Talkin' Cowboys: Will The Offense Eat?

We're here, We're back. We're talking Cowboys. Had a phone call on the fan that ran a little lolong. Those guys are great. Sean narj and uh. We'll be a little bit late probably every Tuesday and Thursday because we've got some obligations to Phil, but we are here. We're here for the next forty five minutes, and we're gonna talk about this Cowboys offense versus the Seattle defense as we head into Week three of the twenty twenty NFL season.

Glad you're with us. Kyle Yeoman's alongside Rob Phillips, great Cowboys Insider, our resident Super Bowl champion, Isaiah Standback and my favorite mister heck Ma Harris and everybody's big teddy bear who just loves those bears and loves loves the grizzly side of the world and camping and everything. For those of you who don't get that reference, go watch our show yesterday he went through his fears of bears. But we're having a ton of fun here and looking

at this Seattle matchup, and I just mentioned it. We're gonna go through offense ve defense today. We flippedlop that yesterday and we talked about the Seattle offense and the Cowboys defense. But there's been some things that have changed over the last twenty four hours, and there's been some

concerns that have popped up amongst that Cowboys defense. Rob I saw an injury report yesterday Trayvon Diggs, our corner that Isaiah said, Hey, we're gonna have to put him on DK Metcalf, one of the best deep threats in the NFL, And well, he's on the injury report with the shoulder. What's the insider information on Trayvon Diggs? And is this something we should start panicking about in the secondary.

I don't know if it's panic, but how many corners can wind up on the injury reports slash ir My goodness, man, we just found out after the show that chio Use is out for multiple weeks with that hamstring injury that he had on special teams laid in the game against Atlanta. They just got Jordan Lewis back, and right as he gets back, Anthony Brown hurts his ribs in practice at the end of the week and is on IR for a minimum three weeks. And now, yes, Trayvon Diggs is

on the injury report. He was at practice the early part of practice. I'm not sure if he was really doing anything because he didn't practice, And you know what I'm the vibe I'm getting is I don't I don't think it's time to panic here. I think, look, he played all seventy five snaps in the game, and I don't think there's a ton of concern at this point.

We'll talk to Mike mccarthur here in a little bit and see, but obviously it's something they're trying to be mindful of, and it may have something to do with as many injuries as they've already got back there. If he's got a little something, let's just try to make sure he gets through the week and gets to the game. Sound the alarm because it's rough, man, it is rough, and it sucks, and I have I've said it before for those that are experiencing any kind of injuries are

hurdles that they have to overcome. I feel for you. I've been there entirely too many times, so I understand explicitly what you are dealing with. However, as an organization, sounding alarm because you don't have the depth that you need to handle these defensive I mean, these these receivers at Seattle's about to bring at you. I mean, goodness, gracious, I'm sorry for the for the dog on training staff

here because I know they're frustrated. But a rookie, a rookie high high, rookie draft pick, uh, not practicing on a Wednesday. It's not what happens, Okay. You practice every day. You only get three real days of practice, and two of them are with paths typically. I don't even know what the rules have changed now, But back in the day, two days were pass. One day was was a fast. You know, we call it up Temple Fast Fridays and

then Saturdays will walk through. If you're missing one day a practice of like the real practice, which is Wednesday,

your preparation day. Then you're hurt, You're you're you're hurt, right, You're not, You're not, You're You're dealing with something that's gonna be that kid could affect you in this game potentially um and then the news achieved being gone goodness gracious, that's what everybody in Cowboys Nation was relying on to really anchor these defensive backfield going into this week's game. So if you're going into to the game with your best defensive back being a injured Diggs or b Anthony Brown,

I don't know. I don't know now it was that, it was that, it was that mystery meat feeling. Again. I didn't when I saw Trade Bun things his name on the injury report, and I hadn't heard anything at all. Rob hadn't reported it. Kyle, you didn't say anything about it.

So when I saw him show up on the injury report, with Cheeto being out for multiple weeks and what we're going through at the court end of the secondary, this just isn't the time to have it because when you look down the schedule at the receivers that we've got coming on the horizon. This is a rough patch to have your guys on ir or out for a couple of weeks or just laboring. Yeah you look at yeah. Now, I was just gonna say, with these injuries, understands what this?

