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

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

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

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, October seventh, twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: season seventeen, episode number thirty six. Welcome to the latest

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Speaker 1: edition of The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage

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Speaker 1: studios at the Star. Got Nick and Dave here with me.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk some Cowboys football. We're gonna zero in

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Speaker 1: on the Giants defense today versus the Cowboys offense. We'll

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Speaker 1: be joined by Bucky Brooks in the second segment um

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Speaker 1: and we'll get you guys ready for the game, looking

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Speaker 1: at it mainly from the Cowboys offense point of view.

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Speaker 1: Let's start first catching up with a quick update from Nick.

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Speaker 1: Give me a thirty six, A good thirty six? You

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Speaker 1: got thirty six? No, I don't know. Vince all Brittain

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Speaker 1: is the only name that ever comes to mind when

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Speaker 1: I think of thirty six Okay, do you know him? No,

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Speaker 1: I don't know him. He played like safety. He was

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Speaker 1: a big guy in the eighties. He wasn't really the

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Speaker 1: greatest big guy that was bigger big or big bigger safety. Okay,

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Speaker 1: they weren't good in the eighties. But thirty six, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Dave. Is there a thirty six you

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Speaker 1: can think of? Tony Pollard wore it for like three months,

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Speaker 1: about all I got. Did he play in a game

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Speaker 1: with that? No, he switched the minute they cut their

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Speaker 1: roster down. That's a nice little nugget. But like when

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Speaker 1: he his rookie year, I guess that wasn't Zeke's holdout year, right,

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Speaker 1: was it? When he was in Hawaii and he was

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Speaker 1: doing all it was? Yeah? It was because that because

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Speaker 1: Jerry famously was like Zeke wu was he wearing thirty

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Speaker 1: six and then he wore thirty six until the regular

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Speaker 1: season started, Right. I got a couple for you. There's

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Speaker 1: a Michael Black. Michael Black actually remember him? Yeah, everywhere?

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Speaker 1: Terek Smith Suday, Okay, that's a good one. Yeah, Quincy Butler, okay, cornerback, Yep,

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Speaker 1: we're going deep here. Michael Hamlin Hamlin for a little bit. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: all right, that's good. We'll stick with that. Not a

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Speaker 1: lot of good ones. You're not gonna get Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame worthy at thirty six. Now, all right, let's let's

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Speaker 1: catch up on some injuries. Zeke Elliott miss practice yesterday

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Speaker 1: or at least was partial practice yesterday. What what was this?

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Speaker 1: What was the status he didn't practice? What was the

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Speaker 1: status in and where is he at this point? He's

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Speaker 1: got a sore knee, he's a running back, he carries

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Speaker 1: he's fine. Okay, yeah, you know he's fine. I know

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Speaker 1: he's fine. You'll play. We do this every week, and

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Speaker 1: I just you know, wear and tear management. Some guy

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Speaker 1: guys need the practice time and some guys don't. I

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Speaker 1: think he'll be okay. He talked the media brought him over.

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Speaker 1: If he wasn't fine, they think that's again, like there's

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Speaker 1: always context clues for this, and if a guy talks

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Speaker 1: to the media after missing practice, he's fine. The same thing.

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Speaker 1: Randy Gregory was out of practice, joking around watching people working,

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Speaker 1: and then he walked back inside. It's like, if you

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Speaker 1: the whole practice. All right, Carlos Watchetts, who has missed?

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Speaker 1: Now how many? How many weeks? Is he? A good question?

