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Speaker 1: Beam in the backup. Kyle's gentlemen, are we ready? Are
Speaker 1: you on edge yet? Are you ready to get wild?
Speaker 1: Too much? Friesaiah, It's done? How are you ready wild?
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna yeah, Gross oh Man, fire up the
Speaker 1: night at the Rock spar Funny Ready Rah. It feels
Speaker 1: like we're still so far away because it is on
Speaker 1: Monday night. It's I think it's like, uh, like Micah
Speaker 1: said on yesterday when he was asked, you know how
Speaker 1: long does it feel like it will take for money
Speaker 1: to get here? Especially going through the weekend and seeing
Speaker 1: the you know, the weekend games as Wild called weekend.
Speaker 1: He was like, man, it'll we will blank it. It It
Speaker 1: will be here. He was like, He's like, it's already
Speaker 1: having this conversation yesterday, he was like, it's already Thursday,
Speaker 1: you know. So he was like, we're just gonna keep
Speaker 1: our nose to the ground and keep going and then
Speaker 1: we're gonna wake up and it's going to be Monday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's kind of how I feel about it. I mean,
Speaker 1: from a fan standpoint, I get it because it's like, oh, man,
Speaker 1: I've been waiting eight days for this, right right facts.
Speaker 1: I agree that said, hoping that they give us a
Speaker 1: reason to wait, And we had open locker room yesterday,
Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to some of the guys,
Speaker 1: and it starts to feel a lot more like they
Speaker 1: hit the reset button after last week, and they're they're
Speaker 1: kind of they're in a different mindset, at least from
Speaker 1: what I was taking from the conversations I had. Patrick.
Speaker 1: I'm interested to see what you think. But in the
Speaker 1: conversations I had, it's not what what we did wrong
Speaker 1: against Washington, it's what can we do right this week
Speaker 1: to put us in the right position to beat Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: I agree. And in conversations with Zeke and Micah and
Speaker 1: you know jay Ron Curse, there's a coming thread, a
Speaker 1: coming theme in the locker room, which is and Zeke
Speaker 1: said it perfectly. He said, it doesn't matter what happened
Speaker 1: to the regular season. Nobody cares anymore what happened in
Speaker 1: the regular season. It's about right now, right here. You
Speaker 1: gotta get it done it And Micah said, you know,
Speaker 1: the regular and this is a quote, the regular season
Speaker 1: is cool. You guys get all hyped up, but this
Speaker 1: is where legends are made. So that's that's where the
Speaker 1: locker room is right now. I like it. You see
Speaker 1: what did you hear what their locker room was saying?
Speaker 1: What did their locker room say? Mike Evans called this
Speaker 1: defense simple? Ooh m. He said, it doesn't matter. He
Speaker 1: went for as long as we're healthy, it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: what dbs are out there. M I like it. Would
Speaker 1: you call this defense simple or is that just the
Speaker 1: jab But the fact that it's not simple, I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if he was speaking to the simplicity of the scheme,
Speaker 1: if he was talking about the person. Now, okay, let's
Speaker 1: talk about He talked about how their missing how Dallas
Speaker 1: is missing two dbs, and you know number twenty six
Speaker 1: is making a couple of plays. But that's about it.
Speaker 1: A couple That's what he said. He said, he said,
Speaker 1: trayvonn he said, he said, Trayvon's all right. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know the first game, I mean he did. Okay,
Speaker 1: it gives me m M. You haven't if you haven't
Speaker 1: heard his interview, gold watch his interview. It will light
Speaker 1: you up. You know what that ties into was respectful Evans.
Speaker 1: You can tell he was hurting. He's Evans. He's taking
Speaker 1: Treyvon Diggs personally. Listen Evans, Evans and Brady they were
Speaker 1: on the sideline from their Sideline Sounds video last week,
Speaker 1: and they were on the sideline at the last game
Speaker 1: in week eighteen talking about Brady's undefeated record against the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: They're kind of joking about it. They were. They were
Speaker 1: asking Brady. They were like, what's what's your record against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys? And he laughed and he was like six
Speaker 1: and oh. I think he was like we were just
Speaker 1: talking about this. Wow, aren't you playing the game? You
Speaker 1: were just talking about Okay, So add that to what
Speaker 1: Mike Evans is saying. And the Cowboys are not lacking
Speaker 1: for bulletin board material. They shouldn't be lacking for motivation period.
Speaker 1: But why not throw these extra logs on the fire?
Speaker 1: Can't wait? And what's crazy is Mike Evans is saying
Speaker 1: what he's saying. But when I asked Trayvon Diggs specifically
Speaker 1: about covering Mike Evans, Diggs had nothing but respect and
Speaker 1: positive statements and praise for Mike Evans. U. So it'll
Speaker 1: be interesting to see, you know, And I just want
Speaker 1: to know. I know from a Brady standpoint where all
Speaker 1: this cockiness comes from. I know from a Brady stamp
Speaker 1: see but but TB twelve typically doesn't speak on it.
Speaker 1: But and that's why I was vary. That's why that
Speaker 1: he was one of the main ones on the sideline saying, hey,
Speaker 1: we were just talking about this. How high chuckle chuckle um.
Speaker 1: But that said, regardless of everybody can agree, TB twelve
Speaker 1: has earned the right to be cocky. Okay, Mike Evans
Speaker 1: even to a degree, you know, as many thousand years,
Speaker 1: thousand yards receiving seasons as he's had. Okay, fine, fair,
Speaker 1: but this season as a team. Where's the cockiness coming
Speaker 1: from in Tampa Bay? That that's where I struggled to
Speaker 1: try to figure it out, that where's the cocky? Don't like? Oh,
Speaker 1: you know what, I love it. You know why I
Speaker 1: love it? You know why I love it because people
Speaker 1: who are that cocky let their guard down. Okay, And
Speaker 1: when you let your guard down, tapped there you get
Speaker 1: your nose tap, you get you get your gate rushed. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, I'm in the King's court.
Speaker 1: Could you be saying the same thing about what some
Speaker 1: of the stuff is being said this week? I meany
Speaker 1: Mica Partsons came out and said, F that list, And
Speaker 1: there's stuff out there too, and siven that's not cocking,
Speaker 1: that's not in reference to the other team. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: just wanted to make sure that's just been angry. He said,
Speaker 1: F that list. I'm in playoff mode. He didn't say,
Speaker 1: F that list, I'm about to go killing flo. Right.
