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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Friday, October first, twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: Season seventeen, episode number thirty two. Welcome to the latest
Speaker 1: edition of The Break. We are live from the s
Speaker 1: WBC Mortgage studios at the Star Gut. Nick and Dave
Speaker 1: here with me, and we're gonna get you guys ready
Speaker 1: for Cowboys. The Cowboys game this Sunday against the Carolina
Speaker 1: Panthers at AT and T Stadium. It is a noon
Speaker 1: kick and uh, it's probably a little bit more of
Speaker 1: an interesting matchup than maybe we thought when the season began,
Speaker 1: because this team comes in three and oh. So we'll
Speaker 1: get you guys ready to tell you what we think
Speaker 1: is going to happen, tell you about some of the
Speaker 1: storylines that you should follow this weekend. Before we get
Speaker 1: to that, though, Nick, why do't you give me a
Speaker 1: thirty two? Uh? Dennis Thurman. Dennis Thurman nineties, eighties, eighties,
Speaker 1: eight eighties, Thurman Thieves. That that was the Uh there's
Speaker 1: a posters, a famous poster called Thurman Thieves, and it
Speaker 1: was like, I'll say famous, but I mean back in
Speaker 1: the eighties, you know the back of those those posters
Speaker 1: a lot of the kids had and it was like
Speaker 1: him and Everson Walls and some of the other secondary
Speaker 1: guys as Thurman's thieves. That was kind of a thing.
Speaker 1: He was at the leader of that. Yeah, they got
Speaker 1: a lot of interceptions back then. I mean there was.
Speaker 1: It wasn't a passing league back then. But man, I mean,
Speaker 1: when Everson Walls gets eleven picks as a rookie, can
Speaker 1: you imagine a rookie free agent coming in and getting
Speaker 1: eleven picks? And that's wild? I mean, and then and
Speaker 1: then you know, he led the league three times and
Speaker 1: in a we've talked about Everson Walls a lot um
Speaker 1: who would opposite him back then, Well, couldn't have been
Speaker 1: Renfro at least not. Yeah. Well, like in the eighties
Speaker 1: is like Ron Fellows played over there and he was
Speaker 1: Ron Fellows in him and so but thirty two, Walt
Speaker 1: Garrison I think also was thirty two. He's kind of
Speaker 1: that's how Yeah, But you know, I thought I actually
Speaker 1: thought about it. I was like, I don't even know
Speaker 1: a current I mean the last few years A thirty
Speaker 1: two you're kidding. I mean Scandridcord for like a decade.
Speaker 1: That's what them media came to mom. Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: know why I forgot um. Yeah, anyways, Corey Clements wearing
Speaker 1: it right now, I believe, No, I really, I didn't
Speaker 1: even I didn't even think about Scandrick or in thirty
Speaker 1: I think just because I mean as Sti's wark for
Speaker 1: a long time, especially because yeah, I mean, if you're
Speaker 1: the franchise quarterback or like an All Pro player, then
Speaker 1: you're gonna wear that number for a long time. But like,
Speaker 1: considering who he was, can't and I'm not throwing shade
Speaker 1: at him, Like Scandrick was a fifth round pick who
Speaker 1: was good but never like at the top of his profession,
Speaker 1: and he still managed to stick around for nine years
Speaker 1: or whatever. Those guys come around, like, especially when you're
Speaker 1: at a like he was a slot guy and he
Speaker 1: played pretty solid. He was a pretty solid slot guy.
Speaker 1: So you yeah, I've seen guys stick around that long
Speaker 1: and you can play special teams. Just lots of things
Speaker 1: that kept around. It's impressive when a guy manages to
Speaker 1: hold on to a job with one team for that
Speaker 1: long without like ever being in a Pro Bowl or
Speaker 1: any of that type of stuff, or a good mood
Speaker 1: or a good mood. You know he was. He was
Speaker 1: at the hotel in LA before the Charger game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: super nice. It was nice to see him. He was friendly.
Speaker 1: He had a much better at it. But yeah, but
Speaker 1: you know, that's honestly the thing, Like you know, you
Speaker 1: guys have seen it. Guys retire and their whole disposition changes.
Speaker 1: Like when they're a player, they kind of look at
Speaker 1: you kind of like side of as soon as they retire,
Speaker 1: it's like, what's up, man, Everything's cool, it's sleep like,
Speaker 1: it all is okay. As big of a horse's ass
Speaker 1: as he could be. Scandrick was one of those, I
Speaker 1: would say it to his face. Scandrick was one of those.
Speaker 1: But if you could like give it back to him
Speaker 1: or show him that you weren't like, weren't going to
Speaker 1: get your feelings hurt or whatever, like, you could spar
Speaker 1: with him. He appreciated that and he would kind of
Speaker 1: respect it, if not be outright friendly about it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's when I realized that he wanted me to say
Speaker 1: something mean back to him. I think our relationship got
Speaker 1: better so him and brought it health better. It's unhealthy relationship,
Speaker 1: but that's what most of my close friendships are like.
Speaker 1: So maybe there's a lot of Dave Hellman. That's fair.
Speaker 1: I just said to him and brought us get better. No,
Speaker 1: I don't think that ever happens. Well, we will leave
Speaker 1: that one alone. We'll leave that one alone. Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: so let's talk a little bit about Let's start first
Speaker 1: with some injury updates. Carlos Watkins, Donovan Wilson, dawnce Armstrong,
Speaker 1: Tie and Secky we presume are all out because they
Speaker 1: have been uninjured. They have been injured and nothing has
Speaker 1: changed with their Watkins Watkins was out doing rehab stuff
Speaker 1: with Britt yesterday, which is like a good sign. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a good sign, but it's not a sign that
Speaker 1: he's probably ready for Sunday and talk to me about
Speaker 1: the the COVID guys, we still no go on on
Speaker 1: Neil and with an eye no change, all right, So
Speaker 1: luckily they're probably not very unlikely they would play in
Speaker 1: this game, all right. Not practicing, you know, I mean
Speaker 1: that's that's another thing. I mean, they've had it, they're
Speaker 1: dealing with it, and you're not practicing. You've got to,
Speaker 1: you know. It's not like you just get off the
Speaker 1: list and it's fine and they're not. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: not like they're even past. For Neil at least, I
Speaker 1: don't know if he's even past the point where he
Speaker 1: could come back, even if he were not showing symptoms.
Speaker 1: All right, m Randy Gregory, where's Randy Gregs? Fine? He
Speaker 1: had an he misspractice with Randy Gregory had I don't
Speaker 1: need to do this today itis, which is like just
Speaker 1: like he had a knee issue in training camp. Guys
Speaker 1: get dinged up and they were like, you're you know,
Speaker 1: you're good today. You don't need to do this today. Yeah.
