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Speaker 1: It is Thursday, December thirty, first, twenty twenty, season sixteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number ninety. We're finished the season on the Tank

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Speaker 1: at the Star. We got a lot to talk about today.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk some get some catchup. We're gonna catch

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Speaker 1: up a little bit on some injury updates, particularly in

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Speaker 1: the secondary of the safety position. We'll have Bucky Brooks

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Speaker 1: joining us here in a second. He's gonna talk to

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Speaker 1: us about the New York Giant defense versus the Cowboys offense.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk a little bit more about that matchup later

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Speaker 1: in the show, and at some point in the show,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk a little bit about New Year's resolutions

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Speaker 1: and each of these guys are gonna give us some

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Speaker 1: New Year's resolutions that they would make if they were

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Speaker 1: players or executives or just the Cowboys team or coaches.

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Speaker 1: What kind of resolutions would they be making about the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys team going into two twenty one. We'll get

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Speaker 1: to that in the final segment. Let's start first, Dave,

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Speaker 1: give me an update here on the injuries. I looked

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Speaker 1: notice the number of safeties that are on that injury

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Speaker 1: report doesn't look great. But tell me what's going on

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Speaker 1: with the safeties. Yeah, that run of good health in

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Speaker 1: the secondary lasted about two weeks. Not only Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean Darien Thompson was concussed against Philly, so he didn't participate. That's,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's obviously a unique case, bike case thing

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Speaker 1: Onnovan Wilson has an illness, you typically think that's probably

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Speaker 1: not something that's going to cause you to miss a game.

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Speaker 1: Xavier Woods limited with a rib injury, but Mike McCarthy

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Speaker 1: said this morning that he was flying around out there,

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Speaker 1: so that seems like a good sign. And then he's

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Speaker 1: not a safety. But Cheeto popped up with a hamstring

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Speaker 1: of Oh and Richard Robinson is also still dealing with

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Speaker 1: a niece, and that's a lot of a lot of

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Speaker 1: a lot of dbs that might not be available Sunday, Nick,

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Speaker 1: What are their options here, Let's assume let's let's go

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Speaker 1: they had one of these safeties, what are their options

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Speaker 1: with If they only have one, what are their options

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Speaker 1: if they have none? Where the options if they have too? Like?

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Speaker 1: What are the options based upon the number of guys

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Speaker 1: that are out versus intaket? Yeah, I'm trying to think, honestly,

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Speaker 1: I should know the team better. But Stephen Parker's back there,

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Speaker 1: well that he is back, he's back, Yeah, that he

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Speaker 1: could he can be on the team. I mean they

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Speaker 1: Reggie Robinson is a safety. He said that maybe you

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Speaker 1: have to. I mean he's been doing it all year long,

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Speaker 1: so I mean he's gotta he's gotta play. Um trying

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Speaker 1: you might have to move some corners around. Yeah, cheeto, Okay,

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Speaker 1: well let me oh, Jordan Lewis play me last week,

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Speaker 1: so he might he might be to play safety for you.

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Speaker 1: Hard hitting George. I mean you, I get the I

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Speaker 1: get the point in terms of like needing bodies, like yeah,

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Speaker 1: I feel I feel okay saying that. Okay, and let

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Speaker 1: me ask you this, how susceptible do you think the

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Speaker 1: This is a game with New York where they're they're

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Speaker 1: not really known. They haven't really been the kind of

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Speaker 1: team that offensively has been killing teams. But they do

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Speaker 1: what are we knowing about Ezekiel Elliott and his injury?

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Speaker 1: He ain't even on the report, That's what I'm talking.

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Speaker 1: They didn't even list him. That's how healthy Zeke is.

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Speaker 1: techron Bucky. Let's start first with the greatest strength and

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Speaker 1: Of a they're gonna do a lot of preestaff disguises.

