Dallas Cowboys color analyst Babe Laufenberg joins Shan & RJ to preview the Cowboys vs Panthers game on Sunday. The Carolina Panthers are favored over the Cowboys this weekend; this is the first time they have been favored in 33 games. He explains what the Panthers have done in the past to improve the way that they have. They are still not great, but they have been competitive with some of the best teams in the league. How will this affect the offseason of the Cowboys if they lose this game against the Panthers?
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00:00So Carolina is favored in this game.
00:19It's the first time they've been favored in 33 games.
00:23Did you know that?
00:24Did we talk about that?
00:25Yeah, we did.
00:2633 games.
00:28So here's, Cowboys, this is how lowly they're thought of now in the betting community.
00:34Cincinnati had lost four or five.
00:35They lost three straight.
00:36They went on the road and they were six-point favorites.
00:40And Carolina, who hasn't been a favorite in 33 games, oh, the Cowboys, yeah, we'll make
00:45them favorites.
00:46How different does Bryce Young look?
00:48Like is this reminiscent of the people that had him going number one?
00:55Well, he's definitely better, as you would expect, quite honestly, of any quarterback.
01:00You know, that was a mess last year.
01:02They changed head coaches, they changed offenses, they changed play callers all during the year.
01:08So that was a mess.
01:09They weren't any good.
01:10They're still not good, but they're better.
01:13The one thing they did, they went out in free agency and got two really good guards.
01:17As a matter of fact, Damian Lewis, their left guard, to me, he's pretty fantastic.
01:22Huge guy.
01:24He handled Vita Vea two weeks ago from Tampa pretty well.
01:27But their pass blocking better, and I think Carolina has taken the same pass that New
01:34Orleans took when they had Drew Brees, right?
01:36Smaller quarterback, we've got to be strong up front.
01:38We can't have guys in his lap.
01:40So really, New Orleans focused on their center and two guards, where everybody's looking
01:43for tackles, right?
01:45Offensive tackles.
01:46And I think they're kind of building it the same way.
01:48So the pass protection is good.
01:50He's been sacked right at the top of the list for the fewest times, and he's playing
01:56a little better.
01:57I think they still need playmakers.
02:00They drafted Leggett out of South Carolina.
02:04He's been good, not great.
02:06Maybe he'll become great, but they're a little limited in terms of the people he has around
02:11him.
02:12Is he better?
02:13But the bottom line, he's playing a lot better than he was, no question.