Jerry Jones on a Week 1 Cowboys win, timeline & justification of Dak's deal
Dallas Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones joined Shan & RJ to talk about his thoughts on the Cowboys' Week 1 domination of the Browns, what he saw from the running backs in that game, why Dak's deal came when it did and why he felt justified approving the biggest guarantee in NFL history, and more!
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00:00Zeke, four yards of carry, definitely an improvement over the last two years where he was in the
00:20threes.
00:21Did he even exceed your expectations in week one so far?
00:26Absolutely, he did, because the one you haven't mentioned, and that is his pass protection.
00:34One of the reasons that Dak was able to be as effective as he was, especially in that
00:39first half, was Zeke's protection.
00:42It was outstanding.
00:45And I mean, it was meaningful.
00:46He needed to make those blocks.
00:48Like I'm saying, those guys were formidable coming on that front for Cleveland.
00:54And Zeke did an amazing job.
00:57He graded out in that area as well as anybody we've ever had.
01:02Jerry, you guys split the workload in the snaps roughly 50-50 between Zeke and Rico
01:08Dowdell.
01:09Is that kind of the ideal spot for you moving forward?
01:11You think just them kind of having an even split?
01:14I don't know.
01:16We'll see how it goes.
01:21Either are capable of playing more.
01:24Let's put it like that.
01:25And I don't know that that has design to it, because it has, first of all, to the numbers
01:31of plays.
01:32But I want to emphasize the value of the work that's going on and the reps that are going
01:39on with that pass protection for Dak.
01:43And that'll show up in some of those big plays in the passing game, too.
01:49I think anybody will tell you that there are some pretty effective running backs that will
01:57run with the ball and be pretty effective doing it.
02:01And that's not to diminish that skill at all.
02:05But the nut-cutting comes when you step up there and ask, how about the pass protection?
02:11Because you've got to have it today.
02:12If you're going to get your guys out in the routes, your receivers, tight ends or receivers
02:18or backs out of the backfield, then, boy, you better have you some protection from one
02:22of those backs that you're keeping in.
02:33Well, I don't see it.
02:34Any conditioning issues or any rust at all.
02:38It's been anticipated because they'd done a lot of work together before we got to training
02:45camp.
02:46And anybody that knows Lamb knows he's going to have himself ready.
02:52And so, again, I don't think we missed a lick.