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Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the player's Lane,

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Speaker 1: broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star.

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Speaker 1: Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray, and new he

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Speaker 1: Scrugs Thursday right here, all the players lines brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Hotels dot Com. I am knw we Scrugs,

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Speaker 1: a long time Cowboys reporter joining me today. Barry Church,

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Speaker 1: former Dallas Cowboys safety are the running buddy. Danny McCray

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Speaker 1: opportunity leave. His wife gave birth to a beautiful daughter,

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Speaker 1: so he needs to be spending time wilking acclimating himself

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Speaker 1: into the girl club. There, Dan, Danny, we love you,

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Speaker 1: but stay away the rest of the week and will

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Speaker 1: make maybe chat with your on Monday. So Church, you

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Speaker 1: and I running this thing here Seattle this week. No

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Speaker 1: twelfth man. I can't tell you how big that is

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Speaker 1: that there will be no crowd in Seattle because of

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Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen. And how this isn't a possible advantage

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Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. I say it possible because their first

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Speaker 1: game of the year was against another NFC West opponent

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Speaker 1: in Los Angeles against the Rams. No crowd there. Cowboys

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Speaker 1: lost by three. But you've played there before. You tell

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Speaker 1: our Cowboy fans here how tough that atmosphere is with

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Speaker 1: their crowd, which they call the twelfth Man. Look, I've

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Speaker 1: played up there multiple times in Seattle, and I'm telling

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Speaker 1: you that twelfth Man, that that crowd noise that comes

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Speaker 1: with that stadium, it's real and it's a real advantage

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Speaker 1: for Seattle. I mean, when you're going in there, they're

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Speaker 1: already a good team to begin with. So when you

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Speaker 1: go into Seattle, you first you pull in, you're coming

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Speaker 1: through the city. You know, you got Russell Wilson jerseys

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Speaker 1: all over the city, got people, get fans yelling and screaming,

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Speaker 1: So the atmosphere is already hyped up pulling into Seattle.

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Speaker 1: Then you go through the tunnels and you get to

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Speaker 1: the locker room, and when you come out on the field.

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Speaker 1: Their stadium is built kind of like it's very vertical.

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Speaker 1: So when you come out onto the field, it feels

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Speaker 1: like the fans and everybody, even the people that are

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Speaker 1: matter where you go, you just hear this sound. It's hummed,

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Speaker 1: this vibration, just this kind of electric coming from that

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Speaker 1: stands and that twelfth man. So once Seattle gets it going,

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Speaker 1: and once they start rolling and Russell Wilson's cooking up

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Speaker 1: as he usually does, I mean that that fan base

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Speaker 1: I say it's an advantage. It's advantage for the for Seattle,

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Speaker 1: but not having fans could be an advantage for Dallas.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you're going out there, you don't have

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Speaker 1: to worry about that twelfth man screaming all over the place.

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Speaker 1: You can get into your cadence. You can try to

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Speaker 1: get into your hard account and try to gain a

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Speaker 1: few yards by bringing one of them off sides, or

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Speaker 1: you can go through your communication with your receivers or

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Speaker 1: you're running back and vice versa. The defense can go

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Speaker 1: through their communication with the secondary and the linebackers in

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Speaker 1: the D line when there's not that amazing crowd and

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Speaker 1: know what's going on. So the Cowboys, you know, they

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Speaker 1: got kind of lucky going up to Seattle this time

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Speaker 1: So Church, give me your top three venues to play

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Speaker 1: in where the crowd was really a factor. Top three venues,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to say in no particular order. Um,

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Speaker 1: as well. Philly, it's just the nastiness just when you

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Speaker 1: I gotta say it's not as big as known as

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Speaker 1: Seattle team that is rolling on offense. We've talked about that.

