WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Pitt Predictions 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:06.840 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:17.800 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.639 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at the 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:27.600 Star in friscotowing to the Gold Live, the Saw Scots 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:34.000 back and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison, 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:39.400 Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's it's a Say It with 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:44.280 Your Chest Friday edition of Talking Cowboys. Every Friday and 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:48.400 nine fifteen, we continue to break down this matchup between 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.239 the Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers, week nine of the 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.120 NFL season, and we're gonna say it with our chest today. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.480 Bring your complaints, bring your questions, bring the fire in 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.640 the Paris go chat. We want to address it and 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:04.200 we want to get you ready. We've got predictions coming up. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:06.760 We're gonna talk about that secondary a little bit more. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:10.480 I've got some questions for Rob, Isaiah and Hecma and 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.600 also not to mention, we may even talk about the 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:16.679 quarterback battle and what we saw yesterday deering practice. But 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:19.560 we're gonna start things off by of course, saying it 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.319 with your chest. Isaiah dan Back our residence super Bowl 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.319 Champion We've got the great Rob Phillips in the building 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.880 as well, and heck Ma Harrison always I can't I 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.960 want to say sultry voice every single time. I can't 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:33.640 get away from it. But I'm not gonna say it. 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:35.800 I'm not gonna say it because you're better than what. 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:38.360 Say it with your chest, Say it with your chest. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.480 It's the sultry voice of heck Ma Harrison. Sorry, heck Mob. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.199 Rob told me too. So that's how we're gonna start 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:48.120 things off today. Glad you're with us, Glad you're with us, 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:52.080 and Rob. Let's let's dive into practice yesterday. What did 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.560 we see from the Cowboys perspective? And maybe some of 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.400 these injuries that were lingering earlier in the week, and 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:04.000 maybe some updates that we saw later on. Yeah, I 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.440 mean injury report, like we always say this year, if 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.400 you take away injured reserve, it looks pretty clean for 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:12.560 the Cowboys in week eight. Chris Jones is on it. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:17.040 He was set to have that core muscle surgery on Thursday, 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.720 so he's gonna be out for a while. They have 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.720 a new punter. How did we pronounce his name? Kyle 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:26.919 nice Wander. Nice Wander is how you say his name 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:32.000 Hunter Nice Wander. Hunter the Punter is in against the 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:35.520 Steelers this week, and the big ones obviously are Zeke 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:39.040 and Alden Smith, both limited the last two days in practice. 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:42.200 But I you know, Mike McCarthy kind of said yesterday 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.519 doesn't sound like anything serious, just trying to get those 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.680 guys both to the game. Wait a minute, we have 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.840 a punder name, last name Nice Wonder. Apparently, yes, he 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.520 wears number one. He wears number one. Heck, just like 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:56.200 Matt number Ier back in the day, number one Nice Wonder. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:01.600 This is twenty twenty and it's rat Hunter the Punter. 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.399 He said in an interview during his time at Northwestern 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.959 that his teammates would call him HTP for Hunter the Punter, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.200 and it kind of disappointed Nick Heaman upstairs because he 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.079 thought he kind of made it up. I think and 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.959 Nick did not make it up. Apparently it's been something 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:20.600 back to his time at his time at Northwestern. But Rob, 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.040 he's kind of a big guy. This isn't Chris Jones 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.280 back there punting the ball. He's a little bit of 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:30.480 a bigger character. And somebody out of the XFL. The 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.200 man is a He's a man of size, he's a 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:35.600 man of size at the hunter, at the hunter at 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.800 the punter position. So U no, wait a minute. You 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.320 know we saying to see how I go. Wait a minute, now, 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.280 hold on, guy. So we're saying a man of size 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:47.080 like heckma man of size or like Isaiah man a size. 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.560 Where are we going with this? Hey, we're the same size? 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.440 Hey what are you talking about? No? No, no, no, God, 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.920 God definitely made you differently than for me. So let's 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.480 be clear about that. Thank you. That so nice. But nah, 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.400 so come on, put that in context. So what we're 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:07.360 talking about. How about the time whenever I put on Isaiah, 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.200 I don't have his measurables memorized. The time I put 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.560 on Isaiah's jersey, they said I would look like a 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:15.760 retired punter. Well it might. You could take the retired 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.680 out of that. You could take the retired name out 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.280 of that, and it's kind of looks like that. I 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.919 don't think that's necessarily the case. He's definitely more trim 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.640 than I am. But he's a big guy. I mean, 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.880 he's and I'm interested to see if rob can find 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.720 his measurables because he's a lot bigger than I anticipated 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:33.400 and he had a one punt yesterday during the media 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.760 session that was pretty impressive. There were some that were 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.840 kind of duds. But I guess that's how we're gonna 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:42.560 start our saying with the chesch Fridays, talking about hunters, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.440 nice ones. Where we're at, talking where we're out in 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.840 the season, talking about the backup punter or how about that? 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:52.120 That's that's something to talking about punters. Isaiah, how are 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:56.320 you doing this Friday morning? I'm Fan Tabuloso. You know. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.080 I woke up this morning. So it was a great start. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:03.760 That's good. That's always good. This morning, I can't say it. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.919 I went, I went, and I coordinated some nice workouts 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.880 for individuals this morning at the gym. Okay, that's good. Nice? 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.640 Sure didn't nice? Okay, Okay, real quick, I gotta get 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.880 the measurables in there, thank you. He is a man 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.040 of size, dude, I didn't realize this. He's six four 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.320 two forty three. Oh my goshee. Okay, so he's bigger. 