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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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Speaker 1: It is Friday, October sixteenth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number forty six. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break.

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Speaker 1: I got Nick Eatman here live with me in the

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Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage Studios. Got Amber and Dave on the show.

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Speaker 1: Dave looking a little perplexed. I don't know why we'll

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Speaker 1: get into that. I'm sure at some point during the show,

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Speaker 1: and uh, we're gonna start first though, talking a little

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Speaker 1: bit about Mike McCarthy had a press conference. He talked

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Speaker 1: about two players. Will get some updates on on those guys.

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Speaker 1: Then we'll get you guys ready for Cowboys Versus Cardinals

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Speaker 1: that happens this Monday night. I have a series of

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Speaker 1: questions I'm going to pose to these guys and it'll

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Speaker 1: get you ready for the show. And then we're gonna

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Speaker 1: take some time to hear from you guys. If you

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Speaker 1: have questions, make sure you get on Twitter. You hit

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Speaker 1: Amber up. She can make sure that your question gets

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Speaker 1: answered as many as we can get to. So hopefully

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Speaker 1: answering fan questions because we very rarely get to do

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Speaker 1: questions on this show because Nick and Dave talked too much.

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Speaker 1: All right, so let's jump right in. Let's talk about

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy and somebody with the eight hundred word rundown

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Speaker 1: maybe needs to take some responsibility for what we do

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Speaker 1: and don't do on the show. Hey man, I'm just

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Speaker 1: calling it like I see it. You know, I'm just

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Speaker 1: saying yea. Also, that's okay. I was just I was

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Speaker 1: trying to look curious and engaged, and I came off

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Speaker 1: looking confused. Okay, good, good good. I'm glad you weren't confused.

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Speaker 1: So I'm actually gonna go to you first. You tell

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Speaker 1: me what a coach McCarthy you have to say about

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Speaker 1: Layton Vanderesh I guess, and what his prospects look like

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Speaker 1: going into this game Monday night. He said he looked

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, we talked about this last week.

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Speaker 1: You just have to readjust your expectations for the practice

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Speaker 1: week today. This practice that's happening as we speak is

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Speaker 1: so this is really where they're going to find out

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Speaker 1: of that, I just I'm you know, I think Nick

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens, but very fast progress for

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Speaker 1: Layton Vanderesh. Nick talk to me about Randy Gregg. He's

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Speaker 1: a guy that seemed to get some rave reviews, not

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Speaker 1: from Jerry to Stephen to players, and we're talking about

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Speaker 1: what what Zeke said. Dave Dave wrote an article about it.

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Speaker 1: What part of the Arizona offense is it that Alice

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Speaker 1: Where does Arizona rank? You got Seattle, you got the Rams,

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Speaker 1: But I assume they wouldn't put him out there if

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Speaker 1: he wasn't ready, So it can't hurt. But I can't

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Speaker 1: bring myself to believe that it will definitely make a

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Speaker 1: tangible difference because it's been I mean other than like

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Speaker 1: two possessions against the Rams. It's been a year since

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Speaker 1: the guys played football, and we've already seen basically all

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Speaker 1: of these guys have struggled to adapt to a new scheme.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that Layton vander esh won't have those

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Speaker 1: same problems. You know, he's gonna need time to get

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Speaker 1: his feet underneath him, get comfortable, get back to playing

436
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Speaker 1: fast and playing with his instincts as he tries to

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Speaker 1: learn a new scheme for the first time in his

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Speaker 1: pro career. So it'll be nice to have him out there,

439
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Speaker 1: but I can't bring myself to say, like, yes, they

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Speaker 1: will definitely be a lot better right away because of that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a really great point. I didn't think about how

442
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Speaker 1: long he has been since he's played a full NFL game.