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Speaker 1: But from a defensive standpoint, Danny, they're not I mean, Dan, Barry,

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Speaker 1: just give me your thoughts on this. Seattle's defense is

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Speaker 1: allowing a league high five hundred and eighty five yards,

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Speaker 1: all right. They are giving up the most explosive plays

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League with forty seven. They define

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Speaker 1: explosive plays by ten yards or more. The Cowboys lead

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Speaker 1: the NFL with forty one explosive plays. Now, I would

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Speaker 1: expect Danny to just poop poo on this, But right now,

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Speaker 1: they gave it up. And then you had Cam Newton.

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton is not known for four hundred yard days.

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Speaker 1: He had three ninety eight, so he had almost four

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Speaker 1: I look at this matchup and say, Okay, we could

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Speaker 1: they can put up points on this group. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: like Danny would say, you know, he would poop pooh

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Speaker 1: not the legion of Boom, but we didn't think they

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Speaker 1: can only imagine, you know, the ceiling for Dak Prescott

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Speaker 1: my opinion, Dak Prescott is a much better thrower of

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Speaker 1: like many many people in the media, you spend so

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Speaker 1: notes and looking into the numbers here Church, I'm sitting

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Speaker 1: here myself saying, wait a minute, Okay, this Cowboys offense

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Speaker 1: two and oh, they definitely have some wards. Here here's

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Speaker 1: on the flip side, the Cowboy offense is averaging six

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Speaker 1: We spoke about trying to make sure you gain time

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys can win first down, that's your better opportunity

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Speaker 1: six point eight, Barry, if you're a coordinator, do you

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Speaker 1: We'll play the field position battle. But if they're able

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Speaker 1: Cooper out there for five. I mean it's it's basically

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Speaker 1: develop this run. We have to first down, let them go,

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Speaker 1: set the tone to a we're coming down your throat

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Speaker 1: with Ezekiel Elliott, and then after that we should be

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Speaker 1: that field and you're thinking too much. If you're if

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Speaker 1: you're on the field saying, man, do I gotta I

428
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,679
Speaker 1: got three vertical? Or do I gotta push through the

429
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 1: flat on this one? Or man, is it my turn

430
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,080
Speaker 1: of bliss? You're gonna play extremely slow out there, and

431
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 1: it's been looking that way with this cowboy defense the

432
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,640
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks. So if they're able to dial

433
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 1: it down a little bit, allow your players to play

434
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,760
Speaker 1: fast without even thinking, just knowing, Bam, I got this,

435
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,520
Speaker 1: or Bam, I gotta lock this guy up, or I

436
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,679
Speaker 1: gotta hit this run gap, then it'll allow those players

437
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,200
Speaker 1: to just use their talents instead of just thinking about

438
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,359
Speaker 1: it too much and slowing them down. They'll use their talents.

439
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,320
Speaker 1: They'll go out there and they'll play a lot faster,

440
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,880
Speaker 1: and I promise you you'll have a better result if

441
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Speaker 1: that's the case. So I agree with Jalen and those

442
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: boys if it's if it's too much the coordinator by

443
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,879
Speaker 1: knowling in this instance, he gotta listen to his players

444
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 1: because they're the ones that are on the field getting

445
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,440
Speaker 1: the work done. So he got to dial it back.

446
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,199
Speaker 1: You can't just go out there and have your players

447
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 1: thinking way too much because they'll play slow and they'll

448
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: play will be affected. Everson Griffin told the media that

449
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,360
Speaker 1: he's a three point stance guy. We've seen the Cowboys

450
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 1: trying to mix in some three four principles versus the

451
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 1: four to three. Lawrence's best years have come with his

452
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 1: hand in the dirt, same with Everson Griffin, and so

453
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: apparently the conversations have been, do you try and just

454
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Speaker 1: go back to that four to three, do what your

455
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 1: guys do best instead of you trying to fit your

456
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: scheme them, you know them, fit your skin, maybe you

457
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 1: figure of what they do because right now you start

458
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,560
Speaker 1: looking at the stats here, the Cowboys have two sacks

459
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 1: and seven quarterback hits and they've got just fourteen quarterback pressures,

460
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,199
Speaker 1: which is tied for twentieth in the NFL. They're not

461
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: where they need to be. And if you can't get

462
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 1: to Matt Ryan, but just one time, good luck dealing

463
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,679
Speaker 1: with Russell Wood, because he's a whole different animal. And

464
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 1: they only got to Jared Golf of the Rams one time.

