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Speaker 1: your hosts Isaiah stand Back, heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips

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Speaker 1: and Kyle Yeomans. It is a wonderful Wednesday edition of

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Speaker 1: of Talking Cowboys. Welcome everybody to the s WBC studios

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Speaker 1: at the Star in Frisco. We've got heck Ma Harrison,

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Speaker 1: We've got Isaiah stand Back, We've got Rob Phillips virtually again.

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Speaker 1: I'm Kyle Yeoman's along with Chris Beam here for Talking

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Speaker 1: Cowboys today. Everybody, it is hump day in the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: in a short week, have just two more days to

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Speaker 1: rest up, prepare and get ready for the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 1: Still you're still not on It sucks. That sucks, man

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Speaker 1: Like he hates to day is like the first day

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Speaker 1: that your body is like okay, doesn't hurt his back

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Speaker 1: he could do this again. You know what I'm saying, Like,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't hurt his bag, And now you're all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden seventy two hours. But wait a minute, you

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Speaker 1: gotta do it again. Wait a minute, here we go again,

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Speaker 1: seventy two hours. For now we're gonna be playing again.

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Speaker 1: When you think about it, too, there's going to be

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Speaker 1: a Monday wild Card game this year as well. There's

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Speaker 1: a Monday Night wild Card game. And because of the

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Wildcard game, there's a good chance that the

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Speaker 1: team that wins that Monday Night game would then turn

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Speaker 1: around and play the number one seed on Sunday, which

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Speaker 1: means you would have six days of rest coming off

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Speaker 1: of a Monday night game against the best team, playing

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Speaker 1: against a team that has two weeks of rest and

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Speaker 1: the best record in whatever conference there in a man, well,

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Speaker 1: that sucks well, But but the thing is like, say,

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Speaker 1: for instance, if we play on Saturday, and obviously I

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Speaker 1: don't know how the seating is gonna go for the

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Speaker 1: weekend playoff games, but if we get the let's say

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Speaker 1: the Monday night game, that's an additional day of rest

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Speaker 1: for this team. Yeah, you'd have what would that be?

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Speaker 1: Nine days then basically yeah, right, and then you turn

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Speaker 1: right back around and obviously on a short week again,

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Speaker 1: I mean, who's more who's more prepared for short weeks

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Speaker 1: than we are? Bro, That's true. They've been through it

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Speaker 1: a couple of times. Right, Come on, that's part of

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Speaker 1: the DNA here in Dallas, part of the DNA. Rob,

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Speaker 1: How are you doing out in the or Rob p

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Speaker 1: Island Studios out there, I'm doing I'm doing okay. I

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Speaker 1: wish I was in there with you guys. I'm doing fine.

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Speaker 1: I'm doing fine. I'm just a board. The beard just coming.

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Speaker 1: But hey, that's a good point. Like and you know

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Speaker 1: what though, Like if you're gonna tab a short week

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Speaker 1: and take it down, take it down, and maybe you

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Speaker 1: play next Sunday instead of Saturday, so get that extra day.

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Speaker 1: The beard is coming back, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, you're

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Speaker 1: growing it out. What are you doing? Tell you look

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Speaker 1: have a icy beard. Man, you gotta let that thing

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Speaker 1: come in. Man. He is let Rob Pa. He is

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Speaker 1: in chill more. He has a chill a sweater on right,

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Speaker 1: like a couple of different things. Rob, I got my

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Speaker 1: Just don't stand up Rose, all right, Rob, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: start with you. News and notes from yesterday. The Cowboys

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Speaker 1: had an opportunity to rest up a little bit, but

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Speaker 1: What was what was going on at the Star in Frisco.

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Speaker 1: Not a ton of news and notes at the Star yesterday.

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Speaker 1: A very small practice report, which is good news going

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Speaker 1: into week eighteen. And they only had a walk through yesterday.

