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Speaker 1: It is Thursday, December nineteenth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode
Speaker 1: number one oh three. Welcome to another edition of The Break.
Speaker 1: We are live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at
Speaker 1: the Star and today we're going to talk about the
Speaker 1: Cowboys versus the Eagles. We'll get a scouting up report
Speaker 1: from Dave on the defense. Yesterday we talked about the offense,
Speaker 1: but before we get to that, we need to talk
Speaker 1: a little about some injuries and some guys that did
Speaker 1: not practice yesterday. Get some updates on those guys. I'll
Speaker 1: start first with the quarterback. Obviously, he was limited yesterday,
Speaker 1: but and you guys made it pretty clear you expect
Speaker 1: that he's going to play this weekend. However, what have
Speaker 1: we heard at this point as far as where he
Speaker 1: is being able to practice? No rush shot, No, that's
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Cooper Rush has been out there practicing,
Speaker 1: got okay, Yeah, just in case, I do, I do expect,
Speaker 1: Just in case, I do expect that Dak Prescott's going
Speaker 1: to play. But I think I said yesterday, if your
Speaker 1: quarterback can't throw, like if his throwing shoulders affected to
Speaker 1: the point that he's not throwing in practice, that should
Speaker 1: be concerning to anybody still not throwing a day. Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett said he probably wouldn't do much Cooper Rush took most.
Speaker 1: He said most. I would guess that means all or
Speaker 1: at least all of the passing reps in practice yesterday
Speaker 1: and see what he can do tomorrow. Jerry Jones, for
Speaker 1: his part, said he thinks he's gonna be fine this morning,
Speaker 1: but I don't know that's concerning for me when the
Speaker 1: starting quarterback can't throw in practice. Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: obvious to say that. I don't think any of us
Speaker 1: and correct me if I'm misspeaking, but I don't think
Speaker 1: any of us necessarily would feel comfortable with the idea
Speaker 1: that Dak doesn't play, or that Dak at some point
Speaker 1: has to come out of the game. But do you
Speaker 1: think that the Cowboys does it change whether you think
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have the ability to win this week if
Speaker 1: Dak plays or doesn't play well. The good thing, at
Speaker 1: least was to be able to see the Cowboys be
Speaker 1: successful with the running game last week utilizing Issikiel Elliott
Speaker 1: and Tony Poller. So for this weekend, that gives me
Speaker 1: a little bit more of confidence as far as what
Speaker 1: Dak is dealing with with his shoulder than being able
Speaker 1: to use the running game more. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I'm concerned, not just for I don't know much about
Speaker 1: the injury, like how can you use it? And then
Speaker 1: maybe do you react aggravated? And if so, how long
Speaker 1: could that live you for like looking further out if
Speaker 1: they make it into the playoffs, you know, like I
Speaker 1: don't really know how those kinds of injuries are like.
Speaker 1: But the comment that Zeke made in the locker room,
Speaker 1: it didn't sound like that's something very easy to deal with.
Speaker 1: So I don't know, I don't know. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: not throwing right now. He's he's going through all the drills,
Speaker 1: but he's not he's not participating in the throws. So
Speaker 1: it sounds like they're gonna go with rest over the test.
Speaker 1: You know, they're not testing it, They're just going to
Speaker 1: rest it. But those cut Cooper Rush. How do you
Speaker 1: feel about do you do you think that if he could,
Speaker 1: he could go win the game. Okay, yeah, he could
Speaker 1: win the game if they need to. I mean he
Speaker 1: I mean Brandon Weeden, you know, won the game, and
Speaker 1: Matt Castle's won games for him. I think Cooper Rush
Speaker 1: could go within the game. You know, we don't know
Speaker 1: what Cooper Rush should that. We've never seen Cooper Rush
Speaker 1: in a game. Yeah, you never seen Cooper Rush hand
Speaker 1: the ball off to Ezekiel Elliott. He gets to hand
Speaker 1: the ball off to guys that aren't Ezekiel Elliott and
Speaker 1: offensive lineman that really aren't you know, these guys the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowlers. So I don't know, I think he'd be fine.
Speaker 1: I also think I don't. I just I lean toward
Speaker 1: thinking Dak will be okay. Well, I mean they'll they'll
Speaker 1: give him, you know, he'll they'll do something for the
Speaker 1: pain toward all that type of thing. Um and and
Speaker 1: a week to rest it. I mean not throwing in
Speaker 1: practice obviously as an ideal, but you can rest the shoulder.
Speaker 1: Zeke's you know, guys play with this injury all the
Speaker 1: time typically doesn't require throwing the ball. Yeah, that is
Speaker 1: definitely concerning. I just I'd be shocked if he's not
Speaker 1: out there. And I mean it was just a week
Speaker 1: ago that Sean Lee didn't have a practice rep and
Speaker 1: played a great game. It seems like we see this
Speaker 1: type of stuff all the time, right. But they also
Speaker 1: signed Chris Covington just to make sure true. So true
Speaker 1: that other guy Clayton. He's out there throwing and he
Speaker 1: throws a ball better than Cooper. Yeah, he's good. He's
Speaker 1: got a cannon. Noticed that he's he's been spending time
Speaker 1: before the games. I think was you Nick that pointed
Speaker 1: it out to me the first time I saw it
Speaker 1: or somebody did, but it was he was out there
Speaker 1: and he does it. I think before every game he's
Speaker 1: out there with Kitna and they're they're just kind of
Speaker 1: working before the games and pre they bring him on
Speaker 1: road trips. Yeah, right, which is unusual for a practice
Speaker 1: squad player. Right. Um, that would be in I mean,
Speaker 1: they could sign him on Friday or Saturday, and if
Speaker 1: they do, that should be concerning. I mean, if they're
Speaker 1: that nervous about it, Yeah, I still I lean toward
Speaker 1: thinking Dack will play, and you know he'll play. I
Speaker 1: mean he played three quarters with this problem, right, I
Speaker 1: mean he heard it in the first quarter against the Rams,
Speaker 1: and he played three quarters and was effective. So the
Speaker 1: thing you got to think about they have to think
Speaker 1: about is because of the injury, now it does the
Speaker 1: other team other situations where he hurts it more because
Speaker 1: somebody lands on him. And that's the part you gotta
Speaker 1: be worried about. When you said you're gonna bring up
Speaker 1: that third quarterback, is you know, he's just one hit
Speaker 1: that would normally be a hit. He jumps right up
Speaker 1: from now maybe not being able to throw when that
Speaker 1: becomes an issue. But I do remember in the game Sunday, Nick,
Speaker 1: you kept saying, you said a couple of times, why
Speaker 1: is he throwing the ball side arm? And I wonder,
Speaker 1: I wonder if that was a like that was the
Speaker 1: tailtale sign of that he had been injured by that
Speaker 1: point and it was more comfortable to throw like that
Speaker 1: maybe than the throwing overhand, because when you have a
Speaker 1: shoulder injury, obviously the rotation of your shoulder kind of
Speaker 1: changes at or what feels comfortable he does. He's been
Speaker 1: throwing side arm a little bit, but there was there
Speaker 1: were a couple of plays where it looked like he
Speaker 1: was skipping rocks at the lake. I mean, it was
Speaker 1: just like, like why, Like it didn't even seem like
Speaker 1: there was a reason for it. All right, talk to
Speaker 1: me about some of the other guys that did not practice.