Speaker 1: So if you look at what they're saying in the
Speaker 1: locker room here, and and I believe it was was
Speaker 1: it Mica or Zeke one or the other. I'd have
Speaker 1: to check my notes, but one or the other yesterday
Speaker 1: said that what happened in Week eighteen was humbling. It
Speaker 1: was so brave, and that changed the energy in the
Speaker 1: locker room this week as far as what needs to
Speaker 1: happen and what cannot happen. So those are the types
Speaker 1: of things coming out of the Cowboys locker room. That's
Speaker 1: the antithesis of what's coming out of the Bucks locker room.
Speaker 1: They're it sounds like they're over there in Tampa feeling
Speaker 1: like they're onto the divisional round before kickoff has even
Speaker 1: started for the wild card round. That keep it, yeah,
Speaker 1: keep that energy, yeah, yeah, keep it. By the way,
Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs against Mike Evans in week one, he allowed
Speaker 1: three receptions on six targets for thirty three yards. He
Speaker 1: did have to touchdown, but it was the fade route
Speaker 1: in the back of the end zone that just took
Speaker 1: a great Haven't seen his response to it, Like you
Speaker 1: have to watch it, Like he feels some type of
Speaker 1: way about it. He's speaking like yeah, he's all right,
Speaker 1: but in his head he's like, oh, I'm about yeah,
Speaker 1: it's going down like and then that's what that's the
Speaker 1: energy do you feel for my is like he's taking
Speaker 1: a difference and approach is funny because Diggs is like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, have a lot of respect for Evans, and
Speaker 1: because he Diggs has won that battle twice in a row, right,
Speaker 1: And so now Diggs goes in smiling, smiless because he's like,
Speaker 1: that's confident, Yeah, Evans. Evans feels some type of way
Speaker 1: about the effectiveness that Diggs had on No true competitor
Speaker 1: likes to feel like somebody has that has that hedge
Speaker 1: on you. So when Evans is speaking about it, he's like, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know he did. I mean, he was
Speaker 1: a I you know what I'm saying. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: he didn't want to give him full credit three for six.
Speaker 1: By the way, last year it was one reception on
Speaker 1: five targets and he had an interception. I mean, Diggs
Speaker 1: is locked down Evans twice, right, So to that point,
Speaker 1: I believe hearing him speaking, I feel as if Mike
Speaker 1: Emma's most likely has had a conversation with TV twelve
Speaker 1: saying I'll refuse to go out this game with those
Speaker 1: say with that same stat line. Yeah, And what I
Speaker 1: mean by that is, I think they're gonna try to
Speaker 1: come at Digs, and I hope they do. And I
Speaker 1: was just about to say that. A couple of reasons why,
Speaker 1: I really hope that comes to fruition number one. And
Speaker 1: most importantly, if you're targeting Digs of that frequency, hawk
Speaker 1: of that nature, it's he's going to get at least
Speaker 1: one interception. But also as equally as important, if not
Speaker 1: more so, if you're targeting Diggs, guess who you're not
Speaker 1: targeting the cornerback on the opposite side of the field,
Speaker 1: whomever that might be Nashan Right, Xavier Roads, whatever the
Speaker 1: case may be. So now you would worry less about
Speaker 1: Brady testing that CB two spot because he's so busy
Speaker 1: testing CB one, and testing CB one will get you
Speaker 1: one of two interceptions. So it by all means yap
Speaker 1: it up, mister Evans. Yeah, do it outside of the
Speaker 1: top all, outside of n Sean Right and and some
Speaker 1: of the other guys on the back half. I'll leave
Speaker 1: Bland and Digs out of this conversation. Who needs to
Speaker 1: step up and have the best game safety wise or
Speaker 1: or secondary wise, sorry I meant secondary. It's got to
Speaker 1: be Nation right. Yeah, I don't think you'd be fair
Speaker 1: to say have your Roads he just got here. I mean,
Speaker 1: you hope and you would like for him to reach
Speaker 1: tap into that former All Pro and former three time
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl status that he has and has demonstrated over
Speaker 1: the course of his NFL career, But which one has
Speaker 1: been in the program longer. It's Nashan, right, So I'm
Speaker 1: right there with Zaia. Okay, any news and notes coming
Speaker 1: out of yesterday with some positive, positive news and notes,
Speaker 1: positive love, especially going into a win or go home situation.
Speaker 1: I love that Cowboys injury report is slimmer than those
Speaker 1: cigarettes from Virginia. Tyler Biadish was back on the practice
Speaker 1: field effective on Wednesday, but first injury report came out
Speaker 1: on Thursday, which was effectively Wednesday as far as the
Speaker 1: scheduling goes practice wise. But he was a full participant, yes,
Speaker 1: so there's the the evidence to what he was saying
Speaker 1: the day before. As far as being a full goal,
Speaker 1: he is in fact the full goal late in Vanderesh, Oh, No,
Speaker 1: you can't just blow by that like that. No, we're
Speaker 1: not just blowing by it. But we got something equally
Speaker 1: important late in Vanderesh. Full participant. Okay, there's two for two.
Speaker 1: That's two for two. So let's let's take a moment
Speaker 1: to go ahead and basking and both of those Syler
Speaker 1: Biadas being here is is of most upmost important. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we ranked it yesterday. It's upmost important because you give
Speaker 1: this office a line back its leader. I don't know
Speaker 1: when I say leader, I'm talking about the shot caller.
Speaker 1: The way the way I put it, we asked that
Speaker 1: in the mail bag. We entered the mail bag this
Speaker 1: week about it, and the way I put it was
Speaker 1: he may not be the anchor of that offensive line,
Speaker 1: but he certainly is the glue. Absolutely, that's exactly what
Speaker 1: Tyler is. He's not the anchor. Zack Martin is the
Speaker 1: an absolutely, he always has. Absolutely, but Tyler Beatis is
Speaker 1: the thing that keeps that. He's the chain that keeps
Speaker 1: it tied to the boat. Yeah, see me and glue.
Speaker 1: We ain't talking about no Elmers. Okay, I'm sorry, the
Speaker 1: animal sponsor. But either way they need to be all right.
Speaker 1: He is so important and I don't know if everyone
Speaker 1: out there understands the importance of his role. Having the
Speaker 1: center playing in the game, in the most important game
Speaker 1: of the year, settles. Settles sets your foundation, because you've
Speaker 1: had a foundation that's a little shaky, right, you know,
Speaker 1: It's like it's like it's like my house, like I
Speaker 1: live on one side of the street. Nobody on my
Speaker 1: side of the street house foundation problems. But across the
Speaker 1: street is kind of like a little elevated heel, like
Speaker 1: a little little fake heel. And I'm not telling about
Speaker 1: where I live, but everybody across the street, everybody across
Speaker 1: the street has foundation problems, and they have to put
Speaker 1: pillars in and they have to find out ways to
Speaker 1: just settle the storm and make things just just just work.
