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<v Speaker 1>The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 1>Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait were with Nick Eatman, David Hellman and bar Garcia

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<v Speaker 1>and Derek Eagleton. It is Tusday, September seven, twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>Season seventeen, Episode number seventeen. Welcome the latest edition of

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<v Speaker 1>The Break Life in the s WBC Mortgage Studios at

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<v Speaker 1>the Star and Nick, all right, give me a seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen about Quincy Carter. All right, it's Quincy car today

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<v Speaker 1>here on the Break. Thank you, Jason Jeyer, Quincy Carter,

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<v Speaker 1>Kellen Moore all right, Okay, I think it's the most

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<v Speaker 1>fascinating number in Cowboy's history. If you really did love

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<v Speaker 1>when Nick has takes, like if you were gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>a documentary on a number seventeen would be a good one. Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, you guys know, Nick has been pitching

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<v Speaker 1>this idea of doing a documentary on the number seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>for a while. I think so I think there's some

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<v Speaker 1>very interesting players and interesting stories that have come from

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen and not to derail not Sam Hurts, Sam Hurd

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<v Speaker 1>and Don Meredith and Quincy Carter and Harold Carmarchael. Yeah, okay, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about Dwayne Harris. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>he really did, but it's a pretty decent player. Decent players,

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<v Speaker 1>better player, better player when he left. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's pretty good for Oakland for what I'm saying. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>he was a pretty good player here too, So he

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<v Speaker 1>was a rare player of it that could return kicks,

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<v Speaker 1>return punts, and recover. Yeah, it was a pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>at it, you know. So all right, let's just think

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<v Speaker 1>Dwayne Harris would be talked about it. No, I when

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<v Speaker 1>we do stuff like this, I just imagine the guy

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<v Speaker 1>who just he needs to know about Zach Martin status

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<v Speaker 1>and we're like, yeah, Quincy Carter, let's talk about him. Sorry, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>He'll be okay, Yeah, I know he'll be okay. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's jump in. We do need to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Martin. Obviously, the news was out days ago. Zach

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<v Speaker 1>Martin tested positive for COVID. He is now on the

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<v Speaker 1>on the COVID list. Jerry kind of suggested yesterday and

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<v Speaker 1>then again today that there's still a chance, like there's

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<v Speaker 1>still a chance that maybe he could possibly play this week.

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<v Speaker 1>What are we hearing right now? What do we think

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<v Speaker 1>is his status at this point with regards him playing

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday. It's the doors just like cracked open and

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys refused to close it. Okay, I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>can joke about doctor Jerry all we want. But Mike

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<v Speaker 1>McCarthy's the same way. Like he I just got back

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<v Speaker 1>from his press conference, and the reporters were more or

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<v Speaker 1>less like, tell us that Zach is out. Tell like,

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<v Speaker 1>give us the clarity that this is done. And he

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<v Speaker 1>was like if and Mike literally said, if any player

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<v Speaker 1>is capable of getting on a plane Thursday morning without

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<v Speaker 1>having done anything and playing against the Bucks, it's Zack Martin.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that should make your eyebrows rates. He did

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<v Speaker 1>come back again. You know, this is a big story.

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<v Speaker 1>He was asked a few follow ups and pressed to clarify,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was like, I do not think he is

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<v Speaker 1>going to play. That's what that's a direct quote. I

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<v Speaker 1>do not think Zack's going to play. But he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>rule it out entirely. Um, I would rule him out.

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<v Speaker 1>If it was me, I would rule him out. Is

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<v Speaker 1>this some gamesmanship going on here? Is that? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think? It's just the optimism maybe, But let's also

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<v Speaker 1>remember this. He tested positive for it, okay, so he

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<v Speaker 1>has it Ceedee Lamb just said too yet two days

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<v Speaker 1>ago that he finally felt like back to normal again

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<v Speaker 1>after being out for like a week. So like we're

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<v Speaker 1>worried about tests here and positive and all this. Can

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<v Speaker 1>he fly up to the game. He still had COVID,

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<v Speaker 1>He still had, you know, and it's something he has

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with. And so I don't know. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not the doctor and all that stuff, but I

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<v Speaker 1>just feel like and we're gonna find out, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>or they will find out today, like in an hour

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<v Speaker 1>or two, because you gotta pass two tests in a

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<v Speaker 1>brow so he's got to pass one today and you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to get tomorrow just in order to get there.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll find out. It's not going to be one

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<v Speaker 1>of those game time divisions. So is it not explained

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<v Speaker 1>this because we did have a tweet from Joe Franziu

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<v Speaker 1>say and explained the two negative tests. So it's not

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<v Speaker 1>as of tomorrow, Like he can't have his first pass

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow and then pass thirty. Didn't jump on a plane, No,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think. Okay, it's two negative tests spanned out

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of forty eight hours. What you just

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<v Speaker 1>suggested would be two over twenty four, got it, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So you would need so so as of today, we

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<v Speaker 1>will know by tomorrow whether it's even a possibility. If

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't get a negative test today, there's no way

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<v Speaker 1>it works. Well. We also don't know too, is he

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<v Speaker 1>is he talking to our our training staf and saying

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<v Speaker 1>my throat hurts or I've got whatever issue whatever. The

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<v Speaker 1>negative symptom free and the negative tests only come into

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<v Speaker 1>play once you don't have symptoms. And the report Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>was that he had symptoms, like he had a loss

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<v Speaker 1>of taste or smell. I think so, yeah. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>that's what makes it seem so unlikely, is like if

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<v Speaker 1>you're a close contact and then you get your tests,

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<v Speaker 1>then we're good to go. And I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>really good point that I've been thinking about this whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>Is you know we do this all we do this

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<v Speaker 1>almost every week. Like DeMarcus wears you know, famously playing

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<v Speaker 1>against the Saints. After all, this isn't that, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a illness, you know. I mean, yeah, if you're throne

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<v Speaker 1>hurts or you don't have the proper lung capacity, shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be playing football and probably no, definitely obviously, yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>definitely no, definitely And then and then you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>got to get the negative tests, like this isn't a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of fighting through a stinger. This is you have

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<v Speaker 1>to get the test to say, well, you need to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I tend to agree with you. It's easy to get

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<v Speaker 1>wrapped up in the drama of like, well, they could

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<v Speaker 1>put him on a plane, and it's like, is this

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<v Speaker 1>really the best idea, especially seventeen game season, Let's maybe

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<v Speaker 1>just maybe chill. I mean, it's gonna be a challenge,

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<v Speaker 1>of course. I mean Calum McGovern to start and start

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<v Speaker 1>against those guys and a suit and be the VEA

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<v Speaker 1>and oh it's yeah, I mean it's it's it's an

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<v Speaker 1>uphill battle for sure. But I just I think it

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<v Speaker 1>would be smart for everyone. Once he is ruled out,

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<v Speaker 1>let let let us run its course. It's gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it does. I just feel like we'll find out today.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll probably be out. That's my guests as well. But

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<v Speaker 1>I do think it's really interesting that the decision makers

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<v Speaker 1>in the organization are not quite ready to rule it out.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, well, to be honest with you, until there

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<v Speaker 1>is until he's ruled out, and I would be like them,

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<v Speaker 1>I would be like, there is a small chance, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna hold out hope because I think we all

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<v Speaker 1>know how valuable he is to what they want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all I was gonna say. I mean, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>breaking news here, but how damn good do you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be to be a guard and to start off

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<v Speaker 1>a show like this and talking about is he gonna play?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he not going to play? From the guard position?

