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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys,

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Speaker 1: welcome to another episode of The Break. Derek decided to

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Speaker 1: be lazy today, but the Cowboys didn't. They started their

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Speaker 1: jump right in into the guys that have been practicing

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Speaker 1: today of one of the main one being Dak Prescott.

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Speaker 1: Whether or not he's been throwing some balls around and

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Speaker 1: what he's been able to do so far. Nope, wasn't

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Speaker 1: throwing on Friday, That's nope. I mean we only see

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Speaker 1: Jason Garrett said that he's going to do exactly what

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Speaker 1: he did last week and just kind of just kind

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Speaker 1: That's what he said that he's gonna, you know, that's

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Speaker 1: what worked last week for them. I mean, I hear

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Speaker 1: what you're saying, and you said that last week. Dat

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Speaker 1: Dak kind of touched on that yesterday in the locker room.

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Speaker 1: He said something along the lines of, didn't make the

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Speaker 1: plays last week. I know I have to. I felt

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Speaker 1: like my mental preparation was there, but you know, physically

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Speaker 1: I didn't do it. But at the same time, you know,

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Speaker 1: you've got to rest it so that it's ready to

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Speaker 1: I think he'll look even worse on Sunday. This is

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Speaker 1: the first time he's at to miss practices career, right,

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Speaker 1: a pro career. Yeah, So I do wonder if some

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Speaker 1: of this may be he's having to learn how to

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Speaker 1: that means he can be better this week than he

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Speaker 1: was last week because he learned something and last week

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Speaker 1: about how you prepare when you can't actually take the route.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Tyron Smith didn't practice again today back injury,

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Speaker 1: you guys feeling with the old line and what it's

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Speaker 1: happening there at the moment, because you take that and

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Speaker 1: then combine it with what Dak is going through. Joe,

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Speaker 1: I mean you're down to your third option at left guard. Sure,

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Speaker 1: and then yeah, your whole left side could be I mean,

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Speaker 1: could be Camp Fleming and Joe Looney on the left side.

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Speaker 1: It really could be. And you know, but you know,

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Speaker 1: Garrett said, when they asked about Tyring, he said, we'll

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Speaker 1: gonna play. But then they also was asked the same

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Speaker 1: day by day. So he wouldn't say that he's going

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Speaker 1: to play in the game. He just he wouldn't say anything. Again, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll find out tomorrow if they do anything with the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: They seem like got a ton of tackles. Yeah, well

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Speaker 1: they have Brandon Knight, obviously, they got Cam Fleming. Mitch

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Speaker 1: Hyatt's on the roster, and they signed another guy, right,

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Speaker 1: didn't they sign him? Yeah, you're right, they signed Wyatt

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Speaker 1: I think Tyn I think Tyron will play. And Byron

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Speaker 1: that's the only three people that jumped in on them. Okay,

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Speaker 1: And remember that. And I saw Marcus Golden, the Giants

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Speaker 1: a half millions, don't you say. I don't remember it

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Speaker 1: sign to this and if you get tense, yeah, will

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Speaker 1: welcome back, guys. Yesterday we talked quite a lot about

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Speaker 1: He's not running the ball regularly, because you can look

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Speaker 1: back over his career, when they have to have some

425
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Speaker 1: of those, they usually have a big run at some

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Speaker 1: point in that drive when they're trying to win a game,

427
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Speaker 1: he usually has a big run somewhere in there. And

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Speaker 1: that's not something we're saying a lot of this season.

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Speaker 1: I think if I had to come up with an

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Speaker 1: analogy for Dak, a really good one and I promise

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Speaker 1: I'm not just saying this because it's convenient, but probably

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton. And that's and Dak is nowhere near the

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Speaker 1: freakish athlete that Cam is. He's not running for a

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Speaker 1: thousand yards even if you did utilize his legs. But

435
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Speaker 1: he is a very good quarterback who is close to unstoppable.

436
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Speaker 1: When his offense is humming and they are in the

437
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,800
Speaker 1: rhythm of what they want to do, they can run

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Speaker 1: the ball. The run games working. The quarterback run is working,

439
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Speaker 1: and they're scheming things that allow him to make I

440
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,720
Speaker 1: don't want to call him easy, but like the the

441
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 1: easy throws or the throws that the defense gives you.