465
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: And we saw both of those quarterbacks, by the way,

466
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,960
Speaker 1: use their ability on third downs with their legs to

467
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 1: pick them up, So yeah, yeah, there's some issues here man.

468
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah. I mean, and look, they need to do

469
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,800
Speaker 1: whatever they need possible to generate a rush. I don't

470
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Speaker 1: care if they got to stand on their hands and

471
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 1: do backflips to get to the quarterback. Whatever they got

472
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: to do. They got to figure out some to generate

473
00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,399
Speaker 1: some type of pass for us because we just haven't

474
00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: been seeing it lately. And if it takes going back

475
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 1: to what they're comfortable with in the three point stands,

476
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,640
Speaker 1: which I always thought that was confusing for a defensive

477
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 1: lineman in a stand up position. I mean, if you're

478
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: in the three four, I can understand that because you're

479
00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 1: half of the time you're buzzing out to the flat,

480
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 1: so you got to kind of be up right. But

481
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 1: if you're in the four three and you're a defensive

482
00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,640
Speaker 1: end handing the dirt man, because you're starting off low,

483
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: your get off is already low and that gives you

484
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 1: an advantage over that the offensive lineman. So if they

485
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 1: got to do that to get that whatever they need

486
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 1: to do to get back to getting that pass for

487
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,120
Speaker 1: us going, they have to get it done. If that's

488
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 1: three point stands, then let it be three point stands

489
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 1: whatever they're comfortable with, to just get after the quarterback. Man,

490
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: that's the only thing I need this defensive line to do.

491
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: When you say get after the quarterback. And I'm thinking

492
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: of your Jacksonville teams that you played one or you

493
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,159
Speaker 1: guys ruled the sacks there. When you face someone like

494
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, is it the same type of mentality about

495
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,439
Speaker 1: sacks or is it more about trying to contain because

496
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 1: you know he can such a weapon. How do you

497
00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,360
Speaker 1: view sacks when you face a guy like this, Oh,

498
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 1: without a doubt, it's gonna be contained. He's not like

499
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 1: a statue back there. He's not a Tom Brady or

500
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger guys that are just kind

501
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,199
Speaker 1: of statue guys back there. This guy can move and

502
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,520
Speaker 1: he can move the pocket. And if you're going out

503
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: there thinking, oh I can take this inside release, give up,

504
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,200
Speaker 1: contain because I'll be able to chase him down. And

505
00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,120
Speaker 1: that's called hero ball and I don't get you beat.

506
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: So if you're if you're a defensive lineman in this situation,

507
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: I know I say get after the quarterback, that you

508
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 1: gotta do it smartly. If you're a defensive end, and

509
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,439
Speaker 1: you have contained get as much pass rush as you

510
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: can while still keeping that leverage outside because once he

511
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: gets outside, once he uses that patent it spin out

512
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,359
Speaker 1: technique that he uses and gets out of the pocket,

513
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: all bets are offed in. I mean the way this

514
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,399
Speaker 1: offense works with locket with metcalf, I mean they can

515
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: go deep shots at I mean, it's just you just

516
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 1: can't do it. So you have to kick this guy

517
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Speaker 1: contained make him play from the pocket. I know he

518
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 1: can do that. He's a good enough quarterback to be

519
00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 1: able to play from the pocket. But if you can

520
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,919
Speaker 1: dish that pocket, do not give him run lanes. I

521
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: think you'll have a better shot at defending Russell Wilson

522
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,680
Speaker 1: and just getting your hands up. I mean, this guy

523
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: isn't you know a six five six eight quarterback or

524
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: six five six six quarterback back there. He's not um,

525
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,120
Speaker 1: you know Tom bradyer or Matt Ryan back there. He's