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.880 You can play quarterback like buy a lot. Wow, that's impressive. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.440 Bigger than me six four two forty three for our 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:31.640 backup hunter, mister nice wander. So with that being said, 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.880 Chris Jones having that abdominal injury, seems to be out 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.320 this week, and it'll be interesting to see how the 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:41.160 Cowboys utilize him. I guess is kind of the sad 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.640 way to put it, because the Cowboys having moved the 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:47.039 ball offensively over the last couple of weeks. And we 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:50.000 kind of talked about it a while back following the 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.799 Dak Prescott injury and the drop off from Dak Prescott 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.800 to Andy Dalton. But Isaiah, whenever we look at the 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:59.240 drop off from Andy Dalton too, I guess whoever's at 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.040 quarterback following Andy Dalton, whether it's been the Nuche, Garrett Gilbert, 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.320 or Cooper Rush. Did you really anticipate the drop off 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.279 being that much, because I mean we said it last 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:13.360 week it costs you a game against Philly. Yes, I 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.760 anticipated that. Now when we everybody, everybody in Twitter world, 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:18.919 in pariscript world, they all know I've stood up by 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.440 any Dalton. I did not expect there'd be a substantial 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.800 drop off between Deck and Andy, which was but the Andy, 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.400 which there was. Um, And I was wrong, I admit it. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:33.320 But Andy Dalton to whomever, Um, you know, it's just 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:36.680 it's substantial. I expected it to be that bad. You're 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.240 you're taking. You know, we took a ricky quarterback, a 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:43.400 rooky quarterback who had no preseason, who's had probably I 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.160 say maybe, if I had to guess, probably less than 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.000 twenty reps all and all from the time he's touched 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.719 touched foot at the Star UM to now in terms 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.560 of reps versus the first team defense UM. And that 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.039 was his first experience versus a coach that we knew 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.919 was going to be a jerk in terms of he 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:00.920 didn't even really bring a lot of sure, right, but 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:02.760 but we knew he was just gonna play mind games 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.000 with him. And you know, he didn't have a chance. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.080 He had zero chance. But we all knew that, right. 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:08.960 I mean, I know some people were trying to give 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:11.440 him all kinds of nicknames to make themselves feel better, 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.920 as if he's gonna coming a ball out. Everybody on here. 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:15.920 We all knew it was gonna be terrible. Um. We 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.400 try to keep them a route up as much as 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.760 possible sometimes, but sometimes the facts are facts, and you know, 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:21.440 we take that motion out of it. Ain't that right? Heck, 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:31.640 he started with me already, leave me alone. Oh man, 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.080 it's uh you talk about a drop off between where 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:40.120 we were the Nucci Uh Gucci Didnucci hey for he 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:44.640 went a big Gucci Ucci to Benjamin And it's true, Man, 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.440 we are we are there. Uh And no matter how 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.280 you look at it with these quarterbacks, I don't think 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.160 that the expectation is for these guys to go out 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:57.160 and have a four hundred plus game, uh, multiple touchdowns. 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.360 So I think we're all in a wait and see. 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:01.920 We don't know who's gonna start, do we. I still 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.440 we're still waiting to see what the I think the 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:07.520 over under we were all with rush and pretty much 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:11.480 putting that based off of his experience with Kellen Moore. 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.320 But man, the drop off is steep, especially when we're 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.280 talking about from my number one gude to where we 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.360 are right now. And so you know, we need so 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.600 many things that happen in this game for us to 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.200 have any success. And like like we had talked about 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:28.280 previous this week, the defense have to have a pick 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.240 and score, special teams has to score. We have to 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.320 have a whole lot of things go in our favor 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.560 in order for us to pull out a victory. Rob 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:41.360 whenever it comes to a backup quarterback situation like this, 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.720 and I'm going to ask here in a minute kind 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.680 of just a prediction, because none of us know who 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.880 the starting quarterback is, but if you had a feeling, 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.240 who would it be. But before we get into that, 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:56.120 what position is affected the most by a change at quarterback? 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.520 Because Ceede Lamb earlier this week was asked the question 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.480 He's had a ton of different quarterbacks now have thrown 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.160 them the football over the last couple of years, and 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.840 he felt like that gives him an advantage. But there's 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.280 a ton of wide receivers that have not had the 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.640 same or have not had different quarterbacks. They've had the 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.679 same quarterback and Dak Prescott throwing them the football over 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.280 and over again. But what other position has affected the 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:21.360 most rob whenever it comes to the change of quarterback, Well, 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:22.960 I think you answered it. I mean I would say, 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:24.480 you know, the center position, you got to get the 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.120 cadence down to the same the same cadence as the 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.079 previous quarterback. But other than that, it's it's got to 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.320 be the skill position. Got the wide receivers. I mean, look, 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.160 the production the last few weeks has not been anywhere 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.960 close to what it's been, uh, not even with Andy 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.360 Dalton early in his stint as the starter, but definitely 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:42.720 not even close to Dak Prescott before he got hurt. 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:47.320 So the rapport, the timing with wide receivers, that's why, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.240 I you know, we get to predictions in a minute, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.640 but but that's why experience is so critical at those 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.240 two positions. It's why Dak had guys out at his 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.840 house throwing on a makeshift football field over the su 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.120 to try to get back what they didn't have during 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:10.559 OTA's It's it's just so critical, Isaiah, I agree, I agree. 