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Speaker 1: is Washington Week inside the Star and Frisco. It's a
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Speaker 1: may be watching the show. I'm Kyle Yeoman's alongside Isaiah
Speaker 1: stand Back, Rob Phillips, Heton Harrison and Chris Beam in
Speaker 1: the back as well. We're we're glad you are along
Speaker 1: for the ride and well, it's gonna be a fun
Speaker 1: next forty five minutes because we're gonna preview this Washington
Speaker 1: defense and quite possibly the best defensive line that the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have had throughout the twenty twenty season so far.
Speaker 1: And then we've also got the Cowboys offense and how
Speaker 1: they're gonna figure some things out after a stalemate last
Speaker 1: week against the Arizona Cardinals. But first, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and talk some things up about the injury report. Rob yesterday,
Speaker 1: Cowboys back on the practice field, Mike McCarthy this morning,
Speaker 1: saying that he fully expects to see Alden Smith ready
Speaker 1: to go for Sunday, which is good news for that
Speaker 1: Cowboys pass for us. So you have Alden Smith, you
Speaker 1: still Brandy Gregory coming in, but overall, a fantastic news
Speaker 1: there in terms of getting Alden Smith back. What else
Speaker 1: have you heard in terms of the injury report, Well,
Speaker 1: the other big one is Zack Martin and Cowboys typically
Speaker 1: don't practice today, and you know, whatever they do Saturday
Speaker 1: before the trip will be light. So his big chance
Speaker 1: to get back into practice was yesterday. Mike McCarthy saying
Speaker 1: on the fan this morning, he's still in concussion protocol.
Speaker 1: How that pans out the next day or two. Not sure.
Speaker 1: You know, it's a bunch of steps that you've got
Speaker 1: to pass to get to the point where you can
Speaker 1: get back on the field. So we'll see where that goes. Obviously,
Speaker 1: they're probably trying to get They are getting Connor McGovern
Speaker 1: ready to play in case Zach can't go. And as
Speaker 1: Mike said, at left tackled Brandon Knight out for a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. They're working a couple of different spots.
Speaker 1: So maybe that's Cam Irving coming off ir maybe it's
Speaker 1: somebody else, Grison not. But they've got to prepare for
Speaker 1: a Washington front that's pretty good, fellas, really good stout. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Washington front that has five first round draft picks. And
Speaker 1: now you're throwing out what would be what two undrafted
Speaker 1: free agents saw on the edge. Now, I know Cam
Speaker 1: Irving might not, he's not an undrafted free agent by
Speaker 1: any means, but he's on that left tackle spot. And
Speaker 1: then Connor Williams SEUs has seen just two and a
Speaker 1: half years now at left guard. You've seen now a
Speaker 1: rookie at center, a guy, and Connor McGovern, who has
Speaker 1: barely seen any playing time at right guard. How worried
Speaker 1: are you, Isaiah about this offensive line, especially knowing the
Speaker 1: opponent that's coming up on the other other side of
Speaker 1: the Linus scrimmage this week. Well, if we have to
Speaker 1: defend these guys man on man, i'm i'm my my,
Speaker 1: My warrior radar is up there. Hopefully the schemes that
Speaker 1: Coach Fielding comes up with allows for you guys to
Speaker 1: work in symmetry in motion as in poetry. You know,
Speaker 1: hopefully they work together and they slide together, and they
Speaker 1: they protect each other's gaps, and they have each you know,
Speaker 1: they have each other's backs. It's like huh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of like ballet. We're gonna say, um so,
Speaker 1: a combination of some slide protection, some some quick quick
Speaker 1: passing game. Hopefully both of those things was keep us
Speaker 1: out of situations where we have to face these absolute
Speaker 1: goons on the D line. Um yeah, I don't like
Speaker 1: our one on one match us, but again, you can
Speaker 1: scheme a team like this and get the victory. All
Speaker 1: I could see, Isaiah was the electric slide right there
Speaker 1: when you like a wedding party, right uh, you know, Kyle,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for eloquently articulating how empty the
Speaker 1: cuboards are, thank you so much, and uh yeah, man,
Speaker 1: it's yeah, thank you, you know. And and let's go
Speaker 1: over this one more time. So let's see Travis Frederick
Speaker 1: retired before the season in the off season, layall Collins
Speaker 1: uh didn't even get a chance to participate in two days,
Speaker 1: well a couple of days, all right. Uh. Then then
Speaker 1: we have uh Smith go down with the neck. He's
Speaker 1: out for the year. Check uh check. Uh. Then we
Speaker 1: have Zack Martin who uh now is in concussion protocol.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and the big one, Dak broke his ankle.
Speaker 1: So it's abysmal. It's the kind of day that we're having.
Speaker 1: You see the dark clouds hovering over the Metroplex right now.
Speaker 1: That is where our offense is right now. And five
Speaker 1: for about Joe Looney and Irving is yet to play
Speaker 1: on offensive. So all of that. I tried to save
Speaker 1: some of that other stuff, right. But here's here's the thing.
Speaker 1: When I when we I knew we had today, and
Speaker 1: so I'm starting to look for the silver lining or
Speaker 1: something good for the offensive line, and and I'm looking
Speaker 1: at yadish fourth round draft pick. I'm looking at Connor McGovern,
Speaker 1: who Connor McGovern was a third round draft pick overall,
Speaker 1: um ninetieth overall. And right now, have you guys heard
Speaker 1: any talk about Connor Williams lately? None? All right, Connor
Speaker 1: Williams right now on this offensive line is looking like
Speaker 1: last call. All right? He is at the end of
Speaker 1: the bar, looking like last call. That's how good our
Speaker 1: left guard is looking right now. Because we don't have
Speaker 1: nothing right and so the guys that own this offensive
Speaker 1: line in the middle, they're gonna have to take pride
Speaker 1: and get some do something for this running game, because
Speaker 1: right now they are all we have that's hit last call? Hey,
Speaker 1: are you saying that Connor is the last one to
Speaker 1: get picked in dodgeball? Is that what you're saying right now?
Speaker 1: Last call? Right there? Hey, don't not dodge He look
Speaker 1: more now. I think it's more so Connor William's just
Speaker 1: looking around and saying, where where did my friends go?
