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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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

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

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Speaker 1: wa with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, October seventeenth, twenty seventeen, season thirteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number fifty five. Welcome to another edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: live on the SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. And

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Speaker 1: there's a lot for us to get into today. It's

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Speaker 1: been a little while since we've been on the air.

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Speaker 1: We had a nice little bye week. There a couple

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Speaker 1: of days to just kind of kick back. Don't look

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Speaker 1: like that, Dave. You had a couple of days to

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Speaker 1: kind of kick back. And I was on the air

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Speaker 1: yesterday and Thursday. I think, yeah, but Friday, Saturday, Sunday,

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Speaker 1: was saying the little break saying, relatively speaking, yeah, you're

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Speaker 1: right all right? How you doing? Nick? Good? Good? Amber Good?

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Speaker 1: Nick has this lawyer face on because I don't have

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Speaker 1: really not about to tell you anything. You're not. I

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Speaker 1: talked a little bit about what's going on. I try

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Speaker 1: definitely just feel it on whatever you know. We'll get

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Speaker 1: into that in just a second. We'll also spend some

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Speaker 1: time to day talking about the NFC East. All the

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Speaker 1: teams in the NFC East except for the Cowboys, played

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Speaker 1: last weekend. All of them won. We'll see if what

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Speaker 1: you guys are thinking about this NFC East and uh,

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Speaker 1: and if maybe these giants who are who were winless

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Speaker 1: and maybe beat some teams you want them to beat

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Speaker 1: here in the second half of the season. All right,

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Speaker 1: before we start, I mean, let's go ahead and get

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Speaker 1: situation with Ezekiel Elliott. Uh, there's a lot that's still

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Speaker 1: going on. As of last Friday, Nick, you guys jumped

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Speaker 1: the Zeke situation and the fact that now the NFL

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Speaker 1: is reinstated, they were allowed by the courts to reinstate

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Speaker 1: the suspension UM. And then as of yesterday, I think

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Speaker 1: paying attention to with regards to axiculoity. Well, I think

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Speaker 1: They're trying to the NFLPA is trying to get another

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Speaker 1: so Nick, so you're telling me, even if he gets this,

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Speaker 1: But anyway, you're right, now, this is it's gonna be tough.

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Speaker 1: And the NFLPA doesn't want to quit this thing either,

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Speaker 1: because this is more about this isn't They're not just

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's the second segment of the Break Live

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Speaker 1: the SWBC board get studios at the Star and we're

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Speaker 1: talking about Ezekiel Elliott and talking about his legal issues,

434
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Speaker 1: talking about how that's going to affect the Cowboys. And

435
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Speaker 1: right before break, I told you guys, I wanted to

436
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Speaker 1: get your opinions on what you think that will happen

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Speaker 1: with the Cowboys over these next six games. You've a

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Speaker 1: game at San Francisco this weekend. San Francisco is oh

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Speaker 1: and six. Then you go at Washington, who's three and two.

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Speaker 1: Then you come home to play the Kansas City Chiefs

441
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Speaker 1: who are five and one, Then at Atlanta, who's three

442
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Speaker 1: and two record. I don't know if you really think

443
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Speaker 1: it reflects how good a team they are. Maybe it does.

444
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Speaker 1: And then you play Philadelphia who is now five and one,

445
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Speaker 1: sitting atop of the division. And then round out the

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Speaker 1: six games against the Chargers on Thanksgiving Day, who are

447
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Speaker 1: two and four. What do you think the likelihood is

448
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Speaker 1: that this offense can still run as efficiently as it

449
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Speaker 1: needs to run, because I think we all agree in

450
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Speaker 1: order for this team to be successful, the offense has

451
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Speaker 1: to be efficient, has to be good. How confident are

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Speaker 1: you that they can do that over those six games

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Speaker 1: with these opponents. If ezecuel Eli is out, well, I

454
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Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna go like they wouldn't go six

455
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Speaker 1: and oh, but I mean I think they can still win,

456
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Speaker 1: you know, three or four of these games. I mean,

457
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Speaker 1: but you look around the league, there's a lot of

458
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Speaker 1: people that play with a lot less at running back

459
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Speaker 1: and especially from an offensive line running back standpoints, so

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Speaker 1: they can they still have as much fire firefower as

461
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: other teams To mean that, they're gonna need to be

462
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Speaker 1: you know, better on defense to be able to withstand that.

463
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Speaker 1: I mean, they've been scoring thirty points a game at

464
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Speaker 1: home and they haven't been able to win, and that's

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Speaker 1: because you know, the defense hasn't really done anything to

466
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Speaker 1: really help them that much. So I think they can

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Speaker 1: still do some things, but it's gonna it's gonna take

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Speaker 1: more of a team effort. You can't just lean on,

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Speaker 1: you know, Zeke Amber, I think it will open up

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Speaker 1: I mean more options, just maybe other defenses trying not

471
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Speaker 1: to focus so much on stopping Zeke. Maybe that gives

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Speaker 1: them other options there. But honestly, I don't think this

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Speaker 1: changes anything by much in my honest I mean, again,

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Speaker 1: not having zek yeah, that's gonna affect them, but we

475
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Speaker 1: have seen that he hasn't been the same guy that

476
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Speaker 1: we thought he would be like the year before. So

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Speaker 1: the offense just needs to kind of keep pushing, and

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Speaker 1: it's I'm concerned about the defense more than anything. Dave

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Speaker 1: I said this yesterday on the specialty show we did,

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Speaker 1: which is I'm not going to try to convince anybody

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Speaker 1: that it's not a big deal, and there's some validity

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Speaker 1: to that, Amber, just that you know, the running game

483
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Speaker 1: hasn't been what you thought it would be anyway, but

484
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Speaker 1: you're still losing an incredibly talented player and one of

485
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Speaker 1: the best running backs in the league. So I don't

486
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Speaker 1: think that's going to be great, obviously, but I'm not

487
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Speaker 1: just going to assume it's going to be a train

488
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Speaker 1: wreck until I see that, because you know, you spent

489
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Speaker 1: these resources on quality veteran running backs for a reason.

