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00:15From Dallas, Texas, number 55, Brian Rogers.
00:19Thank you very much, Lucius. I appreciate you playing that.
00:21And thank you, Greystone, for being a part of this one, too.
00:25Thanks to my teammates for allowing me to go out there and watch a little OTA practice today.
00:31It's nice to get out there. You know what I figured out?
00:33It's my pleasure, Brian. You're welcome.
00:34You know, it's standing out of that field.
00:36Yep.
00:36It just tells you how close you are to standing out on the field at Oxnard.
00:41Oh, God, I bet it was a good feeling.
00:42Well, it's a good feeling, but the problem is you're in between two big glass buildings.
00:49So it's like being in...
00:51You know, it wasn't, like, terribly hot out there, but...
00:54Catching the reflections?
00:55Reflections, and then there's not a lot of air movement out there.
00:59Just not a lot of air movement.
01:00Was it worse than Valley Ranch, you think?
01:03I'll tell you, there were some days at Valley Ranch where it was pretty brutal.
01:07This was one of those times where I haven't stood outside for a long time, you know?
01:12Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah. I know the feeling, yeah.
01:13And then all of a sudden, I'm like, I'm trying to, like, squint to look at the other end of
01:18the field
01:19because Shottie's kind of got us figured out.
01:22But I'll tell you, during COVID, during COVID, we at least got to stand on top of the weight room
01:27and we were five feet apart, but we could see high enough, we could see the whole field.
01:34So, I think next Thursday I'm going to bring my binoculars.
01:40Oh, take that, Shottie.
01:41Take that, Shottie. Yeah, because he was definitely practicing at the other end of the field.
01:46But I did mention some things that I did, did I...
01:52It was a dick dick.
01:53What are you talking about, the game?
01:54Yeah, it's a 20-0 game. I just went 17-3.
01:57Yeah.
01:57First time, I'm trying to get better at this.
02:00Please carry on.
02:0120-0.com.
02:03Okay.
02:04And you say there's, like, times where there's, like, old players show up on this thing?
02:09Like, guys from my era?
02:10You got any era in the history of the league and all the teams, and you randomize both those things,
02:16you need to take a player each round until you've flushed out a football roster at 20-0.com.
02:23But there's a basketball version as well that sort of went viral yesterday.
02:26Oh, good deal.
02:26It's addicting.
02:27Well, Chick, you might want to stay off that.
02:28I know.
02:29I learned that the hard way last night.
02:30That's all I need to.
02:31I'll tell you this.
02:33They did a red zone goal line work today.
02:36Okay.
02:37Me and Todd Archer determined that if you're doing goal line work during seven-on-seven
02:43and the quarterback spins out of there, that's a defensive win.
02:47Okay.
02:49We had some defensive wins today.
02:52I mean, Shadi was even saying it's a weird thing to say, but, like, defense, you do not
02:55have equal say to the football.
02:57Like, the football is not yours.
02:58You've got to pull up.
02:59You cannot go full speed here.
03:01Yeah.
03:01That's got to be tough.
03:02I'll tell you what, though.
03:03They had some guys lining up in the secondary.
03:08No bland, as I mentioned.
03:10We all know about the foot.
03:12No Thompson, either, was not practicing.
03:16Jalen Thompson went practicing.
03:17So I'm trying to, I think by the time we get the show, maybe by the end of this segment,
03:21I'll have an answer what he's kind of dealing with right now.
03:26He's on the courts, it looked like, from social.
03:27Yeah, he's on the courts doing that.
03:30So they went with P.J. Locke.
03:32They went with Kobe Durant.
03:34They went with Caleb Downs.
03:36They went with Kalen Carson.
03:39And Malik Hooker was involved as well.
03:42So, and what's interesting, and I hadn't seen, and I know maybe you guys had taken a peek, too,
03:49of Kobe Durant.
03:50I did not see him for the Rams play much inside at all last year when I was watching his
03:57tape.
03:59This time around, when they went to seven on seven, he was playing in the slot.
04:04So when they went to the, when they were down in the goal line, red zone area, he was playing
04:09as a outside player.
04:11And then when they went to the field work, he was playing inside in the slot.
04:16And that's something I hadn't seen him do before.
04:18So you think they would like to see if he's interchangeable?
04:22Yeah, I think so.
04:23Him and Downs, Downs was playing like the slot.
04:27And there were times where Downs was covering the tight end, and then Downs was covering
04:31the receiver the other time.
04:33And just blanket coverage.
