Mick Shots: Breaking Down

It is Niners week, and it is time. I certainly hope Mickey, when you walked in the doors there at at the Star in Frisco, that you had all this negativity out of your mind. It's time to get to work on the Niners now. No negativity, just realism, that's all. But I am ready for hum drum reality. Hey, I got a question for you guys. I thought of this

because it keeps coming up and keeps coming up. If the forty nine ers heading into this game were say eight and five, nine and four with this game got flexed, No, it would not have got flag. It's it has nothing to do with the Cowboys four and nine record. It's the forty nine ers fault that this gave got flexed. No, I think it's both. It's it's a two it's a two team deal. You know, Cowboys keep going wild. Oh

it's not. The Cowboys are on the unique situation spags to where they no matter what they want to if we're playing well, they want to see us lose, right, And if we're playing badly like we're playing now, they want to see us lose exactly. That's just the way it is. So San Francisco has to hold up their end. The fact that they sucked this year that makes it How can I put it? Dumpable? It's a dumpable game,

That's why I put it. Yeah, because it's it's like it's like both teams there's no appeal for the game. But if one team had something going, we it has still been a Sunday night game. But unfortunately for the forty nine Realty nine Ers have lost five last six. Forty nine Ers have lost five of their last six games, and they don't have their starting quarterback, so they kind of contribute maybe, right. They are the Dallas Cowboys. They are they are typical of what happened to us this year.

It's typical of all those teams that didn't manage it well. The teams that manage the COVID crisis, well, obviously those are the ones that are doing better. They're the ones that were less succumbing to uh sickness and virus and things of that nature. Uh, that's why Baltimore had to have this. They had to. It's had to have game the other night because COVID put them in such a dire situation, just like it has the Cowboys, just like it has the forty nineties. Well, I don't know if

it's COVID, Well, it's just handled it. Well, it's just injuries. But a lot of those injuries came from First of all, we know from the fact that we didn't handle the offseason well at all. No one was doing anything. We had no but but they couldn't do Everybody was in the same boat. It doesn't seemed like, it doesn't seem like, even from an individual standpoint, that no one did anything to prepare it. They were working out at Deck's at

Deck's backyard. Remember the offensive lineman, Well, I don't know about the offense, but they got so so yeah, so he saying that the injuries were because of the off season. I think, well, why would we have so many injuries right now? What it's so different about this offseason than any of off All right, well let me well yeah, but okay, So we can start with Travis Frederick retiring

right from the start. That had nothing to do with anything, you go, all right, And then Lale Collins had a bad back when he finished last season and it cropped up again, uh late right before training camp, and then developed a hip problem that had nothing to do with not doing anything in the off season. Then they lose Tyler Badish to a hand string injury during the national anthem.

See should have knelt, I should have stood? But and that was two months after he had reported it wasn't like yeah right days after I'm saying, yeah, that was and had been on campus, so that was not COVID. And Zach Martin gets hurt during the season. You lose your cornerbacks, and Tyron Smith with the neck injury that that happened during the season. So injuries, I think to both teams really put them in the situation, especially when

you lose your starting quarterback. So you're telling me that these rash of injuries, not just with our team but all over the league, had nothing to do with the lack of availability to your access, to your facility and to your teammates. You're telling me that these all of these injuries, they just happened to coincide with the fact that we had this COVID off season. That's what you're telling me. I'm telling you nothing to do with it.

That's tell me. I don't know how you train your neck in the off season to make sure a disc doesn't slip. I don't know how you train your back that was already bothering you. Uh and and you were able to come in and work out if you were rehabbing an injury. So to me, these injuries, yeah, so that was it. We're just we're just the unluckiest team. We're just the unluckiest team in the league. Well team in the league, Philadelphia, Philadelphia suffered injuries, the Giants. I'm

saying the entire league did not have access. That's exactly what I'm saying. The entire league did not have access, and therefore the entire league was affected. But league, that's not sitting here at four nine and that's why I said in the beginning, it depends on how well you