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Speaker 1: How big is that to have not only Blake Jarwin,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of a I guess I jo to to

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Speaker 1: the game you said, look, this is a measuring stick game,

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Speaker 1: where this team is right now. Rob, Yeah, I agreed,

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Speaker 1: In terms of how dan Quinn is going to approach that,

430
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Speaker 1: I think he has to get his dogs on the

431
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Speaker 1: interior to get things moving. Gallimore and Tristan Hill. Oh

432
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Speaker 1: so all the guns that are in the middle right there,

433
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Speaker 1: they have to step up and have the game of

434
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Speaker 1: their lives because they're going to see another running quarterback

435
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Speaker 1: the following week. We don't know who that is gonna be,

436
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Speaker 1: but it's gonna be another quarterback who has capability of

437
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Speaker 1: taking off and it might be that Kyler dude again.

438
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Speaker 1: And guess what Kyler's coming. Hey gonna have to come

439
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Speaker 1: back into AT and T Stadium where he loves it.

440
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Speaker 1: So they're gonna have to figure that out. And I

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Speaker 1: think that just addressing that aspect alone will make a

442
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Speaker 1: huge difference, because the defensive ends I feel actually played well.

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Speaker 1: It's the interior alignment that need to step their game

444
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Speaker 1: up now. I mean, and I love that evaluation. What

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Speaker 1: I saw in looking at the game was for when

446
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Speaker 1: you talk about the defensive end playing alignment, assignment, making

447
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Speaker 1: sure that you don't bite too far down in And

448
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 1: you saw Randy Gregory those last two games to end

449
00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 1: the game, he lost contained he hadn't been doing that

450
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Speaker 1: the entire game, and then that was what cost him.

451
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Speaker 1: I thought the pressure that up the middle from a

452
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Speaker 1: diggy Zool and Carlos Watkins. I think I thought that

453
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Speaker 1: they were trying to, you know, stay in their lane,

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Speaker 1: stay assignment sound and not over pursue and let him

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Speaker 1: out the back door, and that hesitancy, I think didn't

456
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Speaker 1: allow for that pressure to get up the middle of

457
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Speaker 1: the way that you're talking about. I think that they

458
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Speaker 1: can play Jalen Hurst the same way because you know

459
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Speaker 1: that the Eagles are gonna do a lot of design

460
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Speaker 1: runs with him. He had nine carries against us last

461
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Speaker 1: the last time we nine for thirty five was what

462
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: he did last time. And look, we have to we

463
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Speaker 1: have to have the same approach, but we have to

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Speaker 1: get home. We have to get pressure. We had two

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Speaker 1: sacks last time. Obviously we were able to create turnovers

466
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Speaker 1: as well, but that's gonna be really important. But Boston

467
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Speaker 1: Scott now as they're running back, I'm really interested to

468
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Speaker 1: see how we take him on. He you know, he's

469
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Speaker 1: bonafied as a rush. He's also bonafied as a pass

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Speaker 1: catcher out of the backfield. But you know, there's so

471
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Speaker 1: many things it's going to be happening in our on

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Speaker 1: the back half. I think that Dallas Goddard is a

473
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Speaker 1: legitimate weapon. I want to see how we handle that.

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Speaker 1: And obviously, you know, look, they've got some guys. Quiz

475
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,920
Speaker 1: Watkins is someone that you cannot fall asleep on because

476
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Speaker 1: he will take it to the house. Obviously Smith DeVante Smith,

477
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Speaker 1: their first round draft pick from last year. So look,

478
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be another one of those games where defensively,

479
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 1: we could put these guys to sleep pretty quickly, but

480
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Speaker 1: we've got we got to make sure that we apply pressure.

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Speaker 1: We've got to get home. Both Boston Scott and Dallas

482
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Speaker 1: Goddard are in that COVID protocol at the moment, so

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Speaker 1: they could get back, but hopefully, I mean, I don't

484
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Speaker 1: want to say, I'm not gonna say it either way.

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Speaker 1: I hope they get back. Honestly, I want them to

486
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Speaker 1: get back because I want to see a realistic play scheme.

487
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Speaker 1: I want to see how the Cowboys answer the bell

488
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Speaker 1: in a week like this. But having both of those

489
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Speaker 1: guys out would change a ton of things on the

490
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Speaker 1: offensive side, but also up the middle with Jason Kelsey,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's one of the best centers in all

492
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Speaker 1: of football, and he's also on that COVID list too.

