don't know. I mean, honestly, I think at this point it's the best timing that it could possible that you could possibly have because you've

been waiting. I think everybody's been waiting all season to see which if any of these tight ends would step up and have not that kind of performance because nobody predicted that, but have some kind of performance where you would start to think, Okay, the tight end is actually

a position where there's maybe some stability. You can maybe count on it in certain situations, particularly in the red zone, and where you can force defenses to respect the middle of the field where your tight end might be, and that's been something that's been sorely missing all season. So yes, the time was great and it certainly changes my opinion about what I think of the tight end position and how it fits into this offense. I don't think he

should have won the award. I can tell you another player that was more deserving, Dak Dak should have won that award. Dak had a better game and there's a reason why, in my opinion, that no tight end and Cowboys Sittory has ever won that award because it's not really they're not doing anything out of the ordinary that get open, make the make the play and make a catch,

get up the field. He had one touchdown that was kind of a nice move, but for the most part, it was get the ball to your tight end when he's open, and I thought, Dak, you know, than what he did the rest of the game. I thought Dak had a better game. But I think it's really what I'm trying to say is I think it's on Dak for finding these guys, getting the ball to him, spreading around to find the open guy. Jarving good job getting open,

make a place. But that's I mean, that's half of it though, That's half the battle, and that's that's something we've been It's been a theme all year is Dak's accuracy hasn't always been great, but at these guys aren't catching balls a lot of the times either, And this game stood out to me. Jarwin made those plays, Cole Beasley made those plays. Michael Gallup actually had a really

nice one. I mean it was not a well thrown ball at all, but it's the NFL, right, and so I do think it matters to have a tight end holding up his end of the bargain, and you can go back. Actually I thought about this. We were in a production meeting earlier today. Blake Jarwin and it wasn't an easy play at all, but he bobbled a pass from Dak that turned into an Earl Thomas interception in this game in week three, So I think it's a

fitting indicator of how far he's come. I don't think he's going to do that again against Seattle, but it's one more threat. I think it does matter that the Seahawks have to respect the middle of the field if he's going to be playing that way. So very good timing. Yeah. Now as far as threat, that being one of them.

And another piece that we've keep talking about Tavon Austin and when you start looking at the few things that he was able to do in the game against the Giants and now moving on to this next week, are you guys expecting the Cowboys to real utilize him someway And we keep trying to figure this whole thing out, but now it's at a time where okay, now you really do need a guy like him on the field, whether it's to do something as far as actual plays

or be a distraction for defenses. Based on what you saw last weekend, are you expecting the Cowboys to do anything different involved get him more involved? I wouldn't say necessarily different. I think what we saw last week is probably what I expect now. I think the results could be different. Um I think that I look at him and Cole Beasily very similarly. What I mean is, I don't think what Cold did it last weekend. I don't

think Cold did it every week. I think this is one of those situations where one of those players you would hope in a given week kind of gets on a run a little bit and they they're utilize a little bit more or have a little bit more success. But that's that's as much as I would experire. Last night, somebody like yelling what's going on? He had something to yell about. It's good. I'm good, good Nick? Um No, But seriously that I don't. I don't. I don't think

that they necessarily will do more with him. It's just that in certain games he may have more of an impact than he's had another game. I thought that it was clear what they were trying to do was just put him on tape. Just do the things that he does. There was a little gadget play out of the backfield where you know where he caught the ball and went ten yards. What else does he do? He does reverses. They didn't give him the ball, but they did a fake to him. What else does he do? Go deep?