442
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,720
Speaker 1: But when you put the game on him and nothing

443
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,120
Speaker 1: else is working, and it's like we're gonna we're gonna

444
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,199
Speaker 1: put you in a well and you're just gonna have

445
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 1: to beat us all on your own with nothing else working,

446
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Speaker 1: I don't think Cam's very good at that. And I'm

447
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Speaker 1: Dack to this point in his career is not very

448
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Speaker 1: good at that. You know, a difference between what the

449
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,879
Speaker 1: Panthers were doing with that with Cam is that they

450
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: would actually utilize him as a running back. Absolutely, But

451
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Speaker 1: and that's probably why he's beat to hell, you know,

452
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,159
Speaker 1: and that's a that's a part of it. Here Is

453
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Speaker 1: that a good idea because now they're having to play

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Speaker 1: with guys that aren't you know, I think you have

455
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Speaker 1: but you look at Russell. Russell is a guy that

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Speaker 1: that will run him like that. No, no, exactly, but

457
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Speaker 1: they run him and when he runs, when he runs,

458
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Speaker 1: he is so smart. How many times do you see

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Speaker 1: him get hit? Very rarely if he's running, Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: gonna either slide or he's gonna get out of bounds,

461
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Speaker 1: but he does it on occasioned us for him, they do, Yeah,

462
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Speaker 1: he does read option. But I just think it's it's

463
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Speaker 1: a much more had a way of playing quarterback as

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Speaker 1: a as a passer who can run, which is what

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Speaker 1: I think Dack is. I don't think Dack's a great runner.

466
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Speaker 1: I think Dak is a passer who can run, and

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Speaker 1: I don't think they utilize his ability to run enough.

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Speaker 1: You undred percent, you have to find the balance. You

469
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Speaker 1: can't have him taking twenty five hits a game, but

470
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Speaker 1: he's too valuable and that adds too much of a

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Speaker 1: dimension for him to not be capable of running for

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Speaker 1: even even twenty yards a game is so valuable. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's two first downs that could be a touchdown, etc.

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Speaker 1: Especially in the red zone. Are you kidding me? Yep?

475
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Speaker 1: The red zone is twenty yards. So I agree with that.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't want him going full Cam in his prime.

477
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Speaker 1: That's a terrible idea. But what I was going to

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Speaker 1: say after that is Cam Newton has played some really

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Speaker 1: shaky football in his career. He's also played well enough

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Speaker 1: to win fifteen games and go to a Super Bowl,

481
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Speaker 1: winning MVP in the process. I think Dak's capable of that,

482
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Speaker 1: even he might not ever blossom into you know, a

483
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Speaker 1: Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers who can just do stuff

484
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Speaker 1: when nothing else is working. But you can get to

485
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Speaker 1: a super Bowl with a quarterback playing that way. But

486
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Speaker 1: I first did it. But I think the scattering report

487
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,160
Speaker 1: that we would all have if the if you were

488
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 1: playing the Cowboys would be stop Ezekiel Elliott and everything

489
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: else will fall apart. That's been them is it's very

490
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Speaker 1: rare that Zeke is not having a great game or

491
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Speaker 1: they're not able to run the ball and the Cowboys

492
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Speaker 1: still come out on top. Yeah, that's the scattering report.

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Speaker 1: So when you look at that, then you're not thinking

494
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Speaker 1: of Dak as the guy you really got to worry about.

495
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 1: You're thinking it's Zeke stop Zeke. Everything else falls apart,

496
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 1: and it's I mean, we've seen Dak. I mean the

497
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,120
Speaker 1: Vikings game is a perfect example, Like we've seen him

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Speaker 1: be able to Obviously they didn't win, Like he's done

499
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Speaker 1: that to a point. He threw for four hundred yards.

