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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: It is Friday, December eleventh, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number seventy eight. Welcome to the latest edition of The

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Speaker 1: Break Clock from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the

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Speaker 1: Star U Cowboys Break presented by Geico, and We've got

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Speaker 1: a lot to talk about today. We're gonna get you

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Speaker 1: guys ready for Cowboys Versus Bingles. That happens this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: It is a noon kickoff and it'll be an interesting

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Speaker 1: It'll be an interesting game for the Cowboys, just to

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Speaker 1: see how they respond to this. And we'll talk about

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Speaker 1: it a little later in the show. Going from a

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Speaker 1: it's really a short turnaround. We'll talk about that a

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Speaker 1: little bit later in the show. But we got to

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Speaker 1: start first with some injuries. We got a lot of

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Speaker 1: stuff to talk about in injuries. Let's start first with

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Speaker 1: maybe their status going into Sunday's game. Dave that it

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Speaker 1: doesn't seem great, particularly with Donovan Wilson. You know, he

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Speaker 1: you know, Mike even he mentioned like this is it's

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Speaker 1: an unprecedented short week because you just don't see very

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Speaker 1: probably lean know on both of them at this point. Yesterday,

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys add Cheetobewoozier to their reserve COVID list. What

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Speaker 1: So it didn't seem like it was a possibility. But

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy seemed a little noncommittal on what the status was.

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Speaker 1: that's what the Cowboys have been this year. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: You ruined my jokes. People. Hey, Jurassic Park came out

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Speaker 1: Everybody's got four or five movies that they should see

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Speaker 1: they haven't. Who chuses one for me? Godfather? Brave Heart? No,

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Speaker 1: You think I could get through Brave Heart? I can't

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Speaker 1: good boy, Dave, finish your point. I didn't. I didn't

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Speaker 1: You're you're gonna need him to Oh you really see Amber?

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the show man. Let's start with a question

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Speaker 1: so by leaning into the run and running to the football,

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Speaker 1: they're able to get some confidence, they're able to move

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Speaker 1: people down. It makes the defense tired, and so it

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Speaker 1: worked in their favor. So this week was very, very solid.

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Speaker 1: I don't think you saw any leaks and protection until

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Speaker 1: late in the game when I felt like the hope

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Speaker 1: and stuff was lost, where they felt like, hey, it's

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Speaker 1: over and those things happen. Yep. We know that the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys sometimes have a tendency of making mistakes, not because

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Speaker 1: of the opponent, but more because of their own doing.

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Speaker 1: And you talked about this defense at least having a

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Speaker 1: lot of energy and making an effort went on the field.

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Speaker 1: So my question is in regards to if the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: whether it's a fumble or a bad throw or anything

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Speaker 1: like that, it's this a defense capable of taking advantage

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Speaker 1: of advantage of opportunities like that in creating place well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's a defense that hasn't played well.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, if you're careless with the ball, if you're

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Speaker 1: not on your game, they certainly can turn you over.

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Speaker 1: I think the big thing for the Cowboys, and it's

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Speaker 1: been an emphasis that we've talked about since the beginning

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Speaker 1: of the year. Before you can win games, you have

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Speaker 1: to learn how not to lose them. And so, whether

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Speaker 1: it's the penalties, the negative plays, the turnovers, all of

448
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Speaker 1: those things that are controllable, they have to control those things.

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Speaker 1: And so I think the point of emphasis from Mike

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Speaker 1: McCarthy to the team has to be, Hey, let's just

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Speaker 1: do what we do. Let's be really fine and pay

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Speaker 1: attention to the details. Let's take care of the ball,

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Speaker 1: Let's not give them anything cheap, and let's see if

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Speaker 1: they can beat us by having to sustain drives and

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Speaker 1: not getting short fields or benefiting from anything silly that

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Speaker 1: may happen in the kicking gap, Bucky. This offense has

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Speaker 1: had so many injuries, obviously, and when you think to

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Speaker 1: maybe next year, I mean, there's a silver lining to

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Speaker 1: the injuries, is that you're having to play these young

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Speaker 1: guys and maybe they'll get better. Who would you say