Speaker 1: Tyron Smith, Michael Bennett, c J. Goodwin, Sean Lee, Joe Thomas, obviously,
Speaker 1: Laton vander esh Are there any of those injuries that
Speaker 1: that concerned you guys from the standpoint of their availability Sunday?
Speaker 1: Tyron's back. They put a shield on his helmet, per
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett. He was out there today, so again, you know,
Speaker 1: got a medical team dedicating all of their resources to
Speaker 1: getting you right. I think he'll be okay. I think
Speaker 1: I heard Michael Bennett had an illness. It seems like
Speaker 1: that's kind of been going around like a flu type thing.
Speaker 1: He's back, he's out there today. Joe and Sean are
Speaker 1: doing the rehab stuff with Britt Brown stretch the um.
Speaker 1: They're out there moving. That's always a good sign for
Speaker 1: veteran players. We'll see, but it's encouraging. UM. CJ. Goodwin.
Speaker 1: C J. Goodwin came in with a cast. Did you
Speaker 1: see him in the locker room yesterday? Yeah? I saw him.
Speaker 1: I've never seen that before, big old cast. And I said,
Speaker 1: so this is gonna get, you know, lighter, as the
Speaker 1: week goes on. He's like, no, it gets heavier, Like
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a bigger cast. Like he's gonna have
Speaker 1: a really big club. He's like, I don't need this
Speaker 1: left hand to go down and make a play. That's
Speaker 1: what he said. So he but and let's hope he
Speaker 1: doesn't have to play a lot on defense. So you know.
Speaker 1: Did you see him in the locker room yesterday though?
Speaker 1: But like he didn't have he had like this week
Speaker 1: your bag on his arm. Yeah, Like it was like
Speaker 1: a plastic bag that went over his whole arm and
Speaker 1: had like a you know, something to fix it so
Speaker 1: that nothing could get in there. I was that because
Speaker 1: he was about to go shower or something that would
Speaker 1: make sense. I'm not smart. I didn't even think about that.
Speaker 1: You don't think that's what it was. It's a I've
Speaker 1: had something wrong with my thumb before, and they have
Speaker 1: a bag on it. I guess it's for the air.
Speaker 1: It's like a little cast that they put on there,
Speaker 1: they mold something on there just for a little so
Speaker 1: the bag is just part of the molding process that
Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like it. But yeah, so he
Speaker 1: doesn't need his arm to make plays. He'll he'll get right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he'll go down there and play one of their better
Speaker 1: special teams players. And they certainly don't need to be
Speaker 1: missing special teams players, and some of the misques they've
Speaker 1: had so far this season in special teams. So overall,
Speaker 1: I guess the the general consensus I'm getting here is
Speaker 1: that really there are no injuries that are really really
Speaker 1: concerning outside of maybe Dak obviously just because your quarterback
Speaker 1: has an injury. But the rest of these guys like
Speaker 1: they probably are going to go Obviously, Layton probably not.
Speaker 1: Sean is a little bit I mean not Sean, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: Joe Thomas, probably a bit iffy. Everything else seems pretty good.
Speaker 1: People freak out every week. The injury list, if you
Speaker 1: look at it on Twitter or anywhere else, is it's
Speaker 1: really long, but the vast majority of it is not new,
Speaker 1: and it's not stuff that should keep guys out of
Speaker 1: the game. Dak, I mean, Dak is not maybe concerning.
Speaker 1: That's it's very concerning to me, just because not only
Speaker 1: is your quarterback hurt, but it's the part of his
Speaker 1: body that he needs the most to play well. Right,
Speaker 1: So it is what it is, but it's definitely concerning. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and Nimber, I know you said earlier you were you
Speaker 1: were more, you were happy at least that they got
Speaker 1: the running game going. The challenge becomes, can they keep
Speaker 1: that running game going if they don't think that there's
Speaker 1: much of a threat in the passing game. Can they
Speaker 1: more resources to stopping the run. That's what you worry about.
Speaker 1: And hopefully, hopefully Dak will be not only able to play,
Speaker 1: but will be at top form. As Jerry said this
Speaker 1: morning his radio call, he expects him to be. So
Speaker 1: we'll see, allright, we're gonna take our first break when
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Speaker 1: Back to the break Welcome back. It's the second segment
Speaker 1: of the break Lock Miss WBC Morty Studios at the Star.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the Philadelphia Eagle Defense Day. What
Speaker 1: do you have for us? What do I have for you?
Speaker 1: This one looks a lot more similar than the offense
Speaker 1: does from what you remember last last time out. The
Speaker 1: main difference right now is that Derek Barnett is not practicing.
Speaker 1: He hurt his ankle. But the guy that's been filling
Speaker 1: in for him, you should be really familiar with Vinny Curry,
Speaker 1: m Camu, Gruge Hill. Do you remember him for he
Speaker 1: t he's the guy that talked smack last year. He
Speaker 1: went on IR earlier this week, so he's not there.
