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Speaker 1: you tuned in here. So it's Wednesday, fellas, tell me
Speaker 1: exactly what you guys would do on your Wednesday because
Speaker 1: a lot of people, some people understand that, hey, Wednesdays
Speaker 1: when you install the game plan to So Church, tell
Speaker 1: everybody exactly what Wednesday's practices are like as you're getting
Speaker 1: ready for a game. Well, for the beginning, when I
Speaker 1: was like, you know, my first couple of years, I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna lie, used to dread Wednesdays because Wednesdays where
Speaker 1: your full padded practice, and you knew each and every
Speaker 1: time you came out there on Wednesday that we're gonna
Speaker 1: have some type of in a type of boxes called
Speaker 1: box drill where it's basically the run game and you
Speaker 1: had your offensive lineman, full back, running back versus the
Speaker 1: front seven and the safety in there. So we's always
Speaker 1: have to fill holes and hit going against Zack Martin
Speaker 1: all those big dudes. So I personally, I did not
Speaker 1: like Wednesday's practices, but you did get that game plan
Speaker 1: in and you got to get your first glimpses of
Speaker 1: the opposing offense, and the coaches would highlight, you know,
Speaker 1: their receivers or their threats who they can who can
Speaker 1: take off the top of our second day. So uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Wednesdays were very informative, but as far as practice,
Speaker 1: and it was extremely physical, and I was not a
Speaker 1: fan at all. That's a that's that's the life of
Speaker 1: a starting safety in the NFL. The life, the life,
Speaker 1: the life of a special team's specialist is a little
Speaker 1: different for us. On Wednesday, we always put in punt
Speaker 1: because you know, you want to see the real looking
Speaker 1: you want to do it with players of being able
Speaker 1: to go full speed, So you have to deal with
Speaker 1: some of those those d linemen and those tackles rushing
Speaker 1: you on punt team just so you can get to
Speaker 1: look because that's basically the most important phase of special teams,
Speaker 1: right and you get the pump block that changes the game.
Speaker 1: So the most intense part of special teams was on
Speaker 1: Wednesday when we cover punt in four pass. It was
Speaker 1: it was rough because some of those scout team guys
Speaker 1: are trying to make the team again, so they Jesse
Speaker 1: Holly record, shout out, Jesse Holly. I thought he's gonna
Speaker 1: get me cut a couple of times. Man. I was like,
Speaker 1: bron let up, It's kick off, let up. And he
Speaker 1: would always says nothing personal, nothing, nothing personal, Man, I'm
Speaker 1: trying to eat. I was like, I didn't understand that
Speaker 1: as a as a rookie, but you know, as I
Speaker 1: got older, I started to understanding. I didn't like it still,
Speaker 1: but I definitely understood and I had respect for it.
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Speaker 1: so let's talk about special teams and also dive more
Speaker 1: into the depth chart here Cowboys releasing their initial one,
Speaker 1: so Punk returns, they have Tony Pollard there, mccraig. Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard that he was more of the kickoff guy last year.
Speaker 1: Punks is not exactly what he's doing. So what's your
Speaker 1: take on this? Should we buy this? Yeah? I mean
Speaker 1: I actually like it. Um. Like I said, when we
Speaker 1: when when D's first got here and he was playing
Speaker 1: punt return, they snatched him off there real quickly because
Speaker 1: he was facing uh you know, injuries more when he
Speaker 1: was on special teams. So having Pauler back there, who
Speaker 1: you don't really see getting that many snaps at running
Speaker 1: back and giving him an opportunity to make some of
Speaker 1: those catches and make some of those big plays in
Speaker 1: the return game is huge. I don't think you'll see
Speaker 1: him on those safe punt situations to where you just
Speaker 1: need somebody to catch the ball so your offense and
Speaker 1: get back on out on the field. But when you
Speaker 1: see those situations to where the offense the other offenses
Speaker 1: backed up and they're punning and you're looking for a
Speaker 1: big return, you can bet you'll see Tony Pauler out there.
Speaker 1: I think it's a great decision, all right, So kind
Speaker 1: of a go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. No no, no no,
Speaker 1: no no Church, go ahead, go ahead. I was just gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, reiterate what Danny said, basically that I think
Speaker 1: it was a smart move. But I'm also kind of
Speaker 1: a surprising um. I know, you know, Ceedee Lamb, he's,
Speaker 1: you know, the first overall pick, and nobody wants him
Speaker 1: to get injured and all that. But I just figured,
Speaker 1: you know, hey, this is just another opportunity for him
Speaker 1: to get the ball in his hands. And we've seen
Speaker 1: how electric he can be returning punts in college, so
Speaker 1: I just figured they would get him a crack at
Speaker 1: returning punts. But I guess they're super invested in him,
Speaker 1: and you know, they put only poly back there, which
Speaker 1: is a very safe option. He's a great um catcher
Speaker 1: of the ball to the backfield, so returning to punch
Speaker 1: ship to be natural to him. Maybe they need a
Speaker 1: replacement form for Murray, right, they got one receiver, so
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb might see see a little bit more playtime
Speaker 1: on my offense than than we expect. Kick return on
Speaker 1: the depth chart has Cedric Wilson going there. So last
Speaker 1: question here on special teams, Danny, what do you want
Speaker 1: to see out of John Fossil's unit. What does Danny
Speaker 1: mccraine need to see Sunday night, it's so far standing.
Speaker 1: I need to see them be assignment sound and play
Speaker 1: smart football right as a new coach, as a new system.
Speaker 1: So I need to see that they picked up the
Speaker 1: system they're playing together. I want to see tight protection
Speaker 1: on punt and I want to see smart, smart decisions
Speaker 1: and the return game that's both on punt and kickoff
Speaker 1: return right. So you don't have to make the huge play.
