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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Player's Lane,

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Speaker 1: Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray and Newe Scrugs.

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Speaker 1: Happy Friday. All football fans, especially are Cowboys fans. Check

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Speaker 1: I'm NEWI Scrugs joined by Danny McCray. Mccraig used to

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Speaker 1: play for the Dallas Cowboys. Barry Churches taking the day

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Speaker 1: all four day working for Nostre Damas, So it's just

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Speaker 1: dmc and I ride with you for the next forty

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Speaker 1: five minutes getting you ready for Cowboys and Vikings, which

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Speaker 1: will be Sunday and US Bank Stadium in minip Minnesota. Danny,

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Speaker 1: if you played up there at that new Minnesota stadium,

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Speaker 1: I have not. I have not gotten a chance to

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Speaker 1: But seeing it on TV, it looks amazing. I heard

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Speaker 1: Do you say a many Jerry's World or is it

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Speaker 1: comfarable to say that it's Uh, it's on the same

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Speaker 1: because I mean, first off, the size, and that's a

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Speaker 1: start going to these other stadiums the size of Jerry

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Speaker 1: Minnesota just doesn't have that that seating capacity that they

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Speaker 1: noticed it is like, hey, it's not as big, but

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Speaker 1: is a very nice arena. I never got to go

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Speaker 1: to um the the old Metrodome, but uh, us US

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Speaker 1: And actually it was the first year it was open.

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Speaker 1: that got that got good fans up there. Obviously in

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Speaker 1: COVID everything is different, but um it is. I would

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Speaker 1: when COVID goes away here Danny look, so I will

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Speaker 1: list for places that I want to go, especially like

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Speaker 1: I heard it's crazy there. Um it was at Michigan

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Speaker 1: Californians don't build stadiums like they do in other places

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Speaker 1: whole life and my whole wardrobe was about the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: So when Christmas time came, you know, all right, if

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to buy me some clothes for Christmas,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to be some cowboy clothes. I was that

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Speaker 1: guy who had the blue cowboy jersey because everybody had

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Speaker 1: the white one. Everybody had the white twelve and the

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Speaker 1: white thirty three. I wanted the blue thirty three because

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Speaker 1: that way I showed you I was a real cowboy fan,

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Speaker 1: because I had the blue doorset thirty three. And that

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Speaker 1: was back when they used to have the blue jerseys

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Speaker 1: they seemingly could never win in So that that was

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Speaker 1: my thing. Man, the cowboy lunchbox, had the cowboy backpack,

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Speaker 1: had the cowboy raincoat. I mean, that was my whole thing, man, Cowboys, Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: For reading that, that pro shot AV just made me

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Speaker 1: kind of reminisced about itself. It's funny that you say that,

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Speaker 1: because as much as I don't remember about being involved

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Speaker 1: in football and liking football that much to where I

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Speaker 1: watched the NFL somebody in my family did, because I

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Speaker 1: want to say, two or three months ago, my mom

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Speaker 1: sitting me a picture with the Dion Sanders blue Dallas

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Speaker 1: Cowboys jersey on and I'm gonna send it to you

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Speaker 1: once we get off the show. And I looked at it,

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Speaker 1: I was like, I have no recollection of that, no

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Speaker 1: recollection of liking the Cowboys having a favorite player on

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Speaker 1: the team. So I'm assuming that my dad and one

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Speaker 1: of my uncle's got to be dressed in that and

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Speaker 1: tried to get me involved in it, but that blue one,

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Speaker 1: I had one as well. There you go, there you go. Okay.

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Speaker 1: So here's my belief on why Sunday's Cowboys Vikings game

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Speaker 1: should be the quickest game the Cowboys played this year.

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Speaker 1: Both teams have quarterbacks with question marks and Kirk Cousins

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Speaker 1: and Andy Dalton. We know Minnesota wants to run the football.

