WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: #NYGvsDAL Predictions 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:03.360 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:06.560 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:10.280 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:14.600 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.960 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:25.119 Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.760 Derek Eagleton. It is Friday, September fourteenth, twenty eighteen, Season 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:33.160 four episode and fourteen episode number fourty. Welcome to another 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.760 edition of The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.000 Studios at the Star. But get it right or cannot 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.040 be started over? Get it right, get it right, get 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.400 it tight. I'm so excited about today's show because we're 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.519 gonna get you guys ready for this game this weekend, 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:50.320 Cowboys versus Giants. It is the first opportunity to Cowboys 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.840 have to rid us all of the images that we 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:57.440 saw last weekend and hopefully they can get themselves going here. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:01.680 After watching the game last night, the night Game, it 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:04.240 became clear to me that what you see in week 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.080 one is not always what you see in week two. 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:08.520 If you saw yeah, you watch that, If you saw 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:10.720 the Ravens last week and then you saw the Ravens 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.400 this week, You're like, Okay, yeah, that's how the NFL is, 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:15.000 And certainly that's how it is in the first few 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.640 weeks of the NFL season. There's some validity to that. 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.759 But I mean you're talking about, like I feel comfortable 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.000 betting a large sum of money right now that Buffalo 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.200 is gonna be picking in the top five. I agree 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.760 with that, and Cincinnati is probably gonna be a I mean, 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:29.600 they're at least going to be in the conversation for 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.800 the playoffs. I agree with that. So do you think 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:33.480 they're as good as they looked so far? Though they've 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.880 looked really good these first two games, Um, Cincinnati, I 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.680 think they're a seven to nine win team, and now 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:45.360 I haven't seen anything that dispels that notion. So they're loves. Yeah, 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:49.960 I mean, they exactly mean, ain't nobody, no, no, no, 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.440 Andrew Luck's first game and two years that that might 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.880 be the most talent poor roster in the entire NFL 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.560 in terms of like, if you win down the line, 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:02.160 you might take two cold players over anybody else. If 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.120 you could just pick anyone you want it, right, watch 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.400 those well, maybe why the jury is still out like 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.720 we don't. Is this is Andrew luck back? I don't 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.880 know t why the the Quentin Nelson, the Guard maybe 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:21.560 Malie Cooker and then squad? Yeah yeah, sorry, what's up? Nick? Oh? 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:23.720 So would you watch those games if it wasn't for 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.480 fantasy football? I had no fantasy players playing list, I 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:30.160 watched you. I just like watching foots like football. I haven't. 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:32.520 I just was watching it like I don't really care. 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.320 Just as long as AJ Green makes a few catches up, fine, 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.840 But I wasn't watching like you care. Like it wasn't 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:39.600 like I cared about the app watch football. I just 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.600 like football. I just want to watch football, you know that. 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:43.880 I'm so happy football is back. I know some die 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.639 hard football fans who really only want to watch if 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.760 it's like the best of the best. Like I'm watching 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:54.800 Bowling Green Toledo on next Wednesday night. On next Thursday's 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.280 Jets and Browns. Yes, yeah, actually I will because I'm 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.280 both those teams are intriguing to me, so I will 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:01.600 watch that. I think the Browns do it one of 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:03.359 the most interesting teams in the league. Yeah, I will 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.520 definitely watch that. Yeah, no doubt. All right, so let's 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.320 get into this Let's talk about cowboys and giants. Let's 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:10.120 first start with the injury report. Let's talk about some 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.480 of these guys that are on the injury report. Obviously, 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.640 Travis Frederick, Xavier Woods. They did not practice, the expectation 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.320 as there continue to be out Randy Gregory, Yes, did 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.280 not practice. What are we seeing? What do we think 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.760 just some today? Okay, he was out there today. We'll 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:27.720 see if it was limited or full. But he was 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.519 out there in the portion that we were able to see. 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.720 Garrett had said earlier that he anticipated him doing stuff 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:37.400 and that he was cleared. So it's a good sign. 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.640 What I could have done a little bit better job 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.800 is actually trying to find Daytona Jones and seeing what 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.880 that status was. I still feel like Gregory's the type 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.200 of guy and the type of player that if he 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.400 is cleared to practice, he'll probably be cleared to play 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:55.440 Sunday night. We're talking about you know, we're not talking 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.840 about a noon game. We're talking about seven o'clock kickoff 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:01.400 of those seven hours is his big So I think 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.040 I think he's gonna play, honestly, and I think that 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.760 that helps you. I kind of think he is too. 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:07.760 I don't know why you would put him out there 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.440 today if you didn't think he was gonna play Sunday. Right, So, 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.680 I think unless he has any kind of setbacks, I 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:16.720 anticipate him playing would be good. Dayton Jones limited in 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:20.800 practice yesterday. What are you hearing about him? Now? You know? 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.080 I think if Gregory is playing, I think that's your 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.640 eight lineman. And I think it would probably just make 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.600 sense to say, all right, well, sign let's let's sit 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.440 him this week. And it doesn't I mean, he was limited, 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:34.200 but it doesn't sound like he did a ton. He 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:36.159 needs to be full if you're going to meet missing 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.480 that much time, especially because that means he's going to 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.360 probably take another guy spot out of the rotation, right right. 