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Speaker 1: NFL games, that's a long time. So I guess we

444
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Speaker 1: do need to temper our expectations just a bit, even

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Speaker 1: if he even if he plays this week. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's move on. The next question I have for you

447
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Speaker 1: guys is, let's assume for a second that the defense

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Speaker 1: can continues to be what it has been through the

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Speaker 1: first five games. How likely are the Cowboys to win

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Speaker 1: a shootout without Dak Prescott. Amber, Let's start with you.

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Speaker 1: I think it's possible. I think that that Andy Dalton

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Speaker 1: has the experience and all that, and I mean, look

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Speaker 1: at the moment of the game that he came in

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Speaker 1: last week against the Giants. I mean that was towards

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Speaker 1: the end of the game, and my question would be, Okay,

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Speaker 1: can a player kind of kick in full gear towards

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Speaker 1: that that last quarter of the game. And based on

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Speaker 1: that little, tiny, small amount that we got to see

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Speaker 1: from him, I think I think it's possible. He has

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Speaker 1: the arm. I've seen him be very accurate and precise

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Speaker 1: with his throw, So I don't think that if the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys lose, it wouldn't necessarily be because of the quarterback

463
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Speaker 1: not being able to keep up with what is being

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Speaker 1: asked and required to do. Dave, let's be very fair

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Speaker 1: to Andy Dalton. And I mean, like I'm the president

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Speaker 1: of the Dak Prescott fan club, but they weren't winning

467
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Speaker 1: more of these games than they were losing when he

468
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Speaker 1: was doing this. I mean, that's a testament to how

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Speaker 1: sloppy they've been. So if they wind up in the

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Speaker 1: type of shootouts that they've been in these first five weeks.

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Speaker 1: It's probably not just because the defense is bad, but

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Speaker 1: the offense is continuing to not do anybody any favors.

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Speaker 1: And they couldn't overcome that when Dak was here. So

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Speaker 1: I have a hard time believing anybody else is going

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Speaker 1: to be able to do it either. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: absolutely have to play cleaner on offense to win games, period,

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Speaker 1: no matter how high scoring it gets. Agree, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I agree with with both. I mean, I think he

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Speaker 1: can get the job done. But again, it doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: if it's Dak or him. It's not a recipe for

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Speaker 1: success to go winning games to do to keep playing

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Speaker 1: that way, and so you know they need I think

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Speaker 1: with him, they need to get a lead and they

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Speaker 1: need to play that way and it'll help with Zeke,

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Speaker 1: and I think it'll be it would be better for Dak,

486
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Speaker 1: just like it would be better for Andy Dalton. So

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Speaker 1: I think, honestly, I don't I think Dave. They both

488
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Speaker 1: said it. They weren't winning games with shootouts. They really weren't.

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Speaker 1: They were one in three winning these shootouts. I guess

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Speaker 1: you could say now they're two and three in shootout games.

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Speaker 1: So that's not the way I don't think this team

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Speaker 1: needs to play suppressed with that defense. Yeah. The one

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Speaker 1: thing I will say is I think if they get

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Speaker 1: into situations where they're having to just throw the ball

495
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Speaker 1: fifty seven times, I think Dak kept them in games

496
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Speaker 1: like that, and they had opportunities and all those games

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Speaker 1: to win. They had opportunities to be in the game

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Speaker 1: at the end of the game, and if they could

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Speaker 1: have made a player two here or there, maybe they

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Speaker 1: win those games. I don't think it necessarily plays out

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Speaker 1: like that with Andy Dalton, and that's not because of

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. That's because of what they got on the

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Speaker 1: offensive line. I think if teams are lining up with

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Speaker 1: the knowing Dallas is throwing the ball, I don't think

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Speaker 1: this offensive line can hold up for him. And I

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Speaker 1: think they're they are less concerned about the fact that

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Speaker 1: he's going to break the pocket and hit him for

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Speaker 1: a big play. And I think they were with Dak.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they would be with Andy Dalton. And

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Speaker 1: we've talked about it. Yeah, Andy can move around and

511
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: probably can pick up some yards here and there. I

512
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: don't think teams will necessarily be worried about that, and

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Speaker 1: I think that makes them not be as slow incoming

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Speaker 1: to get him, and I think that could be a

515
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Speaker 1: problem for the Cowboys. I think the Cowboys need to

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Speaker 1: keep that that that amount of passes down under forty

517
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Speaker 1: in my opinion, to give themselves the best chance to win.

