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

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, December third, two, twenty, season sixteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number seventy four. Welcome to the latest edition of

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Speaker 1: the Break Life in the s WBC Mortgage studios at

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Speaker 1: the Star. Dave and Nick are there. Amber and I

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Speaker 1: are at our own homes, and we got forty five

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Speaker 1: minutes from you guys of Cowboys Talk. We got Bucky

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Speaker 1: Brooks is going to be joining us here in just

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Speaker 1: a moment, so we could talk a little bit about

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Speaker 1: the Baltimore defense versus the Cowboys offense. Before we do that, though,

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Speaker 1: we do need to get a catch get caught up

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Speaker 1: on a few injury updates. Nick talked to us about

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Speaker 1: the injury updates on Anthony Brown Alden Smith and surprised

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Speaker 1: when Trayvon digs well, it doesn't sound like Alden Smith

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Speaker 1: But you know, we've learned that Mike McCarthy's not going

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Speaker 1: so you know, part of this weird week is that

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Speaker 1: the broken foot. He looks pretty good out there, just

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Speaker 1: just from you know, the nature of the injury against

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Speaker 1: at some point this season, and even said maybe sooner

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Speaker 1: what was expected was four to six weeks, I believe,

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Speaker 1: is like, it's those things always depend on the player, right,

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Speaker 1: I've seen plenty of Zach Martin, but Treyvon Diggs, I'm like,

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Speaker 1: you certainly can get him on double moves. Ailin Humphrey

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Speaker 1: McCarthy's like, bro, I've been telling you to hold onto

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Speaker 1: the ball since September. Like we're getting we're getting drastic

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Speaker 1: in here. You know what he could do is he

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Speaker 1: could make um like their hotel keys could say like

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Speaker 1: protect the ball on it or something, the ball the ball,

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Speaker 1: because I don't know if if the hotel they're just

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Speaker 1: regular That's what it was. They're just regular keys there.

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Speaker 1: They don't say like the balls. Zeke didn't. Zeke didn't

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Speaker 1: care about that except when he checked out on Sunday

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Speaker 1: mornings he saw on his hotel key. That's what it was.

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Speaker 1: I guess is that a terrible him? Sorry Jason Garrett

438
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Speaker 1: used to put it. Oh yeah, maybe they will. They're

439
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Speaker 1: going back on the road. Yeah, let's let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Would you guys, would you guys consider it all using

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Speaker 1: less of Zeke and more of Pollard in a game

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Speaker 1: like this, Uh, less meaning that Pollard gets more of

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Speaker 1: the workload. I don't think so. And that's not like

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Speaker 1: it's not a it's not a salary thing. It's not

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Speaker 1: you know, it's not because they're like, like, because I

446
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Speaker 1: would be afraid to do it. But I just, I mean,

447
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Speaker 1: Zeke is still I insist that Zeke is still a

448
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Speaker 1: good football player. You're gonna need multiple running backs to

449
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Speaker 1: beat a physical team like this. I don't. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm not like it's a classic situation of like what

451
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Speaker 1: we've only seen. We've probably the high for Tony Pollard's careers,

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Speaker 1: like twelve carries. Never seen what it looks like if

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Speaker 1: Tony Pollard gets twenty carries, right, And don't know if

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Speaker 1: it would be better. I don't say less z more Pollard,

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Speaker 1: I say more Polar, less Blake Bell or less Dalton Shoultzer.

456
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Speaker 1: I mean, just just put them back and there together

457
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Speaker 1: and maybe his snaps take over the two tight end

458
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Speaker 1: sets or maybe some eccentric Wilson's, you know whatever, whatever

459
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Speaker 1: they're doing. I just would like to see the rotation

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Speaker 1: involve him more and maybe him and Zeke more together.

