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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, September eleven, twenty seventeen, Season thirteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number thirty six. Welcome to another edition, and a

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Speaker 1: victory edition of The Break. I'm Derek Eagleton, and we're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk Cowboys football here for an hour with you guys,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna tell you what went right and wrong

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Speaker 1: for the Cowboys last night as they get the first

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Speaker 1: win of the season. It's Week one of the NFL season.

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Speaker 1: Cowboys win nineteen to three at AT and T Stadium

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Speaker 1: and by all counts, a very dominating performance by this team.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna run through all the story lines of the game,

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Speaker 1: and I think there's no more fitting place to start

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Speaker 1: than with the dominating performance by the defense. Listen to

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Speaker 1: opinions on them. They held the new York Giants to

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Speaker 1: thirty five yards rushing on twelve carries. I was two

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Speaker 1: point nine average. They held them to two hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty yards passing and held Eli to a seventy eight

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Speaker 1: point eight quarterback rating. They had four sacks in the games.

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Speaker 1: In the game, they did not allow the Giants pass

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Speaker 1: the final series of the game when they were just

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Speaker 1: in the entire game where the Cowboys defense allowed the

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Speaker 1: Giants pass midfield. What do you think about that performance

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Speaker 1: from the Cowboys defense? If are you doing good? Doing great? Yeah? Seriously,

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Speaker 1: lets out, we got five minutes of intro and let's

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Speaker 1: go let's stat for you too, like three point three

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Speaker 1: hours of sleep probably, Well, that's the reason why we

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Speaker 1: need to keep this thing moving so you don't fall asleep.

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Speaker 1: How about that? If you if you take out the

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Speaker 1: passing yards on the final possession of the game, when

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Speaker 1: they were just kind of letting them do it, Eli

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Speaker 1: Manning finished with one hundred and sixty yards amazing, that's crazy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I assume if you're listening to this, you

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Speaker 1: the Dallas defense has looked in the time that I've

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Speaker 1: been shaky for a couple of seasons. Now, Odell Beckham

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Speaker 1: didn't play, and I don't care because and I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, the refrain coming from the Cowboys last night,

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Speaker 1: should be embarrassed by that offensive line because I mean,

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Speaker 1: it was bad last year. They didn't do a lot

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Speaker 1: the fact that we've just got all these weapons. But

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Speaker 1: That I did catch that that was good. He's only

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Speaker 1: I thought I was the one that said Beckham wouldn't play.

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Speaker 1: Did you try to tell us all along? All right?

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Speaker 1: But Ember, of course you were. You were on the

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Speaker 1: from this defensive front that everybody's been you know, kind

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Speaker 1: this game. Now. I mean, I understand the Giants have

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Speaker 1: Last night. Has been a huge pickup for this team.

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Speaker 1: saw it coming. No, I didn't say anything about what

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Speaker 1: But it's unusual to see a defensive lineman have as

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Speaker 1: Back to the brink, Welcome back. We're in the second

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Speaker 1: segment of the break Life from the SWBC Mortgage Studios.

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Speaker 1: At the start, we're talking about the Cowboys opening night

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Speaker 1: when against the New York Giants nineteen to three at

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Speaker 1: AT and T Stadium. We were talking about Ezekiel Elliott

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Speaker 1: and a couple more things I want to hit on

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Speaker 1: that topic. I think the first thing I miss specific

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Speaker 1: to the offensive line that blocked for him. There were

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Speaker 1: two pieces of that offensive line that we talked a

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Speaker 1: lot about last week, Chaz Green, who was your starter

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Speaker 1: at left guard, and then Lyle Collins, who was getting

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Speaker 1: his first start at right tackle. Talk to me about

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Speaker 1: their performance. Is what you saw from them that was

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Speaker 1: good and maybe even what you saw from them that

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Speaker 1: was bad. If there was anything well, Collins I thought struggled,

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Speaker 1: I mean for a lot of the game. But of

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Speaker 1: course he's playing against one of the best you know

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Speaker 1: to do it in JPP. So but yeah, he had

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Speaker 1: some he had some moments where he didn't play so well.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure that he you know, he won

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Speaker 1: his fair share battles. But this is not going to

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Speaker 1: be This is not gonna be the game where you

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Speaker 1: look at and go, wow, you know, he's got it,

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Speaker 1: he's ready, he's turned the corner. He's still got work

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Speaker 1: to do. But they're not all as good as JPP.

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Speaker 1: So that's a good thing. Nick. I great on a curve,

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Speaker 1: and Nick doesn't that we established that way back at

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Speaker 1: training camp. I thought he I mean, I thought he

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Speaker 1: was great for a guy starting his first game at

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Speaker 1: a new position against a multiple time pro bowler, got

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Speaker 1: one holding flag. Giant's only sack didn't come from his direction,

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Speaker 1: and Olivier Vernon's the one that got that, and that

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Speaker 1: was a little weird play. It was a good defensive

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Speaker 1: for what they had offense was you know, didn't have

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Speaker 1: any breaks where he's yelling look out or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: They ran for four point two yards against one of

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Speaker 1: the best fronts that they'll play all year. Uh yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure if you go back and watch every snap,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he had his share of struggles. But that

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Speaker 1: is a win against a guy as good as JPP.

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Speaker 1: That is a great performance for a guy again starting

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Speaker 1: his first game at right tackle. I did go back

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Speaker 1: and look at least the first half, and I was

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Speaker 1: looking specifically at him and at Chazz, and there really

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Speaker 1: weren't a lot of plays where he busted Like there

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Speaker 1: were a couple of plays and I know what you're

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Speaker 1: talking about. There was a player too, and I think

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Speaker 1: this actually happened in second half. There was a player

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Speaker 1: two where he got tossed a little bit. Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: didn't mean anything though, because the defender wasn't able to

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Speaker 1: get to the quarterback and actually affect the play on

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Speaker 1: that particular one I'm thinking about. But Rettie White, Larry

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Speaker 1: Allen like, yeah, he got, he got, but but again

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Speaker 1: in the entire first half, I didn't see him bust

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Speaker 1: on a play that was a significance. So to me,

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Speaker 1: like I say, I kind of agree with you on

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Speaker 1: a curve. You look at that and you say, if

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Speaker 1: that's his first if that's the first time he's out

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Speaker 1: there against the guy like uh like like Pierre Paul,

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Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about it. Yeah I do too.