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.920 I mean skill position, there's so much that goes into timing, 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.400 so much that goes into the chemistry, uh, you know. 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.720 But but not too far behind is you know, in 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.440 a close second is offensive line, And it really just 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.719 comes out to how much communication is being asked of 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.280 the quarterback in terms of getting these guys set um. 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.840 Some teams put a lot of responsibility on the quarterbacks. 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.280 Some teams put a lot of responsibility on the center. Um. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.040 Sometimes it's the guard um, you know, depending on the 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.079 inexperience of the center. So it really just comes down 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:37.559 to that. But I think, yeah, in terms of the 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.520 chemistry between the quarterbacks or the lack there of the 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:44.280 chemistry between these quarterbacks and these receivers is definitely that 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.440 has to be. It has to be the case. Well, 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.160 and look at how the Mighty have fallen. Man. Eight 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:54.920 weeks ago we were talking about three thousand yard receivers 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.320 and yeah, we have three sports cars that we can't drive, 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:01.160 but three sports cars that we're putting in right, So 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.160 there's no way that this office can run with all 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.240 the options that we have, and the only thing that 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.760 we can rely on is our running game in a 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.680 short passing games and hopefully these guys could take it 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:18.040 the rest of the way and hopefully and just getting 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.000 back to some of our NFC East matchups, Andy Dalton 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.800 can return and that chemistry that we've been talking about 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.120 at the skills position can return as well. But right 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.640 now it's just not there, and these guys have to 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:34.640 be frustrated as all heck because of it. Now this 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:36.520 is the time to say it with your chest in 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.679 terms of where you think the Cowboys are gonna go 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.640 this Sunday. And once again, I want to just preface 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:45.240 this by saying, we do not know at this very 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.640 moment of this recording who will be the starting quarterback. 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.080 But if you had to lean one way or the other, rob, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.760 who would it be at quarterback for the Cowboys this week? 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:58.839 And why? Who do I think? Or who would I 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:04.600 go with? Give me both? Why not? Well, I've said 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.760 if I'd go with one, I'd go with Cooper Rush, 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:08.960 mainly just because he's the one of the two that 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.440 I've seen play. I mean, I really haven't seen Garrett 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.200 Gilbert play at the NFL level. I Also, I think 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:18.960 Cooper Rush's experience throwing to these particular set of receivers 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.040 and tight ends could give him an advantage. Now he 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.199 just got here and and so, and he did tell 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.840 us yesterday on a conference call that ninety percent of 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:29.840 the offense is pretty much the same as it was 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.679 last year when he was here. But if I had 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.680 to lean towards what they might do, I might say 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.000 Garrett Gilbert, just because based on what they've done to date. 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.520 You know, Ben de Nucci started last week, because he's 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.280 been here, he was there a little bit longer than 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.480 Garrett Gilbert. It's not that much of a difference. It's 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:47.439 a couple of weeks. But because of that, I might 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.360 say they lean towards that. I mean, Cooper Rush has 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.920 not been in with a team for a few weeks, 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.439 you know, and he just got here. For that reason, 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.640 I might I might side with the guy who's been 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.280 around the offense just a litttle bit longer. But we'll see. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.000 I mean he might wanted. That's why practice is so important. 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:03.600 You know. If Cooper Rush comes out and shows what 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:05.640 he can do and shows the rapport continue with the 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.480 guys he's played with before, maybe they make a different 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:11.400 decision now. I like that. I like that, Robin. I 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.560 believe the same thing as far as with Cooper Rush 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.840 and his familiarity with Moore system, but also with Garret Gilbert. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:20.880 I think the other wrinkle is he spent a lot 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.760 of his time in the AFC AFC North with Cleveland 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.600 and also with with the Patriots, so that may give 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.680 him a leg up. And he's played in a June 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.240 Jones system where he's throwing the ball around a lot 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:38.559 at smu UM. So look, my heart says uh, Cooper Rush. 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:42.160 But it wouldn't surprise me if Garret Gilbert played because 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.199 of like I said, the wrinkle of him being in 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:53.800 the AFC. I'm gonna go with Cooperville. I'm going oh no, no, no, no, no, yeah, yeah, 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:57.800 yeahs name yea, he gets the nickname, yeah, freak gets 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.480 his nickname Cooper Rush. The Cooper gets already have we 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:06.319 not learned from this week? We're already there. That's that's 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:11.040 how he's whipping that thing this weekend. Uh we hear 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:16.440 last week he didn't work. No no, no, no, no, 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.600 I did not, So this week I'm giving Coop the bill. 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.800 All right to nod and Cooper Bille is gonna be 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:26.160 the quarterback this week, reason being he has the most chemistry. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.000 He is um, he is, he is has He has 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:32.480 the best relationship with H. Keller Moore and that's that's facts, right. 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:33.800 And at the end of the day, who's calling the 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.080 place right now? Keller Moore is calling the place So 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:37.840 the head coach is gonna come to the office, the 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.560 coordinator who calls the place right and say, um, who 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.640 you feel most comfortable with? He's like, uh, Cooper Rush, 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.280 Why Because I know him, I know what he's capable of. 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.720 I know that he knows that my language, he knows 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.920 my schemes, he knows all my stuff and I and 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.920 I just have a better knowledge base of him versus 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:58.840 going with Gary Gilberry Gilmore. You just don't you don't know, right, 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:00.920 you don't know, you don't know, right, he doesn't know him. 