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Speaker 1: And if they getting to shootout where they're doing what

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Speaker 1: they were doing earlier in the year, I don't think

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Speaker 1: they have much of a shot with what they've done

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Speaker 1: on the offensive line. With what they're doing on the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, I have to go back and watching that game.

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Speaker 1: We didn't really talk about that much. What do you

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Speaker 1: guys think about the offensive line play in the game

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Speaker 1: against the Giants. Let's start first with you, Nick. I thought,

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Speaker 1: you know, I thought they did okay. I mean it

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00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,119
Speaker 1: wasn't it wasn't great, but you know, they ran the

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Speaker 1: ball at times when they needed to. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think Brandon and I just continues to get better.

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Speaker 1: It looks like Steele had you know, still finished the game.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's good for him. You know, that's what

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Speaker 1: the first time in a couple of weeks that he's

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Speaker 1: done that, and so that was good. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: wasn't it wasn't overly impressed, but it was it was

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Speaker 1: definitely good enough to win, and you know that those

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Speaker 1: guys are going to continue to try to get better here.

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Speaker 1: What do you think, Dave, I think we I mean,

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Speaker 1: we mentioned this a little bit earlier in the week.

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Speaker 1: I was I was very impressed with the interior three,

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Speaker 1: particularly you know, Tyler Bodest making his first official start.

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Speaker 1: I know he got snaps the weeks before, but his

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Speaker 1: first real start, I thought he was really encouraging. And then,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's always a good thing when you say

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00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 1: you don't notice the tackle play like. That's not to

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00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 1: say they were perfect, but they certainly you know, they

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00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: weren't jumping off the screen because your quarterback wasn't getting

547
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: annihilated every two or three snaps. So encouraging, But just

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Speaker 1: like everything we say about that game, it doesn't I mean,

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Speaker 1: it just doesn't say a whole lot to me. The

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00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: Giants don't exactly have a ton of horses there. And

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Speaker 1: this week it's going to be really interesting. But you know,

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Speaker 1: Chandler Jones is out, so it's not the traditional oh

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00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: they gotta they gotta watch that guy, because this is

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Speaker 1: going to be a strain on the entire offensive line,

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00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: because there's gonna be pressure coming from every different angle.

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00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,959
Speaker 1: You know, Bucky talked about how the Cardinals like to blitz.

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Speaker 1: They've got through four or five guys with two sacks

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Speaker 1: on this defense, and so you know it might not

559
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: be all on the tackles this week. And I gotta

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Speaker 1: be honest, I'm pretty concerned at the communication aspect of it,

561
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,719
Speaker 1: because you got a lot of new guys, a lot

562
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: of guys who haven't played a lot of games, and

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Speaker 1: they're gonna need to be picking stuff up. This is

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Speaker 1: a week where Zeke Elliott can really show his value

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Speaker 1: in that regard because they're gonna need him to pick

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Speaker 1: up some pressure. I would guess amber I agree with

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Speaker 1: everything they just said. I don't remember a moment in

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Speaker 1: the game of watching that game where I was like, man,

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00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: these guys suck. They need to figure something out. So

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Speaker 1: when you don't notice something sometimes it's not a bad thing.

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Speaker 1: And I know that the Diack injury was the high

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00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 1: life and the main headline of the week, but win't

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Speaker 1: start the week either talking about Man, the Cowboys need

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00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: to shuffle this old line and kind of rethink where

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00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: they want to place some of these guys and move around.