Speaker 1: Especially teams usually gets noticed when the bad play comes
Speaker 1: comes alive. So just make sure that you plan sound
Speaker 1: to take take advantage of opportunities to make big plays
Speaker 1: when they come, but don't force it. Church. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: for me, I'm just I just don't want this special
Speaker 1: team's unit to be the reason that Cowboys lose a
Speaker 1: game or two. I mean, we saw last year what
Speaker 1: happened at the Minnesota game when you know, Tavon you
Speaker 1: had about fifteen twenty yards of space to return and
Speaker 1: you decided to take a fair catch, or when in
Speaker 1: the Patriots game. I mean, we just there's multiple things
Speaker 1: that the special teams have done last year to cause
Speaker 1: this team wins or losses. So I'm just hoping that
Speaker 1: they just stay the steady curve and just just you know,
Speaker 1: just be a good overall special teams unit, just not
Speaker 1: enough to cost a team a game. They talked so
Speaker 1: many times about how special teams is one third of
Speaker 1: the game offense, defense, special teams, and in my opinion,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys basically lost that almost every dog on week
Speaker 1: and the National Football League is too tough for you
Speaker 1: to go into one phase of the football game and
Speaker 1: not be able to win this thing. And that's why
Speaker 1: there was changed with John Fossil, and they're also changing
Speaker 1: up the guys more So, I'm going to be very
Speaker 1: interested to see how special teams plays. And that's one
Speaker 1: reason why I hope Cowboys Vange listening to the show,
Speaker 1: because Danny McCray and Barry Church played special teams and
Speaker 1: they understand the importance of it, and special teams is
Speaker 1: where Danny really made his bread there. CJ. Goodwin's a
Speaker 1: guy that we had on the show last year, and
Speaker 1: CJ was one of their better special teams players. Danny,
Speaker 1: what did you make of the fact that he was
Speaker 1: on the cut list. I was very surprised to be
Speaker 1: honest with y'all, I was I was really about to
Speaker 1: bring that up. I wasn't sure, you know, what was
Speaker 1: going on because we had previously talked about this and
Speaker 1: how the Dallas Cowboys really hadn't value special teams players.
Speaker 1: There wasn't There haven't been very many guys who had
Speaker 1: gotten paid to just specifically play special teams. And then
Speaker 1: you have a guy who was your best special teams
Speaker 1: player in CJ, and he gets released. So, you know,
Speaker 1: to me, it was two things. That Fossil has his
Speaker 1: own guys that he brought in that he liked, or
Speaker 1: c J was playing bad, and then when they brought
Speaker 1: him back. You know, I'm still a little confused about it,
Speaker 1: because you know, you really need that guy. But it
Speaker 1: shocked me because because I know he played well last season,
Speaker 1: so I couldn't imagine, especially without a preseason, what he
Speaker 1: could do that was so wrong for him to get
Speaker 1: released like that. All right, let's dive into the starting offense.
Speaker 1: On the depth chart, they just put ten starters in.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna roll out of eleven dudes on Sunday. So,
Speaker 1: so what did you think of that They're taking this
Speaker 1: too far? Bro? They're taking this too far, all right,
Speaker 1: No no jersey numbers, all right, no scrimmage, you know,
Speaker 1: and now he's putting ten people on the on the
Speaker 1: on the chart, you know, to try to confuse you.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm just confused. Even on the defense, I
Speaker 1: see that. I think it Warley was the third third team.
Speaker 1: He tweets it. He's like something, and he tweets it like, nah,
Speaker 1: that's not true. So I mean, how far are you
Speaker 1: gonna take this? You literally only have about three more
Speaker 1: days of the trickery before everybody sees what you're really doing.
Speaker 1: And this is over with I so you know, take
Speaker 1: advantage of it after this week, come on, man, this
Speaker 1: little see what you got? Please? Hey, I mean they're
Speaker 1: taking full advantage of this. You know, non guys won't
Speaker 1: know our scheme. You won't know who's playing good, who's
Speaker 1: playing bad. But rookies are inserted into this lineup. So
Speaker 1: I just think they're taking full advantage of this, this
Speaker 1: new year, new coaching regime. I mean, the guy that
Speaker 1: they did plug in as the starters, I mean, they're
Speaker 1: pretty much who we figured they'd be. We figured that
Speaker 1: Cameron Irving would step in for like calls since he
Speaker 1: has been down. You know, Tyren Smith, the guys, Joe Looney,
Speaker 1: those guys, we all knew that they were going to
Speaker 1: be on the offensive line. And I'm sure when they
Speaker 1: come out an eleventh person there, we'll see CD as
Speaker 1: that third wide receiver. But it's just funny to me
Speaker 1: that they're doing all these precautions to make sure they
Speaker 1: got every type of secret held up until week one.
Speaker 1: It's hilarious to me. I mean, they're out doing Bill Belichick. Okay,
Speaker 1: they're out doing so. I look here and I see
Speaker 1: they got Treyvon Diggs as starting corner. I see everything
Speaker 1: ripping his back up here. So so should we even
Speaker 1: take this serious in your opinion here or they just
Speaker 1: trying to you know, like you said, they don't have
Speaker 1: to give away anything, so they're just choosing not to
Speaker 1: give away anything. I mean, it's very vanilla. But the
Speaker 1: thing that surprised me and kind of maybe not really
Speaker 1: want to take this serious is they got our boy,
Speaker 1: Alden Smith that's starting sam linebacker and a four three steam.
Speaker 1: I could see if this was a three four and
Speaker 1: they had you know, they're outside linebackers are basically rush ends.
Speaker 1: But here he's lined up in the sam linebacker position,
Speaker 1: you know, their defensive end or Tyrone Crawford and DeMarcus Lawrence.
Speaker 1: So I guess they think all this Smith can drop
Speaker 1: back in coverage a little bit and you know, play
Speaker 1: a little bit of own maybe some man on the
Speaker 1: tight ends here and there. But I thought that was
Speaker 1: definitely a surprise. I mean, he's mostly known for rushing
Speaker 1: the quarterback and getting in the backfield and causing havoc.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you the next thing we're gonna see
Speaker 1: on the next depth chart is Zek playing safety all right,
Speaker 1: just just just so they can maximize us a little bit.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm really I'm really not sure what's going on.