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Speaker 1: it's benefited the most this year, Terrence Steele, Brandon Knight,

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Speaker 1: or Dalton Schultz. That's a good one. I think Dalton

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Speaker 1: Schultz has certainly benefited because the ball is hitded in

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Speaker 1: his direction a little bit, and I think initially maybe

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Speaker 1: he was pegged as being a a blocker or a

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Speaker 1: marginal option at the tight in spite and I think

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Speaker 1: we've seen that, hey, he can't do some things. I

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Speaker 1: would say the offensive tackles they benefit, but I don't

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Speaker 1: know if they benefit enough that when you're sitting in

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Speaker 1: the draft room and there's someone that's sitting at the

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Speaker 1: top of the board that you bypassed them because you

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Speaker 1: feel good about Night and Steel. I think for Schultz,

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Speaker 1: I think you could probably talk yourself into bypassing maybe

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Speaker 1: a tight end prospect because you feel like he showed

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Speaker 1: you well enough that if you have Scholtz and Blake Darwin,

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Speaker 1: maybe that is a combination that you like if you

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Speaker 1: want to use some twelve personnel things. Sounds like a

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Speaker 1: tag based on Imack back in you know, old wrestling days.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't it sound like, you know, or a law firm

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Speaker 1: either one, yeah, the law firm of Knight and Steel,

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Speaker 1: the law firm of Knight Kneel, or like the road Warriors,

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Speaker 1: Night and Talk. With all due respect to those guys,

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Speaker 1: you gotta play better before you get a nickname like that.

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Speaker 1: But that's fair Buck, based on based on the scattering

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Speaker 1: report you gave it. I mean, so these guys, don't

486
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Speaker 1: they don't get a ton of pressure and the secondary

487
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Speaker 1: isn't terribly impressive, Like might might this be another opportunity

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Speaker 1: for Andy Dalton to show that he is still capable

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Speaker 1: of slinging it around. I mean, he kind of did

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Speaker 1: that against Baltimore, but this is an I mean, this

491
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Speaker 1: is a much less talented defense, and I love the

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Speaker 1: idea of that Andy Dalton getting to throw for three

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Speaker 1: or so hundred yards against his old team. Is that

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Speaker 1: is that doable? Man? I don't know, because I gave

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Speaker 1: worried because they dropped back and he throve thirty five

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Speaker 1: to forty times. I just I just getting nervous. I

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Speaker 1: just would like to see him win the game. And

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Speaker 1: so if you can get him to I say, thirty

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Speaker 1: five is probably where I would max out. At thirty

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Speaker 1: five or few where I think is the right pitch

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Speaker 1: count because the more that you throw, the more it

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Speaker 1: takes away from Zeke and Tone Pollard. And I think

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Speaker 1: it's really important for Kellen Moore if you can't realize that,

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Speaker 1: you know, the game running pretty good when it goes

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Speaker 1: through the running backs, and then those other guys are compliments.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, this is a week where Andy Dalton should

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Speaker 1: be able to take care of the ball. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be fired up because at one point they

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Speaker 1: benched him for Ryan Finley, So I think he'll have

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Speaker 1: his a game, all right. So here's the deal, if

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Speaker 1: you gotta give me. I know we've talked about this

512
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Speaker 1: defense not being great, but if we come back in

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Speaker 1: here on Monday and the defense had a good game,

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Speaker 1: or if the Cowboys lose and the defense the Cincinnati defense,

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Speaker 1: the reason why give me one player that we would

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Speaker 1: be talking about and saying, here's the reason why Dallas

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Speaker 1: couldn't win this game. Steal at night. I wouldn't even

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Speaker 1: talk to the player. If the Cowboys lose to the

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals, I think everything has to go to the

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Speaker 1: head coach, Like as much as I would talk to

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Speaker 1: the players, if Mike McCarthy can't get this team to

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Speaker 1: play against the Cincinnati Bengals, because in spite of all

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Speaker 1: the odds, there's still a potential for this team to

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Speaker 1: go to the playoffs. Like if they can't realize this

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Speaker 1: opportunity about knowing everybody on our schedule now is beautiful

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Speaker 1: and this is one that should be chalked up. I

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Speaker 1: think this is one that we chalked up at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the seasons, one that we chalked up last week,

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Speaker 1: and those things. If they can't win what is a

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Speaker 1: winnable game, then it has to go on the head coach.

