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Speaker 1: It is Monday, December seventh, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode
Speaker 1: number seventy five. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break,
Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Starr.
Speaker 1: We get the privilege of getting you guys ready for
Speaker 1: Cowboys Versus Ravens that happens tomorrow night. We'll go through
Speaker 1: some of the injury updates. We'll talk to you about
Speaker 1: our preview of the cowboy Boys Versus Ravens. We'll also
Speaker 1: get into a little talk on the NFC East before
Speaker 1: we end the show, and in the final segment, we
Speaker 1: will definitely have our picks and we want to hear
Speaker 1: from you guys, So if you have questions, make sure
Speaker 1: you send them to at Cowboys Break on Twitter and
Speaker 1: we will pull those. We'll get to some questions in
Speaker 1: the third segment as well. But let's talk about injuries.
Speaker 1: Let's catch up on some injuries. I'm gonna throw out
Speaker 1: some names, and you guys tell me where they are
Speaker 1: at this point as far as their health and their
Speaker 1: availability for tomorrow night's game. Let's start first with Anthony Brown, Dave.
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown was limited over the weekend. I would guess
Speaker 1: that he's gonna play if we ever do play this game.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. It feels like it's been
Speaker 1: three weeks since the Cowboys have played a game, so
Speaker 1: maybe in that regard, you know, it's a lot of
Speaker 1: time for Anthony Brown to get right. You know, he
Speaker 1: suffered the injury against the Vikings, didn't play on Thanksgiving,
Speaker 1: so that's it's a long time to sit on the shelf.
Speaker 1: So the fact that he upgraded to limited, it seems
Speaker 1: like a good sign. All Smith, where's he? Well, he
Speaker 1: practiced this week and he was missed a couple of days.
Speaker 1: It was sick, missed a couple of days, came back
Speaker 1: to practice, so I would imagine he should be ready
Speaker 1: to go. The one I'm most concerned about Donovan Wilson.
Speaker 1: What's going on with him? He's got a groin and
Speaker 1: he hasn't done anything significant, so we'll see. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: say I feel optimistic about it, though it might be
Speaker 1: Darry and Thompson time. Is that the best Just when
Speaker 1: you get I was gonna say that, it feels like
Speaker 1: just when you start getting excited about a guy, something
Speaker 1: happens to that person and he ends up getting injured. So, man,
Speaker 1: they just cannot catch a freaking break at all. Welcome
Speaker 1: to twenty twenty. It seems like the story of probably
Speaker 1: the whole country, but definitely the Cowboys this year is
Speaker 1: every time you think you might be moving in a
Speaker 1: positive direction, or you might be getting good play out
Speaker 1: of a certain guy, something just inevitably has to happen. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't play the thing that you're excited
Speaker 1: about with Donovan Wilson is this is the same reason
Speaker 1: why he's going to be on the injury report fourteen
Speaker 1: times every season. Doesn't mean he's gonna miss that many games.
Speaker 1: He's just gonna be banged up because he plays like
Speaker 1: he doesn't care about his body. When you throw it
Speaker 1: around and you hit people like that, you're gonna get
Speaker 1: banged up too. We saw it, you know, we've seen
Speaker 1: it with running backs that run that way. We see
Speaker 1: it with linebackers that play that way. I mean, if
Speaker 1: you if you are an intense player that plays recklessly,
Speaker 1: you're gonna get banged up. So it's recklessly a good
Speaker 1: word for that, well for your body. Yeah, okay, okay, alright,
Speaker 1: but reckless. Hey, we've been asking for someone that isn't
Speaker 1: afraid to tackle. True, we've been asking for someone who's
Speaker 1: not afraid to tackle, and we finally get a guy,
Speaker 1: and yes, that's gonna I mean, injuries are bound to
Speaker 1: happen when you get someone that plays that way. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, it's like, what do you want?
Speaker 1: You can't have it all at the same time. So
Speaker 1: I'd rather get a guy, all right that's not afraid
Speaker 1: to hit someone? Yeah, I bet. I mean we might
Speaker 1: just be sitting here talking and then they've rested him,
Speaker 1: but he could be like, oh, I'm playing you know sure.
Speaker 1: I remember interviewing a player one time after a game
Speaker 1: and he said, I'll be fine next week. And it
Speaker 1: was like week six and he was on IR for
Speaker 1: the season. So yeah, they never know said he'd be fine,
Speaker 1: that he'd be he'd be back next week. When I
Speaker 1: talked to him when he had a boot on. I
Speaker 1: guess it was a Steelers game. Yeah, he meant next month. Yeah. Man.
Speaker 1: A lot of times the player is going by, Oh,
Speaker 1: I've had pain before. I can play through pain. But
Speaker 1: then the medical people see it and they're like, no,
Speaker 1: there's no way we're gonna put you back out there
Speaker 1: and let you play with that. Right. But that all
Speaker 1: being said, like how much does this affect the defense?
Speaker 1: And I know it seems kind of strange, Like if
Speaker 1: you're if you're looking at this as a big picture thing,
Speaker 1: it seems kind of strange. We're talking about Donovan Wilson
Speaker 1: in a way where it's like, oh my god, he's
Speaker 1: gonna be out, but he has been one of the
Speaker 1: bright spots of this defense. How much does it affect
Speaker 1: them him not playing? If he doesn't play against the
Speaker 1: Ravens Camber, I mean, that's just another guy to go out,
Speaker 1: a guy that was actually starting to do some things.
Speaker 1: He wasn't he wasn't perfect or anything, but he was
Speaker 1: someone that brought fire to the defense, and it's something
Speaker 1: we've been lacking. And it's just unfortunate because you have
Speaker 1: had so many different injuries in the secondary as a whole,
Speaker 1: and now you get the safety position and then we
Speaker 1: I know you were going to mention Stephen Parker as well,
Speaker 1: who's another safety guy who it's what is the ankle
Speaker 1: and it's still I don't know, it's it listed as questionable.