What this does to you? Okay, Cowboys Nation. When you're injured and you were short under you, you don't have that much depth at a certain posis such as cornerback. Right, the situation that we're currently in as a defensive coordinator might only he wants to get to all his blitzes. He wants to get to single high. He wants to press you, he wants to start doing all these crazy things. Guess what, now, you can't because you don't have the person nail. You can't afford to lose any more personnel.

So what do you do? Well, you become really chill, right, you become really conservative. You go back to a nice too high zone. And guess what, you can't do that when there's a dog on dude name by the name of Carson in the backfield for Seattle, you just can't. So this puts an entire defense at risk of being exposed, and it sucks. You brought up a really good point about, you know, the practice day and getting that work. I mean, he's the second round here, he's a rookie. He needs

all the work he can get. I think there's a may very well be where he's fine by Sunday. But you know, today is a huge day if they follow the same schedule that they've been following, because they usually go longer in practice on Thursday, and they don't, they don't practice Friday. They've got kind of a regeneration day. Let guys recover from the week and then have a

short deal on Saturday. This is the last real heavy work of the week, and so it'll be interesting to see if he's out there today, because you're right, I mean, a young player needs to be out there and getting prep especially for a team of this quality, and those are crucial because the reps that you're getting previously were against Julio Jones, Robert Woods and Cooper Cup and the

reps that even if you're healthy. Moving into the next couple of weeks, here's the next the next couple of matchups, just the next two matchups for the Cowboys, DK Metcaf, Tyler Lockett, Jarvis, Landry, Odell Beckham, junior. Those are on your schedule the next two weeks. Also, I'm going to worry about if you want to go. If you want to go two weeks down the line, we'll skip the Giants for now because Sterling Shepherd's banged up and they

don't really have a wide receiving corps anyways. Then you will skip a week six. Then you got DeAndre Hopkins Larry Fitzgerald on your schedule, so you have to get healthy. These corners need to come back because right now, and I know we've used a lot of PF grades this week, but it tells the story pretty well. But if you look at the lowest grades of three corners throughout the Atlanta game on Pro Football Focus, the lowest was Trayvon

Diggs at a forty seven. Jordan Lewis was next with a forty nine, and then you had Darryl Worley with a fifty seven. And if Diggs is healthy, those are your three guys, those are your three starting corners right now for the Cowboys, because there's no Cheeto, there's no Anthony Brown, and really that's what you're working with. If not if Trayvon Diggs isn't healthy, you're probably going to Brandon Carr, who you really brought into to hopefully play safety.

He's gonna end up playing corner like he did previously during his stint with the Dallas Cowboys. So's it's worrisome, But Rob whenever you're actually I'm gonna go to Isaiah on this one. But Isaiah, whenever you're dealing with an injury, specifically in Trayvon Diggs case, where it's a shoulder and you're a defender, we saw him last year with Jeff Heath. It's not necessarily an easy thing to rehab when your job is to hit somebody. Yeah, and I would like

to know. And obviously we won't find out what type of shoulder injury he's had because I've had a ton of them, right, I've tore my labor m three times. That was my first two major injuries I had here when I was in Dallas. But shoulders suck. So think about it from a large corner perspective, which he is, right, Diggs as a large frame corner and larger corners. Their advantage is being what being physical, Right, They're not necessarily

always gonna be the fastest. Diggs isn't necessarily the fastest corner. They're out there, okay, but he wants to get more physical with you. So going against another physical receiver presents problems because he has to go against DK Metcalf, who's six four two twenty five. He runs a four three three by the way, He's a physical specimen in terms of being strong. So this presents a problem because not

only kid Mike Nolan not be aggressive on defense. Now all of a sudden, you have to be conservative in the secondary with your coverage. And if you and now you can't even come get your hands on a player who who runs a little four to three, that presents a major problem. It's not a good look. Right now. I'm not worried about them, well, I want don't say that I'm worried about the DK. The DK Metcalf match up with Diggs is one that gives me a little

bit of pause. His speed, his size, everything about DK Metcalf. But when you go back and you look at the tape and you know that these guys have seen each other in the sec before, Diggs has had that matchup and you handled them pretty well. Now that's obviously Alabama old miss that we're looking at. Next tape from three years ago, but still we have some tape to see these ship guys against each other. But Dk metcalf is a physical specimen. Diggs is gonna have his hands filled.

