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Speaker 7: Thursday before game Day.
Speaker 8: Because I'm feeling good about this one, guys, and I'm
Speaker 8: going to speak a win into existence because I cannot
Speaker 8: endure another one of last week.
Speaker 6: But we will go.
Speaker 8: Into the matchup this weekend and we're gonna give you
Speaker 8: guys some exce's and o's talk about some of the
Speaker 8: defensive matchup specifically, because I know that all eyes are
Speaker 8: on the defensive side of both teams going into this weekend.
Speaker 6: We'll talk about that in.
Speaker 8: A moment, but I do actually want to lead all
Speaker 8: since we are in the celebration season.
Speaker 6: Pro Bowls were.
Speaker 8: Announced this week, and as you guys know, the format
Speaker 8: did change.
Speaker 7: There was you know, it was the Pro Bowl game.
Speaker 8: They kind of did some things and then we determined
Speaker 8: that listen, Pro Bowlers aren't going to try and go
Speaker 8: and get hurt, get injured. It was just not something
Speaker 8: that people were enjoying watching anymore. How can we spice
Speaker 8: things up a bit? So now you're going to have
Speaker 8: the skilled Challenge format AFC versus NFC. I do think
Speaker 8: it is brilliant because it is the Manning brothers and
Speaker 8: if you are a fan of the Manning cast, like
Speaker 8: why not just continue to perpetuate all things Manning? As
Speaker 8: an archie Manning New lamented fan signing week, I am
Speaker 8: here for it. So the Cowboys have seven total guys
Speaker 8: that did make the roster this year. There is only
Speaker 8: one other NFC team that had as mates, the Kenstate Chiefs,
Speaker 8: So you know, listen, if you're looking for silver linings
Speaker 8: this season, not that we really need a ton of them,
Speaker 8: but I guess this week more or less that's octually
Speaker 8: a good sign. Micah Parsons, Trayvon Diggs, Ceede Lamb, second timers.
Speaker 6: For the eighth time, Casual, Zach.
Speaker 8: Martin, DeMarcus Lawrence third time, and the first timers. I
Speaker 8: thought of you immediately, everyone to first of all, Tony Pollard.
Speaker 8: We could talk about that, but your guy Turpin made
Speaker 8: the cut, first player in Conwy's history to make it
Speaker 8: as solely a kicker and punt returner.
Speaker 7: I mean, are you just thrilled for him? I'm so
Speaker 7: excited for him.
Speaker 9: I mean, I'm excited for all of them obviously, all
Speaker 9: all very well deserved, and we'll talk about some snubs
Speaker 9: that I think happened too, but for Cavante specifically. You
Speaker 9: know what's funny is Aisha and I coming in as
Speaker 9: the rookies.
Speaker 7: If you will, you just kind of talk to these
Speaker 7: rookie players.
Speaker 9: And you feel like you're in the same kind of
Speaker 9: timeline of you know, you're just getting established and knowing
Speaker 9: all the ropes and all of that, and so with
Speaker 9: these rookie players, you know, you really you have a
Speaker 9: different kind of conversation with them, Like I know Kvante
Speaker 9: and I We've talked about a million other things other
Speaker 9: than football. But I'm just so out of him, especially
Speaker 9: coming off of the muff punt that everybody was talking about.
Speaker 9: Good for him, Good for Cavante. He absolutely deserves it
Speaker 9: and he deserves all the flowers. Which I will die
Speaker 9: on that hill, guy, I will die on this Cavante
Speaker 9: Turpin hill.
Speaker 10: Nah.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm excited for Cavante Turpin, Tony Pollard like it's
Speaker 5: about times. Yeah. I mean Tony Pollard being involved in
Speaker 5: this offense and what he's meant to this offense for
Speaker 5: him to start getting I'm just I'm happy that some
Speaker 5: of the guys are getting the recognition. And then when
Speaker 5: you look at DeMarcus Lawrence, who I've been just rooting
Speaker 5: for all season, all of the things he's playing through
Speaker 5: and has been very vocal about playing through that.
Speaker 6: He hasn't made a Pro Bowl what three.
Speaker 5: Years, And for him to get in this position and
Speaker 5: be there, these guys have work their tails off. They
Speaker 5: work their tails off well, Cavante Turpin. I think it's
Speaker 5: good for people to see other USFL players to see
Speaker 5: that they can go that route, that it's possible for
Speaker 5: them to get to this level in the league and
Speaker 5: to keep working.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it is a really great story, and I think
Speaker 8: it's really exciting for him.
Speaker 6: It is funny though.
Speaker 8: I was looking at the list, and first of all,
Speaker 8: Zach Martin making his eighth time to the Pro Bowl
Speaker 8: makes me feel really old or the same age, and
Speaker 8: that in itself is just like terrifying. I think the
Speaker 8: one that was fun for me was the Tony Pollard.