Speaker 1: That is what's been happening over the past a little
Speaker 1: bit without Tyler Biada is really being in there right.
Speaker 1: So now that he's back, Ah, they move back to
Speaker 1: the good side of the street. Okay, they're on the
Speaker 1: good side of the street. Now, Now you can put
Speaker 1: guys where they're supposed to be. Now you don't have
Speaker 1: to ask guys to play out a position. Now you
Speaker 1: can put your guy mcgovernent back where he goes. You
Speaker 1: can bump your boy Tyler's mill back outside, and you
Speaker 1: can tell Peters, hey, we appreciate you, player, but go
Speaker 1: rest those knees, okay, Patrick style Okay, And then you
Speaker 1: said and you're able to go out there and do
Speaker 1: what you need to do in the running game, because
Speaker 1: you have to have a running game against this three
Speaker 1: four aka five two front. You gotta have it, and
Speaker 1: you need that dude calling the shots and being able
Speaker 1: to to to decipher what is being presented to them,
Speaker 1: call out the mic, be able to tell everybody exactly
Speaker 1: what the call is, having a cadence, right, that dak
Speaker 1: having a cadence in order in terms of what those
Speaker 1: guys are doing our front, because having different centers, right,
Speaker 1: we're talking about tens of seconds, those things matter, right,
Speaker 1: talking about penalties, fall stars, presnap penalties, all those type
Speaker 1: of things matter when you change up, change up the center.
Speaker 1: So now things go back to order. Okay, where we
Speaker 1: have We're back in We're back in symmetry. Right, it's
Speaker 1: no different. We threw somebody else in here and Kyle
Speaker 1: wasn't here one day, Like it's it's gonna be different.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be different, right, It's gonna get the job done.
Speaker 1: Might get the job done, but it's not the same, right, Okay,
Speaker 1: there might be a couple of hiccups. They want to
Speaker 1: be the same, Okay, So in the chemistry is different.
Speaker 1: So right, So I'm happy. I'm happy. Van dursh is
Speaker 1: back to Okay, okay, I'm eating the thrill. They're both back,
Speaker 1: no doubt. Equate that to the defensive side of the
Speaker 1: football too. How does Layton vander Esh help call out
Speaker 1: things and solidify that front because he may not be
Speaker 1: the anchor of his own defensive front, but he might
Speaker 1: be the glue of that side as well. Confidence the
Speaker 1: excellent point. It's all about the confidence of vander Is
Speaker 1: being in there calling the shots. He's hearing to play
Speaker 1: from the coach, and he's being able to communicate that
Speaker 1: out there, been there since twenty eighteen. Dude, you look
Speaker 1: at when you look in the eyes of somebody who's
Speaker 1: calling those plays out right, they know that you are
Speaker 1: the captain on that side of the ball. You're the
Speaker 1: man on that field. Okay, when that man is not present,
Speaker 1: I'm hearing you, right, I don't know if I I
Speaker 1: don't know if I believe you. Right, I hear I
Speaker 1: hear the call, But I don't have the boat of
Speaker 1: confidence I had when Vanderes is in there right when
Speaker 1: he tells me, slaps me on the button, says, hey,
Speaker 1: shift over the one one gap right, okay, Well, coach
Speaker 1: said on paper to ship get over one gap. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, because what I'm seeing you're not seeing. Get
Speaker 1: where you need to go. It's gonna give us the advantage.
Speaker 1: Those are the advantages that having somebody in there, like
Speaker 1: a Vanders at the middle linebacker position, is going to
Speaker 1: give this defense. When he's able to see things. I
Speaker 1: would imagine he probably watches more film than everybody. I
Speaker 1: hope he watches more film than everybody. Sean Lee, absolutely right,
Speaker 1: Sean nobody watched more filman Sean Lee. So those guys
Speaker 1: are able to depict things that are that might be
Speaker 1: little hints, little tails, right that Tom Brady or I'm
Speaker 1: say not Nece necessarily Tom Brady, but the offensive line
Speaker 1: I've seen it on film. Offensive line gives out right
Speaker 1: and when those little tails are there and maybe nobody
Speaker 1: else sees it, but Vanderes does, he could put your
Speaker 1: team in position to make the play. Ye when you're
Speaker 1: talking about Beaddish and Vanderes, you're talk about the two
Speaker 1: non quarterback quarterbacks of their respective position. So Tyler Biades
Speaker 1: is in fact the quarterback of the offensive line, while
Speaker 1: Zak is the anchor. It's Tyler Biada's point now pre
Speaker 1: snap protections and things like that. On the opposite side
Speaker 1: of the ball, Layton vander esh he's your quarterback of
Speaker 1: the defense. He might not be, I mean, he's not
Speaker 1: Michael Parsons as far as the leader of the defense
Speaker 1: or Marcus Lawrence, but he is in fact the quarterback
Speaker 1: that has to call out pre snap motions and reads
Speaker 1: and protections and things like that. So and I love
Speaker 1: what Isaiah said in the aspect of there's a difference
Speaker 1: when you're starting Mike is in there and he's your
Speaker 1: green dot because McCarthy said it describing something different, but
Speaker 1: it applies here as well. When McCarthy said, sometimes you're
Speaker 1: telling somebody something and they're looking at you and they're
Speaker 1: hearing you, but they're not really hearing you until like
Speaker 1: the other parent comes in and says it one time,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, it's like, oh, I get it,
Speaker 1: and and you're looking at him like, come on, I
Speaker 1: didn't just tell you that one hundred times. That It's
Speaker 1: a similar situation when when lve is telling you about
Speaker 1: pre snap mobile reads and protections and says it taps
Speaker 1: you and say shift left, there's no second thought, there's
Speaker 1: no oh well, coach. No, it's shift left right. So
Speaker 1: that's the two fantastic readditions for the Cowboys and time.
Speaker 1: It couldn't be perfect. And to that point, as far
Speaker 1: as key players returning, Jonathan Hankins remained right now, he's
Speaker 1: not on the injury report, but he's not on the
Speaker 1: injury report because he remains technically on IR. So the
Speaker 1: Cowboys would have to add him to the fifty three
Speaker 1: man roster at some point before the game on Monday,
Speaker 1: but they have time to do so. He continues to
Speaker 1: contend he feels great. He told me on yesterday when
Speaker 1: I asked him about his odds of taking the field
Speaker 1: on Monday, he said, the time is now end. Quote,
Speaker 1: there is there an extra spot for Hankins right now
Speaker 1: to come off of R Yes, yes there is because
Speaker 1: they've only got fifty two on the right right and
Speaker 1: and Shepley was waived, so they have they have space there.