Speaker 1: But a lot of these names should sound familiar. Tim
Speaker 1: Joern again, Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Fanny Kirch Cox also questionable.
Speaker 1: I mean that question, but he's he was limited. He
Speaker 1: was limited. I mean the same rules. Go for them,
Speaker 1: is go for us. If you're practicing on Wednesday, you're
Speaker 1: probably playing on Sunday. Um, Nigel Bradham, Jalen Mills, Rodney McLeod,
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins. Like it's interesting to me because I look
Speaker 1: at it and I'm you know, you gotta watch games
Speaker 1: because you're like, oh, these guys are all good players,
Speaker 1: aren't they? Like I know those names, I know Ronald Darby,
Speaker 1: but they're not playing very well. Um, their secondary is
Speaker 1: a mess. They got torched by Dwayne Haskins, who obviously
Speaker 1: is a big time draft pick, but had not been
Speaker 1: playing that way up until Sunday. Like, you're I mean
Speaker 1: talking about a guy that was throwing for one thirty six,
Speaker 1: one eighty and he almost hit three hundred yards on
Speaker 1: these guys he lit them up. This Actually you'll appreciate this, Derek, because,
Speaker 1: like you know, people roll their eyes at fantasy football.
Speaker 1: I think this is an interesting stat that I got
Speaker 1: from a fantasy website about the Eagles. They have allowed
Speaker 1: the second most fantasy points in the league two wide receivers,
Speaker 1: specifically on the perimeter. So it is interesting when they
Speaker 1: play like their opposition succeeds on the boundary. And if you,
Speaker 1: I mean, if you watch the Cowboys, you would think so. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Mary Cooper's played great against these guys since he got here. Um,
Speaker 1: they don't give up as much to the slot. But
Speaker 1: I'm curious, is that because they have this awesome slot receiver?
Speaker 1: I don't think so. Like Avante Maddox is fine, I
Speaker 1: mean slot corner, you know what I mean. He's fine,
Speaker 1: but he's not amazing. And I just I wonder, like,
Speaker 1: is that just because nobody's throwing in the slot because
Speaker 1: it's so easy to get yards outside? And if you
Speaker 1: watch him, I think that's the case. Terry McLarin killed
Speaker 1: these guys. Remember him, he's a good receiver, but he
Speaker 1: is a good receiver. But guess what so or a
Speaker 1: Marie Cooper and Michael Galls. I think that's that's my
Speaker 1: thing with this is Dak needs to be healthy enough
Speaker 1: to get the ball to those guys. That's a that's
Speaker 1: a big deal. Is can he take advantage because Jalen
Speaker 1: Mills he went to LSU love him for that. He's
Speaker 1: not that good and I and the Eagles will tell
Speaker 1: you that it's pretty obvious. Um, they just they lose
Speaker 1: guys in the in the secondary. They you know, when
Speaker 1: they run zone, it doesn't seem like they have a
Speaker 1: good concept of who's supposed to be where. And they
Speaker 1: don't have man guys who can stay with their man,
Speaker 1: at least not consistently. Um. I wrote not inspiring tackling
Speaker 1: like saw a lot Terry mclaarin went seventy five yards
Speaker 1: on a touchdown that should have been like an eighteen
Speaker 1: yard game. Vante Maddox just missed the tackle. Um, they
Speaker 1: look very passive in their coverage. I don't they like
Speaker 1: you know, Cowboy fans can probably relate to that. They
Speaker 1: don't attack the ball. Um, they just look lost. And
Speaker 1: I mean I think their front is good and their
Speaker 1: front is I know they gave up rushing yards to
Speaker 1: Zeke last year, but their front has been a challenge
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys in the past. You know, Fletcher Cox
Speaker 1: is a great player, Journegan's still a really good player.
Speaker 1: But the back seven is what gives me cause for
Speaker 1: concern if I'm an Eagles fan, for sure, if you've
Speaker 1: been as you've been getting looking at the games that
Speaker 1: they've played, have what does it pass rush look like?
Speaker 1: Just in general as far as being able to get
Speaker 1: consistent pressure on the opposing quarterback. They did not do
Speaker 1: it last week honestly in my opinion. But I know
Speaker 1: that these guys can. Like I know that they can.
Speaker 1: I've seen him do it, and I mean I advocated
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys to sign Vinny Curry when he I
Speaker 1: believe he got released by Tampa Bay. I think much
Speaker 1: much like the Cowboys, it's consistent. I mean, it's talented,
Speaker 1: but not consistent. Brandon Graham's got seven and a half
Speaker 1: really one of the most underrated players in the NFC
Speaker 1: over the last handful of years in my opinion, But
Speaker 1: Derek Barnett, first round pick, hasn't had the consistency. He's
Speaker 1: got four and a half sacks, Like they can definitely
Speaker 1: generate it. I would say consistency is their biggest problem.
Speaker 1: And I know, you know, Fletcher Cox has taken some
Speaker 1: heat because he hasn't been the man eater that, at
Speaker 1: least statistically that he always is. And you would think
Speaker 1: that if the Cowboys could could block up the front
Speaker 1: that they played last week, they should be able to
Speaker 1: block this front as well, right, ideally, Yeah, exactly, theoretically, right, theoretically,
Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're talking about a very very very
Speaker 1: good defensive tackle, and you're talking about other guys on
Speaker 1: that line that could get after the quarterback. But the
Speaker 1: Cowboys did a good job last week, so the hope
Speaker 1: would be at least that the same thing had happened
Speaker 1: this week. Talking about the linebackers, specifically their ability to
Speaker 1: be able to cover, because especially if Dak's arm is
Speaker 1: a little gimpy, maybe the Cowboys, you know, are doing
Speaker 1: a lot more dump offs to running backs to tight ends,
Speaker 1: trying to just give them some shorter throws. How good
Speaker 1: are these linebackers and coverage and being able to cover
Speaker 1: the entire field? I think they're just really talent poor
Speaker 1: as a unit. I like Nigel Bradham as a player,
Speaker 1: but just in general, and Gruge Hill is on IR
Speaker 1: But I don't see difference makers there, and that's why
Speaker 1: I would like to see more of what we saw
Speaker 1: last week. Like I hope they keep that in their arsenal.