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta be a damn good player, and he is.

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<v Speaker 1>He is that. That just goes to show from the

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<v Speaker 1>day he got here he is a he is a guard.

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<v Speaker 1>And when the news came down on Sunday that he

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<v Speaker 1>had tested positive, like my whole Twitter timeline was, everybody's like,

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<v Speaker 1>we're screwed. This game over and it's like, yeah, you're right, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta be pretty good for people to think that

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<v Speaker 1>highly of your impact on the game. I was driving

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<v Speaker 1>home and heard that it was a national radio thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know what chance. It was just national

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<v Speaker 1>thing that a little ticker you know this, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my Mets did this, and so and so did this

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<v Speaker 1>and this college thing and this guy's out and and

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<v Speaker 1>it was like a cowboys are at all Zach Martin is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, tested positive and he will miss the game.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was just kind of this last little line.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, it's cool that he made the news, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's just you hear that stuff all the time and

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<v Speaker 1>you think, uh, it sucks for him, but like living

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<v Speaker 1>in it here, it's like, man, like the world's ending.

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<v Speaker 1>He's high up on the list of guys you'd probably

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<v Speaker 1>want to be able to play this game. I mean, honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>there are only two guys in my opinion on this

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<v Speaker 1>team that would have been a bigger blow for the

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<v Speaker 1>Tyron Smith and Dak Prescott. Exactly right, That's exactly right,

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<v Speaker 1>and more Tyrn because of the position he plays not

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<v Speaker 1>as well, Like I think why the reason why I

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<v Speaker 1>say that, I think Zach is a better player, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think the position that Zach, the position that Tyron plays,

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<v Speaker 1>means you have to have him here. I looked at

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<v Speaker 1>I looked at you sideways because I thought you were

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<v Speaker 1>saying you'd rather have Tyrn for this game than Dak.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, Andy Dalton main here anymore. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>what I was saying. No, that's not what I was saying.

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<v Speaker 1>I was saying, those are the only two players I

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<v Speaker 1>look at on this team that would have been a

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<v Speaker 1>bigger blow had they lost them going into the skin.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about It's all about the If you just

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<v Speaker 1>put them all on the board and say where are

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<v Speaker 1>they and then where's their backup? There's not there's those

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<v Speaker 1>three positions have the biggest drop off because they're that good.

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<v Speaker 1>From quarterback to the backup, from the left tackle to

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<v Speaker 1>the backup, from the guard to the backup. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you know DeMarcus Lawrence to his backup is who like

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<v Speaker 1>Doren's Armstrong, And it's a it's a considerable drop. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just saying you can function, you can function, and

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<v Speaker 1>Zeke to to Pollard, any receivers to those guys, you

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<v Speaker 1>can function better. Those are the ones that goes to

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<v Speaker 1>show how good they are. And also the backup is

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<v Speaker 1>not because at this time a year ago, Dak to

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<v Speaker 1>Andy Dalton is certainly not the biggest, bigger gap than

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<v Speaker 1>it is to Cooper Rush. Sure, So so answer this

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<v Speaker 1>for me, how much does this change your expectation of

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<v Speaker 1>what Dallas can do offensively this week? I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>know it's it's it's you're one of your best players,

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<v Speaker 1>if not your best player, But it is the guard

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<v Speaker 1>position where sometimes you can kind of absorb that a

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<v Speaker 1>little easier, let's say, than a tackle being out. How

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<v Speaker 1>much do you think that affects what they can do offensively? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they asked me. I asked, I gotta asked that this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't and I think the world is Zach Martin,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't think this is a loss that just

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<v Speaker 1>drastically alters what I want to do because and this

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<v Speaker 1>is it's bad. I get these are two great defensive tackles.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying that they're gonna be fine, but it

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<v Speaker 1>gets dirty in there. You can double team, you can

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<v Speaker 1>have Tyler Biadash helped Connor McGovern out, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>tight ends and running backs can help tackles. But in

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<v Speaker 1>my experience, when this team has lost the starting tackle,

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<v Speaker 1>that's when we've really seen stuff go south. And part

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<v Speaker 1>of me thinks like yeah, but pressure up the middle

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<v Speaker 1>is the quickest way to get to a quarterback. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the quickest way to move him off his spot. Dak's

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<v Speaker 1>athletic enough to deal with and you know, if somebody

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<v Speaker 1>breaks free on the right side or the left side,

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<v Speaker 1>he can make do with that. I get that argument,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think the options in the ways that you

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<v Speaker 1>can kind of muddy that stuff up in the middle,

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<v Speaker 1>And the fact that Connor McGovern did start eight games

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<v Speaker 1>last year, he's not this isn't his first rodeo, So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you have to just drastically alter the

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<v Speaker 1>game plan. Yeah, I do think that this has a

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<v Speaker 1>potential to make them a lot more one dimensional, which

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<v Speaker 1>is something they cannot be against the Bucks or any

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<v Speaker 1>team really, And so that does worry me somewhat. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's so great. It's not because he's out there win

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<v Speaker 1>an iron Man contest for how strong he is. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying Zach isn't strong, but I guarantee it's

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<v Speaker 1>a combination of technique, strength, just understanding of what he's

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to do, and he can help move people off

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. That's what I worry about this team with

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<v Speaker 1>Now you just look at the interior. Connor Williams never

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<v Speaker 1>been the biggest, strongest guy, Tyler Beotish, don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>he is yet, really still young. And then we got

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<v Speaker 1>Connor McGovern same boat. Those are your three middle guys there.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't I just don't imagine on third and

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<v Speaker 1>one they're gonna just be blowing those guys off the

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<v Speaker 1>ball for a first down. That's what I worry about

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit with you know, can they be is

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<v Speaker 1>can they beat multidimensional? I don't know. Finance Lavante, David

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<v Speaker 1>and Devin White are good enough as it is, but

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<v Speaker 1>the amount that they blitz and have blitzed in the

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<v Speaker 1>past against guys like that, I mean, it's like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's problematic. I'm not trying to paint it otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>Huge game for the tight ends. Those tight ends have

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<v Speaker 1>got to be for two reasons. Number one, they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be asked to do some blocking in there that's

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<v Speaker 1>not their strong suit. But also hot routes. They're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna turn around from five yards shoult up the field,

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<v Speaker 1>same with Jarman quick stuff like that. Those guys are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to be ready because when they do blitz