They're gonna give him help over the top. You know that's gonna be there. And so the worry really for me is on the other side with Tyler Lockett, because Tyler Lockett is who Russell Wilson wants in those individual battles, and Jordan Lewis is gonna have to win his battle last week didn't wasn't a good look for George Lewis, and I'm sure he would admit the same thing. And

so they're just certain parts of our defense. And now with car coming in being that, I don't know if he's just in a nickel situation, but we're gonna have to have these guys play at a high level because right now for Seattle, they're where they are is priority number one is throw the ball, and that's where they're going to keep us in that in that Nickel packet, it's pretty much the whole game. I disagree with you on that one, heck I And to my point yesterday,

Seattle is not to throw the ball first offense. I don't I don't care how back for our history you go, I don't care if each just going off to the numbers, right, we're going off the numbers right now. And yeah, okay, as first is what they're doing. So I still believe, even though the stats show differently, right because I'm not a big stats guy, they're at a they're a run first team in nature. Now, if the run sets up for them to be able to start throwing the ball

a little bit more than so be it. But they cannot do what they do on offense without it without initiating the run right and establish to run. And while we're talking about receivers, we're talking about DK and we're talking about Lockett. Don't forget David Moore more beast. He's six foot two fifteen and he catches the ball. He got six catches for seventy six yards and a touchdown

and through two games. Let's not disrespect them, man. So you also have that there to say, now Dallas gets to catch a break, they catch a break a little bit. And the fact that um that Dorset is now going on ir because that would have really presented a problem. But more is still a respectable receiver that they cannot

look past more. They've used him. They used him I think on a jet sweep or at least a fake jet sweep some of that misdirection stuff that where you bring Wilson's legs and the ability to run into it. And they've got a rookie Freddie Swayne who caught touchdown passed last week. They've got they've got more depth, it looks like than we think they do. So yeah, I mean the matchups with the corners are huge. I think the Cowboys and Kyle spoke to it. They least have

some some numbers in terms of worlies. Started games at corner are obviously a started games at corner if they need it. But you don't want to have to reach too deep in the bag obviously, and you've been playing those two guys at corner all right safety, so you know, you'd like to have have some kind of you know,

rotation established and get something going there. It's gonna come down to pressure and try and we talked we talked about Russ all all yesterday and Isaiah made a great point about that that interior rush too, because you don't want to allow him to be able to step up in the pocket, either run or step up and throw and give him, you know, because he has a shorter quarterback, give him an opportunity to really step into his throw. That's huge as well, So Don Terry Poe and Crawford

and Antoine Woods. It's a big games to him, Hill, Tristan Hill, Course, Triste, Yeah, big game for them. Yep. And whenever you look at back to talking about that corner back spine, that's why you went and got got those veterans. That's why you went and secured a guy like Brandon car and a guy like Daryl Worley. Is

so that way you your your floor is higher. You're ceiling may not be as high at the cornerback spot, but your floor is higher than it would be if you're you're having to throw some rookies or younger guys out there. But there are some rookies in younger guys that are waiting in the wings. Reggie Robinson, who's been inactive the first two weeks of the season. You've got to Chris Westry. That's out there, rob But if you're looking at either one of those guys or maybe even

some of these other practice squad caliber players. Is there anyone that sticks out to you that could potentially get moved up and play an active role. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I don't know if they're to that point yet. I think we got we gotta we gotta see, we gotta see what's up with Diggs. I think there's

there's a chance he'll be fine for this game. Um, but I think what really is happening potentially even with even if it's just Cheeto U and Anthony Brown, what what Mike McCarthy has said all through camp is going to be put to the test here where you need all your guys in the secondary and you don't necessarily play one position. You gotta be ready to come in

and play multiple spots. And we may we may really see that with some veterans that they brought in, uh, that that are kind of cross training at different spots. It's you know, they don't really it's all about position flex and they may really have to use it here in the next few weeks. We say they don't. Don't ease up. Now, man, last week we wanted to throw digs to the Wolves. Now let's look ahead and throw Robinson out there. Let him learn. No, no, no, that's

a that's on the team right now. Dog, that's cool. That's a completely different player, Isaiah, that's a completely different players. We talk about we talk about two rounds. That's it. Yeah, there's a lot of difference between two rounds, a lot of different guy Dudu And they moved him to safety too. He really I don't know how much corner he's really been working at ye. So yeah, your point's well taken. But to Rob's point as well, we mentioned it in

the off season. We mentioned the fact of the word of the year will be hybrid, and the Mic Noel defense it's going to be hybrid, and that's exactly what the corners and the safeties have been throughout the season.