Speaker 1: What I've been to? Everybody? Where's where's all my guys
Speaker 1: guys here? But yeah, I mean, whenever it comes to
Speaker 1: this offensive line, I think it's been very well articulated
Speaker 1: that overall that they're gonna struggle this week and we're
Speaker 1: gonna see some pressure from that defensive line. But now
Speaker 1: now kind of moving into Kelln Moore and and really
Speaker 1: the play calling that's gonna have to combat this a
Speaker 1: little bit. Do you expect something rob to to change
Speaker 1: a little bit from what we saw on Monday night
Speaker 1: football in Arizona from a Kelen Moore play calling standpoint
Speaker 1: or even Andy Dalton at the line of scrimmage here, Well,
Speaker 1: Isaiah said it best, man. They need to scheme it up.
Speaker 1: You know, you can't just expect to drop back and
Speaker 1: uh and and have a deep passing game all the
Speaker 1: time with a lot of long dropbacks and slow developing plays. Um,
Speaker 1: they can't let to quote Isaiah, you can't let this
Speaker 1: be like an e Honda Game three Fighter style with Washington.
Speaker 1: You can't allow that to happen. So, um, you know,
Speaker 1: they've just got to be you know, they've got to
Speaker 1: scheme it up. But they've got to execute better in
Speaker 1: terms of uh the screen game and and letting guys
Speaker 1: letting those blocks develop. And as I'm hearing myself in
Speaker 1: my own ear, sorry guys, but they just got to
Speaker 1: be more effective doing that, uh, doing some short quick
Speaker 1: passing games. Some things to help that the pocket move.
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, Daniel Jones did. They did that
Speaker 1: with the Giants last week, trying to let the pocket
Speaker 1: develop a little bit. Uh, and so maybe that that's
Speaker 1: the way they can scheme it up Isamu. We had
Speaker 1: some technical issues, so I couldn't hear everything that Rob said, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: but um, in terms of them, in terms of the line,
Speaker 1: as I already I'll tell you, I already mentioned these guys,
Speaker 1: it's gonna have to be a scheme deal. You gotta
Speaker 1: scheme these guys. You can't you can't line up and
Speaker 1: try to face these guys. You're gonna have to get
Speaker 1: the ball out quick. You don't want to sit back
Speaker 1: there and hold the ball. That's what we saw any
Speaker 1: Dalton doing this week. I mean it happened because of
Speaker 1: two reasons. It happened because his receivers were getting open.
Speaker 1: Versus the coverage that they were facing last week, which
Speaker 1: we talked about, They're gonna have guys in their face
Speaker 1: all game long. With Peterson and Buddha, Baker and Murray
Speaker 1: and all those guys. Those guys were in their facing.
Speaker 1: It made it hard for them to get free releases
Speaker 1: and help hard for them to get open um, and
Speaker 1: then also because of the fact that he was unsure
Speaker 1: about the timing right when you have new receivers, it's
Speaker 1: like it's like when when when you when you throught
Speaker 1: about the combine. Right most most top of line quarterbacks
Speaker 1: don't like to throw the ball at the combine because
Speaker 1: you're throwing to receivers that you just don't have timing with,
Speaker 1: you don't have chemistry with, and you rather throw to
Speaker 1: your guys. When you drop back, you hit your fifth step,
Speaker 1: you can drive the ball because you know they're gonna
Speaker 1: be what you're supposed to be. Versus at the combine,
Speaker 1: you're throwing with guys and your timing's off and the
Speaker 1: ball could be behind and it could make you look bad.
Speaker 1: So I attest the same thing that that we've dealt
Speaker 1: with any Dalton's past week to that he hasn't had
Speaker 1: reps with his first string guys, right, he's probably spent
Speaker 1: more more time with the with the scout team and
Speaker 1: the practice squad guys and anything, because that's just how
Speaker 1: it goes in the NFL. The second string quarterback doesn't
Speaker 1: get the reps in practice. Um, So you I think
Speaker 1: that they need to get the ball out quick, then
Speaker 1: he get his quick game going. I can only imagine
Speaker 1: how many times he's throwing the ball to his receivers
Speaker 1: after practice today, because that's what you do when you're
Speaker 1: trying to get that chemistry. There's not enough practice reps
Speaker 1: to build chemistry, so you have to either come early
Speaker 1: or you gotta stay late, and you gotta get that work.
Speaker 1: And I can't even imagine that's what they've done this week.
Speaker 1: Expect to see a short passing game, Expect to see
Speaker 1: these officersivelignements short setting, and also expect to see them
Speaker 1: cut blocking because these guys are huge on the defensive
Speaker 1: line and they don't want to sit up there and
Speaker 1: try to wrestle with these guys all day. No. And
Speaker 1: you know, I think the game plan for Kelly Moore,
Speaker 1: like you said, isaid. I'm sure Rob's alluded to the
Speaker 1: same thing, was get the ball out of Andy Dalton's
Speaker 1: hands quickly. And Andy Dalton also said that he feels
Speaker 1: a lot more prepared going into this week Bass just
Speaker 1: based off of, you know, just last week's performance. And
Speaker 1: that's good news for us, just knowing that he understands
Speaker 1: the kind of pressure that he's going to be under
Speaker 1: this week with the Washington defensive line. But look, Buda
Speaker 1: Baker is we saw the one of the best safeties
Speaker 1: in the league last week, and now we go on
Speaker 1: to landon Collins and maybe they'll try and copycat some
Speaker 1: of the things that we saw versus Cardinals. Not even
Speaker 1: maybe we will and so we're able to pick up
Speaker 1: the blitz. That's what's gonna happen. But you know, one
Speaker 1: of the things that Andy Dalton can't do is stand
Speaker 1: back in the pocket and burp the baby. He's got
Speaker 1: to get rid of the He's got to get rid
Speaker 1: of the ball and play to his strengths. And we've
Speaker 1: always said that his strengths are reading defensive quickly. But
Speaker 1: because of his AFC North experience, he's got to put
Speaker 1: that on display. Because look, we know the names on
Speaker 1: the Washington defensive front, and Washington hadn't been a team
Speaker 1: that has been known to blitz because of the pressure
Speaker 1: that they manufacture upfront. Sorry, fellas, I had some technical difficulties,
Speaker 1: a lot of rain up here this morning. You go,
Speaker 1: now you got you guys are right, And that's what
Speaker 1: I said too. They got to be able to move
Speaker 1: the pocket. I thought they did that. The Giants did
Speaker 1: that with j Daniel Jones a little bit last week,
Speaker 1: but you're right. Heck like, you know, when Washington tried
Speaker 1: to blitz the Giants last week, they didn't really have
Speaker 1: a success. They're the opening touchdown for New York was
Speaker 1: on a Landing Collins blitz and they picked it up
Speaker 1: and blocked it up and Daniel Jones good now, Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: they didn't have any type of success against the blitz
Speaker 1: last week, so we'll see how they handle that. We
Speaker 1: mentioned Connor Williams man, I'm looking at him because that
Speaker 1: matchup with Dron Payne is huge. You know, he didn't
Speaker 1: have he didn't have a lot of consistent success, at
Speaker 1: least in that first meeting with Washington last year. I
Speaker 1: think one of Dak's interceptions in that game was off
Speaker 1: of a pressure from pain. That's the big one. He
Speaker 1: If Zach can't go, he's the veteran guy. He's got
Speaker 1: to be able to keep guys out of Dalton's face.
