WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Week 3 Injuries and Predictions 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.120 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:16.319 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is The Player's Loud, 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:21.280 broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:26.960 Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray, Ritt Johnson, and 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:35.720 Nui Scrugs. Well, Welcome to Friday edition of The Players Lounge, 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:41.000 brought to you by s WBC Podcast Studios and Hotels 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:45.120 dot Com. I have Barry Church and Danny McCray with 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:48.160 me today. We have a lot to talk about. Let's 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.320 just roll right into it. You want to start with 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:58.440 yesterday's game. What I nowis the Texas will lose by fourteen. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.680 They lost by a few team. I figured that's that's 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:08.760 pretty pretty spot one, pretty spot on. I think it 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:12.039 was twenty twenty four to nine. Uh, game played out. 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.319 It was actually a little closer than I expected it 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.320 to be throughout the first half and maybe the third quarter. 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.120 But they got that score at the end of the game. Uh, yeah, 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:21.840 they won. They won about fifteen, and we knew it 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.480 was they were they were shorthanded, yeah, they yeah, but 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.280 they but they fought hard. They fought pretty hard out there. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.679 You know. I'd say, I was slightly impressed with Davis Mills, 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.039 the rookie quarterback out of Houston. They didn't provide much 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.319 as points, but he was able to throw a touchdown, 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.399 didn't have any interceptions out there. My boy C Matt 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.039 got hurt. That's gonna hurt my other fantasy team. But 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:43.640 I was devastating. But the thing that stood out to 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.400 me the most about that game was that defense for Carolina. Yeah, 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.600 the boys just real. I know they didn't have Tyrode, now, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.440 they didn't have Watson and all that good stuff, but 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.200 that defense is flying around the ball. You talk about 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:57.720 some fast linebackers. Man, she killed I actually killed bear. 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:01.160 But um shot Thompson in and up he Cardier whatever 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.480 his name is. Them boys are rolling out there. We 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.320 got them coming next week. We got him here coming, Yes, 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:11.720 we doc. That's a big time. Listen. If you drafted 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.560 first in your league, I'm I'm pretty sure the first 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:20.120 person you took was Christian McCaffrey. Sorry for you, but uh, 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.720 that Dalvid Cook trade is looking real, real good, right, 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:31.880 he did well. I speaking of that injury four years ago, 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.560 Richard Sherman kind of came out and he was talking 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:38.120 about after he tore his achilles in a Thursday night 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.240 football game. That he was upset that the NFL was, 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.240 you know, big on player safety, but then having players 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.600 just get three days in between till the next game. 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.720 Christian McCaffrey was injured. He pulled his hamstring early in 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:54.400 the second quarter. J C. Horne, their rookie, was also injured. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.080 He actually reports came out this morning that it could 0:02:57.080 --> 0:03:00.560 be multiple broken bones in his foot. He will be 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.440 out probably at least three months. They said there were 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.680 a couple other injuries. I think a safety was injury 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.360 at injured two. What are you? What are your guys 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.079 thoughts on these Thursday night games? You make a great Yeah, 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:13.720 you make a great point right there, because I didn't 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.040 even realize it. But you know, the NFL always talks about, 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.000 you know, players safety. We got to keep these guys 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.400 right and got to make sure our players are protected. 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.760 But then you go out there, you add an extra game. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:26.200 So it's now seventeen games. We saw this Thursday thing 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.120 come around, and forget what time it came around, It 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:29.840 was it before we got in the league. Yeah, so 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.640 we were already playing Thursday just for things giving. But 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.520 then they made it like a weekly, weekly thing. I 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.120 want to say, probably at the end of our career. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.600 I think it towards the end. And I don't agree 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.200 with it, man, because it's already hard enough to get 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.480 your body ready get going for a game a week apart. 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.760 I mean, it takes a while to get going, and 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.960 then the habit come that Thursday. I don't care how 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.840 much rest the coach throws towards you. You might not 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.000 being passed the whole week. Maybe he walked through the 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.120 whole week, but still your body's gonna be hurt. And 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:01.400 it doesn't even feel right really until about Friday. So 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.600 when you had that Thursday game, it's all about just 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.120 mustering enough. You know, we're not courage but you know 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.080 I'm missing out the word right now, But you got 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.480 to muster enough, whatever it is, Maxie, whatever it may be, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:12.400 to get going on a Thursday. And that's when a 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.520 lot of these injuries happen. Well, yeah, you know, I 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.240 told you I was a tour doll guy, right, So 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:19.320 I didn't. I didn't start feeling the pain until Wednesday, right, 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.719 So I'm like, oh wait, but tomorrow we gotta get 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.279 back out there again. Um, And usually you do see 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.440 those type of injuries happens, it happens on Thursday nights. 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.680 I will say this, I did enjoy playing on Thursday 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.359 after the game, right because you get that, you know, 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.359 essentially another bible, right, you get Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.440 You know you might come back in for Monday, then 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:42.600 Tuesdays the off day, and then you start back on 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:44.960 that on that next next week. So I think it's 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:49.240 a doublehead sword to some extent. But yeah, man, that 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.680 player safety think is crazy getting getting those guys out 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.120 there like that, especially if you have the data that 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.960 shows that these Thursday night games are really causing these 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.680 type of injuries. And if that, if they if they 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.120 figure that out, then they have to come up with something. 