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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.

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

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Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and Derek Eagleton. It

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Speaker 1: is Tuesday, August twenty second, twenty seventeen, Season thirteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number twenty seven. Welcome to another edition of The Break.

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Speaker 1: I am Derek eagleson Amber Garcia, Amber Garcia, thank you

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Speaker 1: for joining us, Amber Garcia. But we got a little

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Speaker 1: was just a little snaff foo here. We didn't know

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Speaker 1: if Amber was going to be joining us. So sorry, guys,

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Speaker 1: we're we just we just realized that Amber was gonna

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Speaker 1: be joining us. So that's good. Nick, Dave, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the show. Thank you guys for joining us. Hi, Hi Dave,

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Speaker 1: you're on yesterday. I was pretty crazy like you. You

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Speaker 1: kind of went on there. You represented for the show.

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Speaker 1: It was good. I thought it was a good show.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was good. You represent it well. Um,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I agree with everything you said,

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Speaker 1: but you represent it well. You were your typical crotchety

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Speaker 1: against a crotchety old person too. You were kind of

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Speaker 1: Not that old. You're right, I know. I mean it's thirties.

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Speaker 1: It's thirty six five. Don't get it wrong. Are you today? Nick?

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Speaker 1: I'm great. Good. I can't hear, but I'm great. That's okay.

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Speaker 1: Figuring out over here you can see, so that's good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I could see the TV. It's really good. What did

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Speaker 1: Jerry say, stop watching the television? Well, I like being

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Speaker 1: Weather forty. I got it, all right, Let's jump right in.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about some of the happenings

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Speaker 1: out here. Yesterday we're back at the Star, cowboys are

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Speaker 1: are back in practicing here, and yesterday there were a

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Speaker 1: mention of the Ring of Honor Walk ceremony yesterday morning.

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Speaker 1: It maybe one of the coolest events I've been to

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Speaker 1: think it was the first time I've ever seen all

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Speaker 1: from Horace in Atlanta. Horace, what up? Hey, what's up? Guys? Hey?

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Speaker 1: I agree with Nick one hundred percent. I believe that

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Speaker 1: that Cooper is a is an excellent quarterback. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think he's shown that he could, that he should

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Speaker 1: be plun that she should be the backup. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's about performance. This is the opportunity that you get

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Speaker 1: And I think that he has shown that he can

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Speaker 1: then he can be that guy, and I think he

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Speaker 1: game and really see what he can do. You know,

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Speaker 1: when he's thrust into the fire. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: much like Dak Prescott did last year, every time you

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Speaker 1: gave him an opportunity, he met the challenge. And if

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Speaker 1: he continues to do that, I think he's earned that spot.

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Speaker 1: And you know, as far as as far as I

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Speaker 1: would love for them to bring in Kaepernick, I don't

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Speaker 1: them to do that and then keep Cooper Russians like

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Speaker 1: on the practice squad or something like that, or even

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Speaker 1: on the fifty three. I wouldn't mind that either, but

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Speaker 1: I think that they should really do that to address

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Speaker 1: that that issue. I think that is declaring home so

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Speaker 1: to speak, that I've seen so far in the in

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Speaker 1: this preseason. Thanks guys, all right, thanks for the call. Nick,

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Speaker 1: you want to address that because I don't think that's

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Speaker 1: exactly what he did, right, But no, he said I

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Speaker 1: excellent quarterback. Now I don't. I didn't say that. I

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Speaker 1: said is is that he's done everything they've asked him

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Speaker 1: he needs more reps and he's getting it. He got

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Speaker 1: bit more. I mean, I don't know if I'm comfortable

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Speaker 1: I think you'd have to go get someone if you

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Speaker 1: needed long term. But you know, what, is this a

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Speaker 1: glaring hole? I mean, this is to me, this is is

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Speaker 1: You don't really can't really tell if you've got a

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Speaker 1: So I mean, right, I'm glad that's good. Or not

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Speaker 1: tinking about an undershirt? Yeah, okay, I'm going along with

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Speaker 1: your metaphor here. I'm just saying you don't really it's

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Speaker 1: probably not gonna be an issue until it's an issue, right,

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Speaker 1: So I don't think it's a glaring need. I think, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean a glaring hole. I think you've got some.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you've raised that point because that's what I

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Speaker 1: the secondary is I mean with a secondary turned over

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Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't look significantly better than what we

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Speaker 1: thought it would be. But everybody is worried about backup quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's the only thing that anybody wants, you think.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I think that's because though there's been until

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Speaker 1: for the last several years. The backup quarterback really matters, right,

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Speaker 1: I think everybody's kind of gun shot because of that.