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Speaker 1: So I guess as of if we're specifically judging about

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Speaker 1: from the Giants game, that were just okay, And hopefully

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Speaker 1: that's something that we don't notice this week either. One

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Speaker 1: thing I will point out, I went back this morning actually,

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Speaker 1: and I went and watched all the offensive plays just

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Speaker 1: starting just looking directly at the offensive line. One thing

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Speaker 1: I was a little bit shocked at is Brandon Knight actually,

583
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: in my opinion, had more bad plays in that game

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00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: than I'd seen him have in some of the previous games.

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00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: There were some moments in that game where where Dak

586
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: basically billed him out. Dak got rid of the ball

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00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: quickly on situations where there would have been sacks otherwise.

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Speaker 1: And when I look at it, really even in the

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00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: running game, they really were getting a lot of success.

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00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: They were getting in the running game, especially early on

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Speaker 1: the right side, not on the left side. You know,

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00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: Connor Williams still has some issues with power and there

593
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: was one play particularly where he basically got washed all

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Speaker 1: the way from his side over to the right side

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00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: to blow up to play. The right side actually blocked

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00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: the play really well, but Connor gets washed into the

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Speaker 1: running back and and it ends up only being a

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Speaker 1: few yards for Zeke. But overall, I agree with you guys.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't like killer offensive line play. It wasn't the

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Speaker 1: kind offensive line play that completely stops your offense from

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Speaker 1: being able to operate. And obviously they were able to

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Speaker 1: get results in the run game, so I was pretty

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Speaker 1: excited about what I saw watching it. Overall, I do

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Speaker 1: think there's still some issues there, particularly on the left

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Speaker 1: side and particularly at the tackle spots. They did help

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Speaker 1: still quite a bit, but I'm still a little bit

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Speaker 1: concerned about that, and I'm definitely concerned against a team

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Speaker 1: like this that's going to bring pressure from a lot

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Speaker 1: of places. Dave, you have something I just I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that we give Dak enough credit for

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Speaker 1: how Night and Day better he is at navigating an

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Speaker 1: unclean pocket. I mean, he's, you know, go turn on

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Speaker 1: some tape from twenty seventeen and see how he's, you know,

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Speaker 1: bringing his eyes down to basically panicking trying to get

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Speaker 1: away from pressure. He's so much better at that than

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Speaker 1: he used to be. Yeah, and to be very honest,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know how good Andy Dalton

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Speaker 1: is at it. I'll I confess I haven't watched a

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Speaker 1: ton of like tape of the Bengals over the last

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Speaker 1: four or five years. So I mean that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: big if an unclean pocket, because let's be honest, you're

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Speaker 1: not going to have it very often with what you're

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Speaker 1: working with on the offensive line. All Right, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: take our final break when we come back. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: ask a very simple question, two very simple questions to

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Speaker 1: you guys. If there's one player you have to identify

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Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball, and then one

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Speaker 1: player on the defensive side of the ball that needs

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Speaker 1: a great game in order for Dallas to win. Who

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Speaker 1: will it be? Do that when we come right back.

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Speaker 1: Cowboys versus Cardinals. Got a simple question for each of

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Speaker 1: you guys, will start first on the offensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball. Give me one player that if he needs

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Speaker 1: to have If if there's one player has to have

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Speaker 1: a great game in order for them to win, who

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Speaker 1: will it be offensive? Let's start with you Amber. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna cheat a little bit, but that's okay. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: choose Zekiel Elliott. I think that the Cowboys, if they're

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Speaker 1: successful at running the game one, it would mean that

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Speaker 1: the offensive line was doing their job as well. So

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Speaker 1: Zeke once he gets you know, we've seen it, We've

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Speaker 1: seen it happened that the Cowboys tend to win games

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Speaker 1: when Zeke has a good day of running the ball.

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Speaker 1: So I think that's gonna help the defense as well.

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Speaker 1: And it's just overall, if Zike has a good game,

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Speaker 1: it just kind of, in my mind, starts aligning everything else.