handled this situation in the off season. The teams that handled it better, whether it was bad luck, odd injuries, lack of access, whatever, The team that handled it better, Those that were able to stay away from it by whatever means, fags, luck, bad luck of the draw, it doesn't matter. I think all of these injuries and the entire league is how I started off this conversation. Those that handled it best are the ones that in position right now to win, to win the division, or go

on further than the playoffs. Mind if they were working out illegally. Really, that's all you gots. We're just gonna disagree on this one. That's all I understand. It's just okay, So COVID's here and all of a sudden, the entire league has I would dare compare the injuries and mishaps from this offseason the other off seasons. You're telling me that it's no that that they correlate. You're telling me that they correlate. Now they tell you that amount of injuries.

If you would have told me the inability to have a real training camp in offseason affected what happened to Blake Jarwin affected what happened to Gerald McCoy. Then I would agree with you. But the injuries that really debilitated this team I don't think had anything to do with the off season. Now, maybe the cornerbacks that had soft tissue injuries, I get that, but I don't think uh missing the offseason caused Treyvon Diggs to break a bone in his foot. You know there was other injuries as

the season. Exceptions. Bags there are exceptions, It's no doubt about it. There are exceptions. But to me, it was all about once you go through your off season and you're accustomed to doing things a certain way. It's not just about soft tissue injuries. I talked about the way back before we even started the season. The timing of it all. You're not your body is not as it's

more susceptible to injuries. I think when you don't have that mental that mental connection between your brain and your feet that is usually there in a more rigorous and normal off season. So now you're going out there and it almost feels like you're not where you need to be physically. You know your timing is not there mentally and physically the timing is just not there, So there are missteps. Your instincts may be off a little bit.

To me, all of those. It's like when I held out back in eighty six, I was physically ready to go, but when I came into the game instinctly, I wasn't where I needed to be with no practices during training camp. I didn't get hurt, but I got toasted. So my thing is, there are times when you need that continuity because it does work with the brain and with your feet to your body together. So your steps may be off a little bit, you may not be as in

tune to getting rolled up. Just small things like that. I truly believe, and like you said, we can disagree. I truly believe when something is taking away from your offseason that that normalcy that you're accustomed to. I think you're susceptible to certain injuries. I really do and know what I believe, and I believe that. I believe that. But the injuries the Cowboys suffered were not those type

of injuries. Dak Prescott was lightening the league up throwing the football and then he gets tripped out no doubt on running the ball and tears up his Ankle Dalton. I mean Andy Dalton suffers a concussion. Now, he did test positive for COVID, But if you look at it, the Cowboys have only had like three players that the COVID actual infection caused them to miss either practice or games,

and one of those was right from the start. So I just think, I just think that the injuries on offense really hurt this team, really hurt this team, and the defense wasn't good enough to compensate. And frankly, I don't know whose defense in the league can compensate for a poor offensive performance. So having said that, how much

we how much do we? So? What's next? Having said that, you know, I was thinking about that earlier today though in regards I would love to see a study on on how on the age of the rosters of the teams that are at the top of their division right now and the ones that have had the injury issues, and if there's some sort of trend along those ways. You know, one thing, as far as COVID is concerned, you did see a lot of bigger players, offensive lineman

types who opted out before the season started. That affected several teams, um even before they reported for training camp. Uh. I was thinking about it in regards to some of the Cowboy injuries. Of course Tyrann Smith, although age wise he's he's still under thirty, I believe, but he's been in the league for a while. Um, you know, Gerald McCoy, obviously, Don Terry Poe was out of shape, and he was coming off injury last year too, and his rehab might

have been affected by it. As far as COVID goes, you know, I'm thinking about I'd love to see what what's the age of what's the what's the age of the Chiefs roster, you know, and and uh, some of the some of the teams that are in the league. I was thinking about it in terms of the Cowboys teams of the nineties that went to the Super Bowl. That was a relatively young team that was just coming of age. When in ninety two when they they were you know, they were in the prime of their uh,

