WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Predicting the Game 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:07.280 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:19.439 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:23.160 a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:27.480 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:32.880 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:40.840 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Friday, 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.800 September eleventh, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, Episode number twenty one. 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.240 Welcome to another edition of The Break, Real life in 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.559 the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Me and 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:52.560 Nick are actually in the studio for the first time 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:57.560 together in what maybe seven months, and we've got Amber 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:01.360 and Dave who are at their own locations undisclosed locations, 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:02.640 but we got a lot of stuff to talk about. 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:04.680 We can get you guys ready for Cowboys First Rams. 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:06.759 That happens this Sunday. And I don't know if everybody 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.360 else is excited, but I'm really excited after watching football 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:13.279 last night, live football, actual action games that meant something 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.360 in the National Football League. It was really really great. 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.080 You didn't watch hockey. It's boy of that to set up. 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.080 I was gonna say, man, seriously, you gonna do that 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:22.880 to me, Like, you know, I can't. I've been banned 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:26.000 from talking about hockey. Yeah, no, I'm talking about the NFL. 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.040 And I know Dave he's got on this LSU hoodie. 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:33.160 I'm assuming he enjoyed that performance by his guy last night. 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:36.360 Nice performance by the by the Chiefs overall, but your 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:41.600 guy kind of showed out a little bit. I mean 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.880 we were we wear a college gear on Fridays during 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.280 the season anyway, which because there's no college games yet, 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.000 it doesn't mean that has to change. But I mean 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.600 Clyde Edwards Zilaire I said it when he got drafted. 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:55.320 It is gonna be the best fit of any first 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.560 round pick, even more so than Ceedee Lamb. And I'm 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:00.640 feeling good about it. I'm feeling good about it after 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.480 one week. Kind Of hard to mess it up when 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:04.800 you come in and become the starter in that offense. Like, 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.400 if you mess that up, you probably shouldn't be dropped 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:09.720 in the first round, right, But he's perfect for what 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.240 they're trying to do. I mean, do you remember that 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.280 play where the Chiefs just everybody just went forward and 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:18.280 nobody went misdirection? Because I don't think it happened like 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:20.800 every time there's someone going in motion and then they 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.120 go back the other way and it's this fake option here. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.160 It's get your head spinning. I mean, but he fits 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.680 perfectly into what they're doing and everybody can run. Yeah, 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.480 so you got misdirection and everybody can run. That's very 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.560 very tough. It looked good. It looked really good. Himmer, 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:43.440 are you doing today? Good? This is not typical Amber. Yeah, 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.840 this is not typical Amber. Let's jump in. We got 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:47.840 a lot of stuff we want to hit today. I 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:49.760 first want to start, Um, there was a little bit 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.519 of news that broke this morning, not a big deal, 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.320 but I do want to give it some context to 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:58.280 Marcus Lawrence. Cowboys signed him to a one year voidable extension. Um, 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.040 I guess talk about the two terms of what the 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.839 deal is, and then kind of what it means Nick 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.680 the terms. I'd rather Dave do that, because Dave actually 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.280 wrote the story. But I know what overall, what it 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.560 means is that they're just trying to clear up some money, 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.440 not so much for this year, no, not for a 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.120 safety that's sitting out there, but to try to sign 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.480 their quarterback next year and they could roll over some 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.040 money for next year. So these these moves are just 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.480 to just to make sure that if the cap is 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.600 flat next year or even goes backwards, that they've got 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:34.040 some money to sign these players include especially Dak. Yeah, 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.360 I think the big thing is good Dave, Oh good day. No, 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.080 it's it's just so Tank was on a sixteen million 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.720 dollars salary. They converted the vast majority of that to 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.920 a signing bonus. It's something we've seen them do a 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.320 million times. They did it with Zach three days ago, 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:51.560 and they did it with Tyron Smith about a month ago. 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.760 The difference here is actually they added another year to 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.800 Demarcus's contract, which allows them to spread out the rest 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:02.080 of the hit, which that's wonderful. You know, it helps 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.120 them manage the cap and it's avoidable years, so you know, 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.720 if for some reason they don't want him at that point, 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.880 they don't have to keep him. So pretty smart bit 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.839 of bookkeeping. But yeah, to next point. You know, it's 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.280 impossible to predict what the salary cap is going to 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.120 do because we don't know how many fans are going 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:20.800 to be part of the games this year and a 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:24.400 million other things, but it's a very good guess that 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.719 the cap is not going to be two hundred and 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.159 ten million, which it probably would have been in a 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.920 normal year. So when you think about the fact that 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.279 you either have to tag or sign back, you probably 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:36.360 need all the spare change you can get. Yep, and 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.120 that's going to be the most important part is that tag. 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.480 They will need that to be able to at least 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.560 give themselves some leverage that if you call that leverage 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.960 in their negotiations. So they got to make sure they 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.080 got room to be able to that very least tag 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.839 him to make sure they keep his services for next year, 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.599 regardless of what happens with the long term contract. Let's 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.720 move on. Let's talk a little bit real quick, and 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:01.120 just to clarify direct five, because I see a lot 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:05.400 of people asking or not asking but commenting on social 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:09.599 media whether this is for DAK or clearing space once 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:13.839 again for Earl Thomas. So for sure we think this 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:18.159 is meant for DAK Prescott's contract for next year. Well 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.920 just think about this critically for a second. And I'm 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.680 not talking to you specifically, Amber, but I've gotten a 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:28.200 lot too. But even even if they did get Earl Thomas, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.920 after everything that's happened, like you don't need thirty million 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.440 dollars to sign Earl Thomas. You just there's not a 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:37.719 player available right now on September eleventh that would cost 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.960 that much money. Clowne's not out there. He wouldn't have 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.320 been that expensive anyway. He signed for like half of that. 