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:06.799 And I don't understand why they don't just start Thursday 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.560 night games during week six when the first team or 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.800 like after week week six when the first teams have 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.919 their bye weeks. So it's like maybe the guys that 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.520 have their bye week, they play that first Thursday after 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.960 the bye week, so you're not having those games so 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:24.480 close together. We also found out today that Super Wildcard 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:28.520 weekend has added another day there, so there's going to 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.320 be a Monday night games, So there'll be two games 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.920 on Saturday, three games on Sunday, and then one game 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.599 on Monday. This actually kind of goes into my injury 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.280 thing too, because now you're going to have one team 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.440 whoever plays on that Monday game that is either going 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.840 to have to play on Saturday or Sunday that next weekend. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.080 So they're not you know, now they're going into their 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.840 second week of the playoffs not getting that extra time 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:48.840 that everybody else gets. So what are your guys thoughts 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.280 on that, and what are your thoughts on just that 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.000 Monday game being added. Well, first I'll say this, we 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.479 all know why Thursday night games are being employed, all right. 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.320 That that money, that money, that money is there, right, 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.560 so they make a lot of money or whatever sponsors 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.600 or whoever who's buying it, NFL Network, Amazon, whatever, Amazon. 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.360 So the money is there, and this is a business, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.680 so we know we know how that's going. Uh And 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:13.840 I didn't even think about that, right, you got you 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.359 gotta you gotta play on Monday. And then if the 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.800 schedule stay is the same, yeah, you play on Monday, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.279 and then possible they won't make those guys play on Saturday. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.360 But then you have to play again on that Sunday. 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.520 Uh that that? Yeah, that would be crazy, especially for 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.080 a playoff team. I wonder if it's like punishment, right 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:30.960 if you're like that last because you know they added 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.120 the team, feel like like that last team, Are you 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.240 like automatically playing on Monday Second? I mean it goes 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:39.640 by the seeds though, so obviously second is gonna play 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:41.280 seventh and stuff like that, so it's still going to 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.599 go in that tier. So what Yeah, maybe Monday it'll 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:47.160 be a worst team versus well, I guess it would 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:51.039 be an even team in the middle, and then depending 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.000 on the seats will depend if you're going to play 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:54.880 on Saturday or Sunday. So it's like they don't even 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.359 know that part of it, which I think is I 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.400 don't know. I don't I don't love it, because yes, 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:01.839 I get the money aspect of it, and I get 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.080 fans are gonna love it, but I just think players 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.839 are gonna hurt. Victor Cruz was talking about it this morning, 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:10.880 and he was just saying, like, players don't like Thursday games, 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.440 and I don't know if they're gonna like this Monday 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.680 night came. Yeah, if I'm if I'm a player, I 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:16.840 hate it. I'm like, man, this is I'm all hate. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:18.840 I believe this. What are we doing out here? So 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.800 I'm definitely with y'all on a player aspect, but as 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.240 a football fan watching it all weekend, then you get 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.520 that Monday too. I mean it's like, oh, we're in 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.440 football heaven right here. We get the two games Saturday, 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:33.160 two games Sunday, three Sunday and then one on my man, 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:34.960 I'm all four, don't want to couch all day, but 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:36.800 hold on, hold on church, because I don't want you 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.200 to listen. Don't put those words in my mouth. Okay, 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.080 because I've never been to the playoffs. So if you 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.960 called me to play on Monday, I'm playing on Monday, 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.600 all right. On Wednesday, I just want to get to 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.680 the tournay. Yeah, never made it. Every time I left 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.320 this place, y'all went to the playoffs. Okay, I left 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.280 to go to the Bears. Y'all come in there, y'all 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.000 stop a holding us. Go to the playoffs out there, 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:59.840 Jason Garrett, don't call me back. I think he told 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:02.120 me call me back. I'm at home and I watched 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.160 y'all in the playoffs, all right, and turns over here 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.400 talking about, Yeah, get any playoffs checks? Come on, bro, 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:12.080 come on, come on together, super Monday, call me, baby, 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.560 call somebody. Somebody getting hurt, y'all need me? Why you 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.880 watch survival? I'm in shape. Do you think those playoff 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.320 checks they should go up a little bit? Uh? They 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:27.520 ain't giving away no wild can we get the voet John? 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.920 The players now split a percentage of the TV things 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.520 with the NFL, Now, isn't that That's a good question 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.800 in the I thought, so that's a good question. I 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.080 gotta true. So I think they are splitting that money 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.000 the playoff revenue. But the whole season they didn't getting 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.800 them a playoffs. They ain't getting the playoff money. But see, 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.439 and that's the crazy. But that's the tricky part about it, right, 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.200 the players do. Yeah, the ones that's making two three 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.120 hundred million dollars. It allows those type of guys like 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.599 Dak Prescott and Patrick Mahomes to make more money. But 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.120 the guys who are making minimum, they make it. The 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.720 money's not going to them. It helps them, help helps 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.240 teams be able to allocate more money to the top 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.000 twenty percent of the roster. Right. So yeah, so people 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:10.560 are like, yeah, the players get more money. Yeah, some 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:14.079 of them. Actually, a very small chunk of the players 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.199 are getting a lot more money, right telling us that 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:21.880 they game in that top ten and it Church got 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.560 mad because they didn't want to allocate that money to Hill. Yeah, 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:32.000 so what you here? Yeah, you're right about that overcharging 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:38.680 from the Do you guys think this is possibility or 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.920 possibly because they have been so the NFL has been 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.720 so unsuccessful with trying to get people to watch the 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.560 Pro Bowl, Like the Pro Bowl is the most like 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.719 obviously players like being accepted into the Pro Bowl or 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.080 Pro Bowl that season or whatever, but nobody watches the 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.880 Pro Bowl. They tried to have different things where Team 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.320 Dion team like you know, all these kind of things different, 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:02.320 Cap didn't stop do cool stuff, and nobody watches. Everybody 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.880 watches NBA all start, but nobody watches the Pro Bowl. 