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Speaker 1: I can't even put it on a player. I would

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Speaker 1: say that Mike McCarthy would have to be capable for

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Speaker 1: any underachievement that takes place in this game. All right,

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Speaker 1: Bucky Man, we appreciate you join us. We'll have you

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Speaker 1: back next week. We're actually gonna probably flip the schedule.

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Speaker 1: We'll get with you on that, but we'll have a

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Speaker 1: little different schedule. No, not next week, that's a week

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Speaker 1: after that. Next week we'll be on our normal schedule.

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Speaker 1: So we'll have you back on Wednesday to talk about

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Speaker 1: question for you guys, and this goes back to the

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Speaker 1: Baltimore game. But how did you guys assess the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: I asked Bucky about this a little early. How did

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Speaker 1: you guys assess the offensive line? And particularly I want

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Speaker 1: to talk about Brandon Knighte and Terrence Steele. Let's start

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Speaker 1: first with you, Nick. I thought it was okay, you know,

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Speaker 1: it was one of I mean, at first they looked

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Speaker 1: and stuff. But you know, you always kind of remember

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Speaker 1: how it goes at the end, and at the end

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Speaker 1: they couldn't run. They couldn't get a yard. You know,

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Speaker 1: I got people texted me going, Zeke makes fifteen million

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Speaker 1: a year and he couldn't get a yard or well,

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Speaker 1: I mean there's a reason why. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: the best I mean, Jerome Bennets is not running through

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Speaker 1: you could tell that they didn't have that they were

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Speaker 1: kind of overpowered a little bit. I thought they did

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Speaker 1: a decent job. There's a lot of times Andy Dalton

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Speaker 1: just standing around there looking looking, you know, I thought

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Speaker 1: that was something that I hadn't seen before. But at

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Speaker 1: word down a little bit. I thought they did a

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Speaker 1: nice job just in general compared to things that we've

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Speaker 1: seen in previous games. I mean, this was a game

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Speaker 1: where we or meet personally. I'm just gonna speak for myself.

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Speaker 1: When I was watching the game, it wasn't like I

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Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, freaking Steel, here he goes again,

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Speaker 1: and what's happening. You know, it wasn't one of those games.

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Speaker 1: I thought they held up pretty nicely. Wasn't obviously perfect

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Speaker 1: but they just it's like that band aid that we

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Speaker 1: to be able to stick and not start peeling off

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the day, and that's what they did.

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Speaker 1: I thought they stuck. There was only one little peel,

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Speaker 1: throughout the game. I thought, good Dave. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: nicest teacher because if you're not, if you're not supposed

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Speaker 1: to be there, like if you're not, if you're not

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Speaker 1: be very nice to you. And I thought, I thought

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Speaker 1: they played great all things consider. I mean, they averaged

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Speaker 1: four yards per carry because Zeke was productive on the ground,

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Speaker 1: Dalton only got sacked once. Yannick and Gockway, Calais Campbell,

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Speaker 1: Pernell McPhee like, these are really good NFL pass rushers

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Speaker 1: and have been for a long time. Jason Garrett and

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Speaker 1: they I mean they didn't. They did not wreck that game.

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Speaker 1: They gave up one sack. Andy Dalton had time to

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Speaker 1: find eight receivers. He had his best day as a

637
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: passer since he's had to come in. So I mean, yeah,

638
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: they didn't win, and maybe they did wear down, but

639
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: you're talking about Brandon Knight, Connor McGovern and Terrence Steele.

640
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: So with I mean, with all of that in mind,

641
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: I thought they played great. I can't recall a time

642
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: this year when we've or since the season has began,

643
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: that we have talked about Joe Philbin by name. But

644
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: should we be talking about him if if this offensive

645
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: line is playing better, and even against the team where you,

646
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: like Dave said, they had a lot of pass rushers

647
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: on that team, and I know going into game, my

648
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: expectation was not that they would give up only one sack,

649
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: and that they would be able to be effective at

650
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: least in parts of the game. In the running game.

