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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Friday,
Speaker 1: September eleventh, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, Episode number twenty one.
Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of The Break, Real life in
Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Me and
Speaker 1: Nick are actually in the studio for the first time
Speaker 1: together in what maybe seven months, and we've got Amber
Speaker 1: and Dave who are at their own locations undisclosed locations,
Speaker 1: but we got a lot of stuff to talk about.
Speaker 1: We can get you guys ready for Cowboys First Rams.
Speaker 1: That happens this Sunday. And I don't know if everybody
Speaker 1: else is excited, but I'm really excited after watching football
Speaker 1: last night, live football, actual action games that meant something
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. It was really really great.
Speaker 1: You didn't watch hockey. It's boy of that to set up.
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, man, seriously, you gonna do that
Speaker 1: to me, Like, you know, I can't. I've been banned
Speaker 1: from talking about hockey. Yeah, no, I'm talking about the NFL.
Speaker 1: And I know Dave he's got on this LSU hoodie.
Speaker 1: I'm assuming he enjoyed that performance by his guy last night.
Speaker 1: Nice performance by the by the Chiefs overall, but your
Speaker 1: guy kind of showed out a little bit. I mean
Speaker 1: we were we wear a college gear on Fridays during
Speaker 1: the season anyway, which because there's no college games yet,
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that has to change. But I mean
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Zilaire I said it when he got drafted.
Speaker 1: It is gonna be the best fit of any first
Speaker 1: round pick, even more so than Ceedee Lamb. And I'm
Speaker 1: feeling good about it. I'm feeling good about it after
Speaker 1: one week. Kind Of hard to mess it up when
Speaker 1: you come in and become the starter in that offense. Like,
Speaker 1: if you mess that up, you probably shouldn't be dropped
Speaker 1: in the first round, right, But he's perfect for what
Speaker 1: they're trying to do. I mean, do you remember that
Speaker 1: play where the Chiefs just everybody just went forward and
Speaker 1: nobody went misdirection? Because I don't think it happened like
Speaker 1: every time there's someone going in motion and then they
Speaker 1: go back the other way and it's this fake option here.
Speaker 1: It's get your head spinning. I mean, but he fits
Speaker 1: perfectly into what they're doing and everybody can run. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so you got misdirection and everybody can run. That's very
Speaker 1: very tough. It looked good. It looked really good. Himmer,
Speaker 1: are you doing today? Good? This is not typical Amber. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is not typical Amber. Let's jump in. We got
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff we want to hit today. I
Speaker 1: first want to start, Um, there was a little bit
Speaker 1: of news that broke this morning, not a big deal,
Speaker 1: but I do want to give it some context to
Speaker 1: Marcus Lawrence. Cowboys signed him to a one year voidable extension. Um,
Speaker 1: I guess talk about the two terms of what the
Speaker 1: deal is, and then kind of what it means Nick
Speaker 1: the terms. I'd rather Dave do that, because Dave actually
Speaker 1: wrote the story. But I know what overall, what it
Speaker 1: means is that they're just trying to clear up some money,
Speaker 1: not so much for this year, no, not for a
Speaker 1: safety that's sitting out there, but to try to sign
Speaker 1: their quarterback next year and they could roll over some
Speaker 1: money for next year. So these these moves are just
Speaker 1: to just to make sure that if the cap is
Speaker 1: flat next year or even goes backwards, that they've got
Speaker 1: some money to sign these players include especially Dak. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think the big thing is good Dave, Oh good day. No,
Speaker 1: it's it's just so Tank was on a sixteen million
Speaker 1: dollars salary. They converted the vast majority of that to
Speaker 1: a signing bonus. It's something we've seen them do a
Speaker 1: million times. They did it with Zach three days ago,
Speaker 1: and they did it with Tyron Smith about a month ago.
Speaker 1: The difference here is actually they added another year to
Speaker 1: Demarcus's contract, which allows them to spread out the rest
Speaker 1: of the hit, which that's wonderful. You know, it helps
Speaker 1: them manage the cap and it's avoidable years, so you know,
Speaker 1: if for some reason they don't want him at that point,
Speaker 1: they don't have to keep him. So pretty smart bit
Speaker 1: of bookkeeping. But yeah, to next point. You know, it's
Speaker 1: impossible to predict what the salary cap is going to
Speaker 1: do because we don't know how many fans are going
Speaker 1: to be part of the games this year and a
Speaker 1: million other things, but it's a very good guess that
Speaker 1: the cap is not going to be two hundred and
Speaker 1: ten million, which it probably would have been in a
Speaker 1: normal year. So when you think about the fact that
Speaker 1: you either have to tag or sign back, you probably
Speaker 1: need all the spare change you can get. Yep, and
Speaker 1: that's going to be the most important part is that tag.
Speaker 1: They will need that to be able to at least
Speaker 1: give themselves some leverage that if you call that leverage
Speaker 1: in their negotiations. So they got to make sure they
Speaker 1: got room to be able to that very least tag
Speaker 1: him to make sure they keep his services for next year,
Speaker 1: regardless of what happens with the long term contract. Let's
Speaker 1: move on. Let's talk a little bit real quick, and
Speaker 1: just to clarify direct five, because I see a lot
Speaker 1: of people asking or not asking but commenting on social
Speaker 1: media whether this is for DAK or clearing space once
Speaker 1: again for Earl Thomas. So for sure we think this
Speaker 1: is meant for DAK Prescott's contract for next year. Well
Speaker 1: just think about this critically for a second. And I'm
Speaker 1: not talking to you specifically, Amber, but I've gotten a
Speaker 1: lot too. But even even if they did get Earl Thomas,
Speaker 1: after everything that's happened, like you don't need thirty million
Speaker 1: dollars to sign Earl Thomas. You just there's not a
Speaker 1: player available right now on September eleventh that would cost
Speaker 1: that much money. Clowne's not out there. He wouldn't have
Speaker 1: been that expensive anyway. He signed for like half of that.
Speaker 1: You don't need that much money to bring a free
Speaker 1: agent in. So even if they want Earl Thomas, this
Speaker 1: isn't what that's about, yea. So it all points to
Speaker 1: the fact that this is about future planning, knowing that
Speaker 1: that the salary cap could go down or could stay flat,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna need to again, They're gonna need to
Speaker 1: tag the quarter back, and they will probably have some
Speaker 1: free agents that they want to look at, probably on
Speaker 1: their own team, that they may need to resign as well.