493
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Speaker 1: That's why I kind of lead into it that way.

494
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Speaker 1: There were eighteen total pressures in that game against the

495
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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, eighteen pressures from the Cowboys defense. Sixteen of

496
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Speaker 1: them came off the edge. Only two were in the middle,

497
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Speaker 1: and they were both belonging to Neville Gallimore. So that

498
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Speaker 1: interior pressure against this Philadelphia offensive line is going to

499
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Speaker 1: have some sort of have to have some sort of

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Speaker 1: success to really build that confidence. Rob Do you used

501
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Speaker 1: to see that even if Jason Kelsey's back and he's

502
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Speaker 1: playing as a realistic opportunity for the Cowboys on that

503
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Speaker 1: side of the ball. Absolutely, And we've talked about on

504
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Speaker 1: the show before and Isaiah played the position. Sometimes that

505
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Speaker 1: middle pressure is more frustrating for a quarterback than the

506
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Speaker 1: edge pressure because there's really nowhere for you to step

507
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Speaker 1: up and go with the ball. He can't climb the pocket.

508
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Speaker 1: Those kind of things. I love Boston Scott. I think

509
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Speaker 1: he's he's kind of got a sprolls to his game.

510
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Speaker 1: And when you look at this the way this Eagles

511
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Speaker 1: offense is built, it's kind of built the way that

512
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Speaker 1: we've seen him build it the last fifteen years. Like

513
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Speaker 1: like Heck alluded to some of the speed. They've got,

514
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Speaker 1: versatility at the running back position. Miles Sanders is out

515
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Speaker 1: right now, and obviously Hurts can beat you a bunch

516
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Speaker 1: of different ways. Michael Parsons was asked about him yesterday

517
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Speaker 1: and he said, you know, he Kyler's the more dynamic quarterback.

518
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray are

519
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Speaker 1: probably in a different category than everybody else in terms

520
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Speaker 1: of what they can do as a dual threat. But

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Speaker 1: we know what he can do. I think I think

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Speaker 1: the Hurts can do. I think the biggest thing is

523
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Speaker 1: for the Cowboys, can they do this is run up

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Speaker 1: the score, get a lead early. That's what happened in

525
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Speaker 1: the first game. They got a twenty to seven lead

526
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Speaker 1: in the first half, and it forced the Eagles to

527
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Speaker 1: not be as balanced and do all those things you

528
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Speaker 1: know for Hurts that that's not ideal for him, and

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Speaker 1: they wound up only running the ball twelve times for

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Speaker 1: sixty four yards. Can the offense dictate what the Eagles

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Speaker 1: offense can do? And that's that's that's contingent on getting

532
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Speaker 1: off to a much better start than they did against Arizona.

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Speaker 1: What do you think about that? I agree I agree.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that you can take him out

535
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Speaker 1: of his game. These guys, these guys have the recipe

536
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: that the thing that sucks about when you play against

537
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks that have the ability to beat you with their

538
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 1: feet is what Heckma said is the hesitation. And that's

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Speaker 1: what you know as well as a quarterback who possesses

540
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: those abilities, you know that you create hesitation. You know

541
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Speaker 1: that these guys instead of putting their head down and

542
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: simply dipping and ripping and rushing and creating issues, now

543
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna be you know, locking on with two hands,

544
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 1: and now they're gonna be picking over, packing over the shoulders,

545
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: and their feet slow down, their eyes get you know,

546
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: they get a little nosy, their feet slow down, the

547
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 1: rush stops. So you know that, and you know you're

548
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 1: going to have more time to throw the ball. You

549
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: know you're gonna have more time to step up and

550
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 1: step out and get outside the pocketing and you know

551
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: expand you know the duration of these plays, which in

552
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,159
Speaker 1: turning allows for your receivers to get open against these

553
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: dbs or get penalties against dbs because longer plays, I mean,

554
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: it makes it more difficult for dbs to defend. So

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00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,160
Speaker 1: you know that as an opposing quarterback, and that's something

556
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,959
Speaker 1: that Dallas is going to have to try to instinctively

