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00:00 CLNS media coming to you on Cowboys week where the Patriots are looking to get to 500 against a
00:06 Dallas team that had a bit of an upset loss last week against the Arizona Cardinals now
00:12 Patriots clearly aren't sleeping through this one
00:15 They have been adamant that this is one of the most loaded teams in the league as evidence by all the Pro Bowlers
00:19 They had last season and obviously they have one of the best players in football in
00:24 Micah Parsons who Belichick went so far as to compare to Lawrence Taylor now it was athletically
00:30 He did go on to say that you know, that's like another one of Belichick's kids
00:34 He's not gonna go all the way and say this is Lawrence Taylor and Carney, but even in the same breath is pretty crazy. So
00:41 You and I we need to know more about this team out of conference. We don't know a ton about them
00:47 You know, the Pats did play them back in 2021 Mac Jones's rookie year. So to break down the boys
00:52 I've got my go-to source on all things Cowboys David have been a blogger with the boys David. How are you doing my friend?
01:00 I'm doing real great. And thank you for having me on
01:03 It's it's really exciting to get ready for this matchup the last time they played in 2021
01:08 It was really just a great game. It was one that like going in I thought for sure it was gonna be close
01:14 I expected the Patriots to pull out the win just because it was in Gillette Stadium and
01:19 Going into overtime the way it did it was it was just such a fun game. It did happen to be the one that
01:25 Dak heard his angle
01:27 He missed the they went into the buy-in and they missed the next game
01:30 Cooper rush had his first start and let the win over the Mike Zimmer Viking
01:34 So, you know not not the best experience afterwards, but it kind of worked out
01:38 So I'm really looking forward to what this one has in store
01:41 Absolutely. So I mentioned the loss of the cargo we're gonna get into plenty of film
01:46 But I just want to get some context around all this
01:48 so what exactly happened because obviously the Cardinals are a team that everybody was projecting to be the first team picking in the draft in
01:55 2024 and the Cowboys like I said plenty talented. They're a good team
01:59 What went wrong to lead to the outcome of them getting upset on the road?
02:03 III think everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong in this situation. I think it really just started with
02:10 the Cowboys did not
02:14 They really didn't take this team seriously
02:16 And I think they were kind of looking forward ahead to the Patriots and then of course the week after they play the 49ers
02:22 And that's gonna kind of be a situation where everyone's gonna be
02:25 Watching that 49ers game and they want to see you know that rematch
02:29 But also the Patriots are really the first good team that they're gonna play this year
02:32 I think they just overlooked the team and you know, the first two weeks the Cardinals they didn't pull out the win
02:38 But they were very very close against two teams and their commanders and the Giants that
02:42 probably are not as good as the Cowboys, but they showed that they're feisty and
02:46 Cowboys just
02:48 Overlooked them. They were missing three of their starters on the offensive line, which played a part
02:52 They lost Trayvon Diggs a few days before the game for the season with an torn ACL. So
02:57 Some injury problems, but at the same time
03:00 They just didn't come in locked in like they were against the Jets and the Giants and it cost them
03:06 And you mentioned those injuries all kind of touching that on both sides of the ball
03:09 I noticed the Dak Prescott his
03:12 Air yards per attempt when the lowest in the league he's getting the ball out really fast
03:16 How much of that has to do with just scheme?
03:18 How much of that has to do with new piece like branding cooks in the mix new tight end?
03:23 And also how much of that just has to do with the fact that the offensive line has been banged up at different spots
03:28 Yeah, I think it's it's a lot of it's really all those different factors this year with the Cowboys offense
03:35 obviously Mike McCarthy took over play calling from Kellan Moore who left for the
03:39 Offensive coordinator job with the Chargers and he hasn't like completely overhauled the offense
03:44 But he has implemented a lot of the West Coast principles that he's really liked throughout his career
03:48 So a lot of that really has to do with the pass protection. So they're really trying to
03:52 to minimize the amount of time the Dak holds the ball a lot of times under Kellan Moore's offense like they would call a
03:59 Lot of longer developing plays ask the pass protection to hold up with just a little bit longer
04:04 and so
04:06 Some of those times it led to deck throwing under pressure a lot of those
04:09 Interceptions from last year that everyone likes to talk about where those situations where it's those third and long and you know
04:15 You need the longer developing pass plays and things just he's under pressure
04:19 He throws a bad pass or forces it somewhere gets a pick and that's really what they were trying to avoid
04:24 And then obviously it kind of happened where you get to week one and Tyler Smith the left guard isn't ready to go
04:31 So they play the first two games with a backup
04:33 Actually for the second half of week two, they're they're taught back up at left guard true money doga
04:39 He was out for the rest of that second half
04:41 And so they rolled with undrafted rookie TJ Bass who actually held up fairly well at left guard
04:47 Granted it was classic the second half against against the Jets and so they weren't you know, they pretty much had control of the game
04:54 They weren't doing a whole lot at that point
04:56 But he held up well, and then the next week they get Tyler Smith back, but then they lose Zach Martin
05:03 They lose Tyler be oddish
05:04 They're starting a center and then they you know, they dress out Tyron Smith and he's a team captain and everyone's like, oh, yeah
05:10 He's a team captain. He's clearly playing and it's like nope. He's actually not so down three starters
05:15 So they have yet to have a fully healthy offensive line this year. That's definitely played a part
05:20 But I think even when they do get healthy, they're still gonna deck still gonna be getting the ball out pretty quick
05:25 They're not gonna be dialing up a whole lot of a whole lot of plays are aimed to go deep
05:30 Although they will be taking some deep shots to keep defenses honest
05:34 Patriots can relate to having some injury issues on the offensive line
05:39 It was last week was the first time we actually saw the top four guys together
05:42 Got a little bit of stability and vaderian low right tackle
05:46 But then Cole Strange was replaced by Antonio Maffi and then going into this game in Dallas
05:50 It seems like Antonio Maffi may actually be subbing in again for Cole Strange the whole game now last thing
05:56 I'll ask before we get into the film talking about injuries Trayvon Diggs pretty significant one
06:01 How have the Cowboys adjusted to his loss or have they really done anything that different?
