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to the super Bowl continues here on Talking Cowboys. You like that you're giving it positive TV guy to day. You obviously have him listening to the fans. I'm not no, I'm keeping it positive. The road to super Bowl fifty four continues on this Wednesday, October sixteenth. Is that right? I believe that right. Sometimes it's good to stay out of those Twitter mentions. You know, you can stay way more optimistic. Jason Witton advised us on that last year as he went into the short stint in the media.

I assume he's staying out of the Twitter mentions this year as well, especially this week as well. But let's kick things up by talking about what Jason Garrett just talked about and the press conference that was just completed. Here the news since we last were seated together here breaking at Tyrone Crawford is done for the season. He's having season ending hip surgery. And we had seen it. We had talked about it here on the show, how he had struggled trying to get through it throughout the

first six weeks of this season. But it just came to a head, didn't it, Mickey, This was going to be the eventual resort. He knew it. He tried to play through it, but all along, I think he was resigned to knowing that no matter how much rehab he did, no matter how much training, whatever, treatment, that the end

result was going to be surgery at some point. And I think it got to the point where they were getting diminishing returns with him on the field, and I think he just decided, eight years in the league, I gotta go do this. And now you know he's got one year left on his contract. That's a great, great mentioned there, Mickey, But this could be this could be career ending. I think this is he turns thirty next month,

November twelve, right, and has that one year. I believe at eight million dollars next year, and most of the pro ration of his bonuses is gone next year. I think maybe a million left from a reconstruction. So yeah, this is other than that. I mean, if he is healthy enough he can come play, they can they can manage through that. Yeah. From a financial standpoint, did where he can make a return, the question will be can't

he come back from Yeah. And then the other thing is from a salary cap standpoint, you go on, ir that ten million dollars that he counts against the Caps still counts, ye, So yeah, that's that hurts. Yeah, it's tough for a guy that has played through so much here, shoulder injuries, different things, and he's he's found. I mean, I think he's said an example for guys in the locker room about trying, you know, playing tough, and I

think forty two snaps the last two games. Mickey said diminishing returns, that he just tried to give him something, and talking to him a couple of weeks ago, you could sense the frustration of I'm gonna try to manage this, but I'm going to be in pain all year long. That's what he said, and ultimately I think you know, this was something they had to do to get him

right and try to get him back next year. Well, it also gives him an opportunity to look at, you know, Tristan Hill, you know, and then coach mentioned about you know, signing a player today as well to take Crawford's place, which I need to get on. And Justin Hamilton, Yeah, Justin Hamilton was with Kansas City, I believe, and uh so I need to see in the preseason what Justin Hamilton brings to this. So they worked him out a

couple of weeks ago. But it gives Tristan Hill an opportunity to, you know, to step up and hopefully show some things that he hasn't shown so far. You know that that you know, maybe some of the work that he's been able to do at practice and you know, the effort and all that's there. I don't know if the techniques really there. I don't know if the strength's really there. But they need him to play some meaningful snaps.

Now it's not hey get in there and get washed the five plays you're in there, the series you're in there and be a liability. They need him to step up and make play. So I like what Mickey said about the about about Crawford and potentially this could be it for him with the Cowboys, and you know, because you have to think about going forward. You know, they they haven't signed anybody yet, you know, as far as

the quarterback and the wide receiver and stuff. So every every dollar you can have they can go towards that. Maybe to the next season. Uh could very well be the difference if you can get contracts done. So you know, that's something that that was a point out, was pointed out very well by me. But for this year, I don't know if we've talked enough about not having him

and impacting this defense. You know what what what a healthy Crawford could do for this group right now and what they had to tackle, it could absolutely and even at even if he plays some in for you yea in the run, protecting some of the edges. I mean, I know, I know Quinn has done a nice job playing fifty something snaps. But I don't know if if that's been mentioned enough by us or anybody, that not

having him has impacted just that overall versatility inside. I know people talk about his contract and all that, but when he's healthy he's a very underrated piece to what they do upfront. And he's been a player that's dealt with injury a lot, hasn't he Yes, I mean a kill. Yeah, that's when he thought he did it again. Remember then it was was it his knee or his foot or something that say in training camp when he was screaming yeah.