Speaker 1: He actually walked by us at practice yesterday and Mickey said, quit,
Speaker 1: oh god, Nicky. I think they have a they do.
Speaker 1: They have a funny relationship. I think, yeah, what did
Speaker 1: you say? He said? Man? He goes, I'm old, man,
Speaker 1: I'm not twenty two anymore. Like I'm like, okay, what
Speaker 1: twenty seven? A right, Yeah, when did twenty seven get old? Here? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean, and you know, when you think about it,
Speaker 1: and this is not saying anything bad about where he is,
Speaker 1: but like, however old he is, he hasn't had as
Speaker 1: much wear and tear on his body like other players
Speaker 1: from that age. He just hasn't played as many games.
Speaker 1: But um, but yeah, I think you're right, it didn't
Speaker 1: seem like he was to Mike McCarthy said this morning
Speaker 1: that he fully expects him to play and that you know,
Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta parse through the injury report. Some
Speaker 1: guys are on there because there you aren't gonna play,
Speaker 1: and some guys are on there because teams are being
Speaker 1: smart knowing that it's a seventeen game season. Randy's finding
Speaker 1: You know, I saw I saw something the other day.
Speaker 1: We talkably defensive ends. You know, who's gonna play that
Speaker 1: if Lawrence is not playing and I's not playing, who's
Speaker 1: going to rush the passer? And obviously Michael Parsons is
Speaker 1: going to do some of that and other stuff. But um,
Speaker 1: I saw a play where Hurts ran on the sideline
Speaker 1: and Jalen was was trying to level out and really
Speaker 1: beat him to the spot. Not take an angle and
Speaker 1: really get him and I think fifty nine Gholston, right, yeah,
Speaker 1: he did. Y'all see this play where he comes flying
Speaker 1: into the picture and I mean, I'm not calling Jalen
Speaker 1: slow whatever it is. This guy had a burst that
Speaker 1: I mean, he just shot right past him and really
Speaker 1: was the guy to force him out of bounds. And
Speaker 1: I was like, dang, I mean, like that was that
Speaker 1: was some an impressive play there by Gholston. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: got some, He's got some agility to him there. He
Speaker 1: had some. He had a couple of flash plays he
Speaker 1: I mean, he had to. For where he's been and
Speaker 1: how little he's played, it was impressive that he did
Speaker 1: as much as he did in his first game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, honestly, that's That's one of the things that
Speaker 1: I'm liking right now about this defense, and I think
Speaker 1: is a big difference for them is a lot of
Speaker 1: these young guys they can move like they have built
Speaker 1: a fast defense, and I think that shows. I mean,
Speaker 1: you even look at somebody like Osa like Olsa's making
Speaker 1: these flash plays as well. He's getting into the backfield.
Speaker 1: I saw another play where he ran all the way today.
Speaker 1: He was in the line, like in the middle of
Speaker 1: the trenches when the past was thrown and by the
Speaker 1: time the play was completed downfield, he's downfield trying to
Speaker 1: make the tackle. I mean, that's a defensive tackle. And
Speaker 1: I just like the fact that these are young, fast,
Speaker 1: agile guys that are flying around on this defense. They
Speaker 1: have revamped the athleticism of this defense very quickly. And
Speaker 1: it's not too dog that Jalen. But like watch those plays.
Speaker 1: Watch when Jalen is between the hash marks and needs
Speaker 1: to get to the numbers, it's it's not ideal. You can't.
Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't. And then watch Parsons do that
Speaker 1: type of stuff and you can see a stark contrast
Speaker 1: in terms of how quickly they can get to where
Speaker 1: they need to be. And the best part about it
Speaker 1: is is that they've added a lot of speed, a
Speaker 1: lot of you know, athleticism, but they've also added a
Speaker 1: lot of size too. It's a different looking team. They
Speaker 1: got bigger guys across the board, so you know, just
Speaker 1: listening to what Bucky described the Panthers about how fast
Speaker 1: they are, they also have seemingly some undersized guys. Cowboys
Speaker 1: have have done it. Good athleticism but not really lacking
Speaker 1: a lot of size. And I think he said in
Speaker 1: that call, I think he said it was was it
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen when the Panthers became the first team to
Speaker 1: do it all defense draft? Yeah, And it kind of
Speaker 1: reminded me Cowboys went last year. It wasn't all defense,
Speaker 1: but it was a vast majority, was significant, and they
Speaker 1: revamped their defense in one offseason, and this defense is
Speaker 1: playing a lot better. That's rules calling card. I think.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't cover the Panthers, but I think
Speaker 1: he got there and he was like, all right, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna fix what I know how to fix and we'll
Speaker 1: worry about the quarterback situation later. And it looks like
Speaker 1: what's happening? Yeah, I think he's he's a coach that's
Speaker 1: gonna you know, he's looking to see who's gonna win
Speaker 1: a fist fight, you know, like that that type of guys,
Speaker 1: those type of defensive players, toughness and and you know
Speaker 1: that's that's a good place to start, you know, I know,
Speaker 1: being in the in the Big twelve, what he did
Speaker 1: at Baylor was pretty freaking remark he's a hell of
Speaker 1: a coach man. He turned Baylor into a good football program,
Speaker 1: turned Baylor around after everything that went wrong with them
Speaker 1: losing all the talent that they lost, the scholarships and stuff,
Speaker 1: and now he's in the NFL and seems to be
Speaker 1: doing something. Someone think the Panthers are as good as
Speaker 1: the record indicates, but they're I mean, they're good football.
Speaker 1: Last year said Baylor twice, I think Temple, what you did?
Speaker 1: I say, yeah, he was being Temple and then Temple.
Speaker 1: I didn't say Temple, I'm sorry now that No, he
Speaker 1: turned as that was really really impressive there, Temple. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought I thought I said Temple, I'm sorry. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would just say I mean, like the whole Baylor
Speaker 1: then that I was really like, I was thinking, as
Speaker 1: a big twelve guy, all right, we don't have to
Speaker 1: worry about Baylor for a while. It's gonna take him
Speaker 1: a while to get from under the scholarship stuff and
Speaker 1: and by the way, and then quickly like they were like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, Bay was actually pretty good all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, and so yeah, he did a pretty good
Speaker 1: job there. Temple was the team. I just I have
Speaker 1: like childhood memories of like Temples Penn States opener, like
Speaker 1: every year just there throw him to the Lions sixty
Speaker 1: to three game, and then all of a sudden, you know,
Speaker 1: Temple's winning eight nine games every year. Yeah, all right,
Speaker 1: you're gonna I was thinking of this Cowboys running back
Speaker 1: that played at Temple, Paul Palmer. You've heard of him, No,
Speaker 1: I haven't. I should the way now, he was a
Speaker 1: twenty six. I should have used him. The year that
Speaker 1: the Cowboys beat the Redskins is a further only win
Speaker 1: one in fifteen. Paul Palmer was the running back and
Speaker 1: he like lit him up that day and the Cowboys
Speaker 1: finally got to win beat the great I've like learned
Speaker 1: a legitimate amount because the eighties are definitely my Cowboys
Speaker 1: weak spot because like you know about the legendary seventies
Speaker 1: teams and obviously the nineties, it was the eighties for
Speaker 1: me at least, it's a cloud like Yeah, it was.