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:06.960 Do you think this is like trying to help to 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.319 get just that extra like, okay, well miss so much 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.480 money on Pro Bowl. Let's get some money by having 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.800 a Monday night game. Now, I think I think you 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.800 know well, and we talked about it a little earlier. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.440 Um with the season being extended, now you have a 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.319 free Monday right, because it used to be that Monday 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.680 for wild Card weekend was the National Championship Game. Now 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.120 we got an extra week, so that won't be played, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.080 you know, on that Monday, right, So now you got 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.679 a Monday where nobody's having anything. Right, Usually that's kind 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.199 of the dead area. All the TV shows have gone off, 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.520 gone to winter shows, right, and you're waiting for the 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.440 spring to start up in the NFL. It's like, hold on, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:43.120 hold on, you said Monday open. Yeah, we all know 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.160 the NFL. I mean that's they're a cash cow. They grab, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.719 they grab onto and everything that they can listen to. 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:51.720 How excited you got what you're telling me on Monday? 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.680 It's like it's like my reality team is I'm like, 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:56.360 oh oh, let me get that, let me get let 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.560 me get somebody to the NFL that took over. It's 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:04.839 so for some people, if Valentie's Day is gone on 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:10.040 the thirteenth, right is the thirteenth? Yeah, man, they just 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.360 take it everything from everybody. Yeah, that's forgotten, Like no 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.480 man is going to be thinking about getting his woman 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.760 flowers there. They're gonna forget and they're not even used 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.520 to it being that there. Oh, next week will be 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.120 Valentine's weekend because super bowls this weekend. Like to have 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.520 it on the same Like, it's just don't NFL. My 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.200 birthday is February twenty four. Don't you dare ever try 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.920 to go even later on. Don't be a hard games. 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:33.920 Let me tell you something. The men are gonna be bay. 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:35.960 I'm gonna be getting the gifts for Valentine's Day. Oh 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.760 but back guys will take to the super Bowl. Man 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:43.240 that baby, yea, so yes the thing. Time's are changing, 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:46.200 all right, Bobby's super Bowl six. I mean I would 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.959 take that. I would love that. Like the first time 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.640 I went to a super Bowl was in Atlanta a 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.559 couple of years ago. I cried my eyes out. I 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.960 actually was invited by Nike to just do a bunch 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:56.959 of stuff during that week. I didn't know I was 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.760 actually gonna get to go to the game. The morning of, 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:00.920 they're like, oh, we're gonna do this Tellgate thing and 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:05.040 they hand me my ticket. I was like, I'm going Granted, 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.240 worst super Bowl I've ever seen that Rams in Patriots 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:13.560 one because only one touchdown was terrible game, but I 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.160 had a good time. We should have win. 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Get ready to cheer on your 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.680 Das Cowboys with tours of AT and T Stadium, autographs 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:56.120 from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and Dallas Cowboys alumni, ticket giveaways, 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.960 games inflatables, and more. Check out the brand new Miller 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.720 Lighthouse and get excited for kickoff on Monday. Visit att 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:07.600 stadium dot com for tickets and more information. Welcome back 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.040 to the Players Lounge and Brett Johnson here with Barry 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.960 Church and Danny McCray. We have a big game. We 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.680 have the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, first home game of 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.360 the season, home game of the season, and we are 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:24.640 taking on our divisional rivals, the Eagles. I know you 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:28.680 guys saw a coach with the beat Dallas on his shirt? 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:31.480 A young boy, what are your thoughts about? I missed that? 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.760 Who ended on the head coach Philly Eagles a little 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.200 beat Cowboys shirt on with the Cowboys logo on and 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:39.680 it was in the Cowboys Gray. Yeah, it seemed like 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.440 he got it from my right, Jerry, y'all need to 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:45.880 find a way. You need to sue him, okay, because 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.160 you can't be using the marks. You can't use the logo. 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.000 Don't be using the marks. Bro that's licensed. All right. 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:52.880 It costs a lot of money for the star. All right, 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.359 call him up, tell him take that off, and Misha, 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.880 I could do that. Really listen, he shout out to him. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.280 You know, you gotta have ultimate confidence telling the shirts 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.520 he got like his own version of Team Danny Hurts. 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.720 He's selling them. Oh yeah, by the way, yeah, man, Hey, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.600 Danny Craig murch about to be up shameless plug, you know, 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:19.520 sameless team Danny Church. But I think who was that 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:24.160 coach that just left for Philly. I'm talking about what's 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:29.120 his name? Him and Carson, Carson's boy. Yeah. I think 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.720 I remember him saying some stuff like that when they 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:33.440 were coming to playoffs, that he was going they were 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:39.000 going to win again. They were supposed to the floor. Peterson, Peterson, 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.920 Peterson got himself in trouble doing man, he was there, 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.640 all right, so he didn't somebody didn't learn from it. Okay, 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:47.960 you get you. I'll picking the Cowboys to win. So 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.840 burn that church, burn that shirt. You messed up, players, 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.560 you messed up. We're coming to put them palls on you. 