WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Keys to Victory

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<v Speaker 1>The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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<v Speaker 1>a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Friday, October eleven, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode

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<v Speaker 1>number sixty two. Welcome to another edition of The Break.

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<v Speaker 1>We are live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at

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<v Speaker 1>the Star. We're gonna get you guys ready for this

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<v Speaker 1>Cowboys versus Jets game. It kicks off at three thirty

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<v Speaker 1>this Sunday in New York. I'm sorry in New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>We sort we'll get you guys ready for this game. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>how everybody feelings Friday morning? I feel fantastic, Derek Howard

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<v Speaker 1>you go. I'm good. I'm feeling good. And are you good?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm surviving. I'm good to have you back on the show. Nick,

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<v Speaker 1>how you doing good? Good? Good? Good? Good? All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's jump in. We got to talk about injuries. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like you get familiar with what's happening on

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<v Speaker 1>the field. And actually, as of yesterday when we did

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<v Speaker 1>the show, it felt like from the injury standpoint, things

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<v Speaker 1>were looking kind of positive for the Cowboys, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we find out about another player that ended up on

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<v Speaker 1>the injury report yesterday. Talk to me about Randall Cobb

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<v Speaker 1>and where he is not at practice. He actually he

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<v Speaker 1>got out of stretch line or out of drills yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>and had the trainers kind of stretching his back out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you know, the hamstring stretches that you see

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<v Speaker 1>athletes do, and then he left practice and showed up

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<v Speaker 1>on the injury report. I guess he didn't come back.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a it's a back. I didn't get to go

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<v Speaker 1>to Jason garrets press conference today, so I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>a ton other than that. But he wasn't at practice today, which,

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<v Speaker 1>as we always say, is not usually a good sign.

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<v Speaker 1>And the other thing too is neither one of the

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<v Speaker 1>offensive tackles was there again today, which that's why we

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<v Speaker 1>always say, is like, you know, carry it all the

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<v Speaker 1>way through till Friday. Because I've felt confident all week

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<v Speaker 1>that Tyron would play in this game. I still think

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<v Speaker 1>he will, but if he does, we were hearing that

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<v Speaker 1>he was going to practice today or do something. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's I mean, that's why you wait till Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>If I had to say, I still kind of feel

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<v Speaker 1>like he's going to play, but it'll be without practice,

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<v Speaker 1>which is never a good thing. Jason Garrett said that

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<v Speaker 1>he expects one of the two tackles to play, Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>Jones or Jason Garrett. Jerry, Yeah, Jerry said that. Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>said that on the radio. He's like, well, we won't

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<v Speaker 1>know till later today or maybe even as late as Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>but I expect one of the He's like, we'll have

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<v Speaker 1>half of them back, is what he said. And I

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<v Speaker 1>said on Twitter today, I think the smart bet is

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<v Speaker 1>tyring just because he's further removed from his injury. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you just have conversations around here. I don't think there

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<v Speaker 1>was ever a ton of realistic expectation that Lyle was

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<v Speaker 1>going to play in this game. Has Lyle missed a

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<v Speaker 1>game ever? Um? A good question is I think I

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<v Speaker 1>think he. I think they sat him down at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of seventeen because he had a back injury, like

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<v Speaker 1>for that Eagles game. Maybe I think he's missed at

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<v Speaker 1>least I think seventeen is the is the year he

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<v Speaker 1>actually played every snap. Dam I feel like his injury

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<v Speaker 1>has I'll look this up. You were talking. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>The interesting thing too, is if both guys missed the game,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you wonder, what do they have enough guys

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<v Speaker 1>that are healthy to just be activated. But I do

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<v Speaker 1>think that night and Camp Fleman would start. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>uh Connor would be your backup rum swings and then

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<v Speaker 1>and then Sepilo would would be a backup, and then

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Redman would also probably be active if that happens. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he was on I R for most of sixteen with

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<v Speaker 1>that toe injury. I forgot about that, but you're right

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't mind sending games in seventeen. He has dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with plenty of injuries over that time span. Though. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's you know, it's never good when you get to

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<v Speaker 1>Friday and the guy that's been battling the injury isn't

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<v Speaker 1>in practice. Like if if they can get out there

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<v Speaker 1>and on Friday, you typically feel good about it. And

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<v Speaker 1>the thing about Tyrant too is that usually you say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>he's the kind of guy that could miss a week

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<v Speaker 1>or miss practice and still play. But this is two

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<v Speaker 1>weeks now of practice. This is too you know, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a you know, since that saints the injury, so

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<v Speaker 1>it wouldn't. I mean, I still think he could do it.