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.440 And nobody wants to go into a game with somebody 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.840 that you don't know, especially when they're responsible for controlling 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.880 your entire offense. So even if he even if Cooper 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.720 Rush is less prepared at this point in time, you're 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.680 more familiar with him, which means that you feel more 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.040 comfortable of making making different calls and things that that 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.760 nature within his offense audibles. You can go back to 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.600 things from your playboo from last year that you might 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:22.280 not even installede it. You know, it's just because of 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.320 a familiarity. And that's that's why practice yesterday was so 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.160 critical because it was a padded practice, it was a 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.400 longer practice like they normally do. They had a light 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:34.440 practice Wednesday coming off the late game. So if Cooper 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:37.440 Rush can come into practice and demonstrate a command of 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.920 the offense, even though there's some tweaks from last year, 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:43.920 then maybe that sways their decision. So yeah, it is 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:45.920 kind of a toss up because I mean, both guys 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:49.080 really haven't been here that long, so it's kind of 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.560 it's kind of a watch. But Kyle, we're giving everybody nicknames. Man, 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.760 we're giving you nicknames. Yeah, yeah, we're sure right now. 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.640 Can't say that on there, but I think whatever you yeah, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.080 I mean, but everybody has yeah, right, I think. I 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.880 think when you think when you compare the two and 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:05.840 you talk about it being a wash, you're going with 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.480 the more experienced in terms of years NFL quarterback and 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.840 Garrett Gilbert, and then you're going with a more comfortable 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:13.920 feel with Cooper Rush. And I'm kind of gonna want 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.280 to go off of what you just said, Isaiah. Is 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.440 it more so the coordinator's decision here? I know that 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.640 Mike McCarthy's gonna ultimately have the final say, but is 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:24.720 there a lot of weight on what Kellen Moore has 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.000 to say in base of the fact of the playbook 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.680 just might be thicker for Cooper Rush and that's why 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:33.640 he might be selected. I don't think he has anything 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:35.600 to do with the how decided the playbook because no 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:37.240 matter who was at your who was at the helm 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:39.400 of the position this week, you were going to use 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.640 your whole playbook. But it comes down to you know, 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.240 what's your confidence in him? Right? What is your confidence 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:45.560 to that he's going to go out there and actually 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.880 execute the plays that you're calling the way of what 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.320 you want them ran. What's this? What's the confidence in 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:52.400 terms of you being able to call a play and 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.360 you knowing that he knows where you want him to 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.440 go with the ball, right, These things like that, Right, 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.120 and then you step into the huddle, Well, how are 0:16:58.120 --> 0:16:59.840 these offensive line're gonna look at him? They're gonna look 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:01.160 at h and say, hey, this catch just got here 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:02.640 last week, And I'm gonna look at him like, hey, 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:04.040 what's up? Man? I ain't seen you in a while, 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.760 you know. So it's so, you know, all those all 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.800 those things matter, um, and you know, and the last 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:12.400 thing you want to do as an office coordinators going 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.800 to a game with somebody that you just are unfamiliar 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.280 with because it's too minish, it's too much new. You're 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.000 dealing with a stout defense, you're dealing with a you know, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:24.080 with with talent all across the board. You're dealing with mismatches, um, 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.720 you know, tempo pace, all that jazz, and then you're 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:28.359 gonna throw a quarterback in there that you don't know 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.639 how how he's gonna handle it. You don't know if 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.240 he's going to execute your plays. You don't know what 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:33.719 a snap count's gonna be like. You don't know if 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.879 he's gonna rush the snap count and throw your offensive 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:37.800 linement off. And now you're backing up five yards and 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.240 it's it's too much. It's too much. So you go 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:44.919 where you're most familiar, and that's with Cooper Rush. Do 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.240 you think that offensive line is also more familiar with 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:54.400 Cooper Rush as well, even with the center that's a rookie. Absolutely, absolutely, yep. Interesting. 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:57.080 I've always kind of wondered back and forth which one 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.080 would matter more or at least this week, I've wondered 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.159 that because we're about to see our fourth quarterback in 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.439 the span of five weeks as a Cowboys fan. So 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:08.280 I mean, either way, it's not gonna mean go for it. 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:10.159 Look at it like this, right. We all used to 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.400 play pick up basketball, right, I know, I know Heck 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:13.720 meeds to be on the block. So you're going to 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:16.480 pick up basketball court, right, and all of a sudden, 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.960 you know you got next, You got next, right, And 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:20.640 all of a sudden here comes do without the car 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:22.840 and he comes on on the side on the sideline. 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:24.840 You got, you got three of your guys picked out, 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:28.040 and you're like, you know what, that dude's been sitting 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.760 for a while. I don't really know him, but hey, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.400 that's I played with this dude a couple a couple 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.680 of years ago, and I remember him. He's not He's 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.680 not that great, but I know what I'm what I'm 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:38.560 gonna get out of him. Right, So you're like, I'm 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.280 gonna go with that cat because I know what I'm 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:42.760 going to get. I'm not gonna go with the new 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.720 cat because it's a curveball. Right, It's a curveball. I'd 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:49.560 rather go with or the potentially with less possible potential. 