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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Clubs. 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: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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Speaker 1: It is Friday, December eighteenth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number eighty three. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: presented by Geico. We will be talking about Cowboys versus

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Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers that happens this Sunday at noon. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And in order to get ready for that, we got

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Speaker 1: to start with the injury updates. Um Zeke Elliott. He

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Speaker 1: has not practiced all week. Mike McCarthy said this morning

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Speaker 1: that he's a little bit behind because he actually played

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Speaker 1: last weekend. Jerry in a later interview this morning, see

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Speaker 1: he fully expects Zeke to play. My question for you guys,

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Speaker 1: and I'll start with you, Nick, why risk playing him

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Speaker 1: if he's not healthy at this point? Well, I mean,

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Speaker 1: if if you wouldn't, you're not gonna play him if

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Speaker 1: he's not healthy. If he's not healthy, I don't think

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Speaker 1: he plays. If he's healthy enough to play, then I

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Speaker 1: think he plays. I mean, it's just as simple as that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's he's your top running back, and

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Speaker 1: he got games to play, and you know they can

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Speaker 1: still make the playoffs. So I mean, if he's healthy

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Speaker 1: enough to play, he plays. Dave. Yeah, I mean, And

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Speaker 1: that's the classic difference between fans and media and the

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Speaker 1: team itself is you know, you don't have to believe

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Speaker 1: that they're gonna make the playoffs, but they're mathematically still alive.

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Speaker 1: If Zeke's healthy enough to play, he should play. I

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Speaker 1: mean that goes again. First of all, you know, also

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Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott wants to play. He's a competite, he wants

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Speaker 1: to win. He doesn't care about draft order and any

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Speaker 1: of that stuff. And he makes fifteen million dollars a year.

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Speaker 1: So get out there and play some football if you

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Speaker 1: feel up to it. Yeah, I don't have a problem

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Speaker 1: all that. But if it was up to me, I

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Speaker 1: the sideline. You're good, But he seems like if he

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Speaker 1: that are now on the injury report. So Dave catch

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Speaker 1: I'm leaning toward thinking everybody's up. Are you talking about

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Speaker 1: this isn't a great team, but certainly they do some

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Speaker 1: I disciplined, something that Mike McCarthy actually talked about this morning,

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Speaker 1: They're five and eight Cowboys at four and nine. Let's

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Speaker 1: go ahead and talk about the preview though, between the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys and the forty nine Ers. DA if you wrote

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's really it's something that I've been thinking

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Speaker 1: you said something like this earlier this week, Derek, is

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Speaker 1: Cowboys should have had a little more or should have

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Speaker 1: been a little more prepared to sustain them. No, Okay, no,

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Speaker 1: they don't. I think their swing tackle was probably the

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Speaker 1: maybe Nick or Dave whatever he's about to say. Mine

429
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Speaker 1: comes more from the heart my feeling. Okay, And this

430
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Speaker 1: one it's a tough one because you talk about all

431
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Speaker 1: the needs that the Cowboys have right now and look

432
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Speaker 1: into these offseason, all these different things I need to improve,

433
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Speaker 1: and my concern is, and I've always wonder, okay, how

434
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Speaker 1: long does it really take a team to kind of

435
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Speaker 1: put all this from pieces together and make it work?

436
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Speaker 1: And my issue is I've been watching the Cowboys for

437
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,160
Speaker 1: one six year, seven years, something like that, and during

438
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:16,360
Speaker 1: this time every year I go in with high expectations thinking, Okay,

439
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,560
Speaker 1: this is it and they're gonna make it work, and

440
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,720
Speaker 1: then it doesn't. So maybe I'll feel again next year.

441
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Speaker 1: But right now, as today, as we stand here, I

442
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Speaker 1: feel like I don't see. I'm not very hopeful that

443
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:36,439
Speaker 1: it can happen for next year, just because again you

444
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: talk about the launch lifespam, life spam of players. You know,

445
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,520
Speaker 1: every year these good players that you have, there goes

446
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Speaker 1: another year that it was wasted and for nothing, and

447
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 1: there goes another year. And then honestly, seeing the transition

448
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Speaker 1: from the team when I first got here, you know,

449
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: the Tony Romo, the Jason went in, and then seeing

450
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Speaker 1: the transition into a new younger team, and then seeing

451
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Speaker 1: these guys that you got to meet and follow and

452
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 1: become a fan of, and seeing that there was not

453
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Speaker 1: really a great result. And now you got a whole

454
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,520
Speaker 1: new team in and then now you begin that new

455
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: transition and that new lifespan there with them, and then

456
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,960
Speaker 1: every year it's like, okay, now we see Tyren Smith.