They threw one deep to him, he didn't catch it. What else we're returning punts? He was out there. I just think they wanted to put him out there, put him on tape. We'll see what happened. I think it does a little bit more. But they wanted to kind of say, don't forget about this guy with Seattle, to kind of him on the radar, which which really just like Jarvin, just like everyone else. It's really about whatever you gotta do. Take your eyes off twenty one. That's

what we're trying to get you to do. Here's a fun little tidbit. And I have to give credit to Todd Archer for this. There's a reason why I sit with him at practice every day. He's very very good at what he does and moves people if they sit there. True, I saw that yesterday. Yeah, get out of my seat, Get out of my seat. Sit there. We do we move him. We got a routine. We're eighteen weeks into

this thing. It's not time to change now. Yeah, the routine looks like this is what looks like routine looks like Todd checks off all the players. See, if you're there, you look at Twitter and then you ask and then you collaborate. That's not one hundred percent true, but it's not one hundred percent wrong, got it? Okay, Okay, just because I'm holding my phone doesn't mean I'm not paying attention to No. Absolutely, Tavon was full all last week

and he's limited now. Something came up either during the game or at practice yesterday. But so he's clearly bothered by something or else. He probably wouldn't if even if he'd be listed, he would have been full. But they downgrade him. Of course, he's a veteran. Maybe that's part of it being cautious with him. I don't know, but it's something to watch, and that's it gives me not a lot of confidence that he's going to have some big impact in this game or or even be active.

So that's the thing we look and see what he is today, is he's still limited or as he moved back to full, because if he's now limited, then it's one of those things where okay, we were working him back off the game. It was short because you said, Nick, yesterday, when we're out of practice, you look at that, it really was these guys are back out there practicing full

like it's a Wednesday, when really it's a Tuesday. So they're two days off a game and most of those guys played, so maybe it's a situation where after off the three, let's just limit his time, so we'll see what he does today. But you're right, if it's limited again today, eyebrows should definitely raise. I would, I would think all and the other time, I'm not. I'm not giving I'm not giving away secrets because they did it in front of the media. Well, I've gotten in trouble

for that before. But um, things I think hard, but they caught me about surprise. Let me say something else first and then yeah, and you think about whether or not you want to interstand that good point. But um, Jason did say yesterday, Um, and as a press corm afterwards about how he was really adamant about special teams, about getting more guys out there flying down the field. They got CJ. Goodwin. Now he wants to see that. It's a point of emphasis. Lance Lanor was a guy

that was doing that. And then he he's not. He didn't play last week because a good one he was inactive with Austin coming back. But they still need that to get that. They need more speed, They need more guys that can fly down the field and do that.

So I'm wondering if they decide not to play Tavon, is it because they want a little bit more special teams help from that standpoint, But it's the flip side to that too, because they're wanting, yeah, they're wanting Tavon to give him a little more juice there returning about so it's it's kind of give or take, right, suffice to say that it's something to watch and I don't have you know, it's disappointing for me. You can go

back and find the shows. Like I had sky high optimism for what Tavon Austin could bring for this offense, so I would love to see him have some big role in this game. I kind of leaned towards not that they're going to face a player who you would love for Tavon Austin to have that role. Tyler Lockett to have that role as a second or maybe third receiver. He's a punt returner, he can do things, get fly, can get by you. I will say Tavon Frasier, he

can get by you. But but Tyler Lockett is a far better purer receiver than Tavon though why I just I mean, he's a route he's their leading receiver, he's a route runner. But other top guys also been out. The top guys also been out for a good part of the Rams draft him in the eighth overall pick.

I mean, that's been a bust. They saw the speed and they just wanted the speed, right yeah, But I mean what sucks is like before he got here or during that time that it happened, you know, everyone was questioning, Okay, I can they find the role for him, which that has been the problem that teams have had with him as far as roll and then you listen to Lenahan talk and how confident they sounded as far as, oh, yeah, call him whatever you want, he's a receiver, running back,

whatever you want to call him. Just made it sound like they were confident that they were gonna be able to really find their good role for him. And it's disappointing that we're here in the season. Half of it he's been injured, but the other half you never really

saw that happening. From think about this, if we did a point counterpoint back in the summer, who will I've boys find a way to create a role for more Tavon, Austin or Rico gathers which guy are they going to really find a role for and who's gonna have a bigger role Because you can start off by saying it was Tavon, but I mean they've created they've made sure that Rico had a role. Yeah, no, I would have

said Tavon for sure. Yeah, I mean that's but it's like really like they really haven't found the role for him. They love the tight ends that they'd love the tied end, they haven't found a role and that's you know, it's obviously been derailed by the injury, and you can't blame him for that, but like even I mean, they played six games or seven games with him and it no, I mean they didn't know what to do with him, or they didn't execute it the way they wanted to.

