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Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is mediumash, a

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Speaker 1: roundtable of Cowboys insiders, dropping wisdom and offering sizzling takes

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Speaker 1: on the current state of your Dallas Cowboys. Now your host,

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Speaker 1: Steve Dennis. All right here we are for mediumash Man.

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Speaker 1: We moved it to Tuesday. So glad you saw the

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Speaker 1: friends mediumash on Tuesday right now for the next hour. Okay,

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Speaker 1: A lot of words flying around this week. Family. Family

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Speaker 1: is a big word flying around. Turkey Turkey football pie.

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Speaker 1: I've got a word I'd like to aner that is

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Speaker 1: a part of this week. Get is gump ge l

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Speaker 1: P definition number one to swallow heartily or greedily. We're

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Speaker 1: all gonna do that right. We're gonna gulp down a

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving feast this week. That's a good gulp. Second definition

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Speaker 1: of gulp uh go you keep back as if swallowing,

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Speaker 1: gop down a sob or fear as in gope. My

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Speaker 1: name is Steve Dennis. MA showed us here. Nick's here,

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Speaker 1: slaters here have we started the podcast? Stay here while

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Speaker 1: we go down our meal. The Cowboys now have us

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Speaker 1: all all you fans thinking, Gope, that's where we're starting.

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Speaker 1: How bad are you thinking, Gop, I'm gonna show us

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Speaker 1: said it was going to take him a while lot

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Speaker 1: where he was going. I don't think it's that bad.

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Speaker 1: I oh, I know. It's easy after these losses to

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Speaker 1: be very critical of everything and act like the sky

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Speaker 1: is falling. But one I guess and I hate to

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Speaker 1: sound like Jerry Jones here, but like DeMarcus Lawrence is

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Speaker 1: coming back, Randy Gregory is coming back. And then the

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Speaker 1: way the defense played you just there and you think,

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Speaker 1: like putting them on top of what they already showed,

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Speaker 1: Like I can't sit here and go, oh yeah, they're

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Speaker 1: just not ready for the bright lights. Look at the

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Speaker 1: way they played in Kansas City. It's like, okay, if

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Speaker 1: you told me that they were going to play them again,

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Speaker 1: And then they had Tyrn Smith and Amari Cooper and

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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb and Randy Gregor and DeMarcus Lawrence like and

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Speaker 1: then the other thing, and this is probably even the

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Speaker 1: bigger thing about all of this is like, look around

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Speaker 1: the rest of the league. Stop watching that game for

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Speaker 1: five minutes and look around the rest of the league,

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Speaker 1: and not just for one week or two or three

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Speaker 1: the entire season. One of the most interesting quotes to

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Speaker 1: me after the game was from Andy Reid, and really

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, the quotes that they had,

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Speaker 1: Although they were talking about the Chiefs, they applied to

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys like, you know, because everybody up there or yes,

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Speaker 1: up there, they act like, oh, are we finally getting

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Speaker 1: our swagger back? Like are we finally getting back? Like

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Speaker 1: you have, Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid, you're gonna be

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Speaker 1: in the mix, do you guys? Just relax, you know,

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Speaker 1: And I feel the same way about Cowboys fans. Just

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Speaker 1: relax like they're gonna be fine. Like, yeah, Deck didn't

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Speaker 1: play well. There's a lot of things that about that

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Speaker 1: game that you know aren't great. But I just I

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Speaker 1: just don't I don't get all of the panic all

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Speaker 1: the team longer than I have, and so I know

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Speaker 1: you've seen a lot of ups and downs. But I

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Speaker 1: just still think this is the best team they've had

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Speaker 1: in over a decade. Like, just let this thing play out.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fine. I agree with you. Let's let

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Speaker 1: be fine. But you gotta figure out what's fine, because

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Speaker 1: because before I was fine, was like, oh, I mean

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Speaker 1: get one of the first you don't get to buy.

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Speaker 1: Now I think it's definitely back to the division again.

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Speaker 1: I think it's instead of looking back, it's look, you know, look,

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Speaker 1: We'll get into all that, but there's some other narratives.

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Speaker 1: We'll get big picture. You guys did a nice job

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Speaker 1: Everybody is pointing a finger at Oh McCarthy's an idiot.

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Speaker 1: Kellen Moore is an idiot. Run the football more. They

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Speaker 1: should have run the football more. I want to just

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Speaker 1: They played a lot of fantasy football with that offensive

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Speaker 1: So it's not like they went away from it. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of what Jane said. Well, what's fascinating is again

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Speaker 1: going back to the NFL research department. They helped me

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Speaker 1: out so much. Every week I went and asked about this.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys averaged one hundred and seventy two point eight

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Speaker 1: rushing yards in their first five games, that was second

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Speaker 1: So glad you're with us. John Mushota from the Athletic

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Speaker 1: is the youngest of the gentlemen in here, not by much,

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Speaker 1: but in your case. Nick Eatman of All Cowboys Production

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Speaker 1: and management. You know him well from the break and

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Speaker 1: many other things. He's here, Slater, Jane Jane Slater from

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Speaker 1: with us later. Well, let's just have that conversation. Let's yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: it won't change. It won't change. Slater and I had

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Speaker 1: twenty one and CBS eleven going at each other a

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Speaker 1: little bit, so you're not going to change the way

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Speaker 1: we go at each other. But but but I really

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Speaker 1: do believe this, and we've been in this discussion and

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Speaker 1: you think I'm mister negative all the time, which I

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Speaker 1: don't like the word negative. I am cynical, And I

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Speaker 1: do believe it is our job as media journalism to

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Speaker 1: hold people accountable in a truthful way, whether it be

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Speaker 1: the President of the United States or the quarterback of

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. And I get it it's quite a

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Speaker 1: reach to compare that to that. But those of us

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Speaker 1: in sports, when we get to the end of our career,

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Speaker 1: we have to admit that we just did it in

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Speaker 1: sports instead of news that really matters. But it's the

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Speaker 1: same principle. And my takeaway from this game is you

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Speaker 1: can't trust them. They're good. They're good football team. We

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Speaker 1: all know that. And where are they headed? We don't

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Speaker 1: know that. Where do we think we're headed? As you can,

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Speaker 1: it depends on who you are. But after the Denver

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Speaker 1: game and then the Atlanta game and then this game,

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Speaker 1: it's apparent to me that no matter what you're thinking, positive, negative, cynical, whatever,