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.000 You don't need that much money to bring a free 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.600 agent in. So even if they want Earl Thomas, this 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.960 isn't what that's about, yea. So it all points to 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.200 the fact that this is about future planning, knowing that 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.040 that the salary cap could go down or could stay flat, 0:05:57.279 --> 0:05:59.400 and they're gonna need to again, They're gonna need to 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.240 tag the quarter back, and they will probably have some 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.479 free agents that they want to look at, probably on 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.599 their own team, that they may need to resign as well. 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.440 All right, let's move on. I want to talk just 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:12.360 a quick moment about Dak Prescott. And we didn't mention 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.480 yesterday on the show that Dak that Dak was going 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:18.000 to be meeting with the press. He did have a 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.359 conversation yesterday a press conference with the media, and he 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.960 talked about his mental health. That that was something that 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.080 came up a little earlier from an interview that he'd 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.840 done back during the offseason, and I think it really 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.440 blew up, mainly because Skip Bayliss had something to say 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:36.280 on his show about it and and essentially said that, 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.480 you know, as the quarterback of the Cowboys, maybe he 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:42.240 shouldn't be talking about this publicly. I want to get 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.160 you guys as thoughts because I think it's for me. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:48.280 It's pretty clear that talking about mental health is a 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.719 good thing. I think for too many years in our country, 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.279 those kinds of things were things you kind of swept 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.239 under the rug. There were things you didn't talk about 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.480 publicly because it made people think of you, or at 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:00.760 least people tried to get this sception that meant you 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.600 a week. And I think the best thing our society 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.480 has done in the last i don't know, maybe five 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.080 to ten years, it's being more open about having those 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.680 discussions because it then allows people to understand that this 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.440 is something that happens to a lot, happens to a 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.760 lot of people, and it's not a sign of weakness. 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.400 It is really just something that happens. It's like any 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.960 other medical condition that you have to treat, and you 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.280 have to be open and forward about treating. I'd like 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.960 to get your y'all's opinion on this. Let's start first 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:30.600 with you, Dave. Yeah, And you know, this is something 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.480 that I've gotten a lot since I've tweeted about it yesterday, 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:37.400 which is, hey, I don't like to pay attention to 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.000 what Skip Bayliss says. I try not to, and I 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.920 think most of our listeners probably agree. He's a joke, 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.640 he's a fraud. His opinions are less than worthless when 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:50.240 it comes to football. But I kind of draw the 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:55.720 line when you're offering opinions that could really damage people. 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.200 That was really the big takeaway for me is to 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.119 have a national play platform and to go on TV 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.280 and to insinuate that Dak Prescott is weak for seeking 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.320 help or wanting to talk about it, ignoring the good 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.920 that that could do. That the face of America's team 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.600 is telling you it's okay to get help. I just 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.960 I just couldn't stop thinking about the idea of somebody 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:21.040 who's having a terrible year, just you know, in the 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:26.120 worst place, seeing that and just further confirming their untrue, 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:29.600 you know, thought that there's nothing that they could do 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.960 and that they shouldn't talk about it. I absolutely hated it, 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.600 so I don't like to give Skip Bayliss the platform, 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.560 but we need to address that. I mean, it's a 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.360 it's a dangerous rhetoric, and I mean I agree with 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.480 everything you set, like, good for Dak for seeking help, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.200 good for Dak for talking about it, because you can't 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.840 underestimate the impact that it has when somebody that visible 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.480 is willing to go on the record about these things. 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.680 And I already had a low opinion of Skip Bayliss, 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.240 but it's it's on another level at this point. I 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.720 actually want to want to get an opportunity for Amber 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:03.199 to talk about this because I know Amber, this is 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.000 something that's really personal to you. Tell us a bit 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:08.720 about about how anxiety and that kind of thing has 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:14.040 affected your life. Well, I dealt with anxiety ever since 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.839 I was really young, and for the longest time, I 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:18.960 mean for years and years and years, I just didn't 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.320 understand what was going on, and I didn't know what 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:25.160 anxiety was. So something that a lot of people don't know, 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:29.199 people that don't necessarily deal with this issue, is that 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.640 it's a big deal there. Anxiety and depression are hand 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:37.480 in hand, and there's a very very fine line between anxiety, 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:42.040 depression and then suicidal thoughts. So you have to be 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.880 really really careful with your words. And I think one 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.880 thing that has been the theme for this year is 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.880 basically shut up and listen. Listen to others and what 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.840 they're dealing with. So this is one of those things 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.800 that if you it's really hard for someone to understand 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.760 for someone that has never we dealt with it. So 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.000 in that case, if you know somebody that is dealing 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.480 with it, whether it's a family member, a friend, or 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.760 someone you know, the best thing that you can do 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:13.960 is just take a step back and listen after your ears. 