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Speaker 1: Kelln Moore should be trying to run the football as

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Speaker 1: well for the Dallas Cowboys. So if both teams are

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Speaker 1: running the football, then the clock should be running and

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Speaker 1: that should make this a quick football game. Danny, because

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Speaker 1: to me, this is the way for the cow If

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Speaker 1: they want to win, the way is through twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Get twenty one going, make teams, especially a defense like Minnesota,

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Speaker 1: make them commit to putting people in the box and

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Speaker 1: then try to go hit nineteen, then try to hit

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Speaker 1: Michael Gallop on a deep ball. I mean, this is

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Speaker 1: the formula that has won many a game for them.

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Speaker 1: Go back to that thing, Jerry Jones said on his

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Speaker 1: radio show today. They're improving, dog on it. Get that

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Speaker 1: run game going, and let's see what the Cowboys can do. Yeah, listen,

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Speaker 1: and to that extent, I can guarantee you from the

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Speaker 1: start of the game, no matter how we line up,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have eight in the box, all right. They're

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Speaker 1: going to force our quarterback, whoever's playing quarterback at whatever time,

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Speaker 1: to try to beat us with their arm. The thing

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Speaker 1: in the past, and I'm gonna keep harping on this

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Speaker 1: is when Jason Garrett was here, and when we were

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Speaker 1: focused on running the ball to some points, it didn't

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Speaker 1: matter how many guys you had in the box. They

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Speaker 1: knew that when they lined up against us, they could

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Speaker 1: put eight in the boxes, nine in the box. We

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Speaker 1: were going to run power, we were going to run stretch,

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Speaker 1: we were going to run draw, we were gonna run trap,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna run it at you and you were gonna

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Speaker 1: have to stop it. And guess who was the leading

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Speaker 1: Russia in the league Ezekiel Elliott. So now I don't

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Speaker 1: want us to get away from saying hey, just because

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Speaker 1: they put eight nine guys in the box, that automatically

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Speaker 1: forces us to have to throw the ball, because that

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Speaker 1: is the plan as it is now. As an offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator in the league in twenty twenty, you have to

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Speaker 1: figure out creative ways to find those those numbers that

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Speaker 1: are working in your favor for you to run it

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Speaker 1: to the left of the right. Don't get scared because

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Speaker 1: nine guys in the box. Give it to the ninety

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Speaker 1: million dollar guy, and if he gets two yards on first,

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Speaker 1: two yards on second, do not abandon the runs. Stick

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Speaker 1: to it, stick throughout the whole game. And I think

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Speaker 1: that we still have a chance. And like you said,

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Speaker 1: if we do that, it'll be a short game. Although

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Speaker 1: that Washington game was very short. I remember it being

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Speaker 1: over before three o'clock. So if it isn't any faster

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Speaker 1: than that, I hope it's in our favor. Now, the

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Speaker 1: folks who enjoy analytics. They'll all tell you, you know,

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Speaker 1: you guys runs throwing league and you need to pass

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Speaker 1: the balls. It's all about passing football. I go back

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Speaker 1: and look at and you can say, oh, you're just

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Speaker 1: being an old school, old head guy. But the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: have won five championships. And if you look at those

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Speaker 1: five championships, they did two things, Danny. They ran the

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Speaker 1: football the first one two POL six with Duwayne Thomas,

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Speaker 1: Super twelve, you had Robert Newhouse, and you had Tony Dorset,

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Speaker 1: and then in the nineties it was Emmitt Smith. But

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Speaker 1: they ran the football and they played outstanding defense. There's

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Speaker 1: no reason why you can't win with that strategy. In

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Speaker 1: today's football, you can still throw the football, but dog

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Speaker 1: gone it, get out here and start running it. Minnesota

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Speaker 1: has turned their season around by doing that. Cleveland this year.