651
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,239
Speaker 1: Should we be talking more about the job that Joe

652
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 1: Philbin is doing with this remade offensive line, Nick, Well,

653
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: I think you know he's done. He's done a good

654
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: job with having to teach these guys. You know, he's

655
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: been doing a lot more teaching than he thought. He

656
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: didn't think he'd have to really teach the left hawp.

657
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: You take this job, You're probably thinking, I just gotta

658
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: show him, Like I guess this is the play we're doing,

659
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: so go do it. Yeah, I mean, if you think

660
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: about it, you say, Joe, you know, before the season,

661
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: what do you got to get done? Like off the record,

662
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,479
Speaker 1: he's like, I gotta get Connor Williams to play at

663
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: the top level right now, It's like, well, Connor Williams

664
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: is that you know, he's the veteran guy out there

665
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: and he's he's he's what he is. I gotta get

666
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: these other guys to learn how to play. If that's

667
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: how different and upside down the position has been Amber,

668
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:18,479
Speaker 1: I think it depends this A lot has been thrown

669
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: at him. He's had I mean out of anyone else

670
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: on the team. I think as far as coaching, he

671
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: has to have deal with the most because of all

672
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: the injuries and all that. But I'm curious to see

673
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: as far as like I would assume Mike McCarthy has

674
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,879
Speaker 1: the final say as far as who makes it into

675
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 1: the lineup or what. But there are still some of

676
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: the decisions are very questionable. Earlier at the season that

677
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, we all on this show talked about it,

678
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 1: and we all saw it, So how come there were

679
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: things that they weren't willing to make changes despite of

680
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: the things that they were seeing week after weeks. So

681
00:34:55,640 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: to me that that's just very questionable there. But if

682
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 1: we're talking about recent weeks, like after the Sack Martin change,

683
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,440
Speaker 1: I would say, yes, I've seen some improvement there about

684
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: as far as some of the things he's done, But

685
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: just in general, there are some things that it makes

686
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: me wonder how much, say does he really have or

687
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: is he just following why Mike McCarthy is saying and say, Okay,

688
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,359
Speaker 1: these are the guys we need it out there. All

689
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: of that it makes me just wonder about those conversations

690
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: and who has at the end of the day, the

691
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: more power to figure out who is going to be

692
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:36,720
Speaker 1: playing in the lineup, Dave, I am beaming over here, Age.

693
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: That was just masterfoots and wonderful that you took the

694
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: words right out of my mouth. I mean, okay, you

695
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 1: know the coaches, Yeah, Joe Philbin deserves a lot of

696
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,760
Speaker 1: credit for stabilizing this thing with how bad it's gotten.

697
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, with what they're down to to

698
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 1: be playing competently awesome, well done, But what about September

699
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 1: like and AG's absolutely right, Like I don't know if

700
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: it's Joe Philbin's fault or if it was a Mike

701
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 1: McCarthy thing, But who decided Terrence Steele was the day

702
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 1: one guy, and who decided that he needed to be

703
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: the day one guy for like a month? I mean,

704
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: Brandon Knight's better than him. He he just is. I

705
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: don't care what anybody says. But they didn't think that,

706
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: and they were wrong, and they didn't really adjust to

707
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: it until injuries forced him. What about the Zach Martin saga,

708
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: you know, fantasy football nonsense. I'll never I will never

709
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 1: let go of that because it was wrong and dumb

710
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: then and we were right. Is that Joe Philbin's fault

711
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: or Mike McCarthy's. I don't know, but I thought they

712
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 1: made a lot of questionable decisions early in the season

713
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: when they had much better health on the offensive line,

714
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: and you know now that they're down to it. I

715
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: do think they're doing a good job and they deserve

716
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: credit for that, but I'm not going to forget the

717
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 1: weird things that they were doing earlier. It's good stuff,

718
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: all right. So how much do you think this odd

719
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: week for the Cowboys will affect these players? They went

720
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 1: from Tuesday night road game to a Sunday noon road game.