Speaker 1: But my my real question with what the defense is,
Speaker 1: and this may be just a little off topic with
Speaker 1: that one, I want to know how short the leash
Speaker 1: is gonna be on darry and Thompson. I want to
Speaker 1: know how long they're gonna let him play, how many
Speaker 1: mistakes they're gonna let him make our plays he's gonna
Speaker 1: be able to kind of make mistakes on before they
Speaker 1: snatched the car from under him. They to me they
Speaker 1: have to let him at least make it five to
Speaker 1: six games so he can gain some confidence, and I
Speaker 1: hope they let him do that because I don't want
Speaker 1: to see him have one bad game and get and
Speaker 1: get snatched out of there. Yeah, I'm sorry to say
Speaker 1: about I think I think his his leash is gonna
Speaker 1: be a really, really a short one. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think I think what they're gonna go out there with
Speaker 1: is you know, hey, you gonna trot you out there.
Speaker 1: They were kind of backed into a corner because how
Speaker 1: I didn't kind of pan out the way they thought
Speaker 1: he would. So I gave the DoPT Darien Thompson and
Speaker 1: give credit to him. He played great or he played
Speaker 1: well during training camp and kind of earned that spot.
Speaker 1: But I think if he gets, you know, beat once
Speaker 1: or twice here, you'll hear the fans just I told
Speaker 1: you we should have got Earl Thompson back there. So
Speaker 1: I didn't think his leash would be really short. But
Speaker 1: hopefully he can go out there and make a couple
Speaker 1: of plays um this first week to kind of give
Speaker 1: him some leeway towards towards the season. All right, let's
Speaker 1: let's stay there Church. Since she went there, I showed
Speaker 1: you guys a picture from I tweeted at your picture
Speaker 1: of a Brandon Car out there today, it's Brandon Car.
Speaker 1: In your opinion, do you think he gets called up
Speaker 1: to the active roster on Sunday? Right now, he's on
Speaker 1: the practice team. For me, I think eventually he will
Speaker 1: get brought up to that first or to that active roster.
Speaker 1: I think for this week one, he'll kind of just
Speaker 1: you know, mentor the young guys getting ready to play,
Speaker 1: and I think go catch up on the playbook for
Speaker 1: a week one. So I don't really see him going
Speaker 1: out there and performing and or suiting up for this
Speaker 1: week one versus the LA Rams. But later on in
Speaker 1: this year, I could definitely see him injuries or not
Speaker 1: getting a spot here on his active roster. Yeah, you're
Speaker 1: the same here. The only reason and the only reason
Speaker 1: that I don't see him become an active for this
Speaker 1: game is because he wasn't on the team previously, So
Speaker 1: he really has to get into that football shape because
Speaker 1: he hadn't done anything probably since since they were out
Speaker 1: of the playoffs football wise, if he was coming from
Speaker 1: another team, he would be active. But so so we
Speaker 1: can expect to see him pretty soon on an active roster.
Speaker 1: All right, let's stay at the defensive backfield here on
Speaker 1: the players last, because this is a big question, right,
Speaker 1: George Lewis did not practice today. He's dealing with an
Speaker 1: ankle injury. At what point in time, if you're Mike Knowling,
Speaker 1: do you need to have him out here practicing versus
Speaker 1: you just sitting here kind of saying, Hey, look, this
Speaker 1: guy's not gonna play. Go ahead and sit him down.
Speaker 1: Go ahead, Dye, Matt listening. So so, like Church said,
Speaker 1: Wednesday is really the ring game. Practice. Thursday is when
Speaker 1: you put in, you know a lot of the passing game,
Speaker 1: and then Fridays in your two minutes. So he would
Speaker 1: have to get some practice in on Thursday or Friday
Speaker 1: for me to feel comfortable if I was a coach
Speaker 1: with him, you know, seeing seeing them, being able to
Speaker 1: recognize some of the players that are coming on from
Speaker 1: the rams. So if he's out there maybe a little
Speaker 1: bit Thursday, and he's able to do some two minute
Speaker 1: some short yarders and stuff like that on Friday, some
Speaker 1: red zone, then I feel comfortable with him being out
Speaker 1: there on Sunday. Yeah, Danny's correct on this one. For Wednesdays,
Speaker 1: as much as the secondary hates Wednesdays, Thursdays is I'm
Speaker 1: a huge secondary day because, like Danny said, I mean,
Speaker 1: you got the two minute drill, you got an extra
Speaker 1: seven on seven period where you go app you go
Speaker 1: after all the posting team's favorite passing, favorite route concepts,
Speaker 1: and then as also you've got you know, like I mentioned,
Speaker 1: two minute seven on seven and then you also got
Speaker 1: an extra team period where it's strictly passed. So if
Speaker 1: he were to go out there on Thursday and get
Speaker 1: a little run in on the set all sevens or
Speaker 1: the extra team period, I think that wild bode well
Speaker 1: for him playing Sunday. But for a second day, I
Speaker 1: got to feel comfortable going in there with the game plan,
Speaker 1: and to feel comfortable with how you feel health wise,
Speaker 1: I think you gotta get out there Thursday just to
Speaker 1: run around a little bit and see how your body
Speaker 1: holds up against competition. All right, let's take a break here.
Speaker 1: When we come back, want to dive into two topics here.
Speaker 1: One who needs to have a breakout twenty twenty for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys? And also who are you most excited to
Speaker 1: see in week one? We'll do that next on the
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Speaker 1: On a Wednesday, it is Game Week, I'm excited about it.
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Speaker 1: all on NBC Sunday Night Football, and I am hyped
Speaker 1: about it. So let's get into a question and bear
Speaker 1: you at posed. This year we were talking about new
Speaker 1: foot topics. You want to come up with this. Who
Speaker 1: are you most excited to watch Week one for the Cowboys?
Speaker 1: Go ahead, go church for me. I mean this guy.
Speaker 1: He was my first round pick whenever we were doing
Speaker 1: the mock drafts back in back before April and all
Speaker 1: that stuff, and that's tavon days. I mean, I'm super
Speaker 1: excited to see what he can do out there. I
Speaker 1: always give his intangibles. I mean, he's long, he can
Speaker 1: jam at the line of scrimmage, he excels at press,
Speaker 1: man and man all the good stuff. But the most
Speaker 1: important thing I think about his game is that he
Speaker 1: can take the ball away. He's not afraid to go
Speaker 1: up there and challenge receivers to get the ball at
Speaker 1: the high point. And he said earlier during his camp
Speaker 1: that when the ball's in the air, it's it's not
Speaker 1: you know, made for the offense, it's anybody's ball when
Speaker 1: it goes in the air, and he thinks he can
Speaker 1: take it away. So that's what we need in the secondary.