Speaker 1: With that middle rush on Sunday, well, you've also got
Speaker 1: the guy's coming off the edge. Of course, Chase Young
Speaker 1: second overall pick Montes sweat on the other side, Jonathan
Speaker 1: Allen is the other nose tackle for Washington and then oh,
Speaker 1: by the way, their league or their team leader in
Speaker 1: sacks and also franchise leader in sacks. Ryan Carrigan is
Speaker 1: in the second levels. He's second on the depth chart,
Speaker 1: which it's coming off the bench, coming off the bench,
Speaker 1: and you talk about fresh legs, you talk about rotation.
Speaker 1: It's going to continuously hit this offensive line and really repeatedly,
Speaker 1: especially in the first part of that football game. But Isaiah,
Speaker 1: whenever it comes to a quarterback standpoint, how much pressure
Speaker 1: on it is on Andy Dalton this week too, especially
Speaker 1: throughout the couple of practices that they had a chance
Speaker 1: to have earlier in the week, and just having that
Speaker 1: communication down of being able to recognize the defense and
Speaker 1: be able to call it for that offensive line to
Speaker 1: be successful. Yeah, I mean, I mean I talked I
Speaker 1: talked to any Dalton up a ton last week, right,
Speaker 1: And I know people try to drag me on Twitter
Speaker 1: for it. I'm still standing up for any Dalton. And
Speaker 1: you know one thing I didn't account for it and
Speaker 1: I should have, was just the fact that he didn't
Speaker 1: have enough. He hasn't had a lot of time with
Speaker 1: his officive line communicating he hasn't had a lot of
Speaker 1: time with his with his offensive receivers in his tight
Speaker 1: ends getting them in the ball, and it plays a
Speaker 1: huge part at the quarterback position. I don't feel that
Speaker 1: he has pressure. I don't think he's adding any more
Speaker 1: pressure onto himself this week. If anything, he feels less
Speaker 1: pressure because he actually feels more comfortable within this offense.
Speaker 1: He's been working with his guys directly. It's different when
Speaker 1: you're working with the guys as a backup versus when
Speaker 1: you're working with the guys. I'm the guy right now,
Speaker 1: all right, it's a different it's a different vibe, right Guys,
Speaker 1: Listen to you a little bit differently. Right when you
Speaker 1: step in the huddle, Guys look at you a little
Speaker 1: a little bit differently when you're the guy versus you,
Speaker 1: guy who just came in for somebody who for our
Speaker 1: guy who just got hurt. So I think he's probably
Speaker 1: has less pressure on him this week. Now. The outside world,
Speaker 1: right us and the fans and everybody else are gonna
Speaker 1: put all kinds of pressure on him. But as a quarterback,
Speaker 1: as Andy Dalton right now, I can guarantee you he
Speaker 1: feels less pressure because he feels more prepared going into
Speaker 1: this week, and I think we'll see a lot more
Speaker 1: resemblance of what we expect at Anie Daldon. He's what
Speaker 1: he's been in the past. I think we'll see a
Speaker 1: lot more of that this week than what we saw
Speaker 1: last week, because last week was just like, oh, what
Speaker 1: the heck is going on? Well, yeah, he had the
Speaker 1: kitchen sink coming at him last week and he didn't
Speaker 1: really have a lot of time they I mean, obviously,
Speaker 1: if you watch the All twenty two you can see
Speaker 1: that pocket collapsing on him. But he has got to
Speaker 1: make at some point in this game. He's gonna have
Speaker 1: to make a play with his books because because of
Speaker 1: the way that this defense is structure, he's gonna have
Speaker 1: that opportunity. And so it's gonna be a third and
Speaker 1: eight third, whatever it's gonna be. Andy Dalton's gonna have
Speaker 1: that opportunity. I know guys don't want to hear that,
Speaker 1: but it's all hands on deck as far as our
Speaker 1: playmakers are concerned. And I'm gonna say it again, we
Speaker 1: have to feed Zeke. We feed Zeke, We limit the turnovers.
Speaker 1: That's one of the things that it's been killing us. Limits,
Speaker 1: we have yes, limits, Please everybody feed Zeke, well, we
Speaker 1: have to. He's he's a veteran guy on our team.
Speaker 1: He's a leader. He's he's a leader, he's a dog,
Speaker 1: bell cow, all of those things. And I think that
Speaker 1: Zeke just throughout the week, you can see it in
Speaker 1: his eyes. Man, he's claiming that he knows that he
Speaker 1: messed up. Man, and it's it's on him, and people
Speaker 1: are trying to put that stigma a fumbler on him,
Speaker 1: and he doesn't want it. And so also for Zeke,
Speaker 1: the Washington football team is a team that he loves
Speaker 1: to play against. He scored eight touchdowns against him in
Speaker 1: his career. Is at seven hundred and thirteen yards rushing
Speaker 1: versed him in his career. So look, maybe this is
Speaker 1: the feel good game for Zeke to get him back
Speaker 1: on track, because we're gonna need him to get in
Speaker 1: rhythm to help Andy Dalton in the passing game. You know,
Speaker 1: he said he watched cutups of every fumble he's ever
Speaker 1: had this week to try to figure out what the
Speaker 1: what the common denominator is and you and you're right. Heck,
Speaker 1: he went over one hundred yards in both games. Last year.
