WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Slowing Down the Cook? 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:07.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:17.480 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Player's 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:22.760 label broadcasting line from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:32.360 Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCray, and Newy Scrugs. Hey, 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:37.200 everybody all right, Thursday getting closer and closer to Sunday 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:40.239 and the Cowboys going up to Minneapolis, Minnesota to take 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.800 on the Vikings. I'm Newi Scrugs, a long time Cowboys reporter, 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:48.360 joined by former Dallas Cowboys players Danny McCray and Barry Church. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:52.680 And McCray, I gotta thank you because I thought yesterday 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:58.440 you opening up about how a player gets called in 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.160 to take a salary cut, what it's like to make 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.720 the decision, and then going forward and having to play, 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.000 then leaving the Cowboys and then coming back and now 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.200 ultimately working for the club. I thought that was just 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.920 a really that was a really good story because I 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:14.320 didn't know what and I'm sure those listening and checking 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.600 us out right here on the players lines didn't know 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.199 it either. Man. I thought it was really good stuff. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.520 It's a business man, it's a business and uh, you 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:26.520 knows as the fans watch watch these guys go through 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.759 contract negotiations, and you hear about players taking pay cubs. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:31.759 I mean, I guess I think it's important for them 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:33.920 to understand what all goes into it because a lot 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.919 of times the fans just, you know, they don't realize 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:38.880 that you're a human being and you go through some 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:40.480 of the things stuff they may go through on their 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.360 job as well. So I mean, we're all human. I 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.200 grew up in mature a little bit. I got over it, 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:50.320 and now I'm back, so barry for you, and it's 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:52.520 something I and that made me think about it. So 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.320 you come up, you're you're up for a deal with 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.480 the Cowboys and they basically don't want to pay, and 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.960 you go to Jacksonville and get paid. What was your 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:05.160 feeling toward the Cowboy organization when you left? Oh, I 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:08.080 mean you definitely resent him a little bit. I mean, 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:09.760 I know where to can sit here and tell me. 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.880 You know, when they're a free agent, they always want 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.200 to go back to that club, especially when I was 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:15.480 there for so long. I think I was there for 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.600 like seven years, So of course I had a little 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.080 bit of resentment. You know. I figured, hey, you know 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:21.880 they would have. You know, I would at least get something, 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.000 get something done, especially towards the ladder part of free agency, 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.920 but it never really, it never really materialized. You know, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.320 the money man who we were speaking about yesterday, I 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.799 add him. I only saw him maybe maybe like two 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.480 or three times, and it was always a quick exchange 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:38.960 like yeah, yeah, man, we're gonna get this done. We 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.680 won't get this done, and it just never kind of materialized. 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:43.079 So towards the end of the season, I kind of 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.120 figured like, hey man, I'm about to get out of 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:46.880 here and get paid somewhere else. You know, it's been 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.040 real So even on the coaching exit meetings, you know 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:51.840 what I'm saying. I didn't even go see my dB coach. 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.919 I just left that saw Mary Nelly said, you know, hey, 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.959 gave my piece to him. Coach Garrett was real quick. 0:02:58.000 --> 0:02:59.639 He kind of knew too. He kind of knew the 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:01.799 situation because he was like, yeah, I know, I know 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:03.799 you're coming up on free agency and everything. And I 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:05.640 just kind of shook my head like yep, I'm about 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.720 to get paid too. And so it was it was 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.200 a quick in and out for me. But you know, 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.560 of course I had a little bit resentment, all right, 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.359 and now you're back here and you're doing things with it. Yeah, 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:21.680 and now I'm back. Never burn bridges, that's a big thing. 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.519 Never burn bridges. You guys say it's a business, and 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.480 everybody says it's a business. But the other portion of 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.200 it that people don't understand, especially when you don't walk 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.800 in these shoes, is how personal you take it. Because 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.840 there's nothing like sports where everybody tells you, hey, we're 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.280 a family, let's stick together. Sacrifice for the cat with 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.640 sacrifice for your teammate, and then when it comes down 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.200 to dollars and cents, all that is thrown out the window. 