721
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: It'd be hard enough if you were going to be

722
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: at home on one of those two, but having to

723
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: travel for both of them, and going from a night

724
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,800
Speaker 1: to a noon, like just the time period and the travel.

725
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,919
Speaker 1: How much do you think that affects this team? Let's

726
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: start first with you ag a lot, especially after looking

727
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: at what happened last week. I mean, it makes me

728
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: wonder how bad they're gonna look in this game. Despite

729
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: everything that Bucky said about how the Bengals are right

730
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: now and all that, it's like, okay last week, they

731
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: have like ten days to prepare for the game, and

732
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: to me, they looked absolutely unprepared when he got to it,

733
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 1: when they got to play against the Ravens. So when

734
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: you get such a short week, it could go either way.

735
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,919
Speaker 1: It could be a google one side where they really

736
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: kick things up and you know, you get the adrenaline

737
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: rushing and all that. But on the other hand, it's

738
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: like then they could really look bad because clearly, or

739
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 1: as of right now, I just don't think they have

740
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: going good use of their time during the week. I'm

741
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: not there or anything, but just looking from the outside,

742
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: they didn't take advantage of last week and all the

743
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,320
Speaker 1: days they had, so it makes me really question about

744
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: this week and how they're really utilizing this time right now. Dave,

745
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: I think everything she just said is right. I mean, yeah,

746
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's like playing on it It's basically

747
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: like playing on a Thursday. It's a very similar amount

748
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: of downtime. So I think everything she just said is right.

749
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: But I guess if I'm looking for a silver lining,

750
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: maybe maybe it helps that, like you, you know, you

751
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: don't have time to dwell, you just kind of got

752
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: to dive right back into it. It's it's just like

753
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: autopilots like, Okay, I don't have time to be I

754
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: don't have time to be embarrassed or getting get in

755
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: my feelings about where things are, like, we just gotta

756
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,439
Speaker 1: go get ready for this, and you know, so maybe

757
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: there's almost like an autopilot aspect to it where it

758
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: can help you focus a little bit because you don't

759
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: have time to do anything else. I think this might

760
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: be the first time that you know, you know, Bill

761
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: Parcells was famous at kind of doing things to kind

762
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: of needle the players a little bit, whether put a

763
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: tank of gas in the guy's lockers, see if you

764
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: have any gas up, or the mouse traps or whatever.

765
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: This might be the first thing that we've seen out

766
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: of Mike McCarthy, you know where he's it's a short week.

767
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: You're playing a team that isn't very good, justlike you,

768
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: and now you're gonna question the effort or you're gonna

769
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: when the when the question is asked. You didn't close

770
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 1: the book on it like he usually protects the players.

771
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 1: He didn't say Daryl Whorley was a bad player at

772
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,879
Speaker 1: all when he wasn't and everyone knew that he wasn't

773
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: playing well, but he didn't do that now he's kind

774
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: of doing it for this week. So maybe that's his

775
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: way of kind of because Jalen Smith's talking about it

776
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,399
Speaker 1: and Zeke's talking about it, that might be a way

777
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: that he's kind of saying, all right, you know, I

778
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: got to get him in gear. Yeah, and that might

779
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,320
Speaker 1: be the McCarthy way of doing it. You kind of

780
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: have to challenge them right in order just challenging mentally,

781
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: like are you capable of being? When he was at

782
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: Green Bay and things were bad, he could say, Hey,

783
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:07,840
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers gonna make the play. Well you don't have

784
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: that right now, so you gotta figure out way, and

785
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 1: maybe this is this is the way to do it.

786
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I thought Bucky's words were really strong but accurate.

787
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: You know this, they don't win this game. You know

788
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,479
Speaker 1: the finger point and starts right there, Well, it doesn't start,

789
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,400
Speaker 1: It just continues. It's been there, and I know we

790
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: talked to me, you know, Dave, you mentioned it. You know,

791
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 1: it's very similar to playing a Sunday and then a

792
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,799
Speaker 1: Thursday game. I don't know, And maybe this happens a lot.