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:56.560 Like hey, like my boy Tea still didn't last week. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.000 We're putting paus on people. And look, man, I love 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.200 it because I love all the responses we've been getting 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.840 from Dallas. They ask Zeke the same thing. Zeke says, Now, 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:05.960 we're good. We focus on what we gotta do. Same 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.480 with McCarthy. Naw, we're good. We focus. So it shows 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.359 me these guys they're not gonna reach down to that 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.800 petty level and try to respond. They're just gonna respond 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.520 on the field. And usually when we got that focused 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.280 form of Cowboys, it turns out good. It turns out 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.520 good for us. So I'm loving what I'm seeing out 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.760 of my Cowboys as they get ready for this Philadelphia 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.960 Eagles matchup. But it's not gonna be a walk in 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:26.480 the park. It's not gonna be a walk in the 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:29.520 park because Jalen Hurts I believe can get the most 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:31.879 out of that offense and that office can be very productive. 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.760 But on our side of things our young defense. That 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.280 defense is rolling. My boy, Daddy Fronna jump. You're gonna 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:39.320 be surprised when you hear my take said, Oh, I 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.119 want I would hear it. I want to hear. We're 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.960 gonna wait till we get to predictions, but gonna drop 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:48.720 on us. Absolutely. But we gotta make sure young forty 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:51.040 two the new forty two Keano nil. We gotta make 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:52.960 sure that man can get in there. So whatever you 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.359 gotta do, well, mask up, make sure you get whatever 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.359 you got to do to get these negative test rolling, 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.280 get them things rolling, because we need him in that spot, 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:02.439 especially if you're gonna move Parsons to DN and try 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.440 to get him some rush on on Jayla Hurst. But overall, 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.280 I'm feeling good about this Cowboys matchup Cocks. That's okay, bro, 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.879 We're gonna be all right. He's gonna he's gonna step in. 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:13.800 I'm not saying he's gonna play as good as for it, 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:15.200 but it's like, I don't think it's gonna be a 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.160 huge drop off. I think he's gonna be okay. If 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.480 he gets a chance to get in the game and shine, 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.360 I think he's going to play well. He's gonna play 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.800 like a rookie. But he's gonna play fast. He's gonna 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.160 go hit something and jay La Hurst in a second year, 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.480 it's gonna be okay. Ain't the way we're seeing cocks 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:32.360 out there. Man, I mean, we got, we got. He ain't. 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.919 He's just gonna jump over Vander and Ship and Smith. 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:36.640 You know, as much as you know we made he might. 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:41.080 He might have the nickel. He might big nickel. Listen, 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:42.679 let me tell you something. Them two tight ends, they 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.439 guy can play ball. If they start working on you, 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:47.480 they're gonna have to find a solution. My man, Dave, 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:49.199 my man, my man, da queen. He ain't gonna sit 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:50.959 there and let them kill us like that, all right, 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.480 especially if you know you got young talent back there. 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.240 It's been said that he looked away in training camp, 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:58.920 in practice that wasn't so good. When he got in 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:00.800 to play in the game and the lights were on, 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.680 he was a whole different guy. The lights don't get 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:09.919 no brighter than time, Yes, don't get so. I'm just 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:16.080 you know, in league, if that's how it is, no disrespect. 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:21.879 But out right now, yeah, they weren't really playing all 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.920 like that anyway. Yeah, we're hoping forty two gonna play, 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:28.119 so hurts right now. I just I just hope Cots 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:29.800 don't come in there like the Nucie because we saw 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:31.480 what happened when the lights was too bright for the 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:34.760 Ducci on there on Monday night. So don't come in 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.119 there like the Dui. I was right, don't come in 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:39.119 there like the Nucie. I don't, don't, don't, don't do 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:40.639 no less you talk like that. But I'm just I 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.439 don't think I don't know you people like like your 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:48.600 Kareem Hunt everything. We get to the league, we shine. 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:53.120 When you get to the league, we shot. Okay, I'm 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:57.239 not gonna mention JaMarcus Russell. I'm just not. You know, 0:19:57.400 --> 0:20:00.680 we all we all fall. We all, yeah, we all 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:03.360 have one of the biggest bust in NFL. We all 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:11.960 have routed for him, sixty rut for him. Yeah, Yeah, 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:15.159 that was that was tough to watch. God, we're going 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:17.480 to talk about keys to the game, but obviously let's 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:19.679 start off with like one that kind of everybody's been 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.440 saying all week, and that's about containing Jalen. Jalen is 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:26.399 actually only eighty four yards away rush yards away from 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:30.480 joining Lamar Jackson as the only quarterback since nineteen fifty 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.359 to have five hundred rushes in his first seven career 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:37.320 games as starting Uh, Is he gonna do it this game? 0:20:37.359 --> 0:20:39.280 He's already. He has one hundred and forty four so 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:42.520 far this season. He leads the team in rushing. How 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:47.160 do we contain Jalen? Well, if we're talking about defensively, 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.520 I mean we got to have some very discipline defensive 0:20:50.640 --> 0:20:53.560 ends and as well as just a very discipline game 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:56.400 plan going in. You can't have guys playing hero ball 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:57.960 out there. And what I mean by that is you 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:00.119 can't have goad. You're responsible for the a gap or 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:02.600 you're responsible for contain Oh, I see the ball going 0:21:02.680 --> 0:21:05.159 that way, Let me know, disregard my responsibilities and go 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:07.199 try to make every play out there. That's how you 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:09.359 get hurt. That's how guys can sit there and say, okay, 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:11.000 let me set him up with a little play actual, 0:21:11.080 --> 0:21:12.840 let me set him up with a little little read 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.400 here to make him bite and get rid of his responsibilities, 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:17.320 and I'll go ahead and take that edge. That's what 0:21:17.400 --> 0:21:19.280 we can't have because if we let this guy become 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:21.760 what he's comfortable in, and that's the dual threat quarterback. 