Speaker 1: We needed someone like that for the past couple of years.
Speaker 1: This is a guy who has extremely great ball skills,
Speaker 1: so hopefully he can bring that talent to the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and if the defensive line is able to play to
Speaker 1: where we think they can play, I think this guy
Speaker 1: will have a great breakout year and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see what he can he can do for the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys defense. Here we go, Here we go. Listen, listen,
Speaker 1: check this out. I'm gonna go unconventionally with this one.
Speaker 1: I'm going with the kool aid. I'm excited to see
Speaker 1: Michael McCarthy on the sideline, and I really I want
Speaker 1: I want to see you know, right, because NEWI has
Speaker 1: been hyping it up, I actually have faith that Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy will take the Cowboys to whin he leven games
Speaker 1: this season. I want to see in those tight situations,
Speaker 1: those ones where NEWI said that j G was kind
Speaker 1: of you know, the communication wasn't right, where he messed up.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see how McCarthy reacts when those situations arise.
Speaker 1: When you get into two minute situations, how do you
Speaker 1: handle your time out, how do you handle your team.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see that I really am, because we've
Speaker 1: been talking about it for a while. I hope he succeeds,
Speaker 1: but I'm excited to be able to I guess nah,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say that we're talking about let's talking
Speaker 1: about it on Monday. Let's talk about it on Monday,
Speaker 1: all right. The guys, I'm gonna go where they're gonna
Speaker 1: go in the combination right here. I want to see it.
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see what Jalen Smith and Layton
Speaker 1: vander Esh can do under this new Mike McCarty system. Here.
Speaker 1: We saw vander Esh hurt last year, but his first
Speaker 1: year as a rookie, this guy was a difference maker
Speaker 1: on the football field. And last year Jalen didn't have,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, as good a year as I think
Speaker 1: his ability is, even though he ended up making the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl as an alternate. And both of these guys
Speaker 1: have talked about how they really liked this scheme right now,
Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to see what can these two
Speaker 1: linebackers do in this scheme, because if the front is
Speaker 1: as good as we think they are and these two
Speaker 1: guys can play and benefit from that, I'm very I'm
Speaker 1: really looking forward to seeing what these two can do
Speaker 1: if they're healthy and they find some comfort in this system. Fellas, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree with you. I mean, like we've seen in
Speaker 1: his rookie campaign, vander esh was a sideline and sideline guy.
Speaker 1: I mean he was you know, he was all over
Speaker 1: the field. I think he let the team and tackles.
Speaker 1: I mean, he was taking the ball away. And last
Speaker 1: year he was injury prone a little bit, so hopefully
Speaker 1: he can bounce back from that. But we need we
Speaker 1: need Jalen to get a little bit better in coverage.
Speaker 1: I mean they were abusing him last years. I mean
Speaker 1: it was kind of a tough sight to see. So
Speaker 1: we need him to get those clear out, view them
Speaker 1: sunglasses or glasses and whatever he got going on, put
Speaker 1: them things on, and go out there and perform great
Speaker 1: to where he can. Yes, same here with Jalen the coverage.
Speaker 1: I really don't expect much more from him. I really
Speaker 1: just want him in LVE to be great at what
Speaker 1: they do, right. I wanted to be great running side
Speaker 1: the side, sideline and sideline, making plays, making big hits,
Speaker 1: changing the momentum of the game, but getting their and
Speaker 1: getting their team hype. Right, every team needs that one
Speaker 1: or two guys that goes out there and they make
Speaker 1: that big hit and get everybody hype. I just want
Speaker 1: to see them do that. What he does in coverage,
Speaker 1: I wanted to make, you know, make sixty percent of
Speaker 1: the plays. I don't expect them to be one of
Speaker 1: the top covering linecker. Just make the plays when he
Speaker 1: has the opportunity. Sometimes they'll make plays on him. But
Speaker 1: be great at what you do, Bess. I want to
Speaker 1: see Notre Dame Jalen Smith. And I know he was
Speaker 1: injured and he's still worked his way back, but I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, fellas if you had watched as many Notre
Speaker 1: Dame games as I did, he would, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: was a top five pick. To watch him play at
Speaker 1: Order Dame and go sideline and sideline and the way
Speaker 1: he was getting after folks, I'm telling you it was
Speaker 1: reminiscent for me of watching Junior say out when he
Speaker 1: played a see. I mean, this guy was that dominant.
Speaker 1: So if this defense can unlock some of the potential
Speaker 1: of Jalen Smith that we saw an Order Dame, then
Speaker 1: we are talking about a difference making player. And if
Speaker 1: vander Est can be back what he was his rookie year,
Speaker 1: and now you've got experience and he's healthy. These two
Speaker 1: linebackers can really make a difference in this defense. And
Speaker 1: once again, if the front is really good like we think,
Speaker 1: and then you take these two linebackers, now you talk
Speaker 1: about a front seven that's be able to get after
Speaker 1: and do some things, then your back end doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be great. They can make up for some wards there,
Speaker 1: and that, to me is what I'm looking for and
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see on Sunday night when the Rams
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys face each other. All right, let's get
Speaker 1: into another question that we talked about in our preciow
Speaker 1: meeting here. Who is the breakout player of twenty twenty
Speaker 1: who needs to have a breakout season for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: McCrae breakout player, my guy. But Blake Jarwin he's been
Speaker 1: I feel like he's been held back just a little
Speaker 1: bit because he was behind the Hall of Famer. I
Speaker 1: feel like we've we've watched the change of the tight
Speaker 1: end with Killer and Kelsey and those type of guys
Speaker 1: that are built that way, and I think Blake Jarwin
Speaker 1: he has he has, We have high expectations for him,
Speaker 1: and I think that he needs to really reach those
Speaker 1: He got paid, so it's time for him, you know,
Speaker 1: to take advantage of this. Or were we right that
Speaker 1: Jason Winn was holding him back? And will he be
Speaker 1: able to make those plays that we expected him to
Speaker 1: make last year if they would have gave him an opportunity.