06:06 So what they what they did when they lost Diggs was they took their slot cornered to Ron Bland who was a rookie last year
06:14 And he had played at I think it was Fresno State for a year after coming up from the FCS
06:20 And he had a really good rookie year
06:22 He actually led the team in interceptions, which when you're playing on a team that has Trayvon Diggs
06:26 That's kind of a big deal
06:28 He he showed real great as a tackler. He was really good in the slot
06:31 and so he was playing the slot, but then they moved him to the outside corner with Trayvon Diggs out and
06:37 Taking his place is veteran Jordan Lewis who actually was the starter at slot last year
06:44 About week six or seven. He ended up hurting his hurting his foot and he was out for the year
06:50 that's when bland came in and that's what he kind of
06:53 Ascended to being a guy that they wanted to be the starter and it just kind of worked out that you know
06:58 Lewis was on the the PUP list all preseason training camp
07:01 And then they took him off right before for roster cuts kept him on the roster
07:06 And it just kind of worked out that once he was healthy. That's when they ended up having this situation
07:11 So they have a veteran guy in the slot that they really trust. They really trust to Ron Bland
07:15 So they're they're good there
07:18 But obviously I think in early against the Cardinals bland was still adjusting to playing that outside role
07:24 They the Cardinals targeted him a few times. He gave up a couple completions, but he settled in as the game went on
07:29 No bland headed like that. All right, so it's gonna be a good competitive matchup on the outside
07:35 That's wideouts. All right, so without further ado, let's get into some film. We're gonna start off. It's Mike McCarthy's offense
07:43 So what else but slant flat also known as dragon what you got for us here, David?
07:49 All right, so this is
07:53 You're good you can see it. Mm-hmm. Awesome. So this is from the Jets game and this is
08:01 Cowboys are backed up. They got the ball inside their own five and then they got a false start
08:06 So I backed him up just a little bit more and so when you're back in
08:10 You know the shadow of your own end zone Mike McCarthy decides. Hey, we're gonna we're gonna go to one of the tried-and-true concepts here
08:15 Which is
08:16 Dragon is what he calls it. It's gonna be a slant flat
08:19 And so that if you see here, they line up three tight ends over here to the right
08:23 So I'm sure the Jets are probably thinking Oh three tight ends all to one side
08:27 They're running it with where they are on the on the field, but then they're gonna go ahead and motion
08:32 Hendershot over here so that they get lay them out here
08:37 They have Hendershot here and this is where they're gonna run the the slant and flat
08:41 so Liam just runs a pretty typical slant slant route Hendershot's gonna run out to the flat and
08:48 basically
08:50 Deck Prescott he's just gonna read this linebacker right here
08:53 if he starts coming out a little bit to guard the the player in the flat then he's gonna just drill the ball to lamb and
09:00 If he does it then he can just dump it off to Hendershot in the slipper in the flat and he's gonna
09:06 Pick up however many yards he can and it may not be much but with where you are in the field
09:10 That's gonna get you a little bit of breathing room on the other side. He's gonna run just kind of a spacing concept over here. So
09:17 Jake Ferguson and Luke Schoonmaker the other two tight ends
09:21 They just kind of run shallow curls, but as you'll see here after deck drops back. He never even looks over there
09:27 That's gonna be most of the most of the case in this offense and to your point about deck getting the ball out quick
09:34 A lot of it is like you have one maybe two progressions and if it's not there
09:39 You're gonna be going into a scramble drill because they don't want him sitting back there in the pocket and risking
09:42 Getting any pressure especially at this point. So he just kind of drops back and
09:48 As you can see the linebacker here. He starts coming out a little bit. He sees Hendershot
09:55 He doesn't want to give up something
09:56 He might be thinking that if Dak hits him
09:58 He can get an easy pick six and there's this little space right here that lambs about to come through and deck just
10:03 Slings it in there
10:05 Easy money and then lamb just had he's got the wheels to take off
10:10 And he actually fumbles the ball at the end too and the center Tyler be oddish
10:16 He was following the play the whole time. So he ends up
10:19 He's right here following the play and lame is getting tackled by like three guys, so I don't necessarily blame him for
10:28 Bumbling at that point, but I know senses were tingling. Yeah, he comes up and he's just like up ball and
10:34 He actually the oddish to his credit. He had recovered a fumble similar situation in week one. So two games to recovered fumbles
10:43 And then the game that he doesn't play the Cowboys lose
10:47 So maybe there's something there with the oddish being Johnny on the spot
10:50 I was gonna say the Patriots either box this guy out anytime they get a gang tackle somebody know where beyond it is
10:56 Yeah, he's he's definitely I mean he came from Wisconsin. He's very much like the Wisconsin offensive line stereotype
11:03 Like he he plays tough
11:05 you see it in the way that he plays but
11:08 Yeah, I mean again
11:10 this is just boom boom very quick sees the hole just fires it in there and
11:15 You know, it's not like
11:19 It's not like it was a wide open hole, but it was enough and got it to lamb and then lamb does the rest
11:26 See lamb is the Patriots well
11:28 No
11:29 Dangerous man after the catch had the game winner in overtime now
11:33 I still don't love the call that Belichick made the call cover zero and just given the entire field
11:39 When he's as good as he is in those situations, but with the slam flat now
11:43 We all know the jokes with like he was with Green Bay. It's if it's Mike McCarthy
11:48 He's got the whole menu and like the entire left side is all different slant concepts
11:52 What situations do you see that in this this one of their spam plays or is it just is he kind of tailored it a?