Speaker 1: It was a transition decade too. That means you're you're
Speaker 1: still thinking you're good, but they're really not. They keep
Speaker 1: losing guys and then just kind of plateau all the way.
Speaker 1: But I think when I started giving you these answers numbers,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you, I'm gonna give you the nick answer,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna give you the right answer. Okay. That's
Speaker 1: why I like that, because you know, because it's like
Speaker 1: when you say twenty two you know whatever, like there's
Speaker 1: a right answer. Well, there's a couple of right answers,
Speaker 1: but imm it, you know. Yeah, But but I'm also
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna give you another just no, like this
Speaker 1: is not a just a one year thing, so you
Speaker 1: don't have to use them all this year. Yeah, we'll
Speaker 1: have episode number thirty two next year as well. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel free to kind of. So I'll just tell
Speaker 1: you next week you don't even have to go to
Speaker 1: Monday because there's gonna be a crazy game. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about Monday. I don't have time. I'll just here right now.
Speaker 1: There's only one answer, Yeah, rookie season Cheeto, who's honestly
Speaker 1: now now now my bad? All right now, it's like
Speaker 1: our first break. When we come back from our break,
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about storylines. I got a few storylines
Speaker 1: for these guys who are gonna figure out what they
Speaker 1: think is going to happen in this game. A little later,
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll get to some questions. We already have a
Speaker 1: couple of questions from Twitter. If you guys want to
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Speaker 1: Let's talk storylines. Cowboys will take on the Panthers is
Speaker 1: Sunday at noon at AT and T Stadium. Panthers are
Speaker 1: three and oh, Cowboys are two and one. First question
Speaker 1: I have for you, guys, Carolina has a ten day
Speaker 1: break coming into this game. Dallas is on a short
Speaker 1: week after playing a Monday night game. How much of
Speaker 1: an advantage is that for Carolina. I mean it's an advantage.
Speaker 1: I just I can't get I can't get as worked
Speaker 1: up about it as a lot of people do. And
Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys played Monday, so I get it.
Speaker 1: That's an extra day where you're not resting, But Thursday
Speaker 1: to Monday, like it's like the two extremes, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: But well, what I was gonna say is, Cowboys played
Speaker 1: on Thursday to open the season, Chargers played on Sunday,
Speaker 1: and they turned around and played the next Sunday. Chargers
Speaker 1: are on a short week. I know Dallas this week
Speaker 1: is shorter, but my point is that every team in
Speaker 1: the league deals with this stuff. Um, at least the
Speaker 1: Cowboys are at home when they have to do it. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's probably an advantage for Carolina, but welcome to the NFL. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's an advantage a little bit. And
Speaker 1: just you know, also when you when you think about
Speaker 1: what Carolina is probably gonna have to do to win
Speaker 1: this game. You know, defensively, they're gonna have to probably
Speaker 1: come up with some different things and and they got
Speaker 1: a little extra time to do that. But that happens
Speaker 1: around the league. It happens all the time, and I
Speaker 1: there's so many things you have to factor in as
Speaker 1: a schedule maker. I don't know if you can say
Speaker 1: short week versus you know, um, you know, short week,
Speaker 1: long week. Did you say the Chargers did they play
Speaker 1: Monday night? No, That's what I'm saying. The Chargers didn't
Speaker 1: have as short of a week. I'm just saying the
Speaker 1: Chargers played Sunday afternoon. Cowboys had the long weekend, right,
Speaker 1: because you can't match up everybody's Thursday. There's no way
Speaker 1: with with all of the moving parts and the fact
Speaker 1: that they play four nights a week now or however
Speaker 1: many nights. I just you're gonna you're gonna have these
Speaker 1: weeks and people have a problem with it. Watch Less
Speaker 1: Football on TV gave the league lesson centive to do
Speaker 1: this stuff. But we know that's not going to happen,
Speaker 1: So yeah, what do you want to do? I mean
Speaker 1: they watch it like when it comes to like Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: stuff like that. You know, the Cowboys I think will
Speaker 1: always from now on have a road game as long
Speaker 1: as four as long oh oh yeah, yeah, yeah, just
Speaker 1: just to make it some I mean before Thanksgiving. I
Speaker 1: know that's been a lot of things teams have kind
Speaker 1: of complained about because the Cowboys get a Yeah, that
Speaker 1: offsets the fact that you're always playing a Thursday home game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I bet you that. I have to look at
Speaker 1: the last few years, but I bet you the team
Speaker 1: that's traveling to the Cowboys will probably play a home
Speaker 1: game the Sunday the Sunday before. It seems like a
Speaker 1: good bed. But you know, you can't, you know, but
Speaker 1: it is an advantage. Yeah, it's advantage. I mean, coaches
Speaker 1: think covering their mouth before they call play is an advantage.
Speaker 1: So yeah, they probably think this is a disadvantage. And
Speaker 1: by the way, this is not the question was not
Speaker 1: from the standpoint of a complaint as much as it
Speaker 1: is what are you are you expecting to see something different?
Speaker 1: Because again, when you're talking about it's one thing for
Speaker 1: a team even to have played on Thursday and the
Speaker 1: other team to have played on Sunday. You're talking about
Speaker 1: the two extremes. You played on Thursday and then you
Speaker 1: played the other one team played on Monday. That's a
Speaker 1: significant amount of difference in in recovery, is what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: And so do you guys expect to see that play
Speaker 1: out on the fields? Not masking? No, that's I mean
Speaker 1: teams Monday night football has been a thing forever. I mean,
Speaker 1: teams know how to play on that schedule. Third, I
Speaker 1: mean getting ready for Thursday. Yeah, that's I mean, that's
Speaker 1: a different animal. But you still have six days and
Speaker 1: again that's why you do stuff like not practice Randy
Speaker 1: Gregory even though he could probably practice. And actually, you know,
Speaker 1: there's a whole interesting wrinkle about it from a preparation
Speaker 1: standpoint where McCarthy was talking to us this week about
Speaker 1: how they had people on staff who on Saturday and
Speaker 1: Sunday of last weekend, we're game planning for Carolina. They're
Speaker 1: like the Hayes in the barn for Philly. Well, we'll
Speaker 1: take care of that, but you guys, let's do some
Speaker 1: advance work. And then Tuesday morning, the coordinators Kellen Moore
Speaker 1: and those guys dan Quinn, they skipped the Philly game
Speaker 1: like they got up. I'm sure they probably watched the
Speaker 1: tape that night after the game, but they got up
Speaker 1: Tuesday at oh dark thirty and we're onto Carolina. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just it's just the way you got to do
Speaker 1: things in these situations. All right, let's move on to
Speaker 1: the next topic. Carolina has a number one defense in
Speaker 1: the league. Is there number one defense the result of
Speaker 1: a weaker schedule? Or will would this be the week
Speaker 1: that someone slows down the Dallas Dallas is high powered
Speaker 1: offensive attack. I think that's that is the central that's
Speaker 1: the central question with this game. Very so what do
Speaker 1: you think is gonna happen? I think both things can
Speaker 1: be true. I think again, Matt Rules a great defensive
Speaker 1: coach Phil snow as well. He's been with and they've
Speaker 1: known each other forever. Um, they have talent, obviously, we
Speaker 1: talked about that yesterday. Um, So I don't I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a complete fluke. But I also they have
Speaker 1: not played somebody of Dallas's caliber on offense yet to
Speaker 1: just happen. Even the Saints, who have a more veteran offense,
Speaker 1: were decimated by covid U. So yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: respect what Carolina has done, but I'm not intimidated by it.