431
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Speaker 1: Who is really coming are they bluffing, are they really

432
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Speaker 1: coming after us? Or are they just kind of trying

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Speaker 1: to mess with our protections to create one on one matchups.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's real quick. We got to get two

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Speaker 1: predictions from you this week. We need to know first

436
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Speaker 1: what's going to happen in the Dallas versus New York

437
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Speaker 1: Giant game and then second, obviously the game that is

438
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Speaker 1: just as important, Washington versus Philly. What do you think

439
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,520
Speaker 1: happens in both games? Okay, this is difficult because my

440
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,159
Speaker 1: dad is gonna be mad at me because my dad

441
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,200
Speaker 1: coached texta Lawrence in high school. So I'm gonna go

442
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys winning, and I'm gonna say that they're going to

443
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 1: win because they're not gonna take They're not going to

444
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Speaker 1: turn the ball over. They're gonna play a very conservative

445
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,520
Speaker 1: style and that's going to an with them to win

446
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,520
Speaker 1: because the Jazz will turn it over and they don't

447
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,439
Speaker 1: have the creativity that I think offensively to really challenge him.

448
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:06,920
Speaker 1: We'll see if it changes on Game Bay, but I

449
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys get it done. And the Philadelphia Washington game,

450
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,120
Speaker 1: I think it's really important that Philly has talked about

451
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Speaker 1: the no had rule. Jim Schwartz has said, we don't

452
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Speaker 1: want anyone getting the hat and a T shirt on

453
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Speaker 1: our field, and they removed Dwayne Haskins, and we don't

454
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Speaker 1: know what's going to happen with Alex Smith. And I

455
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,320
Speaker 1: know people got excited about Taylor Hankey coming in and

456
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,280
Speaker 1: throwing the ball all over the yard. That is the

457
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Speaker 1: easiest time for a quarterback to come in when no

458
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Speaker 1: one knows who he is and there's no pressure because

459
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,920
Speaker 1: they were down by so much. I don't believe that

460
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Speaker 1: he is going to be good enough to consistently drive

461
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Speaker 1: the football down to field. But that team, I think

462
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia wins, and I think the Cowboys winning. I think

463
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys going to the playoffs. Are you hearing about

464
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:51,400
Speaker 1: Alex Smith at this point? He is a practicing right now. Yeah,

465
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,560
Speaker 1: they say he's practicing in those things. But man, I

466
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,159
Speaker 1: just think it would be kind of iffy for him

467
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Speaker 1: to hold up the entire game based upon just how

468
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Speaker 1: he went out that last game. Even if he plays,

469
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Speaker 1: he's not going to be at four strength, and so

470
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Speaker 1: they'll be very limited in terms of what they can do.

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Speaker 1: And to be honest, even when he was playing, their

472
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Speaker 1: offense wasn't explosive outside of the Thanksgiving Day game. Yeah,

473
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Speaker 1: my question is really by Terry McLaurin as well, because

474
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Speaker 1: without him, I don't think it like they just don't

475
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Speaker 1: have the firepower and they're receiving threats to even take

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Speaker 1: advantage of anything that Alex Smith could do. No, they

477
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Speaker 1: don't have Terry mclauren is if he in terms of

478
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Speaker 1: Willie played and Terio Gibson hasn't been the same because

479
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Speaker 1: yet I think a turf toe injury or something like

480
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Speaker 1: that limiting him. So they really don't have a lot

481
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Speaker 1: of explosive weapons on the outside. And then defensively, they're

482
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Speaker 1: good upfront, but they also can get gout and so

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Speaker 1: we'll see. I think that game would be a very

484
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Speaker 1: very tight game, which is gonna drive me crazy because

485
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Speaker 1: the last game of the evening. But we'll see how

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Speaker 1: it works, all right, man, Hey, we wish you a

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Speaker 1: we'll be having you back talking some special I mean

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Speaker 1: talking to some other playoff football. But we'll how that goes.

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Speaker 1: This weekend, we're gonna take our final break. When we

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Speaker 1: like sweatshirt Derek's wearing, or the cap Amber's wearing, or

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Speaker 1: nice I got a nineteen sixty like vintage hoodie as

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Speaker 1: It's got like the old helm At logo. Yeah, is

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Speaker 1: that the one you've worn before. I think you've worn

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Speaker 1: another one before. I actually liked I thought that was

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Speaker 1: that was sweet. Like, I guess we have a thing

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Speaker 1: wearing it right now. Yeah, well, I guess the Warriors. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: have a series of questions here for you guys about

553
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 1: this Cowboys versus Giants matchup. Let's start first Evan Ingram.

