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Speaker 1: time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com with

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

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Speaker 1: It is Monday, August twentieth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number twenty eight. Welcome to another edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Morgage Studios at the Star.

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Speaker 1: We're back at the Star, away from Oxnard, California, and

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Speaker 1: already talk some Cowboys football. How's everybody field in this morning?

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Speaker 1: I feel I mean, I know that's bad timing because

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Speaker 1: I feel great. I'm good. I feel great. Yeah, it rested,

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Speaker 1: really bad timing. Okay, good, perfect? Amber good. Oh, it's

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Speaker 1: good to be home. Yes, it's very good to be ready. Nice.

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Speaker 1: Nick tired. I don't know why. The first two days

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Speaker 1: Let's get it going here. Good, we got a lot

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Speaker 1: to talk about today. We got the game. Are you

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Speaker 1: doing Derek? Thank you Amber for asking. No one ever

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Speaker 1: everything's great. All right, So we got a lot to

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Speaker 1: talk about. Cowboys lose, But do they really a game

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Speaker 1: where where you saw again, just like the game the

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Speaker 1: first week of the preseason, you saw a lot to

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Speaker 1: be very positive about when it comes to this team,

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Speaker 1: specifically if you want to look at the first team.

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Speaker 1: So let's start there. Just give me the kind of

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Speaker 1: a quick your thought on the game overall this week

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Speaker 1: for the Cowboys versus the Bengals. Well, I mean these games,

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Speaker 1: are you win the first half? That's all you really

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Speaker 1: out of these games. Are the starters better than your starters?

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Speaker 1: Look at that play? Right? There have been a lot

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Speaker 1: of people won't be able to do that there showing

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Speaker 1: Dak's touchdown to Terrence Williams on the TV's in here

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Speaker 1: right now, right now. So the point is, I wanted

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Speaker 1: to point out real quick, it's like how people keep

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Speaker 1: talking about Dak Prescott and he's an ability of maybe

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Speaker 1: make a good throw there and connect with Terrence. I mean,

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Speaker 1: and you got Dac that does that perfectly. Honest with you,

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Speaker 1: it with It's it's just a net win because we're

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Speaker 1: if they keep Chaz Green, then they need to just

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Speaker 1: let's get back into it. Let's talk something about this game.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about Dak Prescott. This week he was ten

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Speaker 1: of fifteen eighty six yards one touchdown, buying that with

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Speaker 1: in a touchdown. He is thirteen of eighteen, seventy two

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Speaker 1: percent completion rate, one hundred and twenty five yards, two touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: no interceptions, and in four possessions. As Dave so aptly

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Speaker 1: two preseason games, two touchdowns, one field goal, one punt.

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Speaker 1: And he's done that without Zeke, without Cole Beasley, without

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Speaker 1: Tavon Austin for this last game. What do you think

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Speaker 1: right now, Zach, of Dak Prescott and how he's performing

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Speaker 1: in these games. I think it's very important that you

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Speaker 1: just mentioned without Ezekiel Elliott. I think that that's huge play.

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Speaker 1: Actions aren't the same when you're trying to fake it

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Speaker 1: to Rod Smith up the middle and fake it to Zeke.

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Speaker 1: I think that you know that, and you also know

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Speaker 1: another thing that I don't think Dak's gonna run as

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Speaker 1: much as he would in the regular season. He did

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Speaker 1: in the first game, there was a chance in the

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Speaker 1: second game. I don't believe I believe he would have

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Speaker 1: run in a regular game. And because it ended up

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Speaker 1: being an interest, I mean, an incompletion, he forced it

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Speaker 1: to Blake Jarwin to go up and make a play.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the only one tight end is going to

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Speaker 1: Ut they're not playing the same type of game and

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Speaker 1: they're still being effective. I think I think it's it's

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Speaker 1: a good sign. I think he looks great. Yeah, um

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Speaker 1: and yeah. It hasn't been perfect. I wrote in my

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Speaker 1: story on Saturday night, he missed Jarwin. Um he I

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Speaker 1: he's I think he's targeted him thirty percent of the

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Speaker 1: snaps that he's been on. You know that he's thrown

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Speaker 1: the ball. Um, he missed him wide again. He made

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Speaker 1: a really questionable throw on a comeback route where the receiver,

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Speaker 1: I mean the dB had good positioning on it and

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Speaker 1: it could have been a pick. Like, He's not perfect

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Speaker 1: by any stretch, but I think he's been good. He's

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Speaker 1: led the offense. Uh. You know, Brian brought Us always

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Speaker 1: gives him so much credit for his sleight of hand

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Speaker 1: in his play fakes. I thought the work he did

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Speaker 1: on the screen to Rod Smith was incredible, Like he

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Speaker 1: basically gave himself up to make that play successful by

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Speaker 1: holding onto the ball long enough to get Rod Open.