Speaker 1: So I need to see him make those type of
Speaker 1: plays so I can validate my fields on him being
Speaker 1: a caliber player like Travis Kelcel, George Kibble. Okay, And
Speaker 1: for myself, I'm gonna go in the second year, stay
Speaker 1: in the secondary, and I'm gonna go Xavier Woods on
Speaker 1: this one, not only for himself, but just to quiet
Speaker 1: all the fans and out there it is talking about
Speaker 1: we need earl, we need earl, we need this gat there,
Speaker 1: we need to draft a super super super safety and
Speaker 1: all that good stuff. I think we have a good
Speaker 1: one there in the back end with Xavier Woods. Now,
Speaker 1: when he first got in, he's a first attile player.
Speaker 1: He can play nickel, he can play safety. But I
Speaker 1: feel like he's gotten better and better each year that
Speaker 1: he's been with the Cowboys and with this defense. So
Speaker 1: he's been proven that he can lay the wood a
Speaker 1: little bit and he could take the ball away. So
Speaker 1: if he's able to improve on those things, I think
Speaker 1: he'll have a good breakout year. He can be that
Speaker 1: kind of quarterback of the defense back there, so I
Speaker 1: think he'll end up having a breakout years if he
Speaker 1: can take the ball away and improve on his tackling
Speaker 1: a little bit, I think this will be a good
Speaker 1: year for him. Fellas. I like those choices here. I
Speaker 1: think Lake Jarwin is you know, if you've got Blake
Speaker 1: Jarwin and your fantasy team here and you took him
Speaker 1: in later rounds, I think somebody is gonna be very happy.
Speaker 1: He looked really good at training camp of what you've read,
Speaker 1: and then when I was out there, I mean the guy,
Speaker 1: the guy looks like the real deal, the player. For me,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to a guy that I was criticized
Speaker 1: in last year who underperformed all day long, who right
Speaker 1: now we're hearing good things about. That's Triston Hill, who's
Speaker 1: going to be a starter in the defensive tackle spot.
Speaker 1: Gerald McCoy got hurt early in camp. They've asked Tristan
Speaker 1: Hill to you know, hey, look, we needs you to
Speaker 1: go go to the next level, and apparently he has
Speaker 1: and if Triston Hill can can play next to don
Speaker 1: Terry Poe and become a difference maker for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: He was at first He was their first pick last
Speaker 1: year in the second round out of Social Floorida. If Poe,
Speaker 1: if Poe and Hill can stop the run up front,
Speaker 1: then the Cowboys are going to have a real good
Speaker 1: opportunity in my opinion, to have a good defense this
Speaker 1: year because to me, so much of this game is
Speaker 1: about the trenches. So for me, it's Tristan Hill, a
Speaker 1: defensive tackle. The Cowboys need him to have a breakout
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. How about you? How about that? You are right?
Speaker 1: I like I like it. You know what they say,
Speaker 1: they rush and cover, they work together. So if that,
Speaker 1: if that d line can get after the quarterback the way,
Speaker 1: we think, it'll make the Seconday job a lot easier
Speaker 1: and I think turnovels will come and it'll just be
Speaker 1: all good for the Cowboys. But like we always say, man,
Speaker 1: you don't win championships on paper. We gotta see it
Speaker 1: on the field for this to happen. We talked about
Speaker 1: this weeks ago. If you do not stop the run,
Speaker 1: you will not get a chance to make to rush
Speaker 1: that passer. So we hope that those those two guys
Speaker 1: can stop to run on the inside because if not,
Speaker 1: it'll be a long year for the defense. I'm happy
Speaker 1: for him. I want to see him this some real
Speaker 1: game time actually makes a big place. Well, go back
Speaker 1: to that playoff loss to the right the Cowboys. The
Speaker 1: last playoff game was that loss at the LA College.
Speaker 1: Sum I was there, and the Rams just ran it
Speaker 1: down the Cowboys. They had two one hundred yard rushers
Speaker 1: in the game, neither one of them there anymore, but
Speaker 1: still they went after the Cowboys and just they just
Speaker 1: went after them. The defensive philosophy has changed here because
Speaker 1: Mike Nolan wants bigger guys up front. Rod Marion Ellie
Speaker 1: preferred smaller, quicker guys. So we're bringing beef. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: are gonna bring beef up front here. So I just alone,
Speaker 1: I like to change in the thought of, hey, look
Speaker 1: we're gonna get bigger up front, so you just can't
Speaker 1: go pound it on us. And the Ram's offensive line
Speaker 1: is not the same line that they had two years ago.
Speaker 1: Even looking at their left tackle Andrew Whitworth, here's a fantastic,
Speaker 1: I mean fantastic player When you look over his career,
Speaker 1: but he's thirty eight years old. Now, Okay, they got problems.
Speaker 1: And to me, if the Cowboys are going to establish
Speaker 1: a way to win this football game, it has to
Speaker 1: be getting after the offensive line with their defensive line.
Speaker 1: They did that last year. So to me, this game
Speaker 1: is going to be one for the truly in both
Speaker 1: trenches if you think about it. Defensively, they got to
Speaker 1: stop it. And then on the other side, you know,
Speaker 1: you know, Zach Zack Martins got to get up there
Speaker 1: with Aaron Donalds. Slow him down here, Carter Williams, when
Speaker 1: they get up against Aaron Donalds, they've got to get
Speaker 1: up here and find a way to slow this guy
Speaker 1: down here. And and if they can slow down Aaron
Speaker 1: donald then you're gonna have an ability to win a game.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying stop him, because he's too great to stop,
Speaker 1: but if you can just slow him down, if you
Speaker 1: can keep him a half second off number four, you're
Speaker 1: gonna have an opportunity to do some things here. I
Speaker 1: was just about to say this. The scout report for
Speaker 1: Dallas and la is the same. They want to get
Speaker 1: after the officsive line, just like you say that LA's
Speaker 1: offensive line isn't the same that it was two years ago.
Speaker 1: Look at ours. We have we have uh Collins out,
Speaker 1: we have Tyran who's who's been in and out with
Speaker 1: a bad bag, you know. We have we have Cam
Speaker 1: getting in there. I think we have Luny in there.