Speaker 1: Got you now one compliment that I got yesterday to
Speaker 1: Layton vander esh and just kind of going after that conversation,
Speaker 1: I was sitting down, I sat down with Jake Ferguson.
Speaker 1: I was one on one with Jake yesterday and I
Speaker 1: asked him her delicious. I asked him who is he
Speaker 1: really drawn from? Who is he picked up pieces of
Speaker 1: how to prepare for a playoff game from? And being
Speaker 1: a tight end? I expected him to say Dalton Schultz,
Speaker 1: and he did. He said Dalton Schultz right off the bat.
Speaker 1: The second name out of his mouth wasn't one that
Speaker 1: I anticipated. It was late in Vanderesh. He said, I've
Speaker 1: been watching Laton Vanderesh from the moment I got here.
Speaker 1: The way that he carries himself, the way that he practices,
Speaker 1: the way that he plays. It all lines up together,
Speaker 1: all though the preparation that he does in the film room,
Speaker 1: all of the stuff that he does on the practice field,
Speaker 1: and then of course what he has done this year
Speaker 1: playing exceptionally wellful or exceptionally good football. It translates to guys,
Speaker 1: even on the opposite side of the ball, even on
Speaker 1: guys that are playing a completely different position. Why is that?
Speaker 1: Because infections When you see people doing things the right way,
Speaker 1: and you see it the the what's the word I'm
Speaker 1: looking for? I can't think. How are you saying LV
Speaker 1: is the right kind of guy? He is, He's proved it.
Speaker 1: I just said that. The Garrett now he is. I mean,
Speaker 1: so the Garrett fans out there see the fruition of
Speaker 1: somebody's preparations show up on field like you want you
Speaker 1: want that? Like you want that yeah, and there's there's
Speaker 1: I had that along the way from a lot of
Speaker 1: different guys. So to his point, every stop that I had,
Speaker 1: most likely in my first really my first three years,
Speaker 1: there were guys that I watched didn't necessarily always tell them,
Speaker 1: but I watch how they prepare. I watch how they
Speaker 1: approach practice. I watch how they prepare for practice. I
Speaker 1: watch how they approach walkthroughs. I watch how they studied film.
Speaker 1: Like there was a guy watched them in the weight room,
Speaker 1: watched them in conditioning, Like these are guys that you
Speaker 1: sit back as a young puppy and you're like, dang,
Speaker 1: that's okay, that's what I want. That's why I what
Speaker 1: I inspire to be, Like, right, I don't necessarily want
Speaker 1: to be that player, but I inspire to add those characteristics, right,
Speaker 1: and those attributes to what it is that I do
Speaker 1: so that I could become a better player, which is
Speaker 1: exactly that puts Lve in the same air as far
Speaker 1: as preparation and reverence for the younger guys who are
Speaker 1: looking up to players as Tyrn Smith and Tyrand's preparation
Speaker 1: and how he practices. Hell, yesterday, Michael Parsons was talking
Speaker 1: about how in the d line room they always talk
Speaker 1: about hating going up against Tyrn Smith, even it walkthroughs,
Speaker 1: because everyone else is walking through, but Tyrn is one
Speaker 1: every single rep, every single snap, and you walk up
Speaker 1: to him thinking in a walkthrough, Okay, well this is
Speaker 1: just going to be a tap tap and he leaves
Speaker 1: two marks on your chest, right. And so Lv is
Speaker 1: having that kind of an influence, a positive influence on
Speaker 1: a guy like Jake Ferguson on the offensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball, similar to what Tyren Smith is having on
Speaker 1: the defensive line, and some of those guys on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball saying, hey, this is how
Speaker 1: you have to prep to be not only a professional,
Speaker 1: but have an elite career. And unfortunately for Lve, the
Speaker 1: only reason that well one of the only reasons that
Speaker 1: he had kind of a downturn from his first season,
Speaker 1: which was a breakout year, was outside of you know,
Speaker 1: changes that defensive coordinator, which matters, but he also had
Speaker 1: the injury, the injuries that kind of almost slowed or
Speaker 1: slowed him and almost to rail his career. Credit to
Speaker 1: him for bouncing back having what I don't really I
Speaker 1: don't even care if he gets or if he did
Speaker 1: or did not get a Pro Bowl honor, if he
Speaker 1: Willow would not get an All Pro honor. For me,
Speaker 1: this is Pro Bowl. Lve right here. This is the
Speaker 1: best season he's had since twenty eighteen, and so I'm
Speaker 1: right there with you now. Speaking of Tyren Smith, he
Speaker 1: did show up on the injury report. I don't sense
Speaker 1: that there is any concern. Keep in mind the injury
Speaker 1: that he suffered. He's back, but you know, the year
Speaker 1: wasn't over for him, it wasn't season into. He's back.
Speaker 1: He didn't show up on the injury report last week.
Speaker 1: I'm of the mindset of since Thursday was technically Wednesday's
Speaker 1: practice for the Cowboys. Wednesday has historically been kind of
Speaker 1: a scale back day for Tyren Smith to kind of
Speaker 1: rest him in management low management. So I'm of the
Speaker 1: impression that will be the case and we'll see what
Speaker 1: it comes out for to day. But Tyren Smith was
Speaker 1: limited to Marcus Lawrence. Surprise, surprise, He's on the injury
Speaker 1: report and he's limited to give, which has been the
Speaker 1: case four weeks now as he continues to play an
Speaker 1: elite level despite all the things that he's working through.
Speaker 1: He's getting through it, doing a good job of trying
Speaker 1: to the Bay. Tampa Bay had a much much longer
Speaker 1: injury report, however, nothing that really stands out. Mike Evans
Speaker 1: was there but with an illness before participant and go
Speaker 1: down the line, I mean Keyan O'Neill was it. Did
Speaker 1: not participate on yesterday with a neat issue. But he's
Speaker 1: not really a contributor for that offense, so Logan Ryan. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so just a bunch of names, not a lot going on.
Speaker 1: Vita Vall was limited with a calf. I think that's
Speaker 1: just management, right, Vita is not going to miss this game.
Speaker 1: So yeah. Nothing of note coming out of the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay either. Very nice. All right, let's take our first
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Speaker 1: Alongside Jake Ferguson yesterday, I got to talk with d
Speaker 1: Law quite a bit. I got to sit down with
Speaker 1: him and I asked him what makes this moment special?