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.400 Because the one thing, I will say, the one thing 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:21.000 that has helped me the most has been able just 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.960 the ability to talk about it, hearing other people, knowing 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.320 that you're not alone, knowing that you're not awadough that 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.640 this is not it's more common than you think. And 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:35.120 yes there are different levels of anxiety. So you just 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.880 need to be really really careful. And being a female 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:42.360 in a world that female are perceived as you know, 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:47.959 sensitive and weak, maybe it was really hard for me 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.440 as a female to come to a place where I 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:55.440 felt okay accepting that and just talking about it where 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.760 I didn't feel ashamed or embarrassed. So for a guy 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:02.720 like Dak being a man and being in such public eye, 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.280 so much visibility, I think that it takes great strength 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.040 that he was able to open up and talk about 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:14.040 the issue. And I'm very happy, very very happy that 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:18.200 football is back, because not only is it gonna be 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.800 able is now able to get out of that fund, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.680 being out of his house, being surrounded by teammates, being 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:27.520 surrounded by people that will take him to filling in 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:31.160 a much better place, but also the fact that he's 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.680 being able to find a comfort level where he's okay 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:38.000 speaking about it to other people. Because once again, when 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.480 someone like that that many many young people look up 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:46.120 to says something like that that speaks about anxiety, I 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.160 alt really know for a fact that his words has 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.560 already helped many many people. Yeah, and I will say this, 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.280 after dealing with you Amber for a number of years 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.000 and working with you and learning more about you in 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.720 your background, you want it mentally tough as people I know, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.040 so we know this has nothing to do with being weak. 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:06.240 This is all about medical conditions and it's something that 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.080 people should talk about. Is something that people should take 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:12.120 seriously and be willing to have that conversation, and especially 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.319 coming off a situation where remember, Dak lost his brother 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.480 to suicide this offseason, and so this is something that's 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.640 very personal, I'm sure to him at this point because 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:24.839 he realizes the importance of creating the environment where people 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:29.000 feel like they can talk and express themselves on these issues, 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:30.760 rather than getting to a point where they feel so 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.680 isolated that, as you said, Ambridge starts dipping into that 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.760 those suicidal thoughts and can certainly lead to some really, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.480 really really tragic situations. Nick, did you have some thoughts 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.120 on this, Well, I just I think it's it's sad that, 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:46.120 you know, when you put guys in here. He says 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.320 he's a fan Skip Bayliss. He says he's a cowboy fan. 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.600 I don't know if I buy any of that, but 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.960 if that's the case, that's the sad part about this 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:56.280 is is that he's thinking of Dak Prescott as the 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.280 player and not Dak Prescott as the man. And we 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.560 cruise five players all the time for being boring and 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.800 not opening up and telling what they think, and then 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.440 they go out and then they actually do that. They 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.400 show how real they really are. There's a real person 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.200 dealing with real issues that everyone not everyone, but a 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.680 lot of people have and they just don't make thirty 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.560 one point four million. And you know, the America's team 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.720 franchise quarterback and so you know, it's it's just sad 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.680 that that, you know, he took it there because he's thinking, 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.599 is this guy mentally tough to be the quarterback for 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:31.000 my Cowboys? When in reality it's I hope this guy's okay. 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:35.320 And so you know that's you know, I don't think 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.599 he should be fired. I don't think that, but I 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.400 just think, you know, he should have a much better 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.760 apology than that, but than what he did. And you know, 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.440 when your bosses have to come in and apologize for you, 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:50.000 that's not good. That's never good when they just they 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.440 just pull vault over you and say we don't think 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:56.000 like him, right, And that's that's exactly what happened. Go ahead, Dave, 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.800 I'm sorry, I which I hate to even I don't 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.600 want to give the dude any more airtime. But if 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.320 he calls himself a Cowboy fan, he absolutely is a 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.920 fraud because how could you, I mean, whatever you think 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.480 about him as a you know, if you don't think 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.240 he's the best quarterback in the world. Fine, but like, 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:17.640 how can you criticize Dak Prescott's mental and physical toughness 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:21.440 if you know literally anything about him? Like his whole 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:26.080 story is about being a resilient, whether it's being under 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:29.840 recruited in high school, whether it's losing his mother during 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.400 a game week during his college career, leading a team 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.520 to a thirteen three record as a rookie, playing through 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.640 a broken thumb, playing through a sprained ac joint with 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.680 the division on the line last year, Shut the hell up, 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:45.680 Like it's I mean, there's more important stuff than whether 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:49.240 or not Dak is tough. But that's ridiculous and it 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.520 just further shows Skip Baylis is full of crap. Well 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.840 said Dave, We're gonna take our first break, We're gonna 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.200 come back. And now we got a season preview for 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.280 you guys. 