554
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 1: Ingram leads the New York Giants in receptions, Darius Slayton

555
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: leads them in receiving yards. Gallman has has been good

556
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: at times this season, and Dallas as struggles stopped in

557
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: the run. So all that being considered, who do you

558
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,479
Speaker 1: think is the most dangerous offensive threat for the New

559
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,640
Speaker 1: York Giants. Let's start first with you, Nick. Oh, it's

560
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,719
Speaker 1: hard to lose to the team like that. I mean,

561
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Speaker 1: if those are your three best players, yes, you better

562
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,639
Speaker 1: not lose to them. But I mean the defense is

563
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 1: you know, they make they make average players into really

564
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Speaker 1: good players. So I would say it just seems like

565
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,480
Speaker 1: the tight end would be the one that just keeps

566
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: the getting the drive moved, you know, just move this.

567
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 1: Chaine and Uh I think they can figure out the

568
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Speaker 1: running game. But I just it would be Ingram, I

569
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: think would be the one that would kind of you know,

570
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: because he's matchup would be against the safety. They don't

571
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Speaker 1: have any linebackers, if they don't have any cover linebackers.

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Speaker 1: So Ingram, all right, Amber, Well, um, I know that

573
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Speaker 1: you cannot always rely on the weather channel, but if

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Speaker 1: the weather is right, I am concerned about it. So

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00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: I would assume that if it is raining, raining and windy,

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Speaker 1: And I don't mean to be meeky right now, but

577
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Speaker 1: to say it is how I feel at this moment um. No,

578
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Speaker 1: I think that that because of the weather, they might

579
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 1: limit the passing game a little bit more and just

580
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 1: have to rely more on the running game. And honestly,

581
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 1: I don't mind trust the Cowboys just yet with them

582
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: trying to stop the running game, and that's something that

583
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 1: they've struggled with all year, I mean even in past years,

584
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: So I think that that could get away from them

585
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: in this game. So I would have to say my

586
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: biggest concern might be the running game. Dave. You know,

587
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: like two or three times a year, the Cowboys play

588
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: a quarterback and Nicks. Just like you can tell me

589
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 1: whatever you want, that guy sucks. I don't care. I

590
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: don't care. That's just how that's just what I think.

591
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: That's how I feel about Evan Ingram. I'm just like

592
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: tight ends typically do well against the Cowboys. Like he's

593
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 1: going to the Pro Bowl for some reason. I don't care.

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00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: I don't he doesn't he doesn't scare me, and I

595
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: just I looked up his stats before the show. Like

596
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Speaker 1: in his years in New York, he's had like one

597
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: really great game against the Cowboys, and it was last year,

598
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Speaker 1: you know, when it was all garbage time because the

599
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys were up big anyway in the season opener. Like

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Speaker 1: he he doesn't have this crazy history of hurting them,

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Speaker 1: so maybe it's famous last words. I'm not impressed by

602
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Speaker 1: Evan Ingram, Um, Darius Slayton. I do think he's a

603
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,480
Speaker 1: pretty damn good player though, um, And you know this

604
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Speaker 1: team has had problems in coverage over the over the season,

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Speaker 1: and you know, not not thrilled to see that Cheeto's

606
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: got another hamstring growing situation going on. So I won't

607
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Speaker 1: be surprised if he hits them outside for some big games.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're right, David the quarterback this year that

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Speaker 1: I thought about that they beat the Cowboys like twenty

610
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Speaker 1: five to three. It was Kyle Allen, So yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I've thought that never. Oh, I can't wait. I

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Speaker 1: can't wait for our group text on Sunday. If Evan

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Speaker 1: Ingram has like eight catches for one hundred, you know

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Speaker 1: you're talking about Evan Ingram making the Pro Bowl. And

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Speaker 1: after the game the other day, I was talking with

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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz and the interview was over and I asked

617
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: him a little bit about the Pro Bowl. Should have

618
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Speaker 1: seen the look he gave me when I said about

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Speaker 1: Evan Ingram making the Pro Bowl. He was just salty,

620
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: very salty. Yes, I like, it was just kind of

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Speaker 1: like he is he had this like double season, like what.