Speaker 1: It's the best time of year. This is college football,
Speaker 1: pro football. It's best time of year because football season
Speaker 1: is going on, you're in it, and it's still is
Speaker 1: still early enough to not know everything that's happened. Every
Speaker 1: game's fun. Every game is you know, and you think
Speaker 1: you think you know some stuff and you don't. I mean, like,
Speaker 1: like I think, Dave you alluded to the twenty nineteen Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Is that right? Three? You know? Started three and oh
Speaker 1: you know, and everybody said they had and played anyone yet,
Speaker 1: And as it turned out, they hit they hadn't and
Speaker 1: it showed. And I think if it's eight and eight,
Speaker 1: they sure did, so, you know, and it's just, you know,
Speaker 1: the bottom fell out there in the week week four,
Speaker 1: and they faced the defense that shut them down there
Speaker 1: in New Orleans, and then um, the Jets came and
Speaker 1: all you know, I guess there was a loss in
Speaker 1: between there. I can't remember how those three losses went.
Speaker 1: They lost, they a New Orleans game, New Orleans and
Speaker 1: then the Packers I believe, and then the Jets twelve
Speaker 1: to ten, twelve to ten. Hated that game. Yeah, Um,
Speaker 1: but I just think it's it's early, it's it's you're
Speaker 1: both both things could be right, I mean it is,
Speaker 1: but I am I'll take Dallas's resume so far up
Speaker 1: against just about anybody, and that like, screw the Philly game.
Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about that. Going on the road
Speaker 1: and beating a very talented Charger team that just beat
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Transitive properties not a thing, but that is
Speaker 1: a testament to their quality that they can beat the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: And then you take and Tampa Bay to the buzzer
Speaker 1: on the road in that environment. Yeah, what we thought
Speaker 1: of Tampa Bay's defense coming to this season based on
Speaker 1: last year, was that that was going to be a really,
Speaker 1: really great group which returned all of their players, and
Speaker 1: the Cowboys put up points on them. Yeah, and you know,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, when you look at the Cowboys Panthers,
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys should get more of the benefit
Speaker 1: of the doubt because if you said, come into it, hey,
Speaker 1: Dak's gonna be rolling, That offense is gonna be going,
Speaker 1: They're gonna play all kinds away. Kellen Moore, You're like, Okay,
Speaker 1: I saw what I saw last year and him healthy
Speaker 1: and all that. Yeah, I could see that. Um if
Speaker 1: you're like, Panthers are gonna be three and oh their
Speaker 1: defense is going to be you know, menacing, Like oh really,
Speaker 1: So you're still surprised a little bit. So if you
Speaker 1: get the benefit of the doubt that that's why they
Speaker 1: play the game, They're gonna play it sending We'll find out.
Speaker 1: This is a statement game for both teams. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: say if Carolina five, if Carolina wins, they'll be the
Speaker 1: talk of the league. Not that Dallas is the scene
Speaker 1: as this juggernat, but it's like, Okay, you went on
Speaker 1: the road and beat a great quarterback what looks to
Speaker 1: be a pretty good team. Yeah, I mean they'll they'll
Speaker 1: be the talk of the NFL if the people will
Speaker 1: talk less about what the Saints were missing and say
Speaker 1: more of Hey, they beat the Cowboys and the Saints. Yea,
Speaker 1: and both those teams you think are two of the better, better,
Speaker 1: not great, two of the better teams in this in
Speaker 1: this day, at least in this conference, right, and so yeah,
Speaker 1: that that definitely changes the narrative on the Panthers. What
Speaker 1: a difference that game can make. It just in your record.
Speaker 1: Just think about where we're gonna be sitting here on Monday,
Speaker 1: three and one or two and two. Big difference. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just huge. It's it's a huge difference in where
Speaker 1: even though it's one game and it's a longer season,
Speaker 1: but man, three, I mean it'll this This is a
Speaker 1: This is a huge game for the Cowboys. They got
Speaker 1: If they're gonna be the team they think they're gonna be,
Speaker 1: you have to, Jason Garrett stack wins on top of
Speaker 1: each other. That's what you have to do. Why football
Speaker 1: is so great. Just you get one shot at it,
Speaker 1: and I mean you get seventeen shots at it, but
Speaker 1: you only get you get one a week, and they
Speaker 1: all matter a lot. Yeah, all right, So how will
Speaker 1: this offensive line, particularly steal Beyondish Williams, hold up against
Speaker 1: the league's best pressure defense and that's at least statistically,
Speaker 1: they are the best pressure defense in the league. How
Speaker 1: do they hold up? So I actually read a really
Speaker 1: great story from a buddy of mine, Benjamin Solak, who
Speaker 1: works for The Ringer. He wrote a whole breakdown of
Speaker 1: the Panthers defense and kind of what they do and
Speaker 1: how they pressure, and there it was very complimentary toward
Speaker 1: the Panthers, but then it kind of transitioned. It was like, okay,
Speaker 1: but this is a different caliber of quarterback. And I
Speaker 1: guess the point I'm bringing up is they're gonna pressure Dak,
Speaker 1: and an offensive line is probably gonna have its handful.