I mean, his versatility is so important. You have one guy that can play two positions when you're only keeping eight defensive linemen up Now, we've been told that Joe Jackson can do it. But okay, he's he's been placed in that situation. But I haven't seen any production yet carry Hider or the same thing, and we haven't seen the production yet. And Brian's right about about Tristan Hill. You gotta get him going, got to get him in there.

He's got to be productive and he's going to get an opportunity now because this guy they just signed is basically a nice body. But he's been on practice squads. I think I saw where he's He's played eight games in the league over since twenty fifteen, So think about it, that's four years he's been in the league and he wasn't with anybody this year and most of his time has been on practice squads. So again, and you know they're looking for a cheap addition. Everybody's like, well, who

are they going to trade for? Well, that's where I was going about your second round pick stepping in. Just don't give up those let's trade for the second round pick. Yeah, I mean this is second round pick. Why are you drafting it? Well? And kind of it kind of makes you scratch your head a little bit about what's the situation with Daniel Wise? You know, that's with him being on the practice squad and we talked about the versatility

you know that Daniel Wise is. I think he's a better end than he is a tackle, but they felt more about going to get somebody else than bringing Daniel Wise up. You know. So that's kind of one of those situations where you go, well, you know, maybe Daniel Wise wasn't ready. He is he better prepared than what

we've seen from Tristan Hill, you know. I mean there's there's a lot of things going through my head about that, because usually that that practice squad guy would get the elevation and then like okay, because we know what he can do, they went out completely off the reservation and when it got a guy, uh, instead of maybe elevating a guy that they kind of knew about from you know, thirty practices in Oxnard preseason games in six weeks of being on the practice squad here. So what does that

tell you? I know, that's that's what I'm trying to figure out. And yeah, yeah, I can't feel too good about that. And you know, if you're Daniel Wise, you're probably saying, if I have an opportunity to leave, I'm gone. You know, I'm not. You know, if they're going to bring people up off the street, off the street to replace, you know, replace roster spots, then you know he might he might be looking elsewhere if he gets that opportunity. Can't say I've watched a lot of Justin Hamilton tape.

Oh no, I got into that, That's what I'm saying. But just looking at his measurables, He's three hundred and fifteen pounds, so a big body that they're thinking maybe they can show up some snaps in the middle on game day if he's active. I mean, that's you know, more of that, you know, And that's one of the things about Crawford playing inside he's trying to do that at two hundred and seventy pounds, by the way, and they had him play in some one technique for times too,

so that's hard at two hundred and seventy pounds. The other thing, I see what people are asking, like, well, why didn't they have the surgery earlier. Well, even if they had done it earlier, the hip surgery he needed, he was going to be out for the year that he was not coming back this year, so the best and plus, I think when we talk about surgery sometimes we talk about it cavalierly, like, oh, just go have surgery. This is surgery. You think about that in your own life,

you know, Yeah, I'm trying. I'm trying to avoid it, right, yeah, and you just don't go do it. It's like, okay, let you know, let's go do surgery. You try to do everything to prevent surgery, and then when you have to do it, then you go do it. And it's got to the point where you had to do it. But had they done the surgery and March or April, he was going to be done for this year. This wasn't This wasn't Byron Jones surgery. Well that's Where I was going though, is that they people asked why that

was late in the offseason. That was the last resort. They tried to rest him and rehab him and it didn't get better, and so that's why they did it mid offseason or whatever I was asking, is this the opposite? Didn't he have hip problems? You know, he's talked about being Brasidas and stuff like that, but it didn't he have surgery on No, he did not. I asked him, he didn't have surgery. Oh he did not. So they just rested. They rested. Reacting Okay, well, did that makes sense?

I'm siou to thinking what were we dealing with that in the during training camp? They just tried to manage it and yeah, and it didn't work. And it also had the glute thing going by the way, and I don't know if that was in relation to the hip causing that, but he had a pain in the you

know what? Yeah, you know. And just comparing justin Hamilton versus Daniel Wise, that decision if there was one there, As Rob mentioned, three hundred and fifteen pound guy Hamilton, he's more of a D tackle, He's not a d N. Daniel Wise gives you, it's more like Crawford and that's two hundred and eighty pounds basically point by Brian both yea lined up at both now. But but another difference though is Wise. Obviously it is a rookie college free

agent out of Kansas. Hamilton was a college free agent a Louisiana Lafayette. But he's got four years experience, even if it is just on a practice squad. Played in four games for the Chiefs last year, so he has been on an NFL field in a regular season game. So maybe just the fact that maybe they feel like they got too many young guys. If you if you throw Wise and Hill and all those guys out there, I mean Jackson, Yeah, maybe maybe you're in a situation.