793
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: I haven't seen it with the Cowboys, where you would

794
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: go from a night game on one. Let's say you

795
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: played a night game on Sunday and then you would

796
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: play on a Thursday, and both of them being road games.

797
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: I think that's part to me that seems like this

798
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: is so unprecedented because teams aren't really asked. Typically, they

799
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: protect teams a little bit more and they try to

800
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: put them earlier, give them a little bit that extra time,

801
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 1: or at least don't make them both it's technically a Friday,

802
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,240
Speaker 1: though honestly it's technically yeah, it's like a Friday. Basically,

803
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: it's a four and a half. They got four and

804
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,319
Speaker 1: a half days basically. And again, when you do four

805
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: and a half days and both of them are road games,

806
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: that's the part that I think true really really is

807
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: tough for them. And again, nobody's crying for you. This

808
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: is the NFL. Everybody's gonna have things they got to

809
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: deal with, and so you have to just go out

810
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 1: there and play. But I do think it's gonna be

811
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 1: a little bit of a challenge and I'm interested to

812
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: see how they respond to that. I've been crying for him,

813
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: keep been crying for I've been crying about it, like

814
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: I've been talking about it forever. I think this is

815
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 1: a crap. It's crap what they did. You said it

816
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: since the moment they announced it, like, what are we doing? Oh?

817
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: Mom saying now? I was like, this doesn't make any sense.

818
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 1: This is bad. I don't like this at all. You know,

819
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 1: Cowboys have to play on Sunday and the Ravens have

820
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: to play. Ravens has playing on Monday. Oh, this is

821
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 1: really crap. Like that's what I lost it right there

822
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: with the raven I found out what the Ravens are doing. Yeah,

823
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 1: all right, One more question I have for you guys

824
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,760
Speaker 1: before we get to our picks. How much an advantage

825
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 1: you think Andy Dalton has in this game going up

826
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 1: against his former team, A team that you would think

827
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: maybe he knows some of this personnel, some of the

828
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: things they do rather well, let's start first with you, Dave.

829
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: I've always thought that's a little bit overrated, to be

830
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: honest with you. I mean, a guy that's been in

831
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: the league as long as Andy Dalton, I would I

832
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: would hope he can for I mean, I would hope

833
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: that he can get a really good picture of what

834
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,480
Speaker 1: a defense is doing, just based on a week of

835
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: film study. Anyway, And then you think about You know,

836
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: this is a young Bengals team that's changed, you know,

837
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: a lot of things just in the one season Sin

838
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: Stalton left. You know, they drafted some young linebackers. They've

839
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: got some young guys playing, so I mean, you know

840
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 1: this ain't this. Ain't Vantes Perfect and Carlos Dunlap. Those

841
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: guys are gone, you know, so um yeah, I mean,

842
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: you know, maybe it helps, like he practiced against a

843
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: few of these guys, so maybe he knows their ticks

844
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: and their tells a little bit. But I've always thought

845
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: that was a little bit overrated. So I don't know.

846
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe it's something, but not just this huge ace

847
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 1: up his sleeve, if I had to guess. Yeah, Nicky

848
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: made me laugh a little earlier Dale the radio show

849
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: when you mentioned to Kiel Spikes, I didn't, like, I

850
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 1: don't know where did you get that one? Like you

851
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: just pulled out one out. Yeah, I don't know any

852
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: players on the Bengals team. And then I tried to

853
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: like do some more and like, well, I thought of

854
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,320
Speaker 1: one cornerback and I thought he might be dead, honestly,

855
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: and I wasn't gonna say his name. So I'm like,

856
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: I don't you know what, I'm just gonna stop. I

857
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: think Dave's right about that. I think if Tom if

858
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers were playing at the Patriots this year, Tom

859
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,840
Speaker 1: Brady been in there forever, the systems are very I

860
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: mean like like he's been around the system forever and

861
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 1: it doesn't really change. I think Tom Brady could get

862
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: a little bit of a benefit there. But like Dave said,

863
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 1: I mean, there's been so many moving parts there for

864
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: the for the Bengals that I don't I don't know