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Speaker 1: I honestly, well, for yes, twenty fifteen was not that

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Speaker 1: like when you're you don't have your good quarterback for

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Speaker 1: an extended period of time. Secondly, quarterbacks what you see

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Speaker 1: when you watch the game. I mean, like Kellen Moore

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Speaker 1: twenty one passes, he completed ten of them. I mean,

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Speaker 1: You gotta, I mean, either rewatch the broadcast, but ideally

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Speaker 1: go find some All twenty two, whether that's on game

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Speaker 1: you don't know how Malik Collins played just from watching

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Speaker 1: the game, but you sure as hell know that Kella

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Speaker 1: Moore didn't have a great night, and that's the crux

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Speaker 1: of the issue. But with I mean, you know, every

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Speaker 1: cornerback on this team seems to have a hamstring problem

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Speaker 1: I just said they played really well against the Colts,

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Speaker 1: but I'm still way more worried about what the defense

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Speaker 1: about who's going to be calling in the plays for Dak.

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Speaker 1: You know, from the sideline, speaking of those hamstring issues,

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Speaker 1: is that a little bit troubling for you guys that

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Speaker 1: that many guys have them? And it seems like a lot.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of the young guys, the rookies, I

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Speaker 1: I shouldn't say all, but a good number of draft

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Speaker 1: picks have have had hamstring issues throughout training camp, which

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Speaker 1: aren't ready for the rigors of NFL training camp. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, and you're talking about the skill players too,

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Speaker 1: the bigger guys, that hasn't been an issue. But from

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Speaker 1: the three corners and Switzer, they've all had something in

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Speaker 1: Switzer still kind of in and out right now. I

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Speaker 1: be ready. He's been kind of working into practice. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he went in and out yesterday. He did individuals and

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Speaker 1: some walked through stuff and then came back for special teams.

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Speaker 1: But he hasn't done anything competitive. But yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: We're definitely gonna get that. Yeah. So if you have

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Speaker 1: Duke Thomas. I think Duke Thomas has done just like

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Speaker 1: Duke Thomas is battling him for that spot. And we

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Speaker 1: is that these injuries are kind of forcing you in

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Speaker 1: a situation where you might have to carry more cornerbacks

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Speaker 1: than you initially thought you would because, yeah, you're not Chittabay,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you can count on them to

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Speaker 1: especially Jordan Lewis, at least Chetos had the benefit of

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Speaker 1: you go back to you know, I think they carried

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Speaker 1: ten dbs last year, they carried five corners and five safeties.

635
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Speaker 1: Is that can you still do that right now? If

636
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Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis hasn't practiced all year, I think they can

637
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Speaker 1: go as far as maybe even having just three safeties

638
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 1: seven corners that they have Cheeto can flip over. Even

639
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: before any of this happened, I was thinking six corners

640
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Speaker 1: and four safeties because Marks White was playing so well.

641
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Speaker 1: And now I'm like, well, can you get away with

642
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Speaker 1: seven and three for a little while, because right now

643
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Speaker 1: I don't trust most of the corners here to contribute.

644
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Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean a guy like Duke Thomas has

645
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Speaker 1: been great, It would be I would feel bad for

646
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Speaker 1: him if he got cut because he's done everything that

647
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Speaker 1: they've asked him to and done it pretty well. And

648
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: you know, I think Kellen will make the team. Kellen Moore,

649
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: And it'll come down to what, you know, when Cooper Rush,

650
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Speaker 1: you know, if they keep him, he's he's not going

651
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Speaker 1: up against another quarterback it'll be you know, I think

652
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Speaker 1: the final three guys are gonna come down to it

653
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: is like Markuetz White, Kellen Moore, I mean, Cooper Rush,

654
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: and probably Noah Brown, you know, or the Andy Jones

655
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,239
Speaker 1: or something like that. Like it's you just you just

656
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: put those final guys out there and just say, let's

657
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: figure out a way to keep them. But I think

658
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: one thing that's real interesting here is the offensive line.

