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Speaker 1: All right, everybody, hump day, hump day weekner. How boys

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Speaker 1: getting ready to face the Atlanta Falcons. And here on

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Speaker 1: guru right now. He is playing Will McClay, who is

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Speaker 1: gonna drop some knowledge on us because there's a lot

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Speaker 1: We're going ahead. We're gonna let Danny go ahead and

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Speaker 1: take it away. I think he had a great first

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Speaker 1: question for Will. And by the way, Will, I mean

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Speaker 1: most of our viewers they already know you as the guru,

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Speaker 1: the guy that brings all the talent into the Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: But little known fact for our listeners. Will McClay on

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Speaker 1: nah man, Yeah, so hey, we'll listen. We definitely appreciate

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Speaker 1: you for coming off first. And I'm gonna say it

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Speaker 1: personally for myself when I played, I know that you

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Speaker 1: And Church the same because you have to go find

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. But so lead lead from that. We'll leading that.

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Speaker 1: so speaking with Jerry Jones and hearing what he said about,

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Speaker 1: and how you how you kind of evaluate those guys

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Speaker 1: You know, it's it's really next man up first off,

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Speaker 1: been working on things and all that we didn't have

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Speaker 1: the roster. If they're serviceable, serviceable for us to run

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Speaker 1: it's something that's a little bit more concerning, we would

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Speaker 1: who helps pick the Cowboys players. Will one of the

427
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Speaker 1: more knowledgeable football guys out there. I always enjoyed my

428
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Speaker 1: football conversations with him, and hopefully you guys enjoyed what

429
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Speaker 1: we brought to you as well. Danny, Barry, tell me

430
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Speaker 1: what stood out from you from what we heard from

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Speaker 1: Will McClay. For me, we stood out the most is

432
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Speaker 1: how how firm he was on the belief of, you know,

433
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Speaker 1: they have to bring him in house. I mean it

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Speaker 1: seems like when I'm talking about in house, I'm talking

435
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Speaker 1: about bringing up with the injuries of you know, Blake

436
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Speaker 1: Jarwin and Lvee and Sean Lee. It stood out to

437
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Speaker 1: me that they all had that same philosophy. It's like, look,

438
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,760
Speaker 1: we gotta look in house first to bring it up.

439
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Speaker 1: And he basically broke down the whole situation, like how

440
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Speaker 1: they go from training camp to or from you know, well,

441
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Speaker 1: this year it was just training camp, and however you

442
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 1: can't just you know, put pieces here and here like

443
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: this fantasy football. These guys have jailed together through all

444
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: of camp and they got to figure it out that way.

445
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 1: So definitely bringing it up through in house and I

446
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,159
Speaker 1: thought that was pretty interesting. Yeah, And for me, I

447
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 1: think it was it brought me from the disappointing Monday

448
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Speaker 1: morning quarterback to you know, feeling more positive about what

449
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Speaker 1: we have going forward, right because I watched the game

450
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Speaker 1: and as upset as I was, you know, watching us

451
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 1: not being able to stop, to run and do certain things,

452
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,160
Speaker 1: it brought me back to you know, he said, riding

453
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Speaker 1: a bike, right, the first time you get on, you

454
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: might you might scratch your knee up, and you do

455
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Speaker 1: have to realize that we didn't tackle, we didn't really hit,

456
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Speaker 1: we didn't have preseason. There's a lot of stuff that

457
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Speaker 1: we didn't do that we normally do, and it just

458
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Speaker 1: you know, he made me feel like it just showed

459
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Speaker 1: up in Game one. And you know, as we as

460
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Speaker 1: we progressed through the season, we should be able to

461
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Speaker 1: fix some of those things, right, the players not being

462
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: used to two gaping and being in Twitter from a

463
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 1: two one gap to a two gap and those type

464
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 1: of things, those are really big changes, right, So it'll

465
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Speaker 1: take them from time to learn that. So I won't

466
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Speaker 1: I won't so much expect them to turn it around

467
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Speaker 1: this week. I expect them to play better, but as

468
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Speaker 1: the as the year goes on, I think they'll be

469
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Speaker 1: able to pick that up and get rid of those

470
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,680
Speaker 1: always and uh you know and buying and be able

471
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Speaker 1: to compete in this new defense. I first met Will

472
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,080
Speaker 1: McClay when he was the Dallas Desperadoes head football coach.