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Nick is actually going to be 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.679 on the plane and gonna be giving you guys some 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.920 updates along the trip. I think, aren't you gonna do 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.320 a video tomorrow night when y'all get into LA. I 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.480 just gotta I thought you were saying, I gotta like 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.600 step up my tweet game, because yeah, you should. I know, 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.080 I know you should, because Dave won't be there to 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.439 build you out on Twitter. Dave on Twitter, Yeah, they 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.320 will not be and there to be able to build 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.000 you out on this one. So send send me what 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.719 you want to say. I'm gonna be eyebrow rubbing and 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:08.000 I'm gonna be there. We go LSU recruits and what 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.160 the Mariners are doing, plus everything else. With the Cowboys, 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:15.160 You're gonna feel so lost, lost and I was gonna 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.920 use the word naked, but that sounds weird. But without 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:20.480 without your crew with you, like without all of us 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.800 together on the road, you're gonna feel so isolated, like 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:25.679 you're just gonna be with players. It's not gonna be 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:30.600 fun not. I mean, that's definitely gonna be funerary. And 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:32.879 I saw the like what we're supposed to you know 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:34.359 that they said that you are allowed to go on 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:37.200 a walk. If you want to go out, that's walk 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.119 and go on a walk, don't stop anywhere. I was 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.160 about to say the hotel, but I forgot it's probably 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.359 not good to say what hotel we're I don't do that. 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:48.960 But it definitely seems like a nice trip in La. 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.000 But but except I don't know. I mean, it just 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:55.160 can't go anywhere, It can't do anything. So I gotta 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.320 get the Netflix. We're gonna be fans showing up outside 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.520 the hotel waiting. There might have been if I would 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:03.000 have just thrown out right, have been a whole crew 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.760 of them. Yeah, I bet there are. They'll figure it out. 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.520 They were. They always do. They always show up wherever 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:10.640 we are. I mean, you know, that's a good point. 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.640 I thought about that, even from like training camp next 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:17.160 year or whatever, like just just a player walking off, 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.840 Hey Greg, will you sign this? Take my sharpie and 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:24.399 my football helmet that I have, and can you sign it? 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:26.960 I don't think. I mean, well, they're definitely not gonna 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:28.840 allow that to happen, not gonna allow to happen. They're 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:32.160 just saying that's just the kind of a fundamental part 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.600 of the fan experience that now it's like, man, I 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.080 can't do that. Yeah, it's it's gonna be different. It's 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.639 gonna be very different. But I will say this, watching 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:43.000 the game last night, I actually thought, you know, this 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:45.879 doesn't feel different as a consumer, as someone watching the 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:48.440 game they had. I think that the number I heard 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.959 was somewhere around like fifteen thousand at the stadium. But 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.920 whatever the number was, it didn't seem weird. You could 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:55.560 hear some noise, so it made it feel like a 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:58.639 real football game. There was nothing about that that felt 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:01.600 off awkward or off to me, So I actually thought 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:04.399 it was a It was a well done telecast for 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:07.359 that game. Bro. There's gonna be a lot of places, 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:09.480 including this one, that don't have any fans. Yeah. The 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.080 question is the noise that they're gonna pipe in does 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.119 that at home make you feel like you're watching a 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.440 regular football game or not? We will see, But last 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:18.280 night I felt very very normal. For it looks like 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.199 a fourth preseason game out there. Yeah, I just I 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:23.200 didn't even notice the crowd was there or not there? 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:24.960 You know, all right, so let's jump in. Here's what 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.960 we're gonna do. I did crowd shots. The crowd shots 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.160 were weird, but yeah, sorry, go ahead. Yeah, And honestly, 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:33.520 that's that's the part I didn't really worry so much about, 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:35.400 like the crowd shots. I was thinking more just from 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:38.199 my as I'm watching the game, what I'm hearing. You know, 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:40.640 you you watch a game and you expect to hear 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:43.800 the crowd roar at certain moments. And that's what I 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.720 thought I would miss is those moments. But I didn't. 0:20:46.760 --> 0:20:49.200 I didn't for some reason. I just didn't miss it. 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:51.520 It felt normally a good job. All Right, here we go. 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:53.160 What's what we're gonna do is I have a whole 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:58.719 list of these best of or worst of type questions. 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:00.840 I'm gonna throw them out to you guys in this 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:04.840 first segment of this UH this season preview. I want 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:06.280 you guys to kind of base it on what you 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:08.439 saw during training camp. I know we're a little limited, 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:09.840 but you guys got a chance to see a good 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:12.080 amount of practice. So I want you to base this 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:14.399 on what you saw in practice and give me your 0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:16.760 best answer for each one. All right, So let's start 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:20.639 first with who was the best offensive player uh coming 0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:24.560 out of training camp. Let's start with you, Nick, best 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:34.800 offensive player, I would say probably Tony Pollard. Maybe, I mean, 0:21:35.040 --> 0:21:37.560 I think there's another answer there, but I'll let the 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:39.760 I'll let them have it. I think Tony Pollard was 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:42.359 really good, and I think, you know, I don't know 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:44.439 if he's the best player. But Zeke didn't do a 0:21:44.440 --> 0:21:46.080 lot either, so he got a lot of he got 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:47.760 a lot of reps and he did a nice job. 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:50.080 I think you're going to see him in a lot 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:53.040 of different ways. He looks more comfortable, looks quick, very 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:56.400 quick and fast. So I thought he was really good, 0:21:56.800 --> 0:22:03.400 all right, Amber, Just so I don't pick who I'm 0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:07.120 sure Dave is about to pick. Maybe I'm just gonna 0:22:07.200 --> 0:22:10.160 go with another guy, Sack Martin. He was a guy 0:22:10.440 --> 0:22:15.360 that he's just as great as he's always been, but 0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:18.720 he's been consistent. He was consistent all throughout training camp 0:22:18.720 --> 0:22:21.080 and the fact that we know the struggles that the 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:24.359 offensive line has been going through during this time with 0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:27.000 injuries and all that, and given the fact that he 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:31.400 dealt with his own injuries last year this year so far, 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:34.840 he was all there doing what he needed to do 0:22:34.920 --> 0:22:38.000 and at a level that we've all gotten used to 0:22:38.080 --> 0:22:40.200 see him from him. So that would be a guy 0:22:40.240 --> 0:22:45.160 that I would pick Dave. I mean, let's be clear. Yeah, 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:48.080 Zach Martin, you know, Tyrn Smith when he was practicing, 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:52.359 even Dak Prescott like, it's not fair because the wide 0:22:52.359 --> 0:22:55.679 receiver position is so skewed to jump out at you. 0:22:55.760 --> 0:22:59.560 We all know that. But the answer ceedee lamb. He 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:01.600 just he showed up