659
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: The offensive line is going to help you go longer

660
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: at other positions because if I know, Chas Green got

661
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: some reps yesterday at the left guard or left guard,

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00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: so they're still figuring that out. But I think, you know,

663
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: Jonathan Cooper could win that job. That would really open

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Speaker 1: things up. Think about your three backups. You could just

665
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: keep eight offensive linemen for your three backups would be

666
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: Looney who plays guarden, center, Chas Green, who plays tackle

667
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: both tackles and guard if you need them to. And

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00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: then you could keep Byron Bell who plays tackle and guard.

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Speaker 1: That's having eight guys, but it sounds like you've got

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Speaker 1: nine or ten because they can play a lot. They

671
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Speaker 1: can play a lot. Iron Bell has played all four

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Speaker 1: of the spots that aren't center on the line. Ye oh,

673
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: and I agree eight sounds so thin. It does, but

674
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Speaker 1: they did it last year and all three of those

675
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Speaker 1: backups can play two to four positions, so that that

676
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: could kind of help you. When you know you want

677
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: to keep four tight ends and you know you're probably

678
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: gonna keep six receivers. I can't imagine them cutting Noah Brown.

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00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: You're really like, I want Noah Brown on this team.

680
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm the captain of his bands play,

681
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: and he absolutely is. But when it comes down to

682
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Speaker 1: especially with Cooper Rush, you know, you think you're like,

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Speaker 1: all right, well, you know, maybe Noah Brown clears waivers,

684
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Speaker 1: or maybe we can find a Noah Brown next year.

685
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Speaker 1: Like I mean, you're gonna lean toward the quarterback over

686
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Speaker 1: the receiver in those situations. And I feel like every

687
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: year I fall in love with a guy and convince

688
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,479
Speaker 1: myself like, oh, they'll they'll find a spot for him,

689
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 1: and then they never do. And that's kind of how

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Speaker 1: I feel about Noah Brown right now. Which I want

691
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Speaker 1: him on the team. I just don't know if they

692
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: can make it work. What I like about Noah Brown

693
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Speaker 1: is that from the maybe my eyes are getting bad,

694
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: but from the press box, I look down at him

695
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 1: like Deaz in the game. Yep, he's no that's no Brown,

696
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,719
Speaker 1: big guy. Yeah, he's a really big guy. I'd love

697
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: to see Noah Brown. I know it's not gonna happen

698
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: right now, but I'd love to see no No Brown

699
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Speaker 1: playing with other top talent, just to see if he

700
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Speaker 1: could still make a couple plays here and there. That's

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Speaker 1: what we haven't seen yet. Like but but for where

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00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: he is, he consistently is making plays, I think, both

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Speaker 1: in practice and in games. So I'd like to see

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Speaker 1: him with with better competitions, see how he and you

705
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: know what else is going to happen a little bit

706
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Speaker 1: when we're talking about receiver. I think you're gonna see

707
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: more packages where they rotate different guys in and out. Um,

708
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: you'll see more Bryce Butler, I think this year. Um,

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Speaker 1: but I think he should should I think yeah, And

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00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: I think with DZ, Bryce and Dez, I mean, um

711
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Speaker 1: not to say that he will be the number two,

712
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: because Terrence is still valuable and they like him. They

713
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: love what he does as a blocker as well, and

714
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: he can get open and like you said, he gets

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00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: open real well around the in the red zone. But

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Speaker 1: I think that that Bryce has done things, especially because

717
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: of his vertical play that you know he'll he's another

718
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: weapon that they're going to utilize too. We're not talking

719
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: about him being on the bubble. I mean he's he's

720
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: at it all. He's firmly on the scene. Yeah. Here,

721
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: sorry to switch it back to the offensive line. Here's

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00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 1: a question about Terrence Smith. We did get to see

723
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Speaker 1: him play a little bit in the game, but then

724
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Speaker 1: Chas Green went in, uh proverham tackle and then Jonathan

725
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: Cooper at car How would you guys feel if it

726
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: happens that Tyren Smith has to be out for whatever game?