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Speaker 1: Cleveland no longer looks like the Browns because they run

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Speaker 1: the football. And this is with them using a number

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Speaker 1: one pick overall on Baker Mayfield. And I think they've

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Speaker 1: been smart enough to realize while Baker may have been

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Speaker 1: the number one pick, he's not an elite quarterback. But

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Speaker 1: if they run the football and play sound defense, you

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Speaker 1: can be in a lot of football games. It was

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Speaker 1: a Bill Parcels recipe. Man, it was a recipe for

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Speaker 1: Bill Parcells, and this guy's in the Pro Football Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame. I'm not saying you can't ever throw the ball,

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Speaker 1: but dog gone it running it is still effective in

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Speaker 1: this league. Look, look, all you gotta do is look

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Speaker 1: at the eye to just watch a game. If you

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Speaker 1: watch the game last night, Seattle was able to win

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Speaker 1: that game because all of a sudden, Carlos High was

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Speaker 1: able to start breaking off some big runs. He took

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Speaker 1: a little pressure off of Russell Wilson. If you look

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Speaker 1: at when Church was in Jacksonville, their quarterback play was

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Speaker 1: not outstanding. They've won games by playing defense and running

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Speaker 1: the football with Leonard Fournette. This is a thing that

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Speaker 1: you could do to win. Nobody is going to go

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Speaker 1: out and say that Jacksonville that year was going to

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Speaker 1: be a top nice team with Blake Borders as the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: But once you watch them play, you said, these guys

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Speaker 1: are playing defense, they're focusing on the run, and they're

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Speaker 1: not putting their defense in bad situations. They're playing the

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Speaker 1: field position game. And they went to the NFC Championship

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Speaker 1: it is, you can do it. The teams that focus

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Speaker 1: on the run, especially in the winter months in December,

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Speaker 1: because the running game usually travels and it helps you

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. The teams that are able to do that,

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Speaker 1: those are the teams that win. Which is why you

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Speaker 1: see the Super Bowl champions go out and draft the

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Speaker 1: running back in the first round because they know that

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Speaker 1: they need a running game. It is not dead. You

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00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 1: still needed to win these games. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: what we meet. The focus on you made me go

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Speaker 1: and immediately just look up the highlights in the statistics

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Speaker 1: of last night. So the Seahawks ended up rushing the

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Speaker 1: ball thirty one times for one hundred and sixty five

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Speaker 1: yards average five point three yards of rush. They attempted

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Speaker 1: twenty eight passes in that football game, and they come

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Speaker 1: away twenty one winners, and more importantly, they came away

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Speaker 1: in first place in the division right now. So I'm

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Speaker 1: a believer that it works. But I also I go

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Speaker 1: back this with Pete Carroll. You know, Pete Carroll's the

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Speaker 1: guy who's always believed in running the football. When he

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Speaker 1: had Marshaw Lynch when he was at USC as great

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Speaker 1: as they had with Harte Heisman Trophy winners Matt Leiner

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Speaker 1: and Carson Carson Palmer. They always ran the football there

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Speaker 1: at USC and had a Highsman Trophy winning Reggie Bush

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Speaker 1: had Lindell White. I mean they ran the ball. You

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Speaker 1: can accomplish both. You can still pass it and run it.

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Speaker 1: But dog on it. Dallas Cowboys. Give me some runs

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. That's what I want to runs. If you're

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Speaker 1: not listening, listen, you're right, and I'm glad that you

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Speaker 1: use Pete Carroll as an example. A guy that always

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Speaker 1: focused on running and his teams won games by running

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Speaker 1: the ball. His one failure was the one time when

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Speaker 1: he decided he was going to pass the ball instead

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Speaker 1: of running. This. This is this should be an example

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Speaker 1: for us. Run the ball. You're going to fill. When

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Speaker 1: you don't, that's why you sit in last place in

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Speaker 1: the division because you haven't. You haven't been able to

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Speaker 1: focus on running the ball. He Carroll's example. He's a

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Speaker 1: running guy. He should focus on running the ball. Take

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Speaker 1: the ball out of quarterback hands and you get two

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Speaker 1: Super Bowls. Instead, you throw it, they pick it, you lose. Now,

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Speaker 1: let me let me ask this question, especially since you

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Speaker 1: played and you played for a couple of differ franchises.