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.080 But I'll tell you what though Dayton is as the 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.080 type of I mean, hopefully he's a veteran, Hopefully he 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.840 sees the riding on the wall. He needs to get 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:53.040 back for week three, for sure week four because we 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:56.000 know in week five David Irving's coming back on the 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.400 team and and yeah, you don't want to be that 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.960 tackle that it's not you know, good point producing. So 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.359 I mean, Daytone, I would I would get back in 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.560 there if if you could, and I bet you will. 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:11.440 It'll be interesting that they like him enough to keep him. Yeah, um, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.360 talk to me about There were a couple of guys 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.760 that were full participants yesterday. They all good Cavon Frasier 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.520 to Marcus Lawrence, Dak Prescott, good, good, good, awesome, good 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.240 to go. All right, so let's go through an actus. 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:24.240 What are we thinking for this week? Real Travis and 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:27.560 Xavier real quick? Yeah, pretty big piece of injury news 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.920 for the other team. All right, Olivier Vernon has been 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:33.159 ruled out. Actually, that's good, it's great. That's their best 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:36.039 pass rusher, right, their only pass rusher, at least the 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.159 only they the only one that should scare you. I 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.840 literally tweeted that at me. I was like, I get it. 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.800 The guys on the other side are good too, but 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.799 you're going against a second game rookie and Lorenzo Carter, 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.520 Connor Barwin, who is not the guy. He's a solid guy. 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.520 He's solid, solid player, not a great pass rusher, solid player. 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.479 This pass rush should not abused the Cowboys offensive line 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.640 the way the Panthers did. Nobody, nobody on that group, 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.359 and no Barwin has faced them several times. Nobody on 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.320 that group has given Tyrant Smith as much problems in 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.919 a game as Olivia Vernon did one time with Dolphin Miami. Yeah, 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.360 and you're you're at home. It's easier at home, That's 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:14.480 what they always say. At least I've never actually blocked 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:18.800 somebody in the NFL. UM And I just if the 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.920 if the Cowboys struggle to protect Dak in this game, 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.960 it's way some problem. It's just way more concerning than 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.719 what happened in Carolina. Yeah, you talk about Olivia Vernon. 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.560 I actually think that the reason why he got that 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:31.560 contract with the Giant is because of what he did 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.360 in that game against Tyrant in Miami. I'm sure they 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:36.479 were looking at that saying, hey, this is the guy 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:38.920 we got her face twice a year we have problems with. 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.000 We need to bring that guy in because obviously he's 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.400 got something. With no doubt about that. Um, I'll tell 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:48.080 you another in act of UM. If we're just gonna 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.720 put one out there, I would say Schultz over over yeah, 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.720 week yeah, really yeah, I just feel no I say 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:59.640 that week. I just know, but I we watched practice 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:03.760 the yesterday, I mean sorry, last Friday and this Friday. 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:07.360 One particular drill that I saw. Um, it was just 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.760 it was right after special teams, which can't see anything 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:11.520 on special teams because neither one of them are playing, 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:15.040 so that doesn't give you anything. Um, there's a there's 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.880 a drill that they do where Daks it's just Dak 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:19.480 in the center and then it's like all of his 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.320 skill players and they run through first and second and 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.120 I guess the third team. And last week Rico was 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.320 way back helmet off and Schultz was in there. This week, 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:32.040 Rico's doing it. But don't rule out maybe two tight 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.520 ends and they're both inactive. But I think if there's 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:38.000 three tight ends, I think Rico is the third tight end. 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:39.840 So let's put a tight end. But I would say 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.560 Schultz I would love to see got two snaps last 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.840 week too. That's it. Two snaps. Now, where do you 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.320 want Rico to play the most red? Well, let's get there. 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.680 That's the biggest issue that they You know, all this 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.360 stuff about mar is a pretty good kickoff guy. Cool, 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.720 Let's let's do that. Although I will say this, like 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.440 I'm not against the idea of creating some opportunities where 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.720 you go down field Rico too. I mean the reason 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.160 why I say that is because they're probably going to 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.920 have one guy on him, and even if it's a 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.640 jump ball type situation, like I love his opportunity downfield. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.080 In a jump ball situation with one guy on him, 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:17.680 I don't think most guys are gonna be able to 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.680 jump with him. So to me, I would love to 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.280 see him use him in a lot of different ways, 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:22.760 not just red zone, just to see what they can 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:24.840 get out of him. Now, of course, you always have 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:26.960 to worry about the fact that there is this perception 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.560 that he doesn't know the offense. My personal belief, tell 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.840 him where he's got to go, just say run straight. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.240 The play that we've looked at a lot where a 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:40.760 Dak did not throw the ball into Swain. Yeah, you know, 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.240 let's say that's Rico. You say he couldn't see him. Well, 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:44.839 I'm not saying I think he could see him. I 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.240 thought he was looking at this. No, he would definitely 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.520 see Rico. And it's one of those plays where you 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.920 throw it up there at the at the you know, 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.160 twenty five second clock and hope that he comes and 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.400 gets it. If not, then some guy in a yellow 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.640 jacket's got it exactly, especially if you're if you're wondering 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.680 if Dak is really seeing the feel well, which it 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.040 sounds like you were kind of intimating yesterday. Maybe there 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:07.600 are a lot of things going on in front of him. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.560 You give him a big target, and there's not a 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.840 bigger target on this team than Rico Gathers. So I 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.839 just think all the way around, it gives him one 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.760 more piece that he can that he can use that 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.880 is again easy for him to identify, easy for him 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:24.560 to get the ball to and let him make a 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.480 play on it. I think it's worth doing. Yeah, and 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.760 I'm gonna die laughing if Freeco Gathers has like three 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.440 catches for sixty yards and a touchdown in this game, 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.120 just yeah, it'll be very funny and like it's like 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.079 a good stat line in a not funny kind of way. Yeah, 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:42.560 you know, I just thought of something though on the 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.160 on the inactives when we talked about Gregory and Daytone 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.680 Jones and all that, Um, you know, DeMarcus Lawrence. I 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.520 don't think it's serious at all. He's on the list 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:54.040 as with a growing injury, and Gregory is on there 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:58.440 as knee and concussion coming back from it may not 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.839 be the worst thing to try to keep nine guys 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.160 active though, you know, like, let's say he is ready 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.120 and then maybe they only want to do two tight ends. 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:11.360 That's possible. So I was I was thinking, why would 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.800 they want to go three tight end? I'm only two 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:15.920 and it could be because they need to go long 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.000 at another position in that position would probably be defensive end. 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:23.200 So I'm gonna say if they go three, I think 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.400 it's three go, but there's a possibility that they go 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.920 to So right now, let's just put up Gott Travis, 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.960 I've got Xavier Um. We think it'll be at least 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.800 one tight end. Yeah, Mike White White, So now you're 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:37.200 at four. Chris Covington was he active last week, so 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.880 he's probably a guy that that's another inactive There was 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.800 there another linebacker that was inactive last week. No, okay, 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.959 so you're up to five. Could go the route of 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:47.640 two tight ends. That can give you six, but it's 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.120 some offensive linemen in there. Yeah, I'm trying to think 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:55.800 Redmond or suet Philo. What do they do if Redman's inactive? 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.400 What do they do if Joe Looney goes down Zack Martin, 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.040 he slides the center and then they slide in whatever 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.000 reserve guard they have. It was um last week was 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.720 so it has to be the new guy, right, Yeah, 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.400 now Redman is a guard center. Yeah, it'll just come 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.720 down to see if one of those two how ready 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:19.360 he is. I would say they probably sit Sua Philo 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:21.920 because they sat Redman because they didn't think he would 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.360 be ready so quickly. So why would you put that 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:27.880 on Sua. So one of those two Sua Philo or Redman, 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.040 I probably will be in. I go the other way. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.720 I think I think he'll be ready, and you'll go 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.080 and think sits just because I think sometimes when you 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.839 when you sign a player like that, that is a 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:42.319 question you've already answered of how ready are you? How 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.480 much will you be able to come in right away 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.320 and do that? And so I think it's a you know, 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.280 I think you'd be ready to go first for a 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.240 second und thick. Yeah, I mean that doesn't mean anything 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.320 but ago or five years ago. Yeah, all right, So 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.400 you guys have to give me either you have to 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.679 make a choice, either a second tight end or give 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.240 me an other name to get your final seventh person 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.920 on the inactive list. Did we already say Dayton Jones? No, 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.160 we didn't have a defense. Yeah, I'm probably Dayton Jones 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.760 if I had to guess. All right, and I gets 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.040 you to seven. So we got Travis Frederick, Xavier Woods, 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:21.760 Dayton Jones, Chris Covington, Mike White tight end if you're choosing, 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:26.160 and then Suephila Flow or Redman. Yeah. And if they 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:29.120 don't like, uh, you know, if they feel then they 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:31.560 need a little bit more depth a defensive line, then 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:35.680 I guess that's tight endy. We do two tight ends. Yeah, 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:39.040 inactive we'll see. Okay, good, that would be interesting because 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.320 I don't think they've ever done that before. But yeah, yeah, 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.160 I don't I don't see that happening. I don't see 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.480 I mean, they do so many things down there. Yeah, 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.040 short yardage in situations. All right, let's take our first 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.080 break when we come back. I have a whole series 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:53.960 of questions for these guys. I was gonna get you 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:58.040 guys ready for this Cowboys versus Giants game, uh, including 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:02.000 some keys to the game offensive and defensively. And I 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.120 wanted to ask the question Dave mentioned it a little 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.240 bit ago. 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It's the second second of the Break, 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:25.120 live from the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Got 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.880 Nick got Dave Ambers out today. She's got some other 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.320 stuff going on. She'll be back with us on next week, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.600 and so we'll jump right in. Let's talk. Here's some 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.880 questions that I have for you guys about this game, 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:39.160 with the intention that we're gonna get some answers here 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.080 that will allow people to have a good understanding of 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.360 what they should expect to see this Sunday night, seven 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.480 pm at State. I hope I can answer them. Well, 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.640 I'm definitely on the fence. I've probably changed my pick already. 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.240 Twelve all we're about to nail you down. You're gonna 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.280 be on record on all this stuff, so we're gonna 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.240 see all right, So let's start. First, give me a key, 0:15:58.240 --> 0:15:59.880 each one of you guys, give me a key. Offensively, 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.920 what's a key for the Cowboys offensively to be able 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.280 to be successful in this game, don't use the same one. 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:08.640 So whoever goes first probably gets that one. Dak needs 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.520 to play better. Is that too obvious? I mean challenge accepted. 