865
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 1: if he would really do that. I just think his

866
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 1: motivation will be there, and his motivation seems like it

867
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: could be there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree with everything

868
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: they said. It's not like if you were to, ye, oh,

869
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: what are some of the advantages that the Cowboys have

870
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:49,880
Speaker 1: this week, that would not be one of them. I

871
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 1: would not be talking about, oh yes, we got Andy Dalton,

872
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: he played for the Bengals. No, So I just I

873
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: don't see it as an advantage whatsoever. All right, let's

874
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 1: get to our picks. Let's hear what you guys have

875
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: to say. What you think is going to happen this

876
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: Sunday at noon when the Cowboys take on the Big

877
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: Goals at AT and T Stadium. Let's start first with

878
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: mister Hellman, what you got? I was really hoping you

879
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 1: were gonna let me go last today, all right? Which no,

880
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 1: But that's fine, that's fine. I'll step out. I'll step

881
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 1: out on a limb. I'll take I will take y'all

882
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,280
Speaker 1: behind the curtain of how I think about these picks,

883
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: because in a vacuum, in a vacuum, I think the

884
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 1: Cowboys are the better team. It may it's perfectly logical

885
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: that they're a road favorite. I think they should win

886
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: this game. They should, but I'm not and I don't

887
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 1: know what y'all are gonna say. So maybe this is pointless,

888
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 1: but I am not going to let us unanimously pick

889
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: the three and nine Cowboys. That is ridiculous. A three

890
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,359
Speaker 1: and nine team that has gotten blown out seven times.

891
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: You realize they've only they've only lost by one possession

892
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: three out of the nine times, and two of those

893
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: three where when Dak was in the lineup. So with

894
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 1: the with the X exception of the Pittsburgh game, they've

895
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: basically gotten their ass speed and all of their losses

896
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: eleven points, twenty five points, twenty two points, uh seventeen

897
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: points the other night, so and I looked this up

898
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:19,839
Speaker 1: before the show. The only team with the worst point

899
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: differential is the Jets, who haven't won yet. By the way,

900
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 1: So it's utterly insane to think that all four of

901
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: us should pick the Cowboys to go on the road

902
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 1: and beat anybody. So I don't. I don't feel good

903
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: about picking them to lose, but I just think somebody should.

904
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,959
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm gonna do. Uh, you know, it'll

905
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,320
Speaker 1: probably be an ugly game. Bengals find a way to

906
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: like kick a field goal to win, like twenty to

907
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: twenty to seventeen whatever. I don't know, and I don't

908
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: even really I think the Cowboys are gonna win. But

909
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: I just can't. I can't let all four of us

910
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: pick the pick I haven't even picked. That's awful presumptuous.

911
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: And will you change that? Will you change your pick?

912
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,760
Speaker 1: Everybody goes down the line of like Bengals, Bengals, Bengals, Bengals.

913
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: Yeah if if somebody else, if somebody else picks the Bengals,

914
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: I'll switch to the Cowboys. Sure, absolutely all. Hey, hey

915
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: Dave Dave on on our written form of gut feeling

916
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: like there's already been a Bengals pick. I'll just let

917
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:20,879
Speaker 1: just let you know. So, oh nice, Okay, Well, maybe

918
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: I'll pick the Cowboys, but Mickey pick. No. No, Mickey

919
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: just conveniently forgets to send me his pick sometimes if

920
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to pick, if he doesn't want to,

921
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 1: like if it's like Cowboys at Ravens or Steelers, like,

922
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 1: I don't get one from Mickey, I don't know, I'll

923
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: get it. I'll probably get one, all right. Uh Well,

924
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,720
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say I hope the Cowboys win this weekend.

925
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 1: But you know when you love someone and they hurt

926
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,359
Speaker 1: you and it's just too reason for you to forgive them,

927
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: and it's just like you just can't do it. I

928
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: just can't do it. I just cannot do it right now.

