Cowboys Report: Live News & Rumors + Q&A w/ Tom Downey (Sept. 9th)

[Music] [Music] [Music] happy Victory Monday Cowboys fans Tom Downey here here Stone Shields behind the scenes for today's live show we'll be here all the Mondays after the Sunday games and the by weeks for the Dallas Cowboys breaking down what we saw what's to come for America's team after a very strong week one performance going on the road as The Underdogs against one of the better defenses we assume in football they certainly were last year and didn't really lose any major key pieces a quality win for the Dallas Cowboys so grade the Cowboys against the Browns a b c D or F I don't think it was perfect there's still things that this team can improve on can can get better with but overall I thought it was a good showing out of Dallas so A or B is totally fine for me I assume who whoever is voting D or F is actually a Browns fan and they're just triggered by stuff like you took care of business against a a team that should be a playoff Contender you you were underdogs on the road we don't and this is more for big media we don't get to do the whole like oh they were on the road and you know the Browns aren't actually good after most analysts picked the Browns to win can't have it both ways got to pick one they were good or bad going in everyone thought they were good going in Cowboys still beat them so A or B as as far as I'm concerned uh I think that there are elements of the offense I think need to be better there still there were still misplays on defense too but if I told you guys Cowboys win 3317 would' been like awesome where do I sign so why I can't go lower than a beat um there were still question marks you got to get organized and figured out um but overall it was good it was good that's a good that's a really good defense you played especially in pass coverage um I think think they they they took care of business can't be mad at a at a double digit win when you were a almost a field goal Underdog like that that was good R to be better sure but that was a good win so I I I just I can't get on with the c like 3% voting C 1% voting D ORF I I'm not going lower than a b when go a that's fine too it's good it's a good game like fargate says Cowboys gotta play great in playoffs games that's fine too to an extent this stuff doesn't matter as much no one cares if they go nine and six or or win 13 games depends on what they do in January so that's I am actually totally fine with that mindset I am going to enjoy the ride along the way though only get a few months of this regular season football so I I will enjoy it as it happens but yes it does does matter a lot more about the playoffs and I'll feel better about that when they Pro to me that that they can do it so I they they handled they handled their business on the road I don't think the offense played that great in the second half thought they were good in the first half they very much slowed down in the second half of action but we'll get to some more questions for you guys and of course the entirety of today's show but first it's all made possible by our good friends over at Rocket money rocket money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions monitors your spending and help slower your bills so you can grow your savings rocket money has over 5 million users as a total of 500 million in cancel subscriptions saving members up to 740 bucks a year when using all the apps features stop wasting money on things you don't use cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to Rocket money.com Cowboys that's rocket money.com slowboys Today's Show also made possible by our good friends over at prize picks prize picks is America's number one daily fantasy sports app over 5 million active members it is the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports unlike other apps it's just you against the numbers pick more pick less two to six player sta projections come out on top download the prize pick app today and use code CNS and get 50 bucks instantly when you play five that's code clns over on prize picks to get 50 bucks instantly when you play five you don't even need to win to get the 50 Buck bonus it's guaranteed Jake Ferguson has a sprained mccl and a bone bruise that is the injury update from earlier this afternoon sounds like he could still play in week one now or week two I don't know if that's the best best course of action though for the Dallas Cowboys so would you play Jake Ferguson this week coming off the bone bruise and the sprained MCL against the Saints y for yes n for no I vote no uh sprained mcls can become worse if this were the playoffs different conversation you know if this was week 17 may be a different conversation week two you can't win a Super Bowl in September you can't win playoff games in September you can lose playoff games in September with injuries and making things worse so I would not put Jake Ferguson out there in week two I would be cautious I'd sit in if if he can get a limited session in okay that's great maybe B well for week three but you know Big Mike's a very cautious guy when it comes to injuries overall I I I would I would not play maybe you get John Stevens back maybe and if you don't maybe you're calling up Princeton Fant uh I have to build bank a Lot on Luke sco maker there but I I probably would not play Jake Ferguson this week the Super Chat menu is as follows 20 bucks for a shot 50 for a beer bong 100 it's the bong long slap and shot combination 500 as we do the entire season custom Cowboys jersey of your choosing you pick the name the number I'll wear throughout the year waiting on anony to arrive hopefully it arrives soon frustrated is not yet uh most hundreds in September full-sized Cowboys helmets Anthony has the narrow lead sorry Jacko actually has the lead uh on that front over Anthony McMillan and Vanquish time we'll see how things change as the year goes on but that is today's super chat menu who you got in week two c for the Cowboys s for the Saints let me know in the comments of today's video week two matchup Saints played pretty darn well they were much better than what I thought they were going to be um thought I thought they they had a pretty good performance All Things Considered um but who you got C for the Cowboys s for the Saints looked like the supers might not have been pulling properly there with that graphic was it messed up it looks wrong is what it looks like there so I'd say grab slack Chris if you need him to um who do we got C or S Saints played great yeah just that's just definitely just not right what it's that's it's never what what it's looked like uh Craig nun says C Bryce says C Jeff says C Cobra Rob William Cook Terrence Atkins Dale Weathers mhdz Joseph Ian Torres says C Brian hay says car going down I got trauma over that Raiders playoff game with with Derek carer doing his stupid underthrown DPI crap hopefully that doesn't happen again today I'll be very frustrated if it does happen or I guess Sunday not today obviously uh Jonathan says C Elite gamer Ragnarok how Michael Dion Noah Turner Courtney Cole Noah Turner Gentry 85 Arthur all se's in the comments section they're six and a half Point favorites we will preview that week 2 matchup as part of today's live show and if you want us to start today's live Cowboys report then simply like the video the goal was always at 50% like ratio the offer still stands if we get that super or that that 50% like ratio before anything comes in before I ask for that little the likes I'll do a shot 68 vers 300 plus watching live math was not mathing on that front so like that video if you haven't already done so I want get to at least a 100 likes here before we start today's live show we're at 87 likes right now that's not even a third of our live audience 87 next next update let's see what it jumps us to 96 we're close four away four away we need four more likes then we'll get to OB P's Super Chat next update should get us there come on 106 