526
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: a he's a shorter guy, he's a he's a breeze

527
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 1: type guy. So if you can get that front push

528
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 1: and you can keep containing your front interior part of

529
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 1: your defensive line can get that push, make it hard

530
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Speaker 1: for him to see over. I think you have pretty

531
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Speaker 1: much you'll have some success against him, but you gotta

532
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Speaker 1: keep him contained. All right, Let's step back here into

533
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Speaker 1: the offense. Amari Cooper, who had a hundred yard game

534
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Speaker 1: against Atlanta, said that going into that game he had

535
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: foot issues. He had an issue with it, and he

536
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: says he's fine, And what he did say was quote

537
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 1: wasn't at full speed against Atlanta. So he says he's

538
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: ready to go full speed against the Seattle Seahawks. And

539
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,160
Speaker 1: to me, when you look at the fact that Seattle's

540
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,719
Speaker 1: dead last in passing, if Amari Cooper could get one

541
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Speaker 1: hundred yard last week and he wasn't ready to go,

542
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 1: you gotta you have to feel good if we take

543
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 1: him at his word that he's ready to go here.

544
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 1: Because if he is better than he was last week

545
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: and we saw Ceede Lamb get a hundred, I gotta

546
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,879
Speaker 1: believe this will be the Michael Gallup breakout game because

547
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: Seattle can't. I mean, somebody's gonna get some one on

548
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 1: one here and this might be that week for Michael Gallup.

549
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,239
Speaker 1: And if you've got your fantasy team and you've had

550
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: Gallup there and you've been waiting and waiting, waiting, this

551
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: might be it, This might be that week for guy.

552
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: I'm calling it right now. Michael is the receipt. Michael

553
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: Gallup is the guy with the big plays this week.

554
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,639
Speaker 1: He's the guy you're gonna look at and say, okay, okay,

555
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're gonna have anybody match Tyler Lockett,

556
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 1: because Tyler can you know, he can make some explosive

557
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: plays in his number four Cowboys past two times he

558
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,399
Speaker 1: played is really good. It's got to be Gallop in

559
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: my opinion, take advantage of the one on one matchup

560
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: because I also believe that Pete Carroll's and Ken Norton

561
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,680
Speaker 1: gona dial up some bullets. They're gonna try and get

562
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,879
Speaker 1: after that with this offensive line. So I think Gallup

563
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: can be that guy that when they got to cut

564
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: a couple of hot routes out here look for thirteen

565
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: Your thoughts, Yeah, I think, you know, for me, Gallup

566
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,160
Speaker 1: could be that guy because I'm sure Cooper's gonna get

567
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: a lot of attention. But first let me talk about Cooper.

568
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,159
Speaker 1: Hopefully you know it was you know, it was just

569
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 1: a foot issue, and he's able to get over that

570
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 1: and he's not reverting back to that last year where

571
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: he was, you know, a missing person for away games.

572
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,679
Speaker 1: Because we need this guy to show up immensely for

573
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 1: this game. So hopefully he doesn't, you know, pull this

574
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: missing guy routine when he goes to away games. But

575
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: you could be right about this Gallup situation. Seeing as

576
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 1: though Pete Curls gonna dial up a lot of blitzes.

577
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: With this patchwork offensive line that we have going on here,

578
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: this could be a great situation for Gallup, who's great

579
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: at winning those fifty fifty jump type balls. If we

580
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: could throw up a couple of those to him and

581
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: get in I'm sure he won't be going against their

582
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: top corner who I think I believe it's Shaquill Griffith.

583
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: He shouldn't be going against him, So he should have

584
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: a pretty good opportunity against Dumbar over there for those

585
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: fifty fifty balls. But for me, I think this is

586
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 1: going to be another game where Ceedee Lamb takes that

587
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: next step. I mean we saw last week where or

588
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: the first week where he had a couple of catches

589
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: but they limited they limited his yards after the catch

590
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: against the Rams, I mean, he was getting tossed around

591
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 1: here as soon as he caught the ball. The very

592
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: next week in Atlanta, you saw a tick in a

593
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,719
Speaker 1: tick up in that yards after catch Ram and he

594
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,479
Speaker 1: was able to make asthmus. He was able to kick

595
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: some yards after those catch, and I think this third

596
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: week is a week for CD to do that as well.