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<v Speaker 1>He's in that very special category of guys who I

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<v Speaker 1>think could do it. It's just going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>wait and see. I mean, like I said, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that the indication around here all week has been that

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<v Speaker 1>they thought they could get him onto the field today,

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<v Speaker 1>like Amber just said, So not a total curveball, because

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<v Speaker 1>again he's he's only two weeks removed from that injury,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is it is interesting, and so I think

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<v Speaker 1>you got to prepare for a variety of options. It

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<v Speaker 1>could be Tyrant and Cam Fleming. It could be Cam

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<v Speaker 1>Fleming and Brandon Night. I don't I don't really buy

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<v Speaker 1>that Lyell as a realistic consideration though. Talk to me

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<v Speaker 1>about Laton Vanderesh where he is in his recovery. He's

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<v Speaker 1>out there that practice vertigo, which I've never had it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know people that have say it's very disconcerting. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean like nausea, like it, you know, make you

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<v Speaker 1>throw up. Well, he was having issues with his ear,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know that causes you to mess up your balance.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you I don't your equililibrium there we go

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<v Speaker 1>equilibrium something like that. It messes up. So it sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like something that it's not really a big deal, but

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<v Speaker 1>when you look at the effects of it and you

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<v Speaker 1>having to play football, run and catch somebody and tackle somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>then it might have a big effect. Then, you know, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if it's the same exactly as a dog,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, wolves actually probably hear things a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit different than than dogs and stuff like that, so

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<v Speaker 1>you might it might be a situation like that where

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<v Speaker 1>he's hearing things that other people haven't heard. Wolf Hunter's right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's possible he's a wolf hunter, not a wolf. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how though. My first thing trying to draw

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<v Speaker 1>wolves out when we heard that it was when we

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<v Speaker 1>heard it was vertigo, I was like, maybe that's part

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<v Speaker 1>of the reason why you kind of struggle on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>did you. I mean, I mean, but we all probably

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<v Speaker 1>thought that a little bit. He would probably heard that.

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<v Speaker 1>But how hasn't he been struggled struggling prior to last

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he hasn't. He had been great, He hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>been great, But I don't last week with a whole different.

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<v Speaker 1>He wasn't playing as poorly as yeah, but still the

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<v Speaker 1>margin is not that far off. Knowing what I know

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<v Speaker 1>about Vertigo, I don't think I believe that you could

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<v Speaker 1>competently even get out there if you were really suffering

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<v Speaker 1>from it, though you know what I mean, you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>think so. So I assume it's like everything else, they

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<v Speaker 1>are varying degrees of it. So, um, you know it's

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<v Speaker 1>been on how bad it is. It's funny because yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, all we knew was that he had an

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<v Speaker 1>illness and not you know, like, well, you can get

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<v Speaker 1>IVS and they'll get you a Z pack and they'll

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<v Speaker 1>get you right and flush your system out in time

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<v Speaker 1>for the game. I don't know what you do to

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<v Speaker 1>come bat vertigo, and I don't really know yeah how

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<v Speaker 1>that works. But if he's at practice on Friday, I

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<v Speaker 1>assume that means they feel good about his availability. One

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<v Speaker 1>bit of good news for the Cowboys Antoine Woods practice

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<v Speaker 1>fully yesterday. Hopefully that means that he'd be back in

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<v Speaker 1>the lineup. That can help. I know you guys have

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<v Speaker 1>talked a lot this week about the fact you think

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<v Speaker 1>that will really help the run defense going up against

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<v Speaker 1>what many believe is one of the better running backs

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<v Speaker 1>in the league department, regardless of what you think of

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<v Speaker 1>their entire team, he has skill and so getting him

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<v Speaker 1>back obviously makes a difference. YEPI too. He caught an

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<v Speaker 1>onside kick today too. That was fun. Yep. They practice, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's harsh, it's fun, not really practice. They would you

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<v Speaker 1>call that practicing on side kicks? They just it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>their fun Friday bid as they you know, Garrett picks

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<v Speaker 1>two or three guys at random to come up and

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<v Speaker 1>field and on side boys players either coaches, coches le say,

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<v Speaker 1>has been done it? The linebackers, Ben Bloom, the linebackers

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<v Speaker 1>coaches a pro, he's amazing at it. I think they've

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<v Speaker 1>they don't think they did that today. They didn't. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't do it today maybe the way but Antin they've

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<v Speaker 1>been playing and yeah, focus, but Antoine goes out there

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<v Speaker 1>and gets it. But yeah, it's different guys, security guys, scouts.

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<v Speaker 1>So but you guys get out there one day. No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll catch it. Even if he just sit. Hey Dave, Dave,

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<v Speaker 1>would you just turn and run? I wouldn't turn and run.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I would freeze freeze, Yeah, like a deer

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<v Speaker 1>in the headlights, Like here we go, we're rubbing the

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<v Speaker 1>eyebrows right now. We're just slack so past rubbing my eyebrows.

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<v Speaker 1>I would have like an out of body experience. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about it, actors um and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna pin you guys down a little bit on

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<v Speaker 1>these injuries because that's gonna obviously factor into this. But

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<v Speaker 1>let's walk through this. Do you guys think And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna throw out the names of the guys that are

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<v Speaker 1>injuring you let me know whether you think that they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna play or not. Randall Cobb no, no, all right?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh Lyle Collins no, no all right? Uh Tyrn Smith yes?