Interchangeable another one of those words, and we're gonna see just how interchangeable they are if we're gonna see some flip flopping this week, and hopefully the Cowboys can get something going and some healthy bodies into that secondary because they're gonna need it against Russell Wilson when we come back. You're on talking Cowboys. I promise we'll get to that that Cowboys offense versus Seattle defense talk. Dak Prescott had four and fifty yards last week. I think Ezekiel Elliott

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edition of Talking Cowboys. Week three, Episode four. Glad you're with us on Dallas Cowboys dot com, and there's a little bit of breaking news to report here on Talking Cowboys as Adam Schefter has twittered the to the world, twittered out there and tweeted and whatnot, and he is uh. He has reported that this Seattle Seahawks, the team that the Dallas Cowboys will be playing this week in are gonna have a visit from mister Snacks Harrison at the

defensive tackle spun. Now good news for Cowboys fans. It's twenty twenty, and because of twenty twenty, you can't necessarily play that quickly. So Cowboys aren't gonna have to worry about snacks Harrison. But some other teams earlier are coming up on the Seattle schedule might have to worry about snacks Harrison coming up there in just a bit. But there's another interesting wrinkle, and we're gonna talk about that Seattle defense. And I teased going into the break that

I think Zeke is due for a huge game. I said, one hundred and fifty yards. He's had one hundred and twenty plus all purpose yards in each of the first two weeks. I think he could do that. He might even reach a hundred on the ground again for the first time this season, So I think he's due for a big game. And it's really because of the defensive line for Seattle. I'm not necessarily impressed with them. Much like the Cowboys have had a lot to be desired

on the de defensive line. I think Seattle is the same way. They don't necessarily pressure a whole lot. They don't really do that much in the run defense. But I want to see what you guys think about it. Heckma, is this a game where Ezeki Elliot's gonna be the bell Cow and he's gonna be able to surpass the triple digit mark again? Kyle, Yes, and I'm hoping that

he's twenty five plus carries in this game. But no matter what, man, I'm just gonna play Captain obvious here and just say we can't fumble the ball five times and give up twenty points. I think that that's gonna set us up for success if we don't have to do that. But that's the way that that's the way that the Cowboys have to go into Seattle looking at this game, and Dak is gonna have to rely heavily on that Bell cow running back Zeke is gonna have to eat a whole lot and also be in that

be a big part of the passing game. Look, Seattle's defense isn't what it used to be. Right, you would go to Seattle and the whole legion of Boom talking the twelfth Man, But we don't have to deal with the twelfth Man and those decibel levels, and we definitely don't have to deal with this the legion of Boom. But for the Cowboys, it's gonna have to be those possession of receptions, continuing to move the change, and Dak

is gonna have to help this defense out. He's the man that can cure our eels on defense by time of possession, making sure that he gets those long exaggerated drives going. And they have to finish in the red zone with points, and so it's not gonna be one of those games where you can give up a whole lot of points early and expect for Dad to put his cape on and bring us back from behind. Fifty. Yeah, yeah, d fifty you know what? You know what, Isaiah, Isaiah,

that was a question, Isaiah. I'm gonna make sure I'm seeing it with like y'all y'all know, I love me. I love Freaky Zeki. Freaky zek He's a beast, he's a dog. Eats right, obviously he has a tattooed as says he eats. But um, there's no no I mean no butt. But but but but I do agree with you, Kyle. This defensive line is unimpressive, right. I think that they do what they're asked to do. But you know, hence the reason why they're going out there. They're trying to

bring in somebody like Snacks Harrison. They need a dominant force. They don't have that. That's probably the only um out of their three levels of their defense, the defensive line, the linebackers in the secondary. The defensive line is the only position right now they don't have a dominant dominant force on the presence there Um. They just lost Irving. That hurts them in a major way. Uh, because he's a patient, experienced defense at end, slash rush or whatever

you want to call him. Um that that they lost. But they need an internal presence. Reason being is because they are susceptible to a good rushing offense such as the Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott. Um. This office ave line is not what it's what it's been in the past, but they're still good enough to push the Seahawks a line line off the off the line of scrimmage. With that being said, once you get past the defensive line