I don't whatever you want to say, but they didn't do it. I think what has to be factored in, though, is that this offense changed a bit when they got Aamari Cooper and he hasn't been a part of that. So now, not only did they not really find a great role for him before he got hurt. But now they're having to almost start over to some degree because the offense is a little different now that you have Cooper out there, So how do you work him in to that? So that's gonna be an a whole different thing.

And that's why you know at this point, the way I look at it is find a few gadgets for him every every game. Like I said before, the results are really what you expect that are gonna fly. Like if they can get him back and they start using him kind of sparingly, I still have no doubt that at some point, if they can go deeper in the playoffs, at some point he'll make a play for them that's gonna win him a game. Right. I think he can do that. He has that ability. And that's the thing

about a player like him. You can't come in expecting he's going to be an every week great producer, like that's not what his role is. His role will be it's gonna have those little gadget plays and those gadget roles. And that means sometimes he'll hit, other times not so much. But the defense will be paying attention. Is the hope will be paying attention to him. Is your hope at this point. Do you think that defenses, let's talk Seattle,

because that's who we're facing next. Do you think Seattle is consider him as a player that would be a threat to them in certain situations? Yes, I think in certain situation it's to a point that they kind of have him planted that in other teams to where okay, yes he is a threat, or they see him as just somebody else that they could take alias. Let's not use the word threat in the way like the way you say threats, like I don't want to call him a threat. Yeah, he's a he's on the team. Yeah,

it's sure. I don't know if Deacon five is better than Deacon four, but it's not that. But I do think it's something that an imposing defense is aware if if he is running across the field in motion, they're aware of him, no doubt about it. They're aware of him, and that could create but maybe not. But the point is if they're aware, then that means that may give you that beat where the linebacker has the hole that creates a hole on the other side for you to

hand off to Zeke. So my point is he doesn't happen again. He doesn't have to have great numbers every week. His ability to be on the field and what he does well, which is uses speed, that can give you some advantages in certain situations because teams have to be aware of him. But this, and that's the whole reason that I thought he could really have a nice year. Here. I'm not trying to kill him because he's been hurt and that's not his fault. But it has not materialized.

And the fact that he's on the injury report again right now does not give me any confidence whatsoever that it will materialize in that eye off game. So yeah, not expect to spend that much time. I know. Good nugget though, good nugget. Yeah, nuggets are good. Good goods are good. All right, let's take our first break when

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Sack Martin. You got Tyrone Crawford as well, Tyron Smith. I think it's not any different today than what it was yesterday. If anything, would be better. But the only other guy with the big question mark around it is Exeber Suafila, who hurt his ankle in the game against the Giants and at this point still hasn't practiced and it doesn't look like it's gonna be any different and probably most likely would not play this weekend. I think you're getting way too ahead. You don't think so Wednesday,

I mean it is Wednesday. It's still and they play on Saturday. I get it, but I still think that he could I'm back and play in this game. I don't know that for sure, but I I mean, let's just see how they listed him today. He wasn't out there when we saw him. But I think there's gonna be a big difference between him and Connor Williams. I think that they'll try to get him to play. He needs to play. Yeah, he needs to. And just to be clear, Garrett said in his press conference that he

is moving around better. What that means. Who knows. He says he's not ready to practice, but he says he's moving around better. We'll see how that progresses over the next couple of days. But I agree with you, Nick, I think he needs to play. I'm I'm I would be a little bit worried if if Connor's out there, just because I just think that right now, Connor is just he needs more strength. His technique isn't great, and we saw it. I don't know how many you guys

have seen that video that's circulating on Twitter. I was telling you guys about in the break, but on one of the sacks last week, Defender just basically ripped him to the ground to the Connor Okay, because I was