457
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,920
Speaker 1: Now okay, we might be saying bye tos like Martin

458
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Speaker 1: and then Lyo Collins now and then now Zeke getting

459
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Speaker 1: into problems of performance on the field. So it's just

460
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Speaker 1: very confusing and very frustrating, and I don't have an answer.

461
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Speaker 1: And right now as of today, like I say, I

462
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,360
Speaker 1: just don't feel very hopeful at this time seeing all

463
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,360
Speaker 1: the needs that the Cowboys currently have. All Right, Dave,

464
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: you want to maybe make Cowboys fans feel a little

465
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:46,479
Speaker 1: bit better, We're just squash the dreams my next season.

466
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Speaker 1: My favorite, my favorite jerryism in the world is because

467
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Speaker 1: I think it's the most true, is that you have

468
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Speaker 1: to do you have to have a tolerance for ambiguity

469
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Speaker 1: to work in the NFL or know to you know,

470
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Speaker 1: to cover this stuff. Ag doesn't doesn't have much of

471
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 1: a tolerance for That's what we have learned is she

472
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,440
Speaker 1: needs certainty and you just don't get it in the NFL.

473
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Speaker 1: Um I mean, and look like I said, like, I

474
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Speaker 1: wouldn't dare anywhere. I wouldn't dare suggest that the Cowboys

475
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: aren't well, yeah, I wouldn't dare suggest that the Cowboys

476
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,680
Speaker 1: are like a couple of chess moves away from playing

477
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,439
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, because they haven't done it in forever.

478
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 1: You know, the only other franchises in the NFC that

479
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: haven't even been to the NFC title Game since the

480
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 1: last time the Cowboys made it are Detroit and Washington,

481
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Speaker 1: and we would all say that those are like two

482
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: of the most embarrassing franchises in the NFL. So that's

483
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,119
Speaker 1: the company that you keep right now, and there's nothing

484
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Speaker 1: you can do about it other than work to get better.

485
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Speaker 1: Um So, I don't you know, I'm not going to

486
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Speaker 1: suggest they can go from this to the super Bowl

487
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Speaker 1: in one year, but it really like it's it's not

488
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 1: the NFL is so random, like you can you can

489
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Speaker 1: pull the these things off with one or two moves,

490
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 1: like Nick is right. The forty nine ers have been

491
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,399
Speaker 1: bad to mediocre for a while before they had last season.

492
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Speaker 1: But they didn't build this super team with these drafts.

493
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,879
Speaker 1: You know, they drafted Solomon Thomas third overall, bust of

494
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,160
Speaker 1: a pick. Ruben Foster, really good linebacker, got kicked off.

495
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 1: The team can't stay on the field for anybody. Dante

496
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,640
Speaker 1: Pettis was their big top fifty receiver. Not so good.

497
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 1: You know, Eric Armstead pretty good player. He's still on

498
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 1: the team, but he's not this badass DeForrest Buckner was,

499
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 1: and they turned right around and traded him. So, to

500
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,959
Speaker 1: go back to Amber's point, you're only ever living like

501
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 1: a year or two at a time like this idea

502
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,440
Speaker 1: like the nineties Cowboys, where you can keep a core

503
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: of a team together for like six seven years, it

504
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,880
Speaker 1: just doesn't happen anymore. So we know the Cowboys currently

505
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: have the talent to be like an eight and eight team.

506
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Speaker 1: That's where That's what they were last year. I agree

507
00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: with Nick, they were on that trajectory this year before

508
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 1: everything happened. And so you go in and if you

509
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Speaker 1: draft well and add two, hopefully three or four really

510
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Speaker 1: quality players. I wrote in the column yesterday, thanks to

511
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Speaker 1: the Byron Jones cop pick, they're gonna pick four times

512
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Speaker 1: in the top one hundred or near it like they're

513
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Speaker 1: gonna have four of the first one hundred and five

514
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Speaker 1: hundred and six picks in the draft, assuming they don't

515
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Speaker 1: trade any of them away, And if you do your

516
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 1: job right, that should be at least three players that

517
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 1: can make a big impact right away. So I don't

518
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,880
Speaker 1: think it's crazy that this team can be better next year.