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Speaker 1: We've seen them. Both have their moments. I mean, Darren

491
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Speaker 1: McFadden ran for eleven hundred yards in his one year

492
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Speaker 1: as the starter. Alfred Morris has had very brief moments.

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Speaker 1: You know, the seventy one yard run comes to mind.

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Speaker 1: He's had a couple other decent outings. They all looked

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Speaker 1: good in the preseason. I certainly think you lose an

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Speaker 1: element of explosiveness, but I mean I expect that they'll

497
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Speaker 1: still be able to run the ball effectively. The big

498
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Speaker 1: thing for me is, you know who's going to be

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Speaker 1: that guy that turns the zero or one yard game

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Speaker 1: into two or three, which is you know, we haven't

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Speaker 1: seen that from McFadden and Morris as well as we

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Speaker 1: saw it from Zeke maybe Rod Smith as a guy

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Speaker 1: who can do that. I mean, good lord, he's like

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Speaker 1: sixty three two forty, So there. I mean, and you

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Speaker 1: think about how much they struggled in short yardage in

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. I think that's that's what really scares me

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Speaker 1: more than you know, what they're running for like one

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Speaker 1: twenty nine a game right now. I think I would

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Speaker 1: imagine that they can still hover at or above one

510
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Speaker 1: hundred yards a game. I think they're I think that's reasonable,

511
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Speaker 1: but you're you're missing an element of explosiveness, and you

512
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Speaker 1: need to find a guy who can get you that

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Speaker 1: fourth down like Zeke did against the Packers. That's definitely

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Speaker 1: something that worries me. But but I think in the

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Speaker 1: long run, I don't think I'm not ready to call

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Speaker 1: this a train wreck. Let me ask you this question.

517
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Speaker 1: I look at this offense, and to me, I know

518
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Speaker 1: a lot of people have been focusing a lot on

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Speaker 1: what the running game has not been. I think Zeke's

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Speaker 1: run really hard, and I think the offensive line at

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Speaker 1: times has not been able to give him any holes.

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Speaker 1: But you're right, he takes that one yard game, he

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Speaker 1: turns it into three yards, and people don't see that

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Speaker 1: as a great run, but it's a great run. I

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Speaker 1: think one of the bigger differences between last year and

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Speaker 1: this year is I don't think the receivers have been

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Speaker 1: as consistently good as they were last year. And I

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Speaker 1: think if Zekiel Ellid is out of the game for

529
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Speaker 1: six weeks, I think it now becomes important for this

530
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Speaker 1: quarterback and for these wide receivers to be more consistent.

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Speaker 1: I think you've had in big moments, you've had guys

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Speaker 1: dropping balls. They just haven't seemed to have that same

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Speaker 1: kind of Last year, it seemed like at moments they

534
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Speaker 1: were actually making plays when they were needed, the receivers

535
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Speaker 1: are actually making plays, and this year it seems like

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Speaker 1: they're they're not as frequently making those same kinds of plays.

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Speaker 1: Do you guys agree with that that that's a big

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Speaker 1: difference that this year and that's something to be something

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Speaker 1: that's that they're going to have to change if they're

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Speaker 1: going to be successful while Zeke's out, Yeah, I do

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Speaker 1: think that the receivers are kind of the biggest issue

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Speaker 1: that this offense has because it allows defenses to say,

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Speaker 1: we're just gonna try to load up and make sure

544
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Speaker 1: that this that we don't get blown off the ball

545
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Speaker 1: because we'll take our chances with the receivers and that

546
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: they don't beat them that much. They don't get they

547
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Speaker 1: don't get burned by that. So that's gonna be an issue.

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Speaker 1: But I do agree with what Amber said about I

549
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Speaker 1: think defenses are gonna now kind of try to play

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Speaker 1: it differently. Um, And I think we already saw that

551
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Speaker 1: this year. We already saw that they didn't play at

552
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Speaker 1: the same when forty six was back there. There's no

553
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Speaker 1: way Zeke's ripping off a seventy yard run like that.

554
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Speaker 1: They don't have the same middle of the defense wouldn't

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00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: have been there. So you're gonna see a little bit

556
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Speaker 1: more of that. Um. But you know, I think I

557
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Speaker 1: think it'll open things up for the Cowboys. But but

558
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Speaker 1: like you said, short yardage is gonna be tough. I mean,

559
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Speaker 1: we saw McFadden go for eleven hundred yards two years ago,

560
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Speaker 1: but they were one of the worst teams in the league.

561
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Speaker 1: The goal line short yards, third and one. They couldn't

562
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Speaker 1: push and run, So I think that's that's a big

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Speaker 1: issue there. I'm with Dave on that. I kind of

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Speaker 1: want to see Rod Smith in that role. Honestly, He's

565
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,359
Speaker 1: got a big body, he's strong. You would think he

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Speaker 1: could push for yard right. I would like to see

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Speaker 1: Rod Smith get an opportunity to really just play some

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Speaker 1: running back. I mean, you know, short yardage fine, whatever,

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Speaker 1: And that's tough because you're talking about you know, guys

570
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Speaker 1: with Pro Bowl nods and a thousand yard seasons. I

571
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 1: get that. But you know, he showed you a lot

572
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Speaker 1: in in preseason training camp all the way back to

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Speaker 1: OTA's and uh, you know. I hope they don't forget

574
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Speaker 1: about that, because you're never gonna be able to impress

575
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Speaker 1: anybody if you don't get the opportunity to do so.

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Speaker 1: Just so, I mean, that's something I've got my eye on.

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Speaker 1: The Other thing I'll throw out there on the short yardage,

578
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Speaker 1: I'd like to see a lot more quarterback sneaks. I

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Speaker 1: think when you have short yardage and you have a

580
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Speaker 1: quarterback as strong as him. I know their teams like

581
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Speaker 1: New England regularly, if they got short yardage, they just

582
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Speaker 1: plow right in there behind the center or behind the guard,

583
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Speaker 1: and they get in there for the first down. And

584
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Speaker 1: their quarterback isn't nearly as fleet footed as as as Prescott.

585
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: Forget fleet footed, he's a linebacker. He's just a true stock.

