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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 Tuesday, September twenty second, twenty twenty sixteen, episode

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

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Speaker 1: Were life in s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star,

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Speaker 1: got David Amber in their home setups as well, and

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Speaker 1: we got about forty five minutes of Cowboys talk with

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Speaker 1: you guys today. It is Tuesday, so it is a

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Speaker 1: big picture day. We're gonna look at a couple different

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Speaker 1: items around this team and give you some opinions on

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Speaker 1: what we think of the team overall. Some areas of

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Speaker 1: concern is really where we're gonna focus. And they were

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Speaker 1: particularly to particular to some areas that we didn't get

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Speaker 1: a chance to talk about yesterday on the show as

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Speaker 1: we were recapping the game. And so let's let's jump

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Speaker 1: right in. I guess the first position I want to

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Speaker 1: bring up that was going into this game an area

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Speaker 1: guys still feel the same level of concern is the

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Speaker 1: offensive tackle position. Dak was only sacked one time in

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Speaker 1: this game. It was a first quarter blitz and that

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Speaker 1: wasn't the tackles. I don't think that were involved in

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Speaker 1: that particular situation. Dat being said, how do you assess

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Speaker 1: the play of the two offensive tackles from Sunday's game,

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Speaker 1: Terrence Steele and Brandon Night Nichol's start with you, Well,

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Speaker 1: I thought they struggled, and I think that those numbers

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Speaker 1: better job. Terrence Steel that's twice. Now he's kind of

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Speaker 1: that Lyle should come back after that, and I think

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Speaker 1: Tyrn could come back this week. So my level of

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Speaker 1: to win a game. I mean, think about that. When

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Speaker 1: does the team ever put up five hundred yards five

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Speaker 1: less concerned than I initially was prior to going into

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Speaker 1: the game. I think they did a good job. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: I think they handle what they needed to handle. Yes,

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I thought they played really well given the circumstances. Now,

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Speaker 1: What is your level? Are you more comfortable going into

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Speaker 1: you I don't know. I don't know what's going on

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Speaker 1: with this with just I r out out for three

428
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Speaker 1: yea three games. It's kind of crept up. Did you?

429
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Speaker 1: Did you guys know anything about that last week or

430
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 1: that did that? Really? Was it surprising to you guys?

431
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 1: It was to me. No, Well, he showed up on

432
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Speaker 1: the injury report on Friday, But I mean, guys, guys,

433
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:39,920
Speaker 1: get dinged up in practice, Like if if fans could

434
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,360
Speaker 1: see practice and see how you know, it's still football,

435
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 1: Like guys go down like fans would have panic attacks

436
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,360
Speaker 1: every day, so you see, you know, I saw Anthony

437
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,399
Speaker 1: Brown pop up on the injury report on Friday. I

438
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 1: was like, Oh, he probably took a helmet to the

439
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,560
Speaker 1: ribs or something whatever. But but he goes on I R.

440
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Speaker 1: And the thing that makes it tricky is typically you

441
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,919
Speaker 1: only get a couple of guys that you're allowed to

442
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: bring back, so you know, you can ask people and say, well,

443
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Speaker 1: you know, is this is designated a return. They don't

444
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: have to do that this year. Yeah, So as of

445
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: right now, I'm not sure of the severity. Obviously, it

446
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 1: means a b will be gone at least until you know,

447
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: he can't come back until after week five. And I

448
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 1: would like to think, I mean rib injuries, you're you

449
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 1: would like to think unless he just absolutely broke a

450
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Speaker 1: bunch of his ribs, you would think it's you know,

451
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,800
Speaker 1: a three to six week injury. I guess. So I

452
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,680
Speaker 1: leaned toward thinking he'll be back, but you know, not

453
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: any time to help him against Russell Wilson. Unfortunately. All right,

454
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,120
Speaker 1: let's move on to the front end of the defense.

455
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: Cowboys were able to get one sack this last game.