Speaker 1: So but it's a different line. You know, can they
Speaker 1: can they find those creases for him, because that's it's
Speaker 1: the whole continuity thing, not only for the pass protection,
Speaker 1: for the run game as well. But I wanted to
Speaker 1: bring back real quick, Isaiah because your point about a
Speaker 1: second week being the starter for Dalton, how much that helps,
Speaker 1: so that that is a real thing in terms of
Speaker 1: timing with receivers and things of that nature. Because he
Speaker 1: did mention that yesterday, and part of you is like, well,
Speaker 1: you know that's what you're gonna say another week. It's
Speaker 1: a short week, But it does it? Do you think
Speaker 1: it does make a difference for him? It makes a
Speaker 1: huge difference. I can remember in my time when I
Speaker 1: was kind of winding down things in the NFL, when
Speaker 1: I was in Jacksonville and we had we had a
Speaker 1: change in that quarterback, and I would stay out because
Speaker 1: I was just new to the team. I was I
Speaker 1: needed to stay after practice for about good thirty five
Speaker 1: forty minutes running the routes that we were gonna we
Speaker 1: had in the game plan, and we were running over
Speaker 1: and over and over and over so that they had
Speaker 1: some sense of confidence when that play was called that
Speaker 1: I was gonna be where I was supposed to be, right,
Speaker 1: because it's one thing for it to draw it up
Speaker 1: on paper. If Heckma goes out and runs a route right,
Speaker 1: that's on paper, and then I go out there and
Speaker 1: run a route, dis guess what the ball is going
Speaker 1: to have to be in a different place depending on
Speaker 1: who's running the route right, depending on what my timing gets.
Speaker 1: All that stuff matters. This is all the in depth
Speaker 1: football stuff, behind the scenes stuff that most fans and
Speaker 1: everybody don't really understand. This stuff matters. Repetitions matter. The
Speaker 1: reason why you're seeing the production down over all in
Speaker 1: the NFL on defense is because most of these defenses,
Speaker 1: it requires everybody to be in sink, and this offseason
Speaker 1: then allowed for them to be in sinc The teams
Speaker 1: that have new the teams that have new offenses have
Speaker 1: struggled for the most part, right because because they haven't
Speaker 1: been had an opportunity to have those reps. This stuff matters.
Speaker 1: You could say they're professionals. You can say these guys
Speaker 1: are getting paid a lot of money. All that stuff
Speaker 1: is fining Danny, and yeah that's true, but guess what,
Speaker 1: it's still human and humans still need reps to perfect
Speaker 1: their craft. Yeah, well, go ahead. No, I appreciate that,
Speaker 1: and I understand that. You know, and a lot has
Speaker 1: been made of people think that this is seven on seven.
Speaker 1: It's not. And there's a lot. There's a lot that
Speaker 1: goes into you know, footsteps, timing things like that, because
Speaker 1: you have people coming at you while you're trying to
Speaker 1: make this pass. Whatever the excuse was, whatever happened, however
Speaker 1: it was. What I'm looking for is Andy Dalton not
Speaker 1: throwing the ball fifty four times in the game. Plea, right,
Speaker 1: let's not do that. Whatever it is when we come
Speaker 1: to the statuet Sunday night, Monday morning, let's not see
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton throwing the ball that many times. Get your
Speaker 1: time and routes down the little quick throws that you could,
Speaker 1: whether it's the slant stop routes, all of those things
Speaker 1: are gonna help Andy Dalton. So hopefully those are the
Speaker 1: things that we've been working on. Because you still have
Speaker 1: your receiving corps intact and plenty of playmakers. What we
Speaker 1: have to do, and what everybody can see is that
Speaker 1: the running game is suffering, and once the running game
Speaker 1: is obsolete, teams are just been pinning their ears back
Speaker 1: and coming after him. Yeah, and another thing I want
Speaker 1: everybody kind of turning their attention to as I know
Speaker 1: everybody was super hard on Dalton or any other quarterback
Speaker 1: that will step into the situation. Right, everybody look at
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. Look at Tom Brady, Tom Brady of the past, right,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady with New England Patriots. Every year he steps
Speaker 1: out there and balls out. I gotta tell you, TB
Speaker 1: twelve spends a ton of time with his receivers in
Speaker 1: the off season. This year is a little bit different, right,
Speaker 1: But in past years, even when I was playing out there,
Speaker 1: I would see him on college campuses, working with ground Kowski,
Speaker 1: working with Edelman. He's flying guys in and he's working
Speaker 1: with these guys that he already knows. He knows these guys,
Speaker 1: he already has chemistry with these guys. But he's continued
Speaker 1: to build the chemistry with these guys all throughout the
Speaker 1: off season. So guess what when they show up to
Speaker 1: the season, their time is impeccable, right, their confidence And
Speaker 1: when when I draw back three steps or five steps
Speaker 1: and I delivered the ball, I know where he's gonna
Speaker 1: be when I throw it back shoulder, that nonverbal communication.
Speaker 1: He knows when to turn around and catch the ball. Right.
Speaker 1: And then look at Tom Brady when he goes to
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. Everybody was dragging him the first couple of weeks, right,
Speaker 1: everybody was dragging Tom. Oh Tom Brady's lost it. Oh
Speaker 1: my goodness, he's not TV twelve anymore. Oh he's terrible
Speaker 1: and he's got it. He I told you, it was
Speaker 1: just a he was a product of the system. That
Speaker 1: was the first couple of weeks. Why, because he didn't
Speaker 1: have chemistry with those receivers. He didn't have that, he
Speaker 1: didn't have the amount of rips with those receivers he
Speaker 1: typically would have in a typical off season. But now
Speaker 1: what do you see with TV twelve. Now he's throwing dimes.
Speaker 1: Now his chemistry is getting better. I'm just saying. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying. I'm just saying, look at his stats, right,
Speaker 1: look at what's happened. Now. Their chemistry is getting better. Right.
Speaker 1: So it's a it's a it's a perfect correlation from
Speaker 1: somebody who hasn't had a lot of rods with with
Speaker 1: a group of guys, versus when they feel they get
Speaker 1: more comfortable and look at the production difference, So I
Speaker 1: think we ever can expect the same here. You know,
Speaker 1: out here, Frandy's more than I. I mean, he's he's going,
Speaker 1: he's going, all right. But to your point, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe we were a little spoiled by the way Andy
Speaker 1: came in and went nine of eleven after Dak got
Speaker 1: hurt two games ago. But but what he spoke to yesterday,
Speaker 1: Amari spoke to yesterday, was just what you said. We've
Speaker 1: got to know what the quarterback sees in addition to
Speaker 1: what we see. It's got to be the exact same
Speaker 1: thing in terms of routes and adjustments on routes. And
Speaker 1: they actually spent some time after practice kind of going
Speaker 1: over some specific routes and making sure, okay, you're we're
Speaker 1: seeing the same thing. It's that nonverbal communication you talked about,
Speaker 1: And that's that's the most impressive thing about what Dak
Speaker 1: and Amari were able to build in twenty eighteen. Right
Speaker 1: off the trade. Right when Amari came in, it was
Speaker 1: like they've been playing together for years, and so yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe you know, no matter how long you started in
Speaker 1: this league, every rep counts for a quarterback, So maybe
Speaker 1: that'll make the difference, Like Heckma said, though it depends
Speaker 1: on balance, it depends on time, time in the pocket.