557
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 1: try to address. They're got to just say, hey, I

558
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 1: don't give a dog on who's back there at quarterback rolling,

559
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: And that's something that they're gonna have to correct. Yeah,

560
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Speaker 1: and when I do my evaluation, man, I go back

561
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,719
Speaker 1: to the previous year, uh, and just breaking down one

562
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 1: last time we were in Philly, and the last time

563
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: we were in Philly, Bend Nucci was the starting quarter

564
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Speaker 1: Don't you forget it? We won't a knight? Yeah, what

565
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: a knight? We won't forget it Nucci? Man. And you know, defensively,

566
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: we had nothing going on. We could not get any stops.

567
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts was in his bag against us. But pressure

568
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 1: we look Michael Parsons last week. This is the first

569
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Speaker 1: time that I was just like, man, it's Michael out there,

570
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: you know. But because of some of the things that

571
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals were able to do to nullify our pass rush,

572
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: and a lot of that was due to what we've

573
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: already discussed. These guys are just having to make sure

574
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: that they're in the lance and not let Kyle out.

575
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: This is a different guy in Jalen Hurts, and I'm

576
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Speaker 1: not saying that he's not a dual threat, because he is.

577
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: He could get out on you in a hurry. He's strong,

578
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 1: but he has a good arm and he wants to

579
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Speaker 1: try and make those plays again. I just want this

580
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: defense to obviously bring that same pressure that they had before.

581
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Speaker 1: Jeron Curse has got to be the great neutralizer that

582
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: he's been this entire season and making sure that, look,

583
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Speaker 1: we don't let these tight ends get off against us,

584
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: we don't let these these running backs get out of

585
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Speaker 1: the backfield. We've got to get sacks. We've got to

586
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 1: do the same thing that we did against them last

587
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 1: time and not allow them to get any rushing yards.

588
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: They had sixty four rushing yards the last time we saw.

589
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and see this is the number one rushing

590
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 1: offense in the league right now in terms of yards

591
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: per game. So you're gonna have to limit them again

592
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: like that. But how much better are the Philadelphia Eagles

593
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: since when you watch them in Week three and of

594
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: course going back to last year as well. Okay, all right,

595
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: they're not that much better. I mean, they really are.

596
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: I mean, and you and if we gotta be fair

597
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: about our evaluation that we go like, I mean, we're

598
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: the most critical evaluator in the room. Is that guy

599
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: right there? And so if it comes down to when

600
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: it comes down to, you know, with the camera, who

601
00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: they played against and the kind of ball that they played,

602
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: I mean, they opened up with points scored against them,

603
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: their defense got drove on. I mean, so it's not

604
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Speaker 1: as though they've been playing this impeccable ball, uh, this

605
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: entire run. If they've been you know, getting into the playoffs,

606
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: it hadn't happened like that. What Pete, No, I mean,

607
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 1: you're not wrong. I mean that there are playing there.

608
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Speaker 1: I agree they're playing better than they did early in

609
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: the season. But I just kind of go back to

610
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Speaker 1: if you get a lead on them, all that balance

611
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: and you know, one thing that's really helped Jalen is

612
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: play action and playing off their running game and all that.

613
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Speaker 1: If you're up twenty seven seven like they were in

614
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: Week three, that stuff goes out the window. So I

615
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: think I just think it's a lot it's contingent upon Dallas. Finally,

616
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Speaker 1: you get off to a good start, get you know,

617
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Speaker 1: get get up on them and force them to play

618
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: out of their covers on a little bit, just to

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Speaker 1: play devil's advocate here a little bit, Rob. I mean

620
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Speaker 1: last week against Washington, and I know Washington and Dallas

621
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Speaker 1: are not the same teams by any means. We proved

622
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 1: that week sixteen, but they were up sixteen to seven

623
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Speaker 1: at the halftime break. They had built that lead, they

624
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: had had the momentum. They played really well in the

625
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: first half, but Philly was able to kind of find

626
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Speaker 1: their footing and then kind of charged back to the

627
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: lead and put up what it's that thirteen unanswered points

628
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Speaker 1: to win it. Uh? Do you see is there any

629
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Speaker 1: sort of improvement in that regard to the Philadelphia side.