11:58 Bit more where it's okay certain situations, but it's really effective
12:01 I mean, he's he's used it in a couple different combinations
12:06 Through all three games and he's he's kind of paired it with other concepts
12:10 So like the one we just looked at was there was a stick concept on or it started spacing on the other side
12:15 There was another time he used he called a dragon and they went of course to the dragon side
12:21 There was a stick on the other side. I
12:23 Think against the Cardinals he had one where it was dragging on both sides. So slant flat slant flat
12:30 And it's just kind of one of his go-to's like you said, he loved it in Green Bay probably a little too much
12:36 It hasn't really become an issue yet for the Cowboys where people are just sitting on it
12:43 But I'm sure at some point it will get to that point
12:47 It'll be interesting to see how McCarthy deals with that going forward when that does happen
12:51 But so far, I mean they've played
12:54 You know in the Giants they played a heavy blitzing team
12:58 so the slant flat like that works really well to
13:00 to kind of get the ball out quick and then both the the Jets and the
13:05 Cardinals are zone heavy teams and so they you know, it's it's really killer against some of those own concepts that they run
13:12 Obviously against the Cardinals it wasn't quite killer enough, but
13:16 You know, this is this is his bread and butter
13:19 He's gonna use it a lot and I'm sure you'll see it a few times against the Patriots
13:23 Yes from a Patriots perspective
13:26 This is the kind of thing that would worry me on early downs because they're pretty zone heavy team
13:29 When they'd up when there's also the threat of the run, but I know they like to play man
13:33 And now that they've got Christian Gonzalez, I'm sorry
13:36 defensive rookie of the month Christian Gonzalez
13:39 And they got more bodies where they could feel like they can match up he could be competitive in the secondary
13:43 They've also got more aggressive with their blitzing like in week one against the Eagles. We saw it gotta have a situation fourth and four
13:49 Offense needed the ball back Devante Smith got the target on the slant route Christian Gonzalez
13:54 Just sat on it played catch technique knew that they were blitzing the ball had come out fast
13:58 Dove on it really shrunk that window and actually almost got a pick on it
14:02 So that'll be very interesting to see if
14:05 McCarthy wants to go to his bread-and-butter play in big situations if the Patriots are gonna be one step ahead and
14:10 Be able to make it a little harder to complete
14:12 Say two things on that too with with with how much they're blitzing lately
14:18 I think it'll be really interesting to watch because Dak Prescott historically he's been very good against the Blitz and
14:24 You know, we I talked about it a lot going into the Giants game this week
14:28 One is like their defensive coordinator Wayne Martindale. He loves to blitz. I don't think he's ever seen a blitz
14:34 he didn't like and
14:36 He had only coached against Dak once last year because Cooper Rush played in the other game
14:40 And going into it. I was like, oh, I wonder if he's gonna just call off the Blitz because of how good Dak is
14:46 No, he blitzed him like 60% plus and Dak tore him up and then in week one. It was the same deal
14:51 He still didn't learn from it. I
14:53 Trust that Belichick will either he'll either learn from it and like not blitz as much or when he does
15:00 He'll be very selective with when he blitzes
15:03 And the other thing was Christian Gonzalez, right? I loved him in the draft. I love what I'm seeing from him in the ring
15:08 And I noticed today when I was like doing one of my pregame articles
15:12 he's primarily been playing on the on the outside and not not so much in the slot and
15:17 CD lamb lives in the slot. So if they want Christian Gonzalez to go up against CD lamb
15:23 I don't know if that's what their call is gonna be
15:25 I know Belichick likes to be you know, he likes to be creative with how he lines up his corners
15:30 But I don't I personally don't love the idea of you know, fourth game from my rookie saying hey
15:35 I know you haven't played in the slot
15:37 But you know go play one of the better slot receivers and shut him down
15:40 So I think that'll be something to watch too is how they how they match up against lamb since he played primarily plays in the
15:46 slot
15:48 Along with the wink thing the Patriots are very familiar with his blitzing tendencies
15:51 I think he set a record for preseason blitzes against Bailey's happy and I generally thought he was trying to get the poor guy killed
15:58 But with gonzo so against them Dolphins and the Jets when you really saw him shadow the first game of the year
16:05 He was really only on the boundary. He was in the slot three times when the Eagles went
16:08 I think it was when they went empty and he was just number three guy inside
16:12 We did see against Tyree kill and a little bit against the Jets. I don't think it was much though
16:17 He did play a little bit on the inside mostly against Tyree kill because Marcus Jones went down
16:21 The plan was for him to be the shadow then it went to Gonzalez and he looked pretty comfortable there
16:26 But he also had safety help a lot of the time because the Patriots were just like we're not letting Tyree kill do his Tyree
16:31 kill thing
16:32 So that is gonna be very interesting to see if it's gonna be a pure shadow situation or if they trust Myles Bryant
16:37 Who's actually been doing a really good job this season both inside and outside
16:41 So the last play we saw you mentioned how they attach different things to other dragon concepts and last time it was a spacing concept
16:49 We're gonna see a spacing concept here and I love love the design break it down for us, please and thank you
16:56 yeah, so this is this is also from the Jets game and
16:59 They're gonna run a spacing where again CD is gonna come out here and
17:05 He's just gonna run a slant and that's gonna be what deck looks at first and then right down here
17:11 you've got again Luke schoonmaker Jake Ferguson their two tight ends and they're gonna run their kind of on the ball curls and
17:17 What we see here is is the the tweak that McCarthy added that I'm sure he probably ripped from some other coach somewhere
17:25 and it's really brilliant because he's got his running back here and then this guy right here is
17:30 Undrafted rookie fullback hunter Lipke from North Dakota State and Cowboys fans love hunter Lipke
17:37 When when they signed him in undrafted free agency
17:40 Everyone kind of went nuts fell in love with the guy overnight because at North Dakota State he was a fullback
17:45 But he also played just regular running back
17:47 They gave him the ball a lot both as a fullback and just as a tailback lining up
17:52 they also deployed him at tight end and would let him run out and catch passes and
17:56 Through the first two weeks. They used him mostly as a lead blocker last week against the Cardinals
18:01 He got his first carry took it for nine yards in a first down. Then he also got his first catch
18:06 Just going out to the flat and he turned up and broke a couple tackles. So
18:11 Yeah, they're kind of they're kind of expanding his role a little bit
18:17 I think probably trying to use them like a Kyle use check or something
18:21 and so you'll see he just kind of
18:23 drifts out here with the running back and
18:26 Dak real quick dumps it off of the running back and then
18:30 From there. It's almost like like a pseudo screen where you've got the lead blocker out here
18:36 The running back gets the ball and your tight ends are out here
18:39 This one's already turned up and is blocking this guy missed his guy. But this one goes for a
18:45 pretty good game right there and
18:48 Again, you know real quick Dak he checks over here to see if he's got anything with CD on the slant
18:54 I think pretty much anytime you've got CD all the way out there like that and you've got him running a slant
18:59 That's gonna be your first reading just see
19:01 Hey, has he beat his man because it can happen and if you if he does like obviously you want to throw it to lamb
19:07 But having this is a quick check down option
19:11 And it's essentially just like I said a pseudo screen. It's a really fun little wrinkle
19:18 Gets the block there gets the tight end down block
19:21 Picks up a good chunk of yards right there and that's actually Rico Dowdle
19:26 They're number two running back who this is his first year like really playing
19:30 Like I got like a real running back role most of his time on the on the team prior to that was an RV 3
19:36 Mostly playing on special teams. So he's gotten some run. He got a lot of a lot of action against the Cardinals, too
19:42 they really like him and they trust him and
19:45 They're kind of they've got him behind Tony Pollard and they also have a rookie deuce Vaughn
19:50 So they're they're really overflowing with which is at that running back position
19:55 And then you throw in hunter Lipke as a lead blocker and it's like
19:58 Possibilities could be endless and I saw 23 pop a few times on film
20:03 He's got some good contact bounds can make people miss he was pretty interesting get Tony Pollard on DC
20:08 Like Belkow doesn't even feel like it does it justice that man?