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Speaker 1: you can't trust them. You don't know what they're gonna

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Speaker 1: do in big moments until you see it. And I

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Speaker 1: think what's even worse is you can't trust Dak. And

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Speaker 1: this thing is all about Dak. I think we all

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Speaker 1: agree to that Dak is their leader. And if Dak

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Speaker 1: is going to play that bad at home against Denver

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Speaker 1: and this bad on the road at Arrowhead, can't trust

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Speaker 1: him either. Here's Jane Slater. I just think it's such

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Speaker 1: a bold, dramatic statement to say, after two losses that

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Speaker 1: you can't trust this quarterback. And I will go back

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Speaker 1: to the same argument I had after we talked about

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Speaker 1: this in the Broncos game. Look at the way he

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Speaker 1: played on the road against the Tampa Bay Bucks, the

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Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champions. Look at the way they played

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Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Look at the way they played up

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Speaker 1: in New England against that defense and Bill Belichick on

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Speaker 1: the road. So you're and I've conceded that you're going

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Speaker 1: to have to give me a bigger sample size before

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Speaker 1: I come to your side on this. I don't not

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Speaker 1: trust him, especially after the Broncos game, seeing them come

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Speaker 1: out and completely dominate against the Falcons. Now, you can

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Speaker 1: say what you want about the Falcons, but I trust

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Speaker 1: Dack's mental resilience. I trust his preparation, I trust his moxie,

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Speaker 1: and I trust that he's going to turn this one

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Speaker 1: around again the same way we saw him turn it

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Speaker 1: around after the Broncos game. My point is, you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know why we have to trust him, you know,

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Speaker 1: like I kind of agree with you again, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: but careful, but not in a cynical way. Though it's

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Speaker 1: not my job to trust him. I agree with what

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Speaker 1: Jane said though. I mean, he's a he's a bounce

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Speaker 1: back guy, he's a leader like he will play well.

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Speaker 1: But but this team hasn't proven that they're going to

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Speaker 1: just go in And you know, worse than just losing

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00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: games on some of the really big moments in the

521
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Speaker 1: last couple of years, they're stuck on this nine. They

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Speaker 1: don't even get touchdowns. That did it against the Eagles

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Speaker 1: with a chance to win the division a couple years ago,

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Speaker 1: did it in New England. You know, they they don't

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Speaker 1: always score. So you know, I don't know if I

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Speaker 1: trust him completely that they're gonna go win a big game.

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Speaker 1: But I have confidence that he's the guy to do it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if they do it, they're gonna go down

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Speaker 1: swinging with that. He's the man. But I don't necessarily

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Speaker 1: trust it now because but it's not my job to

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Speaker 1: trust it. Let me ask you guys a question. Could

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Speaker 1: this team use an extra piece or two? This is

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Speaker 1: not exactly a team that we've seen go out and

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Speaker 1: make a trade and add to the roster that some

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Speaker 1: of these other teams do that feel like it's their

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Speaker 1: year and making a push. So how are they going

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Speaker 1: to do? Are the Cowboys missing anything that you guys

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Speaker 1: think that they should yet? How are they would it

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Speaker 1: be Jane, how are they going to add them? Can't

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Speaker 1: do it now and don't do it? That's my point. Well,

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Speaker 1: but I mean I've only I've I mean, I've gotten

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Speaker 1: Horse saying that I think they needed a better center. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they let the trade deadline just go bye bye.

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Speaker 1: They do it every year. I'm finding a center that's

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Speaker 1: in his last year or two in his contract on

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Speaker 1: a team that's not that competitive and saying I mean

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Speaker 1: I see him in the building all the time. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what, but I mean, I just I

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Speaker 1: think I think they missed the boat on now when

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Speaker 1: I thought that they should have gotten you know, better

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman up front. And if they're ready to move

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Speaker 1: Lil Collins to left guard, I mean, I'm I would

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Speaker 1: do that, all right, ma chowam back to the trust.

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Speaker 1: Where are you? I'm probably closer on this with Jane.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you mentioned the president thing comparison to

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Speaker 1: that Cowboys quarterback, I mean, it's traumatic. Deck's not that

557
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Speaker 1: far away from Roger in the sense of twenty years

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Speaker 1: from now. I mean, just the Deck that I've seen

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Speaker 1: behy any scene, I probably would vote for him for president,

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Speaker 1: but anyway I would too. Yeah, so anyway, but no,

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Speaker 1: that's that's not what we're talking about here. So anyway, Um,

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Speaker 1: now I'm a little bit closer with with Jane on

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Speaker 1: this because I think that I don't think that he's

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers um. I don't think he's Tom Brady um yet.

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Speaker 1: But there's just like not many of guys that I

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Speaker 1: think would be doing that much better of a job

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Speaker 1: than he's doing. Like you have one of the elite quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, he's had some bad games. I also think

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Speaker 1: with that being said, like watch the guy that you

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Speaker 1: see Thursday. Just watch that. I will be stunned if

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Speaker 1: he doesn't ball out, like he's going to be very

572
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: very good in that game. Well, let's talk about third

573
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: and what guy do you really trust in the league?

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Speaker 1: Right now? Name me three quarterbacks that you trust after

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Speaker 1: two losses. They're fan bases. The point I agree with

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Speaker 1: that after two losses in a season, Rogers, I am Ducks.

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Speaker 1: Their their fan bases totally trust him when it matters

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Speaker 1: those two for sure. Now Tampa fan base, now you're

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Speaker 1: in a discussion Buffalo with Josh Allen, He's probably where

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Speaker 1: Dak is. Yeah, there's no way they trust him more

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Speaker 1: than Dak Murray. Murray's new in the game he played anymore.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't matter Colt McCoy's winning without him.

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Speaker 1: But look how long Brady and Rogers have been in

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Speaker 1: the game. I mean we're only talking six years into death. Mahomes, Well,

585
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Speaker 1: do you trust him this year? Chiefs fans do absolutely

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Speaker 1: trust their fan base trust Mahomes. And when I say

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Speaker 1: you can't trust him, it's not about I'm speaking like

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Speaker 1: from a fans can't trust him? Who cares what I

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Speaker 1: trust or not trust? I care? To me, it's a

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Speaker 1: fan thing. Can you fans trust him? Can you trust

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Speaker 1: this team when you are so balled up nervous, when

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Speaker 1: they're playing that first playoff game and you're thinking, oh,

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Speaker 1: how good are we? How good? Or I please, we've

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Speaker 1: been waiting for twenty five years? Can you trust them?