just entering the prime of their careers. A lot of the key core guys on those teams. But you make a good point, Bill, though, you do make a good point. I wish that was a study, you know, just a study comparing other offseasons to this offseason and see how that affected each team, how each team dealt with it, uh, and you know, correlate that with how successful there the record was. Well, and like I said, even the even

the things that Spag was thinking about it. You know, how at injuries are age related or wear and tear of related go ahead making Well, I was gonna say so. I pointed out last week the number of Cowboy players, uh no more than twenty five years old, uh that played this year. Well, I redid it, and I counted guys that just played on special teams and some of the guys that had to play again this past game. I got to thirty six guys on this roster who have played in games with no more than in their

third year in the league. And the reason of that was a lot of the injuries that the Cowboys did did incur, and twenty of those thirty six started in games. So you had a lot of guys playing. As Jerry said, that probably would have been on the practice squad, but we got them on the field. So they got too young, too soon on the field for a bunch of guys with a not much experience, especially on the offensive line.

I was listening to some of the talk shows the other day's bags and everyone was, as we talked about yesterday, they bring up this conversation about McCarthy and once again, I think one of you guys brought it up. That was the tail wagon the dog in that particular story.

But then, of course, as as as the story continued, people were trying to compare McCarthy to the present coach in Green Bay at this point, and they're giving this coach a lot of credit for how he's dealing with Aaron Rodgers versus how according to this story, Aaron Rodgers performance was falling off towards the end of McCarthy's career in Green Bay. Is there any valid validity to that? Spags you as a journalist, what do you think about? Well, all I can compare it to is how Dak Prescott

was playing at the beginning of the season. He was one of the top quarterbacks in the league. So Mike McCarthy didn't ruin Dak Prescott and one of those one of those when they used that that angler was also explored. Okay, and then the one thing about McCarthy in twenty seventeen, he didn't have Aaron Rodgers. He got hurt. They were playing a first year quarterback who hadn't played in the league prior to that, and they were stuck basically playing

Garrett Gilbert for the entire season. I think Aaron Rodgers finally came back towards the end. He played one game when he shouldn't have and that was the end of his season. So a lot of his problems were he didn't have Aaron Rodgers. You know, makes a difference when you don't have Tom Brady. Go ask New England does. It's almost as if I don't know if that was created, but they seemed to refer to problems that they were

having personal wise. Personality wise, Yeah, and I don't think he's having a problem with Dak and he's certainly probably not having a problem with Andy Dalton. Didn't have a problem with with Garrett Gilbert. Maybe he had a problem with Denucci. That's why he didn't play well. You look at the people are grasping when you just aren't good enough.

Sometimes you're just not good enough. And they haven't been good enough on the offensive line, and they haven't been good enough on defense, And that leads me to what do we do about this defense? Well, because it injury's aside. I'm side, Bill, did you want to No, No, this relates to exactly what you're talking about with McCarthy and Green Bay. What did the Packers do that improved that

team more than anything last year? For their new coach coming in, they signed the Smith brothers quote unquote Preston Smith Andsadarius Smith as edge rushers, and their defense improved immensely last year. And as a result, they go thirteen and three last year and they're up there at the top of the division again this year. If you know, if Preston Smith and Zadarius Tom and Zaidarius Smith are playing for the Packers the year before, you know, maybe

it's a different story from Mike McCarthy. They stored up their defense and it was the first time in a long time that the Packers actually dived into free agency and signed some guys in free agency to help their team out, and they signed guys that weren't at the

end of their careers. That's right, yeah, try. Yeah. So now we sit here and our defense is one of the worst in the NFL, and we have few injuries on that side of the exactly, and I understand they lost four four starters from last year off the defense that finished ninth overall in the league last year. Oh by the way, Yeah, but you know how that Nike looked. Oh,