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<v Speaker 1>and that you know, when when Tampa brings all their

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<v Speaker 1>exotic looks, those guys are gonna because you know on

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<v Speaker 1>the outside, those they can win. I mean, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's a plus for the cow I mean, whoever they've

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<v Speaker 1>got tampas their cornerbacks. The Cowboys have better receivers I

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<v Speaker 1>think than Tampa does corners and saved. Oh yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that that's the Cowboys win right there. But can

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<v Speaker 1>they get will they be able to block long enough

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<v Speaker 1>to get there? The tight ends are going to the

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<v Speaker 1>ones that are probably gonna have a few catches and

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<v Speaker 1>help move the chains. One other thing to note about

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<v Speaker 1>this Indomican Sue, who is a guy that probably will

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see a lot of Connor mc government. He's just

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<v Speaker 1>coming off the COVID list himself. I think he was

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<v Speaker 1>reactivated yesterday, has missed I think a little over a week,

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<v Speaker 1>so there will be some questions about it. Is he

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<v Speaker 1>feeling completely back to normal? Is his wind up to

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<v Speaker 1>par playing in that hey there in Tampa Bay that

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<v Speaker 1>could offset some of this a little bit. But again

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<v Speaker 1>in Donma Kong Tou we all know is a great

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<v Speaker 1>player and so no matter what, it's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 1>tough matchup from a governor. I know it, do it?

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<v Speaker 1>We know it? Man who doesn't mean well, I don't know. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that's I thought about that this week. It was Sue

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<v Speaker 1>who bullied them in the playoffs a few years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>more so than Aaron Donald. We talked about this a

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<v Speaker 1>couple days ago. He's been a free agent like four times.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, just doesn't ever see like a guy that

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys have ever looked at ever. And I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>he just continually just plays on a different team and

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<v Speaker 1>kicks their ass too. So I don't know. At some point,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, at some point I would have signed Randy Moss,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, after he keeps beating you all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have just had him on my team. Say

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<v Speaker 1>this guy, we're gonna take our first break when we

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<v Speaker 1>come back. We're gonna talk a little bit about the

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's jump back in. We need to catch

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<v Speaker 1>up on Cowboys versus Bucks Before that, real quick, give

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<v Speaker 1>me an update on Lyle Collins. What's his status off

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<v Speaker 1>the stinker? Status is good? Practiced full yesterday Mike McCarthy said,

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<v Speaker 1>no problems coming out of it. Yesterday was a padded practice,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a good sign. He's gonna play just well.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we'll see how that goes. I know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think him being available for this game completely

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<v Speaker 1>alleviates my concerns. That was never my concern. Like, if

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<v Speaker 1>you have a stinger ten days before a game and

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<v Speaker 1>you've got all that time to rest up, I expect

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<v Speaker 1>that you'll be fined by a game day. It's how

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<v Speaker 1>well do you hold up once people start mashing you

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<v Speaker 1>fifty five sixty sixty five seventy plays a game and

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<v Speaker 1>then you got to turn around and do it ten Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll have a longer week this week, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my point six day of schedule. It's it's something that

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<v Speaker 1>I want to keep an eye on. I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to alarm anybody, but I've been through this before with

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<v Speaker 1>other players. Stingers have a way of being a recurring issue.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think he's gonna play, hopefully, it holds up

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<v Speaker 1>really really well. What about Tyan sec He was the

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<v Speaker 1>only guy that showed up on the on the Mike

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<v Speaker 1>McCarty says, he's fine, he's limited, but he's thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>years old. I think guys like that kind of manage him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's fine. They send a new um injury report. It

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<v Speaker 1>was actually two guys. Chauncey Gholston another one they did,

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<v Speaker 1>which we kind of expected. They said he was full,

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<v Speaker 1>and I my eyebrows like shot up. I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>he was full. I would just get full. Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>one of your inactives if you want to play the

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<v Speaker 1>inactive game, which isn't as fun as it used to be. Different.

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<v Speaker 1>It's different roster numbers now, you know, you don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know how many guys are on the team because they

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<v Speaker 1>can elevate different players. They're going to elevate two guys

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow from the practice squad to the roster. And if

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<v Speaker 1>I was a betting man, I would say Darry and

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<v Speaker 1>Thompson and Jeremy Sprinkle are probably the guys on that list.

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<v Speaker 1>Seem like great bets to me. All right, let's jump

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<v Speaker 1>into to Cowboys versus Buccaneers. Uh, this Buccaneers team. As

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<v Speaker 1>you start looking at them on paper, like, it's very,

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<v Speaker 1>very impressive. Not only did they win the Super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 1>the first time in the salary cap era that a

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl team has returned twenty two starters. So basically,

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<v Speaker 1>they're running it back, really running it back with the

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<v Speaker 1>same guys that just won the Super Bowl last year.

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<v Speaker 1>They scored thirty plus points in their last six games

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<v Speaker 1>straight and eleven times during the twenty twenty season. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you think is the most important key for the

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas defense to be able to win Thursday? Get a

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<v Speaker 1>turnover or six, No, get some turnovers, I mean, get

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<v Speaker 1>get a few plays. I mean you have to you

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<v Speaker 1>have hard to do Tom to throw it away off well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean rip the ball out then, I mean, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's the thing. That's what they have to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Keyan O'Neill was brought in to do those things. Micah

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<v Speaker 1>Parsons was brought in to do those things. And we

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<v Speaker 1>saw a little bit of that in the preseason, a

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<v Speaker 1>small sample size there, but we did see Kean Onneon

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<v Speaker 1>on that Arizona game get the ball out. We saw

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<v Speaker 1>the ball on the ground and Parsons went and got

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<v Speaker 1>it take advantage of those things because just just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's some quarterback you played Ben, but don't break. Tom

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<v Speaker 1>Brady will kill you if you do that, because he'll

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<v Speaker 1>just say, okay, I'll just take my eight yard take

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<v Speaker 1>a drive without me. So they're gonna have to to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, win those battles that they can win and

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<v Speaker 1>get the ball out. And I'm not saying you have

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<v Speaker 1>to get lucky, but like we said, this is an

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<v Speaker 1>uphill battle. You have to do things unorthodox to win

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<v Speaker 1>this game. And that's gonna be some turnovers and making

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<v Speaker 1>some plays and then cashing in on that when you do.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't disagree with anything you just said, and I

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<v Speaker 1>agree Ben don't break isn't going to work against Tom Brady.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the same time, I can't help but think

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<v Speaker 1>about how easy this defense made it on opponents last

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<v Speaker 1>year at times with the broken place, and that's with

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<v Speaker 1>this receiver corps and a quarterback who's hard to rattle

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<v Speaker 1>and knows how to take advantage of guys. I just

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<v Speaker 1>worry about that, and I think you gotta be aggressive.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a hard middle ground to strike because you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>be aggressive. I would like to blitz Tom and make

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<v Speaker 1>him uncomfortable. That's why Michael Parsons is here. Kean O'Neil

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<v Speaker 1>can do some of that stuff. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>you're I mean, if you're giving you know, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>giving up two play scoring drives, two plays seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>yards Antonio Brown. I'm just thinking about like Christian Kerr

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<v Speaker 1>last year and what the Seahawks did to them. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not winning that way either. You got to make them

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<v Speaker 1>work for it, is my point. So just maybe time

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff really well, like look for the right opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>to take those chances, because I think this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a big enough problem if you're not giving

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<v Speaker 1>up easy points, and I just frankly, I'll be surprised

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<v Speaker 1>if they don't, if they don't have like a single

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<v Speaker 1>bust that leads to an easy touchdown, I'll be impressed.