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Speaker 1: He got hurt against LA or I don't think. I

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Speaker 1: don't think he played in LA and I don't remember

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Speaker 1: Said some COVID issues too, has he Well he did

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Speaker 1: for a while, he got in he yes, Dave, Yeah, Dave,

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Speaker 1: done that. I just don't know if that's something that

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Speaker 1: also got still can't believe we're saying this. They got

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Speaker 1: Yesterday there was a report that he supposedly is suing

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Speaker 1: And in less than the five games that he's been suspend,

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Speaker 1: Just thinking back to the Zeke sack. Daniel Walack was

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Speaker 1: comes down to money, and I think that's that's where

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Speaker 1: of the week here. But as far as with with Lyell,

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Speaker 1: his contract. That's so even if the five games stayed,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry if he if this wasn't finished being adjudicated

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Speaker 1: like well by, we know how our legal system moves

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Speaker 1: these five games up too small. But what you're saying

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Speaker 1: is there are bigger ramifications that maybe he can recoup

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Speaker 1: I again, I mean thank you because you said I'm

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Speaker 1: this song and dance before, not only which you're right.

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Speaker 1: Obviously the legal system moves into snail's pace in most cases,

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Speaker 1: especially not during the LSU Joe judge works on Sunday? True,

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Speaker 1: does he? Sorry? I don't. Yes, he does, he does.

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Speaker 1: Let's don't go down that road. Yes, he'll be here Sunday.

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Speaker 1: seen from Terrence Still, do you throw him right in

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Speaker 1: we stick with Terrence still on Saturday. App No, No,

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Speaker 1: that's not that's insane. No, you're not gonna throw a

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Speaker 1: well Terrence has been playing. I don't think he he

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Speaker 1: get him in uniform got a got a clear roster spot.

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Speaker 1: Like they're not sitting at fifty three. They they've had

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Speaker 1: like there's some intil that has been shared, so they're

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Speaker 1: trying to figure out the best way to use them.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't expect him be a Pro

426
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Speaker 1: Bowl playing Green Bay, but I certainly expect them to

427
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Speaker 1: be a solid player for them in their defense. So

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Speaker 1: please obviously correct me if I'm wrong, but just go

429
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Speaker 1: mainly going off reputation and what I know of them

430
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Speaker 1: from previously. This looks like the best collection of talent

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Speaker 1: in the secondary that the Cowboys have played so far

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Speaker 1: this year. Talk about James brad Berry they added to

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Speaker 1: Dorry Jackson, Ryan Jabrill, Peppers, Xavier McKinney. How is that

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Speaker 1: accurate and specifically, how is Jackson kind of fitting in

435
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Speaker 1: with what they do in the secondary. I mean they're

436
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Speaker 1: really talented. I mean you rode it off a bunch

437
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Speaker 1: of guys that are first and second round picks that

438
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Speaker 1: are in the back end, really smart, really tough. When

439
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Speaker 1: they played well together connect you don't see a lot

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Speaker 1: of blown coverages, and so they understand what it is

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Speaker 1: that they want to do. When I look at them, though,

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Speaker 1: I think from a plane perspective, James Bradbury is the

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Speaker 1: number one player in that second year. He's the best

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Speaker 1: player that they have. He is one that has been

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Speaker 1: viewed as a Pro Bowl. Games played at a Pro

446
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Speaker 1: Bowl caliber level. He's done some really good things with him.

447
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Speaker 1: Derry Jackson is the one that is vulnerable. I would

448
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Speaker 1: say he's better athlete and football player, a tremendous amount

449
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Speaker 1: of talent, but he's never necessarily put it together the

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Speaker 1: way that you would think it would come together. Zavian

451
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Speaker 1: McKinney is a good player coming out of Alabama. He

452
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Speaker 1: had been hurt, gets back in the lineup, and Jabia

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Speaker 1: Peppers is a guy that they kind of move around

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Speaker 1: and do a bunch of things, so some weeks he

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Speaker 1: plays a lot all the weeks. He's not another guy

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Speaker 1: that's probably better athlete than defender, but when those guys

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Speaker 1: are played in the right game plan, they can create

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Speaker 1: problems and logan Ryan is kind of the glue that

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Speaker 1: keeps it all together. So a lot of good players.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they have any great players, but

461
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Speaker 1: playing team defense, they sometimes they can look better than