20:11 I think he leads the NFL and carries right now also real quick
20:15 I first of all, I love this play
20:17 I'm praying the Patriots use a little more eye formation with Pharaoh Brown is kind of a fullback even acknowledge that he's a big guy
20:23 So it's not something he's used to but he looked pretty good
20:25 I'm hoping he takes this for like Zeke or somebody like that because I love this design
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20:34 How has Tony Pollard been looking so far this season without Zeke in the running game in general? I
20:40 Mean he's looked good. You know, the the caveat is of course the first two games they end up running the ball a lot
20:47 Like you said
20:49 Largely just because they had big leads and so at that point you're not you're mostly running into heavy boxes
20:55 So he didn't have like the plays like he's had in the past where he breaks off huge runs
20:58 He had a couple against the Cardinals
21:00 But then also playing with three backup offensive linemen that's gonna throw off some of the run blocking
21:05 So I mean he's looked good
21:08 he's looked like Tony Pollard has always looked and it doesn't seem like
21:11 He's been daunted by the heavier workload and also coming off an injury because he sustained that in the playoff game last year
21:18 And he looks fully healthy. The the burst is still there
21:21 So he's been looking good and it's it's exciting to see him now
21:26 Elevated to the RB one spot after Cowboys fans have been calling for that for a few years. I
21:31 Love Tony Pollard so selfishly. I hope he's got like a couple cool plays against the pads, but overall
21:36 I hope they do a good job containing them. All right now
21:39 More than likely the Patriots are a very good defense, but you might end up seeing the Cowboys getting scoring territory
21:46 So we're gonna go over a play that we could see if that comes to fruition. But first I'm it please pay the bills
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22:30 All right, so looking at a red zone play here
22:41 Patriots been pretty good in this area of the field this season not really letting people get that close either
22:46 But what are the Cowboys gonna do in this situation and what could we possibly see on Sunday?
22:52 Yeah
22:53 well right now everyone's talking about the Cowboys red zone offense because they have not done a great job of scoring once they get down
22:59 into the red zone and
23:00 there's been a lot of theories as to what why that might be part of it is
23:05 They don't have Zeke Elliott in last year a lot of times in the red zone
23:08 they would just pound him into the line of scrimmage and
23:11 Usually he came up with a score because he's a big dude
23:13 they don't have Dalton Schultz their tight end who was one of their most popular red zone targets and
23:18 Also, you know, like I said against the Jets they were they were you know
23:24 Had such a big lead and they weren't necessarily playing with a full array of their playbook
23:28 They were kind of they kind of shrunk the playbook at that point to drain some clock and then against the Cardinals
23:33 They were without three other starters on the offensive line and that definitely affected some of the plays
23:37 But here we're gonna look at this was uh, this was against the Cardinals second and seven
23:43 From the eight so it was like they could have gotten the first down but you know in actual practice
23:48 It's basically a goal to go situation
23:50 And this is a play that they they ran pretty frequently
23:55 In the in the red zone usually inside the ten with Kellen Moore and since Mike McCarthy took over play calling
24:02 I've seen it in this area at least once each each of the three games
24:06 So it seems like something that McCarthy identified as we like this concept
24:10 We want to run it pretty much every single time we get into this area and again, it's it's nothing like fancy
24:17 It's nothing revolutionary
24:18 it's gonna be a very very typical play action roll out the tight ends are gonna kind of play like they're blocking and then they
24:24 They come out for for a route and a lot of times it works and this game in this particular play it ended up not
24:31 Working out very well
24:32 And so they started as you can see Michael Gallup's down here CD lamb starts out on the right side and he motions over
24:39 So then you've got these two tight ends. I think it's Ferguson and then Peyton Hendershot on the end of the line and
24:46 They're gonna
24:51 Snap it here and they do the play-action fake. And so at this point
24:54 You've got Ferguson here this as a tight end
24:58 He's kind of he's getting a little handsy with the defender because he's playing like he's gonna block and like it's a run play
25:05 But what I noticed is Hendershot. He just kind of he just goes right by his guy
25:10 he doesn't even make contact and that I
25:13 think really was one of the things that kind of blew this play dead from the beginning because
25:17 so much of this play is is the tight ends need to make the defense think that there's a
25:22 Threat of a run and then when they leak out, you know, generally it's it's pretty easy from there
25:28 And so if you see this guy
25:30 that
25:32 Who ended up being lined up kind of over Hendershot?
25:35 He starts passing him off and so that tells him that it's a pass play that tells these two guys back here
25:40 It's a pass play and then you can also see the linebacker here Kaiser white. He sees CD lamb
25:46 Pretty much running straight at him because he's just gonna run a shallow crosser
25:50 And he like you even see his head turns over and he's like, oh 88s running at me. Okay, this is a pass play
25:59 So that's pretty much this whole circle of these five defenders right here
26:03 Immediately like right after Dak fakes the handoff. They're all pretty much aware that this this is a pass play
26:10 So none of them really bite on the fake which is that right there kind of kills the play
26:15 so then he kind of rolls out and
26:18 Ferguson gets he leaks out here and he's kind of got a little bit of a shot here
26:25 But there's two guys playing right here. This guy's watching CD lamb
26:29 he's not gonna let him get open coming across this shallow crosser and
26:33 Hendershot again
26:36 You know, he's a second-year player
26:38 He was an undrafted rookie last year out of Indiana made the roster and was a little bit of a surprise that he made the
26:43 Roster had a really good rookie year, but here first of all, he I mean he doesn't sell the contact at the snap
26:50 and then I think he's he kind of runs towards the end zone that I think he's supposed to come running around the back as
26:56 like a back corner the end zone option and you'll see he gets the contact right here with the corner and he just
27:03 He just kind of gives up
27:05 And
27:08 So then deck he's he's trying and he does not have any options. Nobody's open the play
27:14 Like I said, it's kind of dead from the beginning and so he keeps rolling to the end zone
27:20 sorry to the sideline and
27:22 This is right around the point where he's gonna actually throw it and it's like
27:26 CDs not open the defender got in front of him. He's got good positioning
27:31 He can even come up and lay a hit on Ferguson and it's like you've got three guys in front of you
27:37 Maybe maybe he can toss it over and get it to Ferguson
27:41 And I mean at that point they're picking up one to two yards and it's gonna be a third and goal from the five
27:48 kind of situation
27:50 but that's a pretty difficult throw to make over three guys as you're going to the sideline and Ferguson's going to the sideline like
27:56 so he ends up just kind of launching it out of the back and
28:01 They give up on the play. So that's that's a good example of like of what it looks like and how it can go really wrong