there it is $5 for chat from OB PO let Dak deal was the game call conservative because Mike KY doesn't trust the new offensive line in pass protection I think that was part of it I also think they went in knowing hey we have a rookie offensive tackle and a rookie Center against my Garrett and a really good defense so I actually don't have that many complaints about how they rolled the pocket a little bit I think they very much took their foot off the gas on offense in the second half of games um I the second half of the game I don't think that they were trying to push the ball the same way they maybe should have it would have been really nice to have that like a long sustained drive on the ground like where they just they ran it right down the Browns throat never really happened um don't think the Run game was much of a liability but it wasn't a a overwhelming positive the same like the defense was like offense wasn't bad but not they didn't carry it through for an entire game so they definitely went conservative second half like Dak was on Pace for kind of close to 300 yards of offense like he wasn't that far behind like 275 whatever it was the half but they didn't they also missed the drive cuz kavante Turpin got a score and on a return which is great like I think I think they went conservative that's fine for week one can't do it in every game you know coming up on today's live show we got Cowboys rumors and news that includes a jake Ferguson injury update I want to spend time on one position group that I thought really shined in impressive fashion uh in week one which I think bodess very well for you moving forward we'll have a mailbag two ways to get on the show hash Cowboys or Super Chat to skip that line all together # Cowboys is how you get in the queue the Super Chat means we'll at least give you a shout out no matter what and we'll preview Cowboys versus Saints all come up live here on the Cowboys [Music] report we are just 22 subscribers away from 194k here on the Cowboys report we almost got there in our week one matchup Maybe would have if it wasn't such a blowout in favor of the Cowboys we'll be live on Mondays Thursdays and every Cowboys game day so if you haven't already make sure you guys are subscribed we begin as we did this morning show with a jake Ferguson injury update a sprained MCL and a bone bruise in his knee against the Browns is what Ferguson suffered that is not a season ending injury now Ian raport says he's probably going to miss time Todd Archer says not so fast my friends Jake Ferguson could still play against uh the New Orleans Saints after being diagnosed with a bone bruise and a minor sprain of the MCL not use the medical terms in his left knee against the Browns according to a a source so all things considered I think that's a win that's a lot better than yeah he tore his ACL he's out for the year and now you don't have a proven tight end and you're kind of very worried about your secondary pass Cates Beyond CD lamb it is a potential notable loss for at least a few weeks Jake Ferguson if he doesn't play probably puts more pressure on Luke scoon maker to step up the second round pick out of Michigan Brevin span Ford played a pretty good amount last week and we'll see if John Stevens Jr can get healthy Schoonmaker and span Ford probably still more blockers than anything of notes was the tight end snap count now I'm going to put Hunter liy on here because 12 of his snaps came at not fullback either in line in the slot out wide as kind of an H back type of player the the way Mike McCarthy's offense he said this before Works he buckets fullback and tight end together let's keep play some tight end in this game now that's not to say he's going to be out there running routes and stuff but is worth mentioning Luke Schoonmaker and brevan span Ford both played 19 snaps a piece more so in heavy Personnel looks which Mike McCarthy likes to utilize but if Ferguson is out week two those guys going to have to play a bigger role plus who knows in the end about you John Stevens's ham string injury so with the apparent possibility that Jake Ferguson could play in week two would you play him why for yes and for no I want you guys to sound off for me at the pin comment of today's video that ad comes here on YouTube it's just fine take advantage of it head down there would you play him y for yes n for no speaking of dudes you played about the rookie offensive lineman that is Tyler gon and Cooper BBE uh I want to spend time kind of going through some more takeaways from week one after getting the all 22 which much improved this year by the way very happy about that let's start with gon up and down uh only allowed two pressures didn't have the best run blocking grade I think there were some some missed assignments missed opportunities on some runs that didn't go very long that you can certainly blame to an extent on on gon in the offensive line the one thing I want to see get changed from Tyler gon and you saw it a couple times in week one when he messes up he drops DRS his head and tries to headbutt the offense the defensive lineman now he's so athletic he's able to recover but as he fixes that flaw in his technique he's going to be even better Cooper BB meanwhile our our friendly dirt Napper uh played pretty well no sacks no hits no hurries a 71.6 run blocking grade thought there was one play that he was kind of like Dak was clapping to get the the snap off and it didn't happen late in the game which is worth mentioning um but I we we weren't calling out their names a lot there was one rep where two reps really where gu just got smoked by Miles Garrett it's going to happen against the level of Defense you were playing I I think that was that was a pretty good pretty good look at what you got I think you're pretty pleased with how those first year players performed who do you think was better in week one TG for Tyler gon CB for Cooper BB let me know in the comments section of today's show I do think for the most part the Cowboys tried to protect their offensive line you know they they they tried to move the pocket a little bit more than what we'd seen in years past it's a good Browns front I think they were aware of that going in I think it was a no Chaz green game plan which is a good thing by the way by the way I also thought both Ezekiel Elliott and also Rico dowle were very solid in pass protection D actually graded out higher I think that might be because there was one rep where Zeke should have been flagged for holding it's fine cares didn't get called that doesn't count seven pass protction Reps for both guys zero pressures allowed both those guys historically especially Dao last year have done a pretty good job in pass protection that helps her offense out in a pretty big way it's reason why duv wasn't out there on those plays right so I liked what I saw out of both Zeke and dowle in that area Today's Show is made possible by rocket money did you know that most Americans think they spend about $62 a month on subscriptions the actual number is closer to 300 that is thousands of dollars a year half of which you might might have forgotten about that's why I love rocket money they can find the subscriptions that you've forgotten about and make your life a little bit easier it is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions monitors your spending helps lower your bills all that you can grow your savings they You full control over your subscriptions and a clear review of your expenses you can even just up load their your bill and they will try to negotiate to lower it for you sometimes by up to 20% rocket money has over 5 million users and to to of $500 million in cancel subscriptions saving members up to 740 bucks a year when using all of the apps features stop wasting money on things you don't use cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to Rocket money.com slowboys that's rocket money.com slowboys links in the comments and the description of today's