622
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Speaker 1: And then we both kind of agreed that the guy

623
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Speaker 1: from Green Bay probably should have made it. He's only

624
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: got ten or eleven touchdowns. Yeah, but uh yeah, yeah

625
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: he didn't really he didn't really think that Evan Ingram

626
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Speaker 1: should make the Pro Bowl over him. Yeah. I'm trying

627
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Speaker 1: to look up his stats. I was literally trying to

628
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Speaker 1: do that right now. And it's like like like a

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Speaker 1: little yeah, a little like a hundred more yards than Sheltz,

630
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Speaker 1: I want to say. And he's got like, I think

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Speaker 1: one touchdown, No, no, no, Schultz has more touchdowns yeah, yeah,

632
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Speaker 1: numbers for giants. The dude doesn't catch well, He's got

633
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: sixty one catches on one hundred five targets. Like that

634
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: doesn't seem very good to me. And when I'm trying

635
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: like Irack. I racked my brain to think of his

636
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: biggest play. It was a drop against the Eagles that

637
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: would have let them clench that game. Yeah, so in

638
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 1: fantasy no, no, did You're not me too? You're not

639
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: putting him in the Pro Bowl? No, I mean it's

640
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Speaker 1: not this is you know, this was the year to

641
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Speaker 1: sneak into the Pro Bowl for tight end because Kittle

642
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: it will probably be there every years. I don't know

643
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: what I guess he's done. Maybe he has not been

644
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: the same, but uh, you know it, and you know

645
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: jarwin him, he'll make it every year once he gets back.

646
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know. I don't know. Isn't that a

647
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,479
Speaker 1: looted with like um name recognition type of stuff? I mean,

648
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: if he has tight end position, just anyone. And not

649
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: to be rude with with Dalton Shoals, because I think

650
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: he has done a really nice job this year, especially

651
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: me who was trying to cut him earlier this year.

652
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I mean, you

653
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: asked about the tight end position just around the league.

654
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: I mean, Dalton Schultz is not a name that's gonna

655
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: be popping in anyone's head, is it. Yeah, it's not.

656
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: I think that's just more name recognition. That's part of it.

657
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: But I mean part of this is also players voting,

658
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: and I don't I don't know that, you know, it's interesting.

659
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 1: I think players might look at it. That might be

660
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: part of the reason why guy like evning Ingram gets

661
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: in is because if you're playing them, you pay attention

662
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: to him because you know he has athletic ability. He

663
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: just it's just not translating on the field, for whatever reason,

664
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 1: into just great production. You said he leads the team

665
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: and what catches catches? Yeah, I mean what a Schultz

666
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: rank for the Cowboys fifth Yeah, I mean there it

667
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 1: is right there, right. He should be. He should be

668
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: by far the best receiving option you would think with

669
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: the New York Giants, even Ingram and I don't obviously

670
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: the production isn't that well that they've said it best.

671
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: I mean that they try, you know, It's just he's

672
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: never not that reliable. He's an athletic dude, though he

673
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 1: definitely can. All right, please, next question for you guys

674
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: is about the Cowboys defeat. Shaun Lee and Joe Thomas

675
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: split reps in place of Layton vander esh in last

676
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: week's game. Tell me how they performed and was there

677
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: a noticeable difference for you from what you would have

678
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: seen over the last several games when Layton was there.

679
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: Let's start first with you, Amber Man. I think they

680
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,280
Speaker 1: did a nice job. Joe Thomas has been a pretty

681
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: solid guy just overall in general playing the linebacker position.

682
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 1: And I think that Shaun Lee, honestly, that was the

683
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,360
Speaker 1: game where he showed up the most this year. And

684
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: I know his playing time has been pretty limited, but

685
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 1: he has still received a lot of criticism from fans

686
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,360
Speaker 1: and just saying, man, this guy just simply doesn't have

687
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: it anymore physically, he doesn't have the power, the run,

688
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 1: the the you know, the energy there. But I think

689
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: this was a game that he showed up once again

690
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: showing what he can do and that he still has

691
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: that power. So it impressed me. And you guys know

692
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: by now I'm a big fan of only. I absolutely

693
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: love him, so I will always support him even if

694
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: it plays bad. So he can he can do no

695
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: wrong in my eyes. But no, just in general, I

696
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: think shake it all you one, Dave, I didn't change

697
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: the best, he is the best, um No. But I

698
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: thought that overall, they did pretty nice and honestly, it

699
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: wasn't a game that I was like, man, they really

700
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: miss Layton. It just it wasn't And I think they

701
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,359
Speaker 1: handled it pretty well, Dave. I just want to I'm

702
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: not shaking my head because I like dislike Sean Lee.

