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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: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to Cowboys Break presented by Geico. I'm in Burgarcia.

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Speaker 1: I'm joined by David Hellman, Nick Eatman, and then of

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Speaker 1: course Derek is still here with us, but I will

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Speaker 1: be driving the bus today the car because Derek is

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Speaker 1: still flushing out some stuff out of his system today

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Speaker 1: because of his wild birthday party last night, So we

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Speaker 1: don't want any DWI is happening. They'll stay on your record, Derek,

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Speaker 1: I got it under control. Birthday last night. Oh it

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Speaker 1: was good. I had I had a really good time.

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Speaker 1: We didn't go anywhere now, so there was no potential

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Speaker 1: we had a very very nice evening and my wife

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Speaker 1: was good. That's okay. Well, we got a very special

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Speaker 1: show today because We're about to talk about the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: making it to the super Bowl, and that starts about

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Speaker 1: this weekend. What happens this weekend with the NFC East.

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Speaker 1: So with the first question for you guys, we know

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Speaker 1: what's happening with Washington currently with the quarterback position, Well

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Speaker 1: we kind of know what's happening there, but with the

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Speaker 1: actually lose against the Eagles, I mean, hell yeah. If anything,

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Speaker 1: the last like two or three weeks have reminded us

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Speaker 1: talking about the Cowboys winning three games in a row.

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Speaker 1: The New York Jets are on a two game winning

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Speaker 1: I actually I read this morning Jim Schwartz, I guess

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Speaker 1: if Washington were to clinch the division, obviously they would

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Speaker 1: I absolutely expect Philly to come out trying to ruin

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Speaker 1: I absolutely think that's possible. Yeah. I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: including four in a row, and if the Falcons, I believe,

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Speaker 1: But everybody that's lost to the Cowboys, the Bengals, the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers, what do you think that means? I

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Speaker 1: But you're right, Derek, like this this is a test

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Speaker 1: are the ones that made that that margin of victory

430
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,800
Speaker 1: like really out there, so um, you know, not wrong,

431
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,479
Speaker 1: but I didn't realize it was like that. I mean,

432
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 1: I knew they hadn't beaten anybody that was that was

433
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:34,439
Speaker 1: really any good, but didn't think it was that bad. Well,

434
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,320
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and address the draft real quick, because

435
00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: I know there are plenty of fans that really really

436
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,359
Speaker 1: care about the draft and where they land this year.

437
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: If the Cowboys were to win this game against the

438
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 1: Giants but then don't actually make it into the playoffs

439
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 1: because Washington won their game as well, where does that

440
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,399
Speaker 1: leave the Cowboys as far as positioning in the draft.

441
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,280
Speaker 1: It's hard to say that here before we play the

442
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,840
Speaker 1: final game because you know, obviously a bunch of teams

443
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: are going to wind up with the same record, and

444
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: then you're using strength of schedule to break those ties.

445
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 1: I know, if they don't make the playoffs, then they

446
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,639
Speaker 1: can't pick any worse than sixteenth, because Arizona is sitting

447
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 1: in the seventeen spot with eight wins. Obviously, the Cowboys

448
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,880
Speaker 1: are not capable of getting to eight wins, So if

449
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 1: they don't make the playoffs, sixteen is probably the worst

450
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 1: they could be. And then obviously, if they were to

451
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,120
Speaker 1: win the division, they could pick as high as nineteen,

452
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: and it just depends, you know, if they win or not,

453
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: so you're probably looking. I think the range is like

454
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: anywhere between eight and sixteen, depending on what happens, Like

455
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,439
Speaker 1: if they lose and they get some other results, they

456
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,959
Speaker 1: might jump back up into the top ten, or if

457
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: they win, it could be like sixteen. So it's hard

458
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,240
Speaker 1: to say, but the variance is somewhere between like eight

459
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 1: and sixteen. Hopefully, um, they make it worth the ride.

460
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 1: I don't know what that ride is going to lead to. Man,

461
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 1: I am so this is this is this is ag

462
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: right here. She's like, if you're gonna do it, you

463
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: better win the super Bowl. Otherwise, why are you messing

464
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: with my draft picks exactly? And look this is coming

465
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,159
Speaker 1: from someone that has never ever cared about the draft.