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<v Speaker 1>Or a half? What or a half? So he starts,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah a little bit because he started that means he's

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<v Speaker 1>got to be active. Amber. Uh. I don't. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like it, but you know it's probably a little bit. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>It's funny. I talk to somebody in the locker room.

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<v Speaker 1>We were another media guy who were just talking about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and he goes like, nah, there's no way not against

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<v Speaker 1>the Jets. And I was like, man, I said that

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<v Speaker 1>about an hour ago on our show, and three people

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<v Speaker 1>just were like, no, I can't say that they're three

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<v Speaker 1>in two, But I still think that the Jets is

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<v Speaker 1>part of it. If you feel like you can go

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<v Speaker 1>win the game, you know you got an ego game

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<v Speaker 1>coming up that's really, really, really important. I just get him,

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<v Speaker 1>get him out there, score some points, pull him out.

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<v Speaker 1>You're good. I sent you my I sent you my

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<v Speaker 1>gut feeling right before I came down to do the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wrote this, and I believe it out behind quarterback,

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<v Speaker 1>Like what apps is most likely to completely derail a

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<v Speaker 1>football team, I think it's this team, probably really any team.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, like assuming that your tackle is good, I

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<v Speaker 1>like not having good offensive tackles can also depends on

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<v Speaker 1>how quarterback is, too, because I think there's some teams

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<v Speaker 1>where the quarterback is so good that the losing the

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<v Speaker 1>tackle may not be as as a drastic But you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>On this team, yes, losing the left tackle is is

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<v Speaker 1>a big deal. I think it's important that he plays

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<v Speaker 1>if he can. Obvious, I mean, don't put him out

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<v Speaker 1>there if he can't do it. But if he can play,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's important that he does so we've got

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<v Speaker 1>out of those three, you guys think maybe one plays

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<v Speaker 1>Tyrant Layton. Yes, yeah, So you down to really two

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<v Speaker 1>guys that are that are out due to injury. Any

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<v Speaker 1>of the limited guys concern you, Amari Cooper, Zach Mardin,

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<v Speaker 1>Tyrone Crawford, No, no, there, it'll be out there. So

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<v Speaker 1>basically you're gonna fill in with the guys that are

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<v Speaker 1>the typicals that will be missing games that have been

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<v Speaker 1>inactive for week games we every every week. Adam Redmond,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, is active? Really? Why do you have to though,

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<v Speaker 1>because you've got a wide receiver now that's probably not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be active and you're not going to replace

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<v Speaker 1>him with a wide receiver. So if Amber said it, says,

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<v Speaker 1>go out there, score some points, pull him out of

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<v Speaker 1>the game, that sounds good, But you know, it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>preseason where you have a lot of guys unless you

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<v Speaker 1>put Adam Redmond active, because then now you're down to

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<v Speaker 1>because you're saying both your tackles would be out in

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<v Speaker 1>the second half of the game and then or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>whatever happens, you're both year down to no tackles and

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<v Speaker 1>then you got Connor Williams would have to come in

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<v Speaker 1>and you know then Redmond so well, but you got

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<v Speaker 1>don't you have two other two guards centers that you

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<v Speaker 1>could play, right, Okay, if Cobb's inactive, who's active now?

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<v Speaker 1>Because somebody gets to be active, So who probably Devin Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>Devin Smith's always act who wasn't active? Well, then Devin

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<v Speaker 1>Smith then because that's good for your feature. Devin Smith

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<v Speaker 1>was active last week. I'm every week at practice, we

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<v Speaker 1>come up with what you know, just try to guess

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<v Speaker 1>what we think it is. Today we came the list.

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<v Speaker 1>We came up with Cedric Wilson, Lyle Collins, Adam Redman,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Jackson, probably Tristan Hill again, Tyrone. If you get

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<v Speaker 1>Antoine back, yeah, Antoine Woods is back, Luke Gifford and

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<v Speaker 1>this one. I wonder about Donovan Wilson though, because it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like he's doing a lot of special teams stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>It makes sense, but it also and the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>might happen is they would love to get Donovan Wilson up,

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<v Speaker 1>But if Randall Copp can't play, then you probably don't

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<v Speaker 1>want too in active wide receivers. So if Randall Copp plays,

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<v Speaker 1>then maybe Donovan Wilson gets up. But if he doesn't play,

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<v Speaker 1>then I would say he probably sits. Ye. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go ahead and take our break, and when we

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm ask you guys each to give me one key,

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<v Speaker 1>one key for the Cowboys to be able to get

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<v Speaker 1>a win this week against the Jets. We'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>want to get some keys to the game from each

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<v Speaker 1>of you. Let's go around the table. I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to just give me one thing, one thing alone that

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<v Speaker 1>you think is a key, the biggest key in your

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<v Speaker 1>mind for the Cowboys to get and win. Nick will

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<v Speaker 1>start with first downs. You gotta get some yards on

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<v Speaker 1>first downs. Go down, run a one yard run with Zeke,

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<v Speaker 1>get about four or five yards, be you know, get