597
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: I mean, you have those two corners on the outside

598
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: and on the interior we saw. I mean Jamal Adams

599
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: he's in on that interior coverage as well, and he's

600
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: not the best cover safety there is, so when it

601
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: comes to interior coverage, I think CD Lamb can take

602
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: advantage of this and I think he'll be able to

603
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: get a lot of more yards after the catch and

604
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: hopefully this Cowboys offense can roll up the numbers against

605
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: the Seattle defense. All right, let me defend Amari Cooper

606
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: because you go back, let's look at the first game

607
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 1: of the year, road game against the La Rams. Ten catches,

608
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: eighty one yards. Yeah, I get it. He you know,

609
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: he had his receptions, but I feel like there was

610
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: no impact there. I mean it was I feel like

611
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: it was it was ten maybe ten hitches he caught

612
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: out there for eight yards if I mean, it was

613
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: no real impact like we saw against Atlanta when he

614
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: had that fifty some yard in the middle of the field,

615
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: or when he had those big time catches. So my

616
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: first game, I'll give it to he played a little

617
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 1: bit better than he did in years past in away games.

618
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: But I just need that impact that he has in

619
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: home games in away games as well. I need him

620
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: to be that complete receiver. Okay, so last week six catches,

621
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Speaker 1: one hundred yards, so four less catches, but yeah, twenty

622
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: one more yards, so so I mean nineteen more yards.

623
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: So to me, the performances are basically a little even now.

624
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: I didn't dive into you know, how many of those

625
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 1: balls were moving the sticks, you know, and and I

626
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: don't know how explosed to the plays were. But I

627
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: don't feel like Amari Cooper these first two games is

628
00:30:55,080 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: a problem. I think they're fun. Is he DK Metcalf? No? No,

629
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf is playing really well. He's playing back. But

630
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 1: right now, there're not many receivers who are connected with

631
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 1: their quarterback like that. But I don't have any issues

632
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: with him. Look, he's earnings one hundred million dollars. He's

633
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: earning his one hundred million dollars. When I look at

634
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: the other one hundred million dollars guy on the team

635
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: right now, Tank Lords he's earning his one hundred million dollars.

636
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: Tank has not had a full sack since Week eight

637
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: of last year. That's not going Yeah, that's that's full sack. Man.

638
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 1: This is not what you paid for when you accept

639
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: that bag. And this is where Danny's not around here,

640
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: because Danny always wanted to argue with me about this.

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Speaker 1: When you take the bag, I geed you to put

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Speaker 1: up the numbers. That's it. That's the name of the

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Speaker 1: He was he was throwing Zeke into that, he was

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Speaker 1: as much as I like what Alden Smith has been

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Speaker 1: have Alden Smith being its premium pass rusher. We can't

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Speaker 1: just got to generate some pass rush, whether it's you know,

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Speaker 1: something from him in order for this defense to reach

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Speaker 1: the heights. It needs to. At the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: when you take that kind of money, you just steak.

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Speaker 1: Alden Smith is the mac and cheese. The mac and

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Speaker 1: what take Hash to do. Your best players have to

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Speaker 1: show up, and the Cowboys need him to do it.

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Speaker 1: I know he's dealing with a knee injury. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know if he'll play yet. I mean, that's still

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Speaker 1: to be determined. Babe Lofelberg was watching the film. Babe

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Speaker 1: So I don't know the extent of the knee injury,

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Speaker 1: and Alden Smith, fine, so be it. But the message

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Speaker 1: of what I'm saying in terms of Tank needing to

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Speaker 1: gonna keep saying it because it's fair. And I go

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Speaker 1: He's doing his part, okay, especially when you think about

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Speaker 1: this back. I need you do your part. Ezekiel Ellick

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Speaker 1: So when you want this cash, I need you to perform.