466
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 1: I'll be honest, I've never really cared or been that

467
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: much into but this year, out of all the years,

468
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 1: I actually really do care. So I just hope they

469
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: make it worth the while, and that if they do

470
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 1: make it into the playoffs and don't get very far,

471
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: that alsa was worth the ride. I mean, Nick is

472
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,920
Speaker 1: very excited to see Tom Brady. I don't know why,

473
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: but he's very excited about it. So I hope it's

474
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: worth it. I just think, you know, getting an opportunity

475
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: to face you know, the Bucks and Tom Brady in

476
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I mean that, who would have ever thought

477
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,959
Speaker 1: that that, you know, you would get a chance to,

478
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 1: you know, be in a situation like that. I just

479
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,680
Speaker 1: I don't know. I just think it's just a it's

480
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: just a crazy year. And so you know, if we

481
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 1: were to sit back in training camp, which was crazy

482
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: then and to say what do you think the Halbums

483
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: are going to do this year, It's like, well, I

484
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: think their best quarterback is going to be out ten games.

485
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 1: I think their best tight end's gonna be out sixteen games,

486
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,439
Speaker 1: their best tackle is going to be out fourteen, and

487
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,400
Speaker 1: their second best will be out sixteen, and their best

488
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: linebacker will be out six games. And you know, and

489
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 1: I just think they're gonna struggle. But I think they're

490
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs. Still, you'd be like, what seriously, Yeah, yeah,

491
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 1: I think they Well I think they'll sneak into the playoffs.

492
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 1: That would be that would be a miracle. And I think,

493
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,920
Speaker 1: you know, they're at one percent chance to make the playoffs.

494
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,199
Speaker 1: And now I don't know where they are now. But

495
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: I heard somebody say the other day it's sixteen is

496
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,239
Speaker 1: the right now? Yeah, I think that's a little low.

497
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 1: It would seem you think it'd be more like twenty

498
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 1: five at least. But well, we talked about this other night,

499
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,400
Speaker 1: Dave and I when we were walking out, they who

500
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,480
Speaker 1: who's favored? Is Dallas favored to win? I'm not sure.

501
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: I haven't looked recently, to be honest with you, I

502
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: don't know. I know, I know Philadelphia was. I know

503
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 1: Philadelphia was favored as of Sunday Sunday after the game Philadelphia.

504
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 1: I would just think if both teams are favored to win,

505
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: then you should be favored to make the playoffs. If

506
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: both scenarios are favored by a point and a half,

507
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 1: I'm looking at three. I don't know what you're looking at.

508
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: Oh sorry, well I don't know. There's like five different

509
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 1: companies that do this. I'm going off of an ESPN,

510
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: the company that ESPN uses. Got it? Okay, So but

511
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: you know, here's the deal. I think the way I

512
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: look at it is and this goes back to what

513
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 1: AG was saying, like, I'm just entertained, me, keep me entertained.

514
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 1: That to me, that's what sports is. Sports is entertainment.

515
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: So I really, at this point don't care a whole

516
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 1: lot about what happens with the draft pick. I'll deal

517
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 1: with that once I get to April, and entertain me

518
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,719
Speaker 1: with whatever you're gonna do on draft Day in April,

519
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,199
Speaker 1: But as of right now, entertain me for as long

520
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: as possible. So if you can get in the playoffs,

521
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 1: get in the playoffs, if you can maybe get a

522
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 1: win in the playoffs, maybe get a win in the playoffs,

523
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 1: that just keeps me entertained a little bit longer. And

524
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 1: as a football fan, I want to be entertained because

525
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 1: you're not, because you're not one of those draft gurus

526
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: like like others are, and that's how they've been entertained

527
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: this whole time of like, well this is boring because

528
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: they're not very good, so just keep losing, so because

529
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: we can get from one of these really good players.

530
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 1: I watched this kid that from Oregon and he's good,

531
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: so we can get him, you know. So all the

532
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: players are on the table as bad as you are.

533
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: Then the guys that have studied the draft are saying,

534
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: I got my hands on everybody because I'm not bad.

535
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 1: But as it turns out, I mean, they didn't earn it.

536
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: They haven't earned a bad pick because they're not that bad.

537
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: They're not great. But they're not that bad, you know. No,

538
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 1: they're not. I mean they're not. They're not like, they're

539
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 1: not just bad. Yeah, they're not just bad. And when

540
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 1: they were three and nine we thought maybe maybe they are,

541
00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 1: but they're not. I mean, they went in they face

542
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,679
Speaker 1: those beat teams. He's gonna say, this is one of

543
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: those potato potato scenarios here. No, I don't think I'll

544
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: say this. I No, I don't. I don't. Necessarily, I

545
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,159
Speaker 1: don't think so either. I'm and I am. I am

546
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: a draft guy, and as somebody whose job it is

547
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: to create draft content throughout the entire offseason. No offense

548
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: to anybody, I'll be ecstatic if they have a top

549
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: ten pick because that makes my job a lot easier.