Speaker 1: You know, if he can't function there, none of it's
Speaker 1: gonna matter. Well. And of course Dak Prescott had that
Speaker 1: timing down with his receivers before his injury. I mean,
Speaker 1: he had done the same thing kind of what Isaiah
Speaker 1: was mentioning and Tom Brady of going out and having
Speaker 1: those different get together get togethers in those different meetings
Speaker 1: with his receivers, and unfortunately Andy Dalton just never had
Speaker 1: an opportunity to do that, and his learning curve starts.
Speaker 1: Now it started in training camp. Sure they had the
Speaker 1: reps in training camp, but this is where that curve
Speaker 1: starts kind of really showing up of finding that timing,
Speaker 1: finding a rhythm. And not only is Andy Dalton trying
Speaker 1: to find a rhythm with his receivers, but his receivers
Speaker 1: to him and then also he to the offensive line
Speaker 1: that is still an ever changing carousale of players that
Speaker 1: we mentioned just a little bit ago. So it's kind
Speaker 1: of these different aspects, these different puzzle pieces that continue
Speaker 1: to make things tough on the Cowboys offense moving forward.
Speaker 1: Now when we come back, are these receivers at a
Speaker 1: bigger advantage this week than they were last week to
Speaker 1: maybe have a bounce back week against another solid secondary.
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Speaker 1: in the dark light today, mister heck my Harrison, his
Speaker 1: lighting is being cut down by this this wild storm
Speaker 1: this morning in the area, so he looks a little
Speaker 1: more intimate. I guess in the light tonight, you look fantastic.
Speaker 1: It's spooky season in the Harrison household. He's already taken
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Speaker 1: let we'll let Heck intro the uh intro, the prediction
Speaker 1: segment and kind of give us a nice little hype intro.
Speaker 1: J We we we've been previewing this uh, this Cowboys
Speaker 1: offense up against the Washington defense and the matchup that
Speaker 1: comes up at noon Central Time on Sunday, and guys,
Speaker 1: it was a disappointing week last week for for a
Speaker 1: lot of Cowboys Nation because of the stats and because
Speaker 1: of really the results on Monday that Night football, But
Speaker 1: it was especially disappointing really for wide receivers on Monday
Speaker 1: Night football. Mary Cooper got his phill seven reception seventy
Speaker 1: nine yards, Ceedee Lamb seven for sixty four. But then
Speaker 1: you have Michael Gallup two receptions twenty three yards, Cedric
Speaker 1: Wilson he really didn't have a chance to shine yet
Speaker 1: two receptions ten yards, and Dalton Scholtz had four but
Speaker 1: only thirty five. So my question to you, of course,
Speaker 1: they were going up against a Buddha baker who had
Speaker 1: an interception in that game. Of course, we learned prior
Speaker 1: in that week about Patrick Peterson and really the different
Speaker 1: challenges that they put out there. But now you get
Speaker 1: to see Landon Collins, who we've already mentioned in today's show,
Speaker 1: Ronald Darby out there as well as Kendall Fuller as
Speaker 1: for this Washington defense. So my question to you, Hackma,
Speaker 1: is the wide receiving core going to have a better
Speaker 1: week this week and why well, they have to and
Speaker 1: they have to and guys that are in the slot
Speaker 1: have to be aware that the ball is coming out
Speaker 1: of Andy Dalton's hands quickly. Kendall Fuller to me is man,
Speaker 1: he's a very glitchy cornerback. He will jump a route.
Speaker 1: He doesn't care right, wrong, and different, he will do
Speaker 1: it and that's why he has four interceptions. As he's
Speaker 1: on the leaderboard for having those interceptions. But you know,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, as we talked about in the last segment,
Speaker 1: it's just making sure that Andy Dalton has that comfort
Speaker 1: with the receivers to know what they're going to do.
Speaker 1: And Isaiah's articulated that very well and just saying that, Look,
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna come down to these guys finding those
Speaker 1: open spaces and thinking on the same wavelength as Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton because you know what you're gonna get from the
Speaker 1: defensive front. So these guys have to have a better showing. Obviously,
Speaker 1: if you're just comparing the last game, is really kind
Speaker 1: of unfair because of the pressure that Andy Dalton was
Speaker 1: under and he just couldn't find anybody. There were certain
Speaker 1: downs where he held on to the ball way too long,
Speaker 1: and he can't afford to do that. Otherwise you have
Speaker 1: a defensive line that is going to get after him.
Speaker 1: And what I fear most about this matchup versus Washington
Speaker 1: is you know, the strip sack, because if he's standing
Speaker 1: in there and he doesn't feel the pressure behind him
Speaker 1: or in front of him to run pain, uh, sweat
Speaker 1: or young, they are going to be trying to take
Speaker 1: advantage of that and get the ball out of Dalton's hands. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not too concerned about the ball protection side of
Speaker 1: things with Annie Dalton. I think he does a great
Speaker 1: job securing the ball with both hands. Actually he does.