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's earn at thirty one point four mila dollars

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Speaker 1: when we're going down to listen, we're looking at guys,

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Speaker 1: to Jackson. Because while you can't exactly, you must you

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Speaker 1: get paid while you can. Because I was looking at

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Speaker 1: about two weeks, two weeks before Darry's flat. But he

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Speaker 1: he got hurt on there in the Dolphins last game

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Speaker 1: see what his status is, but to me, when I

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Speaker 1: saw that, I said, man, that's why you go and

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Speaker 1: get what you can now, because in this game, injuries

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Speaker 1: are going to happen. There's a one hundred percent casualty

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Speaker 1: rate in the NFL. Sooner or later you are gonna

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Speaker 1: we know in the NFL, when the team is done

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Speaker 1: day long, they cut you. Man, So without a second thought,

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Speaker 1: you know he'll say, hey, he had ten less, ten

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Speaker 1: the age of thirty. It's time to go. That's why

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Speaker 1: I don't care what anybody tells you. Talk about take

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Speaker 1: less so the other team could get more players. Man, Look,

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Speaker 1: the other players ain't paying your rent once you get

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Speaker 1: out of the league, or air paying your bills. So

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Speaker 1: get all the money you can, get all the duckets

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Speaker 1: you can, and don't look back. All right, Speaking of money,

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Speaker 1: Doc Prescott us got a one year deal, so it's

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Speaker 1: thirty one million dollars on the franchise tag. The Cowboys

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Speaker 1: can't tag him next year, and if they do, to me,

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Speaker 1: the pay will be thirty seven million dollars. He's facing

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson on Sunday in Seattle. People don't talk about

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Speaker 1: this enough in my opinion, but when the Cowboys went

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Speaker 1: up against Sam the wild card game, Dak Prescott got

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Speaker 1: his first and only victory as an NFL player against

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Speaker 1: Russ and the Seahawks. It was a twenty four to

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Speaker 1: twenty two game back in January twenty nineteen. So how

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Speaker 1: do you think a quarterback like Dak Prescott weighs the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to go up against Russell Wilson, who a lot

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Speaker 1: of people right now are saying is the MVP of

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Speaker 1: the league after two weeks. I mean, without a question

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Speaker 1: in my mind, I mean he's gonna treat it like

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Speaker 1: any other player would against the opposing team's position that

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Speaker 1: has the same as is. I mean, he's gonna take

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Speaker 1: it personally. I mean all those matchups you think, you know,

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning, Brett Farr versus Steve Young,

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Speaker 1: you think all those matchups, you know, they didn't really

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Speaker 1: mean anything personally to them, you know, I think otherwise.

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Speaker 1: I think Dak Prescotts looking at this game like, hey,

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Speaker 1: if I can go out there and I'll perform you know,

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, people start clamoring me as you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: maybe I got that MVP NAE coming my way. So

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Speaker 1: for me, personally, I'm always looking at the other safeties.

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Speaker 1: I'm always looking When I had to play against Seattle,

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Speaker 1: let me see what camp. Let me try if if

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Speaker 1: I can outperform Cam Chancellor or Earl Thomas, or if

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Speaker 1: I'm playing against you know, somebody else who has a high,

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Speaker 1: high price safety. Let me see if he's all that.