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Speaker 1: And that's the discussion to me. And to go to

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Speaker 1: Arrowhead in a game where Mahomes played almost as poorly

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Speaker 1: as Dak did, and the defense held Kelsey held Tyreeke

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Speaker 1: although it looked like he was going to have thirty

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Speaker 1: catches at one point, and then the offense does nothing

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Speaker 1: because it can help you win the football game. Mahomes

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Speaker 1: had Tyreeke the freak and Travis Kelsey. Now, to your credit,

602
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Speaker 1: we had this discussion who had more weapons and heading

603
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Speaker 1: into that game, I said the Cowboys did. But the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys simply didn't have the same sort of weapons Mahomes

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Speaker 1: had in that well because one of theirs was unvaccinated

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Speaker 1: and Tyreek. But look, with this defense was able to

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Speaker 1: do to mitigate the damage of those two guys, But

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Speaker 1: Cowboys didn't have the type of weapons that they had

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Speaker 1: that day. All right, let's talk about what it means

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Speaker 1: for Thursday. There's our best discussion on what it meets

611
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Speaker 1: in general. What does it mean for the game day

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Speaker 1: after tomorrow Thanksgiving? Raids they've lost three straight. They're not

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Speaker 1: a world beater, except they got the best pass rush

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Speaker 1: in the NFL and we just saw Chris Jones feast

615
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Speaker 1: on Dak. The Raiders are the number one pass rush

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Speaker 1: team in the league. Crosby's a monster in gackways a monster.

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Speaker 1: They've got guys that are coming and and you made

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Speaker 1: the point about the defensive coordinator. So where do we

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Speaker 1: think whatever happened, however you want to categorize it in arrowhead?

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Speaker 1: Where do you think we are right now in terms

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Speaker 1: of how that performance means anything for Thursday? On things? Oh,

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Speaker 1: the biggest thing was that email that we got about

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Speaker 1: an hour and a half ago that said that Tyren

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Speaker 1: Smith was a full participant in practice. That's the biggest difference.

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Speaker 1: It's a trickle down, like the offensive plane has a

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Speaker 1: trickled down, Like when you take away your top piece. Well,

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Speaker 1: i'd say second, I'd still probably put Zach out of them,

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Speaker 1: but Tyrant's right there. You take man handles. Yeah, when

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Speaker 1: you take him out, everybody else's job changes. There's more

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Speaker 1: on your plate. And so when you get Tyrant back,

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Speaker 1: everybody else's job gets just a little bit easier on that.

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Speaker 1: And again, that's a that's an outstanding defensive front. Like

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's gonna be easier or anything, but

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Speaker 1: you tell me that Tyrant Smith is playing in that game,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna look better than it did in Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: And I do think that. If you want to talk

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Speaker 1: about quarterbacks, I don't trust car. I don't trust car No,

638
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: I don't trust their offense. Most most you're not. There's

639
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Speaker 1: like like like we came up, there's like three names

640
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: of guys, like when Steve did the whole, Like people

641
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: sitting they're all nervous watching the playoffs, Like yeah, it's

642
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: the NFL like other than like whose fans aren't like

643
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: the Broncos fans like I don't know, being at Arrowhead

644
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: talking to some people there, it's not like the Chiefs

645
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: fans think that they're just going to run right back

646
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. I think personally they're going back

647
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. But like, how many fan bases

648
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: really aren't sitting there the first week of the playoffs

649
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: going I don't know what we got. I don't know

650
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: we got, especially this season when no one's going in

651
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: like sixteen and one or fifteen and two, like everybody's

652
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: be nervous when you guys are busy and Arrowhead and

653
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: the game just ended and you're doing your work and

654
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: you're writing and doing what you're doing. I read a

655
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: tweet from a Cowboys fan. I laughed for fifteen minutes,

656
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: and the tweet said, why can't we just be good

657
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: for a change? But you are, hey, record being a

658
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: fan of this team. Look at the teams they've played

659
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: this year on the road. I mean they're set up, no,

660
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: but they're just saying, why can't we really just be good?

661
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: Without this kind of the schedule has been riddle this

662
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 1: year too, and and so I did not expect the

663
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: Cowboys to play as well as they have this year,

664
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Speaker 1: with Dak coming off the entry that he had u

665
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: with the schedule, the way that it came out, the

666
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: way that they've played is actually surprised me. And that's

667
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: why I've been more confident in this team than I

668
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: started off this season. Well, go ahead, and Nick, well,

669
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Speaker 1: you know, it just goes back to like you're talking

670
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: about fans and trust, and like, you know, I'm a

671
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: fan of you know, a college team. I mean, I

672
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: never trust that the team's going to do it. I mean,

673
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: I'm a cynical that that's just the way I am.

674
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: But McCarthy trusts him. McCarthy trust that the Cowboys are

675
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 1: gonna win the toss, go get the ball again, and

676
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 1: go score and set the tone. They went three and

677
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: out and and you know, and Dak missed Michael Gallop

678
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: on a play that probably could have changed a lot

679
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: of things, and then the Chiefs drove it. Yeah, they

680
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: got up. So all this trust stuff, who cares if

681
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: if if you know Joe Walker and Wyoming who's a

682
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 1: big Cowboy fan, it says I don't trust him. It

683
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. But the McCarthy does Jerry and Stephen Doo.

684
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: The Cowboys trust these guys to go do it, and

685
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: maybe that's all that the players really neat. I don't

686
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 1: trust the offensive line. I feel like they've trusted Terrence

687
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: Steel on the left side too much the last two weeks,

688
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 1: trusted making the move in the absence of no to

689
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: your pointer feedback on that one player. But to your

690
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: point earlier when you said about it, they got to

691
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: start looking for a tire replacement. That's what they're probably

692
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 1: trying to do right now. They're going to try and

693
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: do everything they can in this time that Hey, maybe

694
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you look two years down the

695
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: road and you're like, whoa they developed like the air

696
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: apparent at left tackle. Who would have ever thought that

697
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: would have happened. And I'm just saying, going off with

698
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: what McCarthy said and going back to the way he

699
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: built offensive lines in Green Bay, like he wasn't a

700
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: guy that spent a lot of first round picks on

701
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: the offensive line, and he was able to find diamonds

702
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: and the rough type guys that they helped develop and

703
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: bring along. I'm not saying that that's going to be

704
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: Terrence Steele, but if that could potentially be why they're

705
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 1: putting him in there to develop him. I thought Terrence

706
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 1: did a really nice job on the right side, So

707
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: why broke? Why fix something if it isn't broke? Is

708
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 1: my point? Well, because slow is better. But given the

709
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: fact that you've got a patchwork offensive line, it's not

710
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: a matter I think you do. Who's just best for

711
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: the group? Who would you put a left tackle? I

712
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: trust a veteran like Lell Collins there. They didn't. I

713
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: don't they didn't. I mean I don't. Yeah, that's that's

714
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: another thing, going back to our earlier conversation about the

715
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: run game. We are all, I would say, as embedded

716
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 1: as you can be, but we still don't know everything.