doing Connor. I'm sorry, Yeah, just kind of grab they were they were, they were, they kind of connected, and then he just basically just ripped him to the round and it was just, you know, it's one of the situations with offensive line gets lineman gets over extended, his balance is off, and then the defender just basically uses that against him, rips him down and then he's off to the quarterback. And again, it just underscored to me that Connors is not there yet, and that doesn't mean

he can't get there. I think it's the reason why Stuelpilo took the job when he got hurt and didn't give it back, is because I think they probably see the same thing that Connor's just not there yet. Yeah, but I'm torn how I feel about this because we've seen this before. Xavier hurt his ankle in the what would that have been the Saints game and played against the Eagles here at at and T and he wasn't good.

He struggled, and I mean, obviously you're an offensive lineman, like you need to be able to plant your feet and if your ankle is sprayed, that's probably gonna be pretty difficult. So I don't know. I don't and I agree with both of I agree with what you're saying that starting Connor Williams in this game is not my ideal scenario. But a healthy Connor who needs more power and technique or a guy who can't plant on his foot. No, don't get me wrong, I am not I'm not saying

I want to see Xavier out there hobbled like. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is my hope is that he's actually capable of playing which and then you put him out there because I think he is better. I think he's sizeably better right now than what Connor is when he's healthy. Now, he's not gonna be one hundred percent, but what's that range where he can still be effective even if he's not healthy. That's where I

want to hopefully get him. This is one of those you know, we talk about with Tyrn Smith all the time, and he's like, well, he doesn't need to practice, like he just plug him in. If he can go, he can go. I'm not sold that Xavier Suaphilo is that guy like not practicing all week, being hobbled and I don't want to say you get rusty, because I think it takes more than a week for that to happen. But just you need the practice time. Connor's getting the

practice time. Connor's not hurt. Again. I'm not I'm not trying to sell this as some ideal scenario, but I do think this is a genuine question where what's the better option? You know, I kind of lean toward the healthy guy. Maybe, you know, we'll go back to that game against Philadelphia on the road, the first game he played, if if I remember correctly, he did not even take all the reps that week. It with him and redman Nure back and forth with it, you know which one

was going to be. And then very end of the week it was like, all right, this is gonna be Suaphilo. And he played really well in that game, and so I kind of think he can he can kind of come back. I think personally he will want to play. I don't know everyone says that, but like this is a big deal for him, you know as well. I mean, he was a high draft pick, he was cut, he's trying to resurrect his career. He really needs to play in this game. So I think he will definitely try.

I don't think there's anything wrong with playing him, starting him in the game, and then if it just doesn't work, it doesn't work. And it seemed like at one point, I don't know if you guys saw the same thing when he got hurt over there, it seemed as if he was ready to go back Keene at one point that he might go back into the game, and they didn't put him back, but it looked that way. He was staying around kind of on the sideline, And I mean, that's the impression that I gave me, and then seeing

the report that he hasn't done anything yet. All right, let's go back to what we talked about in the last segment. So let's say Stuphilo he can play. He's gonna he looks like he's ready to go. We'll see he's a little gimp. He's done hundred percent, But I think he can play. Do you want to start him? I think the Cowboys would probably say, yes, we need to make sure Redman is active because we need to make sure Connor is ready. Yeah, that goes back to

what you just said. Who's your luxury player here? Luxury players? Tavon Austin, you can basily can return the punts and someone else can can get his three snaps on offense. So totally possible. That could be your luxury and Sean Lee can still play with the way that they have utilized Tavon Austin or lack thereof. I'd rather have all hands on deck on my gimpy offensive line than the five snaps that Tavon's gonna get. The defensive line also

be another area where you would look at that. I mean, well, assuming you got Crawford back, Well that's that's the thing. And he said yesterday, And it's a good segue there because Tyrone did talk for the first time since the injury and I think the word scary or scare was mentioned forty six times forty seven maybe, I mean as it should because it should be. And so they asked him, one of the reporters asked him, do you think that