Speaker 1: I think he does a better job than most guys
Speaker 1: in the league in terms of just having both hands
Speaker 1: in the ball and being aware. Um, but the d
Speaker 1: light will present a problem for offensive line. We obviously
Speaker 1: already know that. We already talked about that um last
Speaker 1: week as we looked to last week. All Right, we're
Speaker 1: talking about um, Annie Darner or anybody else for that matter,
Speaker 1: who's the second stream quarterback in this league coming in
Speaker 1: and trying to throw timing routes with their receivers, with
Speaker 1: the starting receivers who they haven't had reps with against
Speaker 1: man coverage against one of the better corners in the
Speaker 1: league Peterson and Um and and and Murray and who
Speaker 1: who Murphy was playing well as well. It's not it's
Speaker 1: not a good thing, right. You want to be able
Speaker 1: to just line up and throw routes on air and
Speaker 1: like like Heck already has alluded to in terms of
Speaker 1: seven or seven when you're trying to throw routes the
Speaker 1: guys that you already don't have timing with versus man
Speaker 1: to man press cover, and those guys's timing is going
Speaker 1: to be thrown off by that as well. It's a
Speaker 1: bad combination. So last week was not the week to
Speaker 1: be trying to rate this passing offense with with the
Speaker 1: new regime at quarterback. UM, this week is a little
Speaker 1: bit better, right, UM. D line is a lot more stout. Um,
Speaker 1: this is this D line presents problems for us. The
Speaker 1: secondary is respectable. Um, but Jack deale Real, the defensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: is going to play base defense. You don't. I don't
Speaker 1: think unless they were watching film and they want to
Speaker 1: get outside of what their their character or their defense is,
Speaker 1: I don't see them bringing a lot of pressure. This
Speaker 1: team is very, um, very bullheaded and very stubborn in
Speaker 1: their defensive schemes, and they're going to run some very
Speaker 1: simple stuff, but they're going to run it well. They're
Speaker 1: gonna run three coverages and they're gonna run them to
Speaker 1: the best of their ability. They're going to communicate well,
Speaker 1: they know where everybody's supposed to be, and they were
Speaker 1: going to rely on this defensive line and push the
Speaker 1: pocket and make it uncomfortable for any Dalton back there.
Speaker 1: Our receivers should have a good game reason beings because
Speaker 1: they're not gonna have guys following them every step of
Speaker 1: the way on their routes. They're gonna be able to
Speaker 1: find the gaps and find holes in this. In his
Speaker 1: own defense, it's gonna come down to kenda offici line.
Speaker 1: Keep this defensive line at bay, keep their hands down
Speaker 1: right to keep them out the passing lanes and keep
Speaker 1: them from bull rushing and pushing back into Andy Dalton's face.
Speaker 1: If they can be respectable and be even okay seventy
Speaker 1: percent out their assignments, I think our offense goes out
Speaker 1: and absolutely kills it against this defense. Yep. It comes
Speaker 1: down to pressure. Because you said it, like we talked earlier,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe they see in copycat Arizona and try to
Speaker 1: blitz more. But they have the luxury of a front
Speaker 1: flour and they put their hands in the dirt and
Speaker 1: they get after it, those front four guys, and so
Speaker 1: you don't necessarily have to blitz. You can play more coverage.
Speaker 1: So that's that's the key. You know, Montes sweat You
Speaker 1: watch him and he's in the backfield a lot, so
Speaker 1: they have got to they have got to be on
Speaker 1: their keys there to you guys point like it is
Speaker 1: a good secondary. Kendle Fuller is a good corner derby.
Speaker 1: They've seen him before in the NFC East, So I
Speaker 1: think there will be opportunities there, but it's going to
Speaker 1: depend on how comfortable and Dalton be in the pocket
Speaker 1: to let these let these routes develop, because and the
Speaker 1: other part of the receivers too. They may need to
Speaker 1: get the screen game going, get that short passing game going,
Speaker 1: some of those timing throws and that they got to
Speaker 1: block it up better. You know, that's on receivers and
Speaker 1: tight ends, getting out in space and creating space four
Speaker 1: zeke four pollard uh. I think there might be opportunities
Speaker 1: to get that going, but you got to be able
Speaker 1: to block it up. They haven't been consistent doing that
Speaker 1: and letting those plays. That's a great point, rob And
Speaker 1: in order to run um, um excuse me, in order
Speaker 1: to run screen game against the defense as sound is this,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to get your cut blocks. You're gonna
Speaker 1: have to sell it really well, or these office alignment
Speaker 1: they have to get out. They're gonna be very sure
Speaker 1: about setting the edge and walling their defensive ends in
Speaker 1: and getting them washed down. Um, these receivers are going
Speaker 1: to have to block. You can run. You can run
Speaker 1: screenplays all day, all day long, right, and you want
Speaker 1: to because you want to tire route this defensive line
Speaker 1: to make them less effective. Um and you know in
Speaker 1: every other aspect of the game. And if you could
Speaker 1: do that, that's awesome. But even when you do that,
Speaker 1: a lot of times the quarterbacks can come up and
Speaker 1: make the play right and even though you did a
Speaker 1: good job to defensive line, the cornerback comes up a
Speaker 1: spoils the whole play for you. So our receivers are
Speaker 1: gonna to be under ques as well in terms of blocking.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be it's gonna be required for everybody
Speaker 1: to be doing their job. Now, if you had to
Speaker 1: pinpoint which element of this offense for the Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: is going to have more success on Sunday, and heckmon,
Speaker 1: we're gonna start with you. I'm gonna put you on
Speaker 1: the spot here. Would it be the running game because
Speaker 1: of the susceptibility of maybe taking advantage of overaggression from
Speaker 1: the defensive line in a weaker linebacker corps than we've
Speaker 1: seen in the last couple of weeks. Or the passing
Speaker 1: game because of the opportunities that these receivers are gonna
Speaker 1: have against the zone defense. You know, I don't. I don't.
Speaker 1: I'm not one of those people that feel like you're
Speaker 1: just gonna have to keep running zeke up in there
Speaker 1: against this stone wall of a defense. But I think
Speaker 1: you have to get some type of rhythm going in
Speaker 1: the running game to have give give Andy Dalton success
Speaker 1: in passing the ball. If anyone is going to have success,
Speaker 1: I believe it's gonna be those receivers on hot reads
Speaker 1: because they think they're gonna have an opportunity to take
Speaker 1: some the distance. So you know, for me, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be the receivers. Although I realize the importance of the
Speaker 1: running game. I just feel like versus this defensive line,
Speaker 1: this may be a tougher task than it had been
Speaker 1: uh in in previous weeks. Rob, I think, Man, oh, Rob, No,
Speaker 1: I Uh, I'm kind of with Heck on this, but
Speaker 1: but I I think they've got to get the run established.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any other way around it. I
Speaker 1: think Zeke's gonna be highly motivated in this game, and
Speaker 1: I know he's got to take care of the ball.
Speaker 1: But I know he's taken a lot of criticism, but
Speaker 1: he's a competitive, a guy that I've covered on this
Speaker 1: team before. I expect him to run angry in this game.