456
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 1: Everson Griffin gets that sack. It was a time in

457
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,120
Speaker 1: the game when I think they really needed it, so

458
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 1: I was a big play for him and for this defense.

459
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Speaker 1: That all being said, I have a basically a very

460
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,960
Speaker 1: simple question for you guys, what's wrong with the pass rush?

461
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Speaker 1: Because I think we all expected more at this point. Amber,

462
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Speaker 1: Let's start with you, what's wrong with this pass rush? Shore?

463
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Speaker 1: I wish I knew what was wrong with the pass rush, jeez,

464
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: and I wish they knew, because again, big, big expectations

465
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 1: for this pass rush, a lot of talent there, and

466
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 1: unfortunately they're just not being able to get the job done.

467
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Speaker 1: And honestly, I don't know what exactly is happening. We

468
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Speaker 1: talk about DeMarcus Lawrence, a guy that you keep seeing

469
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Speaker 1: fans asking about him and what's going on? Why is

470
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Speaker 1: he not playing at the level he should be playing at?

471
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Speaker 1: And again that was another question last year, but this

472
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Speaker 1: year specifically, my concern is that you always talk about

473
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Speaker 1: when you got a great guy, you expect him even

474
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Speaker 1: if he's getting blocked, you expect that person to be

475
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Speaker 1: able to create more opportunities for the rest of the line,

476
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Speaker 1: and that's not happening. There are several guys that are

477
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Speaker 1: very talented guys, but at the same time, I'm not

478
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Speaker 1: being able to see any other opportunities being created for

479
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Speaker 1: the other guys in the line. So I wish I

480
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: knew exactly what the problem was, but I don't, and

481
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Speaker 1: it is very concerning for me because I was expecting

482
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Speaker 1: a lot more, and I was expecting because of everything

483
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Speaker 1: I hear from Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones. How oh,

484
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Speaker 1: we trust that the defensive line is going to be

485
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: able to help our secondary. Well, I'm sorry, but it's

486
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: not happening. So I hope they're they're able to fix

487
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 1: it pretty soon. And I still don't know what's happening

488
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Speaker 1: with de Marcus Lawrence as far as the injury, because

489
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Speaker 1: I know he I saw the report that he came

490
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Speaker 1: out of the game. I forgot what they we're looking at.

491
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,439
Speaker 1: I don't remember Danny, so hopefully that that's not something

492
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Speaker 1: that we see tomorrow pop up. And then here we

493
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Speaker 1: are with a bigger problem of injuries added up to

494
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Speaker 1: the list of guys that are injured. The key guys

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Speaker 1: that are injured for these upcoming games. But yeah, I

496
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Speaker 1: hope Dave and Nick have better answers. Well. According I

497
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: was just gonna say, according to Jerry Jones, he said

498
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Speaker 1: this morning on his radio call that as far as

499
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Speaker 1: his health, DeMarcus Lawrence is fine. He said, he may

500
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Speaker 1: be nicked up a little bit, but his health is fine.

501
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Speaker 1: This is not a situation where he feels like DeMarcus

502
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Speaker 1: Lawrence is injured to the point where he can't play

503
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Speaker 1: and can't play well. That was again, those are the

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Speaker 1: words of Jerry. But but you know, for example, you

505
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Speaker 1: hear certain injuries. For example, Chris Jones, I was just

506
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Speaker 1: recently finding out this year about the injury that he

507
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,880
Speaker 1: was dealing with last year and he was playing. And

508
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 1: even though there is obviously very different positions here, but

509
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Speaker 1: you hear it all the time about guys that are

510
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Speaker 1: dealing with certain type of injury and although they're still

511
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Speaker 1: able to play, it does it does affect them in

512
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Speaker 1: the game and the level that they're able to perform.