Speaker 1: I forgot ye or is the OL's questionable too? Yeah,
Speaker 1: So it's just again another hit at the depth of
Speaker 1: the position, at a position that the Cowboys were already
Speaker 1: struggling to begin with. So it's very unfortunate and this
Speaker 1: is obviously going to affect the Cowboys and the defense
Speaker 1: is gonna have to rely, in my opinion, on the
Speaker 1: defensive line and get the most support that they can
Speaker 1: get from them, pressure and attack right there and then
Speaker 1: hope that the linebackers can do their job as well. Dave,
Speaker 1: how much do you think this affects them if if
Speaker 1: if they don't have Donald Wilson out there? You know,
Speaker 1: when you first asked the question, like my immediate reaction
Speaker 1: was like the Saint Tyrant Matthew, you know, But now
Speaker 1: that I'm thinking about it, it's probably it probably would
Speaker 1: not be very good because Donovan Wilson, he's got a
Speaker 1: lot of he's got a lot of work to do
Speaker 1: in coverage, like that's where he seems to struggle. That's
Speaker 1: and that's the hardest part of playing safety. So that
Speaker 1: makes sense. But what does he do well? First of all,
Speaker 1: he's around the ball, he makes hits, he plays the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. Well, you know, he's the classic
Speaker 1: let them know you're their type of player. And what
Speaker 1: do the Ravens do? They run the ball and I
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about it. Mark Andrews isn't going
Speaker 1: to play in this game, but they still utilize tight
Speaker 1: ends and they are better when they're throwing the ball
Speaker 1: between the numbers, which is where you know a good
Speaker 1: thumping safety is probably gonna be. So, yeah, that doesn't
Speaker 1: sound good to me that a guy who can make
Speaker 1: hits maybe forced fumbles. Maybe you know, stop marking Grimm
Speaker 1: or JK. Dobbins for six yards instead of letting him
Speaker 1: go for fifteen. Yeah, that could be problematic. And we
Speaker 1: know what the other safeties on this roster look like
Speaker 1: because we watched them for the first eight weeks before
Speaker 1: Donovan Wilson got his shot, So not super encouraging if
Speaker 1: he can't go for sure, you know, obviously he's kind
Speaker 1: of what they were saying is he just brings like
Speaker 1: a jolt of energy to the defense, So you know
Speaker 1: it'll be a big it'll be a big loss from
Speaker 1: from that standpoint. You know, Darry and Thompson, if he
Speaker 1: plays me, he's okay, He's just solid at best, but
Speaker 1: he doesn't do he doesn't have that wow factor. And Wilson,
Speaker 1: while he does struggle and at times in coverage, I mean,
Speaker 1: most safeties do um, but he brings he makes up
Speaker 1: for it with his ability to, you know, make a play.
Speaker 1: That's one thing that this defense hasn't really done. It's
Speaker 1: gonna make a play so that they're gonna miss that
Speaker 1: if he doesn't play. But again I'm I'm I'm just
Speaker 1: kind of thinking he probably will. And I don't know this,
Speaker 1: I'm just guessing he might. I'm guessing he will play.
Speaker 1: If they don't have him or Stephen Parker, what do
Speaker 1: they have just far as bodies, what's left? As far
Speaker 1: as just the bodies they have to play? Wait, say
Speaker 1: what if they don't have Stephen Parker or Donovan Wilson,
Speaker 1: what do they have it? Just as far as bodies
Speaker 1: are concerned that can play safety, they have Darien, They
Speaker 1: have Xavier Woods. I'm like, thrown off. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: what nick. Later day, when we talked about this in
Speaker 1: a meeting, we talked about it, and you're talking about
Speaker 1: the rookie. Dave's like Reggie Robinson like he was like,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, Reggie, Yeah. Well, I mean I gotta oh
Speaker 1: that guy that goes to show where we are that
Speaker 1: it's we thirteen of the season, and I forgot about
Speaker 1: him because the guy hasn't gotten a jersey yet. So
Speaker 1: my god, I mean, if Donovan can't go and Reggie
Speaker 1: Wilson's or Reggie Robinson I'm sorry still can't get a jersey,
Speaker 1: then I don't know what to say. But yeah, that's
Speaker 1: that's a really good point. I guess that's that's a
Speaker 1: silver lining, is that if he can't go, maybe maybe,
Speaker 1: just maybe we'll see Reggie. I got see it to
Speaker 1: believe it. Well, you gotta think if both of them
Speaker 1: can't go, if Wilson can't go and Parker can't go,
Speaker 1: then I think, like, who else do they have? I
Speaker 1: don't know how the joy you have. You almost think
Speaker 1: you gotta put him out there and see what he
Speaker 1: can do. Unless you want to take one of those
Speaker 1: corners where by the way, you're shorthanded there too. Yeah, like,
Speaker 1: where are you gonna put back there? I want to
Speaker 1: say this is not good. I mean, but I want
Speaker 1: to say DeAndre Burton has played some safety. I mean
Speaker 1: he looks like a safety. He's like six two to
Speaker 1: twenty five. I guess he could play some safety. You know,
Speaker 1: we've talked a lot cheeto they move. Oh what like
Speaker 1: if they move cornerback to safety on two days notice
Speaker 1: instead of playing Reggie Robinson, I might lose it. And
Speaker 1: I'm not saying Reggie Robinson is this great player. I
Speaker 1: mean he had a rough trading camp. I get it.
Speaker 1: Sometimes guys take time. But I mean, you know, we
Speaker 1: I feel like we've said this a million times in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, like it's a break glass in case of
Speaker 1: emergency situation, like if he can't find some snaps in
Speaker 1: a situation like this, that's just it's really disheartening to
Speaker 1: hear about a fourth round draft pick. I'm sure we'll
Speaker 1: find out hearing about I don't know, a few hours.