550
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: But you know what, it goes back to the same

551
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 1: thing we said at the top of the show, like

552
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:31,679
Speaker 1: it's really it's not up to me. I don't have

553
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,400
Speaker 1: any control over anyway, So I might as well sit

554
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: back and enjoy the ride. And you know what, if

555
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 1: they get to host a playoff game against the best

556
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: quarterback ever, you know, we get to see what Tom

557
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: Brady looks like in the playoffs for the first time

558
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: without Satriots and what and how many times has Tom

559
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 1: Brady even played the Cowboys in his career, like maybe

560
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: five in twenty something years. So that's you know, that's

561
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 1: special and that's cool. Um and you know who I mean.

562
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: I think the Bucks are on the schedule next year,

563
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: but you don't know for sure what's going to happen.

564
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: Brady might not play a game, So hell yeah, I

565
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: want to see Tom Brady in a playoff game against

566
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. That sounds fun as hell, no doubt. And

567
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: IM and I'm with you there too when it gets

568
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 1: down to it, like, yeah, you want the highest draft

569
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: pick that you can get. I've said this, I've said

570
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: this before, maybe on this show. Yeah, if you if

571
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: you're putting me in the hospital, give me the best

572
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: hospital there is. But I'm not going to break my

573
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: legs so i can go to this nice hospital. Okay,

574
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: I'm not going to do that. If that's the scenario,

575
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: that I've earned analogy, if I've earned it, if I've

576
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: earned it, I'll take the best. But as it turns out,

577
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: they just didn't earn it. They weren't that bad. They

578
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: were way better than Cincinnati, they were better than San Francisco.

579
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 1: They were better than the Eagles. They you know, as

580
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: the schedule unfolded, they're in the middle of the pack

581
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 1: team and that's kind of where they are. That's what

582
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: they've earned. Yep, you know. I think my concern is

583
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: even though they found some consistency here in the past

584
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: three weeks, and if they weren't to get to that scenario,

585
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: that would mean they found consistency four weeks in a row.

586
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: But it's that mentality that like, I'm still not feeling

587
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: sure of what kind of Cowboys team we would get

588
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: that day. I don't know what kind of Cowboys defense

589
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: is gonna show up. So it's that's why I'm not

590
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: as excited of that scenario because I'm like, Okay, if

591
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: they go out there and put a good game, even

592
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: if they lose, if they go and put out a

593
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: good game where it was entertaining, yeah, it's gonna be fun.

594
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: But if they go out there and get just completely

595
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: run over by their offense, it's it's just one of

596
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: those games that it's just it's just gonna be it's

597
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: gonna piss you off. I'm gonna walk out of the

598
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: day not getting completely pissed off. So I just don't

599
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: know what we would get that week. But let me

600
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: ask you us real quick. I want to throw this

601
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: in real quick. Do you guys think and I know

602
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: we're up against a break but and maybe we have

603
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: to go to break first, But do you think that

604
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: maybe and I get me, correct me if I'm wrong,

605
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: was last week the first week this season when you

606
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: had your complete starting defense in there. I know we've

607
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: talked about this defense and said that they didn't have

608
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: nearly the to deal with that the offense dealt with,

609
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: but the secondary has been in flux all season. Was

610
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: last week the first week when you had the exact

611
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: the entire starting defense on the field for a game?

612
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: Or was there are other game where the other games

613
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: this season where you had everybody's kind of bench Layton

614
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: like that they didn't even have. Yeah, they didn't even

615
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: Have'm sorry, yeah they didn't have. Like I was thinking

616
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: about the secondary because the first time he had secondary

617
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: all together, and I didn't even think about the fact

618
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: of Layton. But maybe we found out last week that

619
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: that Layton isn't as critical as having all those secondary guys.