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<v Speaker 1>some big plays, but don't get behind the chains. You

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<v Speaker 1>can win this game up front if you. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>you can win this game on offense if you. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the number one offense in the league going up

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<v Speaker 1>against the worst offense in the league. So just act

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<v Speaker 1>like it. Go out there, get some yards on first down,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get behind the chains where you have to force it,

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<v Speaker 1>and you should be able to score twenty eight thirty one,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five points. When you say don't get a one

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<v Speaker 1>yard run from Zeke, are you saying you would opt

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<v Speaker 1>to not go with the run. Are you just saying

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<v Speaker 1>they got to be better at block them, got knock

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<v Speaker 1>them off the ball. I mean have success on first down.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have success on first down, I think you'd

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<v Speaker 1>play downhill and you'll kick their ass. Okay, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>I believe. Amber Um, I pretty much agree with that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly kind of what I was going to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead and start off fast. Don't do what you've

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<v Speaker 1>been doing, because even if you come back home with

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<v Speaker 1>a win, let's say, scoring back to over thirty points

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter. I mean, yes, it matters you won a game,

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<v Speaker 1>but when you're about to face the Eagles and upcoming teams,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's the kind of problem I want to

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<v Speaker 1>see them resolve this week. Saying first quarter, I'm saying

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<v Speaker 1>first down, but yeah, first but if by you starting

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<v Speaker 1>off and getting yards and so essentially, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>what you were saying too. So just go ahead and

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<v Speaker 1>start off fast, don't wait until after the second half

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<v Speaker 1>of the game to start scoring points and moving the chains.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my biggest thing now. And then seeing what burmaher was,

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<v Speaker 1>what he does in this game, him not missing anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I regret not being here when you guys talked about

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<v Speaker 1>him on the show because I was listening and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>like cussing, Well, no, you know, I was just upset.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's like I'm upset, but I'm not upset anymore

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<v Speaker 1>because they did that to themselves. So that's what you get.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when you don't bring a competition a training camp,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you get. I don't feel bad, even though

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<v Speaker 1>it's upsetting, I don't feel bad anymore, or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even though that's a position that they say you can

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<v Speaker 1>just bring in a guy and plug him. Writing, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care. You didn't bring competition. This is what you get,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope you learned from it. The lane sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like somebody's disappointed. Mom, Like, I'm not mad. I'm disappointed, right, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>which is even worse? Yeah, oh, always, yeah, I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 1>worried about them winning the line of scrimmage, specifically on

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<v Speaker 1>the offensive side of the ball. The defense doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>worry me, you know, Antoine's back. I think the linebackers

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<v Speaker 1>can't play much worse than they did against Green Bay,

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<v Speaker 1>so they'll be better. The Jets offensive line is not

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<v Speaker 1>very good. I can't imagine them just absolutely getting gashed

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<v Speaker 1>the way they did last week by this team, So

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't bother me. What worries me is, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Dallas offensive line, you might not have either starting

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<v Speaker 1>tackle even if ty And gets out there, he's not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be one hundred percent. They don't. The Jets

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<v Speaker 1>don't get sacks, but they do have talent up there.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about that, you've got a good nose tackle

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<v Speaker 1>who can clog things up. Leonard Williams is there. I

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<v Speaker 1>just worry about Dak not having time. I worry about

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<v Speaker 1>Jamal Adams being in the box and mucking that up,

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<v Speaker 1>and Zeke not being able to run the ball if

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<v Speaker 1>they can win that consistently. Again, it's the run and

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<v Speaker 1>the past. This game shouldn't be that stressful, but with

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<v Speaker 1>the injuries, I worry that they won't be able to right.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say, really, I think it's on defense this week.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about them clearing up the problems that they've

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<v Speaker 1>had in the past few weeks with regards to them

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<v Speaker 1>getting in the right fits, making sure that they aren't

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<v Speaker 1>getting out of position, that they're right where they're supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be. Because I think that I think by and large,

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<v Speaker 1>the talents there, I think the calls are right. I

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<v Speaker 1>think just what we've seen really and really more of

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<v Speaker 1>this last game. I don't like packaging those two together

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<v Speaker 1>because I think in the new Orleans game, they actually

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<v Speaker 1>played pretty well. The defense did, but I think in

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<v Speaker 1>this last game we saw some cracks that we hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>really seen. I hadn't really seen a lot this year

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<v Speaker 1>where literally they're just not in the right place at

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<v Speaker 1>the right time, and that's I think if they clean

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<v Speaker 1>that up and they just play good sound football, I

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<v Speaker 1>think they'll overwhelm this this Jet team, because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that offense is a really good offense. I think

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<v Speaker 1>there are ways for them to be able to shut

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<v Speaker 1>them down. If they can shut them down, then they're

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<v Speaker 1>able to overcome what's happening on offense from the standpoint

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<v Speaker 1>of guys being out with injuries. Even if they get

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<v Speaker 1>out to a soul start again, the defense will be

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<v Speaker 1>what holds them in this game, and then you you

