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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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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. Friday,

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Speaker 1: September eleventh, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, Episode number twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of The Break, Real life in

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Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Me and

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Speaker 1: Nick are actually in the studio for the first time

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Speaker 1: together in what maybe seven months, and we've got Amber

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Speaker 1: and Dave who are at their own locations undisclosed locations,

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Speaker 1: but we got a lot of stuff to talk about.

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Speaker 1: We can get you guys ready for Cowboys First Rams.

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Speaker 1: That happens this Sunday. And I don't know if everybody

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Speaker 1: else is excited, but I'm really excited after watching football

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Speaker 1: last night, live football, actual action games that meant something

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League. It was really really great.

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Speaker 1: You didn't watch hockey. It's boy of that to set up.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say, man, seriously, you gonna do that

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Speaker 1: to me, Like, you know, I can't. I've been banned

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Speaker 1: from talking about hockey. Yeah, no, I'm talking about the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And I know Dave he's got on this LSU hoodie.

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Speaker 1: I'm assuming he enjoyed that performance by his guy last night.

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Speaker 1: Nice performance by the by the Chiefs overall, but your

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Speaker 1: guy kind of showed out a little bit. I mean

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Speaker 1: we were we wear a college gear on Fridays during

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Speaker 1: the season anyway, which because there's no college games yet,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that has to change. But I mean

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Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Zilaire I said it when he got drafted.

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Speaker 1: It is gonna be the best fit of any first

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Speaker 1: round pick, even more so than Ceedee Lamb. And I'm

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Speaker 1: feeling good about it. I'm feeling good about it after

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Speaker 1: one week. Kind Of hard to mess it up when

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Speaker 1: you come in and become the starter in that offense. Like,

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Speaker 1: if you mess that up, you probably shouldn't be dropped

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Speaker 1: in the first round, right, But he's perfect for what

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Speaker 1: they're trying to do. I mean, do you remember that

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Speaker 1: play where the Chiefs just everybody just went forward and

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Speaker 1: nobody went misdirection? Because I don't think it happened like

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Speaker 1: every time there's someone going in motion and then they

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Speaker 1: go back the other way and it's this fake option here.

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Speaker 1: It's get your head spinning. I mean, but he fits

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Speaker 1: so you got misdirection and everybody can run. That's very

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Speaker 1: very tough. It looked good. It looked really good. Himmer,

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Speaker 1: are you doing today? Good? This is not typical Amber. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is not typical Amber. Let's jump in. We got

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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff we want to hit today. I

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Speaker 1: first want to start, Um, there was a little bit

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Speaker 1: of news that broke this morning, not a big deal,

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Speaker 1: the terms. I'd rather Dave do that, because Dave actually

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Speaker 1: wrote the story. But I know what overall, what it

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Speaker 1: means is that they're just trying to clear up some money,

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Speaker 1: not so much for this year, no, not for a

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Speaker 1: I think the big thing is good Dave, Oh good day. No,

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Speaker 1: regardless of what happens with the long term contract. Let's

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Speaker 1: not talking to you specifically, Amber, but I've gotten a

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Speaker 1: that he's just as great as he's always been, but

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Speaker 1: he's been consistent. He was consistent all throughout training camp

429
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Speaker 1: and the fact that we know the struggles that the

430
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Speaker 1: offensive line has been going through during this time with

431
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Speaker 1: injuries and all that, and given the fact that he

432
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Speaker 1: dealt with his own injuries last year this year so far,

433
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Speaker 1: he was all there doing what he needed to do

434
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Speaker 1: and at a level that we've all gotten used to

435
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Speaker 1: see him from him. So that would be a guy

436
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Speaker 1: that I would pick Dave. I mean, let's be clear. Yeah,

437
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Speaker 1: Zach Martin, you know, Tyrn Smith when he was practicing,

438
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Speaker 1: even Dak Prescott like, it's not fair because the wide

439
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,679
Speaker 1: receiver position is so skewed to jump out at you.

440
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Speaker 1: We all know that. But the answer ceedee lamb. He

441
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Speaker 1: just he showed up and he bawled the hell out.