Bill Spags, you know how that looked. We were all confused about the standing as far as that defense was concerned, because they were still the weakness I thought of this ball club last year. Well, there was too many games that Cowboys didn't score more than seventeen points too though. Yeah, I mean, if you think about it, right at the beginning, the first lost twelve to ten to Saints. Can't lose that game? And what so, how do we improve? How

do we improve defensively? Because at this point I don't unless we start going out and doing like Green Bay did last year and years before and started getting concentrating on defense. At this point, we are salary up on the defensive side of the ball. I mean, how can we improve with some of our highest paid players ought even producing well well. And here's the other thing about

the defense. I mean we talk about the injuries have been on the offense, but there have been a number of injuries on this defense throughout the season, going back to you know, vander esh gets hurt in September missus a month. Sean Lee wasn't available to even replace him the first half of the season. Basically, Uh, you lose Tristan Hill was you know, he had a comeback year and he was playing well, and you lose him at you know, around mid season and then ask as what

they're going through right now at the cornerback position. Shoot this last game they're playing Rashard Robinson and Savion Smith and Deante Burton had at cornerback. So and you didn't have Cheeto for half the season from the you know, second game on uh, and then you lose him again this week with covid um and then you lose. You get Cheeto back and you lose Trayvon Diggs for a month. Uh, and you lose and Donovan Wilson shows that he shows a little something for a couple of games and then

he's out with a great injury. They've had their share of injuries on defense as well. And let's also point this out about about the guys that are making the big money on defense. There's only one guy on defense making big money, and it's DeMarcus Lawrence. And you know, I understand four and a half sacks is not great. But what he's contributed in other parts of the game, I think he's played, he's played awfully well. Uh. And and remember you were relying on two other defensive ends

who hadn't played. H. Randy Gregory didn't play the first six games and then comes back after not playing since twenty eighteen. Alden Smith kind of started off quick and then he kind of tailed off. He hadn't played since twenty fifteen. Uh. No one was making big money on in the secondary. You know your cornerback, Mickey Mickey once your definition of big money? Oh uh, like fifteen million a year, twelve to fifteen million a year. No one's

making that other than Lawrence. You know, they resigned Jalen Smith, but the contract was a very club friendly contract because he got his money ahead of time. Right, You lost Van Dersh. You know he's on his rookie contract. Cheeto is on his rookie contract. Jordan Lewis is on his rookie contract. They signed Anthony Brown back to a very friendly team contract. The defensive tackles there, you got a rookie starting and a guy in his third year that's

on an exclusive rights contract. So you know your other, your other. So they didn't really spend any of the guys they spent money on. You know, they flubbed right, don Terry Poe out of here, ha, Clinton Dix out of here. And it wasn't big money, but it was some. And then Gerald McCoy never got on. Boy Clinton Dix must have been really bad not to make it in this second day. Has anybody picked him up? Sets and nobody picked him up? Nope, No, nobody picked him up.

And he'd been on three three teams in two years prior to coming here. That didn't contrast what you just said about the defensive money. And then look at the guys that there were, the money's invested on offense. Yeah, and and there's I think the last thing I saw was that Stephen pointing out sixty million dollars against the cap this year is on injured reserve. Ready next year, we're gonna be ready. We're gonna have right weebody we need, Yes,

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I need to figure that one out. And the Cowboys might be playing at ten o'clock one Sunday before this scene dead at ten am game, Like, we don't even deserve We'll just be on a ten Mickey, is there's no chance that they can't get flexed out of the three twenty five game on the following week against the Eagles, can they? Yes, they can. Well, if they both lose the Eagles and the Giants aren't holding up there into

the bargain either. I think if I think, if if both teams are like mathematically out of it by the time they play, like if they both lose, s Bac says this Sunday and like, all right, nobody wants to watch this crap, all right, I forgot to look up the Have you looked up what the what the tiebreaker is? Mickey? No, but we were talking the other day. Yeah, I can

do it real quick. Yeah, if you can look up the tiebreaker, because I had figured out on a multiple team tie that on my time, Raker, which is the one that matters in my mind, which is an official Uh. The Cowboys had the time breaker, but I guess we ought to try to get it right since that one matters to other people. Yeah, in the meantime, I can get this. Oh go ahead, Have you got it already? No? No, it always going to give you a practice today. Look up.

