Cowboys Rumors After Week 1 On Jake Ferguson Replacements, Tyler Guyton, Jourdan Lewis, Mazi Smith

[Music] we are just 22 subscribers away from 194k here on the Cowboys report we almost got there in our week one matchup maybe we 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 passers 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 brevan span Ford played a pretty good amount last week and we'll see if John Ste Stevens Jr can get healthy scoon maker and span for probably still more blockers than anything of notes was the tight end snap count I'm going to put Hunter lipkey 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 keepy 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 hamstring injury so with the apparent possibility that Jake Ferguson could play in week two would you play him y for yes n for no I want you guys to sound off for me 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 why for yes N40 speaking of dudes you played how about the rookie offensive lineman that is Tyler gson and Cooper BB uh I want to spend some 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 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 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 B 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's 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 Elliot and also Rico dle 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 who cares didn't get called that doesn't count seven pass section 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 du wasn't out there on those plays right so I liked what I saw out of both Zeke and D in that area Today's 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money.com Cowboys that's rocket money.com Cowboys 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 catches 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 Tron 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 kayen 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 Diggs 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 suggests that Sean 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 agree to a contract there two sides to a football field Cowboys defense 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 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 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 he there was one play I thought he didn't have a great rep on that rundown 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 [Music]