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.160 So you live this mantra the team, the team, the team, 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:51.320 and then when you want the team to play for 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.520 you or the team to take up for you, you 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:56.640 know that that part of it becomes very personal. And 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:00.960 that portion of it I think fans don't really understand 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.040 because you know, you don't live that life. You go 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.320 to work and your job, you go to work for you. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.840 Here's a job where you're you're working with others and 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:13.600 for others, so it's it's it's definitely a different type 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.080 of atmosphere and different you know, these negotiations are very 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:17.760 personal at the end. You can say business all day long, 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.120 but it's dog one person. Yeah, And I think the 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.559 coaches they do a good job of kind of letting 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.120 you know from the jump, like if you're coming up 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:26.520 as a free agent, they kind of let you know 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.440 that that season, like hey man, we're separate from all that, 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.560 like that's that's above our pay grade. But you know 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.000 in the back of your head like no, you're putting input. Coaches, 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.640 you're putting input. They're asking you about players. But they 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.200 kind of do a good job to kind of separate 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.080 themselves from upper management. But at the end of the day, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.600 like you said, it does get kind of personal, and uh, 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.600 you know, if you just don't burn any bridges is 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:52.599 what I recommend. All Right, Players Lounge brought to you 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.760 by Hotels dot Com. We are in our SWBC Mortgage 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:59.560 Virtual Home Studios. Vikings coming up here. So I went 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:01.600 and die. I've been looked into just a little bit 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.279 of how the Minnesota Vikings had gotten themselves back in 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.640 the playoff picture. And remember there's an extra playoff spot 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.080 this year. They've won three straight games. And when I 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.360 looked at, Okay, what's the big difference in these guys 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:15.600 winning these three straight games over the Bears, Lions, and Packers. Well, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.240 to me, it's real simple. Against Chicago they ran the 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:23.159 ball thirty three times, they passed thirty six times. Against 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.000 Detroit they ran the ball thirty times, they passed it 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:29.360 twenty times. And against the Packers in a win, they 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.520 ran the ball thirty four times and passed it fourteen times. 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.440 So in the last three games, one hundred and one 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:38.920 attempts rushing the ball seventy attempts passing it. It's real simple. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.640 They're trying to run this thing and limit their quarterback 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.320 Kirk Cousins. The Cowboys are going to have to stop 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:50.599 the run on Sunday. Mccraye absolutely, and it starts with 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.480 that because we know Dalvin Cook is the man, and 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.040 he's going to come out and he's been rolling and 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.240 you know, it looks like he's trying to break records 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.480 coming out of here. And we talked about this a 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.800 couple of weeks ago, you know, before we played the 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.240 Eagles and the Steelers. The Cowboys defense was to get 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:06.880 right defense. If you want to try to go for 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.159 two hundred, you know, then you coming here and you 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.920 played the Cowboys, but they tightened up over the over 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.600 the last couple of weeks. Although Pittsburgh really doesn't have 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.040 a stout running game and neither does Philly, So this 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:19.640 would be a true test for us to see if 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.560 we were really turning in that corner and getting better. 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.280 But yeah, we don't stop Dalvin Cook. This is going 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:29.000 to be a long game for our defensive front d 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:34.880 line and Jalen and LV Yeah, you know the formula 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:38.200 the Minnesota Viking had are going with right now. It's 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.080 something I thought the Cowboys would go to once Dak 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:44.120 Prescott went down, which is a heavy heavy dose of 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.400 Zeke and limiting the quarterback, you know, his production or 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.240 his effectiveness on the game. But we haven't gotten that, 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.960 you know that twenty sixteen Zeke out in the field 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.280 yet this year, so we kind of resorted to throw 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.480 on the ball more than we'd like to, and we saw, 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.360 you know what's happening with that. We've lost a we've 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.520 lost a lot of games in Minnesota has turned it around. 