442
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Speaker 1: There are a lot of expectations on him. There's a

443
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Speaker 1: lot of hype about how good he could be, and

444
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,840
Speaker 1: he delivered on it. He did something amazing basically every

445
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Speaker 1: day except for the day that they gave him a

446
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Speaker 1: veteran's day off as a rookie, and I think that

447
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Speaker 1: says a lot about just how good he was. He

448
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 1: was consistently awesome all through camp. All right, let's move

449
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Speaker 1: on best defensive player, Ambu. Let's start with you best

450
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Speaker 1: defensive player. Um, I don't want to say this, but

451
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Speaker 1: I need to take stop being prideful or whatever. I'm

452
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Speaker 1: just to me. I have to mention Jalen Smith because

453
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Speaker 1: how to admit, he did have a really really good

454
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Speaker 1: training camp. He did surprise me in everything that he

455
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Speaker 1: was doing. He was very active. He looked like every

456
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Speaker 1: move had a purpose. He was uh just everywhere you looked,

457
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 1: he was all over the field. He was getting to

458
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Speaker 1: the quarterback in certain locations depending how they were utilizing him.

459
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Speaker 1: So I think he was a guy that definitely was

460
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Speaker 1: consistent all throughout camp and stood out to me, Dave,

461
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Speaker 1: I think that's the right answer. Age, And you know

462
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Speaker 1: we're not We're not here to hate on Jalen Smith.

463
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: Like he deserved criticism last year, that's fine. He deserves

464
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Speaker 1: a lot of praise for what he looked like in camp. Um,

465
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Speaker 1: I think that's the right answer. But since you already

466
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Speaker 1: said it, I'd probably say to Marcus Lawrence, Um, it's

467
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Speaker 1: not really fair because he was going against backups all month,

468
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Speaker 1: but he looked awesome. Nick, Yeah, those the those are

469
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 1: the right answers. And because of you know, going up

470
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Speaker 1: against the offensive tackles that you know that weren't weren't

471
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Speaker 1: top notch, I would I would say Jalen Smith would

472
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Speaker 1: be my answer over to Marcus Lawrence. But but yeah,

473
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Speaker 1: I mean he looks good and they've said it best.

474
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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he had some moments there that

475
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Speaker 1: the moments he had were in past care rich and

476
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Speaker 1: that's what I think. He looks really good. At right

477
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Speaker 1: now is being able to run with these tight ends,

478
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,800
Speaker 1: and so I think I think he's you know, he's

479
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: looked the part right now. We'll see what happens when

480
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Speaker 1: the lights come on. But um, I think you know,

481
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 1: he tweeted out yesterday right or he posted something he's ready. Yeah,

482
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of shocking that none of you guys

483
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Speaker 1: went with Alden Smith because that's who I would have

484
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Speaker 1: I would have thrown out there as a guy. But yeah,

485
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: maybe you'll use him on this next next category, who's

486
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Speaker 1: the best newcomer that's not a rookie? Nicholas start with

487
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Speaker 1: you the best newcomer? Yeah, yeah, I mean I like

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Speaker 1: that one. I like, Um, I mean because we haven't

489
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Speaker 1: seen Dan Tarpod just yet, and I'll say Alden Smith

490
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Speaker 1: because I haven't seen Everson Griffin really dominate to that point.

491
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Speaker 1: But every day Alden Smith was doing something. So yeah,

492
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 1: I'll say Alden Smith. I got him as the comeback

493
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: player of the Year in the NFL, so he better

494
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Speaker 1: be Oh wow, Dave, it's definitely Alden. I mean, he

495
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 1: had a great camp, he looked really impressive, and he

496
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,640
Speaker 1: got to go against Tyron a lot more than Tank

497
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: got to go against Lyell, so he had some success

498
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: against starters as well. But honestly, if you look around

499
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,399
Speaker 1: like there aren't a lot of other great answers. I mean, haha,

500
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: didn't even make the team. Daryl McCoy got hurt on

501
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,400
Speaker 1: the first day of practice. Dantari posa nose tackle, so

502
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: I thought he had a really good camp. But Alden

503
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 1: kind of wins by the fault. You're starting, right, there's

504
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 1: an answer. You don't want to throw him in there,

505
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: there's an answer. Let's see, no good, there's another answer

506
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: out there. I'll see what She's all right? Who you got?