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:15.800 That's that's high brow and analysis right there. I know, 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.320 like I really got into the weeds there and confused 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:21.160 you with all the xs and ohs. But Dak has 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.480 to play better, like he just has to in the 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.440 long run. But in this game especially, I mean I 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.320 said it, I've said it a million times this week, 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.520 Like Landon Collins is going to be down there in 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.440 the box. They're going to try their best to have 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.400 more defenders than the Cowboys can block. And it's I mean, 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:38.880 Zeke is still gonna be Zeke. You know, he's had 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.720 eighty yards against this team. He had seventy. He had 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.640 ninety all purpose yards against Carolina, which if the other 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.440 half of the offense had picked up the slack, it 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:50.440 would have probably been enough to win. But I think 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.640 they're going to clog the box. They're gonna trust Genorris 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.280 Jenkins and Eli Apple to do their job, and it's 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.720 on these receivers to prove them wrong. And it's on 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.560 Dak to get the ball there they do that. I'm 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.520 gonna ask you a very pointed question, and I know 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.159 it might be a little unfair, but I'm going to 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.800 ask it anyway. Can Dak be better than what we 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.400 saw last week? Because well, no, no, let me ask 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.040 you why. Let me tell you why. I'm asking the question, 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:16.040 because there's now been a prolonged period of time with 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.080 multiple games where what we saw last week has consistently 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.600 been what we've seen. He hits some of those short passes, 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:26.800 he has a pretty decent percentage completion, but it's not 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:29.000 moving the offense. They're not scoring a bunch of points. 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:33.120 Back then, if they had a veteran quarterback, wasn't Cooper 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.560 Rush who looked terrible in the preseason games. If they 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.840 had a veteran quarterback, would you make the switch this week? 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.800 I'm not if I'm trying to figure out what I have, 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:42.840 and I am still trying to figure out what I have, 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.159 Like I don't. I don't know that anybody knows yet 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.040 what Dak Prescott really can do. I think I think 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.160 they're still trying to figure that out. And that's why 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.159 you have to keep playing him, because you got to 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.680 figure it out. I think that there were some throws 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:57.280 that he did not make it in the game. We 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.240 have seen him make a lot more in other games, 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.680 and so therefore I think he can definitely play better 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.000 than that. I do. That's I said it. I think 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.080 I said it on Monday, like I'm not which. Granted, 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:09.800 you want that in the long run. I get that, 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.200 especially if you're going to give this guy a major contract. 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:15.760 But I'm not asking you to throw the post through 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:19.200 double coverage and anticipate the break and do some Aaron 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.960 Rodgers stuff. I'm just asking you to hit the six 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:25.239 yard crossing route that's not covered, or the you know, 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.640 the Cole Beasley slant against the bad one on one coverage. 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:32.119 Like the throws that he missed, some of them were 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.800 throws that we've seen him make a thousand times. And 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.159 that's for the time being. I said this yesterday, and 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:41.359 I felt stupid saying it. He was so bad that 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.199 it almost makes me feel good because it's like you 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.320 were so bad that that it's an aberration, Like you 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:52.159 can play better, yea, even even in the even in 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.320 the stretch where they were bad last year. I think 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.879 uh that he made some plays like that I'd like 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.040 it was. It was on another level from what we've 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:03.800 seen from him, in my opinion, and I have to 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:05.840 think he can be better than The discouraging part for 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.280 me was that what we expected in the first game 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:13.040 his rookie year, or a few times in that rookie season, 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:15.800 that was what we kind of expected out of him, 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.359 that type of game, just missing some balls and stuff 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.359 like that. But what we had seen in the previous 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.640 two years, especially with Zeke in the lineup, is that 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.360 you know, he's a lot more comfortable. He just looked uncomfortable. 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:28.680 But for my point, I'll say that I think would 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:31.560 certainly help him. I think that they have got to 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.359 be better on first down because that will dictate the 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:36.760 whole series a little bit. And on if you can 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.040 get to second and four, second and five, then Zeke 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:42.359 is still in the mix there you start at second 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.800 and ten or worse. With these penalties on first down, 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.840 ye have no shot really with this. You know, Alan 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:49.680 Hearns caught a twenty yard pass. It was the longest 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:51.200 pass of the game. So when you get a holding 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.080 penalty on first down first to twenty, it's hard to 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.800 think that you're really going to get those twenty yards 0:19:56.840 --> 0:19:59.440 and so they've got to be playing ahead of the 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.679 chains there, I will it, you're right, But it is funny, 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:05.720 like you know, I mean, they have these meetings on 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:08.400 Monday afternoon, Monday morning where they go through the game 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:10.800 and talk about everything, and then you can see it 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.960 filter out, like you know, Jason talks about it on Monday, 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:15.560 and then Jerry talks about it on Tuesday, and then 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:17.080 the players are talking about the rest of the week. 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:19.720 Is like, well, we we just got behind the chains 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:21.159 and it just took us out of our rhythm and 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:22.800 took us out of everything we want to do, which 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:25.719 like there's some validity to that, but it's not like 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:27.760 it's not like there's nothing you can do about that, 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:29.280 you know what I mean, Like that's on you. You 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.440 made the mistakes. You got to fix it. And it's 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:34.440 disheartening to think that a pro offense can't come back 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:36.600 from a second and twelve, you know what I mean. 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:38.840 Like I said earlier in the week, it reminds me 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:40.960 of watching LSU, which is like, if you don't gain 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:44.159 three to five yards on first down, your chances of 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:47.320 success already plummet. And that's not I mean that's not 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:51.600 good enough, but it obviously would help, and they got 0:20:51.600 --> 0:20:53.000 to be better at that. They got to cut out 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:55.640 the sloppiness for sure. Give me a key. Each want 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:59.320 to give me a key defensively for the Cowboys tackle. 