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Speaker 1: He might still made some of the best throws of

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Speaker 1: his career. But I, like I said, it's I think

502
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Speaker 1: it's more complicated than just like, well, if the run's

503
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,120
Speaker 1: not working, Dak can't do anything. But like again, if

504
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Speaker 1: the offense isn't in rhythm, which they need the run

505
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Speaker 1: to be working for it to be in rhythm, he

506
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Speaker 1: has improven on a consistent basis that he can six

507
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Speaker 1: seed when it's not the case. Okay, I thought that

508
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,239
Speaker 1: was an interesting question. We never really look at it

509
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,919
Speaker 1: that way, you know, we look at it from our

510
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 1: own perspective. Now here's another question. We a lot of

511
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Speaker 1: people are still trying to figure out the role of

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Speaker 1: Kellen Moore and whether he's done a good job this

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Speaker 1: year or not. And that and we know he's at

514
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Speaker 1: the start of his career, but there's a lot of

515
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: confusion there as to easy really calling all the plays

516
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: or how much input is there from Jason Garrett during

517
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Speaker 1: a game. So I just wanted to get your opinion

518
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Speaker 1: on this topic and what you currently think of Kellen

519
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Speaker 1: Moore as a coach. Jason Garrett was asked that question

520
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Speaker 1: in his press conference and his walk off, and he

521
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Speaker 1: said that Kellen has done an excellent job this year.

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Speaker 1: I don't I don't agree with that. I don't know

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Speaker 1: how anybody can can say that he's done an excellent job.

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Speaker 1: I mean, excellent would would not get you seven wins.

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Speaker 1: There's I mean, there has been some really bad play calls. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think he said that because there was some talk

527
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Speaker 1: he had he had kind of sounded like he threw

528
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Speaker 1: him under the bus earlier this week when he said

529
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Speaker 1: that was Kellen that makes that decision or whatever. But UM,

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Speaker 1: I think he's been I think he's been a um

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Speaker 1: good for a guy that's done it his first year.

532
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Speaker 1: But I don't think it's been good enough. Certainly had

533
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Speaker 1: been excellent. Can I change the question a little bit?

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Speaker 1: Who's better Lenahan last year or more this year? Kellen?

535
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Speaker 1: I think I mean I think it's Is it that

536
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Speaker 1: simple though, because yeah, the way you said it was

537
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 1: just like, it's not. I mean, the offense has been

538
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Speaker 1: good and obviously, I mean they won seven games. I

539
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 1: get that it hasn't been excellent, but what was the

540
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Speaker 1: offense not good? Last year? The offense was atrocious last

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Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think it has it. What

542
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 1: was I don't even know. Yeah, I care about rankings

543
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 1: anymore because yeah, it was bad last year. It wasn't.

544
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Speaker 1: I mean when when they got a Marii cooper in

545
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,240
Speaker 1: to the offense, they improved like three spots. They improved

546
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 1: from twenty points a game to twenty two. They weren't

547
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 1: awesome last year. Mari had some great games, Like, they

548
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 1: were not incredible by any stretch of the imagination. They

549
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: were better last year than this year. I think completely disagree.

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Speaker 1: Especially if you're gonna say post If you're gonna say

551
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: posta Mari, well, I think their offensive about know. I'm

552
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: saying if you're if you're not going because if you

553
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 1: want to, if you want to combine the whole year

554
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: and say pre end posts, then maybe you have an argument.

555
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: I think posta Mari. I think the offense did what

556
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: they needed to do, and I thought they were I mean,

557
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 1: they weren't good enough, but neither is this offense. And yes,

558
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: this offense has put up more yards but and in

559
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: some respects more points. But I still don't think that

560
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: in crunch times and in games where they needed the offense,

561
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: the offense this year has been non existed in some games,

562
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Speaker 1: and and I just I don't I don't know if

563
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: I could eas I don't know if I could as

564
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 1: confidently say as you said that more is clearly better

565
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,400
Speaker 1: calling plays than what we saw from Lenahan last year.