620
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know, Yeah, yeah, but I guess my

621
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: question though, becomes with with the entire secondary. Does this

622
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: defense change a bit? Are they a little bit different

623
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: than what we thought they've been or what they really

624
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: have shown us all season? You know, are they a

625
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 1: little bit better than that? I think? I think though

626
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: when the season began, you know, this last we're talking

627
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: about the last three games, because that's where that's what's

628
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: got him here the last three games. Nobody of the

629
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: three quarterbacks was expected to be a starting quarterback, if

630
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: even in the league. Brandon Alan, Nick Mullins, Jalen hurts

631
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,959
Speaker 1: to play quarterback. So that's who they face. And so

632
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: if they and they gotta face I guess Daniel Jones.

633
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on. If m Colton McCoy,

634
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: I don't know who that is over there. I think

635
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: it's Daniel Jones. But um, either way, you know you're

636
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 1: you're not facing these top caliber quarter and so if

637
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: you get to the playoffs, you're probably gonna face the

638
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: greatest quarterback that ever that ever played. Now. I know

639
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: the Rams can get the five spot, but their quarterback

640
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: just broke his thumb, So I don't know if he's

641
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: gonna They have to win and the Bucks have to

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Speaker 1: say this though, you gotta I think we're we're all

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Speaker 1: But remember, just two weeks before that, they went and

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Speaker 1: They lost, but they put up points and they they

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Speaker 1: battle them. Yeah. I just think I just think you

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Speaker 1: I mean, and that's what will happen. Congratulations, you guys

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Speaker 1: let's get into Andy Dalton's performance. We didn't get a

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Speaker 1: talk about Andy Dalton, who had a pretty pretty good

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Speaker 1: game last weekend, and we did not get a chance

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Speaker 1: to talk about him yesterday, but we're about to do

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Speaker 1: that now. He completed twenty two of thirty passes for

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Speaker 1: a season high of three hundred and seventy seven yards

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Speaker 1: So just wanted to get an assessment from you guys

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Speaker 1: and where are you currently feeding feeling about him? Because

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Speaker 1: I believe it was Nick that mentioned a few minutes

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Speaker 1: ago that Andy Dalton hasn't actually won a playoff game.

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Speaker 1: But the fact that you see him performing at this

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Speaker 1: level right now, this far down the road, does that

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Speaker 1: give you any more confidence that he could possibly go

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Speaker 1: out there and put up a good match. I think so.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think he. I think he's playing his

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Speaker 1: best football now, you know he had of this season.

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Speaker 1: Of course, I'd haven't studied all of this tape of

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati but like or any of it. But I think

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Speaker 1: that he now not even a play. I did see

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Speaker 1: a play the other day though, that he caught a

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Speaker 1: touchdown pass like on a fake fake pass throw back

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Speaker 1: to him. Really he kind of like Randy Moss somebody

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Speaker 1: I don't know when that was in his career. Through

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Speaker 1: it it was like the running back. It was like

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Speaker 1: a trick play and he threw it back to Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton and he kind of called over his nice play.

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Speaker 1: But the interception was kind of bothersome to me the

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Speaker 1: other day, you know, and he was having a great

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Speaker 1: game and then it was like unnecessary that forced it

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Speaker 1: like that. Well, he I think he had the throw

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Speaker 1: he said to throw it a little bit farther. Seed

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Speaker 1: was out there. I think he could have made a play.

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Speaker 1: But but I mean that that was really the only hiccup.

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Speaker 1: He had a really nice game. You know, it could

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Speaker 1: have been he could have maybe flirted with a perfect game.

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Speaker 1: If you think about if the tight end rolls out

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Speaker 1: for a pass there and they give it to him

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Speaker 1: instead of a you know, third down, you know, he

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Speaker 1: could score a touchdown there. He can take away that interception.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're looking at four touchdowns and no picks.

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Speaker 1: You know, if they don't interfere CD at the end

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Speaker 1: of the game, I mean that that might be in

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Speaker 1: a touchdown too the way he had it. So, I

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Speaker 1: mean it was a really nice game. Kellen Moore took

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Speaker 1: responsibility for that hiccup on the third and goal. By

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Speaker 1: the way, we talked about that yesterday. He said that's

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Speaker 1: on me. It was a miscommunication and he didn't have

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Speaker 1: anybody to throw too. Yeah, so I know I thought

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Speaker 1: he was great. I think, um, you know, his his

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Speaker 1: deep ball is yeah, I think Derek said yesterday his

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Speaker 1: he had a had a couple throws to Gallop like

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Speaker 1: he had. He took a deep shot to Gallop where

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Speaker 1: he didn't really even give him a chance down the sideline,