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Speaker 1: Let me see if I can outplay him. So I

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Speaker 1: guarantee you quarterback position is no different. They go out

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Speaker 1: there and they compare numbers to each other. They sit

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Speaker 1: there and say, oh, this guy through thirty touchdowns this

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Speaker 1: year and I through thirty one, I must be better. So, I,

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Speaker 1: without a question, think the quarterback position is no different

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Speaker 1: opposing team's position. So I think that takes his press

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Speaker 1: personal and I think he's gonna get after Russell on

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Speaker 1: Let me ask this question your former team that Jaguars

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Speaker 1: DJ Chark is out for this football game with a

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest, man, I think Jacksonville pulls this

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Speaker 1: missed they got something to him down there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we all know, you know, early in the season, everybody

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. But I mean, I gotta give kudos to

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Speaker 1: He's been saying since the beginning of the season. Like like, no,

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Speaker 1: we're not you know, we're not taking we're not giving

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Speaker 1: anything up. We still believe in this season and we

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Speaker 1: still believe in what we got. And he's been performing

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Speaker 1: well these first two weeks. I mean the first game,

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Speaker 1: I think he only missed one pass. So he's been

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Speaker 1: doing great with what they have down there. They got

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Speaker 1: a lot of receivers out there. DJ Chart is one

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Speaker 1: of their main ones, but he's out this week, and unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: I mean for you, but fortunately for me, that kind

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Speaker 1: I think the Jaguars pulled one out. Defensively, they're nowhere

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Speaker 1: even though everybody looked at them thinking, oh, they're nothing,

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00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,360
Speaker 1: they're just a tank team. So I got Jacksonville and

852
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: this one. Plus I don't see anything from Fitz Magic

853
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: this week, Um maybe two, maybe two, we'll get an appearance,

854
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: but we'll see. But overall got Jacksonville and this one

855
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 1: not so fast. Okay. I know Ryan Fitzpatrick is skittish. Okay,

856
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 1: I know he's skittish, but skittish Thursday night, Yes, I

857
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 1: say skittish. First week wasn't good, but last week he

858
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:59,720
Speaker 1: was a good fitback play Jackson Booker. This isn't the Steelers, Okay,

859
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: not the Steelers, you know. So, So I'm just gonna

860
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: sit here and say I think I'm looking for a

861
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: close game tonight. And I give a lot of credit

862
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: to Jay Gruten how he's developed Minshew here, but Chan

863
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: Gaily in the offense I thought improved last week. To me,

864
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: I'm worried about the defensive side of football here for Miami.

865
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: You know, how can these guys make make it uncomfortable

866
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 1: for Minshew? Because the kids played well, He's got confidence here.

867
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 1: But I just I think they're out both of their corners.

868
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: They're out Xavian Howard, I believe and Byron Jones, Oh okay,

869
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: my bad, go Jad you know, yeah, you'll believe in

870
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 1: that that fits magic. You don't think he's gonna pull

871
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: some uh, some Harvard you know lessons out there, somebody.

872
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: I think they'll be able to find you, especially what

873
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: he was doing with his tight en j ziki last week.

874
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: I think they'll be able to score. But if you're

875
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: if you're you have two corners out against against this team,

876
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 1: Jay Gruten's going to find a way to get it

877
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: out there. I really believe Jay Gruten. I don't think

878
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 1: Jake Gruten gets enough credit for how he took Kirk Cousins.

879
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: Remember now he bench Robert Griffin. Was like, look, this

880
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: is not the guy. He convinced Daniel Snyder to bench

881
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: Robert Griffin. They went with Kirk Cousins, and they won

882
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: some games with Kirk Cousins, and Kirk Cousins got kaid.

883
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 1: This was all Gruten's work. It's all Jay Gruten's work.

884
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: I mean, he's taken some just dudes and been able

885
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: to play well with him. And I'll tell you another

886
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 1: thing that I don't believe people give Jay Gruten enough

887
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 1: credit for. He had Sean McVay there. Sean was his

888
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:43,280
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator before he got the Rams job. Jay understands football.

889
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: He had Andy Dalton in Cincinnati. They were making the playoffs,

890
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 1: Andy been a super Bowl. So when it comes to

891
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: just working with quarterbacks in offensive plays, I think Jake

892
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: Gruten's good. I think Jay doesn't run the football enough.

893
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,919
Speaker 1: That's been my problem with Jay. But here in Jacksonville

894
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 1: under Doug Marone, we are seeing them running football with

895
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 1: that rookie who they said was a good player. They

896
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: cut Leonard Fournette, and they're not missing Leonard Fournette at all.