Oh okay, well I get the practice update and then and then you look that up and I got something else to fill time with here, so you're looking that up. Practice up. So we got some guys back on in practice today. Uh. Trayvon Diggs began his uh return to practice off I r uh and uh. He was supposed to be limited, but in the portion that US Pool reporters, myself and Rob Phillips got to witness. Right, you're one

of the privileged, right you and Rob Phillips. He was moving pretty good in those drills, So we'll see how much he was able to do. And as McCarthy pointed out, the big thing is see how much how he feels in the morning. Same thing with Donovan Wilson. He was out there, Uh, probably going to be limited. Uh. Anthony Brown out there moving well, he was out there last week. Uh, he was expected to be limited. Uh. Cheeto is off the reserve COVID nineteen lists, so he's good to go.

And Ezekiel Elliott began that portion that we get to watch working on the chords. But that's what he did last week, and that's what he did the game before, so I would imagine, uh he should, uh you know, be be good to go. How how how healthy is uh is another matter. Uh. They returned Adam Redman, who they released end of last week, to the practice squad. Uh,

and I think that's just about us. He was the backup center, backup center, and so uh and and beyond A was out there and uh, you know when when h McCarthy talked about it, he said, uh, he'll definitely be in the mix and practice. Uh he'll have more practice reps this week than last week. So who knows, he may be your starting center. So they are getting

a little healthier. I just don't know if it's in time. So, by the way, and by the way, one other thing, Deante Burton, who ended up playing when the other guys got hurt in the game, was not on the practice field, so I don't know what was up with him. We'll have to wait till the injury report comes out. All right, So if you were to uh, if be honest, starts at center, who's your starting right guard? Oh, I think it's McGovern. You go with McGovern and not slide. And

I think Looney's back. I think Looney's your backup center guard. I think. But we'll see, okay, because they've done it the other way. Also, they put Looney a guard. I just think he's a better center than he is a guard. M and does and does it matter where they are in their season right now? What comes down on that decision? Or is it the same motivation that you would have at mid season when you're not as much of a

long shot to make the playoffs. I think I think if it's I think if it's a tie, then McGovern's the guard. Looney. You know, Loony could save you a roster spot too, because he can be the backup guard center. You wouldn't have to have a backup guards. You lose two offensive linemen in the first series of the game. Well that's true unless he gets hurt on the first play of the game. And good point, which has happened before. Yeah, yeah,

I's looking at this San Francisco defense bags. I mean, if we're talking about this whole offensive line and how we're gonna handle it. What is San Francisco looking at on the defensive side on their D line? I recall this team being extremely physical. Their culture is aggressive. They got a defensive coordinator who was highly accomplished, and thought of, I'm just wondering if we have is that going to

be an issue for US? I live Washington football team, defensive line full of a bunch of studs that are carrying the team. Well, all I know is their biggest issues on offense. Defensively, you know, they played pretty well against Washington. Now I don't know if that's a you know, a badge that you go, oh, you played well against that Washington offense. Right, But here's the deal, you know, to the two touchdowns Washington scored were on defensive returns

for touchdowns. But the defense by itself only, they held Washington to a one hundred ninety three total yards an average of three point one one per play. They held him to ninety five passing yards, twelve first downs, and three field goals, and one of those field goals was after a turnover and they only had to drive thirteen yards to kick the field goal. So from a defensive standpoint, they played pretty well against Washington. And by the way,

guess who's leading the team in sacks. That would be Kerry Hyder, who the Cowboys did not try to resign last year. Oh my goodness. Okay, Kerry Hyder has seven and a half sacks. The former Texas Tech Red Raider out of Austin LBJ High School, who I thought he did well here, but he doesn't fit the scheme, right Mickey, I don't know what the scheme is. I can't answer

that question. Well, he's only six two, two hundred and seventy pounds out of Texas Tech when he came out, so he doesn't fit this scheme apparently, but he fits San Francisco scheme. By the way. The biggest issue that they've had in their front seven, though, ever said, is the injury to Nick Bosa. I mean he two they

went down the same night. The other difference on the other went down Solomon Solomon Thomas out of Coppelle and Stanford, who has not performed up to the third pick in the draft level that he was picked in two twenty seventeen, but he in a rotation he has been he has come along. Of course he had uh, he had a horrible tragedy in his family that affected his second year in the league with the death of his sister Ella.