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Speaker 1: Just let him push forward regardless of Zeke. If it's

587
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 1: fourth and one or less, I sneak the freak in all, Yeah,

588
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: I don't that should be a guaranteed yard every time,

589
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: in my opinion, pushed behind Frederick and let him just

590
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 1: push it and get him behind him. But I do

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00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: agree with that sentiment that obviously, I mean, if Zeke's

592
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 1: not there, I mean, the whole passing game Dak receivers,

593
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,919
Speaker 1: all of them gotta be better, have to be. All right,

594
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Speaker 1: let's talk a little bit about this NFC East. As

595
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Speaker 1: I said for in the first segment, everybody in the

596
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Speaker 1: NFC East played this last weekend. Every team one, now

597
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Speaker 1: that Philly, the Philadelphia Eagles to the top of the

598
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Speaker 1: division at five and one after beating the Carolina Panthers,

599
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Speaker 1: who were also five and one, I mean four and

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Speaker 1: one at the time. Washington's now three and two, Dallas

601
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Speaker 1: in third place at two and three, and then Giants

602
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: pulling up the rear at one and five. They were

603
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: only five going into this weekend. But the Giants went

604
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Speaker 1: into Denver and surprise a lot of people, myself included,

605
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: I didn't expect to see that kind of game from them.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that was just an aberration? Obviously there

607
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 1: were some things that they did that were different, Like

608
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: they had a new guy plant calling plays. They had

609
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Speaker 1: a bunch of new guys out there at wide at

610
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position that the teams didn't know. Do

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Speaker 1: you think that those kinds of differences were the reason

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Speaker 1: why they were able to win because Denver, you know,

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Speaker 1: they weren't hadn't seen it on film they they had,

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Speaker 1: we weren't able to prepare for it in the same way,

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Speaker 1: and that do you think that's something that continue or

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Speaker 1: do you think it was just an aberration. That'll be

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Speaker 1: one week and the Giants will go back to being

618
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 1: a bad team. You know, they didn't even they didn't

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Speaker 1: score a whole lot of points. I mean, they don't

620
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Speaker 1: even score as many points as the Cowboys did up there.

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Speaker 1: So they won with the defense. They scored with the defense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I believe the Giants scored sixteen points on offense.

623
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Speaker 1: So the defense was the reason there. The Cowboys don't

624
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Speaker 1: have that kind of defense, and a lot of teams don't.

625
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 1: I mean, the Giants have it when they when they're playing,

626
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Speaker 1: they're getting after the quarterback and they're there there there

627
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: secondary guys are playing really well and going after the ball.

628
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Speaker 1: They're really tough to beat. And we saw that there

629
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Speaker 1: and so it allowed the Giants to kind of, you know,

630
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Speaker 1: play with the lead and and give Eli credit as

631
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Speaker 1: much as people don't want to do that, you know,

632
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think right off the top of the show,

633
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 1: Chris Collinsworth said they still have Eli Manning, a two

634
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 1: time Super Bowl winning quarterback. And even though these receivers

635
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: you've never heard of unless they were in the Cowboys

636
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: camp last year, Ed Egan one had heard of these guys,

637
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Speaker 1: so he Ed Egan from New Orleans, Louisiana, for whatever

638
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Speaker 1: that's worth. Right, Sorry, what do you go to college?

639
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Speaker 1: Northwestern State mcidish Louisiana. It's not Midwestern State, it's Northwestern State. Yeah, yeah,

640
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: I'll get it confused. Good job for the Giants. They've

641
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,719
Speaker 1: won less win than the Cowboys, so it's not like

642
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: you know they're way back there too. I didn't even

643
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: think about that. You're right, just one who one and

644
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: a half. If you can consider that they've already beat him,

645
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 1: that sets me up for something. Two things that really

646
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 1: annoyed me this weekend. One, I mean that that you're

647
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: right there, they have one fewer win than the Cowboys,

648
00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 1: but like everybody's everybody seemed like was freaking out. And

649
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: it's not good when the whole division wins while you're

650
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 1: not playing. I know that, but everybody's like it doesn't

651
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: feel good. Every but it doesn't feel good, but does

652
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: it matter mathematically? Everybody's like they're all they've got one

653
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: more game ahead of it. Doesn't. It doesn't work that way.

654
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: They just they took a week off. Everybody else hasn't

655
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: taken their week off yet. That's all that means. The

656
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: Redskins have only played what they're three and two now exist,

657
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 1: so they took their by. The Eagles haven't taken their by.

658
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: They're not two games up on you more so, they

659
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: just haven't taken their boy. But the part that the

660
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 1: part that I think for a fan that probably bummed

661
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: you out this last weekend was at least two of

662
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: those games, you felt like there was a legitimate chance

663
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: that the teams in the division were gonna take a loss. Yeah,

664
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: you thought that Philly going to play Carolina at Carolina

665
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: who was just had the exact same record. They very nice.

666
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: There was a good yeah, it was a good chance

667
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: they take a loss there. You were absolutely certain. I

668
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: don't know anybody that wasn't certain that the Giants were

669
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: gonna go to Denver and take a loss there and

670
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 1: they get a win. So that's the part that was

671
00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: probably more more just surprising for for all these Giants.

672
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: Win is a good thing for the Cowboys, regardless of

673
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: what people think. It is a good thing. They're gonna

674
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: play the Eagles again. They're gonna play the Redskins, They're

675
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: gonna play some teams. They're gonna be competitive, they're gonna

676
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: stay in this thing. And that game up in the

677
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: Meadowlands in December is not going to be easy and

678
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: never never was going to be right. And another beautiful

679
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: segue for me to rant, thank you, because I'm sick

680
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: of people acting like this is college football. Like remember

681
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: Dan Hawkins at Colorado ranting like it's the Big twelve.

682
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 1: It's the NFL. This is professional football. And no, I

683
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: did not expect the Giants to go to Denver and

684
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: beat the Broncos. But everybody's like, how did we lose

685
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: to this awful Denver team? The Giants are beating that

686
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: the Giants lost to the Bucks by three, the Chargers

687
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: by two, the Eagles by three on a last second

688
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: sixty one yard field goal. Like it's not like they've

689
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: just been getting their doors blown off. Yeah, but the

690
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: only team that has blown the doors off the Giants

691
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: is the Cowboys. That's the only one. It is professional football.