is when you start running into matchup problems for the Cowboys. Right, Um, the linebackers. You have kJ Wright, who's a dog. You have Bobby Wagner, who's the best linebacker in football. And then you brought in the Ricky let me go ahead and find his name, Jordan Brooks out of Texas Tech first round draft picks. So listen, those three dudes are

some dogs now. And then, oh, by the way, um, Seattle, I don't know the exact percentage, for probably about seventy percent of the game, they played single high safety in which they brought Jamal Adams, who arguably the best safety in the game, as the fourth linebacker or the safety in the box. So they're going to put eight guys in the box and they're not going to allow z. They're going to try their best to not allow Zeke to get off to a start. And that's what Seattle

wants to do. Seattle wants to force you. Yeah, I think I'm just I'm just saying by doing that, you bring three Pro Bowl guys at the second level, right, plus plus a Ricky first round draft pick. So they're going to present problems for this offense in terms of trying to establish the run. Does Zeke still eat? Zeke always eats, right, So I'm not disrespecting that, But one hundred and fifty yards, I just don't see that happening. It hasn't happened that much in Seahawks history, and I

don't even know that stand. You know, they've allowed ninety nine total rushing yards through two games. Also, and it's two point one yards a carry, So through two games, it's two games. They've done a solid job against the run. However, However, Isaiah mentioned Bruce Irvan out for the year. Yeah, They've got some guys banged up elsewhere on their defensive line this week. Benson Mayoa did not practice yesterday. Jeron Reid

did not practice yesterday. Cody Barton, linebacker who was in on the goal line stand against the Patriots at the end of the game, didn't practice yesterday. You mentioned Brooks, the rookie, he might have to play more. With Irvan out, They're gonna have to do some maybe some reshuffling on their d line, but they do have Jamal Adams. They have Jamal Adams, and he is he's been their best pass rusher. I mean he's I think he's got two sacks, they've got three total sacks, and and uh, we saw

what he did against the Cowboys last year. It was that zero blitz at the end of the Jets game where he broke through the line and made the play. They've got some issues kind of kind of like the Cowboys, all levels of their defense, but they do have some playmakers. I'm kind of with Isaiah on this though. I don't know. I don't know if Zeke's gonna have to get two

one hundred and fifty yards. I think if they could take care of some matchups in the passing game and you know, maybe maybe they can have more balance than needing Zeke to do that, unless they're just in a position where they can just salt away the game in the second half depending on how it unfolds. Yeah, Jamal Adams is that? Yeah, quintessential. I'm sorry, Kyle, I'm glad now. I was just gonna talk about Rob's stat really quickly about the rushing yards that were allowed by Seattle. You

also got to think about who they're playing. Todd Gurley in week one, who we saw last week wasn't necessarily the same Todd Gurley, or at least hasn't gotten going as the old Todd Gurley has in the previous years. But then you go up against the Patriots last week and you had Sony Michelle and Plano his own Rex Burkhead, who were the don't knock my guy from playing. I love f Burkhead, but at the same time, he didn't do anything against that Seattle defense. This is they haven't

face yet, but good go for it. You got Bobby Wagner and and j R. Those are two downhill for the linebackers that help your run defense well. And yeah, with Jamal Adams coming down, he's gonna come up and stop the run. I mean, he's a box safety and he will continue to be that, and that's something that they're going to continue to utilize him in because he's better there than he has been in coverage, especially this year.

But I still think, like as Isaiah said, Zeke's gonna eat and the play calling last week was very indicative to letting Zeke have the football, whether it was via the run or via screen pass or a short play where you just get the ball into his hands. I think they're gonna see a lot of that same thing from Kellen Moore heading into Sunday, and it's something that I think will allow him to have that kind of game. And that's where Dalton Shows has to take over. Dalton

Shows has to be available in the passing game. You're right, kJ Wright. The linebackers of Bobby Wagoner and one of the best linebackers in the NFL right now, those guys are all over the place. But let's not forget man who Ezekiel Elliott is. And look last week. Last week, Seattle completely disrespected Cam with eight in the box and they just said, look, we don't care about you throwing the ball. And that's why Julian Edelman went for eight

catches one hundred and seventy nine yards. You reverse that, You reverse that, and you come to the Cowboys and you look at what Ceedee Lamb can do from that slot position. And oh yeah, by the way, Seattle does give up the most yards to slot receivers number one or number two, but they're the tops of the league and what they give up to slot receivers and oh we got the best guy at receiver. He's a cowboy helmet. So those match up problems for Seattle are all over