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Speaker 1: That's what That's what I was gonna say. It's like

462
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Speaker 1: when you can't say, oh, ze versus Polar. But at

463
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Speaker 1: the end of the day, I feel that they're not

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Speaker 1: really trying to run the ball as much period, Like

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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter who's the running back at that point,

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Speaker 1: I personally would like them just to keep trying to

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Speaker 1: run the ball a little bit more regardless of who

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Speaker 1: the running back is. Yeah, and if you look at

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Speaker 1: the matchup this week, it's clearly, in my opinion, favors

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Speaker 1: the ability to run over the ability to pass. They

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Speaker 1: have a really good pass defense. They've given up some

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Speaker 1: yards though, on the ground. Even Philadelphia hit him off

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Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety fo yards on the ground. And

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Speaker 1: we know the issues they have with their offensive line

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Speaker 1: and that they've had all season with the running backs

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Speaker 1: as well. So I think there's some opportunity there in

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Speaker 1: the run game if the Cowboys can be committed to

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Speaker 1: it and they can can block it up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to some fan questions. Amber, what

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Speaker 1: do you have over there? Um? I know you guys

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Speaker 1: are going to start the draft show tomorrow, so maybe

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Speaker 1: we do a little preview on here because that's what

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Speaker 1: a lot of fans are asking. So here's the question

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Speaker 1: for you guys. Do you the Cowboys draft for a

485
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Speaker 1: three four defense or for a for three defense? Oh wow,

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Speaker 1: that's a great question. Hadn't even a great question? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I hadn't considered it, um, I mean in the middle,

488
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Speaker 1: in the middle of this season. It's kind of hard

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Speaker 1: to say. I mean, that's that's really that's the fun

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Speaker 1: thing about the draft process is which we'll see how

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Speaker 1: it changes because of the pandemic. But you know, you

492
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Speaker 1: go to the mobile and you go to Indie and

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Speaker 1: you kind of you get to talk to these people

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Speaker 1: away from microphones, may be over a drink or or

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Speaker 1: you just see you know, you find out who's on

496
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Speaker 1: their visit list. You're like, well, they're these guys, like

497
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 1: all the guys they're visiting with it the Combine or

498
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 1: these like six six, two hundred and thirty pound and

499
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,959
Speaker 1: edge rushers, like they're looking at three four. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's you know, that was how Dak Prescott first cropped

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00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: up on everybody's radars, that they met with him at

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Speaker 1: the Combine and then they brought him in and then

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Speaker 1: Wade Wilson went out to Mississippi State. So it's hard

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Speaker 1: to say that while they're still playing games. I really,

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Speaker 1: I really don't. I don't have a great answer for you,

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Speaker 1: just because we're so early in the process. My answer

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Speaker 1: to that is it needs to be the third question

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Speaker 1: that you that you answered. The first one is is

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Speaker 1: Jalen Smith coming back? The second one is what defensive

510
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Speaker 1: scheme are you going to put him in? If he's

511
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Speaker 1: better suited for a three four, then fire, I mean,

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Speaker 1: then do that. And I think that they're right there

513
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Speaker 1: on the edge where they can kind of do that.

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Speaker 1: Randy Gregory helps them, Neville Gallimore helps them. I think

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Speaker 1: play a three four. The law could probably go either

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Speaker 1: way there. So I think there's just a few pieces away.

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Speaker 1: But I would figure out what you're gonna do with

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Speaker 1: Jalen Smith, and I think he could be a three

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Speaker 1: four middle linebacker with Layton in the middle, but you

520
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Speaker 1: know you need other pieces if you're going to do that.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to try him, as I will say, but yeah, sorry,

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Speaker 1: go ahead, Derek, Now, I was just gonna say. I

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Speaker 1: think we all saw earlier this season and during training

524
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Speaker 1: camp that they have a preference to be a hybrid defense.