507
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: See what? Ag says? Uh? I mean, that was the

508
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,640
Speaker 1: guy I was thinking of right off the bat. But

509
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Speaker 1: one guy that I thought of at the beginning of

510
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Speaker 1: camp was Andy Dalton, just because I'm not used to

511
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Speaker 1: seeing the Cowboys have a backup quarterback that is actually

512
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 1: performing good. You know, he wasn't perfect by any means,

513
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,160
Speaker 1: but at the same time, it was someone that gave

514
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Speaker 1: me come for to see to say, like, Okay, if

515
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: for whatever reason Dak goes down, I feel comfortable and

516
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 1: confident enough that the offense will be okay with this

517
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 1: backup and we'll be able to get the job done,

518
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: which is opposed to previous years where I never felt

519
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: comfortable enough to say that. That's a great answer. Yeah,

520
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 1: it is a great answer. Well, I just thought, thank

521
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Speaker 1: you Gran for once. Greg Zerline is a guy, I mean,

522
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 1: all right, really good y'all. Y'all are better than y'all

523
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 1: are better than me. I'm thinking like offensive and defensive starters, y'all,

524
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: those are both great Ansa and Dalton. Yeah, so yeah,

525
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,640
Speaker 1: their line has been money. I mean he's been so good,

526
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 1: really really good. You just hope you can carry that

527
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: into sea. But nothing will matter if you shake that

528
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: first extra point off the post. And god, this guy

529
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Speaker 1: all right, So give me your best rookie. Let's start

530
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Speaker 1: with you, Amber, best rookie you during camp? Should I should?

531
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Speaker 1: I make even and say, let's not throw CD out

532
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: of it and give me your best room now to

533
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 1: take the first two out. No, I think you gotta

534
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: put him in there too, because well you're kind of right. Yeah,

535
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 1: has anybody been better than Trayvon? If you don't, yeah,

536
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: I mean Diggs is right there, right there, So let's

537
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,959
Speaker 1: take those two out. Okay, give me your best rookie.

538
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: I know yours is Nick, but we're gonna go with

539
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: them first. Oh yeah, Bernard Francis, who didn't make the team. No,

540
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Speaker 1: I mean out of those three guys, honestly, I don't

541
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Speaker 1: know who else stood out to me that those are

542
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: the three main guys that right off the bat, they've

543
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: been able to catch your attention, so honestly, and I'm

544
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,959
Speaker 1: trying to think, I'm like, well, who else is a rookie?

545
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: Rico has three guys? Ricco was pretty good. He made

546
00:28:53,760 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 1: the team. That'sh Why are we hayting? Why are we

547
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: hating on my guy? Bradley and I that's he had

548
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: a good camp out well, but was has he been

549
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: like fully consistent? Though? I guess I'm seeing him more

550
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: as a guy that all throughout camp completely stood out,

551
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Speaker 1: I would say, I mean all, I feel like most

552
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 1: of the rookies, except for like CD, kind of started slow,

553
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: and I think that was by design. I said it

554
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: at the time, like it really seemed like the coaches

555
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: limited their snaps to kind of ease him in in

556
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: the first week or so. But once and I got involved,

557
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 1: he was pretty consistently disruptive. And obviously you know you're

558
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: talking about the second and third strings. I don't know

559
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 1: how many opportunities he had to go against starters, but

560
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: he was pretty consistently popping out there, uh you know,

561
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: getting sacks, getting multiple sacks and practices. I think I

562
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: charted him with three during the scrimmage that nobody actually

563
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: got to watch. So yeah, I thought, I mean, for

564
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: the most part, Bradley and I was consistently impressive. In

565
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Speaker 1: my book, I think the thing to remember here too

566
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Speaker 1: is that with these rookies, like the first time they

567
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568
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Speaker 1: as I know, was that training camp. So you know,

569
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Speaker 1: they had no offseason to be able to come in

570
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Speaker 1: and start figuring stuff out, start doing some small season work,

571
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: like they literally showed up for training camp. And so

572
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Speaker 1: the fact that that you had rookies that maybe weren't

573
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Speaker 1: as consistent throughout training camp, to me, I'm I'm just

574
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Speaker 1: happy to see that by the end of camp they