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on. I want to talk just
Speaker 1: a quick moment about Dak Prescott. And we didn't mention
Speaker 1: yesterday on the show that Dak that Dak was going
Speaker 1: to be meeting with the press. He did have a
Speaker 1: conversation yesterday a press conference with the media, and he
Speaker 1: talked about his mental health. That that was something that
Speaker 1: came up a little earlier from an interview that he'd
Speaker 1: done back during the offseason, and I think it really
Speaker 1: blew up, mainly because Skip Bayliss had something to say
Speaker 1: on his show about it and and essentially said that,
Speaker 1: you know, as the quarterback of the Cowboys, maybe he
Speaker 1: shouldn't be talking about this publicly. I want to get
Speaker 1: you guys as thoughts because I think it's for me.
Speaker 1: It's pretty clear that talking about mental health is a
Speaker 1: good thing. I think for too many years in our country,
Speaker 1: those kinds of things were things you kind of swept
Speaker 1: under the rug. There were things you didn't talk about
Speaker 1: publicly because it made people think of you, or at
Speaker 1: least people tried to get this sception that meant you
Speaker 1: a week. And I think the best thing our society
Speaker 1: has done in the last i don't know, maybe five
Speaker 1: to ten years, it's being more open about having those
Speaker 1: discussions because it then allows people to understand that this
Speaker 1: is something that happens to a lot, happens to a
Speaker 1: lot of people, and it's not a sign of weakness.
Speaker 1: It is really just something that happens. It's like any
Speaker 1: other medical condition that you have to treat, and you
Speaker 1: have to be open and forward about treating. I'd like
Speaker 1: to get your y'all's opinion on this. Let's start first
Speaker 1: with you, Dave. Yeah, And you know, this is something
Speaker 1: that I've gotten a lot since I've tweeted about it yesterday,
Speaker 1: which is, hey, I don't like to pay attention to
Speaker 1: what Skip Bayliss says. I try not to, and I
Speaker 1: think most of our listeners probably agree. He's a joke,
Speaker 1: he's a fraud. His opinions are less than worthless when
Speaker 1: it comes to football. But I kind of draw the
Speaker 1: line when you're offering opinions that could really damage people.
Speaker 1: That was really the big takeaway for me is to
Speaker 1: have a national play platform and to go on TV
Speaker 1: and to insinuate that Dak Prescott is weak for seeking
Speaker 1: help or wanting to talk about it, ignoring the good
Speaker 1: that that could do. That the face of America's team
Speaker 1: is telling you it's okay to get help. I just
Speaker 1: I just couldn't stop thinking about the idea of somebody
Speaker 1: who's having a terrible year, just you know, in the
Speaker 1: worst place, seeing that and just further confirming their untrue,
Speaker 1: you know, thought that there's nothing that they could do
Speaker 1: and that they shouldn't talk about it. I absolutely hated it,
Speaker 1: so I don't like to give Skip Bayliss the platform,
Speaker 1: but we need to address that. I mean, it's a
Speaker 1: it's a dangerous rhetoric, and I mean I agree with
Speaker 1: everything you set, like, good for Dak for seeking help,
Speaker 1: good for Dak for talking about it, because you can't
Speaker 1: underestimate the impact that it has when somebody that visible
Speaker 1: is willing to go on the record about these things.
Speaker 1: And I already had a low opinion of Skip Bayliss,
Speaker 1: but it's it's on another level at this point. I
Speaker 1: actually want to want to get an opportunity for Amber
Speaker 1: to talk about this because I know Amber, this is
Speaker 1: something that's really personal to you. Tell us a bit
Speaker 1: about about how anxiety and that kind of thing has
Speaker 1: affected your life. Well, I dealt with anxiety ever since
Speaker 1: I was really young, and for the longest time, I
Speaker 1: mean for years and years and years, I just didn't
Speaker 1: understand what was going on, and I didn't know what
Speaker 1: anxiety was. So something that a lot of people don't know,
Speaker 1: people that don't necessarily deal with this issue, is that
Speaker 1: it's a big deal there. Anxiety and depression are hand
Speaker 1: in hand, and there's a very very fine line between anxiety,
Speaker 1: depression and then suicidal thoughts. So you have to be
Speaker 1: really really careful with your words. And I think one
Speaker 1: thing that has been the theme for this year is
Speaker 1: basically shut up and listen. Listen to others and what
Speaker 1: they're dealing with. So this is one of those things
Speaker 1: that if you it's really hard for someone to understand
Speaker 1: for someone that has never we dealt with it. So
Speaker 1: in that case, if you know somebody that is dealing
Speaker 1: with it, whether it's a family member, a friend, or
Speaker 1: someone you know, the best thing that you can do
Speaker 1: is just take a step back and listen after your ears.
Speaker 1: Because the one thing, I will say, the one thing
Speaker 1: that has helped me the most has been able just
Speaker 1: the ability to talk about it, hearing other people, knowing
Speaker 1: that you're not alone, knowing that you're not awadough that
Speaker 1: this is not it's more common than you think. And
Speaker 1: yes there are different levels of anxiety. So you just
Speaker 1: need to be really really careful. And being a female
Speaker 1: in a world that female are perceived as you know,
Speaker 1: sensitive and weak, maybe it was really hard for me
Speaker 1: as a female to come to a place where I
Speaker 1: felt okay accepting that and just talking about it where
Speaker 1: I didn't feel ashamed or embarrassed. So for a guy
Speaker 1: like Dak being a man and being in such public eye,
Speaker 1: so much visibility, I think that it takes great strength
Speaker 1: that he was able to open up and talk about
Speaker 1: the issue. And I'm very happy, very very happy that
Speaker 1: football is back, because not only is it gonna be
Speaker 1: able is now able to get out of that fund,
Speaker 1: being out of his house, being surrounded by teammates, being
Speaker 1: surrounded by people that will take him to filling in
Speaker 1: a much better place, but also the fact that he's
Speaker 1: being able to find a comfort level where he's okay
Speaker 1: speaking about it to other people. Because once again, when
Speaker 1: someone like that that many many young people look up
Speaker 1: to says something like that that speaks about anxiety, I
Speaker 1: alt really know for a fact that his words has
Speaker 1: already helped many many people. Yeah, and I will say this,
Speaker 1: after dealing with you Amber for a number of years
Speaker 1: and working with you and learning more about you in
Speaker 1: your background, you want it mentally tough as people I know,
Speaker 1: so we know this has nothing to do with being weak.