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Speaker 1: I mean I feel good about it. I'm just saying

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Speaker 1: he I didn't think he won them the matchup, um,

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Speaker 1: but but I mean he got a little bit of

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Speaker 1: help there at times. But I mean nothing that that

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Speaker 1: hurt him or anything like that. I thought Chaz Green

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Speaker 1: did did you know, a really nice job, But again

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have some help there and at the left

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Speaker 1: guard spot. But we didn't see really any no penalties

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Speaker 1: it didn't didn't really find any plays where he was

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Speaker 1: getting blown up or anything like that. I know Frederick

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Speaker 1: did have that one play that was bad, But I mean,

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Speaker 1: for the most part, I thought the line did a

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Speaker 1: good job. But but Green, I mean, when you don't,

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Speaker 1: talking about him. It's actually that's a good thing. If

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Speaker 1: play like that against one of the best fronts they'll

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Speaker 1: see all year, I feel great about it. Yes, there

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Speaker 1: were some plays where actually Chads Green made me say, wow,

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Speaker 1: it was a nice block, Like he had some nice

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Speaker 1: blocks against Harrison, which I thought that was gonna be.

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Speaker 1: I thought Harrison would have a few moments in that

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Speaker 1: game where he completely destroyed him, and I didn't see that. Like,

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Speaker 1: there were a couple plays where he made some really

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Speaker 1: nice blocks on him. He did a really good job

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Speaker 1: of getting to the second level in several different situations.

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Speaker 1: I was very impressed with Chaz Green and what he

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Speaker 1: did at guard. And you know, we give we gave

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Speaker 1: Lyell a lot of credit for his athleticism when he

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Speaker 1: does stuff like pole. You saw some of that from

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Speaker 1: Chazz last night too, So there was a funny moment.

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Speaker 1: I don't remember if it was the first half for

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Speaker 1: a second, but Lyle tried to do that kind of

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Speaker 1: bat move that Tyron Smith is so good at where

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Speaker 1: he just kind of smacks you on your way past

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Speaker 1: and throws you out of the play, and did not

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Speaker 1: work as well says when Tyron does it. But if that,

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Speaker 1: you know, may I think he did be Jpp. Jpp

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Speaker 1: didn't really. I mean, he didn't get a sack, you

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Speaker 1: had one flag against him, You won the game, and

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Speaker 1: he didn't limit you from doing what you wanted to

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Speaker 1: do in the offense. I call that a win. Well,

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Speaker 1: what I like about it is is you know, he

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Speaker 1: plays with a mean streak. He's not afraid, and he

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Speaker 1: went straight up. You know, he did go toe to

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Speaker 1: toe with them several times. You know, he's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be intimidated by by him. I know that there was

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Speaker 1: a few plays that they kind of had some talking afterwards.

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Speaker 1: Now that was the one where Peter Paul came back

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Speaker 1: and kind of threw him to the side. So you know,

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Speaker 1: you know he's he's an All pro as well, or

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Speaker 1: he has been for sure. So it was a great

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Speaker 1: it was a great matchup. It's gonna get I mean

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Speaker 1: it's gonna get even tougher this week, right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guarantee you that that guy from Denver's probably gonna

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Speaker 1: line up over there against him, I would bet. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean five tackles, a tackle for loss, and a

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Speaker 1: quarterback hit for JPP. So, I mean he had his moments.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying Lyle was perfect by any stretch,

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Speaker 1: but I'll take that. Yeah, all things considered, I don't

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Speaker 1: think he was a he was a an achilles heel

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Speaker 1: for them last I think he played pretty well. All right,

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Speaker 1: Let's let's talk about a little bit about Dak Prescott. Nick,

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Speaker 1: you said before the break, you were talking about how

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys got a little cute, and I agree. There

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Speaker 1: were certain points in the game when, especially if you're

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Speaker 1: first in goal at the I think it was a

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Speaker 1: three or four if you're down in that territory and

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Speaker 1: to have four downs and you don't run the ball

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Speaker 1: a single time with this offensive line and that running

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Speaker 1: back and by the way, that quarterback that can also run,

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Speaker 1: to me, that's a fail and the Cowboys end up

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Speaker 1: with a field goal in that instance. But all that

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Speaker 1: being said, I do think on at least two of

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Speaker 1: those passes, it was a situation where it looked as

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Speaker 1: though quarterback was a little off. Talk about his accuracy

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Speaker 1: last night, because that seemed to be kind of a

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Speaker 1: common theme throughout the game, especially for a guy that

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Speaker 1: that hits his mini at such a high percentage of

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Speaker 1: his pass as usually from what we saw last season. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I thought that there were some there were

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Speaker 1: some plays where you know, he but see I think

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Speaker 1: he's still throwing it relatively safe. I mean safe throws

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Speaker 1: you know down down there that are going to be

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Speaker 1: incomplete or nothing. And so you know, there was some

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Speaker 1: deep balls. He also threw that the you know the

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Speaker 1: Dez is kind of getting shoved out of bounds a

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Speaker 1: little bit and it's either going to be out of

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Speaker 1: bounds or nothing. He throws throws the one down at

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Speaker 1: the goal line that you know Dez actually he caught,

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Speaker 1: but he didn't, he didn't get his feet in. So

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Speaker 1: he's I think Dex still played it relatively safe. The

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Speaker 1: best play that I thought he made last night, or

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Speaker 1: one of the better plays into the game. Rolland right

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Speaker 1: doesn't want to get sacked, doesn't want to go out

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Speaker 1: of bounds, doesn't want to stop the clock, throws it