717
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: And I can tell you this right now. They're not

718
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,720
Speaker 1: going to come out and tell us about trust issues

719
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: they have on certain guys in the offensive line that

720
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: like after the first five plays. They're not going to

721
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 1: sit there and say, oh, yeah, we knew after those

722
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: first five that we were not going to be able

723
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: to block them in the run game, so we ditched

724
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 1: the run game. They'll never say that, but behind the scenes,

725
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: there's times when that absolutely happens where they're just like, Okay,

726
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: I know that these whole plays in the side that

727
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 1: we're not running those today, that's not going to happen.

728
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: Those are disasters, right, That's why I but that's why

729
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 1: I don't think they're done. And I think it was

730
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: this was that whole left guard situation. Remember I who

731
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: was it? Was it you that was here or Rob Phillips.

732
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: Earlier in the year, I said, I don't think they're

733
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: done with this offensive line, and somebody said, what do

734
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 1: you know? And I said, I just think they're going

735
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: to make a change at some point at left guard.

736
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: I was hearing whispers about the Connor stuff early in

737
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,839
Speaker 1: the season, So I think because it's a contract year

738
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: for Connor, they're truly trying to figure out what they

739
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,879
Speaker 1: can get there. And to your point, maybe they think

740
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: they're being smart and maybe because it's still early in

741
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: the season, depth is not a bad thing for them

742
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: in terms of rotating guys out, getting guys some rust,

743
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: you know, in the course of a game. Maybe all

744
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,919
Speaker 1: of this works in their face. But for this year, though,

745
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 1: I'll just be clear, if you don't have Tyrn Smith,

746
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 1: you're not going in one agree with that, well, here

747
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: come the Raiders, and you know, the car knows what

748
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: it's like to be Dak Prescott against Kansas City about

749
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: every game. I mean, he's always under pressure, and he's

750
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 1: having a nice little year sixty five percent completion percentage,

751
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,760
Speaker 1: sixteen touchdowns and nine interceptions, three thousand yards and ninety

752
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: seven rating. He can be scary. And now their running

753
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: game has been dealing with injuries. Jacobs has been in

754
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: and out. I really believe. And again I always just

755
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: think picture anymore. I know that you guys, because I

756
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: used to be there. You go week to week and

757
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 1: you evaluate week to week. I feel like I'm a

758
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: little different than I used to be because there were

759
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: so many seasons and so many discussions and Romo, I mean,

760
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: my gosh, we that whole era. Romo needs help. No,

761
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: Dak doesn't need help. When when your offensive line is struggling,

762
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 1: an Amari's not vaccinated, bye bye, and CD hits his head.

763
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: The quarterback who makes one hundred and sixty million in

764
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: the next four years needs to play better. That's just it.

765
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: And I said this when Romo was the quarterback, and

766
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: I'll say it again. He didn't play good enough in Denver,

767
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 1: and he didn't play good enough about Kansas City. Now

768
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: Denver was a blowout. He had no chance in that,

769
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: he didn't own it. But in the and that's just

770
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: the fact. And Derek Carr needs to play better. That's

771
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: why the Raiders have lost three straight and they're in

772
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: a playoff fund And you're talking about the schedule. Let's

773
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: get to the schedule, because they've got six games left

774
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: seven and seven and three seven games left six after

775
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 1: this one, and they play one team above five hundred,

776
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: so the opportunity. But man, back to the gulp. If

777
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: they don't get this game Thursday and they're on the

778
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: road for three straight and all of a sudden they're

779
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: fighting for the division, we're having totally different conversations than

780
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 1: we've hand. Oh, if this NFC East picture, if we

781
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: start watching these other teams like the Eagles start closing

782
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: the gap, then you're gonna see Cowboy fans lose their

783
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: absolute lines. That's and that's great for podcasts like these.

784
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: You know why because the potential of this team. And

785
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 1: I'm with you, adversity is hit and McCarthy knows it,

786
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: everybody knows it. Adversity has hit a lot of teams

787
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: in the league, maybe the Cowboys a little harder. You

788
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl without adversity, though, is anybody just

789
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: co to it? I don't think it's ever happened. Well,

790
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: I look what the Eagles did a couple of years ago. Yeah,

791
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: we had a team in our fantasy league last year

792
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 1: that didn't have a single injury all year and won

793
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Speaker 1: the championship. So I guess you think about Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: I guess it's possible corrected. All right, let's get to

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847
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Speaker 1: That surprised Mahomes because he knows he got out of

848
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: trouble there and as fast as he is, So Mike

849
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 1: is so good that it had to change the clock

850
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: of Mahomes going forward. He just bloom closed on it.

851
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: It happened the same exact way week two. Justin Herbert

852
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: on that sack where they called it a sack with

853
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert kept dropping back. He's like, I got time

854
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 1: to get rid of this and then boom he I mean,

855
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: teams will obviously adjust to it, but it is it

856
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,359
Speaker 1: is freaky, like people don't think. And that's going back

857
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: to him and the combine. Well, they didn't do the

858
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 1: He ran his forty at Penn State and there was

859
00:43:57,920 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 1: all this talk about like who was going to run

860
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: a Master forty between him and Justin Fields, and I'm

861
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:03,919
Speaker 1: pretty sure he beat him out. And you just don't

862
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: see that from a guy that can play d ND

863
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 1: and like runs a four four right, But I think

864
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: he watches film with the same intensity that Sean Lee did.

865
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: And I think that that's something that was missing from

866
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: the linebackers group. Without naming names, no jeez, let me

867
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 1: think who could it be? But my point is a brand.

868
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 1: What stands out to me about Mica He talks a lot.

