Grant and Danny
Blitzing the NFC East: Cowboys
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The beauty of the game like that they had against the Saints is there's no finger pointing. Sometimes the offense is looking at the defense sideways. Sometimes it's vice versa, but the defense got mauled and the offense wasn't very good either. And yeah, when you look at after week one, Cleveland had one first down in the first half. I mean, the Cowboys just totally dominated Cleveland in that game. Mike Zimmer, the new defensive coordinator, former Vikings head coach, of course. You know, he was the assistant coach of the year after week one. Now, you know, the Saints come in and just they ran it when they wanted. They threw it when they wanted. And I always, I'm very fond of former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett would always say, the history of the NFL is written week to week. And that's very true for two weeks for the Cowboys. What do you expect this weekend against Baltimore? Tough matchup for no one two team? Yeah, I don't honestly, I don't look at Baltimore as an old two team, you know, you saw the Kansas City game, right? Missy was out of bounds by a back of the end zone by a half an inch. That game may have been different. The Raiders game, they had some 24 yard shank punt at the end of the game on the final drive that gave the Raiders a ball. So no, when I see Baltimore, you know, I see what everybody else is. Great defense. I mean, it seems like since John Harbaugh has been there, they played great defense. And obviously the Mar Jackson, reigning MVP, there's Henry back there. I mean, they tailor not receiver. They finally got a weapon out there. I don't look at them. And I'm sure the Cowboys don't look at them as an old two football team. Babe, what's the running back situation going to look like in Dallas in a month? Is Dowdle or Elliot the guy? Well, it's a good question. And they also have Dalvin Cook here, who was not activated last week. We'll see what first two weeks, excuse me, he came late. They signed them basically the right before the season started. We'll see what he has, but it's running back. I like committee as they say, and it's, I think that is similar to when you say, well, we have two good quarterbacks. That means you have none, right? So they've got a committee of backs and some are unproven. And Zeke Elliott is obviously at the backside of his career. So it's going to be interesting to see how well they can run the ball, not only against Baltimore, but throughout the season. And then yeah, to that, they've got two rookie offensive linemen playing the center is a rookie and the left tackles are rookie, both good players. But as we all know, it takes a little time to develop there. Similar question outside of CD lamb, babe. Who's the number two? Tolbert six catches this past week. It was Brandon Cooks, the guy in week one, he was non-existent in week two. Is Tolbert going to be maybe the second option to lamb? Do you think at wide receiver? Well, I'm afraid of Brandon Cooks. I really am. He can still run. You know, he came into the league as a four, three guy first round job picked for New Orleans. And he is still a really good route runner still has, I think, most of his speed. We also down just shade maybe, but I think he can, I think he can be a solid number two. Tolbert is a guy third round picked from a couple of years ago. He's just now starting to get in there and play, but he did use one of the few great spots last week against the Saints. He had him. So definitely was his best game as a cowboy. What do you think the expectations are a big picture for this Dallas team, babe? And I bring it up because, you know, externally, I think people expected them to take a bit of a step back still be pretty good, better than the bottom two teams in the division here in New York. But, you know, maybe behind Philadelphia in the pecking order through a couple of weeks, nobody's really distinguished themselves just yet. What do you think big picture this year the expectations are for Dallas? Well, the expectation here is always the Super Bowl, but then the reality is they don't make it to the FC championship game and have it for the last 28 years. But I think every city, as you guys know, for the most part, maybe not in New York, but the expectation is you're going to be a playoff team. We've made these changes in the offseason and we're going to be better. We got this quarterback, whatever the case may be. Everybody has high hopes at the start of the season. Then the season starts and you find out if those high hopes were justified or not. But there's no question the Cowboys lost a lot of good players from last year's team did not replace them with equivalent ties. Now, that doesn't mean we talked about Jalen Talbert. You know, he didn't see a whole lot of playing time last year. Michael Gallup goes to the Raiders and ultimately retires after this season or before the season started. And now Jalen Talbert's got his opportunity, the two young offensive linemen that I talked about, two rookies that are playing. You know, they're going to look different in week 12 than they looked in week one. So I think there's still an expectation here. Here's the thing I always look at. Okay, they've got a great quarterback in my mind in Dak Prescott. They've got a great pass rusher in Mike and Parsons. They've got a great receiver in CD Land. So when you've got those three elements in this league, to me, that's a really good foundation. And so and they have those and they also have a really good corner in Trayvon Diggs and they're going to get to Ron Bland who led the NFL and interceptions last year. We're going to get him back about week four or five. Gives you a pretty high floor. No doubt about it. Beblofenberg Cowboys Radio Network at Beblofenberg on Twitter. Thank you. We appreciate you. Oh, hey, thanks for having me on. Thank you guys. Have a great day. You too. Our pleasure. Thank you. This summer, get away in the Hyundai you've always wanted at the Hyundai Getaway Sales Event. Get the hottest deals of the season on many of our award-winning Hyundai models, which all come with America's best warranty. But get going because these deals won't last. Add more joy to your journey at the Hyundai Getaway Sales Event. Now for a limited time. Get 1.99% APR for 60 months on the Hyundai Tucson or Elantra. Hurry into the Hyundai Getaway Sales Event offers end September 3rd. Call 562-314-4603 for details.