473
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Speaker 1: Well actually was assisted then he ended up taking over

474
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Speaker 1: for Joe Avazano and they were really good football team.

475
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Speaker 1: And so getting to talk to Will and seeing how

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Speaker 1: he actually ran a team in the confidence the guys

477
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Speaker 1: had in him, um, that's where I first got to

478
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Speaker 1: meet him. So I know he knows his football and

479
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: the understanding of the game. I just really liked how

480
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: what Barry was saying. He set us straight because after

481
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Speaker 1: the first week, you know, he got people want to

482
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Speaker 1: fire Kelly Moore, people that were well throw running, take

483
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Speaker 1: out steel, put right, put put Carter Williams at the

484
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Speaker 1: right tackle spot, moved Joe Luny off center, put in

485
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Speaker 1: a rookie. I mean, all these changes after one game

486
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 1: in which you lost by three points. We saw other

487
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 1: people get destroyed week one. The Cowboys are right there

488
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: till the very end of this football game, and I'm

489
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Speaker 1: wearing this. Dallas Stars had congratulations and the Stars they

490
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 1: won the West. They're gonna go play for the Stanley

491
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: Cup four wins away. And one thing that I'm reminded

492
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Speaker 1: about is how their season started. Guys, the Stars were

493
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Speaker 1: one seven and one to start the season. People were saying,

494
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Speaker 1: you know, this team's no good. These guys don't have

495
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Speaker 1: any heart, and they got it. It's a long sports

496
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 1: or a long season. We like everybody to start out

497
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Speaker 1: with a bang. But guess what Cowboys started out three

498
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: and old. Last year. People sitting there talking about Super

499
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Speaker 1: Bowl and this is not a team that ended up

500
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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen making the playoffs. So just just hold on, Okay,

501
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 1: hold on football teams take a while ago. Yes, yes,

502
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Speaker 1: mccraig ahead, No, No, I want to. I want to

503
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Speaker 1: make this clear while we're on the show. I was

504
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:58,360
Speaker 1: specifically talking about the defense what I saw office. I

505
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: am still not happy with the play calling, you know,

506
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,159
Speaker 1: some of that that it had nothing to do with

507
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: the players being out there and being able to take

508
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,199
Speaker 1: contact right, And I was specifically talking about us not

509
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Speaker 1: being able to stop the run, and it turned not

510
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: us not being able to rush the passer and having

511
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: an opportunity to some of the stuff I saw offense.

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Speaker 1: I still feel the same way that I felt on

513
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,919
Speaker 1: Monday about it. My mind can be changed. But I

514
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: was specifically just talking about the defense, you know it

515
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: shuffling up re shuffling in the old line and all

516
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: that stuff. I don't think so. But I was specifically

517
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Speaker 1: talking about us utilizing our playmakers to stretch the feel

518
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: and make big plays. So you're still mad, No, I

519
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: was mad. I was mad when I'm confused, and then

520
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: hopefully hopefully on Sunday, I'm no longer confused. I'm either

521
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Speaker 1: what I what I'm thinking is right or I was like,

522
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Speaker 1: I'm wrong. All right, now we're putting are we putting

523
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: some real stuff in? Okay? All right, all right, Well

524
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 1: it's Wednesday, and and Mike McCarthy already said his press

525
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: conference said they're moving forward. You can't do anything else

526
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,240
Speaker 1: about the Ram game. It's time to go ahead and

527
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: go to Atlanta. And one of the differences, and I

528
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: thought Will McClay pointed out very well, the Rams have

529
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: decided we are going to go with quick passes. We're

530
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 1: not going to allow your pass rushers to We're not

531
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: gonna get in that game. We're not going to have

532
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: our quarterback dropping back doing five seven step drops. Well,

533
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: we know Atlanta with Maddie Ice, he likes to go

534
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: ahead and drop back and sling that thing. So the

535
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: matchup this week, if Atlanta doesn't change, if they go

536
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 1: out there and do what they did against Seattle, this

537
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: can play into the Cowboys hands. It's going to be

538
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: fun to see exactly how both defenses, okay, both defenses

539
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: have warts, how they slow this down. I expect the

540
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,399
Speaker 1: high scoring game between the Cowboys and the Falcons because