Speaker 8: You know, Turpin, I'm excited about, but I knew you'd
Speaker 8: carry you know, that baton for all of us. The
Speaker 8: Tony Pollard one, though, is really fun for me because
Speaker 8: Tony's been around for a minute with this team. He's
Speaker 8: very soft spoken. He's one of those guys that puts
Speaker 8: his head down and just you know, works his butt off,
Speaker 8: and I love that about him. And he's always been
Speaker 8: you know, in recent years, he has gotten more and
Speaker 8: more credit for what he's been doing. But I really
Speaker 8: feel like having him get this recognition. I don't want
Speaker 8: to call it a change of the guard, because that's
Speaker 8: not what's happening, but I do feel like it is
Speaker 8: it's almost like cementing the status and cementing his position
Speaker 8: on this team, and not just on this team, but
Speaker 8: in this league where he you we've said it before,
Speaker 8: he can go be a number one somewhere else, right,
Speaker 8: And I don't even even know if I'd call him
Speaker 8: a number two here, like I think I would just
Speaker 8: say we'd have two number one running backs.
Speaker 6: But it's I just feel like this is.
Speaker 8: A coming of age for him, if you will, or additional,
Speaker 8: just hey, listen, like, yeah, you are that guy that
Speaker 8: everyone has been saying, at least at Cowboys Nation like,
Speaker 8: but like we are reaffirming that that much more.
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 5: And to add to that, even with Tony when he
Speaker 5: was in college, you look at the roster he was
Speaker 5: on in Memphis, he had he had backs before him
Speaker 5: even then, you know. So for him to finally for
Speaker 5: this offense and this ohsh to finally get him involved
Speaker 5: this year and for him to it's also a conversation.
Speaker 5: If you've looked at Zeke and Tony's interview that they
Speaker 5: did recently, they Zeke was just very open about being
Speaker 5: humble and understanding that at this point in his career
Speaker 5: what he's capable of and that they help each other,
Speaker 5: and I agree with you. I think it's dope that
Speaker 5: you looked at it in that way because I didn't,
Speaker 5: and that is a the league is on notice.
Speaker 6: People know who Tony is.
Speaker 5: I think they knew all but now he has I think,
Speaker 5: cemented himself as one of the best running backs in
Speaker 5: this league right now, and that's exciting and that's a
Speaker 5: dope way to look at it.
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, and I also think too, when yesterday, when
Speaker 9: we're talking about Noah Brown and talking about a guy
Speaker 9: that waited until his number was called, Tony Pollard never
Speaker 9: had to really wait. I think their stories are completely different.
Speaker 9: But he slowly stepped up, so it wasn't like this
Speaker 9: huge jump that you're seeing from one year to the next.
Speaker 9: I mean, for those of us that have been paying
Speaker 9: attention to Tony Pollard since twenty nineteen, you knew this
Speaker 9: moment was coming. But for the fact that he's getting
Speaker 9: the national recognition now that he absolutely deserves is just
Speaker 9: so incredible for him because that one two punch is
Speaker 9: so powerful. It is so powerful. And yeah, he's he's
Speaker 9: on my list because he's on that free agency list
Speaker 9: that's coming up during the off season. So no, come on,
Speaker 9: come on, because for him as a player, it adds
Speaker 9: more value for him too, just to be like, look, listen,
Speaker 9: I am absolutely worth this money. Give me my money,
Speaker 9: like he's absolute worth it. So I'm not trying to
Speaker 9: be negative. I'm just saying it solidifies for him. It's
Speaker 9: another thing to add to his resume, is well, doy.
Speaker 7: Football players have resume. No, of course they don't.
Speaker 9: There you go. It's another thing to add to his
Speaker 9: resume to say, hey, look I'm worth every single penny
Speaker 9: that I'm going to get.
Speaker 7: And I love that for him.
Speaker 8: We put some respect on my man's name and I
Speaker 8: am here for it. But on the flip side, with
Speaker 8: respect comes disrespect. And I do feel like there is
Speaker 8: some you know, I don't know, some snubs that might
Speaker 8: have happened people that were left off this list. I
Speaker 8: cannot believe one of the names that I wrote down.
Speaker 8: And if y'all are anywhere on social media and you follow.
Speaker 7: Me, you will laugh, you know what it is.
Speaker 8: You will laugh about what I'm going to say, but
Speaker 8: I will not kick things off because I want to
Speaker 8: hear y'all's list of who you felt like just should
Speaker 8: have been on that list and be going to Las Vegas.
Speaker 9: Well, I'm sure I know who hers is, but it's
Speaker 9: the same as one of the same as me.
Speaker 5: Okay, well I'm a number six stand Hey, listen. Donovan
Speaker 5: Wilson has been one of the best safeties in the
Speaker 5: NFL this year, and I felt like he's been playing
Speaker 5: to that level. I think he was at some point
Speaker 5: in time he was like second and stops in the NFL,
Speaker 5: Like he's played some fantastic ball and he's I think
Speaker 5: he's an alternate.
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, he's an alternate.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 6: But I felt a little different.
Speaker 8: With the yes, Yes, you're like, go ahead and alternate
Speaker 8: me into that lineup.
Speaker 5: Yes, because at the same token where I mentioned DeMarcus Lawrence,
Speaker 5: who doesn't have a whole bunch of sacks, but he's
Speaker 5: dominant in the run game for him to get voted,
Speaker 5: you look at someone like Donovan, I'm like, do y'all
Speaker 5: not see him everywhere? He affects almost every level of
Speaker 5: the game. And so I was disappointed in that. But
Speaker 5: other than that, well, I know the other one something.