Speaker 1: That's about the time when they when they take off
Speaker 1: on road trips on the day before the game is
Speaker 1: usually when they have to start elevating players from the
Speaker 1: practice squad or moving them up and making all kinds
Speaker 1: of changes. So you expect to see some kind of
Speaker 1: news from that, and I would say in the next
Speaker 1: two hours, and if nothing happens, if they don't move
Speaker 1: him up, then you probably start feeling a little bit
Speaker 1: better about Wilson and or Parker being able to play,
Speaker 1: because just from the standpoint of bodies, you would think
Speaker 1: they feel pretty good about it. All Right, we're gonna
Speaker 1: take an early break. When we come back, we're gonna
Speaker 1: get into our Cowboys Versus Ravens preview. I got some
Speaker 1: questions lined up for these guys. We'll talk about that
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Speaker 1: At the Star We're gonna talk Cowboys versus Ravens. And
Speaker 1: here's the first question I'd like to pose to the
Speaker 1: group who must have a better day for Dallas to
Speaker 1: be successful. Andy Dalton or Zeke Elliott. Let's start with you,
Speaker 1: Nick Oh, Zeke. You gotta go with Zeke. Why because
Speaker 1: he's the guy that has to play well. The running
Speaker 1: game has to be effective. You're not you mean you
Speaker 1: need him to be resembling a superstar. You don't need
Speaker 1: that necessarily for Andy Dalton. He needs to he needs
Speaker 1: Zeke to play well. He plays well than Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: will play well. Um, I think you need Zeke Amber
Speaker 1: I think Zeke as well. I just have a feeling that, Um,
Speaker 1: Cowboys tend to have a better ending when the running
Speaker 1: game is successful, when Zeke has a better day than
Speaker 1: the quarterback. So I just have a feeling that if
Speaker 1: they get Zeke moving and he's able to have a
Speaker 1: better game, the Cowboys might and just might might get
Speaker 1: away with a win. Babe, sounds like he's gonna pick him.
Speaker 1: I think Dalton's it's Andy Dalton. It's a quarterbacks league.
Speaker 1: I don't think. I mean, could anybody tell me the
Speaker 1: last time like Zeke took over a game and just
Speaker 1: made it happen when the other stuff wasn't working, like
Speaker 1: passing games not Their quarterback can't stay upright, and Zeke
Speaker 1: it just didn't matter like Zeke winfull Derrick Henry and
Speaker 1: did it all himself, because I don't I couldn't tell
Speaker 1: you the last time that happened. And I think running
Speaker 1: backs tend to have great days when the quarterback is
Speaker 1: keeping a defense honest, So I mean Zeke. They both
Speaker 1: need to play well, don't get me wrong, but Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton has to find a way to scare the Ravens
Speaker 1: into thinking the passing game might work. Whatever that looks like.
Speaker 1: He's got to keep that thing honest because just like
Speaker 1: every other team, especially since Dak went down, I'm sure
Speaker 1: the Ravens are gonna be like, we're not gonna let
Speaker 1: twenty one be the reason why we lose this game,
Speaker 1: not with a compromised offensive line and a backup quarterback.
Speaker 1: So I would assume they're going to focus on Zeke
Speaker 1: and they'll probably be successful because teams usually are when
Speaker 1: they do that. So Andy Dalton's got to get him
Speaker 1: out of that mindset. So he needs to have it's
Speaker 1: more important that he has a good game. In my opinion,
Speaker 1: that just seems It's funny. Amber and Dave have completely
Speaker 1: different answers there. I mean, and because you think about it,
Speaker 1: the quarterback. We've seen the quarterback play really well here
Speaker 1: with stats and yards and all that and then get
Speaker 1: their ass kick and lose. So you know, and I
Speaker 1: agree with Amber on that one. Like when Zeke plays
Speaker 1: well when the running game is there, they typically win.
Speaker 1: So I've seen the running game do well and then
Speaker 1: win way more than I've seen the passing game do
Speaker 1: well and then lose. So I think it's the running game.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to say like one's right or wrong.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just saying I don't know if I've
Speaker 1: seen that before. Well, the running game works well when
Speaker 1: you just dictate the game to the other team, like
Speaker 1: when you can do what you want, they can't stop you. Typically,
Speaker 1: like you know, like right off the right, off the
Speaker 1: top of my head, I'll I can't get this game
Speaker 1: out of my head. Is the loss of the Vikings
Speaker 1: last year. We're dack through for like four hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty yards and Zeke really wasn't doing much of anything
Speaker 1: and they did lose that game. I would argue that
Speaker 1: they maybe lost that game because they took the ball
Speaker 1: out of their quarterback's hands and crunch time. But I
Speaker 1: just think I think running is a running success is
Speaker 1: a byproduct of winning the game and being the better
Speaker 1: team more often than not, unless you just get up
Speaker 1: Barry Sanders or Derrick Henry Day. From my point is,
Speaker 1: I mean, we haven't seen one of those from Zeke
Speaker 1: in a long long time in my opinion. To that point,
Speaker 1: do you think Zeke has become or has always been
Speaker 1: the type of back that needs great blocking in order
Speaker 1: to be successful? And do you think that's a fair
Speaker 1: way to judge a running back, Dave, Let's starve you.
Speaker 1: I mean, what is the evidence that suggests that that's
Speaker 1: not true? And further, I've said this a million times,
Speaker 1: I still think it's true. Like I'm I'm not worried
Speaker 1: about Zeke in the long term. You know, when this
Speaker 1: offensive line is a little bit healthier and the starting
Speaker 1: quarter back is healthy, I think he'll be just fine.
Speaker 1: But I mean, there's the evidence to suggest that he
Speaker 1: can make it work all by himself. So it's that fair?
Speaker 1: Is that fair to judge him in that way? Though?
Speaker 1: When he's making the amount of money he's makings, that
Speaker 1: is how you should judge him. Yes, that's that those
Speaker 1: are the expectations that come with a fifteen million dollars salary.
Speaker 1: And I've said that a gait, like you know, I'm
Speaker 1: a broken record sometimes, but it's not ideal, like Zeke
Speaker 1: is just not a generational running back who doesn't need
Speaker 1: talent around him to make it work. And honestly, there's
Speaker 1: probably only five or six guys in the history of
Speaker 1: the NFL that you can say that about. So it's
Speaker 1: not a knock on Zeke that that's true. It's just
Speaker 1: an unfortunate circumstance. So like I said, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not trying to rush to cut the
Speaker 1: guy or make him take a pay cut. It just
Speaker 1: it is what it is that I'm just not sure
Speaker 1: he's that caliber of running back amber. I mean, Dave's
Speaker 1: answer is a smart answer, but I feel like me personally,
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to say that yet, even though everything
Speaker 1: everything we're seeing this year suggest your point, Dave. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, I feel there's something just holding
Speaker 1: me back from saying that. And that's maybe because the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have been bad in so many different areas that
Speaker 1: it's not like, oh, Zeke is the only one that's
Speaker 1: not doing his job and playing bad even though we
Speaker 1: know that because of his contract, we have higher expectations
Speaker 1: and at times like this, this is when we need
Speaker 1: him to be good and he's not being good. So
Speaker 1: but I just can't can't get there, like I mean,
Speaker 1: maybe a little more time to feel that way. To me,
Speaker 1: I love Zeke and everything that he's done in previous year. Yes,
Speaker 1: completely different line, but there were many times where I
Speaker 1: thought that the line wasn't perfect in certain games, and
Speaker 1: he was still able to create plays where there wasn't any.