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Speaker 1: back over his body to Whitton, but very low, so

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Speaker 1: Jason's got to go down and get it. He did,

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Speaker 1: kept the chains moved, even kept the clock moving, and

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Speaker 1: it still was a conservative play. So I think he

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Speaker 1: still played relatively conservat I don't have a big issue

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Speaker 1: with the way Dak played last night. They make you

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Speaker 1: play ugly, and so that's just kind of the way

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Speaker 1: it is. I thought he played all right. I thought

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Speaker 1: the play calling down there, though, was bad. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you got lean on the best running back in the

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Speaker 1: NFL when he's down there at the three, I mean,

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Speaker 1: making a four down territory. Just keep grinding it and

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Speaker 1: don't fade up with low percentage passes to death, just

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Speaker 1: because I feel like Dez is in his ear saying

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Speaker 1: give me the ball, give me the ball, give me

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Speaker 1: the ball, and he tried to shut him out by

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Speaker 1: doing that, shut him up by scoring. You know what,

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Speaker 1: I do wonder. I do wonder if maybe they decided

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Speaker 1: to go away from it when they were down that close.

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Speaker 1: That was the first situation they had like that that game.

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Speaker 1: Because they've had so much respect for guys like Harrison,

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Speaker 1: they're in the middle, and maybe they said, hey, we

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Speaker 1: don't feel like that's our best option. I agree with

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Speaker 1: the idea of and I do think again, there were

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Speaker 1: a couple of those passes that if the ball would

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Speaker 1: have been on target, they could have made the play.

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Speaker 1: That was the play that I think. It was a

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Speaker 1: second down play where Dez was kind of coming across,

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Speaker 1: the ball goes high. Dak, you told him, may Man,

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Speaker 1: that's my fault. You could tell that that was a

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Speaker 1: play that could have been converted. They could have gotten

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Speaker 1: a touchdown on that play. So I don't have this

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00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: big of a problem. I do think they need to

645
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 1: run it when they get in those situations. But I

646
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: do think that that's something they have to clean up,

647
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: and I think Dak will because usually when D's in

648
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: that kind of situation, he tends to be pretty accurate.

649
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: A defense this good can stop you if they know

650
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: you're gonna run. I mean, this is the NFL. But

651
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: make them do it, that's what I think. I mean. Yeah,

652
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: you might get stuffed if you try to run on

653
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: a defense that good in an obvious situation like that,

654
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 1: But man, you got a lot of resources committed to

655
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: being able to run the ball to not have confidence

656
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: in yourself to do it. And we're not talking about

657
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: we're talking about three yards or really one point five yards,

658
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: because you can do it twice in a row, even

659
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: even after you threw the fade to Dez, which I

660
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: don't have a problem with that call at all. It

661
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: was half a foot away from being a touchdown. But

662
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: then run the ball and the second though, you're right,

663
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, the second down play is the biggest one.

664
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: So the first down they're running a really quick to

665
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: make sure that they can just snap the ball before

666
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 1: the Giants get a good you know, look at the replay, right,

667
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: It's totally logical to say an NFL front this talent

668
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: said can load up and stop you, but make them

669
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: do it. I mean, you got one hundred and whatever

670
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: million dollars committed to be able to do this, and

671
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: you take it out of your own hands and say, well,

672
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: they'll stop us, Like, how do you know? So I

673
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 1: don't I don't like that. But as a general statement

674
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: on Dak, yeah, I mean they make you play ugly.

675
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: His two worst performances were this team and yeah, he

676
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: threw a couple of balls behind guys and he was

677
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: high to Dez in the end zone. But ninety point

678
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: five quarterback rating, completed sixty two percent of his passes.

679
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: Still a good night. No turnovers. Yeah, way in on

680
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: this because last night you said something up in the

681
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 1: press box. You said that they don't if they don't

682
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: play this, if they play like this, you know in

683
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: future games are gonna lose. I mean, I just have

684
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: really mixed thoughts on this, just because I really think

685
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: that they just got lucky. To me, the Cowboys offense

686
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: got lucky last night. And I say this just because

687
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: I agreed the Giants defense it's great, one of the best.

688
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: But at the same time, there were a lot of

689
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: missed opportunities for from Dak Prescott, some of the incompletion

690
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: passes he could have made that it wasn't on the defense.

691
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: It was not on the Giants defense. So I just

692
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: think it was really sloppy. And you compare it to

693
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: the game they had last year, those two games they

694
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: lost and everything, that's the only thing that makes this

695
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 1: game good. I think last night's game, when you compare

696
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: it to last year. Other than that, I don't think

697
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: the game was not great. So I don't agree with

698
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: you Nick saying how Dak's performance was good, I just well,

699
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: I think I think it was this whole It was

700
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: good enough. And again, yeah it was good enough. You know,

701
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: they came out and beat the Giants defense. But again,

702
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a different season. You can't you can't

703
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: perfectly compare it to last year. But go back and

704
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: look at how bad this offense was against this team

705
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: compared to all their other games. They scored nineteen points

706
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: and lost in game one, they scored seven points in

707
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 1: game two, and this, I mean, and they hummed against

708
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: everybody else. So I'm willing to give them the benefit

709
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: of the doubt that that that this isn't a systematic

710
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: problem that's going to continue into future weeks. I mean,

711
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna have but there are a lot of things

712
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 1: that I just think they can do. They just weren't

713
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: able to do it, but you know they can. So

714
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: that's just where it's kind of like, Okay, you know

715
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 1: how they can perform and you didn't see that. I'll

716
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: tell you this, that red zone percentage is not going

717
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: to get it done. That's but I think here's the

718
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: part to remember that if you there were three games

719
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: in my opinion. Last season where the Cowboys had a

720
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: hard time moving the ball, it was the two Giants games,

721
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: and it was the Minnesota game. And in all three

722
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: of those instances, it was not just that they weren't

723
00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,719
Speaker 1: able to score in the red zone, it was they

724
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: could move the ball. They weren't consistently moving the ball.