575
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Speaker 1: were doing things right. And I think by the end

576
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Speaker 1: of camp you had several rookies that I thought at

577
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Speaker 1: least made me think, hey, I saw some flashes. So

578
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Speaker 1: they may have a little something, and you give them

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Speaker 1: a little bit of time, I think they may be

580
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Speaker 1: pretty good. Let's go ahead and take our first, our

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Speaker 1: you guys is what is the best offensive position? And

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Speaker 1: this is the area where I want you to kind

630
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Speaker 1: Knowing what you know about this team, knowing about what

632
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Speaker 1: you know about the different players and what you saw

633
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Speaker 1: on training camp, what do you think is the best

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Speaker 1: offensive position that the Cowboys have as far as the

635
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Speaker 1: starters are, depth the whole nine. Let's start first with you, Dave.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I think we all know about

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Speaker 1: the receivers. That's fair, but okay, I I think I'm

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Speaker 1: cheating a little bit. But like in a vacuum, in

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Speaker 1: a perfect world, it's probably offensive tackle. You got a

640
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: probable or possible Hall of Famer and Tyron Smith. You

641
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: got Lyle Collins, who's one of the three or four

642
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: best right tackles in the game. Camera Maybe he's not amazing,

643
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: but he's got a lot of experience to be your

644
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: third tackle. And then I really like Brandon Knight. I mean,

645
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: that's four pretty quality tackles. Obviously, the problem is the

646
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 1: reality that Lyle's not currently healthy and Tyrn has a

647
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: lengthy injury history, so it's not as good as it

648
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:22,359
Speaker 1: could be. But when everything's right, probably tackle Nick. I'll

649
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: say running back actually, and yeah, I know they have

650
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: some a lot of good players at receiver, but you know,

651
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: I think they have arguably the best running back in

652
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: the NFL for what the Caboys were trying to do

653
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: in a perfect compliment to him and Tony Pollard. So

654
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: I would say running back is the best position that

655
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: they have. Hamber I was gonna say running back as well,

656
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 1: but I guess I'll just go with quarters. I mean,

657
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: we're basically naming the whole offense. Now we talk about

658
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, running backs, I'll mention quarterbacks. So now

659
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 1: Dave talked about the old line if they're healthy, So

660
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: when you look at it, I mean, that's that's pretty all.

661
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: I mean. The quarterback position has never been better than

662
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: it is right now. Right Well, I guess you could

663
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: say when Troy Aikman was, you know, was really good.

664
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: I mean, but Dak is, But when when that was

665
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: the case, though, I don't know that his backup was

666
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: as proven as Andy Dalkway, as Wilson or yeah, I mean, yeah,

667
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,959
Speaker 1: it's I mean, you just look at this quarterback position. Actually, Amber,

668
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: I agree with you. And by the way, guys, it's

669
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: okay to agree. It's okay to you. Guys have the

670
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: same answer if you think that's really the answer. But

671
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: I'll say this, I agree with you Amber on the

672
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: quarterback because I think, especially in a year like this

673
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: one where at any moment, COVID can shut down a player, right,

674
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 1: I think that in a year like this, having a

675
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: position like quarterback that's as strong as this one is,

676
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: I don't know that I can look at any other

677
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: team in the NFL and say, have a better quarterback

678
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: situation than the Cowboys right now. And in a situation

679
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 1: like that this year, particularly with COVID, I think that

680
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 1: that's a that is a huge advantage for the Cowboys

681
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys have a situation where heaven forbid, Dad

682
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: comes up positive for COVID. I don't think anybody feels

683
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: like you're walking into that game and can't win. Most

684
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: teams they lose their starting quarterback for a week due

685
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: to COVID. They're probably gonna feel like it's gonna be

686
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: a tough, uphill battle for us to get a win.

687
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 1: That is a huge advantage this season. So I think

688
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: I think they're they're very, very strong there, but I

689
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: think even more this year it's a it's a pronounced

690
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: strength for this team. Because of that, I'm wading into

691
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: waters that I don't fully understand. Would I mean, like

692
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: the late seventies when they had Stabak and White were

693
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: probably better than this, Right, Yeah, maybe because you had somebody.