869
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 1: He's got a lot of energy. You know, in some cases,

870
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,879
Speaker 1: when somebody comes along in your profession, a new coworker

871
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,320
Speaker 1: and they're that eager, that can be annoying. But because

872
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 1: he's so freaking good and he wants to be good

873
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,919
Speaker 1: and he wants more on his plate, I think that's

874
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: what what's kind of pulled me over to his side.

875
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:51,439
Speaker 1: I'm like, this kid's gonna be legitimately something special. Yeah.

876
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,840
Speaker 1: I mean, what was the quote today? Probably one of

877
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 1: the best rookie wall. I mean, that's one of the

878
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: best quotes that that anybody is said all year, and

879
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: it's it's so true. I mean I can't go word

880
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: for word with it. Continue. He said. I had asked

881
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,720
Speaker 1: him about what it meant to him to have someone

882
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 1: like Patrick Mahomes call you a special player, and he

883
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 1: had said, you know, everyone keeps telling me there's going

884
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: to be a rookie wall. Yeah, I gotta here. People

885
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,319
Speaker 1: climb the wall. People always talk about the rookie wall.

886
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,920
Speaker 1: But I just keep climbing and climbing because I'm excited

887
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 1: to see what's on the other side of that wall. Well, see,

888
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 1: that's what this team is good. We all know that,

889
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: and it's good. The future is good. And the reason

890
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: is because you got Dak Prescott's another one. And to

891
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 1: why you love him the same reason we all love him.

892
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: Work ethic him, Oh I do. But you've got to

893
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:42,839
Speaker 1: criticize bad performances. Man, you just can't let him happen.

894
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 1: If you're gonna win a super Bowl. He would criticize

895
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: his own performance, right but right, But but in general, Uh,

896
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,720
Speaker 1: that that talent has to show up when it matters.

897
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:57,800
Speaker 1: That's the discussion. Some would say Arrowhead mattered because it

898
00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 1: was a big stage. Oh, let's see what they got.

899
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 1: Let's see And I ask you and you on Thursday?

900
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 1: Can he win an MVP Sunday? And I don't think

901
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 1: you guys said no. Um, he did the opposite. He

902
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: took himself out of it. Possibly, uh, and he's still

903
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: in it. Nobody's nobody's pulling away. Packer Packers losing, hate

904
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,720
Speaker 1: Packer's losing to that Minnesota team. I'm pretty sure Cooper

905
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: Rush beat them, Aaron pulling away from it. I no,

906
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 1: I think Aaron Rodgers the best quarterback in the league,

907
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: but he lost to the Vikings in Minnesota. Really, I

908
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: think cold McCoy's making a hell of it. Now, you're right,

909
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: You're right. I forgot by real quick here. I think

910
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people know. Notice Cowboys fans in particular,

911
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,320
Speaker 1: how the size of and everything that's going on on

912
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy's playsheet, Like, I mean, there's a lot there.

913
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 1: The only thing that rivals that is everything that Steve

914
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 1: has going on over here? What is all of this stuff?

915
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: Because he is like Dac and Micah Parson, I mean prepares. Yeah, well,

916
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,080
Speaker 1: you remember me in the press box, I was the

917
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 1: same way I've always sprawled notes, had a bunch of

918
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,919
Speaker 1: I could tell you though, what some of the things

919
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: are on the other side of that wall. For Micah Parsons,

920
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,399
Speaker 1: number one of them is a defensive Rookie of the Year,

921
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: like like he's gonna get He's gonna get that trophy.

922
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: I think he was getting annoyed that Trayvon Dix was

923
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,800
Speaker 1: in the discussion and he wasn't remember it was Trayvon

924
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: that got the first honors that cut NFC Player of

925
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: the Week or Defensive Player of the Week, and Micah

926
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: told Trayvon that he got I think that he likes

927
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. I think is another thing that's going to happen.

928
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 1: I mean inside backer, I mean backers get You know

929
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: what's funny is that linebacker is kind of weird with

930
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:40,360
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl because some defensive ends and outside linebacker

931
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: if you if you're not in a three four, you

932
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: have no shot because he's outside linebackers are getting seven, eight,

933
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: ten sacks. Well, Mica is an inside linebacker. I think

934
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 1: on the Pro Bowl ballot as an inside backer. But

935
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:54,920
Speaker 1: he's got eight sacks, and so I mean that's I'm

936
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:59,399
Speaker 1: thinking far far ahead here. But let's just assume ten

937
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: twenty twenty years we're talking about him in Hall of

938
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:04,880
Speaker 1: Fame status and again putting him way too far. What

939
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 1: do you put him in us? And when he goes

940
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: up for contract negotiations, what are the comps for him?

941
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: He's gonna want it, defensive end comps. He's gonna get

942
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: the money. Let me ask you, guys, which a better

943
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 1: question than your first. Who do you guys think he

944
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 1: should play? I think he needs to rush the passer. However,

945
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 1: however that happens, I think I think he needs to

946
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: play linebacker, and then he played he wherever it is.

947
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 1: You just don't know where it is. It doesn't matter.

948
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,920
Speaker 1: I don't care. If Tom Brady, who's seen everything, Peyton Manning,

949
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,280
Speaker 1: maybe Peyton could figure it out. But but I mean,

950
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 1: if you just don't know where this guy's going to

951
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: line up, I think I think he's still going to

952
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: get advantage. He's Dallas is Taysom Hill on defense? Well,

953
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,799
Speaker 1: we had again going back to Taysom Hill. I mean,

954
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: you got a nice contract with incentives, but think how

955
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,760
Speaker 1: much more money you make if you're just a quarterback.

956
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: But I would argue, I would argue Taysom Hill's not

957
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 1: very good and all the stuff he Peyton disagree. Well,

958
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,320
Speaker 1: if Sean Payton could be wrong and he may be

959
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,279
Speaker 1: dabbling with that dude a little too long here. But

960
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: we'll see DeMarcus where we have these discussions about him.

961
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,360
Speaker 1: He's the new LT and now they're saying it about

962
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 1: Micah Oh. He reminds movie young LT and DeMarcus is

963
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: going to the Hall of Fame. Same thing that kid

964
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 1: needs to get to the quarterback. Whether it was a

965
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: three four or the four to three doesn't matter. Get

966
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. That's where his skill is, and it

967
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 1: is a rarest of skills in the league. So why

968
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:38,359
Speaker 1: wouldn't you use him doing that? Because DeMarcus Lawrence can't

969
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: play linebacker? I mean, and that's I mean, you use

970
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: your guys the best way. If I got Gregory here,

971
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: and I've got d law here, and then I've got

972
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:49,400
Speaker 1: Parsons and vander esh in the middle for most of

973
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,840
Speaker 1: the time, that's a really, really good defense. But on

974
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 1: third and eight, who says that the law can't slide

975
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: inside or Gregory inside? Parson's over here? Not every third

976
00:49:58,000 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 1: and eight, not every third and long, but just sometime.