and he bawled the hell out. 0:23:01.600 --> 0:23:03.520 There are a lot of expectations on him. There's a 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:05.680 lot of hype about how good he could be, and 0:23:05.760 --> 0:23:08.840 he delivered on it. He did something amazing basically every 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:12.000 day except for the day that they gave him a 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:14.480 veteran's day off as a rookie, and I think that 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:17.960 says a lot about just how good he was. He 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:21.360 was consistently awesome all through camp. All right, let's move 0:23:21.359 --> 0:23:26.399 on best defensive player, Ambu. Let's start with you best 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:32.160 defensive player. Um, I don't want to say this, but 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:36.640 I need to take stop being prideful or whatever. I'm 0:23:36.680 --> 0:23:46.800 just to me. I have to mention Jalen Smith because 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:51.000 how to admit, he did have a really really good 0:23:51.000 --> 0:23:54.159 training camp. He did surprise me in everything that he 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:57.800 was doing. He was very active. He looked like every 0:23:57.920 --> 0:24:02.400 move had a purpose. He was uh just everywhere you looked, 0:24:02.400 --> 0:24:04.080 he was all over the field. He was getting to 0:24:04.119 --> 0:24:07.680 the quarterback in certain locations depending how they were utilizing him. 0:24:07.680 --> 0:24:11.760 So I think he was a guy that definitely was 0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:15.600 consistent all throughout camp and stood out to me, Dave, 0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:20.919 I think that's the right answer. Age, And you know 0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:23.680 we're not We're not here to hate on Jalen Smith. 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:26.520 Like he deserved criticism last year, that's fine. He deserves 0:24:26.560 --> 0:24:29.040 a lot of praise for what he looked like in camp. Um, 0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:31.040 I think that's the right answer. But since you already 0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:34.640 said it, I'd probably say to Marcus Lawrence, Um, it's 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:37.360 not really fair because he was going against backups all month, 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:41.000 but he looked awesome. Nick, Yeah, those the those are 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.600 the right answers. And because of you know, going up 0:24:43.600 --> 0:24:46.560 against the offensive tackles that you know that weren't weren't 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:50.520 top notch, I would I would say Jalen Smith would 0:24:50.560 --> 0:24:52.960 be my answer over to Marcus Lawrence. But but yeah, 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:55.440 I mean he looks good and they've said it best. 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:58.040 I mean, you know, he had some moments there that 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:00.439 the moments he had were in past care rich and 0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:02.520 that's what I think. He looks really good. At right 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:05.160 now is being able to run with these tight ends, 0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:07.800 and so I think I think he's you know, he's 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:09.960 looked the part right now. We'll see what happens when 0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:12.399 the lights come on. But um, I think you know, 0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:15.680 he tweeted out yesterday right or he posted something he's ready. Yeah, 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:17.800 you know, kind of shocking that none of you guys 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:19.960 went with Alden Smith because that's who I would have 0:25:20.119 --> 0:25:22.880 I would have thrown out there as a guy. But yeah, 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:25.480 maybe you'll use him on this next next category, who's 0:25:25.520 --> 0:25:28.679 the best newcomer that's not a rookie? Nicholas start with 0:25:28.680 --> 0:25:34.240 you the best newcomer? Yeah, yeah, I mean I like 0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:37.400 that one. I like, Um, I mean because we haven't 0:25:37.400 --> 0:25:41.119 seen Dan Tarpod just yet, and I'll say Alden Smith 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:44.440 because I haven't seen Everson Griffin really dominate to that point. 0:25:44.440 --> 0:25:47.000 But every day Alden Smith was doing something. So yeah, 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:49.320 I'll say Alden Smith. I got him as the comeback 0:25:49.320 --> 0:25:51.080 player of the Year in the NFL, so he better 0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:55.879 be Oh wow, Dave, it's definitely Alden. I mean, he 0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:58.560 had a great camp, he looked really impressive, and he 0:25:58.760 --> 0:26:00.640 got to go against Tyron a lot more than Tank 0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:03.000 got to go against Lyell, so he had some success 0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:07.720 against starters as well. But honestly, if you look around 0:26:07.840 --> 0:26:10.399 like there aren't a lot of other great answers. I mean, haha, 0:26:10.440 --> 0:26:12.760 didn't even make the team. Daryl McCoy got hurt on 0:26:12.800 --> 0:26:16.400 the first day of practice. Dantari posa nose tackle, so 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:19.320 I thought he had a really good camp. But Alden 0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:21.760 kind of wins by the fault. You're starting, right, there's 0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:23.520 an answer. You don't want to throw him in there, 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:29.080 there's an answer. Let's see, no good, there's another answer 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:31.560 out there. I'll see what She's all right? Who you got? 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:35.359 See what? Ag says? Uh? I mean, that was the 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:37.640 guy I was thinking of right off the bat. But 0:26:38.840 --> 0:26:42.200 one guy that I thought of at the beginning of 0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:47.960 camp was Andy Dalton, just because I'm not used to 0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:52.400 seeing the Cowboys have a backup quarterback that is actually 0:26:53.119 --> 0:26:56.679 performing good. You know, he wasn't perfect by any means, 0:26:56.760 --> 0:26:59.160 but at the same time, it was someone that gave 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:02.560 me come for to see to say, like, Okay, if 0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:06.600 for whatever reason Dak goes down, I feel comfortable and 0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:10.320 confident enough that the offense will be okay with this 0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:12.680 backup and we'll be able to get the job done, 0:27:12.880 --> 0:27:17.640 which is opposed to previous years where I never felt 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:21.280 comfortable enough to say that. That's a great answer. Yeah, 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:24.280 it is a great answer. Well, I just thought, thank 0:27:24.320 --> 0:27:30.000 you Gran for once. Greg Zerline is a guy, I mean, 0:27:31.359 --> 0:27:34.440 all right, really good y'all. Y'all are better than y'all 0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:38.320 are better than me. I'm thinking like offensive and defensive starters, y'all, 0:27:38.359 --> 0:27:42.200 those are both great Ansa and Dalton. Yeah, so yeah, 0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:44.640 their line has been money. I mean he's been so good, 0:27:44.840 --> 0:27:47.000 really really good. You just hope you can carry that 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:49.960 into sea. But nothing will matter if you shake that 0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:54.119 first extra point off the post. And god, this guy 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:56.800 all right, So give me your best rookie. Let's start 0:27:56.840 --> 0:28:00.879 with you, Amber, best rookie you during camp? Should I should? 0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:04.080 I make even and say, let's not throw CD out 0:28:04.080 --> 0:28:05.840 of it and give me your best room now to 0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:08.360 take the first two out. No, I think you gotta 0:28:08.400 --> 0:28:10.960 put him in there too, because well you're kind of right. Yeah, 0:28:11.200 --> 0:28:14.480 has anybody been better than Trayvon? If you don't, yeah, 0:28:14.560 --> 0:28:18.960 I mean Diggs is right there, right there, So let's 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:20.959 take those two out. Okay, give me your best rookie. 0:28:21.560 --> 0:28:23.280 I know yours is Nick, but we're gonna go with 0:28:23.280 --> 0:28:27.800 them first. Oh yeah, Bernard Francis, who didn't make the team. No, 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:34.880 I mean out of those three guys, honestly, I don't 0:28:34.920 --> 0:28:37.720 know who else stood out to me that those are 0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:40.320 the three main guys that right off the bat, they've 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:45.760 been able to catch your attention, so honestly, and I'm 0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:47.959 trying to think, I'm like, well, who else is a rookie? 