But he's you talk about a quality human being and a and a guy who's going to make the most of his ability. Solomon Thomas. But as you alluded to, he tore his acl the same game that Nick Bosa did, and so that was They also lost que Alexander the linebacker early in the season as well. Yeah, they were still able to hold Washington to meager wresting yards come compared to what they would do against US. Well, they

also held the Rams to just twenty points. They held New England to six the Rams the first time around the sixteen, and the Giants to nine the Jets the thirteen, gave up twenty four to Arizona. Then they've had some bad ones Seattle thirty seven, Green Bay thirty four, New Orleans twenty seven, Buffalo thirty four. So when they've played the really good offenses, yeah, they haven't played. And by the way, the most Nighters were playing Carrie Hyder at defensive end, h not inside like he did a lot

for the Cowboys. All Right, So let me ask you this, when's the last time the Cowboys spent a first round draft pick on a defensive lineman? Taco Taco twenty seventeen. That was late first round, Right, they didn't work out so well? Kay, Tristan Hill was the first pick. He was a second rounder, Yeah, but he was he was late second round, right. I mean even DeMarcus Lawrence was a second round pick? All right? What are the forty

nine ers done on their defensive line? In twenty sixteen in the first round, they took DeForrest Buckner all right? In twenty nineteen, twenty seventeen, third pick in the draft. They took Solomon Thomas in twenty nineteen, second pick in the draft. They took Nick Bosa in twenty twenty This year, fourteenth pick in the draft, defensive lineman Javon kinlaw And I even take you back twenty fifteen, seventeenth pick, they draft Eric Armstead. So twenty fifteen they took a defensive

lineman Armstead. Twenty sixteen, they took Buckner, who's now at the Colts. Twenty seventeen, they took Solomon Thomas. Twenty nineteen, they skipped a year and then twenty nineteen, Nick Bosa with the second pick in twenty twenty, Javon kin Law. So there's five defensive linemen that they taken in the

last six drafts. Yeah, and that's one reason why with Deebo, Samuel Down, Brandon Aouk has fifty catches and you probably can't name any of the other wide receivers on the team, and probably not another running back after Raheem Monster mostart and and he came out of nowhere. So they're they're they're most notable offensive player, uh not named. The quarterback is Greg Kittle, right, George Kittle, George Kittles, so notable that he's Greg k Yeah, Greg, he's pretty good. So

is he still out? They don't know. He's on I R. And they were gonna see what he could do. He could do this week. Also Monster h not sure about him. They haven't. I don't know. We'll see what happens in practice today, what the report comes out, if they're staying

with Nick Mullins or if they're going with CJ. Bethard and they were having then the guy that had the problems against the Washington defensive front was their twenty eighteen first round pick, Mike mcglinchy struggled badly against those defensive ends. So yeah, they've got they've got some problems offensively. So McGlinchey at tackle is the only non defensive player they've taken in the last six drafts, and so they offensive tackle that year in twenty eighteen. All right, we gotta

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That would be hilarious. I do if two clubs remain, all right, So the the the two club tiebreaker is head to head, best one loss tide percentage in games played within the division, So division record, third is best one lie tide percentage in common games, and then it's conference record. Then strength of victory if there's three or

more the multiple team I have three clubs. Uh So if there's three clubs, it says note if two clubs remain tied after the third or other clubs are eliminated during any step, tiebreaker reverts back to step one of the two club format. But for three head to head games, division record, common games, conference record, strength of schedule, our strength of victory, then strength likely that's more likely the

Cowboys scenario. Right, three being tied, so you put all three together and then when if you eliminate one, then it comes down to two, then you go back to

the top basically the same. Yeah. Right, And it's not like there's gonna be two teams going out of the NFC, so right, yeah, So I don't have to tell you if it's if you're trying to break a tie for a wild card within the conference, then you first apply the division tiebreaker, and then you file the other different divisions applied to the following steps, which comes to conference head to head conference record. That's when conference record takes over.