703
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: I love Sean Lee. He's a great guy. I just

704
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: Amber's rules for like who needs to get cut and

705
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: who can do no wrong or just they're my favorite.

706
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: He's the only exception. Okay, all right, um No, I

707
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: can't say enough about how good of a job I

708
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,800
Speaker 1: thought they did, particularly keeping Jalen Hurts from changing that

709
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: game with his feet. He had twenty three rushing yards

710
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: on the opening drive of the game and he finished

711
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: with fifty eight. So do the math on you know

712
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,320
Speaker 1: what he was averaging over the other nine or so

713
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: series of that game, and some of that's you know, CJ.

714
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: Goodwin gets some credit for that as well. We've talked

715
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,240
Speaker 1: a lot about that this week, but just in general,

716
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: having the wherewithal to keep that from happening. I think

717
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: we talked yesterday that maybe Philly went away from the

718
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: run a little bit earlier than they needed to, so

719
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: that's probably part of it as well. But I thought

720
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: they did a really good job, and it gives me

721
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: some confidence that they can limit what the Giants are

722
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: going to try to do. Yeah, I thought, I thought,

723
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 1: you know, Sean Lee apparently after at the fourteen, I

724
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: mean after that he got down fourteen to three, he

725
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: kind of got after him there on the sideline and

726
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: calmed them down. So, you know, I think your linebackers

727
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 1: coaches here next year. He's in the building. I don't

728
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: know if he's the coach that's already there, or he's

729
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: a player or what, but I think he's already He's

730
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: in the building for sure. I think he just needs

731
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,280
Speaker 1: to be a coach on the staff whenever he decides

732
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: to be done playing, because I think that he can.

733
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: I think he loves football so much that I think

734
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: he would do a good, really good job. But I think,

735
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: you know, he's still he's still got some left. I mean,

736
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: if he's split in time, I mean he obviously he's

737
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,879
Speaker 1: not there to do it the entire time. But yeah,

738
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: they were able to stop Philly from doing what they

739
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 1: wanted to do, and they turned him into one dimensional.

740
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead and jump. I want to

741
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:21,439
Speaker 1: jump because I want to make sure we have time

742
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: for this question. It is a bigger picture question. It's

743
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: obviously New Year's Eve. We're getting out of twenty twenty

744
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: think god heading toward twenty twenty one. Let's hope twenty

745
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: twenty one is a better year. But that all being said,

746
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: if you are, I want you to put yourself in

747
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: the place of the team as a whole, of a

748
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: particular player, of a particular coach, maybe of a front

749
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: office person. If you want to be Jerry Jones, that's

750
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: fine too, But I want you to take the role

751
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: of someone in this organization and tell me what your

752
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: New Year's resolution needs to be in order to advance

753
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: this team beyond where they are right now. I want

754
00:37:55,239 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 1: to start first with you, Dave Spencer money, how about that?

755
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,439
Speaker 1: Are you just like that's the opposite of what I'm

756
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 1: Everybody with the last name Jones, who has power over

757
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 1: football decisions, that's like the opposite of what my new

758
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: Year's resolution needs to be, Like I need to save. Well,

759
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: maybe they work together out. Maybe that means they give

760
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: you more money too, right, that would be wonderful. I

761
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: didn't even ask for that, but thank you. It goes

762
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: across the board and I feel I feel bad because

763
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna come back and tell me that the timing

764
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: couldn't be worse because the salary CAP's not gonna grow.

765
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: They they're gonna have to figure some things out. But

766
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: sign your quarterback please, like forever, like not just so

767
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: we don't have to talk about it anymore, but but

768
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: because it's in the best long term interest of your team,

769
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 1: assuming assuming he recovers healthy and everything is fine with

770
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 1: his ankle. I really, there's only about three quarterbacks in

771
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: the league that I think you can definitively say you'd

772
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 1: feel better at giving a deal to than Dak Prescott.

773
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 1: He deserves it. You give yourself clarity. It helps your

774
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 1: cap situation in the long run, by the way. And then,

775
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: like I said, I know this isn't gonna be easy,

776
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: but the bargain hunting in free agency is I just

777
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be enough to do what you want.