0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:53.720 Rico has three guys? Ricco was pretty good. He made 0:28:53.760 --> 0:29:00.760 the team. That'sh Why are we hayting? Why are we 0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:04.440 hating on my guy? Bradley and I that's he had 0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:08.440 a good camp out well, but was has he been 0:29:08.480 --> 0:29:11.440 like fully consistent? Though? I guess I'm seeing him more 0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:14.560 as a guy that all throughout camp completely stood out, 0:29:15.560 --> 0:29:18.080 I would say, I mean all, I feel like most 0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:21.240 of the rookies, except for like CD, kind of started slow, 0:29:21.280 --> 0:29:23.040 and I think that was by design. I said it 0:29:23.080 --> 0:29:25.640 at the time, like it really seemed like the coaches 0:29:25.720 --> 0:29:27.840 limited their snaps to kind of ease him in in 0:29:27.880 --> 0:29:32.120 the first week or so. But once and I got involved, 0:29:32.200 --> 0:29:36.160 he was pretty consistently disruptive. And obviously you know you're 0:29:36.200 --> 0:29:38.640 talking about the second and third strings. I don't know 0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:41.320 how many opportunities he had to go against starters, but 0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:46.400 he was pretty consistently popping out there, uh you know, 0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:49.800 getting sacks, getting multiple sacks and practices. I think I 0:29:49.880 --> 0:29:53.160 charted him with three during the scrimmage that nobody actually 0:29:53.160 --> 0:29:56.480 got to watch. So yeah, I thought, I mean, for 0:29:56.560 --> 0:29:59.200 the most part, Bradley and I was consistently impressive. In 0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:01.360 my book, I think the thing to remember here too 0:30:01.440 --> 0:30:03.120 is that with these rookies, like the first time they 0:30:03.120 --> 0:30:04.800 were in the building for the most part, as far 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:07.400 as I know, was that training camp. So you know, 0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:09.640 they had no offseason to be able to come in 0:30:09.680 --> 0:30:12.760 and start figuring stuff out, start doing some small season work, 0:30:12.800 --> 0:30:15.840 like they literally showed up for training camp. And so 0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:18.280 the fact that that you had rookies that maybe weren't 0:30:18.280 --> 0:30:21.480 as consistent throughout training camp, to me, I'm I'm just 0:30:21.480 --> 0:30:23.560 happy to see that by the end of camp they 0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:26.160 were doing things right. And I think by the end 0:30:26.160 --> 0:30:29.240 of camp you had several rookies that I thought at 0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:32.120 least made me think, hey, I saw some flashes. So 0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:33.880 they may have a little something, and you give them 0:30:33.880 --> 0:30:35.520 a little bit of time, I think they may be 0:30:35.560 --> 0:30:37.479 pretty good. 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In this final segment, we have 0:33:06.880 --> 0:33:08.400 a few more questions we want to get to on 0:33:08.480 --> 0:33:11.520 the season preview, and then we're gonna ask some predictions 0:33:11.640 --> 0:33:14.800 for the upcoming game Cowboys versus Rams. Next question for 0:33:14.880 --> 0:33:18.120 you guys is what is the best offensive position? And 0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:20.040 this is the area where I want you to kind 0:33:20.040 --> 0:33:22.200 of extrapolate beyond just what you saw on training camp. 0:33:22.920 --> 0:33:25.040 Knowing what you know about this team, knowing about what 0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:27.160 you know about the different players and what you saw 0:33:27.200 --> 0:33:29.680 on training camp, what do you think is the best 0:33:29.840 --> 0:33:32.400 offensive position that the Cowboys have as far as the 0:33:32.480 --> 0:33:35.480 starters are, depth the whole nine. Let's start first with you, Dave. 0:33:39.600 --> 0:33:41.680 I mean, you know, I think we all know about 0:33:41.720 --> 0:33:44.960 the receivers. That's fair, but okay, I I think I'm 0:33:45.040 --> 0:33:47.640 cheating a little bit. But like in a vacuum, in 0:33:47.760 --> 0:33:51.360 a perfect world, it's probably offensive tackle. You got a 0:33:51.600 --> 0:33:55.120 probable or possible Hall of Famer and Tyron Smith. You 0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:57.360 got Lyle Collins, who's one of the three or four 0:33:57.480 --> 0:34:01.600 best right tackles in the game. Camera Maybe he's not amazing, 0:34:01.680 --> 0:34:03.560 but he's got a lot of experience to be your 0:34:03.640 --> 0:34:06.000 third tackle. And then I really like Brandon Knight. I mean, 0:34:06.040 --> 0:34:10.080 that's four pretty quality tackles. Obviously, the problem is the 0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:13.800 reality that Lyle's not currently healthy and Tyrn has a 0:34:13.920 --> 0:34:16.520 lengthy injury history, so it's not as good as it 0:34:16.600 --> 0:34:22.359 could be. But when everything's right, probably tackle Nick. I'll 0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:26.040 say running back actually, and yeah, I know they have 0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:28.920 some a lot of good players at receiver, but you know, 0:34:28.960 --> 0:34:31.080 I think they have arguably the best running back in 0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:33.920 the NFL for what the Caboys were trying to do 0:34:34.120 --> 0:34:37.640 in a perfect compliment to him and Tony Pollard. So 0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:42.000 I would say running back is the best position that 0:34:42.120 --> 0:34:47.000 they have. Hamber I was gonna say running back as well, 0:34:47.160 --> 0:34:50.000 but I guess I'll just go with quarters. I mean, 0:34:50.200 --> 0:34:53.799 we're basically naming the whole offense. Now we talk about 0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:59.120 the wide receivers, running backs, I'll mention quarterbacks. So now 0:34:59.360 --> 0:35:02.080 Dave talked about the old line if they're healthy, So 0:35:02.239 --> 0:35:04.640 when you look at it, I mean, that's that's pretty all. 0:35:04.800 --> 0:35:07.640 I mean. The quarterback position has never been better than 0:35:07.719 --> 0:35:10.960 it is right now. Right Well, I guess you could 0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:14.439 say when Troy Aikman was, you know, was really good. 0:35:14.480 --> 0:35:17.080 I mean, but Dak is, But when when that was 0:35:17.120 --> 0:35:19.160 the case, though, I don't know that his backup was 0:35:19.200 --> 0:35:22.080 as proven as Andy Dalkway, as Wilson or yeah, I mean, yeah, 0:35:22.160 --> 0:35:24.959 it's I mean, you just look at this quarterback position. Actually, Amber, 0:35:24.960 --> 0:35:26.640 I agree with you. And by the way, guys, it's 0:35:26.640 --> 0:35:28.880 okay to agree. It's okay to you. Guys have the 0:35:28.920 --> 0:35:30.880 same answer if you think that's really the answer. But 0:35:31.120 --> 0:35:32.560 I'll say this, I agree with you Amber on the 0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:35.080 quarterback because I think, especially in a year like this 0:35:35.280 --> 0:35:39.640 one where at any moment, COVID can shut down a player, right, 0:35:40.160 --> 0:35:42.440 I think that in a year like this, having a 0:35:42.560 --> 0:35:45.040 position like quarterback that's as strong as this one is, 0:35:45.120 --> 0:35:46.520 I don't know that I can look at any other 0:35:46.560 --> 0:35:48.640 team in the NFL and say, have a better quarterback 0:35:48.680 --> 0:35:51.719 situation than the Cowboys right now. And in a situation 0:35:51.840 --> 0:35:55.320 like that this year, particularly with COVID, I think that 0:35:55.440 --> 0:35:57.760 that's a that is a huge advantage for the Cowboys 0:35:57.960 --> 0:36:01.040 if the Cowboys have a situation where heaven forbid, Dad 0:36:01.080 --> 0:36:04.200 comes up positive for COVID. I don't think anybody feels 0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:07.000 like you're walking into that game and can't win. Most 0:36:07.080 --> 0:36:09.480 teams they lose their starting quarterback for a week due 0:36:09.480 --> 0:36:11.640 to COVID. They're probably gonna feel like it's gonna be 0:36:11.680 --> 0:36:13.960 a tough, uphill battle for us to get a win. 0:36:14.360 --> 0:36:16.719 That is a huge advantage this season. So I think 0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:19.360 I think they're they're very, very strong there, but I 0:36:19.440 --> 0:36:21.840 think even more this year it's a it's a pronounced 0:36:21.880 --> 0:36:26.799 strength for this team. Because of that, I'm wading into 0:36:26.880 --> 0:36:29.960 waters that I don't fully understand. Would I mean, like 0:36:30.120 --> 0:36:33.120 the late seventies when they had Stabak and White were 0:36:33.200 --> 0:36:37.080 probably better than this, Right, Yeah, maybe because you had somebody. 0:36:37.440 --> 0:36:39.960 What I will say though, is at that time White 0:36:40.000 --> 0:36:42.640 hadn't proven anything yet though he was a young player 0:36:42.680 --> 0:36:44.879 that hadn't played very much. Yeah, but you're talking about 0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:47.120 two quarterbacks that are proven, like they've done it in 0:36:47.200 --> 0:36:50.120 the NFL. Right, right was a Hall of Famer and 0:36:50.320 --> 0:36:53.920 actually when he retired, this is how weird the game 0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:57.160 is when he retired, he had the all time record 0:36:57.239 --> 0:36:59.799 and for highest quarterback rating, it was like eighty three 0:36:59.840 --> 0:37:05.200 point one. He retired as the highest now is to 0:37:05.520 --> 0:37:08.960 fire Yes, absolutely absolutely, but no and not get your point, 0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:10.439 But I just don't think at that point Ginny White 0:37:10.440 --> 0:37:12.200 hadn't had a chance to prove himself, so it was 0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:14.640 kind of an unknown at that point. That's what I'm saying. 0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:17.920 I was just trying to give a shout out to 0:37:18.000 --> 0:37:20.520 any of our older fans because I'm you know, they 0:37:20.600 --> 0:37:23.160 had good quarterback Depp at one point I was I 0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:25.279 was not alive, but I just wanted to throw that 0:37:25.360 --> 0:37:28.279 out there. All right, let's jump to the next thing. 