519
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: Like I said, I'm not saying Super Bowl, but you

520
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Speaker 1: add that type of talent to the roster that you

521
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: already have and get some better luck. Yeah, Like you

522
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: could win ten to twelve games with what you have here.

523
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Speaker 1: I legitimately do think that. Yeah, And it's what we

524
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 1: talked about yesterday. You really just need a middle of

525
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Speaker 1: the road defense. And now that is assuming that you

526
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Speaker 1: can keep all your offensive players on the field and healthy. Right,

527
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,440
Speaker 1: But if you can keep those guys on the field

528
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Speaker 1: and healthy, all you need is the middle of the

529
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Speaker 1: road defense. And we think this team can be a contender.

530
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: Like I think this team could go and make some

531
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Speaker 1: noise in the playoffs. Who knows what happens when you

532
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: get in the playoffs. That's all a one game prospect,

533
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: but you would have the team that could position you

534
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: in that way to where you could make a run.

535
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: And that goes back to the defense. And I think

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Speaker 1: they're they were so bad this year. That's what makes

537
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: it seems like it is just an uphill battle to

538
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: get there. But I don't know, I think maybe a

539
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Speaker 1: couple of players that are playmaker types could actually get

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Speaker 1: you to the point where you're middle of the road, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, especially if it's like a pass rusher. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean if you get if you bring in a

543
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Speaker 1: guy that could be a different sprinker right away, that

544
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,199
Speaker 1: changes everything. I mean that's a one second difference. But

545
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Speaker 1: on them getting the ball out quicker, you know that

546
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: that would help everybody back in the secondary, or maybe

547
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Speaker 1: a shut down cornerback that really kind of locks things down,

548
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Speaker 1: even though I don't know if that happens right away.

549
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: In in pro football, you know where a young corner

550
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: of the Yeah, but there's some really good corners in

551
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Speaker 1: the league, and you know they might have a year

552
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: that they somewhat struggle. I mean we see it with Diggs.

553
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 1: I mean Diggs is up and down. So if you

554
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: get a better player than that, yeah, you can have

555
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: some pretty good corners. Yeah. You get those two out

556
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Speaker 1: there together and you get a little pass rush from

557
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: from DeMarcus Lawrence, you might be able to be working

558
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Speaker 1: with something. And then it still goes back to what

559
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: we've always been talking about this year. Your linebackers just

560
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: got to play better. And whether you change them out

561
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 1: or whether you get them to play better, one of

562
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: the two has to happen in order for your defense

563
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Speaker 1: to be better. Those linebackers have to be better. All right,

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Speaker 1: nine ers. Here's my question for the crew. How many

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Speaker 1: likelihood that they do that. Let's start first with you Amber,

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Speaker 1: like fifty Maybe they can make it. That's a tough water. Wow, yeah, geez,

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Speaker 1: and so I guess your answer on the likelihood, what

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Speaker 1: what happens in the second, third, and fourth quarters? What

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Speaker 1: do we what do we helpe to? I think in

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Speaker 1: all season, I think out of the last five years,

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00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 1: held anybody under fifty yards rushing? Oh, Houston's run and

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00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: shoot offense maybe, but who never? They never run? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: what did the Steelers run for? Because they really didn't

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Speaker 1: try to run. They didn't to run. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: That might be a good one, yeah, but I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I'll be nice so between fifty and eighty around there,

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Speaker 1: But no, I just it's like you. The thing is,

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Speaker 1: it only takes a couple of big runs for it

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Speaker 1: to happen. So I think that right now, I just

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00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: don't trust the Cowboys to do that. And I cannot

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Speaker 1: base my opinion on this last game, this win against

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Speaker 1: the Bengals, because we know whatever. But and I know

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Speaker 1: that the forty nine Ers are not this amazing team either,

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Speaker 1: But I just don't have much trust. Every time I

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641
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: I don't even know if that's a word, but they're

642
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: just too slow. And if it gets away from them.

643
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: It just gets away from them. And I just that

644
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: has been an important part of attack for an opponent.