Speaker 9: Well, I'm gonna save Kelsey's because I know we agree
Speaker 9: with that one. But I'm gonna say Layton vander USh. Okay,
Speaker 9: because Leyton has absolutely.
Speaker 7: High a dominant year.
Speaker 9: I mean just pulling up his stats right now from
Speaker 9: his rookie season and now, of course they're not identical,
Speaker 9: but you did kind of see a drop off for
Speaker 9: Layton from that rookie season to twenty nineteen to twenty twenty,
Speaker 9: twenty twenty one, and then you see twenty twenty one
Speaker 9: to twenty twenty two and the jump that this man
Speaker 9: has taken. And the season is not even over yet. Again,
Speaker 9: we're not expecting to see him this weekend, but the
Speaker 9: amount of impact that Leyton has had within this defense
Speaker 9: has I think at the beginning of the season, it
Speaker 9: went very unnoticed and we talked about that early. I
Speaker 9: said keep an eye on Layton because he is not
Speaker 9: somebody to sleep on. Suddenly he starts getting all this recognition,
Speaker 9: which is so well deserved because Leyton Vandrush took a
Speaker 9: leap this year and he absolutely just looks like a
Speaker 9: polished veteran. And not only that, you all know I
Speaker 9: love a good leader, not just on the field, but
Speaker 9: off the field as well. He has so much respect
Speaker 9: in that locker room, and so I think Leyton Vandrush
Speaker 9: was snubbed, but.
Speaker 5: It's hard to do when you got Michael Parson's said
Speaker 5: linebacker too. It's true that they're gonna that linebacker. Yeah,
Speaker 5: but I do agree. He has definitely played well this year.
Speaker 5: He stepped his game up, and you obviously you see
Speaker 5: you need him like you missed him.
Speaker 6: Y'all ahead, get it off your chesir.
Speaker 7: We know we know who it is, all right.
Speaker 8: I cannot believe that the time has come that I
Speaker 8: am actually going to say this.
Speaker 7: But where is Brett Maher? Where is Brett Maher?
Speaker 8: We knew on the list, we knew my how the
Speaker 8: turn tables.
Speaker 7: I am now upset. I don't know what's going on.
Speaker 6: I am justice couse views as you.
Speaker 8: Why is Brett Maher Brett Murphy Maher not on the list?
Speaker 8: I have no idea if that's his middle name, but
Speaker 8: it is how.
Speaker 7: Kind of curious? You know what I want to say,
Speaker 7: I did you name your dog after Brett Maher?
Speaker 8: If that is his middle name, that would be hilarious.
Speaker 8: I need to know his middle name immediately.
Speaker 5: I think that maybe it is because and this could
Speaker 5: just be me, at the beginning of the year you
Speaker 5: had Cooper Russian. Brett Maher was, like you need, like
Speaker 5: he was his he was leading the team in points
Speaker 5: a lot of the time of course games. And then
Speaker 5: since Dax's come back, he's he's kicked field goals, but
Speaker 5: it's just dropped significantly, So I wonder if maybe that
Speaker 5: had something to do with it. But the guy's been money.
Speaker 5: He's been fantastic and it's unfortunate. I think Anger got
Speaker 5: snubbed last year too, So yeah, he does.
Speaker 6: Don't like that.
Speaker 8: I mean, he's twenty three for twenty six field goal
Speaker 8: percentage eighty eight point five percent.
Speaker 7: He's, you know, not that he's.
Speaker 8: Leading the league, but like he's doing pretty darn well.
Speaker 8: And like you mentioned, there was a point in our
Speaker 8: season that that that man who was carrying the team
Speaker 8: on his back, you know, on his leg, and you
Speaker 8: know what, guys as one of his biggest.
Speaker 7: Folk vocal supporters.
Speaker 8: I have always been a Brett Maher fan, always kelse,
Speaker 8: I'm upset, so uh, Bretty boy, I am upset for you.
Speaker 8: I am upset with you, and I just feel like
Speaker 8: we should have thought of that one. He falls right
Speaker 8: in the category for me with the Christian McCaffrey's the
Speaker 8: two is the Justin Fields and you know, Jayleen Waddles,
Speaker 8: all those guys didn't make the cut and Brett money
Speaker 8: Mahrt is on that list, and I'm upset.
Speaker 7: And who would have thought.
Speaker 9: I mean, you go back to even training camp when
Speaker 9: the entire kicker situation was just rampant in the headlines.
Speaker 9: And look, I'll be the first to admit when it
Speaker 9: came to bringing Brett Maher on, I was nervous. I
Speaker 9: was nervous because look, as a Cowboys fan, you remember,
Speaker 9: you remember those things, you remember the trauma that you're
Speaker 9: put through in certain situations. Brett Maher's name in my
Speaker 9: life at that point with like, Nope, please don't do
Speaker 9: this to me again. But what I appreciate about him
Speaker 9: now is, again we talked about yesterday, seeing it from
Speaker 9: a different perspective this season, is he has.
Speaker 7: A new kind of composure.