541
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: both teams have some really good receiving weapons in this

542
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: game here, so I'm looking forward to Yeah, I'm looking

543
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,479
Speaker 1: forward to it as well. And like you said, it

544
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: was it was very interesting that how he broke that down,

545
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 1: how they wanted to play more lateral instead of a

546
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 1: vertical and I think that was a great point and

547
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,040
Speaker 1: MC they did a great job coaching that, but it

548
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: took basically, they took the aggressiveness from the defensive line

549
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:04,880
Speaker 1: because if you if you don't have time to get

550
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: back there, if you start to get frustrated and then

551
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: you say, Okay, how else can I impact this game?

552
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 1: Maybe if I put my hands up and jumped in,

553
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,640
Speaker 1: you know, try to bat balls and everything, but then

554
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: that takes away from your pass rush. So I have

555
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: to think the Rams did a great job of basically,

556
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 1: like Will said, playing ladder onstead of vertical. Now with Atlanta,

557
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 1: I think they're more of a vertical team. You always

558
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 1: see Maddie Ice back there taking those five step drops

559
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 1: rather than those three step jobs. So I think that

560
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: plays into the hand of our defensive line. I think

561
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: we can be a little bit more aggressive this week,

562
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: and hopefully we can get after Matt Ryan because we're

563
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: gonna need to. Yeah, I still feel the same I

564
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: think that the that the Falcons can actually run some

565
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: of the same stuff that the that the Rams ran.

566
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: So if we have to adjust and we have to

567
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: prepare to see this throughout the rest of the season,

568
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: teams trying to negate our pass rush by getting the

569
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: ball out quick and possibly running lad eally. So you know, defensively,

570
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 1: our defensive line and linebackers like the number one focus

571
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 1: is being able to stop the run because those sharp

572
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: passes don't work. You can't do that all game if

573
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: you aren't able to pick up three and four your

574
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: games on runs consistently, So we're still going to have

575
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: to stop it. Okay, stay with me there, Danny, on

576
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: your point. I was talking to a former coaching player

577
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: who said to me one of the issues that the

578
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: Cowboys had was from a defensive backstandpoint, if you know,

579
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: all right, they're going to go quick, all right, And

580
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: Jared Golf was basically wherever he looked, he threw the ball.

581
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: So if he took the snapstartered looking left, he was

582
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: throwing left. His feeling was that the Cowboy dbs needed

583
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: to play up closer, and he said, because they were

584
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: not trying to go over the top, they weren't trying

585
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 1: to throw deep because they were getting rid of the

586
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: football quicker. So if they're doing that, why not play

587
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: up on them closer? And so that'll go ahead, go ahead. Well, well,

588
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,479
Speaker 1: see that that's what the rams do. That's great, right,

589
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 1: So they get you in these tight formations, and as dbs,

590
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 1: what happens was when you put the receivers so tight,

591
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: dbs have to get on different levels, right, So it's

592
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: difficult for them to get up and press every play

593
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: because that would create a lot of pick routs. And

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00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure that McBay had some options to where we're

595
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: pressing all the time, they'll figure out a way to

596
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: pick us and run wheelwrights and get the get the

597
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: ball deep down the field. So it's just something that

598
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to scheme up and you know, figure

599
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: out how to blitz them and stop the run and

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Speaker 1: get them out of those type formations and make them

601
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Speaker 1: Danny McCray, Barry Church, former Cowboys Safeties join me every

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Speaker 1: day at two thirty pm. And I'm just merely Knewy Scrugs,

654
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Speaker 1: longtime Cowboys reporter. We are in our SWBC Mortgage virtual

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Speaker 1: home studios. Here all right, Sean Lee, cowboy linebacker. We

656
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Speaker 1: were thinking was gonna come off the ir after three games.