645
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: And if they are able to utilize that the running game,

646
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: that's that's gonna be it for the Cowboys because they

647
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: cannot seem to come back from things like that. So

648
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,959
Speaker 1: I just don't think they can actually make it happen,

649
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:32,479
Speaker 1: but hopefully they do. Okay, Dave, I'm actually looking at

650
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 1: this right now. I would put the number at about

651
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty. If you can hold them below

652
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty, I think you got a good

653
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: shot to win the game. And eight teams have prevented

654
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers from doing that, So that what

655
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: they've played thirteen, So in eight of the thirteen they've

656
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: been held below that total, and they've lost the vast

657
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: majority of those games. The two wins that they won

658
00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: in that sample size they had Jimmy Garoppolo. So when

659
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: they can't run the ball at will and they don't

660
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 1: have Jimmy g it's not a recipe for success. Um,

661
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: do I think the Cowboys can keep them below one

662
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty. I don't feel optimistic about it, but yeah, yeah, Well,

663
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 1: I'm yeah, sure, maybe they can. I don't know. I

664
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: don't I don't feel great about it, but that's a

665
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: that's manageable. I guess I gave up three hundred to

666
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:31,879
Speaker 1: Baltimore last or two weeks ago. I'm still thinking about that. Yeah, Nick,

667
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to answer. It's one hundred and twenty.

668
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know whether or not they

669
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: can do it. Yeah, I mean it's in that range

670
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: twenty one fifty. Just don't get it out of control,

671
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: you know, I'm looking how okay with the forty nine ers?

672
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: You know they are they a better team than than

673
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: their their record. I mean, obviously they play in a

674
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 1: tougher division, so I was thinking if they were in

675
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: the NFC East, would they be better? But then you

676
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,919
Speaker 1: go back and look they lost to the Redskins. They've

677
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: lost to the Eagles. Oh yeah, yeah, that team, um

678
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: football team, football team. No, I'm not calling them that

679
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,879
Speaker 1: they're Washington UM because they can't be duff. I hate that.

680
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 1: I hate what people just saying it without saying anything else. Yeah,

681
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: I think brought us said it the other day. You know,

682
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: Gainst the football team, I'm like Buffalo's got a football team, Like,

683
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,919
Speaker 1: don't I hate that? But anyways, they lost to Philadelphia,

684
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 1: they lost to Washington. They you know, they're just they're average.

685
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: But but you just gotta you gotta put the quarterback

686
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: in a position to try to beat you, you know.

687
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: And I don't just don't think the Cowboys. I don't

688
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 1: think they even load up to stop the run, you know,

689
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: like they don't ever do that. They don't ever sell

690
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: out and be like we know it's running, you know,

691
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 1: Like I've seen some thirded ones before, and I'm like,

692
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: why are the linebackers six yards off the ball? Like,

693
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 1: and why are there only two of them out there? Yeah? Right, Honestly,

694
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: I was stubborn with their run defense. I think one

695
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: of their biggest problems in run defense this year is

696
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: that they are not there. They're hams hamstringing themselves, like

697
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: they're not giving themselves. Was the proper support after games

698
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: where they've just gotten completely run on. If I was

699
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,919
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator, I'd be like, all right, guys, we're

700
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: not gonna get run on. Like they may throw for

701
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: five hundred yards, but they're not gonna run the ball.

702
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: So if I got to put in three linebackers and

703
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: three safeties. We're not going they're not gonna run the

704
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 1: ball on us. And they just don't do that. Like

705
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: they're like, we're gonna stick to having four defensive linemen

706
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: and two linebackers and we're staying with Nickel. Sorry, I

707
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: just can't do that when you have Richard Robinson and

708
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 1: Savion Smith called up from the practice squad and say hey, here,

709
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: here's your jersey, here's the locker room, and then now

710
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,280
Speaker 1: I'll go play cornerback, Like, it just doesn't work. These guys.

711
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: You got to have better corners to play that way.