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:23.919 If we let him do that, it's gonna be a 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:26.440 long night for the Dallas Cowboys. So we gotta keep 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:28.720 this guy and contained. We gotta be disciplined, and I'm 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:34.639 sure d cure or not, I can't believe. I'm sure 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:37.280 he'll draw up something to confuse this guy, because that's 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:39.800 another aspect of the game. He's still only still young. 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:41.760 He's still a second year quarterback, so he hasn't seen 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:44.280 all the defenses out there. So I'm sure dan Quinnell 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:46.480 hatch up some type of plan to kind of confuse 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:49.480 this guy, get him to make decisions before he's ready to, 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:51.600 and hopefully we can take the ball away that way. 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.159 But if we don't contain him and we don't have 0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.320 him off balance, it could be a long afternoon. We 0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:59.600 got a special guy, man four three five. Not many 0:21:59.600 --> 0:22:02.359 people having four three five linebacker on their teams, and 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:05.560 I'm talking about my man, Michael Parsons. When when you 0:22:05.640 --> 0:22:08.600 run an official four three five, if your coach puts 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:11.479 you in the right position, when you're playing a spot 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:13.359 like that and you're trying to shut somebody down like 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.920 a Russell Wilson or Lamar Jackson, it's very helpful to 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:19.720 have that type of speed. And I think Michael Parsons 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:22.320 is a sea dog, I mean, seaball get ball guy, 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:24.280 all right, So they're gonna say, hey man, at some 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:27.040 points in the game, you look at that guy that's yours. 0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:29.480 All right. If he runs this to the left, you 0:22:29.560 --> 0:22:31.560 go to the level, he go to the bathroom, you 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:34.679 go with. And we've seen that if Michael Parsons is 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:36.600 keyed in on you, he's gonna make the play. So 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:39.040 I got ultimate faith and the fact that if it's 0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:41.640 Michael Parsons versus Jalen Hurts, that we got to upprehend. 0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:43.960 What do you think is the best If we're gonna 0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:45.639 put Parsons on Hurts, what do you think is the 0:22:45.680 --> 0:22:47.320 best way to do that? Having them down in a 0:22:47.440 --> 0:22:49.720 defensive line or having them back in that second level 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:51.960 as a linebacker. I think I think you gotta mix 0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:54.360 it up. I think you have to if you're going 0:22:54.440 --> 0:22:56.200 to spy him, right, if you're gonna use him as 0:22:56.240 --> 0:22:58.239 that guy, you can't just have him sitting in one 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:00.639 spot so they know exactly what he's one, right, Because 0:23:00.640 --> 0:23:02.159 all of a sudden, you can run a screen and 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:03.879 get it lining on him. You can figure out a 0:23:03.960 --> 0:23:05.959 way to get them blocked. I think the best thing 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:07.280 you can do is have him on the right, have 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:08.800 him on the left, have him lined up over the 0:23:08.800 --> 0:23:10.720 center like you saw against the Texans. Uh in that 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:12.879 in that pre game, you know sense to confuse the 0:23:12.920 --> 0:23:16.000 coverage and then he dropped back and in any plays 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:18.000 it from depth or he can rush the running back 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:19.800 and then you know half contained on that side and 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:22.040 Randy gregor real on the opposite side. Dan Quinn is 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:25.040 gonna come with great creative ways to make sure that 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:27.280 we keep him locked in as much as we can. 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:30.200 We're not gonna start from rushing the entire game, but 0:23:30.320 --> 0:23:35.359 to minimize rush yards is the goal. If obviously most 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:38.080 people want Michael Parsons to be, you know, the guy 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:41.040 that's the spy on Jalen Hurts. If he is not, 0:23:41.560 --> 0:23:45.000 who would you say it's second best to be that spy. 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:47.439 If he's you know, being more defensive end kind of 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:50.080 guy in the game, it's gonna sound crazy, you know, 0:23:50.400 --> 0:23:55.959 I don't. Okay, all right, listen, listen, listen. Because because 0:23:56.240 --> 0:23:59.440 because they have NFL experience, because they have NFL experience, 0:24:00.280 --> 0:24:03.440 I'm I'm going back and forth between Jalen and Vanderesh. 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:05.880 All right, you gotta get them a shot. They're the guys, 0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:07.879 they're established guys. Giving them a shot to try to 0:24:07.920 --> 0:24:10.200 get it done. If it doesn't work, I'm not waiting 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:13.440 to the second half to put in connect if he 0:24:13.480 --> 0:24:16.880 could be that guy quickly. Only in those situations though, right, 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:20.280 because you still got to defend more to just that. 0:24:20.640 --> 0:24:22.480 But if you get into a situation where it's third 0:24:22.520 --> 0:24:24.480 and eight, right, and this is where this dude that 0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:27.480 is scrambling right when everything breaks down, that that extra 0:24:27.640 --> 0:24:29.439 running back is what he becomes because he can get 0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:31.640 around that edge and get those eight yards. Oh yeah, 0:24:31.680 --> 0:24:33.680 he's getting spired. And I'm gonna start with those two. 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:37.120 See how they do they do well, power to them 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:39.560 they don't. I got my lsu got coming in and 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:41.080 see if he can make it happen, because what you 0:24:41.119 --> 0:24:43.800 know is you're not giving him that much responsibility. What 0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:46.640 you're saying is that is your guy. When you give 0:24:46.680 --> 0:24:48.960 a football player the opportunity to pin his ears back 0:24:49.000 --> 0:24:51.200 and play fast and not have to think, that's when 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:53.639 us that's when they usually play play the best, especially 0:24:53.640 --> 0:24:56.200 a rookie in his first game on the Monday night 0:24:56.240 --> 0:25:00.240 against the Eagles, no doubt. So to me, if if 0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:02.359 I'm Dan Quinn and I'm sitting in, I'm might look, man, 0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:04.760 we got to figure out a way, somehow, some way 0:25:05.000 --> 0:25:07.240 to contain this guy. And we're talking just third downs 0:25:07.320 --> 0:25:09.879 or just passing downs. You know, I might throw in 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:11.720 a little dime. I might throw in a little dime 0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:14.080 or some type of big nickel situation. And I'm bringing 0:25:14.080 --> 0:25:16.439 in the guy that I believe, you know, needs to 0:25:16.440 --> 0:25:18.399 get more playing time because he's playing well. And that's 0:25:18.480 --> 0:25:20.680 Javon Kurse. I mean, this guy has safety. He's a 0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:22.880 bigger dude. He's six four, I think he's about two 0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:25.199 fifteen to twenty. So he can he can, he can 0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:27.000 do some damage down there in their trenches. He can 0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:28.840 play that role down there. And he has more than 0:25:28.960 --> 0:25:31.679 enough speed, more than enough athletic ability to be that 0:25:31.760 --> 0:25:34.720 spy down there against hurts and not only spy against hurts, 0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:36.440 but he can get into coverage as well and being 0:25:36.480 --> 0:25:39.480 those windows, those those zone windows or those man windows 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:42.040 to help deter you know, hurts from throwing the ball 0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:44.680 that way. So if it's me, I'm going towards a dime. Look, 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:47.879 maybe take one of those linebackers out, especially if we 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:49.840 have parsons down to the defensive end. You know, I 0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:52.600 don't want, you know, Jalen and Lvy having a responsibility 0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:55.080 of containing hurts because no disrespect. But you know, I'm 0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:57.040 not sure they can can accomplish that. So I'm taking 0:25:57.080 --> 0:25:59.520 one of those guys out, have a big nickel, big dime. 