727
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: How does that offensive line look for you guys? Are

728
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: you feeling okay with it? How they had it going

729
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: at the Not okay with Tren? Definitely okay, but well no,

730
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: but can they get the job done? I mean we

731
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: did get to see some stuff. The best moment of

732
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: Chaz Green's career is when he had to fill in

733
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Speaker 1: for Tyren Smith. I mean, yeah, you wonder if he

734
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: can stay healthy. And he's not as good as Tyren Smith,

735
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: but he handled himself well at what people say is

736
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Speaker 1: the hardest position on the offensive line. So I mean

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Speaker 1: it's remarkable how well they've set themselves up on the

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Speaker 1: offensive line with the resources they put into it. If

739
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,919
Speaker 1: your franchise left tackle goes down, you have a top

740
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: one hundred draft pick who can do the job. The

741
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,839
Speaker 1: one thing that does still worry me about that, though,

742
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 1: is last year he had literally sitting there at left guard.

743
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,760
Speaker 1: I don't feel as comfortable about Cooper, of course, paired

744
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: with Chaz Green on the left side. That's that worries me. Yeah, absolutely,

745
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: But I'm just saying that's the area where I'm a

746
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: little I'm a little probably more concerned than what you

747
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: just said because of that, just because I don't necessarily

748
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: I haven't I've had enough experience just yet with the

749
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: left guard to feel comfortable that you put him with

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00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: Chaz Green, that your left side is still okay. I

751
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: completely agree with you. But, and this is going back

752
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: to Nick's point, I feel like this is a conversation

753
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: that's kind of starting to percolate around the team, is

754
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: that I think, ideally you want Jonathan Cooper to win

755
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: this job because it's way better to kind of have

756
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: Chaz Green out of the fray, you know where, maybe

757
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: he's even one of the best five offensive linemen on

758
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: the team. But in this situation, I think it sounds

759
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: way more comforting to know that he's probably playing fifteen

760
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: snaps a game and he can be your backup tackle

761
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: and you're you're in a lot less hot water. If

762
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: somebody gets hurt. Then if Chad's is at left guard

763
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: and you lose Tyrant Smith and all of a sudden,

764
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 1: you're signing or you lose both of them. Yeah, you

765
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,320
Speaker 1: mean you're signing Emmet clearyer Kadem Edwards off the practice

766
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: squad or whatever you gotta do. And yeah, that doesn't

767
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 1: sound as good as Chads to me, not at all.

768
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: All right, let's let's get a question. Do you have

769
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: another question for Twitter? Yeah, a lot of questions about

770
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: Nolan Carroll. Are you guys worried about him getting suspended?

771
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 1: And again we've seen that he's got some good times,

772
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: like he's played well, but then again then we see

773
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 1: him again play horrible. So it's not a very consistent guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you asked that question, I actually was

775
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: thinking in my mind, I wasn't even thinking about the suspension.

776
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: I thought you were asking are you worried about his play?

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00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: Because the one thing we've seen now he's had he

778
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,280
Speaker 1: had a good I think it was the last couple

779
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: of practices before we left camp, had a really good

780
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 1: I had some really good practices there. There were other

781
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: times earlier in camp he was he was getting be

782
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: pretty good. And then yesterday he had another one of

783
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 1: those days when I want to say they were at

784
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: least three at least three deep balls where he got

785
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: just just like run by, like just ran right by him.

786
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: Dez did it twice, and Terrence did it once, and

787
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: those guys, I'm sorry, but when it comes to just

788
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: NFL like just wide receivers that that are burners. Those

789
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: guys are not considered burners, right, Are they fast in

790
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: the world of life? Yes, very, but not like Bester

791
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: than me beaty receivers. I don't know, maybe maybe um

792
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: but and but just ran right by him. So it's

793
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 1: like it's gonna get worse than that. You know, you're

794
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: gonna get faster done. I believe I want Like I

795
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: think his hearing is today, Yeah, yeah, I think it

796
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: came out today. So whatever happens there will probably dictate well,

797
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: not necessarily because the NFL does what it wants. I