Speaker 1: I just said Gallup and Cooper are a favorite matchup,
Speaker 1: but against these guys, I think Blake Jarwin and Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard really could be too for you know, as receiving,
Speaker 1: but I mean as a runner, but catching the ball
Speaker 1: out of the backfield, catching the ball in the flat.
Speaker 1: Same thing with I don't think their safeties are playing
Speaker 1: that well. Um, not up to the standards you associate
Speaker 1: with Michael Michael Malcolm Jenkins, at least in my opinion,
Speaker 1: they keep they keep him down in the box a lot,
Speaker 1: which I would expect him to do against seek They've
Speaker 1: had success with that before. But covering guys, I think
Speaker 1: that's again, I think that's favorable provided Deck can get
Speaker 1: the ball out, which easier throws for Titans and running backs.
Speaker 1: You would think you mentioned Cooper. I had this question
Speaker 1: from from Brian wood Woodward on Twitter. He says something
Speaker 1: that I Phil has lost in the Cowboys dominant performance
Speaker 1: as a Mari. Is he healthy? Was he just blanketed
Speaker 1: by Ramsey all game, hardly call even really seeing him
Speaker 1: throughout the game. Obviously, if you're going to take advantage
Speaker 1: of this against the Eagles, amar would be a big
Speaker 1: part of it. But what did you see just from
Speaker 1: that last game? Obviously they did they didn't need it
Speaker 1: because they had such great offensive production. But what do
Speaker 1: you think as far as where Maria is health wise,
Speaker 1: as far as where he is, as far as you know,
Speaker 1: was he blanketed? What was going on? You know, I
Speaker 1: don't know if Jason Garrett has an issue with Jalen
Speaker 1: Ramsey or whatever, but he was pretty adamant when he
Speaker 1: said he was a non factor in the game. We
Speaker 1: talked to him afterwards, um and a walk off, he
Speaker 1: was like, absolutely not a factor at all. Didn't do it.
Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like a Jason kind of It was
Speaker 1: a statement. Yeah, yeah, he was just like, no, they didn't.
Speaker 1: He didn't do anything. So it wasn't like he was.
Speaker 1: It wasn't like that was the reason they had to
Speaker 1: run the ball and he wasn't traveling with a mar anyway,
Speaker 1: so they were there were opportunities for mart to get
Speaker 1: none of them. I think none of the secondary guys
Speaker 1: were a factor in the game really because he they
Speaker 1: didn't have to and I think you know we've talked before,
Speaker 1: do they have to pass the set up the run? Now,
Speaker 1: this is a running team, we saw it, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna keep running and keep running until they stop you
Speaker 1: and then you know, or the game runs out. And
Speaker 1: that's pretty much what happened in this one. So I
Speaker 1: will say I'm not saying he had a huge impact
Speaker 1: on the game, but his one catch was on a
Speaker 1: third and nine on a scoring drive. So and yeah,
Speaker 1: he was targeted twice. And you could say, well, they
Speaker 1: never targeted him because Jaalen Ramsey Jason Garrett says not
Speaker 1: and Ramsey went on him all day to answer the question. No,
Speaker 1: he's not healthy. It's definitely not healthy. But I think
Speaker 1: he can play and play well, and I don't Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't think he had a bad day because he
Speaker 1: got locked down. I think it was clearly like there
Speaker 1: was You just look at the stats like there's a
Speaker 1: very concerted game plan, like the tight ends and the
Speaker 1: running backs were going to be the focal point. You
Speaker 1: can't convince me otherwise because even like Randall Cobb, who
Speaker 1: is a quarterback friendly receiver, was targeted twice and had
Speaker 1: one catch and it was a bubble screen. Just seems
Speaker 1: like that was their plan all along. And if the
Speaker 1: Rams would have stopped the run, then they probably would
Speaker 1: have tried to change it up, but they never did so,
Speaker 1: and that can't throw picks if you just run the
Speaker 1: ball and there's no point to change and if they
Speaker 1: can't beat it, right, you just keep doing what you're
Speaker 1: doing and force them to stop it, or you're going
Speaker 1: to keep If your quarterback has a bad shoulder and
Speaker 1: a bad finger, they're probably gonna try to run the ball.
Speaker 1: If the Eagles can't even stop it, then they just
Speaker 1: keep running it. Well, they allowed what was it, three
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two yards total against the Redskins last weekend,
Speaker 1: so it's like when you allowed that and the Redskins,
Speaker 1: the Redskins ran the ball well too. I mean this
Speaker 1: is this is the third ranked run defense in the
Speaker 1: NFL statistically, Yes, but the Redskins were able to run
Speaker 1: the ball in that game. They averaged four and a
Speaker 1: half yards per carry, I believe. So it's and that's
Speaker 1: that's without guys, was out right, Yeah, it was all
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson. Wow um Zeke ran for one eleven in
Speaker 1: this game back in October, and the Cowboys had an
Speaker 1: early lead and that excused it a little bit. But oh,
Speaker 1: I forgot about that they ran for They went ran
Speaker 1: for one ninety in that game, so it can be done.
Speaker 1: That's I don't know. I think that's I think that's
Speaker 1: a little bit hollow. And maybe it's because their secondary
Speaker 1: has had so much trouble, because again I wrote that
Speaker 1: it's maybe the biggest discrepancy I've seen this year. I
Speaker 1: always look just to see how they defend everything. They're
Speaker 1: eleventh in overall defense, but they're third against the run,
Speaker 1: which gives you an idea of how bad they are
Speaker 1: against the pass, like No. Eighteenth, but still like they're
Speaker 1: worse than mediocre against the pass, and they're top, you know,
Speaker 1: top ten to twelve at everything else. And I wonder
Speaker 1: if if teams just aren't running the ball because they
Speaker 1: don't have to, because I mean, like, these linebackers are
Speaker 1: not the type that you're like, ooh, I don't know
Speaker 1: how you're gonna get past the second level on these guys,
Speaker 1: Like I don't buy that. Is there anything about what
Speaker 1: the Cowboys did before against the Eagles change now? Being
Speaker 1: on the road, crowd noise, elements, whatever, whatever. Do you
Speaker 1: think that on the road that anything changes for the
Speaker 1: Cowboys now from what they had, what they faced earlier
Speaker 1: this year with this team, Well, we've seen Amari Cooper
Speaker 1: be successful on the road, so at least that's of
Speaker 1: one of the elements that maybe they were just preparing
Speaker 1: for not having a Mari at the link last week.