566
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Speaker 1: I think it's been better, and I think a better

567
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: effort from the Cowboys defense would have this team comfortably

568
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 1: in the playoffs by now. And that's even with eggs

569
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Speaker 1: against New Orleans, New England and Philly. I mean, the

570
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: offense has handled its share of the load better than

571
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Speaker 1: the defense. I think this is one have you seen

572
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,120
Speaker 1: from the offense that has been better? Because again, when

573
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: I look at it or tried to compare, I don't

574
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 1: see any drastic change between what Lenahan did and what

575
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: Killen Moore is currently doing. I mean, their efficiency is better,

576
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: Like they move the ball again, it's coming we're coming

577
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 1: off of this terrible game against Philadelphia, but by and large,

578
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: they've moved the ball better and more consistently than they

579
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 1: did last year, and they've scored more points. I think

580
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are the middle school team that gets to

581
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: practice against elementary school and they just thrash them. But

582
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: then they turn around on the next day and have

583
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: to practice against the varsity in the high schools and

584
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: they get beat like they are Classic eight and eighteen

585
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: because they will beat up on teams that aren't very good,

586
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: but when they go up against team that are better,

587
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: like the better defenses. I mean, they have been terrible

588
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: against good defenses this year. Aside from the Rams. They

589
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: turned it on there. That's it. That's all you've got.

590
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore did a good job there, but Atlanahan had

591
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: a couple of games like that too. They just haven't

592
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 1: been good against good teams. They've been good against bad teams.

593
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: And not only good, they've been great. Like some of

594
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: the numbers they put up early in the season against

595
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 1: those bad teams is what has them so far, Like

596
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Speaker 1: it's what's pushed their numbers up so much to where

597
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: they're leading the league in yards. But if you if

598
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: you look at that and you look at again, if

599
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: you look at it and balance what they did against

600
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: the bad teams, I don't know if the argument can

601
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: clearly be made that their offense is better this year

602
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: than it was last year. I think this is selective.

603
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they played pretty damn good games

604
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 1: against Green Bay in Minnesota, didn't win them, But the

605
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: offense moved the ball in those games because they had

606
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: to move the ball because they were down the whole game.

607
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: I mean, so that they don't have to move the

608
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: ball just because you're down. I mean, yeah, but defense

609
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: has changed how they play you. When they got you

610
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: by a couple of touchdowns, they got you by a

611
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: sizeable amount later in the game. Bear, They're just gonna

612
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 1: keep everything fun up so you can get yards on them.

613
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 1: You know, I will go, I will go to my grave,

614
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: Baffle Thatt. How Like that Packers game was just so

615
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: frustrating because they were ripping through those guys like nobody's business,

616
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 1: and they just couldn't stop turning the ball over, Which

617
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: I mean, that's not Kellen Moore's fault. That's that that's

618
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: might go to thing when you talk about like execution

619
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: verse coaching is like, what's Jason Garrett and Kellen Moore

620
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: supposed to do about that ball bouncing through Marie's hands

621
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Speaker 1: and legitimately, like how much different is that game if

622
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: it doesn't happen. Yeah, just little stuff like that's fair,

623
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Speaker 1: all right. I just really they haven't been like they're

624
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: the number one offense in the league, and I know

625
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: that's hollow, Like I mean, some of those stats are

626
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: totally hollow, but I just really don't think the offense

627
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: has been this team's problem, even if I mean, even

628
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: if you throw the New Orleans game up there or

629
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 1: the New England game up there, I just think it's

630
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: been way more about the defense. I do agree with you,

631
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: it's been more about the defense. I just still think

632
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 1: if you compare last year's offensive this year's offense, I

633
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: think they've been pretty comparable. I don't know that. I

634
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,719
Speaker 1: think they've been appreciable, be better this year. We need

635
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: to take our final break when we come back. Let's

636
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: talk a little bit more about this cowboy's defense and

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Speaker 1: limited time off the back to the break. Welcome back, guys. Now,

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Speaker 1: I want to make sure we get some of these

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Speaker 1: game day prediction. We have enough time to discuss us,

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Speaker 1: so let's just jump right into that. Before we answered

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00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 1: this last couple of questions that I got from some fans.

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Speaker 1: So what do we think is going to happen this weekend?