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Speaker 1: He's been moving the offense. They're averaging ten plays per

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Speaker 1: possession when he's in there, and that's you know, I know,

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Speaker 1: you wonder about explosiveness. I think they averaged five point

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Speaker 1: seven yards per completion in this game, and it's like

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Speaker 1: six point eight over the two games, which isn't amazing,

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Speaker 1: But that's not this offense. It's just not. Even in

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, Dak threw it long to Dez a few times,

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Speaker 1: but that's not what this offense is predicated on. And

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Speaker 1: when you mix it with the fact that Zeke hasn't

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Speaker 1: been in there, I think it's looked really good overall.

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Speaker 1: That's one of the things I was going to mention,

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Speaker 1: the fact that you're able to move this offense without

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Speaker 1: relying on Zeke. And again Rod Smith, he does a

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Speaker 1: great job and he's been doing great. But when you're

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Speaker 1: not running the ball, he's still Dak is still able

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Speaker 1: to move down the ball. And is it flashy, No,

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Speaker 1: But the point is get to these I think it's

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Speaker 1: flashy and its efficiency though, like it's again, this isn't yeah,

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Speaker 1: this isn't like this big play, quick strike offense, and

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Speaker 1: that's you can come at me and say, well, that's

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Speaker 1: why they sucked last year, Like that was this offense

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Speaker 1: in sixteen two. That's what they do. That's what they've done,

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Speaker 1: and it works, especially works when Zeke's out there doing

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Speaker 1: his thing, which is why I was so preoccupied when

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Speaker 1: I thought Zack Martin was done for the year, because

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Speaker 1: that's going to hurt your ability to do that. You're

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Speaker 1: going to be successful playing this way, you need that line.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, would people magically feel better if he

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Speaker 1: had hit Blake Jarwin on that one play? You know, like,

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Speaker 1: if that one throw magically makes you feel that much better,

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Speaker 1: then I think that's flawed thinking. Yeah, I think, But

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Speaker 1: I do think that at some point they're gonna need

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Speaker 1: to show some some speed down the field and that

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Speaker 1: will happen. I mean, these guys can get down the field,

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Speaker 1: but for the majority, you're going to see these curls

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Speaker 1: where Hearns is just sitting there and available, and Terrence

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Speaker 1: Williams the same way, and very very little Tavon Austin

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Speaker 1: so far in this preseason. He's going to be moving

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Speaker 1: around and avoiding plays and then there's a tight end

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Speaker 1: going to be nine yards, turn up the field, get

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Speaker 1: two more yards and you're moving the chains and it's

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Speaker 1: it's not flashy. You know. What I really like about

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Speaker 1: Dak too, is the fact that he's able to think.

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Speaker 1: He I mean, yes, he might not be as precise

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Speaker 1: but he thinks. He just doesn't get rid of the ball,

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Speaker 1: And and the fact that he's able to run and

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Speaker 1: thinking and trying to figure out who his target is

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Speaker 1: gonna be. I love that about him. And yes he's

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Speaker 1: not a perfect but those are the qualities that it's

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Speaker 1: still gonna get you somewhere. The biggest way, the biggest

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Speaker 1: person that's going to help him become Dak friendly is Dak.

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Speaker 1: I mean he knowing the offense and knowing exactly where

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Speaker 1: that guy's gonna be. And let's not put this all

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Speaker 1: on Daz on Daz's routes and stuff like that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: but I do think that there are some not just

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Speaker 1: the other players, but Dak knowing this guy's going to

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Speaker 1: be sitting right here. So when I can get this

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Speaker 1: big lineman out of my face and get over here

643
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Speaker 1: and open up this window, there, Alan Hearns will be

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Speaker 1: You think about this in terms of explosive and chunk

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Speaker 1: plays too, I mean, like you know, touchdowns from twenty

646
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Speaker 1: or more yards away, like that's a rare thing in

647
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Speaker 1: the NFL. You can probably count on Zeke for four

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Speaker 1: to six of those per year based on his track record,

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Speaker 1: whether that's screen passes or long runs. And then the

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Speaker 1: rest of it is gonna be methodical. And if Tavon Austin,

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Speaker 1: Michael Gallop and whoever, if the receivers can combine for

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Speaker 1: another five that's all I'm looking for, and then the

653
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Speaker 1: rest of it is going to be this methodical style

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Speaker 1: of offense. So I'm happy to see that the bread

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Speaker 1: and butter looks like it's working, and then you need

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Speaker 1: to see that explosive element. But adding in other starters

657
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Speaker 1: and I think that'll come together as you go, especially

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Speaker 1: jam Yeah. I mean, well, like I'm saying, what, you

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Speaker 1: probably score for more than twenty yards out eight to

660
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Speaker 1: ten times per season, maybe, and I think they can

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00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: make up for that difference. By adding Zeke and when

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00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: you look at two long, when you look at two

663
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Speaker 1: thousand and sixteen, that was exactly what they were doing.