28:09 Yeah, it was tight ends and I also noticed like generally they're gonna run this kind of concept
28:17 Usually at the five or inside they do it further back
28:21 And so I think that's why they have two receivers out out here instead of bringing in spoon maker
28:26 They're third tight end and just attaching a little on this scrimmage
28:29 So if you if you think about if if they had gone with that if they were closer
28:35 Then you've you've probably got let me get this the right spot
28:42 So then he's gonna be engaging with this guy at the snap
28:46 That's one more person that gets sucked into the run fake then you don't see CD lamb running right at the linebacker
28:52 That's one less person. We're here to the pass play
28:54 In theory of hender shot gets his hands on his guy
28:59 Maybe this guy is more sucked up to the run and if this guy comes up and is playing for the run fake
29:09 Then Ferguson's gonna have some room. He'll have an angle on this linebacker here Kaiser white
29:14 He'll be able to toss it and Ferguson has some wheels to at least pick up some guards after the catch if not roll in
29:20 for the end zone
29:21 and
29:23 so that that's that's the kind of concept that they like to run around this spot and
29:27 It just didn't work out in this game for a variety of reasons
29:34 But they they will run that a lot like I said Mike McCarthy's running it at least once if not more
29:40 So these first three weeks he really likes that
29:43 And another thing at the end of this play is decks rolling out to the side
29:48 All five offense of linemen. They're just they're standing there and they're just watching we talked about him the first play like the oddish
29:57 he was screaming down the field and he was right there for the fumble and
30:01 Like what are these guys doing? There's only two Cardinals players still over there. Everybody else is following the play and
30:07 You know and you've got three backup linemen in there. That's some of the stuff you're gonna see so I'm sure they got a talking to
30:15 about
30:16 Hustle playing through the whistle
30:18 trying to get over there to give your quarterback a little bit of help and
30:21 This is like you asked about what happened in the game is it's just a combination of you know
30:28 Exit poor execution lack of focus guys didn't play locked in from the beginning and this this play kind of
30:35 Embodies that in addition to showing what they like to do in the red zone
30:38 Right and against the team like the page or defense like the Patriots. That's not gonna cut it
30:44 Not only are they talented they're well coached and they're obviously the Cowboys and do themselves a lot of favors
30:49 But you also it looked like good route distribution and passing off from the Cardinals as well
30:54 When they went with there was more of a split safety zone kind of deal and the Patriots which are usually seeing a lot
31:00 Of the red zone reps as man coverage like that's their bread and butter
31:03 They don't use a ton of real zone concepts of anything, you know
31:07 You're usually gonna see maybe a split field look where they're bracketing
31:10 But usually it's just one guy in the middle kind of making sure nothing comes over into that part of the field
31:15 But it'll be interesting and the Patriots usually do a good job with their leverage and anticipating
31:20 So like you said, you know, it's happening at least once a week. That's what we in the scouting community call a tendency
31:26 I'm sorry, if that was an offensive
31:28 offensive southern accent right there, but it's gonna be interesting to see if
31:33 Mike McCarthy goes with it whether or not he can call it in time
31:36 The Patriots might not be expecting or if the Patriots are just expecting it to happen the entire time
31:40 All right, so we've covered the offense. We got to get to this defense defense
31:45 Obviously again Trayvon Diggs is gone, but there are still
31:49 Plenty stocked with talent specifically in that front. They got a ton of versatility
31:54 Then you got Micah Parsons who is a game wrecker in his own, right?
31:58 But he also creates opportunities for their other super talented guys up front. So we got a sec here
32:03 Let us know how they generate pressure on this clip
32:06 Yeah, well, I mean that's that's really the thing that Dan Quinn does the best with this defense
32:11 Like you said, I mean it really starts with Micah Parsons, but they do have an embarrassment of riches especially on their edges
32:17 They have DeMarcus Lawrence for my money
32:19 One of the most underrated edge players in the NFL and then their backups are Dante Fowler
32:25 Former top 10 draft pick and he's had a pretty it's pretty solid career for himself
32:29 And then they've got Sam Williams second round pick from a year ago
32:33 He was really good as a rookie and Doran's Armstrong who's been a really good rotational player in Dallas
32:38 So it's like even even when you don't have your top two edge rushers
32:42 Like you still have a bunch of guys and here on this play
32:46 You've got kind of a Dan Quinn special one of the things he loves to do with with his defensive front is
32:53 I'm pretty sure this is Dante Fowler
32:56 He's got his hand in the dirt and then you've got Sam Williams over here with his hand in the dirt
33:00 And they're both split out pretty wide
33:02 DeMarcus Lawrence is standing up over the center
33:06 This is terrifying. Look until like a couple years ago
33:12 DeMarcus Lawrence really he never played from a two-point stance
33:15 he was always like a very has his hands in the dirt and he also pretty much exclusively played out on the edge and
33:22 There is even a debate about like that. He started out his career as a left-hand
33:26 They moved him to right end and he wasn't as productive and then there was this narrative like he's only comfortable rushing from the left
33:32 And now Dan Quinn has a him lining up everywhere on the defensive line and from all sorts of stances
33:37 And of course, you've got Micah Parsons in between him and Sam Williams
33:41 And this is a thing that Dan Quinn is gonna do a lot on early downs or if it's like a third and short
33:47 he'll do this a lot where guys are just standing around and
33:51 Then they're never really gonna get set. You've got number one here J Ron curse
33:57 Who's a safety but he plays like a hybrid linebacker. So here he's lined up in the box with Layton van der Esch and then you've got
34:04 Malik hooker and Donovan Wilson here. They're both showing a too deep safety look
34:11 and
34:13 They're actually gonna get away with a little bit of a false start here
34:16 as
34:18 You can see like the Cardinals center
34:20 He was doing this all game where he like ducks his head right before he snaps and the Cowboys had like four false start penalties
34:27 Because of it Sam Williams jumps offsides and they don't call it and I was I was shocked that it was not the fifth
34:34 Fifth offsides penalty of the game
34:37 So they snap the ball here and
34:41 This is just gonna be a cover one press man and
34:45 Donovan Wilson comes up in the box as he usually does Malik hooker is gonna drop back the corners follow their guy
34:52 but of course the real story here is
34:56 Micah Parsons the speed demon. He's just the right guard is trying to get him and he just flies by
35:03 and
35:07 Doesn't doesn't have a shot like how are you gonna handle that and it's just
35:12 He gets a real good angle for the right guard because Sam Williams is so far outside
35:18 the right tackle really has to kick out and he just gets one-on-one with this guard who is
35:23 I'm sure probably
35:26 Maybe close to a hundred pounds heavier than Micah not anywhere near as fast as him and that's just easy work
35:33 That's someone's there Josh Dobbs tries to roll out and another thing that kind of gets lost in it is
