You mentioned the offensive line. Let me start there,
you've got the overhaul on the interior offensive line
between retirement free agency injury.
There are concerns and we know historically
the best way to pressure. Tom Brady is up the middle,
then you've got the issue in Dallas where no Tyrant Smith,
rookie Tyler Smith, 21 years old, 24 years younger than Tom
Brady is the starting left tackle on Sunday night for
the Cowboys
which offense have lied to you more.
concerned about
I'm much more concerned about
about Tampa's because Dak Prescott can get away a little
better.
And I'm worried for Brady's sake
about the fact that the interior of this line, I mean
Robert Haynes e was the right tackle at Notre Dame
and he was drafted knowing that he was going to have a position
change and look I talked to haensi for a long time in
training camp.
I have faith that
this is going to be
about as smooth. The transition
from Ryan Jensen to a backup as there could be,
but we still don't know.
He's playing, you know before 100,000 people in his first
game at Center ever,
you know, as a pro
and then you've got two new guys on either side of that Center.
Hey Mike, there's one other thing. Thing. What about this?
Oblique injury? That Tristan worse? Had in training camp
that and I think he's the best, right? Tackle in football.
How much of an impact if at all, is that magically disappeared?
Is he absolutely totally fine. Is he 100%? I don't know. We
don't know. The books aren't going to tell us. So I'm
concerned about all those things.
Not that Dallas has the best pass rush in football.
But I do think that that would really We be my concern
if I were Byron. Leftwich Clyde Christensen, the quarterback
coach. If I were preparing for
a big game on Sunday night
hey you start twisting that big torso around when Michael
Parsons is coming around the edge. That oblique injury May
flare up. The thing with Tom Brady though is he gets rid of
the football so quickly, he knows ahead of time. He's yes,
six years ago, there's nothing you can show me. I haven't
seen. He walks up to the line, he knows who's going to be
open. He gets rid of the football.
So you don't need to hold the blocks as long as you would for
other quarterbacks Dak Prescott was limited in practice on
Thursday because of all things. New cleats that were bothering
his ankle. He says he's good to go.
Hopefully he ditches the new cleats by Sunday night but
he had that right ankle that he broke
week five of the 2020 season, the new cleats made the right
ankle feel uncomfortable so that's why he was limited. Just
strange to have a reduced workday, a fairly important.
Workday as you get ready for the Buccaneers,
you have it curtailed by the fact that your cleats
are bothering. Your leg.
Just kind of a weird little wrinkle to throw into your
preparation for the season opening game. Peter
Yeah, I never think things like that or that big a deal because
in essence
you've been thinking about this game for six months ever since
the schedule came out. And I'm sure that part of what they did
in training camp
was Tampa related
and ensure that
you know the
the bulk of the of the you know nose to the grindstone
preparation is this week.
But in many ways Ways you've been preparing for him ever
since he got to training camp because quarterbacks just don't
play in the preseason very much anymore.
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