Speaker 1: This is all about medical conditions and it's something that
Speaker 1: people should talk about. Is something that people should take
Speaker 1: seriously and be willing to have that conversation, and especially
Speaker 1: coming off a situation where remember, Dak lost his brother
Speaker 1: to suicide this offseason, and so this is something that's
Speaker 1: very personal, I'm sure to him at this point because
Speaker 1: he realizes the importance of creating the environment where people
Speaker 1: feel like they can talk and express themselves on these issues,
Speaker 1: rather than getting to a point where they feel so
Speaker 1: isolated that, as you said, Ambridge starts dipping into that
Speaker 1: those suicidal thoughts and can certainly lead to some really,
Speaker 1: really really tragic situations. Nick, did you have some thoughts
Speaker 1: on this, Well, I just I think it's it's sad that,
Speaker 1: you know, when you put guys in here. He says
Speaker 1: he's a fan Skip Bayliss. He says he's a cowboy fan.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I buy any of that, but
Speaker 1: if that's the case, that's the sad part about this
Speaker 1: is is that he's thinking of Dak Prescott as the
Speaker 1: player and not Dak Prescott as the man. And we
Speaker 1: cruise five players all the time for being boring and
Speaker 1: not opening up and telling what they think, and then
Speaker 1: they go out and then they actually do that. They
Speaker 1: show how real they really are. There's a real person
Speaker 1: dealing with real issues that everyone not everyone, but a
Speaker 1: lot of people have and they just don't make thirty
Speaker 1: one point four million. And you know, the America's team
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback and so you know, it's it's just sad
Speaker 1: that that, you know, he took it there because he's thinking,
Speaker 1: is this guy mentally tough to be the quarterback for
Speaker 1: my Cowboys? When in reality it's I hope this guy's okay.
Speaker 1: And so you know that's you know, I don't think
Speaker 1: he should be fired. I don't think that, but I
Speaker 1: just think, you know, he should have a much better
Speaker 1: apology than that, but than what he did. And you know,
Speaker 1: when your bosses have to come in and apologize for you,
Speaker 1: that's not good. That's never good when they just they
Speaker 1: just pull vault over you and say we don't think
Speaker 1: like him, right, And that's that's exactly what happened. Go ahead, Dave,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I which I hate to even I don't
Speaker 1: want to give the dude any more airtime. But if
Speaker 1: he calls himself a Cowboy fan, he absolutely is a
Speaker 1: fraud because how could you, I mean, whatever you think
Speaker 1: about him as a you know, if you don't think
Speaker 1: he's the best quarterback in the world. Fine, but like,
Speaker 1: how can you criticize Dak Prescott's mental and physical toughness
Speaker 1: if you know literally anything about him? Like his whole
Speaker 1: story is about being a resilient, whether it's being under
Speaker 1: recruited in high school, whether it's losing his mother during
Speaker 1: a game week during his college career, leading a team
Speaker 1: to a thirteen three record as a rookie, playing through
Speaker 1: a broken thumb, playing through a sprained ac joint with
Speaker 1: the division on the line last year, Shut the hell up,
Speaker 1: Like it's I mean, there's more important stuff than whether
Speaker 1: or not Dak is tough. But that's ridiculous and it
Speaker 1: just further shows Skip Baylis is full of crap. Well
Speaker 1: said Dave, We're gonna take our first break, We're gonna
Speaker 1: come back. And now we got a season preview for
Speaker 1: you guys. I got some questions I'm gonna throw out
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Speaker 1: of this team heading into the season, and also look
Speaker 1: back at last season, talk about some of the things
Speaker 1: that we thought were challenges for this team last season,
Speaker 1: and talk about how much we think the team has
Speaker 1: addressed those issues heading into the twenty twenty season. We'll
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the second segment of The Break, live
Speaker 1: from the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star. We're talking
Speaker 1: Cowboys football. We're gonna get you guys ready for Cowboys
Speaker 1: Versus Rams. That happens this Sunday, Sunday Night Football, seven
Speaker 1: twenty pm. Central Time. Nick is actually going to be
Speaker 1: on the plane and gonna be giving you guys some
Speaker 1: updates along the trip. I think, aren't you gonna do
Speaker 1: a video tomorrow night when y'all get into LA. I
Speaker 1: just gotta I thought you were saying, I gotta like
Speaker 1: step up my tweet game, because yeah, you should. I know,
Speaker 1: I know you should, because Dave won't be there to
Speaker 1: build you out on Twitter. Dave on Twitter, Yeah, they
Speaker 1: will not be and there to be able to build
Speaker 1: you out on this one. So send send me what
Speaker 1: you want to say. I'm gonna be eyebrow rubbing and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be there. We go LSU recruits and what
Speaker 1: the Mariners are doing, plus everything else. With the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: You're gonna feel so lost, lost and I was gonna
Speaker 1: use the word naked, but that sounds weird. But without
Speaker 1: without your crew with you, like without all of us
Speaker 1: together on the road, you're gonna feel so isolated, like
Speaker 1: you're just gonna be with players. It's not gonna be
Speaker 1: fun not. I mean, that's definitely gonna be funerary. And
Speaker 1: I saw the like what we're supposed to you know
Speaker 1: that they said that you are allowed to go on
Speaker 1: a walk. If you want to go out, that's walk
Speaker 1: and go on a walk, don't stop anywhere. I was
Speaker 1: about to say the hotel, but I forgot it's probably
Speaker 1: not good to say what hotel we're I don't do that.
Speaker 1: But it definitely seems like a nice trip in La.
Speaker 1: But but except I don't know. I mean, it just
Speaker 1: can't go anywhere, It can't do anything. So I gotta
Speaker 1: get the Netflix. We're gonna be fans showing up outside
Speaker 1: the hotel waiting. There might have been if I would
Speaker 1: have just thrown out right, have been a whole crew
Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, I bet there are. They'll figure it out.
Speaker 1: They were. They always do. They always show up wherever
Speaker 1: we are. I mean, you know, that's a good point.
Speaker 1: I thought about that, even from like training camp next
Speaker 1: year or whatever, like just just a player walking off,
Speaker 1: Hey Greg, will you sign this? Take my sharpie and
Speaker 1: my football helmet that I have, and can you sign it?
Speaker 1: I don't think. I mean, well, they're definitely not gonna
Speaker 1: allow that to happen, not gonna allow to happen. They're
Speaker 1: just saying that's just the kind of a fundamental part
Speaker 1: of the fan experience that now it's like, man, I
Speaker 1: can't do that. Yeah, it's it's gonna be different. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be very different. But I will say this, watching
Speaker 1: the game last night, I actually thought, you know, this
Speaker 1: doesn't feel different as a consumer, as someone watching the
Speaker 1: game they had. I think that the number I heard
Speaker 1: was somewhere around like fifteen thousand at the stadium. But
Speaker 1: whatever the number was, it didn't seem weird. You could
Speaker 1: hear some noise, so it made it feel like a
Speaker 1: real football game. There was nothing about that that felt
Speaker 1: off awkward or off to me, So I actually thought
Speaker 1: it was a It was a well done telecast for
Speaker 1: that game. Bro. There's gonna be a lot of places,
Speaker 1: including this one, that don't have any fans. Yeah. The
Speaker 1: question is the noise that they're gonna pipe in does
Speaker 1: that at home make you feel like you're watching a
Speaker 1: regular football game or not? We will see, But last
Speaker 1: night I felt very very normal. For it looks like
Speaker 1: a fourth preseason game out there. Yeah, I just I
Speaker 1: didn't even notice the crowd was there or not there?