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Speaker 1: they appear individually. Going on with that thought a little bit,

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Speaker 1: they gave up The Giants defense gave a four hundred

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Speaker 1: yards in the horny yard plus in three of the

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Speaker 1: four games they've played so so far. They also allowed

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Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty five yards rushing on two of

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Speaker 1: the four games. Is this a game like we've seen

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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks where Dallas you think, focuses

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Speaker 1: on at least early running the ball, establishing the run

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Speaker 1: and really pushing them around because it looks like they

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Speaker 1: have been vulnerable at times to other teams running games. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is this is really dealer's choice. If you're Kelling Moore,

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Speaker 1: do you want to gut them with the ground game

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Speaker 1: or do you want to kind of jump out on

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Speaker 1: them and throw it all over the yards Sometimes the

476
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Speaker 1: last two weeks has been all about the ground game,

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Speaker 1: So you know, in the Giants meeting room has been hey,

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Speaker 1: we got to stop the room, we can't let ze

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Speaker 1: can Tony probably get going. Well, maybe they flipped the

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Speaker 1: script and they come out throwing, try and jump up.

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Speaker 1: Put a fourteen spot on them so then they can

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Speaker 1: play comfortably and also put an offense that has struggled

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Speaker 1: the Giants offense, put them behind the eight ball, and

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Speaker 1: then you dictate the term. So I mean, when I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about it being dealer's choice, Kelly Moore is sitting

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Speaker 1: at the table trying to figure out, I don't want

487
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Speaker 1: to play this. How do you want to go about it,

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Speaker 1: But I think this could be a time where we

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Speaker 1: see them come out and throw it all over the

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Speaker 1: yard early to set the tone, see if they can

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Speaker 1: jump out to a two score lead. Then you begin

492
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Speaker 1: to see Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard do that, throw

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Speaker 1: it early and then run it out late. Bucky in

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Speaker 1: your five bucks article this week, you you know Dak

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Speaker 1: Obviously he's a three letter word. You put another three

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Speaker 1: letters next to his name as a as a contender

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Speaker 1: for MVP. It's early, but you said he's got to

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Speaker 1: be in the in them, you know in the conversation. Now,

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Speaker 1: why why do you say that? Well, I mean I

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Speaker 1: think I think if you take the stat sheet off

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Speaker 1: of you, look, he's he's third and touchdown passes. Um,

502
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Speaker 1: they're playing at a crazy level. I think he's second

503
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Speaker 1: in completion percentage. The team is absolutely rolling the averaging

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Speaker 1: over thirty points a game. Um. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: intrigue and attention that is going on this team. And

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Speaker 1: then when you begin to look at how they fit

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Speaker 1: in the end of seeing how they could play and

508
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Speaker 1: run over the NFC East, you're talking about a team

509
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Speaker 1: that could have I mean high double did you wins

510
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Speaker 1: and sitting pretty with the one or two seats. If

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Speaker 1: they continue to play the way that they're playing, he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be in the conversation. And I think the appreciation

513
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Speaker 1: for Dak now it is finally to the level that

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Speaker 1: people that have really been in his corner are seeing.

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Speaker 1: Like we tried to tell you this for the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years, the guy's a really good player, But

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Speaker 1: now I think people have a great appreciation for the

518
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Speaker 1: management skills, the playmaking when necessary, and just a total

519
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Speaker 1: package that he presents because this is the best football

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Speaker 1: that he's played in his career. And if you go

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Speaker 1: back to the beginning of twenty twenty, he has played

522
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Speaker 1: at a really high level. He just didn't have the

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Speaker 1: wins to justify some of the verbal bouquets that you

524
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Speaker 1: want to throw at the speed for playing so well.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna clip that out and post it on social media. Buds. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: like just the whole thing really plus music to my heirs,

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Speaker 1: it's a good stuff. Buck I. Obviously those of us

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Speaker 1: US draft nerds, we know he's OJULARI great player coming

529
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Speaker 1: out of Georgia. He and I what I was originally

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Speaker 1: going to ask you before I looked at what they

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Speaker 1: were doing, is like, it doesn't seem like the Giants

532
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Speaker 1: really have an edge that worries you. But I do

533
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Speaker 1: see that he's leading the team in sacks with three

534
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: already very impressive. But what do those sacks look like?