798
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,760
Speaker 1: I don't know. I kind of you were saying earlier

799
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: in camp that there's at least cause for optimism that

800
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: he wouldn't be suspended. But I mean, I don't know

801
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: how to answer that until there's a firm decision. But

802
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 1: he was optimistic about Z. That's a great point. So yeah,

803
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: I don't I'm not. Yeah, but and this is my

804
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: fault because I take videos of everything, and I feel

805
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,840
Speaker 1: bad for Nolan Carroll, Like, yeah, come on, Like he

806
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: he got beat up in the first couple of days

807
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 1: of camp and Oxnard and everybody was ready to cut him,

808
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: and then he just quietly was very solid for the

809
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: better part of a month, Like he was picking off Dak.

810
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: He wasn't getting burned. He has not given up a

811
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,720
Speaker 1: play of meaningful distance in a game that I can remember.

812
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: And then he goes out yesterday in one on ones,

813
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 1: which is designed to favor the offense, gets his butt kicked.

814
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: To be fair, I'm not going to say he didn't,

815
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,359
Speaker 1: but like, and now everybody wants to cut him again.

816
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: It happened to team too, though it wasn't just an

817
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: all right, fine, he had a bad day practice. I'm

818
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: not saying the guy's a pro bowler, but that's just

819
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,839
Speaker 1: the nature of the cornerback position. Those hamstrings are good.

820
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: You can be right, it's a great point you can

821
00:38:58,120 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: be and if he can be like thirty nine like that,

822
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: he's there every game and he's solid, I'm not I'm

823
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: not against it, and I'm not saying I'm not saying

824
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: raise the alarm that that he's going to be horrible.

825
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is I've

826
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: seen enough moments that make me at least be like,

827
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Speaker 1: I don't know, like, I've seen enough moments that make

828
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 1: me pause. He's not He's not gonna be a lockdown

829
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: corner or else you wouldn't have gotten him for three

830
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: million dollars a year, right. The Eagles is not going

831
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: to let him go. They can't cover anyone either. That's

832
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: I'm not yeah right, I'm not trying to convince you

833
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: he's great. But it's just like brand Carr, like, he's serviceable.

834
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: He's probably gonna give up some plays. You're probably gonna

835
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: be yelling at your TV at him, if I had

836
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: to guess at least a few times. But he's probably

837
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: better than the credit that he gets, which is none whatsoever.

838
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: And the Cowboys knew that going in. You don't sign

839
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 1: a guy in free agency, didn't go back and draft

840
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: three corners right a month later. If he's a bridge player, yeah, exactly,

841
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: so I is. He's probably not going to be a

842
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,760
Speaker 1: great player for the Cowboys, but he's certainly not the

843
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: hunk of garbage that my Twitter mentions try to suggest that.

844
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna better than car or worse than

845
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Speaker 1: car I should say, not better worse than car Um. Yeah, Carr,

846
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: Car is a better player. I think he will be

847
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: worse than car was last year because Car, you know,

848
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: third and twenty against the Packers. Notwithstanding, car was pretty

849
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: good last year. He was much better than he got

850
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Speaker 1: credit for over you know, over the course of his career.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, it'll probably be really similar,

852
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 1: if I had to guess, I do like Nolan Carroll's

853
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: not afraid to get physical, which I like that about him.

854
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: I like that. You know, he's a guy. He's not

855
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 1: always gonna win, but he will and can get physical

856
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Speaker 1: with a guy like Dez, which you need that. Um.

857
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Speaker 1: You know, when you look back at last year, Brandon

858
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: Carr going up against Odell Beckham, like Beckham got him

859
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Speaker 1: for one one play for the touchdown that ended up

860
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 1: you know, it was the difference in the game. But

861
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Speaker 1: for the most part, I thought a car you know,

862
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Speaker 1: played really well in that game and he had a

863
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Speaker 1: lot of opportunities. Speaking of that, and I would imagine

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865
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Speaker 1: there when they when they faced the Giants. Are we

867
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Speaker 1: sure of the ride receiver was going to be there

868
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Speaker 1: when they faced the Cowboys. I thought that was pretty

869
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: dramatic myself. I think he'll be there, but hey, you

870
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Speaker 1: never know until you hear more reports about what the

871
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872
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Speaker 1: that in the office. I mean, it looks like they

873
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Speaker 1: dodged a bullet, yeah the Giants. Yeah, but we say

874
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Speaker 1: it's just a sprained ankle. But they're gonna do more tests,

875
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: so we'll see. We thought Tony dodged a bullet last

876
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Speaker 1: year too. I wrote the story about it, so I

877
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Speaker 1: want to hear more out of all the I mean,

878
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Speaker 1: they said he's gonna undergo more testing, so I don't know.