Speaker 1: So I'm not quite there just yet. Yeah, he doesn't
Speaker 1: need a great line, Um, I mean, he's had one
Speaker 1: and he's then he's he's had unbelievable numbers. But if
Speaker 1: you think about the offense they run with him, they don't.
Speaker 1: They don't have a fullback for him. They don't have
Speaker 1: uh adequate tight end blockings. They think they do. They
Speaker 1: put the tight ends out there a lot, but they're
Speaker 1: not really good blockers and they haven't been really since
Speaker 1: he's been here. So, um, you know, they he's had
Speaker 1: a good offensive line, there's no doubt. But but I
Speaker 1: you know, if they really if he was a back
Speaker 1: that needed all that, they would have a lead blocker
Speaker 1: for him, and they would really, you know, have more
Speaker 1: of a run oriented offense. They they want to look
Speaker 1: at it and go, let's spread out with weapons and
Speaker 1: then Zeke can kind of do what he does and
Speaker 1: for the most part, it's worked. So I think he
Speaker 1: you know, when he has a great line, he has
Speaker 1: great stats. When he has a bad line, he's had
Speaker 1: decent stats and he's fourth them in the NFC and
Speaker 1: in rushing yards. I had to write that the other
Speaker 1: day when we did this Pro Bowls NFC, which matters
Speaker 1: for the When you're looking at where does he rank
Speaker 1: in all this, it's like, dang, he's actually I mean,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be in the conversation because he's Zeke and
Speaker 1: he's his stats are right there, you know. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I just look at it. And the reason I even
Speaker 1: ask that question is because I think it's one of
Speaker 1: those eye tests kind of things too. I go back
Speaker 1: to last year and I watched Sae Kwon Barkley play
Speaker 1: with what wasn't a great line, what wasn't a great offense,
Speaker 1: and he was the kind of player that made big
Speaker 1: plays happen. Now, there would be some games where teams
Speaker 1: would just figure out how to bottle him up, but
Speaker 1: that it would take that one play where he got
Speaker 1: loose and he was gone right, And it's it's those
Speaker 1: kind of moments that I'm missing with Zeke that I'm
Speaker 1: not finding that that tells you a little bit more
Speaker 1: about a guy's ability. Even in situations where his offense
Speaker 1: may not be great around him, his offensive line may
Speaker 1: not be great around him, he still has the ability
Speaker 1: to be very, very dangerous. And I don't know that
Speaker 1: I see that same level of dangerous whatever it is
Speaker 1: in Zeke at this point in his career. Again, I'm
Speaker 1: not I'm not saying that means get rid of him.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying the expectation is, when you pay that
Speaker 1: much money, he should be able to be the person
Speaker 1: that steps up when you lose other things around you.
Speaker 1: And I just haven't seen that. Is that fair? If
Speaker 1: we if we compile the list of the top five
Speaker 1: highlights for Chub, obviously say Quan has hurt. So we
Speaker 1: can't say say Quan, Aaron Jones, Zeke all. You know,
Speaker 1: the top six or seven running backs based on stats
Speaker 1: and salary, I'm pretty confident saying like Zeke's would be
Speaker 1: shockingly sparse. Like, you just, I mean, you know those guys,
Speaker 1: those guys have all made wow plays. Like I'm thinking
Speaker 1: about it. You know, Kamara had to play against the
Speaker 1: Packers back in September or October where he like made
Speaker 1: seven guys miss on his way to the house from
Speaker 1: forty yards out. I mean, you just you're not getting
Speaker 1: that stuff from Zeke. And I like, I for the
Speaker 1: million time, I sympathize because he's working with a lot
Speaker 1: less around him than some of those guys are. But
Speaker 1: that's the expectation when you're making fifteen million dollars a year.
Speaker 1: Throw in the fact that he leads the league in fumbles,
Speaker 1: and that's a whole other thing that we haven't even
Speaker 1: really brought up during this conversation. That's that's what I
Speaker 1: said last week after he fumbled on Thanksgiving, is like,
Speaker 1: I'm not asking you to carry the team, but I
Speaker 1: am asking you to do the bare minimum and hold
Speaker 1: onto the ball. And he's had problems with that for
Speaker 1: a lot of this season as well. So I mean,
Speaker 1: I just, no matter how you slice it, I just
Speaker 1: think it's been a disappointing season for him. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean two years ago, when you know when they played
Speaker 1: that first game and Sofi Stadium against the Rams or
Speaker 1: whatever that was. It just seems two years ago he
Speaker 1: had a play that was amazing. It was an amazing
Speaker 1: touchdown play that we had four or five guys that
Speaker 1: should have tackled him and he scored, you know, and
Speaker 1: we looked at that like, oh yeah, good, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: see here we go. Yeah, and then here we are
Speaker 1: and it's like coming up with great highlights like that's
Speaker 1: the one. I mean, that's the best one, and then
Speaker 1: there's probably been some other decent ones, but not really
Speaker 1: you know, and that just goes to show that, like
Speaker 1: and he's not that type of player really anymore, which
Speaker 1: is you know, weird to say, yeah, he's just not.
Speaker 1: I mean you should but he needs to be. That's
Speaker 1: what they're paying for. Yeah, even going back to last year,
Speaker 1: like if you look at a lot of his big
Speaker 1: like his big plays, is his memorable plays, is his
Speaker 1: players that plays where you look at him and say, no,
Speaker 1: that's vintage Zeke. It's not necessarily a forty yard touchdown.