35:40 J-run curse is kind of playing underneath a bit
35:43 But then as soon as Dobbs starts
35:45 Rolling out because they knew that Dobbs is a mobile threat and the second play of the game Dobbs took a QB keeper 44 yards
35:53 So they knew they had to adjust and so curse is kind of playing a halfway spiral
35:57 so as soon as he starts coming out this way you see him kind of turn his hips and start to run a little bit and
36:03 I mean it it's not necessary because Micah Parsons is Micah Parsons
36:07 but they had that also at the end - if they if they need to have a spy they have one but I
36:13 Mean again, I don't know how anyone's supposed to stop Micah Parsons
36:19 He's just you get him these matchups, which Dan Quinn does a lot. He's gonna wreck your game plan and then he does
36:25 The lion crawl at the end, which is his new sack celebration
36:31 In the nicest way possible
36:33 Like the only word that comes to mind when I see him play is like Pharaoh
36:37 Like he's just don't these I don't like a pair of football players the animals because I feel like that's overplayed
36:42 It could be disrespectful, but like truly look at the celebration. Like he's just an apex predator
36:46 Yeah, oh my god, and especially like I mentioned with Cole strange is out
36:50 I already thought that they were probably gonna line up Michael Parsons on Cole strange because he's had some trouble as he's coming back from
36:56 A knee injury, but if you see rookie Antonio mafia out there
36:59 I
37:01 Don't know what the past now mafia actually he was a guy I was really high on in the draft this past year
37:08 I really wanted the Cowboys to get him because
37:11 He really reminded me a lot of Tyler Smith, but maybe not quite as athletic as Tyler Smith. He's like a big dude
37:18 He's got that Mahler's mentality
37:20 and I really wanted him as kind of a
37:23 Developmental guy to eventually take over at left guard when Tyler Smith ends up replacing Ty run Smith out at left tackle
37:29 So I think the Patriots got a good guy in him, but also, you know, he's still a rookie
37:35 He's gonna have his learning curves. And I mean if if they get Parsons matched up over him goodness
37:41 For the rook, yeah, I mean he's been solid
37:45 It's definitely been you know, the hand placement is still a work in progress the balance of things like that
37:51 You know, there's always a learning curve when he gets the NFL different guys just different times
37:54 one good question
37:56 I've got is how the Cowboys responded when teams run against that look because I feel like it's guaranteed that if they see
38:02 Edge, I don't want to call Micah Parsons or or to Marcus Lawrence edge rushers because they are well-rounded players
38:10 But if you see guys who usually outside on the inside on early downs or in a short yardage situation
38:15 I feel like they're gonna have a check to do over inside zone or something like that
38:18 Yeah, and that's really been the weakness of this defense since Dan Quinn got here
38:23 When teams are really committed to the run, they've been able to run for the most part against them
38:29 And that was a big problem with the Cardinals because their offensive coordinator drew pet saying he came over from Cleveland
38:35 He runs like the Shanahan style offense that Kevin Stefanski runs and they run a whole lot and especially
38:42 With the challenges that they have, you know with all due respect to Josh Dobbs
38:46 But he's not starting quality in the NFL
38:49 their receivers
38:52 You know aren't quite up to snuff and so they run a lot with James Conner and they really took advantage of this defense
38:58 There were a lot of times they got them
38:59 into some of those looks where they were just wide open holes on the defensive line and they would just say basically
39:05 Go to that gaping hole on the defensive line run there guards like pull there and run behind your guard
39:12 So that really is gonna be one of the stories for this game is how they're going to adapt with their run defense
39:18 I think a lot of it just comes down to having better run fits and I think they kind of got a little wide-eyed
39:24 With Oh Josh Dobbs and this this Cardinals offensive line, you know
39:28 They don't have a whole lot of pull out a really good guys on their offensive line
39:31 like we can just we can just rush the passer every single play and we'll be fine and
39:36 They pulled like the the UNO reverse card on them and it did not work out
39:42 That said in the first two weeks against the Giants who tend to run the ball a little bit more
39:48 And then especially the Jets one sack Wilson was their quarterback. They definitely were a run first team in that game
39:54 And both of those ones granted there weren't a whole lot of run carries, but they did finish those first two weeks
40:00 first in run defense DVO a first in EPA allowed per carry
40:06 So, you know, I'm definitely a believer that their run defense will be better now that it's kind of been exposed and I know okay
40:13 We have to we can't go really crazy with these defensive line splits
40:17 We have to reel it in a little bit and especially with remandry Stevenson and a guy they know very well in Ezekiel Elliot
40:23 I think they're gonna be a little more disciplined this week
40:26 Yeah, we got to move on but this is such an interesting point because one you mentioned that they were just rushing upfield
40:31 I don't think they're gonna do that against the Patriots
40:33 One because the Patriots when they wanted to run the ball last week, they were very obvious about it
40:37 They come out 13 personnel 12 personnel with Farrell Brown
40:40 Run heavy looks and they were like, yeah
40:42 We're just gonna impose our will and see if you can stop us the Jets all like to be fair. It wasn't easy
40:48 It's not like they were just succeeding or giving up yards or anything
40:51 But Patriots were just getting good movement for the first time really all season and really just given their backs enough room to fight
40:57 For extra yards, it was really a group effort
40:59 But you know, they weren't explosive but they were efficient and then you also saw in some more past situations or past looks
41:06 You saw them run draw plays and the Jets were coming right up field and giving those backs a lot of room to work
41:11 That was some of their biggest plays
41:12 so it'll be an interesting chess match where I
41:15 was hesitant to say that the running game was gonna be a key to this one just because I don't think that
41:21 Cowboys are gonna make it as easy as they did with the Cardinals last week, but I
41:26 Digress I've been going on for that a long time. It's gonna be very interesting
41:29 We talked about the kind of funky fronts they use. This is one. The Patriots are familiar with a double a gap
41:34 So what is this play right here? This is one of Dan Quinn's favorite plays to run on third down
41:41 Especially if it's third and long like if you get into third and five or longer
41:46 odds are you're gonna see this and this play is third and five and
41:50 I'll play it up just a little bit before the snap
41:55 and so right here you've got seven guys on the line of scrimmage and
41:59 Out here. You've got Trayvon digs playing press man. You've got Stefan Gilmore playing press man Malik hookers all the way back here
42:06 He's he's the deep safety
42:08 And then Daron Bland who we talked about here's him in the slot. He's given a little bit of a cushion inside the slot receiver
42:14 but all these guys lined up here and
42:17 You see Zach Wilson kind of comes up and he's like, oh, yeah, we got to adjust the protection a little bit
42:23 this is not gonna go well and
42:25 So you've got let me see if I can figure out all these players
42:29 But DeMarcus Lawrence over here on the end J Ron curse the safety linebacker hybrid and Layton Vander is they both come up?