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:05.640 I mean, no, you're bringing some fire today, guys. Check 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:08.680 check this out. Check this out. Everybody that's on this tour. 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:12.040 Dak has to play better and the defense has to tackle. 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:16.600 That's next level analysis right there. Um only here on 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.640 Dallas Cowboys tack. No. I mean but I and I said, 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:24.040 and then no, I think they can hear. They didn't respond. No, 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:25.920 there was a guy point. He was like, yeah, yeah, 0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:34.560 you're right, Oh god, you're right. Get him down. Not 0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:37.240 not just Odell Beckham too. Like I I have repeated 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:40.160 flashbacks of the play in New York two years ago, 0:21:40.200 --> 0:21:42.800 the ten seven game, where like they had nothing going 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:46.000 O'Dell beat car on a slant and it's like it's 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:49.280 an eight yard pass that went sixty for the game 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.040 deciding points, and that's that's what they can't have. Like 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.359 O'Dell's gonna make his plays. He did it. I mean 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:56.520 he had eleven catch us from one to eleven, but 0:21:56.560 --> 0:21:59.080 he didn't they didn't let him have that kill. That's 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:01.879 the difference. They did let him have that backbreaking play. 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:05.560 Sequon Barkley did break their back. Fortunately for Jacksonville it 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:08.399 didn't cost him in the end. But you gotta limit 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:11.080 the eight and twelve and fifteen yard games. You can't 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:13.560 let them turn into chunk plays. I think to me, 0:22:13.720 --> 0:22:17.040 Cavon Frasier is the guy that has to make the 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:21.679 play because we've seen how many games now with Eli thirty, 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:25.000 probably he will float one over the middle to one 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:27.240 of those safeties and they will it'll be an interception 0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:30.200 waiting to happen. It'll be it'll be Frasier, it'll be Heath, 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:33.399 it'll be somebody like that. He will throw you the 0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:35.399 football and you've got to catch it. You got to 0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:37.200 make the play. You know. They did a nice job, 0:22:37.359 --> 0:22:39.879 was it Cheeto ripping the ball out, but nobody was 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:41.479 there to make it. Nobody was there to go get 0:22:41.520 --> 0:22:44.080 the ball. Heath didn't. He got his hands on the ball, 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:46.600 but he didn't catch it. That there's gonna be gifts 0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:50.080 that that Eli will put under the tree. You better 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:53.320 open them up because if you just don't take advantage 0:22:53.320 --> 0:22:56.040 of it, then they'll they'll keep moving and Barkeley will 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:57.879 get some yards and they'll probably have I don't know 0:22:57.920 --> 0:23:02.880 who their kicker is, but Rosas, I don't know him. 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:06.720 He's actually Eldrick Rosas, like they've they he beat their 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:08.520 guy out last year and he's actually been pretty damn 0:23:08.600 --> 0:23:12.720 good to him. One which along that line this I 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:15.080 actually just thought about this, but Miles Jack had to 0:23:15.119 --> 0:23:18.720 pick six of Eli on a tipped pass, a tip 0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:20.600 pass at the line, which we talked about how bad 0:23:20.640 --> 0:23:23.040 the protection is for the Giants, and we talk about 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:25.600 how disruptive this line is. Taco Charlton had a pass 0:23:25.640 --> 0:23:28.359 break up at the line in Carolina. Maybe that could 0:23:28.520 --> 0:23:30.800 Maybe that's the way you can get yourself a turnover too, 0:23:30.920 --> 0:23:34.960 is collapse that pocket enough to affect his literally affect 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:38.760 his passes. Okay, um, all right, So here's the next question. 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:41.400 Last week we saw a lot of pressure on deck, 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:44.439 he got six sacks, had people in his face a lot. 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.239 Do you think that that was a result of just 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:50.880 facing a really good defensive front or do you think 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:54.960 it was a really bad performance by the offensive line, 0:23:56.160 --> 0:23:58.320 in which case you would think maybe they could remy 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:00.439 remedy that this week, and you would and see a 0:24:00.480 --> 0:24:05.560 repeat of the same thing. I think that, um, I 0:24:05.560 --> 0:24:09.399 think it was probably more about the line, the defensive line. Okay, 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:12.199 I think that that was probably the case. Now, I 0:24:12.240 --> 0:24:15.399 mean the answer is both. You know, the fact that 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:17.600 you didn't play well and you're not playing well against 0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:19.640 a really good defensive line, and it's gonna be it's 0:24:19.640 --> 0:24:24.919 gonna be bad. But I think overall, you know, I 0:24:24.920 --> 0:24:27.240 I'd like to think that the Giants won't be given 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:30.960 as much problems for them. They'll they'll clean up some 0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:34.320 things as well, and you know, there won't be six sacks, 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:37.000 That's what I'm saying. But I mean doesn't matter if 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:39.160 if there's pressure every play, it's gonna be tough. Because 0:24:39.160 --> 0:24:41.679 he looked that looked very uncomfortable, and I think the 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.480 offensive line will do enough to make him a little 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:47.080 bit more comfortable. I'm torn. I mean, anytime you give 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.800 up six sacks, there's blame enough to go around for everybody. 0:24:49.880 --> 0:24:51.720 Connor Williams got beat a couple of times. You know, 0:24:51.760 --> 0:24:54.640 there's a miscommunication on the blitz that Zeke didn't pick up, 0:24:54.880 --> 0:24:57.440 but some of that goes on Dak too. I mean, 0:24:57.680 --> 0:25:00.800 he had throws where he held the ball for whatever reason, 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.919 he didn't feel comfortable letting it go. I'd say at 0:25:04.000 --> 0:25:05.919 least one, if not more, of those sacks is just 0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:08.080 as much on him as it is on his protection. 0:25:09.160 --> 0:25:13.680 And that's I wonder if even going back to last year, 0:25:13.680 --> 0:25:16.280 I mean bring up the Atlantic game for the millionth time, 0:25:16.400 --> 0:25:18.520 is you know, if it's bad for him early, which 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:20.800 it was in Carolina, does that just affect him for 0:25:20.800 --> 0:25:23.640 the rest of the game where he maybe sees pressure 0:25:23.680 --> 0:25:26.880 where there isn't any, or he feels pressure. That's he's 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:28.840 got more time than he thinks he does. And so 0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:31.960 not only I mean they should be better against this front, 0:25:32.000 --> 0:25:34.200 but they got to be better early. Again, I mean 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:36.280 going back to the early downs and you remember, you know, 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:38.760 every I think their first four series they had a 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:42.040 third and long, you know, like it's got to be cleaner, quicker, 0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:44.639 and maybe that'll allow him to settle into a rhythm 0:25:44.720 --> 0:25:48.000 because yet, like the pressure was definitely there last week, 0:25:48.040 --> 0:25:49.159 but I think a lot of it was in his 0:25:49.200 --> 0:25:51.080 head too, and he was just at a point where 0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:53.159 he's like, I don't I don't have time to do 0:25:53.200 --> 0:25:55.240 what I want to do back here. Assuming that it's 0:25:55.280 --> 0:25:58.199 true that he was uncomfortable or was seeing things or 0:25:58.280 --> 0:26:00.919 just not just felt the pressure more than it even was. 0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:04.760 Do you think that that's a little bit concerning concerning 0:26:04.800 --> 0:26:07.439 from the standpoint that when Dak first got here in 0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:09.280 the first part of that rookie year, and really from 0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:11.159 most of that rookie year, what do we always hear 0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:13.439 about him? He was unflappable. This was a guy that 0:26:13.520 --> 0:26:16.239 just didn't like, you couldn't rattle him. He just he 0:26:16.320 --> 0:26:18.960 always just kind of approached it and he just kind 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:20.480 of went out and did what he was supposed to do. 0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:24.359 And here since that Atlanta game, there's been a number 0:26:24.359 --> 0:26:26.639 of games I've heard people say, and on this show 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:30.399 being one of them, I've heard people say, he looked uncomfortable. 