692
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: You spend a week telling a team that they suck

693
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: and they usually respond that way. And also, not only

694
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: is everybody incredibly good, just on an individual level. In

695
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: the NFL, every team also has a ridiculously glaring weakness

696
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: because the salary cap designs the league that way, so

697
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: you're one bad game away from looking like that. Trevor

698
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: Simeon looked amazing against the Cowboys. He looked like crap

699
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: against the Giants. The Broncos liked their kicker enough to

700
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: sign to an extension the week they that we went

701
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: up there. He had even horrible. He's been awful, And

702
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: that's just the nature of the NFL. Like if it's

703
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: college football, where you clearly have your has and your

704
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: have nots. I get it. I understand that hierarchy, but

705
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: the fact that people are still surprised by these things

706
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: in the NFL just baffles me. Yeah, I think I

707
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: agree with what you're saying, and you're right. Anytime you

708
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: think you know something for certain in the NFL, it's

709
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: probably going to go the the way. I get all that,

710
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: but it was just this was such a huge thing

711
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: because it wasn't just the Giants were Owen five. It

712
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: was the Giants were Owen five, and they lost their

713
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: top player, then they lost their second wide receiver, then

714
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: they lost their fourth wide receiver and kick returner and

715
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: special teams player, and then their third wide receiver is

716
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,320
Speaker 1: out for this game and maybe a couple more games,

717
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: and the offensive line has already been bad, but now

718
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,760
Speaker 1: it's going to face one of the most dominant pass

719
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 1: rushing defenses in the league. All those things set up

720
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: to say there's no way the Giants go to Denver

721
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 1: and get a win, and yet it happened, right, I

722
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,319
Speaker 1: guess so, Yes, it was a reason for people to

723
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,720
Speaker 1: be surprised by that. I'm not saying it's not shocking,

724
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,919
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm not. I wasn't out here last

725
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: week telling you that the Giants were gonna beat the Bronchos.

726
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 1: But for people to just get all up in arms

727
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: like it reflects like it's this horrible thing that this

728
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: Broncos team is actually awful and the Cowboys couldn't beat

729
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: them and the Giants. That like, crazy stuff happens in

730
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: the NFL. Because you know what, the guy, the guy

731
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 1: that they signed to replace Odell Beckham, I don't even

732
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: know who he is. He's still good enough to be

733
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: on an NFL roster. That still means something. He's not

734
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham. I mean, you know, does am I crazy? Like?

735
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: Am I crazy for thinking that? People are crazy for

736
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: thinking that's crazy? That's I went like three deep right there.

737
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: I just don't understand why with the Giants, why does

738
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: that even matter to see the Cowboys? So like what

739
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: the Giant like, what does that mean that that they

740
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: won the game? I mean because it puts them one

741
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 1: game closer to catching the Cowboys, especially if the Cowboys,

742
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: you know, don't handle their business. Well, Nick, you know

743
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: why it matters. It matters because fans just don't want

744
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: to see teams in the division win. That's why it

745
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: matters matters to the Cowboys. And I mean, at the

746
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: end of the day, it's just they don't want to

747
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: see the Giants ever win. They don't want to see

748
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: the Eagles ever win unless they're playing each other. And

749
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 1: you want the team with the worst record to win, right,

750
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: And that's that's the only thing that matters. The point

751
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: is that they the Giants are not gonna give up.

752
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: And so they're gonna play and they're gonna play some

753
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 1: teams here, and they're gonna beat some teams and it's

754
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,720
Speaker 1: gonna it's gonna start even and out because the Eagles

755
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 1: are the Eagles that franchisees. That's if that franchise is

756
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: still sitting up there, they're still gonna They're gonna come

757
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: down to Earth and they're gonna be the Eagles like

758
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: they've always been. I don't know if I despise that rationale.

759
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 1: I don't care. I mean, I don't care. I mean

760
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,879
Speaker 1: when if they ever won, I mean that they're hot

761
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: right now, they're playing well, they're defense. Did the Cubs

762
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,840
Speaker 1: ever win? Okay, for not for one hundred years and

763
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,280
Speaker 1: then they did. I mean that's not a good that.

764
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: That's not a good rationale, Like what past results are

765
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 1: not an indicator of future results. And they're not even

766
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: same guys like I mean, they're led by quarterback now,

767
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: Like they haven't had a good quarterback since McNab left.

768
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: So they got a good quarterback, they really do. He's

769
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: playing well. I just think that that in this league.

770
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you just said it yourself that the Giants

771
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: like barely, I mean lost to the Eagles. They needed

772
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: a sixty one yard field goal to win. So it's

773
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 1: not like the Eagles are just running over everybody. Oh no,

774
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: and they they won that game the other day from

775
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: two tipped in interceptions inside the twenty yard line and

776
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: they were able to score from there. I mean, it's

777
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: not like they weren't up and down the field and

778
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: mall the But you know, I think that's they are

779
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: playing well. I think that's the point there is they're

780
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: just as good as you say their offense is. Their

781
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: defense is playing really really well. So but when you

782
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: play with fire like that, you are gonna get burned,

783
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: and they will. They'll start losing. I guarantee you they

784
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: will lose two in a row at some point, and

785
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: maybe even three in a row this year. They will.

786
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,280
Speaker 1: They're just the way it's worked that you they haven't

787
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,439
Speaker 1: been playing that impressively to just keep running the table.

788
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: It doesn't work like that. You'll they'll come back and

789
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 1: they'll lose. I'm not saying they won't win the division

790
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: or make the playoffs. I'm just saying that this isn't

791
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: like fourteen and two, thirteen and three football team. They're

792
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 1: gonna probably go ten and six. I think the same

793
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: thing could have been said about the Cowboys at this

794
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: point last year. People were like, at some point they're

795
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: gonna be the Cowboys. They're gonna lose two, and they

796
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: were in the pointoffs in the playoffs though, but I

797
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: think during the regular season they were a thirteen and

798
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: three team. And I'm saying this Eagles team is showing

799
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: sign that they're a good team. Their defense is good,

800
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: their offense is good. They just have a good team.