657
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: That's not gonna happen. He's gonna be on longer. He

658
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: had surgery for a sports hernia there. So what is

659
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: the concern level, Danny McCray, because we have Sean Lee

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Speaker 1: out for an extended time and Layton vander Esh two

661
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Speaker 1: of your top three linebackers not going to be in

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Speaker 1: the lineup for a minute. For me, it's a pretty

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Speaker 1: big concern. Like I said, I know, I keep harping

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Speaker 1: on being able to stop the run, but we need

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Speaker 1: linebackers that are able to get in there and take

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00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: on those blocks and stop the run. And when LV

667
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: goes down, you you you assume that you have a

668
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: pretty strong backup and the Great Sean Lee, and then

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Speaker 1: now that he's out, now you possibly have to go

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00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: to it was a second year and then a rookie

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00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: player or somebody or if you go outside, somebody that's

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00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 1: not familiar with the defense. So I think it's a

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00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: big concern. But you know, like Will came on here

674
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: and I feel more positive about it that he believes

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Speaker 1: in the guys that we have in the locker room,

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00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: so you know, he's never let me down, so I'm

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Speaker 1: with him. To me, it's it's a little concerning, even

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00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: even with us with the stuff the Great Will had

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00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: had said to us earlier. I mean, we did struggle

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00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: a little bit versus the Rams versus a run, and

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00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: that just compounds even more with Lve going down, and

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00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: we don't have a backup with the capabilities like Sean

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Speaker 1: Lee who's experienced, who knows what to do and can

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Speaker 1: bring everybody together. We don't have that. So right now,

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Speaker 1: I think we got Joe Thomas as there in there

686
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Speaker 1: as as a backup with the in house bringing it up,

687
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: and he's he's a good but I see him more

688
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 1: of that dime linebacker role, that that coverage type linebacker role.

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00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: I don't see him, you know, sticking his nose in

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Speaker 1: there and being a banger each and every down. And

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00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: then what happens if he goes down they were going back.

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00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: Then we've got to go to Luke Gifford, who I

693
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: think this is his second year in the league and

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00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: he hasn't had a lot of playing experience. So I'm

695
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 1: pretty concerned when it comes to this defense stopping the

696
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: run in that front seven. So hopefully they can find

697
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,280
Speaker 1: something to get done for this week coming up against Atlanta.

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00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: I know their run game doesn't look as strong as

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00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 1: it did in years past, but Todd Gurley, I mean,

700
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: he might not be the Todd Gurley of old, but

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00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,879
Speaker 1: he can still run the ball well. And we're gonna

702
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 1: need that linebacking corps in there to help stop it.

703
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: So hopefully they will have a solution by Sunday. The

704
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 1: shame of it is is something we spoke about before

705
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: the draft, talking about the linebacker situation. We said, hey, look,

706
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: you already know Sean Lee traditionally doesn't give you sixteen games. Okay,

707
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: it's just in his career he's only done at one time,

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00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: and with late vander Esh missing time that you had

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00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,840
Speaker 1: two guys who if you're just being honest, you shouldn't

710
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,720
Speaker 1: look to to finish sixty football games. And we're already

711
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: at that point. If you're the Cowboys, obviously you patch

712
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,479
Speaker 1: work it and you deal with it. But you start

713
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: looking into the draft in twenty twenty one, this now

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00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: becomes another position you have to look at. You know

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Speaker 1: you've got this. You've got the tight end spot because

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00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: Blake Jarl's gonna be coming off at ACL. You gotta

717
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: look at the tackle spot here. You may have to

718
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: draft yourself a swing tackle. After watching Lell Collins deal,

719
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: he's gonna miss games this year. He's on the ir

720
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 1: right now. We've seen tyre and miss mini games the

721
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: past three seasons. This you got issues man, and then

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Speaker 1: up front the defensive tackle spot. So it's just kind

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Speaker 1: of a it's a tough pill to swallow. And this

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00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: is where Mike Nolan's gonna earn his cash. How do

725
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: you fix your linebacking corps? Here? All teams are gonna

726
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: have issues to deal with, but right now, the Cowboys,

727
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 1: the linebacking corps gonna be interesting, and you've got to

728
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Speaker 1: tight end and hayten Hurst coming in here this week,

729
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan likes to isolate them. If he's putting

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00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: Joe Thomas and Jalen Smith and different and coverage right now,

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00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: you've got to think that that's going to be an

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Speaker 1: advantage for the Falcons. Barry, well, yeah, let me and

733
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Speaker 1: let me ask you guys both the question, because I

734
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: want to see what you guys think about this. Now.