674
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: Two important games going on in the NFC East. Tan

675
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: Tan tang Nick started off, I think the Cowboys will

676
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: win the game. I think it'll be kind of tough

677
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 1: because Washington is gonna make it tough on them. But

678
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: I do think the Cowboys have enough going for them

679
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: this week with those things I mentioned earlier to win

680
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: this game. I mean, they're eleven point favorites in the game.

681
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: That seems a little high, um, But I mean we

682
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: understand why they're doing that. But I think the Cowboys

683
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 1: will win the game. Um. And I think the Giants

684
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: are going to beat the Eagles. I do. I mean,

685
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Speaker 1: I just yes. The Eagles have won three in a row.

686
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: Have they played well? No, Look at the last two

687
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: games the Eagles have played on the road. They went

688
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins, they lost. They went to the Redskins,

689
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,879
Speaker 1: they they had, they won. They scored in the final

690
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: minute of the game to win that game, and you know,

691
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: and keep their season alive. So I don't think they're

692
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 1: playing that great. They barely beat the Giants. Daniel Jones

693
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,240
Speaker 1: is now playing in that game they're playing, the Giants

694
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: are playing the Giants. I think will will win the game.

695
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: And I think that the Cowboys are going to get

696
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Speaker 1: into the playoffs. So that's one I think it's gonna

697
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: happen there. You're making all kinds of facial expressions. Clearly

698
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: you don't think. No, I'm think I think. I think

699
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: the Cowboys win. I think the Cowboys win a close game.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be seventeen sixteen. I think it's

701
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: gonna be a game that you know, as you watch it,

702
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: you're just gonna be like, you know, there will be

703
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,720
Speaker 1: some frustrating moments. But I think it's the seventeen sixteen

704
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: game Cowboys win. I also think the Eagles win. I

705
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: just I was telling Nick, I was saying this in

706
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: the one of the breaks like it that would just

707
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: require a certain amount of luck for the Eagles to

708
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: lose that game and the Cowboys win and getting the

709
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: playoffs that way, And luck has not been on the

710
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: Cowboys side this year. I just don't expect that to happen.

711
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 1: But even beyond that, if you just look at it

712
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Speaker 1: from a football standpoint, even though the Eagle Eagles have

713
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: not played great football down the stretch, they've been winning

714
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Speaker 1: and they've been figuring out a way to win in

715
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: close games and games where they're behind, they figure out

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00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: a way to win. And I just think that this team,

717
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: the Eagles I'm talking about, I think they have a

718
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Speaker 1: little bit. They have a little bit of a little

719
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: bit more of that. We just figure it out when

720
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Speaker 1: we need to figure it out. That's why I'm picking

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00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: them to lose, because that doesn't that's not who they are,

722
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: that's not what they're team. I mean, that's not what

723
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: their team has been. So when you keep playing that way,

724
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: you keep you keep lighting a match, you're gonna get

725
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: hit in the face. But we've seen this movie before.

726
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: It happened when they went to a Super Bowl and

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00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: I kept I'm sure a lot of people out there

728
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: listening kept doing the same thing, like, well, eventually the

729
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,239
Speaker 1: Eagles are gonna fall out the face because that's who

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00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,399
Speaker 1: they are. Nick I said they would that year. Yeah,

731
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Speaker 1: three team, But I'm saying, no, nobody expected them to

732
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: two what they were going to do. And I think

733
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: it's the same thing here. I think they have a

734
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: belief that if we put our minds to it, we

735
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Speaker 1: can do it. And it's actually worked out for them

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Speaker 1: just a few years ago and just a couple of

737
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 1: years ago. And I just think that that's the kind

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Speaker 1: of team that that I would if I were facing

739
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,720
Speaker 1: the Eagles this week, I'd be a little bit afraid

740
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: because I think that they are. They're one of those

741
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 1: kinds of teams. Daniel Jones is better than lying right now. Yeah,

742
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: I think he's better for that offabe, but a little bit.

743
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: Maybe that's all they needed, was just a little bit

744
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: to beat this team on the road. Sometimes teams played

745
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: to the competition, right, I mean yeah, I mean Cowboys,

746
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: that's my point. They're gonna play to the giants competition

747
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: the Giants, and that means they'll be a little bit better.