513
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Speaker 1: So even though he might be fine to playing to

514
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Speaker 1: the game, I'm still that's going to be in the

515
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Speaker 1: back of my mind us to how well he can

516
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: deal with that injury during an actual game. This reminds

517
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: me of the movie The Program where the coach walks

518
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 1: up to the player and says, are you injured? Are

519
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,719
Speaker 1: you hurt? Because guess what, in football, everybody's hurt. Like

520
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: that's just the nature of playing football. You're going to

521
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: be hurt. Injured means you can't play. And it sounds

522
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Speaker 1: like right here, what Jerry at least is saying is

523
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Speaker 1: that DeMarcus is hurt, not injured, hurt. That movie came

524
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Speaker 1: out in ninety three. You and I got that. I

525
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,400
Speaker 1: don't know they've seen that, haven't today. I've yeah, I've

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Speaker 1: I mean, and I've heard I've heard the line. I've

527
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 1: heard all of that stuff. I was gonna say, I

528
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: love it. It's a it's a fun interesting paradox is.

529
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Speaker 1: You know, everybody gets dinged up. Everybody's dealing with something.

530
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Speaker 1: Number One, teams don't want to talk about it because

531
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Speaker 1: they don't want to give away, you know, things that

532
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: might compromise them. And two guys know they got a

533
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: gut through it. But then when they take criticism, it's like,

534
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: well I'm dealing with this, this, that, and the other.

535
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: And it's like, well, either you play to do. All

536
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Speaker 1: I can do is comment on what I'm watching. Yeah, actually, no,

537
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Speaker 1: I think it's it's very very interesting timing that we're

538
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 1: talking about this, because Everson Griffin has actually been waging

539
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Speaker 1: in on it on Twitter this morning. Yeah, and no,

540
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: this is this is actually interesting. Like I love this response.

541
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Speaker 1: So you know, our good friend Jeff Kavanaugh was watching

542
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: the game this morning and he said, you know, Everson

543
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: Griffin really hasn't been playing well, and Everson took exception

544
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 1: to it, and I actually appreciate rather than just he

545
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,679
Speaker 1: actually kind of gave some detail in these Twitter replies.

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Speaker 1: So I'm reading from him. He said. You know, he says,

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Speaker 1: I get that it's week two. How many injuries were

548
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: there in the league last Sunday, kind of referring to

549
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 1: the fact that, you know, it's a short preseason, lack

550
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: of practice time. He says, let's talk about playing well

551
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: at the end of the year instead of week two.

552
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: I get that everyone has a job to do, but

553
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: in this unique year of football, it's all about the

554
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: trend line, which I think is really interesting. So if

555
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Speaker 1: you're asking it's wrong pass rush, it's probably I mean,

556
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 1: it sounds like an excuse but it seems like it

557
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: holds water that they haven't had a lot of time

558
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: to work together. Everson Griffin didn't start practicing until eight

559
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: days before the end of training camp. I guess Tank

560
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: has something bothering his knee. And even Mike Nolan said

561
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: yesterday and his availability with the media, he said, you know,

562
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: our pass rush needs to get better as at working

563
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: together as one unit, not just guys winning individual matchups,

564
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: but kind of working as a cohesive group. And when

565
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Speaker 1: you think about the complete lack of playing time that

566
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: these guys have had together, it makes sense that they're

567
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: not in sync. And now the flip side of that

568
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 1: coin is, guess what nobody cares. Nobody cares about any

569
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: of that because y'all are all big names, and you're

570
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: paid very well, and you got to get to the

571
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Speaker 1: quarterback and you didn't do it very well against a

572
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Speaker 1: very slow quarterback in Matt Ryan. So how am I

573
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Speaker 1: supposed to have confidence that you're going to do it

574
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: against Udini? Because that's what Russell Wilson is. So I

575
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: get where Everson Griffin is coming from, and I understand

576
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 1: that there are a lot of factors getting in the

577
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Speaker 1: way of just hitting the ground running. I bet there'll

578
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: be a lot better in Week ten than they are

579
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: right now. But that doesn't matter. You gotta find ways

580
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,480
Speaker 1: to win football games, and sacking the quarterback is a