you know you're okay to come back and play? You think they would have you out there if if you could risk further injury and you could just tell he was thinking, like, you know, I think him, Okay, I guess the trainers wouldn't have me out there, right right, and you know it was right right. I was like, so give me some comfortable right that. He's like, no, I know, I know the trainers would have me out. I'm good. I'm good. It's always important, I think stop

and take perspective of how insane football is. Because they had to take his face mask off and immobilize him and take him to the hospital ten days ago, and now we're talking about whether he can play another game. I thought it was interesting that that's crazy, he said. The moment he thought it was really bad was when the offensive lineman for the Bucks asked him, dude, are you okay? And he's like, That's when I kind of really got scared because they don't ever do that. Players

don't ever say he said. The opposing he said, the other guy heard whatever popped in his neck? Yeah, which, yeah, that's terrifying. Yeah, yeah exactly. I know you you kind of pop your necks. Wasn't that or was it like bone? I wasn't there. I don't know, but you weren't in the trenches. I was not. I was not down on the loud noises around. Yeah, and that's you hear me crack my neck in a quiet office, not in the stadium with ninety thousand people, so a lot of other

stuff being eighty five. I mean last week it was two how many what? How many people do you think we're there? Hold on, You're right. There was a sellout. It was a set. I was thinking. I was thinking, I'm sorry. I was thinking last Yeah, and that was not a seventy seven thousand and um yeah, yeah, it wasn't a bad crowd in New York. Oh it was. It was pretty good. I actually give the Giants fans credit. The Cowboys, well, that Cowboys fans were there too, half

and half a lot of Giants fans there. I mean the presence. I think you probably want to keep all hands on deck on your defensive line too. Just I mean, how confident do you feel about tyrone? I don't know. That's the thing about like those kind of injuries though, I don't look at that as um. That to me is more about is he if he's ready. It's I don't think that's something where it's it's not soft. Get into the game. Yes, you get into the game and all of a sudden starts acting up, like your neck

didn't start acting up. It's it's either healthier it's not, and if it's not, then he's not. He said, I'm definitely going to feel it, so I just got to play through it. But it's better than he thought it would be. I just think games like that, your luxury players are not going to be You don't have time for him, you know, I mean, you don't have the space. So, um, Davon maybe won't be active. Maybe Sean Lee's not active in this game. It's possible. It's definitely possible. No, No,

it just breaks my heart. Yeah, I mean yeah, playoff game, you kind of want him out. No, I think he'll be active. Yeah, I do too, good too, But you probably have that conversation like is he given us special team snaps? What's going on? I mean yeah, so hey, if you told Sean Lee I need you to run down a kick off, he'd be like, what's I mean? Yeah, that's a really I mean, that's a good point, good way he would he absolutely, I don't know how good

he'd be at it, but he'd give it everything he's got. Truth. Let's go ahead and take an early break now so that we get your report uninterrupted. Okay about the Seahawks offense when we come back well, the player can look good on paper, it's one he's out on the field that you really find out what he's made of. That's why the Cowboys rely on more than just stats and scouting reports when building their team. When picking a tractor, it's why you should rely on more than just specs

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It is a Tommy John Day. Let's go baby. All right, Thank you Nick, Thank you Eric Dave. Now I want to hear about the Seattle offense and how different they are at this time of the year compared to last time. The Cowboys some of them, y'all remember when we sat here in September and I was like, I don't know why I don't give the ball to Chris Carson, Like

that guy is really good. Well, I mean, I'm not trying to say that, but I mean we said they got a heavy dose of Chris Carson in that first game, and then the Seahawks were like, We're just gonna keep doing that. Because he had thirteen combined carries in the first two games of this season. He finished the season with two hundred and forty seven carries us still about fifty behind Zeke, but he's been averaging twenty carries per

game since he basically took over the starting job. He was top five in rushing this year or yeah, uh, definitely top ten. At one point he was top five. I don't know if he still is, but He's an eleven hundred and fifty one yards, so he's he's up there. He has had a nice season, and I think the world of Russell Wilson. I would have voted for him for MVP if I had a vote last year. But like, really, this whole thing is about Chris Carson and the Seattle

run game. And to be fair, they have a committee. Um, Mike Davis is a name you need to know. He's their number two. That's his first name, right, Yes, Mike Davis, Sorry, Carolina, Mike Davis. One hundred and twelve attempts. He's at five hundred yards. Rashad Penny, the first round pick, is at four hundred yards. Russell Wilson has four hundred as well, So I mean they have a committee. But Chris Carson is the dude. He's the closest thing they've had to