Speaker 1: They're like, well, we know we won't have him, so
Speaker 1: just let's see what we can do without get ahead. Okay, Well,
Speaker 1: they are practicing outside today. They are practicing outside today,
Speaker 1: and I think Garrett mentioned that that they're preparing for
Speaker 1: playing in the grass and that kind of thing. But
Speaker 1: I do wonder if that that does affect things, because
Speaker 1: I think earlier this year we had some conversations around
Speaker 1: with this offense and trying to be a more dynamic offense.
Speaker 1: How much that changes when you have crowd noise in
Speaker 1: the mix, where at home you can actually make those
Speaker 1: kinds of audibles quickly and do a lot of different
Speaker 1: things creatively, do a lot of different things where maybe
Speaker 1: you can't do those on the road. I do wonder
Speaker 1: if that becomes a factor. I mean, how often do
Speaker 1: NFL teams period, like start the game with a fourteen
Speaker 1: nothing lead after you know how many minutes was it?
Speaker 1: They had a fourteen nothing lead after six minutes of gameplay.
Speaker 1: That doesn't happen often, and definitely hasn't happened often for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. So I think it'll be different just in
Speaker 1: that sense of like that gives you a huge edge
Speaker 1: and how you want to play the game when you
Speaker 1: got him in a hole like that after basically no
Speaker 1: time at all. Yep. Let's take a call from Randy
Speaker 1: in Kansas City. Randy, what up? Hey? Thanks for having
Speaker 1: me on couple of courses, one on each side of
Speaker 1: the ball. The Cowboys offense, I noticed it seemed like
Speaker 1: they used the screen more against the Rams, which I
Speaker 1: thought was real successful, especially with Pollard and Zeke. And
Speaker 1: that would eliminate Dak having to throw downfield a lot.
Speaker 1: I think that would be great. And on the Cowboys defense,
Speaker 1: with the Eagles being depleted a wide receiver, they're only
Speaker 1: going to have that basically that first and second option.
Speaker 1: Do you think the Cowboys should blitz more to disrupt
Speaker 1: that and give Carson Wentz less time to go through
Speaker 1: his reads. And thanks for having me on. All right,
Speaker 1: thank you. All right, let's start first with the I
Speaker 1: guess it was more of a statement on the offense
Speaker 1: that they're using the screens more. I don't know, if
Speaker 1: I don't know if they used to more. I do
Speaker 1: think it was more effective. What you gotta take. You know,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna go up against the defense, it's very aggressive.
Speaker 1: That's so that's how you counter that. And that's what
Speaker 1: the Rams do. And they don't necessarily blitz a lot,
Speaker 1: They just get a lot of pressure up the field.
Speaker 1: So it's one way to kind of to offset that.
Speaker 1: And I think the Eagles will also bring a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure to so um, yeah, that's that's one thing
Speaker 1: that's going to happen. But I talked to Jason Witton
Speaker 1: a little bit yesterday and he said that he expects
Speaker 1: the Eagles to do a lot of things you haven't
Speaker 1: seen that you know that he doesn't believe that Doug Peterson.
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's not gonna just say well, we'll do what
Speaker 1: we do, you know, And I'm not that's not a
Speaker 1: shot at Jason Garrett. It's just that it's true. He
Speaker 1: knows that, you know, if you just go line up
Speaker 1: man for man, they're not gonna win. They tried it
Speaker 1: maybe before and they didn't. They're not as good as
Speaker 1: the Cowboys talent wise right now. But that doesn't mean
Speaker 1: that you can't, you know, do some things a little
Speaker 1: bit different. So I think the Cowboys are expecting some
Speaker 1: different wrinkles on both sides to the ball that they
Speaker 1: just haven't seen. They probably should. I mean, yeah, with
Speaker 1: the especially on offense, like with what the Eagles are
Speaker 1: throwing out there. Yeah, if you just try to line
Speaker 1: up and be the better team, I don't think that's
Speaker 1: gonna work. They do have more Pro Bowlers, do they really? Five?
Speaker 1: Five Pro Bowlers? That's two offensive lineman, Fletcher cox Um,
Speaker 1: the long snapper, and then there's another guy I'm missing
Speaker 1: to go back to our like people are dogging on
Speaker 1: the NFC East and saying they need to like recede
Speaker 1: the playoffs and all that stuff like that is why
Speaker 1: like two mediocre teams in a bad division having like
Speaker 1: being both being leaders in terms of who who's going
Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl while all these other teams in
Speaker 1: the NFC, like what Seattle gets two Pro Bowlers and
Speaker 1: the Eagles have five and the Cowboys have four. That's
Speaker 1: why people resent the NFC East. Not that I'm saying
Speaker 1: we have to care, but that's why. Yeah. Um, but
Speaker 1: but you know that this happens every three or four years,
Speaker 1: and that somebody is going to host a game like that,
Speaker 1: absolutely and they win, they do no, And that's that's
Speaker 1: my thing. This happens every four years, and I legitimately
Speaker 1: believe that people are only freaking out about it because
Speaker 1: they resent the NFC is because of the amount of
Speaker 1: attention that can. Certainly resent the Cowboys. Sure, the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are very much at the top of that list of
Speaker 1: people love to hate them. Absolutely, But I mean that
Speaker 1: was it Seattle. I mean it was it was New
Speaker 1: Orleans had to go to Seattle and lost and lost.
Speaker 1: But I mean I think I think the Colts had
Speaker 1: to go to the Chargers and lost. They were eight
Speaker 1: and eight. So Panthers went seven eight and one and
Speaker 1: beat the Cardinals in the playoffs a few years ago.
Speaker 1: That's why people hate this because they know that you
Speaker 1: get in the playoffs, and you know, playoffs mean towels.
Speaker 1: I means you have wa waving towels and that means
Speaker 1: you film matters in the playoff. Yeah, it does I
Speaker 1: I think we talked about that a little bit yesterday.