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00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: I honestly don't know, but it looks like he got

880
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,720
Speaker 1: He's okay. I know, I'm telling you, I hope he plays.

881
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: I know that there's people in the building that we

882
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 1: know that that are they're different about that. But I

883
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Speaker 1: love watching that guy play, and I think, you know,

884
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Speaker 1: I hope he gets out there. We're talking about Odell Beckham. Yes,

885
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Speaker 1: we are talking about it. He's one of the five

886
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888
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Speaker 1: watch him play, then I don't you know, you're not

889
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Speaker 1: a real football fan. I mean, yeah, it would help

890
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891
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893
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Speaker 1: That's fine. That's okay. All right, let's take our final break.

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Speaker 1: rant for us. What the hell man? Nick actually kind

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Speaker 1: of set this up perfectly for me because if I

961
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Speaker 1: don't know, I know you listened to it, but if

962
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Speaker 1: you didn't listen to our show yesterday with me and

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Speaker 1: Brian brought us, we're on it. We kind of got

964
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Speaker 1: into it about the preseason and the value of it,

965
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 1: and I basically said that the Cowboys offense looked phenomenal.

966
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: They I mean, they went out there, they had two drives. Yeah,

967
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 1: Darren McCadden fumbled, but they looked like a machine. And

968
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 1: I don't need or want to see any more from

969
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Speaker 1: them in the preseason there. I mean, if you have

970
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 1: made a Pro Bowl for the Cowboys, you're done as

971
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 1: far as I'm concerned. In games, practice is a little

972
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 1: different matter in my opinion. And Brian let me have it.

973
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: He told me I was an idiot. He told me

974
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Speaker 1: players play, and then sure enough, twelve hours later, Odell

975
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: Beckham certainly looked for the world like his season might

976
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 1: excuse me, be over and again, and we were just

977
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: talking about it. I think he's he's one of the

978
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Speaker 1: three to six most electrifying players in the NFL today.

979
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: I don't think if he played, If he doesn't play

980
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: another snap in the preseason, but he's ready for Week one,

981
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 1: I think he'll be just fine. Would y'all say you

982
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: agree with that? I already the fact that you even

983
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,399
Speaker 1: needed that long I disagree. I mean, there is a

984
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Speaker 1: certain level of player in the NFL, in my opinion,

985
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Speaker 1: where it's just your it's go time, you're good. Does

986
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:37,280
Speaker 1: does Jason Witten? I mean, does he need preseason reps?

987
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,360
Speaker 1: Do you think he's not gonna magically get open against

988
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: the Giants lineback witnesses? And to be honestly, I'm okay

989
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Speaker 1: if Witten didn't play, because not only do I think

990
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Speaker 1: because of his experience, he'll be fine, but also think

991
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Speaker 1: that I kind of want to see some of those

992
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,959
Speaker 1: other tight ends in there and some of those situations

993
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,320
Speaker 1: just to see but because I know once the season

994
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: gets here that probably ain't gonna happen. But I kind

995
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Speaker 1: of agree what Nate was saying yesterday from the standpoint

996
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 1: there are other positions that you need to see them,

997
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 1: like that that left guard spot. You still need to

998
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Speaker 1: see him against what will be a better defense in

999
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 1: Oakland than what you played against the Colts. And you

1000
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,399
Speaker 1: want to see him with the other guys he would

1001
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,880
Speaker 1: be presumably playing with in games when the regular season starts.

1002
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Speaker 1: So from that standpoint, I kind of disagree with you.