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.679 Put Kurt at that position. Let those guys you know, 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:06.200 either rush, either rush on their running back or spikes. 0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:08.520 I don't want to have them two guys going at 0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:10.280 it versus miles standers. I don't think they can do 0:26:10.359 --> 0:26:13.360 that as well. So who's starting? Who's Who's to start 0:26:13.440 --> 0:26:17.600 safeties in this in this package? And I thought he 0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:20.679 was back this week? Who because I'm saying, have you 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:23.760 moving first, Curse or not? Cause and Hook I gotta 0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:26.320 be back? Then got to be back. I thought my 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:29.760 man I forgot was still down. He earned some more 0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:32.480 playing time. Though about Curse earned some playing time at 0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:35.119 this safety position. I'm sure they're gonna find a way 0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:38.480 to get him in. My bias is towards Jabril Cox, 0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:41.120 and I totally forgot about Curse being able to come 0:26:41.160 --> 0:26:44.480 down down in spot. So you got me on that one. 0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:48.520 I would like to see him first second tier and 0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:51.320 Jalen and Vanderston and your third tier that don't work. 0:26:51.520 --> 0:26:55.800 We probably just look going into choking up. We can't 0:26:55.840 --> 0:26:59.280 stop him. They got us. But let's talk about our 0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:01.879 secondary because there's a guy that might be a secret 0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:04.840 weapon that I think we're missing out on. Trayvon Diggs. 0:27:04.920 --> 0:27:09.119 Let's not forget that in college he played with Devonte Smiths, 0:27:09.160 --> 0:27:10.919 so in practice he was saying that he's like I 0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:13.359 went against him everyday in practice, so I already know 0:27:13.400 --> 0:27:16.359 what he's like. Uh. Jalen Hurts was there with for 0:27:16.400 --> 0:27:18.080 a little bit with him too, so he knows some 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.040 of these guys. He said, he knows Rigor Will really 0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:22.400 well as too. So do you think that I mean, 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:25.479 I get now you're in the league, there's different schemes, 0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:27.760 different things going on, But do you think that that 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.400 is somewhat of could be an advantage for him because 0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:33.439 he has played against him in practice and you know 0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:36.560 as a teammate. Yeah, I think so. I think having 0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:40.760 a having a beat on the receiver specifically, right, Uh, 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.120 if you're guarding him, I think being familiar with him 0:27:43.119 --> 0:27:44.600 and what he likes to do and seeing him in 0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:46.480 practice of doing all that as an advantage, but I 0:27:46.480 --> 0:27:49.159 still believe that this is probably the best chance that 0:27:49.200 --> 0:27:53.639 our our defensive backs have to like beat dominant end game. Uh, 0:27:54.000 --> 0:27:57.359 Jalen Hurts is not this this this quarterback like Tom 0:27:57.400 --> 0:28:00.200 Brady or Justin Herbert. So we have an opportunity get 0:28:00.200 --> 0:28:01.840 out there and get our hands on some of those balls, 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:05.440 make some plays, and and really be dominant in this game. 0:28:05.520 --> 0:28:09.399 So I think we're plus in almost every matchup. And 0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:12.320 even with Anthony Brown and us saying that he hasn't 0:28:12.359 --> 0:28:14.360 been playing as well, I think this is his best 0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:17.119 opportunity to step up and show that he's he's a 0:28:17.600 --> 0:28:19.800 serviceable cornerback in the league. Yeah, I'm with you one 0:28:19.840 --> 0:28:22.159 hundred percent on that one. I feel like this this 0:28:22.240 --> 0:28:25.240 secondary can be dominant against these pass catchers for the 0:28:25.440 --> 0:28:29.080 Philadelphia Eagles, especially Dicks. I mean, look, even if he 0:28:29.119 --> 0:28:31.800 wasn't with in college, I feel like he got he 0:28:32.240 --> 0:28:33.880 got the man straight. He can go ahead and push 0:28:33.960 --> 0:28:36.240 these guys around pretty much all day, and he has 0:28:36.240 --> 0:28:37.680 the speed to hang with these guys. I mean, I 0:28:37.720 --> 0:28:39.840 feel like this guy he's starting to take that next 0:28:39.840 --> 0:28:42.080 step to becoming a lockdown corner. I mean, we saw 0:28:42.080 --> 0:28:44.720 the play he made against Keenan Allen, you know, last 0:28:44.720 --> 0:28:46.840 week on and over, and you know how hard that is. 0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:48.720 On and over. The best bet you can get is 0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:51.280 maybe a knockdown pass or or or just a catch 0:28:51.320 --> 0:28:53.240 tackle right there. But he was able to undercut that 0:28:53.280 --> 0:28:55.680 and get an interception. And as we've seen throughout this 0:28:55.760 --> 0:28:59.000 whole year so far, these two games, the guys, he's 0:28:59.040 --> 0:29:00.600 willing to take the ball away and he's willing to 0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:02.600 put his head in there and make tackles. So to me, 0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:04.840 I think he has the full advantage in this game, 0:29:05.000 --> 0:29:07.000 and I feel as though he's taking the next step 0:29:07.240 --> 0:29:09.880 to becoming one of the elite corners International Football League, 0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:12.960 a shutdown guy. Well, he said that he wants to 0:29:12.960 --> 0:29:15.080 go up against the number one guy because he is 0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:20.720 the number one guy. You guys agree better dv on 0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:23.840 the cornerback on the team. He is playing that way. 0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:26.480 He finished the season off last year playing that way. 0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:27.960 He came in the city. I got my hand on 0:29:28.000 --> 0:29:30.400 four teen balls that I didn't get interceptions. He came 0:29:30.440 --> 0:29:32.560 out and he's doing exactly what he's said he was 0:29:32.600 --> 0:29:34.360 gonna do while he was in training camp. So I 0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:36.480 got all the faith in him, all the faith and 0:29:36.520 --> 0:29:38.160 I'm with you too, I got the faith in him, innute. 0:29:38.200 --> 0:29:40.560 And look it's you can see during the off season 0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:42.440 when he when he works with his brother Stefan Dad. 0:29:42.520 --> 0:29:44.840 You can just see how much better he's getting and 0:29:44.960 --> 0:29:48.000 it releases everything like knowing the round concepts. I mean, 0:29:48.040 --> 0:29:50.520 this guy's taken leap after leap after leap, and he's 0:29:50.520 --> 0:29:53.120 special man. He has the opportunity to be special. All right, Well, 0:29:53.160 --> 0:29:55.800 we are talking Amari Cooper and what he said about 0:29:55.800 --> 0:29:59.280 being the number one guy. When we come back. 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I remember we used to walking. 