WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Analyzing the Matchups 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:03.000 The following. 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:05.000 He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:06.760 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:09.640 Cowboys. 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:16.320 This He's Talking Cowboys screening live from. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:21.200 The Dallas Cowboys World Course at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.920 Let's got pitson Texdown. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:32.200 And now your hosts Isaiah Standback, Patrick Wilker, Nick Harris, 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:33.680 and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:39.560 Well, obviously I am not Kyle Yeomans. I am Haley 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:42.400 Sutton filling in for the Kyle Yeomans as he is 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.519 celebrating his honeymoon. He just got married last week, so 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:47.360 letting him celebrate that. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.160 He's somewhere in Alaska. 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:53.040 I think Seattle, Perusing they're taking an Alaskan cruse. 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.120 We wish Kyle, Well, I'm excited to be with you guys. 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:56.920 Chick. 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:58.720 This is our first time really getting to work together. 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.760 And Patrick, I feel I haven't seen you year. 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.040 No, it's been a minute a while. 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:09.040 Yeah, I stepped away, had you know the the vacation 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.400 air quotes a little bit of a mental health reset. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.880 But we are back in the building and no better 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:15.880 way to do it than with Nick and you and 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.000 you and I. We haven't we haven't tapped in on 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:19.880 a pod together and in a minute, so. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.920 We gotta we gotta get this live today. Yeah, the 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:23.840 unique show. 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:25.759 Advantage of it. 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:27.800 Today, it's just like a little preview for where we 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.920 do our remix shows during the bye week. So excited 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.160 to be with you guys here on Talking Cowboys, presented 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:36.200 by Black Rifle Coffee Company, the official coffee of the 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:37.120 Dallas Cowboys. 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.640 It's also very good coffee I've had it. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.520 So excited to be on the show with you guys. 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.480 Excited to get talking a little Cowboys this morning. And 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:47.680 the obvious place to start is with that schedule that 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:49.960 just came out last week. I know, we haven't really 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:51.960 had a chance to discuss. We did a gut feeling 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:53.760 on the website and. 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:57.080 The consensus from everybody was pretty much the same. That 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.960 stretch at the end in December doesn't look like it's 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.800 going to be a holly jolly Christmas season, but who knows. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.440 Let's dive in first impressions of this Dallas Cowboys schedule. 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:09.160 Even though your size kind of. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.639 Yeah, the first thing that stood out, and I love 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.840 that we all had a different, mostly different view of 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:21.360 the most difficult part of the schedule. So a lot 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.280 of you guys looked at the back end, and rightfully so, 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.600 look at what's coming for December and around Christmas Eve 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:29.960 and that trip from Buffalo to Miami. You talk about 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:33.120 traveling miles and things like that, but what really jumped 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:35.800 out to me was the start. So it's all about 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:38.120 how you finish. Absolutely, it's all about how you finish 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.240 in the NFL. But getting off to a hot start 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:45.120 will absolutely help your finish be that much stronger. The 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.080 Cowboys four of their first six games. 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.600 You're at the Giants. You're at the Giants. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.480 And when I say at the Giants, ladies, you don't 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.760 be Keep in mind, these are the same Giants that 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:00.880 made the playoffs last year. These are the same Giants 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.760 that are taking a step forward under Brian day Bow. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.360 This is the Giants team that, in my opinion, is 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.680 a contender for the NFC East crowd. So this is 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.280 not just the oh, well, we're playing the Giants again. 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.720 You better pay attention because these Giants. Yes, Dak Prescott 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.440 owns them, that's also true, but the Giants can make 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:20.240 waves and you don't want to start off on one 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.080 because that's you know, that's just not how you want 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.000 to start the season. Come back Week three and you're 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.720 in Arizona. We'll see how that goes. Not worried about that. 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:29.560 But it is a road game. So for the first 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.239 six games are road games. Majority of those six games, 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.320 you have several primetime games mixed into that. This is 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.560 that's brutal because also you're at San Francisco rematch. 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:42.640 You love it, but you hate it. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.400 Yeah, right on Sunday Night especially. 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:45.760 Yeah, Yeah, that's what I was going to say. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.680 The biggest thing about that is it's a Sunday night game, 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:49.600 so you want to talk about the pressure of that 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.280 being a playoff match up the rematch rematch of the 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.320 year before, and then the drama just continues and now 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:56.960 we get to see that on Sunday Night football. 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:00.000 Oh but wait, there's more because you go from Sunday 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.800 Might Football playing against the forty nine ers, whom you're 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:03.520 really trying to. 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.240 Get that monkey off of your back against. 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.760 Monday Night Football is the next week and it's against 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.920 the Los Angeles Chargers. And you could say what you 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.000 want about Kellen Moore, but if you're paying attention to 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.160 the numbers and the trends and how he calls offenses, 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.919 and you give him Justin Herbert, you give him assuming 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.159 Austin Eckler still in the building. But then you also 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.839 look at what they have defensively as well. On a 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.640 short week from Sunday night to Monday night, that little 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.400 two game stretch in California is pretty freaking brutal. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:32.280 We will know. 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.839 Most about the Dallas Cowboys in twenty twenty three before 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:37.880 you get to the week seven. 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.159 By Yeah, yeah, Kellen Moore, he's gonna walk into so 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:41.760 far with like that Cam Newton. 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.440 Giff Oh yeah, okay, okay, yeah. 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:44.599 This is it. 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.160 But yeah, you mentioned that start. 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.520 The start is definitely something to pay attention to, especially 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.160 with three of those four road games being on the 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:50.719 West Coast. 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:51.720 I mean, we'll see how much. 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.640 Maybe maybe training camp will help them, you know, come 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.440 over that obstacle. But I like what you said going 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.279 into the bye week, we're gonna know a lot about 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.680 this team, and there's we're gonna what the problems are, 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:03.560 We're gonna know what the fixes are. But then coming 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:04.960 out of the bye week, I think you know you 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.159 got the Rams and then going at Philly, I'm surprised 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.480 that's not a primetime. 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:11.640 Game, but hey, I'll take it, I'll take you. 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.680 But I do want to talk about that December stretch 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.560 just because you know, I think there might be a 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.560 little positive you can find in that December stretch. And 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.000 I was thinking about it this morning on my drive 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.719 up here, and I've looked on and this is definitely 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.440 a positive to take away. So bear with me here. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:31.360 We start on Sunday night home against Philadelphia. Now Philadelphia 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.680 going into that game will be coming off a three 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.039 game stretch of at Kansas City, home against Buffalo and 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:41.960 home against the Niners, and then at Cowboys. Thought exactly, So, 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.600 I mean, that's that's not too bad. And then if 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.920 you look at Buffalo going at Buffalo going into that game, 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.120 they got to go at Philly, they get their bye week, 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.200 but then they gotta go at Kansas City and then 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.839 they come home against Dallas. So the Cowboys won't be 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:56.839 the only one on a tough stretch in December. But 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:59.680 Miami they kind of have a couple of layups before 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.680 we have Aaron Rodgers the week before. But I'm I'm 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.640 not completely sold that Aaron Rodgers is going to just 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.960 turn Here's like he could. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.039 Don't get me wrong about that, though, because I agree 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.200 and people were trying to clown me on Twitter whenever 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.680 the whole initiative of get Aaron Rodgers to the Jets 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:19.680 started coming to fruition Aaron Rodgers. And I'm not trying 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.799 to dog him for his talent, right, He's a great quarterback, 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:23.160 one of the best to ever do it. He'll go 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.000 into the Hall of Fame, all that good stuff, right, 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:25.520 But when. 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:29.960 You look at how he literally just gave up last season. 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.560 He kind of felt that the year before as well, 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:34.440 and then we make all this who blob about him 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.440 going to the Jets. Somebody was asking me the other day, 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:38.719 you know, like, oh, the Jets are going to be 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:40.960 so good, and I'm like, well, who else is on 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:44.920 the Jets? Like, you've Aaron Rodgers, Garrett Will you have 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.200 Garrett Wilson, You've got the little running back that that 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.680 was a rookie last year that I believed towards acl 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:51.520 or his achilles. 0:06:51.600 --> 0:07:01.320 So Michael Carter, Yeah, yeah, Crickets. I like Sauce. Garter say, 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:01.919 I like Sauce. 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.960 You have to right, You're right, yeah, yeah, sure, there's 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:06.880 holes up on both sides of the ball there, And 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:08.599 I'm just I'm not convinced that he's going to sepend 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:09.800 day one and be an afcast. 