Speaker 1: But over the last two years, Dak is incredible against pressure,
Speaker 1: Like if you blitz him, the success rate is off
Speaker 1: the charts. And that's again, that's what makes this so
Speaker 1: fun is I'll take my chances with the Panthers do
Speaker 1: and what they're doing, and I you know, I bet
Speaker 1: Dak will get sacked a couple of times. But he's
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna make them pay if they do that
Speaker 1: too much, is my guess. Yep. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: running the ball, I said it yesterday. I think running
Speaker 1: the ball is certainly gonna help with that. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: just just just be balanced. I mean, be don't be
Speaker 1: a one dimensional team. And that's why scoring early what
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore has been able to do, scheming this up
Speaker 1: and getting some you know, early drives. All three games
Speaker 1: they have come out and have done a nice job.
Speaker 1: That first game in Tampa, they were on two, they
Speaker 1: got down there. I mean it's the one throw. Dak
Speaker 1: probably with one or two throws of that game he'd
Speaker 1: like to have back. He miss the wide open, probably
Speaker 1: would have scored there. But they are starting fast, and
Speaker 1: by starting fast then they can play, they can run,
Speaker 1: they can pass the you know, mixed up the way
Speaker 1: they want to do. So I think whoever scores first here,
Speaker 1: you know, gets gets a nice advantage, is going to
Speaker 1: have a huge advantage in this game. I do think.
Speaker 1: And actually it was it was funny bit of synergy
Speaker 1: because I was in the studio yesterday. I was in
Speaker 1: the control room getting ready to shoot my show and
Speaker 1: Will McClay came in to shoot his segment of The
Speaker 1: Coaches Show, and he broke down the way the Panthers
Speaker 1: do things, and it was in the story I just
Speaker 1: referenced as well, which is they love They basically disguise pressure,
Speaker 1: so they'll show you a look, you know, two dbs
Speaker 1: come down, safety comes down, whatever, and then at the
Speaker 1: last second they'll drop back and do this, and the
Speaker 1: line has already made their calls and done this, that
Speaker 1: and the other, like, Okay, we've got two guys on
Speaker 1: the left, we got to account for that. Then those
Speaker 1: guys bail out. Line doesn't have people in front of him,
Speaker 1: and meanwhile, Brian Burns has an unblocked look at the quarterback,
Speaker 1: which it's fun to watch defenses do stuff like that.
Speaker 1: But again, Dak Prescott is going to be way better
Speaker 1: at accounting for that type of stuff than Zach Wilson.
Speaker 1: And I think that's who that blitz came against, if
Speaker 1: I remember correctly. So yeah, I think them Connor and
Speaker 1: Tyler and those guys handling all of the weird stuff
Speaker 1: Caroline is probably gonna want to do is going to
Speaker 1: be a big challenge for this game. But I think
Speaker 1: having Dak. I mean Matt Rule. Actually, Matt Rules said
Speaker 1: it this week. He was like, he looks like Brady
Speaker 1: and Manning at the line in the way that he's
Speaker 1: up there. He can account for everything. He knows what
Speaker 1: every moving part is, and I think that's going to
Speaker 1: give them an advantage in that and the other thing
Speaker 1: on that saying on an interesting point that's similar to that.
Speaker 1: You look at Dak and how quickly he gets rid
Speaker 1: of the ball. I read a stat earlier this week
Speaker 1: he's the sixth fastest in the league with regards how
Speaker 1: fast he gets the ball out against teams like that,
Speaker 1: Like that matters, right, And then you think about how
Speaker 1: they played particularly, I think it was in that first
Speaker 1: game where you remember early in the game, hey, we're
Speaker 1: doing all these different kinds of exotic things and misdirections,
Speaker 1: and when you got a really fast defense that's really aggressive,
Speaker 1: doing those kinds of things can a lot of times
Speaker 1: get them to slow down a little bit because they
Speaker 1: have to take their time to figure out where the
Speaker 1: ball is and what's happening. So I think between those
Speaker 1: two things, I think the Cowboys are really positioned well
Speaker 1: to be able to deal with a very aggressive and
Speaker 1: fast defense like this one and be able to offset
Speaker 1: some of that stuff with what they do offensively. All right,
Speaker 1: we're gonna take our final break. We'll come back. We
Speaker 1: got a couple more storylines we want to hit, and
Speaker 1: then we'll get into some questions. We'll be right back.
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Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star and let's flip
Speaker 1: over to the defensive side. There a couple of storylines
Speaker 1: I want to hear with you guys. How much will
Speaker 1: Dallas benefit from the absence of Christian McCaffrey. I think
Speaker 1: that's well. I mean, obviously, when you lose a all
Speaker 1: Pro caliber player, that's big. I mean that seems obvious.
Speaker 1: But well, let's the reason why I say that, though,
Speaker 1: is how many times have we seen over the last
Speaker 1: several years, you go into a game there's some star
Speaker 1: player that's not there and you're like, oh, this is
Speaker 1: gonna be an opportunity and doesn't get taken anybody. Somebody
Speaker 1: else steps up and they kill you. I mentioned this
Speaker 1: a couple days ago, but I do wonder having a
Speaker 1: versatile running back. And I haven't watched a ton of Carolina.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but all twenty two fix it game pass sucks.
Speaker 1: It's awful. Having a versatile running back is. So it's
Speaker 1: something that Joe Brady has leaned on in his career,
Speaker 1: and that's Christian McCaffrey is a guy that you can
Speaker 1: feed the ball to as a runner. Sixteen catches in
Speaker 1: nine quarters of play. I mean, do the math on that.
Speaker 1: That's he's just he's your safety net, and so the
Speaker 1: closest thing to a safety net other than that, assuming
Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard is a rookie who's going to take some times,
Speaker 1: probably Tommy Tremble, who is also a rookie. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I just think in terms of having that outlet to
Speaker 1: just get the ball out if you need to, Bucky said,
Speaker 1: Darnold looks comfortable. A big part of that is probably
Speaker 1: having a little bit of a do everything guy who
Speaker 1: can help you manufacture yards easily. Yeah, and when you're
Speaker 1: a guy like McCaffrey, who who you know, he shines
Speaker 1: in the passing game. You know, he has a good
Speaker 1: understanding of do I block here? Do I leak out
Speaker 1: here and take a screen? You know, just say it's
Speaker 1: not just passes out and routes. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: very rarely does that happen. This is this is he's
Speaker 1: got a good flow of it, and a rookie is
Speaker 1: harder for them to figure that out. So I think
Speaker 1: athletically though, chop be Hubbard can be a really good
Speaker 1: player and a good runner, and you got somebody to
Speaker 1: watch out for. But I wonder if they're going to
Speaker 1: lose a little bit in that dynamic of okay, blitz
Speaker 1: here when we see this, we do this, you know,
Speaker 1: do I pick up this guy? So it'll it'll it's
Speaker 1: you know, he's not he won't be considered one of
Speaker 1: the best backs in the NFL if they if he
Speaker 1: just leaves and another guy just comes in and takes
Speaker 1: his place. I don't and I think he is one
Speaker 1: of the best backs. Yeah, that's a can of worms.