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<v Speaker 1>You think both those things can be true in some respects.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason why I say that is because I

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<v Speaker 1>agree with both of you that this is a game

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<v Speaker 1>where you gotta be a little more aggressive. But in

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<v Speaker 1>being aggressive, that means sometimes you might swing and miss,

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<v Speaker 1>which means you could give up a big play. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's also necessary. I think if you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>win this kind of game, you're gonna have to be aggressive,

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<v Speaker 1>which means you might have to give some up some back.

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<v Speaker 1>That that's on dan Quinn to find that balance, because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you can afford to just throw the

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen sink at Brady all the time and hope that

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<v Speaker 1>you get home every time. But when you take those shots,

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<v Speaker 1>they've got to work, they I mean, and that's have fun.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why you make that much money. I guess. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think there's a perfect answer to that. I think

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna see. You know, we haven't really seen what

0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:26.080
<v Speaker 1>dan Quinn's can do yet. I mean, I hope not,

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<v Speaker 1>because I mean, that's that's not the point of the

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<v Speaker 1>preseason is to go out there and let those guys

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<v Speaker 1>run around. But from a you know, exotic scheme, blitz

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<v Speaker 1>is all that I do think you're gonna see guys

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<v Speaker 1>coming from all different areas and it's gonna speak to

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<v Speaker 1>the versatility of your other guys. You know, when when

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<v Speaker 1>a d law or Gregory drops into coverage, can they

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<v Speaker 1>do that because because Jalen's blitzing or Ylan Layton leylan

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<v Speaker 1>Leyla Yeah, Um, if you can combine those two guys

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<v Speaker 1>into Leyland, I mean, there'd be a damn good player

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<v Speaker 1>of Leyland. But no, I mean, but but Layton and

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<v Speaker 1>and Mike and all those guys. You're just gonna see

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<v Speaker 1>it coming from different directions. And you know when when

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<v Speaker 1>when somebody's asked to do something that's out of their realm,

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<v Speaker 1>like a press rusher to cover or vice versa, they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to They're gonna have to do it with

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<v Speaker 1>no drop off. And I think that's gonna be the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest key here. I can't help but think about when

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<v Speaker 1>they announced the number change rule. Tom Brady was pissed

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't like, which I thought was hilarious because he's

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<v Speaker 1>like the greatest ever. Surely he can identify the mic

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<v Speaker 1>no matter what they're wearing. But cowboys gotten eleven, they

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<v Speaker 1>got a nine, they got a corner playing seven, they

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<v Speaker 1>got some goofy stuff out there that might jump in there,

0:23:38.720 --> 0:23:42.000
<v Speaker 1>and eighteen at safety. Let's get just different, Let's get

0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.359
<v Speaker 1>whacky with it. Let's get whacky with it and try

0:23:44.400 --> 0:23:47.520
<v Speaker 1>to Yeah, I'm being tongue in cheek, like, I really

0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:49.840
<v Speaker 1>don't think that's gonna help confuse the best to ever

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<v Speaker 1>do it. He didn't like it. He didn't like it,

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<v Speaker 1>and every little bit of help something. Honestly, I just

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<v Speaker 1>think it's probably for him. It's just like I have

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<v Speaker 1>a way I do things, and and so this is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna cool force me to do something different. I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>look at things a little differently than I have for

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<v Speaker 1>the last who knows, like since most of us were

0:24:04.640 --> 0:24:06.640
<v Speaker 1>young men, like you've been doing this for a long

0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:09.320
<v Speaker 1>time as a change, you know. All right, Let's talk

0:24:09.359 --> 0:24:12.080
<v Speaker 1>about the other side of the ball. Tampa Bay last

0:24:12.119 --> 0:24:14.960
<v Speaker 1>year was top rushing defense in the league. They didn't

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<v Speaker 1>give up a lot of yards on the ground. You've

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<v Speaker 1>lost your offensive lineman, your best offensive lineman. What's the

0:24:20.680 --> 0:24:23.359
<v Speaker 1>most important key for the Cowboys offense to be successful?

0:24:24.119 --> 0:24:28.920
<v Speaker 1>Communication among the offensive line? Probably Tyler Beotich has only

0:24:28.920 --> 0:24:33.600
<v Speaker 1>started four games. Zach Martin is probably not going to play.

0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:36.280
<v Speaker 1>So you've got Connor McGovern who would be making his

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<v Speaker 1>ninth start, and Lyle Collins playing his first regular season

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<v Speaker 1>game in two years because he was out all last year.

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<v Speaker 1>So and Todd Tod Bowls is a wizard if you think,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know Kansas City's line was compromised, but guess

0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:53.640
<v Speaker 1>what so is the Cowboys right now? So, like I said,

0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:58.200
<v Speaker 1>Devin White, Lavante David, we hope the Cowboys are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get wild with it. We know the Bucks are, or

0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:05.800
<v Speaker 1>they should anyway, And so communicating finding those blitzes, I'm

0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:08.520
<v Speaker 1>sure they're gonna stunt. They're like, they're gonna do things,

0:25:08.560 --> 0:25:10.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, And Sue can play a little bit of

0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:13.120
<v Speaker 1>Andy can play tackle. You got Barrett, you got Jpp.

0:25:13.800 --> 0:25:16.240
<v Speaker 1>These guys can do a lot of scary stuff. And

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<v Speaker 1>with that much youth on the offensive line as particularly

0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:22.920
<v Speaker 1>in the middle, that's something I would try to exploit.