694
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: What I will say though, is at that time White

695
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: hadn't proven anything yet though he was a young player

696
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,879
Speaker 1: that hadn't played very much. Yeah, but you're talking about

697
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks that are proven, like they've done it in

698
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: the NFL. Right, right was a Hall of Famer and

699
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: actually when he retired, this is how weird the game

700
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: is when he retired, he had the all time record

701
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: and for highest quarterback rating, it was like eighty three

702
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: point one. He retired as the highest now is to

703
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: fire Yes, absolutely absolutely, but no and not get your point,

704
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,439
Speaker 1: But I just don't think at that point Ginny White

705
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: hadn't had a chance to prove himself, so it was

706
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: kind of an unknown at that point. That's what I'm saying.

707
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: I was just trying to give a shout out to

708
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: any of our older fans because I'm you know, they

709
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: had good quarterback Depp at one point I was I

710
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: was not alive, but I just wanted to throw that

711
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: out there. All right, let's jump to the next thing.

712
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: Best defensive position. Let's start with you Amber, best defensive position. Um.

713
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 1: I mean, we could talk about the defensive line, but

714
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,919
Speaker 1: one position that I thought was really good was linebackers,

715
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,320
Speaker 1: just because of what I saw at camp. Initially, I

716
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: was feeling really really good looking at Jalen Smith, looking

717
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: at Layton vander esh, I really had my doubts on

718
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: Layton and in the whole neck injury, I don't know.

719
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: He doesn't want to talk about it anymore. He says

720
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 1: he feels perfectly fine, and he was moving around fell

721
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: we find during training camp, but um, I don't know

722
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,240
Speaker 1: how that's gonna go into the season once you start

723
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 1: actually hitting people. But in just all in all, I

724
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 1: think that the linebacker position from what I saw a

725
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: training camp was really good. All right, cornerback, No, I'm

726
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: just kidding in a way. No, No, definitely not pass rusher.

727
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if it's an out, if

728
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: it's a linebacker or a defensive end. I'm not really

729
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: sure how they're you know, gonna list them. But the

730
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: pass rushers I think are the best, uh on and

731
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: it's gonna get better if it when Randy Gregory comes back.

732
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: But but I think from Griffin d law Alden Smith.

733
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: You know you got Dorian's armstrong in this third year.

734
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: Hopefully he can he can step in there and I

735
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: and then you also now with Randy Gregor, I think

736
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: that's their their best position. But they're good enough to

737
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: make the safety position better. They have Yeah, they have

738
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback two seconds go. All right,

739
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 1: good Dave? Those are those are the right answers, either

740
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 1: one of those. But I leaned toward the pass rusher. Yeah,

741
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: I mean you got two all pros and Smith and

742
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: Tank and a four time Pro bowler and Griffin hopefully

743
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,280
Speaker 1: adding Randy Gregory to the mix. You know, Tyrone Crawford

744
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: is better than he gets credit for. Yeah, they're pretty nice,

745
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: all right, next question. By the end of last season,

746
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw out a couple of different areas where

747
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: I thought they were concerned for the Cowboys. I want

748
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 1: you guys to tell me which one you thought was

749
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: the biggest and how well they've addressed it this offseason.

750
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm gonna give you a few,

751
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 1: but you feel free to throw in another if you

752
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 1: think that there's another right answer here. The first one,

753
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: I'll say is the secondary and then giving up big

754
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 1: plays and not getting enough turnovers. The second would be

755
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 1: special teams and the challenges that they had there. The

756
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: third would be the offense kind of basically not showing

757
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,959
Speaker 1: up in games where they were playing good teams around

758
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: the NFL. So those are three I'm gonna throw to.

759
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: You feel free again throw out another one if you

760
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 1: think there's another big, glaring problem for the Cowboys last year,

761
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: and then tell me how you think they addressed I

762
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 1: can act like a fan that's listening right now, I'd

763
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: be like coaching in game decisions, feel free to throw

764
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: that in if you choose them. I mean, well, yea,

765
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: they addressed it. Yeah, they addressed that, so they should

766
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: be better there. Uh those are good ones that you picked.

767
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: I'll say, um, what was the actual question though? Are

768
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 1: you saying which one is? Did they address the best? No?