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Speaker 1: and then you know, if he puts a little more

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Speaker 1: air under the ball to CD that I think that's

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Speaker 1: a touchdown like he had. He had a couple steps

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Speaker 1: on his coverage. But I mean that's nitpicking in a

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Speaker 1: game where you know, you you put together that performance

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Speaker 1: and it's I almost it's almost unfair. I maybe because

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Speaker 1: Andy obviously has been asked to do way more than

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Speaker 1: most backup quarterbacks. Like just imagine imagine if Dad, like

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees last year, Imagine if Dak had broken his

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Speaker 1: thumb and they just needed Andy Dalton to hold the

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Speaker 1: line for a month done that. You know what, what

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Speaker 1: what is what's his starting record right now? Like four

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Speaker 1: and four? I think four? So if I mean if

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Speaker 1: Andy had gone two and two or three and one

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Speaker 1: as the back, as the backup in place of Dak,

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Speaker 1: it would have been amazing and we'd probably be sitting

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Speaker 1: here arguing about whether he should be the starter because

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00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,959
Speaker 1: that's the nature of the NFL. So it's really only

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Speaker 1: the sample size that has has screwed him over. I

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Speaker 1: think he's been phenomenal for most of the opportunity that

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Speaker 1: he's gotten. Yeah, and that brings up an interesting point.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a bit bit of a dilemma here

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Speaker 1: for Dallas from the standpoint that you know, everything we've

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Speaker 1: heard suggests that Dak is on schedule. He'll be back,

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Speaker 1: he'll be better than ever. But the fact is, until

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Speaker 1: you see him back out there and you see him

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Speaker 1: actually performing in the way that he normally performs, Dallas

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Speaker 1: has an interesting dilemma here because you know, you would

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Speaker 1: think Andy Dalton, with what he's done in these games,

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Speaker 1: particularly in this last game, and whatever he does in

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Speaker 1: this game upcoming, he may be positioning himself and probably

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Speaker 1: already has positioned himself to where some team out there

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Speaker 1: would be happy to make him their starting quarterback. Question becomes,

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Speaker 1: does Dallas say, hey, we really want to keep We

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Speaker 1: think it's important to keep him because we don't like

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Speaker 1: there still is that small percentage chance that Dak's not

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Speaker 1: quite ready. And as Dave was saying, if I need

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Speaker 1: him for the first four weeks of the season, while

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Speaker 1: I'm still getting Dak ready, I feel pretty good that

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Speaker 1: we can still get off to a pretty good start

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Speaker 1: with Andy Dalton. But financially, can you even afford to

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Speaker 1: like you would think, okay, money whipping and get him

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Speaker 1: to stay here as your backup. You can't do that.

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Speaker 1: You have Dak that you're gonna have to try to

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Speaker 1: pay or give a franchise tag too. Like there's a

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of issues right now that quarterback position

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Speaker 1: and trying to figure out how you navigate all that

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Speaker 1: in this offseason, where, by the way, at the best

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Speaker 1: case scenario your cap stays the same, it's probably gonna

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Speaker 1: go down. So there is a lot to think about there,

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Speaker 1: and and Andy Dalton playing well is only complicating that

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Speaker 1: even more. Yeah, yeah, I think you know you can't.

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Speaker 1: You can't really have fifty million dollars committed to your

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Speaker 1: quarterback room, which would it would be in the neighborhood

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Speaker 1: of that, you know, even and I think you're right.

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Speaker 1: I think he could be you know, he could go

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Speaker 1: to another team. There'd be a team that would probably

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Speaker 1: love to have him, you know, especially a team that

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Speaker 1: drafts a quarterback high. You know, and then the Bridge

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Speaker 1: player made a great player for that. He wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: bad in Washington either, you know, if you think about it,

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Speaker 1: that would be a good Can I look into my

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Speaker 1: go ahead? Can I look into my crystal ball? Here?

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Speaker 1: Go for it? Because I just I can see how

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Speaker 1: see how this I just I can see it. I

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Speaker 1: it doesn't even look like I'm holding one right, Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton has played well enough. Nick, You're exactly right. Like

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Speaker 1: a Chicago Bears or a Jacksonville Jaguars, like they're gonna

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Speaker 1: pay him, not like they're not gonna break the bank,

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Speaker 1: but they're gonna pay him three years, fifty million or

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Speaker 1: something like that to go compete for the starting job

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Speaker 1: slash start until the rookie is ready. Like that. I

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Speaker 1: just feel like that's gonna happen, and we are going

838
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Speaker 1: to spend the offseason talking about how great Garrett Gilbert

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Speaker 1: played against Pittsburgh and that is why the Cowboys have

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Speaker 1: faith that he can be their backup quarterback. That's my prediction.