Wait a minute, we're way too young to have to deal with all that. Armstrong is not exactly a salty veteran. No, not either. Yeah, and then what are we hearing on Armstrong? It sounded like maybe later in the week with the practicing today. Yeah, but he's a stinger, and so he's got a lot of guys not practicing today. Yeah about it. Every mound like everybody that every day finished the game or start the game. Last week. It's not practicing today. Ye,

so that Yeah, that's encouraging. That's a sarcasm button right there. I'll hit it with him. Yeah, that's yeah, that's in your corner situation too. I mean receivers they've got, you know, they've got guys that filled in in the game. But if you're down two corners in this game against some of the weapons the Eagles have, yeah that's it's gonna be a tough, tough going. But you know they have the corners too, so it'll be equal. Yeah, there you go.

But I'm just pointed too. If that's Shawn Jackson gets back for Philly this week, I mean it's it's always a challenge going up against these guys. But Mills and Derby are expected to practice this week, but they doesn't mean they're gonna play. They've been out for a while and Yells hadn't played since last year. You have to worry about the conditioning there with that, for sure with them.

The thing with the Cowboys though, if I remember correctly, though, the way they could kind of get around some things that they had to was that that uh that Xavier Woods, if I'm not wrong, his rookie year played slide corner. Am I right about that? By the end of the year. The end of the year is so yeah, I don't know they really want to do that, but you know, unfortunately, could I just I just make everybody get sick of the no no, no audible side was from Mickey's side.

That's what they did on first and ten at the eight yard line. They brought Woods down onto the line of scrimmage play in the slot, yeah, which left Jeff Heath no question, single safety high, no question. Yeah, that's exactly right. That's the you know, the upside and the downside, downside for sure what you're getting at there. If they had a role in that type of role for Woods and Darry and Thompson, that safety. Yeah. And as far as yeah, I mean to me, it's it's Jordan Lewis obviously, Yeah,

Jordan Lewis. I mean to me, I just kind of feel like though that if they had to, if they had to, Mickey's right, the guy I mean, he did play. He was playing down, which is unfortunate because he's better playing back. But I just remember him playing his rookie year playing slot corner, you know, And I'm just thinking there's no way in hell he can do this, and

he did it, and he did it pretty well. So it was after that San Diego debacle on Thanksgiving Day, when you know, when they couldn't cover anybody and they were, you know, making all kinds of plays. The next week they started twitching their corners and safeties around and things seemed to kind of get better. Yeah, you think things are going bad, now, think back to after that San Diego debacle Thanksgiving Day and where this team was at

that point in that season. Yeah. Yeah, So at this point, say neither one of those corners can play, you would start at Woozier and Lewis, and then when you went to Nickel, maybe you bring Woods in to play in the slot instead of moving Lewis inside and good And this is this is where, yeah, Nicky, this is where I'm kind of thinking that we might see another I mean, who is Okay, tell me who your fifty third player is. I'm just throwing it out there. If you have a

fifty third player in mind, tell me who it is. Well, it was Brandon Knight. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Sorry, But but they were Mickey, they weren't gonna get rid of Brandon Knight right his mind's mind, Now, fifty third has to be Devin Smith. No, Devin Smith may end up starting. I was gonna say, he's been acting in active the last two games, but they could use him, especially if

you with Indoor Randall Cobbin. The only reason Wilson was up was because he could do the slot right, no question, that's exactly That's why they started him, and he could do special teams along with Bryant. To me, Devin Smith's your other starter. Okay, that's right, fair point. Are you thinking a practice squad? I'm thinking how do you get Donovan a Lumba up? You know, That's what I'm trying

to think. Because if you're if you're such a bind where you're talking about playing safeties in the slots, and we're kind of worried about the Eagles getting back Jackson and and you know what and what they had with all Sean Jeffrey, and then well Goodwin has to be your guy. Then yeah, your an other corner. Yeah, and Woods you can get creative a little bit because you do have some safety flex but yeah, it's it's not ideal question. Nobody, nobody, nobody's thinking about a Lumba at all.