Marshawn Lynch since they had Marshawn Lynch. He is a tough, physical son of a gun, and he sets up everything else that they want to do, Like he never goes down on first contact, he never goes anywhere but forward. He's a tough son of a bee, and he sets up the play action. He sets up everything Russell Wilson wants to do. So for my money, as good as Russell Wilson is, it's all about slowing that down, which

is going to be easier said than done. Their first in the league at one hundred and sixty rushing yards per game, and much like last time, I think that's what they're just gonna stubbornly commit to that run and take me ask you, yeah, that being said, what gives you confidence or do you have no confidence based on what you saw the Cowboys do, particularly in Indianapolis, that the Cowboys will write that and not end up in a situation where, again against a power running team, they

don't get eaten up, which that Indie game is so weird because I mean, they just looked lost like they and we've seen teams run on them. The Seahawks ran for one hundred and ten yards on forty carries. Then that's so. I think Carson average two point eight yards per carry in this last game, you know. I think that that's what makes the Indie game so weird. I think the Colts are very unique in the sense that I think because of the offensive structured I think they

pass to run. I really believe that the way that Luck gets those guys open the passing game opens up a little bit more running game for them. Maybe you could say that Brady does the same in New England, and most teams aren't that way. Most teams run the ball so they can set things up, play accident and all that. I think it's different with them, and so therefore I think it's a tough matchup, you know, or some teams, and the Cowboys were really caught off guard.

I don't think they'll be Ve'll have a hard time getting I don't think he'll get gashed like they did in that game. Also, I think it's worth pointing out the Seahawks do not have the Colts offensive line. Like Quentin Nelson is a big point. He's not gonna win Rookie of the Year. He should absolutely be in consideration. Braden Smith is really good as well. Like their offensive I mean, Andrew Luck has only been sacked like fourteen times this year or whatever the number is. This is

not that this offensive line. Literally from week to from week sixteen to week seventeen, they shuffled the lineup, like not because somebody was hurt, but just because they're not performing. The way they would prefer. Jermaina Fetti. He was the offensive lineman drafted in the whole Paxton Lynch situation a couple of years ago. I mean they drafted him as a tackle and he played guard. He played right guard

this past week. But their offensive line is not There were a couple of years there a few years ago where their offensive line was just terrible. It's not that it's certainly better than it has been like they I mean, Chris Carson's in an eleven hundred yard rusher, and Russell Wilson has had more time, but they're not amazing like by any means. So between Leyton vander esh and Jalen Smith and then I think Antoine Woods and Malie cons

will have a much better days. That is what gives me hope is I think it's a better matchup for the front seven against this line than it was in Indianapolis. It sounds like what you're saying is very some of what the Cowboys experience against against this team. It's not that the offensive line, I mean, it's not that this running game just completely gashes you. It is that they consistently stick to it and over time, with volume, they

kind of wear you down a bit. They can gash you though, if you're not I mean, if you're not on your screws, which I like. I just I like Chris Carson a lot. He's fun to watch. He's got two of the goofiest, awesomest plays of the season. Like Week two against Denver, he literally leapt over I mean Zeke, remember what Zeke did in Philly. He did it better because he leapt over a guy who was standing upright

and kept running. And then in Carolina a month and a half ago, he got flipped upside down landed on his hand, and like, he's just he's fun player to watch and he's a guy you got to account for. And then obviously Russell Wilson is he's such a freelancer and that's that's the bummer. Is like he's one of those guys where you can do everything right and still get burned. And that's something they're gonna have to watch