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Speaker 1: That's what I say. Seems I'm looking into your crystal ball. Say, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I see the same thing. Like you say, the Bears.

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Speaker 1: Who the who the Bears drafting? He can oh, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. The Bears had good no good point. The

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Speaker 1: Bears might go to the playoffs, so who knows. But

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Speaker 1: but you're saying somebody who drafts one of those top teams,

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Speaker 1: those top quarterbacks. Yeah, yeah, you get like Fitzpatrick every year, Yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: every every year there's a team that Yeah, there's always

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Speaker 1: a team that's like, well, we're not gonna splash cash

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Speaker 1: for like a true franchise quarterback, but we need to

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Speaker 1: we need to pay a veteran who can come in

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Speaker 1: here and start if we need to do it. Was

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Speaker 1: Nick Voles did it in Jacksonville, Mike Glennon did it

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Speaker 1: in Chicago a few years ago. It happens all the time,

855
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: and he feels so bad for that guy too, Like

856
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor, You're like, man, you've done everything right and

857
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 1: then that's just a bad situation right right with the Chargers. Yeah, yeah,

858
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying, you know, it happens, and you

859
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: feel for that. But I don't know, I think he

860
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 1: could maybe maybe beat the guy on another team, you know,

861
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: a team that's you know, that just needs a good

862
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 1: quarter And that's why I think Washington, you know, I

863
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 1: know they have Alex Smith, but I think Andy Dalton

864
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 1: could be better than him. Yea, And yeah, I don't know.

865
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: I hate I don't really want to face him twice,

866
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying that I think that could be

867
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: a good scenario. Okay, maybe we have time for one

868
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: last question before we have to end the show real quick, Dave,

869
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: you talked about some of the progress we've seen in

870
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:18,399
Speaker 1: the final weeks of the season, especially in the secondary

871
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 1: and the Dallas defense. My question for you guys, has

872
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: anyone done enough to make you change your opinion about

873
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: them based on what you thought about them throughout the

874
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 1: season beginning middle of the season to where they are

875
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:38,240
Speaker 1: currently now? Does anyone come to mind Jordan Lewis. Jordan Lewis,

876
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: for me, I didn't want to resign him, but now

877
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: now I'll resign him. That's a good one. I like

878
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 1: him in his role. I think he just needs confidence.

879
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,720
Speaker 1: I think he needs to needs people that a team

880
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: that says, man, you're our guy. You're not for everybody.

881
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 1: You're not maybe in every down outside corner, but you've

882
00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: got a niche, You've got a role. He's got a

883
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: good attitude really through it all. And I think he's

884
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: a good, good player to have on your team. I

885
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: know from a media standpoint, he's a great player to

886
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: have for us, But I mean that's not the point.

887
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: If it was, then Joe Looney would be the team captain.

888
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: But um, but I just think I think Jordan Lewis

889
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 1: is a guy that I've changed my opinion on whether

890
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: or not he would come back or not. In my opinion,

891
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 1: I think the easy answer here is Dalton Schultz because

892
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: I was so, oh, did you said just say defense? No?

893
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: Just okay, okay, okay, yeah. No, I think the easy

894
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 1: answer is Dalton Schultz. Yeah. But but I will say

895
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: I would actually opt to say Terrence Still because I

896
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: don't think Terren Still has been as good as like

897
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,880
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz. Like Dalton Schultz has been very clearly a

898
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 1: like opposite of what we thought of him. He's been

899
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,319
Speaker 1: that right. Terren Still is not that good. But I

900
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 1: think from what I thought of him early this season,

901
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,400
Speaker 1: I thought he was I didn't understand why he was

902
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 1: even on the team. Now what I think of him

903
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: is he is a serviceable backup type player and and

904
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,080
Speaker 1: by the way, he's a service vistable backup player who

905
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,920
Speaker 1: is a young player that still has the opportunity to

906
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,000
Speaker 1: a sin to get better. So I have a whole

907
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: different opinion of him. I want to see how he develops.