I mean I'm watching or Mike Mike Jackson, right, Mike Jackson's another one. Yeah, So who would you trust there if you had to play with Okay, just from training camp in preseason games, who would you trust more to play if they had to play in a game. And this is a terrible question, but would you trust Mike Jackson or Donovan Alumba in if you had to play a game? Probably a Lumba because he's got a little

more experience. I think I would go with Jackson. I think I'm going to Jackson, man, I think I'd go with a Lumba. You're I know, I knew you would go a Lumba, which made there's no right answer here. That's I'm saying you've got four people that kind of feel like that that that okay to this to that

and and there's really not a great answer. Or it's something where like we talk about sucking win through your teeth when you're like Donovan a Lumba, you know, Michael Jackson, you know you're just kind of that well, which one of those two can help you more on special teams? And the answer would be Jackson, right, Jackson would probably help you more there. Yeah, but if you have I mean Jackson also played some safety in camp. If I'm not mistaken, that's true too, a little more fun he

played in the slot also. Yeah. See that's the thing too. I think, yeah, that you're right. It's a good point, Mickey. I think that I think Richard would go with I think his guy, he would go with a lumba just because he has confidence that he could go out there and make play. Yeah, I agree with you. Yeah, but he might get three defensive holding penalties along the way. He made some play, and he'll get beat deep too. He can't. He is not gonna run well, there's no

question about that. It may not come to that. It may not come to that. Oh you're but if they were helpful those corners Old Mara firing can get back. Didn't sound like Anthony Brown was. No, I don't think Anthy Brown play. I think has done. La Collins is done for this week. Yeah, for they're thinking Byron will I think he's got a chance. I think I agree with nik. I think a B doesn't happen. No, I think Abe's out. I think I think Byron Jones is the one guy that's got a chance. We'll see there's

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traveled to New England the Super Bowl? Right might be right, It might be ducking tomatoes. M'd see some quickness out of me at that time. The way we're talking about all these injuries, I just I threw out the question to Jason, is Mickey's got Noah Brown any closer to getting back? And apparently not not yet. He's still on pup. He's eligible to practice, but they haven't started that clock yet, well, just asking because they got some receivers. No, No, it's

a good it's a good it's a good question. But the problem is is once you start the clock, then you got two weeks and then you got to start making decisions. I know, but could you Are you in a spot where maybe you needed to start that clock? Why receiver? But apparently not so anyway, Sorry, Bill, but it was a good question. No, but again you would have to cut somebody. Yeah, you got if if one of those wide receivers was done for the year, then

absolutely right. Yeah, just give it a couple of weeks and yeah, you get to buy coming up. But this is a big what happened to your optimism? Super Bowl? Gosh, I'm a big Noah Brown fan. What do you mean? Yeah? Super Bowl? Bill? Um? Yeah, thing goes down the toilet. That would be by Nick Nay the rest of the year, bull Bill, yep, yep? House gaged the city? Do it never? Super Bowl team? Yeah, hanging in there there the rams of the NFC championship game hanging in a super Bowl Bill,

aren't you? And now and now they don't have first round picks next year? Raft? All right, how about that before we get into the Eagles. Jalen Ramsey is a ram Do you think of those round picks? Yeah, two first round picks in a fourth form, and they traded away Marcus Peters, who was probably gonna be a problem anyway. Well, they should have known that. And from the beginning, right, that's why he's available, you know. Uh, Well, they got an NFC championship or they got a trip to the

super Bowl out of him. Yeah. I know that GM out there in Los Angeles pretty well. And his attitude has always been he's like he feels like he's always coaching year to year or being a GM year to year. Yeah, you know, he worried about the next year. Somebody else's somebody else's problem. He you know, I remember talking to him Less Sneat and I go, I call him LS. How's it going. He goes, Oh, man, I'm out of here. They're bringing Gruden in here. I'm done. They're gonna get

rid of me, you know. And then he gets an extension, you know, and if they find a coach and all that, but Less is always uh I keep saying, coach Less has always been a GM. That that really he says, you know, what, I'm just gonna try and go for it every year, he goes, I don't. I just don't know how long I'm gonna get to do this. And you know, if you make a bunch of mistakes, don't get ridy anyway. But if you're building a good team. The biggest problem he's having is with his offensive line.