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Speaker 1: So that's my offensive player that needs to have a

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Speaker 1: great game. Nick can't argue. I mean it is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that is the answer. I'll see if I can come

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Speaker 1: up with somebody else. But but I mean, she's right,

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Speaker 1: it is if he could play a great game, then

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Speaker 1: great games mean that they're running the ball well, or

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Speaker 1: he's picking up blitz is like Dave mentioned earlier, or

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Speaker 1: you know, like he's maybe catching some screens out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield. We might see a little bit more of

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Speaker 1: the screens. It's what Bucky was saying. So yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I definitely think Zeke's the guy that needs to have

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Speaker 1: a really good game. But but I'll also say that,

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Speaker 1: you know, Dalton Schultz because blitz is are going to

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Speaker 1: come from all areas here and he's you know, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna have to be able to pick that up, and

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Speaker 1: if not, you need to be hot and be ready

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Speaker 1: to go turn around, boom five yards, get up to field.

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Speaker 1: So I could see the tight end really being a

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Speaker 1: safety valve here for Andy Dalton, and I think Dalton

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Speaker 1: schultzon needs to have a big game. Dave, I got

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Speaker 1: one for you, all right, guy by the name of

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Speaker 1: Tyler Beatish, because again we just we just talked about this.

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Speaker 1: It's you know, the Saint Miles Garrett. This is gonna

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Speaker 1: of different places. A lot of that's on the center

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Speaker 1: to identify the protections, get him into the right ones,

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Speaker 1: make sure everybody's on the same page. And then obviously

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Speaker 1: in the run game, he needs to be a viable

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Speaker 1: blocker there as well. So if he's not playing well,

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Speaker 1: they will probably struggle to run the ball and they're

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Speaker 1: gonna get sacked four or five times and ruin some drives.

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Speaker 1: So he needs to be on his fees and cues.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Zeke is a good answer too, obviously, but

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Speaker 1: if you want something a little more outside the box,

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Speaker 1: that would be my answer. You know, actually that's a

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Speaker 1: great point, Dave, And I'll tell each you guys get

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Speaker 1: a chance to go back and watch some of that

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Speaker 1: Giant's game at the beginning, at the early part the

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Speaker 1: first two or three series. Notice how there were a

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Speaker 1: he didn't completely pass him off, and so the guy

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Speaker 1: get into a hole and you'd have an offensive I

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Speaker 1: saw in one place still was literally just standing in

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Speaker 1: space while there was a defender running towards the quarterback

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Speaker 1: like it's just it seems like and it wasn't just

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Speaker 1: a situation of one guy getting beat. It was situations

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Speaker 1: where they haven't played enough as a as a unit

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Speaker 1: of five to really understand, Okay, how long do I

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Speaker 1: need to hold this guy before I passed him off

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Speaker 1: to you? And who's gonna take who on each of

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Speaker 1: these plays? And so that's a great point, Dave, when

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Speaker 1: you talk about Tyler beatis, he's gonna be the ones

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Speaker 1: gonna have to make those calls, and it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: up to the five to play as one unit rather

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Speaker 1: than those individuals. All right, let's go to the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball. Let's start first with you, Dave. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: who is the one player that has to have a

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Speaker 1: great day for the Cowboys to win. I'm just gonna

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Speaker 1: keep saying Jalen Smith probably every week because even and

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Speaker 1: to his credit, he well, I mean, you can say

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Speaker 1: the linebackers, but I mean Jalen Smith is still I mean,

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Speaker 1: Offensives are going to try to take advantage of him

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Speaker 1: in space until he consistently proves that they can't do it,

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Speaker 1: and he played great. He played great last week. I'm

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Speaker 1: not trying to but it's a whole new challenge and

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Speaker 1: maybe the most elusive quarterback in the NFL, certainly one

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Speaker 1: of them, and that's just that's what scares me. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones had some success doing that last week. It