Speaker 1: You know, all right, so let's jump in. Here's what
Speaker 1: we're gonna do. I did crowd shots. The crowd shots
Speaker 1: were weird, but yeah, sorry, go ahead. Yeah, And honestly,
Speaker 1: that's that's the part I didn't really worry so much about,
Speaker 1: like the crowd shots. I was thinking more just from
Speaker 1: my as I'm watching the game, what I'm hearing. You know,
Speaker 1: you you watch a game and you expect to hear
Speaker 1: the crowd roar at certain moments. And that's what I
Speaker 1: thought I would miss is those moments. But I didn't.
Speaker 1: I didn't for some reason. I just didn't miss it.
Speaker 1: It felt normally a good job. All Right, here we go.
Speaker 1: What's what we're gonna do is I have a whole
Speaker 1: list of these best of or worst of type questions.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw them out to you guys in this
Speaker 1: first segment of this UH this season preview. I want
Speaker 1: you guys to kind of base it on what you
Speaker 1: saw during training camp. I know we're a little limited,
Speaker 1: but you guys got a chance to see a good
Speaker 1: amount of practice. So I want you to base this
Speaker 1: on what you saw in practice and give me your
Speaker 1: best answer for each one. All right, So let's start
Speaker 1: first with who was the best offensive player uh coming
Speaker 1: out of training camp. Let's start with you, Nick, best
Speaker 1: offensive player, I would say probably Tony Pollard. Maybe, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think there's another answer there, but I'll let the
Speaker 1: I'll let them have it. I think Tony Pollard was
Speaker 1: really good, and I think, you know, I don't know
Speaker 1: if he's the best player. But Zeke didn't do a
Speaker 1: lot either, so he got a lot of he got
Speaker 1: a lot of reps and he did a nice job.
Speaker 1: I think you're going to see him in a lot
Speaker 1: of different ways. He looks more comfortable, looks quick, very
Speaker 1: quick and fast. So I thought he was really good,
Speaker 1: all right, Amber, Just so I don't pick who I'm
Speaker 1: sure Dave is about to pick. Maybe I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: go with another guy, Sack Martin. He was a guy
Speaker 1: that he's just as great as he's always been, but
Speaker 1: he's been consistent. He was consistent all throughout training camp
Speaker 1: and the fact that we know the struggles that the
Speaker 1: offensive line has been going through during this time with
Speaker 1: injuries and all that, and given the fact that he
Speaker 1: dealt with his own injuries last year this year so far,
Speaker 1: he was all there doing what he needed to do
Speaker 1: and at a level that we've all gotten used to
Speaker 1: see him from him. So that would be a guy
Speaker 1: that I would pick Dave. I mean, let's be clear. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Zach Martin, you know, Tyrn Smith when he was practicing,
Speaker 1: even Dak Prescott like, it's not fair because the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position is so skewed to jump out at you.
Speaker 1: We all know that. But the answer ceedee lamb. He
Speaker 1: just he showed up and he bawled the hell out.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of expectations on him. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of hype about how good he could be, and
Speaker 1: he delivered on it. He did something amazing basically every
Speaker 1: day except for the day that they gave him a
Speaker 1: veteran's day off as a rookie, and I think that
Speaker 1: says a lot about just how good he was. He
Speaker 1: was consistently awesome all through camp. All right, let's move
Speaker 1: on best defensive player, Ambu. Let's start with you best
Speaker 1: defensive player. Um, I don't want to say this, but
Speaker 1: I need to take stop being prideful or whatever. I'm
Speaker 1: just to me. I have to mention Jalen Smith because
Speaker 1: how to admit, he did have a really really good
Speaker 1: training camp. He did surprise me in everything that he
Speaker 1: was doing. He was very active. He looked like every
Speaker 1: move had a purpose. He was uh just everywhere you looked,
Speaker 1: he was all over the field. He was getting to
Speaker 1: the quarterback in certain locations depending how they were utilizing him.
Speaker 1: So I think he was a guy that definitely was
Speaker 1: consistent all throughout camp and stood out to me, Dave,
Speaker 1: I think that's the right answer. Age, And you know
Speaker 1: we're not We're not here to hate on Jalen Smith.
Speaker 1: Like he deserved criticism last year, that's fine. He deserves
Speaker 1: a lot of praise for what he looked like in camp. Um,
Speaker 1: I think that's the right answer. But since you already
Speaker 1: said it, I'd probably say to Marcus Lawrence, Um, it's
Speaker 1: not really fair because he was going against backups all month,
Speaker 1: but he looked awesome. Nick, Yeah, those the those are
Speaker 1: the right answers. And because of you know, going up
Speaker 1: against the offensive tackles that you know that weren't weren't
Speaker 1: top notch, I would I would say Jalen Smith would
Speaker 1: be my answer over to Marcus Lawrence. But but yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he looks good and they've said it best.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he had some moments there that
Speaker 1: the moments he had were in past care rich and
Speaker 1: that's what I think. He looks really good. At right
Speaker 1: now is being able to run with these tight ends,
Speaker 1: and so I think I think he's you know, he's
Speaker 1: looked the part right now. We'll see what happens when
Speaker 1: the lights come on. But um, I think you know,
Speaker 1: he tweeted out yesterday right or he posted something he's ready. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of shocking that none of you guys
Speaker 1: went with Alden Smith because that's who I would have
Speaker 1: I would have thrown out there as a guy. But yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe you'll use him on this next next category, who's
Speaker 1: the best newcomer that's not a rookie? Nicholas start with
Speaker 1: you the best newcomer? Yeah, yeah, I mean I like
Speaker 1: that one. I like, Um, I mean because we haven't
Speaker 1: seen Dan Tarpod just yet, and I'll say Alden Smith
Speaker 1: because I haven't seen Everson Griffin really dominate to that point.