42:36 I
42:39 Imagine that's probably oh so I dig Izua who he's having a great year
42:42 And by the way, he was actually college roommates as a freshman with Antonio Maffe
42:46 I went back when they were both defensive linemen before my switched over to offensive line. So fun fact there
42:52 That is a fun fact and then Chauncey Goldston right here. And of course, Micah Parsons
42:57 here on the edge and it's just kind of like
43:01 You don't know who's coming at you and what they actually are gonna do here
43:07 they'll drop these two linebackers out and Micah Parsons runs kind of a quick stunt and
43:12 They it just does not go well, so we'll see that real quick
43:20 And so like right there the tackle like kicks all the way out here
43:26 Because you have to against my car. He's with his speed
43:29 But then he's he's so agile that he just puts his foot in and he's just gonna kind of loop around
43:34 and
43:36 What you see?
43:38 What you see here because both of these linebackers drop out the right guard is gonna he has nobody to block and so he's like
43:46 Okay. Well, I'm gonna go help my right tackle with DeMarcus Lawrence
43:49 so as he turns
43:51 Parsons is already like teleported across the line and he's just gonna come right up in here
43:56 Zach Wilson never sees him coming and
43:59 And Zach has a tendency to create some sacks for himself. This one is not at all on him
44:05 This is just great scheming from the defense offensive line falls right into the trap. Boom and then there's
44:12 There's that crawl again
44:14 and
44:17 Yeah, like like these these linebackers bailout and it's only a four-man rush
44:22 but the offensive line is
44:25 You know prepared for a lot more and because of the way that it's overloaded and because of the things Micah Parsons is capable of doing
44:32 It's just they create havoc without getting their actual scheme like too
44:38 complex for the players to handle
44:40 And one thing I've noticed I remember watching this play and I was like
44:44 I'm not sure if they just went man-to-man or if it was a half line slide or what?
44:48 But so the they'll use these looks and you usually know who's dropping because like you said the linebacker types
44:54 They're gonna drop most of the time in the past rushers are gonna pass rush
44:58 What makes it tough is this where Micah Parsons is all the way on the edge and they're gonna basically pirate stunt where you have
45:04 The two inside guys slant and then Micah Parsons takes advantage of the hole in the middle and I'm thinking
45:09 With a protection like this if that guy who's on the island doesn't have work
45:15 You have to look for Micah Parsons to be looping inside
45:18 Especially this week with Mac Jones being a pocket passer because you know exactly where he's gonna be
45:23 He's not trying to get out of there
45:24 so if you got like a guy on an island he's just gonna have to hold up because
45:28 Parsons on those inside stunts where he's all the way outside and then comes in it happens so fast
45:35 Then I feel like those guards are gonna have to be on alert like okay
45:38 If this is one of those overload fronts the Cowboys love where you got three pass rushers on one side
45:43 Micah, you know, he's either blazing off the edge or he's gonna try to trick you those are gonna be I mean
45:50 There's gonna be so many interesting chess match in this game
45:51 I said that like four times already, but that I'm really interested to see what their protection scheme is gonna be like moving forward
45:58 Yeah, and to your point about the linebackers to
46:01 For the first two games. They didn't have the Cowboys did not have Donovan Wilson who he's really like
46:07 They're they're blitzing safety. They really like to bring him down either if it's off the edge, but sometimes in this look
46:12 They'll they'll put him in that a gap and they will send him
46:15 Curse is not really he's not really much of a pass rusher
46:20 He has come on blitzes and he's I think he's gotten a sack here or there late in vander ish
46:24 They're really for some reason they're trying to make him more of a pass rusher this year a few times
46:29 Quinn has had him lined up on the edge
46:31 Not my favorite thing that he's done. But you know
46:36 With all the other things he does I'm like, okay, you can have your passion project you can do this
46:40 We'll see how it works
46:43 but so I think eventually we are gonna see a play where
46:46 They line up in this and they do bring van der esch or they put Wilson in there and they'll have him
46:51 actually go on blitz or they could even have
46:54 Like we were saying, you know
46:56 Some of the corners that they had either in the slot or one of their safeties came down to cover the tight end
47:02 They'll have Wilson out there and he comes on a blitz when it looks like he's gonna be covering one of the guys. So
47:07 Getting Wilson back in there that gives him just one extra option of guys that he can potentially bring either show that he's bringing or just
47:15 Disguise it well and then have him fly off the edge
47:18 Because that's what the Cowboys needed, right?
47:20 They needed another pass rusher and especially everyone who plays a position where you don't think he's gonna pass rush
47:26 Anyway, get to Marcus get oh, so I think doesn't also also lead the NFL in sacks for I think interior
47:32 Lineman, I could have sworn I saw he was like tied with a few other just like studs. Yeah
47:36 He's I don't know if he leaves but he's definitely up there and he's having just a heck of a year
47:42 And he was someone who like his rookie year two years ago now
47:46 Like he kind of came on late in the season and last year everyone thought he was just gonna like blow up and have a great
47:53 year and it didn't quite happen. It wasn't bad, but
47:56 He was he was solid just didn't meet those high expectations
48:01 And this year so far through three games. He's absolutely living up to those expectations, which
48:06 Again, like to your point. Did they really need another really good pass rusher?