show one group that I thought impressed me by the way overall was the play of your starting Corners Trayvon Diggs kayin Carson and Jordan Lewis I thought all played really well for you against the Cleveland Browns let's go player by player here Jordan Lewis I think is back to being one of the more underrated players on your Cowboys roster Not only was he impactful in the Run game he was awesome in coverage now you might say Tom he allowed four catch is on five targets so if it's for 14 yards and none of them go for first downs you did your job might not have been the these splashy sexy pass breakups but Jordan Lewis stuck his nose in the in the football a bunch I was very impressed with what we saw out of Jordan Lewis Trayvon Diggs welcome back my friend six of nine nice on completions allowed against targets just 23 yards none of them went for first downs had two pass breakups one of which was a pick Welcome Back to Football Trayvon Diggs I I thought he played really well and I thought for a fifth round pick kayin Carson held his own five of nine in coverage now more yards more first downs allowed here did allow the touchdown on a pretty nice quick out uh by the Browns also broke up two passes Kaylin Carson was around the football a lot in a positive way um I I was very very impressed by him I was super impressed by by Jordan Lewis and Trayvon digs for what you got out of week one not a lot of them going to be like oh yeah you got to be way better than like no you were great on defense now look the Browns offense was bad DeShaun Watson is just not very good um very funny part of my take conversation where big cat suggest that sea Watson is now so bad at football he might be a better person which is just hilarious but that that does not take away from how great Dallas was you know it takes two aggree to a contract there two sides to a football field Cowboys defense abs absolutely deserves some credit here as well I thought they played a very strong game overall in the secondary we'll talk about the linebackers later on this week I thought they also played super well so what is your confidence level right now in this Dallas Cowboys defense your scale is one to 10 one obviously On The Low End 10 the high it's only been a game you don't want to overreact but it's it's a decent thing to do it if you're going to confidence level in that Cowboys defense scale it for me from one to 10 let's talk Mazy Smith's play look I I want to mention him because it's a big name it's a big conversation to have I don't know how much we're going to glean and gather out of Mazy Smith's play uh five run defense reps on 23 total snaps per PFF uh there are some fun new filters on the NFL's uh game Game Pass uh the the l22 that allow you to filter by like Downs only had four run stops so there might have been like a a play that got confused somewhere I look it was nothing going on there like the there was one play I thought he didn't have a great rep on that rund down everything else was really good wasn't getting turned was was taking on the blockers when your run defense plays great and your linebackers are around the football a lot near the the line of scrimmage I think that means your defensive tackles did a good job now there weren't that many run plays early in the game for Mazy Smith to be out there but for a small sample size I thought it was all pretty good I think that he held the line well he did his job what he's asked to do on the all 22 it was one pressure it wasn't much of an impact to the passing game that's okay when everybody else did it again that probably means he's doing his job with what he's asked to do so small sample size but a good first step I think for Mazy Smith Ecuador man AOG good game but the running game is still really bad I wouldn't say they were really bad um I think our expectations going in were very low and I think that helps us feel better about what we saw out of the ground game I also that you you got you got to 100 yards um on really what amounts to 24 carries Let's ignore the the one kneel down there you know the numbers might not look as good if it wasn't for cidd lamb getting three carries for 25 yards I think that's good to do you should do that should use K konte Turpin uh in in some of those angles as well but I think there is room for growth on everything on the offensive side of the ball the one thing would have loved to have seen from this two things really number one I would have loved to have gotten some more just like sustained drives thanks to the ground game you know you had explosive run by Ric D for 10 yards a nice nine yard run by Zeke capped off that touchdown run was great I tweeted out the photo there is a a two Gap hole right in the middle of that Browns defense that was great run blocking um week one first game for a lot of first real game for a lot of those players I think it's going in the right direction I still think you're lacking juice uh that's why I like getting CD lamb involved there so I don't know if it was a bad game but I do think there's still room for improvements um there are going to be a lot of games where you know if it's 10 for 40 and 8 for 26 from your backs that's that might not be good enough but got one week one it's fine air was dax's performance worthy of $60 million a year no that's also probably not the game you needed him to be the MVP by the way I thought were going to he he he took care of business he he did his job you know he he didn't have any massive issues there were no turnover took care of the football they played it conservatively and smart down the stretch I need to see more plays on third down uh kind of reminded me of last year's like Jets and Giants games were like ah you know the offense wasn't that great but everything else was so good it was okay um so I think there's still room to be better um at of Prescott but you know he got one more guaranteed dollar one million more guaranteed dollars than deshun Watson did Brown's having a quarterback issue Dallas does not elmatic 7 Dak got paid he's our QB everyone get over it the one nice part about Dallas paying Dak Prescott three hours before the game was that the discourse got cut down TimeWise now there's football to talk about there's games to talk about so great the Cowboys speaking of for me against the Browns A B C D or F A narrow race between a A and B I don't have any major complaints I think that's fair uh 46% say a 50% say B 3% say C someone voted D ORF and I don't know how Cowboys won that game what really amounts to 33 to 10 because it was a garbage time score by the Browns gota gotta be a be at minimum for me so b a BB you know they they started slowly on that first that first drive on offense was bad that was that that was a bad start to the game you're right there NXT that was a uh you pick up a couple nice yards uh on a on a five yard zek's run with a nice little hurdle holding and then take a sack where sack Martin just got beat bad rep from Zack Martin now you're in second and 27 you're you're you're kind of cooked at that point there not much you can do um and they they have a a punt that only goes 42 yards 20 a return that that they get a field goal and then the Browns truly did nothing on offense until there was you know half of the third quarter left and then everything looks great by that point it was 27 to3 perfect elmax 7 what a difference a group of linebackers makes for a defense the the Cowboys also Cowboys were kind of like we're going to play two cover two we'll disguise it sometimes we won't they they played a lot of two high and Desa wson had zero answer for it also overshown looked awesome we'll come back to them in a second by the way 11 from heav I'm worried for the defense they did this last year but as everybody knows by midle season they crumbled I rate it a six I that that's a trauma speaking and it's valid it's valid to feel that way they because last year they opened the year was like the best defense in football top three defense