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Speaker 1: I mean, is he cleaning up what other people are

536
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Speaker 1: doing or is he already a badass? No? I mean

537
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Speaker 1: I think he's the same player that he was at Georgia.

538
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Speaker 1: Like he's a high motor, very athletic and explosive athlete

539
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: coming off the edge. They've done some things that allow

540
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Speaker 1: him to get free off the edge. Some of those

541
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Speaker 1: are easy gimmes. Some of those he's just out working

542
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Speaker 1: and blowing past people. He was a problem. He was

543
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 1: a problem at Georgia, and if you get him in

544
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: his wheelhouse where he can just kind of rear back

545
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Speaker 1: and come off the edge like as a track meet,

546
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a problem. I think the one thing

547
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: that you have to do when you're the cowboy, you

548
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,640
Speaker 1: just gotta be mindful of where he is. And then

549
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 1: Tyron Smith very early he has to put his paws

550
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Speaker 1: in his chest and kind of slowing down. I think

551
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Speaker 1: that's the equalize, you gotta hit him with a couple

552
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: of body blows to slow him down, but if you

553
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: let him run around. He's very similar to me to

554
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Speaker 1: Brian Burns from the Carolina Panthers. Brian Burns had walked

555
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Speaker 1: into a few sacks early. Brian Burns is an athlete

556
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Speaker 1: that man, if you're if you're not on it, he'll

557
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,640
Speaker 1: jump the snap and he'll beat around the corner. And

558
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: so playing the Panthers a week earlier, ships at the

559
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 1: table so they understand exactly what they're dealing without the edge,

560
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Speaker 1: because I think they're they're very similar players in terms

561
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Speaker 1: of using their speed and quickness to get sacks. You

562
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 1: talked about Blake Martinez a little earlier in the fact

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Speaker 1: that he was out, Um, what what what does he provide?

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00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,399
Speaker 1: What is this game like? Is he a guy that

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00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 1: they use in pass coverage? They do they use him

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Speaker 1: to blitz some and who is going to take over

567
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: that role? And how how much of a delta is

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Speaker 1: it between Blake Martinez and that next guy that's up.

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Speaker 1: You know, they've been doing the back committee like in

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00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,920
Speaker 1: terms of back of him up. Guys have been kind

571
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,880
Speaker 1: of rolling in and out. The thing about Blake Martinez.

572
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Speaker 1: That's so good. Uh, he's a high IQ tackling machine.

573
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 1: Sessed the lineup, he's a track cop, communicates the signals,

574
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 1: gets everybody on the right page. But then from tackle

575
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 1: to tackle, anything and everything he's eating up. And so

576
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 1: the way the Giants have when you really look at

577
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 1: their front, they're not really playing with defensive ends. They're

578
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 1: almost playing with three defensive tackles and you can say

579
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,640
Speaker 1: almost three nose tackles. Right. They're really big upfront. Leonard

580
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 1: Williams is the lightest one or two hundred and ninety

581
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Speaker 1: one pounds, so they're big. The command double teams, there

582
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Speaker 1: a lot of their guys to run and chase and

583
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Speaker 1: scrape and do all those other things, and so there's

584
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Speaker 1: a situation where they can do it where they get

585
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: hurt is. I don't think they have enough star power

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Speaker 1: at the second level Championship defenses. You need to have

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Speaker 1: at least one, maybe two second level defenders that can

588
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Speaker 1: make plays, and that's where they're missing. They're missing playmaking

589
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Speaker 1: at the second level. Got it all right? So real

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Speaker 1: quick before we let you go, we need to know

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Speaker 1: a prediction what he thinks going to happen. Sunday at

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Speaker 1: three twenty five. All Right, it's another maturity game. We

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Speaker 1: kind of talked about this last week. This is one

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Speaker 1: of can the Cowboys now that everyone is celebrating them,

595
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: can they take care of business? They're a better team.