778
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 1: Like you cannot. You cannot address every hole in a

779
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,959
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster through the draft, and they've tried

780
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: their damnedest to do it and it hasn't worked yet,

781
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: and I don't think it's going to just because that's

782
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: the nature of the NFL. We talk about all the time,

783
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: like every show me a super Bowl team, and I

784
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 1: can show you something aggressive they did in the offseason

785
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: to acquire some talent that they didn't have. That doesn't

786
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: mean you have to spend one hundred million dollars on

787
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: outside contracts like the Giants did a few years ago.

788
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: But you gotta look, you gotta look for better players

789
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: than just the bargain bin. And I don't I don't

790
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: really think they're going to do that in twenty one,

791
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, but I think they need to.

792
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 1: So I'm still gonna say it, even if I don't

793
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: expect it to happen. All right, Nick, I think to

794
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: kind of piggyback with that. I mean, I think this

795
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: team needs to be they need to reevaluate how they

796
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: evaluate the safety position. I just think you know, they've

797
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 1: been getting by with it, and they really haven't gotten by.

798
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: I mean they try to just say, well, it's not

799
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: a really big need. But I think we're seeing that

800
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: that you can have a catalytic player that makes plays

801
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 1: on the ball, and Donovan Wilson and that was a

802
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: sixth round pick, pair him up with someone better. Look

803
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: at the six guys that made the Pro Bowl. Five

804
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: of them are on playoff teams. The other one is

805
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: Justin Simmons from le Broncos. He's a third round pick

806
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: and you know, he did a nice job and he's

807
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: not a high pick or anything, but but they haven't

808
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,400
Speaker 1: drafted anything higher than this first or second round for

809
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: safety since Roy Williams. I believe at safety, So I

810
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: think I think whether it be the draft or in

811
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 1: free agency or even both, I think they, you know,

812
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: they need to reevaluate how they they look at that position.

813
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: Amber I think I would go into this new year

814
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,240
Speaker 1: with the mentality of like, we are fighting for the present.

815
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 1: We are fighting for the now today. This is happening

816
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: this year. And with that being said, and to be fair,

817
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that's their goal every year. You know.

818
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: I don't think that they go into like, oh, well,

819
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 1: we're looking for the next year two years from now

820
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: or anything like that. But I have seen it happen

821
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 1: in the draft where and although they have many, many

822
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 1: necessities and positions of positions of need, I still see

823
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: it happen sometimes where it's not necessarily a big the

824
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: biggest position of need. But don't go ahead and draft

825
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: a player because of the talent, and to me, I

826
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: don't want to see that happening. I want them to

827
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: go ahead and address the actual biggest position of need

828
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: and bringing in talent there to fight for next year,

829
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: for this upcoming year. Also, I don't have the patience

830
00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 1: to give someone another year ago for their job and oh,

831
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: let's see how they perform this next year, because you know,

832
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: this year the pandemic and all. I get it, and

833
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 1: I'm not I don't mean to be harsh or anything

834
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: like that, and I don't want anyone to lose their job,

835
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: but I need a change on defense. And y'all can

836
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: pick and choose who that change is gonna be, but

837
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: it needs to happen. And I don't have time to

838
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 1: keep waiting another year or see how they progress in

839
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: the preseason and then the season or any of that.

840
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: So I think that that's my New Year's resolution would

841
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: be for them. It's just okay, let's really figure out

842
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: exactly what we need to do for the present for

843
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one and twenty twenty one only, not twenty

844
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: twenty two or twenty three. So that is refocus on

845
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 1: this next year. Yeah, there seems to be a theme

846
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,360
Speaker 1: across the board here, maybe not as much Nick, but

847
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: certainly the other two. The theme is get aggressive, like

848
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: let's be aggressive. Let's almost almost like as Amber is

849
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: saying it, basically push all the chips into the table

850
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: and say, look, we feel like we got a good

851
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 1: enough team that if we fit fix these problems and

852
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 1: we're aggressive all fixing these problems, we got a shot.

853
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: And I would love for you at least one year

854
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys to take that approach, like, hey, we

855
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: got a good core, and I do I think they

856
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: have a good core. We got a good core. Let's

857
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 1: go all in and let's just really really go all in.

858
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 1: Let's go out and it and then whatever, do what

859
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 1: whatever we can do within our power. Now everything can't

860
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 1: be done, but whatever you can do within your power,

861
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: staying within the salary cap, do whatever you can do

862
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,320
Speaker 1: to say we're going all in this year unless you

863
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 1: what happens, it's got to be next year and then

864
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 1: right because look at the contracts. Look at the contracts

865
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: you want to get out of a't at some point

866
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: look at your three worst contracts. What are they day?