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00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: They'll still be a little bit let it better, that's

749
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: all right, Cowboys. Cowboys beat the Eagles by thirty and

750
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: then couldn't score a touchdown on them in the same season,

751
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: So I don't buy that. Um, the Cowboys will beat

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00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,720
Speaker 1: the Redskins. I mean, they made me look really dumb

753
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: last week because they would. Yeah, I mean, you're right,

754
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: I said they You know, they play well against the

755
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: NFC East, and the Eagles are banged up. They supplies

756
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: to the Redskins as well, their division team. They're extremely

757
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: banged up the Cowboy. The Cowboys are at home. They

758
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: should just be able to find a way to win.

759
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: It probably won't be pretty, because that nothing they've done

760
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: has been pretty since well the Rams was but that's

761
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 1: one out of five games. I believe you said yesterday

762
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: twenty to sixteen. You know they'll it'll be it'll be gross,

763
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 1: but they'll find a way to win. Um, the Eagles

764
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,920
Speaker 1: live and breathe this. This is the third year in

765
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 1: a row where they've had to really batten down the

766
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: hatches to make it happen in this time of year.

767
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: Even even the year they went thirteen and three, they

768
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: lost their quarterback with a month to play and had

769
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: to grit through it. They needed a miracle last year.

770
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,400
Speaker 1: And I mean, this is a team that knows how

771
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl. Like there are guys on

772
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: that roster that have been through that, and I think

773
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: you know they it won't be pretty for them either.

774
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: They're not going to blow the Giants out, but I

775
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: think they've got the grit in the experience to batten

776
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: down the hatches and win that game. And so I

777
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys win, but I don't think they'll make

778
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I'm with you, guys, not Nick. I think nothing.

779
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,919
Speaker 1: I always do find the way to win this game

780
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 1: against the Redskins. But it's just gonna come down to like,

781
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: oh that wasn't enough they won it, but oh well,

782
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: look out the other games that they lost and shoot

783
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:39,280
Speaker 1: have won, which at this point can't do anything about

784
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: it now. But it's just I don't see it happening.

785
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: I think that the Eagles are going to find the

786
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: way to beat the Giants despite of their quarterback, and

787
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,839
Speaker 1: that's gonna be the end for the Cowboys this year.

788
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 1: I do get I get Nick's point that, like, it's

789
00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,959
Speaker 1: not a foregtten conclusion that the Eagles win that game.

790
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: It's not, and it'll be close because the Giants have

791
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: played good football over the last month relative to what

792
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: they and by the way the Eagles are the Eagles

793
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: like they have they're not a good team. I just

794
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: think they're a resolute team and they've been figuring out

795
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 1: how to win. I would argue the Eagles are a

796
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: mediocre team because they've been so hurt. I like, I

797
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: don't think I mean, if they were one hundred percent healthy,

798
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: I don't think they would have the middling record that

799
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 1: they They're not getting healthier at this No, no, no,

800
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, like I think there's a difference between

801
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 1: the Eagles eight and seven and the Cowboys seven and eight.

802
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,439
Speaker 1: Like the Cowboys have just been a disappointing team. As

803
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: healthy as they've been, they should have been better. Ye

804
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: I don't know how you can't. You're sitting there, well,

805
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 1: you know these basic How can you be so confident

806
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: about I'm not this scenario, confident about anything about. I

807
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,880
Speaker 1: just feel like you're when you're an average team, you

808
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: you that's where you you end up. And I think

809
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: the Eagles are very average. Yes, they might be talented.

810
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 1: I mean they might be at that point for different

811
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: reasons than the Cowboys, but I I still think that

812
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: they're there. And I watched them play against the Giants

813
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: and they were fortunate to win that game. I watched

814
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 1: some of that Redskin game. We were, you know, trying

815
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 1: to work, but I saw a little how that game

816
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: was going, and they were fortunate to win that game.

817
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: And then the Cowboy game, you know, they did a

818
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: good job. They played better. Dallas didn't help, I mean, themselves.

819
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,720
Speaker 1: So I just feel like, here they are against the Giants,

820
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: four o'clock start up there, Daniel Jones, sae Quon Barkley,

821
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 1: the way they're moving the football, Golden Tates certainly would

822
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: like to win that game. You know, against the Eagles.