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Speaker 1: That drive that they ended up having that was sixteen

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Speaker 1: plays and I think eighty two yards and like eight

666
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: plus minutes. That's how they made their living in twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's what they're looking to do. That's

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00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: the beauty of this offense is when you have that

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Speaker 1: dominant and offensive line, that dominant or runner, then you

670
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 1: want to have those long guys. It makes your defense

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Speaker 1: better than on top. Did you did? I mean Dez

672
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: probably scored three or four touchdowns of twenty five or

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00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: more yards that season, and they need a guy that

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Speaker 1: can do that. But between Tavon Gallup, Hearns, maybe Deontay Thompson, whatever,

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Speaker 1: He'll get a few. Somebody can make up for that.

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00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 1: Somebody can it. Almost and I said this on Twitter,

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Speaker 1: it almost became the worst sixteen play drive ever because

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Speaker 1: if it would have been eleven plays or twelve plays

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Speaker 1: and you get a field goal and not lose your

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Speaker 1: starting guard, right, I mean that's why I said it, like,

681
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: this is a great drive right now if if he

682
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: there's bad news coming out of that medical tent. Then

683
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: this was a really horrible drive. That was my tweet.

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Speaker 1: It was about as perfect as he can get, except

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Speaker 1: for the fact that I just put be good there.

686
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: If if preseason is for shaking off the rust, I

687
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: love that this offense can average ten yard ten plays

688
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: every time they go out there, like we haven't seen

689
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: we haven't seen a three and out from the starters yet.

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Speaker 1: That's great in my opinion. Without Zeke Let's flip to

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Speaker 1: the to a little later in the game, Cooper Rush

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Speaker 1: comes in and he goes six of nine for thirty

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Speaker 1: seven yards, not a touchdown. Are you at all I

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Speaker 1: shouldn't even say concern, because I don't think concerns the

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Speaker 1: right word at this point, but it seemed to me,

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Speaker 1: it seemed to me that the offense wasn't as efficient

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Speaker 1: when Cooper was out there this last game. I think

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Speaker 1: he played really well against San Francisco though, so again,

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Speaker 1: with having that relatively small amount of experience, are you

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00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: more or less about the same concern with him being

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Speaker 1: your back up and being the next guy in the

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Speaker 1: event that your starter goes down This line, this backup

703
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: line just sucks. I mean, they're just not any good

704
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Speaker 1: and and I don't know how you can really evaluate

705
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Speaker 1: hardly anyone. I know that he did some decent things

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Speaker 1: last year. Um, I just I don't know. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to see I'd like to see Dak play behind this. Wow,

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Speaker 1: I'm not really I don't want to. I mean, I

709
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: don't think they can block very long. I just don't

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Speaker 1: think this is a really good set up. I don't

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Speaker 1: I don't think these guys are really going to be

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Speaker 1: in the NFL on other teams, maybe on you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I just don't see it. I just don't

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Speaker 1: see these guys really helping. So it's hard to evaluate

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Speaker 1: what Cooper Rush is trying to do. Yeah, I agree

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Speaker 1: with that, and that's you know, we talked about it

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Speaker 1: following the forty nine Ers game. I'm not trying to

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Speaker 1: take anything away from Cooper, but he got better as

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Speaker 1: the game went on, and I think you could argue

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Speaker 1: lesser players started subbing in. These guys just looked overmatched

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Speaker 1: in that second half. Let's also not forget too and

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00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: now Looney was an exception, but you know, when you

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Speaker 1: don't have your star running back, and you don't have

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Speaker 1: your starting center, and you don't have a guard for

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Speaker 1: most of the time, and a couple of your wide

726
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: receivers are out in Austin and Beasley, so then the

727
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: DAK is playing with some backups. And then when it

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Speaker 1: gets the time for Cooper Rush, he's playing with the

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Speaker 1: third running back. He's playing with in some cases your

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Speaker 1: third center and your third receivers, so it's not even

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Speaker 1: a true backups because your starters were out and they

732
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: all had to move up. The funny thing for me

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Speaker 1: is I was going to say, let's throw Cooper out

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Speaker 1: there with the starters against Arizona, but I don't want

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Speaker 1: to play any starters, so it'll probably look the same

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Speaker 1: just earlier in the game. Well, and even when we

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Speaker 1: saw him in San Francisco. I mean, he was better

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Speaker 1: in that game than this past game. Definitely. And again

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Speaker 1: you look and it goes back to the guys that

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00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 1: we're talking about being in and subbing for him. I

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Speaker 1: think that Cooper, if you were to put him behind

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Speaker 1: the same old line, the first team old line, he

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Speaker 1: would be just what you need in a backup, I think.