630
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Speaker 1: So that way, if they do get down early on,

631
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Speaker 1: if the Cowboys do what you just said and jump

632
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: out to a lead, they still have an opportunity to answer, well, yeah,

633
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: and I mean give yeah, give them credit. And they've

634
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: they've got guys heck mentioned the guys they've got down

635
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 1: the field that can make chunk plays. It hurts you.

636
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: I would just argue that that's Washington and this Dallas

637
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: defense when they're playing with the lead and you've got

638
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: Mike aten Off and Randy Gregory and DeMarcus Lawrence. That's

639
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: that's a world of hurt to potentially be it. So

640
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,479
Speaker 1: that's that's when this defense is at it's best. That's

641
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: when this team is that its best is when they're

642
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Speaker 1: playing with the league and the chunk plays are dangerous

643
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: for us. And it is and we saw last week

644
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: and trey Von Hunt dis gave up the big play

645
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: to aj Green that if it had been out a

646
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: little bit further, it would have been just a walk

647
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: in touchdown for him. And that's been so much talked

648
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: about our secondary and the big plays that they give up.

649
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: One of the things that our defense can't afford to

650
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: do is give up those big chunk plays. At the

651
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: beginning of the game you watched last week, we gave

652
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: up a twenty six yard run to open the game,

653
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: followed it up by another run that was you know,

654
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty yard run that changed field positions, set the

655
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: tone for the entire game. Those are just little things

656
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: like that. Just being alert and aware right from the

657
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: first bell is what I'm looking for this defense to do.

658
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 1: Philadelphia is sneaky in the sense, and I do believe

659
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: that they're better. I think they're substantially better now than

660
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: they were earlier in the season when we faced them.

661
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: And one of the areas is that they are committed

662
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: to this run. They are They are diligent about establishing

663
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 1: the run, and they will lull you to sleep with

664
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: the run right, and they have the ability. It's it's

665
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: not just a running back that you have to worry about.

666
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:06,959
Speaker 1: It's not just Scott, It's not just how are these

667
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: guys that you have to worry about, You obviously have

668
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: to take into account. They're dog on quarterback and they

669
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Speaker 1: have no he has no problem. He's strong, right, he's

670
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: a weight room guy. He has no problem running the

671
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: ball and getting downhill. He's not a quarterback who can run.

672
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: He's a quarterback who does run, and they utilize him

673
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: in that aspect. And I think that's where they're dangerous

674
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: because they will pound you, pound you, pound you, and

675
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, the chunk play right, and

676
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: it's discouraging. There's gonna be a lot of third down opportunities.

677
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: They are going to get into third down because they're

678
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: not gonna throw big plays on first and second. They're

679
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: gonna run it, run it right, and there's gonna be

680
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: a third down and you're gonna get all hyped up,

681
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:39,719
Speaker 1: get ready to get off the field, and then they

682
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: poom they run it again, or they have a chunk

683
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 1: play and now it's back to another set of downs,

684
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: and they keep doing it over and over and over again,

685
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: and they are okay having patience in that regard. That's

686
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 1: where Philly is dangerous. So to you guys's points, you

687
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,959
Speaker 1: are heck when and Rob you have to get up

688
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: on these guys just like you did it earlier in

689
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: the season. And I like, I think I completely agree

690
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: with what you just said. And that's a um when

691
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: you break them down that way. But I think they

692
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: went to the running game because they had to rely

693
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: on guarding to miss you. At a point in the season, Uh,

694
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: they were, they were getting killed. The turnover differential was

695
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: was was not favoring them at all, and so they

696
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,879
Speaker 1: had to go and rely on what they do best. Look,

697
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: the strength of the Philadelphia Eagles team is their defense

698
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: and offensive line. They are strong upfront. Uh, And that's

699
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: why you can't let them get gone. That's what I'm saying,

700
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: that you can't let them get going. That's so even

701
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: though they were forced to identify they and forced to

702
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: go back to the run light bulb. Yeah, Oh dang,

703
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: I guess we do have that. Maybe we need to

704
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 1: go back and figure that out too. An office a