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Speaker 1: He did say Jordan, He did say Jordan Lewis could

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Speaker 1: have a great possibility of returning this week. So with

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Speaker 1: the mention, like you said, of hating hrs at tight end,

738
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Speaker 1: how he can stretch the field, how they can come

739
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: out in twelve personnel or twenty one personnel and stretch

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00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: the field with him at tight end. Do you feel

741
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: as though the Cowboys can go with a Nickel package

742
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: versus base, seeing as though Jordan Lewis will be back

743
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: and he's good against the run. He's not that you know,

744
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: he's not a linebacker or anything like that, but he

745
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: can do good against the run. Plus it'll be able

746
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 1: for an extra cover person for hating Hurst. Do you

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00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: believe that's the approach that the Cowboys would go going

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00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: against this, this Atlanta Falcons offense. I don't, just because

749
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: we already have a problem stopping the run, so we

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00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: get out there in base and throw an eleven. I

751
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be looking their chops. I'll tell you this.

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00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 1: The linebackers are getting keamed up right now in the

753
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,720
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons meeting room right now. They're pointing out who's

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00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,399
Speaker 1: missing and what we showed a weakness, and they're out

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00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 1: there and they're scheming up everything to do that. So

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Speaker 1: I don't think that will be a thing. Hopefully, you know,

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00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: in the perfect world, they would just bring in b

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00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: Car and let him be that safety that walks down

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00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: and covers and let the other safety room or figure

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00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 1: out out kind of how they did in Baltimore. That's

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00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: the solution I see. Especially if you get into eleven

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00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: and you're playing couple one, you need somebody cover of

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Speaker 1: tight end. I think Brandon caused the best person for

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Speaker 1: the job. Mccrayon with you one hundred percent. I'll tell

765
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: you where the pressure and who can help the defense

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00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: the most. On Sunday, it is the Dallas Cowboys offense.

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00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: They need to control the football. The Rams held the

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00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: ball for thirty five minutes and change. On Sunday, the

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00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 1: Cowboys offense needs to hold the ball thirty plus minutes

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Speaker 1: and keep this defense off the field. We've seen the

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00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: past few seasons when the Cowboys have been able to

772
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: win games, it's because the defense was being able to

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00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 1: have some rest and put other teams in some third

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Speaker 1: down situations winning those third downs. So a whole heavy

775
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: dose of Ezekiel Elliott to me, it's going to be

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00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: the key for the Cowboys to go ahead and win

777
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 1: because if you can keep Atlanta off the field, you're fine,

778
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: and if you force them because you're able to go

779
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: out to a lead and make them play from behind.

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00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: We know the more Maddie Ice is throwing the football,

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00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 1: the better off it is for you. If you get

782
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 1: him throwing forty fifty passes because they're behind, making them

783
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: one dimensional, it's gonna get the Cowboys a better opportunity

784
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: to win fellas. Yeah, this is true. This is very true.

785
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,879
Speaker 1: If you if you got Maddie Ice schooling back there,

786
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: dropping them back for forty six attempts or fifty attempts,

787
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 1: I think that plays right into the hands for the

788
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. I think they'll be able to use those

789
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: pass rushers off the edge. We've seen Alden Smith coming in.

790
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: He looks like he's ready to keep going. So hopefully

791
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: we get to that point where we make the Atlanta

792
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: Falcons one dimensional. My only worry is, man, who's gonna

793
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 1: stick Julio Jones? You know who's gonna stick Calvin? Really?

794
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. It's a daunting task, man,

795
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: but we gotta make them one dimensional in my opinion, Yeah,

796
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: this has been a very different ahead. This has been

797
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: This has been their very different cover coverage game. For

798
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,359
Speaker 1: our defensive backs. They will be tested more than they

799
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 1: were last week, just because Sean McVay came out with

800
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: this side to side playing and quick passes. I don't

801
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,879
Speaker 1: see Atlanta doing the same thing. I seen them trying

802
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: to run and play action and use the ability that

803
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,360
Speaker 1: they have on their offensive weapons. Hint, hint, some stuff

804
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 1: that we should probably be doing with Calvin Ridley and

805
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 1: Julio Jones. And Julio Jones will be a big part

806
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 1: of the game plan for Atlanta, as Mark Cooper should

807
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: be for us. So hopefully we see a battle of receivers.