0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:32.600 He didn't look like he really he looked like there 0:26:32.680 --> 0:26:34.920 was more pressure than there was. He looked like he 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:38.040 was a little bit, you know, flustered. Does that concern 0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:40.560 you that this is a different Dack than maybe what 0:26:40.600 --> 0:26:42.760 we saw in that first year, and that maybe it's 0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:45.480 now gotten into his head. Well, you know, the one 0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:48.119 game where I thought he really did a nice job 0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:51.399 was was the Giants, you know, on the road after 0:26:51.440 --> 0:26:54.640 that Atlanta game, looked more comfortable. That was a game 0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:56.399 that they I think he had was miked up and 0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:59.320 you could kind of see a little bit more. It 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:02.560 took a while, though, to get going in that game Oakland. 0:27:02.720 --> 0:27:04.439 They they had a nice start but then they had 0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:07.199 to kind of hang on if Philly was not really anything. 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:09.200 But but we shouldn't won that Oakland game. I mean 0:27:09.200 --> 0:27:11.879 that was a miracle play. I mean, yep, yeah, I 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:15.320 mean they were the better team that day. But but yeah, 0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:18.480 they almost lost it. But um, yeah, you know, he 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.760 has not looked looked good since the Kansas City game, 0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:24.920 and there's a lot of reasons for that. But if 0:27:24.920 --> 0:27:29.200 you're the word is unflappable, but if you are rattled, 0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:32.720 like are you flapped or are you flappable? Like what's 0:27:32.800 --> 0:27:35.240 I've never heard it used. I've never heard the inverse 0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:37.879 of that word. Yeah, I've heard unflappable a million times. 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:41.439 But like man, Dak looked real flappable back there on 0:27:41.480 --> 0:27:46.480 Sunday because he's he did. Yeah he doesn't. We're gonna 0:27:46.480 --> 0:27:48.560 cooin it now. He doesn't look as he doesn't look 0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:51.320 as cool or calm, and that his rookie year. And 0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:54.080 I concern you though, Hell yeah, And yes, I mean, 0:27:54.119 --> 0:27:57.560 how could it not. Uh, it's and to go back 0:27:57.560 --> 0:27:59.400 to your point though, I mean you just gotta wait 0:27:59.400 --> 0:28:02.639 and see, because I honestly why, like what do you 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:04.840 stand to gain by sitting him down like this? And 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:06.760 you wouldn't want to do that. I mean, best case 0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:10.119 scenario this season is you're trying to get to the 0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:12.480 playoffs and Dak's going to earn this big contract, but 0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:16.040 also give me sixteen games so I know whether I 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:18.439 want to pay this guy next year, because like I 0:28:18.520 --> 0:28:20.680 had this conversation with somebody the other day where they're like, well, 0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:22.600 they're in bed with him now, like you know, they 0:28:23.040 --> 0:28:26.080 chose him over Romo there it's da. I'm like, no, No, 0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:29.760 he's a fourth round quarterback who's got you know, fifteen 0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:31.880 games this year and then one season left on his deal. 0:28:31.960 --> 0:28:34.760 Like fourth round picks get cut in training camp all 0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:37.359 the time, Like, yeah, which bound to this guy at all? 0:28:37.400 --> 0:28:40.080 If this season doesn't if it's if this season is terrible, 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:42.280 you can do whatever the hell you want. And what 0:28:42.440 --> 0:28:43.840 you don't want to do is you don't want to 0:28:43.840 --> 0:28:45.680 get to the end of this year. He's got a 0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:47.440 one more year left on his deal and you have 0:28:47.520 --> 0:28:49.880 no clue of who he is, right, Yeah, because then 0:28:49.960 --> 0:28:52.720 you can't make a move for the year after you 0:28:52.760 --> 0:28:54.840 have him. He's going to be the presumably he's going 0:28:54.880 --> 0:28:56.480 to be the starter here for the next two years 0:28:56.480 --> 0:28:59.200 at least, right And so if you don't know, if 0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:00.880 you don't know what he is at the end of 0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:02.520 this season, you don't know whether you need to go 0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:05.120 and get that draft that young guy in the draft, 0:29:05.160 --> 0:29:06.800 because if he has a horrible year, you're probably gonna 0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:08.560 be drafting high enough to get a quarterback. So you 0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:09.880 don't know if you even need to get that guy. 0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:11.680 If you don't know what he is at the end 0:29:11.720 --> 0:29:14.200 of this season. He needs to play and play a lot, 0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:16.760 for better or for worse, so that you know exactly 0:29:16.800 --> 0:29:19.360 what you're looking at when it's time to talk contract, 0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:23.960 draft pick free agents. Teddy Bridgewater has only got he's 0:29:24.000 --> 0:29:27.200 in a contract here. Yeah, I'm already, I mean quite frankly, 0:29:27.480 --> 0:29:29.640 I still believe in Dak. I still believe Dak can 0:29:29.680 --> 0:29:32.520 be a great quarterback for this team. I just at 0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:35.800 this point I am concerned because I think it's been 0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:38.880 a now he's creating a history of these kinds of 0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:41.200 games or the rect that's the problem. I believe in 0:29:41.280 --> 0:29:43.680 dak and I'm gonna need to see more before I don't. 0:29:43.720 --> 0:29:45.960 But that's our job is to talk all these angles 0:29:45.960 --> 0:29:48.920 out right. So okay, let's take our final break. 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What do 0:32:55.440 --> 0:32:57.000 we get? All right, So here's the next question for 0:32:57.040 --> 0:33:00.240 you guys over under hundred yards? Zeke, Oh man, I'm 0:33:00.640 --> 0:33:03.760 twenty under. I'm not even under that anymore. Yeah, well, 0:33:03.840 --> 0:33:06.040 Nick went with Nick went for the fences, and we 0:33:06.280 --> 0:33:09.080 wanted he was swinging hard too, like he went all 0:33:09.120 --> 0:33:11.960 it was one of those check swings that barely got 0:33:12.000 --> 0:33:14.680 back that does the catcher get it or does it? 0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:16.960 And I was I was seriously just like pointing at 0:33:17.000 --> 0:33:19.240 your point, like I'm I'm calling my shot. I don't know, 0:33:19.480 --> 0:33:24.120 yefty eight yards. I think he's gonna play better. I 0:33:24.160 --> 0:33:26.479 think this team's gonna play better, but I don't know. 0:33:26.960 --> 0:33:29.600 I think I'm leaning towards the Giants overall winning this game. 0:33:29.600 --> 0:33:32.040 So therefore, you know, that's a big question. If they're 0:33:32.040 --> 0:33:35.560 gonna win this game, it's probably under for Zeke. Yeah, Yeah, 0:33:35.640 --> 0:33:37.640 if he goes over a hundred, did the likelihood I 0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:41.120 would assume of them winning goes up significant? Yeah, I 0:33:41.160 --> 0:33:45.280 think he's he's gonna be right there. I think I 0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:49.280 they're not gonna starts as disastrously, which I think it 0:33:49.520 --> 0:33:52.960 won't be easy. I bet Zeke might not even average 0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:55.440 four yards a carry in this game, but they're gonna 0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:58.480 be committed to him enough to where he'll be up 0:33:58.800 --> 0:34:02.080 north of eighty, maybe not quite over one hundred, but 0:34:02.120 --> 0:34:05.479 in that neighborhood. And then factor in the factor in 0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:07.840 the twenty or thirty receiving yards, and I bet he 0:34:07.840 --> 0:34:11.640 goes over all purpose at least all right over under 0:34:11.719 --> 0:34:16.839 on tank one and a half sacks unders going up 0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:21.000 against Eric Flowers, I feel like anytime, which it's important, 0:34:21.040 --> 0:34:23.160 don't get me wrong, and it's going to affect this game, 0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:26.600 but like anytime it's like this obvious matchup, like oh, 0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:30.040 Eric Flowers was terrible, Like it's never you know, nobody 0:34:30.040 --> 0:34:34.080 ever has like five sacks and sintial accept except Adrian 0:34:34.120 --> 0:34:38.360 Clayborne and no. I was thinking the time when Scandrick 0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:43.080 was calling him out going John Wetzel's playing for them. Yeah, 0:34:43.160 --> 0:34:46.040 you know, Dlow, you better get like two or three. 