0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:35.200 Best defensive position. Let's start with you Amber, best defensive position. Um. 0:37:36.160 --> 0:37:38.080 I mean, we could talk about the defensive line, but 0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:42.919 one position that I thought was really good was linebackers, 0:37:43.239 --> 0:37:45.320 just because of what I saw at camp. Initially, I 0:37:45.400 --> 0:37:49.640 was feeling really really good looking at Jalen Smith, looking 0:37:49.719 --> 0:37:52.600 at Layton vander esh, I really had my doubts on 0:37:52.760 --> 0:37:54.600 Layton and in the whole neck injury, I don't know. 0:37:54.960 --> 0:37:57.000 He doesn't want to talk about it anymore. He says 0:37:57.080 --> 0:38:00.360 he feels perfectly fine, and he was moving around fell 0:38:00.400 --> 0:38:04.520 we find during training camp, but um, I don't know 0:38:04.600 --> 0:38:07.240 how that's gonna go into the season once you start 0:38:07.280 --> 0:38:11.279 actually hitting people. But in just all in all, I 0:38:11.480 --> 0:38:15.400 think that the linebacker position from what I saw a 0:38:15.440 --> 0:38:20.799 training camp was really good. All right, cornerback, No, I'm 0:38:20.840 --> 0:38:25.200 just kidding in a way. No, No, definitely not pass rusher. 0:38:25.600 --> 0:38:26.960 I mean, I don't know if it's an out, if 0:38:27.000 --> 0:38:30.759 it's a linebacker or a defensive end. I'm not really 0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:33.080 sure how they're you know, gonna list them. But the 0:38:33.160 --> 0:38:35.440 pass rushers I think are the best, uh on and 0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:38.799 it's gonna get better if it when Randy Gregory comes back. 0:38:39.360 --> 0:38:43.480 But but I think from Griffin d law Alden Smith. 0:38:44.000 --> 0:38:46.160 You know you got Dorian's armstrong in this third year. 0:38:46.200 --> 0:38:48.040 Hopefully he can he can step in there and I 0:38:48.480 --> 0:38:50.480 and then you also now with Randy Gregor, I think 0:38:50.520 --> 0:38:52.920 that's their their best position. But they're good enough to 0:38:52.960 --> 0:38:55.120 make the safety position better. They have Yeah, they have 0:38:55.280 --> 0:38:58.520 to get to the quarterback two seconds go. All right, 0:38:58.560 --> 0:39:03.279 good Dave? Those are those are the right answers, either 0:39:03.360 --> 0:39:05.600 one of those. But I leaned toward the pass rusher. Yeah, 0:39:05.640 --> 0:39:08.160 I mean you got two all pros and Smith and 0:39:08.280 --> 0:39:11.719 Tank and a four time Pro bowler and Griffin hopefully 0:39:11.880 --> 0:39:15.280 adding Randy Gregory to the mix. You know, Tyrone Crawford 0:39:15.360 --> 0:39:18.960 is better than he gets credit for. Yeah, they're pretty nice, 0:39:19.560 --> 0:39:23.120 all right, next question. By the end of last season, 0:39:23.280 --> 0:39:25.520 I'm gonna throw out a couple of different areas where 0:39:25.560 --> 0:39:27.600 I thought they were concerned for the Cowboys. I want 0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:29.800 you guys to tell me which one you thought was 0:39:29.880 --> 0:39:32.960 the biggest and how well they've addressed it this offseason. 0:39:33.160 --> 0:39:34.600 And by the way, I'm gonna give you a few, 0:39:34.640 --> 0:39:36.239 but you feel free to throw in another if you 0:39:36.320 --> 0:39:38.960 think that there's another right answer here. The first one, 0:39:38.960 --> 0:39:41.719 I'll say is the secondary and then giving up big 0:39:41.760 --> 0:39:45.000 plays and not getting enough turnovers. The second would be 0:39:45.080 --> 0:39:48.440 special teams and the challenges that they had there. The 0:39:48.600 --> 0:39:52.680 third would be the offense kind of basically not showing 0:39:52.800 --> 0:39:55.959 up in games where they were playing good teams around 0:39:56.000 --> 0:39:57.960 the NFL. So those are three I'm gonna throw to. 0:39:58.000 --> 0:39:59.719 You feel free again throw out another one if you 0:39:59.760 --> 0:40:02.839 think there's another big, glaring problem for the Cowboys last year, 0:40:02.840 --> 0:40:04.680 and then tell me how you think they addressed I 0:40:05.560 --> 0:40:07.759 can act like a fan that's listening right now, I'd 0:40:07.800 --> 0:40:11.560 be like coaching in game decisions, feel free to throw 0:40:11.600 --> 0:40:13.640 that in if you choose them. I mean, well, yea, 0:40:13.920 --> 0:40:17.160 they addressed it. Yeah, they addressed that, so they should 0:40:17.360 --> 0:40:19.680 be better there. Uh those are good ones that you picked. 0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:22.880 I'll say, um, what was the actual question though? Are 0:40:22.880 --> 0:40:25.000 you saying which one is? Did they address the best? No? 0:40:25.160 --> 0:40:27.040 I'm saying which which of the three do you think 0:40:27.120 --> 0:40:29.279 was a bigger problem? And then how well did they 0:40:29.280 --> 0:40:31.360 address it? This office special teams I thought was the 0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:33.839 biggest problem. So I think they addressed it well by 0:40:33.880 --> 0:40:37.160 getting you know, a veteran coach. Not only that, I 0:40:37.239 --> 0:40:39.840 think I think McCarthy has a better feel for the 0:40:39.960 --> 0:40:43.000 special teams and it puts a little bit more on it, 0:40:43.560 --> 0:40:47.840 emphasis on it. So Uh, the kicker the punter I 0:40:47.880 --> 0:40:51.000 think are both healthy. They got a dynamic punt returner 0:40:51.200 --> 0:40:52.959 if they want to use them. They also have CD 0:40:53.080 --> 0:40:55.840 they can put back there too if they want. And 0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:59.160 you know, I just think the special teams was addressed. 0:40:59.560 --> 0:41:04.319 Amber Am I the only one like I feel like either? 0:41:04.520 --> 0:41:09.000 I just completely forgot this. But when I heard Fassil, 0:41:09.120 --> 0:41:14.120 how do you say his names? Fossil say? Talk about 0:41:14.200 --> 0:41:17.239 Chris Jones and the fact that he was dealing with 0:41:17.320 --> 0:41:20.319 a back injury or what was a back injury last year. 0:41:21.200 --> 0:41:23.440 I like, to me, I felt like I've never heard 0:41:23.480 --> 0:41:27.480 that before or is it just me? No, it's been mentioned, 0:41:27.560 --> 0:41:31.239 but it's it's definitely not a widely talked about storyline. 0:41:31.280 --> 0:41:35.279 He played through, definitely played through some things. Yeah, So, 0:41:35.719 --> 0:41:37.640 I mean that was just surprising, But I think that 0:41:37.719 --> 0:41:40.800 the main one would be, Yeah, special teams overall, and 0:41:40.920 --> 0:41:46.279 another thing that it's hard to again look at it 0:41:46.800 --> 0:41:50.080 at training camp, but the whole red zone issue that 0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:53.400 was a big deal last year as well. Based on 0:41:53.520 --> 0:41:55.759 what they did at training camp, it seemed like they 0:41:55.840 --> 0:41:58.640 were able to get in the end zone better. But 0:41:58.840 --> 0:42:01.879 again that's just training camp practices. We don't know how 0:42:02.200 --> 0:42:05.520 how that's gonna go down in an actual real game. Dave, 0:42:07.400 --> 0:42:09.360 I think, which I mean, I've spent a lot of 0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:12.239 this week saying that I'm concerned by the secondary, which 0:42:12.320 --> 0:42:15.680 I don't think it has. They did what they could, 0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:17.480 but I mean, I don't think it's better than it 0:42:17.600 --> 0:42:19.719 was last year. Derek. You and I you know, we 0:42:19.800 --> 0:42:22.520 can have like a handshake bet about that. But I 0:42:22.640 --> 0:42:26.200 think one of the things that concerns me is like 0:42:27.239 --> 0:42:30.000 when a lot of times when the offense didn't show 0:42:30.120 --> 0:42:33.120 up last year, and I don't know, I don't want 0:42:33.160 --> 0:42:35.680 to make excuses for him, but like injuries and not 0:42:35.800 --> 0:42:37.680 having guys available, it's a big part of that. I mean, 0:42:37.880 --> 0:42:41.640 you know, Cooper played three snaps against the Jets. He 0:42:42.280 --> 0:42:45.200 sat out, he sat I'm drawn a blank. He sat 0:42:45.239 --> 0:42:48.480 out of another game. Michael Gallup missed some time. Obviously, 0:42:48.640 --> 0:42:51.840 both of your starting tackles missed some time. And I 0:42:51.960 --> 0:42:53.799 think they did again. I think they did what they could. 0:42:53.880 --> 0:42:56.400 They drafted Ceedee Lamb, they brought in Andy Dalton in 0:42:56.480 --> 0:42:58.319 the event that Dak gets hurt like he did at 0:42:58.320 --> 0:43:01.320 the end of the season. But I guess I'm not 0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:03.960 you know, the fact that Lyell's already on IR just 0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:06.080 doesn't make you feel great that you're going to have 0:43:06.239 --> 0:43:10.040 a perfect season of availability. So I'm a little bit 0:43:10.120 --> 0:43:12.480 concerned about how they might weather some of those storms. 0:43:12.760 --> 0:43:14.600 Guys think that I don't know if we have even 0:43:14.640 --> 0:43:16.840 asked this, but do you think that if Andy Dalton 0:43:16.960 --> 0:43:19.200 was the backup quarterback last year, that he plays the 0:43:19.239 --> 0:43:22.440 Eagles game. That's a good question. I don't think I 0:43:23.320 --> 0:43:25.439 really don't. I don't think that. I think they would 0:43:25.480 --> 0:43:27.879 try to get Dack to play. Not only do would 0:43:27.920 --> 0:43:29.560 they try to get Dak. I think he would be 0:43:29.600 --> 0:43:32.239 a situation. And I think most teams do this. They 0:43:32.320 --> 0:43:34.920 defer to the guy to some degree, like if you 0:43:35.040 --> 0:43:37.680 can play, which we saw he could play. I think 0:43:37.760 --> 0:43:40.080 they would have deferred to him and said he can play, 0:43:40.440 --> 0:43:42.839 and if he wants to play and can play, we'll 0:43:42.920 --> 0:43:44.399 let him play. Now, if we get into the game 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:47.080 and we feel like he's not effective, maybe you pull him. 0:43:47.280 --> 0:43:49.200 But I think they would have let him go for it. Yeah, 0:43:49.239 --> 0:43:52.320 I don't know. Do you all remember how many times 0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:55.880 he threw in practice that week? Yes? Zero? Do you 0:43:55.960 --> 0:44:01.080 remember how many time big old doughnut? But I mean 0:44:01.120 --> 0:44:03.879 he's big old zero. I don't. I mean, And yeah, 0:44:03.920 --> 0:44:06.840 you defer to the guy, and the guys always going 0:44:06.880 --> 0:44:08.840 to try to play, but like if you're not throwing 0:44:08.960 --> 0:44:12.680 by Friday, you're not gonna you're not ready to be useful. 