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:11.040 It's a tough division. 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:12.160 He's got to get out of the division. 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.400 I think was going to help Aaron Rodgers is the 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.360 familiarity he has with playing at AT and T Stadium, because 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.440 in that first six game stretch, Aaron Rodgers is coming 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.240 to at and T Stadium week two, So you mess 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.360 around and start off on one against the Giants, and 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.080 now you're staying at ane and two hole, a possible 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.640 and two hole with Aaron Rodgers. I don't think that 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:32.920 Aaron Rodgers is going to be the magic medicine for 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.680 the New York Jets. I think that time has proven 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.000 that there is no magic medicine for the New York 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:42.000 Jets because ultimately, while they'll ebb and flow even at their. 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.400 Peak, they're still the Jets, right. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.520 So I do think that will be a competitive game 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.960 because I don't think number one Aaron Rodgers versus the 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:50.800 Cowboys is Aaron Rodgers versus the Cowboys. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.120 Flash back to twenty twenty two. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.239 If we got it, you saw it, you know, yeah, 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.440 you know the facts are the facts. So yes, he 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:00.680 could come in here and make and costs damage. Let's 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.840 put it that way. But by the time the season 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.040 is over, maybe midpoint, I think the Jets kind of 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:08.760 start to wane a little bit. And as you stated, 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.160 with Aaron Rodgers's temperament, he's not going to give the 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:14.760 Jets as much emotional grace as he gave the Green 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.600 Bay Packers. If the Jets and those teammates around him 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.920 that didn't come over with him from the Packers, if 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:24.080 those new guys are not up to his standard, he's 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:25.640 going to mentally check out and it's going to be 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:26.960 what it's going to be, and then maybe he plays 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:27.920 for the Vikings before. 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:28.640 It's as Yeah. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.720 Let me ask you this though, because this was obviously 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.880 a conversation that was going around as the schedule was 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.840 getting released, the idea that the Jets were going to 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:38.640 play the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:40.439 We obviously know that didn't happen. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.080 But my question for you both are is it better 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.400 to see Aaron Rodgers week two or would we have 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.920 rather seen Aaron Rodgers Thanksgiving time week two? 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.079 I think just because it's going to take him a 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.599 little bit to get accustom with that offense. There's a 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.520 lot of different weapons than what he was dealing with. 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.760 In Green Bay. Also getting in the mindset of competing again, 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.040 because like you said, it didn't really feel like he 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:01.320 was competing at times last year. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.040 It was like Christian Watson in the world. 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.720 And so I mean, yeah, exactly, I'm going to be 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.000 watching them in the preseason pretty closely, just to see 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:11.920 how in tune he is with those receivers. I mean, 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:13.959 everything you hear out in New York is, Oh, he's 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.160 at practice, he's doing you know, great, and they're connecting 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.120 with him. And he's showing up to Nixon Heat games 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:22.479 to watch the Knicks lose and yeah, ye slight, slighttick. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:22.480 There, but. 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.880 Yeah, exactly. But the Jets, I would rather see them 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.000 week two. I hate that it's the first home game, 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.760 just I feel like that was someone was evil laughing. 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.680 Someone was evil laughing. But step up to the challenge. 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.040 And I'm saying I agree, Nick, I believe that it's 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.280 better to see Aaron Rodgers in week to number one. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.360 Go ahead and get it out of the way. Also, 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:47.760 I want to see I'd rather play that Aaron Rodgers 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.080 coming out of the darkness, right. I want to see 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.160 this Aaron Rodgers. I don't want the one that still 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:55.600 needs to be broken in with his new team again. 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.000 I think by the time you get to November December, 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:02.559 the Jets are kind of we'll see. But even around Thanksgiving, 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.120 you know Aaron Rodgers will get up for It's not 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:08.839 a primetime game, but it's a prime time game, and 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.440 Aaron Rodgers is going to get up for that. He 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.880 lives for that, and it's against the Cowboys. Week two 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.920 is much more of a from his standpoint. It's like 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.120 he's still feeling out the new guys and he's like, hey, 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:18.560 it's the Cowboys and going to try to get up 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:18.679 for it. 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:19.400 But it's week two. 