712
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,839
Speaker 1: So it's just it's a it's been a show over

713
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: their own defense. All right, Here's another question I have

714
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: for you guys, For fans out there that are not

715
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 1: necessarily looking at wins and losses at this point, they're

716
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: more concerned to just about what things you can glean

717
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: from the rest of these games that may help or

718
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,240
Speaker 1: hurt you next season. Give me one thing that you'll

719
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: be watching this week ind that's not really about the

720
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: wins and losses. Maybe it's a player, maybe it's a

721
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: position group. Tell me one thing that you're going to

722
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: be watching this weekend. Dave let's start with you. I

723
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: think I've already said it this week, but I just

724
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: I'm so intrigued by the idea of them having the

725
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: majority of their you know, better defensive backs available. I

726
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 1: really hope Diggs and Anthony Brown and Donovan Wilson can

727
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: all play, you know you so you know, a secondary

728
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: of you know, Cheeto and Diggs on the outside, with

729
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown as your slot corner, and then Donovan Wilson

730
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: with either Darian Thompson or Xavierwood. I just think that's

731
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: interesting because you know, it would be so great if

732
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: you could watch this secondary for three weeks and kind

733
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: of get an idea of what it looks like and

734
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: who you like and who you don't like, because if

735
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: you just let everybody that's not under contract walk, then

736
00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: you're only meaningful dbs left on the team or Anthony

737
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: Brown and Treyvon Dix. That's and don Donobis will excuse me,

738
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: that's really all you got. Yeah, um, I mean, I'm

739
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: intrigued by Donovan Wilson, but like so many people are

740
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,439
Speaker 1: just pegging him in as like well, yeah, like he's

741
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: your starter going forward. I'm not convinced of that. I

742
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: don't know, I would love to see more and and

743
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: Xavier Woods cheeto Owoozia. Jordan Lewis, like, do these guys

744
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: need to be re up to here? Should they be?

745
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: How much should they cost? All of that, Like, that's

746
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: the first step in fixing this secondary is figuring out

747
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: who stays and who goes, and then you can make

748
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: decisions and free agency in the draft from there. So

749
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: you know, if they can all play, that would be

750
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: really interesting to watch. What are you watching? Man? Uh?

751
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: I want to see the tight end position um And

752
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 1: I don't know if this answers the question, but I

753
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 1: think it's going to be interesting to see what happens

754
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: next year. I just don't know if if you've got

755
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: a number two tight end, and I think I think

756
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: Schultz is doing okay as he's pretty good as the

757
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: pass catching tight end, but they don't they don't block

758
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: very well. Nobody does, and Jarwin included really and so

759
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: Blake Bell was supposed to come in and do that.

760
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: I don't think that's really been a success. And he's

761
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: on a one year deal. I can't really imagine him

762
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: coming back. I mean maybe, but I but then what happens.

763
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: You can't just say, okay, Chulton and Jarwin, there's your

764
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,479
Speaker 1: first two tight ends. Because again nobody blocks on third

765
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,919
Speaker 1: and two. That doesn't help you. You need to tight

766
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: end that can kind of go in and do that.

767
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: So especially with the three receivers and all the backs

768
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 1: they have, So the tight end position is interesting still

769
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: to me because Schultz is having success, But I don't

770
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: know how much that helps you because I still think

771
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,720
Speaker 1: he might be their third tight end in a twelve

772
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,320
Speaker 1: package because of Jarwin and then a guy that needs

773
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: to come in and block Amber. I think this is

774
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: a perfect game for people just to Ebadway players and

775
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: you can pay ever. I mean, you can look at

776
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: any position and find someone that you need to evaluate

777
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: for next year, because this is a game that although

778
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: most people might not really care about the win or

779
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: losses at this point, it's still a game where the

780
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: Cowboys are still going to be playing to win the

781
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: game because there still there still is a chance to

782
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 1: get to the playoffs. So the will and the drive

783
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: and the effort is gonna be there. So you're gonna

784
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: get that from the players as far as like intensity goes.

785
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: But we know how training camp practices. We always see

786
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: someone standing out and then the game comes and then

787
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: it's like whoa completely different than what we saw a

788
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,879
Speaker 1: training camp. So I think these three last games are

789
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: just very important for player evaluation, trying to figure out

790
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: who you want to keep on the team or what

791
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,240
Speaker 1: position of you really need to reinforce in the off season,

792
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:59,800
Speaker 1: because there's you cannot really replicate game day performances. So

793
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: I think that this is a game where fans can

794
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: actually maybe take a step back from being like so

795
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: passionate and angry or or happy or whatever kinds of emotions,

796
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: put the emotions outside for just a little bit and

797
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 1: really take the time to look at players and see

798
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,280
Speaker 1: what they're actually doing, even players that are not necessarily

799
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 1: like having their balls in their hands, but look at

800
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: what everyone else is doing around there, because that helps

801
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 1: a lot as well. So I think that's that's what

802
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be doing, That's what I'm gonna be looking at,

803
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,959
Speaker 1: and that's just, yeah, my perspective on that awesome. Let's

804
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: get one question from fans before we end the show

805
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: and get to our picks. Amber, give me a questionnaire.