867
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: The three worst contracts that they have, not the three

868
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: worst players three worst contracts, Jalen and Zeke for sure,

869
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: and then after them, I mean probably the Law, right.

870
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: I still don't think you neednt person. I don't think

871
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,919
Speaker 1: the contract contract. I don't have a problems contract. Well.

872
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: I bet some people do twenty one million a year

873
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,919
Speaker 1: for five sacks. I bet they do. I'm not saying.

874
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 1: I mean he brings value, but I don't think his

875
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 1: contract is that great. Either way, we can argue that

876
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: all day. Those three contracts right there. At some point

877
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: you might want you want to get huh Dak's contracted bad.

878
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: They need to get him on a long year deal.

879
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: That's fair. It's a bad contrac so. But but I'm

880
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 1: just saying, you know, if you're gonna get rid of

881
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: those contracts, at some point, you might have to get

882
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: rid of those players. So the time is now. I mean,

883
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: you got to use Zeke next year, d Law next year,

884
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: next year, go all in unless see what happened? Yeah,

885
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: all right, real quick, before we end the show, we

886
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: do need to get picks, and I want to get

887
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 1: two picks from each one of you guys. Tell them

888
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen in Cowboys Versus Giants, and tell what's

889
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: gonna happen Washington versus Philly. Let's start first with you, Amber.

890
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:49,720
Speaker 1: I think that Dallas can definitely do enough to manage

891
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: to win against New York. I think they can win

892
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 1: that game. And then as far as the Washington game

893
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: against Philly, I know the quarterback situation, I know all that,

894
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: but based on what I saw from the Eagles, the

895
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: way they played against the Cowboys and self inflicted errors

896
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: so so many penalties, I still think that Washington's defense

897
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: can do enough to help their offense and also like

898
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: even themselves, like score points for their own team. So

899
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: I think that because of that, Washington wins and the

900
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: Cowboys don't make it because of Washington. But it could

901
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: go either way, honestly, but I think that stop it, Dave.

902
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: You've done that all years. But I think that always win,

903
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: but they don't make it to the playoffs because Washington

904
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 1: wins as well. All right, Dave Europe, I'm laughing because

905
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: I completely agree with her. I told I told Derek

906
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: in the third quarter of the Eagles game, I was like,

907
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 1: now watched, like, what's gonna happen is They're gonna beat

908
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: the Giants. But Washington's gonna beat Philly and they'll have

909
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 1: had this four game winning streak that doesn't help him

910
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:06,000
Speaker 1: get into the playoffs. Um, yeah, I don't trust him.

911
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: I still don't trust him. But but you know, I

912
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: don't feel like, you know, I keep saying like they

913
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 1: don't deserve to be picked. I do like they deserve

914
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: to be picked, especially against a bad Giants team. I

915
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 1: think they're the better team. I think Daniel Jones will

916
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: give him the ball a few times, like they can

917
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: win that game. But Alex Smith is taking reps today

918
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: on Wednesday. It is Wednesday, right, No, it's Thursday. I'm sorry,

919
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: it's Thursday. So he's taking reps on Thursday, which is

920
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: even which is even better for his chances. But he

921
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:34,399
Speaker 1: had last week too, right, It used to be clear

922
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 1: last week. Wasn't he taking reps throughout the week? Last

923
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: he did? He did a little bit last week. I

924
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,160
Speaker 1: don't know if he ever got into the full team

925
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: portions of practice, which I changed my opinion completely if

926
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: Alex Smith doesn't play, but I think he will play,

927
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: and having a veteran, you know, he doesn't have to

928
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: do a lot. He just has to not turn the

929
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 1: ball over. I think Washington's front is gonna make Jalen

930
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 1: Hurts his life miserable. I mean, if if Dallas's defense

931
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 1: can do that to him, I think Washington is gonna

932
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: you know, he's gonna be in for a long day.