908
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 1: Can you turn into a guy that may be good

909
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,399
Speaker 1: enough to be a swing tackle, and if you can

910
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: get that guy and pay him early, and you can't

911
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:18,320
Speaker 1: create some opportunities where he becomes you know, a pretty

912
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,439
Speaker 1: good player maybe later in his career. Maybe a guy

913
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: that can kind of get on the cusp of you know,

914
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: a guy that can start play some good I remember

915
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 1: what was the guy's name, Purnell that played tackle for

916
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,840
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, went on to get Jeremy Parnell, went on

917
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 1: to get a went on to get a good contract

918
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,320
Speaker 1: with the Jaguars, a pretty nice contract with the Jaguars,

919
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: and played for them for several years. Maybe he has

920
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: that kind of trajectory where he can grow into that

921
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: kind of player. I just want to keep an eye

922
00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: on him because he showed me a little bit here

923
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 1: in the second half of the season. I like all

924
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: of those answers. I will throw in Antoine Woods just

925
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if I learned anything new

926
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 1: about him, but going into the season, it's like, yeah,

927
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:02,799
Speaker 1: he's a rotational member defensive line. He's he's an undrafted guy,

928
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: like you know, he's Rod Marinelli was in love with him.

929
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's like the most amazing player

930
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: in the world. I still, you know, I'm not saying

931
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,359
Speaker 1: he's Aaron Donald. But the run defense got a lot

932
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: better when he started playing more snaps after don Terry

933
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: Po left. He I mean, the guy plays with an edge.

934
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: You can tell it matters to him. The thing with

935
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,799
Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster, like that matters like he like he

936
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: gives a damn about like repping the star and all

937
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: of that intangible stuff that you look for. Um. I

938
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: think that's a good character guy to have on your

939
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 1: defense in addition to being a good player. And I

940
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: believe he's a restricted free agent, so you know, you're

941
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,399
Speaker 1: not talking about having to spend a lot of money

942
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,799
Speaker 1: to keep him around, So you know. I don't know

943
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 1: if I felt that way in August, but I do now.

944
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 1: I think we might have missed an obvious one too.

945
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 1: And Donovan Woods, I think I think Donovan Wilson, Sorry Donovan,

946
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,319
Speaker 1: I didn't think. I didn't. I don't know that my

947
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: opinion changed. A lot of you thought he would be

948
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: a starting safety, but I thought he was. I thought

949
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 1: he was a player that could be good. I just

950
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: thought he had an ad an opportunity. So now he's

951
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 1: got an opportunity. He showed us he can be pretty good.

952
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 1: I don't know that I thought, you know that the

953
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: upside was that he would be as good as he's been,

954
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 1: but I certainly didn't think of him as a player

955
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: who was not very good, which all these names we

956
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: just mentioned were guys that we all thought at some

957
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,000
Speaker 1: point we're not very good. Well, I'll also throw Xavier

958
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,759
Speaker 1: Woods into that group on the flip side, Okay, I

959
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 1: mean I thought he was a better player than he is.

960
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: I really did. I thought he would make a guy

961
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,239
Speaker 1: that would take the moment and make more plays, and

962
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: he didn't. I don't think he's made a playoffs. Are

963
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: we all kind of done on him? I think so.

964
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: He hasn't made a play all year. He really hasn't

965
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. He has not made a good positive play,

966
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: And I mean you need that out of him, You

967
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 1: need that out of your safety. I mean, I don't know,

968
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:44,160
Speaker 1: I just I mean, he goes into free agency, is

969
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,320
Speaker 1: I don't know. It wasn't a great no contract here, No,

970
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,480
Speaker 1: it really wasn't. And usually you see it the other

971
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:53,719
Speaker 1: way around. Ye. Well, I was trying to end on

972
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:59,360
Speaker 1: the show on a positive note, and you we flipped

973
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:05,479
Speaker 1: your positive question into a negative question. Yeah, thanks, thanks

974
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Speaker 1: for that, Nick, Derek, do you mind doing the honors

975
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: of closing the show? Sure? Well, thank you guys for

976
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Speaker 1: joining us. We'll be back tomorrow. We're gonna jump into

977
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Speaker 1: Cowboys versus Giants. We'll have Bucky Brooks on tomorrow. He'll

978
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 1: give us his breakdown of the Giants offense versus the

979
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Speaker 1: Cowboys defense. Still in for Nick Eatman, Dave helmt Ambergarcia.

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Speaker 1: Thank you Ember for so graciously hosting us today. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back tomorrow. This has been The Break live on

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