823
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 1: I just think that they're gonna have enough to play

824
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: for him. And I think the way the Eagles are

825
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 1: playing that their luck's gonna run out. And I will

826
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: say this one thing that does I think factor in

827
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,720
Speaker 1: and may help that a little bit, is zach Ertz

828
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: having that that ri of injury. Like it's one thing

829
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: to finish a game when your adrenaline's already up and

830
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: they shoot you up and you're able to kind of

831
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: manage to But if you notice there was a play third,

832
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: third or fourth quarter where he got hit out of bound,

833
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,040
Speaker 1: like coming going out of bounds, it took him a

834
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: good while to get back on his feet like he was.

835
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 1: It was not in rib injuries that every time you breathe,

836
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 1: So he's been going through an entire week of every

837
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,720
Speaker 1: time he breathes, he realizes he has a rib injury,

838
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,720
Speaker 1: and that just has a way of weighing on you mentally.

839
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,439
Speaker 1: I think that you take him out of this game

840
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: if he's not able to be as effective as you

841
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: want him to be, Like you could lose a lot

842
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: of receivers on that team. Everybody knows zach Ertz is

843
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: the best receiving threat that they have on that team,

844
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 1: you take him out of the mix from not being

845
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,760
Speaker 1: zach Ertz, that could affect you, and that could affect

846
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: you significantly. And so I think from that standpoint, that

847
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 1: is an area where just looking at the xs and

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Speaker 1: os that might actually being be something that helps the

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Speaker 1: Giants be able get to win. What would be more fun?

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Speaker 1: I mean, and I mean it won't be fun for

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Speaker 1: anybody involved if you're a fan of any of the teams,

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Speaker 1: But like, would it be more fun if the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: are just handling the Redskins, like I mean, they're just

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Speaker 1: cruising and like everybody's watching to see what happens in

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Speaker 1: this Giant's Eagles games? Or would it be more fun

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Speaker 1: if both games come down to the wire. That would

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Speaker 1: be wild if, like, you know, that would be fun

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Speaker 1: Cowboys are driving to beat the Redskins and the Eagles

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Speaker 1: are trying to hold off the Giants, and you're like

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Speaker 1: a couple of plays here or there. I really wouldn't

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Speaker 1: because honestly, at this point, I can't take I'm actually

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Speaker 1: rooting for fun at this point because I don't know,

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Speaker 1: you know, NFL red Zone would go bonker. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: that's kind of what you want to see is you

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Speaker 1: want to see just the fun weekend of football, because

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Speaker 1: guess what, this is the last regular season week for

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Speaker 1: the seasons. True, gott, I just want to see some fun.

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Speaker 1: It's the same thing with college. You just want to

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Speaker 1: see some fun. I don't care if LSU loses. They

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Speaker 1: just give me a fun game. Well, thank you for that.

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Speaker 1: You're not rooting for Oklahoma. I know you're not. No,

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Speaker 1: you know I'm not rooting volks. But if you get

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Speaker 1: to the championship, you know I'm not rooting for LSU

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Speaker 1: as a championship. That's right, you know. Good luck to

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Speaker 1: you this weekend. They hate us because they ain't us. Okay,

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Speaker 1: what did you say? You know what I said. It's fine,

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Speaker 1: ain't us. Ain't us. Get that tea in there. I

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Speaker 1: don't like that colored purple. Okay, I like purple. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I ain't. Can't go. They look good together the show

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Speaker 1: than the ditch. All right, that is all the time

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Speaker 1: we have for today. Thank you guys so much for

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Speaker 1: tuning in. We will find out this weekend what happens

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Speaker 1: with the Cowboys, whether or not don't make it into

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, and then we can I don't know, keep

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Speaker 1: this keeping, keep it rolling, or keep it rolling with

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Speaker 1: trying to figure out who the next coaching still I

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Speaker 1: don't know who show. That's a whole other showy hanging

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Speaker 1: with the boys coming up next. So stay put and

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Speaker 1: listen up to them for nickin Man, Derek Eagleton, David Hellman,

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