801
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: And so I won't take anything away from it. I'm

802
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 1: not taking it away from I'm just saying that. And

803
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: I don't believe I think history does repeat itself, and

804
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: I think that there's there's They're not set up to

805
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: be a thirteen and three football team. They're not that

806
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: they'll They'll probably go ten and six to eleven and five.

807
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: I don't I don't agree with Nick's rationale, as I

808
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,800
Speaker 1: already said, but at the end of the day, I

809
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,439
Speaker 1: agree with what he's saying because I was talking about

810
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 1: this on Twitter the other night. If you look around

811
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: the NFC in light of Aaron Rodgers injury, there isn't

812
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 1: a team out there that I'm just like, well, yeah,

813
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: like I agree with that they're gonna have the one

814
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: seed locked up by Christmas, you know, Like, I don't

815
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be that way. I would be surprised

816
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: if there's a thirteen or fourteen win team in the

817
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,359
Speaker 1: NFC this year, just based on what we've seen through

818
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: the first season, there's no team that's dominant right now.

819
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: That's my point. Yeah, there's no team that's done. And

820
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: if there is a thirteen wins whoever it is, if

821
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,399
Speaker 1: they get hot and like the Cowboys did and then

822
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: last year they just kind of keep winning, keep winning

823
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: these close games. Let's say it is Philadelphia or somebody.

824
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: Nobody in the in the playoffs is going to be

825
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,280
Speaker 1: afraid of them going to Philly and winning or going

826
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: anywhere whoever the top team is, No one's No one's

827
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: afraid of anybody because they don't have a guy like

828
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, right right, Yeah. I mean that's that's why

829
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: you get afraid of playing a team, is because there's

830
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: that one player that you're like, I just don't have

831
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: an answer for this guy, no doubt. And with Aaron

832
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: Rodgers out, I don't know if there's a team in

833
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: the NFC where you got that one player you like,

834
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: I don't have an answer for her. It's it's a

835
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: it's a bummer. Yeah you're gonna say that, but I

836
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: thought you were. Did you say the Falcons. I mean

837
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: maybe the Falcons, but do you feel like that about

838
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: about their guy Ryan Well, I mean, I'm just saying

839
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: if you had to go up and play them, like

840
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: I'm talking about in the playoffs, you have to go

841
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: up there and play them, that that's that would be

842
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: that would be a challenge. That's probably the scariest thing

843
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: in the NFC right now, is what you say, yeah,

844
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 1: just because they'll they'll get back on track and they'll

845
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: get going. I mean, they're getting beat by AFC teams

846
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: at home right now. So, by no means am I

847
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: trying to close the book on the Cowboys season. Unlike

848
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: Brian Roddis, who I argued with and said, he said

849
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: it's over, that we might as well start the draft everything.

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933
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Speaker 1: You're right about that, Amber, You're very right. All right,

942
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Speaker 1: we're gonna get into the phone calls. Let's get a

943
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Speaker 1: phone call. We got a call from Reggie in Germany. Reggie,

944
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Speaker 1: what up? Hey, Reggie checking in from Germany again? What's up? Guys?

945
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Speaker 1: All right? Amber? Oh god, Okay, listen, I'm gonna throw

946
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Speaker 1: a whole bunch of stuff at you guys real quick. Okay. Um,

947
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Speaker 1: First of all, I think this is the second half

948
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Speaker 1: of this season is gonna it's really shaping to be

949
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: really exciting. You know, you got the Redskins the game

950
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: and a half out over the Eagles. If they played

951
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 1: Eagles this weekend, they win that game, there only a

952
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: half a game out. If we played real serious ball

953
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: the second half of the season, we're in it. I

954
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 1: agree with Nick. You know, we we could, we could

955
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:16,839
Speaker 1: still do this. Um, and the Giants is gonna play

956
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: some ball. They're going to close the gap with some

957
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: things here and as I see the Eagle schedule. They

958
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: got the Broncos. Still, they got the Seahawks, they got

959
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: the Grams, they got the Raiders. Those are some some

960
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: tough ball games. And so we can still do this

961
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 1: if we if we play some ball. UM, you know,

962
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: maybe if we think about Navarro Bowman coming in, I

963
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,399
Speaker 1: don't know if you know he had thought about that,

964
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: UM picking him up, maybe there'll be some help at

965
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: the linebacker spot. UM. My real belief is that we

966
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 1: need to get Lyo Collins back at guard at some

967
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:47,560
Speaker 1: point in time. Maybe not this season. I don't know.

968
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's gonna happen this season, but

969
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: maybe next year. He's a beast of guard. You know,

970
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 1: he's he's doing okay at a tackle because he's just

971
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 1: a quality player. But I think we need a guard. UM.

972
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 1: And those two thoughts that I have right now, I

973
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:01,800
Speaker 1: just to throw all that out you how did you guys?

974
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Speaker 1: God blessed? And one last thing, you know, I know

975
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: it's off topic, but I'm really worried about what's going

976
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: on in the locker room in the context of what

977
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,880
Speaker 1: Jerry kind of threw out there and throw grenade in

978
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: the locker room with his comments. I don't know what

979
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: we're doing there. I don't know if you guys have

980
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: any comments to say about that, if you even want

981
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 1: to touch that, But that's my comment. Okay, I'm out,

982
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: all right, Thanks for the call. There were a couple

983
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: of things he said there that I don't think have

984
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,800
Speaker 1: a likelihood of happening. Obviously, the Navarro Bowman thing is

985
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 1: not going to happen. He is assigned to the Oakland Raiders,

986
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 1: which makes a whole lot of sense. To be honest

987
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Speaker 1: with you, I kind of think this is one of

988
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: those situations where you kind of accept and offer from

989
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: another team to come visit so that you can go

990
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 1: to the Raiders and say, hey, if we leave it

991
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: without a deal, we're heading somewhere else and they may

992
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: give us a deal, and that just kind of gives

993
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: them more impetus to get a deal done before you

994
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,919
Speaker 1: leave the building. It makes sense for him, he say,

995
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: he keeps his family in the same area, and you

996
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: know we're running right. I don't think he was going

997
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: to sign with the Cowboys. I don't either. I think

998
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,720
Speaker 1: that was again, I think it was it was an

999
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:11,280
Speaker 1: option for him to be able to make the Raiders

1000
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: want to do a deal quicker right, right. But that

1001
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: being said, also Lyle Collins thing, I mean, at this point,

1002
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: that's water unto the bridge. That's not gonna change. I

1003
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:21,240
Speaker 1: don't even think it's going to change in the future.