04:34Well, he was, I'll tell you the thing.
04:36I'll just tell you what's interesting about Downs.
04:40Have you ever stood next to him or been around him?
04:44Sadly, no.
04:45I've dreamed about it.
04:46We've kicked it a little bit.
04:47He's a really, it's interesting.
04:50He's, he's, he's not as tall as you would think, but he's really stocky.
04:56He's built.
04:57He's like, yeah, he's like really, he's, you know, he's one of these guys that's like,
05:00like a sturdy looking player.
05:02He doesn't look.
05:03Dense muscle.
05:03Yeah, he doesn't look light.
05:05And I'm not saying he's a fat guy or anything like that.
05:07I'm saying, like, in his uniform.
05:08Yeah, he's filled out.
05:09I was thinking he was probably a little bit taller on film, a little bit more kind of length
05:14to him, but he's, he's, he's, he's got some stockiness to him, but I'll tell you what he
05:19is.
05:19He doesn't, they were working on a drill on the goal line and what they were asking to
05:25do is they were doing these routes where it was, where the receiver tries to like start
05:32one way and then return and then, you know, go kind of a back and forth.
05:35Like you have to mirror the, uh, my man's got some quick feet.
05:40I mean, he is, and he, and he knows how to stay in position.
05:43Like when the receivers were moving along the back line, he was right in step with them.
05:50And then, and then the receiver tried to adjust on him and he just put his foot in the ground
05:55and went right back with him.
05:57So it's almost like they were tethered together.
06:00That's how he was, that's how he was moving.
06:02But I didn't realize, I was like, he was working against.
06:05He was working, they were working, they were doing drills, they were doing drills, but
06:09they were, they were making the receivers, you know, you had to run like, so he was doing
06:14that consistently.
06:15He was like, the guys were like, you know, they were trying to, they were trying to get
06:19away from him and they couldn't get away.
06:21I love it.
06:22He's just the way that he was playing.
06:23You know, the only thing I wonder is if, if, if you could play corner, why wouldn't you?
06:28Yeah.
06:29You know, cause there's so much more money at corner than safety.
06:32I, it's a good question for him because I was thinking like, I, I was, I'm wondering
06:37now if they're going to do what Seattle does because we did see, like I said, I saw Durant
06:44in the slot.
06:46So I wonder if they'll use him more like Nicky McWhorrie.
06:49Yeah.
06:50They use him like, you're not, you're not going to play him all the time.
06:53Sure.
06:54In the slot.
06:55You're going to, you can put him at other places, but I wonder if, uh, Zach told you
07:02there was no overshone today cause he's getting married.
07:05Uh, so in his place was, uh, in his place was, uh, Shamar James.
07:10So it was James and Dee Winters were the two starting inside linebackers.
07:17Uh, do you think his fiance said, do you love me more than football?
07:21And he said, of course I do.
07:22And she said, prove it.
07:24Yeah.
07:24It's like, okay, let's, we're doing it during OTAs, babe.
07:27Yeah.
07:28Training camp's off the table.
07:29The only explanation I can come up with, not during the season, not during training
07:33camp.
07:34I think they just, April wedding, that's what you should have done.
07:36They just wanted to get, uh, they just wanted to get married the same time Peyton Russell
07:41was.
07:41They wanted to share an anniversary.
07:43Share an anniversary together.
07:44That's the real reason Dawson isn't going.
07:47Joe Milton was the backup quarterback today.
07:52And then Sam Howell came in with the threes.
07:54So Milton, Milton was when Dak, when his three plays.
07:58That's interesting.
07:58And then Joe Milton came in.
08:00He was running with the twos.
08:01I think that's a legit QB2 battle right there.
08:05The, I mentioned we had Ross Wincy on, the national scout.
08:09And I asked Ross this question about the running backs.
08:12What's that?
08:13You want to get away with that?
08:14What do you say?
08:15I didn't hear.
08:15Joe Milton, a legit backup battle with Sam Howell?
08:18Yeah.
08:19You think that's legit?
08:20Oh, you think it's just Howell's job?
08:22Yeah.
08:22They just gave it to Milton to start OTAs.
08:25I think Howell's going to win it too, but they're letting, they're letting
08:28Milton get the run right now?
08:30Well, he, like for the media, he was out there.
08:32It makes us say they have, they have periods where we don't get to see what's
08:35going on.
08:36But right now it was Milton.
08:37When they went down goal line, it was Milton was part of that.
08:42I mentioned about Ross being on with us today and asking the question about the running
08:46back room.