0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:24.520
<v Speaker 1>So those guys are gonna need to be on their

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<v Speaker 1>p's and q's. Yeah, if this was me, you know

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<v Speaker 1>how I feel about trick plays or flee flickers or

0:25:31.160 --> 0:25:33.679
<v Speaker 1>stuff like that, but I would. I would probably if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm killing Moore and I've got six, seven, eight nine

0:25:36.280 --> 0:25:39.920
<v Speaker 1>of those in the bag, I'm probably throwing three or

0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:42.399
<v Speaker 1>four or five of them out in this game. I mean,

0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:45.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying to use them. I think it's important. I think,

0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:47.199
<v Speaker 1>not only do you want to you gotta do what

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<v Speaker 1>you can do. I mean, because this man on man

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<v Speaker 1>is not going to win this game, you know, this

0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:53.320
<v Speaker 1>isn't a big one bet because they won't win, They're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to do things differently. I also think with

0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:58.520
<v Speaker 1>week one putting some of that stuff out there, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to get even out when you play the

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<v Speaker 1>Chargers and you play the Eagles and you play so

0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:06.480
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna have a chance is to be is good

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<v Speaker 1>or if not better. I like to throw some of

0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:10.560
<v Speaker 1>that out there on tape, and this is a perfect

0:26:10.560 --> 0:26:11.920
<v Speaker 1>game to do it, because this is a game that

0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:14.359
<v Speaker 1>you need it. And also, like I said, get it

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<v Speaker 1>out there on tape. Show people what Pollard can do

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<v Speaker 1>out of this slot or what you know, maybe this

0:26:18.720 --> 0:26:21.800
<v Speaker 1>trick player or something like that, because I think it

0:26:21.920 --> 0:26:23.959
<v Speaker 1>serves more than one purpose. All Right, we're gonna tack

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<v Speaker 1>if you're looking at the season and projecting, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think is the ceiling and what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>is the floor for this Cowboys team in terms of wind?

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<v Speaker 1>guys ready for Cowboys versus Bucceteers. We're gonna get to

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<v Speaker 1>our picks here in just a second. Before we do that, though,

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the season as a whole, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think is the ceiling? And what do you think is

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<v Speaker 1>the floor in terms of wins for this team? And

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<v Speaker 1>it cannot be seventeen and zero, Nick, you gotta give

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<v Speaker 1>me something more than seventeen and zero. All right, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you think is the ceiling? What do you think

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<v Speaker 1>is the floor? Convenience store with a lot of slurpees?

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<v Speaker 1>Seven eleven? That is my floor floor. Okay, I thought

0:29:34.800 --> 0:29:36.040
<v Speaker 1>you were about to say that was the ceiling. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, whoa, I'm sorry. Seven wins, eleven wins? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>but guess what, there's thirty one. There's twenty eight other

0:29:43.920 --> 0:29:46.400
<v Speaker 1>teams in the league that that's probably as well. There's

0:29:46.400 --> 0:29:47.800
<v Speaker 1>some that aren't going to get there, and there's some

0:29:47.880 --> 0:29:49.840
<v Speaker 1>that are probably gonna be better than that. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's where we are in our in our

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<v Speaker 1>NFL right now, and that's where the Cowboys have been

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<v Speaker 1>for a while right there. And so if you're asking

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<v Speaker 1>me what that range is, I think this is a

0:29:58.520 --> 0:30:00.600
<v Speaker 1>team is good enough to be better. It would better

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<v Speaker 1>than what it is last year over six and ten.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think they'll be better than that. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>if are we asking for a specific I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think this is a tenant seven football team. Okay, I

0:30:10.920 --> 0:30:13.600
<v Speaker 1>think they're gonna go ten and seven. I don't know

0:30:13.640 --> 0:30:15.480
<v Speaker 1>if that's good enough to win, to win the East,

0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:18.719
<v Speaker 1>It's going to depend on I Well, I don't. I mean,

0:30:18.920 --> 0:30:21.040
<v Speaker 1>you're right, I don't know either. But I feel confident

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<v Speaker 1>if if Fitzpatrick is solid and they are a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit better on offense with as with as great as

0:30:28.400 --> 0:30:30.000
<v Speaker 1>they can be on defense, I mean, I think can

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<v Speaker 1>be scary. They can. Fitzpatrick has a pretty long resume

0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:38.080
<v Speaker 1>that suggests that he isn't that consistent fizzles out. But

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<v Speaker 1>also I think the thing you got to think about

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<v Speaker 1>there is they have the kind of defense that might

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<v Speaker 1>be able to allow him to make some of those

0:30:43.200 --> 0:30:46.960
<v Speaker 1>mistakes totally. If it turnovers, they can create situations where

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<v Speaker 1>he can get the ball back after he gives it away. So,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I think ten wins is enough to win

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<v Speaker 1>this division. I don't know if the Cowboys are capable

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<v Speaker 1>of getting there. Yeah it could, it could be, but

0:30:56.880 --> 0:30:58.640
<v Speaker 1>I think that they're gonna have to, you know, beat

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<v Speaker 1>Washington in that to those ten wins, and if they

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<v Speaker 1>do December twenty sixth game, it's gonna be big, yeah, huge, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's what I think they are. I think they're

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<v Speaker 1>better football team. I think Dak will make them better.

0:31:09.600 --> 0:31:11.840
<v Speaker 1>I think those guys coming back, I think dan Quinn's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make them better. Um, but I mean it, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>find out. I mean, like I say every year, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the Week two season, the Week two games is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be very very important to see just where they

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<v Speaker 1>stand because it's gonna be hard to tell him maybe

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<v Speaker 1>after this one unless they win. If they win, then

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<v Speaker 1>then then they'll be like, Okay, well the parade will

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<v Speaker 1>go here and then it'll go down this street and

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll go this street. If they be at the

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<v Speaker 1>bucks Man My goal after this game is to stay

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<v Speaker 1>even win or loss. I just want to stay even

0:31:40.040 --> 0:31:41.960
<v Speaker 1>because I don't know that this game is gonna tell

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<v Speaker 1>me Mark back for Friday, because he's gonna come in here,

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<v Speaker 1>come in here, like, oh my god, Derek's gonna come

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<v Speaker 1>in here with a foam finger on his hand. If

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<v Speaker 1>they win, yeah, but if they lose, we sure lyles

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<v Speaker 1>even is he good at all? Like or no, he'll

0:31:55.880 --> 0:31:58.400
<v Speaker 1>just be like, well, this doesn't even really count. Let's

0:31:58.440 --> 0:32:01.440
<v Speaker 1>talk about the charger on his like either way, win

0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:04.240
<v Speaker 1>a loss. I really think my goal is to come

0:32:04.240 --> 0:32:07.480
<v Speaker 1>back after this game and be like it unless I'm

0:32:07.520 --> 0:32:09.840
<v Speaker 1>looking for different things. I'm looking for specific things to

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<v Speaker 1>win and the loss like they could get blown out

0:32:12.160 --> 0:32:15.400
<v Speaker 1>in this game. Honestly, this is we'll see about them

0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:17.440
<v Speaker 1>just second good day. When you say ceiling, I just

0:32:17.480 --> 0:32:20.960
<v Speaker 1>assume it means best case scenario. Basically everything falls away

0:32:21.040 --> 0:32:24.000
<v Speaker 1>if everything goes their way and they're healthy all year

0:32:24.160 --> 0:32:28.280
<v Speaker 1>and the defense gets substantially right well yeah, well I

0:32:28.360 --> 0:32:32.400
<v Speaker 1>know best case it's already not a best case scenario, right. Well,

0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:35.600
<v Speaker 1>if it gets a lot better starting week two and

0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:40.560
<v Speaker 1>the defense substantially better, they're forcing takeaways. Dak is who

0:32:40.640 --> 0:32:42.960
<v Speaker 1>we think he is, and the ground game gets back

0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:44.560
<v Speaker 1>up so that they can lean on teams in the

0:32:44.560 --> 0:32:48.920
<v Speaker 1>second half. The ceiling, I think is like twelve or

0:32:48.960 --> 0:32:51.360
<v Speaker 1>thirteen wins. Like I think they're that good. If they

0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:55.240
<v Speaker 1>achieve all of those benchmarks. They won't be though I don't.

