00:00You've been talking about this for years, and you've been right about it for years.
00:19How do you feel about this year's Mike Zimmer version of the Cowboys' Rundy?
00:24Well, the way I talk about it is I'm really more concerned with stopping the pass and
00:29stopping the run.
00:30But obviously, everybody, that's been a focus here.
00:33And I found it very interesting that in training camp, I've never seen this many veteran players
00:41in the front seven, or any position for that matter, you know, be acquired after training
00:46camp started, guys who were just out there.
00:49And they clearly weren't content with what they had because they kept bringing in these
00:54guys.
00:55And, of course, Linville Joseph, 35 years old, he's going to be in the thing.
01:00But here's my thing.
01:01Why are we so focused on stopping the run?
01:04They don't pay running backs, do they?
01:06The NFL has deemed them to be non-factors, right?
01:11They pay receivers.
01:13Let's stop those guys.
01:15So that's where my focus is, always stop the pass.
01:18Really?
01:19Yeah.
01:20Stop the pass, more important.
01:22I don't think that the non-paying of the running backs mean that the running game is meaningless.
01:29It's just the way that they believe the running game can be achieved.
01:32I mean, you know, against San Francisco and tougher and more physical teams, and last
01:37year in Aaron Jones, the game can still be controlled by it at times.
01:44At times, but hey, look at San Francisco, Christian McCaffrey in the last three games,
01:50he wasn't here for the first one, that first playoff game at AT&T Stadium.
01:55He's averaged three and a half yards, three yards a carry.
01:59And his long run in the two games is eight yards.
02:02So the running game hasn't beat him against San Francisco.
02:06They don't score points when they played San Francisco.
02:09That's been their problem.
02:10But the running game, and I know Aaron Jones tore him up, but look what Jordan Love did
02:15to him.
02:16Yeah.
02:17I mean, all the big plays they had in the passing game, that's, you know.
02:19Right.
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