Speaker 9: I feel it's a very mature and even killed composure
Speaker 9: that even when you're just talking to him, he's just very,
Speaker 9: very even killed. And what I can appreciate about him
Speaker 9: too is in those high pressures that youuas when he
Speaker 9: was the only person scoring points for the Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 9: at the beginning of the season, Not once did you.
Speaker 7: See that reaction from him.
Speaker 9: Even when he makes field goals and clutch field goals,
Speaker 9: man barely reacts. I mean the amount of even killed
Speaker 9: I guess mannerisms that this man has is incredible. But
Speaker 9: good for him. I'm really proud to see how he's
Speaker 9: progressed through his career. You want to talk about progression
Speaker 9: and all of that and proving and saying all right,
Speaker 9: I'm not even gonna say anything.
Speaker 7: I'm just going to show you.
Speaker 9: And that is the definition of Brett Money Maher who
Speaker 9: does not have a middle name.
Speaker 7: By the way, well.
Speaker 8: It's Murphy now. So the playoffs, yees, I'm just saying,
Speaker 8: all right, guys.
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Speaker 8: Take our first break and we're going to jump into
Speaker 8: some of the key matchups, specifically defensively, that we think
Speaker 8: you guys should be looking at and taking notes for.
Speaker 8: Come Saturday, stay with us.
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Speaker 8: break down some key matchups to watch going into this
Speaker 8: big rivalry game. Albeit it's maybe not going to matter
Speaker 8: as much to the Eagles because it's Jalen Hurts is out,
Speaker 8: he's kind of got resting the injury. They were more
Speaker 8: focused on the postseason.
Speaker 7: They're obviously on a roll.
Speaker 8: Both these two teams aren't a position where they've already
Speaker 8: clinched the playoff positions, but at the same time, for
Speaker 8: the Cowboys, there are implications in terms of where their
Speaker 8: seating could be. But also I just feel like coming
Speaker 8: off of this past weekend, there's a lot of, you know,
Speaker 8: mental implications that I think are important to focus on
Speaker 8: where they need to really get back up again, gain
Speaker 8: that momentum, and continue to build some continuity as they
Speaker 8: head into the postseason. So in light of that, you know,
Speaker 8: obviously Jalen Hurts isn't playing this weekend, but the defense,
Speaker 8: I feel like for the Cowboys and dan Quinn had
Speaker 8: themselves a solid first half last week, but then they
Speaker 8: just kind of almost imploded. And I want to know
Speaker 8: in y'all's minds. Who are some of the players and
Speaker 8: some of the key matchups from a Cowboys defense Eagles
Speaker 8: offensive perspective that we really have to keep an eye
Speaker 8: on and really have to be locked down and consistently
Speaker 8: throughout the entire game for the Dallas Cowboys to come
Speaker 8: away with again again a win come Saturday, and I'll
Speaker 8: start with you, Aysha.
Speaker 10: So I.
Speaker 5: Depending on what happens with the secondary, that's gonna be huge,
Speaker 5: but for now, it's the defensive line. The Eagles offensive
Speaker 5: line is definitely the strength of theirs. I think it's
Speaker 5: the full strength of their team. They are so dominant,
Speaker 5: they have so many guys, and with the Cowboys defense,
Speaker 5: if they're able to get after the quarterback, it's gonna
Speaker 5: help out this secondary. I'm like we talked about dan
Speaker 5: Quinn talked about it being a competition, so we're gonna
Speaker 5: find out who's gonna roll out or whatever. But to me,
Speaker 5: it's gonna be whoever is the two corner, as we've
Speaker 5: talked about multiple times, because teams are just going at
Speaker 5: that that is the matchup they are going at consistently
Speaker 5: and rightfully. So we understand whatever if you have a
Speaker 5: new gentleman out there, They're gonna test them.
Speaker 7: So that is a huge part of it.
Speaker 5: But also the defensive line and how they play, how
Speaker 5: stout they play, how they're able to get off of
Speaker 5: blocks with this Eagles offensive.
Speaker 6: Line that can get up on you fast.
Speaker 5: So that that's kind of my matchup I'm looking for
Speaker 5: right now.
Speaker 9: I think for me, the matchup that is most intriguing
Speaker 9: for me in this game is the return of Dallas
Speaker 9: Goddard because he's been such a key component to this
Speaker 9: Eagles offense when he has been playing. I mean, you're
Speaker 9: talking a tight end that has such versatility within the
Speaker 9: way he plays, he can be a pro blocker. Yeah,
Speaker 9: he's very essential with his blocking, but vertical threat. I mean,
Speaker 9: the guy's everywhere. And so for me, when I talked
Speaker 9: to jarn Curse yesterday in the locker room, I was like,
Speaker 9: is this your guy?
Speaker 7: This is how are you feeling? And he's feeling good.
Speaker 9: But he's also very aware of the amount of versatility
Speaker 9: that Dallas Goddard brings to this Eagles offense and I said, well,
Speaker 9: you know, how do you manage somebody so versatile and
Speaker 9: how do you stay focused on that? And it's all.
Speaker 9: We talked about this yesterday. All where your eyes are right,
Speaker 9: So Jaron really has to be on que with that.
Speaker 9: He said, Really, what he's looking to do is what
Speaker 9: Dallas Goddard looks to do is to make guys miss.