806
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 1: Sorry you cut out? Can you repeat? Yes? Can you

807
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: get a question? Let's get one question one fan question

808
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: before I have one here. Okay, Steve, he has a

809
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: question about Jalen Smith. And Jalen got to talk to

810
00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: the media recently and he had some comments about so

811
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: they asked him if he was bothered that the Cowboys

812
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,240
Speaker 1: were flexed out of prime time this week and Smith

813
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: Jaalen said if the owner ain't tripping, we good. So

814
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 1: with that comment, Steve wants to know what have we

815
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: learned or confirmed about the team culture? What do you

816
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 1: do with players with that kind of mentality? Okay, I

817
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: just want to say before you guys answer, I think

818
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: it should be noted that Jalen said that with a laugh.

819
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: So I don't know. Again, I don't know if that

820
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: changes your opinion on what he said and how he feels.

821
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: But he did say it with the laughs. Maybe he

822
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: was joking. I don't know, but I think that that

823
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: should be pointed out. Cool. Also, that was only half

824
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: the quote, I mean he also, I think he answered

825
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: it in a Jason Garrett way of saying, we'll play

826
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, we'll play on Wednesday, we played Thursday night,

827
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: we play Siday, we'll play whatever, and then he asked

828
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: he asked the media back the question on it, does Jerry,

829
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: you know, care about it? And so I don't know.

830
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I've learned this about joy. It seems that

831
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 1: that nick it just I saw a lot of questions

832
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: on that because it seems that that specific part of

833
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: the quote is what fans are picking out of from

834
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: what he said. Well, right, right, because that's what was

835
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: put in the tweet of one hundred and forty characters.

836
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: You know, I said this on the radio this morning.

837
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,320
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard this. If if, I

838
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: don't know who asked the question, because I'm friends with

839
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: all those guys, but whoever asked that question. It was

840
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: the was how to tweet? Ready to go? They knew

841
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 1: that it was going to be something they would they

842
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: could probably because if Jalen comes back and says what

843
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: you want him to say, you know what, Yeah, I'm

844
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: mad about that. We're the Dallas Cowboys, We're America's team.

845
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: We shouldn't be playing this, we should be playing bed,

846
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: we should be playing better. We got two other guys

847
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: tweeting out that Jalen's worried about himself, worried about the

848
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: wrong things, worried about his brand, worried about him why

849
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,240
Speaker 1: don't you worry about football instead of that? So Jalen

850
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: can't win. We know that he can't win. He can't

851
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,200
Speaker 1: even get an interception and go fifty yards if he

852
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: doesn't score, you know, and he gets killed for it.

853
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: We know that Jalen, and he puts it on himself.

854
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,719
Speaker 1: He puts it on himself. But I mean that that

855
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,760
Speaker 1: right there. Who cares if they get flexed out? They're bad?

856
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: This team is bad, right, I mean, why is this

857
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,759
Speaker 1: even a big deal? I mean, I'll ask you guys

858
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:22,719
Speaker 1: that why is being flexed out this point in the year.

859
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: Why is that a big deal? I think it's a

860
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,919
Speaker 1: big deal because, as you and I know from being

861
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: here as long as we have, even when Cowboys teams

862
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: are bad, it's very rare, if ever, they get flexed

863
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: out of a primetime game, mainly because they still draw attention.

864
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,359
Speaker 1: Like at the end of the day, this is still

865
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 1: a ratings game for the television networks, right, and so

866
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 1: it's not even about necessarily the matchup. It's about who's

867
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: the biggest straw. And there are a lot of fans

868
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: out there. There are a lot of people out there

869
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: that are football fans that have an interest in either

870
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: watching the Cowboys win, yeah, or watching the Cowboys lose. Right,

871
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,240
Speaker 1: And so there's still there's still ratings attached to the Cowboys.