977
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: Are we convinced Gregory's back next year? Um? I mean,

978
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 1: are we convinced Lawrence's Well, well, that's the thing. If

979
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 1: you're going to move Michael Parsons to defensive end all

980
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: the time, that's fine, but it won't be with these three.

981
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:14,000
Speaker 1: I don't think this is the year to do it.

982
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 1: I think you figure it out now see what happened.

983
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: But I'm saying what you said in year a comment.

984
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: As long as he's trying to as long as they're

985
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 1: scheme in it to where he is getting to the quarterball.

986
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: I don't care where he does it from. Just stay

987
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 1: on the field, that's my Isn't it wild to you

988
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,360
Speaker 1: guys that he did not play that senior year at

989
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,800
Speaker 1: Penn State, barely played helped him, helped the Cowboys. I

990
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 1: think he's hungrier because of that. And yeah, but the

991
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 1: fact that he barely even played that position that they've

992
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: put him in, and we typically talk about that, but

993
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 1: we talk about how the game moves so fast for

994
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,400
Speaker 1: these rookies and how well he's respond I mean, just

995
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,400
Speaker 1: think about how good he could be. Of course, if

996
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 1: he stays healthy. That's the big thing of the league.

997
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 1: And I still want to give dan Quinn or whomever

998
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: credit because his skill is so rare. I mean, he

999
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: would have played linebacker and they may not have even

1000
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: explored no way. Mike Nolan and Jim tom Sula utilized

1001
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 1: him this year the way that dan Quinn they would

1002
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:12,440
Speaker 1: watch it in practice. Ago, man, he's man, he really

1003
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,239
Speaker 1: is quick. I think we all kind of laughed at it.

1004
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 1: Remember when he said it at training camp. We're all like,

1005
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 1: this kid said he can rust Patton We're like, that's cute. Yeah, well,

1006
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: I will say this for anybody out there because I

1007
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 1: know it is a big talking point. So I brought

1008
00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,880
Speaker 1: it up on Twitter about oh where should he be?

1009
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 1: Should be a defensive end? I think it was pretty

1010
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,759
Speaker 1: clear today and he said this before, but he said

1011
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,600
Speaker 1: again today like he doesn't love the chip life of

1012
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 1: how you get chipped on and when you're just playing

1013
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 1: defensive end all the time. And he makes jokes about it.

1014
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: Give him back, right right, But he's like, yeah, I

1015
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 1: can't wait for DeMarcus and Randy get back. They can

1016
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 1: have those chips, they can have those and something he wants.

1017
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: Romans absolutely hungry and and you know he's gonna face

1018
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:52,720
Speaker 1: some stuff though. Now the teams are saying, oh my gosh,

1019
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,440
Speaker 1: this guy, we got to do this and this and this.

1020
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: He'll see some of that. But when you just look

1021
00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:01,279
Speaker 1: at his numbers compared to their pass rushers in the

1022
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:04,200
Speaker 1: league and rookies on the defensive side of the ball,

1023
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:07,560
Speaker 1: it is very impressive. It's crazy, all right, who's in?

1024
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: Who's in? Let me throw a name out. You guys know,

1025
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 1: I don't fans might not Zeke is Zeke gonna play Thursday. Yes, yes, hp, HP, Yeah,

1026
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: he's too stubb in your toe. You know, I was

1027
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 1: so mad, real pricks. It's a thirty. He's like, oh,

1028
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:29,440
Speaker 1: I played three the injuries in a more. He's like, yeah,

1029
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 1: I pull myself out. Zeke is so impressive to me

1030
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,880
Speaker 1: because I'm telling you his ankle got crunched. Oh it

1031
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,360
Speaker 1: was bad, and he and he's already fighting a knee

1032
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:42,400
Speaker 1: and there was no way he was coming out of

1033
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 1: that game. And I watch all the games in the league.

1034
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: I've got that luxury. Now. You guys are busy on

1035
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: game day and I see superstar player. Oh, they got

1036
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:54,040
Speaker 1: a little chest man and they go back to the tent.

1037
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: The trainer comes over, disappears gone, and then they do

1038
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:02,319
Speaker 1: x rays on Monday, came out negative. Don't play through anything.

1039
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,720
Speaker 1: Some of these stars in the league now, which is okay.

1040
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:07,759
Speaker 1: I guess it's not the way it used to be.

1041
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,359
Speaker 1: He's always kind of put his body on the line.

1042
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:13,799
Speaker 1: After Zeke wanted Britt as far away from him as

1043
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,399
Speaker 1: he could get him, and he was very coy. He's

1044
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 1: standing there and then all of a sudden he's back

1045
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:21,880
Speaker 1: in the game. But he couldn't run. I mean he

1046
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:25,279
Speaker 1: was just fighting, all right, Zeke's in uh Tyrn, Tyrn's

1047
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,399
Speaker 1: a slam dunk, right, find hard to say after last week. Yeah,

1048
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it's a slam gun. We're not. I mean,

1049
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 1: he's driving to the rim, but I don't know if

1050
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 1: he's gonna lay it up, pass it off, or just

1051
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,360
Speaker 1: hammer at home and break the backboard. But that's what

1052
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,319
Speaker 1: they need. Or do you wait another week and put

1053
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,720
Speaker 1: him up against the Saints. Well I was at seventy

1054
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,640
Speaker 1: five percent going in the last game rush. Given this

1055
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:47,960
Speaker 1: pass rush and these these guys, they need to win

1056
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:51,239
Speaker 1: this game. Yeah, this is a this is a must win,

1057
00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 1: a sudden It is a huge got to win this.