0:32:55.280 --> 0:32:58.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean, they're already banged up. They haven't shown any

0:32:58.720 --> 0:33:00.920
<v Speaker 1>inkling that they can be that insistent. We still don't

0:33:00.920 --> 0:33:04.000
<v Speaker 1>know what this defense is, so the floor is the

0:33:04.040 --> 0:33:06.440
<v Speaker 1>defense is just as bad. The floor is probably what

0:33:06.480 --> 0:33:10.000
<v Speaker 1>we saw in twenty nineteen because the personnel's pretty similar.

0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:11.880
<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of names have changed, but the

0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:14.080
<v Speaker 1>level of talent seems similar. And that was an eight

0:33:14.080 --> 0:33:16.720
<v Speaker 1>and eighteen because they were inconsistent and any fishing. So

0:33:17.080 --> 0:33:19.000
<v Speaker 1>you can't go eight in eight this year, I guess

0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:22.080
<v Speaker 1>you could go eight eight and one um in the face.

0:33:24.400 --> 0:33:28.000
<v Speaker 1>I swear if we have a tie game like that'll

0:33:28.040 --> 0:33:30.520
<v Speaker 1>be a saltis. I hate the rule. I hate it's

0:33:30.680 --> 0:33:33.280
<v Speaker 1>ridiculous that you have a tie. I think. I think

0:33:33.360 --> 0:33:36.040
<v Speaker 1>it's one of the one of the reasons why in

0:33:36.120 --> 0:33:38.480
<v Speaker 1>the US that we don't love a soccer as much

0:33:38.480 --> 0:33:40.560
<v Speaker 1>as other countries, because there's no way I think that

0:33:41.360 --> 0:33:43.800
<v Speaker 1>that hurts, I really do, but I just didn't ties

0:33:43.840 --> 0:33:47.000
<v Speaker 1>with terrible. I'm sorry, Dave Good. The ceiling is probably

0:33:47.240 --> 0:33:49.160
<v Speaker 1>I mean sorry, the floor is probably like six or

0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:54.000
<v Speaker 1>seven wins and so split the difference. The realistic scenario is,

0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:59.480
<v Speaker 1>I don't disagree with Nick, but I don't completely You

0:33:59.560 --> 0:34:01.920
<v Speaker 1>can't know. No, No, I'm nine and eight, nine and

0:34:01.960 --> 0:34:04.680
<v Speaker 1>eight and win the East. That's my expectation for this team.

0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:09.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm not sold on Washington, definitely not sold on the Giants,

0:34:09.920 --> 0:34:13.680
<v Speaker 1>and so nine wins prefer mentioned the Eagles. H No,

0:34:14.320 --> 0:34:18.560
<v Speaker 1>well worth mention here, but not so nine nine wins

0:34:18.600 --> 0:34:21.480
<v Speaker 1>and win the division is what I think they are

0:34:21.600 --> 0:34:25.600
<v Speaker 1>capable of, and I will be uh disappointed if they

0:34:25.640 --> 0:34:28.239
<v Speaker 1>can't at least get to that, barring some sort of

0:34:28.280 --> 0:34:31.160
<v Speaker 1>crazy rash of injuries. Again, you know, that's what they're

0:34:31.200 --> 0:34:33.520
<v Speaker 1>paying that to do that. They're paying him to be

0:34:33.560 --> 0:34:35.799
<v Speaker 1>a quarterback that can that can carry the team. I mean,

0:34:35.800 --> 0:34:40.600
<v Speaker 1>that's what going well and and I I like, I

0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:43.239
<v Speaker 1>think he has the ability to do that. Um. Like

0:34:43.280 --> 0:34:44.879
<v Speaker 1>I said the other day, I've said this a couple

0:34:44.880 --> 0:34:46.440
<v Speaker 1>of times. I think he's good enough. He's going to

0:34:46.760 --> 0:34:49.600
<v Speaker 1>keep you win games. He showed that last year and

0:34:49.600 --> 0:34:51.879
<v Speaker 1>the team wasn't very good, and he's he kept him

0:34:51.920 --> 0:34:55.920
<v Speaker 1>in games, uh didn't always win though. That's the that's

0:34:55.920 --> 0:34:58.680
<v Speaker 1>where his next level's gotta be. You gotta win those games.

0:34:58.719 --> 0:35:00.800
<v Speaker 1>You got to you gotta complete that pass in Seattle,

0:35:00.840 --> 0:35:03.279
<v Speaker 1>you got to make those plays in Cleveland and all

0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:06.279
<v Speaker 1>against Cleveland, things like that, And so I think, and

0:35:06.320 --> 0:35:08.040
<v Speaker 1>he's got to be better in the first first half

0:35:08.040 --> 0:35:09.799
<v Speaker 1>two to not to get to that point, you know,

0:35:09.920 --> 0:35:12.280
<v Speaker 1>because this is a team with Zeke and the offensive

0:35:12.280 --> 0:35:15.239
<v Speaker 1>line that's still built to run out the clock and

0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 1>win games if they can get to that point. So

0:35:18.200 --> 0:35:20.160
<v Speaker 1>that's gonna be the big key, killing Moore and himself.

0:35:20.160 --> 0:35:22.040
<v Speaker 1>They got to come out and be way better in

0:35:22.080 --> 0:35:23.600
<v Speaker 1>the first half. All right, real quick, give me your

0:35:23.600 --> 0:35:27.040
<v Speaker 1>picks for this week Cowboys versus Buccaneers Thursday Night Football. Dave,

0:35:28.719 --> 0:35:30.920
<v Speaker 1>I can't pick him to win this game, just I mean,

0:35:31.239 --> 0:35:33.800
<v Speaker 1>it was already against him. I keep saying this stat

0:35:33.840 --> 0:35:36.640
<v Speaker 1>but you know, they started playing this Thursday night. They

0:35:36.640 --> 0:35:39.040
<v Speaker 1>turned the Thursday night game into a spectacle around two

0:35:39.040 --> 0:35:41.920
<v Speaker 1>thousand and four. I'm well aware of. The Cowboys won

0:35:42.040 --> 0:35:45.440
<v Speaker 1>one of them in twenty twelve against the Giants, but

0:35:45.680 --> 0:35:49.560
<v Speaker 1>the track record for the home team is outstanding. It's

0:35:49.560 --> 0:35:53.160
<v Speaker 1>like fifteen and three. Yeah, Brady's one of those losses.

0:35:53.200 --> 0:35:55.440
<v Speaker 1>He is he lost to the Chiefs in twenty seventeen.