Speaker 1: But every day Alden Smith was doing something. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll say Alden Smith. I got him as the comeback
Speaker 1: player of the Year in the NFL, so he better
Speaker 1: be Oh wow, Dave, it's definitely Alden. I mean, he
Speaker 1: had a great camp, he looked really impressive, and he
Speaker 1: got to go against Tyron a lot more than Tank
Speaker 1: got to go against Lyell, so he had some success
Speaker 1: against starters as well. But honestly, if you look around
Speaker 1: like there aren't a lot of other great answers. I mean, haha,
Speaker 1: didn't even make the team. Daryl McCoy got hurt on
Speaker 1: the first day of practice. Dantari posa nose tackle, so
Speaker 1: I thought he had a really good camp. But Alden
Speaker 1: kind of wins by the fault. You're starting, right, there's
Speaker 1: an answer. You don't want to throw him in there,
Speaker 1: there's an answer. Let's see, no good, there's another answer
Speaker 1: out there. I'll see what She's all right? Who you got?
Speaker 1: See what? Ag says? Uh? I mean, that was the
Speaker 1: guy I was thinking of right off the bat. But
Speaker 1: one guy that I thought of at the beginning of
Speaker 1: camp was Andy Dalton, just because I'm not used to
Speaker 1: seeing the Cowboys have a backup quarterback that is actually
Speaker 1: performing good. You know, he wasn't perfect by any means,
Speaker 1: but at the same time, it was someone that gave
Speaker 1: me come for to see to say, like, Okay, if
Speaker 1: for whatever reason Dak goes down, I feel comfortable and
Speaker 1: confident enough that the offense will be okay with this
Speaker 1: backup and we'll be able to get the job done,
Speaker 1: which is opposed to previous years where I never felt
Speaker 1: comfortable enough to say that. That's a great answer. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it is a great answer. Well, I just thought, thank
Speaker 1: you Gran for once. Greg Zerline is a guy, I mean,
Speaker 1: all right, really good y'all. Y'all are better than y'all
Speaker 1: are better than me. I'm thinking like offensive and defensive starters, y'all,
Speaker 1: those are both great Ansa and Dalton. Yeah, so yeah,
Speaker 1: their line has been money. I mean he's been so good,
Speaker 1: really really good. You just hope you can carry that
Speaker 1: into sea. But nothing will matter if you shake that
Speaker 1: first extra point off the post. And god, this guy
Speaker 1: all right, So give me your best rookie. Let's start
Speaker 1: with you, Amber, best rookie you during camp? Should I should?
Speaker 1: I make even and say, let's not throw CD out
Speaker 1: of it and give me your best room now to
Speaker 1: take the first two out. No, I think you gotta
Speaker 1: put him in there too, because well you're kind of right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: has anybody been better than Trayvon? If you don't, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Diggs is right there, right there, So let's
Speaker 1: take those two out. Okay, give me your best rookie.
Speaker 1: I know yours is Nick, but we're gonna go with
Speaker 1: them first. Oh yeah, Bernard Francis, who didn't make the team. No,
Speaker 1: I mean out of those three guys, honestly, I don't
Speaker 1: know who else stood out to me that those are
Speaker 1: the three main guys that right off the bat, they've
Speaker 1: been able to catch your attention, so honestly, and I'm
Speaker 1: trying to think, I'm like, well, who else is a rookie?
Speaker 1: Rico has three guys? Ricco was pretty good. He made
Speaker 1: the team. That'sh Why are we hayting? Why are we
Speaker 1: hating on my guy? Bradley and I that's he had
Speaker 1: a good camp out well, but was has he been
Speaker 1: like fully consistent? Though? I guess I'm seeing him more
Speaker 1: as a guy that all throughout camp completely stood out,
Speaker 1: I would say, I mean all, I feel like most
Speaker 1: of the rookies, except for like CD, kind of started slow,
Speaker 1: and I think that was by design. I said it
Speaker 1: at the time, like it really seemed like the coaches
Speaker 1: limited their snaps to kind of ease him in in
Speaker 1: the first week or so. But once and I got involved,
Speaker 1: he was pretty consistently disruptive. And obviously you know you're
Speaker 1: talking about the second and third strings. I don't know
Speaker 1: how many opportunities he had to go against starters, but
Speaker 1: he was pretty consistently popping out there, uh you know,
Speaker 1: getting sacks, getting multiple sacks and practices. I think I
Speaker 1: charted him with three during the scrimmage that nobody actually
Speaker 1: got to watch. So yeah, I thought, I mean, for
Speaker 1: the most part, Bradley and I was consistently impressive. In
Speaker 1: my book, I think the thing to remember here too
Speaker 1: is that with these rookies, like the first time they
Speaker 1: were in the building for the most part, as far
Speaker 1: as I know, was that training camp. So you know,
Speaker 1: they had no offseason to be able to come in
Speaker 1: and start figuring stuff out, start doing some small season work,
Speaker 1: like they literally showed up for training camp. And so
Speaker 1: the fact that that you had rookies that maybe weren't
Speaker 1: as consistent throughout training camp, to me, I'm I'm just
Speaker 1: happy to see that by the end of camp they
Speaker 1: were doing things right. And I think by the end
Speaker 1: of camp you had several rookies that I thought at
Speaker 1: least made me think, hey, I saw some flashes. So
Speaker 1: they may have a little something, and you give them
Speaker 1: a little bit of time, I think they may be
Speaker 1: pretty good. Let's go ahead and take our first, our
Speaker 1: second break, and we'll come back. We have some more
Speaker 1: areas of the season preview we're gonna get into, and
Speaker 1: towards the end of the show, we're definitely gonna do predictions.
Speaker 1: These guys are gonna tell you what they think is
Speaker 1: gonna happen on Sunday, Cowboys versus Rams. We'll be right back.
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Speaker 1: is the final segment of The Break Life from the
Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Nick and I
Speaker 1: are here, Dave Amber at their own locations. We are
Speaker 1: wrapping up the show. In this final segment, we have
Speaker 1: a few more questions we want to get to on
Speaker 1: the season preview, and then we're gonna ask some predictions
Speaker 1: for the upcoming game Cowboys versus Rams. Next question for
Speaker 1: you guys is what is the best offensive position? And
Speaker 1: this is the area where I want you to kind
Speaker 1: of extrapolate beyond just what you saw on training camp.