Speaker 1: I don't know, like I'm okay with more blitzing if
Speaker 1: that's what they want to do. Blitzing helped them get
Speaker 1: home last week. But you do have to be careful though,
Speaker 1: because Philly is a team I think that traditionally has
Speaker 1: used the screen very well. Yeah, and when you get
Speaker 1: those guys out there on the perimeter and you're blitzing guys,
Speaker 1: just keep it all in front of you. I kind
Speaker 1: of thinking. But I think the one thing I've seen
Speaker 1: from the Cowboys is they seem to do a pretty
Speaker 1: good job, in my opinion, of finding opportune moments to blitz.
Speaker 1: They don't do it all the time, they don't do
Speaker 1: it regularly, they just find opportune moments to do it.
Speaker 1: I think you still do that. I just think you
Speaker 1: got to be very careful because this is a team
Speaker 1: that can hurt you if you're if you blitz who
Speaker 1: are you blitzing with Jordan Lewis Because I'm telling you, Jordan,
Speaker 1: I love him. But Carson Wentz It's gonna take a
Speaker 1: little bit more to get him to the ground. I
Speaker 1: think he's a little liked to get that. Not maybe
Speaker 1: not that Jordan's light, but Carson Wentz is that impressive
Speaker 1: of an athlete and he can still make throws when
Speaker 1: he's getting hit and that's actually I think he plays
Speaker 1: from last game against the Rams, and I love Jordan
Speaker 1: Lewis and I think he's a super talented football players.
Speaker 1: But his size does come into questions sometimes because there
Speaker 1: were several plays where he literally try to hit a
Speaker 1: guy he would just bounce off and it was It's
Speaker 1: kind of funny when you watch it, but it's still
Speaker 1: like size does matter. Well, yeah, talking talking about big
Speaker 1: quarterbacks football itself very well, um now that y'all say it,
Speaker 1: like I think, y'all, yeah, maybe don't blitz because your
Speaker 1: guys should be able to cover these guys. And I
Speaker 1: mean Carson Wentz is the type of guy that can
Speaker 1: miss a blitzer or dodge a blitzer one way or
Speaker 1: the other, and all of a sudden you're regretting it
Speaker 1: because he can make plays like that. If your cornerbacks
Speaker 1: can't cover Greg Ward for a little bit longer, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the problem, right this This is not
Speaker 1: a guy who is a polished NFL wide receiver who
Speaker 1: just gonna give you fits. I mean, I think you
Speaker 1: should be able to manage that. And by the way,
Speaker 1: you still got a front four that should be able
Speaker 1: to get some pressure. We're not talking about a front
Speaker 1: four this devoid of talent. They got some pass rushers
Speaker 1: up there. Let them go get the quarterback. Fine opportune
Speaker 1: moments where you might want to take a shot and blitz.
Speaker 1: But I would say buying large, I'd be a little
Speaker 1: bit hesitant of that. Like the Eagles, I mean, the
Speaker 1: consistency of the front flour does bother me some true,
Speaker 1: but again, I mean they are fairly depleted in terms
Speaker 1: of offensive firepowers. So I lay that to your advantage,
Speaker 1: knowing the injuries that that the Eagles have. By the
Speaker 1: way I would look at this is I'm going to
Speaker 1: force them every possession to drive. The feel on me.
Speaker 1: The last thing I want to do is give a
Speaker 1: big place, so I keep everything in front of me,
Speaker 1: make them drive without making a mistake. I want them
Speaker 1: to have to go twelve thirteen, fourteen, fifteen seventeen play
Speaker 1: drives in order to get to the end zone and
Speaker 1: see if they can do that consistently. I don't think
Speaker 1: they necessarily can I'll throw this out there as one
Speaker 1: more point for the defense. I think the Eagles are
Speaker 1: probably okay with that because I think they want to
Speaker 1: keep their defense off the field, Like they don't want
Speaker 1: to put their defense in that situation. So the longer
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz can have the ball, the less likely they
Speaker 1: are to get bitten when they give it up. Right,
Speaker 1: But I don't think that they can play that sort
Speaker 1: of football. I don't think when you have that many
Speaker 1: guys out and you're playing with that that many guys
Speaker 1: farther down your depth chart, there's the possibility for the
Speaker 1: whole call. There's the possibility for the all the things
Speaker 1: that happened that kill drives to make them have to
Speaker 1: go on an extended drive. I think that's probably your
Speaker 1: better option. They want to keep the score down, they
Speaker 1: want to keep the I mean just look at I mean,
Speaker 1: after fourteen games, you can kind of get a good
Speaker 1: sense of how teams want to play. I mean, Cowboys
Speaker 1: are seven and oh they score thirty points. They're o
Speaker 1: and seven when they don't. So if they if they
Speaker 1: can get it into a track meet type of game,
Speaker 1: it favors the Cowboys. If they can slow it down
Speaker 1: and have a grinder game where it's just you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of plays here and there that that better
Speaker 1: suits the Eagles, not only in general, but this right now,
Speaker 1: with what they've got going on, you still say the same,
Speaker 1: even knowing what Dak has going on his shoulder. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that's what I mean. That's the type of
Speaker 1: team the Cowboys are. I mean, if they can score points. Now,
Speaker 1: if he's hurt, you probably can't get to thirty. I
Speaker 1: mean maybe, but I mean it depends on if they
Speaker 1: can stop the run, if they can just run the ball,
Speaker 1: and you know, if the offensive line is better and
Speaker 1: and you know, really doing what we saw, if they
Speaker 1: can do that, then not, yeah, they can go and
Speaker 1: score some points. Yeah, absolutely, all right, they can. I
Speaker 1: ask real quick, you know how you always mentioned, Okay,
Speaker 1: this team, whether they're a clutch team or not, if
Speaker 1: this game comes down to those last minutes of the
Speaker 1: game where they're kind of right there. And I haven't
Speaker 1: seen all the games from the Eagles, but are they
Speaker 1: a team that can come back towards the end of
Speaker 1: the game. They just did it on Sunday last weekend.
Speaker 1: Was you know, they've done it against bad teams I
Speaker 1: don't know if they've done it. Did they go up?