Speaker 1: But it made me think about the Zeke Pollard debate.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're good players all over the NFL. I
Speaker 1: mean you can replace production if if the player is
Speaker 1: good especial at the running back, and the coaches know
Speaker 1: how to scheme for him. I haven't seen it from
Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard. I know he was a great college player
Speaker 1: and he deceptively fast. He's like a he did track
Speaker 1: at a pretty high level. I don't remember the specifics,
Speaker 1: but he's yeah, he's good. All right. Um, final defensive question.
Speaker 1: Can Dallas create pressure, sacks, turnovers against a questionable offensive line.
Speaker 1: You've got Cam Irving, who Cowboys know a little bit
Speaker 1: about as their starting left tackle. Bucky Brooks also mentioned
Speaker 1: their center Matt Paratus. What do you think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: chances are of getting pressure and maybe even sacks this
Speaker 1: week against this offensive line. I'm bummed because I played
Speaker 1: the Bengals defense last night instead of the Cowboys, and
Speaker 1: I thought to myself, all you had to hear was
Speaker 1: Cam Irving is starting on the other side. You should
Speaker 1: have just done it. Yeah. I did the same thing. Nack.
Speaker 1: Yeahs got me a sack. Weird what It's a strange
Speaker 1: play in my opinion, no offense, but that's it was.
Speaker 1: But this is when you get cute. This is when
Speaker 1: you get cute. You're like, oh, they've been doing pretty
Speaker 1: good against other Trevor has been thrown a lot of Yes. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so you're like, Okay, this all kind of matches up.
Speaker 1: It's primetime. Maybe they're at home, like maybe their defense
Speaker 1: just really goes in and goes crazy and not so much. Anyway,
Speaker 1: go ahead, I just uh, Cowboys defense putting pressure. Yes.
Speaker 1: Fun stat that I did not know until thirty minutes
Speaker 1: ago is that Donald has fumbled three times already this season.
Speaker 1: So yeah, there's some potential here. Yeah, we know Cam
Speaker 1: cam Irving is not. That's that should be a favorable
Speaker 1: matchup for Randy Gregory and hopefully for Michael Parsons. Um, yes,
Speaker 1: they should be able to put some pressure on Donald.
Speaker 1: I would hope. So, okay, go to the East over
Speaker 1: here to Carolina and Charlotte and Panther's break whatever they
Speaker 1: call it on the on the on the crow keep pounding. Yeah,
Speaker 1: um they say. You know. Fun fact that I just
Speaker 1: found out thirty minutes ago is Dak's fumbled four times
Speaker 1: this year. You go, I mean like, sure, you know,
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying it's maybe you lose. He's lost two,
Speaker 1: he lost the one against Philly and what did he
Speaker 1: lose another one? Oh? He might only lost one. Actually not,
Speaker 1: I think about it trying to. I think Zach Zack
Speaker 1: jumped on the one in LA What was I don't
Speaker 1: even I know he's That's why I don't think they're
Speaker 1: Sometimes you know, you fumble it, you just get it yourself.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, technically, I'm okay, it does it counts as
Speaker 1: a fumble that Dak dropped the snap and then threw
Speaker 1: a touchdown to a Mari r That's a fule. Is
Speaker 1: that a fumble? It might be, It might be can
Speaker 1: considered a fund I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure it does.
Speaker 1: If you go look at the play by play, it
Speaker 1: says like, yeah, so so I'm That's why I say
Speaker 1: fumbles lost to me is a best Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: and just fumbles. But good Sam Darnold though, has more
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns this year than he's had in his whole
Speaker 1: career combined, Like he had two his whole career, and
Speaker 1: he's had three in the first three games. So he's
Speaker 1: you know, and I remember this from the game that
Speaker 1: they played the Jets. I was surprised, of course, it
Speaker 1: wasn't that the year that everybody, every quarterback was running
Speaker 1: on them drifskull and but Darnald, I mean he showed
Speaker 1: you some some He's not a statue. He's really not.
Speaker 1: He's not. He's not as mobile as Herbert and obviously
Speaker 1: not hurts, but he's not a statue. Honestly, there's very few,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, very few quarterbacks that come out of
Speaker 1: college these days that can't at least move around a
Speaker 1: little bit. Like it seems like all quarterbacks at this point.
Speaker 1: Part of the job is you better be able to move.
Speaker 1: I mean Ben Roethlisberger was, I mean, he was as
Speaker 1: big as a house when he came out of college,
Speaker 1: and he's he's always been able to kind of maybe
Speaker 1: not anymore, but not anymore when you back in the day.
Speaker 1: The interesting thing about him was he was a take.
Speaker 1: So when he moved around, good luck taking him down,
Speaker 1: especial if he got a running start like it was
Speaker 1: just he was a big deal. You're right, you don't
Speaker 1: see a lot of y like that. It's four fumbles
Speaker 1: for Darnald, But to your point, he's only lost one
Speaker 1: of them, got it. But I do if you can
Speaker 1: put some bodies around him in the pocket. Yeah, that's interesting.
Speaker 1: You got a shot. If the ball hits the ground,
Speaker 1: you got a shot. And I just I have to
Speaker 1: believe they've been able to reliably get pressure against two
Speaker 1: teams that overall have better lines. And I know Philly
Speaker 1: was banged up with my Latta not out there, but
Speaker 1: they should. I don't know if they're gonna sack him
Speaker 1: a bunch, but they should be able to put some
Speaker 1: traffic around him. And I'm guessing he's not at the
Speaker 1: top of that list I mentioned earlier of God to
Speaker 1: get rid of the ball really quickly. I'm guessing he's
Speaker 1: not up there at the top of the list, so
Speaker 1: you should have some time. I agree. All right, let's
Speaker 1: let's go take a phone call. We got a call
Speaker 1: from Ryan in Arizona. Ryan, what up? Hey? Ryan? Hey guys.
Speaker 1: I hope everyone's having a good day. I was out
Speaker 1: for the Eagles game last week, and you know, that's
Speaker 1: probably the first game that wasn't spoiled by poor safety
Speaker 1: play that I've done to And it makes me nervous
Speaker 1: that so many of these guys are on one year deals.
Speaker 1: How do you guys see this shaking out long term?
Speaker 1: Who's coming back next year might be pretty mature, But
Speaker 1: I got a little PTSD on the topic. That's totally fair. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I understand that you finally see good
Speaker 1: safety play and you want to hold on to it.
Speaker 1: But I mean it's a little early for me to
Speaker 1: be thinking about that, right, I just I know it's
Speaker 1: it's early, and because to me, I don't even think
Speaker 1: about the safeties. I think about the scheme, and I
Speaker 1: think about the defensive coordinator and stuff like that. If
Speaker 1: dan Quinn is your defensive coordinator, I feel confident that
Speaker 1: safeties are gonna want to play for him, and they're
Speaker 1: gonna understand what they're doing and they're gonna be playmakers.