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Speaker 1: So all right, let's go ahead and take our final break.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, I want to talk about Rico gathers.

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Speaker 1: I think that this conversation is one that we've talked

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Speaker 1: about before, but it continues and it continues to be

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Speaker 1: a topic of conversation because he continues to make these

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys joining us. All Right, so we've got

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Speaker 1: we've got one big topic that I didn't get a

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Speaker 1: little time on this, Rico gathers um I think the

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Speaker 1: way I want to set this up. First of all,

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Speaker 1: these moments and the very isolated moments like you'll get

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00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: or you'll get one in a preseason game. But there

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Speaker 1: are plays that are so remarkable that they we're talking about,

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Speaker 1: and in my opinion, plays that are so remarkable that

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Speaker 1: it makes you wonder is this enough for the Cowboys?

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Speaker 1: As saying, we gotta keep him around just to see

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Speaker 1: how much more he can develop. But I wanted to

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Speaker 1: start with a quote that Jerry gave last week about

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Speaker 1: Rico gathers and I want to get your thoughts on it,

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Speaker 1: he said at a point, and I'm not so sure

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Speaker 1: that we're at that point. If he can be consistent

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Speaker 1: on a personal basis, then I'll give him the time

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Speaker 1: he needs to make those kinds of plays. We talk

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Speaker 1: about red zone plays and being a weapon in the

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Speaker 1: red zone. He's certainly that he's making those highlight catches

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Speaker 1: because of his obvious talent and physical advantage size, leaping ability, strength, hands,

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Speaker 1: all that. He blocks well when he's blocking the right man.

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Speaker 1: He's got enough there. But the inks comes when you're

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Speaker 1: sitting there looking at the guy that's not on the

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00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: roster because you kept him on the roster. A lot

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Speaker 1: to unpack there. The first part I'd go to is

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Speaker 1: when he mentions if he can be consistent on a

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Speaker 1: personal basis. You know, the first time you read you

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Speaker 1: read that, it made me think that this is like

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Speaker 1: he's talking about like a Randy Gregory or somebody off

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Speaker 1: the field. I don't think this is an off the

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Speaker 1: field thing. I think this is just it's his personality there.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know if it's that. I just think

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Speaker 1: it's if him doing the right thing, like blocking the

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Speaker 1: right guy and the assignments and that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: Um that goes along with not being you know, a

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Speaker 1: football player for a long time. I don't I hear

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Speaker 1: that last thing that he said, and I'll just flip it.

850
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: I mean, who is the player that you cut for him?

851
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: And there's not never really, I mean maybe one guys

852
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: are gonna be one guy that he is cut, like

853
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: we're cutting him and were keeping him. I bet you

854
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 1: you won't feel as sick as you would if you

855
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 1: kept this guy and Rico goes and catches forty five

856
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: passes for somebody else for the for the bucks. I

857
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: just I don't think you. I think you'd be sick

858
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 1: your stomach knowing that it ends a position you're trying

859
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: to rebuild, especially you know it's not only that, but

860
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,240
Speaker 1: he's given you so many glimpses of that ability. Unless

861
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: the guy you cut was Tapper, another guy that's a

862
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: fourth round pick and and you know maybe you know

863
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: you've kind of waited on him as well, that that

864
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: would be one if it comes down to that situation.

865
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: But I wouldn't feel I mean, I wouldn't feel bad

866
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: about just cutting another guy. I think he makes the team. Honestly,

867
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: I think I think you have to keep him on

868
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: the team. I promise I'm not taking this where it

869
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: sounds like I'm going to take it, So just bear

870
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 1: with me, all right. But this situation reminds me a

871
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 1: lot of our current political climate in this country, which

872
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,360
Speaker 1: is there's two sides. They're pretty dug in and firmly

873
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 1: believe what they believe, and I just don't think there's

874
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: middle ground here. The people like the people who want

875
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: to move on from Rico are not going to be

876
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: swayed that he's a guy worth keeping around. And the

877
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: people who think Rico's the next Antonio Gates are not