out for. Easier said than done. It's a cliche at this point with mobile quarterbacks, but you got I mean, you have to keep him in the pocket. And that's the Seahawks. I was talking about this with Brian this morning. Is like, this is what I want to see Dak Prescott do. This is the scheme that I want for Dak, and I hope the Cowboys can tailor and offense. It's more suited for him because Russell Wilson, he's a great quarterback. He can pass from the pocket. He's very accurate. They

don't ask him to do it that much. They really don't, like they have a lot of read option concepts, Like they run most of their running game from the shotgun. He's always a threat to take the ball and that's something they got to watch out for in this game. But like they move the pocket, he rolls out. He does play action. You know, he does all the same stuff with bootlegs and waggles that Dack does. He's constantly

on the move because he's better that way. The best throw a Dack's year was the one to Beasley the other day. Right, What was he doing? He was drifting. That's Wilson drifts and if you don't keep him contained, he'll kill you because that's how he's great throwing the ball and he can also run. So good luck Cowboys defensive ends. But you just got give me a quick pain refresher of what the Cowboys D line was able

to do against him last time they faced him. I don't have he what like he was not He was honestly not amazing in that game. Like he made the throws that he needed to the big The backbreaker was the fifty two yarder to Tyler Lockett. He slipped right in between Cavan and Cheeto. You know, his stat's sixteen of twenty six two, two touchdowns, no interceptions. Running the ball, he was two for minus one, so he didn't really run. Yeah, which game I do remember. That was the game that

I think Heath was out for a little bit. Cavan had to come into play and they found Locket for a fifty two yards times. He picked on him immediately, you know. Going on, I was looking back to some of the snap counts and see if like how different some of the team that both teams are. You know, Vnderesh only played thirty three snaps in that game. It was the game League got hurt in and now he did play well. I remember that's the first time we're like, wow,

Venders is actually playing really well. And other than the first two games where he wasn't starting and then he didn't start against the Redskins, you know up there. But since he's taken over, he's getting fifty fifty five fifty eight snaps a game. So this this, you know, that's the one thing that's different about what the Cowboys are doing is vander Reest just playing playing better. He's gonna be on the field a lot more. But that d line rotation was pretty much the same. It's encouraging. He

carried two times for minus one. That's encouraging to think that they can keep him containing they did it in that instance. And to bring it back to Dak. The other thing that is really encouraging for me, Like people want to hate on Dak, they don't throw the ball that well. That's his average for the season. Seattle's averaging one hundred and ninety three passing yards per game. Because again,

Russell Wilson's a stut. He's he would play it at an MVP level last year, but he is taking a backseat to this running game because that's what they wanted, that's what they're good at, that's what they want to do. That's how they won those Super Bowls on offense, set up the run and let everything else flow through. That would and Russ just reliably makes the plays that he has to when he needs to. And he's even better like that because he doesn't have to do it the

whole game. He just has those moments when if he catches you, he's gonna hit you for big play. And that's I'm use it the winner. I just I and I this is what I want to see Dak Prescott doing. I think he'd be really good at it. I'd like to see how many times how many what are the Seahawks ranking and rushing yard I mean one hundred and sixty per game best in the league. First, Okay, I was gonna say, because I mean to have three other players at four hundred yards on with eleven hundred yard back,

I mean that's amazing. I mean Zeke sitting here at fourteen hundred led the league. But the next guy is Dak at three some three hundred, and then you got Rod Smith in one hundred and twenty seven and Heath has yards. I mean, goofy fund stat that if the goofy stat duje or last year was that Russ was the only player on the Seahawks that had a rushing touchdown. They didn't have a running back they have fifteen rushing touchdowns this year, which is actually more than Dallas, and