I mean that you talk about problems on you knows, and it's hard to believe that after we saw them play in the NFC divisional game that there would be any problem. But they just don't protect that guy because everybody's talking about his numbers dropping. Yeah yeah, and it's so, But does that matter? Doesn't he have to put the team on his back golf? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's that's that's been a problem there. But but that But but to him, he doesn't care. He he looks at this

as a year to year job. And if I give up picks to try and help my team now, then I'm gonna just and then they fire me. That's somebody else's problem, that's not my problem. Sounds like a panic move. Well, Harry, Well, the other thing that you've got out there is they're going into new stadium next year. And that market. Even though it is a new stadium. You think people would butts would be in seats with the new stadium and everything.

But and I guarantee you it's very pricey. They need to have a big year again this year just to keep the momentum going as they move into the new stadium next year. Mickey just brought up something. Can I ask a question? Absolutely, would you thought that trading for a Marii Cooper was a panic move? No? I thought it was a necessity. Yeah, I mean when we when

we A lot of people though thought it was. I mean, he's not wrong because because receiver by committee was a terrible idea, they were going down to drain with Yeah, continued, but it was it do think that people, I think it's a panic. If you define panic is trying to salvage your season. No, no, no, no, no, no, no panic It okay, but I don't know the best way. But but but I don't call it panic because it's worked out, so describe it. It was a long term

move though. But this Ramsey thing, they're going to resign him, well, yeah, you know that he holds out after him this year? Yeah, but yeah, maybe good luck I'm just saying, you don't give up what you gave up without resigning him, Well, you better bring the Brinks truck. Then he showed up in the Brinks truck there, did you know? It's funny that you kind of think, well, you know, and I

don't think you're wrong, Mickey. Maybe it looks like a panic move, but maybe it's I would have thought that trying to go get an offensive lineman was a better thing to go and try and help your team in defense. They did that, yeah, and that it was a bust. I haven't. I mean, I have watched a little Rams tape, you know, when I watched the Seattle game. They've had some problems in the secondary. Maybe that's maybe that's what they felt like they had to do. I mean, that's

I don't know. I mean, I kind of just thinking about the Cowboys situation, and but I think Mickey's right. I think it's something they had to do. They've had to go get a receiver. I mean, could could I mean, if the Rams needed to make a move, could they have given them up one first to get Trent Williams. If that thing's not going to resolve, see that he is, he too old to give up a first four Yeah, I don't. I don't know what they're trying to salvage

this season. The Rams are and with the look ahead to the next three seasons, obviously, but what was they gave a problem? The probably gave up. They gave up fifty five points to Jameis Winston and Tampa Bay. That's a good point. That is a really good point. In the next week through four interceptions, right, and then they used to Seattle and gets grounded, yeah, or benched, whatever you want to call bad. I was like, all right, so now with the Mari Cooper's injury and what are

we thinking for him on Sunday against the Eagles? And are the Cowboys back to receiver by committee? By the way, Yeah, just let you know, Trent Williams is thirty one years old.

It's an offensive lineman. Yeah, have a couple of years left, four or five good years maybe, but yeah, I think you know, there are the Cowboys back to square one at receiver where they were a year ago at this time if they don't have Cooper against the Eagles, who, by the way, against the Eagles at AT and T Stadium had the game winning touchdown last year, he made several greats. Sorry I was talking no Cooper and no Cob Yeah, yeah, just what you were last week against

the Jets. The problem I had is that was inexcusable to lose that game without I'm sure, I'm sure leading for Michael Gallop, you know, as one A and one A needs to play like one not not not not three D. He's gonna have a big game if they actually what what he what he needs to remember is not putting pressure on himself that yeah, I got to be the guy, you know what. That's the thing people

talk about. People talk and there's a narrative out there that the coaches don't have the players ready to play. It may be they're too ready to play. It's like they're they press in certain situations, you know. And I think he did. Now the passes were tad high, but he's got to catch them. Yeah, and he knows it. That's three drops and they had three other drops. That's six drops. I think somebody asked him about the offense being on the same page and he's like, yeah, I