769
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying which which of the three do you think

770
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: was a bigger problem? And then how well did they

771
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,360
Speaker 1: address it? This office special teams I thought was the

772
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 1: biggest problem. So I think they addressed it well by

773
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: getting you know, a veteran coach. Not only that, I

774
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 1: think I think McCarthy has a better feel for the

775
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: special teams and it puts a little bit more on it,

776
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,840
Speaker 1: emphasis on it. So Uh, the kicker the punter I

777
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 1: think are both healthy. They got a dynamic punt returner

778
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,959
Speaker 1: if they want to use them. They also have CD

779
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,840
Speaker 1: they can put back there too if they want. And

780
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: you know, I just think the special teams was addressed.

781
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 1: Amber Am I the only one like I feel like either?

782
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: I just completely forgot this. But when I heard Fassil,

783
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: how do you say his names? Fossil say? Talk about

784
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: Chris Jones and the fact that he was dealing with

785
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: a back injury or what was a back injury last year.

786
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 1: I like, to me, I felt like I've never heard

787
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: that before or is it just me? No, it's been mentioned,

788
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: but it's it's definitely not a widely talked about storyline.

789
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 1: He played through, definitely played through some things. Yeah, So,

790
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: I mean that was just surprising, But I think that

791
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 1: the main one would be, Yeah, special teams overall, and

792
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: another thing that it's hard to again look at it

793
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: at training camp, but the whole red zone issue that

794
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: was a big deal last year as well. Based on

795
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: what they did at training camp, it seemed like they

796
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: were able to get in the end zone better. But

797
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,879
Speaker 1: again that's just training camp practices. We don't know how

798
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: how that's gonna go down in an actual real game. Dave,

799
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: I think, which I mean, I've spent a lot of

800
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: this week saying that I'm concerned by the secondary, which

801
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: I don't think it has. They did what they could,

802
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: but I mean, I don't think it's better than it

803
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,719
Speaker 1: was last year. Derek. You and I you know, we

804
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: can have like a handshake bet about that. But I

805
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: think one of the things that concerns me is like

806
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: when a lot of times when the offense didn't show

807
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: up last year, and I don't know, I don't want

808
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 1: to make excuses for him, but like injuries and not

809
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 1: having guys available, it's a big part of that. I mean,

810
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: you know, Cooper played three snaps against the Jets. He

811
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: sat out, he sat I'm drawn a blank. He sat

812
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: out of another game. Michael Gallup missed some time. Obviously,

813
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: both of your starting tackles missed some time. And I

814
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: think they did again. I think they did what they could.

815
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: They drafted Ceedee Lamb, they brought in Andy Dalton in

816
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: the event that Dak gets hurt like he did at

817
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 1: the end of the season. But I guess I'm not

818
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: you know, the fact that Lyell's already on IR just

819
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: doesn't make you feel great that you're going to have

820
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: a perfect season of availability. So I'm a little bit

821
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: concerned about how they might weather some of those storms.

822
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: Guys think that I don't know if we have even

823
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 1: asked this, but do you think that if Andy Dalton

824
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: was the backup quarterback last year, that he plays the

825
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: Eagles game. That's a good question. I don't think I

826
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,439
Speaker 1: really don't. I don't think that. I think they would

827
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,879
Speaker 1: try to get Dack to play. Not only do would

828
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 1: they try to get Dak. I think he would be

829
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 1: a situation. And I think most teams do this. They

830
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: defer to the guy to some degree, like if you

831
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: can play, which we saw he could play. I think

832
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: they would have deferred to him and said he can play,

833
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,839
Speaker 1: and if he wants to play and can play, we'll

834
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,399
Speaker 1: let him play. Now, if we get into the game

835
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: and we feel like he's not effective, maybe you pull him.

836
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: But I think they would have let him go for it. Yeah,

837
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,320
Speaker 1: I don't know. Do you all remember how many times

838
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 1: he threw in practice that week? Yes? Zero? Do you

839
00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: remember how many time big old doughnut? But I mean

840
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 1: he's big old zero. I don't. I mean, And yeah,

841
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 1: you defer to the guy, and the guys always going

842
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: to try to play, but like if you're not throwing

843
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: by Friday, you're not gonna you're not ready to be useful.