Speaker 1: It's typically a five six yard run that should have
Speaker 1: been a one yard run that he turned into more. Right,
Speaker 1: That's that's kind of been the m on him for
Speaker 1: a while now. It hasn't necessarily been the big play,
Speaker 1: the huge play. It's been the fact that he gets
Speaker 1: more out of a run, you know, out of just
Speaker 1: basic runs, and he should. Yeah, I don't know. Do
Speaker 1: you guys watch MythBusters or in that show something? Okay,
Speaker 1: well it's been it's been a while. Yeah, well something
Speaker 1: like that. Well, and tomorrow is gonna be a good
Speaker 1: one for me, because I mean, I don't know anybody
Speaker 1: that has had COVID at any point and has come
Speaker 1: out and like really been all back. Well we'll see,
Speaker 1: I don't unless they were unless he didn't have symptoms. Yeah. Now,
Speaker 1: it's been a long time for KiB was it during
Speaker 1: the summer and all that? He just he just plays tired.
Speaker 1: He looks tired, so you think, well, maybe that's it.
Speaker 1: But tomorrow night, when Lamar Jackson's running all over the
Speaker 1: place and stuff like that, and I'll be like, okay,
Speaker 1: well that's not a thing. But yeah, but it's different
Speaker 1: for everybody. I mean, that's it's different for everybody. Everybody
Speaker 1: has a different experience that I've talked to. I'm anxious
Speaker 1: to see how he plays because everyone, everyone knows somebody
Speaker 1: that's had COVID and their own just in their own life,
Speaker 1: you know, and apparently not exactly. Yeah, So you know,
Speaker 1: the NFL made some things, moved some games around so
Speaker 1: Lamar could play, and and let's see how he how
Speaker 1: he plays, because it you know, from everything I've heard it,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a challenge. He may not be the
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson that we've seen. It's still gonna be good
Speaker 1: enough to beat this team, but I'm just saying it
Speaker 1: may not be the MVP type that we've seen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I heard Miles Garrett say just yesterday they were talking
Speaker 1: about him in some comments he made where he was
Speaker 1: like basically for about eight days, he was just on
Speaker 1: his butt. He couldn't move. He was just completely zapped
Speaker 1: of energy. And he's a well conditioned athlete obviously, so
Speaker 1: even at well conditioned athletes have been getting you know,
Speaker 1: getting the butts kicked COVID when they get it. So
Speaker 1: it will be interesting to see how how he comes
Speaker 1: back from them. Let's want to the next question, what
Speaker 1: must Dallas do to slow down one of the NFL's
Speaker 1: best rushing attacks, and how convinced are you that they
Speaker 1: can do it? And but let's start with you. I
Speaker 1: think it's all about communication, having better instinct and just
Speaker 1: being on the same page. Don't be fooled. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: are easily fooled and they need to stop that. And
Speaker 1: how convinced that might no, I mean it's hard to
Speaker 1: say I'm convinced at all. We haven't necessarily seene it.
Speaker 1: We've seen flashes of the Cowboys run defense being better,
Speaker 1: but they just haven't been able to find that whole
Speaker 1: clique of consistency where they are able to do a
Speaker 1: week after week. And right now, I just I don't
Speaker 1: really trust the linebackers, So at this point, I'm not
Speaker 1: really convinced until I see it again. Dave gap integrity,
Speaker 1: that's I mean, it's been a problem for them all year,
Speaker 1: not filling the proper space. And I mean those were
Speaker 1: the breakdowns in the fourth quarter against Washington, guys not
Speaker 1: filling where they're supposed to. They've been better at it
Speaker 1: over the last month, But you know, an offense like this,
Speaker 1: where you have two running backs and a quarterback who
Speaker 1: can do a little bit of everything, that's kind of scary.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a really interesting point. I wonder,
Speaker 1: you know, with Lamar coming back from covid' you know,
Speaker 1: what is his conditioning? Like, do the Ravens trust that
Speaker 1: he can do that type of stuff right now? I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, if the guys doesn't have his wind up,
Speaker 1: if he's you know, still short of breath or whatever,
Speaker 1: any anything that might have to deal with that, are
Speaker 1: you really going to ask him to run eight to
Speaker 1: fifteen times in a game. So that's curious. I wonder
Speaker 1: if that might make them a little bit more one dimensional,
Speaker 1: make maybe make it a little bit easier to defend um.
Speaker 1: But you know, I don't I don't trust them at
Speaker 1: all because I'd say they've had issues with gap integrity
Speaker 1: and handling their assignments. What they've played eleven games, They've
Speaker 1: had issues in like nine of the eleven with that,
Speaker 1: So I I mean, I don't trust it. But that's
Speaker 1: what they need to do. Nick, Yeah, this you have
Speaker 1: to just sell out for it. And and and you
Speaker 1: have to say, all right, we're gonna we're gonna do
Speaker 1: everything we can to stop the run. And if Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson steps back there and connects on long touchdown passes
Speaker 1: to what markis Brown or whoever whoever their star receivers. Bryant, Okay, yes, Bryant.
Speaker 1: I mean I'm talking about guys that are going to
Speaker 1: get I'm not talking about tight ends. Um I think that.
Speaker 1: I think no. I mean, Desk can still make play,
Speaker 1: but I mean not. I'm talking about down the field
Speaker 1: deep play. I think you just gotta let Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: do it. I mean, he didn't win MVP because he's
Speaker 1: the best thrower in the world. He's great at what
Speaker 1: he does when he's when he's on. But like you
Speaker 1: gotta see if he's gonna be himself and see if
Speaker 1: he can throw the ball, and you have to just
Speaker 1: stop those runs. So I mean, I'm loading up for
Speaker 1: the run and I'm gonna let those corners are just
Speaker 1: gonna have to play well. I mean, he did really
Speaker 1: have a he had a great passing season last year
Speaker 1: as well. Now he's not been that good as a
Speaker 1: passer this year, and this might be the kind of
Speaker 1: game where they look at and say, we might need
Speaker 1: to throw the ball a little bit more because his
Speaker 1: win may not allow him to run as much as
Speaker 1: we typically get. I'm thinking talking as I'm as as
Speaker 1: though in Baltimore he may not be able to run
Speaker 1: as much as we normally would want him to run.