the field. And so if they trying to if they come with the eight men in the box mentality with us, I think we break their spirit by giving them that dose of zeke. But then when they get ready, when they're loaded up for it, we drop it over the top and we have the receivers in the tight end and hopefully Dalton shots can play like he plays against Atlanta every week. That's what we need from him. Um. Heck,

just a couple of things. Um, you mentioned you mentioned that Shultz is going to get off against one of two of these Pro Bowl safeties, right because quand Quandre Digs is there as well. Right, So either way he's either gonna have Jamal Adams on him, Quandre Diggs on him, or kJ Wright one of those guy's gonna be sticking him. Correct. Okay, just make it just making sure that you were talking

about the right person. Okay. So so with that said, um, he won't have with the game that he wants to have, and all the points you made about receivers. Absolutely, You're absolutely correct. They give up play, give up a big players to slot receivers because they are going to force you to throw the ball. They will lose. They would rather lose to Dak Prescott than lose to Ezekiel Elliott. That is the Seattle mentality. Trust me, I've been there. I know the guys there. I know Ken Norton, I

know those guys. He is not going to let you run the ball. He Zeke might. Zeke might get sixty, he may get seventy yards. He's not going for one hundred or some yards. And you're gonna have to run routes in man coverage versus guys because Seattle. After watching this game, Seattle came up and played man demand majority of the game. And it's gonna And another point that you said, you said that, did you say CD was the best slot in the game. I think I heard

you start to say that. Is that something that you said? That's exactly what I said, oh said with your chest. Okay, So with the so just a question here, I know we got going to something you would prefer to have Ceedee Lamb didn't, Tyler Lockett. No, I'm talking about for the Dallas cow Wait a minute, now, I realize I do really a little bit that Seattle is your other boys, right, the cowboys of my boys. So I'm just telling I understand. I don't. I don't feel like I take I take

all emotion out of it. I am a fact based individual. I would keep the one hundred I got all times. But no matter why, it's like you're using words like let they're gonna let us do so we don't. No, no, no, you know, you know you're gonna have this. You gotta hurd it. But Seattle is not going to allow you to establish the run and went in the way that Dallas would prefer, and which is why they went eight

in the box. Which is why they went eight Aboudy, even with the Sony Michelle, even with the Rex birthhead, with those guys that you don't consider to be top dogs at that position, they still went eid in the box because they don't. They still am They didn't respect Cam's arm, And now I'm saying, Camm Dak are two different quarterbacks. I would go with Dak every time with his arm, what he's going to be able to do against the Seattle defense and receivers too. I'm just saying

he's got a better receiving. So they disrespected. They lined up eight in the box because they knew that what what the Patriots wanted to do was obviously get Cam involved in the running game. That's why it's important to bring them all Adams up in the box like that. I kind of agree with you, but they did the same thing. Did that hurt? Did that hurt? To kind of agree with me? Though? We gotta go already know

we gotta go ahead. Com I'm just I need I need a bucket a popcorn when this kind of stuff pops up, Like I just need to set here and watch the back and forth because both of you guys know the game so well. Now, Isaiah, I want you to put your money where your mouth is and not money. We're not gonna bet money here, but I want to make a bet with you. You said, Zeke's not having a hundred yards and we're if do you still have an Isaiah stand back Seattle, Jersey, anywhere you have one

running around, of course, have one. He does. Bring it Bring it Sunday. Bring it Sunday to pregame and post game. Because I'm gonna bring a Dack jersey. And if I don't, I don't have an Ezekiel Elliot jersey, or actually have a Tony Romo jersey. I don't have a Dack jersey. I'll find a way to get a jersey. I'll find a way because if Ezekiel Elliott has a hundred plus

yards in Sunday's game, you're gonna wear a jersey. If he doesn't, I'll wear a jersey and we'll do it on Monday as are how about that, I'll bring I'll bring my wife. I'll bring my wife's Dack jersey up there today or on Sunday. Okay, I'm helping. I'm helping the bet. I'm helping. He's providing, providing it. He's providing a little bit of a little bit of something to substance of what we can have the better. But I think Zeke's gonna easily have a hundred yards. I think

he's gonna have a fantastic game. I even think Tony Pollard's gonna have a better game than he has the first two weeks of the season. I really do think this run game for the Cowboys is going to have some success against the front seven of Seattle. Even with respect that I have for that linebacking corps, I still think they'll have some success. But when we come back, we'll wrap things up. We'll set you into Friday as we continue with more talking Cowboys after this. I'm Jay Novachik,