1004
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 1: I think they are they are committed to the fact

1005
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 1: that he is going to be the right tackle. You

1006
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: guys agree with that. When was he a beast at

1007
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Speaker 1: guard because he pulled and not the safety for the

1008
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Speaker 1: for the Seahawks or a linebacker. I mean he can

1009
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: still do that at tackle. I mean when was he

1010
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: really beastly at guard? Because they were one of the

1011
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: worst teams in the league in short yardage situations, they

1012
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: were considerably better when Leary got there. Of course, Zeke

1013
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: got there too, so that he hasn't blocked it guarded

1014
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: behind with Zeke. I understand that, But I just don't

1015
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 1: remember him being a beast at guard. I think he

1016
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,840
Speaker 1: his body type and his quick feet, I think he

1017
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: is a better tackle. He'll get better there. You remember

1018
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: Doug Free played ten years. He didn't play for the

1019
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: first three years of his career. You have to it

1020
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,880
Speaker 1: takes some time. He's learning on the run. He'll be

1021
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: fine at tackle. I don't think he's going to be

1022
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,240
Speaker 1: I don't think he would be even be better at guard.

1023
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,720
Speaker 1: You know, we talk about expectations a lot on this show.

1024
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: If the Cowboys would have gotten Lyle Collins of the

1025
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Speaker 1: first round pick, they did not because he dropped dropped. Obviously,

1026
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: they ended up getting him as a free agent. But

1027
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:24,640
Speaker 1: if he would have been a first round pick, do

1028
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: you think that there would be talk that he has

1029
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 1: been not a bust. Yeah, but it has been a

1030
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: lot less than what they expected from a first round pick,

1031
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: especially thinking about the other three first round picks they

1032
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,959
Speaker 1: have on that offensive line and what they've done really

1033
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 1: starting in their first years and they first got plugged in,

1034
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: all three of them immediately had some success. Yeah, Lyle,

1035
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:46,799
Speaker 1: not quite right. Probably it wouldn't have been moved though.

1036
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: You drafted him and tackle, you wouldn't have. You have

1037
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: to meant guard. You would have drafted him in and

1038
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 1: tackle and you would have played there, and he would

1039
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: have stayed there, because that's how you have to justify

1040
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 1: your pick. So he would have you know, he might

1041
00:48:57,840 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: have been better, you know, playing This has been a

1042
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:03,240
Speaker 1: year at tackle. If you can rewind this thing, because

1043
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 1: it's funny, you know. We report what we're told more often,

1044
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 1: like more so than our opinions, you know, And for

1045
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 1: forever the Cowboys front office was like, we like him

1046
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,879
Speaker 1: at guard. We like him at guard, and so that's

1047
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:17,399
Speaker 1: what we say. We're like, they like him at guard,

1048
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: they're gonna leave him there, and then they change their mind. Honestly,

1049
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: if you know, going rewinding it back to January or February,

1050
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,480
Speaker 1: I would have been intrigued to see what the offensive

1051
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,400
Speaker 1: line would look like with Lyle playing left guard and

1052
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 1: Chaz Green playing right tackle, but they decided that they

1053
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: wanted to play him at tackle. He has been way

1054
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: better than he's gotten credit for, in my opinion. If

1055
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 1: you go watch the games, you can see that. And

1056
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 1: you know, as much as I don't like to admit it,

1057
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: the concerns about Chaz Green's durability have been confirmed again,

1058
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:56,239
Speaker 1: I guess is the word I'm looking for. So as

1059
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:58,400
Speaker 1: having said that, having said that, I would have liked

1060
00:49:58,400 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 1: to have seen that. I don't have a problem with

1061
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,839
Speaker 1: the decision at all. And I think he's been better

1062
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 1: than he's gotten credit for, and I think he will

1063
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 1: continue to get better and that will be a good thing.

1064
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 1: In the long run, people are just very impatient, don't

1065
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,359
Speaker 1: you think they were also scared off and it's being

1066
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: it's kind of beared out to be true, but they

1067
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: were scared of maybe placing him at guard and putting

1068
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,920
Speaker 1: Chaz Green a tackle because of the fact that they

1069
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: were afraid of his durability from side. They have any

1070
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,360
Speaker 1: other options? I think if Chads go down to tackle,

1071
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 1: you don't have a lot of other options. He goes

1072
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: down to guard, you've got a few options. All of

1073
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 1: the factors. The Cowboys have been justified at many turns

1074
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: in that decision because like Lyle has played pretty well

1075
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:37,840
Speaker 1: in my opinion, and Chads Green has had problems staying

1076
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: on the field. So you know the fact that your

1077
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: tackle spot is solid, but you've got questions at guard.

1078
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 1: I think that's preferable, and so like a, yeah, I

1079
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 1: would have liked to have seen that combination, like I

1080
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: just said, but I don't fault them at all for

1081
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 1: what they did, and I think it's working out pretty

1082
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:57,760
Speaker 1: well so far. All right, let's take a question from Twitter.

1083
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 1: So if the whole scene suspension does come into fact

1084
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:04,920
Speaker 1: and he keeps going forward like that, do you guys

1085
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: think that Switzer will get more action in the slot

1086
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,879
Speaker 1: with Beastley, I hope. So that's I thought about that

1087
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: because the conundrum has been, well, who you've taken off

1088
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 1: the field to put Switzer on, and it's probably gonna

1089
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 1: be Jason Witten or Zeek. So now you think instead

1090
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:24,279
Speaker 1: of maybe going to eleven personnel, especially when they go

1091
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:26,719
Speaker 1: empty eleven, now what they do is they just have

1092
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: a tight end, no running back and an extra wide receiver.

1093
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: You theoretically could or and we've seen Switzer motion in

1094
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: the backfield a couple of times as well. I think,

1095
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,800
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not trying to anoint the guy because

1096
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 1: he hasn't done anything to deserve that yet. And the

1097
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,440
Speaker 1: biggest play, the most meaningful play of his season so far,

1098
00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 1: as a muffed punt. But you know, he's a he's

1099
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: a shifty guy, he looks dynamic with the ball in

1100
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: his hands, and I think it would be a shame

1101
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,399
Speaker 1: not to again, kind of like what I said about

1102
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,719
Speaker 1: Rod Smith, give you know, it'd be a shame not

1103
00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: to give him the opportunity to do something with that.