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00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: All right. Last night, Uh, the Clippers did what I

809
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: didn't think they would do. I thought they would win

810
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: the game against Denver. Um. They didn't get They didn't

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Speaker 1: just lose. They got embarrassed. Denver took them pride up

812
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 1: twenty points late the fourth quarter. I just thought that

813
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: was just pure, pure embarrassment. And then on social media,

814
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: Damian Lillard c J McCullum just clowning Paul Paul and

815
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,959
Speaker 1: Pat Beverley Man, I mean playoff p and they called

816
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: a pandemic pe. I mean it was it was that.

817
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: I actually feel sorry for Kawhi Leonard Man. I feel

818
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: sorry for Kawhi Leonard because if you think about this, considering,

819
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: you've got Boston and Miami. Now in the East, what

820
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: if Kawhi Leonard ended up deciding to go back to

821
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: Toronto running back, they might have repeated as Eastern Conference champions.

822
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: But it's clear that the Clippers did all this talking

823
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:39,800
Speaker 1: and produced nothing but playoffs. Pet Let me tell you something.

824
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: Kawhi Kawhi and pandemic Pete went out there and played

825
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 1: like straight garbage last night. They looked bad. They lost,

826
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Speaker 1: they lost. They lost four in a row. Right, they

827
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: were down three months and then came back. Right. They

828
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 1: lost three straight. They lost three straight, They lost three straight.

829
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: They lost three straight. Um, yeah, it was bad and

830
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: they you know, I don't know how much I believe

831
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: in karma, but I do remember Patrick Beverley and all

832
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: of them laughing and kickinging and cackling on the sideline

833
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: when when day a little missed that miss those two

834
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: free throws and lost the game. So I say he

835
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: gets the last laugh. Yeah, Dan definitely got the last

836
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: laugh on this one. It was definitely embarrassing man to

837
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,720
Speaker 1: be up three one and then get outstin Game seven

838
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,400
Speaker 1: by plus twenty. I mean, it's embarrassing. Now. I'm not

839
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 1: gonna put it all on Kauhi. I felt like Hawaii

840
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: carried him a lot of this way, but he fell

841
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: up short in the fourth quarter. I think he only

842
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 1: scored like two points in the fourth quarter. But this

843
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: team right here, I mean they were known for talking

844
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: all that smack. I mean, like Danny said, you got

845
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: Pat Beverley on the sidelines, who half of the time

846
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: he wasn't even playing because he was injured, still over

847
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: there just talking, just choking it up, just making fun

848
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: of everybody. And then they ran into a buzz all

849
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: of a team in Denver. I mean, this team has

850
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: already come back from three one when they were playing Utah,

851
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: so they were they already had that in their veins.

852
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: Like this game seven is ours. We got ice in

853
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: our and they went out there and proved it. Man,

854
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: It's just I feel bad for Doc. Man. I just

855
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 1: feel bad for Doc. I feel bad for Hey. Now,

856
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: this this is three times Doc Rivers blown has blown

857
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: a three one lead as a head coach. Now is

858
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: that I like this? It's a specialty right now, man, right,

859
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 1: this is what he's done. Despite winning a championship with

860
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: the Celtics in two thousand and they Doc Rivers is

861
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: that dude? Who's coached these guys, and they can't they

862
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 1: can't close the show. I also go back to old

863
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: Marcus Morris of the Clippers who told Paul Millsava that

864
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 1: they were going to go to blank home and also

865
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: that mess he pulled with Luca don chich So. So

866
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,919
Speaker 1: to see this whole group of guys who talk so much,

867
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 1: who in their own way really kind of disrespected the

868
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 1: game of basketball and how how you go about your business?

869
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 1: Did do all that talking and they've won nothing, and

870
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 1: to see them blow a three one lead and then

871
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: in Game seven getting embarrassed. Okay, I mean they just

872
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: didn't lose, they got embarrassed. Denver took their heart from them.

873
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,800
Speaker 1: That was something to see and we'll see what what

874
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: how did they bring it back? They're in luxury cap. Heck,

875
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: they don't have a first round pick apparently until twenty

876
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: twenty seven. Uh, I guess there's an extension that's supposed

877
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: to be coming for for a playoff Peece, So they've

878
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 1: got to pay him that they've got. No they really

879
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 1: have no choice but to try and dip into the

880
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: luxury tax and bring these guys back. This is this

881
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 1: is a problem out there for the Clippers and then

882
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: for Paul Pierce and Paul Pierce. But for Paul George

883
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 1: to say they didn't expect to win the championship in

884
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: the first year, how could you come up with that

885
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 1: week excuse the press compence after the game like that.