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Speaker 1: They want to be able to use some three four

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Speaker 1: So I would suspect that they're gonna probably try to

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Speaker 1: get some versatile players that can do both. I know

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00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: that's a hard thing to do, but that seems like

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Speaker 1: what they really want to do. Is is be a

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Speaker 1: hybrid defense that can morph based upon matchups, based upon

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Speaker 1: different times in games. And so I would expect they're

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Speaker 1: probably gonna get some players that may look like three

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Speaker 1: four players, but they're players that also can play the

534
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Speaker 1: four three as well. And I think they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: a They're gonna try to be at least a defense

536
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Speaker 1: that can give you multiple looks, multiple fronts. You were

537
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Speaker 1: just talking about Jayleen Smith, seeing the fact that he's

538
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Speaker 1: shown some coverage issues. Do you guys think that they

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00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: put a spy on Jackson? If they if they put

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Speaker 1: a spy on Jackson, would it be Layton vanderash Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Layton or Jalen Smith? Please, please God, please don't do

542
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Speaker 1: that to Jalen. Yeah, that's anyone, And I mean you're

543
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 1: right to any Jordan Lewis. Yeah, Jordan Lewis is probably

544
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Speaker 1: the best guy you've got. And I would and he

545
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: wouldn't sleep at night, Jordan Jordan Lewis, He's he'd be like,

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00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: let's go Len, I got him him. I don't think.

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Speaker 1: I do not think that is a recipe for six

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Speaker 1: success success with this personnel, Like if yeah, drop in,

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Speaker 1: drop in z own absolutely, like keep him in front

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Speaker 1: of you. Let's let's have all the linebackers and as

551
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: many corners as possible facing the line of scrimmage so

552
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: you can tell when he starts to move. I like

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00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 1: that idea. I would try to drop in zone a

554
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: lot in this game. But I don't think they're somebody

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00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: on this team. I don't know. There's there's probably only

556
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: like three guys in the NFL that could adequately spy

557
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, you know, like Devin White and Tampa Bay

558
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: comes to mind. Maybe Bobby Wagner could still do it,

559
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: or like a Jamal Adams, But I don't I don't

560
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: like the idea of somebody on this defense trying to

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Speaker 1: do that. No. Yeah, if you're going to rely on

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00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: one guy, if you're relying on one guy to actually

563
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: take down Lamar Jackson, if he gets loose in the

564
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: open field, you're going to be in for a long day.

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Speaker 1: You have to rely on the fact that your defense

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Speaker 1: can rally to him. And that's about playing zone defense,

567
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: like you said, Dave, and everybody being able to see

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Speaker 1: what's happening, and if he starts to break the pocket

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Speaker 1: and starts running, everybody can kind of try to converge

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Speaker 1: and corral him because he's just too fast and too

571
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Speaker 1: elusive for them to do it any other way. And

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Speaker 1: that's what makes him so good. That's what makes running

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks so good, because when you start start thinking about

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Speaker 1: who could match up and like a spy, well, where

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Speaker 1: does the spy have to have to sit or stand

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00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: close to the line of scrimma? Okay, so then what

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Speaker 1: happens when they run the ball and I've got Jordan

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00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: Lewis gonna spy, but really number sixty three's coming off

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Speaker 1: the tackle and he wants to just get him out

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Speaker 1: of the way. That's a mismatch. So it's really hard

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Speaker 1: to find someone that that can run with him but

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Speaker 1: also can can play run defense that close to the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. I mean, that's that's what makes these

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Speaker 1: guys so good, the running quarterback. Ye let's go ahead

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Speaker 1: all that stuff, because they're like, like this is okay,

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00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 1: well this we know what this is like, we got

641
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: to move on. So if you can't sit there and wait,

642
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: nobody waits anymore, well we should probably give them the

643
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: ben for the doubt. Yeah, well let's just come back

644
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: and say I'm sorry. Later, that's what they'll say, I'm sorry.

645
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 1: And McCarthy is actually a pretty good coach if that happens.