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.480 But I know what I have versus the unknown. Right, 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.120 It's just like stocks. There's just like stocks. You're gonna 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:57.639 go with the you're gonna roll the dice, or you're 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:59.080 gonna go with something that you know is steady and 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:00.680 you can kind of control it. I can kind of 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:04.000 control Cooper Rush aka Coop Deville. Do you have another 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.639 medal for I like the basketball? I like this. I 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:08.040 got a lot. I'm throwing it out there. Can you 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:10.040 try to throw it out there? I got more and 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:12.040 I got you know, I got heck Maharrison, I got 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:13.320 the h H. You know what I'm saying. I got 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.600 the rock phillis the RP. I got my initials, I arrest, 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:20.120 and we got k Y. That's it great, and we're 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:24.480 gonna stay right there. We're gonna stay right there. So look, 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:26.520 here's the thing. If we ever have a pickup basketball 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:29.040 game and I'm standing on the sideline, don't I can 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:34.800 not hoop alright, Perception Perception is not reality in this situation. 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.359 But either way, either way, it looks I think you 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:39.879 would probably be a lot more comfortable going into a 0:19:40.040 --> 0:19:42.560 game like this if it were not the Bittsburgh still 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.960 the defense. So let's just call it what it is. 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:50.840 This is a tragedy. Uh And the this these quarterbacks 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:53.560 they have, they have not slept at all. It's kind 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:55.679 of like us man and John King standing at the 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:57.520 board all night. Man, they're gonna have to have legs 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:02.879 like kings. Ya. You saw my tweet this morning. It 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:06.640 was awesome. It was awesome. But either hell, either way, 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:09.640 it goes you know that the pressure that they're gonna 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:12.200 be under from the Pittsburgh still A defense is gonna 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:15.000 be a mention hopefully, And we talked about it. You know, 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:19.479 the difference between Danucci and rush our Gilbert is hopefully 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:21.600 man they don't they don't fumble the ball. They if 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:23.880 there is a sack that they don't fumble the ball 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:26.040 as well. And you know that Pittsburgh still a defense. 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:28.280 That's what they're all about, is getting to the quarterback 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.560 and calls in those errors like that. Yeah, Mike McCarthy said, yes, 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.200 or the other day, you know, we gotta do this, 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:36.040 you know, we got to have command of the offense. 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:37.600 And he said, we got to take care of the 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:40.480 damn ball. Damn ball. He threw in a four letter 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:42.520 word there. He's never done that before when it comes 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:44.640 to ball security. So I think, I think, I think 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:46.880 his patience is getting tested just a little bit. Eight 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:51.600 games in. Finally, finally, in the frustration you need you 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:56.640 need it. You should fear your coach. Yeah, I mean, 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:00.439 you should fear your coach. I mean, and all my 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:05.600 time in the NFL, the only coach that I didn't 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:10.000 fear was Coach Carroll and the only reason and coach 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.119 Coach Phillips. I didn't fear a coach Phillips either, But 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.119 that didn't we see how that went um when I was. 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:17.439 You know, I think if you think about the Steelers, right, 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:19.199 think about the personality of your coach. I know we 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:22.840 mentioned this a couple of days ago, Mike Tomlin. I 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:25.120 don't even know Mike Tomlin, but I know that if 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:27.080 I was on that team, I might want to do 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.160 everything that he says. I just I just might want 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:32.840 to do it. Right. You think about the shoot who 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:34.960 else coach Coffin at the time I spent with Coach Coffin. 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:37.680 You might want to get on board with what Coach 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:39.879 Coffin is saying, and otherwise you're probably not gonna be around, 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:42.400 right bella chain. Start thinking about all the different personalities, right, 0:21:42.560 --> 0:21:45.399 and as we're talking about culture and establishing one, you 0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:49.280 cannot establish a culture if you're not set putting your 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:52.120 foot down because people are always going to test it. Right. 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:53.440 I think we saw a little bit of it when 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:56.200 when b Carr got released, right, and then I think 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:57.560 we saw it a little bit on the back end, 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:00.520 but forward facing, you gotta let it. You gotta everybody know, 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:02.840 this is my team, this is how it's going to 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:04.359 go down. And we just I know that might not 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:07.160 be his his natural personality, but at some point in time, 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:10.639 you'd rather that be out in the forefront versus it 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:13.600 being in response to a bunch of negative which I 0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:15.560 think we're starting to see right now, which you saw 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.159 the four letter work come out. Yeah, and it's like 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:21.199 and we don't know what he's saying privately necessarily at all. 0:22:21.680 --> 0:22:24.800 But but no, to your point, like I think he's 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:27.800 very direct and honest with players. I think that's always 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:30.520 been his moo. But to your point, I think he's 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:33.680 probably had to balance, like this is a brand new team. 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:37.160 We haven't had a lot of time together, so I've 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.440 got to show these guys I care. But then at 0:22:40.440 --> 0:22:43.119 some point, like when it's not getting done on the field, 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:44.760 you've got to put your foot down, like you said. 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:47.600 So you know, especially seven games in, it's reaching a 0:22:47.640 --> 0:22:49.720 point where you know, you keep losing games the same 0:22:49.720 --> 0:22:51.760 exact way. I mean, although they actually won the turnover 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:54.439 battle last week, but yeah, the turnovers on offense, they 0:22:54.480 --> 0:22:57.080 just continue. So I mean that's the biggest thing. Man 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:00.159 whoever plays quarterback this week, just just take care or 0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:02.840 the football. 