Whatever by the end of the year they were outright bad down the stretch now I I do think having linebackers that aren't 215 and intelligent football IQ guys is going to help in a pretty big way um but I totally get the concerns there you know in in many ways it is a this is great let's enjoy the ride only matters in January that that is a very valid opinion to have a reminder of today's Super Chat menu 20 bucks for a shot 50 for the beer bong 100 bong slap and shot combo 500 a custom Cowboys jersey of your choosing and the most hundreds in September it's a Cowboys helmet full-sized Cowboys helmet so get those super chats in we'll do a mailbag here in a second after the next segment on today's show good news everyone this the play Let's reset this because this needs to be me me left so we'll go aad and reset that it's not quite the graphic I had in mind there so you guys can grade the Cowboys against the Browns A B C D or f as we reset let's get the that that's not supposed to have Cowboys background so you're right you're good you're good good news everyone the play of this position group in particular I think BS very well for the Cowboys defense as a whole last year they began the year hot but they very much cooled down and struggled as the season went on and by the end of the season they were kind of a bottom five bottom 10 defense and many of the key uh position and and statistical areas now if you want more breakdowns like the one we're about to do kind of focused on what happened last week different position groups different players then share today's video for me social media Twitter or I guess x Facebook Instagram text it whatever share today's video on social media you might have guessed what we were doing uh based on how the game went I was very happy though with the play of the linebackers in week one against the Cleveland Browns it is a new look overhauled linebacking Corp that really features one player back from last year's team that was Deone Clark and he went from being the team's number one linebacker having to do so much when it comes to getting things set to not having to do that stuff anymore Eric Kendricks de marvan over shown Buddy Johnson was a scratch they played Nick vigil a lot more on that in a second but this revamped linebacking core with some actual size and still speed I was very impressed by in week one the snap Counts from the first game of the year de Marvin o had 44 but I thought he played great Eric Kendricks had 51 before leaving with dehydration they' then plugged Nick vigil in his spot which I was kind of uh surprised by Deone Clark played 26 marce leow only played nine but I thought he was pretty good when he was out there so let's break down all five of these players beginning with the marvan overshown who I thought was simply fantastic 11 tackles in his in 44 snaps by the way that that is an elite ratio every four plays up there's the marvan over show Making the the the tackle again that sack he had where he just exploded and crashed in on DeShawn Watson so much faster than what Watson was expecting was wildly impressive he had a tackle for loss as well uh in coverage the numbers say seven of seven for 71 yards the vast majority of that came on that big David and joku play which was partially over shon's fault that's really more on Doan Wilson um and Donovan Wilson should have not taken out overs on that play just made the tackle he kind of went for the ball and and misjudged a little bit but only two first downs I think that matters in coverage as a linebacker I if you allow a bunch underneath stuff I don't care but if you're it's if it's third and five and you all allow a three completion who cares overshown simply put was everything I was hoping he was going to be in week one he looked fast he looked decisive he read his keys well he hit the holes properly he played awesome if you value PFF grades at all he was number one on the Dallas Cowboys in week one and number two as of Monday Night Football among all off ball linebackers behind only Logan Wilson of the Cincinnati Bengals I thought he was awesome in this game and that I think is such good news for Dallas that the stuff we saw in the preseason the last two years looks like it's carrying over into real games that matter so what is your confidence level right now in De Marv and overshown scale it for me from 1 to 10 one on the low end 10 on the highend it is the PIN comment by the way on today's video so if the ad comes here on YouTube take advantage of it head down there and let me know next up is Eric Kendricks now get that guy in IV I I don't know wasn't that Hot in Cleveland I'm a little surprised there were some dehydration issues um either way it was fine that game was was kind of over uh nine tackles two sacks a tackle for loss and an interception that is stuff in the stat sheet in every way you could ever possibly want Kendricks was all over the field making a ton of plays for the Cowboys was targeted three times in coverage now I will say one of those should have been a first down another one I should say should have been a first down the other the the play out of mind was in joku on a Crosser gets past Kendrick he drops the ball on third down that should have been a first down pickup but he was right place right time for The Intercept interception off the tip from Micah Parsons I think that his veteran leadership his football IQ helps guys like over and especially Simone Clark who we'll get to here in just a second but first Today's Show is made possible by prize picks it is America's number one daily fantasy sports app over 5 million active members prize picks is the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports unlike other apps it's just you against the numbers all you have to do is pick more or less on two to six player sta projections and watch the winnings roll in one of their free beads the month of September one Caleb Williams passing yard gets you one win on prize picks that that's as easy as it gets I got a little college football slate for you since we're still waiting on the NFL slate Travis Hunter I'll go more than receiving yards and he's going to get Force FedEd in the Rivalry game against Colorado State I think Quinn yers is going to light up UTSA with some big plays even if he only plays a half or three quarters I still like the more then on the passing yards there so go to prize.com clns and use code clns and get $50 instantly when you play five that's code clns to get 50 bucks instantly when you play five you don't even need to win to get the $50 bonus it is guaranteed the link will be in the comment section and the description of today's show it's prize.com CNS it's prize picks run your game all right let's talk Deone Clark here in week one matchup four tackles one target zero receptions allowed I thought he played pretty well uh he he Deone Clark's kind of a slightly weird player um in the sense that I don't know if the football IQ is where it's been needed to be in the past but I thought he was put in good positions to not have to be like the guy at linebacker and helping out Maris Bell now he gets to be the guy that gets help you saw something similar he's not going to be the same level player roquan Smith Patrick Queen impact I think that's what you're getting out of this linebacking core right now overall I thought the whole unit played pretty darn well in this game I I thought they made plays they didn't allow many plays your run defense was sharp especially outside of garbage time in the fourth quarter I think all of those things help point to this linebacking core is good in Dallas here are a few Val them the PFF grades dear vov 88.6 that is Elite Eric Kendricks 71.9 that's really good zamone Clark 77.1 that's really good Nick vigil was not good we'll talk more about him in a little bit 37.2 and mace lefal 62.0 as the Cowboys played five linebackers a surprising amount for Vigil which we'll come to here in a second I think it's easier to do grading