581
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,479
Speaker 1: big part of that. So that was a mouthful, but

582
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 1: I think I covered it no, And I think it

583
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: also comes with the territory when you are highly paid,

584
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Speaker 1: when you are when expectations are really high. You look

585
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Speaker 1: at that those pass rushers. I think we all watching

586
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Speaker 1: during training camp believed that that was going to be

587
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Speaker 1: the strength of that defense. And if the defense was

588
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 1: gonna be any way better than it was last year,

589
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: it was going to be because of those three guys

590
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Speaker 1: in particular. And so there is an expectation, and I think,

591
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Speaker 1: be honest with you, when they want when they want

592
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: more money, they throw it out there that there are

593
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 1: those kinds of players. So I think you can't have

594
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 1: it both ways. You gotta have to say you have

595
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: to step up to the occasion when it's time to perform. Nick,

596
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: what do you think of this pass rush? Um? I

597
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: think I got asked on Twitter in the game, where

598
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Speaker 1: is this pass rush? And I said, for Skull, I mean,

599
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 1: that's that's the Ford center and that's where that's where

600
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: it was. That's where we saw it, and that's where

601
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: they were there wasn't I haven't seen it since then.

602
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: Uh I am. I am glad that the tweet I

603
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: was about to fire off that said I thought they

604
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: signed Everson Griffin. I didn't do that. I decided not

605
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: to do that. You know, it was like midway through

606
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: the third quarter. I was like, I thought they signed

607
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: Everson Griffin. But then I was like, man, that's fine

608
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: because he'll probably come up with a big play. I

609
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: even thought that thankfully did um but um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think Amber and David Wright about all all that,

611
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Speaker 1: all that they said, I mean, it's just this, it's

612
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 1: on them, this is this is what they keep adding to. Uh. Yeah,

613
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: it would have been nice to have Gerald McCoy. You know,

614
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: I think he would help there in the middle, because

615
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 1: I think the best guy that is getting back there

616
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: is Tristan Hill. Now he's not doing a lot with it,

617
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: but I see him back there a lot. He's disruptive,

618
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: and that's what you want there in the middle. You

619
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: want somebody's disruptive. Yeah, so they they've got to get better.

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Speaker 1: I mean, uh, I thought what Jerry Jones said, if

621
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Speaker 1: he said that on the radio today, I think that's

622
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: I think it's a message. I mean, I think Jerry

623
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: would would not say it that way if he wasn't

624
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: trying to say he's fine. He might have a little

625
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: bit here and there, but he's fine. Yeah, and he's

626
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: probably thinking about his check book there and he's fine.

627
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: He needs to be out there, don't get it. Yeah,

628
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna take our final book when we

629
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: come back. I want to go ahead, go ahead, Amber.

630
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: I was just gonna ask, who would you say is

631
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Speaker 1: the best defensive player currently on the whole defense Smithy,

632
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,479
Speaker 1: which I was gonna say. The irony, the irony of

633
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: me saying that the pass rush will be a lot

634
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: better in week ten than it is right now, is

635
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: that a guy who hasn't played since twenty fifteen is

636
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: the best defender on this team right now. Like there's

637
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,239
Speaker 1: I don't even think it's tough. Yeah, I don't think

638
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: it's even close. I don't even think it's close. Nick No,

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it's probably it's probably Aldon Smith, yeah,

640
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: but I mean I don't know. I think it'll be

641
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: Jaalen Smith Wents. All said and done, huh yeah, Jed,

642
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: what was that? But I think it'll be all said

643
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: and done, he's gonna be the best player in the YEP.

644
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: I saw a swipe he got. He got one too.

645
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm not saying I don't think

646
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: Jalen can get better as the season goes on. But

647
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: I don't see anything right now that suggests to me

648
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: that by the end of the season he'll be better

649
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: than Aldon Smith. He'll be better. I think Tank is

650
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 1: a guy that maybe he'sn't showing up right now. And

651
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: by the way, when we say not showing up, go

652
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: back to watch the beginning of that game, that first series,

653
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: that was the Tank Show. And that's that's why. That's

654
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: why people have the expectations, is because there are moments

655
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: in games where you see it and you're like, that's

656
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. That's why they pay him the

657
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: big bucks. It's just in other moments it's not there.