48:11 but they got one so
48:14 Smart teams I guess or whatever. All right. I'm sick of talking about the Cowboys front. All right, cuz they're making me sweat
48:21 All right. Now we're gonna move to the back end. Everybody knows about Stefan Gilmore Gilly Locke
48:27 We know about him and we talked about to Ron Bland Jordan Lewis. We know it's a good slot corner
48:32 Talk about safety that I don't think it's quite enough attention
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49:53 All right the moment we've all been waiting for a turnover
49:57 All right, so let's set this one up. We have an interception showing some crazy crazy range here David break it down
50:05 Yeah, so I mean we've talked about two of the three safeties of the Cowboys have already with J Ron curse who kind of plays
50:12 a linebacker hybrid
50:14 Donovan Wilson who they kind of they use him all over though. Like I said, they'll blitz him
50:19 They sent him down in the box. Sometimes he'll play
50:22 a deep safety and split high
50:24 and then the other guy is Malik hooker who of course was a top-ten draft pick from the Colts a few years ago and
50:32 Career didn't really go so well there and he had a couple of injuries and then he signed a real cheap deal with the Cowboys
50:39 Really started getting some confidence in that first year
50:42 It was the first year Dan Quinn was the defensive coordinator as well
50:45 and then since then he's just started looking like the Malik hooker that people thought that he was gonna be coming out of college and
50:52 this play is gonna highlight that to a tee and so
50:55 This is another one. This was like a second. I think this was second and 15
51:01 This was late in the game and Zach Wilson was just kind of like I got to make something happen
51:05 And so you'll see kind of up in the front
51:07 These are four different defensive ends again to that same point or four different edge players to some degree
51:13 This is Chauncey Goldstone. This is Sam Williams. They're both lined up as defensive tackles
51:19 Micah Parsons to Marcus Lawrence and they're just they're just like it's second along we're not gonna do any
51:25 You know any double a gap kind of stuff. We're just gonna put four pass rushers out there and let them do their thing
51:31 And you see Stefan Gilmore Trayvon digs. They're both kind of given a good cushion. They show the two high look here
51:39 They're gonna rotate out of that
51:41 and so
51:43 We'll wait for Zach to snap the ball
51:46 There he goes and this safety which I believe in this game this was one yay Thomas who's one of their backups
51:53 And last year he was an undrafted rookie spend most of the year on the practice squad this year
51:57 He played so well that the Cowboys went with six safeties at roster cuts six safeties
52:04 Yeah, that was that's how good he was and he played he started in week one
52:11 He played a lot of this Jets game. He played great
52:14 So again, it's like they're they're crazy deep on the on the defensive line now
52:17 They're crazy deep at the safety spot like just an embarrassment or Richard. So he comes
52:22 Well leak hooker he starts backing up he's the deep safety this is gonna be kind of a cover three look and
52:30 At this point this is right where Zach is throwing the ball and you see up here Garrett Wilson
52:36 With Trayvon digs and he's kind of playing a little bit of a trailing technique and it looks like he's stumbling a little bit there
52:43 But he keeps his stride but Zach kind of sees here
52:46 He's got actually got a clean pocket for once and he's like, okay Garrett Wilson has a step
52:51 I'm just gonna launch this to Garrett Wilson and
52:53 See where Malik hooker is he started as as one of the two two deep safeties
53:00 He was kind of around the left hash this ball gets launched and he's at just crossing the right hash
53:05 and this is gonna be a throw to the sideline and
53:09 Just see how quickly he makes that that cover there
53:13 And he just goes up and picks it off she's and
53:20 It's funny because like when when everyone was watching this and the play happened everyone was saying
53:27 oh, like Trayvon digs got burned like Garrett Wilson just left him in the dust and
53:32 It kind of looks like that and that's kind of one of the things, you know
53:37 When there's a lot of like controversy people talking about digs is whether or not he's a good corner
53:41 He a lot of times will play this trail technique, especially in cover three
53:45 partially because he knows they have a guy like Malik hooker partially because he has really good ball tracking skills and really good closing speed and
53:55 That's what he's just baiting guys. He's baiting guys. So like right here the balls in the air. He's
54:01 two to three yards behind Garrett Wilson and his head is kind of
54:06 keeping on a swivel to see where the ball is where he has to speed up to and
54:11 Then you notice kind of right here. He notices Malik hookers coming and
54:16 So he's like, okay, my safety has got me you kind of see him geared down a bit and he's like Malik's got this one
54:21 But if that throw is a little bit behind Wilson if it's not out in front of him
54:28 Trayvon's getting up there and he's making a play. He may not necessarily pick it off. He's at the very least
54:32 He's batting that ball down
54:33 But he leads them and I mean Zach does everything he's supposed to do on this play credit to him
54:39 He threw a really good ball
54:41 Malik hooker just made a crazy freak play going from the hash all the way to the sideline
54:46 gets there in time and just he just jumps up and
54:50 bodies the catch and it's like
54:55 The the sheer athleticism that's on these these defensive players and
54:59 I mean Quinn is never he doesn't really change up his coverage schemes all that much
55:05 He comes from the CLC Hawks the Legion of Boom cover one press man on a cover three
55:11 He'll he'll mix it up. He'll run some some true too deep looks. He'll run some quarters
55:17 But that's really his his bread and butter. He likes the cover when he likes a cover three
55:24 He'll disguise the coverages. But other than that, it's he's not really throwing a whole lot of exotic things out there
55:29 and a lot of it is because
55:31 With Trayvon Diggs and now Stefan Gilmore like you have the guys to execute that and then you've got Malik hooker over the top
55:37 You know former top ten draft pick on a bargain deal
55:42 Just crazy and as you can see his you know, physically he's like all the way back. He's got that range and
55:50 He may not necessarily be like what Earl Thomas was in the Legion of Boom
55:54 But he's very much the same kind of player where he has the range to be that middle field eraser. You saw it there
56:01 He's just comes from pretty much the opposite end of the field all the way the sideline
56:06 makes the play and
56:08 That's why Quinn is okay with just playing those pretty predictable coverages because he knows one
56:15 But first of all, the pass rush is more likely than not. They're gonna get there and he believes in the pass rush
56:20 But - even if you do get the ball out like Trayvon Diggs Malik hooker, whoever it is
56:26 He has great guys in the secondary - so it's just it's that's why it's so hard to beat
56:31 That's why it was a shock that Josh Dobbs and the Cardinals were able to put 28 points on him
56:36 So I feel like the moral of the story here is stay on schedule and don't get predictable because I do not want to see
56:44 A defensive front with all edge rushers like that is the last thing this Patriots offensive line needs in its current state
56:51 I'm gonna be sensitive your time also David because you know, yeah, there's a night football as well
56:56 I want you to be able to watch and enjoy your night. Thank you so much, man. I learned a ton
57:00 I know everybody else did as well right now. The floor is yours plug where people can find you any great work
57:06 I know you got coming out soon all you buddy
57:09 Yeah, well, thank you again for having me on
57:12 It was a great time and I really am looking forward to this game
57:14 it's gonna it's always fun to play a bill Belichick in the Patriots and
57:18 It's gonna be real fun to see what this this next matchup between McCarthy and Belichick is like
57:23 You can find me on twitter at underscore dh4 for underscore. You can read all of my work on blogging the boys comm
57:31 Have a lot of stuff coming out right now about previewing this upcoming game
57:35 And then after the after the game is over, I'll do you know a lot of coverage of how things went
57:40 I'll put out my weekly Cowboys analytics roundup
57:44 Which is a really cool piece where I look at all the different analytical categories
57:47 That the Cowboys ranking how they're doing relative to the rest of the NFL. That's a real fun one
57:53 And then I also am one of the co-hosts of the writers block podcast also with blogging the boys where you can find that on
58:00 Spotify
58:02 Apple podcasts wherever you get your podcast to you
58:04 so you can hear my lovely voice talking about all things Cowboys and
58:08 Specifically this next episode will obviously be talking about how things went from the Cowboys Patriots
58:13 So was getting good to get a different perspective and David you seriously do fantastic work
58:19 I'll be looking out for it. If y'all are wise you will too. I'm not doing another southern accent
58:24 I I was I I almost pulled it out, but I holstered it, but I did get a little Texas pun there
58:29 All right enough of me everybody. Thank you so much for watching. Thank you David for your time
58:35 Take care of yourselves.
58:36 Take care of each other.

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