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Speaker 1: Is this, you know, the people who want to run

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Speaker 1: the football. Is this mainly a defensive type of mindset here?

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Speaker 1: Because Pete Carroll's background is d defense. We mentioned Bill

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Speaker 1: Parcel's his background is defense, Bill Belichick. You know, even

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Speaker 1: though they've had Tom Brady, they've always complimented the run

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Speaker 1: there very well. In New England. He's a defensive He's

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Speaker 1: a defensive guy. That is that, you know, you know

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Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer, Okay, Zim's that he's a defensive guy here.

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Speaker 1: So is that Is that a part of it here

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Speaker 1: in your mind? I think to some extent. But I

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Speaker 1: remember when the Eagles had Chip Kelly and everybody thought

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Speaker 1: that that the up Temple offense was just focused on

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Speaker 1: all passes. They ran the ball very well. You know,

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Speaker 1: they focused on running the ball, even though that they

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Speaker 1: tried to speed the game up. And and Andy Reid

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Speaker 1: I told you they went in drafted they running back

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Speaker 1: in the first round because they know that they needed

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Speaker 1: to improve their running game. Even though that they're able

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Speaker 1: to throw it all over the place, the running game

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Speaker 1: is still a focal point and they know that there'll

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Speaker 1: be a better team if they're able to do that.

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Speaker 1: So I think to some extent, yeah, because you know,

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Speaker 1: I guess when you run the ball and you're able

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Speaker 1: to protect them and play that field position game, you

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Speaker 1: you always give your team a chance by playing good defense.

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Speaker 1: But this should be something that's around the league to

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Speaker 1: where you focus on running. You hear every commentator come

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Speaker 1: on and say, if a team is able to run

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Speaker 1: the ball, then they're able to control it and they

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Speaker 1: always have a chance to win the game. And all

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Speaker 1: offensive coordinators know that. Sometimes I think they just lose

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Speaker 1: it a little bit trying to get too creative and

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Speaker 1: you know, and use all the weapons that they have,

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Speaker 1: and they lose lose track of what they really should

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Speaker 1: be doing, which is controlling the clock and keep me

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Speaker 1: a defense off the field and keeping their offense off

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Speaker 1: the field as well. Now I'll bring up three offensive

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Speaker 1: guys who have shown through the years they will run

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Speaker 1: the football, and running the football is a major part

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Speaker 1: of what they do. You look at John Gruden with

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, m Kyle Shannahan with the forty nine ers,

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Speaker 1: and Sean McVay with the Rams. These guys all run

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Speaker 1: the football. I mean when Todd Gurley was at his best. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: you saw Jerry Golf and the Rams really at their best.

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Speaker 1: And we saw what I was able to do last

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Speaker 1: year with the running game almost. I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: think about it, go back to what you said. You said,

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Speaker 1: Pete Carroll loss the Super Bowls, try to pass. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan had lost two Super Bowls trying to pass

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Speaker 1: with the forty nine ers last year with the Atlanta

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Speaker 1: And I'm just I'm just a big proponent of the

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Speaker 1: Nostre Damas struck again last night. He's not here, but

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Speaker 1: pretty cool. So what was that Thanksgiving Day game? Like

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Speaker 1: because it's one of those things where it's a tradition,

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Speaker 1: so the team takes it, takes it very serious. And

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Speaker 1: So so for the Cowboys, the tradition of being able

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Speaker 1: to play on Thanksgiving is huge. I will tell you

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Speaker 1: that I played on Thanksgiving when I went to Chicago.

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Speaker 1: I think we played against the Lions, and although it

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Speaker 1: was still the tradition, it was very different than how

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Speaker 1: it was treated when when you're hear in Dallas, it's

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Speaker 1: it's it's a very big thing here. You see, we

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Speaker 1: got a special halftime show every year for the Thingsgiving game,

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Speaker 1: there's always some special production going on because it really

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Speaker 1: means a lot to the to the Dallas Cowboys organization.