Speaker 1: And what makes a playoff moment special? And I've thought,
Speaker 1: actually thought of Isaiah whenever he gave this answer, But
Speaker 1: he said, it's because you're never gonna get it back.
Speaker 1: You don't get this chance again. You never know when
Speaker 1: you're gonna be back in the playoffs. And even if
Speaker 1: you are in the playoffs, are you truly going to
Speaker 1: be a contender? Right? How do you make the most
Speaker 1: of this moment? If you're the Dallas Cowboys. What is
Speaker 1: the number one thing you've got to do to make
Speaker 1: the most of this moment because you only get it once.
Speaker 1: What do you think, no self inflicted wounds? Okay, don't
Speaker 1: go to Tampa and beat yourself. Force them to beat you,
Speaker 1: Force them to show you that they are in fact
Speaker 1: the better team. And if they can do that and
Speaker 1: the game goes that way, then heart yes, but you
Speaker 1: know they were the better team. But if you go
Speaker 1: out there and you start shooting and stabbing yourself in
Speaker 1: the foot and you lose because of that, that that
Speaker 1: is even more gut wrenching and heartbreaking because it's a
Speaker 1: it's a blown opportunity. I mean, you walk in as
Speaker 1: the better team and you let a lesser team defeat
Speaker 1: you only because you gave them the game. So self
Speaker 1: inflicted wounds, It's like I wrote in yesterday's edition of
Speaker 1: Science Laftal check that out on the Dallas Cowboys dot com.
Speaker 1: The time for self inflicted wounds has now expired. Period,
Speaker 1: Like that milk in your fridge, It's it's over. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's over. Take every lesson you learned from self harm
Speaker 1: over the course of the previous seventeen games. Roll it up.
Speaker 1: Into one big ball of lessons and let it motivate
Speaker 1: you to eliminate the possibility of harming yourself between the
Speaker 1: lines going forward, and you will put yourself in an
Speaker 1: excellent position to turn the now into the later. Otherwise
Speaker 1: there is no later if you're ruined now. I agree.
Speaker 1: I just don't no turnovers, Yeah, very much so. I
Speaker 1: think as long as you play in that I was
Speaker 1: gonna say a clean game, but that's a very broad statement.
Speaker 1: My biggest thing is just be don't turn the ball
Speaker 1: over and be competitive. That's all I ask. You're gonna
Speaker 1: get out schemes sometimes, somebody's gonna make bigger plays sometimes.
Speaker 1: But to hit to your point, just don't beat yourself up, right,
Speaker 1: don't be the reason why you look back and say,
Speaker 1: damn right, we missed again, Because I mean, even though
Speaker 1: I walked away with a ring like, I still think
Speaker 1: that the best team that I was on was my
Speaker 1: rookie year here in Dallas. Yeah, at seventeen and seventeen.
Speaker 1: That's I feel like that was the greatest amount of
Speaker 1: talent on one team and we missed it. We missed
Speaker 1: the opportunity, and that would have been freaking awesome. Perfect
Speaker 1: example would be look at look at twenty fourteen, right,
Speaker 1: you got the league's leading rusher by a huge margin
Speaker 1: into marcol Murray. That's helping set up Tony rom would
Speaker 1: to have a career season in the past. And the
Speaker 1: tech you look at this, and I mean even t
Speaker 1: Will was contributing. You have all of these things going,
Speaker 1: the defense is rocking, and you're in the divisional round.
Speaker 1: And I know it's easy to kind of point to
Speaker 1: the dass catch and yes it wasn't catch as the
Speaker 1: reason the Cowboys lost the game, but the self inflicted
Speaker 1: wound that ended the Cowboys season technically was DeMarco Murray's
Speaker 1: fumble caused by the Boss Peppers. So and you would
Speaker 1: think as special as that season it was, and you're like, okay,
Speaker 1: well reload, just reload. It's as simple as reload. And
Speaker 1: not in this league. Not in this league. You got
Speaker 1: free agency, you got attrition, you got coaches being poached
Speaker 1: here and there, etcetera, etcetera. You may never get that
Speaker 1: moment back. And those guys in that locker room from
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, guess what, they never got the moment back
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. What happened Tony Romo got injured. You ended
Speaker 1: up having a carousel of three or four different quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in all horrible season, and it just never got back
Speaker 1: until Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott kind of helped turn the
Speaker 1: page in twenty sixteen. But my main point is you
Speaker 1: only have right now, So don't don't go in thinking, oh,
Speaker 1: if we don't get it done right now, we got
Speaker 1: it next year. That's what those guys in fourteen thought,
Speaker 1: That's what the guys in oh seven, we're hoping. That's
Speaker 1: not how this league is built. You're lucky to be
Speaker 1: back here after losing the opportunity last year, if you're
Speaker 1: if we're being real, and Mike McCarthy said it earlier
Speaker 1: this week, he said, we're not harping on it, but
Speaker 1: we learned from it. That lost to San Francisco in
Speaker 1: the wildcard round a year ago, you felt like you
Speaker 1: were the better team in that game. Still, you were healthy.
Speaker 1: You felt like, even though it was a tough matchup
Speaker 1: on paper, Dallas was the better team. They didn't get
Speaker 1: the job done at home in front of their home crowd,
Speaker 1: and it was it was a huge point, but a
Speaker 1: lot of that was self inflicted wounds. A lot of
Speaker 1: that was just San Francisco coming out and hitting me
Speaker 1: in the mouth. Tampa Bay can certainly do that. They
Speaker 1: may be eight and nine, don't look at the records anymore.
Speaker 1: This Tampa Bay team can certainly jump out and hit
Speaker 1: you in the mouth. Sea completely a new season now.
Speaker 1: I did ask d Law as well. I said, who
Speaker 1: has impressed you on this defense so much so from
Speaker 1: week one to now? Who has impressed improved the most?
Speaker 1: Who has made you turn your head at times? I
Speaker 1: halfway expected it to be a Trayvon or a Mica.
Speaker 1: He said two names, he said, Durron Bland and Damon Clark.
Speaker 1: I was like, d Law, you realize those are two rookies, right.
Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, I do, but they're not playing right
Speaker 1: like rookies anymore. And Demon he's got some rookie stuff
Speaker 1: to him. Duran's got some rookie stuff to him. They're
Speaker 1: both playing good football. But the way that they've improved
Speaker 1: from week one is what impressed d Law. I asked
Speaker 1: them how crucial they were going into this matchup. He said,
Speaker 1: they're outstandingly crucial because even though Layton vander Esh's back
Speaker 1: to them, Owe's gonna file in durn is going to
Speaker 1: be there in the nickel spot dealing with that chest injury.