Russell Wilson has none. They're all running backs, so they committed to fixing that and they've done a good job of it. Um Another thing that I think is worth pointing out, where was it? This dead air is gonna? Yeah? Sorry me to help me. I hate this that and I look at it a lot now. Opponent penalty yards. I don't know why this is a big deal. The Cowboys when they're playing the teams that they're playing get called for six hundred and eighty one penalty yards Seattle

nine hundred and eighty one yards. Teams that are playing against him get and I and I really think all year long, every time I look at that stat, it's always very higher for the other team, which makes me think. Now, and I'm not getting into this all the league hates the Cowboys type stuff, but I'm just saying they're way under the league average on getting calls or whatever. I mean. We saw a game to Shire Philadelphia was called zero

times and and loss at home. That's that's hard to do, so U I know it was brought to our attention today. We were just talking about who their officiating crew is, and it's the same same guy that did the Romosnap Bubble Snap game. Wonderful. Broad US will talk about do

we want to even bring up that. It's like ten what is it, twelve years weekend since the Romo almost the day, Yeah, and one day if they'd played Sunday, it would have been to the day, which is I thought CBS might try to bring Romo back for that game. Oh God, Romo was probably like no. Yeah, He's like, no, I'm not doing it. Oh, here's my movie beyond it, here's my dumb stat um. Dak has actually carried the ball more times than Russell Wilson has, Like that is

just not something that I would think. But russ average is two more yards per ten. I think Russ is a little bit quicker, like he's faster than Jack is. But I still think there's a way to utilize Dak better in the running game. And that's I mean, a lot of stuff Russa does is improvised, just like and some of Dak's best stuff is improvised. But he can just hurt you so bad, you know, if if you you got to finish him off, because if you get there and he gets away from you, then that's eleven

on ten and he's running for eighteen yards. And he does it in every single game apparently except for the Dallas game, which good. I hope they can do that again because that's like, like I said, you can do everything right and he'll still kill you, which is a bummer. Arizona blitzed him a lot. They sacked him six times just four days ago, so something to consider. We know that Rod Marinelli doesn't really like to blitz, but maybe in the interest of getting him on the ground, they'll

consider it. Now. As far as turnovers go, we've known how this defense has had to carry the Cowboys offense throughout the whole year. Is this something that you're seeing what? I'm glad you, thank you for reminding me. They've only turned the ball over ten times this year Seattle. Seattle best in the league, So anything's possible. But like, I'm not going into this game banking that the defense is going to steal a possession for you. So and that's big,

that's really big. So if they can, great, But like, this is a tough team to get the ball from. Rush doesn't throw a lot. He threw a pick against Arizona, ironically, but he hasn't thrown a lot. I didn't realize he was doing that good. He's won't because he's not he's not having to carry everything in the way he did last year. So like he's having a really good season. But that's you know, he's got other people to help

him out. But the thing to consider here too is Cowboys have played really good defense this year and won some games for this team without necessarily having a lot of turnovers. Like they're not at the top of the league when it comes to turnovers. So so I don't know the turnovers are how the Cowboys defense have to do it like they look No, the way I look at is this defense is about making stops and holding

teams instead of getting touchdowns to field goals. That's that's what makes them really they haven't they haven't lived on getting turnovers all years. So that's fine. One of the things. Obviously, the offense played terrible in that game up in Seattle, but they gave up a fifty two yard touchdown, which has not been their m O. And the I mean so twenty four or thirteen and one of their touchdowns was defensive, was it not? When did an Earl scorer? No?

In the week three he had two turnovers, right, but I don't think he's Oh, but he set them up like in the end. Yeah, but you can't give up the backbreaking and you gotta play your red zone game. It's what they've done on And we'll talk about the defense tomorrow. But I think that's where I'm interested to see because without Earl, and I think there's another safety

they just put on. Ir. We'll talk a lot about that defense and what that defense looks like and what it even looks like over the last couple of weeks, they've maybe lost a player or two. But yeah, So make sure to tune in tomorrow and kind of get a full scouting report and a good feeling of what this Seattle is bringing to a t and teeth. And we'll see you tomorrow for what's your name? Nicki, Nickimn, Derry Kingleton, David Hallman and Bergarcia. We'll be back tomorrow.

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