Speaker 1: We you know, our line isn't the same either. So
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're preaching the same thing over there, uh
Speaker 1: in their locker room and their meetings as they need
Speaker 1: to get after our officsive line. So I think that'll
Speaker 1: be an interesting thing to see whose old line holds
Speaker 1: up the best. And speaking of old line and Cam
Speaker 1: Irving is going to get to start at right tackle
Speaker 1: his first game for the Dallas Cowboys. He'll start for
Speaker 1: Lell Collins who's uninjured. Reserve Connor Williams is coming back
Speaker 1: from injury. He'll start at guard. Joe Looney takes over
Speaker 1: for Travis Frederick who's retired. So the Cowboys bringing in
Speaker 1: a different offensive line than the line we have been
Speaker 1: used to seeing last year. I and oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: Joe Philbin, this is his first line with the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys is the offensive line coach, so this is his
Speaker 1: first group that he gets to roll out there. So
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things to be tuned into and
Speaker 1: to be excited about it to me, to be excited
Speaker 1: about how does this coaching staff get these guys ready
Speaker 1: to go? Because I think there's a lot of promise
Speaker 1: with this team. We've all been talking about it, but
Speaker 1: she actually got to go out there improve it. We
Speaker 1: need to squeeze in one more break here when we
Speaker 1: come back. We must talk about Barry Church's old teammate
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey getting paid in full. Let's see what he
Speaker 1: does against these Cowboys wide receivers. And oh, by the way,
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Speaker 1: ready to face the Los Angeles Rams. Cowboys three point favorites,
Speaker 1: three and a half point favorites and certain books here
Speaker 1: as they get ready to face and the Rams at
Speaker 1: a new stadium, Sofi Stadium, which is basically Jerry World
Speaker 1: but bigger, all right, because because so many of these
Speaker 1: stadiums now based off what Jerry Jones built at and
Speaker 1: T Stadium in Arlington. I remember going up there to
Speaker 1: watch the Vikings first game. I was like, man, this
Speaker 1: is a smaller Jerry world here and at Lant. A
Speaker 1: lot of these new stadiums borrowed from what Jerry Jones did.
Speaker 1: But what Stan Cronky built is this is this is
Speaker 1: the taj Mahal of the National Football League. And patrolling
Speaker 1: the sidelines for the Ramsay Day a man who just
Speaker 1: got a huge deal talking about cornerback Jalen Ramsey here
Speaker 1: twenty one million years. What the steal is going to average?
Speaker 1: One hundred and five million dollars over five years, seventy
Speaker 1: one point two million guarantee in a contract extension. Church,
Speaker 1: you played with Jalen Ramsey and Jacksonville. So how do
Speaker 1: you think Jalen will now operate that he's gotten his money?
Speaker 1: This has been a contention for him. He's wanted to
Speaker 1: have it, all players do, but he got taken care
Speaker 1: of so Bury Church. Your thoughts, man, this guy, I
Speaker 1: mean he deserves it. I mean this guy, I think
Speaker 1: top two corner in the National Football League. You know
Speaker 1: he's rarely injured and he comes to play. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: he has a mouth on him, and yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes he can be not as coachable as you know,
Speaker 1: some of the better guys when it comes to coaching.
Speaker 1: But this guy, I mean, he goes on in the
Speaker 1: football field and he handles his business. I mean, now
Speaker 1: with all this money, do I think he'll change, not
Speaker 1: at all. I think he'll be the ill act the
Speaker 1: same way, which is and you know, kind of an
Speaker 1: arrogant kind of a you know, hey, this is my
Speaker 1: this is my island over here. You're not gonna get
Speaker 1: anything over here. I think he'll continue to talk that
Speaker 1: noise and be to Jalen that he is, because that's
Speaker 1: the guy that got him into the NFL, and that's
Speaker 1: the guy that you know has been able to play
Speaker 1: at that sustained level by talking noise and hyping himself up.
Speaker 1: So I think this was much deserved and I think
Speaker 1: he'll still remain that same corner. And I think when
Speaker 1: the Cowboys go, you know, up up to La whoever
Speaker 1: is across from him. You know, I'm sorry to say,
Speaker 1: but I think they're gonna get locked up. Man. I mean,
Speaker 1: if you watch Jalen Ramsey, and you study his game
Speaker 1: and his techniques. He excels against the bigger ride receivers,
Speaker 1: the bigger, faster ride receivers. I mean, if he watched
Speaker 1: the tape against Toulio Jones when he went down to
Speaker 1: Atlanta last year, he did a pretty good job on
Speaker 1: arguably the best receiver in football. So the thing he
Speaker 1: struggles with is those short Cole Beasley, quick, jitterbug type receivers.
Speaker 1: And I don't see the Cowboys trotting any any of
Speaker 1: those type receivers out and eleven personnel, so I don't know.
Speaker 1: I gotta give Jalen Ramsey the edge when they match
Speaker 1: up this week. But you know, congrats want the commence
Speaker 1: or the contractor was a much deserved man. The dude
Speaker 1: got paid and he's gonna lock down the Cowboys. Ain't
Speaker 1: that something I see? You're still in Jacksonville? Oh for Shure,
Speaker 1: I got, I got, and just don't make a couple
Speaker 1: of just still make a couple of Jayla just toold
Speaker 1: me a couple of listen, I don't listen. I am
Speaker 1: super happy for Ramsey. I mean I've been watching them
Speaker 1: since since Florida State, I believe, and he's he's he's great. Now.
Speaker 1: I don't want to take nothing away from him, but
Speaker 1: knew he did bring up Nick Satan, So what I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do is bring up your David's wife. Shout out
Speaker 1: to my guy for getting paid as one of the
Speaker 1: top cornerbacks in the league. He got his bag up
Speaker 1: there in Buffalo and and I love it. Man. He's
Speaker 1: a great dude, So I just want to get him
Speaker 1: some love for that. He's also gonna ball this year,
Speaker 1: and I think both of these guys will be top
Speaker 1: corners in the league for the next next five years
Speaker 1: at least. All right, um so, so Church, you mentioned
Speaker 1: you think Jayla Ramsey's one of the top two corners.