705
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Speaker 1: line for Kella Moore. Sorry, Rob, do you have something

706
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: that came out? No? No, I agree, I agree. That's

707
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 1: a that's a good point too about how you know,

708
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: they they probably had to shift things around with the

709
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,360
Speaker 1: quarterback change early on, but they you know, they they

710
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: want to get the RPOs going, they want to move

711
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: the pocket and get get gently kind of on the

712
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: move and those things. So it's all really it's been

713
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: a nice flow for them. But again, like this defense,

714
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: when it's playing at their best, is a different challenge

715
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Speaker 1: than what they faced the last four weeks. So I'm interested.

716
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Speaker 1: I'm interested to see it. And when we come back

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Speaker 1: on the other side of the break, we're gonna talk

718
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Speaker 1: about can this defense still win without the takeaways? Because

719
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Speaker 1: they're one in three in games where they haven't had

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Speaker 1: How do you like so effectively just comb through your

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Speaker 1: entire face, like you said you do that. Oh, it

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00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: was all the way through it right there. I don't know,

764
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: it just comes to me, Kyle, it comes to me.

765
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: I'm sitting in Rob P's seat though, so you gotta yeah,

766
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta step it up. Yep. Pressure is on.

767
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll have Rob P tomorrow. Yeah, so that way

768
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,839
Speaker 1: he can do the read tomorrow, so we can maybe

769
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: do that. We don't know his Friday is his day

770
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: is Friday. I'm on Friday. Tomorrow is our last day show. Yeah,

771
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: we don't have shows on Friday. I will probably be back.

772
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: It's it's gonna be Monday on Friday, like, oh, okay, Monday, Chris.

773
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: Chris just said we have shows on Do you do

774
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: have a show on Friday? Oh dude, nice? All right,

775
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: get you mister vacation. It's awesome. Well, Chris told me

776
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: earlier in the week they were canceling show. No, I

777
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,320
Speaker 1: never said d right here and I was standing in

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00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 1: that I said, I said, I have not talked to Derek. Yeah, see,

779
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: depending on flights. I don't I don't think. I don't

780
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: think that's what I don't think that's what I saw

781
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: you reading that number. I am happy under the bus

782
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: right now and backed it up. But that's okay. I'm

783
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: happy to have a day off, and he's like, oh, ruling, Yeah,

784
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: I just always definitely gonna be a Colorado. I definitely

785
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: deserve it, all right. Is this defense good enough to

786
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: win without takeaways? Because you were mentioning you were mentioning

787
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: earlier in the show yardage middle of the pack, which

788
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: they are middle of the pack, even lower of the pack.

789
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: They've given up the big play, but they don't get takeaways,

790
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 1: which they've had four games this year where they haven't

791
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: had a takeaway, which is pretty darn good. That means

792
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: they take the football away quite a bit. And we

793
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: knew that that was the calling card for this dan

794
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 1: Quinn defense. But when they don't get it, how much

795
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: of a factor does that have on that side of

796
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: the ball. It's major because it's complimentary football, right, and

797
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 1: this is a three portion game. It's three aspects and

798
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: three obviously contributors to this game. Offense, defense, special team.

799
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Speaker 1: When your defense is not able to create the turnovers

800
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: that you have been dependent on them to create, in

801
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: your offense is not putting up the points that they're

802
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 1: capaball and putting up it makes it more difficult for

803
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: this team to win ball games. It really does. In

804
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: that case, that is not complimentary football, not it is,

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00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: you know question, it's you know. The one thing about

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00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: that is it sounds so absolute when you say, oh,

807
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,479
Speaker 1: can you guys win if you don't get takeaways? People

808
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 1: win their teams winning every Sunday that don't get a takeaway.

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00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: It's all contingent on Obviously, you know, at the beginning

810
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: of the season, we're talking about how explosive our offense was,

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Speaker 1: and obviously the defense was not. It's a pleasant surprise,

812
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: and all of these takeaways are as well, but you

813
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: cannot count on them. What you can count on is

814
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 1: getting off the field on third downs. That's what you

815
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:45,280
Speaker 1: can do. And regardless, if we don't get any turnovers,

816
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,720
Speaker 1: we have got to go back to that our formula

817
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: and you look at our losses, go back to the

818
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,280
Speaker 1: Denver game or the Las Vegas game. Slow methodical drives

819
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 1: have killed us and we cannot continue to allow that.