0:34:46.200 --> 0:34:48.759 He did have three three. And that's the thing, Like, 0:34:48.920 --> 0:34:51.040 that's the one thing about Tank like he is that 0:34:51.160 --> 0:34:54.200 dog mentality I talked about earlier this week. So when 0:34:54.200 --> 0:34:56.359 it comes out to like if he sees that, to me, 0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:59.479 he's salivating, like, oh, I'm getting him, I say under 0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:03.359 because Eli doesn't really allow for that. He doesn't. He'll 0:35:03.360 --> 0:35:05.160 get sacks some, but I mean he's gonna get that. Well, 0:35:05.239 --> 0:35:07.360 here's the deal. I went back and looked at the 0:35:07.400 --> 0:35:09.399 games that Cowboys have played over the last three years, 0:35:09.920 --> 0:35:11.840 had a significant number of secks. Like, they had a 0:35:11.880 --> 0:35:13.840 game I think had two games where they had three sacks, 0:35:13.880 --> 0:35:16.200 they had a couple, they had two. There was only 0:35:16.239 --> 0:35:18.759 one where they didn't do He didn't get sacked at all. So, 0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:22.719 even though I agree with you overall, he tends to 0:35:22.760 --> 0:35:25.120 be a guy that doesn't get sacked a lot. Cowboys 0:35:25.120 --> 0:35:27.920 have had relatively decent games as far as sacks are 0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:30.000 concerned against the Giants here in the last three years. 0:35:30.160 --> 0:35:32.960 I think if there's a multiple, say a guy with 0:35:33.080 --> 0:35:35.080 multiple sacks in this game, it won't be him. I 0:35:35.120 --> 0:35:36.839 think it'll be someone else. I'll help him too much. 0:35:36.880 --> 0:35:40.000 I think Tyrone Crawford actually might have. I see a 0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:43.640 bigger game for him. Four as a team, four as 0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:45.200 a team, but I don't know it'd be a good day. 0:35:45.320 --> 0:35:46.759 I'll be the best they've done in the last three 0:35:46.800 --> 0:35:49.000 years against him. I don't know that Tank will get 0:35:49.719 --> 0:35:52.239 north of one. I think, like Jalen or you know, 0:35:52.280 --> 0:35:56.080 a linebacker is gonna have one and hopefully Randy gets one. 0:35:56.360 --> 0:35:58.200 I went speaking, I went all in on Randy and 0:35:58.239 --> 0:36:00.520 he didn't finish the game this week and get alf 0:36:00.600 --> 0:36:06.040 come one one? Yeah, some four as a team, Yeah, 0:36:06.120 --> 0:36:08.520 I like that. Who's the bigger concern for the Cowboys 0:36:08.600 --> 0:36:10.920 or should be the bigger concern for the Cowboys Odell 0:36:10.920 --> 0:36:17.520 Beckham Junior or se Quon Barkley Odelle is yeah. And 0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:21.960 I say that because I don't think the tackling issues 0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:24.120 are going to be as bad this week. I trust 0:36:24.160 --> 0:36:27.120 Sean Lee. I trust them to clean that up. And 0:36:27.160 --> 0:36:31.239 this team has traditionally done pretty well against the run. 0:36:31.280 --> 0:36:32.880 A lot of that's because they have a lead, but 0:36:33.480 --> 0:36:36.080 they're there, and I know last week was a bad 0:36:35.920 --> 0:36:39.560 indicator of that, but they are typically good at tackling 0:36:39.640 --> 0:36:42.960 and they have been good at limiting those just ridiculous 0:36:43.040 --> 0:36:48.680 chunk plays. But Odell is another animal, entirely one. I 0:36:48.719 --> 0:36:51.600 don't trust the back seven in terms of like having 0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:56.160 seen them make those plays, um and on. And Odell's 0:36:56.239 --> 0:36:59.239 just a crazy I mean, he's he's one of a kind. 0:36:59.400 --> 0:37:01.239 And the thing that scares me is you don't even 0:37:01.320 --> 0:37:04.160 have to throw it forty yards down field. That's he's 0:37:04.160 --> 0:37:06.160 going to run an eight yard crossing route and if 0:37:06.160 --> 0:37:08.080 you're not on your p's and q's, he's gonna take 0:37:08.080 --> 0:37:10.600 it fifty yards. I think, I think, honestly, I'll change 0:37:10.640 --> 0:37:13.200 the answer. I mean, I think the guy you worry 0:37:13.200 --> 0:37:18.000 about the most is probably Barkley, because you know, he's 0:37:18.000 --> 0:37:20.000 gonna get his hands on the ball a little bit more. 0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:23.200 And if he's going for five for six, for nine, 0:37:24.120 --> 0:37:27.359 if he's if he has a steady game, that'll force 0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:29.520 the Cowboys to play away that they don't really want 0:37:29.520 --> 0:37:32.200 to play. And that's where Odell Wilbur, you know, hurt him. 0:37:32.239 --> 0:37:35.040 I think Odell can hurt them more, but I think 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:37.600 you have to kind of you know, he's never had 0:37:37.680 --> 0:37:41.240 a running back like this. I'm still mad at Cleveland 0:37:41.280 --> 0:37:44.000 for doing this, because for not taking Barkley, because as 0:37:44.000 --> 0:37:46.360 soon as they didn't. I've thought, man, that is a 0:37:46.640 --> 0:37:49.240 that is a dynamic pair right there that you're putting 0:37:49.719 --> 0:37:52.640 for the Giants. And Eli, you know, he's he might 0:37:52.719 --> 0:37:55.960 be older, but he can still you know, get the 0:37:55.960 --> 0:37:59.920 guy to his weapons. I just think this Giants off 0:38:00.000 --> 0:38:03.240 offensive line is not gonna bully the front, the Cowboys front, 0:38:03.320 --> 0:38:05.680 and so it's gonna be on Barkley again to have 0:38:05.800 --> 0:38:08.360 those type of crazy all season. That's gonna be a season. 0:38:08.400 --> 0:38:11.320 Well but and again, I know they tackle poorly in Carolina, 0:38:11.360 --> 0:38:13.719 but I trust the Cowboys to tackle well enough to 0:38:13.880 --> 0:38:16.400 keep that from happening. Like they can limit him to 0:38:16.719 --> 0:38:20.080 five and six yards instead of sixty eight Odell, so 0:38:20.120 --> 0:38:23.040 that Odell doesn't need the offensive line. I mean, Eli 0:38:23.160 --> 0:38:26.400 needs to have time. But again, he can take bubble screens, 0:38:26.400 --> 0:38:28.480 he can take slants. He can't they're away to be perfect. 0:38:28.480 --> 0:38:31.480 He just needs ways to get him the ball quickly 0:38:31.520 --> 0:38:34.319 without bringing the cow at the Giants offensive line into it. 0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:36.279 And that's what scares me. Here's the part that really 0:38:36.280 --> 0:38:39.399 concerns me. I feel pretty good about O'Dell on the outside. 0:38:39.600 --> 0:38:42.080 I really want to see how Barron Jones matches up, 0:38:42.120 --> 0:38:44.920 how Cheeto batches up they're both gonna probably get opportunities 0:38:44.920 --> 0:38:47.160 to match up against him. How about Anthony Brown, That's 0:38:47.200 --> 0:38:49.759 where I'm concerned. It's what happens when he goes into 0:38:49.800 --> 0:38:52.040 the slot and now he's having to face Anthony Brown. 0:38:52.080 --> 0:38:54.920 And what we've seen from Anthony Brown has been highly 0:38:54.920 --> 0:38:58.600 inconsistent in my opinion, particularly in the preseason, even if 0:38:58.640 --> 0:39:01.800 you go back to last season, and so I'm alluded. 0:39:01.880 --> 0:39:04.319 I'm very concerned about what happens when he gets into 0:39:04.320 --> 0:39:06.760 the slot and he's now matched up on Anthony Brown. 0:39:07.080 --> 0:39:09.480 Can he be the one that that actually can can 0:39:09.560 --> 0:39:12.600 keep him contained? Or is that a situation with Cowboys? 0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:14.560 Better be smart and make sure he's always got help 0:39:14.560 --> 0:39:17.160 when they're in that situation, because otherwise that could be 0:39:17.200 --> 0:39:20.279 your problem. Yep, right, all right, So let's let's go 0:39:20.320 --> 0:39:26.439 to the next question. Is this must win for the Cowboys? Yes? Why? 0:39:27.840 --> 0:39:30.440 Because well, I mean, the numbers are out there, the 0:39:30.480 --> 0:39:32.799 stats are out there, Like eighteen percent of teams I 0:39:32.800 --> 0:39:34.680 think we talked about this are eighteen percent of teams 0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:36.879 that go owen to make the playoffs. Not only are 0:39:36.880 --> 0:39:38.919 you owin too, but you're already in a division hole 0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:41.319 and one of your division opponents would now have a 0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:44.960 win up on you. Philly plays the Bucks this weekend. 