Speaker 9: So he can be very quick in making guys miss.
Speaker 9: So he's going to be locked in on that. And
Speaker 9: something else that Jaron brought to my attention as he
Speaker 9: said that he's he's all on the screens. But also
Speaker 9: the leaky yardage after contact, that is something that Dallas
Speaker 9: Goddard has strengthened so very much. So, like we talk about,
Speaker 9: not the same position, but Tony Pollard, how he pushes
Speaker 9: for those extra yards and those extra yards end up mattering.
Speaker 7: Mattering matter, I think, I think mattering works. Mattering. Yeah,
Speaker 7: we'll go with that.
Speaker 9: We make a word one hundred percent. Okay, Well, how
Speaker 9: it matters. Dallas Goddard is going to be key for that.
Speaker 9: So Jaron, eyes on you, my guy. Yeah, keep in
Speaker 9: my eyes on Jay Roon to see how he contains
Speaker 9: Dallas Goddard.
Speaker 8: I think that the Dallas Goddard one is a great one,
Speaker 8: you know, with that tight end position. There's especially with
Speaker 8: this this Cowboys defense. I feel like it's a great
Speaker 8: opportunity for the Eagles in terms of a mismatch, you know,
Speaker 8: any tight end though really in general, like that's kind
Speaker 8: of one of the main things that they can present
Speaker 8: because they can be that blocking, the can be that
Speaker 8: you know, vertical threat too, and obviously they're just massive
Speaker 8: individuals as it stands. Like I remember when I first
Speaker 8: met Jason Witten, like back when I was an actual
Speaker 8: just intern for the Dallas Cowboys, Like that was one
Speaker 8: of the most alarming humans I've ever seen in my
Speaker 8: entire life because I was unaware of how massive he was.
Speaker 8: So I would totally agree with you with the Dallas Goddard.
Speaker 8: I actually think that he grew up in Texas and
Speaker 8: was a Cowboys fan growing up, like hence like kind
Speaker 8: of the Dallas stuff, I think so. But I actually
Speaker 8: did want to talk more about what you brought up
Speaker 8: in terms of the d line because I feel like
Speaker 8: that's been a place where they've had some rotations, and
Speaker 8: I want to get y'all's thought too, because they've been
Speaker 8: having Mica lineup on that d N position and I
Speaker 8: feel like there is some chatter at least in the
Speaker 8: utilization of him. You've been able to have historically guys
Speaker 8: in this building or you know, with a star and
Speaker 8: their helmet, who have played that three four linebacker and
Speaker 8: then converted more into a four to three. I'm thinking
Speaker 8: along the line of a DeMarcus Ware That's a great
Speaker 8: example in my mind. A Clay Matthews is another guy
Speaker 8: that has done very similar things in his career, but
Speaker 8: I'm not sure it's one hundred percent to his benefit.
Speaker 8: And I say that because when you have a guy
Speaker 8: who's more of that outside linebacker position innately just body
Speaker 8: wise from a scouting perspective, they're not going to be
Speaker 8: as big as you're down, you know, the defensive end,
Speaker 8: So when you put them in a position like that,
Speaker 8: their bodies are going to get beat up a lot
Speaker 8: more than if they were just playing off the ball linebacker.
Speaker 8: So I'm kind of curious, when you look at that
Speaker 8: defensive line, is that concerning it all to you? Because
Speaker 8: I just feel like at this part of the season,
Speaker 8: any and all players are going to be beat up
Speaker 8: a little bit. But I think we're especially starting to
Speaker 8: see the wear and tear with Micah and for someone
Speaker 8: who's so integraled to this team and this defense and
Speaker 8: the success of this team, does that worry you at all?
Speaker 5: I mean, we talk about it like longevity with these
Speaker 5: players and preserving players, and when you look at Michael
Speaker 5: on tape, the way he's getting chipped, the way he's
Speaker 5: getting it's part of the game. Nobody's complaining in here.
Speaker 5: We understand that it's a part of the game. But
Speaker 5: you have to be realistic in the fact that it
Speaker 5: does wear.
Speaker 6: On guys eventually.
Speaker 5: And I also want to add that, like where you're
Speaker 5: talking about maybe him not completely staying there, you kind
Speaker 5: of need a band aid at linebacker right now, Like
Speaker 5: short week, you don't got a lot of time to
Speaker 5: change a whole bunch. Layton went down like you kind
Speaker 5: of need a band aid and someone to come in,
Speaker 5: and I'm going to assume that he would be the
Speaker 5: quickest band aid. Maybe that does help protect his body
Speaker 5: a little bit more. Linebackers a lot of running and
Speaker 5: it's a lot of work also, But with him, with
Speaker 5: him rushing from linebacker or just playing linebacker, I think
Speaker 5: we can also get back to defense is not knowing
Speaker 5: where he's coming from, not being able to just go
Speaker 5: and chip him or bring an extra tight end or
Speaker 5: blocker over there to help out or whatever.
Speaker 6: Double team him.
Speaker 5: Maybe him going back to middle linebacker and situation rationally
Speaker 5: will help preserve him but also make him It may
Speaker 5: also just give the def the offense another look again
Speaker 5: like the way that it was before. I could be
Speaker 5: beneficial for both for schematically and also for his health
Speaker 5: as well.