844
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: And they went with it. They went with it last

845
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: year because they had Cooper Rush. But if Andy Dalton

846
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 1: had been here last year, I think they would have

847
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 1: been like, no, it's like when you sometimes you have

848
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,400
Speaker 1: to take the ball away from the pitcher that no

849
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 1: man that night? Was that donut? Was that how many

850
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Speaker 1: passes he threw? Or is that how many playoff wins

851
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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton has. I'm saying, okay, well because because of that,

852
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Speaker 1: I don't care about that. He got him to the

853
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Speaker 1: playoffs five times, so clearly he's capable of winning games

854
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Speaker 1: in December, not not January. I'm just saying, you're moving

855
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Speaker 1: the goalposts. Who cares? Well, I'm just saying that we

856
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Speaker 1: want to clutch quarterback you want to play, And I'm

857
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Speaker 1: saying I'm not saying Dak has proven that he could

858
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Speaker 1: be clutched. But I mean, Andy Dalton is a great

859
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: backup quarterback to have, but he's not a guy that

860
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: you want to start. Nobody wanted him to start for

861
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 1: their team, but I think we have to just say

862
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Speaker 1: what it is. He's a good backup. Everyone was so

863
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: happy to have him as a backup. But if he

864
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Speaker 1: has to be a starter, who's gonna be real excited

865
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 1: about it. How do you know nobody wanted him as

866
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,320
Speaker 1: a starter. I think he I mean, it might not

867
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: have been a good team, but I think he had

868
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 1: offers at playing time that he turned down because of

869
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: the circumstances. I mean, but what but starter for what

870
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,840
Speaker 1: starter to groom this kid? You just drafted that he

871
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 1: can take your spot. I mean, well yeah, And that's

872
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Speaker 1: that's my point is he was like, no, I don't

873
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,760
Speaker 1: I don't want to go play in Miami. That sounds

874
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 1: like a disaster. I'd rather back up Dak Prescott. But

875
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Speaker 1: I the guy, Like, I mean, I know they never

876
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Speaker 1: won a playoff game, but like, let's not act like

877
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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton's not a three time pro bowler who helped

878
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: the Bengals win nine, ten eleven games on several occasions. Yeah,

879
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: like that, that's a thing that happened. I think the

880
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: thing is, And I kind of get your point, Nick,

881
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: I think the thing is, at the end of the day,

882
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,800
Speaker 1: decks it was a better quarterback in my opinion, and

883
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 1: you're still gonna try to especially going into a playoff game,

884
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: You're gonna try to go with the guy you think

885
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: gives you the best chance to win. Now, that would

886
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 1: have been a decision if they would have said no, no,

887
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:11,800
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. That would have been a decision

888
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: whether they thought by Sunday, because I don't think the

889
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: decision would have been made on Friday. By If by

890
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Speaker 1: Sunday they felt like he can't throw the ball accurately,

891
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: he can't do the things he has to do as

892
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,399
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback, then I think they would have felt

893
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: much better about sitting him than they would have if

894
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,839
Speaker 1: they had Cooper rush behind him. But if they felt

895
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,279
Speaker 1: like he could throw the ball, they felt like he

896
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 1: could play the position, they felt like he was healthy

897
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,320
Speaker 1: enough to play, I think they would have still opted

898
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: to go with him and it looked like he could

899
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: actually play by Sunday. If the answer is that they

900
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: would have played Andy Dalton, then shame on the Cowboys

901
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,720
Speaker 1: in that coaching staff are making Cooper rush the backup

902
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,800
Speaker 1: because that means he was never going to play. He

903
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 1: got all the stamps and he's not good enough to

904
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 1: play over a guy that was a bump shoulder. So

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Speaker 1: I mean that, you know, that's what I like about

906
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: this staff. Give your chance, you know, a chance to

907
00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: actually go and compete with get a backup in a

908
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:01,800
Speaker 1: pick him up, Let's see if he can be the backup,

909
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,640
Speaker 1: because you never know what's gonna happen, all right, real

910
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:07,399
Speaker 1: quick for you in the show, I think. But great day. Sorry,

911
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:10,800
Speaker 1: I just a dirty little secret. In the NFL is

912
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,840
Speaker 1: like a player's availability often hinges on how good the