658
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: But that that first series, he made some outstanding plays

659
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Speaker 1: I thought, I mean just his ability to be able

660
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: to get around blocks, get off blocks and then make

661
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: a tackle like he made some really good plays. So yeah,

662
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: I don't I think there are a lot there are

663
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: probably four or five guys out within and have a

664
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: chance of being the best player on this defense. Before

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00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: I would get to Jake again, I know we're going

666
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: to break. But Mike Nolan knows how to coach defense.

667
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 1: He knows how to figure things out. No, he does.

668
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 1: He's been around too long not to know he knows

669
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Speaker 1: how to coach defense. He's trying to figure out what

670
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: he's got here. Is this the same d Law he

671
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: saw on tape, the same Griffin, the same Poe, all

672
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: that stuff you watch. They'll start mixing in some blitzes

673
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: and things like that here and there to be disruptive.

674
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: He's been in this league too long not to figure

675
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: it out on a week to week basis. You know,

676
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: I think the lack of preseason, lack of training camp,

677
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: some of those things. I think he'll start to turn

678
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:34,919
Speaker 1: things around. All right, let's go to our final break.

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Speaker 1: We'll come back now. We're gonna talk coaching, and we're

680
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Speaker 1: gonna talk special teams and coaching and how that all

681
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Speaker 1: final segment of the break and this segment we're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about coaching a little bit, and I want to

727
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Speaker 1: talk about it from two different facets. I first want

728
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Speaker 1: to start and talk a little bit about special teams,

729
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: and they brought in a coach Fossil as what most

730
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: people consider one of the better special teams coaches in

731
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 1: the NFL. And I think through two games, the one

732
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: thing that we've seen is he has ideas like that's

733
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 1: the one thing about special teams. You look at some

734
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: teams and special teams is really just like kick the

735
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 1: ball off, try to make sure nobody scores on you, like,

736
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: just keep the status quo. It seems like his philosophy

737
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: on this is we can change games, like we can

738
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,800
Speaker 1: make things happen, and his head coach buys into it.

739
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,240
Speaker 1: They've had two fake punts that they've tried, having converted

740
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: either one, but they tried. They had obviously the biggest

741
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: play of the game in my opinion on Sunday, which

742
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: was the onside kick, where again they did something that

743
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: you haven't seen teams do the way he kicked the ball.

744
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: There they call it, I've heard called the water watermelon kick.

745
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: But you know the way they kicked the ball, it's

746
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 1: new and different. That all being said, how would you assess,

747
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: at least what you've seen the philosophy with regards to

748
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 1: special teams and being willing to try more things and

749
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: be a bit more aggressive. Let's start first with you, Nick.

750
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: I think you know he's innovative. That's all he does.

751
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 1: I mean, he just lives and breathes the mean he's

752
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: being special teams, trying to trying to one up the rules. Uh.

753
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 1: And I say that, like, okay, this is the this

754
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 1: is the new rule for special I mean for onside kicks.

755
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: It's hard to get this. The players can't have a

756
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: running start. You have to do something creative, do something

757
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: slow that will work. Try to play mind tricks on

758
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: the four guys that that won't actually touch the ball

759
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: when they could. I mean, dude, whatever you've got to do,

760
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: figure out how to get that ball to go ten

761
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: and a half yards. But I thought, you know, I

762
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: just think he's he's he's a really a good coach,

763
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 1: and he's you know, he just trying to figure out

764
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: different ways to make this work. And even from the kickoff,

765
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: if you look at it, I mean he's I mean,

766
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: they know that that there's of all kickoffs have a

767
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: penalty in it. That's why Zoroline's not kicking it into

768
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: the net. He's popping it up, trying to get it

769
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: down so they can get you a better field position.