820
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,959
Speaker 1: We can't go into the playoffs, even against those great

821
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that we're gonna face, and allow them to have

822
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: those you know, time melting yard melting slow, methodical drives

823
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 1: and get scores at the end of them, regardless if

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00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:13,760
Speaker 1: we don't get any any takeaways. Nine of seventy eight yards,

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00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: fifteen of ninety one, ten of forty eight of seventy five,

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Speaker 1: nine to forty nine. I mean, those are all the

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00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: drives that Arizona had in the game on a chivity days.

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00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: So it's gonna, yeah, it's gonna hurt you, Rob Yeah,

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00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: I mean you hope. So because you can't you can't

830
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: guarantee that you're gonna get takeaways every single game, and

831
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: there is an element, there is an element of luck

832
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: in getting takeaways, and some of it has to do

833
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: when when your offense is clicking because you're forcing the

834
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,280
Speaker 1: other team to kind of play in press and sometimes

835
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: that can lead to those things. So I think it

836
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: depends on what your offense can do too. Can you

837
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: can the offense get back to scoring more points and

838
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: manufacturing things and creating more opportunities for the defense? I

839
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 1: think I think the defense in a way to me,

840
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 1: that was a winnable game based on the way the

841
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: defense played Sunday. And I know they gave up some

842
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: big plays, but twenty five points playing at home allowed.

843
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 1: I think that's enough for your offense to go win

844
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 1: the football game. You should be able to win. You're right,

845
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: I think that loss was I think that loss was

846
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: more on your offense didn't get started fast enough and

847
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,439
Speaker 1: you missed a big field goal, you know, and obviously, yeah,

848
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: there are some calls that didn't go your way too,

849
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,280
Speaker 1: but but I think it was more about not playing

850
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: well enough early enough. I have a quick question. There's

851
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 1: something we haven't addressed, and we may not have a

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00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: time to address it right now in this particular show.

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Speaker 1: But I saw something come across the screen the other

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Speaker 1: day and had it was in regards to Trayvon Dix.

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Speaker 1: And yes, he's leading the league obviously interceptions. However, he's

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Speaker 1: also leading the leagues in the league in most yards

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Speaker 1: allowed in his direction. What are you, guys thoughts on that?

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Speaker 1: You do? You? Are you happy with that trade off? Yes,

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Speaker 1: especially when it's eleven interceptions. A lot of people were.

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Speaker 1: I saw one that said he was the Jamis Winston

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Speaker 1: of corners Jesus, and it's like, come on now, a

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Speaker 1: lot stop it. I think this is a dumb argument. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: what do you think? Well, I think the argument is

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Speaker 1: all based off of guys that played the position before,

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Speaker 1: and that's what they're talking about. And it's this comparison business.

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Speaker 1: And at the beginning of the year, everybody's comparing them

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Speaker 1: to Dion and guy you know, Revo Island, and these

868
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Speaker 1: are guys that probably didn't give up a thousand yards

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Speaker 1: in multiple seasons to wide receivers. I think the NFL

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Speaker 1: has changed. I think it's so much about what cornerbacks

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Speaker 1: can do with the line of scrimmage that they cannot

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Speaker 1: do anymore. I mean, Dion used to be able to

873
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Speaker 1: bear hug you at the line of scrimmage, and now

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Speaker 1: he can't do that, you know. Uh, it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: for what he is and for the skill set that

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Speaker 1: he has, I think he maximizes it. There have been

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Speaker 1: other shows that have talked about him being susceptible to

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Speaker 1: the double move, right, and we've seen it over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of weeks that the double move is something

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Speaker 1: that will kill him. He will get caught on it,

881
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Speaker 1: but then he'll come right back and take one to

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Speaker 1: the house. So the ebb and flows, the give and

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Speaker 1: takes right now, the eleven interceptions, I don't take it

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Speaker 1: I'll take it. I'll take it, Robert, do you think

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Speaker 1: totally agree? I mean, I don't know, Isaiah, if you've

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Speaker 1: seen all year long the PF has ranked him. I

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Speaker 1: think at one point recently he was ninetieth among quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. And I think PFF has some good stuff.