0:32:33.400 --> 0:32:36.480 See all those people come through. I got two former 0:32:36.480 --> 0:32:43.080 players right here. Get my twenty dollars worth that calls 0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:49.520 you thirty. All right, all right, guys, we gotta talk 0:32:49.520 --> 0:32:53.480 Omari Cooper. He actually said he's feeling better every day 0:32:53.480 --> 0:32:55.520 and he thinks he's ready for Monday night game, which 0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:59.840 I'm excited to see. He was actually asked if he 0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:04.280 would be offended or excited if the Number one corner 0:33:04.800 --> 0:33:08.320 decided to follow CD instead. He kind of laughed about it, 0:33:08.360 --> 0:33:11.400 and he said both honestly, And he kind of went 0:33:11.440 --> 0:33:14.040 in to talk about the opportunity you get when you 0:33:14.080 --> 0:33:16.440 don't have the first guy you know on you because 0:33:16.560 --> 0:33:18.320 then it's like, Okay, now it's my time to go 0:33:18.360 --> 0:33:20.239 off because they're worried about this guy, and I can 0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:22.560 go do whatever I want over here, and you know, 0:33:22.760 --> 0:33:24.440 it's it's a good thing at the end of the 0:33:24.520 --> 0:33:26.560 day to have so many different weapons, and those are 0:33:26.560 --> 0:33:28.360 the teams that go on to win and do well. 0:33:28.440 --> 0:33:30.840 So what do you guys think about, you know, just 0:33:30.880 --> 0:33:34.960 even being in that situation yourselves is like when you're 0:33:35.000 --> 0:33:37.040 playing and you're like, huh, dang, they put this guy 0:33:37.040 --> 0:33:39.360 against me. I know him better than him. Well, did 0:33:39.400 --> 0:33:43.160 I tell y'all about who was going to emerge as 0:33:43.200 --> 0:33:45.040 the Number one I'm just adding no, no, no, and 0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:47.840 I'm just did I say it not? Because I listen 0:33:47.920 --> 0:33:50.760 if he gets shadowed, if he doesn't get shadow about 0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:53.959 the number one guy, the other the other team, they 0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:57.360 don't believe he's the number one guy. Usually it is um. 0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:01.120 So he should be offended to me, right, because you 0:34:01.200 --> 0:34:02.880 came out and said I think I do think I'm 0:34:02.920 --> 0:34:04.960 the best guy in the league. I haven't proven it yet, 0:34:05.240 --> 0:34:07.520 and it's no way for you that doesn't. This is 0:34:07.560 --> 0:34:10.120 the opposite of proving it, right if you go through 0:34:10.160 --> 0:34:12.480 a game, right, you go through two games of the season, 0:34:12.640 --> 0:34:14.640 and then the next defense says, you know what, that 0:34:14.680 --> 0:34:17.360 ain't the guy. He's the guy, right, So he shouldn't 0:34:17.360 --> 0:34:19.600 be offended. And I think if he is going up 0:34:19.600 --> 0:34:21.640 against the number two guys, this is an opportunity for 0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:24.320 him to show y'all not gonna make this mistake again. 0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:28.200 It's a great opportunity for him to to to emerge 0:34:28.239 --> 0:34:30.279 as one of the number one guys and get that 0:34:30.320 --> 0:34:32.719 double team back on him. I think that's a great 0:34:32.719 --> 0:34:35.640 competition within the within the locker room. I think that'd 0:34:35.640 --> 0:34:37.640 be great to see. So shout out to him if 0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:40.440 it happens and if it does, he better show up 0:34:40.680 --> 0:34:45.560 because if he doesn't, mant two Locke, Now, oh, I'm 0:34:45.560 --> 0:34:47.080 gonna be I'm first of all, I'm gonna be solt 0:34:47.120 --> 0:34:49.279 it because it's all my fantasy. So I'm like, man, 0:34:49.560 --> 0:34:51.600 you can't go off against number two. Now, let me 0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:54.560 quit disrespecting my boy. But yeah, I would feel a 0:34:54.560 --> 0:34:57.240 little I would feel slightly disrespected. If you know Darius 0:34:57.239 --> 0:34:59.320 Slay for the past couple of years, as he was 0:34:59.360 --> 0:35:01.400 here in Cowboy, it has been following in the market 0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:03.560 wherever he went, and then now you're come into the game, 0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:05.040 you line up, you look at Hell, You're like, oh, 0:35:05.080 --> 0:35:08.160 where's number two? He's alway over? Are you going to CD? Like, man, 0:35:08.200 --> 0:35:10.360 I would feel some type of way. I feel slightly 0:35:10.719 --> 0:35:13.279 slightly salty about that. But like you said, it's an 0:35:13.280 --> 0:35:15.560 opportunity for him to go off on a number two, 0:35:16.000 --> 0:35:17.719 and if he does do that, I'm sure eventually it 0:35:17.719 --> 0:35:19.719 don't bring Slay back over to try to deal with him. 0:35:19.719 --> 0:35:21.520 But by that time, he's already heated up, so he's 0:35:21.520 --> 0:35:24.759 ready to roll. So I'm hoping Slag up to me personally, 0:35:24.840 --> 0:35:27.399 I'm hoping Slay goes over there and mess with CD 0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:29.719 or whoever's over there, just so my boy can go 0:35:29.760 --> 0:35:32.120 off and fantasy. I need these points. I'm owing to 0:35:33.239 --> 0:35:36.240 too right now, I'm getting killed, and my boy, please, please, 0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:39.279 my boy, give me something like that. Fantasy is the 0:35:39.320 --> 0:35:45.399 only thing that matters. I disconnected. I disconnected from like 0:35:45.440 --> 0:35:50.359 the actual game. Now fantasy football brings like a different thing. 0:35:50.480 --> 0:35:52.359 Like now, I'm like more in tune when you usually 0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:54.520 just watching. I watched the Cowboys. Yeah, don't even pay 0:35:54.520 --> 0:35:56.160 attention to the rest of the games. Now I have 0:35:56.200 --> 0:35:58.600 a reason to go on and watch it. And then 0:35:58.640 --> 0:36:00.360 it also gives us more to talk about on the 0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:04.200 show because you're watching players outside of Cowboys. And I'm like, 0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:06.560 I'm sitting there and I find myself it's third and one, 0:36:06.719 --> 0:36:08.640 thirty and two, like, get a ball to Coop. Get 0:36:08.800 --> 0:36:10.480 What do you mean just hand the ball off the seat? No, 0:36:10.719 --> 0:36:13.759 get a ball to Coop. It's thirty two. I start 0:36:13.800 --> 0:36:16.839 to tripping. Yeah, I started to trip my team. Listen, yo, 0:36:16.920 --> 0:36:19.080 if you own my team, y'all could be down by thirty. 0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:21.960 I'm ecstatic because I know that now you got to 0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:24.920 try to pat the garbage point. I don't care about that. 0:36:25.000 --> 0:36:28.239 I'm coming the game at all. I'm just like, hey man, 0:36:28.320 --> 0:36:30.319 you got down to the inch yard line, I got 0:36:30.360 --> 0:36:32.759 the receiver. I'm mad because I know you're gonna run it. 0:36:32.800 --> 0:36:34.640 Like that's That's the way I'm looking at the game now, 0:36:34.680 --> 0:36:37.719 which is which is fun, it's exciting. Yeah, Like I say, 0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:39.640 it helps us on the show as well. Would you 0:36:39.640 --> 0:36:41.880 guys say it makes a difference because obviously the Eagles, 0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:43.719 this is a team we see twice a year, a 0:36:43.760 --> 0:36:46.280 team like the Chargers you see them once every four years. 0:36:46.400 --> 0:36:49.120 Do you think that it makes a difference on who 0:36:49.160 --> 0:36:51.200 you're playing if you're up against the number one guy, 0:36:51.200 --> 0:36:53.520 because sometimes it could just like we're just trying to 0:36:53.520 --> 0:36:56.799 figure out this team because we don't play this team ever, 0:36:56.960 --> 0:37:00.880 compared to obviously the Eagles. You he's see Slay a 0:37:00.920 --> 0:37:02.440 couple of times a year, you know what I mean. 0:37:02.480 --> 0:37:04.759 So that would be a bigger to me. I would 0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:06.239 feel like that would be a bigger hurt. But coming 0:37:06.280 --> 0:37:08.920 from a player's perspective, is it a difference if it's 0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:12.279 a you know, divisional game compared to just a team 0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:14.799 you see every couple of years. Nah, I think if 0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:17.840 you're the number one guy, you're the number one guy. 0:37:18.320 --> 0:37:21.120 I'm gonna. I'm gonna, I'm gonna list them, yo. DeAndre 0:37:21.200 --> 0:37:25.880 Hopkins as like these guys, no matter who they playing, 0:37:26.080 --> 0:37:28.960 what the visit it is, whatever, they are going to 0:37:29.000 --> 0:37:32.000 see the number one guy because they have to be stopped. 0:37:32.040 --> 0:37:35.279 The offense used, the passing game usually runs through them, right, 0:37:35.440 --> 0:37:37.439 And that's why I say for us, it's no slight 0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:40.280 against the Maori. But the way killing caused the plays 0:37:40.520 --> 0:37:43.640 we don't have like isso right? Yeah, it's like basketball, right, 0:37:44.120 --> 0:37:46.520 Lebron James gets in the ISO. That's what it is 0:37:46.560 --> 0:37:49.080 in terms of football. When Davante Adams is going up 0:37:49.080 --> 0:37:51.279 against somebody, you're like, hey man, you gotta one on one, 0:37:51.320 --> 0:37:53.480 you gotta beat them. For us, killing don't do that. 0:37:53.640 --> 0:37:56.120 It's we got Tony Polla coming on the sea. We 0:37:56.160 --> 0:37:59.120 got a problem, you know. So it's different. It's different 0:37:59.120 --> 0:38:01.640 for us. And now to me, A's why I never understood, 0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:03.840 you know, as a DC and you going against an 0:38:03.840 --> 0:38:05.880 elite receiver like you're going against a Randy Moss and 0:38:05.960 --> 0:38:08.960 Calvin Johnson. Even when we went against Calvin Johnson, why 0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:11.440 didn't we just double team this dude? Like, I never 0:38:11.520 --> 0:38:14.400 understood how if you got the number one thre a 0:38:14.520 --> 0:38:17.080 bona fide number one threat like the Vonte Adams, and 0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:19.120 then you got the second dude who's way down here. 0:38:19.320 --> 0:38:22.040 Why wouldn't you just double Adams, double that guy and 0:38:22.080 --> 0:38:23.560 make the rest of them beat you. Now, if they 0:38:23.600 --> 0:38:25.799 go out there and the second guy, third guy go off, 0:38:26.000 --> 0:38:27.840 so be it. Y'all beat us like that, y'all deserve 0:38:27.880 --> 0:38:30.439 to win. But I never understood, like when we went 0:38:30.440 --> 0:38:33.080 against Calvin Johnson, let's just shade the safety over there. 0:38:33.360 --> 0:38:35.879 No double that dude like he's a punt. He's on punt. 0:38:35.920 --> 0:38:38.160 You got a visa, do something because you know he's 0:38:38.200 --> 0:38:40.880 the only way this offense is gonna be productive. So 0:38:40.960 --> 0:38:42.839 to me, I never understood that if I was a DC, 0:38:43.000 --> 0:38:46.279 I'm doubling everybody. I will say this. It didn't work. 0:38:46.280 --> 0:38:50.520 When we try to ee went for three twenty something. 