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00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: These games are always kind of tight, but this is

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Speaker 1: one aspect the Cowboys to knock him out the box.

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Speaker 1: If they are what they want to be, meaning a

599
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Speaker 1: real contender, they need to be able to take care

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Speaker 1: of business and seld this one up because the Giants

601
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: don't have a lot of weapons to threaten them, so

602
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: this is one they need to go in and take

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00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: care of business right from the game. If they're mature enough,

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00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: we'll see them jump on them early. And this should

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Speaker 1: be one where it's kind of easy watching on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, appreciate you giving us your insight, Bucky.

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Speaker 1: We'll have you back next week. Get ready for the

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Speaker 1: game against the New England Patriots. So we're gonna take

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Speaker 1: a final break, we'll come back. We got some questions

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the final segment to Break Life from

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Speaker 1: s WBC Morty Studios at the Star. We got a

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Speaker 1: little bit of time here left, so let's talk a

665
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Speaker 1: little bit about this Dallas offense. I'm gonna ask you

666
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Speaker 1: guys this question, and this is kind of a it's

667
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: more of a like there is no wrong answer here.

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00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: I just want to get your opinions. If let's assume

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Speaker 1: for a second that you were a defensive coordinator for

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Speaker 1: an upcoming opponent. Let's say defensive coordinator for Dallas, I mean,

671
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Speaker 1: for it for New York, which would you prefer? Would

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00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: you prefer doctors for fifty plus times against you, but

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00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: you limit the rushing attack or you drop more into

674
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Speaker 1: coverage or blitz to limit Dak with the possibility of

675
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Speaker 1: getting gashed in the run. Which way would you go

676
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Speaker 1: if you were defensive coordinator facing the Cowboys? I mean,

677
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: I know, I'm I'm mister analytics and pass, pass, pass,

678
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: that's the way to win. But if you're telling me

679
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Speaker 1: that those are my two options, I think more passing

680
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: attempts gives you more opportunity to make plays on the ball,

681
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: more chances for ceedee Lamb dropping a ball over the

682
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Speaker 1: middle and having it turn into a pick Dak making

683
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: a bad read, Not that I think that he would,

684
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Speaker 1: but it's more, you know, the more throws, the more

685
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: the balls in the air, the more variance there is.

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Speaker 1: I guess whereas I mean, if you just if you

687
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Speaker 1: can't stop the run, good luck at any level of football. Really,

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Speaker 1: so I get, I mean, it's kind of hypocritical on

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Speaker 1: my part because of how much I stressed the passing game,

690
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Speaker 1: But I would rather take my chances making a play

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Speaker 1: against the guy throwing fifty times, just being like what

692
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: happened to the Panthers last week, Like this guy is

693
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: getting eight yards per carry in there's just nothing we

694
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Speaker 1: can do. Yeah, I agree. I think that teams are

695
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: still you know, you have to stop the run. It

696
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Speaker 1: doesn't mean that Zeke is you know now, that is

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Speaker 1: still the number one weapon and Dak and all that,

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Speaker 1: you know, because his rookie year, their rookie years, we

699
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Speaker 1: were like, is it Dak or is it Zeke or

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Speaker 1: is it you know? And I think it was probably

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Speaker 1: Zeke more than anything, but you know, and it's and

702
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 1: it's shifted, but still the run game because the run

703
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: game makes Dack more dangerous, makes any quarterback more dangerous.