725
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: Last night, they racked up a ton of offense. They

726
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: were moving the ball up and down the field. The

727
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: issue was the red zone, and that's something I think

728
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: you can fix. Like I said, I think in some

729
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 1: of those instances, if you had a little more accurate passing,

730
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 1: as Nick said, if you had a little different play calling,

731
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: and some of those situations, I think those are fixable things.

732
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: But the problem that they had last year in those

733
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: three games was not the problem last night. And that's improvement, right, Well,

734
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,919
Speaker 1: go ahead. I think an issue that when I'm looking

735
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: at the stats here, that this is something that they've

736
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,800
Speaker 1: got to fix. I mean, Witton gets nine targets, catches

737
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 1: seven times, Terrence Williams seven targets, six catches, Zeke five

738
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: and five, Beasley five targets, three catches, Dez nine targets,

739
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: two catches, quit forcing the ball to Dez. It will happen.

740
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: It will He's one of the best in the league.

741
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,760
Speaker 1: It'll happen. Quit trying to get him involved so much

742
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: with low percentage passes. I'm gonna understand getting them the ball,

743
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: get the ball in his hands, give them reverse give

744
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: him bubble screens. But but but these low percentage chances to

745
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,879
Speaker 1: get him involved doesn't do anything, and then it gets

746
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: everything more frustrated. Get the ball in his hands and

747
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: let him go make plays. I'm torn about that because

748
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: I mean, this is like the classic Damned if you do,

749
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: Damned if you don't, Because if you just take what

750
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 1: you're given and don't try to get him the ball,

751
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: then we're on here saying you got this badass all

752
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 1: pro wide receiver, Why aren't you trying to get him involved.

753
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: Maybe you can move the ball if you chunk him

754
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,320
Speaker 1: up some balls. I mean, and I mean it doesn't

755
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: look pretty on the stat sheet, but he's half a

756
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: foot away from a touchdown. He's a bad pass away

757
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: from a touchdown. Down in the red zone. He draws

758
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: a twenty one yard defensive pass interference that sets you

759
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: up for the only touchdown of the game. If you

760
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: tack that let's call that a catch. They have that

761
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: three for sixty four. I feel better about his stat

762
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: line then. And then on top of that, again, you're

763
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 1: challenging one of the best cornerbacks in the game. He

764
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,280
Speaker 1: came half a foot away from making a circus touchdown grab,

765
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: which we know he can do so, and he was

766
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: clearly held on one of the others that was not called.

767
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 1: I'm not thrilled about what that stat line looks like,

768
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: and there's something to be said for low percentage plays,

769
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: but it kind of worked to a degree. I mean,

770
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: it made him respect the pass. Like I said, you

771
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: set him up for your only touchdown in the night

772
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: trying to get the ball to him. I think it's

773
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 1: better when he's and and it's better for everybody when

774
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: he's involved, in my opinion, in terms of his mindset,

775
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: his psyche, what the defense is thinking. So I don't

776
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: have a big problem with it. It just so happens

777
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: that the Giants are uniquely positioned to where they can

778
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: defend him. Well, here's the other flip side to that argument,

779
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: Nick is, let's stop and consider this for a second,

780
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: that maybe his role in this offense is going to

781
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: be the big play guy. Maybe he is the guy

782
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: that they're going to be trying to take their shots

783
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,320
Speaker 1: with Dez Bryant, and yes, last night, a lot of

784
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 1: those didn't work because you're playing a really good cornerback

785
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: that happens to be very good against Dez as we've

786
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: seen in other meat matchups that they've had, but against

787
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,439
Speaker 1: a lot of other cornerbacks in this league, they're gonna

788
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: be forced to double Dez because in those kind of situations,

789
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,240
Speaker 1: when you're taking those kinds of shots with Dez Bryant,

790
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: one guy ain't gonna get it done. That opens up

791
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: other things. So maybe his role in this offense will

792
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: be it's not gonna be the Antonio Brown type role.

793
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: It's not gonna be the Julio Jones type role. It's

794
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: gonna be the kind of guy that he's a big

795
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: play guy and we're looking for him to make huge

796
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: plays for us, and you're gonna have to pay more

797
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 1: attention to him or do it at your own peril

798
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 1: or not do it. And that's fine, but too, i mean,

799
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: two of nine is not gonna get it done there

800
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 1: from target standpoint. And I'm sure this just like last year,

801
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: same thing they tried on the week one, what's going

802
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: on with Dez? They tried too hard to give him

803
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: the ball. Come back against Washington the next week, and

804
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: he was a lot more effective against Josh Norman and

805
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,799
Speaker 1: those guys. And so I'm sure that it'll happen like

806
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: that in this game. But I do want to talk

807
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: about the other receiver. I thought Terrence Williams did an

808
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: unbelievable job yesterday. I mean, six catches, all of it,

809
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: after hurting his ankle on the first play of the game,

810
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: and he said afterwards that the doctor says, you're fine,

811
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 1: it's just gonna you're gonna have some pain that you

812
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: have to deal with. And he said, I can deal

813
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: with that, and if that's what happens next week in Denver,

814
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: I'll deal with that. He had a walking boot on.

815
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: He's you know, he's hoping that it'll just be a

816
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,719
Speaker 1: sprain that he can kind of get through and fight through.

817
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: But he did a great job in that game yesterday.

818
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: If he hadn't tweaked his angle, he's scoring on that

819
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: slant yep, and he caught it and dodged the guy

820
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: and kind of cut it. It looked exactly like the

821
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: touchdown that he scored against the Lions in the playoffs

822
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: three years ago, but he didn't have that extra gear

823
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: to get past the safeties, which but he played a

824
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: great game. Let's take our final break. When we come back,

825
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 1: I want to talk about some things that happened last

826
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: night that can affect this team going forward. Zekiel Elliott

827
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 1: back in the news a little bit, and some injuries

828
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,520
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00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:49,680
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Speaker 1: Back to the Break. Welcome back. It's the final segment

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Speaker 1: of The Break, live from the SWBC Mortgage studios at

873
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Speaker 1: the Star. We're talking about the Cowboys big win nineteen

874
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,720
Speaker 1: to three over the New York Giants. They win yesterday.