646
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: But I'm saying right now, it's just easy because because

647
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: think about it, we do this too. Every single play

648
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: we do like the overview, like you know what that

649
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: he's just not very good, even though like he gives

650
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: up gives up a sack, it's like he's not very good,

651
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 1: and it's like, well, it's it's the classic. It's the

652
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: classic quarterback thing too, is like you have you, you

653
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: and I. But also like every fan listening, you've seen

654
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: every snap of Dak Prescott's career. You've probably seen thirty

655
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: five percent of every other quarterbacks snaps. Like, I mean,

656
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 1: you watch a lot of football, but you know you're

657
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 1: not watching Rogers if the Packers are playing at the

658
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: same time you're you haven't seen every snap of Pat

659
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: mahomes career. I Pat Mahomes makes three awful decisions a

660
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 1: game or you know three you know, but you don't

661
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: see that, and so you don't wait to weigh with it.

662
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: You don't weigh it the same way and that you

663
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: do it with your team too. So see the Super

664
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: Bowl win well and absolutely I'm not I'm not saying

665
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: Dak is as good as no, but you just you

666
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: weigh it differently when you're into the minutia of your

667
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: team verse just sort of seeing the overview of everybody else's.

668
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,919
Speaker 1: But doesn't it see like with every snap, you're every

669
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: fan assists there like they're the judge. Like they've listened

670
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: to the jury, they've listened to the both sides of this,

671
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: and they finally they said, here's the decision on every play,

672
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: like this guy's really good or the he can't throw,

673
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: you know, and that's that's what we do. So that's

674
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: a nice question, but like, there's just too many people,

675
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: too many bloggers, too many people that just want to

676
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: have the answer and want to have an opinion about it.

677
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: So well the other thing too, I mean it's a

678
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: sliding scale, right, Like, do I think Mike McCarthy deserves

679
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: to get fired after one after this terrible season. No,

680
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: not with everything that's gone against him, Not with the circumstances.

681
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: Do I think he should be absolved of all blame.

682
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: Absolutely not. And I'm gonna do what I just criticize

683
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: people for doing because I have not watched every snap

684
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: of the Carolina Panthers season, but I know that Matt

685
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: Rule is in the exact same circumstances with an untalented team.

686
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: I mean, before the season, the Panthers were viewed as

687
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: a contender for a top five pick, and I mean

688
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 1: they're taking people to the wire. They took the Saints

689
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: to the wire, they went toe to toe with the

690
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: Chiefs on the road at Kansas City. Therefore, you know

691
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: they've got a better record than the Cowboys right now,

692
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: and they've done a lot of it without Christian McCaffrey,

693
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: so they've had their own injury issues. So no, Mike

694
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Speaker 1: McCarthy does not get a complete pass for this season.

695
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 1: But I also you know I'm not trying to fire

696
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: him either. Sorry, what's up, Derek. I will say this,

697
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 1: Dave mentioning Carolina that a lot of people believe that

698
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 1: that Matt rule. Butcher that that game and time management

699
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: in that last game against Minnesota, and that was the

700
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: reason they lost. He didn't take enough time before they scored,

701
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: and it ended up giving the ball back to Minnesota

702
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: and they went down and scored and won the game.

703
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: So there's something like you said, if you're not watching

704
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: all the players, you don't miss, you miss some of

705
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: the nuance. But I will say this, I believe, I believe,

706
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: and I've come to this conclusion on this. I think

707
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: it's fair to criticize because I think there have been

708
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: some things that are worthy of criticism from Mike McCarthy

709
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: and from his coaching staff. I would caution anybody from

710
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 1: burying them. I wouldn't be making just grand statements about

711
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: whether he can coach or how good he is as

712
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: a coach, because at the end of the day, they

713
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: didn't and I know it's an excuse, but it's also

714
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: an explanation. They didn't have the ability to meet with

715
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: their team as much as they would normally do, to

716
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: be able to set up things, to be able to

717
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,359
Speaker 1: get their team accustomed to the things they want to do,

718
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: and get them prepared for a season. So all those

719
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,879
Speaker 1: things consider, I wouldn't bury him yet. I would just say,

720
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: you can criticize the things that he does that you

721
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: think aren't good, but I wouldn't bury him just yet.