878
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 1: going to be swayed because he keeps doing stuff like

879
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: that he takes the ball off the top of a

880
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: cornerback's head. And then for every time he takes the

881
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: ball off a cornerback's head, he's supposed to run a

882
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: mesh play and runs in the wrong direction and messes

883
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: up his pick and messes the whole play up. And

884
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 1: everybody sees that and says, see, this guy doesn't know

885
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: what he's doing. Trustworthy, who cares if he can take

886
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,359
Speaker 1: the ball off the cornerback's head. If you don't have

887
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: any faith that he knows what he's doing when he

888
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: lines up, and so there's no there's no middle ground here,

889
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: and the people like nobody's coming across the aisle on this,

890
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 1: And honestly, we're gonna play this thing out for two

891
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 1: more weeks and the cowboys are gonna make a decision.

892
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 1: Honestly at this point, I don't know what it is,

893
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 1: but they're gonna make it and it'll be over. Maybe

894
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: I don't know, but there has to be a firm

895
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: decision on September second, one way or the other. Yeah,

896
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 1: that's kind of the tough part here is that when

897
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: you hear Jerry say that about you know, the personal basis,

898
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: and then when he comes back later and says, you know,

899
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: he blocks well when he's blocking the right man, it

900
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: gives us an It kind of illuminates for us that

901
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 1: the problem here is that it doesn't that he always

902
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: knows what his assignment is. And to me, knowing your

903
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: assignment is as simple as studying. That is not like

904
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: not being able to carry out your assignment if you

905
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 1: miss a block, if you know you can't get open,

906
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: like those are things that that's just a matter of

907
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: your talent. Do you have the talent to do it?

908
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: But everybody should be able to know their assignment if

909
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: they get into it and they work hard enough to

910
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: understand what their assignment is right. And that to me

911
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 1: is where I start wondering if if you've had him

912
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: around here for over a year now and he's still

913
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 1: not being able to get that part of it. Is

914
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: this a situation where he doesn't work hard enough at

915
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,240
Speaker 1: really understanding his assignments so that he at least gets

916
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: that part down, and if he doesn't do it right,

917
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: he doesn't do it right, but at least be able

918
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: to know what you're supposed to do right. Yeah, And

919
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: I think, I mean what it's upsetting to me is

920
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: you talk about the studying and all that he was

921
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: out a whole year with a concussion and not playing,

922
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: or that that was your perfect time of really diving

923
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: in and studying the game and studying everything that you

924
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: need to learn to be able to come back now,

925
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: and that whatever it is that you're doing, it's not

926
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: about knowledge anymore, it's about you putting it into practice.

927
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: I mean, he should have the knowledge right now, and

928
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 1: that catch that he made in the game, Yes, fantastic,

929
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: but he goes back to the size that he has.

930
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: He's an athlete, he's a monster, and we all know that.

931
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,879
Speaker 1: But what help does it give you when he's only

932
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 1: making one play at a time, let's say, per game.

933
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,919
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it could be a touchdown that could

934
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: change the game. But at the same time, can you

935
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: rely on someone that is as inconsistent as he is.

936
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: He's a goal line player right now, and it's not

937
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: about making the fifty three because they can figure out

938
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: a way to get him on the fifty three. But

939
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:45,880
Speaker 1: if you're not going to figure out a way to

940
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 1: get him on the forty six, then what's the point

941
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: because he's got to do those things in the game. Well,

942
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: isn't the point though, that you keep him for more

943
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: time to see if he does develop again we are

944
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,240
Speaker 1: working against and I know Amber has a big problem

945
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: with this. You explain all that last week about the

946
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: whole idea of keep waiting for that potential to show up.

947
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,960
Speaker 1: But I think you cannot. You can't over emphasize, in

948
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: my opinion opinion, that this is a guy that didn't

949
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: play college football and I think that matters. And so

950
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,040
Speaker 1: if you keep him on the fifty three and you

951
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: can't find a way to get him to the forty six.

952
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: You still do keep his rights and you give him

953
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: a little bit more time. Get true. But again, and

954
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 1: I keep going to this example. It's like when you

955
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: see all the freaking tight ends running and turning right

956
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 1: catching the ball, and then he's last, he runs and

957
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 1: turns left catching the ball. I mean, I mean, are

958
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,400
Speaker 1: you paying attention? Are you watching what they're doing? And

959
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 1: I know, paying attention, you would know. Your point is

960
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 1: if you just watch the other guys, you would know it.

961
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,839
Speaker 1: And I don't know, but I'm just saying, if I'm

962
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: really learning and I'm watching you guys do this drill

963
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: and I'm doing it after you guys, I'm freaking in

964
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay attention and know where I'm gonna go.