That's why Washington needs to lose, really lose out right. Well, and I gotta go now my assignment for tomorrow. I gave Mickey, I gave you an assignment. My assignment now is to figure out this scenario on the common opponents

and see where the Cowboys sit. If they tie with the Giants and Washington, well, it's not going to be very good because the only teams they can beat going forward are teams with a losing record, and those teams have all already beaten somebody with a significant winning record. And the Cowboys played basically the same schedule except for for what one game, two games for except for two games two games? Yeah right, so okay, I'll figure that

out though. And one of the games ahead of the games, one of the games the Cowboys won was out against Minnesota, so you would have to hope that they would finished. They're there, are they six seven and six or six and seven? They're six and seven, right, and so no one else would have played them. That was outside the division. And the Cowboys lost to all the teams in the in the West, right, And I am once depressed again. Yeah,

that's right. Yeah, they got to beat San Francisco. Yeah, that's what they gotta beat everybody, that's what they're trying to do. Because they beat they beat but they lost to Philadelphia. They beat the Giants lost to Philadelphia and they lost to Washington, which the Cowboys did too. Do you want to know who the youngest team in the league is, Well, how's that figured? Young like today or to start the season. I don't know. Chris Beams sent

it to me. I have no idea, as Chris, and it was taken if it was their roster at the oh roster at the beginning of the season, Well, the roster at the after the fifty three men cut on September second. The teams have changed so much since then, this makes no sense whatsoever. I want a better roster breakdown anyway. Well, there's your assignment. Jacksonville. Jacksonville as the youngest roster as of Labor Day. As of Labor Day, Jacksonville, the record is and they're awful. Okay, here's the next.

Here's the next four. Next four Dolphins, second youngest, they're in the Hunt. Rams, third youngest, they're in the Hunt. Browns the Browns, fourth youngest, they're in the Hunt. Packer laid in their division. They're in the Hunt. And then we got Minnesota, and then we got Denver, we got the Chargers and the Giant, so we hit a little lull there and then the tenth youngest the Colts. They're in the hunt the Raiders. The Cowboys are number twelve on the list. Now, where are the Chiefs, you ask?

The Chiefs are number sixteen, So they are middle of the pack as far as youngest roster back on Labor Day. So if you consider all that, okay, tell me, tell me, I'm counting it up right now. How many guys the Cowboys have on the roster that are more than at least thirty years old? Twenty? No, I'd say a dozen, all right, ten seven that are active today. I'll say seven that are active today today today. One of those is your backup quarterback, which is okay, one of them

should have been your backup center guard. Looney's thirty, Balden Smith who hadn't played in five years thirty one, Uh Tyrone Crawford thirty one, Sean Lee thirty four. Can't get him on the field, uh C J. Goodwe is thirty and L LP I missed one, Greg zerline two and LP's thirty nine. Kind he kind of messes up the average, right,

you got a thirty nine year old deep snapper. It's not like you know, I mean he's good, right, and he's gonna set the record, like we talked about for Canadian born players most games late in the NFL, assuming he doesn't hurt himself between now and the National Anthem Sundays. Don't put that out in the universe, man, Okay, I didn't say it. So, so all right, that's at the time. That's it. They you know, and the guys they lost, you know, weren't that old either. You know, I don't

think uh, Tyron's Tyrn Smith is thirty yet. If he is, it's only thirty. Lel Collins isn't think you may just turned thirty maybe, so you know, Dak's not thirty, Blake Jarwin's not thirty. So they were a pretty young team. Uh to start with? Uh uh, I got breaking news for you. What's what's the day today? The sixteenth, four days ago, Tyron Smith turned thirty. Okay, so add Tyron Smith. Well, he's not active, he's on ir We're out of time. We're out of time, all right, worrow, I will tell

you tomorrow. We wouldn't well tomorrow start saying it's not picks to click, but I will tell you tomorrow whether the Cowboys have a chance of making the playoffs that's to come tomorrow. Here on mix Shots Go Cowboys. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.