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<v Speaker 1>kind of go from there. So I think, really this

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<v Speaker 1>game is all about the defense and how well the

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<v Speaker 1>defense plays and if they can get back on track

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<v Speaker 1>to being what they were at saying in the New

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<v Speaker 1>Orleans game, I think that would end up being against

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<v Speaker 1>an offense like this. I think they hold this team

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<v Speaker 1>to three or six points if they had that level

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<v Speaker 1>of effort that they had against the Saints. So is

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<v Speaker 1>it cool to win by like a touch sign and

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<v Speaker 1>a field goal when the NFL one point, when by

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<v Speaker 1>one point, I don't, and honestly, I'm I'm never the

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<v Speaker 1>person that's going to be like style points matter and

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<v Speaker 1>in professional football they matter in college football because you

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<v Speaker 1>still have to deal with poll In professional football, it

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<v Speaker 1>does not matter. A win is a win. Loss is

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<v Speaker 1>a loss. It's no different than saying, well, they don't

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<v Speaker 1>get credit because they played the Saints close. They lost.

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<v Speaker 1>A loss is still a loss my opinion, and honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's debatable, but debatable it is here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>funny for us, but not for the NFL. And how

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL works, A wins, it wins a lot. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but when you talk about a team, okay, like the Jets,

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<v Speaker 1>and again you can't you can't judge a team necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>because they haven't won a single game. Things can happen

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL and NFL we've seen it happening happen,

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<v Speaker 1>But at the same time, it's the way they play. Okay,

0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:46.359
<v Speaker 1>we come back here and start analyzing this whole team

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<v Speaker 1>for a whole week and start debating whether they're good

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<v Speaker 1>enough or not good enough, and then yeah, it matters

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<v Speaker 1>how you win this game. Yeah for us, But that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we're talking about. We're not talking about the standing.

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<v Speaker 1>So because what if we just said, all right, welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to the show, like, well they one, how it happens

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<v Speaker 1>they won, I mean, you don't, yes, but that what

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<v Speaker 1>I guess the point. Maybe maybe I misunderstood the question.

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't matter in the grand scheme of how good

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<v Speaker 1>this team is or how not good this team is.

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<v Speaker 1>That matters just because it's a talking point. Right, We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna talk about it, and that's fine, and that's fine,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's fine for us and fans and how we

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<v Speaker 1>feel about it. But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes down to whether they're a good team

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<v Speaker 1>or bad team, all you're gonna look at is wins

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<v Speaker 1>and losses, right, And wins and losses will affect how

0:22:26.920 --> 0:22:29.040
<v Speaker 1>you get in the playoffs, where you're seated in the playoffs,

0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:31.159
<v Speaker 1>and then ultimately wins and losses determine who's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the champion. Right. But okay, I think, but what

0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:36.399
<v Speaker 1>we're saying is is that you win this game thirty

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<v Speaker 1>four to seven, you go up and you play the Eagles,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I think they're gonna be winning against

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<v Speaker 1>the Eagles. You win this game twenty seven, twenty four

0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:47.000
<v Speaker 1>and overtime, you're not expected to beat the Eagle. I

0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:49.200
<v Speaker 1>mean like you're looking at it like how this team

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<v Speaker 1>is playing and so yeah, it's still four and two,

0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:53.720
<v Speaker 1>but at the same time, you're like, well, this is

0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:55.359
<v Speaker 1>not a good football team at all. This is a

0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:57.720
<v Speaker 1>bad four and two football team. You know what's funny, though,

0:22:57.880 --> 0:23:01.280
<v Speaker 1>is the ultimate example of me grading on a curve

0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:04.720
<v Speaker 1>like Miami game. Absolutely, they needed to win that game

0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:06.760
<v Speaker 1>by twenty plus for me to feel like they were

0:23:07.040 --> 0:23:11.000
<v Speaker 1>good with the situation, with these tackles, it changes my

0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:14.000
<v Speaker 1>expectation for what this game might look like completely, and

0:23:14.320 --> 0:23:16.639
<v Speaker 1>I go, you know, home game against the Dolphins, I'm like,

0:23:16.760 --> 0:23:19.399
<v Speaker 1>they need to win by thirty. Road game against the

0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:23.159
<v Speaker 1>Jets without maybe without hiring and Lyle Collins. I'm like,

0:23:23.280 --> 0:23:26.280
<v Speaker 1>just just get through this thing, honestly, get through it

0:23:26.320 --> 0:23:31.280
<v Speaker 1>and get people healthier, and I'll judge you guys getting hurt,

0:23:31.560 --> 0:23:33.960
<v Speaker 1>and they will. I understand that, Like there's always going

0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:37.400
<v Speaker 1>to be injuries, that's nothing new, but like maybe it's

0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:40.760
<v Speaker 1>just PTSD from that twenty seventeen Atlanta game. But I'm

0:23:40.760 --> 0:23:42.960
<v Speaker 1>just like, get get through this game however you can.