875
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: The Eagles also win yesterday, so the Cowboys and Eagles

876
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: now sit a top division after one game, first place.

877
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 1: He continues to develop over the season. Let's talk about

878
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: a couple of things that happened last night though that

879
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: can affect the Cowboys in coming weeks. Last night, late

880
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 1: last night we hear that, or it may have even

881
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: been this morning, we hear that the NFL has filed

882
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:27,439
Speaker 1: an appeal of the injunction that was ruled last week

883
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: here in the Dallas area. Dave, what does that mean?

884
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: I mean what at this point does that mean at

885
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 1: this point for Zeke's ability to be able to play

886
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 1: this week and in coming weeks for the time being. Nothing.

887
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,800
Speaker 1: The NFL didn't like the ruling that they got on Friday,

888
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:48,919
Speaker 1: when the Honorable Amosmazan granted Zeki's injunction, which will allow

889
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: him to play for the foreseeable future. They're going to

890
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: try to get that decision overturned in federal appellate court

891
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: so that he will so that they can enforce the suspension.

892
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: They're just trying to nullify the injunction. Say no, no, no,

893
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:09,959
Speaker 1: not see but no no. Um I you know, there's

894
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 1: no there's no set game plan for how these things work.

895
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 1: But again, this is the legal system. I think they're

896
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: going to try to expedite it and have this be

897
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 1: an emergency hearing. So theoretically, if they are to get

898
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: that granted, you could hear this in a few weeks.

899
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: But first of all, that's very rare. It's and you know,

900
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: it's entirely up to the court. I think I read

901
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: online that they only grant those types of things like

902
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: ten percent of the time. It was like seven point

903
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: five percent of the time. And then if it's not expedited,

904
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 1: it takes an average of nine months for an appellate

905
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,800
Speaker 1: court to hear these types of things. So it doesn't

906
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: sound like this is It doesn't sound like this is

907
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 1: something that's going to affect the here and now um

908
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: and and if if it is expedited and they do

909
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: move it into court quicker than usual, you'll definitely hear

910
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 1: about it. But I don't think that this is going

911
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: to affect the next month of Zeke's season, if the

912
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: year at all. It's just the NFL trying to do

913
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,360
Speaker 1: what they can too. It sounds like they're trying to

914
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 1: save face basically to me. And now that we are

915
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 1: back on the running back topic, I see a lot

916
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: of questions on Twitter in regards to McFadden being inactive

917
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: last night. What are your all's thoughts on this? I know, Nick,

918
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: it's pretty yeah upset at that decision, but really I'm

919
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,919
Speaker 1: not upset by it. It's just ridiculous. Woo pig dude,

920
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: I mean ridiculous, that's it ridiculous because he doesn't do

921
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 1: anything better than McFadden, especially for the role that he's

922
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 1: trying to do as a backup. He doesn't block better,

923
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: he doesn't catch better, he doesn't he couldn't even help

924
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 1: you on special teams as in return if you needed that,

925
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: even though not that that would be his main role.

926
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 1: But the second guy supposed to come in and provide

927
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: more of a spark, and I think he does that

928
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:04,560
Speaker 1: better than than Morris. Stats are what they are. I

929
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 1: mean that four carries for yard that's not really much.

930
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 1: I mean it's hard to for anyone to really get

931
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: a gauge on that. I'm not really talking about the stats.

932
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,760
Speaker 1: I just he doesn't come in and provide any relief.

933
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: And the last time McFadden played against the Giants, I

934
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: think he just went for one sixty. So I just

935
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 1: don't understand why they practiced him the way they did

936
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:25,760
Speaker 1: and then to come back and I do it unless

937
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: there's a setback or injury or something we don't know about.

938
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 1: But from just talent standpoint, doesn't make any sense. My theory,

939
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,720
Speaker 1: My theory is that and we've been saying that all years,

940
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: that McFadden's the better receiver and the better blocker. I

941
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: don't think it played out in the preseason. I mean,

942
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: McFadden had some breakdowns and didn't look I mean, he

943
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: ran the ball well, but I'm talking about the rest

944
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: of the stuff. But he didn't run any better than

945
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: Morris didn't I thought. I mean, they both had solid preseasons,

946
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: and I mean, the only explanation I can really come

947
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 1: up with it. Honestly, I agree with Nick. I've always

948
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: said I'd rather Morris be my lead back, but if

949
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: you're talking about a backup, I think McFadden fits that

950
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,760
Speaker 1: role better if you're only getting six to eight touches

951
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 1: or less per game. But the only explanation I can

952
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 1: really come up with is that Morris was consistently good

953
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: throughout the preseason and they wanted to reward that effort.

954
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: That's all I got because and I said this last

955
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,280
Speaker 1: night before the game, is like somebody, an accomplished running

956
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 1: back is going to have to sit because you can't

957
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: play them all. So you know, maybe I'm curious to

958
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: see if is this going to be a changing thing.

959
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: Are they gonna sit one are they going to rotate

960
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 1: who sits every week? Or is Morris definitively the guy.

961
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,839
Speaker 1: I don't know, but the only thing I can come

962
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,399
Speaker 1: up with is that Morris outplayed him overall in terms

963
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: of every aspect of the position over the course of

964
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: the preseason. I think I think McFadden is just built

965
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 1: for this, like coming in the game and rotate. I mean,

966
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,319
Speaker 1: he's been doing it even in his how he's been

967
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 1: a runner up seasons he was he was rotating with

968
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 1: other backs, and so I think he knows how to

969
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: get in there quickly some stuff, you know, without getting

970
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,320
Speaker 1: a limited amount of carries. And I think Morris maybe

971
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: needs a little bit more time to kind of get

972
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,320
Speaker 1: into the flow and all that. Where I think McFadden

973
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: would be able to help you just in spot duty

974
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:14,799
Speaker 1: because really all you need for Zeke. But here's a

975
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: hot take is that as long as Zeke is healthy

976
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,279
Speaker 1: and eligible to play, I don't really care. Yeah, it

977
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter whatever. Yep. It's kind of like the

978
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 1: backup quarterback conversation at this point, like unless you lose

979
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,359
Speaker 1: your guide, than it doesn't really matter very much, now,

980
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: does it not? Really? All right, let's move on to

981
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 1: an injury that occurred last night Orlando Skeandrick goes down

982
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: with a fractured hand. Have we heard anything more about

983
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: his status and what's gonna have to happen with him.