0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:52.759 I think they were finally listen, you know, to go 0:38:52.800 --> 0:38:55.360 into that. Okay, that was I don't think that was 0:38:55.400 --> 0:38:58.560 good coaching. Okay. We talked about d Ware going into 0:38:58.560 --> 0:39:01.680 the Hall of Fame for doing what being a pass rusher. 0:39:02.040 --> 0:39:04.640 When Calvin Joson went off on us for three hundred. 0:39:04.880 --> 0:39:09.120 Dware was the curl dropper and covered two and Calvin 0:39:09.239 --> 0:39:12.760 Jon's repeatedly ran twenty yard digs right behind dware boom, 0:39:12.800 --> 0:39:17.200 right behind the boom boom. You know he had throw 0:39:17.280 --> 0:39:19.040 over three hundred yards. I think that was that was 0:39:19.080 --> 0:39:24.440 just that was just okay, Well, we got matchups. You know, 0:39:24.520 --> 0:39:26.360 this is a team that sees each other twice a 0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:30.719 year where rivals. My favorite matchup that I'm excited to 0:39:30.719 --> 0:39:33.120 see is going to be Zach Martin and Fletcher Cox 0:39:34.160 --> 0:39:36.839 because this is a rivalry. This is a back and 0:39:36.880 --> 0:39:39.520 forth that's been going on. And you know, Cox has 0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:42.360 a was the other guy's name on the other side 0:39:42.680 --> 0:39:45.200 that's like young, he's a young new guy, but he's 0:39:45.239 --> 0:39:47.560 been doing a really good job for the Eagles. Yeah, 0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:53.799 I sweat anyway anyway hard. It can be like a 0:39:53.800 --> 0:39:56.399 one on one situation here with them, just because Cox 0:39:56.440 --> 0:39:59.120 doesn't have to do anything else and he's still killing it. 0:39:59.280 --> 0:40:02.600 People always try to These guys are getting older now 0:40:02.920 --> 0:40:06.600 looks like same as two three years ago. So I 0:40:06.640 --> 0:40:09.400 have this as my top matchup. What do you guys have? 0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:12.200 What should we be watching? And key matchups for this week? 0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:16.399 My key matchup. If I'm joking, I'm saying Tony Paula 0:40:16.480 --> 0:40:22.480 versus Kelly. If I'm being serious though, it's literally whoever 0:40:22.600 --> 0:40:25.560 eleven is lined up on. I want to see. If 0:40:25.600 --> 0:40:29.040 he's lined up on offensive tackle, that's that's the matchup 0:40:29.120 --> 0:40:31.480 that I'm looking at, right. How does he win that matchup? 0:40:31.680 --> 0:40:34.520 How does it help us defensively against Jalen Hurts. If 0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:37.760 he's lined up at linebacker, then it's him against Jalen Hurts. 0:40:38.000 --> 0:40:41.040 I'm interested to see how that shakes out. This is 0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:44.640 a four three guy able to stop a running quarterback 0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:47.279 because in the league, you're gonna see these guys, right, 0:40:47.320 --> 0:40:49.560 do we have an answer for mobile quarterbacks? So I'm 0:40:49.600 --> 0:40:51.879 looking at eleven and wherever he's ad on the field, 0:40:51.920 --> 0:40:54.359 I'm looking at the matchup that he that he has. 0:40:54.520 --> 0:40:56.120 All Right, for me, I'm gonna do kind of a 0:40:56.120 --> 0:40:59.800 two on two scenario here. I'm gonna do Jalen Hurts, 0:41:00.239 --> 0:41:04.080 Miles Sanders versus whoever they chot out there at linebacker. 0:41:04.120 --> 0:41:06.000 I wish it was Parsons, but we all know. If 0:41:06.000 --> 0:41:08.319 it's vander esh and Smith, all right, I'll take that 0:41:08.360 --> 0:41:10.480 as well. But I want to do that matchup right there, 0:41:10.560 --> 0:41:13.320 because last year and throughout a lot of the times 0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:16.520 last year we got exposed from running backs coming out 0:41:16.520 --> 0:41:19.200 of the backfield, getting yards after the catch, third and fives, 0:41:19.239 --> 0:41:21.520 getting all that good stuff. So I want to see 0:41:21.560 --> 0:41:24.799 if those two are the linebackers. If Smith and lv 0:41:25.080 --> 0:41:27.560 are the linebackers, how have they grown Are they able 0:41:27.560 --> 0:41:29.399 to go out there and get coverage in because last 0:41:29.400 --> 0:41:31.719 week they actually played pretty well. They played pretty well 0:41:31.800 --> 0:41:33.640 last week. I think Smith led the team and tackles 0:41:33.640 --> 0:41:35.480 out there. Vanderess was all over the field, had to 0:41:35.560 --> 0:41:38.080 masak as well. So if they've grown to the point 0:41:38.080 --> 0:41:40.600 where we can handle these running backs out of the backfield, 0:41:40.640 --> 0:41:42.759 we can do all that stuff, then you got then 0:41:42.760 --> 0:41:45.879 you're in an advantage because you can put parsons while 0:41:45.960 --> 0:41:47.680 d while d laws are, you can put parsons at 0:41:47.680 --> 0:41:49.960 that defensive end. If these two guys have grown into 0:41:49.960 --> 0:41:52.680 the linebackers that they weren't were, so to me, I'm 0:41:52.760 --> 0:41:55.080 interested to see that matchup and how that boils down. 0:41:55.239 --> 0:41:57.560 I still think the Cowboys have the advantage, though. Well 0:41:57.600 --> 0:42:01.040 let's get into who's going to win this game, because 0:42:02.520 --> 0:42:05.120 this is a big one and we actually have kind 0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:09.080 of you know, issues in here sometimes because we're very 0:42:09.080 --> 0:42:12.360 competitive and you know, we break it down to the 0:42:12.360 --> 0:42:15.920 little little little things, the little things because you guys 0:42:15.960 --> 0:42:20.719 kind of tied. I still think I'm in the running. 0:42:21.760 --> 0:42:24.759 One last week, one last week, and I'm trying. I'm 0:42:24.800 --> 0:42:26.600 trying to come back. I'm trying to come back. So 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:30.920 what is the spread this week? That I don't know? 0:42:30.960 --> 0:42:33.520 But I don't know either. Really, I didn't do my job. 0:42:33.719 --> 0:42:36.040 I'm sorry. Now I let you down, New I let 0:42:36.040 --> 0:42:44.120 you down. So um we for thank you, see thank you, 0:42:44.320 --> 0:42:46.680 see me the great back game. Appreciate you. All right? 0:42:46.800 --> 0:42:49.279 So spread is for oh, you gotta go first, and 0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:54.880 I'm going so you can't you get I'm very for Piggy. Okay, 0:42:54.880 --> 0:43:07.520 but I have the Cowboys winning by seven. Okay, I'm 0:43:07.560 --> 0:43:10.680 picking the same thing that I did last night, not 0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:17.640 four but fourteen fourteen. I think absolutely we come out 0:43:17.680 --> 0:43:19.960 and I think we play one of our best games 0:43:20.000 --> 0:43:23.120 as a team. I think special teams plays well, offense 0:43:23.200 --> 0:43:25.080 plays well, and I think that we come out and 0:43:25.120 --> 0:43:27.800 we show tomorrow that the Eagles are gonna have trouble 0:43:27.800 --> 0:43:29.440 when they see us the next time. All Right, We're 0:43:29.480 --> 0:43:31.160 gonna come out on defense and we're gonna let them 0:43:31.160 --> 0:43:35.040 know we're ready to see Jakeman Hurts plus fourteen Dallas Cowboys. Oh, 0:43:35.440 --> 0:43:37.520 that's a tough one to me. I think it's gonna 0:43:37.520 --> 0:43:39.360 be a lot closer than that. I still have the 0:43:39.360 --> 0:43:42.000 Cowboys winning. I saw the Cowboys winning. I say they 0:43:42.040 --> 0:43:44.520 win by three points. I say it's gonna be like 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:47.399 a twenty to seventeen type of type of ball game, 0:43:47.440 --> 0:43:49.400 because look, it's a division game, and we all know 0:43:49.520 --> 0:43:52.200 when division opponents, it's always closer, even if that team 0:43:52.280 --> 0:43:54.680 is owing whatever and this team is undefeated. When you 0:43:54.680 --> 0:43:56.600 got a division opponent like that, you know each other 0:43:56.640 --> 0:43:58.560 like the back of your hands. So it's always gonna 0:43:58.560 --> 0:44:01.200 be a competitive battle out there. I say the Cowboys 0:44:01.200 --> 0:44:03.920 win by three, closer to what most people think. I 0:44:03.960 --> 0:44:05.680 don't think they get a takeaway, and I think that's 0:44:05.680 --> 0:44:07.359 what makes it close, because I don't think they get 0:44:07.360 --> 0:44:11.400 a takeaway. Philly does good. I'm still think I'm sorry 0:44:10.640 --> 0:44:16.760 thirty one seventeen. Sorry, thirty one seventeen, thirty one seventeen, 0:44:16.800 --> 0:44:21.120 that's my plus fourteen, but thirty So you don't you 0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:24.480 don't think or you think that the Eagles are not 0:44:24.520 --> 0:44:27.200 going to cover the spread. Okay, now I got the 0:44:27.200 --> 0:44:31.080 Cowboys by three. Okay, the spreads befour right spreads four. Yeah, 0:44:31.239 --> 0:44:34.160 it's Cowboys by three, twenty to seventeen, right here, firm. 0:44:34.840 --> 0:44:37.879 I think CB one more time. I think we're picked 0:44:37.920 --> 0:44:41.719 to win by four Oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Philly 0:44:41.880 --> 0:44:46.160 cover cover. But we still win yep, but we'll still 0:44:46.200 --> 0:44:48.960 win seventeen. And then once we win by fourteen, then 0:44:49.000 --> 0:44:52.680 I actually win win, and then y'all, y'all win, y'all win. 0:44:55.719 --> 0:44:58.480 All right, Well that is the shew for today. We 0:44:58.520 --> 0:45:00.680 will not have a show on Monday Day because there 0:45:00.760 --> 0:45:03.840 is a game on Monday, and maybe we'll be tailgating 0:45:03.920 --> 0:45:05.840 by that. Now I'll be working Barry, we'll be working 0:45:06.239 --> 0:45:11.800 Danny will be tailgating. Maybe the game the middle of 0:45:12.400 --> 0:45:16.400 the middle. I saw it last time I was in 0:45:16.480 --> 0:45:21.920 the stadium. Zoe mccraehouse Again, thanks for tuning to the 0:45:21.960 --> 0:45:24.200 Players Lounge. Everybody, have a great weekend. 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