913
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: guy behind him is. Like, you can get a guy

914
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 1: to play if the if the alternative is terrible, whereas

915
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: if the alternative is not terrible, you're like, ah, we

916
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,160
Speaker 1: can probably make this work anyway. I can kind of

917
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:27,840
Speaker 1: agree with that. All right, let's sake before you in

918
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 1: the show, I do want to get predictions. So we're

919
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: gonna go down the line. Everybody tell us who's gonna

920
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: win and what the final score will be. Twenty Dallas

921
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 1: and zero line hits the game winner. It's gonna be

922
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 1: a little, it's gonna be a little, gonna be sloppy

923
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,319
Speaker 1: at first. It's not gonna be great, and they're gonna

924
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: have some they're gonna be some rust issues there. And

925
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: don't throw the Chiefs out there, because the Chiefs won

926
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. They yeah, they have this thing rolland

927
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are gonna both teams are gonna

928
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 1: get off those slow starts. Zero line hits the game

929
00:47:54,520 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: winner twenty three twenty All right, Amber, alright, have you

930
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 1: checked on the weather? Why are you asking me? I'm

931
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: not the weather guy, Like I'm not the dude is

932
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: always looking at the weather. But it is a close stadium,

933
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: so doesn't matter. Talk about the only only in bat situations,

934
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: no weather in the stadium. Um, I think that. Shoot

935
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 1: every weekend, every weekend. Come say, I just they completely

936
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,240
Speaker 1: pulled me. The Cowboys pulled me. They got me believing

937
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,920
Speaker 1: this year once again. And I'm going for the Cowboys

938
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Speaker 1: to win this game, and they are gonna actually score

939
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 1: at least thirty points. They're gonna get in there and

940
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: gonna score points a lot more than what Nick said. Okay,

941
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Speaker 1: well i'd say, um, maybe it's something like twenty seven

942
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,720
Speaker 1: thirty or thirty twenty seven, whichever one goes first. Okay,

943
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: the Cowboys win. I know we've talked about this before,

944
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 1: but like I like, ag came to being a fan

945
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: so late in life that she's still sort of figuring

946
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: out what it means. Like she's like, this is this

947
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: is stupid? Why do they make me feel this way? Right,

948
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 1: and the rest of us are just like, yeah, like

949
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 1: that's that happens, Like it's all I've ever known my

950
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 1: entire life. Yeah, it sucks, it does. It does suck.

951
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 1: You're right, it's the best worst thing ever. Man, I

952
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:19,360
Speaker 1: feel like I have a good grasp on the Cowboys,

953
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: but how do we really know? And I know even

954
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: less about the Rams. I know I'm not afraid of

955
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,600
Speaker 1: Jared Goff. I'm very afraid of Aaron Donald, but not

956
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,719
Speaker 1: really anybody else on that front. Seven I do. I

957
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys will win, but yeah, sloppiness and the

958
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 1: Rams are better than we're probably expecting. I think it'll

959
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 1: be tight, but I'll say Cowboys twenty seven, Rams twenty three,

960
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 1: all right. I actually think this is going to be

961
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 1: a high scoring game. I think the Cowboys will do

962
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,319
Speaker 1: some things that we're not expecting, and but we will

963
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,719
Speaker 1: certainly see the high powered offense that we expect to see.

964
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,240
Speaker 1: There may be some some rustiness, but I think that'll

965
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: go away relatively quickly. I think the Rams actually will

966
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: be pretty good offensively. I think this Cowboys defense will

967
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 1: make some plays, but I think the Rams will still

968
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 1: score some points. I think I'll be a high scoring game.

969
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: I think it'll be a close game. I think the

970
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:17,400
Speaker 1: Cowboys end up pulling it out thirty one twenty eight

971
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: in what will be a really fun game to watch

972
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Speaker 1: on the first Sunday night football game of the season.

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Speaker 1: All right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We are

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Speaker 1: back on Monday. We're gonna tell you what went right

975
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: and what went wrong for the Cowboys. Make sure you

976
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Speaker 1: check out the game on Sunday seven, twenty pm Central

977
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Speaker 1: and Sunday Night Football. Until then for Nick Even, Dave

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Speaker 1: helm and Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This has

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Speaker 1: been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

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Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.