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free shipping to Talking Cowboys. It's the final segment of Hero of Talking Cowboys. Glad you're with us. It's a Thursday edition as we are just a couple days away from the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks Week three of the NFL season, And really, I think this is a benchmark game. And I brought this up yesterday just very briefly, and Rob kind of gave me one of those whoa kind of reactions by the way, Rob Phillips,

Heck Mahrris and Isaiah stand back. I'm Kyle Yeomans, and Rob gave me one of those whoa reactions when I kind of said it, but we didn't really address it. But going into this week, the Cowboys one and one, Seattle two and oh, and Seattle's really scene right now anyways, as a NFC favorite with a quarterback who is playing at an MVP level. I mean he's had nine touchdowns and eleven in completions. The guy is just absolutely cooking.

And that's Russell Wilson. I went on a limb yesterday and I even put it in an article, our Big Fax article that you can find on Dallas Cowboys dot com. But I said, the winner of this game Sunday, all of a sudden has vaulted into that conversation as an

NFC favorite, as a potential Super Bowl contender. I wanted to get your guys thought thoughts on that because a week ago we were talking about the season potentially coming to an end and really not turning out the way that you thought panic Button was just I mean, the case was off of the panic button and everybody was getting ready to push it if they didn't complete a twenty point comeback. Well they did, and now I'm bringing this up, but when you look at it, it's really

not that outlandish. But I wanted to get your thoughts at Robert. I know you gave that that whole reaction initially. Well do you think that do you think the winner is is even in that conversation or am I way out there right now? I mean, I got Seattle in the Super Bowl. I guess I gotta stick to that the whole year, right. I'm just I think it's it's

too early for anybody, um to really know. The thing that concerns me with both teams is defensively, they have so many injuries on both side, on the defensive side of the ball, that you know this early in the season, you just wonder now the Cowboys have a chance. You know, they get late in back, late in the year, later in the year, Sean Lee, that helps um, But you're

so depleted so early. I Dak said it before the season started that the healthiest team's gonna win, and he was asked question about you know, obviously the COVID and the virus being a threat to everybody, but also just the injury front, and we're seeing more injuries this year than I can remember so early. That concerns me for both teams being healthy enough to be effective on the defensive side of the ball. Right now, which which team do you think? Real quickly, rob, which team do you

think is more injury ridden? Is it? Is it the Dallas side? I think over Seattle pretty easily, But I'll throw another NFC West opponent in there. How about San Francisco? Which one has been decimated more? Is it San Francisco or Dallas in terms of these two guys or two teams rather that have lost a ton of guys. I might take San Francisco just because it sounds like Garoppolo might not play this week, and that's the toughest division in football problems, so they can't afford not to have

your quarterback for multiple weeks. I don't know how long it's gonna be. And San fran and San Francis, guys don't come back, true, I mean they go, they don't. They guys just don't come back. So, yeah, Dallas is in good shape. They only get better from here. Heckman, continue with what you were going to say. No, I'm interrupting everybody's others waiting on my third, but I mean san Franci, Yeah, with Bolsta and the ACL man, that's just yeah, that's ridiculous. But the Cowboys right now are

feeling that injury bug. And in this game, I just feel like I'm really excited to see Dak go up against another one of his contemporaries and prove his case. And we talked about this betting on your self mentality and Dak going from I guess week one, having that the past to Michael Gallup overruled by horrible PI and coming back last week versus Atlanta. He's just proving his case that he's maturing and the things that we're looking for in him to be that next level, take the

next level as a quarterback. He's starting to mature in that man. But if you and Rob started to do the comparison between Dak and Russell Wilson yesterday, and I love I gave you know that. I love I love the comparison because when it comes down to what Cowboy Nation wants from Dak, I think that's what we want to see. We want to see Dak b Russell Wilson and eight years, nine years and not just be perceived or look at as a bus driver, so to speak.