965
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 1: And I'm just I know about instincts and all that,

966
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 1: and you just gain instincts through playing. But at the

967
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:58,839
Speaker 1: same time, when it's something that's basic us turning right

968
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 1: or left. I mean, I feel like you kind of

969
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: contradicted your points though, because you said last week and

970
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 1: you're saying it now that that you know he at

971
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,720
Speaker 1: this point he should he should learn it. He should

972
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: know it, but he also missed the whole season last year.

973
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: This is really only his second year because he didn't

974
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 1: practice all of last year, which is which that are

975
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,279
Speaker 1: you sitting on a couch the whole time? Can you

976
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,959
Speaker 1: not move around? I don't know what he was doing.

977
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 1: He was in the dark tenth the whole time. I

978
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:28,359
Speaker 1: don't know. I'm just saying to Derek's point. When it

979
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: comes to knowledge, yes, certain things you'd learn on the

980
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,240
Speaker 1: field by actually doing. But as far as knowing where

981
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 1: to go, I mean those are that's information that he's

982
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 1: able to get from the staff here and be able

983
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: to study on his own. I really I don't feel

984
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: comfortable questioning or criticizing people's work ethic because personally, I mean,

985
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 1: you know, people a lot of times view me as

986
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 1: a slacker, and I work really hard, even whatever image

987
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 1: I might project. I'm being sorry, whatever image I might project,

988
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 1: it's not the whole truth. And that's insulting to me

989
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: when people will think that just because I act that

990
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: way doesn't mean I don't bust my butt. So I'm

991
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: not trying to criticize Rico gathers work ethic. But this

992
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: is his third year and his third training camp with

993
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 1: the same offensive coordinator and the same schemes, and for

994
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: whatever reason, he does not have a great grasp of

995
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,479
Speaker 1: the offense to the point where they trust him in

996
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: every situation. And that's you know, I know there's people

997
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 1: out there that think it's like a conspiracy theory. You

998
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 1: can go watch the games and you know, hey, shameless plug,

999
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,839
Speaker 1: go buy NFL game paths. You can see the real

1000
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: view of these things and see that to be true.

1001
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: He doesn't always handle his assignments the right way. So

1002
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:40,760
Speaker 1: I think there's some validity to that. And I think again,

1003
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 1: you always have to look at this in the context

1004
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: of the coaching staff, because we know their patterns, we

1005
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: know what they want. That is something that they value

1006
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: a lot. Me personally, I don't think it's that crazy

1007
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: to think that you find a way to utilize him

1008
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 1: on special teams and if he's a goal line and

1009
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,759
Speaker 1: red zone player only, certainly there has to be a

1010
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 1: way to make that work. Like I'm gonna pick on

1011
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 1: Noah Brown just because it comes to my head, but like,

1012
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: is Noah Brown that he's just so vital as a

1013
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 1: blocking receiver that that he has to be active and

1014
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 1: Rico can't be active and you take away that mismatch

1015
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,319
Speaker 1: opportunity in the red zone. I don't necessarily believe that.

1016
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: I think I think it's stubbornness on the coaching staff's

1017
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: part that they insist that he has to be completely

1018
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: trustworthy to have a role on this team. Having said that,

1019
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: they make the decisions at the end of the day,

1020
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 1: and if that's how they feel, that's what they're gonna do.

1021
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: That's that was kind of my point at the beginning,

1022
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:39,720
Speaker 1: is it's all just so much sound and fury signifying nothing.

1023
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 1: First day of school. How about that. It's like, we

1024
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:44,120
Speaker 1: can argue about this till we're blue in the face,

1025
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,359
Speaker 1: and people who are pro Rico and people who are

1026
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: anti Rico both have a point yea, but they're like,

1027
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,759
Speaker 1: they're just gonna make their decision. I don't know that

1028
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 1: about it. That all being said, the fact that Jerry

1029
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 1: was so explicit in what he said about him and

1030
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: very I think very specific, I personally believe that this

1031
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: was Jerry shooting across the bot to let him know,

1032
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 1: we really want you to make this team, but you

1033
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 1: right now, you're giving us too much reason not to

1034
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: put you on this team and you better step it up,

1035
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:13,319
Speaker 1: and you say, you can't criticize his work ethic, but

1036
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:15,279
Speaker 1: you can criticize the results. And what we know about

1037
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: it right now is the results are that he is

1038
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,799
Speaker 1: extremely from what we can tell, very very inconsistent in

1039
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: just the assignment. And that's the part I think that

1040
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: that could platoon him at this point. I think he