722
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: I think this team will be much better when they

723
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: have a little more time. I think they'll be in

724
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: they get a lot of these players back that have

725
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,840
Speaker 1: been injured, these frontline players that have been injured. I

726
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: think one of the thing, Sorry, Amber, go ahead, I

727
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: was just gonna say that. I think that one of

728
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 1: the things too, regardless of who the head coaches or

729
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: any of that, I feel that every season we start

730
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 1: off training camp thinking or seeing the potential that the

731
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,399
Speaker 1: team can have and thinking that maybe maybe this might

732
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: be the year. And there's a lot of people who

733
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,959
Speaker 1: think that at the beginning of the season every year.

734
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: So when you start seeing it play out not the

735
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: way that you expected, there's more criticism there and you

736
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 1: just attack things differently because it's not the outcome that

737
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 1: you want to see happening. I would you gonna say

738
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 1: something today? Yeah, I was just I agree with everything

739
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: Derek said, And that's like, I'm not interested in burying anybody,

740
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 1: but specifically specifically on the defensive side of the ball.

741
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: I just don't think there's an excuse that holds water

742
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: for how bad they've been. And like the pandemic all

743
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that, all of that, I get it,

744
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: you know all of that. It's it's out there and

745
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: it's fair. And that's I bring up Carolina as that's

746
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: my reference point to say, well, that is a brand

747
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: new coaching staff that has had all of the similar challenges.

748
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: And I haven't watched every snap of their season, but

749
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: but this is the worst defense in the league or

750
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 1: has been for long stretches of the season. I just

751
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 1: that stuff doesn't hold water for the amount of ineptitude

752
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: we've seen at times. In my opinion, you know how

753
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: many times we've heard Brian say, you know, brought us

754
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 1: would would say coaches have to know their team. You

755
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: have to know your team. And I think that's just

756
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: been a big challenge for all coaches and all news staffs,

757
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: but it seems like it's been a bigger one for

758
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: this staff. They just haven't really figured out. And how

759
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: can you know? You're like, what's your name is it?

760
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: Say Beyond or say okay, Google play corner, go out

761
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: there and play against the Steelers. Go I mean like that,

762
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 1: that's been a challenge for every team, But I'm just

763
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,280
Speaker 1: saying I don't think he really understands what he's got.

764
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 1: It's taken some time. And then they goes back to

765
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: what we said Yester here about the aggressive plays. Wow,

766
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: you know you don't have Aaron Rodgers cashing the checks

767
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: that you're you're trying to write. You don't have it anymore,

768
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: So you've got to figure that out. Yeah, I'll say this,

769
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: Dave on on what you just said. I think with

770
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: the one thing we've learned about that defensive staff and

771
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: their decision making, I guess it goes all the way

772
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: up to McCarthy. Is either one of tw things. Either

773
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: they don't like change, or they're very stubborn, because we've

774
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: seen them in situations where they've needed to make some

775
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: decisions and they've been so against making those decisions until

776
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: they're forced and their hand is forced to finally make

777
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: decision and you find out later that it was the

778
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 1: right decision, right. And so, either they don't like change

779
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: or they're very very stubborn. I don't think either one

780
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: of them is good for them. And that's what we've

781
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: seen this year, and I think that's part of the

782
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,439
Speaker 1: reason why this defense was so bad for so long.

783
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: Here's another question that fits into this theme and this topic.

784
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 1: With all the questionable decisions that we've been talking about,

785
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: especially in this past game that we saw the Cowboys play,

786
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: how close do you think that McCarthy is to losing

787
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: his team amongst the players. I actually, and this is

788
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: totally this is like anecdotal. You would honestly be the

789
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: best person to answer this, because you travel with them,

790
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: you're a little bit closer. But I sort of feel

791
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: like I get impression that they're tighter than they were

792
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: a month and a half ago. Like I think that

793
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: that part of it doesn't worry me. As much. Maybe

794
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 1: maybe I'm wrong, Like I said, I don't get to

795
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: go into the locker room five days a week like