1104
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,279
Speaker 1: So maybe a silver lining of this is that you

1105
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: can find more ways to get him onto the field.

1106
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: This is kind of hard to answer, but do you

1107
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 1: guys think think that the Cowboys address everything that needed

1108
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 1: to be addressed during this bye week? Kind of wish

1109
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 1: Navarro Bowman was on the team, but be nice address,

1110
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I don't think there's a good

1111
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 1: way to answer that until you see him play another game.

1112
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:30,320
Speaker 1: I think Sean Lee coming back to good health, Anthony

1113
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,279
Speaker 1: Hitchins getting another week, Cheeto getting a week. I mean,

1114
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 1: all those things sound good and hopefully it leads to

1115
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 1: better results for your defense, but you also may have

1116
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 1: lost your running back. Yeah, there's that too, and offsets

1117
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:45,320
Speaker 1: those things for sure that are kind of positive. Although sorry,

1118
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,840
Speaker 1: go ahead, they'll probably be a roster move today. I

1119
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 1: would imagine they'll they'll, I mean, the interesting part about

1120
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:56,200
Speaker 1: this situation is Zeke is off the roster and on

1121
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 1: the suspension list. But you can't just go and just

1122
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:01,719
Speaker 1: replace him right now because you might be it might

1123
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,240
Speaker 1: be back. But that's why this is going down today

1124
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: at one thirty UM, So they'll have that spot. I

1125
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:09,799
Speaker 1: think they have another spot open too, with maybe with

1126
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 1: Paya being on injured reserve UM slash retire or whatever

1127
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: whatever list, they decided to put him on, but they'll

1128
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 1: have two spots open too, So I mean, if they

1129
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,640
Speaker 1: wanted to sign Bowman, they'll probably sign some linebacker. I

1130
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:27,560
Speaker 1: would imagine, you know, to to help or the then

1131
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,440
Speaker 1: you know, maybe call up one of those young tackles,

1132
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:35,440
Speaker 1: Richard ash or Lewis Neil maybe or Paya. It's an idea. Yeah,

1133
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: that's true, could help. Um. It's funny because it reminds

1134
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 1: me of a preseason debate that I had with brought

1135
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,879
Speaker 1: us like it got really animated too, which was, when

1136
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: does it not right? Would you rather try to make

1137
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,319
Speaker 1: this offense work without Zeke or try to make this

1138
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 1: defense work without Lee? So you're gonna get a good

1139
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: look at it now, I mean, so you know, let

1140
00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 1: you rather have Lee on the defense. I actually, I

1141
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:03,000
Speaker 1: will say I argued that I'd way rather have Zeke

1142
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 1: because going back to what I've said time and time again,

1143
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 1: you're only going You're only as good as your offense is,

1144
00:54:08,719 --> 00:54:11,279
Speaker 1: and your offense isn't as good without him. But but

1145
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:14,360
Speaker 1: what we saw, what we saw when Lee was not playing,

1146
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,640
Speaker 1: is that this defense is so bad that even if

1147
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 1: you score thirty plus, you're not necessarily going to get

1148
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 1: a win. I will gladly eat microw. We're gonna get

1149
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,080
Speaker 1: to see it. It looks like, assuming Zeke is suspended

1150
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: and Lee is healthy, we're going to get to see

1151
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: what this looks like where your best defenders playing and

1152
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: you're trying to make it work with your other running backs.

1153
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,399
Speaker 1: And if it turns out that they're actually better in

1154
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: that situation, then I'll gladly admit I was wrong. The

1155
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: thing is the drop off between Zeke and say how

1156
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: Fred Morris or a dear McFadden, whichever one you want

1157
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 1: to plug in, and then Sean Lee versus Jalen Smith.

1158
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:49,240
Speaker 1: I guess at this point, I think the drop between

1159
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:52,600
Speaker 1: those two is vastly different. I think the linebacker position

1160
00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:55,600
Speaker 1: is a much bigger drop between one to two than

1161
00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 1: there is at the running back Jayalen was playing anyways,

1162
00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:02,759
Speaker 1: you know, but you know, justin Durant it has been

1163
00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 1: playing more. I mean that's really the drop off. I

1164
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,239
Speaker 1: think Sean leads to Durant because Jalen Smith was out there. Yeah,

1165
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: but I think the problem is the more weeks that

1166
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 1: Jalen is playing a huge number of plays, the more

1167
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 1: we've seen him get exposed. And so I think if

1168
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: you if you're gonna get good play out of him

1169
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,000
Speaker 1: this year while he's returning and getting himself back into

1170
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:24,040
Speaker 1: it and that, and again, as far as last I've heard,

1171
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: he still didn't have one hundred percent feeling in that leg.

1172
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:29,279
Speaker 1: So with all that being said, I still think that,

1173
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 1: you know, Jalen is still if you're gonna put him

1174
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: out there as a starter and play him sixty seventy plays,

1175
00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be a problem for you. Anthony

1176
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 1: Hitchins is nowhere near as good of a player as

1177
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,160
Speaker 1: Sean Lee, but I don't think you can underestimate how

1178
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:47,399
Speaker 1: big it is having him back alongside Sean Lee, because

1179
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 1: now you've got an all pro playing with a competent,

1180
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 1: uninjured starter as opposed to a rookie who's not one

1181
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,239
Speaker 1: hundred percent healthy who's still trying to feel his way.

1182
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,320
Speaker 1: I think that having having leadback is huge, but having

1183
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,760
Speaker 1: both of them back, I think that's what really matters.

1184
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: After taking a week off and being able to analyze

1185
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:12,240
Speaker 1: this team. What is still the biggest area of concern

1186
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: for you guys? Easily safety for me, And that was

1187
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 1: what it was a week ago, it's what it still

1188
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 1: is now. What do you guys think probably stopping the run,

1189
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, just which they play into that

1190
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:32,160
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, I think I answer this question.