Speaker 1: And if they can, you know, we'll see how they block,
Speaker 1: how they how they because this this front is good
Speaker 1: against the run too. But I think they have to
Speaker 1: get it going, and I kind of have a feeling
Speaker 1: they're going to be able to at least to try
Speaker 1: to just kind of keep him off balance, keep him
Speaker 1: honest a little bit in the passing game. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: am in total agreeance with both of you guys in
Speaker 1: that regard. I think Zeke is gonna be a mad
Speaker 1: man as well. You could tell competitors many not to
Speaker 1: say that all guys aren't competitors, but there's levels to this, right,
Speaker 1: and Zeke is a true competitor. I could see how
Speaker 1: angry he was at himself last week. Not only was
Speaker 1: he angry at himself for his performance and his lack
Speaker 1: there of execution, but he was mad because he let
Speaker 1: everybody else down and he knows a position that he
Speaker 1: put everybody in. So when you internalize that as a competitor,
Speaker 1: because every player who's who's been been in a position
Speaker 1: to actually control the ball in the game and who's
Speaker 1: made a mistake like that feels that right. They know
Speaker 1: that that weight he's gonna come out and he's gonna
Speaker 1: try to make a point this week. He's gonna try
Speaker 1: to lay that head and try to bust somebody open
Speaker 1: on these on these plays. I think if we're going
Speaker 1: to be successful in the running game, it's not going
Speaker 1: to be running it straight up the middle. Not gonna
Speaker 1: be just straight assignment straight up the middle. Let's line
Speaker 1: up and try to move these guys off the ball.
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to even I don't think we have
Speaker 1: to drive these guys off the ball. I think if
Speaker 1: we can even hold them on a line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: I think Zeke can find some holes in there. We're
Speaker 1: gonna work, but we have to get up to the
Speaker 1: second level. It's one thing to block the defensive line.
Speaker 1: It's another there's four defensive linement for your five offensive alignment, right, so,
Speaker 1: but there's also three linebackers behind those guys. So if
Speaker 1: you don't get up to the second level, those linebackers,
Speaker 1: they they kill your play as well. I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to try to get to some of these
Speaker 1: outside zones and these receivers again, there's gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on them. Yes, they're trying to find
Speaker 1: some holes in zone coverage for receiving purposes, but also
Speaker 1: blocking wise, they're gonna play a huge part in the
Speaker 1: blocking game. If we want to get this running game
Speaker 1: going versus two high defense, our office alignment gonna have
Speaker 1: to hold the blocks, right, We're gonna need that extra
Speaker 1: office alignment to get up to the next level, and
Speaker 1: then we're gonna need our tight ends, right, We're gonna
Speaker 1: need these guys to get up to the next level
Speaker 1: and get these linebackers in these safeties, and then we
Speaker 1: have a chance. They're getting some running game because they
Speaker 1: do want to play two high safety, and if they
Speaker 1: even think about playing single high safety, that's when our
Speaker 1: passing game has to take over for sure. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: And I mean this is a Washington defense that at
Speaker 1: the moment sits in the top five in terms of
Speaker 1: passing defense allowed. I think their second in terms of
Speaker 1: passing defense and passing yardage allowed so far this season
Speaker 1: as a defense. And one of the reasons why they
Speaker 1: put a lot of pressure on the quarterback. And maybe
Speaker 1: Zeke's where you try and find a hole, you try
Speaker 1: and make them susceptible and take advantage of establishing the
Speaker 1: run early, and maybe that opens things up with Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton later in the football game. I'm gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: knock this read out so we can then come back
Speaker 1: and do our predictions for the weekend of or week
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Speaker 1: predictions on each of the games that we're about to
Speaker 1: go through here in the last couple of minutes here
Speaker 1: of talking cowboys, we've got ourselves some standings updates. And man,
Speaker 1: it was a another week dominated by mister Rob Phillips
Speaker 1: and Isaiah Standback had an okay week as well. I
Speaker 1: mean they were both three and one, but whatever. So
Speaker 1: Rob Phillips and a or in Isaiah stand Back are
Speaker 1: up at the top of the leaderboard. They're both eleven
Speaker 1: and five. They both went three and one last week,
Speaker 1: so eleven and five overall. Heckma is in third place
Speaker 1: at nine and seven. He went two in two last week.
Speaker 1: Faith and and uh and I'm I'm bringing up the
Speaker 1: rear at eight and eight, so I've got to make
Speaker 1: up some ground here. So we've only blouses. Okay, game
Speaker 1: blouses its week seven. This ain't game, This ain't prince yet.
Speaker 1: Prince edn't called game yet. Anyways, we've got like nine,
Speaker 1: we've got four or five minutes here, four or five minutes.
Speaker 1: We're gonna try and get through as mini games as possible.
Speaker 1: So quickly here, heckmas or no, Isaiah's gonna start us off.
Speaker 1: Steelers Titans, Battle of the undefeated teams, last two undefeated
Speaker 1: teams in the AFC. Who you got on this one?
Speaker 1: Where's it at? It's Tennessee, I said, quickly, here, Isaiah,
Speaker 1: let's go fam Yeah, sorry, Pittsburg. I'm gonna go to Pittsburgh. Okay,
Speaker 1: I like both. Let's go to Pittsburgh. Okay, rob Steelers
Speaker 1: giving up less than like ninety points so far the
Speaker 1: st heckma, I'm right. I'm riding with the Titans. Man.