scales like you get in school so grade the Cowboys linebackers for me in week one A B C D or F in the comment section of today's show talk about Maurice lefou here um overall I thought good in a very small sample size he only played nine snaps um he had two tackles and no snaps so a good ratio there I was a little bit surprised Dallas didn't play him more when Kendricks went down think that might have been a signal caller issue thing more than anything despite the Cowboys listing him as a starter on their week one depth chart he clearly was not um clearly was the marvan overshown and that's okay that leaa was a backup right now because you have guys in front of him who can play you saw it from Kendricks you sh you saw it from overon you saw it from Deone Clark I had hoped he played over vigil more I think I wonder if that comes down to you had to get a different signal caller the Green Dot and Zimmer and Gunther just trust the guy that they've known for a while in Nick vigil cuz I don't think vigil played that great he I I was I was surprised he played as much as he did um he is not technically on man roster he was a game day call from practice squad I thought mostly for special teams ends up playing a big role inste Buddy Johnson two tackles in the game I thought had some he had some of the missed assignments uh when the Browns got some runs late in the game you're also binking on pass so not going to ding them too much from that perspective but hopefully viil doesn't have to play 25 snaps again that's that's probably more than what you want out of them for more Cal booys updates news rumors live watch parties Etc they've come to the right spot hit that sub button youtube.com/ boystv that's youtube.com Cowboy TV for all the Cowboys news rumors and updates that you could ever want I do want to mention michah Parsons here even though he is a pass rusher I want to mention him because he can do some linebacker stuff and he did a little bit mik Parson I thought was used very well by Mike Zimmer he wasn't always lined up at over the left he was moved around he had 69 nice snaps two of them in coverage that's what I want I want Mel Parson moving downhill I want him attacking going north north south I don't want him going east west and dropping into coverage that much sometimes yes and it worked the one play they did it they they tricked Watson and he wasn't ready and end up taking a sack on the play because they dropped Micah that's fine he also played of those 69 snaps six of them off ball and a couple of them were kind of like they checked into stuff and he dropped is almost a stand up middle linebacker that's fine too they moved him around I still don't think we saw the full display of what Mike Zimmer is going to do Trayvon dig said they called basically three of their of their plays all game might have been a little bit more uh from an upfront perspective with the backend coverage adus did a lot of too high stuff and they showed blitzes and dropped it and Watson had no answers whatsoever so Michel was awesome against the brown he had nine pressures that that by the way is the nextg stats metric um they have those available immediately which I find super helpful for game days he could have had several sacks in that game he could have had three or four sacks there were a few times that ah he just couldn't quite bring him down you know PFF had Micah at 11 pressures so differences of timing and whatnot there either way it was the best in the NFL in week one he was he was awesome I like the way that Mike Zimmer deployed him all right it's mailback time here on the Cowboys report there are two ways to get on the show number one use # Cowboys or just super chat you can skip the line all together if you super chat here we've got none we haven't already hit so that's good timing there but get your questions in Via hash Cowboys or Super Chat skip that line there are bonuses if you pick the higher priced Super Chat tier 20 bucks for a shot 50 for a beer bong 100 for the bong slap and shot combination 500 get a custom Cowboys jersey the most hundreds in September gets a full-sized Cowboys helmet which I think is a pretty cool item there that is today's Super Chat menu so once Chris gives me the all or stone sorry that's my bad I'm I I finally did it for the I think this the first time I've done in a long time so I'll do it again I'm sure at some point my bad so uh get your super chats in get your comments in as well via # Cowboys if we do not get to your question on today's mailbag SL you could watch the live mailbag you can always hit me up on Twitter my DMs are open and it's better than a bunch of in biobots that I simply don't want to deal with so hit me up on Twitter at what going Dow Liam Tucker the Cowboys have won their first game time to get to 2025 Cowboy Super Bowl champion tattoo go boys uh as someone who has to drop a toaster in their tub uh for Zeke being the week one starting back which yeah play better than I thought so I'm actually very happy by that uh I would not advise doing that don't be like 321 n you know you guys know the lore there I'm sure uh do not do not advise I still have my doubts of this team actually making a deep playoff run just with what this team is roster wise cam Kramer is this draft class on Pace to be the most productive in the first year in recent cowboys history I'm going to go with no simply because I don't know if you can really surpass how impactful that 2016 Cowboys draft class was Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott were two of the best players in football That season at their respective positions and it was also a quarterback which boosts the value uh Malik Collins actually had a decent rotation role for you Anthony Brown eventually stepped up and played a kind of decent amount of of snaps he started nine games that year uh and you know helped the Cowboys get the number one C and everything so I think this class is definitely going to be better than you know what we saw out of last year's class but I don't think I'll put them on most productive and recent history that 2016 class was really good even though they didn't get anything Jay Smith in year one they they had a lot of success from first year impact Steven goz do you think Aubrey would have made the 71 yard field goal with I don't think so um that that first try wasn't going to be good from 71 now I think he has the leg to hit it but it was also a little bit chilly and a little bit windy in in in in Cleveland that day had that been in a dome had that been at AT&T Stadium I think EIG could have hit it but I don't think the conditions in that game were quite right that's that's a big reason why Mike didn't didn't attempt it I think he also messed up by screwing up screwing up the de clock happened Cliff box Miller how did Zeke look in week one I think emphasizing relative to expectations I think Zeke ran the ball pretty well in that game um I I think there were still there's still things I want to see more of out of the ground game I I crave explosive big plays they had one explosive run from a back that was Rico dle but Zeke had a good nine-yard run uh overall I think second half they kind of didn't run the ball that great great uh they kind of went Ultra conservative in All Phases to an extent uh the touchdown run was nice great blocking up front I say that not to take away anything from Zeke but like that was I want to give praise to the old line was really great blocking up front um so if you get me 10 carries 40 yards and a score each week that's probably pretty good I I do worry if the efficiency drops below that though I think there's still room for growth overall in this cowboys ground game but it's also week one so it is reasonable to expect that you can get more growth so what is your confidence level in the Cowboys Rush attack as we sit after week one scale it for me from one to 10 one on the low end 10 on the high end from Billy Bob Jean five dollar Super Chat that could have