796
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,320
Speaker 1: I used to, so maybe my read on it is

797
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: not as good. But like it, really it felt to

798
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: me like he was on the cusp of losing this

799
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 1: team during the like the first time they lost to Washington. Yeah,

800
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: I mean, when DeMarcus Lawrence is saying that they're spineless

801
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: on the record to a reporter, that's not good. Um,

802
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: But I don't I don't know. I don't get that

803
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 1: sense recently, even even though they you know, they just lost,

804
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: you know, they lost a pretty embarrassing game to Washington

805
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,280
Speaker 1: the other day. I still don't get that sense. We'll

806
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:42,240
Speaker 1: see because right now, since the worst decision he's made

807
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,959
Speaker 1: this season, they're they're down twenty one, nothing like that.

808
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: That's what you know. We don't know. We don't know

809
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: anything other than like he made a really bad decision

810
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: and everyone knows it but them, and you know. But

811
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,839
Speaker 1: then and then they came back and they gave up

812
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: three straight touchdowns, and so we haven't seen any kind

813
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: of response. We'll see if they come back and have

814
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: some life there. And and like Amber said about the watermelons.

815
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,360
Speaker 1: I mean, what is it this this week? You know, what,

816
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: what is it before him? It's got to be something.

817
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: And I think that that that kind of helped, and

818
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: you know that they played better, and but they're going

819
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: to have to figure something out. I think it's a

820
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: very very good question because I don't I don't know.

821
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 1: I think I think it's been a roller coaster. It's

822
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,879
Speaker 1: been up, it's been down. Right now it's down. Let's

823
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:25,720
Speaker 1: see if they come back. You know, they had plenty

824
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: of time to rest here. Do you guys think that

825
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: the Cowboys give de Nucci or Gilbert any playing time

826
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: before the end of the season if it gets away

827
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: from him. Absolutely? Yeah, you know, I mean this this

828
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: reminds me, of course it does, because it was the

829
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: last time they were really bad. But twenty fifteen, like

830
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: they tried their best. You know, Romo came back and

831
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: everybody got excited for a week and that didn't work out.

832
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: They brought Castle back out there, but he was awful

833
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: in a game that kind of put him out of

834
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: the division race, and then Kellen Moore took over for

835
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. I think I think this two

836
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 1: games swing against Baltimore and Cincinnati will decide what the

837
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 1: rest of the season, what the last two games look

838
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 1: like like. If you beat Baltimore, and I mean, you'd

839
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: like to think they can beat Cincinnati, especially without Joe Burrow.

840
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,439
Speaker 1: So if they beat Baltimore, they got a good shot

841
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,839
Speaker 1: to beat Cincinnati. All of a sudden, they're what five

842
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 1: and eight and now no, and probably you're not going

843
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 1: to see those guys. But if they lose these next

844
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: two games, or if you know, if the division gets

845
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: away from them, I would expect you'll see a young

846
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: quarterback start at least the last game of the season. Yeah,

847
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 1: because they're gonna win four straight games, they're gonna go

848
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: seven and eight and then they'll have everything wrapped up

849
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,880
Speaker 1: and then the last game against the Giants, they'll just

850
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 1: sit back there. Wow, that would be I know we

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Speaker 1: overuse this phrase, but that would be the most twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty thing ever, is if they sit Andy Dalton in

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Speaker 1: week seventeen because they've clinched the NFC, like, that would

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Speaker 1: just be that would be insane. I do want Andy Dalton.

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Speaker 1: I would like to see him play against Cincinnati. I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, yeah, I'm sure he would love that, But

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Speaker 1: but I think it's a good question. I mean, like,

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Speaker 1: if they don't win those two games, and he's got

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Speaker 1: to make those decisions. As Garrett Gilbert, part of the

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Speaker 1: as a backup quarterback, and if so, maybe he plays more.