Speaker 9: Yeah, and I think that's yeah, you took my longevity thing,
Speaker 9: because that's always what I fall back on, because it's true.
Speaker 9: I mean, you look at Micah Parsons and you forget
Speaker 9: this is.
Speaker 7: Only his second year. I know that is insane.
Speaker 9: You forget that because he's become such a staple and
Speaker 9: such a quick staple within this team and within this
Speaker 9: locker room. So I forget it sometimes, like you even
Speaker 9: talk to him and it feels like you're talking to
Speaker 9: a well seasoned veteran who's been in the locker room
Speaker 9: for ten years at this point. Right. But the longevity
Speaker 9: does concern me for Micah because.
Speaker 7: Of that competitive nature of him.
Speaker 9: He's not gonna be somebody that's like, oh, sit me down,
Speaker 9: like I need to sit this out. He will never
Speaker 9: do that, and so preserving health is always number one
Speaker 9: in my eyes. But I think as far as what
Speaker 9: Mica can and bring is I think the last couple
Speaker 9: of weeks we've seen the decline in sacks just from
Speaker 9: the defense overall. And I think what Mica does well
Speaker 9: is he tries to collapse that pocket and he bullies
Speaker 9: all the quarterbacks. So maybe he's not getting right right
Speaker 9: there to get the sack, but if you can get in,
Speaker 9: try to collapse the pocket, start bullying your quarterback.
Speaker 7: You have Gardner Minshew.
Speaker 9: This week, who isn't I don't want to say a
Speaker 9: watered down version of of Jalen Hurts because he's not.
Speaker 7: He's not.
Speaker 9: But what the Eagles are going to have to do is,
Speaker 9: and this is any time you have a backup quarterback
Speaker 9: and you have to take a step back from what
Speaker 9: you would do with your starting quarterback, you're not going
Speaker 9: to get the same kind of scheme. You're going to
Speaker 9: get a similar one, and it's just kind of a
Speaker 9: lowered version of it. For logistical reasons. You have a
Speaker 9: backup quarterback that doesn't get every rapid practice. You don't
Speaker 9: want to hurt him. You don't want to over exert
Speaker 9: him either, right, So it's a real tip and tap
Speaker 9: game that teams have to play when you put in
Speaker 9: a backup quarterback, but also the Cowboys can use that
Speaker 9: to their advantage. Parsons specifically, get in there in that
Speaker 9: pocket early, bully him early, and start showing your presence.
Speaker 9: Tip balls, I mean, little things to show your presence,
Speaker 9: because again, that is when when you can start getting
Speaker 9: you know, stop them from establishing the run. You can
Speaker 9: keep them behind the sticks. That's when the defense has
Speaker 9: the most success is when your offense that you're facing
Speaker 9: is behind the sticks. And I think that's important. Mike
Speaker 9: is just such an integral, integral part of that.
Speaker 8: So I feel like with Minshew you can obviously expect
Speaker 8: to drop off from Hurtz, right. I look at the
Speaker 8: Goddard as a matchup that you'll he'll definitely whenever there's.
Speaker 6: Like a big tight end in the game.
Speaker 8: I like to call them like the woob be right,
Speaker 8: like they're kind of like the go to and the
Speaker 8: yeah exactly like that like warm blanket that like you
Speaker 8: always lean on, Right, I definitely think that you'll see
Speaker 8: that with the Dallas Goddard situation. I definitely look at
Speaker 8: the d line and kind of have some questions, but man,
Speaker 8: yell it's the corner for me. Yeah, that I'm really
Speaker 8: having a hard time with. And I just honestly, like
Speaker 8: Kelvin Joseph, it was embarrassing, like what he was his performance,
Speaker 8: I mean, he should have got bench like giving up
Speaker 8: what like two touchdowns sixty nine yeard.
Speaker 7: It's just it was just.
Speaker 8: Very obvious that they were attacking him and targeting him
Speaker 8: and game planning against the weakest link. And I feel
Speaker 8: like that is a solid strategy in Minshew, while he
Speaker 8: may not be the starter, has enough experience that I
Speaker 8: feel like he would have confidence in trying to exploit
Speaker 8: something like that. And you know, I don't, man, I
Speaker 8: just don't feel great about it because if the guy
Speaker 8: who's in that starting role is already being attacked, you know,
Speaker 8: and being taken out of the game, both from a
Speaker 8: literal perspective and from the perspective of like the defense
Speaker 8: going after you or I'm sorry, the offense going after you.
Speaker 8: What do you have behind you that's going to be
Speaker 8: better than what you put in the game, Like, it's
Speaker 8: just kind of like logic. So I just feel very
Speaker 8: uneasy about that. I know, historically the Cowboys have always
Speaker 8: had a bit of an issue at corner. But I
Speaker 8: feel like we've had people who, you know, I don't
Speaker 8: think we respected the Anthony Browns and gave them the
Speaker 8: credit they deserved at least in terms of being solid players.
Speaker 8: And now it kind of is becoming a bit of
Speaker 8: a sore thumb where I'm looking at that on tape
Speaker 8: and I don't feel good about what that looks like,
Speaker 8: especially this late in the season.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you don't have a lot of options
Speaker 5: of guys. They've brought in quite a few guys Sheffield, Sheffield, McKenzie, Mullins.