still been the highest paid QB at 56 average per year why would Dallas go up to 60 million seems they paid way more than they needed to couple reasons a the Dak contract was different than everybody else's Dak had there unlike all the guys that signed there's the threat of the franchise tag for two years or they're under contract for two more years Dak Prescott had unprecedented leverage because his he was in such a unique spot of being months away from free agency the real number is less about the 60 million average per year the guaranteed money is massive huge amounts of guaranteed which would not have been possible if they hadn't gone closer to that $60 million per year threshold there was a reason why that number had kept being thrown around out there uh that had been speculated before and people were like 70 in free agency you messed up five years ago you didn't pay him the first time you could have or six years ago whatever the exact timeline was there so it was such a unique situation you had to give him what his agent wanted and look in the end Dak kind of did A Team friendly deal because he could have said f you I'm going to free agency and that have been bad but in the end he wanted to be in Dallas and they found a way to get it done at quite literally the last second possible Ecuador man Zeke was fully healthy and he was meh come on Tom he was better than I thought he looked at any real point last year forste of like maybe one or two games um I much like the D contract stuff I kind of just don't feel like arguing over Elliott at this point like he is who he is a as like if you're expecting Prime Zeke you were that was not a good game out of Elliott if we're expecting him to be just a a rotational back that's fine I still need to find more big plays on the ground I I I don't want to be a bunch of three yard runs and get the occasional nine and six-yard run like that's not it's not great need to see higher success rate too it's going to be a big deal for me it was 30% it's not great as well most of that came in the second half um I I do think there's a good point point being alluded to there by Ecuador man I I have always worried and this goes back to like 2021 22 I have worried less about Zeke in September and more about him in October and November because that body has taken a massive amount of hits in college in the NFL the the workload is significant so he's going to be at his freshest in week one does does it stay fresh as the season goes on uh today's show is made possible by Rockets money how much do you think you're paying in subscriptions every month the answer is probably a lot more than you actually think over 74% of people have subscriptions they've forgotten about I know I did was a phone bill I was being double charged for was a huge pain in the butt to handle it's why I like rocket money it is a personal finance app helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions monitors your spending helps lower your bills all so you can grow your savings they will cancel the stuff you don't want anymore for you that way you don't have to deal with Annoying customer service rocket money has over 5 million users and it's h the total of $500 million in cancelled subscriptions saving members up to 740 bucks a year when using all the apps features stop wasting money on things you don't use cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to Rocket money.com slowboys that's rocket money.com slowboys link will be in the comments section and the description of today's show it's rocket money.com slowboys Stephen GX seeing Kendrick have a great game yesterday makes be glad we snagged him away from the 49ers don't know what your planet linebacker would have been without him don't know who who you're going to get the linebacker Market dried up real quick thank God that we bullied the Cowboys into doing that and frankly than thank goodness for Mike Zimmer I don't know if that happens without Zimmer kind of making it happen to an extent um very glad the Cowboys got Kendrick so think you needed him at linebacker you didn't want to go in the year with overshown Clark and Lee that probably would have been too much risk you needed that veteran presence Tyler alre Tre Lance for a fifth from the Packers who says no I think Green Bay says no I would actually be very surprised if the Packers trade to for because they about it from G Bay's perspective try Lance is going to miss a few games right he'll be back week three week four week five whatever that is probably when they're going to be comfortable giving Trey Lance a chance to learn the Playbook and play like they're already worried about Malik Willis being good to go and he got traded for in at the end at the end of of August right and Lance is also not a long-term future so why would the Packers give a fifth round pick for a QB that frankly wasn't good in the preseason is still a project for one or two games that's bad Asset Management they'll just try to Rite it out until love gets back in general do you think the Cowboys will find a trade partner if they want to for Trey Lance y for yes n for no sound off in the comments of today's show Ragnarok how kayn Carson potentially looking at the week one game I thought he did okay against Cooper think helps when the quarterback was bad Watson Watson's not good but I I do think he he played well I think that's a very promising first ever start for Kay Carson so I I liked what I saw out of him secondary overall really good you know floor to set be some ups and downs I'm sure maybe even a tougher match up against the Saints this week uh Ravens coming down the pipeline could be challenging too you'll get some better receivers against the Niners if he has to play in that game but fifth round rookie week one good stuff Noah Turner I think it be a bigger threat to the Cowboys Eagles or lions I would rather play the Eagles than the Lions thoughts yeah give me give me Phil Philadelphia um especially in the regular season you you'll probably split against Philadelphia the lions are going to have their Super Bowl against you we we do know that right I'm not trying to make that a shot against Detroit all week it is going to be oh the refs messed up the call against the Lions they'll make Dan Skipper the captain whatever ignore it that's that that's a big game for the Lions to prove that they were wronged even though the refs screwed up the call way before that with the Aiden huton trip they called on pton Hendershot never should have gotten that it would have been game over but I I do think the lions are a better team I think the Lions and Niners are the two best teams in the NFC four more Cowboys watch parties and live shows and videos multiple times every single day hit that sub button youtube.com Cowboy TV for the truth JC forever why does McCarthy always have a clock management problem he's a football coach and they all have it everyone does they all screw it up constantly they screw up fourth down decision-making and they screw up clock management I don't understand how it Happ it happens every big game with McCarthy there's something he screws up and then that that bungle of the Clock Was B I get that they thought the Browns s there should have been a clock reset no pay attention call timeout you have two of them you can't take them in in into the half like we were all like all time out there's a big old play clock out there look at it Mike blows my mind that happens every game every game straight straight out of Madden uh McCarthy management so how coaches are for whatever reason they they all screw it up pretty consistently just dumb from Tyler with over having one of the best uh some of the best closing speed Sam QB spy or some blitzing opportunities they did they they did do that they brought him on some pressures he had a handful of pass rush snaps he got got home a couple times and they did use him as a spy they were very quick to adjust to that uh there were there was the the one play I