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Speaker 1: didn't kill him too much, but extending plays getting away

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Speaker 1: from pressure, he didn't hurt him running, but Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: will if he's able to get outside of the pocket

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Speaker 1: or if the pass rush can't get him on the ground,

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Speaker 1: um so in and then in addition to coverage, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean Jalen Smith is It's it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a challenge and for Layton too if he plays. The

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Speaker 1: linebackers are just going to have to be able to

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Speaker 1: limit the impact that he can do as a as

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Speaker 1: a runner. Nick Xavier Woods, and I say that safety

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Speaker 1: to be. But whoever the safety is going to be

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Speaker 1: that also has his eyes on DeAndre Hopkins because they

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Speaker 1: can't just let one corner go out. Whoever that is,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna say it's Xavier Woods, it might be

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Speaker 1: Diamond Wilson or Stephen Parker or whoever whoever else. Darian Thompson.

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Speaker 1: Thompson played more than I thought he would for a

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Speaker 1: guy that got benched. He's stills out there on Nickel

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Speaker 1: whoever it is that's going to be cheating over there

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Speaker 1: to watch DeAndre Hopkins and be with him on some

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Speaker 1: of those jump balls. That safety has to have a

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Speaker 1: really good game because you cannot let DeAndre hopk to

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Speaker 1: just go crazy on them. So that's that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: my pick. As Zeger woods Emper, I'm with Nick on

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Speaker 1: this one. The defense, it's having so much problems, so

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Speaker 1: many problems that it's hard to say, okay this, I

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Speaker 1: need this one specific guy to to have a great

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Speaker 1: game in order for them to win. It goes far

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Speaker 1: beyond than that. So if I had to pick someone,

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Speaker 1: I would go with whatever whoever the dB is that's

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Speaker 1: trying to cover h Deannder Hopkins, mainly because not only

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Speaker 1: is it Hopkins, but two in previous game we've seen

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Speaker 1: how there's so much freaking separation between a receiver and

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Speaker 1: separation and allow them to get in the end, Zoe.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's been killing them this whole season, so uh,

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Speaker 1: that would be my answer. Whoever's on Hopkins watch, all right,

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Speaker 1: here's we're gonna do. We're gonna take the final five

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Speaker 1: a question or two in from the fans. Amber, what

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Speaker 1: do we have? We'll go, We'll get it. We'll get

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Speaker 1: what when When you're talking about the comparison between Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton and Dak Prescott, do you guys believe that Dalton

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Speaker 1: actually does need less time to get red red red

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Speaker 1: of the ball as opposed to what Dak Prescott was

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Speaker 1: having to deal with. So basically, can Andy Dalton get

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Speaker 1: rid of the ball faster? Yeah? I think he can

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Speaker 1: get rid of the ball. I mean, anybody get rid

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Speaker 1: of the ball fast. But I think the question is

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Speaker 1: is that when that linebacker or defensive vents on his

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Speaker 1: back like it's a sack with Dak like he might

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Speaker 1: just shake him off or whatever and stiff arm the

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Speaker 1: guy and keep going. I mean, I think that's the

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Speaker 1: elusiveness is probably the big difference there and avoiding sacks

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Speaker 1: He can get rid of the ball quickly. I think

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Speaker 1: he'll recognize things fairly quickly. Um. But but I think

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Speaker 1: the biggest difference is going to be just avoiding the sacks.

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Speaker 1: It's an interesting point that, you know, maybe, and I'll

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Speaker 1: take Dak's playmaking ability every day of the week, but

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is probably more likely to concede defeat, you know, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: which can be a good thing because Dak not conceding

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Speaker 1: defeat sometimes leads to turnovers. So, you know, I don't

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Speaker 1: I don't think Dak had a problem getting rid of

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Speaker 1: Dalton will be a little more willing to to, you know,

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Speaker 1: call it a loss and live to fight another day,

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Speaker 1: and maybe that can help him play a little bit cleaner.