984
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: We will have surgery and we'll see. You know how

985
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,959
Speaker 1: long it takes and what's actual bone it is. They're

986
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 1: saying that he could probably play here at some point.

987
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 1: I don't know about this next game. I don't know

988
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 1: after you have the surgery. I mean, you've got different injuries.

989
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 1: I mean, I know DeMarco Murray had something like that

990
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 1: and he played the next game. I remember Emmett had

991
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: some then where he maybe missed one game. So I

992
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: don't know the actual bone and where the fracture is

993
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 1: and that, you know, it all matters. Yeah, I know yesterday,

994
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: I mean it was just like you're out. So but

995
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 1: it's different when you have that, you need surgery. You

996
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: need to be able to protect it with a cast

997
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: or brace and all that stuff. So he'll probably, if

998
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: I had to guess, he'll miss a game or two maybe,

999
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,880
Speaker 1: but he'll still be able to play here at some point.

1000
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 1: Jerry said he's hopeful that he'll be able to play

1001
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:33,919
Speaker 1: in subsequent games, maybe not Denver, Arizona or Week four.

1002
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: I don't. It doesn't sound like it's going to keep

1003
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: him out for a super long amount of times. Well,

1004
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,560
Speaker 1: I mean, actually last night we kind of talked about this.

1005
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:44,360
Speaker 1: I think it was you dated or may have been robbed,

1006
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 1: but you know that's why you got ben abin Wickery

1007
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,000
Speaker 1: is because you were hoping to have a veteran that

1008
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: can be kind of that depth that you need it.

1009
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: And hopefully this week they can get Jordan Lewis back

1010
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:54,799
Speaker 1: into the mix and see what he can do with

1011
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: the thing that we've heard the most about him and

1012
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: what he does the best is to be able to

1013
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: play in the slot. So if he can give you

1014
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:02,160
Speaker 1: a little bit of that, and I don't know how

1015
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 1: fast you could do that, having missed all of training camp,

1016
00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna try hard to have him on

1017
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,279
Speaker 1: the forty six this week. I don't. I mean, I

1018
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 1: can't say that definitively right now. They haven't practiced or

1019
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: even probably watched the tape of last night, but I

1020
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 1: think they're going to try to get him ready. This

1021
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: is probably a good week to do it too, because

1022
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,959
Speaker 1: you're not facing a terribly great quarterback when you start

1023
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,640
Speaker 1: talking about Denver, I mean, Denver has good receivers, but

1024
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: the quarterback isn't the best. So maybe this is a

1025
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 1: week where the Cowboys can absorb an injury like this

1026
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: and still be able to be effective. Well. And what

1027
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: I liked from this game, after I saw Orlando getting

1028
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 1: hurt and coming out of the game, I was like, oh, crap,

1029
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: here we go. But the defense didn't get messed up,

1030
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:47,239
Speaker 1: Like they didn't miss a bead. They kept going. It

1031
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: didn't mess up the rhythm. So that's really good that

1032
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 1: that happened. You feel pretty good about this defense. In

1033
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 1: the secondary, yeah, I mean Chito came in and did

1034
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:02,480
Speaker 1: some good things. And again, they're the Giants are just

1035
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: so one dimensional that that it's just hard to kind

1036
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 1: of get a good gauge on things. And they're gonna

1037
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: have tougher matchups than that. But you know, it's not

1038
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 1: their fault. They went out there and covered the guys

1039
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: and um, I got the feeling that Brandon Marshall seemed

1040
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 1: a little disinterested. That's just from my take. I mean,

1041
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:24,479
Speaker 1: it didn't seem like he was really in the flow

1042
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 1: at all. There was that one playoff to the side

1043
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: where he kind of just it seemed like he didn't

1044
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,320
Speaker 1: give a great effort, like he could have maybe extended

1045
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: his body a little more and put two hands out

1046
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 1: there to catch it. I mean, I just it just

1047
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: didn't seem like he was in the game at all.

1048
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: And receiver, it's hard to you need you were relying

1049
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: on everyone to do their job before you can do yours.

1050
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 1: I get it. It just it just didn't seem like

1051
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: he was in it at all. Yeah, I wouldn't make

1052
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 1: a call like that on him that he was disinterested,

1053
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: but I will say I will say it was it

1054
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: was what second quarter and were mentioning in the press

1055
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: box like has like if they thrown the ball even

1056
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,719
Speaker 1: his way. Um, it didn't seem like they did a

1057
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 1: really good job of figuring out how they could and

1058
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: get him to integrate him into this offense, especially on

1059
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: a night when their top wide receiver was gone. Like

1060
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: I said, it's amazing that that level of dominance by

1061
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: the defense and that level of an aptitude. I mean,

1062
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of both, just because

1063
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,399
Speaker 1: I mean that's not the way the NFL works. Even

1064
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,479
Speaker 1: even the best defenses, you're gonna give up a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a run. And that's I spent the whole

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Speaker 1: game just saying, all right, this is where they're gonna

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00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 1: come in this together, like you're not gonna just keep

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00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:32,839
Speaker 1: them out of the red zone for an entire game.

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00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: If that's basically exactly what they did. If the Giants

1070
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:38,799
Speaker 1: turn things around and they become a playoff team and

1071
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:42,319
Speaker 1: things like that, remember this game and when it's time

1072
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:44,960
Speaker 1: for people to start voting on MVP, just remember this.