886
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: We have a total garbage go ahead the Matt. The

887
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: worst part for for for La is if you zoom

888
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,480
Speaker 1: out and you and you really look at the at

889
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: the players in the game, Denver was better than them.

890
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: I don't think if they if they met up again

891
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, that they could beat beat Denver. So

892
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: so they have some real stuff to deal with that

893
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: they're not not even only the second best team in

894
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: the West. They not they might not be the third

895
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 1: because they could have lost the Dallas. So they got

896
00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: some real problems. They got some real problems when you

897
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 1: think about, you know, giving up paula extension and figuring

898
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: out what you're gonna do with You know, you need

899
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 1: a big man if you're gonna be in the West,

900
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 1: you know you need some stuff. And I don't know

901
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,239
Speaker 1: if they have enough to get it. So they might

902
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: not make it back to make it to the championship,

903
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 1: let alone the Conference finals they know one thing, they're

904
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: better than not paid. Yeah, they never made it and

905
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: they better not to play paid playoff here or whatever

906
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 1: they calling him, I mean after that performance and he shrunk,

907
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: I mean it was a just went down into a

908
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 1: ball and just he was a he was a no

909
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 1: show man. And for the whole playoffs, the entire playoffs,

910
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: they have to pay Paul George. They don't. They're rosy.

911
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: All the assets that they've given up in draft picks,

912
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:57,320
Speaker 1: they have no option but to pay Paul George. So

913
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 1: so he's getting his money. The big, big issue is

914
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard is playing on a one year deal now

915
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 1: because he's he has a two year opt out for himself.

916
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: So if they run this back, which I expect them

917
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: to try to bring as many pieces as they can

918
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 1: run it back next year and it doesn't happen, then

919
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard is a free agent after the season. So

920
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: you about, Kawhi Leonard will be free. Jannisannaton Coopo, unless

921
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 1: he signs a big old extension this offseason, he's going

922
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 1: to be free. And we'll see. Because one thing we know,

923
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: guys want to play with guys they like and Jimmy Butler,

924
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: in my opinion, show people a whole lot that you

925
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 1: know what, go where guys and an organization wants to

926
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 1: win the way you want to. Because what they're doing

927
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,400
Speaker 1: in Miami right now, man, that's some tough stuff. The

928
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: best thing he did was get out of Philly. Could

929
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: have made more money in Philly, but he said, I

930
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:49,880
Speaker 1: want to go to a place where I want to

931
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:51,440
Speaker 1: win and guys want to win like me and put

932
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: in that work. I mean, if you look at his game,

933
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, I mean he's a scrappy defender. I mean

934
00:46:57,239 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 1: he's not flashy, but he'll get you some buckets. And

935
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 1: that's basically what that Miami team is. It's just a

936
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: bunch of scrappy dogs out there who just don't care

937
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: what anybody says about him. They keep everything in house

938
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: and they do what they do to try to win games.

939
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,800
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a perfect fit for Jimmy Butler, and

940
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: he's a perfect guy to lead that team. I love

941
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: how everybody you know, Crowns, Brad Stevens is this great

942
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: coach and here's Eric Spoelstra doing his thing and people

943
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 1: give him one don't want to give him credit for

944
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: coaching to Miami Heat teams to the championship. But you

945
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,360
Speaker 1: know what I thought, Spoelstra and what he's done with

946
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: this team has done an outstanding coaching job. All Right,

947
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 1: we're late, all right, we can't make once again, Poor Chris,

948
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 1: poor Chris Bean work any harder than he has trying

949
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,720
Speaker 1: to get this show together. But it was fun stuff.

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Speaker 1: While we gotta thank Will McClay for popping off the

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Speaker 1: Players Lounge brought to you by Hotels dot Com. Danny,

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Speaker 1: you're off tomorrow, so it's just gonna be buried Church

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Speaker 1: and I running things here on the Players last week,

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Speaker 1: looking forward to a fun show on Thursday. Fellas. Appreciate

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Speaker 1: you now, all right, appreciate it. See you on the

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Speaker 1: next one. H This has been a production of Dallas

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