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Speaker 1: It's something to consider. Yeah, I would say this too.

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Speaker 1: I think there's kind of this narrative out there that

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Speaker 1: Dak holds the ball too long at times because he's

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Speaker 1: and decisive. I don't think that's the case. In instances

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Speaker 1: doing he's actually trying to give his receivers time to

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Speaker 1: get open to make a big play, And that's the

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Speaker 1: balance that any quarterback has to play, and he's gonna

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Speaker 1: have the same balance to play, is okay? I see

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Speaker 1: that if I can give Gallop two more beats, he's

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Speaker 1: if I can hold, and then you try to hold.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes good things happen, sometimes bad things happen. You have

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Speaker 1: to figure out what moments in games. I remember Romo

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Speaker 1: the moment in the game that you feel like you

852
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 1: can take those kinds of chances where there are other

853
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: moments where you can't. But so so when you talk

854
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,320
Speaker 1: about holding on the ball, I don't think it's necessarily

855
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: a matter of canny get rid of the ball, quicker.

856
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: I think it's a matter of will he be prone

857
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 1: to doing that? And if he's prone to doing that,

858
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,839
Speaker 1: will he be willing to take the chances at times

859
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,400
Speaker 1: when he should take the chance to hold it a

860
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: little bit longer so he gives us receiver that opportunity

861
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: to make the big playdown feel Yep, I don't think

862
00:43:56,239 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: we have time for another question there. Yeah, we're picking games.

863
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we are picking Yeah, Like I'm just gonna

864
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: say screw that show that comes after us. But either way,

865
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: all right, so let's go to that. Let's go to predictions.

866
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: Let's go to predictions. I know, right, let's go to

867
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 1: the predictions. Let's start first with you Amber, who's gonna

868
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 1: win this game? What's gonna happen? Oh? Okay? Then think

869
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: I will go um. I think you know, I think

870
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: that the Dallas Cowboys star attracts, loves attracting drama and

871
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: loves keeping you on your toes and guessing and all that.

872
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: So I think that mainly because of that, this is

873
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a game where, although I don't trust the

874
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 1: Cowboys defense whatsoever, I still think that that there the

875
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: offense is gonna manage to just be the one who

876
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: walks out of the game scoring the most points. It's

877
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a game where we're gonna start hearing about,

878
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 1: oh well, maybe the Cowboys don't need to give Dak

879
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: a big contract. Maybe Andy Dalton can be the guy

880
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 1: that they can stay with. So all of that drama

881
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:04,839
Speaker 1: it's coming our way. I feel it, or I think so,

882
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys for you out a way to win

883
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,799
Speaker 1: this game. And also because of Dock's injury. I think

884
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,359
Speaker 1: that the energy around the team and the building it's

885
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,919
Speaker 1: a little different to where I feel like maybe they're

886
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: playing to get this win for Dick again. So Cowboys win,

887
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 1: I would say something like thirty five, thirty two. It's

888
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: gonna be a close game, all right, Nick, You know

889
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: what's been the Cowboys record here in the last decade

890
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: or so. It seems like every year they finish eight

891
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:43,399
Speaker 1: and eight, Well and eight, okay, so if they win,

892
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: they'll be what three and three. That seems on track

893
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: to me. And I like both points the Amber made.

894
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: I do because it's crazy weird NFL and that just

895
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 1: when you think this happens, it goes the other way.

896
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 1: I do think the energy Monday night football, I think

897
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: it'll be going there now. Again, you have to you

898
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: have to fight that off from the Cardinals because this

899
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: is it's just like what you know the Yankees have

900
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,440
Speaker 1: and Notre Dame has and all that. You may not

901
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 1: make good enough to handle it, but like teams come

902
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:11,720
Speaker 1: in and they see that, they're like, oh, we're getting

903
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: to give them an you know, the everything they've got.