Speaker 1: How big are both of those guys to the fold
Speaker 1: of trying to fill in those puzzles, And they're huge.
Speaker 1: I mean you're talking about we mentioned earlier in the
Speaker 1: week about the plethora of receivers that they have proven
Speaker 1: receivers over there in Tampa. They have, but they got
Speaker 1: a whole bag of boots over and they really got
Speaker 1: a solid They got a solid four, and they got
Speaker 1: they got a fifth guy in Tompkins that they just
Speaker 1: brought in that I think everybody better have their eyes
Speaker 1: on because they're gonna use him in the screen game.
Speaker 1: He is freaking explosive. So they have a bunch of
Speaker 1: guys and you're gonna need to run Bland right, there's
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. We're hurt and down right now
Speaker 1: at the cornerback position. We're hoping that guys are able
Speaker 1: to step up and make some plays. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: We're hoping that National Right is able to come up
Speaker 1: there for some pressure on the line of scrimmage. We're
Speaker 1: hoping that his Zavy Rhodes shows up and does the
Speaker 1: opposite of what Mullen did. Last week because that was
Speaker 1: an experiment, but that's what you're in. You're in experiment
Speaker 1: mode with some of these guys, So the whope factor
Speaker 1: is there, so you're hoping that where there's the strongest,
Speaker 1: that you all of a sudden could now be strong
Speaker 1: as well in this in some very important week. And
Speaker 1: then I already talked about demon Clark in the importance
Speaker 1: of him. I mentioned that vander ash I'm glad he's
Speaker 1: coming back, and though I think he would have an
Speaker 1: extreme impact on this game, but in terms of what
Speaker 1: they do well right offensively for Tampa, in terms of
Speaker 1: trying to spread this defense out and god him going
Speaker 1: sideline the sideline, I think daman Clark is going to
Speaker 1: be very instrumental as well in terms of what he
Speaker 1: can present um as as accessory for dan Quinn and
Speaker 1: his defense. He's going to be very important for his
Speaker 1: ability to be able to sit in a box and
Speaker 1: run out and hit somebody in her mouth. Did you
Speaker 1: say hope at the cornerback positions Hope as a strategy,
Speaker 1: it's not a strategy. Strategy, it's not a strategy, but
Speaker 1: it's it's definitely a wish wish, I wish upon a star. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: I truly think that about I truly think that Tampa
Speaker 1: has an advantaged personnel wise at the receiver position versus
Speaker 1: r dB. That's I think. So, Yeah, that's just fact.
Speaker 1: If you had to circle a matchup, that would probably
Speaker 1: be the one where they have the advantage. So you're
Speaker 1: at in the offensive line and you're missing your two veterans,
Speaker 1: two of your three veterans at the cornerback position. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: you brought in another veteran. You tried him out last week. Okay,
Speaker 1: now you grab another veteran. You're bringing him in to
Speaker 1: get get his feet wet and hopefully he can have
Speaker 1: a resurgence of his own better pedigree. Absolutely, but what
Speaker 1: are you still doing? No, you're still hoping, hoping. You're
Speaker 1: still hoping that that that the Pro Bowl version of
Speaker 1: him shows up, but you don't know, you don't know.
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm saying, Like they have the advantage there.
Speaker 1: You're hoping that you're young boys show up and then
Speaker 1: your veteran shows up and starts making some place for
Speaker 1: your never going and you hope Mike Evans actually is
Speaker 1: in Tom Brady's ear saying I want fifteen targets by
Speaker 1: all means that works in your favor if you're the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: because then you you have you get to lean less
Speaker 1: on you know, Nashan Wright and Xavier Rhodes who just
Speaker 1: got here at last Saturday less than a week ago.
Speaker 1: But Drond and Damon Clark, they're gonna be huge, particularly
Speaker 1: Durron Bland. And good news is everyone anyone who was uh,
Speaker 1: you know, mostly paying attention to the news and notes
Speaker 1: when I read off the injury report, guess whose named
Speaker 1: I didn't say Durron Bland. Ron Bland was not on
Speaker 1: the injury report at all, not even with a full designation.
Speaker 1: He's fully healthy, he's rolling, he's rolling. So good news
Speaker 1: there is you're getting to d Ron Bland and obviously
Speaker 1: healthy Trevillon Diggs against Tom Brady. But when it comes
Speaker 1: to Deman Clark, keep in mind, this was supposed to
Speaker 1: be a rid shirt season for the On Clark and
Speaker 1: he's not only come in, but he's come in with
Speaker 1: at a point in the season where he had plenty
Speaker 1: of games to get to a point where you should
Speaker 1: feel comfortable that he'll be able to make some plays.
Speaker 1: Now he's going against Tom Brady, Yes, so there are
Speaker 1: going to be some hiccups there. Yeah. Um, but Tom
Speaker 1: Brady once he gets the ball out of his hands
Speaker 1: and into the hands of a playmaker, supposed playmaker Damon Clark,
Speaker 1: will have opportunities to become that himself in Monday's game.
Speaker 1: So love what de Law said. They're fantastic two rookies. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it love it really cool to hear him say that,
Speaker 1: and both those guys who were great. Well, we'll have
Speaker 1: a couple of clips of that on on our pregame
Speaker 1: show coming up on Monday. We'll also I'll have some
Speaker 1: clips of Patrick Walker and a football uniform as well.
Speaker 1: Just say the word Jerry Stephen will just say he
Speaker 1: did light up against me. Yes, he lighted up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how do he do? He did? Well? Stand back out there,
Speaker 1: I'm saying, shoulders were all propped up. I did. I
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Speaker 1: has been a fun week kind of leading up to it.
Speaker 1: Any final thoughts from you guys as we get into
Speaker 1: pick them segments and then of course this is the
Speaker 1: final show prior to getting into the wild Card round.
Speaker 1: What are your kind of final words of motivation for
Speaker 1: Cowboys Nation? Remember Week eighteen. Okay, remember the Commanders, Remember
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, Remember the Green Bay Packers. I believe
Speaker 1: this Cowboys team will get a lead on Tampa Bay early,
Speaker 1: but remember particularly the Jaguars and the Packers. Don't let up,
Speaker 1: do not get comfortable, continue to keep mamba. Mentality has
Speaker 1: to be had against Tom Brady. If you allow this
Speaker 1: game to be close in the fourth quarter, you are
Speaker 1: in the danger zone. You are in the danger zone.