Speaker 1: So this may be a game where they have to
Speaker 1: throw it a little bit more and in those instances
Speaker 1: maybe he can rekindle some of that of what he
Speaker 1: was doing last year. As far as the passing game
Speaker 1: is concerned. Um, it'll be interesting because he does not
Speaker 1: have what is right now his best receiving threat, which
Speaker 1: is Mark Andrews. Right now, Mark Andrews leads him in receiving,
Speaker 1: receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. How much do you expect
Speaker 1: that helps Dallas now with Mark Andrews projected to be
Speaker 1: out Nicholas and that helps because I mean, you don't
Speaker 1: have to be an all pro tight end to hurt
Speaker 1: this team. I mean we've seen a tight ends. I've
Speaker 1: given the Cowboys a problem for the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: especially when you put him on, you know, with if
Speaker 1: Jalen has to be you know, in coverage even safeties.
Speaker 1: I mean, they they struggled there, you know, you know
Speaker 1: when and that's what tight ends are supposed to the
Speaker 1: supposed to be mismatches and and you know, the really
Speaker 1: good ones like in Mark Andrews can can find them mismatch.
Speaker 1: But I think this certainly helps him. I'm curious to
Speaker 1: see where they used as in this game. He probably
Speaker 1: will play. I'm not gonna call him a tight end,
Speaker 1: but I think he'll play some of that underneath stuff
Speaker 1: and and and be the safety valve for Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: like a tight end would be. And what do you think?
Speaker 1: I agree with everything that Nick said. Do you guys
Speaker 1: know how fast are the tight ends that they currently
Speaker 1: have right now that we would be expecting to play,
Speaker 1: because I think that fast is one thing that hurts
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Speed And regardless of us talking about players
Speaker 1: defensive players from the Cowboys having certain speed, to me,
Speaker 1: that's something that they're currently lacking, at least in these
Speaker 1: past few games. They just seem so slow compared to
Speaker 1: the opponent, and so it makes me wonder. I don't
Speaker 1: really know how fast the rest of the tight ends are,
Speaker 1: but if that's the case and there's some speed there,
Speaker 1: it can hurt the Cowboys. The guy that's gonna most
Speaker 1: likely start is Luke Wilson, the long time Seattle tight end.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's an NFL athlete, but I wouldn't say
Speaker 1: that he's like remarkably fast by tight end standards, although
Speaker 1: I will say it's funny these are gonna be miss
Speaker 1: last words because I mean, without Mark Andrews, I sort
Speaker 1: of don't feel overly bothered by what the Ravens are
Speaker 1: trotten out there, I mean Hollywood. But I will say
Speaker 1: this ag is like, if they have one thing, they
Speaker 1: probably have speed, because Hollywood Brown, I mean he was
Speaker 1: he was a first round pick for his speed. Like
Speaker 1: that's why he was picked as highly as he was.
Speaker 1: He hit Pittsburgh for a long touchdown the other day. Um,
Speaker 1: and you know he hasn't had Sorry you to say no,
Speaker 1: I mean he I yes, I mean he hasn't had
Speaker 1: a great He's definitely he's fast as hell. So yeah,
Speaker 1: that's famous last words. But I'm not terrified by the
Speaker 1: stuff they throw out there behind Mark Andrews. But all
Speaker 1: it takes is one play, and we know the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are good for giving that up. So do we do
Speaker 1: we like Anthony Brown with bad ribs on like Duvernet
Speaker 1: and Marquis Well. See, that's also part of the issue
Speaker 1: here is we started the show talking about the safeties,
Speaker 1: and when you're talking about a team that has a
Speaker 1: ton of speed, I certainly don't feel great about the
Speaker 1: idea that you're gonna put cornerbacks that are not your
Speaker 1: starting cornerbacks. You got two guys who either one one
Speaker 1: definitely will be out one that is gimpy at best,
Speaker 1: that are gonna be that aren't playing cornerback or playing
Speaker 1: cornerback in a gimpy way. And now they're gonna be
Speaker 1: expected to cover these fast guys with. By the way,
Speaker 1: some safety is not playing that you would normally have
Speaker 1: out there. So it doesn't sound like the running game.
Speaker 1: I know that's the part you gotta be worried about,
Speaker 1: but it sounded more and more to me like the
Speaker 1: passing game will be the opportunity for Baltimore and also
Speaker 1: can be the Achilles heal for Dallas. I say this,
Speaker 1: I'll just I'll call my shot. I mean, like, you know,
Speaker 1: Devin du rene for a third round pick. Really, he's
Speaker 1: not having the most incredible rookie season that I mean,
Speaker 1: that's normal though, But he's got he's got eighteen catches
Speaker 1: for one hundred and ninety nine yards. He hasn't scored
Speaker 1: a touchdown yet, so one tick off return for a
Speaker 1: hundred yards? True? Yeah? How I mean, how about Devin
Speaker 1: du Burnet makes a house call tomorrow night from you know,
Speaker 1: fifty five yards out, maybe like a little slot post
Speaker 1: or something like that. I can picture that. That's very
Speaker 1: easy to believe. Yeah, it is. It is somewhat easy
Speaker 1: to believe. I really am starting to convince myself as
Speaker 1: this show goes on at the passing game for the
Speaker 1: Ravens is going to be a problem tomorrow night. But
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Speaker 1: we come back, We've got a little bit of talk
Speaker 1: on the NFC East and we'll get some questions hopefully
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Speaker 1: at the Star. Let's talk a little NFC East. Yesterday
Speaker 1: Sunday slate of games. New York Giants are lined up
Speaker 1: to play the Seattle Seahawks. If you guys or anything
Speaker 1: like me, you probably thought that this is a pretty
Speaker 1: much we know what's going to happen before it happens. However,
Speaker 1: New York Giants gonna win against Seattle. They are now
Speaker 1: on a four game winning streak that includes wins that
Speaker 1: win against Seattle, but also wins over Philadelphia and Washington
Speaker 1: in the Division. They now leave the division at a
Speaker 1: record of five and seven after starting one and seven
Speaker 1: to begin the season. Are they the best team in
Speaker 1: the division. Let's start with you, Dave, Yeah, I think.