think it was third down or fourth down but de marvan overon basically crosses 70% of of the field and makes the play on Watson as a spy that was awesome they they did it it in week one and they will continue to do it Wilson tager can the Cowboys trade for Amari Cooper I'm sure he play with a good QB again uh you're probably not wrong by the way um though he did resign for the time being in Cleveland but uh yeah you're no you're not going to the Browns can't punt on this year as an organization they're they're too committed to winning games now and they need aario Cooper out there because you know Jerry Judy and Elijah Moore are fine but Cooper they're they're number one um not like you know fourth round pick fifth round pick if you want to go with a meme they get form is they going to justify not being a good enough passing off like you need to get Amari going more um Browns were in Hell on offense Watson was a big factor that the old line wasn't great but he also held the ball way too long I do think of Mario Miss Dallas in one of his interviews he he said we a couple times talking about the Cowboys by the way I don't know if you guys caught that this week he misses it but the Cowboys let it get personal happens name a player realistic you can't get momes sorry that you want to trade for let me know in the comments section of today's video what what player would you love to go out and get josephian Torres lipy was utilized heavily in the the north Co State passing game running routes tight wouldn't be too far of a stretch for him it's true he was also not really a fullback North Coast he was kind of like HB back running back more than anything so very good point there Joseph would not be if he gets if he gets real tight end reps again uh if Ferguson misses this game against these Saints Jay Gonzo 11 name one running back you would trade for before the deadline still call about Israel banaka I still want juice like that's what I'm craving craving explosive plays aananda stands out to me who made the Jets roster would be probably pretty cheap kind of worried that Dam Pierce might be bad by the way uh Mixon ran the ball way better than Pierce did all last year huge red flag in what Mixon is at this point in his career um beyond that you can call about CLE Herbert Bears offense was bad week one might not be too much to read from that but I call about Herbert um I think all those things make make sense so I think running back area I will pursue if things don't get a little bit more explosive moving forward today's Super Chat menu 20 bucks for a shot 50 for beer bong h100 for a bong slap and shot 500 for a custom Cowboys jersey most hundreds in September gets you a Cowboys helmet I don't know if the Bears the Bears are going to trade Roshan or if the Raiders would trade zamir white Raiders offense by the way gonna be a long year for my my boy Mitch gonna be a very long year frankly he will not get to do this question very often one word reaction to the Cowboys win against the Browns I want to turn that fan on me a little bit more got warmer as the day went on for being pretty cold this morning and appreciate it there we go onew reaction impressed good also solid aners there let's get another I don't mind cheating on this one today it's fine I I put this on Twitter and everyone cheated too of like DeShawn Watson is bad and Etc bricked funny successful dominant okay expected okay know one I saw today on Twitter was like get back to me in January fine it's fine solid Bandit says lucky I don't know if they were that lucky in that G I think they were just the better team especially on defense great stale I don't know about stale I I enjoyed it fluent woo massage nice business needed defense damn defense fin finally okay two fasts in a row all works too over fast he looked he added weight couldn't tell in in in a good way in a good way uh tb12 overshown uh Zimmer impressive my buddy John calls him Invader Zim I I don't know if you're old enough for that one but you're not too young tackling was good tack Ling was good that's that's actually a really good point I should have mentioned on the show today video they didn't miss many tackles out there they they wrapped him up and brought him down and for a team that didn't do much in the preseason that that's always a really good good sign um you know Virgil played a lot or vigil I don't think he's going to play a lot in real games and overshown out snaap Leah foul so like that's he's your starter like I don't care who gets the first snap but like if you're playing four times the snaps okay we know who who the starter is it's pretty clear uh relentless hard-hitting betting on the over Shan I like that that's fun that's fun keep the one-word reactions coming to the Cowboys week one win over the Browns we're about to preview the Cowboys week two matchup against the New Orleans Saints we need your help to ensure a win we have the data or data to prove it the more likes we get the more likely it is that the Dallas Cowboys beat the New Orleans Saints so like today's video more than any other video you've liked before the Cowboys are back at home for the season opening game at AT&T Stadium out in Arlington Texas they are a six and a half Point favorite against the New Orleans Saints who played one of the best games in all of week one also might just be that Carolina's bad we'll talk about that here more in depth in a second 45 A2 is the over under as of filming this it might ebb and flow a a little bit there there's some injury question marks we'll get to as part of today's show as well but I thought the Cowboys and the and the Saints too going back and watching all those teams both those teams I should say had a very strong per performance uh Cowboys fifth and scoring offense now tied for seventh in defense Saints one and tied for second Cowboys were Road underdogs against the Cleveland Browns what' they do went out and manhandled them that game was over basically at halftime Browns didn't have a 10% win probability and uh after like the two and a half minute Mark of the first half they dominated so of the Saints 47-10 uh had 47 to 10 and 200 passing yards from Derek Car who was very good in that game by the way almost got the rare more touchdowns than incompletions in that matchup this might just be a bad Panthers team the defense also lost Derrik Brown Carolina's in for a really really rough year very impressed by how good the Saints looked in week one but this is a much tougher test for the Saints against a actually good team in the Cowboys versus the Carolina Panthers some injuries to watch I want to mention here uh John Stevens Jr has the hamstring injury TBD if he'll be back Jake Ferguson's going to be going to be a a real questionable if not a doubtful If This Were a playoff game he could probably play through the sprain CL and and the bone bruise in week two maybe that's not a path you want to actually pursue at Perry has a hand injury worth monitoring is Marshon Latimore hamstring injury that he suffered um in that game left did not return Saints have called it minor it's also week two and they need him against CD lamb but that is one to monitor just how effective and if he can even play uh going forward Foster had a head injury so TBD on his availability will more as the week goes along before we get into some keys to Victory we're bringing it back I want you guys to type in F Trace in the comments Trace is is our Saints host good guy but not not this week he sucks spam F trace for me in the comment section of today's show the most comments get a free raffle entry into our giveaway this Sunday so if the ad comes on YouTube take advantage and go do it let's talk keys to Victory here number one pressure Derek Carr the Cowboys this was a ke Victory last week pressure to Shawn Watson it worked in Spades it might not be as effective this week but it certainly is worth monitoring uh in terms of the the impact for Derek Carr Derek Carr when he has time is is a