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.839 But you're definitely right, Danny, as far as this game 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.760 is concerned. The catalyst, the guy that we're gonna have 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.760 to slow down, the guy we're gonna have to stop 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.400 is Delvin Cook. I mean, he's a man back there, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.200 He's a grown man back there, and we've seen what 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.400 he's been able to do against you know, the Packers 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.400 with those four touchdowns, and even against a Chicago team 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.360 that I think has one of the better defenses in 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:23.440 the league, he was able to run through them. So 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.960 for me, it's gonna be extremely tough. O Our d 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.200 line's gonna have to show up, especially those two guys 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.240 in the middle, because we can't let them just run 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.360 straight downhill at our linebackers or it's gonna be an 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:37.240 extremely long day. So for me, Nevill Gallimore, Tyln Crawford, 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.480 those boys are gonna have to step up. But overall, 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.040 we're just gonna have to tackle better as well. I mean, 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.760 we can't let this guy, you know, after contact, get 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:46.680 five and six yards after that, because I mean, those 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:48.360 those yards pile up and the next thing you know, 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.480 he has three scores. So we're gonna have to tackle 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.080 well and play great defense in the middle. I see 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:54.960 what you're doing there too, man, I see what you're doing. 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.360 See now you putt Noville Gallimore name in front of Crawford. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:02.360 You love to be started. You mentioned this started, you 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.680 mentioned a couple of days ago. That's how they usually 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:06.080 do it in the media. Man, if you ever pay 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.000 attention to college football, they started listening to players and 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:10.960 they always mentioned the players that they want to be 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.000 up for the awards in the hivesman, And that's what 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.640 you're doing right now for Nevill Gallimo, Man, I feel, hey, man, 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.760 you gotta do what you gotta do. Him and Gilbert 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:22.080 those are your two guys. I'm sinking Neville Gallimore. I 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.400 think he deserves. I mean, he's been playing well these 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.120 past two weeks and for the majority part of this season. 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.800 You know, Tyron Crawford has not shown up, So you know, 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.040 I gotta do what I gotta do. So church Is 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:37.160 Antoine was off your list. Non Antoine is not off 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.520 my list. He just wasn't mentioned in my you know, 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.040 my top two defensive tackles there. But he's been playing 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.120 well as of late, so hopefully he can contribute to 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.880 this stopping Dalvin cookas we're gonna need all hands on that, 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:51.959 I mean, safeties, everything, and right now it's gonna be 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:53.520 a tough It's gonna be a tough one for us. 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.720 You do realize that the Pittsburgh still is really don't 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.960 have a running game, and in neither of those Philly 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.200 for the most part, that you know, the two teams 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.360 that we that we stopped and turned the corner. All 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.440 you do realize that, right I do. But I think 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.840 we have in the middle right now, those we we 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:11.960 got those guys out of the middle that you know, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.240 we're slowing our stars down, you know what I'm saying. 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:17.040 We got rid of Pole, we got rid of everything Grid. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.960 We've been stepping it up. And to be all honest 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.719 with you guys, I'm picking the Cowboys this weekend. I mean, 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:24.640 I think we got a chance. I think we got 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:29.920 to Church. They've been slowing our stars down, Okay, our stars, Okay, Man, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.640 I'm listening. Man, I'm just writing down this, writing it 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:34.800 all down. I'm just letting y'all know it was all 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.240 crazy until you know it comes true, all right. So 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:38.800 you know, I'm just being the first person to go 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:42.280 out there and let everybody know what's happening. All right, Church, 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.280 So let me give you a couple more stats before 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.959 you you make your actual pick. Okay, Because Minnesota is 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.880 number five in the NFL. In the rushing at one 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.319 hundred and fifty three point six a game, they're number 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.720 nine and attempts two hundred and sixty eight yards. When 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.760 it comes to rushing touchdowns, they're number five in the 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:03.000 n FELT with thirteen. Dalvin Cook's got twelve of those. 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.960 He's number one in the league and rushing nine hundred 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.959 and fifty four yards averaging five point five tots a rock. 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.800 The Cowboys defense is thirty first against the run. They 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.520 give up one hundred and sixty seven point four a game. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:20.040 All right, that's more than what Minnesota runs. For. Minnesota 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.040 is a team that wants to run the ball. And 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.360 if you remember the Cleveland game, they came in here 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.280 with Kevin Stavanski. Where did Kevin Stefanski come from? Where 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.240 was the offensive coordina at last year? Minnesota? They're gonna 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:32.200 come up here and do what Cleveland did. And do 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:36.160 you remember what Cleveland for? Three oh seven three hundred 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.320 and seven yards? So Man Barry is right. I have 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.400 James Corner in my fantasy league, and that's one of 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.120 the best ways at times to understand how teams go 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:46.680 because you watch a lot of their games. Pittsburgh's not 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.360 interested in running it they're just not. So you're talking 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.760 about a team. He's gonna come in here and run it, 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:56.360 just like Cleveland with the better running back in Dalvin Cook, 0:10:56.920 --> 0:11:00.400 and the Cowboys are going to have to You gonna 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.840 have to load up in the box. And and I 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:04.559 go back to what I mentioned yesterday. Here are the 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.600 players lounge. If you are trying to stop the run, 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.520 as you should, now, you're leaving a guy like Justin 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.320 Jefferson out there with some one on one coverage. Baby, 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:15.640 that could get scary. And then he got feeling out 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.720 there too, who knows how to operate. So, um man, 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:23.160 this is this is going to be a very hard matchup. 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.320 And we know exactly what they're gonna do. Barry. They're 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.240 coming at you. They're run, they are run. You gotta 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.600 stop this run, man, And you're you're exactly right. But 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.600 you gave the answer to what we're gonna have to 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.280 do in your whole soliloquy right there. We're going to 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.120 have to stop the running. We'll have to pack the 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.880 box and force Kirk Cousins to beat us with his arm. 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.000 And you know, I don't think he can do that. 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.240 I don't think Kirk Cousins gonna beat us with his arm. 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:48.959 I understand they got Jordan Jefferson out there, and who 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.559 know they guy feeling on the other side, and those 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.600 are there. There's are great receivers, but I don't think 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.520 their quarterback can get them the ball. If we get 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.440 a good rush on them, we're gonna have to force 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.920 Kirk Cousins to throw the ball at least thirty sometimes 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:00.800 to have a win here. I think we could do that. 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.320 Hold on, wait, hold on, you don't think that Kirk 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.800 Cousins can get Justin Jefferson the ball. Have you seen 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:10.320 him lately? Did you remember? Remember when you just picked 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.280 the Chicago Barris to beat the Minnesota Vikings. You know, 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.599 Adam Thilan had two touchdowns and Justin Jefferson went for 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:20.080 over one hundred. Kirk Cutgers, he didn't get the kirk 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.520 cous Cousins can get them the ball. And that bears 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.480 defense to me, is much better than what we've been 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.000 putting out there. You know, with kl Fuller and those 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.120 guys and Khalil Mack, they're much better. And they went 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.240 up there and and put some points in some yards 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.079 up there on those guys running back and receivers. So 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.360 we got a full dead ahead of Kirk. Kirk Cousins 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.400 can get it done. You know he's iffy every once 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:41.840 in a while, but this is one of those games 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:43.719 when they're on the roll and he's going to try 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.000 to continue that when they play against us this week. Hello, look, 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.040 I know we got a full plate on us. I mean, 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.200 I know we got Dalvin Cook coming in here. Kirk, 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.320 he's been playing a little bit better. And those receivers 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.640 out there, you know they're allowed to handle. But I 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.160 believe we got a Woozier coming back off of injuries. 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.679 Missed the pass. I believe six games with hamstring, he's 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.280 coming back healthy. We offer a bye week, I mean, 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.960 we got some momentum rolling. I wouldn't be surprised if 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.520 we pull this one off. And that's why I'm picking 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:12.640 the Cowboys. Man. That's a that's with or without double 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.880 G at the end of at the quarterback Holme McCray. 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:20.120 I love the I love how my man Church just 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.080 forgets history. You say Kirk Cousins can't do it. He 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.920 threw two touchdown passes and beat the Cowboys November tenth 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.560 last year. On Sunday Night Football twenty twenty four, we 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.960 all we all know we should have won. Say he can't, 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.599 but you so you can't say he can't because he has. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.040 I don't believe he can do it again. I don't 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:42.040 believe till the worst team. We're a worst team that 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.760 last year. He just I don't think he can't. I 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:47.240 don't believe he can do I think we can. I 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.120 think we can pull this off. Now. It's gonna it's 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.000 gonna take a lot, don't get me wrong, it's gonna 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.000 take a lot. But I think we could pull this 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.240 one off. Church. We played a perfect game, well almost 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.720 a perfect game against Pittsburgh and lost, so it's gonna 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.400 have to And we dropped two and we dropped two 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.720 interceptions that game, Like we can't do things like that, 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:07.240 Like if we want to pull stuff off like this, 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.280 we can't go out there and drop two interceptions penalties 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:11.760 at the end of the game. We gave that game 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.760 away against Pittsburgh, and I think we could be if 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.080 we don't get things that we gave it away. Okay, 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:20.600 we definitely game away. Definitely, Nos. I got you. I 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.520 can't wait to hear your pigs. You're gonna pick them today. 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.120 You're picking them today, right, you may hear your picks today. 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.440 I hope. I think. I don't think I'll pick them. 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:29.160 I think I think we got it. I think we 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:33.400 do all right. Let's uh, let's take a break here. 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.800 We still have a Thursday night prediction. We need to 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:40.640 get to a quarterbacks. Uh. An NFL quarterback's wife decides 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:46.320 to really go after her state over COVID nineteen. Let's 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:51.000 dive into that. 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I appreciate it now, Yeah, I 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:48.680 appreciate it. Barry Church and Danny McCray, former Dallas Cowboys players. 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.160 I'm new, he scrugs. Who I've discovered the team since 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:55.200 these guys were like in great school. Um So McCrae, 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.040 you spoke yesterday about having to go take that pay cut, 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:03.120 and yesterday it hit me once again as I'm watching 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:06.800 the news reports that Clay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors, 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.640 who's coming back from knee surgery, got injured. And it 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:15.640 was just confirmed later this afternoon that Clay Thompson has 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.800 an achilles a ruptured achilles. So he's gonna miss the 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:23.480 entire season. And the NFL those contracts are not guaranteed. 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.320 The only thing is guarantees. You're signing a bonus. In 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.600 the NBA, it's fully guaranteed. So Clay Thompson played all 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:30.800 the last season, I should say he missed all the 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:33.320 last season, didn't play at all. He was injured, and 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:35.919 he's going to play another year. Say he's gonna get 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.040 paid this year and not play. So last year he 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:42.000 got paid thirty two point seven million bucks, didn't play 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.520 because he was hurt. This year he will get paid 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:50.440 thirty five point six million dollars and not gonna play. 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:53.040 A link and the beauty of it, and it makes 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.480 me go back to think about Dak Prescott. You know, 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:59.479 Dak Prescott ends up getting hurt, carted off the field. 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:01.560 This is the final year of his contract. You know, 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.479 he's guaranteed thirty one million bucks. But after this year, 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:06.760 we don't know exactly what will happen with that. But 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:10.919 here's Klay Thompson man guarantee the next three years. This 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:12.679 is what he's gonna get the next three years, gentlemen, 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:17.440 one and twenty one point one million dollars after this season. 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:24.000 This is why the NFL Players Association should somehow, some 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.800 way get together for the next CBA and say, guys, 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:30.479 you gotta be willing to miss some games so you 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:33.960 can get some guaranteed contracts. Because you look at the 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:37.479 look at the way Klay Thompson can sleep tonight. You 0:19:37.480 --> 0:19:40.040 know he'll he'll be mad about not being able to play, 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:43.600 but dog on it, thirty five point six million dollars 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:48.679 will be coming to him this year. Wow. Like, I 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.400 don't even know if he's mad about not playing. I mean, 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.040 you get in a hundred and twenty one nil over 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:58.240 the next three years, and man, I mean that's remarkable, 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:00.760 and that just goes to show you. You know, the association, 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:04.520 like Basketball Association, their union, it's just so much better 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:06.840 than ours. I mean, as a football player, we go 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:09.000