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess I want to see what Washington
Speaker 1: looks like today going against Pittsburgh, But yes, I think
Speaker 1: you have to say that. I mean, how impressive is
Speaker 1: that to go on the road to Seattle Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: you know, having it. I mean they might have just
Speaker 1: killed Russell Wilson's MVP campaign twelve points. You know, they
Speaker 1: had five for most of the game. I don't think
Speaker 1: Seattle score until the final few minutes. Their defense is
Speaker 1: only allowing eighteen points per game. They do it without
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. Yeah, I didn't realize this, but um, you know,
Speaker 1: the loss to the loss to the Cowboys that where
Speaker 1: Dak got her dropped them to oo and five and
Speaker 1: they're five and two since, and we'll see, I mean,
Speaker 1: we'll see just how good they are because basically every
Speaker 1: game they have left is against the playoff contender. I
Speaker 1: think they goa Arizona, Cleveland, Baltimore and finish it up
Speaker 1: with Dallas. I mean, if they can even if they
Speaker 1: can win three of those, that's pretty damn impressive. If
Speaker 1: they win two of those, yeah, I mean, right, yeah, right,
Speaker 1: right now. I don't know who you look at in
Speaker 1: the division and say they're doing better than the Giants.
Speaker 1: So yeah, for sure, Amber, Yeah, I agree. I mean
Speaker 1: they're the ones winning games right now. We can't say
Speaker 1: I mean about a month ago. Over a month ago,
Speaker 1: I think we all said that you cannot sleep on
Speaker 1: the Giants, you and me. To me, I remember that
Speaker 1: several games that I watched from them, even games that
Speaker 1: they lost, there were times where Jason Garrett, he would
Speaker 1: do certain things on offense that I would be like,
Speaker 1: oh okay, Garrett, Like wow, okay, that was impressive. Even
Speaker 1: when they faced the Cowboys, to me, I thought they
Speaker 1: had some really impressive plays and obviously ended up losing there,
Speaker 1: But just in general, I am impressed with the things
Speaker 1: that they've been able to accomplish so far, looking at
Speaker 1: how their season started. So the Cowboys cannot sleep they
Speaker 1: this thing is getting away from the Cowboys, so they
Speaker 1: need to step it up because we're here headed to
Speaker 1: the finish line. So right now, I would say, yes,
Speaker 1: the Giants are the better team right now, which is
Speaker 1: crazy to say, but they are. Nick well if they
Speaker 1: if they've lost four in a row, that means that
Speaker 1: the one furn I mean, if they've won four in row.
Speaker 1: The one before that, I believe was the Buccaneers where
Speaker 1: it was on Monday night. I mean, that didn't seem
Speaker 1: too long ago, and they had a chance to win that,
Speaker 1: you know, at the very end of the game two points.
Speaker 1: They lost a lot of close games out I think, yeah,
Speaker 1: they are the best team. You know, it's funny you
Speaker 1: see that game of its Seattle, it's just a game
Speaker 1: of inches. I guess they lost by five yesterday nineteen
Speaker 1: to fourteen. I mean, if you saw there's a block
Speaker 1: punt in the game, or it lands right in the
Speaker 1: guy's hands to catch it for a you know, in
Speaker 1: the end zone and he fumbles it out. It's a
Speaker 1: tough play to make. They finally get it and the
Speaker 1: guy's hands out of bounds, so it turns into a safety.
Speaker 1: So that's a five point difference right there, and they
Speaker 1: lose by five. I mean, two game of inches. I
Speaker 1: don't know. Seattle obviously shouldn't have lost that game, but yeah,
Speaker 1: the Giants are playing better, and but you know it,
Speaker 1: all it takes is if Washington beats the Steelers, then
Speaker 1: you're like, well, they're the best team. And if they
Speaker 1: don't do that, and if the Cowboys beat the Ravens,
Speaker 1: I don't think you would say they're the best team,
Speaker 1: but you're like, well, that's the one team the Cowboys
Speaker 1: can can sweep. This year's the Giants. So you know
Speaker 1: they'd be sitting pretty now. They got to go beat
Speaker 1: the Ravens. But I mean, if they know, we could
Speaker 1: be sitting here in two days from now talking and going, wow,
Speaker 1: that's if the Cowboys win or the Reds or Washington wins. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I still think Washington is the better team. You look
Speaker 1: at Washington scheduled down the stretch too, I think they
Speaker 1: got the easier road to go. I know they got
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh tonight, but they got after that, They got San Francisco,
Speaker 1: they got Seattle, who is not playing at its best
Speaker 1: at this point in the season. They got Carolina, and
Speaker 1: then they in with Philadelphia. So they got a schedule
Speaker 1: that seems very manageable down the stretch. And I think
Speaker 1: Washington actually from the standpoint of just their personnel, I
Speaker 1: think they're the better team. I think they got a
Speaker 1: better defense. I think their offense is probably comparable to
Speaker 1: the Giants, offense, and so I think matched head to head,
Speaker 1: I think they're better than the Giants. I will be
Speaker 1: interested to see what they do tonight because Pittsburgh has
Speaker 1: been flirting with losses for the last few weeks, like
Speaker 1: they've been playing there on the edge the last few weeks.
Speaker 1: The likelihood they go undefeated, you know, it's just does
Speaker 1: That's not a very likely thing for any NFL team.
Speaker 1: I think at some point it catches up to them.
Speaker 1: This could be the night where it kind of up
Speaker 1: to him and the Washington football team finds a way
Speaker 1: to get a win here. But if they get the
Speaker 1: win to night, I will be sold at Washington's gonna
Speaker 1: win this division. If they don't, I still think looking
Speaker 1: at their schedule down the stretch and looking at the
Speaker 1: Giant schedule down the stretch, I still think they're in
Speaker 1: the driver's seat to be the winner of the division
Speaker 1: thing and winning tonight. I know that Washington colors on Derek,
Speaker 1: but they're not winning tonight. That has nothing whatsoever to
Speaker 1: do with it, and certainly wasn't a part of my
Speaker 1: decision making this morning. But no, can we all can
Speaker 1: we all agree that even even the Cowboys are in
Speaker 1: a better spot than the Philadelphia Eagles, though, Oh god,
Speaker 1: I mean, what a dumpster fire of a team. Oh god.