Speaker 1: Who are the top two corners? If it's Ramsey, who
Speaker 1: else is your opinion? I gotta go with them. Danny's
Speaker 1: goyn LS shoot out of Buffalo and LS shoot. I mean,
Speaker 1: this guy, Tevious White, He's he's he's amazing at that
Speaker 1: corner he has. He's not as big as Ramsey, and
Speaker 1: I don't believe he's as fast as Ramsey, but he's
Speaker 1: just he's quicker than Ramsey and he's just as physical
Speaker 1: even though he's a smaller corner. I mean, this guy,
Speaker 1: he's he can go gets run support. He can lock
Speaker 1: up any any wide receiver in the game right now,
Speaker 1: even those little short, jittery bug receivers. He can lock
Speaker 1: those guys up. So I think he was another corner
Speaker 1: that deserved to get paid, and I'm glad he did
Speaker 1: get paid. So you think that that it's it's it's
Speaker 1: white as White and ram White and Ramsey. But I
Speaker 1: got Ramsey number one. I got Ramsey number one. How
Speaker 1: bias do I have to be? How biased do I
Speaker 1: have to be to say it's, uh, it's Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: and Ramsey. Oh hell noah. I'll just listen. You you
Speaker 1: haven't seen. Listen, no matter how bad Arizona has been,
Speaker 1: you still hadn't seen Patrick Peter getting out there getting
Speaker 1: beat like that. Even though he's on the team that
Speaker 1: hasn't really performed well, he's still been one of the
Speaker 1: top corners in the league. I think that will be
Speaker 1: even I think he will escalate his play this season,
Speaker 1: just based off the fact that they're going to be
Speaker 1: competitors and they got he's out there with going against
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins every week. I think he's gonna be back
Speaker 1: back to top form this season, him and him to
Speaker 1: Davis White and Jayla Ramsey will be the top three corners.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, I think I think Pat he falls into that,
Speaker 1: you know that Tom Brady kind of people. People are like,
Speaker 1: people are like, you know, they've seen what he did,
Speaker 1: he won, he did all this stuff in the past.
Speaker 1: But and they kind of bringing, oh yeah, he's still
Speaker 1: the top now. I don't think so, man, I think
Speaker 1: he fell off a little bit. I still give him
Speaker 1: top out. I'm willing. So he fell off, he fell
Speaker 1: off a little bit, but he top five. Okay, he
Speaker 1: ain't want to do that. I take that. I take that.
Speaker 1: I take that. Who do you have? No way? I
Speaker 1: mean for every look, you guys played the game, so
Speaker 1: I give your expertise that edge over anything that I'm
Speaker 1: gonna set. But if you guys realized you just left
Speaker 1: off the defensive player of the year last year, who
Speaker 1: was the co leader in interceptions the National Football League,
Speaker 1: who's also a Super Bowl champion, that step On Gilmore
Speaker 1: of the New England Patriots. Yes, yeah, I realized that.
Speaker 1: But I also chalked something that up to my boy
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick. You know, he was he was great. I'm
Speaker 1: still giving him top five. But like I said, I
Speaker 1: may be a little biased. I got two LSU guys
Speaker 1: in my top three, and Jalen Ramsey isn't my top three,
Speaker 1: so Stephon Gilmore fits at four. I mean, he did
Speaker 1: the defensive lay of the year, just just just just because,
Speaker 1: just because you clamp up on Murray Cooper, don't mean
Speaker 1: my bad bad No, Hey, wait day, don't bring that up. Listen,
Speaker 1: knew that was last year, all right, We're talking about
Speaker 1: this year. I also saw Stephan Gilmore before he was
Speaker 1: playing in New England. He wasn't that. He wasn't the
Speaker 1: top corner in the league, all right. He progressed to
Speaker 1: be a great cornerback this year. I think, like I said,
Speaker 1: things change in Arizona. They're going to be competitive. They
Speaker 1: have a top receiver out there to challenge Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: every day in practice, and he's gonna go out there
Speaker 1: and show that he's still a top corner in the
Speaker 1: league this season. Now. Now, he was in Buffalo before
Speaker 1: he ended up going into England, and there's a bunch
Speaker 1: of folks who've been who've left that program in Buffalo
Speaker 1: who went on to have some success in other places. Mean,
Speaker 1: Robert Woods was not a guy we heard a whole
Speaker 1: lot out of Buffalo, and clearly he was misused there
Speaker 1: because we see what happened with him and Sean McVay system.
Speaker 1: Chris Hogan was a guy that we never heard about
Speaker 1: a Buffalo. He goes into England and he gets used
Speaker 1: as a part of a Super Bowl championship team. So
Speaker 1: so for me, when I look at Buffalo, how guys
Speaker 1: are using I mean, Marshawn Lynch was there. He ends
Speaker 1: up leaving Buffalo, goes out to set. Mars Shawn Lynch
Speaker 1: ends up having having a good cruso. I don't want
Speaker 1: to sit around here and beat him up because oh
Speaker 1: what did he do a Buffalo. That's point we got
Speaker 1: to look at. But that's a two dudes who left
Speaker 1: Buffalo and be he ain't good play now listen, But
Speaker 1: there's also a bunch of things that left New England
Speaker 1: and haven't done anything. Absolutely. But what I'm saying is Buffalo,
Speaker 1: they weren't relevant, they weren't playing for anything. People are
Speaker 1: going to Buffalo. At one point You're like, man, listen,
Speaker 1: if Buffalo called me, I'm gonna go out there. I
Speaker 1: know I'm gonna be home at the end of December.
Speaker 1: That's just how you thought about it. Now now it's different, right,
Speaker 1: not even going to the playoffs. They're competing for the
Speaker 1: for the for the division title, so it's different. Like
Speaker 1: everybody's elevating their play because they have something to play for.
Speaker 1: I feel like that's gonna be the same thing Arizona. Ain't.
Speaker 1: Nobody's been thinking about Arizona for the last four years.
Speaker 1: It's all been about Seattle. It's been about Seattle for
Speaker 1: this entire time. Now, now the whole landscape of that
Speaker 1: division to change, and it's going to be different. Would
Speaker 1: you like to make a bet? I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: find a way why everything Peterson, Patrick Peterson, Patrick Peterson,
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson performs better than Steph Gilmore this year. I
Speaker 1: think he is a part of a better defensive union.