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Speaker 1: So it was always great to play on Thanksgiven here.

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Speaker 1: So how different was it when you're playing for the

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Speaker 1: Bears because that game's up there at Ford Field for Detroits.

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Speaker 1: Detroit has the first game every year, the Cowboys have

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Speaker 1: the second game. It starts so early up there in Detroit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, you know what the thing is, you know,

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Speaker 1: when when I was with the Bears, I learned I

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Speaker 1: learned that lesson very quickly that uh, you know, those

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Speaker 1: problem time games don't come as much as they do

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Speaker 1: when you're with the Cowboys. So by that time I

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Speaker 1: had gotten used to playing at twelve, like I said,

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Speaker 1: And it was different. We had to play on the

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Speaker 1: road with the Cowboys. We always were able to play

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Speaker 1: at home. We always got the special treatment, you know,

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Speaker 1: if we had away game and we got we got

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Speaker 1: to play late. So it was it was it was

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Speaker 1: very different to get home, you know, at five pm,

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Speaker 1: and then not have any family there and the production

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Speaker 1: not be as big as it was. So it just

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Speaker 1: it just didn't feel as special as it felt when

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Speaker 1: when I was in Dallas. All Right Players Lounge brought

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Speaker 1: to him Monday through Friday two thirty Newly Scrugs along

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Speaker 1: with Danny McCray. Barry Church is all. Barry Church likes

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Speaker 1: to call himself No stre Damas because he says he

741
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Speaker 1: makes really good picks. So for the Thursday night we

742
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Speaker 1: rolled out our picks. So I got it here. McCray,

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Speaker 1: you went with Seattle to win thirty five thirty one.

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Speaker 1: I went with Seattle to win twenty eight twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Nostre Damas went Arizona twenty seven twenty one, and Seattle

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Speaker 1: won the game twenty eight twenty one. So another l

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Speaker 1: another l for I sit here now. I watched these

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Speaker 1: games and I'm actively rooting. Did watch Barry get me?

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Speaker 1: I've actually rooted, and I had Christian Kirk on my

750
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Speaker 1: fantasy team. I'm like, hey, man kept some passes but lose,

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Speaker 1: just because I wanted to be able to just rub

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Speaker 1: this in churches bas again, even though he's not here.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know how he's making these picks,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know what's going on with his noster

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Speaker 1: domins powers, but he's off. He's been off all season,

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Speaker 1: and I think he's just he's picking, making these picks

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Speaker 1: based on the emotion. He's not really using the full

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Speaker 1: power of nostre domins, or he's a fraud. I don't understand.

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Speaker 1: When he gets back on the show, he's going to

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Speaker 1: have to explain the process, what voice he's hearing, or

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have to give me something to legitimize, you know,

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Speaker 1: his reason and for making some of these picks, because

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Speaker 1: they don't make any sense. Arizona going into Seattle yesterday,

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Speaker 1: it was it was right for the for the easy

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Speaker 1: pick of Seattle being able to get that win, especially

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Speaker 1: coming off a loss, like it just made all the

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Speaker 1: sense for them to go out there and win that game.

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Speaker 1: And he's somehow had them losing by seven only score

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Speaker 1: seventeen points. Like, I don't understand what Church has going on.