0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:46.680 I bet they win that, So there are two games 0:39:46.760 --> 0:39:50.160 up on you already on top of that. In recent history, 0:39:50.160 --> 0:39:52.040 teams that dig out of that hole, like the Saints 0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:55.359 last year. I mean, you're talking about dynamic teams, Hall 0:39:55.400 --> 0:39:58.600 of Fame quarterback rookie that you're running back. If this 0:39:58.640 --> 0:40:01.560 team loses to the Giants at home, it's a further 0:40:01.640 --> 0:40:04.080 indictment that they don't have the offense we thought they 0:40:04.080 --> 0:40:06.640 did that Dak and the receivers can't get the job 0:40:06.640 --> 0:40:09.320 done well enough to compliment Zeke, and I just don't 0:40:09.360 --> 0:40:11.960 know that this is a team that has what it 0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:13.959 takes to dig out of that hole, because you're gonna, 0:40:14.000 --> 0:40:15.960 I mean, you're gonna need Dak to play at like 0:40:15.960 --> 0:40:18.160 an all pro level to do that, to go on 0:40:18.200 --> 0:40:20.239 that type of run where you're winning seven eight games 0:40:20.239 --> 0:40:22.080 in a row. And if they can't win this game, 0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:24.719 then they're probably not that type of team, all right, Nick, 0:40:24.800 --> 0:40:26.600 I mean that's true. I mean I agree with that. 0:40:26.680 --> 0:40:28.200 I mean, I don't you know, you can you can 0:40:28.280 --> 0:40:30.160 argue all day if you want to be that type 0:40:30.200 --> 0:40:32.080 of guy that just argues that it's not must win 0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:33.960 because of course you can go fourteen and two if 0:40:34.000 --> 0:40:36.839 you don't win. We know that everybody Theoretically, what Dave 0:40:36.960 --> 0:40:39.319 just said, it makes sense if you don't beat the 0:40:39.360 --> 0:40:42.439 Giants at home, who are you beating? Like, who really 0:40:42.480 --> 0:40:44.320 are you going to be? And the Giants might be a, 0:40:44.560 --> 0:40:47.120 you know, a better team. We knew they were better 0:40:47.160 --> 0:40:49.680 than they were last year and if they added a 0:40:49.760 --> 0:40:51.600 dynamic player with a number two pick, they were going 0:40:51.680 --> 0:40:53.759 to be so they'll make a big jump. But still, 0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:56.680 if you don't beat the Giants, then you know who 0:40:56.840 --> 0:40:59.080 who are you gonna beat to be a playoff team? 0:40:59.440 --> 0:41:01.520 To beat be a playoff team, Yeah, I think I 0:41:01.520 --> 0:41:02.840 think you got to win this game. I was going 0:41:02.920 --> 0:41:05.560 to save this for my pick, but I mean, it 0:41:05.560 --> 0:41:08.799 ain't getting easier. I mean, I know the Lions looked 0:41:08.800 --> 0:41:11.359 bad on Monday Night Football, but they still have a 0:41:11.480 --> 0:41:14.520 very good quarterback in Matt Stafford. In my opinion, you're 0:41:14.520 --> 0:41:16.880 going on the road to Seattle to play an NFL 0:41:17.000 --> 0:41:20.200 MVP candidate next week. They got Earl Thomas back. It 0:41:20.239 --> 0:41:21.680 looks like he makes a bit of a difference. He 0:41:21.719 --> 0:41:23.680 got a pick on like his third play of the season, 0:41:24.480 --> 0:41:26.840 and then you got two of the most loaded teams 0:41:26.840 --> 0:41:29.640 in the entire league back to back in Houston and Jacksonville. 0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:32.319 Like that's the part. It's it's those two games because 0:41:32.320 --> 0:41:33.960 even if you even if you give them these next 0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:35.760 two games and they can get back to five hundred, 0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:38.319 then they got to play those two teams and that's it. 0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:42.000 And that's why it's a must win game because again, 0:41:42.719 --> 0:41:44.879 I mean, anything can happen. I guess, like maybe they'll 0:41:44.880 --> 0:41:47.600 just catch fire. I don't think anybody in twenty fourteen 0:41:47.640 --> 0:41:49.960 expected them to win six games in a row. But again, 0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:53.480 what did you have there? You had and the eventual 0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:55.640 NFL Offensive Player of the Year and a guy in 0:41:55.719 --> 0:41:58.759 Tony Romo who probably played the best season of his 0:41:58.920 --> 0:42:02.400 entire career that year and was at least a candidate 0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:04.680 for NFL MVP. I don't think he even came close 0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:06.680 to winning it, but he was in the conversation. So 0:42:07.360 --> 0:42:09.439 if you're going to bounce back from an O two hole, 0:42:10.239 --> 0:42:12.640 that's the type of play that you need. And I mean, 0:42:12.840 --> 0:42:14.560 how could you have confidence that you're going to get 0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:16.680 that if they can't beat the Giants at home. Yeah, 0:42:16.719 --> 0:42:19.600 whether it's a whether it's a game that's a must 0:42:19.600 --> 0:42:21.560 win or not. The factor matter is the reason why 0:42:21.600 --> 0:42:23.839 that stat stands up because most of the times when 0:42:23.840 --> 0:42:26.359 teams go into they're not very good. Yeah, that may 0:42:26.360 --> 0:42:28.560 be the bigger in diatmone. If the Cowboys go into 0:42:28.960 --> 0:42:30.560 what we may be looking at is just the fact 0:42:30.600 --> 0:42:32.960 that they're just not that good. And so that's the 0:42:33.000 --> 0:42:36.239 part that can can really be troublesome in a year. 0:42:36.320 --> 0:42:39.400 We had much higher expectations than that for this team. 0:42:39.480 --> 0:42:41.480 All right, so let's get to the final part. Let's 0:42:41.480 --> 0:42:43.840 get some picks for this game. Since Nick has already 0:42:43.880 --> 0:42:46.799 intimated is I'm going to start with Dave. Dave, what's 0:42:46.800 --> 0:42:48.800 your pick for the game? I Am actually going to 0:42:48.880 --> 0:42:52.200 pick them to win. And the main reason I'm doing 0:42:52.239 --> 0:42:54.839 that is just like kind of to piggyback off what 0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:57.920 you said, Like I still think that they're a pretty 0:42:57.960 --> 0:43:00.959 good team. Like there's too many there's too many good 0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:03.040 pieces here for me to think that they're as bad 0:43:03.080 --> 0:43:07.080 as they looked on Sunday. Again, I've seen Dak play 0:43:07.080 --> 0:43:09.600 better than that as last year. Not you don't even 0:43:09.600 --> 0:43:13.359 have to go back to twenty sixteen. Zeke is still Zeke. 0:43:13.719 --> 0:43:16.560 This pass rush has a fantastic opportunity to wreck this 0:43:16.640 --> 0:43:19.680 game against the Giants offensive line. We've seen the Cowboys 0:43:19.719 --> 0:43:24.480 limit Odell Beckham before, and it's at home. It's in primetime, 0:43:24.480 --> 0:43:26.960 which if there's ever a time when At and T 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:29.640 Stadium is actually a great home field advantage, it's usually 0:43:29.640 --> 0:43:32.120 a game like this. You don't see like the Giants 0:43:32.160 --> 0:43:34.640 takeover At and T the way that some other fan 0:43:34.680 --> 0:43:38.120 bases do. And it's a night game. So I just 0:43:38.120 --> 0:43:40.240 think there's a lot of factors working in their favor. 0:43:40.360 --> 0:43:43.040 I don't think it's gonna be like I mean, it's 0:43:43.040 --> 0:43:45.600 not gonna be pretty. Probably it's gonna be a nail 0:43:45.640 --> 0:43:50.320 biter as Cowboys Giants typic is. Yeah, But I'm basically again, 0:43:51.160 --> 0:43:54.000 I just it's mainly just me choosing to believe that 0:43:54.000 --> 0:43:56.600 they're not that bad. Like I don't have this statistical 0:43:57.560 --> 0:43:59.719 reasoning for it, but there's enough working for him that 0:43:59.760 --> 0:44:01.320 I'm just like, all right, I'm gonna give you a 0:44:01.400 --> 0:44:03.160 mulligan because I don't think you're as bad as you 0:44:03.239 --> 0:44:08.080 looked on Sunday. Nick, I'm going to go with the Giants. 0:44:08.160 --> 0:44:10.440 I think the Giants will win. I'm gonna go seventeen 0:44:10.480 --> 0:44:15.080 to sixteen. It'll be a close one, and I you know, 0:44:15.280 --> 0:44:18.120 I definitely have seen the Cowboys bounce back a lot 0:44:18.239 --> 0:44:20.840 Week two. This is a bounce back type of game 0:44:21.320 --> 0:44:25.319 for them. But I just I still see them having 0:44:25.320 --> 0:44:28.000 some issues on offense, and I think that that Eli 0:44:28.080 --> 0:44:33.239 will make some plays there just enough, and I think 0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:35.000 it'll be a tough one. I think they'll lose it, 0:44:35.200 --> 0:44:37.560 all right. I'm gonna say seventeen sixteen. All right. I 0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:39.560 think the Cowboys will win, and I think it'll be 0:44:39.640 --> 0:44:41.600 very close. I think it'll be a field goal festival. 0:44:41.960 --> 0:44:45.120 I think it's gonna be nineteen sixteen, way more field 0:44:45.120 --> 0:44:46.920 goals and touchdowns. I think we come out of this 0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:50.040 game feeling really good about mar and he has a 0:44:50.120 --> 0:44:51.880 start to Dan Bailey, had you missed your first kick 0:44:51.920 --> 0:44:53.440 and then you're going to run and he's going to 0:44:53.480 --> 0:44:55.680 turn into a really really nice kick. Did I turn 0:44:55.760 --> 0:44:58.040 into the did I turn into the Sunshine Pumper on 0:44:58.040 --> 0:45:01.960 this show? Somewhere along the line, that's trouble And now 0:45:02.080 --> 0:45:04.560 purposefully you're about to flip that right now, I'll tell 0:45:04.600 --> 0:45:07.480 you this spoiler alert. If they can't beat the Giants, 0:45:07.520 --> 0:45:09.440 I don't see myself picking them for a while with 0:45:09.480 --> 0:45:11.319 the teams they have coming up. Although I will say this, 0:45:11.880 --> 0:45:16.040 I'm not it's just me personally. I'm not as concerned 0:45:16.440 --> 0:45:19.880 as I was when the schedule came out about the 0:45:20.400 --> 0:45:22.960 about the Saints game. Man, I'm sorry about the Seattle game. 0:45:23.400 --> 0:45:25.560 I think Seattle's not I don't think Seattle's gonna be 0:45:25.640 --> 0:45:28.080 as good as people think they are. And they've just 0:45:28.120 --> 0:45:31.000 lost their main receiver. Now they got Brandon Marshall, but 0:45:31.120 --> 0:45:33.640 he's what seventy five like. I mean, I just think 0:45:33.680 --> 0:45:35.560 that when you when you look at Seattle, they're gonna 0:45:35.560 --> 0:45:37.279 have some of the same problems with Cowboys are having. 0:45:37.400 --> 0:45:39.520 They're gonna have a hard time offensively, being able to 0:45:39.520 --> 0:45:42.600 move the ball. I think they're gonna be pretty good defensively, 0:45:42.640 --> 0:45:44.680 getting ahead of ourselves. I know, I know, But I'm 0:45:44.719 --> 0:45:47.279 just saying though, there still is some room even if 0:45:47.280 --> 0:45:50.480 they lose this game. My problem is beginning of October, 0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:53.080 that's when you start your murderous row and I don't 0:45:53.280 --> 0:45:55.320 feel very good about any of those if you're losing 0:45:55.320 --> 0:45:57.520 this game to the Giants at home. All right, guys, 0:45:57.560 --> 0:45:59.279 appreciate you joining us with back Monday. We will let 0:45:59.320 --> 0:46:01.080 you know what went right and what went wrong for 0:46:01.120 --> 0:46:02.920 the Cowboys. So then for Nicky even to Dave Helm 0:46:02.920 --> 0:46:04.680 and I'm Derek eagleson. This has been the Break live 0:46:04.680 --> 0:46:10.360 on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a 0:46:10.440 --> 0:46:14.000 production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys 0:46:14.080 --> 0:46:14.759 Football Club.