Speaker 1: Knowing what you know about this team, knowing about what
Speaker 1: you know about the different players and what you saw
Speaker 1: on training camp, what do you think is the best
Speaker 1: offensive position that the Cowboys have as far as the
Speaker 1: starters are, depth the whole nine. Let's start first with you, Dave.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I think we all know about
Speaker 1: the receivers. That's fair, but okay, I I think I'm
Speaker 1: cheating a little bit. But like in a vacuum, in
Speaker 1: a perfect world, it's probably offensive tackle. You got a
Speaker 1: probable or possible Hall of Famer and Tyron Smith. You
Speaker 1: got Lyle Collins, who's one of the three or four
Speaker 1: best right tackles in the game. Camera Maybe he's not amazing,
Speaker 1: but he's got a lot of experience to be your
Speaker 1: third tackle. And then I really like Brandon Knight. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's four pretty quality tackles. Obviously, the problem is the
Speaker 1: reality that Lyle's not currently healthy and Tyrn has a
Speaker 1: lengthy injury history, so it's not as good as it
Speaker 1: could be. But when everything's right, probably tackle Nick. I'll
Speaker 1: say running back actually, and yeah, I know they have
Speaker 1: some a lot of good players at receiver, but you know,
Speaker 1: I think they have arguably the best running back in
Speaker 1: the NFL for what the Caboys were trying to do
Speaker 1: in a perfect compliment to him and Tony Pollard. So
Speaker 1: I would say running back is the best position that
Speaker 1: they have. Hamber I was gonna say running back as well,
Speaker 1: but I guess I'll just go with quarters. I mean,
Speaker 1: we're basically naming the whole offense. Now we talk about
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, running backs, I'll mention quarterbacks. So now
Speaker 1: Dave talked about the old line if they're healthy, So
Speaker 1: when you look at it, I mean, that's that's pretty all.
Speaker 1: I mean. The quarterback position has never been better than
Speaker 1: it is right now. Right Well, I guess you could
Speaker 1: say when Troy Aikman was, you know, was really good.
Speaker 1: I mean, but Dak is, But when when that was
Speaker 1: the case, though, I don't know that his backup was
Speaker 1: as proven as Andy Dalkway, as Wilson or yeah, I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's I mean, you just look at this quarterback position. Actually, Amber,
Speaker 1: I agree with you. And by the way, guys, it's
Speaker 1: okay to agree. It's okay to you. Guys have the
Speaker 1: same answer if you think that's really the answer. But
Speaker 1: I'll say this, I agree with you Amber on the
Speaker 1: quarterback because I think, especially in a year like this
Speaker 1: one where at any moment, COVID can shut down a player, right,
Speaker 1: I think that in a year like this, having a
Speaker 1: position like quarterback that's as strong as this one is,
Speaker 1: I don't know that I can look at any other
Speaker 1: team in the NFL and say, have a better quarterback
Speaker 1: situation than the Cowboys right now. And in a situation
Speaker 1: like that this year, particularly with COVID, I think that
Speaker 1: that's a that is a huge advantage for the Cowboys
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys have a situation where heaven forbid, Dad
Speaker 1: comes up positive for COVID. I don't think anybody feels
Speaker 1: like you're walking into that game and can't win. Most
Speaker 1: teams they lose their starting quarterback for a week due
Speaker 1: to COVID. They're probably gonna feel like it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a tough, uphill battle for us to get a win.
Speaker 1: That is a huge advantage this season. So I think
Speaker 1: I think they're they're very, very strong there, but I
Speaker 1: think even more this year it's a it's a pronounced
Speaker 1: strength for this team. Because of that, I'm wading into
Speaker 1: waters that I don't fully understand. Would I mean, like
Speaker 1: the late seventies when they had Stabak and White were
Speaker 1: probably better than this, Right, Yeah, maybe because you had somebody.
Speaker 1: What I will say though, is at that time White
Speaker 1: hadn't proven anything yet though he was a young player
Speaker 1: that hadn't played very much. Yeah, but you're talking about
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks that are proven, like they've done it in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Right, right was a Hall of Famer and
Speaker 1: actually when he retired, this is how weird the game
Speaker 1: is when he retired, he had the all time record
Speaker 1: and for highest quarterback rating, it was like eighty three
Speaker 1: point one. He retired as the highest now is to
Speaker 1: fire Yes, absolutely absolutely, but no and not get your point,
Speaker 1: But I just don't think at that point Ginny White
Speaker 1: hadn't had a chance to prove himself, so it was
Speaker 1: kind of an unknown at that point. That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: I was just trying to give a shout out to
Speaker 1: any of our older fans because I'm you know, they
Speaker 1: had good quarterback Depp at one point I was I
Speaker 1: was not alive, but I just wanted to throw that
Speaker 1: out there. All right, let's jump to the next thing.
Speaker 1: Best defensive position. Let's start with you Amber, best defensive position. Um.
Speaker 1: I mean, we could talk about the defensive line, but
Speaker 1: one position that I thought was really good was linebackers,
Speaker 1: just because of what I saw at camp. Initially, I
Speaker 1: was feeling really really good looking at Jalen Smith, looking
Speaker 1: at Layton vander esh, I really had my doubts on
Speaker 1: Layton and in the whole neck injury, I don't know.
Speaker 1: He doesn't want to talk about it anymore. He says
Speaker 1: he feels perfectly fine, and he was moving around fell
Speaker 1: we find during training camp, but um, I don't know
Speaker 1: how that's gonna go into the season once you start
Speaker 1: actually hitting people. But in just all in all, I
Speaker 1: think that the linebacker position from what I saw a
Speaker 1: training camp was really good. All right, cornerback, No, I'm
Speaker 1: just kidding in a way. No, No, definitely not pass rusher.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if it's an out, if
Speaker 1: it's a linebacker or a defensive end. I'm not really
Speaker 1: sure how they're you know, gonna list them. But the
Speaker 1: pass rushers I think are the best, uh on and
Speaker 1: it's gonna get better if it when Randy Gregory comes back.
Speaker 1: But but I think from Griffin d law Alden Smith.
Speaker 1: You know you got Dorian's armstrong in this third year.
Speaker 1: Hopefully he can he can step in there and I
Speaker 1: and then you also now with Randy Gregor, I think
Speaker 1: that's their their best position. But they're good enough to
Speaker 1: make the safety position better. They have Yeah, they have
Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback two seconds go. All right,
Speaker 1: good Dave? Those are those are the right answers, either
Speaker 1: one of those. But I leaned toward the pass rusher. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you got two all pros and Smith and
Speaker 1: Tank and a four time Pro bowler and Griffin hopefully
Speaker 1: adding Randy Gregory to the mix. You know, Tyrone Crawford
Speaker 1: is better than he gets credit for. Yeah, they're pretty nice,
Speaker 1: all right, next question. By the end of last season,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw out a couple of different areas where
Speaker 1: I thought they were concerned for the Cowboys. I want
Speaker 1: you guys to tell me which one you thought was
Speaker 1: the biggest and how well they've addressed it this offseason.
Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm gonna give you a few,
Speaker 1: but you feel free to throw in another if you
Speaker 1: think that there's another right answer here. The first one,
Speaker 1: I'll say is the secondary and then giving up big
Speaker 1: plays and not getting enough turnovers. The second would be
Speaker 1: special teams and the challenges that they had there. The
Speaker 1: third would be the offense kind of basically not showing
Speaker 1: up in games where they were playing good teams around
Speaker 1: the NFL. So those are three I'm gonna throw to.
Speaker 1: You feel free again throw out another one if you
Speaker 1: think there's another big, glaring problem for the Cowboys last year,
Speaker 1: and then tell me how you think they addressed I
Speaker 1: can act like a fan that's listening right now, I'd
Speaker 1: be like coaching in game decisions, feel free to throw
Speaker 1: that in if you choose them. I mean, well, yea,
Speaker 1: they addressed it. Yeah, they addressed that, so they should
Speaker 1: be better there. Uh those are good ones that you picked.
Speaker 1: I'll say, um, what was the actual question though? Are
Speaker 1: you saying which one is? Did they address the best? No?
Speaker 1: I'm saying which which of the three do you think
Speaker 1: was a bigger problem? And then how well did they
Speaker 1: address it? This office special teams I thought was the
Speaker 1: biggest problem. So I think they addressed it well by
Speaker 1: getting you know, a veteran coach. Not only that, I
Speaker 1: think I think McCarthy has a better feel for the
Speaker 1: special teams and it puts a little bit more on it,
Speaker 1: emphasis on it. So Uh, the kicker the punter I
Speaker 1: think are both healthy. They got a dynamic punt returner
Speaker 1: if they want to use them. They also have CD
Speaker 1: they can put back there too if they want. And
Speaker 1: you know, I just think the special teams was addressed.
Speaker 1: Amber Am I the only one like I feel like either?
Speaker 1: I just completely forgot this. But when I heard Fassil,
Speaker 1: how do you say his names? Fossil say? Talk about
Speaker 1: Chris Jones and the fact that he was dealing with
Speaker 1: a back injury or what was a back injury last year.
Speaker 1: I like, to me, I felt like I've never heard
Speaker 1: that before or is it just me? No, it's been mentioned,
Speaker 1: but it's it's definitely not a widely talked about storyline.
Speaker 1: He played through, definitely played through some things. Yeah, So,
Speaker 1: I mean that was just surprising, But I think that
Speaker 1: the main one would be, Yeah, special teams overall, and
Speaker 1: another thing that it's hard to again look at it
Speaker 1: at training camp, but the whole red zone issue that
Speaker 1: was a big deal last year as well. Based on
Speaker 1: what they did at training camp, it seemed like they
Speaker 1: were able to get in the end zone better. But
Speaker 1: again that's just training camp practices. We don't know how
Speaker 1: how that's gonna go down in an actual real game. Dave,
Speaker 1: I think, which I mean, I've spent a lot of
Speaker 1: this week saying that I'm concerned by the secondary, which
Speaker 1: I don't think it has. They did what they could,
Speaker 1: but I mean, I don't think it's better than it
Speaker 1: was last year. Derek. You and I you know, we
Speaker 1: can have like a handshake bet about that. But I
Speaker 1: think one of the things that concerns me is like
Speaker 1: when a lot of times when the offense didn't show
Speaker 1: up last year, and I don't know, I don't want
Speaker 1: to make excuses for him, but like injuries and not
Speaker 1: having guys available, it's a big part of that. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, Cooper played three snaps against the Jets. He
Speaker 1: sat out, he sat I'm drawn a blank. He sat
Speaker 1: out of another game. Michael Gallup missed some time. Obviously,
Speaker 1: both of your starting tackles missed some time. And I
Speaker 1: think they did again. I think they did what they could.
Speaker 1: They drafted Ceedee Lamb, they brought in Andy Dalton in
Speaker 1: the event that Dak gets hurt like he did at
Speaker 1: the end of the season. But I guess I'm not
Speaker 1: you know, the fact that Lyell's already on IR just
Speaker 1: doesn't make you feel great that you're going to have
Speaker 1: a perfect season of availability. So I'm a little bit
Speaker 1: concerned about how they might weather some of those storms.
Speaker 1: Guys think that I don't know if we have even
Speaker 1: asked this, but do you think that if Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: was the backup quarterback last year, that he plays the
Speaker 1: Eagles game. That's a good question. I don't think I
Speaker 1: really don't. I don't think that. I think they would
Speaker 1: try to get Dack to play. Not only do would
Speaker 1: they try to get Dak. I think he would be
Speaker 1: a situation. And I think most teams do this. They
Speaker 1: defer to the guy to some degree, like if you
Speaker 1: can play, which we saw he could play. I think
Speaker 1: they would have deferred to him and said he can play,
Speaker 1: and if he wants to play and can play, we'll
Speaker 1: let him play. Now, if we get into the game
Speaker 1: and we feel like he's not effective, maybe you pull him.
Speaker 1: But I think they would have let him go for it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. Do you all remember how many times
Speaker 1: he threw in practice that week? Yes? Zero? Do you
Speaker 1: remember how many time big old doughnut? But I mean
Speaker 1: he's big old zero. I don't. I mean, And yeah,
Speaker 1: you defer to the guy, and the guys always going
Speaker 1: to try to play, but like if you're not throwing
Speaker 1: by Friday, you're not gonna you're not ready to be useful.