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.160 If I lose this game, it's not a big deal 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.120 because that's how Aaron Rodgers thinks, because he knows he's 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.360 good enough most times to overcome it over the course 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.480 of the season. I'd rather see him week two while 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.080 they're still figuring out things in New York. 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:30.960 I agree. 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:33.640 I think that exactly everything you just said. Don't give 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.000 him a chance to get warmed up and finally break 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.560 that curse. And then I think, from a just a 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.439 morales standpoint, like you get that off the way, then 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.480 your next checkpoint is beating the forty nine ers and 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.040 getting past that checkpoint as well. 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:46.960 I think a. 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:51.120 Sneaky interesting part of this schedule that has potential to 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.640 be really good or really bad for this team as well. 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.840 It's a stretch right after the bye week, so you 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.679 host the Rams at home, and I'm not super concerned 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.600 about that one. The Rams, to me, I don't feel 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:03.200 like they really. 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:04.439 Improved full rebuilt. 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.480 Yeah I don't. I just I'm not worried about it. 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:08.680 And that's not to say that teams can't play, but 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.000 it's the stretch that comes after that. So they're at 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.360 Philadelphia and then they are back home facing the Giants. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.720 They got a quick road game to Carolina to see 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:19.760 what Rice Young can do. And to me, to me, 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.720 that Carolina game, it reminds me of the not the 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.280 Titans game last year. Ecuse me, the Jacksonville game last year, 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.959 where we were there was so much momentum going into 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.760 that one. The expectation was that the Jags aren't very good. 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.320 They don't have, you know, the same weaponry that the 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.120 Cowboys had. It should have been a walk away when 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.000 and obviously we know that wasn't the case. So to me, 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.880 that Carolina game kind of has that same Jacksonville Energy, 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:42.160 and then you have to turn around and. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:43.720 Come back and host Washington. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.640 So that's all three of your division games back to 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:47.800 back to back. 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:51.440 Essentially. To me, that kind of that would be. 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.800 The defining point, if you will, of the season because 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:55.960 you want to start fast, you want to keep that momentum, 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.160 but that stretch there, you lose one game to your point, 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.520 the Giants are on the rebuild there up maybe it's 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.560 the same thing last year where everyone is vying for 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.320 that first and second spot. So to me, that's an 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:11.000 area that I think should be circled on the roster 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:12.280 right now that they're preparing for. 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.480 One hundred percent agree if you look at the stretch 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:18.280 from November fifth to through Thanksgiving, like you said, you 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:22.120 got three NFC East games, and I think that's going 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.800 to be pivotal to deciding who comes out the victor 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:28.160 for this division. I think all three of those teams, 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.040 New York, the Giants, I should say, Philadelphia, and the 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.319 Dallas Cowboys, those are going to be your three front runners. 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.920 But I don't think the Commanders are going to suck. Okay, 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.680 I think the Commanders are. They're going through some things, 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.480 new ownership and everything but I don't think they're a 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.960 three win team. I think, particularly with that defense, I 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.920 think they can six or seven eight the ball of 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:49.839 bounce in their favor in one of those games and 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:50.679 they'll get a plus one. 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:51.960 So Ill said they're an eight win team. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:55.000 But if they're eight and nine, they're at least making 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.960 things difficult for the three teams I see as contenders, 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.080 the Giants, the Cowboys, and the Philadelphia Eagles. So that 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.120 four game stretch is going to be something to watch 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:03.439 for sure. 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:05.560 Yeah, all they really need is consistent quarterback play, and 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:07.160 I feel like they can put it together. I mean, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.720 they have the weapons, they have key pieces on defense. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:11.480 I feel like they can make that work. But yeah, 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.800 coming out of that bye week through like Thanksgiving or 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.960 even the Seattle game, that's a crucial part of the schedule. 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.000 You have to be able to build momentum going into 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.960 that December stretch. But something that's really cool that I 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:25.559 found last week at Carolina Sunday November nineteenth against Bryce Young, 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.200 the Cowboys in franchise history have only defeated one number 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.240 one pick at quarterback the year. 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:33.600 Do you know who that is? 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.240 I don't. I'm horrible at trivia. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.880 Jim Plunkett nineteen seventy one. 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:41.480 I would have never known that. 