0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:46.800
<v Speaker 1>I think they should still win pretty comfortably. But my

0:23:46.840 --> 0:23:50.760
<v Speaker 1>expectations are totally different than the Miami game. I guess

0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:52.879
<v Speaker 1>I just look at it like they're they're always in

0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:55.159
<v Speaker 1>the NFL, even in college football, they're always going to

0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:58.960
<v Speaker 1>be weeks win teams just for whatever reason can't quite

0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:02.159
<v Speaker 1>get going. And when you have those kind of situations,

0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:05.320
<v Speaker 1>to me, what shows a really good team is those

0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:07.320
<v Speaker 1>teams that even when it's not working out for them,

0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:09.600
<v Speaker 1>like they are just they're beating their heads against a

0:24:09.640 --> 0:24:12.439
<v Speaker 1>brick wall, they still find a way to win. And

0:24:12.480 --> 0:24:14.879
<v Speaker 1>that's why I'm I'm still a big believer. And if

0:24:14.920 --> 0:24:17.800
<v Speaker 1>you get the win, honestly, it really doesn't matter at

0:24:17.800 --> 0:24:19.280
<v Speaker 1>the end of the day. You found a way, even

0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:21.720
<v Speaker 1>on a bad day, to get a win. It's the

0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:24.000
<v Speaker 1>bad teams that on a bad day end up losing

0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:26.800
<v Speaker 1>to a bad team, right. Yeah. I think what we're saying,

0:24:27.040 --> 0:24:28.920
<v Speaker 1>or at least what I'm saying, is is that your

0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:32.520
<v Speaker 1>expectations of this team and where they're gonna go can

0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:36.119
<v Speaker 1>change on how they play the game. Yeah, that's so

0:24:36.400 --> 0:24:39.920
<v Speaker 1>we're kind of agreeing. Yeah, we're talking. We're probably talking semantic.

0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:43.120
<v Speaker 1>Okay at the end of the day, Yes, but how

0:24:43.160 --> 0:24:47.080
<v Speaker 1>did you get that win? Does for us? Not well?

0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:53.000
<v Speaker 1>Sam Donald? Sam Donald? Sam Donald does what Aaron Rodgers did.

0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:57.120
<v Speaker 1>I think everybody's going to be concerned about. Okay, this

0:24:57.160 --> 0:24:59.840
<v Speaker 1>guy just you know, carved him up a little bit

0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:02.320
<v Speaker 1>his defense. But have we seen enough of Donald to

0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:05.879
<v Speaker 1>know what he is right now? I mean that we have.

0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:09.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean he's a second third year player. I mean

0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:11.720
<v Speaker 1>that's the point. I mean, he hasn't played enough to

0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:14.119
<v Speaker 1>be carving you up like that. He shouldn't, you know,

0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:16.040
<v Speaker 1>for you, for you to be as good as this

0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:18.240
<v Speaker 1>hot boys and all that stuff, and you know, and

0:25:18.240 --> 0:25:21.639
<v Speaker 1>they're still saying but they're still doing stuff though. I

0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:23.800
<v Speaker 1>mean they should, that should be suspended right now, but

0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:28.320
<v Speaker 1>they're not. They're still doing boys for sure. And I'm

0:25:28.359 --> 0:25:31.080
<v Speaker 1>just saying if if if Donald goes out there, and like,

0:25:34.600 --> 0:25:36.080
<v Speaker 1>we're all going to be a little concerned by that,

0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:38.879
<v Speaker 1>because it's like it's Aaron Rodgers. He's a magician too. Honestly,

0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:41.679
<v Speaker 1>I already am just a little bit concerned about that

0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:43.760
<v Speaker 1>offense because I just don't know what to expect from them.

0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:46.400
<v Speaker 1>They have a running back that they haven't really been

0:25:46.440 --> 0:25:48.520
<v Speaker 1>able to realize what he can be because he had

0:25:48.560 --> 0:25:51.120
<v Speaker 1>they've had funk out there, Like they have not had

0:25:51.160 --> 0:25:54.680
<v Speaker 1>a quarterback for these last few weeks, soa eight points

0:25:54.720 --> 0:25:57.840
<v Speaker 1>when they had him and get it, say, I don't know,

0:25:57.960 --> 0:25:59.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, And so for me, it makes me

0:25:59.600 --> 0:26:02.199
<v Speaker 1>a little a little uneasy as to what they're gonna be.

0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:05.359
<v Speaker 1>If like I'm I'll just give you my prediction, like

0:26:05.400 --> 0:26:08.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm expecting kind of an ugly, sloppy like I think

0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:11.320
<v Speaker 1>Dack will make some plays. I think it's gonna be

0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:13.719
<v Speaker 1>a grind it out type of running day. I think

0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:17.360
<v Speaker 1>they'll pull away. I said twenty seven thirteen. I could

0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:20.880
<v Speaker 1>see twenty seven ninees just kind of like a convincing win,

0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:25.080
<v Speaker 1>but just kind of gross. But if I mean, I'm

0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:27.080
<v Speaker 1>I agree with Nick that like that wouldn't bother me

0:26:27.119 --> 0:26:28.800
<v Speaker 1>because I'm like, oh, you didn't have your tackles blah

0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:30.879
<v Speaker 1>blah blah blah blah. But like if they win thirty

0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:34.320
<v Speaker 1>eight to thirty five and it's just offenses zipping up

0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:37.480
<v Speaker 1>and down the field, then I'm concerned because this offense

0:26:37.520 --> 0:26:39.960
<v Speaker 1>just should not be able to do that to this defense.