1058
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:55,640
Speaker 1: I think it's big for the for the rush, for

1059
00:53:55,719 --> 00:53:57,799
Speaker 1: the final stretch of the season. Yet I gotta win this,

1060
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:00,480
Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna do this. We'll be very brief

1061
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 1: and it's up to you guys. Does anybody want to

1062
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: agree with Michael Irvin and screaming Amari for not being

1063
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:09,880
Speaker 1: vaccinated because he's not playing this weekend. That's two big

1064
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 1: games that he hurt his football team, no matter how

1065
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: you look at it. So any comment, do we want

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00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: to do it? Do we not if if he was

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00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 1: vaccinated and he and he got COVID. If he was vaccinated,

1068
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have been tested, so he had no symptoms. Well,

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00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:26,719
Speaker 1: I mean he would have played Kansas He would have

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00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:28,560
Speaker 1: played and then and then he would have if he

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00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 1: had if he had had COVID. I mean you kind

1072
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 1: of missing that point too, aren't we. I mean, like,

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00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,840
Speaker 1: I mean, he had the players, he's over here playing football,

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00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 1: and you know, I mean he would have been tested.

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00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: You know, he would have missed this game. So he

1076
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: plays Kansas City. He misses this game and then the

1077
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: next one, he's gonna miss two. If you if you

1078
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:48,560
Speaker 1: test positive for COVID, you're gonna miss two games probably.

1079
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 1: So I mean, I think where it's really an issue

1080
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:55,600
Speaker 1: is if if you know you're just not you're not vaccinated,

1081
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:59,839
Speaker 1: and then the practice squad receiver gets COVID and you're

1082
00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:02,280
Speaker 1: a here with them, and now you're on a different

1083
00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:05,799
Speaker 1: protocol than the other receivers because you're not vaccinated. That's

1084
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 1: where I think it's really gonna hurt, and it's hurt

1085
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: some other I think it hurt Davante Adams. I believe

1086
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,080
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago it's hurt other players like that too.

1087
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: I would just say, I respect a person's choice, but

1088
00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 1: you also have to understand the consequences of your choice. So,

1089
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 1: in other words, and I had asked this of Mike

1090
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:27,359
Speaker 1: McCarthy during the Aaron Rodgers stuff, how seriously are you

1091
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 1: guys taking the COVID situation at this point in the

1092
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,759
Speaker 1: year when you look at how close the NFC is

1093
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,480
Speaker 1: in the division, Because then we're talking football, it's the

1094
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:39,319
Speaker 1: competitive aspect of it. It's something that can hurt you.

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00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:41,839
Speaker 1: And so the only thing I would slap a mari

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00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:45,520
Speaker 1: on the risk here for is knowing that you've chosen

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00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:49,480
Speaker 1: not to get vaccinated, the importance of doing everything in

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00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 1: your power to mitigate those risks, especially when we saw

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00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,440
Speaker 1: how much this thing was going around with the coaching

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00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 1: staff and the players, and it wasn't like these guys

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00:55:58,080 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: were testing an asymptomatic I mean some of these guys

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00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,279
Speaker 1: were really struggling, right, They lost their sense of taste

1103
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,759
Speaker 1: and smell and it was really lingering around. That would

1104
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 1: have woke me up enough to know, well, I don't

1105
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:09,160
Speaker 1: want to give my team a competitive decision. Well, and

1106
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,839
Speaker 1: Jerry said it. Jerry's not happy. He couldn't have been

1107
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:14,720
Speaker 1: more clear on the radio. He could have been more clear.

1108
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:18,239
Speaker 1: That's Jerry he was. He was pretty clear. He was

1109
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:21,840
Speaker 1: pretty clear. He was clear. I can tell you I

1110
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: transcribe a lot. If he was clear, the transcription would

1111
00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:27,120
Speaker 1: have been one tops two sentences. That answer was like

1112
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: forty five. But I think what he was saying as

1113
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 1: he was saying is he's an incredibly cerebral player. He's

1114
00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:36,799
Speaker 1: probably one of the smartest players next to like the

1115
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,239
Speaker 1: Travis Fredericks, Zach Martin's on this team. But he said

1116
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:41,399
Speaker 1: leave your me at the door. This is a wee thing.

1117
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: Agree with it, and that is strong enough. But but

1118
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:46,880
Speaker 1: I think they'll define that quote. I think where the

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00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:49,440
Speaker 1: players at least respect where he's coming from, and probably

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00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:53,040
Speaker 1: very similar to Aaron Rodgers Aaron Rodgers is these guys

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00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 1: at least did I think, very thoughtful research and came

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00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: to that decision on their own, and I respect that

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00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,319
Speaker 1: thoughtful research. What you can't respect as a teammate, though,

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00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 1: is putting your team at a disadvantage for not mitigating

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00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,800
Speaker 1: knowing the consequences and the limitations of not getting vacced,

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Speaker 1: and it diminishes your teammates who did get vaccinated even

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00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 1: though they didn't want too. Yes, yeah, I mean you also,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know what the numbers are. I think

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Speaker 1: we've all heard different things from what I have been

1130
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:28,480
Speaker 1: told several times. There's two guys that haven't been vaccinated,

1131
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 1: at least two, and they've both they've both had COVID.

1132
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:33,520
Speaker 1: So I mean, now moving forward, I don't know if

1133
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 1: that issue is going to come out. And I'm not

1134
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:37,560
Speaker 1: saying guys won't get it again because it happened, happens

1135
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:39,240
Speaker 1: to their line the other day. I mean, it happened,

1136
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,680
Speaker 1: but you know, you'd like to think that it's not

1137
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 1: going to be that situation of unvaccinated guys and people

1138
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:49,440
Speaker 1: real quick. And people aren't going to care about this,

1139
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 1: and they should. But we also haven't talked to Himri

1140
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: like he might have a reason that might be a

1141
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:56,120
Speaker 1: pretty good reason why he didn't want to get the vacs.

1142
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 1: I talked to him. He just hasn't. He didn't answer it,

1143
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,120
Speaker 1: Like he doesn't answer that question, right, He doesn't talk

1144
00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:03,640
Speaker 1: about why, his reasons and stuff, as he hasn't he

1145
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 1: been asked that question. Does it serve you to talk

1146
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 1: about your reasons? Though? No, I don't feel like a

1147
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,439
Speaker 1: lot of people care to her. Well, the reason why

1148
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 1: Jerry's unhappy is because the reasons aren't good enough if

1149
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 1: you care about your football team, which is what Michael

1150
00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 1: Irvin said, Right, all right, let's get the CD Lamb.

1151
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:22,480
Speaker 1: Where where do you think things are with cd? Um?

1152
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 1: I think I think he's got a shot. I really do.

1153
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: I think he I mean he's he didn't practice. They

1154
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 1: didn't list them as practicing today. Um, I think he did.