933
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 1: And I think Washington will win. So Dallas gets a win,

934
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 1: but I yeah, I'm gonna guess Washington makes the playoffs,

935
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:14,040
Speaker 1: all right, Nick, I see I see the Cowboys being

936
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,279
Speaker 1: in control of the whole game against the Giants, but

937
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 1: it won't be you know, it'll be just their type

938
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: of season. To keep a minute. I think they win

939
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 1: though twenty one seventeen, but it'll be one of those

940
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: late touchdowns by the Giants. He got on recovering on

941
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,759
Speaker 1: side kick. I mean, whatever, But I think I think

942
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 1: they'll win. Um, I think we'll get on the plane

943
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,840
Speaker 1: and then we'll be a scramble mode. As soon as

944
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:37,919
Speaker 1: we land. Everybody, you know, be like, what's the scar?

945
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: What's the scar? I think the Eagles will win. I

946
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 1: just I don't think Washington's very good. I look at

947
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 1: their defensive line. They're great, but they struggle. The only

948
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: time they struggles when they have athletic quarterbacks that they face. Um,

949
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: so I think I think Philadelphia is gonna win the game, honestly,

950
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: and I think the Cowboys will go to the play

951
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: will go into you know, into the front door of

952
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: the player we go, here we go, you know, I

953
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 1: don't think. And the good thing is is that you

954
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: wouldn't be sneaking into the playoffs because you want four

955
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 1: in a row. You know, you won four in a row.

956
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:14,839
Speaker 1: And you know, you think about it. If you took

957
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: a coin right now and you said you had to

958
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: call it heads or tails, you had when it's six

959
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: times in a row. I mean, that's almost haven't heard of.

960
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: And that's what happened, you know, when you when you're

961
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:24,840
Speaker 1: going into the San Francisco game, like are they going

962
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs? Like, well, they got to win

963
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 1: the next three games and watch it has to lose

964
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:32,000
Speaker 1: the next three games. Yea, and now it's down to two.

965
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,439
Speaker 1: And I think both those things seem like they're likely

966
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,360
Speaker 1: to happen. So I'm gonna say that we'll be talking

967
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: next week and about Tom Brady. All right, we will see.

968
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 1: I actually think the cow I agree with y'all that

969
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 1: the Cowboys will win. I think it'll be a close,

970
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: and I think it'll be an ugly game. Seventeen sixteen

971
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 1: Cowboys get to win, and then the Philly game. I

972
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be the ugliest of games, and

973
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, it's going

974
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,400
Speaker 1: to be just about the fact that watching this defense

975
00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: is just so much better. I think they win a close, ugly,

976
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: boring games six to three, and Washington is heading and

977
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 1: Washington head into the playoffs after a just sucky game

978
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:17,280
Speaker 1: here they are resenting it is easybody. The six points.

979
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: I ha, no real called themselves a six points. I

980
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:25,840
Speaker 1: think that's the point before you sign off. I just

981
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,439
Speaker 1: I just thought about this. I can't believe we've talked.

982
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:30,200
Speaker 1: You know, we've covered this game all week and we

983
00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:33,800
Speaker 1: haven't brought it up. Like Mike McCarthy's first season. I

984
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: know it's not all in his control, but it's kind

985
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,400
Speaker 1: of funny. You know, Jason Garrett started his career with

986
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:44,239
Speaker 1: three winning in NFC sort of title game situations, and

987
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:47,759
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy's in the same spot with Jason Garrett on

988
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: the other sideline. That's just us very interesting, very very wasting. Well.

989
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,000
Speaker 1: I mean also you can you can say it too,

990
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 1: is that, you know, because they had numbers on Jason Garrett,

991
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: like when it was win or go home games, this

992
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 1: was his record. Well, that being said, what's McCarthy. I

993
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: mean mcarthy's two and oh right, I mean guess if

994
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: that's the way you want to put Yeah, I'm just saying.

995
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: I mean they're backs for against the wall. If they lost,

996
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: they would be eliminated for the playoffs. And so they've

997
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 1: won two, so you know they could be three and

998
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: oh and even not even make the playoffs in winter

999
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 1: go home games. All right, we appreciate you guys joining us. Man.

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Speaker 1: We hope you guys have a very safe and happy

1001
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:25,400
Speaker 1: New Year. We'll be back on Monday. We'll let you

1002
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: know what would right and wrong for the Cowboys this weekend.

1003
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Speaker 1: Till then. For Nick Eatman, Dave Helm and Amber Garcia.

1004
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Speaker 1: I am Derek Eakleton. This has been The Break live

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