Speaker 1: He got a bunch of guys in New England. Who's
Speaker 1: decide they opted out, I mean, have the defense or
Speaker 1: they left him. So no, I'm not I'm not looking.
Speaker 1: Let's let's let's just do this man the man covers.
Speaker 1: Then they got stats for just when when when he's
Speaker 1: covering somebody's name the man, they have those stats. They
Speaker 1: can break them out next and stuff like that. I'm
Speaker 1: already Cooper by the way, we get back to this
Speaker 1: that Jalen Ramsey. We don't even know if Ramsey will
Speaker 1: be covering Amari Cooper. He was in he was working
Speaker 1: with resistance bands and practice here, so we're not sure
Speaker 1: exactly if if Cooper is going to be out there
Speaker 1: week one, and if he is, who knows, maybe they
Speaker 1: just make him a decoy against Jalen Ramsey. But I'm worried.
Speaker 1: I'm worried about number nineteen. What's your concern level here, Church, Well, well,
Speaker 1: I mean it isn't a way game, so I mean
Speaker 1: we all know what happens in away games when it
Speaker 1: comes to number nineteen. So I'm a little bit concerned.
Speaker 1: I mean, like you said, he hasn't practiced that much.
Speaker 1: He's you know, and he's We're going into the season opener,
Speaker 1: so we'll see. Hopefully he can change that you know,
Speaker 1: away game disappearing act and turn it into a full,
Speaker 1: you know, a full season of away and home games
Speaker 1: playing well. But we'll see, he's going against a top
Speaker 1: poinner in my opinion, and I don't think he'll fare
Speaker 1: too well if he's locked up against Jalen Ramsey each
Speaker 1: and every down. Listen, let me tell you, let me
Speaker 1: tell you what I'm hoping for. All right, just based
Speaker 1: off what's been going on in the Cowboys organization for
Speaker 1: the last couple months. This is all a ploy. He's five.
Speaker 1: They just don't want him to practice because they don't
Speaker 1: want LA to know if he's gonna be playing or not.
Speaker 1: That's that's all this is. So he's I drafted him
Speaker 1: on my fantasy football team. So my hope is they're
Speaker 1: just trying to trick everybody. Mark Cooper's gonna go out there,
Speaker 1: he's gonna line up, he's gonna be full speed, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna make some plays on Jalen Ramsey or whoever's covering.
Speaker 1: That's that's That's the only thing I can get out
Speaker 1: of this, because if not, I'm confusing. This is honey,
Speaker 1: million man. He hadn't practice all training camp. As much
Speaker 1: as you ran down to Mary Cooper last year you
Speaker 1: drafted for your fantasy team. I'm confused. Listen, listen, So
Speaker 1: so you know what happened when you draft at the beginning,
Speaker 1: You draft at the beginning, and then all those picks
Speaker 1: go before you get to pick again. They went on
Speaker 1: a run on receivers. It was so many receivers come
Speaker 1: out the board. But before I got to pick again,
Speaker 1: and he was the one that was left that was
Speaker 1: noticed noticeable, So I picked him up. So why did
Speaker 1: you just go with George Kindle and get the best
Speaker 1: tighten out there? They got no word receivers in San Francisco.
Speaker 1: Something somebody, somebody, somebody picked George Kinder on the second round. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is true, right, This is why you lose. This
Speaker 1: is why you championships. That's why I went championships. I
Speaker 1: talked the guy in Amary Cooper Darley. I talked him
Speaker 1: into it. So I was trying to get guys off
Speaker 1: the board here. But we'll see, we'll see. It's a ploy.
Speaker 1: He's healthy, all right. So tomorrow night we actually do
Speaker 1: have football, all right. The season kicks off the the
Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are gonna host
Speaker 1: the highly paid Deshaun Watson against the highly paid Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes and two highest paid dudes in the game go
Speaker 1: at it. I'm excited about that. And I'm gonna bring
Speaker 1: in a I'm gonna bring and I had told you
Speaker 1: guys just but oh, by the way, gonna bring in
Speaker 1: Graham Benzinger. Graham Benzinger hosts a show called In Depth.
Speaker 1: He does if you remember years ago, he's the guy
Speaker 1: that the TiO ended up running down uh Dono McNabb
Speaker 1: and ended up getting himself fired from the Eagles. But
Speaker 1: Graham did a sit down interview with Dak Prescott came
Speaker 1: out here um to to prosper and was at Dak's house.
Speaker 1: He also talked to Dak's brother as well, So I
Speaker 1: want to get his take on just what he expects
Speaker 1: from Dak is they get ready to go into this season,
Speaker 1: and also the off season he had where he lost
Speaker 1: his brother. So we're gonna get some good stuff from
Speaker 1: Graham Benzinger tomorrow. So we'll make sure we get in
Speaker 1: on that. So to make sure you two then two
Speaker 1: thirty al right, two thirty um right here on the
Speaker 1: players Lounge. So fella's time is flying by with these
Speaker 1: new forty five segment shows versus the hour shows we do.
Speaker 1: But good stuff here. Uh, clearly you all disrespecting stuff
Speaker 1: on Gilmore different player. I feel bad for a guy
Speaker 1: like that. What does he had to do to get
Speaker 1: some former DBS to give him some credit and Super
Speaker 1: Bowl ring all that kind of God's good. He's good
Speaker 1: than listen. J J. Watt was Defensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Year at one point, and then you know, the next
Speaker 1: year he wasn't, So they could also be the same
Speaker 1: for stuff. For a Gilmore, I'm going with the lguy.
Speaker 1: I'm J. J. Watt. What was that three four years ago?
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, but I'm saying it was it was
Speaker 1: three or four years ago. And then the next year
Speaker 1: he wasn't Defensive Player the Year again, So I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, every year is different. Shout out to shout
Speaker 1: out to give him a man, You're great, You're top five. Mccraige.
Speaker 1: That's cool. I'm gonna let you be wrong on this church.
Speaker 1: I'll talk to you tomorrow. McRae. We'll do this everybody.
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