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00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: Because if you can be that much of a difference

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00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,680
Speaker 1: maker by not being there and still come back, and

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00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: then this is gonna be a good offense. If that's

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00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,399
Speaker 1: the case, then then you should we should think about

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00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: just how valuable Beckham is. I mean, it's a lot

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00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: of ifs, but I mean we've seen them a lot

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Speaker 1: better than that, and that they weren't even close to

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Speaker 1: that without him on the field. I have no doubt

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00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:06,879
Speaker 1: this Giant's team will still be a very very good

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00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: team in the cow. Their defense is going to keep

1083
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 1: it exactly. Not only that, but their offense will be better.

1084
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:13,399
Speaker 1: Like their offense, I think you take you took what

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00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 1: was the lynchpin of their offense out, and I think

1086
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,839
Speaker 1: probably more dependent on him in their offense than most

1087
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: teams are, because not only he's just as dangerous when

1088
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: he's not catching the ball as he is when he is,

1089
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:26,880
Speaker 1: and that makes a guy like Perkins who's coming out

1090
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 1: of the backfield even better. They couldn't run the ball

1091
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:30,400
Speaker 1: last night, but I think part of the reason they

1092
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,360
Speaker 1: couldn't run the balls because they didn't have that threat

1093
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 1: there on the outside that you gotta worry about. So

1094
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:36,279
Speaker 1: I think that makes a huge difference for them. When

1095
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:38,480
Speaker 1: he comes back, they're gonna be fine. And the Cowboys

1096
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: still do have to play them again in the Meadowlands

1097
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: in December. Yeah, so let's get a let's get some

1098
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,839
Speaker 1: phone calls. Two four eight seven two twenty one h two.

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Speaker 1: Again it's two one four eight seven two twenty one

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Speaker 1: h two. You can also hit us up on Twitter

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Speaker 1: at Cowboys Break. We've got a call from Q in

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Speaker 1: Jersey City. Q. What up? Hey? How you doing good?

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Speaker 1: How you doing them all right? This show? This show?

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Speaker 1: I just said, I really just wanted to speak on

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00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,360
Speaker 1: Daz and I was looking at a lot of shows

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00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: today and they was talking about how Jack Rabbit shut

1107
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 1: him down. I think does did a great job and

1108
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:20,960
Speaker 1: got opened a lot. Dak just missed them on a

1109
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: couple of throws, and I just wanted to know if

1110
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: y'all seeing the tape and what do y'all think about

1111
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 1: how he's moving around and how he did game one?

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Speaker 1: All right, thanks for the call, generas Jenkins, is he

1113
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 1: that good to have a just nickname like that? He's

1114
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:45,759
Speaker 1: not on the level where do you have a nickname? Okay,

1115
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: but I mean no one's going to the press conference

1116
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: and asking, you know, coaches about it like that. Somebody

1117
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 1: did that this week, asked Jason Garrett about how do

1118
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 1: you think the matchup with Jack Rabbit or did Jason

1119
00:52:57,080 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: say who? He said? I don't exactly. I don't jack

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00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:03,759
Speaker 1: Rabbit is. Yeah, I don't know who that is. And um, anyways,

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00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 1: um yeah, I thought Jenkins he guards him well. He

1122
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 1: obviously now two straight games like that. He Um, he

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00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:13,839
Speaker 1: does a nice job with this and you're not gonna

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00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,040
Speaker 1: win every every battle. Dez had a couple of catches,

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00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: he got it, drew a pass interference at times, but

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00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:22,279
Speaker 1: Jenkins more than holds his own sometimes literally, and I

1127
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:24,800
Speaker 1: think they didn't. He didn't nice start. It's a good battle.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's worthy of getting a commercial

1129
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:28,839
Speaker 1: out there. But I think it's a it's a good

1130
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,959
Speaker 1: battle between these two, and Dez said he Dez said,

1131
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:34,480
Speaker 1: watched the film and you'll see that he caught some breaks.

1132
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 1: And I watched a little bit of the film this morning.

1133
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:39,680
Speaker 1: I didn't watch every single offensive play. They were like

1134
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: eighty of them. But I know, you know, Dez turned

1135
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: him around, but Dad didn't see him in time. I mean,

1136
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:48,399
Speaker 1: I call it a draw, Like I basically, Daz caught

1137
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: three passes for sixty four yards if you factor in

1138
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 1: the defensive pass interference, which wound up being really important.

1139
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:56,400
Speaker 1: So what I mean, he was averaging twenty yards a reception.

1140
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:00,960
Speaker 1: So granted they targeted him nine times, so Jenkins won

1141
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:03,680
Speaker 1: plenty of those, but he played his role. And yeah,

1142
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:07,160
Speaker 1: the efficiency, like Nick said, is not great, but he

1143
00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:10,400
Speaker 1: played his role in what they wanted to do. They

1144
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: kept you know, kept him honest and forced Jenkins to

1145
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,440
Speaker 1: make plays. Like I don't have a big problem with

1146
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:19,240
Speaker 1: it because like I said, they were they were close

1147
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 1: on a lot of that, and then he's a great cornerback.

1148
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 1: I mean, I I call it a draw. I thought

1149
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,200
Speaker 1: Daz was fine. Agree. I mentioned a little bit about

1150
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:30,320
Speaker 1: um Bryce too. You know Bryce's game. He's one of

1151
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 1: those guys where like he will make good play here

1152
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,120
Speaker 1: and then he kind of does a head scratcher here

1153
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 1: and it comes back. That's just kind of what his

1154
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 1: career has been. Great catch for thirty yards, set up,

1155
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,239
Speaker 1: should should have been a touchdown. You know that they

1156
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: set up, but they only got a field goal, comes back,

1157
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:48,239
Speaker 1: has a has a key drop over the middle. You

1158
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:50,640
Speaker 1: know the drop was actually first. Yeah, the drop was

1159
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 1: the one that was for drop then had to the

1160
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:55,560
Speaker 1: other was a past defense by Eli Apple thing. Oh no,

1161
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: that was just a great play by Eli App. Yeah,

1162
00:54:57,719 --> 00:54:59,439
Speaker 1: and that's defense. He got his hand on the ball.