1155
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 1: He was able to do some stuff though. I think

1156
00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:35,640
Speaker 1: we were walking out there. I'm pretty sure I saw

1157
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,240
Speaker 1: him walking back and he wasn't there at the beginning

1158
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,200
Speaker 1: of practice, but when we went out for interviews after,

1159
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 1: like he was walking down. Yeah, he's been in meetings.

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00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:47,440
Speaker 1: What's your hunch around the table? Real quick? What's your hunch? Play? Yeah?

1161
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,600
Speaker 1: My hunts is still no. No, Jane, I'm tending to

1162
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,880
Speaker 1: lean that way. I just there's other players that I've

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00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 1: covered in the league this year. I've had concussion lily

1164
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 1: tysom Hill was one of them. He was out for

1165
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 1: what two weeks? They are so tricky. I hate when

1166
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,560
Speaker 1: he will take like certain injuries and they're like, this

1167
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: guy is the percussions. You cannot do that. So to me,

1168
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: it's that one's a trick. But he was. He was

1169
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: close to being able to go back in the game.

1170
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: He thought he should have been. He's been. He's been

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00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:16,440
Speaker 1: doing well. Real quick, we gotta go. We got two

1172
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: minutes here. Um, just just the mood of the team

1173
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:23,240
Speaker 1: on this Tuesday. You guys were around him, you did

1174
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 1: some interviews, you watch practice, anything at all you can share. Uh,

1175
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: two days away from I think a huge football game.

1176
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,560
Speaker 1: I showed him. Yeah, it's a huge football game. My

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00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:37,760
Speaker 1: big takeaway is just that I feel like they're pretty

1178
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:39,480
Speaker 1: pumped that they get to play on Thursday. They don't

1179
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 1: have to wait till Sunday. I think that. And then

1180
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,240
Speaker 1: also the fact of getting Tyrant Smith back. They're going

1181
00:59:43,320 --> 00:59:46,520
Speaker 1: to be healthier than they were against the Chiefs. And frankly,

1182
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:49,120
Speaker 1: I think Dak plays better at home and he's going

1183
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: to be He's angry off. The way he played, it

1184
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:54,360
Speaker 1: was pretty clear for the game he's pissed off. Regardless

1185
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 1: of what question he was being answered, he was pretty

1186
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: pissed off. I expect him to play very well. Yeah,

1187
00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 1: I agree. I think a lot of them said, hey,

1188
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,080
Speaker 1: we just got to get back out there, get back

1189
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:06,160
Speaker 1: on the field as quick as you can, and get

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01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:08,800
Speaker 1: your mentals right, get all that stuff ready to go.

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01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:11,320
Speaker 1: But more than anything, get back their mind over matter.

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01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 1: That's the big thing for a short week. If you're

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Speaker 1: just covering this team. Last year, these guys were so defeated,

1194
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: mentally soft, there was a lot of quit in them.

1195
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 1: I just don't see that from this team this year.

1196
01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:23,919
Speaker 1: I think they're I think they can potentially. I think

1197
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball, I remember much. I

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01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: don't think that that defense. I don't think that the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs game is going to be their last loss of

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Speaker 1: the year. I think they could easily have one or

1201
01:00:32,680 --> 01:00:35,480
Speaker 1: two more. But I still think that this team is

1202
01:00:35,520 --> 01:00:38,320
Speaker 1: a very very good football team that when they get

1203
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:41,040
Speaker 1: back a lot of these players, they've established some death depth,

1204
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:44,280
Speaker 1: not death, established some depth. And I don't have reason

1205
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:46,560
Speaker 1: to believe that they can't hang in there in the postseason.

1206
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Speaker 1: All Right, They've got Vegas five and five, New Orleans

1207
01:00:49,320 --> 01:00:52,400
Speaker 1: five and five, Washington four and six, the Giants three

1208
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:56,200
Speaker 1: and seven, Washington again four and six, Arizona nine and two,

1209
01:00:56,800 --> 01:01:01,320
Speaker 1: Philly five and six, and come and win the Vegas game.

1210
01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:05,880
Speaker 1: And Freddy Kitchens potentially it offensive coordinator to turn things around.

1211
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:08,640
Speaker 1: We should mention that to the captain. Jason Garrett lost

1212
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:11,400
Speaker 1: his job today. The Giants having a lot of problems.

1213
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Speaker 1: I'm sure Garrett wasn't the biggest one, no, but he

1214
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 1: was the fall guy. He got fired. Um, if they

1215
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Speaker 1: don't beat if they beat Vegas, my opinion, they're gonna

1216
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Speaker 1: eat up the schedule the rest of the way. If

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Speaker 1: they lose to Vegas, I think a lot of stuff

1218
01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:29,480
Speaker 1: creeps in, a lot of stuff, including the Eagles, And

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01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:31,760
Speaker 1: I know we're about to go, but like, why why, why?

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01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:34,120
Speaker 1: Why does that? Why does one game matter to another?

1221
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Speaker 1: Because I think forty three to three, nineteen to nine,

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Speaker 1: like they seven days later. I mean, I under the

1223
01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:43,280
Speaker 1: games are different. I mean it's like Brady said, they

1224
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:45,880
Speaker 1: don't carry it with it. It's like Brady said last night,

1225
01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:48,120
Speaker 1: they lost two games in a row, and if they'd

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01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:51,040
Speaker 1: have made it three against the Giants, he would have

1227
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:55,120
Speaker 1: been really concerned. And they didn't. They ended two games

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Speaker 1: in a row. So I mean, you're a contending NFL team,

1229
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: you don't want that. So whatever they did to stop

1230
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:02,600
Speaker 1: the two games, they could have stopped it in the three.

1231
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Speaker 1: I mean, I just don't think it. Yeah, guys, stop

1232
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:07,120
Speaker 1: getting hurt. Well, let's talk about that next week. All right,

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys for letting me talk Cowboys with you again.

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Speaker 1: Have a happy Thanksgiving, and remember, gulp is a big

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Speaker 1: word this week. Got it be gulping the macaroni and cheese,

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Speaker 1: the good gulp, the good gulp this week, rookie Chris

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Speaker 1: Beam on the other side of that there wall here

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Speaker 1: in the SWBC studio. Thank you, everybody. Have everybody have

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Speaker 1: a happy Thanksgiving. Let's enjoy the Cowboys game on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Read Machoda, read eat men watch Jane on the NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: We'll discuss it next week. Bye. This has been a

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