1041
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 1: we've already said that we don't think this is going

1042
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:32,879
Speaker 1: to be a true dress rehearsal. I think this game

1043
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,879
Speaker 1: he needs to play. I would say the whole game,

1044
00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: from start to finish. I mean, because you think they'd

1045
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: give him that opportunity when they need to get these

1046
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 1: young inexperienced tight ends reps as well. That's that's I mean,

1047
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: I don't know that are they gonna they're gonna get

1048
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:47,920
Speaker 1: the reps with the with the start first team offense

1049
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 1: with Dak. I don't even know if that if Dak

1050
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: doesn't play the game, even if they don't, but you

1051
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: still want him out there getting them the reps. So

1052
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 1: if here's my assignment, let me do my assignment, right.

1053
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,319
Speaker 1: That's they're inexperience. That's the hard part with all of this.

1054
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 1: If you still had Jason well, it's gonna be a

1055
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: little bit weird analogy because if you still have Jason,

1056
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: then Jason's gonna come off the field after the first

1057
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 1: you know, first a bit and whatever. But I guess

1058
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,120
Speaker 1: the point is you got young guys that you're trying

1059
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:13,040
Speaker 1: to develop in addition to Rico Gathers, So you can't

1060
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: even say just give him a lot of reps because

1061
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:17,400
Speaker 1: then you're taking reps from other guys that need to

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00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:20,280
Speaker 1: develop that you actually think which are gonna be playing season.

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00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:25,400
Speaker 1: Then I don't play Swain and play Jarwin and Chult,

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00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: and then he'll still get in the mix with just

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00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:29,440
Speaker 1: doing that right there, You don't have to play Swain.

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00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 1: That is I mean, And that's that's the crux of

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00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:36,160
Speaker 1: this issue. It really is is I'm sure, like privately,

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00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: away from microphones, Jason Garrett would probably say, these three

1069
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,920
Speaker 1: guys like these are the like you're gonna have to

1070
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 1: pull on the goal line and get to your block

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00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:47,400
Speaker 1: so Zeke can score a touchdown when we're down by

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00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,919
Speaker 1: four in the fourth quarter. You need practice doing that

1073
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: and now, and again off the record, you'd probably say,

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00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 1: we know Rico's not picking that up between now in

1075
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:57,359
Speaker 1: September ninth, he would it would have happened by now.

1076
00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 1: He's not magically just going to become this relyable guy

1077
00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: doing the dirty work between now and then, and so

1078
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 1: some mean the guys that are gonna be doing that

1079
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: need the reps. At the same time, he's an awfully

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00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: intriguing talent that you would love to know what you

1081
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 1: have in him. He's an amazing athlete. I mean, it's

1082
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:18,839
Speaker 1: I don't I really don't think there's a completely right

1083
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: answer to it. That's why I'm just kind of resigned,

1084
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:22,799
Speaker 1: like I can come up with a really good case

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00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 1: for why it makes ye to make a really good

1086
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:27,719
Speaker 1: case for why it's intriguing to keep him on the right.

1087
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 1: I just know that people in San Diego will tell

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00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,719
Speaker 1: you Antonio Gates didn't block anyone for years. I mean,

1089
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: Witten has has said it before. Now, different type of player,

1090
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:39,600
Speaker 1: but not only different type of player, but a different

1091
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,320
Speaker 1: type of offense. Like if this team had Philip Rivers,

1092
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:46,279
Speaker 1: we would be writing Rico's name on paper and sharpie.

1093
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:50,840
Speaker 1: But you that's again going back to ten play drives,

1094
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,839
Speaker 1: you know, short passes, sustaining possession, running the ball, any

1095
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 1: mistake by guy blocking that now gives you negative yards

1096
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,920
Speaker 1: kills that momentum. Type of player that fits this scheme

1097
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:03,640
Speaker 1: and maybe in a red zone or goal line role, sure,

1098
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: but as the every down tight end, it doesn't make

1099
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: a ton of sense for what you're trying to do

1100
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: with the rest of your office. They had a star

1101
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver on this team that still was trying to

1102
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,560
Speaker 1: learn the offense after eight great point he was way

1103
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 1: as good as as much of an athlete as we

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00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,880
Speaker 1: think Rico is. He was ten times the athlete that

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00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,040
Speaker 1: Rico is. In my opinion, he was. He was at

1106
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:23,279
Speaker 1: his prime. He was way better than what Rico is.