889
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Speaker 1: But like they've got to change their grading system based

890
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Speaker 1: off that eleven interceptions. You are you are, You are

891
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Speaker 1: impacting the game in a major way for your defense,

892
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Speaker 1: and I you know, there's got to be some kind

893
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Speaker 1: of let's meet in the middle here in terms of yes,

894
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 1: he gives up big plays, he gambles, he'll freelance, and

895
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Speaker 1: sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. But if you

896
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Speaker 1: are in the firmly in the conversation for defensive player

897
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Speaker 1: of the year, then you're better than the ninetieth player

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Speaker 1: at your positions. Right now, he has currently ranked as

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Speaker 1: eightieth out of the cornerbacks in the NFL. He is

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Speaker 1: the third best or third highest rated corner the cowboy

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Speaker 1: away throw it all out the windows take on that.

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Speaker 1: I figured you guys have stronger I mean no, I agree,

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Speaker 1: I mean yeah, you change the game when you when

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Speaker 1: you when you negate the ability for somebody to throw

905
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Speaker 1: it in your direction. However, that you know people are

906
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Speaker 1: getting yards on him, and that's something that you don't

907
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Speaker 1: want to continue aloud if he's unable to continue with

908
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Speaker 1: the turnovers, because that just means that you're going to

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Speaker 1: continue to pick on him in that regard. But there's

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Speaker 1: always a chance of him making a big play, and

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Speaker 1: I think that that possibility is a game changer for

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Speaker 1: your defense. You played against the real Reevis and guys

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Speaker 1: like that. I mean, what is as a comparison between

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Speaker 1: the two, what would you say would be the difference

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Speaker 1: between the digs and revs. Revs were more way more

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Speaker 1: physical than Dick's way more physical, and he was a

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Speaker 1: strong human being. But I feel like people really were

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Speaker 1: like scared to go at Revis. I don't think people

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Speaker 1: are scared to go at Dicks, Okay, And what's the hesitation?

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Speaker 1: Why why do teams like you saw watching football team

921
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Speaker 1: they came right out against. I think it was dumb.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't dumb, especially from Washington. But I think that

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Speaker 1: with Revis, I think, obviously I think Reves was a

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Speaker 1: better cover corner, just pure cover corner, not the ability,

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Speaker 1: not the necessarily to make a big interception. I don't

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Speaker 1: think that was the fear for people against Revis. It

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Speaker 1: was like Revas actually just shut you down. I don't

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Speaker 1: think Diggs is there yet. I think Diggs has a

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Speaker 1: capability making a big play, but the fact that he's

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Speaker 1: allowing the most yards his direction, he hasn't he hasn't

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Speaker 1: shared up that aspect of his game yet, but he will.

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Speaker 1: And well also not to mention he's a second year player, Yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I mean he is on the early, early early parts

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Speaker 1: of his career and he's even new to the position.

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Speaker 1: Remember he only switched to play corner halfway through his

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Speaker 1: career at Alabama, so he's what four years now, this

937
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: is his fourth full year of playing the position period.

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Speaker 1: I think you're all right. I think he's got plenty

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Speaker 1: of for him to grow and he's an impact player.

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Speaker 1: If teams aren't scared to throw his direction by now,

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Speaker 1: keep going, yeah, I mean, keep going at him and

942
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Speaker 1: then we'll see who's scared to throw his direction come

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, so we'll see how that works out

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Speaker 1: in the Cowboys. Of course, we'll talk about the Cowboys

945
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Speaker 1: offense against Philadelphia defense coming up tomorrow as We do

946
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Speaker 1: get closer and closer to the Saturday matchup the Eagles

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Speaker 1: in the final week of the regular season, but that's

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Speaker 1: it for us. You're on Talking Cowboys for Chris Beam,

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Speaker 1: saying so long from the Star in Frisco. We'll see

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