Speaker 1: So remember the Packers, remember the Jaguars, remember the Commanders,
Speaker 1: and go handle your business like there is no tomorrow,
Speaker 1: because guess what, there ain't unless you handle your business.
Speaker 1: This is for hands or it's just for what we're
Speaker 1: talking about. Let's let's do it for the team, for
Speaker 1: the team. This is for the team. That's kind of
Speaker 1: what Patrick had Bean feeling there when each play I
Speaker 1: like it, don't don't look don't look to the next quarter,
Speaker 1: don't look to it's when the next play. And that's
Speaker 1: very important because when you add that up, when you
Speaker 1: add those those plays up, you should come out to victor.
Speaker 1: But if you look too far down the road, you're
Speaker 1: gonna hit speed bumps. You can hit potholes that you
Speaker 1: don't see because your eyes aren't aren't aren't grounded. You're
Speaker 1: not looking You're not looking in the near future, right,
Speaker 1: You're not looking at the right now, You're looking down there.
Speaker 1: You might get up early. You be oh man, start
Speaker 1: looking at the clocks. Are clock watching? Okay? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Falcons they clock watched two against TB twelve. Don't
Speaker 1: clock watch right when the next play, and keep putting
Speaker 1: that together and eventually you look up and you'll see
Speaker 1: that clock hits some zeros and you got the w
Speaker 1: and that's all that matters. So when your next play,
Speaker 1: I like that when you're play. Uh. I got a
Speaker 1: chance yesterday outside of locker room capablelies. I got to
Speaker 1: show Dak Prescott, Oh you did it. I got to.
Speaker 1: I took the clip from Jeff and upper Ball, Marlborough, Maryland,
Speaker 1: the reverend that called us on talking Tuesday and gave
Speaker 1: Dak a nice pep talk, a nice little faith speech.
Speaker 1: I showed Dak the entire video. He watched every single
Speaker 1: second of it, and he loved it. He loved it.
Speaker 1: He was buying in said thanks for showing. Let's go.
Speaker 1: So there's a little motivation. So mine is saying, have
Speaker 1: some faith, have some faith. Things aren't perfect, they're never
Speaker 1: going to be perfect. But just like we said earlier,
Speaker 1: you only get one moment. This moment is here, one
Speaker 1: time to knock off the best to ever do it.
Speaker 1: Potentially simmed him off, send him out of there. I
Speaker 1: don't know if that's actually gonna happen in terms of
Speaker 1: the postseason stuff or the offseason stuff. Whatever, do your
Speaker 1: job and get it done this weekend. You got one moment,
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Speaker 1: teams anyway for the value. So what we would do
Speaker 1: is take take this moment at for quick news and
Speaker 1: note Ryan Jensen, okay, not only starting tackle for the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But the anchor and leader of that
Speaker 1: offensive line, not the glue guy, the glue guy, the anchor. Um,
Speaker 1: he's he's back to practicing. It's been on ir you know,
Speaker 1: the entire season. Still in his twenty one day window though. Um,
Speaker 1: but I'll read this from Tampa Bay. He's our center, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Jensen's their centers. Yeah, he's there. Tampa Bay Times said
Speaker 1: that they since quote unquote, since no momentum um for
Speaker 1: Jensen plane on Monday. Now, of course that comment was
Speaker 1: made on Thursday. Several days remained between now and then,
Speaker 1: and you also look at what's on the for Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: I personally believe he takes the field, even if the
Speaker 1: trainers have to get creative hint hint. But as it stands,
Speaker 1: just for just so Cowboys fans know from a from
Speaker 1: an objective standpoint, Ryan Jensen. It's being reported that there
Speaker 1: is no momentum that he plays. But I wouldn't necessarily
Speaker 1: take that bait prepare for him and I can't speak
Speaker 1: to this with confidence, but I can speak to it
Speaker 1: based by my opinion. I think Jensen is one of
Speaker 1: the key factors as to why its on Brady came back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you're right. I try wholeheartedly believe as long
Speaker 1: as he had his center he was coming back. And
Speaker 1: as soon as he said he was coming back, Jensen
Speaker 1: went down with the injury. All right. So now that
Speaker 1: we have it all on the table, have it all
Speaker 1: out in front for you to make your decisions, it's
Speaker 1: time to make them. Take them for trying to pick
Speaker 1: up games. We've got our special guest, Abe in Las Vegas.
Speaker 1: What's up, Babe? You're on talking cowboys? What's going on?
Speaker 1: Gentlemen to you? Guys were taking my call first time
Speaker 1: calling them, but just want to say I love listen
Speaker 1: to the show. Listen you guys every day. That's awesome. Well, Abe,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for the support. You ready to
Speaker 1: pick some games and take Isaiah down? All right, here
Speaker 1: we go. Let's start things off in the NFC West rematch.
Speaker 1: This is the Seattle Seahawks squeaking into the playoffs by
Speaker 1: the skin of their teeth. Can they take down brock
Speaker 1: Purty in the San Francisco forty nine ers. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: start with Patrick. Let's get crazy. I crave chaos, violence,
Speaker 1: Gino with the win Yozy, That's what I'm talking about,
Speaker 1: give me San Francisco to win it, and they win
Speaker 1: in buy multiple scores. Abe who you got? I think
Speaker 1: San Francisco Geason's playing so well right now. They're playing
Speaker 1: really collectively. San Francisco Seattle for here. See, here's the thing.
Speaker 1: I want San Francisco. I want to see San Francisco.
Speaker 1: I want to see Philly. I want to see Minnesota.
Speaker 1: I want to see whoever the heck we're gonna play
Speaker 1: in the second round. You got. That's good for you.
Speaker 1: Y'all know them from Seattle. But I'm not. I'm not
Speaker 1: a fan. I'm not a fan boy. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. I'm a fan of Seattle anything right, But
Speaker 1: you're such a lie. I'm a fan of Seattle. But
Speaker 1: I'm a realist at the same time, you guys, notice,
Speaker 1: I truly think that Seattle is gonna gonna bust San
Speaker 1: fran into mouth and cant I'm slipping. That's how I feel.
Speaker 1: I truly believe that. No, do I think that Seattle
Speaker 1: is a better team. No, I don't think Seattle is
Speaker 1: a better team. I think that Seattle is lucky to
Speaker 1: even be in the playoffs this year, based upon the
Speaker 1: year that they had this offseason. But I think that
Speaker 1: if anybody can sneak and bust san Fran in the
Speaker 1: mouth because they play each other so often. Yeah, Pete Carroll,
Speaker 1: like you even saw him throw a little shade out there. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: we're playing them forty nine ers. I think Walker goes
Speaker 1: off in this game, and I think that Seattle wins. Okay,
Speaker 1: maybe all right, how about the birds? Uh, let's go
Speaker 1: with the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Los Angeles Chargers and
Speaker 1: all time hair matchup. Trevor Lawrence going up against Justin Herbert,
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks that are always trending upward. Right now, able
Speaker 1: to let you start on this one, Chargers at Jags.