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Speaker 1: His picks makes no sense. And that's why I don't

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Speaker 1: think we're going to win the NFC East because he

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Speaker 1: picked us to win the NFC East. And if I'm

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Speaker 1: if I'm a batman, I'm going again what Barry Church says,

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Speaker 1: All right, so let's let's dive into this and make

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Speaker 1: our Cowboys Vikings prediction for Sunday. Vikings are seven and

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Speaker 1: a half point favorite. Barry came in and he gave

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Speaker 1: us his before he left, so he's got Dallas winning

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Speaker 1: seventeen to thirteen. By the way, owner Jerry Jones said

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Speaker 1: on one O five three The Fan Today on this

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Speaker 1: Friday radio show that the Cowboys are getting better. He

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Speaker 1: says they are a better football team right now. They're

782
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Speaker 1: coming off a bye week and before the bye day

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Speaker 1: they fought the Steelers down to the final second. I

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Speaker 1: am going to say Minnesota wins this twenty three to thirteen.

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Speaker 1: And I'm simply picking the Vikings because they run the football.

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Speaker 1: They're fifth in the league and rushing. Dalvin Cooker is

787
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Speaker 1: number one in the league and rushing, and the Cowboys

788
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: are gonna have to show me that they can stop

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Speaker 1: the run. Cowboys are thirty first against the run, so

790
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Speaker 1: they gotta show me they can stop the run. And

791
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Speaker 1: even when you do that, Kirk Cousins is going to

792
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Speaker 1: have that ability to hit that rookie Justin Jefferson or

793
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Speaker 1: his favorite target, Adam Feeling. And we know the Cowboys

794
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: secondary still has some issues. Trayvon Diggs. The rookies out Cheetah,

795
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Speaker 1: Wuzier's in Cheetoh's missed a whole lot of time. So

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Speaker 1: that's why I'm picking Minnesota to defend the home turf

797
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Speaker 1: and beat the Cowboys for a second straight season. Then yeah,

798
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Speaker 1: and I'm with you on that one. I'm going twenty

799
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Speaker 1: seven and nineteen. I think that Greg de leg is

800
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Speaker 1: going to get a lot of work this game. I

801
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Speaker 1: think he'll be kicking a lot of field goals and

802
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Speaker 1: somehow it'll come down to a last possession where the

803
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Speaker 1: Cowboys have to score in this case also will get

804
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Speaker 1: a two point conversion and we'll get stopped. I don't

805
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Speaker 1: think we'll be able to stop that wn Cook for

806
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Speaker 1: the whole game, and I you know, and like we

807
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Speaker 1: saw against the Steelers, if we are able to stop

808
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Speaker 1: the run, then it's going to expose our secondary and

809
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,360
Speaker 1: you'll see Justine Jefferson and Alan Feeland get involved and

810
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Speaker 1: somehow be able to come up with some big players,

811
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Speaker 1: especially with Cheeto coming off and it's being his first

812
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Speaker 1: game and Diggs being out, and you know, the way

813
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Speaker 1: that the defense is played previously in the season, we

814
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Speaker 1: know that they're wrong and giving up some big plays

815
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Speaker 1: and some passing touchdowns, So you know what all that

816
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Speaker 1: being said, I see them putting up twenty at twenty

817
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Speaker 1: seven and us trying to come back and score at

818
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Speaker 1: the end of the game. But I picked up Greg

819
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Speaker 1: the leg on my fantasy team, so I need him

820
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: to kick a lot of field goals fifty yards, you

821
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Speaker 1: know what would be best for me. Some other targets

822
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Speaker 1: that I could see being sneaky for for Kirk Cousins,

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Speaker 1: Um Tighten, Kyle Rudolph, IRV Smith if he ends up

824
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Speaker 1: back not sure about his status he missed the last game.

825
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Speaker 1: And then of course BC Johnson. So you've got a

826
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Speaker 1: couple of targets that Minnesota has that if you know

827
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Speaker 1: that they're you know, did the Cowboys if they're not

828
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Speaker 1: checking them, Um could be a problem here. And I'm

829
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Speaker 1: no doctor, but I do have a concern about guys

830
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Speaker 1: who get COVID and some of the performances that they've

831
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Speaker 1: had this year. Cam Newton came back from COVID and

832
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Speaker 1: Cam Newton does not look like Cam Newton at all,

833
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Speaker 1: And I don't know, I want to say put it

834
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Speaker 1: all on COVID. Obviously he's in a Newton offense with

835
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Speaker 1: New England. They don't have that. They don't have good weapons.