pretty solid quarterback and he makes throws he makes plays I still have a ton of PTSD over the uh the flag filled game that against the Raiders it was just underthrown deep ball after underthrown deep ball that pissed me off to no end I swear to God if it happens again I'm going to lose my freaking mind but you can pressure him guess what the Panthers didn't do in week one they pressured him three times the entire game that was it they didn't get after him at all he was two of two Under Pressure had a bomb on a touchdown throw to Rashid Shahid on a busted coverage by Carolina he did take one sack though now compare that to his more valuable sample size numbers uh back in 2023 49% completion rate Under Pressure 877 yards two touchdowns three interceptions a 17.1% sack rate he actually took more sacks when blitzed than just when Under Pressure I think you'll see Mike Zimmer dial up some Blitz packages there Derek Carr tends to struggle like a lot of quarterbacks do to be fair when you can disguise your stuff and throw stuff at and post Snap I think you will see something very similar come from Mike Zimmer's game plan in week two from what you saw this week maybe a little bit even more disguises more pressure packages I I think they will try to get after him as best as possible Today's Show is made possible by prize picks I love prize picks the biggest reason it's just you against the numbers it's not a daily fantasy app where you have to handle you know being the top 2% to win anything just just got to beat beat the math more or less than on two to six player sta projections watch your winnings roll in it is available in most States including California Texas and Georgia and they're doing some fun features some deals if you will throughout the month of September including Caleb Williams half a passing yard is one win that's one of the two you need that's it truly is a freeb I'll take some college football ones before we get to the true NFL slate or true football slate Travis hun 91 a half receiving yards Quinn ERS 2552 uh passing yards for the Collegiate matchup T is going to blow him out of the water but I think Euros will hit some big deep balls in that one Hunter will be fed against Colorado State so if you haven't already folks download the prize picks app today and use code clns and get $50 instantly when you play five that's code clns on prize picks to get $50 instantly when you play five you don't even need to win to get that $50 bonus it's guaranteed prize picks run your game key to Victory number two better third down play this I think was one of the biggest areas where your offense struggled and the Cowboys offense in general has leaned pretty damn heavily on third Downs as how they move the ball off probably more than you'd like to have overall in week one before one night football Dak and the Cowboys offense were bad on third Downs they simply didn't convert enough of them they had minus 5.95 expected points added per play that was 25th out of the 30 qualifying uh quarterbacks on the running backs don't matter sight they they just weren't good enough on third downs from a efficiency perspective they were 44 that's a bad third down game Browns were worse but they they were not very good last year the Cowboys and Dak Prescott were the best best third down offense in football plus 433 EPA per play Third in Dak is the reason why they moved the ball on offense period last year you need more of that it's tough to win games when you get 14 third downs and you only get four of them week one was the exception got to be better in week two so do you think the offense will improve in the second week of the Season why for yes and for no go ahead and sound off for me in the comments of today's video one way to get better on offense especially given the uncertain at best status of Jake Ferguson let's feed CD lamb he was involved in week one five catches 61 yards three carries 25 yards he was also targeted in total 10 times only caught half of those that's a low figure for the Dak and lamb connection some rust I think from both players frankly maybe some some connection issues because they didn't do anything really in training camp happens uh the frustrating part of you know the hold out that you had there probably impacted week one a little bit it's about what the Jones boys might try to say um feed force feed C the lamb know that he had Cooks had seven targets overall was pretty solid Fergie had five up those touches cidi lamb should get 15 touches a game targets would include carries too I like get involved on the ground I like that a lot actually for Lance but he should have seven eight catches every game at minimum so I you want to move the ball better on offense get lamb going uh the Browns defense is better than the Saints defense the Saints defense is good I don't want to I don't want to you know ignore that part but you you got to get C lamb going when there's Cowboys news folks we have you covered so if you haven't already hit that sub button youtube.com/ Cowboys TV another big key to Victory stop the run I would bet these Saints try to establish the run a lot more than the Browns ever really tried to do which I was a little bit surprised by but I digress defense held up pretty well your run defense was very good in week one even better than the raw numbers suggest a lot of that was garbage Time stuff the Saints ran the ball super well against the Panthers Alvin Kamar 15 carries 83 yards and a touchdown Jamal Williams a bit more garbage time reps there not nearly as impactful but he's a powerful Runner five 11 carries 3 yards and a score TM Hill the tight end got plenty of of T touches five carries 35 yards Derek Car Scramble for 13 yards Jordan Mims garbage time four carries 11 yards as a team even with the garbage time touches 37 carries 180 yards and almost five yards per carry it's a really good ground for out of New Orleans now again Panthers are a bad team I have to acknowledge that it'll be tougher on New Orleans but if they can you know remember that Jordan Lewis Alvin Kamar game coup years ago do that again and good things will probably happen prick the score of Cowboys against the Saints for me in the comments of today's show what do you think that final score will end up being with to mind at the end of today's show number five key to Victory no letdown game I you had it kind of last year against the Cardinals remember that you just kind of laid an egg had some extend circumstances sure but can't have that look pretty much every team has a let down game at some point it's there there are upsets in football Any Given Sunday right just don't let it come in week two we have seen this Cowboys team over the last 20-some years 30s something years almost do it before they get a little bit high on on their own success and they start thinking their stuff don't stink and they have a let down game and it's their wakeup call and they kind of rally a little bit there but they cannot get overconfident I'm sure that McCarthy can utilize that blowout wi by the Saints to help them a little like Saints a good team good team good team don't get high off your success stay focused and know that it's a long season got to win this one to set yourself up for the most success later on this season so my score prediction I think the Cowboys wi this one and they think they cover I think a bit of a higher scoring Affair too give me the Cowboys 31- 20 over the Saints in week two of the NFL season I want you guys to grade the Cowboys against the Browns for me A B C D or F the final chance to vote before we sign off on today's show A B C D or F 47% voting a 49% voting B 3% voted C kind of surprised by that one 1% voting D or F no complaints about an A or a B by the way we will be live a on Thursday for our next live show but also for the Cowboys saint game 11:30 a.m. eastern time is when our live show will start hour and a half before kickoff make sure you guys tune in hit that sub button youtube.com/ TV [Music]