Speaker 1: I mean they were clutched against the Packers A few
Speaker 1: I mean, okay, fair, but like you can't discount doing
Speaker 1: it against bad teams because the Cowboys haven't been able
Speaker 1: to do it against bad teams. No, no no, no, but
Speaker 1: I'm talking of all. Last week was the Redskins, and yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, but that's what. But the Cowboys have played
Speaker 1: bad teams and struggled to come back against them when
Speaker 1: they've fallen behind one. I mean, not them, but one.
Speaker 1: You're right, Jets were bad, but they beat all the
Speaker 1: other bad teams. Throw the Bears in there. Two Bears.
Speaker 1: Bad Bears aren't good. They're seven and eight Eagles. I
Speaker 1: guess if it came down to those minutes, who would
Speaker 1: be the clutchest I don't even know if that's the
Speaker 1: right word, but the clutchest the team the Eagle, the Eagles. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because nobody's here this year. Yeah, nobody cares you if
Speaker 1: you're playing the Redskins or Giants. They just care that
Speaker 1: it's fourth and two and I have to make this play.
Speaker 1: And they made it. The Eagles have one, sorry, they
Speaker 1: have one possession wins against Washington twice, Green Bay, um
Speaker 1: the Giants, and do they have one possession losses? Yes,
Speaker 1: they do. They lost by one to New England. They
Speaker 1: couldn't come back in that game. They couldn't come back
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks, Dolphins, gave up a lead to the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: I feel like there's another one and they I mean
Speaker 1: they lost at the end of the Lions way back
Speaker 1: in September. A lot of close games, Yeah, but I
Speaker 1: think these last two weeks, the one thing I've noticed,
Speaker 1: at least is at the end of games, Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: has been really good. And you can say what you
Speaker 1: want about how he's played throughout the game, but those
Speaker 1: last couple of possessions, he's been really good, and he's
Speaker 1: been making some really great throws. So that's the part
Speaker 1: that you have to know that maybe that's a sign
Speaker 1: of him kind of warming up a little bit here
Speaker 1: and starting get into a little bit of a flow. Um,
Speaker 1: and that could be something that could be dangerous, right.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got talent. Let's not let's not act
Speaker 1: like that he's not a talented quarterback. He certainly has
Speaker 1: a talented quarterback. So we'll see, we'll gots We'll go
Speaker 1: ahead and take our final break. When we come back,
Speaker 1: we'll get some more questions. Eight eight eight eight five
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Speaker 1: gonna get some phone calls eight eight eight five two
Speaker 1: two nine seven. We got a call first from Rob
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas. Rob? What up? Hey? Everybody? All right? Hey, hey,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't wish injury really on any player,
Speaker 1: especially my own quarterback, but I think this may be
Speaker 1: a blessing in disguise because even last week, what did
Speaker 1: they do the first series? On like third and three?
Speaker 1: He tried to throw deep to Gallop and then I
Speaker 1: think he got hurt right on the series after that,
Speaker 1: and from there on he started They started to go
Speaker 1: back to the formula that they were so successful with
Speaker 1: the previous years, running Zeke and getting Pollard involved, which
Speaker 1: we've been screaming all year because I think polod your
Speaker 1: home runhead. I think he got a better chance to
Speaker 1: take it into the house than even Zeke does, So
Speaker 1: I think this could be a better formula as long
Speaker 1: as he could throw somewhat. And I think he's threw
Speaker 1: the ball pretty pretty good even after the injury. And
Speaker 1: I totally agree with Amber. If Cooper wants to get paid,
Speaker 1: you need to show up on the road. Especially this
Speaker 1: is this is a playoff game, and this is you
Speaker 1: know what you guys are all talking about how bad
Speaker 1: Philly Secondary is. This game is made for Cooper, and
Speaker 1: I think the key on defense is Shortly but his
Speaker 1: knowledge of Philadelphia, and to me, the only thing that
Speaker 1: Philadelphia could do that you can hurt the Cowboys is
Speaker 1: the screen game misdirection game. I see short Lee, you know,
Speaker 1: getting tackles for loss and getting maybe another interception. I
Speaker 1: think he's definitely the key on the defense. All right,
Speaker 1: thanks for the call, Just make no mistake about it.
Speaker 1: He said that Cooper's gonna have to show up in
Speaker 1: these kind of games if he wants to get paid.
Speaker 1: Cooper's can't get paid no matter what. This would be nice.
Speaker 1: If he could show up, it would be nice, and
Speaker 1: I think everybody wants to see that happen. But he's
Speaker 1: gonna get paid no matter what. I don't know by
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I don't wanna don't know. I think Rob.
Speaker 1: I think Rob made a couple of decent points, but
Speaker 1: I was just struck by, Like I guess we've gone
Speaker 1: full circle from the critics. Like they literally called him
Speaker 1: dink and dunk Dak for two years because nobody thought
Speaker 1: he could throw it further than fifteen yards downfield, and
Speaker 1: now he's throwing a downfield too much. I guess because
Speaker 1: he's averaging eight and a half yards per attempt. I
Speaker 1: think he's I think it's fine. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: know if he can throw it like that, and I'm
Speaker 1: sure that'll affect the outcome or the way they game
Speaker 1: planned for this, But I don't have a problem with
Speaker 1: the way, the way or where Dak's been throwing the
Speaker 1: ball this season. I mean, the kid is he's got
Speaker 1: to find his balance, and I think that's what everybody wants,
Speaker 1: is because there have been some moments earlier this year
Speaker 1: where he even talked about how sometimes he held the
Speaker 1: ball a little too long looking for that play and
Speaker 1: he had something underneath that was there for him, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he didn't take it right. And so what he's
Speaker 1: got to do is figure out in the game, in
Speaker 1: the moment, in that situation, what's your best option. We've
Speaker 1: seen it. I want to say it was this last game.