Speaker 1: So as long as that's if he's the coordinator, I
Speaker 1: feel confident on whoever he brings in. I'll just leave
Speaker 1: it at that. And not only that, just to try
Speaker 1: to give you a little more peace of mind. Off
Speaker 1: the top of my head, I mean, Demante Casey is
Speaker 1: a veteran at this point, as is j Ron Curse.
Speaker 1: Curse has been in the league since sixteen. I think
Speaker 1: Casey's seventeen. They both came here for dan Quinn. They
Speaker 1: both you know, they're not these big market big money.
Speaker 1: I guess what I'm trying to say is they would
Speaker 1: have to have Pro Bowl caliber years to price themselves
Speaker 1: out of here, which maybe they will, but right now
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to say that. So I think it's
Speaker 1: completely plausible that you could sign one or both of
Speaker 1: those guys too deals that won't kill you. And then
Speaker 1: I didn't include Malie Cooker in that because he's got
Speaker 1: the name wreck. I mean, he's a first round pick.
Speaker 1: If for some reason he blows up, maybe that could
Speaker 1: be problematic for you. But right now he's not playing
Speaker 1: enough snaps where I think he would have that opportunity.
Speaker 1: So I don't view that as this drastic thing where like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, all these guys are gonna be worth
Speaker 1: ten million a year next year. I don't think that's realistic.
Speaker 1: If you want, if you want to keep them, the
Speaker 1: likelihood that you could keep them is probably pretty sure.
Speaker 1: And if they do price themselves out of here, it
Speaker 1: means you had a hell of a year. So that
Speaker 1: means your safeties went to the Pro Bowl. If your
Speaker 1: safeties go to the Pro Bowl, that means you had
Speaker 1: a pretty good year defensively. And if you do that,
Speaker 1: that means they probably are a playoff team, probably a
Speaker 1: deep play. So I would guess if that is a
Speaker 1: problem in twenty twenty two, it will be a good
Speaker 1: problem to have. Yeah, but I don't think it's going
Speaker 1: to happen. All right, let's go back to the phone line.
Speaker 1: We got a call from Bob in Nashville. Bob, what up? Hey, guys,
Speaker 1: great show, Thank you, Thank you. He correct me if
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, But I think Dallas's record overall when the
Speaker 1: running game is, you know, over one hundred hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty yards, is a lot better than when doct rows
Speaker 1: the ball fifty or more times. So who's us? I
Speaker 1: think to probably run the ball as much as we can.
Speaker 1: What about the addition of a fullback? I think I
Speaker 1: tweeted that to you, Derek. I really think that's a
Speaker 1: valuable asset if we can utilize that, because that means
Speaker 1: that they pick up that first defender like usually a
Speaker 1: linebacker the zeker Tony Pollard doesn't have to deal with.
Speaker 1: I wanted to pick your brains about that. Thanks guys, Okay,
Speaker 1: thank you. Can I say something real quick before you
Speaker 1: get to that. This always bugs me a little bit
Speaker 1: when people talk about that stat of well, they win
Speaker 1: when they rush, because I think what everybody's forgetting is
Speaker 1: rushing is a byproduct of winning. Like what I mean
Speaker 1: is when you're winning, you're able to run more in
Speaker 1: the second half, so there will be games win. It
Speaker 1: looks like that's the reason why would Really that's not
Speaker 1: the reason why you want. It's a byproduct. But go ahead,
Speaker 1: I want to I want to get to whatever. No
Speaker 1: one ever says, Hey, we gotta pass out the clock here, right,
Speaker 1: I mean we're running out the clock. That's what That's
Speaker 1: what you're trying to do. That's typically what you do,
Speaker 1: and running stats or a sign of success. I think
Speaker 1: I've never heard Kellen Moore say this, but I think
Speaker 1: that in his offense he feels like a fullback sort
Speaker 1: of limits what they want to do from a versatility standpoint.
Speaker 1: When now, if you get a dynamic fullback that can
Speaker 1: you know, be really good out of the backfield catching
Speaker 1: the ball, that's that's one thing. But you know, you
Speaker 1: put these guys on the field because you want to
Speaker 1: create matchup problems. You have these two tight ends, Well
Speaker 1: can run it out of this, we can throw it
Speaker 1: out of this fullback. You know, it's really got to
Speaker 1: be a third and one. Here's McGovern coming in or
Speaker 1: whoever they want to bring in at fullback, and we're
Speaker 1: not trying to trick you. We're just trying to get
Speaker 1: this yard. So I think for the most part though,
Speaker 1: they don't really want to have a fullback out there's
Speaker 1: and I love the solution to it because you do
Speaker 1: want one on occasion, and Kellen was like, Connor McGovern
Speaker 1: can do this, and I think Sean McEwan can probably
Speaker 1: do stuff like that when he's healthy again. Blake Bell
Speaker 1: had a very small role doing stuff like that last year,
Speaker 1: and I love the versatility of it because you're not
Speaker 1: necessarily tipping your hand and that's the thing is. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if it's third and fourth and one and you just
Speaker 1: gotta dig people out and get a yard, that's great,
Speaker 1: But in general, why do you want to invite people
Speaker 1: into the box, And that's what a fullback does. You're like, okay,
Speaker 1: they got a lead blocker, here he comes, and now
Speaker 1: you're crowding down my goal. And I think Kellen's goal
Speaker 1: is to spread things out and be again as multidimensional
Speaker 1: as possible and create the most favorable matchups. I want
Speaker 1: Zeke running into nickelbacks, not linebackers. Yeah, but I will
Speaker 1: say this, if you do invite those guys down into
Speaker 1: the box, you need a guy that's going to be
Speaker 1: in that fullback position, like a Connor mcgoverned who moves people,
Speaker 1: and like, you can't have just And I know they've
Speaker 1: done this before, The Cowboys have done this in the
Speaker 1: past where they'll take a tight end and put him
Speaker 1: in that situation and the tight end runs up to
Speaker 1: the line and he blocks the guy, but he had
Speaker 1: moved him. So when you're in close quarters and you
Speaker 1: need that yard, you need somebody's gonna move. You need
Speaker 1: somebody that's gonna make away. And that's where I love
Speaker 1: what they deal with Connor McGregor, I mean governed. Get
Speaker 1: somebody out back there that's actually going to move someone
Speaker 1: out of the way so you're running back then has
Speaker 1: a bit of a lane or at least a crease
Speaker 1: where he can get that yard. It's a fun wrinkling.
Speaker 1: I hope we see some more of it in those
Speaker 1: in those situations, Nah, I don't want to see mcgovernor
Speaker 1: out there on too many. First, they need to play McGregor.