Speaker 1: You know what, after seeing what the Jags did to
Speaker 1: us a few weeks back, Um, they obviously have a
Speaker 1: legitimate offense. I'm gonna give them a close one. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the jackson all right, Isaac. I believe that
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson is back and back for vengeance, and I
Speaker 1: think that he is gonna send Brandon Staley to the
Speaker 1: uneployment office, and you'll have to go go ahead and start
Speaker 1: those conversations up. He's in the playoffs. He'll be going home.
Speaker 1: Oh oh okay. I'm taking Peterson in the playoffs over
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley every day of the week, especially at home.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a game here Jacksonville takes give me
Speaker 1: the shock shock, give me the Chargers getting to win
Speaker 1: on the road. Jacksonville is not a tough place to
Speaker 1: play in terms of like a playoff atmosphere. They will
Speaker 1: give they ever had to the military. It'll be Rock Peterson,
Speaker 1: greater than sign Us Naval Base will be there, all right.
Speaker 1: Dolphins on the road against the Bills. Give me the Bills, Bills, Bills, Bills,
Speaker 1: all right, that one's quick, all right. Giants after Vikings,
Speaker 1: Minnesota trying to take down the NFC East for the
Speaker 1: first time at home this postseason, Patrick, and they won't
Speaker 1: do it. Giants are gonna go in and upset the
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. Wow, you were all over chaos this, but
Speaker 1: I've been on I've said, alas, get a host of
Speaker 1: the matchups were set. I said, the Giants are gonna
Speaker 1: go in. Minnesota doesn't typically play well on their own field.
Speaker 1: They can be head, they can be head. Dallas gonna
Speaker 1: somehow host a playoff game next weekend. If both of
Speaker 1: those come true, bable, I think the Giants are gonna
Speaker 1: bust Minnes inconsistent Minnesota Vikings in the Mountain. We've seen
Speaker 1: what they are. You are who we thought you were.
Speaker 1: Hebe who you got. You know. I went to the
Speaker 1: Giants and upset as well. I think Dousins time time
Speaker 1: demons will come back and haunt him again. Give me
Speaker 1: the Vikings to get the land. I'm sorry. Ravens on
Speaker 1: the road against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals have been
Speaker 1: playing really well as of late. Give me, give me
Speaker 1: Cincy to get the win over a banged up Ravens team.
Speaker 1: They still don't necessarily know if Lamar's playing right? Does
Speaker 1: that come out yet? It doesn't seem like he is.
Speaker 1: It doesn't look like he's gonna play. No, give me,
Speaker 1: no Lamar, no chance, give me Joe Burrowing Company. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think Lamar Jackson has pulled a David Chappelle from
Speaker 1: Blue Streaking. But it can come hold us as a
Speaker 1: old discombobulated right now. So I'm gonna go ahead and
Speaker 1: take uh yeah, Cincinnati Cincy? All right, Hey, yeah, I
Speaker 1: give coin for sure. Joe Cool, I like it, all right,
Speaker 1: here's the one and we've all been waiting for. We'll
Speaker 1: have to wait a little bit longer. Seven fifteen on
Speaker 1: Monday Night football ESPN kickoff between the Dallas Cowboys, America's team,
Speaker 1: the number one most watched team in the NFL, versus
Speaker 1: the most decorated quarterback in NFL history, Tom Brady and
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's wild card weekend? Can things
Speaker 1: get wild down in Tampa Bay? Abe? Who you got
Speaker 1: in this one? Let's go boys. We gotta bring this
Speaker 1: one home. We gotta finally get one. Uh, we gotta
Speaker 1: get a little friends on Tom Brady, Boys win thirty
Speaker 1: twenty seven, thirty twenty seven and a tight one, Abe
Speaker 1: from Las Vegas, Thanks so much for calling us. Appreciate
Speaker 1: you taking some time and appreciate your cooys. There you
Speaker 1: go go Cowboys. I say we'll start with you. Who
Speaker 1: who I want? I think? Huh, all right. I do
Speaker 1: think that Seattle wins. I do think that Minnesota loses.
Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be a lot of disruption before
Speaker 1: this game, and I think it's gonna be set up
Speaker 1: for Dallas to have a nice, little clean road through
Speaker 1: the playoffs. But I'm not sure and I don't wholeheartedly
Speaker 1: believe that they're gonna be able to stop this offensive attack.
Speaker 1: I love Dan Quinn, but I don't know if he
Speaker 1: has the personnel to stop this this ambush that's about
Speaker 1: to happen. So I gotta go on Tampa Bay. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: I don't want to say that, but that's just when
Speaker 1: my heart says to one, Okay. I think the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: uh cow blows get exchanged early in the script, it
Speaker 1: plays from both teams um. Then the Cowboys start to
Speaker 1: pull away, and then Tom Brady does Tom Brady stuff
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, and this comes down to a
Speaker 1: Brett Maher kick and he makes it twenty seven twenty
Speaker 1: four Cowboys onto the Divisional round twenty four. See. I
Speaker 1: think it's a little different than what you guys are
Speaker 1: saying I do. I think. I think Dallas comes out
Speaker 1: with a chip on their shoulder. I think they come
Speaker 1: out I think they kick their ass in the first half.
Speaker 1: I think they're by multiple scores going into halftime, and
Speaker 1: then they hold on down the stretch and don't even
Speaker 1: let the gap close. I'm just saying it's gonna be
Speaker 1: right there. They're gonna take care of business. They're gonna
Speaker 1: get the crowd, the crowd out of it early. Give
Speaker 1: me the Cowboys to win it. Thirty one seventeen on
Speaker 1: the road, thirty one seventeen Cowboys. They get the job done.
Speaker 1: And that is what we will bring to an in
Speaker 1: this week here on Talking Cowboys. You guys ready, let's go.
Speaker 1: Let's playoff time, y'all. I hope they show us. I
Speaker 1: hope so too. Cowboys Nations show up at the watch
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Speaker 1: at the Miller Lighthouse out at AT and T Stadium.
Speaker 1: Chris Beam in the back, Isaiah stanback, Patrick Nose, walk around,
Speaker 1: Kyle Yeoman's enjoy the game, everybody, seven fifteen kickoff on ESPN. Cowboys, Buccaneers.
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