Speaker 1: Do you think they're gonna stick with Jalen Hurts? YEA,
Speaker 1: stick with I mean they brought him in yesterday, so
Speaker 1: they're gonna stick with him now, I mean at this one,
Speaker 1: they're gonna stick with him? Or are they gonna pull
Speaker 1: the hole hope? Hey, we just thought, you know, Carson
Speaker 1: was having a bad game, a bad ten games, and
Speaker 1: so we're gonna just we wanted to give him some
Speaker 1: relief in that game. Or do they really make just
Speaker 1: changed and go with Jalen Hurts for a few games.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I didn't see how he played. Did
Speaker 1: he played better as fine? A touchdown? He was? He
Speaker 1: was like not, I mean, he was fine, but he
Speaker 1: did throw a touchdown, And it just speaks to how
Speaker 1: bad Wins has been that Hurts looking fine, looked a
Speaker 1: lot better. I mean, I I think you don't have to,
Speaker 1: you don't have to get rid of Carson Wentz, but
Speaker 1: like I like he, Carson Wentz just needs to go
Speaker 1: like detox somewhere. He needs to like go just go
Speaker 1: to like a mountain cabin and just turn off the
Speaker 1: phone for a month, and just like I think, I
Speaker 1: just think he's his head is his head's got to
Speaker 1: be all kinds of haywire, just trying to handle the
Speaker 1: criticism and the pressure and all that. It just doesn't
Speaker 1: seem like he's coping very well with it. So maybe
Speaker 1: he can still be a good quarterback. But I would
Speaker 1: give Jalen Hurts a chance to just let Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: like breathe for a second, because I think he's he's
Speaker 1: not having a good time right now. I think one
Speaker 1: of things we're figuring out through the through all this
Speaker 1: season is once we get back to next year, Dallas clearly,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, has the better quarterback in this division.
Speaker 1: And if that means anything, which I think it does
Speaker 1: in an NFL where quarterback play is the most important thing,
Speaker 1: I think that that matters for the Cowboys over the
Speaker 1: next several years, assuming they can get a deal done
Speaker 1: and actually secures services for the next several years. All right,
Speaker 1: real quick, let's go ahead and get some picks here
Speaker 1: before we end the show. I'm gonna start first with you, Nick,
Speaker 1: which way you go on this one? You know, I
Speaker 1: just don't I just don't trust the Cowboys to do this.
Speaker 1: I think that it could be close. I was kind
Speaker 1: of wavering a little bit because I don't I think
Speaker 1: Baltimore is going to be so messy with just everything
Speaker 1: that's happened. But maybe maybe not. Maybe they're a little
Speaker 1: bit rejuvenated, but I see them winning the game. I
Speaker 1: think it'll be somewhat close. But I'm gonna say twenty
Speaker 1: three to twelve, Okay, Amber, I hope the Cowboys win,
Speaker 1: but I just can't get myself to pick them despite
Speaker 1: of like Nick mentioned, all the issues that everything that
Speaker 1: the Ravens have been dealing with currently. It might not
Speaker 1: be a clean game or anything, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: I think that they still manage to beat the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and I would imagine it's a closed game, but something
Speaker 1: higher like twenty two twenty and Cowboys just lose another game,
Speaker 1: all right. It's a it's a vicious it's a vicious
Speaker 1: cycle where you know, you say you don't trust the
Speaker 1: Cowboys to go on the road a favorite that wears purple,
Speaker 1: and that's exactly what they do against the Vikings, and
Speaker 1: then you're like, all right, well, now maybe they'll get
Speaker 1: on a little bit of a role Nope, Washington just
Speaker 1: rolls right over them. Look at this. I'm I'm a
Speaker 1: lot less concerned, to be honest with you, about Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: The thing that concerns me is Calais Campbell is back
Speaker 1: from COVID as well. All McPhee is back from COVID
Speaker 1: as well. They got those cornerbacks. Like I know, they're
Speaker 1: six and five, but this is a this is a
Speaker 1: nasty defense. And I have a feeling they're gonna they're
Speaker 1: gonna come at Andy Dalton because they know what this
Speaker 1: offensive line looks like. So if the Cowboys, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm guessing Dalton's gonna get sacked a few times. I'm
Speaker 1: guessing the Cowboys are gonna like they're gonna be minus
Speaker 1: two and turnover differential in this game. That I think
Speaker 1: is gonna be the real problem. Um So you know, hey,
Speaker 1: last time I picked against them, they went up and
Speaker 1: be Minnesota. So maybe I'm wrong, but I just think
Speaker 1: Baltimore grinds out like a twenty three to ten when
Speaker 1: just not a very pretty thing to watch. But that's
Speaker 1: where we're at. Yeah, I kind of agree. I think
Speaker 1: I think the cinnamon here is that I just don't
Speaker 1: see how the Cowboys are gonna be able to move
Speaker 1: the ball effectively against that defense. I think that defense
Speaker 1: is probably the more underrated thing that we've talked about
Speaker 1: all week with regards of that team, is their defense,
Speaker 1: and they they can put you know, they can put
Speaker 1: out some really good efforts shut teams down. The offense
Speaker 1: has been an area where the Cowboys have struggled and
Speaker 1: in games being able to move the ball, especially when
Speaker 1: they haven't had competent play at the tackle position. I
Speaker 1: think this is going to be another game where they're
Speaker 1: gonna have to go with those young guys obviously at tackle.
Speaker 1: I just think that's a bad, bad matchup for them.
Speaker 1: I think the Baltimore Ravens win this game. They win
Speaker 1: twenty four thirteen. I don't think it's really even that close.
Speaker 1: I think they end up losing a game, but they
Speaker 1: really just cannot stop their defense from getting to their quarterback.
Speaker 1: All Right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We will
Speaker 1: not have shows tomorrow because the game's happening tomorrow. We
Speaker 1: will have shows again on Wensday. Will let you know
Speaker 1: what happened, what went right and wrong for the Cowboys.
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