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Speaker 1: If you can't stop the run, then the play acts

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Speaker 1: and just opens up for everything. And so I think

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Speaker 1: it's still the run, but I think the Dak and

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Speaker 1: the way he's utilizing the tight ends. And I just

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Speaker 1: can't stress this enough because it's so important and not

709
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Speaker 1: every team's had it here, not every team's has it

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Speaker 1: in the league. It's just right now, we don't see

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Speaker 1: any issues with these guys about about not getting the

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00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: ball we don't see it at a Cooper, we don't

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Speaker 1: see it at a CD. We don't see it that

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Speaker 1: at a Zeke and Pollard. We don't see it anywhere.

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Speaker 1: And I just had a function of winning though. Two. Yes,

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Speaker 1: if they start losing now, it becomes more of a

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Speaker 1: challenge to keep everybody on the same page. I think so,

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Speaker 1: because the media will definitely and it's happening now. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I did a show last week it's like, what's wrong

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Speaker 1: with CD? Well, we had we actually had a question.

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Speaker 1: I came through on Twitter from your dad, your dad

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Speaker 1: av Alva, Rodd Alvarez. That's what I thought. I was like,

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Speaker 1: he's definitely My dad is definitely watching and critiquing and

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Speaker 1: wants to know what number I'm gonna pick for the

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Speaker 1: number thirty six this week and tell him it. Feel

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Speaker 1: free to chime in if he has he wants to

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Speaker 1: throw up. He brings it back a little bit further though,

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Speaker 1: you know, but he was asking the same question. He

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Speaker 1: was saying, when does CD get more involved? I mean,

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Speaker 1: obviously he's an explosive player. He's a guy that that

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Speaker 1: you don't really want to waste his talent. But as

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Speaker 1: you said, like right, now, the way the offense is,

733
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Speaker 1: it's kind of multiple and they can do a lot

734
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Speaker 1: of different things. Are you guys at all wondering like,

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Speaker 1: is there a point when they're really going to have

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Speaker 1: to try to get him more involved? You just keep

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Speaker 1: doing what you're doing. Why is this town being wasted?

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Speaker 1: Defenses have to account for it, you don't. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they focus on taking that away. They know what he

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Speaker 1: wouldn't do when they's on tape, when they stop letting

741
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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz have walked in touchdowns, When when they're finally

742
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Speaker 1: gonna say, you know what, we gotta watch these guys,

743
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: because these guys are gonna catch it. When that starts

744
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: to be a problem, you know. I mean it happened

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Speaker 1: back way back, like two thousand and six, seven eight,

746
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Speaker 1: when TiO played. It seemed like it was first half

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Speaker 1: was one of them and the other half was Witten.

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Speaker 1: You know, it would be like Witt and Witt and

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Speaker 1: Witten and they're like, okay, god stop this guy, you know,

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Speaker 1: and then to goes for sixty yards or vice versa.

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00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: When you have weapons like that and they have Cooper,

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00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: they have the running game, they have all that. But

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00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 1: right now they are aggressively taking what they give them,

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00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: and what they're giving them is the tight ends. When

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Speaker 1: that stops and then it just has to be these

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00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: man demanded, then CD's gonna win a lot more. Which

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00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: also miss me, what what CD do? Okay? He had

758
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 1: the I mean he dropped the ball over the middle

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00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: that led to a pick against Tampa's really the only

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Speaker 1: true miss que I can think of from him. He

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Speaker 1: would He did not factor largely against Carolina before that.

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Speaker 1: Three for sixty six, eight for eighty one, seven for

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Speaker 1: one oh four and a touchdown. What are we talking about?

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Speaker 1: Eight he led the team against lay eight for eighty one.