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We 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:50.480 wear really long on that first segment, so you're welcome 0:25:50.760 --> 0:25:52.919 Cowboys fit Nation for not taking a break, and you 0:25:52.960 --> 0:25:55.000 can listen all the way through that first segment, but 0:25:55.160 --> 0:25:56.760 stick with us because we've still got to say it 0:25:56.800 --> 0:26:00.640 with your chest predictions coming up at nine fifty hearing 0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:03.320 about ten minutes is we've got some predictions to get to. 0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:05.720 I do want to preface it. I did not update 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:07.880 the standings. I forgot to do that this morning, so 0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:15.320 I will tweet it out. I will following the show. 0:26:16.119 --> 0:26:19.000 How's the one that's convenienced by it? Because he's the 0:26:19.040 --> 0:26:21.199 only one that picked the Cowboys last week and he 0:26:21.280 --> 0:26:23.080 dropped the game at least I think he might have 0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:25.359 dropped too, but I'm not totally sure. I'll tweet it 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:29.560 out after the show. Way, we have the standing in 0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:37.600 this election meddling right here, Racey, I'm like, I'm taking 0:26:37.640 --> 0:26:42.840 my time, guys, I'm taking exactly oh Man, Rob Phillips, 0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:46.840 Heck Harrison aka Luscious. And then we've got Isaiah the 0:26:46.920 --> 0:26:49.840 tax Man. You are evil. You are an evil person. 0:26:50.880 --> 0:26:53.800 I said, you're the one that said it though, so 0:26:54.760 --> 0:26:59.080 you were thinking it, oh Man. So I kind of 0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:01.800 want to continue this coaching conversation that we started in 0:27:01.840 --> 0:27:05.000 the last segment. We're talking about fearing coaches and fearing 0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.560 at least the wrath of coaches just because of one 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:12.200 four letter word that Mike McCarthy decided to throw out 0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:14.720 in a press conference this week. But we haven't gone 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:19.680 We've gone all week without talking about Mike Nolan, especially 0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:22.399 because they finally got a good performance out of the 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:24.879 defense last week, and we haven't really talked a bunch 0:27:25.160 --> 0:27:27.520 about Nolan and really the improvement we saw on that 0:27:27.560 --> 0:27:30.720 side of the football. What have you guys seen improvement 0:27:30.760 --> 0:27:33.439 wise from the defense that can be attributed to the 0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:36.240 coaching staff. Heck, is there anything that sticks out, especially 0:27:36.320 --> 0:27:38.680 since now he's on the sideline and he's able to 0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:42.960 coach up his guys. Yeah, I think it's just communication. 0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:46.080 And you know those those high school coverages that we've 0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:49.399 talked about that have been blown up until this point 0:27:50.000 --> 0:27:52.000 that are just seem like I gots just couldn't get 0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:55.200 a grasp of what coach Mike Nolan was talking wanted 0:27:55.600 --> 0:27:58.119 from him. That's one thing that I've seen. As far 0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:00.919 as the pass rush on the edge, I've seen that 0:28:00.960 --> 0:28:06.040 improved as well. Guys. We've seen some communication errors in 0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:09.119 getting guys lined up and we're still having those problems 0:28:09.119 --> 0:28:13.280 with blown assignments there, but maybe just in the defensive secondary. 0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:15.320 But I want to mention to you can talk about us. 0:28:15.359 --> 0:28:18.520 We've talked about this all week. Just culture in getting 0:28:18.520 --> 0:28:21.400 all those things established, Guys. I had at great opportunity 0:28:21.760 --> 0:28:25.800 yesterday to interview my uncle Joe Green, and I asked 0:28:25.880 --> 0:28:28.320 him about that. I asked him about that. I asked 0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:30.960 him about what was it like to establish that culture 0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:34.480 that the Pittsburgh Stealers have that permeates from the older 0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:37.520 generation of stealers to the new generation of stillers. And 0:28:37.720 --> 0:28:40.560 he talked about what those benchmarks were when he got 0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:44.320 drafted in sixty eight from coach Nole and just setting 0:28:44.600 --> 0:28:47.480 the standard through each in every class. And he talked 0:28:47.480 --> 0:28:49.680 about the guys that came in all the way through 0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:53.320 the eighties and the nineties and the standard being the standard. 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.560 That's what Mike McCarthy, coach Mike McCarthy is trying to establish. 0:28:56.680 --> 0:29:00.120 Here is a standard in connecting the old generation to 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:03.560 the new generation of great Cowboy players, and we have 0:29:03.680 --> 0:29:05.760 to we have to get that. And it doesn't matter 0:29:05.800 --> 0:29:08.400 if it's a in the down years players are hurt. 0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:11.240 The standard has to be the standard with us as 0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:17.080 Cowboys because the drop off is severe and defensively, offensively, 0:29:17.120 --> 0:29:19.280 all of those great players that we've had, we have 0:29:19.400 --> 0:29:21.760 to try and connect that so that we can have 0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:30.240 that culture that we've been talking about. Rob. Now, that's interesting. Um. 0:29:30.520 --> 0:29:33.160 To answer your question, I would just say I would 0:29:33.160 --> 0:29:35.960 agree with Heck Money that it's it's the communication. There's 0:29:36.000 --> 0:29:39.040 been less busts in the secondary. Uh. They did a 0:29:39.080 --> 0:29:41.680 better job in the second half against the run. And 0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:44.640 as we've continued to say, it's more about just being 0:29:44.680 --> 0:29:48.560 assignment sound uh and and I think they benefited from 0:29:48.560 --> 0:29:52.040 a confident standpoint making some plays early, making some big 0:29:52.080 --> 0:29:56.719 plays early, your best player tank getting things going on 0:29:56.760 --> 0:29:59.240 the first drive, and then other players kind of feeding 0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:01.680 off of that. I thought that that was that was important. Um. 0:30:01.920 --> 0:30:04.680 But yeah, what hecka said that. That's interesting about coaching 0:30:04.720 --> 0:30:08.000 because from you know, the Cowboys tried this with Jason 0:30:08.000 --> 0:30:10.240 Garrett for ten years and ultimately it didn't work out. 0:30:10.520 --> 0:30:12.840 But the Steelers haven't had that many coaches. You know, 0:30:12.840 --> 0:30:14.880 it's almost like a college program. I mean they have 0:30:15.000 --> 0:30:17.280 they have coaches for ten twenty years at a time. 0:30:17.960 --> 0:30:21.320 That that really lay out a culture that works over time, 0:30:21.720 --> 0:30:24.360 and that's one reason why they've been successful. They're also 0:30:25.080 --> 0:30:29.360 really good at drafting players and fitting players to schemes 0:30:29.440 --> 0:30:33.880 that they kind of keep over time. More or less. Yeah, 0:30:33.880 --> 0:30:36.400 I think more than anything felt us. I think for myself, Um, 0:30:36.440 --> 0:30:39.000 I'm gonna have to go with the fact that they 0:30:39.040 --> 0:30:42.360 they're playing with a little bit more energy. Um. And yeah, 0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:43.959 that was that was apparent last week. I think by 0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:47.000 getting those those veterans off the team and allow those 0:30:47.040 --> 0:30:49.040 young guys to really step up and feel as if 0:30:49.080 --> 0:30:52.120 they were empowered enough to establish start to try to 0:30:52.240 --> 0:30:56.280 establish a character for this defense. And you know, hopefully 0:30:56.320 --> 0:30:59.120 that character will eventually trying into a culture. Um. But 0:30:59.240 --> 0:31:01.040 you know you saw do you law while you know, 0:31:01.080 --> 0:31:04.080 playing hard. You saw Digs making some some some tough catches. 0:31:04.400 --> 0:31:07.640 Obviously in coverage. Um. You know, when he played press coverage, 0:31:07.680 --> 0:31:09.200 I think he was very effective and when he actually 0:31:09.200 --> 0:31:10.720 got hands on guys, and I think you started to 0:31:10.760 --> 0:31:12.680 see a little bit of the characteristics of what this 0:31:12.760 --> 0:31:15.480 team could be. You know, Vanders getting a tough hit. 0:31:15.760 --> 0:31:18.640 You know, that's what this defense is capable of. But 0:31:18.680 --> 0:31:20.800 a lot of times you have to do it. You 0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:22.520 got to see yourself do it, and then you got 0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:24.200 to see and then you have to have fun with it, 0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:26.360 right And when you when you do that, you start 0:31:26.360 --> 0:31:28.360 to look around and be like, oh crap, this this 0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:30.840 is okay. We can run around and hit people and yeah, 0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:32.760 and and and we can actually high five each other 0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:35.680 and jump up and get crop How about that? Man? 0:31:35.840 --> 0:31:38.080 I mean in coaches and coaches happy, look at coach. 