Speaker 5: They brought in some veteran guys who have had tenure
Speaker 5: in this game.
Speaker 6: I don't both of them.
Speaker 5: I think two of them weren't able to even be
Speaker 5: elevated if I'm not mistaken. Last game, so you know,
Speaker 5: dan Quinn talked about, hey, there, this is a competition.
Speaker 5: So that's what I'm looking for in this game, to
Speaker 5: see if who's gonna line up there, how that changes things.
Speaker 6: And quite honestly, at this point, I'm just waiting for.
Speaker 5: Just somebody has to be out there that's gonna make
Speaker 5: the quarterback just look off there the because what's happening
Speaker 5: is that the quarterback's literally just dropping into doing their
Speaker 5: drop and they're like.
Speaker 6: Eh, there it is.
Speaker 5: It's not even half the time.
Speaker 6: They're not even going through their other reads.
Speaker 5: So at this point, I'm hoping that DQ can formulate
Speaker 5: some stuff and maybe find a guy that at least
Speaker 5: makes defenses think twice. And this defensive line, like we
Speaker 5: talked about with the pressures, they're also missing covered sex
Speaker 5: as well. But I will say that when the Cowboys
Speaker 5: played Philly last game, they sucked Jalen Hurts four times,
Speaker 5: So there's opportunity there. There's opportunity there. And I also
Speaker 5: think the Cowboys offensive line is better this time. I
Speaker 5: know we'll get into that.
Speaker 8: We will get into that here in the next break.
Speaker 8: But speaking of Christmas and Christmas movies and quotes that
Speaker 8: Kelsey Charles likes to repeat on the regular, the Grinch
Speaker 8: movie where he's like, hate hate louth entirely. Jess just
Speaker 8: gave me a nice little report. The injury report did
Speaker 8: come out today and officially counter Cowboys cornerback Trayvon Diggs
Speaker 8: with an illness was reported as a potential questionable for
Speaker 8: Saturday versus the Eagles. Michael Parson's illness, Jake Ferguson concussion.
Speaker 8: Dorance Armstrong knee are also questionable. In Layton vander It
Speaker 8: is ruled out.
Speaker 9: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I don't see Trayvon days, not like personally does. He's
Speaker 5: most of the guys that have been ill this last
Speaker 5: couple of weeks, and it sounds like something's going around.
Speaker 6: We'll see if he touted through it. This is a
Speaker 6: big game.
Speaker 7: Yeah, we'll see.
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Speaker 9: I was looking to at the Eagles practice report too,
Speaker 9: and so the only two rolled out obviously quarterback Jalen
Speaker 9: Hurts and then titan Tyree Jackson also ruled out. Ruled
Speaker 9: as questionable is wide receiver Zach Pascal. So other than that,
Speaker 9: those are the only game statuses that we know on
Speaker 9: the Eagle side of things. But all of the guys
Speaker 9: that we talked about yesterday having those limited reps or
Speaker 9: not participating due to just resting. Most of them all
Speaker 9: full participants today, So again that was.
Speaker 6: Just they're healthy.
Speaker 7: Yeah, they're they're trying to preserve healthy. They're healthy.
Speaker 5: They're kind of they kind of how are how the
Speaker 5: Cowboys were? Will besides obviously deal with Jalen, but they're
Speaker 5: about this time last year that we were like, cowboys
Speaker 5: are healthy. Everything's coming together with the same thing, the
Speaker 5: seven of their quarterback right now.
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Speaker 8: As I prepare to hopefully watch the Dallas Cowboys beat
Speaker 8: the Philadelphia Eagles, I want to talk to the other
Speaker 8: side of the ball here and what Dak Prescott and
Speaker 8: this Cowboys offense has to do. Listen, I think we
Speaker 8: all know that the interceptions is something that really has
Speaker 8: to get cleaned up. And I mean I think they're
Speaker 8: saying all the right things, They're taking accountability for their actions.
Speaker 7: Am I still concerned?
Speaker 6: Yes?
Speaker 8: But I'd love to hear you know matchups that you
Speaker 8: guys are looking at in terms of this Cowboys offense
Speaker 8: exploiting this Philadelphia defense. I'll start with you, Ayisha, and
Speaker 8: what you've got on your list.
Speaker 5: Oh, I was looking at I was looking at last
Speaker 5: game just how physical, how physical Chicago played Philly, and
Speaker 5: it threw them off their dime a bit. They they
Speaker 5: struggled to fight through that. And when you look at
Speaker 5: when the last time the Cowboys played played the Eagles,
Speaker 5: the Cowboys ran.
Speaker 6: The ball effectively.
Speaker 5: Ezekiel elliott I averaged six point two yards of carry
Speaker 5: had not thirteen. Yeah, because you know that's another thing
Speaker 5: like Zeke. It's something about Philly that it gets inside
Speaker 5: him and you can.
Speaker 6: See how he's running the ball.
Speaker 5: I also feel with the addition of Tyrone Smith at
Speaker 5: right tackle, your offensive.
Speaker 6: Line's still weird.