Speaker 1: I like what they do in the running game. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be hard to contain Henry. So I'm
Speaker 1: going with the Titans. Ana plus, I gotta make up ground. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I gotta make up ground. Two. So either we're gonna
Speaker 1: make up ground or lose another game. I'm going with
Speaker 1: Tennessee and that one both teams five and Oh that'll
Speaker 1: be a fun one. Okay, let's go to New England.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo returns to New England as the San Francisco
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers at three and three take on the
Speaker 1: Patriots at two and three. I think the Patriots get
Speaker 1: back on track and sneak out a win at home
Speaker 1: and Gillette Stadium. And I'm gonna give this one to
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick and the boys. How about you? Heckma oh,
Speaker 1: this is a toss up game for me. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: going with Cam and this one. Man, I think New
Speaker 1: England Belichick he knows Garoppolo all too well. So now
Speaker 1: I'm going to New England at home. Rob Belichick's not
Speaker 1: losing two in a row. Okay, New England across the board, Rob, Oh,
Speaker 1: he's gonna see takes he takes New England. Okay, uh yeah, yeah, No,
Speaker 1: the Patriots going to two and four, No, I can't
Speaker 1: see it. Yeah, that would be kind of interesting to
Speaker 1: say the least. Okay, how about this one flexed Sunday
Speaker 1: night game with the team that we just saw, the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals hosting the Seattle Seahawks and Russell Wilson, who
Speaker 1: has a six one and one record on the road
Speaker 1: against Arizona. And yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and start
Speaker 1: with Isaiah. Get that one out of the way. He's
Speaker 1: already putting the Seahawks wings up. Hey, hey, birds of
Speaker 1: a feather don't flock together. I'm going with the Hawks, baby,
Speaker 1: they are both birds here. You got the record out there,
Speaker 1: six and one, Yeah, six and one. I'm going to
Speaker 1: seattle on that one. Also, Yeah, I gotta go Russ
Speaker 1: over Kyler m. I'm gonna pick the Cardinals here, and
Speaker 1: they continue their hot streak from what we saw, and
Speaker 1: they're gonna win it at home on Sunday Night. That said,
Speaker 1: probably a bad pick for me, but I need to
Speaker 1: make up ground again once again. Okay, Monday night game.
Speaker 1: The Bears and the Rams, Los Angeles hosting this one,
Speaker 1: and they're fourteen and four at home since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 1: Who you got in this one? Heckma, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with the Rams, Okay, rob Right, I haven't seen anything
Speaker 1: of Chicago this season, so I'm not sure why they're
Speaker 1: five and one, So I'll go with the Rams because
Speaker 1: i've seen them play. I say it's making ram Wards
Speaker 1: into the screen right now. I say it's like the
Speaker 1: least friendly person for someone who listens to talking cowboys.
Speaker 1: I just want to apologize for everyone who's missing out
Speaker 1: by watch the video. Ye got to come back and
Speaker 1: watch it. I keep listening to it. I'm gonna take uh, man,
Speaker 1: I can bake up another game here. But I don't
Speaker 1: want to go against the Rams. But I'm going to
Speaker 1: go with the Rams. I just say, what's your chest?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it with my chest because I think
Speaker 1: they're bringing that whole Kyle. Rams are a better team.
Speaker 1: Rams are a better team. I'm gonna go with Los
Speaker 1: Angeles here. Okay, here's the fun one. You're gonna hate yourself.
Speaker 1: You're gonna hate. I'm gonna hate it. If if Nick
Speaker 1: folesohow pulls that one out, I'm gonna hate it. Okay,
Speaker 1: big one on Sunday at noon, Cowboys against Washington and
Speaker 1: the football Team. The Cowboys have won seven of the
Speaker 1: last eight matchups. Isaiah, start us off. My friend, I
Speaker 1: got my Cowboy shirt on today because the Cowboys gonna
Speaker 1: win that thing. They winning this ball game. Let's go.
Speaker 1: I love it, getting right back on it. Do we
Speaker 1: have a score prediction, mister stanback uh score prediction. Let's
Speaker 1: go with U. Let's go twenty eight seventeen. Huh okay, okay, Rob, Yeah,
Speaker 1: look man, if you look, if you watch the News.
Speaker 1: You wouldn't know that there are fourteen other teams that
Speaker 1: have no wins or at least two, and the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are amongst them. But this is the game where we
Speaker 1: try and get things back on track. I know we
Speaker 1: win this one. It won't be an easy one. I
Speaker 1: say a nail by the twenty four to twenty one.
Speaker 1: This comes down to whether you feel better about Washington's
Speaker 1: ability to score on the Cowboys defense or the Cowboys
Speaker 1: offensive line to hold up on their end. To me,
Speaker 1: it's kind of a toss up. But I feel like
Speaker 1: Washington's got enough wards too. I think they've been outscored
Speaker 1: forty seven to fourteen in the first quarter. If that's
Speaker 1: a chance for the Cowboys get off to a good start,
Speaker 1: a good start, and if they can do that and
Speaker 1: not turn the ball over, I'll take them. Low scoring
Speaker 1: game though, like twenty one eighteen Cowboys. Yeah, I can
Speaker 1: see that one. I can see that one as well.
Speaker 1: And I told myself last week that after the Arizona game,
Speaker 1: I told myself I was like, I'm not picking the
Speaker 1: Cowboys until they win again. I'm gonna pick against the
Speaker 1: Cowboys throughout the next couple of weeks. No matter what,
Speaker 1: but just looking just looking at it though, just really
Speaker 1: like this is another one of those things where it's like,
Speaker 1: Cowboys should win this football game. It would be an
Speaker 1: extreme disappointment if they didn't win this game just based
Speaker 1: off of what they had with the inedal. Oh yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I'm backpedaling. For sure, Cowboys are gonna win this game,
Speaker 1: and I think it'll be by a couple of I
Speaker 1: think it'll be buy a couple of scores. Washington's the
Speaker 1: only team in the NFL that has not h the
Speaker 1: only team in the NFL that has not scored on
Speaker 1: an opening drive in either the first half or the
Speaker 1: second half all season. They're over twelve in opening drives.
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys will get on the board first.
Speaker 1: They'll play with a bit of a lead, and I
Speaker 1: think that does pay dividends for Andy Dalton in that
Speaker 1: offense to find a little bit of a rhythm and
Speaker 1: then hopefully they come out on top. I'll say Cowboys
Speaker 1: twenty seven twenty one in this one. I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be. I think it'll be a good game. I
Speaker 1: backtracked on that one too. I said scores, Yeah, that's fine,
Speaker 1: and I'll backpedal all day long. If I need you,
Speaker 1: I'm saying it with my chest. Twenty one. Guys, it's
Speaker 1: been real fun over the last forty five minutes in
Speaker 1: this past week. Enjoy the game on Sunday noon Central
Speaker 1: Time on Fox Cowboys Redskins. You can join Isaiah and
Speaker 1: I on Cowboys Game Live at eleven am. Join us
Speaker 1: on there as well. We're live on the website Rob
Speaker 1: Phillips throughout the day talking about the game, writing about
Speaker 1: the game, and then we'll be back on Monday to
Speaker 1: break it all down for you at nine thirty. But
Speaker 1: for Chris Beam in the back for heck My Harrison,
Speaker 1: Rob Phillips and Isaiah stand back. I'm Kyle Yeoman saying
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