836
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's an issue there in New England. They've

837
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Speaker 1: got some offensive line issues as well there. But we're

838
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Speaker 1: gonna see Andy Dalton make his first appearance coming back

839
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Speaker 1: from a nasty concussion and COVID nineteen. I think that

840
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Speaker 1: if Andy struggles a little bit, to me, that wouldn't

841
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Speaker 1: be surprising, because he's coming back from some stuff here, man,

842
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Speaker 1: you know, not just being just your timing is all,

843
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Speaker 1: but you're coming back from a concussion and Lord knows

844
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Speaker 1: what COVID has done to him. We still don't know

845
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: the after effects for guys who were dealing with COVID nineteen.

846
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Speaker 1: So I would just have a little bit of grace

847
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Speaker 1: about how Andy Dalton performs in this moneth. Yeah, you know,

848
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: I don't know the effects of COVID, but I do

849
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Speaker 1: expect him to be rusty one because he didn't get

850
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Speaker 1: much time before he ended up getting hurt. So now

851
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 1: he's still coming in with not much time and starting

852
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Speaker 1: the game against Minnesota. So it's not like he's had

853
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Speaker 1: a whole offseason to get this thing number this belt.

854
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Speaker 1: He's still pretty fresh coming coming off the bitch filling

855
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: there for that, so I expect them to build a

856
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 1: little rusty and then you add the COVID on there,

857
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 1: and then you know that at certain times Minnesota can

858
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,360
Speaker 1: play some defense. So I do expect this to be

859
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: a little shaky at least at the beginning, which is

860
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: why we should focus on having twenty one run the ball.

861
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 1: And you watch Minnesota, That's all I want to say.

862
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: You watch Minnesota play the differently. Like you named all

863
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 1: those other weapons that they may have, and I look

864
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: at it as being the same as us. We have

865
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 1: other weapons that we may be able to use, but

866
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:35,320
Speaker 1: they focus on feeling first. I mean cook Cook first,

867
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,879
Speaker 1: feeling second, and then Jefferson third. They are able to

868
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 1: focus on those guys and we should We should do that.

869
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,880
Speaker 1: We should focus on twenty one first and then nineteen

870
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: and then move on to see thee lamb or gallop.

871
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: And we're able to do that. I think that you

872
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 1: will see a different game from us. But until we

873
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: do that, man, we're gonna be in trouble. Yeah, so

874
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting to see NBA free Ac is

875
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: getting ready to roll today. And did you see Gordon

876
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,800
Speaker 1: Hayward decided he did not want the thirty four million

877
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,799
Speaker 1: dollars from the Boston Celtics. And I just wonder what's

878
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: being said in NFL locker rooms if they know they're

879
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: doing their Friday practices and getting ready to play that

880
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: hey man doing in Boston who's been an old KA

881
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: player since his injuries, decided he didn't want the guarantee

882
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: thirty four million dollars from the Celtics and he's going

883
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,880
Speaker 1: to become a free agent. It's a little listen, I

884
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: guarantee you it's a little jealousy going on in there's

885
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 1: some guys saying, look, I played the wrong sport. And

886
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: you'll see a lot of these NFL players and they

887
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 1: and they say it jokingly. I'm going to have my

888
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,920
Speaker 1: son pick up a baseball, a tennis racket, a soccer

889
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: ball and getting into some of these sports where these

890
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: guys are getting paid a lot more to risk their

891
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: bodies a lot less. And you should start believing that

892
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,799
Speaker 1: these guys will be doing that. You'll see a lot

893
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 1: of these NFL guys and their sons will not be

894
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: playing football, they'll be playing baseball, they'll be running track,

895
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 1: they'll be doing everything outside of this to where they

896
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: can make some money without putting their body at risk

897
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: and have it be a little bit more worth it.