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Speaker 1: Can't think of it, honestly, all we're talking about his

766
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Speaker 1: last which is good in a game, in a game

767
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Speaker 1: where Dak didn't throw a touchdown, like he fueled the

768
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,280
Speaker 1: passing game more than anybody in that game. You can't

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Speaker 1: the Panthers game. They ran for two hundred and forty

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00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: five yards. That's it. If you're upset about CD's role

771
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: to this point, you're just a fantasy owner. And I

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00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: don't care about your I don't care, and I like

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Speaker 1: we we talked him up and all through training camp,

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Speaker 1: and I don't feel bad about that, Like, through a month,

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00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: he's been pretty damn good. It doesn't he's not taken

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00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: over the league. You know, I my eyes popped out

777
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: of my head today when I saw that Deebo Samuel

778
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: has five hundred yards already through four weeks of the season.

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Speaker 1: But he's gotten me a few times. The Niners don't

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00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: have as many weapons as the Cowboys too. I just

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00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: I don't care if you're mad about it, you're I

782
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: just assume you're a fantasy owner, And I'm sorry, but

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Speaker 1: I think I've said for years at this point, you

784
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 1: shouldn't be leaning on the Cowboys in fantasy football at

785
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 1: all if you're smart. They just they're too diverse. Well,

786
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: it just depends on who you're Like, dak is okay,

787
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: Zeke is a pretty good pick, but yeah, you're right,

788
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: looks like a pretty good pick right now. But people

789
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: were pissed at him after week one and two. They're

790
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: gonna his numbers are pretty good most of those weeks.

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00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he had pretty good numbers most so first

792
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: game Week one. He was never since then, Like even

793
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 1: even who probably took him off but can't cut list.

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Speaker 1: After the first week, it was like they still do that.

795
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,959
Speaker 1: They can't get you can't cut these guys. There's not

796
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,280
Speaker 1: much in the way of sure things with this offense.

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Speaker 1: And that's a good thing. It's a great thing what

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00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: they give you. I just is it a good thing.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing. I got some energy today, man, which is

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00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: when he actually made you mad, because maybe I'm I

801
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: was gonna say, like I was worried my energy was

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00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 1: low because my back is killing me. So I'm like

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00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,919
Speaker 1: trying to I'm trying to fight through it. So I'm glad.

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00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: It's I'm glad nobody noticed by yourself. Get a spotter

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00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: next time. I don't know whatever you're not, you're not,

806
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: you're not wrong, but just run the show. Okay, right,

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Speaker 1: I got one more guys before we end up Geo Molina,

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Speaker 1: He asked, the Giants are another team with big and

809
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: good defensive tackles. Is this another game where Poloit shines

810
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: on the edges? Ooh, I love that question because probably

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Speaker 1: if you're just looking down their roster at like the

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Speaker 1: you know who, who are the badasses? Leonard Williams for sure,

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00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 1: Dexter Lawrence for sure. Those are guys. They're probably more

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Speaker 1: likely to be inside the tackle box. Uh. The thing

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Speaker 1: that gives me pause is, especially now that Martinez is hurt,

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00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: I'm not afraid of any of their linebackers. So if

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00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: the line can handle the front, I think you well,

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00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: not only that, but I think I like them in

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Speaker 1: the second level as well. Like if the line can

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Speaker 1: block up the front, I like Zeke or Pollard against

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Speaker 1: these linebackers. So but I love what you're saying. And again,

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Speaker 1: Azizo Jalari is a he's a tweener, he's a speed guy.

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Speaker 1: I think, yeah, you can bully him on the outside

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00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: in the run game. I think you do have to

825
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: worry about him in the past game. Same thing really

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00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: with Lorenzo Carter, same type of deal, kind of not

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Speaker 1: you know, tweener guy. So yeah, I think take that.

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Speaker 1: Take that to the coaches. Sorry what was his name?

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Speaker 1: And Geo Molino Geo take Yeah, we'll take that to

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Speaker 1: the coaches. Good suggestion. All right, appreciate you guys joining us.

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Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow. We're going to give you

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Speaker 1: guys a good, good roundup of everything that we need

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Speaker 1: to talk about regarding Cowboys versus A Giants, which will

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Speaker 1: be happening Sunday at three twenty five at AT and

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