770
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: Don't know why Tony Polter keeps running it out seven

771
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 1: yards deep, but but yeah, I haven't figured that one

772
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 1: out either, but they'll they'll figured it out. I think

773
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: he's a great addition, all right, Dave. I love this guy.

774
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: He's it's I mean, it bums me out that you know,

775
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: we're doing all that we're doing this season via COVID,

776
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: and I haven't really gotten a chance to get to

777
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: know him, because he's just a breath of fresh air.

778
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 1: Like he's always excited, he's always in a good mood,

779
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:53,320
Speaker 1: and I freaking I love his his confidence and his

780
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: his go get or attitude. I mean, we can talk

781
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: about the special team stuff, but if you go back

782
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: to week one, some he asked him, you know, as

783
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,839
Speaker 1: the special teams coordinator, how do you feel when they

784
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 1: pass up on a chance for an easy field goal

785
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 1: to go for it on a fourth and three and

786
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,240
Speaker 1: he was like, hell yeah, I love it one hundred

787
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 1: percent of the time. I don't know if we lost

788
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: Dave there. I think we may have lost Dave there

789
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: for a second, Amber, Why don't we go to you.

790
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about the special teams and

791
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: what the coach is doing there. You like it? You

792
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:33,840
Speaker 1: don't like it? Are you talking to me? Yes? Yeah? Amber?

793
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: He was saying some good stuff too. I know he

794
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: was on a pro he's on a roll, and we

795
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 1: think we just lost him. All right, Well I'll give

796
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: am I back. Yes, you're back. Oh boy, I'm sorry.

797
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: I don't I'm sorry though. Uh yeah, I was on

798
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 1: a roll, damn it. It's fine. Um oh no, he said. Yesterday,

799
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: somebody was like, they asked him about the first fake

800
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: punt failed, and he was like, when we do it again,

801
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: we'll get it. And I was like, I love your confidence,

802
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: my man. That's awesome. He's just fun. I like his

803
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,399
Speaker 1: aggressive attitude, his attention to detail. He also somebody asked

804
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 1: him yesterday, did you kick the on site kick toward

805
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: the Dallas sideline on purpose? So that Atlanta's coaches wouldn't

806
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: be able to yell at their players about what to do.

807
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: And he laughed and said no comment, which means yes,

808
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: by the way. So I love that he took the

809
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: time to think of that like that. That's again, that's

810
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: the type of stuff that we would have complained that

811
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 1: the old coaching staff doesn't think that far ahead or

812
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,359
Speaker 1: think that minutely about it. So I got a lot

813
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: to say about it, clearly, because I'm I'm a big

814
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: fan of this guy. Yep, me too. What do you think, Amber, Well,

815
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: I love him as well. I think that he's great

816
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: and I do have full confidence that special teams will

817
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: keep improving as the season goes on. And one of

818
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: the things I remember where he said in one of

819
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: his initial interviews when he first got here with Dallas Um,

820
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 1: I remember him saying that his hope is to make

821
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: special team players feel like they matter, like they are important,

822
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: just as important as any of the other guys, and

823
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,919
Speaker 1: that that stuck to me at the time because I'm like, huh,

824
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: that's I love that kind of mentality, because you need

825
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: to make every person feel like they matter. So his

826
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: whole mentality, I absolutely love him. I think that the

827
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 1: game changing like the way that he's choosing these and

828
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 1: making these decisions that could be game changing plays. That

829
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 1: goes along with what he said initially about making players

830
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 1: feel like they matter, like this play is important, We're

831
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 1: gonna make it happen. We have a chance to make

832
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: a game changing decision here and all that. So I

833
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 1: just think they're gonna keep doing better. There's there's been mistakes.

834
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: It all goes back to execution, but players will keep improving,

835
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 1: especially when you got that type of leader leading them.