0:35:55.480 --> 0:35:59.640
<v Speaker 1>I think I get it. The odds aren't in your favor,

0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:03.600
<v Speaker 1>home crowd hanging a banner. They are a much more.

0:36:04.040 --> 0:36:07.200
<v Speaker 1>They've been together, They brought everybody, bought everybody back. Jordan

0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:11.000
<v Speaker 1>Whitehair is the only injury of note on that entire team.

0:36:11.760 --> 0:36:13.719
<v Speaker 1>It's just it's a lot to go against, even when

0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:18.320
<v Speaker 1>you don't lose Zach Martin right before the game. So sorry, sorry,

0:36:18.440 --> 0:36:21.960
<v Speaker 1>I can't pick them. Um. I think Bucks thirty four

0:36:22.120 --> 0:36:26.040
<v Speaker 1>twenty four, and it's gonna be a little dejecting, I think.

0:36:26.520 --> 0:36:28.279
<v Speaker 1>I mean, if they lose by double digits to open

0:36:28.280 --> 0:36:30.560
<v Speaker 1>the season, that's a bummer for everybody. I don't think

0:36:30.560 --> 0:36:32.600
<v Speaker 1>it's an indictment on the season. I think this is

0:36:33.320 --> 0:36:34.840
<v Speaker 1>this is what happens when they put you to go

0:36:34.880 --> 0:36:37.600
<v Speaker 1>against the best. UM, if they win, it'll be that

0:36:37.800 --> 0:36:41.239
<v Speaker 1>would be amazing and all that like, and hopefully they do.

0:36:41.280 --> 0:36:43.480
<v Speaker 1>But I can't pick them thirty four twenty four Bucks.

0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:46.600
<v Speaker 1>I'll go with Tampa as well. I can't. We haven't

0:36:46.600 --> 0:36:49.600
<v Speaker 1>seen it. We haven't seen them do anything to say that,

0:36:49.840 --> 0:36:51.640
<v Speaker 1>you know, they're going to be better. And of course

0:36:51.880 --> 0:36:53.600
<v Speaker 1>we didn't see it in the preseason, and we couldn't.

0:36:53.840 --> 0:36:57.239
<v Speaker 1>We didn't allow that. But you know, Tampa's bringing everyone back.

0:36:57.520 --> 0:36:59.879
<v Speaker 1>There's there's just look at the question mark. They don't

0:36:59.880 --> 0:37:01.640
<v Speaker 1>have a lot of question marks on what they're doing.

0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:04.200
<v Speaker 1>Their question marks are can they keep it at the

0:37:04.239 --> 0:37:07.879
<v Speaker 1>same level Cowboys question marks are you know, is Dac

0:37:07.960 --> 0:37:10.799
<v Speaker 1>back Zeke return to forms the line hold up? They

0:37:10.880 --> 0:37:12.839
<v Speaker 1>got bigger question marks, So there's no way you could

0:37:12.840 --> 0:37:14.520
<v Speaker 1>go in there and expect them to win. I'm gonna

0:37:14.520 --> 0:37:16.800
<v Speaker 1>say twenty seven twenty one, I think they'll keep it close.

0:37:17.120 --> 0:37:19.279
<v Speaker 1>I do think the Cowboys will fight, and they'll be

0:37:19.360 --> 0:37:22.600
<v Speaker 1>will show you know, they'll be you know better. I

0:37:22.640 --> 0:37:24.640
<v Speaker 1>don't think it'll be a moral victory, if you want

0:37:24.680 --> 0:37:26.680
<v Speaker 1>to go down that road, but I do think that

0:37:26.840 --> 0:37:29.799
<v Speaker 1>they'll they'll keep this close with Tampa, and I think

0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:33.320
<v Speaker 1>they lose the twenty seven twenty one um and I

0:37:33.440 --> 0:37:36.120
<v Speaker 1>got Derek. I also think it's going to be hard

0:37:36.160 --> 0:37:37.920
<v Speaker 1>to pick them this week. Although I do think it

0:37:38.000 --> 0:37:39.840
<v Speaker 1>will be a close game. I do think that this

0:37:39.920 --> 0:37:41.759
<v Speaker 1>is going to be one of those games where I

0:37:41.840 --> 0:37:44.120
<v Speaker 1>mentioned earlier in the show, they've now on there on

0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:47.080
<v Speaker 1>a six game streak of thirty plus games. I think

0:37:47.120 --> 0:37:50.680
<v Speaker 1>that continues. But I do think Tampa is I do

0:37:50.760 --> 0:37:53.640
<v Speaker 1>think though Dallas, as is the case typically when Dak

0:37:53.719 --> 0:37:55.399
<v Speaker 1>has been on the field the last couple of years,

0:37:55.520 --> 0:37:58.120
<v Speaker 1>they'll match them and they'll they'll stay in this game,

0:37:58.239 --> 0:38:00.359
<v Speaker 1>or they'll get back into this game and they'll make

0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:02.680
<v Speaker 1>it interesting. I just don't know if at the end

0:38:02.719 --> 0:38:04.799
<v Speaker 1>of the day they have enough to be able to

0:38:04.800 --> 0:38:07.319
<v Speaker 1>overcome losing somebody like Zack Martin had. It is a

0:38:07.400 --> 0:38:09.520
<v Speaker 1>huge loss to go against a team that again has

0:38:09.520 --> 0:38:12.200
<v Speaker 1>returned all twenty two starters for a week one of

0:38:12.239 --> 0:38:14.560
<v Speaker 1>a season. To lose one of your best players, I

0:38:14.640 --> 0:38:16.280
<v Speaker 1>just think that's going to be a lot to overcome.

0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:18.360
<v Speaker 1>But I do think Dallas will make a run of it,

0:38:18.400 --> 0:38:20.560
<v Speaker 1>and I think it'll be a very interesting game. Oh

0:38:20.600 --> 0:38:23.839
<v Speaker 1>it's all well, actually it isn't always interesting. That's some

0:38:23.880 --> 0:38:26.160
<v Speaker 1>of these Thursday night openers have gotten kind of out

0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:28.560
<v Speaker 1>of hand. It was a while ago, but like Seattle

0:38:28.640 --> 0:38:31.319
<v Speaker 1>beat the crap out of Green Bay when they hung

0:38:31.360 --> 0:38:34.000
<v Speaker 1>their banner a while back. So I don't know. I

0:38:34.080 --> 0:38:36.200
<v Speaker 1>just there's just a lot of factors working against them.