872
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: So that's the reason why it's a little startling. Yeah,

873
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: whenever the Cowboys would get flexed out of a seven

874
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,880
Speaker 1: twenty start Oh, I have an opinion, but I'll let

875
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:11,760
Speaker 1: Dave answered. I did. I mean, I think the player

876
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: the player in question and point. And it makes me

877
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,240
Speaker 1: think of you know, Jalen's press conference when he signed

878
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: that contract extension, and you know the detail that he

879
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 1: went into about like the way that being a Cowboy

880
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: can affect your branding and like doing business deals with

881
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: Jerry and all that stuff. Uh, it's I mean, it's

882
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:38,200
Speaker 1: very smart. He's a shrewd guy. But when things don't

883
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 1: go so well, it also gives you the impression that

884
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: are your priorities in the right spot, and I think

885
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,280
Speaker 1: and it reinforces that when you're asking, like what Jerry

886
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,839
Speaker 1: thinks instead of being worried about the here and now.

887
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: At the same time, the funniest part of that whole

888
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: thing to me was like Jalen didn't even know it

889
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 1: got flexed. Like, you know, football players are so not

890
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: focused on the rolled around them, like they're so not

891
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: focused on more than just like moving step by step.

892
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: He didn't even know the game was at noon, like,

893
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 1: which means he probably wouldn't have found out until like

894
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: Saturday afternoon, when you know, the trainers wrote like, all right,

895
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,359
Speaker 1: be at the stadium by nine to fifteen. He was like, wait,

896
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: what on earth? But real quick, we were playing day

897
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: when I heard that, though I didn't get the impression

898
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: he didn't know what it had been that it was

899
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 1: at noon. I got the impression he didn't know it

900
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: had been flexed, like flexed out of the nighttime spot

901
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: into the Actually that's a really good point, you know, Yeah,

902
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: that's it. You're right, I guess. But the point being

903
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 1: is like players don't think more than three four days

904
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 1: ahead of time ever, I mean, you know, and and

905
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: the game was flexed last week while he was focused

906
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 1: on Baltimore and Cincinnati, so you know, it totally went

907
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,799
Speaker 1: off his radar. Um I get. I completely get why

908
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 1: the quote annoys fans. I and but again I think

909
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: it's it's a Jalen specific thing because there's a mountain

910
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: of evidence that suggests that his priorities aren't in the

911
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: right spot. I wonder if it would be I wonder

912
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:09,839
Speaker 1: if it would be as big of a talking point

913
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: if it was somebody else. I don't know. I don't

914
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,319
Speaker 1: feel super strongly about it either way. But um, you

915
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:16,920
Speaker 1: know you've said this is about ratings. Do you think

916
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 1: you really think it is though this year? Do you

917
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: think that's ratings are more about perception? Because there's no way,

918
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 1: there's no way in hell that the that the Giants

919
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: and Browns are going to have a better rating than

920
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 1: the Cowboys in the forty nine ers, No way. I

921
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: don't know about that. I will never know. Yeah, we

922
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 1: will never know. But I don't know about that this

923
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: year because because I do believe that this year in

924
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:45,240
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, I do believe that this year there is

925
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: a difference in how again based on things that I've

926
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:52,280
Speaker 1: seen working in media, there are things I've seen that

927
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 1: that let me know there are differences this year in

928
00:47:55,680 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 1: how people are consuming just all media, including sports and

929
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: and and from that respect, I don't think it's a

930
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 1: typical year where people might be in tuned in the

931
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: ways they were before. Like I just I think there's

932
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 1: a lot that's changed and because of that, I think

933
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 1: that really, I think the NFL had to give and

934
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:20,320
Speaker 1: the networks had to give people a game of consequence

935
00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: because I don't think it just the matchup alone. I

936
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: don't think was gonna draw in the same way it

937
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,439
Speaker 1: would have drawn last year or the year before. I'll

938
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,640
Speaker 1: put it like this, if this happened in twenty nineteen

939
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 1: without a pandemic, I don't think the Cowboys get flexed.

940
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 1: I think this is a This is a unique set

941
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 1: of circumstances this year, and we're seeing it all across media.