0:31:38.120 --> 0:31:41.080 Everybody can look at coach. Oh shoot, coach, coaches, Oh 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:43.400 this is us right. So it's it's it's like a 0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:45.560 it's like a trial by you know, a trial by 0:31:45.600 --> 0:31:47.880 aerotype of thing. And you know it was it was 0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:51.800 inspiring to see. Last week obviously wasn't what wasn't enough, 0:31:51.840 --> 0:31:54.120 but it was inspiring to see and it's something to 0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:55.880 build off of, So I look forward to seeing more 0:31:55.880 --> 0:32:00.240 of it. Now. Now that you've broken that sea and 0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:02.440 you've you've kind of seen the success that you can 0:32:02.560 --> 0:32:05.240 have as a defense, do you expect that to move 0:32:05.280 --> 0:32:07.760 into a week when you play a better opponent, Because, 0:32:07.760 --> 0:32:10.640 like we've talked about already, Philly is Philly. I mean, 0:32:10.680 --> 0:32:14.280 we we have our own issues. They have their own 0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:16.640 issues whenever it comes to the Eagles and the Cowboys. 0:32:16.680 --> 0:32:19.360 But now that you have an actual offense that knows 0:32:19.360 --> 0:32:21.280 how to move the football, one of the top scoring 0:32:21.320 --> 0:32:24.320 offenses in the NFL coming to town, do you expect 0:32:24.360 --> 0:32:27.800 that to continue? Isaiah? And if there's one person on 0:32:27.800 --> 0:32:30.360 this defense that needs to step up and play well, 0:32:30.520 --> 0:32:39.400 who would it be. I think that they're outmatched. I'm 0:32:39.400 --> 0:32:41.600 just gonna say it as plainly, as positively, as simple 0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:44.640 as possible. I think they're outmatched. But even when you're outmatched, 0:32:44.720 --> 0:32:46.920 if they take on the character they took on last week, 0:32:46.960 --> 0:32:49.520 and they play fast and they play physical, I mean 0:32:49.520 --> 0:32:53.040 they make everything contested. I think even by you know, 0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.480 even if this team comes in here and rents through 0:32:55.520 --> 0:32:58.800 you like Seawee Water. I think you can still prove 0:32:58.840 --> 0:33:02.120 a lot to yourself. Um, you know, you still prove 0:33:02.160 --> 0:33:03.680 a lot to yourself. You can still prove a lot 0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:06.520 to each other by how you play, how how how 0:33:06.640 --> 0:33:09.520 you play against this this this offense. Um, because this 0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:11.800 office is ran by one of the you know, the 0:33:12.080 --> 0:33:16.400 the long standing veterans and more respected quarterbacks in this league. Uh. 0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:18.320 You know, he has a ton of talent around him. 0:33:18.520 --> 0:33:20.520 And and the only way in which you can beat 0:33:20.560 --> 0:33:23.200 this team is if you're flying around. The only way 0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:25.960 Baltimore compeace with this team is because they fly around. Um. 0:33:26.040 --> 0:33:27.960 And I think that you have to. I think this 0:33:28.000 --> 0:33:30.080 team forces you to play a certain way because if 0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:33.040 you don't play that certain way, you have zero chance. 0:33:33.160 --> 0:33:35.080 When I say zero, I mean zero, because they will 0:33:35.120 --> 0:33:36.920 just run you off the table. So I think that 0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:38.920 they have the opportunity to do that. When you talk 0:33:38.920 --> 0:33:41.280 about as far as who who has to step up, 0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:43.000 I think the law has to keep the energy going. 0:33:43.200 --> 0:33:44.720 I think he has to keep the energy buzz going. 0:33:44.720 --> 0:33:47.000 I think that everybody is now looking to him. I 0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:49.560 think everybody on the second level is now looking to 0:33:49.800 --> 0:33:52.440 vander esh you know, vanders You're you're our guy, and 0:33:52.520 --> 0:33:54.560 Jayleen is just like, okay, yeah, you do you And 0:33:54.560 --> 0:33:56.640 I'm I get to run around and and you know, 0:33:56.640 --> 0:33:58.280 and I think those are the two guys that are really, 0:33:58.600 --> 0:34:00.520 you know, that are really need to step up this defense. 0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:01.640 I'm not sure who was going to be in a 0:34:01.680 --> 0:34:04.960 secondary Um. I like. I like Anthony Browns. I like 0:34:05.080 --> 0:34:07.080 his you know how how tenacious. I like his fight. 0:34:07.720 --> 0:34:13.799 But but we'll see, right, I totally agree it's got 0:34:13.800 --> 0:34:16.520 a tank. Tank set the tone for the defense by 0:34:16.600 --> 0:34:19.000 what he said after the Washington game and what he 0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:22.759 showed from from Drive one against Philly and carrying it 0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:26.399 through it was awesome tank for sure. Uh yeah. And look, 0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:28.759 he plays hard all the time. He does. And I 0:34:28.760 --> 0:34:30.400 said it earlier in the year he was on the 0:34:30.400 --> 0:34:32.520 injury report. He didn't look healthy to me. He was 0:34:32.560 --> 0:34:36.000 limping around, he said yesterday, I feel he feels great. 0:34:36.160 --> 0:34:37.440 You know, he's been off the injury report for a 0:34:37.480 --> 0:34:39.279 little bit. But I think it's showing up in his 0:34:39.320 --> 0:34:42.319 play and in his production, not just with sacks, but 0:34:42.600 --> 0:34:45.319 in the run game, Uh, setting edges things like that. 0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:48.400 So that's key. And you know, just just I mean, 0:34:48.440 --> 0:34:50.680 this is simple. But if you're gonna have a chance 0:34:50.719 --> 0:34:53.880 against a team this good, we talk about complimentary football, 0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:56.279 it's not just the defense. The offense has to take 0:34:56.280 --> 0:34:58.480 care of it. They've got it. They've got to make 0:34:58.560 --> 0:35:01.759 some big plays to were points. Special teams got to 0:35:01.800 --> 0:35:03.880 take care of their house. It's got to be all 0:35:03.920 --> 0:35:06.120 three phases playing their best game of the season. It's 0:35:06.160 --> 0:35:07.759 just as simple as that, because this is probably the 0:35:07.760 --> 0:35:10.480 best team they're gonna play all year. Now, both of 0:35:10.520 --> 0:35:13.000 you guys make really good points, and I agree with that, 0:35:13.040 --> 0:35:15.160 and I think that Tank is the guy that you 0:35:15.239 --> 0:35:18.719 look to on defense. But in the NFL has been 0:35:18.760 --> 0:35:21.719 any given Sunday, and so you've got to give the 0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:25.719 Cowboys a puncher's chance, right if all of those complimentary 0:35:25.719 --> 0:35:28.359 football things go as playing for us is don't turn 0:35:28.440 --> 0:35:31.560 the ball over. But still, you, like you said, Isaiah, 0:35:31.600 --> 0:35:36.800 this is you sort of look outmatch in this contest 0:35:36.840 --> 0:35:40.160 coming up against the Steelers. But for the defense, I 0:35:40.200 --> 0:35:42.279 think they just want to take away one thing. If 0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:43.960 it's going to be the passing game that we can't 0:35:43.960 --> 0:35:46.239 stop for the Stealers, let's not allow their running game 0:35:46.280 --> 0:35:48.759 to have two hundred and fifty yards. James Connor does 0:35:48.800 --> 0:35:51.960 not scare me. And so those are the things that 0:35:52.040 --> 0:35:55.319 we can control for our defensive front. Establishing the line 0:35:55.320 --> 0:35:57.600 of scrimmage. We have been weak in that area. We've 0:35:57.640 --> 0:36:01.000 seen guys o other numbers. I won't call them out, 0:36:01.040 --> 0:36:04.920 but just completely just getting blown off the ball, getting 0:36:04.960 --> 0:36:07.080 blown off the line of scrimmage. We have to establish 0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:11.080 that play quicker, keep that energy weekend and week out. 0:36:11.320 --> 0:36:13.960 But Tank is one, Alder Smith is another. I hope 0:36:14.000 --> 0:36:16.520 that knee is getting better. Randy Gregory, I want to 0:36:16.520 --> 0:36:19.120 see him this week and see what he brings to 0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:24.279 the table because Ben has taken some sacks, and that 0:36:24.400 --> 0:36:26.279 offensive line, no matter how you look at them and 0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:29.319 being good, they still surrender sacks. So if we can 0:36:29.360 --> 0:36:31.359 do the other dude that on the other side by 0:36:31.360 --> 0:36:35.280 strip sack fumbling for us, I think it works. This defense. 0:36:35.520 --> 0:36:39.040 All they have is to play with energy, play together, 0:36:39.120 --> 0:36:41.160 and believe that they can get it done because no 0:36:41.239 --> 0:36:43.560 one else believes that they can. It's a good point, 0:36:43.719 --> 0:36:47.040 a lot of nothing to lose mentality whenever it comes 0:36:47.080 --> 0:36:49.879 to that defense, and really the entire organization heading into 0:36:49.920 --> 0:36:53.839 this game on Sunday. But we've got predictions coming up. 0:36:53.840 --> 0:36:55.880 All the talk, all the preview is now in the 0:36:55.920 --> 0:36:58.440 review mirror. 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Colts both teams 0:39:46.520 --> 0:39:49.520 five and two Indianapolis six at home and six and 0:39:49.600 --> 0:39:54.640 oz at home versus Baltimore all time including the playoffs 0:39:54.680 --> 0:39:57.440 against the Ravens, and they are at home again at 0:39:57.520 --> 0:40:02.040 Lucas Oil Stadium. Isaiah, who you got, Ravens. Let's go 0:40:02.440 --> 0:40:07.399 Ravens on the road, Rob Ravens. They get a game 0:40:07.440 --> 0:40:11.240 back after kind of blowing a lead against Pittsburgh. Heckma 0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:16.040 the Baltimore versus Baltimore. No, I'm not that old, So 0:40:16.400 --> 0:40:20.120 let's go Ravens. I'll go Ravens. Oh, that's that's a 0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.640 good one. It's gonna be a raven sweep across the board. 