904
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: I still think the Cowboys find a way. I think

905
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: they play a cleaner game. I think Andy Dalton will

906
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:22,240
Speaker 1: be He'll play a good game, and I think Zeke's

907
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: gonna just ball out. I really believe so. And I

908
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,359
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys win. I like it close. I like

909
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:32,959
Speaker 1: thirty seven thirty six close, all right, Dave, no fighter?

910
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: Uh yeah. I don't think anybody is crazy to pick

911
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 1: the Cowboys in this game. It's you know, I think

912
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 1: the line is a dead heat, you know. And as

913
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: we keep saying, like the Cardinals aren't this amazing team,

914
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to say they're world beaters, but guess what,

915
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are pretty mediocre too, and they're beat to hell.

916
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: They don't have any of their good players, and even

917
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: if they get some of them back, I just I

918
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: don't think I believe that they are gonna make that

919
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,800
Speaker 1: instant impact that some people expect. I can't help but

920
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,320
Speaker 1: think about the fact that, you know, we keep expecting

921
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 1: them to play this clean game and it keeps not happening.

922
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 1: I think the Dak angle is really interesting. Maybe maybe

923
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:14,359
Speaker 1: they come out and play fired up for him. But

924
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 1: I can't help but think about the fact that Andy

925
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 1: Dalton fumbled a snap on one of his first possessions

926
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: in the game, So like, maybe he's got ball security

927
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: issues too. Maybe this is just who they are. But

928
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: with everything going against this team and from what we've

929
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:30,879
Speaker 1: seen from this defense, I can't bring myself to pick

930
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 1: Dallas to do this. Not, you know, I just I

931
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,359
Speaker 1: have nightmares about you know, Kyler Murray feels like he's

932
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: gonna run for one twenty in this game. I mean,

933
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a crazy competitive game. But I'll take

934
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 1: the team with the better quarterback and the less issues,

935
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 1: and I think Arizona wins thirty one twenty seven. All right.

936
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be an offensive game.

937
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: I think both offenses are going to score a ton

938
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 1: of points. I don't think it's gonna feel like a shootout, though.

939
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: I kind of think they're gonna be ebbs and flows

940
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:03,920
Speaker 1: to this game. They're gonna be moments when there's not

941
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 1: a lot of scoring. There're gonna be other moments there's

942
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:08,440
Speaker 1: gonna be bop you get quick scores. But I think

943
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: both offenses when you finish the game, they're gonna have

944
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: a lot of yards. They're gonna have a lot of points.

945
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 1: I do think, though, that the Cowboys end up getting

946
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: to win just because you know, I think it's kind

947
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:20,240
Speaker 1: of a pick them game and some I'm gonna default

948
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 1: to the Cowboys, but I think this is a toss up.

949
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 1: I think these teams they as you were saying earlier, Nicky,

950
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 1: these are two teams that, yeah, they're good. I mean

951
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: they're good. They have good offensive weapons, but they can't

952
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: get out of their own way, and so both will

953
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:34,920
Speaker 1: make mistakes. Both will also have some really big days.

954
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 1: I think Kyler Murray go to your point, Dave, I

955
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:39,800
Speaker 1: think Kyler Murray has see he's gonna approach that. I

956
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:42,000
Speaker 1: think he's gonna gonna approach one hundred yards rushing. I

957
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: think he's gonna have a field day on this defense

958
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: because they have not shown me yet that I can

959
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: rely on the fact that they're gonna stop the run.

960
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,839
Speaker 1: All that being said, I think Dallas ends up pulling

961
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 1: it out in a close when thirty seven thirty four

962
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: is my final score, and we'll see where it goes

963
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: from there. All right, we appreciate you guys joining us.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back on Tuesday. Remember there will be no

965
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: podcast on Monday because it is game day. We'll be

966
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 1: back on Tuesday. We'll tell you what went writing, what

967
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 1: went wrong for the Cowboys till then for Nick give mean,

968
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 1: Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton.

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