0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:43.080
<v Speaker 1>If they're as good as they're supposed to be, okay,

0:26:43.080 --> 0:26:44.520
<v Speaker 1>And I don't think that'll all right, and I have

0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:48.560
<v Speaker 1>twenty eight thirteen, so I haven't. Maybe y'all given this point,

0:26:48.600 --> 0:26:50.960
<v Speaker 1>now I got Brett Maher going two for two, maybe

0:26:51.119 --> 0:26:53.359
<v Speaker 1>let's go. Maybe it's that you guys would give him

0:26:53.400 --> 0:26:55.480
<v Speaker 1>more credit to the defense than I am. Like right now,

0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:57.119
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what this defense is. I don't know

0:26:57.160 --> 0:26:58.920
<v Speaker 1>they're startingly that as good as they were last Yeah,

0:26:58.960 --> 0:27:01.760
<v Speaker 1>but I don't know what they are. It's really more

0:27:01.960 --> 0:27:04.480
<v Speaker 1>me saying I just don't think the Jets are worth

0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:07.840
<v Speaker 1>a damn on offense. That's really all it is. Yeah,

0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:11.080
<v Speaker 1>not I mean the defense. We'll see, we'll get a

0:27:11.119 --> 0:27:13.600
<v Speaker 1>great look at what they are against Philly, But I

0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:15.479
<v Speaker 1>just don't think the Jets should be able to do

0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:18.000
<v Speaker 1>that to him. When you start talking about which side

0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:20.720
<v Speaker 1>of the ball is playing better or whatever, I still

0:27:20.760 --> 0:27:23.680
<v Speaker 1>go back to that Saints game and what the Cowboys

0:27:23.760 --> 0:27:27.480
<v Speaker 1>defense was able to do, containing them to only what

0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:32.040
<v Speaker 1>was it, twelve points? So I mean that's why my

0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:34.880
<v Speaker 1>main concern is still the offense and what they're doing

0:27:34.920 --> 0:27:38.120
<v Speaker 1>the fact that my expectations, at least for last week

0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:41.520
<v Speaker 1>having Michael Gallop back, I thought, okay, well, maybe he

0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:46.280
<v Speaker 1>was a missing piece that was needed to make the

0:27:46.359 --> 0:27:49.600
<v Speaker 1>offense click again, and that didn't happen. And I understand

0:27:49.640 --> 0:27:52.679
<v Speaker 1>Tyron wasn't a part of the old line and all that,

0:27:52.880 --> 0:27:57.800
<v Speaker 1>but I don't know. I am concerned about the receivers

0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:04.560
<v Speaker 1>a little bit. I think that they should rely on more. Huh. No,

0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:06.680
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what I was thinking. I was thinking

0:28:06.680 --> 0:28:09.400
<v Speaker 1>of the score in my mind. No, I'm just saying

0:28:09.560 --> 0:28:12.640
<v Speaker 1>I think they should rely a little more on Zeke

0:28:13.160 --> 0:28:16.560
<v Speaker 1>just because I don't feel that Michael Gallub is a

0:28:16.760 --> 0:28:20.159
<v Speaker 1>hun just yet. And then played awesome last week. Where's

0:28:20.200 --> 0:28:27.040
<v Speaker 1>this hundred yards? But it's still it didn't seem it

0:28:27.080 --> 0:28:31.520
<v Speaker 1>didn't seem like I've been watching him from the past,

0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:35.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, like it just to me, it wasn't what

0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:39.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm used to seeing from him. Respectfully, I disagree pretty

0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:41.840
<v Speaker 1>hard like I thought. I think the passing game is

0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:43.640
<v Speaker 1>the strength of this team right now. I mean, if

0:28:43.720 --> 0:28:48.520
<v Speaker 1>not for turnovers. Well, it got to the fourth quarter

0:28:48.560 --> 0:28:51.200
<v Speaker 1>for them to start doing something, but I mean that's

0:28:51.240 --> 0:28:53.800
<v Speaker 1>the at the end of the day, that's the problem.