942
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 1: It's not just sports, we're seeing all across media. Just

943
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 1: patterns have changed on how people view sports and how

944
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: they view content in general. So I just think that

945
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 1: that's way more. What it's about is is the ratings personally,

946
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:54,359
Speaker 1: which also Nick, I think. I think that's why it's

947
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,239
Speaker 1: important though, because I think most people would agree with

948
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: you it's and that's why it's important that it got

949
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: flex stout because the cliche, the storyline is that the

950
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: Cowboys can be in primetime no matter how bad they are,

951
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: and like Tuesday morning, the ratings will come out and

952
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: we'll all be on Twitter saying, uh, you know four

953
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 1: and nine Cowboys and five and eight forty nine ers

954
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: still did this crazy big rating. America's team baby Let's go,

955
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 1: still relevant no matter how bad they are. The problem

956
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:25,080
Speaker 1: is really really important. People who make decisions don't agree

957
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,879
Speaker 1: with that, Like they do not see the Cowboys as

958
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: relevant no matter how bad they are, And that is

959
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,359
Speaker 1: a problem. I mean, like whether or not Jerry Jones

960
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 1: wants to admit it, that definitely bothers him and it

961
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:39,360
Speaker 1: should honestly, because it says, you know, the Star is

962
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,880
Speaker 1: this monolith, like it's the biggest thing in sports. But

963
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,040
Speaker 1: if your results aren't backing it up, that won't be

964
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: true forever. All right, That's why this is a talking point. Yep,

965
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,280
Speaker 1: real quick, before we end the show, Let's get some picks.

966
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: Let's start first with you, Dave, which way does this

967
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: game go? I hate it here, I hate having to

968
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't, I don't know if there. If

969
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: I could just start a franchise, if I could start

970
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: an NFL franchise with any coach in the league, Kyle

971
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 1: Shanahan would be in my top two or three picks.

972
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:14,399
Speaker 1: So in a game between two teams with so many

973
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:17,920
Speaker 1: injuries and so few things going for him, I trust

974
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:20,040
Speaker 1: the hell out of Kyle Shanahan to have an awesome

975
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: game plan up his sleeve. I don't trust the Dallas

976
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:27,400
Speaker 1: defense to do enough. Even you know, Nick Mullins is

977
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 1: not good, so they have a leg up in that regard.

978
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: But like I said, I just trust Shanahan, and I

979
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 1: think I think the forty nine ers find a way

980
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:43,879
Speaker 1: to win twenty four or twenty All right, Amber, I'll

981
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: just say real quick, One I am not a Cowboys hater,

982
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:50,439
Speaker 1: and two I'm just speaking from what I see so

983
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 1: right now, I don't feel like the Cowboys can win anything.

984
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm gonna go with. And it's more

985
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,360
Speaker 1: upsetting when you have a feeling that you know what

986
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: they could and what they could that what they're possibly

987
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,439
Speaker 1: capable of, and when you see when you don't see

988
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: that result is that that's what makes it more upsetting.

989
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: So with that being said, Cowboys lose. Um how to

990
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 1: dream about the score, But then I forgot after I

991
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 1: woke up, But the Cowboys lost anyone. So I'm just

992
00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 1: gonna go with something like twenty sixteen something like that

993
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: doesn't matter because they end up losing, all right, Nick

994
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 1: twenty seven, twenty four nine Ers Niners. All right, I

995
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,319
Speaker 1: got the message too. Yeah, and I'll say real quick,

996
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: I don't think the Cowboys will have as much success

997
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: stopping the run. I think that'll be the big thing.

998
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 1: I think Rynie Moster is probably in for a pretty

999
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,960
Speaker 1: big day. He's a guy that can run and h

1000
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: and so he's a good running back that can run.

1001
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be a problem for the Cowboys.

1002
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,879
Speaker 1: Last week, Dave said that he didn't think that this

1003
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 1: Cowboy team should be all four picks. This forty nine

1004
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: team doesn't need all four picks either. But yeah, is

1005
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:55,399
Speaker 1: what it is. I mean it's a good point. They're

1006
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,319
Speaker 1: not that good, No they're not. But but in this

1007
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 1: under these circumstances, I just think the matchup is bad

1008
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 1: for them. I think this team, these teams are very similar.

1009
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: But I think it's a matchup Cowboys lose. I think

1010
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: twenty three twenty I'm try twenty three seventeen. All right,

1011
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:08,920
Speaker 1: we'll be back on Monday. We'll let you guys know

1012
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,400
Speaker 1: what went right and what went wrong. To live for

1013
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: Nick even, Dave Helm and Amber Garcia, I'm Derek Eagleton.

1014
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:15,319
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1015
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:21,760
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