Speaker 1: And they went with it. They went with it last
Speaker 1: year because they had Cooper Rush. But if Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: had been here last year, I think they would have
Speaker 1: been like, no, it's like when you sometimes you have
Speaker 1: to take the ball away from the pitcher that no
Speaker 1: man that night? Was that donut? Was that how many
Speaker 1: passes he threw? Or is that how many playoff wins
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton has. I'm saying, okay, well because because of that,
Speaker 1: I don't care about that. He got him to the
Speaker 1: playoffs five times, so clearly he's capable of winning games
Speaker 1: in December, not not January. I'm just saying, you're moving
Speaker 1: the goalposts. Who cares? Well, I'm just saying that we
Speaker 1: want to clutch quarterback you want to play, And I'm
Speaker 1: saying I'm not saying Dak has proven that he could
Speaker 1: be clutched. But I mean, Andy Dalton is a great
Speaker 1: backup quarterback to have, but he's not a guy that
Speaker 1: you want to start. Nobody wanted him to start for
Speaker 1: their team, but I think we have to just say
Speaker 1: what it is. He's a good backup. Everyone was so
Speaker 1: happy to have him as a backup. But if he
Speaker 1: has to be a starter, who's gonna be real excited
Speaker 1: about it. How do you know nobody wanted him as
Speaker 1: a starter. I think he I mean, it might not
Speaker 1: have been a good team, but I think he had
Speaker 1: offers at playing time that he turned down because of
Speaker 1: the circumstances. I mean, but what but starter for what
Speaker 1: starter to groom this kid? You just drafted that he
Speaker 1: can take your spot. I mean, well yeah, And that's
Speaker 1: that's my point is he was like, no, I don't
Speaker 1: I don't want to go play in Miami. That sounds
Speaker 1: like a disaster. I'd rather back up Dak Prescott. But
Speaker 1: I the guy, Like, I mean, I know they never
Speaker 1: won a playoff game, but like, let's not act like
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton's not a three time pro bowler who helped
Speaker 1: the Bengals win nine, ten eleven games on several occasions. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like that, that's a thing that happened. I think the
Speaker 1: thing is, And I kind of get your point, Nick,
Speaker 1: I think the thing is, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: decks it was a better quarterback in my opinion, and
Speaker 1: you're still gonna try to especially going into a playoff game,
Speaker 1: You're gonna try to go with the guy you think
Speaker 1: gives you the best chance to win. Now, that would
Speaker 1: have been a decision if they would have said no, no,
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. That would have been a decision
Speaker 1: whether they thought by Sunday, because I don't think the
Speaker 1: decision would have been made on Friday. By If by
Speaker 1: Sunday they felt like he can't throw the ball accurately,
Speaker 1: he can't do the things he has to do as
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback, then I think they would have felt
Speaker 1: much better about sitting him than they would have if
Speaker 1: they had Cooper rush behind him. But if they felt
Speaker 1: like he could throw the ball, they felt like he
Speaker 1: could play the position, they felt like he was healthy
Speaker 1: enough to play, I think they would have still opted
Speaker 1: to go with him and it looked like he could
Speaker 1: actually play by Sunday. If the answer is that they
Speaker 1: would have played Andy Dalton, then shame on the Cowboys
Speaker 1: in that coaching staff are making Cooper rush the backup
Speaker 1: because that means he was never going to play. He
Speaker 1: got all the stamps and he's not good enough to
Speaker 1: play over a guy that was a bump shoulder. So
Speaker 1: I mean that, you know, that's what I like about
Speaker 1: this staff. Give your chance, you know, a chance to
Speaker 1: actually go and compete with get a backup in a
Speaker 1: pick him up, Let's see if he can be the backup,
Speaker 1: because you never know what's gonna happen, all right, real
Speaker 1: quick for you in the show, I think. But great day. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I just a dirty little secret. In the NFL is
Speaker 1: like a player's availability often hinges on how good the
Speaker 1: guy behind him is. Like, you can get a guy
Speaker 1: to play if the if the alternative is terrible, whereas
Speaker 1: if the alternative is not terrible, you're like, ah, we
Speaker 1: can probably make this work anyway. I can kind of
Speaker 1: agree with that. All right, let's sake before you in
Speaker 1: the show, I do want to get predictions. So we're
Speaker 1: gonna go down the line. Everybody tell us who's gonna
Speaker 1: win and what the final score will be. Twenty Dallas
Speaker 1: and zero line hits the game winner. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a little, it's gonna be a little, gonna be sloppy
Speaker 1: at first. It's not gonna be great, and they're gonna
Speaker 1: have some they're gonna be some rust issues there. And
Speaker 1: don't throw the Chiefs out there, because the Chiefs won
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. They yeah, they have this thing rolland
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are gonna both teams are gonna
Speaker 1: get off those slow starts. Zero line hits the game
Speaker 1: winner twenty three twenty All right, Amber, alright, have you
Speaker 1: checked on the weather? Why are you asking me? I'm
Speaker 1: not the weather guy, Like I'm not the dude is
Speaker 1: always looking at the weather. But it is a close stadium,
Speaker 1: so doesn't matter. Talk about the only only in bat situations,
Speaker 1: no weather in the stadium. Um, I think that. Shoot
Speaker 1: every weekend, every weekend. Come say, I just they completely
Speaker 1: pulled me. The Cowboys pulled me. They got me believing
Speaker 1: this year once again. And I'm going for the Cowboys
Speaker 1: to win this game, and they are gonna actually score
Speaker 1: at least thirty points. They're gonna get in there and
Speaker 1: gonna score points a lot more than what Nick said. Okay,
Speaker 1: well i'd say, um, maybe it's something like twenty seven
Speaker 1: thirty or thirty twenty seven, whichever one goes first. Okay,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys win. I know we've talked about this before,
Speaker 1: but like I like, ag came to being a fan
Speaker 1: so late in life that she's still sort of figuring
Speaker 1: out what it means. Like she's like, this is this
Speaker 1: is stupid? Why do they make me feel this way? Right,
Speaker 1: and the rest of us are just like, yeah, like
Speaker 1: that's that happens, Like it's all I've ever known my
Speaker 1: entire life. Yeah, it sucks, it does. It does suck.
Speaker 1: You're right, it's the best worst thing ever. Man, I
Speaker 1: feel like I have a good grasp on the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: but how do we really know? And I know even
Speaker 1: less about the Rams. I know I'm not afraid of
Speaker 1: Jared Goff. I'm very afraid of Aaron Donald, but not
Speaker 1: really anybody else on that front. Seven I do. I
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys will win, but yeah, sloppiness and the
Speaker 1: Rams are better than we're probably expecting. I think it'll
Speaker 1: be tight, but I'll say Cowboys twenty seven, Rams twenty three,
Speaker 1: all right. I actually think this is going to be
Speaker 1: a high scoring game. I think the Cowboys will do
Speaker 1: some things that we're not expecting, and but we will
Speaker 1: certainly see the high powered offense that we expect to see.
Speaker 1: There may be some some rustiness, but I think that'll
Speaker 1: go away relatively quickly. I think the Rams actually will
Speaker 1: be pretty good offensively. I think this Cowboys defense will
Speaker 1: make some plays, but I think the Rams will still
Speaker 1: score some points. I think I'll be a high scoring game.
Speaker 1: I think it'll be a close game. I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys end up pulling it out thirty one twenty eight
Speaker 1: in what will be a really fun game to watch
Speaker 1: on the first Sunday night football game of the season.
Speaker 1: All right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We are
Speaker 1: back on Monday. We're gonna tell you what went right
Speaker 1: and what went wrong for the Cowboys. Make sure you
Speaker 1: check out the game on Sunday seven, twenty pm Central
Speaker 1: and Sunday Night Football. Until then for Nick Even, Dave
Speaker 1: helm and Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This has
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