1107
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:25,600
Speaker 1: Oh yes he was. But but when you get down

1108
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:28,920
Speaker 1: to the goal line, you know he I think Rico

1109
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 1: can do those kinds of things, and you get him

1110
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: in a mismatch and you may not even throw it

1111
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:34,960
Speaker 1: to him, but you're gonna have to. He's gonna have

1112
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,239
Speaker 1: to take somebody away. And I like that. I love

1113
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: that concept. But I started thinking about it like this

1114
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: the other day. Even even if you keep Rico and

1115
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: you put him in the reds, if he's a red

1116
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 1: zone target for you, he's still what your fourth option

1117
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 1: down there, like Zeke's still your your best option when

1118
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: you get down in gold and what the defense does

1119
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: if they get that third down. I understand that. I'm

1120
00:52:57,680 --> 00:52:59,759
Speaker 1: just saying no when you when you think about if

1121
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:01,879
Speaker 1: we're down in goal to go situations, what are our

1122
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:03,759
Speaker 1: best options to get in the end zone. I think

1123
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: Zeke is first, I think Dak is probably second, and

1124
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: I think you could probably make the argument that one

1125
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: of the receivers, whichever one, may be a better or

1126
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 1: more consistent option as the third. So at that point,

1127
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:19,760
Speaker 1: for that number of reps and for that few times

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00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 1: in those situations that you would use him, Like you

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00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:24,759
Speaker 1: were saying, can you even get him into on the

1130
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: forty six where he's actually available to you to be

1131
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:29,840
Speaker 1: a red zone coping too many options? It's not always

1132
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:31,960
Speaker 1: a bad thing. I get that. Though, I get it,

1133
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: I get it. I'm not being sarcastic at all. I

1134
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 1: love like I love the fact that we just burned

1135
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,399
Speaker 1: a whole segment of this show on the guy that's

1136
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 1: fourth on the depth chart. But I also saved that

1137
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 1: to the third segment because I knew we would burn

1138
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:46,359
Speaker 1: the entire segment on it. It's a fascinating conversation. I'm

1139
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:48,839
Speaker 1: you know selfishly, I'm a little fatigued by it because

1140
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,400
Speaker 1: I mean, this is year three of a very similar conversation.

1141
00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 1: I think the expectations are a little different. I don't

1142
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 1: think anybody really expected him to blow up in year one,

1143
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: and then year two you had the injury mystery whatever

1144
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:06,680
Speaker 1: that was. Um, but it's the same debate of potential

1145
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:13,360
Speaker 1: verse production to this point, Sweat and he's noticing a

1146
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 1: little report up on the h On the report Earl

1147
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:21,560
Speaker 1: Thomas from from the uh No, it said it just

1148
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,160
Speaker 1: said that he's he's paid or he's a crewed one

1149
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 1: point two million dollars. Fine, yeah, for the hold out.

1150
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: Of course, this isn't about Earl. Well, yeah it is.

1151
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: He could get into camp and play, so yeah, but

1152
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:34,200
Speaker 1: it's from the standpoint of ultimately Earl can't make the

1153
00:54:34,239 --> 00:54:36,680
Speaker 1: decision here, right is a This is a Seattle Seahawk

1154
00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:38,920
Speaker 1: decision and a cow I think. And to wrap this

1155
00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 1: whole thing up, I think the Cowboys, with all the

1156
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:44,040
Speaker 1: stuff that they've got injury wise, at safety and knowing

1157
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: that they need guys that could come in and play

1158
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:47,800
Speaker 1: and know this system, I would go in there, and

1159
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,360
Speaker 1: I would I would go back. I would move it

1160
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:52,520
Speaker 1: up a little bit to what they where they had

1161
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 1: I would move up just before in the show. That

1162
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 1: was another interesting note that just came up. Adrian Peterson's

1163
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,600
Speaker 1: expected to sign with the Washington Redskin. So Howboys fans

1164
00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:02,399
Speaker 1: will get to see him twice a year. I think

1165
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:06,480
Speaker 1: I tweeted this place. I like Jeff Heath's chance is

1166
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: better this time around. Yeah, I do too, I do too.

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Speaker 1: All right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We're back tomorrow.

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00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,400
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna stick at the same time tomorrow,

1169
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,040
Speaker 1: we'll be up at two pm, and then later in

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00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:16,799
Speaker 1: the week we're gonna go move to the morning. So

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00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:18,960
Speaker 1: just check the website. We've got a lot of things

1172
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,400
Speaker 1: going on this week that affect that schedule, but we

1173
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:22,920
Speaker 1: will have the schedule up for you to see what

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00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:24,719
Speaker 1: time will be on each day till then. For Nicki

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Speaker 1: Minamber Garcia, David Hellman, I'm Derek Eagles and this has

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Speaker 1: been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

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