836
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: I think that they're just gonna get better. Let's extend out, Nick,

837
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna ask you this question. Let's extend out

838
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 1: to the broader head coach and some of the decisions

839
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: that he's made so far. In two weeks. You think

840
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 1: about this. In two weeks, Cowboys have had two fake punts.

841
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: They've had a two point conversion attempt that they tried

842
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 1: earlier than some people thought they should have. They had

843
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: a forty six yard field goal at the end of

844
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: that game, which we didn't talk about yesterday, but they

845
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: settled for forty six yards and they probably could have

846
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 1: been a little more aggressive tried to get more yards

847
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: they settled for forty six. It worked out, but they

848
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: settled for forty six. And then they had the fourth

849
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Speaker 1: down attempt in week one where instead of taking easy

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Speaker 1: field goal, they attempt a fourth down conversion. Now, all

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Speaker 1: of those except for settling for the forty six yarder

852
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Speaker 1: went against them. Right now, when you look at the

853
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: coaching decisions that have been made, he's obviously very very

854
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Speaker 1: aggressive coach. That being said, though, do you think that

855
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Speaker 1: this is a problem or do you think it's just

856
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: a different way doing things that we're all going to

857
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: have to adjust to because he's just more aggressive. They're

858
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,319
Speaker 1: a different way of doing it. I mean, just just

859
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: completely different way of of you know, figuring out how

860
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Speaker 1: to manage a game. And you know where right now

861
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 1: he's he's one and one. I mean, that's that's probably

862
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say he's gonna be fifty fifty all

863
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Speaker 1: all year long. But but yeah, I mean, we're we're

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Speaker 1: everybody would do you know, things differently. We say it

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Speaker 1: all the time, We joke around. You coach your team,

866
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: I'll coach my team. And literally he coaches his team.

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Speaker 1: He does it his way. And there's some people that

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Speaker 1: that believe that they only won the game because he

869
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Speaker 1: went for two. I'm I'm I'm not necessarily a believer

870
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Speaker 1: in that at all, but I just think there are

871
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Speaker 1: some people think that that actually worked out for them

872
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 1: and why that they won. But you know, I like

873
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: his his ideas. They're different, they're they're new and fresh.

874
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: You're not gonna agree with all of them. Amber, I

875
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,319
Speaker 1: like it. It's very different than than what we were

876
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: used to, and that's what we've been asking for the

877
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: past couple of years. So I can't complain now that

878
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: we're actually seeing it happen. But at the same time,

879
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: I think you also have to put some blame into

880
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,840
Speaker 1: the players. I think that there has been some calls

881
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:16,839
Speaker 1: that were good and risky, but it just comes down

882
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 1: to execution and the players actually making the play happen.

883
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,320
Speaker 1: But then again, that goes into coaching as well, because

884
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: at the same time, you as a coach are supposed

885
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: to know and have a good feel of what your

886
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,799
Speaker 1: players can actually do and make happen. So it's just

887
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: a balancing between. So to be fair, there's some blame

888
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: to go around as far as the players making the

889
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 1: play happen. But I love what I'm seeing some questionable things,

890
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: but had they worked out to their advantage, we would

891
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: be talking about how amazing and great and unbelievable this

892
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 1: coaching staff is, especially Mike McCarthy, But it just it

893
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: hasn't necessarily fully worked out just yet. But I do

894
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,319
Speaker 1: think it's like I said about special teams, I do

895
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Speaker 1: think that as time goes on, they're gonna be able

896
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: to improve and get better the more they keep practicing together. Obviously,

897
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: those uh the preseason was crucial for everyone around the league.

898
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 1: We know that, but I think given time, we'll be

899
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:24,319
Speaker 1: able to be cheering more than being questioning those play calls, Dave,

900
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:30,920
Speaker 1: what do you think? I absolutely and unequ unequivocally love it.

901
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: And that's even you know, that's even I still don't.

902
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 1: I don't love the two point conversion call. We don't

903
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 1: have to do all that again. But give me the

904
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Speaker 1: coach that's gonna do that stuff. Give me the coach.