1163
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:01,960
Speaker 1: But but he he dropped a third down, first possession

1164
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 1: game exactly. But he but he comes back and does

1165
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:08,400
Speaker 1: you know Zeke has a thirty yard reception where Bryce

1166
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: has got his guy twenty yards down the field and

1167
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,719
Speaker 1: he's not going anywhere. I mean, that's just unbelievable blocking

1168
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:17,439
Speaker 1: by him. Uh, And so you know, he he does

1169
00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:20,520
Speaker 1: some of the little things as well. Didn't did a

1170
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,480
Speaker 1: nice job in the game. That thirty yard catch was

1171
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,160
Speaker 1: a that was a pretty good catch. I mean he

1172
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 1: laid out Yeah, he laid out to get done. I

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00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: think I just think, Yeah, I don't. If it's a

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00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:31,799
Speaker 1: play where he has time to think about what he's doing,

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00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 1: I think it messes him up, maybe because you know,

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00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,640
Speaker 1: he's been scratching and clawn to kind of make his

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00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 1: mark for so long, and you know, when he gets

1178
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,719
Speaker 1: these opportunities, maybe he overthinks that. I actually thought about

1179
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 1: this um last night when he dropped that pass, like

1180
00:55:47,239 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 1: he had that great game in the Hall of Fame game,

1181
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:53,400
Speaker 1: and afterward he was like, yeah, I'm I'm a veteran

1182
00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:55,600
Speaker 1: of the preseason at this point, Like I usually play

1183
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 1: pretty well in the preseason. It's the regular season that

1184
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 1: I've got to work on. And sure enough that I mean,

1185
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:04,440
Speaker 1: he made up for it with that great catch. But

1186
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: I wonder if you know, maybe in the adrenaline of

1187
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: those crazy moments, he doesn't have time to think about

1188
00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:11,320
Speaker 1: it and he just makes the players because it seems

1189
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: like the easy ones are always the ones that get

1190
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: away from him. Yeah, I didn't. I didn't have a

1191
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,360
Speaker 1: problem with how he played last night. I thought he

1192
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:18,840
Speaker 1: played fine, and I think he did what he was

1193
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:20,719
Speaker 1: supposed to do, which is that deep ball. That's what

1194
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: they're expecting out of him, and that was a big

1195
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 1: play in the game. If they could have gotten a touchdown,

1196
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:26,319
Speaker 1: it would have even been a bigger, bigger play for them.

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00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,880
Speaker 1: Wasn't the catch of the night, No, no, it was

1198
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: not the catch of the night cold easy, but yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: I mean we haven't really talked about it, but I mean,

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00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,560
Speaker 1: that's just unbelievable. There's so much skit through out of

1201
00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:39,520
Speaker 1: that game, because because there are a couple other things

1202
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,759
Speaker 1: I don't think we mentioned, and I'm going to do

1203
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:44,359
Speaker 1: it here in the last minute. Yes, the two specialists.

1204
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:47,439
Speaker 1: Chris Jones had four punts last night. In all four

1205
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 1: of those he pinned the defense down within the ten

1206
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:51,880
Speaker 1: yard line. He had him at the sixth, the nine,

1207
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,120
Speaker 1: the ten, and the ten. That was his four punts

1208
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,919
Speaker 1: last night. And then of course Dan Bailey kicks four

1209
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:59,320
Speaker 1: field goals. He's perfect four four twenty one yard or

1210
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,319
Speaker 1: forty eight yard or a a forty two yarder and a

1211
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,680
Speaker 1: thirty six yarder. Those two guys I thought played phenomenally

1212
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:07,000
Speaker 1: and really to me, they were just as important as

1213
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:08,799
Speaker 1: any other player you can mention as a player of

1214
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,719
Speaker 1: the game last night. Those two guys and what they

1215
00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:13,000
Speaker 1: contribute was just as important. I tried to tell you

1216
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,400
Speaker 1: the day that Chris Jones signed his extension that you

1217
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:18,000
Speaker 1: weren't like. You just kind of glossed over. You're like, Okay, cool,

1218
00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,480
Speaker 1: he's under conc what's going to pay him? What's going

1219
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,440
Speaker 1: on with the defense? Dave? What's let's not talk about that.

1220
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 1: He's one, He's he might be the most underrated player

1221
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 1: on this entire team. He's awesome, snack. He might be

1222
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: the most underrated player on this he is, Derek. He

1223
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,200
Speaker 1: was the unsung hero you at fifty nine minutes before

1224
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:36,600
Speaker 1: you talk about him. Yeah, but there were other guys.

1225
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 1: Hunters are no, no, not against a team that cannot

1226
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:42,240
Speaker 1: run the ball. They can't grind out yards. They have

1227
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:45,640
Speaker 1: to be conservative already. So you put him back and

1228
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 1: Harris back. Yeah, I thought he was. He was the

1229
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,040
Speaker 1: unsung hero. Did you name him player of the game?

1230
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,520
Speaker 1: He wasn't the player of the game. DeMarcus Lawrence was

1231
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:55,160
Speaker 1: the player of the game. But we had an unsung

1232
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 1: hero game first. With Anthony Hitchins currently sidelined by injury,

1233
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:01,960
Speaker 1: he's the most underrated player on the team. All right,

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00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 1: that's good. We appreciate you. Guys joining us. We're back

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Speaker 1: tomorrow nine thirty our normal time. We'll start talking a

1236
00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:09,240
Speaker 1: little bit bigger picture about what's happening around the NFL

1237
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,440
Speaker 1: and move a little bit into what the Cowboys got

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00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 1: coming up this week against the Denver Broncos. Till then,

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00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 1: for Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia, I'm Derek Eagleton.

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