Speaker 1: He can hang out in the suite, right, but I
Speaker 1: don't want to see him out there now. You want
Speaker 1: to see the McGregor walk afterwards when you get into
Speaker 1: the end zone. But now they need to play called
Speaker 1: the QB sneak and not. And I'm not talking about QB.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about Quintin Bohanna. Oh God, put him in
Speaker 1: there and let him just run into somebody. I'm talking
Speaker 1: about as a fullback. As a fullback, okay, because when
Speaker 1: you say QB sneak, I'm imagining Bohannah taking the snack. No,
Speaker 1: you know what I really want him to do, and
Speaker 1: it might hurt your quarterback, but yeah, no, don't. Don't
Speaker 1: you want him to do it would have worked, No,
Speaker 1: he need your quarterback might not have gotten up. No, No,
Speaker 1: that's not what I what I say. I say this
Speaker 1: in the press box all the time, Like on a
Speaker 1: quarterback sneak, I want my fullback just hitting the quarterback
Speaker 1: right in the back. No, I'm pushed up. I'm one
Speaker 1: hundred percent. I'm with you. By the way, like Dak's
Speaker 1: wearing a flak jacket, he's a grown man. He's fine,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna push it doesn't okay, he doesn't have
Speaker 1: to lead in targeting Okay, just just push like just
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get in the pain anyway I can.
Speaker 1: Dak Dak does a quarterback is way too important to
Speaker 1: me for me to have a defensive lineman hitting him
Speaker 1: in the back on purpose like friendly shove. Okay, can
Speaker 1: we just show up like Dak is Dak is like
Speaker 1: the toughest. He might not he's tough. I got that.
Speaker 1: That's not my point. My point is things happen in
Speaker 1: the NFL. It is a contact sport. Like I don't
Speaker 1: want to create extra contact for my I'm not asking
Speaker 1: him to spear of the quarterback in the back. Just push,
Speaker 1: push alright, alright, real quick for you in the show
Speaker 1: when you to get some predictions, what do you guys
Speaker 1: things gonna happen this Sunday, twelve o'clock noon. Cowboys Panthers.
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys. I think it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: good game. I think I do believe that the Panthers
Speaker 1: are probably one of those teams that's gonna be a
Speaker 1: you know, a good, well improved team. This is a
Speaker 1: great test for them. I think the Cowboys are a
Speaker 1: rolland though and it's gonna be it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: good game. I think they win. I'll say twenty four nineteen. Okay, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that. I just I have this
Speaker 1: feeling like something weird's gonna happen. The score score of
Speaker 1: this game is gonna be weird. Ye, just somebody's gonna
Speaker 1: get a safety or maybe a missed extra point, hopefully
Speaker 1: not from IM. But I think it's maybe I don't.
Speaker 1: I just I just feel that I feel like it's
Speaker 1: something Mucky's gonna happen. Um, But I do like I
Speaker 1: have absolute faith in this offense. The way they're playing
Speaker 1: right now. Dak Prescott is so impressive and so confident.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna look pretty all the time.
Speaker 1: At like they're gonna pressure him, like I said, I
Speaker 1: bet he takes a couple of sacks, but I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna burn them if they try to pressure him
Speaker 1: too much. I think I think there's a lot of
Speaker 1: plays to be made in the passing game. Amari Cooper
Speaker 1: has talked this week about how much man they play,
Speaker 1: have fun, play all the man you want. I think
Speaker 1: the Cowboys will win that more often than not. Um,
Speaker 1: And I so I don't think it's gonna be an
Speaker 1: easy win. But I think the Cowboys win twenty five twenty.
Speaker 1: I think the Panthers. Panthers defense has enough to them
Speaker 1: to kind of stand up and they're not gonna score
Speaker 1: forty this week, but twenty I got twenty four nineteen,
Speaker 1: so that's I had twenty five twenty before you said that.
Speaker 1: So like my eyebrows kind of perked up I had
Speaker 1: when you said I was think because I was thinking
Speaker 1: twenty four sixteen. I think it's the game. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: don't score as much as they would against North. I
Speaker 1: think they're gonna have some issue. They're gonna some things
Speaker 1: are gonna have to figure out. But I think when
Speaker 1: they get rolling, I think they'll score. And I actually
Speaker 1: I was actually even thinking that's healthy. The sixteen for
Speaker 1: them is kind of healthy. I think without their best player,
Speaker 1: I think offensively they may be stretched a bit and
Speaker 1: it may be closer to ten or twelve points. Hey
Speaker 1: for Carolina, because I just I think they're gonna have
Speaker 1: some struggles trying to get the ball in his ze.
Speaker 1: I think the way the game's gonna stay close is
Speaker 1: their defense is going to create some places for them,
Speaker 1: maybe some turnovers. That's gonna be the big issue for
Speaker 1: not calling out the Cowboys fans Cowboys Nation, because they're
Speaker 1: they're great fans, but this is a test for them.
Speaker 1: Monday night Eagles first game. Yeah, congratulations, you got loud,
Speaker 1: he had towels. You did it, you want, Yeah, you did.
Speaker 1: You did an awesome job. And they they played a role.
Speaker 1: Noon Panthers bring it. That's where you needed. That's where
Speaker 1: you needed to show that that you're this is you know,
Speaker 1: you're in this thing, and like we haven't always seen
Speaker 1: that but before I'm not you know, I don't know
Speaker 1: if Carolina's gonna have a lot of fans. They'll probably
Speaker 1: gonna have some. You know, they're probably excited about their
Speaker 1: teams in the game. You're gonna get a lot, be
Speaker 1: a couple. But I just think this is this is
Speaker 1: one where you know, you want to have a home
Speaker 1: field advantage. It's easy to do it on the Monday
Speaker 1: night against the vision team that you hate. Do it
Speaker 1: against the Panthers, Yeah, beautifully said. Okay, noon games against Yeah,
Speaker 1: noon game against an uncommon opponents. It has a tendency
Speaker 1: to be kind of sleepy in there. I'm calling you, Olivia,
Speaker 1: my daughter at the game. Bring it, Okay, thank you. Now,
Speaker 1: this is one of those games where you know fans
Speaker 1: can tend to sometimes, you know, fans can be this
Speaker 1: is one of those games on the schedule you're like,
Speaker 1: you know, I'll take my season tickets and I'll sell
Speaker 1: these tickets because this is just the Panthers. I want it.
Speaker 1: But and so yeah, you got rhino though. Maybe that
Speaker 1: maybe that that's like you said, this is a sexier
Speaker 1: looking game than it was three weeks ago. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So we'll see. We'll be back on Monday. We'll let
Speaker 1: you guys know what went right and wrong for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Break all that down for you till then for Nick
Speaker 1: even a, Dave helm and I'm Derek Higelts and this
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