905
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Speaker 1: I mean, god, how much time have we spent talking

906
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Speaker 1: about whether or not Mike McCarthy cares about analytics. I mean,

907
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: that's that's what that is. That's that's what I didn't

908
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,160
Speaker 1: like the second fake punk call. I don't care I'm

909
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 1: always going to be in favor of being aggressive to

910
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 1: give your team the best chance to in. I mean,

911
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: we spend eight years complaining about Garrett, and I feel

912
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 1: like what a lot of people are saying is I

913
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Speaker 1: want you to be aggressive when it's fourth and two

914
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Speaker 1: on the opponent's thirty five yard line. Like that's that's

915
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,880
Speaker 1: not aggressive, that's obvious. So I love this idea of

916
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Speaker 1: thinking outside the box. I say, keep doing it because

917
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Speaker 1: I think they have the talent that it'll it'll pay

918
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Speaker 1: off way more often than not, even though we haven't

919
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Speaker 1: seen it through. But keep doing it right, Nick, real quick,

920
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Speaker 1: you had a little story you wanted to give us

921
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Speaker 1: before we in the show. I forgot to tell you

922
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Speaker 1: this yesterday. I thought this was This was funny at

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Speaker 1: the end of the game. It's not related to fossil

924
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: into the game, I'm like running down to try to

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Speaker 1: get to the elevator to get down to the field.

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Speaker 1: Right after right after the kick, everyone's going nuts. There's

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Speaker 1: about thirteen guys in front of me in this hallway.

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Speaker 1: They're huge guys too, and they're all pissed and they're all,

929
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of cussing, and I'm trying to weave

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Speaker 1: through to get through the elevator and all that get there,

931
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Speaker 1: and then if six or seven of them get on

932
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Speaker 1: the elevator, is not really safe distancing on there. And

933
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Speaker 1: it turns out its practice squad that they sit up

934
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Speaker 1: in a suite or whatever, and they're pissed off because

935
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Speaker 1: they can't believe it. And one guy was like, man,

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Speaker 1: I wasn't here, but this has got to be the

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00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:11,839
Speaker 1: same feeling for losing that that super Bowl like that,

938
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Speaker 1: and I'm just thinking that's probably not the same, close

939
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: not the same. He's like, now I know, no, he said,

940
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Speaker 1: now I know how those guys fell after, you know,

941
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Speaker 1: losing the Super Bowl like this, And I'm just like, mm,

942
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Speaker 1: I don't think that's actually the same at all. But

943
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Speaker 1: it's just funny when you think about the practice squad.

944
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: They travel these guys that you know, and then they're

945
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Speaker 1: up there they're pissed off too. And another funny thing

946
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Speaker 1: is CJ. Goodwin. I told Dave this history. He actually

947
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Speaker 1: was on the falcons for that that game in the

948
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl and all that, and then here he is,

949
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Speaker 1: but three years later, recovering you know, watermelon sugar high

950
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Speaker 1: down there spending there and makes it makes the play. No,

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Speaker 1: even though it was that, that would have been the

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Speaker 1: headline if we knew that, all go ahead, dude, of

953
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: all the people to make the Harry Styles joke on

954
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Speaker 1: this show, I would have guessed it would be you.

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Speaker 1: I would have not guessed that. Yep, that would have

956
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Speaker 1: been the headline of that if we knew that was

957
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Speaker 1: called the watermelon cake. Oh yeah, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: Now we know, and we'll never see that cake again.

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Speaker 1: Oh probably not. All right, guys, we appreciate you join us.

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Speaker 1: We're back tomorrow. We got Bucky Brooks joining us as

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Speaker 1: he does every week. He's gonna talk to us about

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Speaker 1: the Seattle offense and good luck with that one. That's

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Speaker 1: gonna be an interesting conversation we'll have with him. Till then.

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Speaker 1: For Nick Eatman, Dave Helmett, Amber Garcia, I am Derek Eakleton.

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