Speaker 5: But at this point in time in the season, I
Speaker 5: venture to say, you feel better about your offensive line
Speaker 5: than you first did. We were still very unsure at
Speaker 5: that time. So this Cowboys, this Cowboys offense, I'm hoping
Speaker 5: comes out and runs the ball and runs the ball
Speaker 5: physically right at these guys. They have some linebackers that
Speaker 5: can fly, but Seed Lamb also had success against them
Speaker 5: the last time they played, which was if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 5: I was thrown off by the fact that they were
Speaker 5: able to pass the ball. But Kellen Moore found success
Speaker 5: with the tight end last game. This was I don't
Speaker 5: know if you guys remember, but this was Peyton hendershots
Speaker 5: and firks kind of coming out game and when they
Speaker 5: played Philly last time.
Speaker 6: So I'm wondering if they're still gonna.
Speaker 5: See that the other their breakout game. I wonder if
Speaker 5: they're gonna if we're gonna see some of the tight
Speaker 5: ends getting involved again. And also Dalton Sheltzon play so
Speaker 5: with their.
Speaker 6: Secondary being so stingy the.
Speaker 5: Way that it is, hoping that the the Cowboys come
Speaker 5: out and run the ball effectively and also get the
Speaker 5: tight end uses in. But ceed Limb's not afraid of
Speaker 5: these guys and when he got one on one matchups,
Speaker 5: he made them pay. And I want to see it again.
Speaker 8: I'm laughing at the tight ends because I was thinking
Speaker 8: about their nicknames that they had, like Mary, Kate and Ashley.
Speaker 7: Oh, like yeah, that's literally where my mind was going.
Speaker 8: Like I was like not laughing at the concept, I
Speaker 8: was just more laughing at what their nicknames were.
Speaker 7: So anyway, sorry, justict no you're good, You're good.
Speaker 9: What I'm keeping an eye on is the Eagles D
Speaker 9: line because they came at poor justin fields.
Speaker 7: Oh my goodness.
Speaker 9: Yeah, they had six sacks last week and each of
Speaker 9: these guys had two sacks last week. Josh Sweat had to,
Speaker 9: Javon Hardgrave had to, and Hassan Reddick all had two
Speaker 9: sacks last week. That was just in one week, six
Speaker 9: sex in one week, which you know, as a spoiled
Speaker 9: Cowboys fanatic, right with your deal with your defense, You're like, ah,
Speaker 9: that's nothing, but that's big.
Speaker 7: That's big.
Speaker 9: So what I'm looking for specifically within this game is
Speaker 9: the offensive line to have that continuity really established after
Speaker 9: last week with Tyron back in and you know, maybe
Speaker 9: Jason Peters is the swing tackle there, but I want
Speaker 9: to see that continuity because you're going to need it
Speaker 9: for this game with this D line that's gonna go
Speaker 9: rushing at Dak Prescott.
Speaker 7: You need the continuity there.
Speaker 9: You need that physicality, and you need to be clean
Speaker 9: with it. That mental focus needs to be absolutely on.
Speaker 9: That's what I'm looking for because there was there was
Speaker 9: a little bit of leakage at last week against the
Speaker 9: Jags two sacks I believe on Dak Prescott. So what
Speaker 9: I want to see is that just being cleaned up
Speaker 9: because I don't want anyone near Dak. Nobody is allowed
Speaker 9: near Dak unless it's Ezekiel Elliot or Tony Pollodgreb in
Speaker 9: that ball, I don't want anybody near him because this
Speaker 9: D line will rush at you. You have a veteran
Speaker 9: D line really when you're looking at Philly and so
Speaker 9: something that I did think was interesting was I broke
Speaker 9: down how many sacks these veteran D linemen in Philly
Speaker 9: have against Dallas. And so let's see, you have last game,
Speaker 9: you have Javon Hardgrave, who has two career sacks against Dallas.
Speaker 7: In total in his career he has ten. Oh, let's see.
Speaker 9: You have Fletcher Cox, who let's see, he has a
Speaker 9: total of six sacks.
Speaker 7: He has five point five or.
Speaker 9: Six sacks this season, but five point five career sacks
Speaker 9: against Dallas. So notoriously, Again, this goes back to this
Speaker 9: rivalry just being a game that everyone plays a little
Speaker 9: bit harder.
Speaker 7: For sure, it's Philly.
Speaker 9: You know, I didn't even want to wear green in
Speaker 9: this building this week for that reason.
Speaker 8: But absolutely not, it's one of those things. I better
Speaker 8: not catch y'all wearing green at all this week. I
Speaker 8: don't care if it's Christmas week.
Speaker 9: I wore green last night, but that's because I had
Speaker 9: to wear I worked for the Stars game last night.
Speaker 9: So stars are green, you have toug you have obscured.
Speaker 9: But my point is they're going to play harder. And
Speaker 9: that goes for Philly too, So everyone needs to come
Speaker 9: in and protect your quarterback because they're going to try
Speaker 9: to get in that pocket. They're going to try to
Speaker 9: collapse that pocket, and they're going to try to exploit personally.
Speaker 9: I think Tyler Smith. I think that's who they're going
Speaker 9: to try to exploit. Absolute and the right side.
Speaker 7: No way