Speaker 1: It was like a third and three or something like that,
Speaker 1: and they threw the ball downfield and Rob looked at
Speaker 1: me and he was like, was that really the best
Speaker 1: option here? And in that situation. Now, that doesn't mean
Speaker 1: you don't want to take shots down field, but in
Speaker 1: third and three, you probably want to take whatever's there
Speaker 1: for you. Underneath, because at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: you got to move the chains. Why why would why
Speaker 1: go with a fifty fifty ball in that situation. He's
Speaker 1: still trying to figure himself out as a quarterback. You know,
Speaker 1: we've seen him progress, and this year he took that
Speaker 1: next step as far as the passing game and being
Speaker 1: able to throw it down the field. But I feel
Speaker 1: that he and it only comes with time, you know,
Speaker 1: him getting the experience, feeling comfortable, being able to develop
Speaker 1: those kinds of instincts and reads and being able to
Speaker 1: get rid of the ball faster. Now he's at a
Speaker 1: point where he has to kind of release that, stop
Speaker 1: thinking so much and analyzing the field so much, and
Speaker 1: go with what you find quickly, you know, But that
Speaker 1: only comes with time. I don't think that's something that
Speaker 1: he can change all of a sudden and do it
Speaker 1: like tomorrow, you know, were you about to say someday
Speaker 1: sort of, But I don't know's it's kind of like
Speaker 1: the you know, criticizing play calling, like if it works,
Speaker 1: it's a great play, and if it doesn't work, it's
Speaker 1: a bad play. Like I'm thinking about actually the Philly
Speaker 1: game at home last year, when like that in Amari
Speaker 1: kind of audibled and he just he threw it to
Speaker 1: him and he you know, it was like a ninety
Speaker 1: yard or eighty yard touchdown or whatever. And like if
Speaker 1: that hadn't worked, would it have been a bad idea?
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I just I like that he's
Speaker 1: willing to take shots down field. Maybe third and three
Speaker 1: isn't always the time to do it, but I think
Speaker 1: that needs to be part of any quarterbacks repertoire agree
Speaker 1: for defenses to respect that you'll do it. He needs
Speaker 1: a tight end. He needs a tight end that he
Speaker 1: can count on. He needs an elite tight end. And
Speaker 1: I think just the way he plays, I think third
Speaker 1: and three. You know, if you have a guy like
Speaker 1: an Ertz or Kelsey or right, I know that they're
Speaker 1: the top of the top. But I mean, if you
Speaker 1: have a guy like that that you kind of know,
Speaker 1: or Witten the way Witten used to be, or you know,
Speaker 1: you can get four yards on third and three, you
Speaker 1: can just do it. And is that you're saying you
Speaker 1: don't think that what they have right now gives him
Speaker 1: that they need another guy? No, not a security blanket, Okay,
Speaker 1: I mean they're just a blanket but they're not one
Speaker 1: that's going to protect you from warmth and in everything.
Speaker 1: It's not a weighted blanket. No, it's just it's a
Speaker 1: blanket that you can get it. Yeah, it's fine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's been worn. I mean it's it's been you know,
Speaker 1: I mean Jason wit and it'll do the trick a
Speaker 1: lot of nights. It'll just those really really cold nights.
Speaker 1: One is pretty new. He just needs to that. And
Speaker 1: you know that's the question. That's what I was getting to.
Speaker 1: Is it that they don't use him enough. It doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: You can get quality stuff. Sometimes you have to in
Speaker 1: places that you wouldn't necessarily throw out that. I'm not
Speaker 1: talking about being undrafted. I'm not talking about that. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying no, I'm just saying, yeah, you can get
Speaker 1: a new you can get a new blanket. But it
Speaker 1: doesn't mean that it's it's nice. I'm just deep and
Speaker 1: they need better tight end because that's not good enough
Speaker 1: to just go and make your own plays on third
Speaker 1: and three. And that's not even fifty fifty anymore to gallop,
Speaker 1: it's like twenty eighty. But its Jarwin not good enough
Speaker 1: at just not getting enough opportunities he's not. He's not
Speaker 1: good enough to be on the field for what you
Speaker 1: want all the time. He needs to be on the field,
Speaker 1: so third and three. He can be the guy that blocks,
Speaker 1: or he can be the guy that come out. He's
Speaker 1: not as a complete guy all the time. Blake Jarwin
Speaker 1: looks like a find, and that's great keeping. You should
Speaker 1: like tight end should be a priority in the off season.
Speaker 1: And I mean, it's hard to predict where, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know if Jason Winn's going to retire, assuming
Speaker 1: he does, which I don't know. Maybe that's is that
Speaker 1: a bold assumption. I don't know. I think he will.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's coming back. I don't know. Maybe
Speaker 1: it depends on how the season ends. But for the
Speaker 1: purposes of this, because I do, it was a one
Speaker 1: year deal, wasn't it. It told he's coming back, it's
Speaker 1: a it was a one year deal. No, stop it.
Speaker 1: I didn't even hear you say that the first time.
Speaker 1: I'm glad it was a one year deal. If Jason
Speaker 1: Winton's not on this roster next year, they need to
Speaker 1: make tight end to priority, preferably in the draft. Whatever
Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin's nice, they could be better and we'll see
Speaker 1: what happened. Like i'd bring back Randall cop but if not,
Speaker 1: I slot receiver too, keep giving Dak weapons. That's what
Speaker 1: I was gonna say. If if you don't get the
Speaker 1: tied end that you want, you know, in the first
Speaker 1: round and all that second round, but a slot receiver too,
Speaker 1: I mean, because I don't think Randall Cobb will be back.
Speaker 1: And I think that that they need a younger one
Speaker 1: until year deal with just a one years, one year,
Speaker 1: seven seven mile I think it's five, but maybe five. Anyways,
Speaker 1: I mean it was cheap relative to what they what
Speaker 1: they Yeah, Beasley, yeah, you know, and not I don't
Speaker 1: mean undrafted. I mean, but try to find another guy
Speaker 1: that can work the middle, and you know, that's that's
Speaker 1: what I think that they need. I think Beasley would
Speaker 1: be a good fit on this team right now. But
Speaker 1: all right, that's a rap. Tomorrow we're back. We're gonna
Speaker 1: what do you have something else? No, that's it, Okay,
Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll be back. We're gonna get you ready for
Speaker 1: Cowboys versus Eagles. These guys are gonna give you their predictions.
Speaker 1: I won't be here, but Amber's gonna lead the show.
Speaker 1: You here my pick now, Yeah, Cowboys win thirty one seventeen.
Speaker 1: The music that's my that's my pick, all right. So
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