897
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: So I look at what they've done so far and

898
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 1: I say a plus because I thought this Jacksonville team

899
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: was going to be a straight dog this year. Yeah,

900
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: you and me both, you know, And that was probably

901
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,319
Speaker 1: a little bit of me, just hayting. But I thought

902
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: for sure they were going to be just dogs out there.

903
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna be in the in the Trevor Lawrence justin

904
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 1: fields running for the draft. But like I said, that

905
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,359
Speaker 1: was probably me just hayting. But this team, like you said,

906
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: they haven't missed a step without releasing all those players,

907
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 1: I mean, and most importantly Fournette they let him go.

908
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: And that rookie out there, I mean I saw him

909
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,840
Speaker 1: hurdling people week one. I mean, he looks pretty impressive.

910
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: So I think they're doing it by kind of a

911
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,840
Speaker 1: running backback committee. But it's working so far, and the

912
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: only thing, the only thing I can think of is

913
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 1: can they he has been he's been extremely good and

914
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: can they maintain it? Though? Can they maintain it throughout

915
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: sixteen games? We shall see, But right now they got

916
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: that momentum going and as they say, Minshew, magic is

917
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: real down there in Jacksonville. Ok. Okay, I come and

918
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: say this all year long. I think that's asking a

919
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 1: bit much, especially if they get into the injury bug

920
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: that other people do. But if this is a team

921
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,359
Speaker 1: that wins seven or eight games, I think they've got

922
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: to give consideration to keeping Doug Morone because what started

923
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: off as a foregoing conclusion. If this team is able

924
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 1: to do that, and you're doing it here in COVID

925
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: with all the issues that they've had here, I've got

926
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: to say, if I'm shot, coun maybe the head coach

927
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 1: isn't the issue. Maybe it's the guy who's picking the

928
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: football players for your team, and oh yeah it called

929
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: Well maybe that's the problem here. But yeah, because we

930
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: got a long team, we got a long win. Yeah,

931
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 1: this is true. This is true. Man, All he needs

932
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 1: if he if he wins six games this year, I

933
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:53,839
Speaker 1: think it'll be a win and I think he'll keep

934
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: his job, especially with all those players they let go

935
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 1: these past a couple of years. I think if he

936
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: just wins six, he'll be there. And I think Dave

937
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 1: Coyle will might might be gone. But we shall see.

938
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: Like you said, we got a long way to go.

939
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,719
Speaker 1: But and throw this out here to let's go look

940
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: at Matt Patricia with the lines. That thing looks like

941
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: a pure mess that's happening out there. Adam Gates with

942
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 1: the Jets, they don't look like they have. You've at

943
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: least said, okay, you're Gardner. Minshew's been developed. They got

944
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: Darnald out there with New York, and Adam Gates, you know,

945
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:29,280
Speaker 1: parades himself around as a quarterback guru. I think Darnald's regressed.

946
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: He doesn't look as good as he did at USC.

947
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: So that's without a question now man. That so when

948
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: I look at what Jacksonville's doing, I gotta tip in

949
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,839
Speaker 1: my hand and said, you know, guys, so far, so good.

950
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: Let's see how far it goes here, man, time flies

951
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:48,359
Speaker 1: when you're having fun. Church. That's let's get into our

952
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: predictions for the Seahawks Cowboys game tomorrow. You and I

953
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: both had the Cowboys winning. You were on point where

954
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: your point totals. You had him up in the thirties.

955
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: I had it in the twins. So we'll get our

956
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: predictions out there and see where we go. And we'll

957
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: have to just text Danny and get his prediction. He

958
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 1: was long last week picking Atlanta, so we'll at least

959
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: get Danny's prediction and we'll keep our tally here as

960
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,360
Speaker 1: we go through this season. Here right now, you and

961
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: I are both one and one because we had the

962
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: Cowboys beating the ram So we're one and one, uh

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00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 1: Danny O and two? So there we there we go.

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