08:47And I was curious because I said, Hey, a lot of us in the media think that you need to
08:52add another running back.
08:54And he says, he was saying, listen, I'm not, I'm not just kidding you here.
08:59He goes, actually, Jadon Blue is getting better.
09:02Let's go.
09:04He's getting better.
09:04That's music to my ears, dude.
09:06And I mean, getting better in the way of professionalism and stuff.
09:10Hanging out with Rashawn Gary a little bit.
09:12Yeah.
09:13He's a grown man.
09:14He said that, he goes, listen, I get it.
09:17That's what he's saying.
09:18I get it.
09:18I understand why people, it's kind of an unproven group.
09:21But they, they, he was pretty adamant about Blue and he was pretty adamant about Phil
09:26Moffa.
09:27I'm a Moffa guy.
09:28Being a part of this.
09:30And so keep an eye on that.
09:32They, they coming from him, they like their room.
09:35So I don't know if they're going to add another running back.
09:37It sounds like to me, they're going to go into this thing with the running backs they
09:42got in their room.
09:43Trust your draft evaluations.
09:44And there's definitely upside with those guys.
09:46I mean, for sure.
09:47If Jaden Blue can get his S together, it's going to be fantastic for this offense.
09:52Here's a question for you.
09:54Cause Nick Harris pointed out that Marquez Valdez-Scampling actually got some run with
09:58the first team.
09:58He did.
09:59Did he stand out to you in any way?
10:01Not in the point.
10:02The guy I noticed was Flannoy.
10:04Okay.
10:05Yeah.
10:05Todd said Flannoy had a touchdown.
10:06Yeah.
10:07That's the guy who I noticed.
10:08I noticed Flannoy and then Ferguson had a couple of catches.
10:12And that's where I noticed him because he was getting covered by, uh, he was getting
10:17covered by downs.
10:19So that's where those clear out routes.
10:21I think you'd like Flannoy to be a technician, be a possession guy.
10:24But I, you know, I think to what we were just saying about Christian Watson, these teams
10:27are obsessed with a, with a guy who can run in the four threes to get down the field,
10:31love of the game routes.
10:32Yeah.
10:33The, uh, uh, I'll tell you what, another guy that, that got some work was, uh, like
10:39I mentioned, Kaelin Carson.
10:40Yeah.
10:41And Kaelin Carson, there was one time where, uh, they were trying to throw the ball.
10:45Dak was trying to throw the ball inside.
10:48And this is where Scantling, I didn't know the Scantling's number was 11.
10:52Yes.
10:52But this was the one pass that, that he, that I saw was Scantling, that the ball was behind
10:58him and he tried to adjust and he didn't make the catch.
11:01But he didn't make the catch because, because Carson was all over him.
11:06Well, Shottie did point out like unprovoked Kaelin Carson's name as a guy that's been in
11:11the facility, has really impressed him.
11:13So maybe Kaelin Carson, finally year three, it's clicking for him.
11:16And I'll say this too.
11:17I'll say this too.
11:18I'm trying not to get excited about those guys.
11:21You're right.
11:21You're right.
11:21Let's temporary.
11:22Hey, we'll see.
11:22Does it translate to the season?
11:23I like the way that Ravel was moving around.
11:25And I'll tell you what, Devin Moore is a long, rangy, good looking player.
11:30He's your pet cat.
11:31And he moves.
11:32I mean, and he moves particularly well in the drills and stuff like that.
11:36You would think somebody that tall would have trouble moving.
11:39Yeah.
11:39But he has a real nice feel for this thing.
11:42So we'll see.
11:44With all the corners they got, Julius Wood actually made a play at safety that I saw.
11:50And that was kind of what it is.
11:52But what I was really surprised was Durant playing as a nickel player in the slot.
11:57I had not seen him do that with the Rams.
12:00And so the Cowboys are going to try.
12:02And maybe this is where, maybe that's him and Downs are going to be the interchangeable slot players.
12:08Yeah.
12:09Yeah, it looked like they felt like he was a decent option early in his career.
12:13But last year they almost stopped entirely.
12:15They stopped.
12:15I did not see one game where he was playing.
12:19And I think I looked at seven where he was out there playing.
12:22And I did not see him.
12:24I think the snap count was 36 in the slot last year.
12:26Okay, well, obviously he did it.
12:29But for the Cowboys, boy, he did it a lot in the practice the other day.
12:32Or actually today's practice.
12:34Right on.
12:34Thanks for the report.
12:35Thanks for the report.