929
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:09,200
Speaker 1: So I cannot forgive the Cowboys for the pain they've

930
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 1: put me through so far. So I'm I hope they win,

931
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna have to go with the Bengals winning

932
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: this game, especially because of the short week. I don't

933
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: know if I quite trust their ability to utilize this

934
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,800
Speaker 1: time very well and do what they need to do

935
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:32,120
Speaker 1: and come in prepared and regardless of the Bengals being

936
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,240
Speaker 1: so bad right now. But I'm gonna go with the Cowboys.

937
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: I don't know the score, I don't care. Maybe a

938
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: bad school, I don't know, seventeen fifteen, don't really matter.

939
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: But I'm just gonna go with the Cowboys losing and

940
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: back to you, Dave. All Right, So now I picked

941
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:58,719
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Cowboys win thirty five twenty one. Offense looks great. No,

942
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 1: I'll stick. I'll stick with a g I don't. I

943
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,400
Speaker 1: don't want her to ride that train alone, all right.

944
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: I just you know, I've seen I know the Cowboys.

945
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:15,399
Speaker 1: The secondary is gonna be really it's gonna be bad.

946
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: But who's gonna throw the ball to him? If it's

947
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: Brandon Allen. I mean, I've seen Brandon Allen play every

948
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: college game of his career, and I never thought he

949
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,399
Speaker 1: would actually play a game on Sunday, and he does,

950
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: and he's playing, and you know, and we know why.

951
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 1: There's been injuries too. So I just don't think the

952
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,399
Speaker 1: Bengals are gonna be that great on offense. I don't

953
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: think they're that great on defense. I think it's gonna

954
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 1: be kind of an ugly game. I don't know why.

955
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 1: I just feel like it's gonna be like rainy and

956
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: overcast and just not is it. I don't know. I

957
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 1: just don't think it's gonna I just look at it

958
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: as my lass and say, I think the Cowboys will win,

959
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: though I do. I think they'll win twenty six seventeen,

960
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: and you know, I just I just think they're better.

961
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,399
Speaker 1: They're better team Zeke doesn't play though I really want

962
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: to change my pick. Nope, But what do you mean?

963
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,320
Speaker 1: Will you've picked? I picked this game? If this happens this,

964
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: Derek's like, I'm gonna make two picks based on who

965
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: might be available. I think everybody here, including Dave just now,

966
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 1: ye see, everybody has made two picks. Amber does a

967
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,800
Speaker 1: week at least you've done it. Does y'all used to

968
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,200
Speaker 1: make fun of me. Y'all used to make fun of me,

969
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:27,360
Speaker 1: especially Dave talked crap about me picking both sides. But

970
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 1: look at y'all now, yeah see it's funny when Yeah,

971
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: it's fun when I do it. All right, So here's

972
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: we go. Here's I actually think this is gonna be

973
00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 1: a high scoring game. Like, I think there's gonna be

974
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: a lot of scoring on both sides because I think

975
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:41,600
Speaker 1: the Cowboys secondary will basically. I mean, we saw Tyler

976
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 1: Boyd go for seventy two last week. They got some

977
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 1: receivers over there, even with a quarterback that's not great.

978
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,239
Speaker 1: Like if you got receivers that are getting wide open,

979
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 1: you can throw. That's the college game. You can throw

980
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:54,399
Speaker 1: to a wide open wide receiver. And so I think

981
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 1: this game is gonna have some scoring in it. I

982
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: do think the Cowboys offense played pretty well last week

983
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: against a much better defense. I think both these offense

984
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,879
Speaker 1: are actually gonna play pretty well. I think it's gonna

985
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:05,640
Speaker 1: come down to a very close game. I think the

986
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys get the edge. They win twenty seven twenty six

987
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 1: in a barn burner, a barnburner for the ages that

988
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: we'll all be talking about all next week about how

989
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,120
Speaker 1: great a game it was. I'm just playing. But the

990
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,759
Speaker 1: Cowboys will win this game. It'll be a sporting game

991
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:21,800
Speaker 1: and uh and we'll tell you what went right and

992
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: wrong for the Cowboys on Monday till then. For Nick

993
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: Eatmdave Helm and Amber Garcia. I am Derek Hilton. This

994
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

995
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:36,279
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996
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,600
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