0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:24.400 I think Baltimore gets it done on the road. I 0:40:24.400 --> 0:40:26.759 think they're just better. I like the Colts though, I 0:40:26.760 --> 0:40:29.440 think they've got a pretty solid team. Okay, NFC East 0:40:29.480 --> 0:40:34.239 Battle the least battle, I should say, Giants one and 0:40:34.400 --> 0:40:37.439 seven against the Washington football team at two and five. 0:40:37.560 --> 0:40:41.200 New York has won four straight games versus Washington. I 0:40:41.280 --> 0:40:43.920 think that street comes to an end this weekend. I 0:40:43.960 --> 0:40:49.400 think Washington gets to win at home against New York. Heckma, 0:40:50.200 --> 0:40:54.000 somewhere a tallet just flushed. Um, let's see, I'm gonna 0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:57.839 go with the Washington I'm gonna go with the football team. 0:40:59.520 --> 0:41:06.799 Oh gosh, Jesus, Rob, Yeah, oh gosh. I you know 0:41:06.880 --> 0:41:09.400 the Giants are playing better lately. I'll go with the Giants. 0:41:09.400 --> 0:41:12.959 Why not? Okay, I'm going I'm going with the nameless Ones, 0:41:13.200 --> 0:41:17.360 the nameless, the nameless ones. Okay. Bears Titans, the battle 0:41:17.400 --> 0:41:20.960 of the once forgotten Lost Toy qbs of Nick Foles 0:41:21.440 --> 0:41:25.640 and excuse me, Ryan Tannehill, both teams with five wins. 0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:28.920 Tennessee won two of the last three games against Chicago. Rob, 0:41:28.960 --> 0:41:37.440 who you got Tennessee or Chicago? Yep? Um give me 0:41:37.520 --> 0:41:40.520 Derrick Henry and Tennessee Bears got problems on offense. That's true, 0:41:40.600 --> 0:41:48.640 That's true, all right. Heckma, I'm going Titans Titans, Isaiah, 0:41:48.960 --> 0:41:52.439 I'm going with the home of the sweetness shy Town. 0:41:53.719 --> 0:41:55.960 Going with the Burs. I'm gonna go with the Titans. 0:41:55.960 --> 0:41:57.400 They've lost two in a row and I think they 0:41:57.400 --> 0:41:59.640 could get back on track and this one and they're 0:41:59.640 --> 0:42:02.000 at home, and I think that does play dividends. Now, 0:42:02.120 --> 0:42:04.200 Sunday Night Football, this is gonna be a really good game. 0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:08.160 I'm looking forward to this. Saints and Buccaneers. You've got 0:42:08.200 --> 0:42:11.160 both got old timers at quarterback. You got Tommy be 0:42:11.480 --> 0:42:14.720 on one side, You've got Drew Brees on the other side. 0:42:15.400 --> 0:42:18.680 Battle of the NFL's two top or top two all 0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:24.279 time passing leaders. I'm gonna take the Saints reluctantly to 0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:27.520 get an upset win over the Buccaneers on the road. 0:42:28.000 --> 0:42:34.800 I think they get it done. Rob. The Buck's defense 0:42:34.880 --> 0:42:38.040 is nasty from what I've seen, and you have Tommy touchdown. 0:42:38.239 --> 0:42:44.680 Give me Tampa Bay. Heckma oh, I think the Cannons 0:42:44.719 --> 0:42:50.000 are gonna be firing. Man. I'm going with the Tampa Bay. Yeah. 0:42:50.200 --> 0:42:53.160 I'm going with with with TV twelve, my ex teammate. 0:42:53.239 --> 0:42:55.160 I think Godwin coming back, and I think that Leonard 0:42:55.200 --> 0:42:58.200 Poortnett's found his groove over there too. So going with 0:42:58.160 --> 0:43:00.520 the Tampa. It isn't too late to change a pick. 0:43:00.520 --> 0:43:03.279 Am I gonna get fine for changing a pick? It 0:43:03.320 --> 0:43:05.759 would be a kangaroo court? Fine? Yes, but what what? 0:43:06.000 --> 0:43:07.719 I just want to I'm curious as to what your 0:43:08.880 --> 0:43:11.560 what do I go? I gotta go with the Washington 0:43:11.600 --> 0:43:24.400 football team. Sorry, I can't wait a minute. I'm asking. 0:43:24.480 --> 0:43:27.759 I'm asking permission. Okay, I'm asking permission. Wow. Here's the thing. 0:43:28.040 --> 0:43:30.439 I feel like it would be unfair for any three 0:43:30.480 --> 0:43:32.840 of us to tell Rob that he can or cannot 0:43:32.920 --> 0:43:35.759 change his pick. So I'm gonna defer our judgment to 0:43:35.840 --> 0:43:39.640 the all overseeing of mister Chris. What do you put 0:43:39.640 --> 0:43:42.560 your ballot in? You can't change it, sir, Chris, team 0:43:42.680 --> 0:43:47.000 is allowing you know. That's fair. That's that's fair. Isaiah's right, 0:43:47.320 --> 0:43:49.560 let's you know, let's go g man, Let's go GM 0:43:49.640 --> 0:43:53.319 in Sunday. Okay, Okay, So Chris said, did you go 0:43:53.360 --> 0:43:56.520 back and change your um? Sorry? Day, So we're gonna 0:43:57.040 --> 0:43:59.640 we're gonna disallow it at this point because Chris made 0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:02.439 a joe he was time. So we're gonna we're gonna 0:44:02.520 --> 0:44:10.239 keep it. Thank you, Supreme Court. Beam getting the job done, Okay, 0:44:11.960 --> 0:44:15.200 he said, be ready to that lawsuit. I love that. Okay. So, 0:44:15.960 --> 0:44:21.320 moving on to the big one, Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas Cowboys, 0:44:21.360 --> 0:44:27.240 Sunday afternoon on CBS our friendly neighborhood color commentator Tony 0:44:27.400 --> 0:44:30.719 Romo on the call, what was that. We're not doing 0:44:30.760 --> 0:44:33.239 a Seattle game. No, you're gonna Seattle, Seattle. We're all 0:44:33.239 --> 0:44:35.960 gonna pick Seattle. It's gonna be Oh, you're one of 0:44:36.000 --> 0:44:37.919 the best games of the week. Would anybody have picked 0:44:38.239 --> 0:44:40.719 playing Buffalo? It's the Seattle versus the Bills. That's a 0:44:40.760 --> 0:44:45.320 tough game. Who okay, let's pick it fine, really quickly, 0:44:45.360 --> 0:44:53.279 go Isaiah Seattle. Okay, rob So Seahawks. Okay, heckma, wow, 0:44:53.360 --> 0:44:55.080 this wasn't even a game. We will pick it. He 0:44:55.120 --> 0:44:58.200 can't do that, he can. It's probably the most competitive 0:44:58.239 --> 0:45:02.279 game all week. Oh god, I'm going to Bills. Oh okay, Oh, 0:45:02.280 --> 0:45:05.040 he's gonna get a game back. I'm gonna pick. I'm 0:45:05.040 --> 0:45:10.759 gonna see here. Okay, go in too, Steelers and Cowboys. 0:45:10.840 --> 0:45:13.319 I'll go first, just to get us rolling. I think 0:45:13.719 --> 0:45:15.600 whenever you look at this game, I think there is 0:45:15.600 --> 0:45:18.399 a chance the Cowboys make it close. I just don't 0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:20.759 think they have enough and I think they fall at 0:45:20.840 --> 0:45:23.840 home to the Steelers. Steelers are the best team in 0:45:23.880 --> 0:45:26.000 the NFL right now, in my opinion. I think they 0:45:26.040 --> 0:45:27.800 have a chance to make a run at a super Bowl, 0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:30.279 and the Cowboys obviously do not. And you're gonna throw 0:45:30.360 --> 0:45:32.839 Cooper Rush, Garrett Gilbert or been d Nucci out there, 0:45:33.080 --> 0:45:35.439 and I don't know if that's necessarily enough to even 0:45:35.520 --> 0:45:38.839 remotely have a chance to win this game. So I 0:45:38.880 --> 0:45:40.840 think I'm gonna pick the Steelers, and it's gonna be 0:45:40.840 --> 0:45:46.799 twenty seven thirteen final score. Isaiah, who you got? I'm 0:45:46.880 --> 0:45:50.279 going with the Steelers thirty four to six. Thirty four 0:45:50.280 --> 0:45:57.280 to six. Wow, that's a big gap, okay, rob Steelers thirty, 0:45:57.320 --> 0:46:01.839 Cowboys fourteen. You know, we don't know who's starting at quarterbacks. 0:46:02.000 --> 0:46:05.200 There's just not There's just more stability with the Steelers 0:46:05.239 --> 0:46:07.239 right now and much better play over all this season. 0:46:07.280 --> 0:46:09.439 I gotta go with Pittsburgh. I hate it, but that's 0:46:09.440 --> 0:46:13.520 the case, all right, guys. Oh my god, I have 0:46:13.560 --> 0:46:15.439 to I was taking my mic off and walking off. 0:46:17.480 --> 0:46:23.400 So just to preface this pick, Heckma is the trojan 0:46:23.480 --> 0:46:27.520 horse in the royalty of a Steelers royal family of 0:46:27.600 --> 0:46:29.839 me and Joe Green. We mentioned that earlier as his uncle. 0:46:30.360 --> 0:46:34.440 All of your family right, Heck are Steelers fans? Correct? 0:46:34.520 --> 0:46:41.279 But you are Cowboys, true blue all the way through. Okay, 0:46:42.800 --> 0:46:46.880 before this pick is made, man Lorian, this is the way. Look, 0:46:47.719 --> 0:46:50.520 and I'm telling it. It's gotten really disrespectful this weekend. 0:46:50.600 --> 0:46:54.560 My family, a lot of tagging, a lot of posts 0:46:54.600 --> 0:46:57.400 that have been made. Guys are digging up pictures. Uh, 0:46:57.440 --> 0:46:59.600 it's not cool. And I just want to let all 0:46:59.600 --> 0:47:01.840 of my family that know that you guys have no 0:47:01.920 --> 0:47:05.919 coop at all. Uh so, yeah, there's that, but this 0:47:05.920 --> 0:47:08.840 came up. I gotta pick the Stillers. Oh he bumbled it. 0:47:08.960 --> 0:47:15.120 Isaiah's got his ear cupped to turn you loyalty. I 0:47:15.160 --> 0:47:18.040 gotta I gotta fix you. Can you say that? I 0:47:18.040 --> 0:47:21.279 couldn't hear that fast. It was a little quick. I 0:47:21.360 --> 0:47:26.239 gotta stat you got it. We did, We got it, 0:47:26.280 --> 0:47:28.280 And hey, we're with you, buddy. We don't like picking 0:47:28.280 --> 0:47:31.040 the Steelers either, but it's just kind of where we're 0:47:31.040 --> 0:47:34.120 at right now with cowboys. Hey, here's the thing. If 0:47:34.120 --> 0:47:36.120 they go out and get a dub, we come back 0:47:36.160 --> 0:47:38.200 on Monday and we get to celebrate. It's gonna be 0:47:38.200 --> 0:47:41.359 a party. We'll bring balloons, We'll bring three mons. It'll 0:47:41.400 --> 0:47:45.480 be a whole thing. Yes, I'll bring the smelly stickers back. 0:47:45.520 --> 0:47:48.600 It'll be great. So overall, let's have some fun with it. 0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:51.840 Hopefully the Cowboys get a win. He Isaiah reminded me, 0:47:51.880 --> 0:47:54.080 I do have to take your smelly stickers tonight and 0:47:54.160 --> 0:47:57.120 Sunday whenever I see you guys next. So that's gonna 0:47:57.160 --> 0:47:59.319 do it here this week for Talking Cowboys. We'll be 0:47:59.360 --> 0:48:02.400 back on Monday nine thirty to break it all back 0:48:02.480 --> 0:48:05.720 down special thanks to Chris Beam in the back for Heat, Harrison, 0:48:05.840 --> 0:48:08.520 Rob Phillips, Isaiah stand back. I'm Kyle Yeoman's We'll see 0:48:08.560 --> 0:48:11.560 you next time. I'm Talking Cowboys. 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