0:38:36.200 --> 0:38:38.960
<v Speaker 1>And you know, the first team offense hasn't really they

0:38:38.960 --> 0:38:41.000
<v Speaker 1>didn't really have a preseens and by the way, you're

0:38:41.040 --> 0:38:43.680
<v Speaker 1>playing against a team that their offense and defense. Not

0:38:43.719 --> 0:38:45.520
<v Speaker 1>only did they not have to worry about having a preseason,

0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:47.600
<v Speaker 1>they played a whole season together last year, So they're

0:38:47.760 --> 0:38:50.120
<v Speaker 1>very comfortable with each other, probably more than most teams

0:38:50.120 --> 0:38:53.200
<v Speaker 1>would be in a first week one game. I see

0:38:53.239 --> 0:38:54.920
<v Speaker 1>this as being a little bit more low scoring than

0:38:55.000 --> 0:38:57.040
<v Speaker 1>you guys didn't I said twenty seven twenty one, But

0:38:57.080 --> 0:38:59.399
<v Speaker 1>I could see it taken a little while to get

0:38:59.480 --> 0:39:01.880
<v Speaker 1>both teams going, which could help the Cowboys obviously if

0:39:01.920 --> 0:39:04.719
<v Speaker 1>you keep it, if you keep the score relatively low.

0:39:04.920 --> 0:39:07.440
<v Speaker 1>So I just I just feel, especially from Dallas standpoint,

0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:09.640
<v Speaker 1>I think they'll they'll take them a little bit to

0:39:09.680 --> 0:39:13.560
<v Speaker 1>get get going in GEL so hopefully hopefully they can

0:39:13.600 --> 0:39:16.040
<v Speaker 1>withstand that. You know, that's just what we've seen. We've

0:39:16.040 --> 0:39:17.680
<v Speaker 1>seen slow starts out of that. I want to see

0:39:17.719 --> 0:39:20.000
<v Speaker 1>if if that can change. That's we talked about that

0:39:20.040 --> 0:39:22.879
<v Speaker 1>earlier this week. It's one of the more frustrating things

0:39:22.920 --> 0:39:25.200
<v Speaker 1>about this team is that they start slow. That would

0:39:25.200 --> 0:39:27.600
<v Speaker 1>be awesome. If they flip the script on that, I

0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:30.319
<v Speaker 1>would not I would not be shocked though, if this game,

0:39:30.680 --> 0:39:33.919
<v Speaker 1>you know, flips the script, I wouldn't be the most

0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:36.040
<v Speaker 1>Cowboys thing ever, which I'm so like. That's the thing

0:39:36.080 --> 0:39:38.600
<v Speaker 1>about the NFL. Once you think you know something, and

0:39:38.680 --> 0:39:40.680
<v Speaker 1>the more you think you know it, the more it

0:39:40.680 --> 0:39:43.200
<v Speaker 1>has a chance to flip on you. Friday Friday could

0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:46.440
<v Speaker 1>be really fun. I hope it is, because I'm getting

0:39:46.480 --> 0:39:49.040
<v Speaker 1>back to Dallas in just enough time to like drive

0:39:49.080 --> 0:39:50.920
<v Speaker 1>here to do the show. If they find a way

0:39:50.920 --> 0:39:53.680
<v Speaker 1>to win, I'll come in here and say and do

0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:55.720
<v Speaker 1>whatever you want me to. I'll eat all I'll happily

0:39:55.760 --> 0:39:58.560
<v Speaker 1>eat all the crow I just I'm just saying, yeah,

0:39:58.640 --> 0:40:01.399
<v Speaker 1>don't I'll see that they win, you know, a big

0:40:01.440 --> 0:40:05.320
<v Speaker 1>surprise because this is this is the best football team.

0:40:05.520 --> 0:40:07.160
<v Speaker 1>You know, this is the best football team there is

0:40:07.200 --> 0:40:09.680
<v Speaker 1>but the best quarterback to ever play so and I

0:40:09.719 --> 0:40:12.920
<v Speaker 1>think arguably the best coaching in the business right now.

0:40:12.920 --> 0:40:14.759
<v Speaker 1>They get a lot of things working for him. So

0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:18.520
<v Speaker 1>I'll be really shocked if they win. Can they win, Yeah,

0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:21.200
<v Speaker 1>of course they can, but it's it's gonna take some

0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:24.960
<v Speaker 1>uncharacteristic things from Tampa Bay and and the Cowboys. Well, well,

0:40:25.040 --> 0:40:26.640
<v Speaker 1>I think, well, I think the important thing is we're

0:40:26.640 --> 0:40:29.000
<v Speaker 1>gonna learn some things about this team. I think we

0:40:29.040 --> 0:40:33.160
<v Speaker 1>will learn where's this defense in their in their you know,

0:40:33.200 --> 0:40:35.040
<v Speaker 1>their trek to try to be you know, back to

0:40:35.080 --> 0:40:37.000
<v Speaker 1>that middle of the at least middle of the league

0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:39.560
<v Speaker 1>type situation. Where's the run game? Where is that? There's

0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:41.680
<v Speaker 1>a lot of question marks that. Well, we'll start getting

0:40:41.680 --> 0:40:45.080
<v Speaker 1>some answers on that this week. You gotta hit him.

0:40:45.080 --> 0:40:48.040
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, you gotta hear it is. I can't. I

0:40:48.040 --> 0:40:50.080
<v Speaker 1>can't believe that we're playing a game in two days.

0:40:50.360 --> 0:40:53.319
<v Speaker 1>Like I was like, that's day after tomorrow. I said

0:40:53.360 --> 0:40:57.000
<v Speaker 1>that we've we've this has been circled. I don't. I

0:40:57.000 --> 0:41:00.240
<v Speaker 1>don't know if a season has ever centered so much,

0:41:00.600 --> 0:41:03.839
<v Speaker 1>not for me anyway, on the opener, just we've known

0:41:03.880 --> 0:41:08.000
<v Speaker 1>the schedule since April. They've been in camp since July twentieth,

0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:09.919
<v Speaker 1>like they had to be the Hall of Fame game.

0:41:10.000 --> 0:41:12.600
<v Speaker 1>All it's been this. I feel like we've been talking

0:41:12.600 --> 0:41:14.959
<v Speaker 1>about the Bucks for eight months. Well I know, because

0:41:14.960 --> 0:41:17.000
<v Speaker 1>it's like like in June they get asked, what about

0:41:17.000 --> 0:41:18.759
<v Speaker 1>September twenty third, what day of the week is that.

0:41:18.800 --> 0:41:21.719
<v Speaker 1>It's like, well, September ninth is a Thursday, so that's

0:41:21.719 --> 0:41:23.000
<v Speaker 1>a that's a third, you know what I mean, Because

0:41:23.120 --> 0:41:25.040
<v Speaker 1>you know September ninth is a Thursday. You've been writing

0:41:25.040 --> 0:41:27.960
<v Speaker 1>it one hundred times. So here we are. That's a rap.

0:41:28.000 --> 0:41:29.600
<v Speaker 1>We'll be back on Friday. We'll tell you guys what

0:41:29.600 --> 0:41:31.359
<v Speaker 1>went write and what went wrong for the Cowboys. Still

0:41:31.360 --> 0:41:33.160
<v Speaker 1>then for Nick even Dave Helmet, I'm Derek Eagleson. This

0:41:33.239 --> 0:41:36.960
<v Speaker 1>has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:42.120
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