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:45.079 One in four all times. So yeah, looking for dumb 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:46.720 number two. Hopefully we can get that on the road. 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.520 And the Panthers offense, it's shaping up to be pretty healthy. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.000 And I was one speaking of about the Jackson New 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.480 Jaguars last year. Previewing that game, I kept telling everyone, 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.920 you need to make sure that you understand that they're 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:04.040 cooking some things down there, especially with Doug Peterson and 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.000 what he's able to do with Trevor Lawrence, and you know, 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.760 you saw Etn come on strong coming off of his injury, 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.400 and so they did what they did, and the Cowboys 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.360 should have won that game. And I predicted they would 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.160 win the game, but I predicted it would be close, 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.040 but unfortunately the Cowboys at the end kind of gave 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:23.560 up the the Buns. But nonetheless, when it comes to 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:28.720 facing Carolina, it's another NFC South team that can be problematic. 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.960 If it were against the Falcons, I'm not too concerned. 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.480 I mean, you be concerned about Bijon, but overall you're 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.760 not concerned. The defense they have aj Terrell. They got 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:39.040 a complimentary piece at cornerback, but overall they're not putting 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.200 things together, nor are the Buccaneers, who are rebuilding now 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:43.160 post Tom Brady. 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:44.520 Now I feel like and. 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.800 The Saints they're right there, But it's Saints Panthers as 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:51.960 far as NFC South troublemakers for whom the Cowboys. 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.400 Would have to play. So thankfully it's going to be. 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.360 Not the Saints, because I think the Saints could are 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.280 better because Dennis Allen has things going on, but the 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.160 Panthers are still so to be real. 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.360 Yeah, like I said before, I think the Panthers will 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.040 be on the rebuild obviously, I am. 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.280 I am most interested to see Bryce Young. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.600 You know, I think as the number one overall pick, 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.840 we kind of saw that coming to Fruition. 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.840 Do you feel he was the best quarterback in this dream. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:16.920 I'm just curious. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.880 I do, and I will tell you I think it's 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:20.440 really close between him and C. J. 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:20.960 Stroud. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:24.320 And I know that new SR S two test can 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:25.720 get but it still new. 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.320 Yeah, we don't care about that play football. 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:32.120 But but but something that I actually learned from talking 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.000 with Deuce Vaughn this week, in terms of size, that's 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.360 Bryce's big question, right, He's small and He did put 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.000 on some weight after the season ended, but he's still small. 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.080 He's there's going to be times where he's going to 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:42.680 get crunched. 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.800 But here's why I like Bryce Young and I can 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.960 say this as well because I've covered him before. Bryce 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.240 is always the most intelligent person in the room in 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:56.600 terms of football, in terms of just general knowledge. He's attentive, 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.120 He's a very quick learner. I think back to when 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.360 he was It was this freshman year at Alabama. He's 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:04.320 playing behind Mac Jones, and every time he would get 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:08.400 reps when Alabama was up on the scoreboard, you could 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:11.960 just tell, even as a freshman that the wheels were turning. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.600 It was constantly clicking. The way he communicates, the way 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.800 he's able to roll out of the pocket and be composed, 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:20.080 I think that that's the type of stuff with the 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.800 quarterback that you can't necessarily teach. And it's not to 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:27.160 say that CJ. Stroud isn't composed. It's not to say 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.000 that Anthony Richardson wasn't the most athletic quarterback in the 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:31.960 draft this year. It's not to say that Will Levis 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:33.840 might be a sneaky good contender. 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.320 But I just think in terms of overall package. 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.080 When you look at what you want in a quarterback, 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.480 I think it's Bryce Young, and I think if Bryce 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:45.840 had maybe three more inches of height and fifteen more pounds. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:47.600 It would be dangerous, dangerous. 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:51.480 I think for my money, it's CJ. Stroud as the 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.040 best quarterback coming out of this class. And for me, 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.920 it's not because Bryce is a couple inches shorter than people. 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.560 I don't care about that because not to impair him, 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.920 because you have to build this resume, but you could 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.439 cite things like this. You look at Drew Brees and 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.520 what he was able to do, and even Kyler Murray 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.240 before his struggles recently he came into the league, size 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.199 was a question for him. There is something to be 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:16.160