898
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: So let me ask this. We just saw Kyler Murray

899
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,399
Speaker 1: last night, and Kyler Murray since coming into the National

900
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 1: Football League has been outstanding number one overall pick. But

901
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 1: before the draft, Kyler was taking tenth overall by the

902
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,360
Speaker 1: Oakland A's and giving a significant contract, and he agreed

903
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: to it, but then decided to give the money back

904
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: and go play football. I'm one of those has always

905
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: just said it's wow. The amount of money that you

906
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: can make in baseball is so much. I mean it's

907
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: not even close. You know, right out of the gate,

908
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 1: they're guaranteed contracts. You know, Mookie Betts the richest contract

909
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: in baseball the Dodgers recently signed this year. It's well

910
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 1: over three hundred million dollars. You know, you're not seeing

911
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: any NFL players like a three hundred million dollars contract.

912
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 1: I mean, it's great and as much money as quarterbacks get.

913
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: You know, Aaron Rodgers din't get a three hundred million

914
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 1: dollars contract. I mean, I just think of that all

915
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,399
Speaker 1: day along, Like Kyler, you could have been paid for life.

916
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 1: It's still been good. I mean he's he's an outstanding athlete.

917
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,880
Speaker 1: He could have been a fantastic baseball player as well. Listen, listen,

918
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this. If you look at that, it's

919
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: usually the quarterbacks who are passing up on those on

920
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,479
Speaker 1: those MLB deals. It's not it's not guys that's playing

921
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:19,040
Speaker 1: safety and cornerback and all those other positions. Because those

922
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: quarterbacks know usually they're going in the first round. Saidy're

923
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: getting twenty at thirty there, they're getting some more endorsements

924
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: somewhere to give him, get him maybe another twenty and

925
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: thirty and then that second contract for Kyler. If he's

926
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,800
Speaker 1: looking at it correctly, he could say, look, Pat ma

927
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: Owns got five hundred, so you know, if I do

928
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: what I need to do, I can make some of

929
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 1: that baseball money. But that is a quarterback type of thing.

930
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: The people that are playing other positions, they're not looking

931
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 1: at it the same way. And I think you'll see

932
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:46,360
Speaker 1: see a receiver or defensive back going out there and

933
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,799
Speaker 1: taking that money from the MLB and saying good bout

934
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:53,400
Speaker 1: in the football field. I'll give you another guy, Jamis Winston.

935
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 1: He was drafted by the Texas Rangers. Jamie's pitched at

936
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: Florida State, he was a relief pitcher and James this year.

937
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,760
Speaker 1: I believe he's making one point five million dollars with Seattle.

938
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 1: I mean at Seattle, but with the Saints he's their

939
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 1: third quarterback. They just announced that Taysom Hill's going to

940
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: start against Atlanta this week, not Jameis Winston, who came

941
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,319
Speaker 1: in off the bench and fielding for Drew Brees. So

942
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: Jamis is making basically for quarterback money peanuts. Do you

943
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 1: know relievers are making four five million dollars in Major

944
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,439
Speaker 1: League Baseball? You know, I'll talk about you know, hey,

945
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: Man may come in on the seventh and seventh is

946
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: you're inning, Jamie. Jamie's gonna have that kind of career.

947
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: It spent fifteen years, sixteen years man not getting an ect.

948
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: He could have had a long career. Doesn't work out.

949
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: But as an athlete, I'm sure Jamis is a little uset.

950
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 1: But that Saint's offense is going to look a lot

951
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,239
Speaker 1: like the Florida offense with Tim Tebow going forward until

952
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 1: Drew gets back. Yes, yes, you are correct. All right, Hey,

953
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: that's the players lounge for Friday. Here. Enjoy the game, everybody.

954
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: We will talk on Monday. Will we hope to have

955
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: Buried Church back for Danny McCrae. I have new rescrubs.

956
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,240
Speaker 1: Take care everybody. This has been Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

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