And so he has to take the next step and I think you know in this matchup, this would be the one that we see him golden neck go that extra mile to be the upper echelon quarterback. So you're you're saying, at least this game based off of last week. I mean, it was the third four hundred and fifty yard performance that Dak Prescott has had in his career, and it was quite possibly the best comeback, or actually

it was the best comeback that he's ever had. But whenever you're looking at Dak Prescott and this is a secondary that automatically gives you a little bit of pause because there is a Jamal Adams back. There, there is a Quandre Diggs there is a griffin. They're good in the secondary, Seattle is it's it's up front where the pressure is that they're kind of leaving a lot to be desired. Like I said earlier, much like Dallas. Where is Dak Prescott gonna be able to pick apart this defense? Though?

And Isaiah, I know you went into it a minute ago talking about eight players in the box. You're gonna stop the run? Can Dak eat like Zeke wouldn't normally eat? Is there a chance that he's able to roll the football around a little bit? Yes, Deck's gonna have the opportunity to do so. Um, he's definitely gonna have a lot of a lot of time, a lot more time than he than he probably imagines he will. He will have.

But he's gonna to be precise with his passing. Um. That's something that I've always been kind of down on Dac with in past years. I know he's continue he's continuing to get better, but his precision has to be on point. He can't be behind on crossing routes, he can't be behind on deep balls. Um, he's gonna have to be on point because these guys are going to get open. But they're gonna have somebody writing their hip pocket while they're open. So if he's off the mark

by at all, it can lead to easy turnovers. So it either be big play or it can be a turnover. So if he and that's that's what it's really gonna come down to. So he really has to dial in this week because he will have the time to throw the rock. But will it be on the mark at when? Do you agree? Oh? No, have you not seen him mature? Have you not seen that? I have? I mentioned that. I mentioned that. Okay, do you agree with him? I about it? Just got a little too far yesterday though?

Who you you went too far yesterday? Now you did? I thought that was a perfect comparison. I mean, instead of being being compared to Kirk Cousins. I would like to hear Russell what Russell Wilson? Yeah, that's for sure. Yeah, no, I mean but so as we talked about comparison, So Dak has improved on his long balls and hit some of his shorter routes right his intermediate routes, but there has been he has a history of not being on

the mark. Now, guys may catch the ball, but that doesn't mean just because they have a completed pass, that the ball was, where the location was, where he needed to be. And as a former quarterback, I dial in on those things. Right, is an under back shoulder, was an under front shoulder, Right, So things things that okay, well most people bypassed and say, okay, it was a completed pass. Yeah, but it was this close to getting tipped, right, it was this close to being office back shoulder and

into somebody else's hands. So so those are the things that I'm talking about because you know, we know Russell Wilson doesn't really make those mistakes. So when we look at when we're looking on both sides of the ball, Russell Wilson, you know we I think Rob said yesterday, when he throws the ball deep, it's like a handoff, right, And that's the confidence that he has. I don't think is there yet. But he's on his way. Him and him and these receivers are gonna have to continue to

build their rapport. He's gonna have to get the ball to CD if see, he's gonna be in a slot because that's where they're gonna win in. Yeah, what's Russ completing right now? Like eighty two percent? Of his passes. It's just it's just ridiculous. He leads been the best player in the league so far, leads the NFL and completion percentage, touchdown percentage, and QBR. He's had a one forty QBR through the first two games, which is just unbelievable.

But I mentioned the stat last earlier in the show. Nine touchdowns, just eleven in completions. It'll be tough to slow down Russell Wilson. But this is gonna be a duel. I was asked on seinon r J this morning about the over under, and the overunder I think was at fifty six or something like that. And we're not betting men on this show. We talk a lot about the numbers though, and I would take the over. I mean,

we saw forty thirty nine last week. I wouldn't be surprised if the Cowboys get close to forty again this week. It's just whether or not can they stop the Seattle aside from getting forty Yeah, yeah, with both of these defenses, man, it's going to be a shootout. Just look for Yeah, it's gonna be a shootout. It'll be a lot of fun to break down. And tomorrow we'll give our predictions.

Bring your predictions because as always Fridays, or say it with your chest Friday, as we lead you into the weekend. It's our final show prior to kick off, so come see it with your chest, bring your questions, bring your frustrations or your excitement about this week's game, and then we'll all do predictions together as a collective Cowboys Nation family and a Talking Cowboys family to close out the

week and have some fun with it. But that's going to do it here for the Thursday edition of our show. So glad you've been with us over the last forty five minutes. Special thanks to Chris Beam in the Backbuff for Isaiah's dam back for Rob Phillips, and for heck Ma Harrison. I'm Kyle Yeoman's We'll see you tomorrow. I'm Talking Cowboys. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.