1191
00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:36,160
Speaker 1: We answered this on Thursday for the gut feeling. And

1192
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 1: my biggest concern is the fact that they're not making

1193
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 1: any plays on turnovers. They're not getting any turnovers. That

1194
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,759
Speaker 1: could be the safeties aren't doing anything that could be that.

1195
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:46,680
Speaker 1: They're not ripping the ball out and not getting picks.

1196
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:49,160
Speaker 1: And I get enough pressure, you know, and I know

1197
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,120
Speaker 1: they have the sack leader, but you know, what was it?

1198
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,000
Speaker 1: What is it doing? I mean, I mean he's caused

1199
00:56:55,040 --> 00:56:57,239
Speaker 1: one fumble that led to a touchdown in Denver, but

1200
00:56:57,440 --> 00:56:59,759
Speaker 1: that's really it. So for turnovers, So they need more

1201
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,880
Speaker 1: tour over somehow, some way, they need more turnovers. I

1202
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 1: think I said in that story that I thought it

1203
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:08,239
Speaker 1: was the offensive line in the ground game, and that

1204
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 1: was before I knew that Ezekiel Elliott would be suspended.

1205
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:13,680
Speaker 1: So I mean that's definitely concerning. And I said, I'm

1206
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:16,280
Speaker 1: not ready to write them off. But you know, for

1207
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 1: the millionth time, I think this team is only as

1208
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: good as their offense, and I know that their defense

1209
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 1: is bad. I get that, and they do need to

1210
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:25,320
Speaker 1: be able to stop the run, and they haven't caused

1211
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:29,040
Speaker 1: enough turnovers. But if their offense is one dimensional and

1212
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: can't move the ball, then it doesn't None of that matters.

1213
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,520
Speaker 1: You know, I maybe being a naive. I probably am

1214
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:38,800
Speaker 1: to some degree. I just always assume that, assuming Zeke

1215
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 1: wasn't going to be suspended, that as a season war

1216
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 1: on the running game would get going because I just

1217
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:45,400
Speaker 1: felt like, with this offensive line, you got two pieces

1218
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:47,439
Speaker 1: that are new, it was going to take some time

1219
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:49,760
Speaker 1: for them to really jail. I expected that over time

1220
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:51,640
Speaker 1: they'd get better and by the time you hit the

1221
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:54,120
Speaker 1: midway point, they'd be in a stride. And that's what

1222
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:55,760
Speaker 1: she really wants. You want them to be in a

1223
00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:57,960
Speaker 1: stride by the end. I think everything changes if Zeke's

1224
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,360
Speaker 1: not there. That doesn't mean the running game goes to nothing,

1225
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 1: but I think it does change because you're not going

1226
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,480
Speaker 1: to have that explosive guy to running back position that

1227
00:58:04,520 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: you that you once had. Yep, move Crawford back to

1228
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 1: defensive tackle. Does it matter? Well, I mean, I'm not

1229
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,800
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to be right. What I'm just saying,

1230
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:20,080
Speaker 1: I don't know that he was when he was at tackle.

1231
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:23,760
Speaker 1: He wasn't He wasn't making game changing type plays at

1232
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 1: defensive end. He's not really making game changing type plays.

1233
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:28,080
Speaker 1: So I don't know if it makes a huge difference.

1234
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: Where do you need him? Like do you need where

1235
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 1: do you need a body? He's a steady guy, he's

1236
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: a solid guy, but going to Knick's point, he's not

1237
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:34,960
Speaker 1: going to get you a ton of turnover no matter

1238
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 1: where you put him. Right As of right now, don't

1239
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,640
Speaker 1: they only have two full fledged defensive tackles on the roster.

1240
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 1: That's my problem, which is why I think I would

1241
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:49,040
Speaker 1: expect that either Richard ass or a Richard ash or

1242
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:52,400
Speaker 1: Lewis Neil will probably be called up at some point

1243
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:54,240
Speaker 1: just because you need I mean, you need somebody there,

1244
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:57,400
Speaker 1: so somebody needs to play tackle. It can be Tyron Crawford,

1245
00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:01,880
Speaker 1: it can be Lewis and need Collins, Brian Price. You

1246
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,400
Speaker 1: don't call You don't think that that's where Urban's got.

1247
00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:06,800
Speaker 1: I think Iran's okay. Yeah, I mean, well, you know

1248
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 1: you've got Irving, Tyrone and even Taco that can do both.

1249
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,240
Speaker 1: So I mean, yeah, I know you have tackles there.

1250
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: But that's my point is full fledged no questions asked,

1251
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: did he play defensive end this last game? I thought

1252
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: the only time I saw him was at tack out,

1253
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 1: and that's fine. Probably, yeah, I would think that you

1254
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 1: still have Crawford moving back and forth a little bit

1255
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:32,440
Speaker 1: depending on the play. Taco will be there, but but

1256
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 1: they probably could use someone else. I mean, because now

1257
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:40,800
Speaker 1: they have five down and Tapper, so maybe I'm missing

1258
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: a guy. I got Lawrence and Mayo, Mayowa and and Taco.

1259
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:48,960
Speaker 1: Who what? Who else is playing end? I guess Crawford.

1260
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:52,360
Speaker 1: So so either Crawford plays tackle on you another end,

1261
00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:55,520
Speaker 1: or Crawford plays end and you need another tackle. And

1262
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:58,480
Speaker 1: since you have two defensive tackles on the practice squad

1263
00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:02,320
Speaker 1: and no ends, right, probably makes more sense to do that.

1264
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:05,360
Speaker 1: I was going over all day, guys in my head,

1265
01:00:05,400 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: I'm like, is it bad that I kind of forgot

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Speaker 1: about Taco? That's bad. Yeah, it's not good. I'm not good.

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Speaker 1: It's actually really not good. All right, We appreciate you, guys,

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Speaker 1: Joan us. We're back tomorrow nine thirty at our normal time.

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Speaker 1: When tomorrow we'll get into a little bit more talk

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Speaker 1: between Cowboys and San Francisco forty nine ers at games

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Speaker 1: this Sunday until then for Nick Eatn, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia.

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Speaker 1: I'm Derek Eagles and this has been The Break live

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