0:44:12.840 --> 0:44:15.680 And they went with it. They went with it last 0:44:15.719 --> 0:44:18.520 year because they had Cooper Rush. But if Andy Dalton 0:44:18.560 --> 0:44:20.200 had been here last year, I think they would have 0:44:20.200 --> 0:44:22.400 been like, no, it's like when you sometimes you have 0:44:22.520 --> 0:44:25.400 to take the ball away from the pitcher that no 0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:29.040 man that night? Was that donut? Was that how many 0:44:29.080 --> 0:44:31.439 passes he threw? Or is that how many playoff wins 0:44:31.480 --> 0:44:37.880 Andy Dalton has. I'm saying, okay, well because because of that, 0:44:38.120 --> 0:44:40.040 I don't care about that. He got him to the 0:44:40.080 --> 0:44:43.160 playoffs five times, so clearly he's capable of winning games 0:44:43.200 --> 0:44:48.640 in December, not not January. I'm just saying, you're moving 0:44:48.680 --> 0:44:51.800 the goalposts. Who cares? Well, I'm just saying that we 0:44:51.880 --> 0:44:53.880 want to clutch quarterback you want to play, And I'm 0:44:53.920 --> 0:44:55.799 saying I'm not saying Dak has proven that he could 0:44:55.800 --> 0:44:58.160 be clutched. But I mean, Andy Dalton is a great 0:44:58.400 --> 0:45:01.360 backup quarterback to have, but he's not a guy that 0:45:01.440 --> 0:45:03.680 you want to start. Nobody wanted him to start for 0:45:03.760 --> 0:45:05.319 their team, but I think we have to just say 0:45:05.400 --> 0:45:07.600 what it is. He's a good backup. Everyone was so 0:45:07.760 --> 0:45:09.560 happy to have him as a backup. But if he 0:45:09.680 --> 0:45:13.000 has to be a starter, who's gonna be real excited 0:45:13.000 --> 0:45:16.120 about it. How do you know nobody wanted him as 0:45:16.160 --> 0:45:18.320 a starter. I think he I mean, it might not 0:45:18.360 --> 0:45:20.440 have been a good team, but I think he had 0:45:20.480 --> 0:45:22.880 offers at playing time that he turned down because of 0:45:22.960 --> 0:45:27.759 the circumstances. I mean, but what but starter for what 0:45:28.320 --> 0:45:30.840 starter to groom this kid? You just drafted that he 0:45:30.880 --> 0:45:32.799 can take your spot. I mean, well yeah, And that's 0:45:32.920 --> 0:45:34.680 that's my point is he was like, no, I don't 0:45:34.680 --> 0:45:36.760 I don't want to go play in Miami. That sounds 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:39.360 like a disaster. I'd rather back up Dak Prescott. But 0:45:40.320 --> 0:45:43.120 I the guy, Like, I mean, I know they never 0:45:43.200 --> 0:45:45.000 won a playoff game, but like, let's not act like 0:45:45.080 --> 0:45:48.240 Andy Dalton's not a three time pro bowler who helped 0:45:48.239 --> 0:45:52.680 the Bengals win nine, ten eleven games on several occasions. Yeah, 0:45:52.719 --> 0:45:54.880 like that, that's a thing that happened. I think the 0:45:54.960 --> 0:45:56.640 thing is, And I kind of get your point, Nick, 0:45:56.760 --> 0:45:59.040 I think the thing is, at the end of the day, 0:45:59.600 --> 0:46:01.800 decks it was a better quarterback in my opinion, and 0:46:02.320 --> 0:46:04.640 you're still gonna try to especially going into a playoff game, 0:46:04.680 --> 0:46:06.160 You're gonna try to go with the guy you think 0:46:06.239 --> 0:46:08.600 gives you the best chance to win. Now, that would 0:46:08.600 --> 0:46:10.279 have been a decision if they would have said no, no, 0:46:10.360 --> 0:46:11.800 That's what I'm saying. That would have been a decision 0:46:11.920 --> 0:46:14.040 whether they thought by Sunday, because I don't think the 0:46:14.080 --> 0:46:16.239 decision would have been made on Friday. By If by 0:46:16.320 --> 0:46:19.920 Sunday they felt like he can't throw the ball accurately, 0:46:20.280 --> 0:46:21.920 he can't do the things he has to do as 0:46:21.960 --> 0:46:24.399 a starting quarterback, then I think they would have felt 0:46:24.640 --> 0:46:26.560 much better about sitting him than they would have if 0:46:26.600 --> 0:46:29.839 they had Cooper rush behind him. But if they felt 0:46:29.880 --> 0:46:31.279 like he could throw the ball, they felt like he 0:46:31.320 --> 0:46:33.080 could play the position, they felt like he was healthy 0:46:33.200 --> 0:46:35.320 enough to play, I think they would have still opted 0:46:35.360 --> 0:46:36.759 to go with him and it looked like he could 0:46:36.800 --> 0:46:39.680 actually play by Sunday. If the answer is that they 0:46:39.760 --> 0:46:43.160 would have played Andy Dalton, then shame on the Cowboys 0:46:43.200 --> 0:46:45.720 in that coaching staff are making Cooper rush the backup 0:46:45.760 --> 0:46:47.800 because that means he was never going to play. He 0:46:47.880 --> 0:46:49.960 got all the stamps and he's not good enough to 0:46:50.040 --> 0:46:52.160 play over a guy that was a bump shoulder. So 0:46:52.360 --> 0:46:54.640 I mean that, you know, that's what I like about 0:46:54.640 --> 0:46:57.680 this staff. Give your chance, you know, a chance to 0:46:57.840 --> 0:46:59.840 actually go and compete with get a backup in a 0:47:00.040 --> 0:47:01.800 pick him up, Let's see if he can be the backup, 0:47:01.840 --> 0:47:04.640 because you never know what's gonna happen, all right, real 0:47:04.719 --> 0:47:07.399 quick for you in the show, I think. But great day. Sorry, 0:47:08.080 --> 0:47:10.800 I just a dirty little secret. In the NFL is 0:47:10.880 --> 0:47:13.840 like a player's availability often hinges on how good the 0:47:13.880 --> 0:47:17.960 guy behind him is. Like, you can get a guy 0:47:18.000 --> 0:47:21.640 to play if the if the alternative is terrible, whereas 0:47:21.719 --> 0:47:23.680 if the alternative is not terrible, you're like, ah, we 0:47:23.760 --> 0:47:26.160 can probably make this work anyway. I can kind of 0:47:26.160 --> 0:47:27.840 agree with that. All right, let's sake before you in 0:47:27.880 --> 0:47:30.120 the show, I do want to get predictions. So we're 0:47:30.120 --> 0:47:32.080 gonna go down the line. Everybody tell us who's gonna 0:47:32.120 --> 0:47:36.400 win and what the final score will be. Twenty Dallas 0:47:36.480 --> 0:47:38.400 and zero line hits the game winner. It's gonna be 0:47:38.600 --> 0:47:41.280 a little, it's gonna be a little, gonna be sloppy 0:47:41.320 --> 0:47:43.319 at first. It's not gonna be great, and they're gonna 0:47:43.360 --> 0:47:45.160 have some they're gonna be some rust issues there. And 0:47:45.239 --> 0:47:47.719 don't throw the Chiefs out there, because the Chiefs won 0:47:47.800 --> 0:47:50.160 the Super Bowl. They yeah, they have this thing rolland 0:47:50.400 --> 0:47:52.480 I think the Cowboys are gonna both teams are gonna 0:47:52.640 --> 0:47:54.480 get off those slow starts. Zero line hits the game 0:47:54.520 --> 0:48:00.520 winner twenty three twenty All right, Amber, alright, have you 0:48:00.840 --> 0:48:03.799 checked on the weather? Why are you asking me? I'm 0:48:03.840 --> 0:48:05.480 not the weather guy, Like I'm not the dude is 0:48:05.480 --> 0:48:08.080 always looking at the weather. But it is a close stadium, 0:48:08.120 --> 0:48:12.040 so doesn't matter. Talk about the only only in bat situations, 0:48:12.560 --> 0:48:18.360 no weather in the stadium. Um, I think that. Shoot 0:48:18.840 --> 0:48:23.440 every weekend, every weekend. Come say, I just they completely 0:48:23.520 --> 0:48:26.240 pulled me. The Cowboys pulled me. They got me believing 0:48:26.320 --> 0:48:29.920 this year once again. And I'm going for the Cowboys 0:48:30.000 --> 0:48:33.200 to win this game, and they are gonna actually score 0:48:33.360 --> 0:48:36.120 at least thirty points. They're gonna get in there and 0:48:36.239 --> 0:48:40.560 gonna score points a lot more than what Nick said. Okay, 0:48:40.600 --> 0:48:44.760 well i'd say, um, maybe it's something like twenty seven 0:48:44.920 --> 0:48:48.720 thirty or thirty twenty seven, whichever one goes first. Okay, 0:48:49.280 --> 0:48:53.160 the Cowboys win. I know we've talked about this before, 0:48:53.239 --> 0:48:55.960 but like I like, ag came to being a fan 0:48:56.120 --> 0:48:58.640 so late in life that she's still sort of figuring 0:48:58.680 --> 0:49:01.520 out what it means. Like she's like, this is this 0:49:01.760 --> 0:49:04.200 is stupid? Why do they make me feel this way? Right, 0:49:04.360 --> 0:49:05.880 and the rest of us are just like, yeah, like 0:49:06.000 --> 0:49:08.080 that's that happens, Like it's all I've ever known my 0:49:08.280 --> 0:49:12.759 entire life. Yeah, it sucks, it does. It does suck. 0:49:12.840 --> 0:49:16.680 You're right, it's the best worst thing ever. Man, I 0:49:17.280 --> 0:49:19.360 feel like I have a good grasp on the Cowboys, 0:49:19.480 --> 0:49:21.640 but how do we really know? And I know even 0:49:21.760 --> 0:49:25.000 less about the Rams. I know I'm not afraid of 0:49:25.120 --> 0:49:28.600 Jared Goff. I'm very afraid of Aaron Donald, but not 0:49:28.800 --> 0:49:32.719 really anybody else on that front. Seven I do. I 0:49:32.800 --> 0:49:36.120 think the Cowboys will win, but yeah, sloppiness and the 0:49:36.280 --> 0:49:39.879 Rams are better than we're probably expecting. I think it'll 0:49:39.920 --> 0:49:45.960 be tight, but I'll say Cowboys twenty seven, Rams twenty three, 0:49:46.880 --> 0:49:49.680 all right. I actually think this is going to be 0:49:49.960 --> 0:49:53.880 a high scoring game. I think the Cowboys will do 0:49:54.000 --> 0:49:56.319 some things that we're not expecting, and but we will 0:49:56.400 --> 0:49:59.719 certainly see the high powered offense that we expect to see. 0:50:00.080 --> 0:50:03.240 There may be some some rustiness, but I think that'll 0:50:03.280 --> 0:50:06.799 go away relatively quickly. I think the Rams actually will 0:50:06.800 --> 0:50:09.600 be pretty good offensively. I think this Cowboys defense will 0:50:09.640 --> 0:50:12.000 make some plays, but I think the Rams will still 0:50:12.000 --> 0:50:13.719 score some points. I think I'll be a high scoring game. 0:50:13.719 --> 0:50:15.239 I think it'll be a close game. I think the 0:50:15.280 --> 0:50:17.400 Cowboys end up pulling it out thirty one twenty eight 0:50:18.160 --> 0:50:20.080 in what will be a really fun game to watch 0:50:20.160 --> 0:50:22.600 on the first Sunday night football game of the season. 0:50:22.880 --> 0:50:24.600 All right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We are 0:50:24.680 --> 0:50:26.319 back on Monday. We're gonna tell you what went right 0:50:26.360 --> 0:50:28.759 and what went wrong for the Cowboys. Make sure you 0:50:28.880 --> 0:50:31.200 check out the game on Sunday seven, twenty pm Central 0:50:31.200 --> 0:50:33.440 and Sunday Night Football. Until then for Nick Even, Dave 0:50:33.480 --> 0:50:36.000 helm and Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This has 0:50:36.040 --> 0:50:40.160 been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:50:42.719 --> 0:50:45.399 This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:50:45.640 --> 0:50:47.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.