think we are. I just but I just me. I just got to catch the football. Like that's basically just finished plays. And I think that's part of the message from the coaching staff is you, guys, we've made these plays, you can make them. Let's just let's let's do what we do. Like Brian said Monday, just make play football, make football plays. Some of it is about execution, no question about it. Now, there was one play that they weren't on the same page. But no, yeah, yeah, and

he'd probably open. Yeah, he didn't see the blitz and Dak read blitz exactly and it's like, you got to do that, not what you did. Uh, you know that prepared stuff. So Witton had a drop. He wasn't prepared to play. You want to believe that. No, No, I just sneed Michael Gallop to be one a ball. Gallop has to step up. And I think with Devin Smith on the other side as the outside receiver, if Cobb can't go, then they've got something. Now, when you go

three wide, that's a different story. But Cedric Wilson actually came on right. Yeah, But how about how about though? How about Tavon Austin though, did he do anything for He did a little bit. Yes, I don't know why. I don't you know, trust him? Yeah, you don't trust him because he can't line up. I don't blame you if you don't. Seriously, he runs a great route to get open Dak. It was a perfect ball to him.

He tap tap, gets the feet down fifteen yards. And now Bradley whatever the referee's name was, I forget his name, Bradley Rogers. I believe he's like, you know, you know legal formation eighty two covered. I'm like, what what you know? And sure enough it's fifteen or ten covering eighty two. So I mean you can't have that. You just can't have that. And I don't know. Do I trust him? No? I don't know Austin lined up as an outside receiver.

That's the question I asked Jason Garrett, and he basically says, no, you've got to understand where you are. You've got to line up. I'm not saying that as an excuse, but you could ask me right there too. Yeah, I said that yesterday. I give you the wrong answer, Yeah, exactly. But okay, so trust, no, trust, Nikki doesn't trust. I'm

kind of I think they're gonna have. If you're gonna have over there, they're gonna have to incorporate his speed into this offense somehow some special if it's Scandrick playing that, and if it's got to be and if it's got to be handoffs on end a rounds or whatever, you know, instead of faking it, you're gonna have to give it to him. Yeah, like you like tavon on Scandrick. Yes, yeah, yes, yes,

Scandrick will overthink this thing. You could get his head, you know, just hit him, hit him a bunch of play. But you know, make him have to tackle. I'll tell you what, make this uh, you know, make these the secondary. Make this Sidney Jones have to tackle a little bit too. They got some guys that really don't want to tackle. Other than that safety it's safety'll tackle, but not not not these corners not not interested? What about more? Tony Pollard and I just said, let's let's explore that when

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sneaking a peak outside at practice. The first team offensive line for your Dallas Cowboys right now, lining up at left tackle is Cameron Fleming left guard Connor Williams, The right tackles Brandon Knight. The right guard is Zach Martin, and your center is Joe Looney. It's kind of the way you played against Philadelphia last year. You had Joe Looney and they're playing center, you know. And but he said, Tyran Frederick's not practicing. Yes, Travis Frederick not practicing right now.

Maybe some maintenance going on there. He was not that out. We will Yeah, any other knots that we didn't mentioned already, seven others all all the other not practicing. If we count Crawford there you go, all right, Tony Pollard, you want to see more Tony Pollard? Rob Why not? If you don't have two of your top receivers and you're looking for a spark offensively, and he's a guy that essentially in some ways was very much a receiver in college,

why not? I mean, I you know, I think he got seven snaps against the Jets, And the last time we really saw him heavily involved was I think the Miami game yards one hundred yards and it was a twenty three snaps that game, twenty three snaps. It was opportunity for him to play more primarily as a runner. Game was over right games over he spell zeke, And I mean maybe that's gonna be his primary role is when based on time and score and circumstance, he's spelling zeke.