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Speaker 1: But but I think that would have to be a

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Speaker 1: few weeks down the road. You know, guys, I kind

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Speaker 1: of disagree there. I actually think listening to what Jerry

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Speaker 1: get the impression that they feel like they're they're not

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Speaker 1: necessarily looking at these young guys as being a backup

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Speaker 1: next year. I would actually be shocked if they don't

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Speaker 1: resign Andy Dalton to be their backup again next year,

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Speaker 1: because I think if the way Jerry will probably look

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Speaker 1: at this is, Hey, I think there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of things that contributed to us not being very good

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Speaker 1: think he believes if he had his tackles right now,

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Speaker 1: and if his coach would have had an offseason, I

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Speaker 1: I don't know that I disagree with that, and so

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Speaker 1: I think when it comes down to it. I think

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Speaker 1: they want to play Dalton as much as they can

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Speaker 1: down the stretch because number one, I do think they

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Speaker 1: to try to win, and he gives them the best

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Speaker 1: chance to win. But I also think that they want

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Speaker 1: to see what he can do because I think they

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Speaker 1: are still evaluating whether they want to keep him next year.

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Speaker 1: And I think I think I would be kind of

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Speaker 1: shocked if they don't try to keep him next year

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Speaker 1: and there's nothing he's doing right now. I think that's

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Speaker 1: gonna make him just his high commodity where other teams

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Speaker 1: are going to be jumping in trying to sign him

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Speaker 1: to be their starter. I will. I mean, I agree

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Speaker 1: with that it's it's not all his fault, but Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton hasn't looked good enough that you have to worry

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Speaker 1: about him signing some massive deal in the offseason. But

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Speaker 1: I don't know, man, like, you gotta do what you

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Speaker 1: gotta do right now because the division is up for grabs,

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Speaker 1: But you want to send a thirty something year old

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Speaker 1: quarterback out there behind this offensive line in the game

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Speaker 1: that doesn't mean anything in the standings and potentially get

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Speaker 1: him killed I mean, like, you you have to right

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Speaker 1: now because a playoff spot is still up for grabs,

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Speaker 1: but if it's not anymore, I if I was Andy Dalton,

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Speaker 1: I would be like, no, I'm not doing this anymore,

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Speaker 1: which he probably wouldn't say that because you know, you

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Speaker 1: don't think like yeah, you don't think like a football player, right.

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Speaker 1: These guys want to go out you only get as

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Speaker 1: Brian you just mentioned broad Us as he always says,

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Speaker 1: you only get sixteen of these, right, So these guys

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Speaker 1: want to be out there as much as possible because

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Speaker 1: it's just another opportunity to compete if if a playoff

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Speaker 1: spot is not and I like, you know, we're basically

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Speaker 1: talking week sixteen and seventeen, if a playoff spot is

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Speaker 1: not up for grabs for those two games, I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: send Andy Dalton's already been concussed playing behind this line,

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Speaker 1: Like I wouldn't do that to him, and maybe they will.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. But look at the way he responded

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Speaker 1: to that day, the way he played against Washington. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this guy was like diving head first, like he was

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Speaker 1: not scared. You can tell how much he wants to play.

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Speaker 1: You gotta be wired, right, so you gotta be wired

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Speaker 1: the right way to play in the NFL. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not trying to like Andy Dalton's a competitors, I'm not

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Speaker 1: trying to knock him. But again, they were playing for

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Speaker 1: first place in the division on Thanksgiving like there were

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Speaker 1: I mean there were, there were tangible things to be gained.

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Speaker 1: Week seventeen, somebody else has already clenched the division. I

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Speaker 1: just I don't know if it's the same story. We'll see,

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Speaker 1: all right, We appreciate you guys joining us. We will

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Speaker 1: be back. Remember we're not gonna have a show tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: We will be doing the Draft show tomorrow, so make

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Speaker 1: sure you tune in for that at eleven am. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be an hour and a half show. Then on Monday,

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Speaker 1: we'll be back. We'll get you guys ready for the

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Speaker 1: Tuesday game Cowboys versus Ravens. Till then for Nick Eatman,

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