0:28:53.880 --> 0:28:56.600
<v Speaker 1>So real quick asking to answer this question, which one's

0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:59.120
<v Speaker 1>been better. If you look at all five games, has

0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:03.160
<v Speaker 1>often been better. The defense been better, offense, offense has

0:29:03.200 --> 0:29:04.880
<v Speaker 1>been great. I think it's a no brain of the

0:29:04.880 --> 0:29:09.200
<v Speaker 1>offense has offen times. You don't think so because we're

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:13.440
<v Speaker 1>we are using that comparing it when we talked about

0:29:13.520 --> 0:29:16.640
<v Speaker 1>those three first games, and it's like, yeah, they did great,

0:29:16.800 --> 0:29:19.040
<v Speaker 1>but look at who they were playing. Yeah, but this

0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:21.520
<v Speaker 1>last game, the offense had a slow start, but the

0:29:21.560 --> 0:29:24.120
<v Speaker 1>offense still ended up at some point they got on

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:26.080
<v Speaker 1>a role. And I know that. I know you can

0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:28.280
<v Speaker 1>say that the defense, that the Packers defense may have

0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:30.560
<v Speaker 1>loosened up a little bit. I don't think they loosened

0:29:30.600 --> 0:29:32.760
<v Speaker 1>up enough to just like they were scoring, scoring, scoring,

0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:35.360
<v Speaker 1>Like I just think the offense. Yeah, they played a

0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 1>bad first half, they came back around and that looked

0:29:38.320 --> 0:29:41.360
<v Speaker 1>more like what we'd seen for most of the season defense.

0:29:41.400 --> 0:29:43.160
<v Speaker 1>And we said this this week, the defense has not

0:29:43.200 --> 0:29:45.200
<v Speaker 1>played a quarterback that has won a game this year,

0:29:45.200 --> 0:29:48.400
<v Speaker 1>and they still haven't with it Sam Darnold. So I mean, well,

0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:51.760
<v Speaker 1>beaten one, you mean because I haven't beaten Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah,

0:29:51.760 --> 0:29:53.960
<v Speaker 1>that's what that's one again. Yeah, I mean quarterback that

0:29:54.280 --> 0:29:57.160
<v Speaker 1>Packers secondary was third in the league and yards allowed

0:29:57.200 --> 0:29:59.080
<v Speaker 1>going into that game, and they put up any bad

0:29:59.200 --> 0:30:01.240
<v Speaker 1>and the way and not even that. In the first half.

0:30:01.560 --> 0:30:03.800
<v Speaker 1>They were making mistakes, but they were moving the ball.

0:30:03.880 --> 0:30:05.440
<v Speaker 1>There was no doubt they were moving the ball. I mean,

0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:07.400
<v Speaker 1>we were saying in the press box they basically can

0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:09.440
<v Speaker 1>take whatever they want with the MARII like they couldn't

0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:11.080
<v Speaker 1>hold him from the beginning of the game, Like he

0:30:11.160 --> 0:30:14.479
<v Speaker 1>was wide open. He was completely losing his guy almost

0:30:14.520 --> 0:30:17.160
<v Speaker 1>every time you saw him downfield. So I don't think

0:30:17.200 --> 0:30:19.800
<v Speaker 1>I think I think it's clear the offense has been better.

0:30:20.200 --> 0:30:22.480
<v Speaker 1>I just think that, you know, I think I think

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.440
<v Speaker 1>the defense is not as good as it was last year.

0:30:24.640 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm still trying to question how good are they going

0:30:26.800 --> 0:30:29.000
<v Speaker 1>to be. Are they going to grow into being closer

0:30:29.000 --> 0:30:30.600
<v Speaker 1>to that or is it going to be closer to

0:30:30.600 --> 0:30:32.840
<v Speaker 1>what which so far, To go back to my point,

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:36.280
<v Speaker 1>that's I'm like, get through this game, win it because

0:30:36.280 --> 0:30:38.840
<v Speaker 1>you need it in the standings, blah blah blah. However,

0:30:38.880 --> 0:30:42.320
<v Speaker 1>you win it out whatever, get some guys healthy, and

0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:44.480
<v Speaker 1>then we get another chance to see what they're really

0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:48.320
<v Speaker 1>about against what I mean I think is always was

0:30:48.400 --> 0:30:50.719
<v Speaker 1>a very good Eagles team. Like people are trying to

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:54.400
<v Speaker 1>overreact to a couple early season struggles from them, Like

0:30:54.440 --> 0:30:57.840
<v Speaker 1>I don't think they're going anywhere, so big big test

0:30:58.040 --> 0:31:00.360
<v Speaker 1>a week from now. I just I just want, just

0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 1>want to get this game out of the way, all right,

0:31:02.280 --> 0:31:04.600
<v Speaker 1>Assuming they win it, we will figure it. We don't

0:31:04.640 --> 0:31:06.200
<v Speaker 1>want to come into work. If they don't do I

0:31:06.240 --> 0:31:07.800
<v Speaker 1>have to be here on Monday. If they don't don't

0:31:07.800 --> 0:31:09.880
<v Speaker 1>want to do it, that either. We'll be back on

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<v Speaker 1>Monday to tell you guys what went right and what

0:31:12.000 --> 0:31:14.160
<v Speaker 1>went wrong for the Cowboys is Sunday at three thirty

0:31:14.160 --> 0:31:16.480
<v Speaker 1>they'll take on the New York Jets in New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>Till then for Nick Eatman, Dave Helmet, Amergarcia, I'm Derek Eagleton.

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