But I'm just trying to think of creative ways if you're if you're down a bunch of receivers in this game, potentially last three games he's had two snaps, five snaps, seven snaps on offense. Yeah, I think there's a lot of folks out there that are really fantasy disappointed. We were talking about that in the break about oh we

got Tony Pollard. He's really not done anything. But you know, I feel like, though to me, getting Tony Pollard involved in some two back sets, if you can use them as like a move player, you know, as you can put him in the slot or you know, put him in the backfield, throw them all, you know, just use him on those those what we call those Texas routes. So they go up and then they angle, you know, you go up to the outside in angle inside work

him against some linebackers. That's where the Eagles have had a little success with their guy when they when they know Miles Sanders, the running back they got from Penn State against Minnesota last week, they put him in the backfield and they knew they had a matchup, but they got him in man coverage and they just they just went up the scene with him, you know, and then Carson Wentz was able to hit him and it was

a big play. I think you need to find if you're not going to hand him the ball, find ways to throw him the ball. And I'm not just talking to the right of the screen stuff and all that's really really good, but but find ways to kind of let him work in space. If he could catch the ball at seven yards and make another ten yards just because of a run, I think that's a good thing.

You know. I'm surprised that we haven't seen, you know, Kellen Moore go with a little bit more of that with him in the backfield, instead of just saying, okay, putting an extra tight end on the field or putting an extra wide receiver on the field, you know, just maybe maybe think about him as a mismatched player a

little bit more. This is a great opportunity for Kellen Moore this week with when you're going up against an Eagles team that knows you so well, okay, from yours past and what and now with let's say a shortage of personnel, these guys can make place. There's a these guys are in the NFL, and then figuring out ways to use them because you can figure out creative ways to use them where that are not on tape, they have not seen and to be able to start it out.

I mean there's there are when when you play a division opponent, and we saw it with Sean Lee time and time again against division opponents. He had those offenses scoped out. Okay, and I think that this is an opportunity really to see the creativity that Kellen Moore has in this offense. That's a good point. I don't disagree with you. I think that you know, I think he's a little bit hamstrung by the fact that he doesn't

have his two tackles. Yeah, I was gonna say, how creative you want to get you know, those two guys on your edge, you know, And and you know, we've had discussions on the show about the quarterback and him taking hits, and you know, it's it's tough. It's tough when you're calling plays and you're thinking, okay, how can I how can I be aggressive here and then not

get my quarterback killed? You know, that's that's a that's a thought you have to and it's a it's a fine line that these coordinators walk because Jim Schwartz knows he's down weapons, and Jim Schwartz is like, listen, I can cover Devin Smith, I can cover Tavon Austin with my guys. So I'm just gonna go ahead and blitz linebackers. I'm gonna make I'm gonna make these running backs have to pick up. I'm gonna make them have to keep tight ends in. I'm gonna make Brandon Knight have to

block in this game. You know. Yeah, I mean that's the fine line you walk. That's why I kind of liked that first drive out of the out of halftime against the Jets. I know that they were behind fifteen points, but they didn't panic and this stuff out run. Yeah, just trying to take some pressure off of Dak and and try to keep the Jets a little honest. Just blitz it all the time, right, you know, and don't don't lose faith in your running back and your running game. Well, actually,

that second half when they actually played offense. It was balanced, twenty one runs, twenty one passes. Yeah, but how do you like you're also working against the clock? Ya, how do you like Brandon Graham against Cam Fleming or Yeah, yeah, that's that's where I mean. If you lose Dak Prescott, then everything is you know, we're we're talking Welcome to the Draft show kind of a thing. But you know, to me, you know, it's it's it's a fine line

that these guys walk. And you know, we were saying, well, there's a lot of first down runs. Yeah, a lot of first down runs. Because what happens is you get to a point in time like if I just keep dropping back, something is going to happen here. And I mean there's some good things that can happen, but there's a lot of also some bad things, especially when you don't have you're starting two tackles playing on that on

the field. It's trying to keep that down a distance manageable. Well. Yeah, and people say, well, well Dan Brian, it's second and nine. How what are you gonna do now? Yeah, Well, well you weren't playing to be second and nine. I know, I know that's the Yeah, but you get a lot of that twelve personnel stuff, and that brings seven eight down in that box and maybe we can see him spread those things out a little bit. By the way Dave Hellman said, it sounds like personal, personal for Travis

Travis Frederick personal reasons. That's why he's not at practice today. And we will be here tomorrow to dive deeper into these Philadelphia Eagles as the road to the Super Bowl continues. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. H