1003
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I disagree theoretically with you. A

1004
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Speaker 1: pro bowler that's been in the league for many, many years,

1005
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Speaker 1: he's not going to get a whole lot out of

1006
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Speaker 1: an out of what twelve reps in a preseason game,

1007
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Speaker 1: a half in a preseason game, whatever it's going to be.

1008
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: I get that, I get that, But I do think

1009
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Speaker 1: because this special circumstance at the left guard position, that's

1010
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: what gives me a little pause on this particular situation practice, right,

1011
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: But you know, you look at it from from both sides. Okay,

1012
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 1: this defense is the defensive line has a lot of

1013
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: question marks. What they're going to face the Raiders. Do

1014
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: you want the Raiders to do the same thing when

1015
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: you like the Raiders to play their guys, Because I

1016
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 1: think it'd be a good barometer to see what the

1017
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 1: Cowboys can do it going up against an offensive line

1018
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 1: absolutely probably the second best, if not the best, you know,

1019
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,839
Speaker 1: depending on they're among the top three in the league.

1020
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,840
Speaker 1: They've got three Pro bowlers across the line. Too, so

1021
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: I would I would love to see them. So, I mean,

1022
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: I get your point, and I understand it. The risk

1023
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: reward doesn't seem like it's it's there that much. But

1024
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Speaker 1: you know, for two weeks if you rest them, now

1025
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Speaker 1: you know you're sitting sitting them for basically three full

1026
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 1: weeks before you play. I'd put them out there, but

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Speaker 1: maybe gone to the days of just a straight dress

1028
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:34,920
Speaker 1: rehearsal for a whole half. You know, I could, I

1029
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 1: could handle a quarter maybe, And I mean, you know,

1030
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Speaker 1: the whole thing that stemmed this was how good they looked.

1031
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Speaker 1: I mean, if they'd gone out there and stunk up

1032
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Speaker 1: the joint against the Colts. Maybe I'm rethinking this, but

1033
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Speaker 1: I just if you've made a Pro Bowl in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: I'm not worried about you. And and you know you

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Speaker 1: can come back at me and say, who they sat

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Speaker 1: for two weeks and sucked in the playoffs. I don't

1037
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Speaker 1: really buy that either. I think there's I mean, you're

1038
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: going against Aaron Rodgers that I think that's a completely

1039
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,320
Speaker 1: different circumstance. And if they if they need a half

1040
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 1: or even a game to get it ready, you know,

1041
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: maybe maybe they're rusty so what at least they're all

1042
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,920
Speaker 1: healthy and and I'm sorry, but I don't buy that

1043
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:15,919
Speaker 1: a quarter and a half in a preseason game where

1044
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: everybody knows there's nothing at stake is going to make

1045
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 1: the difference between whether you score a touchdown against the

1046
00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:23,839
Speaker 1: Giants on your opening possession or not. I don't believe that.

1047
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Speaker 1: And I just you know it's not ideal. Jonathan Cooper

1048
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 1: needs reps and it would help him to have those

1049
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:31,720
Speaker 1: guys out there. Sure, it would be great for DeMarcus

1050
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1051
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1052
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Speaker 1: I mean, they have an awesome offensive line. But I

1053
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Speaker 1: wouldn't blame the Raiders one bit if they said, all

1054
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Speaker 1: those guys that's how you're going to make the playoffs.

1055
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: That's what this is all about. And so let me

1056
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 1: ask a bigger pick picked your question. Would would your

1057
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:55,319
Speaker 1: opinion change they should cancel preseason? Well? I wasn't gonna

1058
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: say cancel, but let's let's do for a second they

1059
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 1: had only two preseason games. Would you play starters more?

1060
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,359
Speaker 1: If they only had two preseason games, then then what

1061
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 1: they play right now? I would then what you think

1062
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: they should play right now? I would play the starters

1063
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,240
Speaker 1: for like, I would give the starters the same amount

1064
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: of work that they got against the Colts if the

1065
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,839
Speaker 1: preseason was shorter. That's what I would do. I'd give

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00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 1: him a half, maybe a half. I'd give him a

1067
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 1: half of the through about the entire preseason. I'd probably

1068
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: give him half of the first game. And that's it.

1069
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,799
Speaker 1: Not that I would No, they're not doing that, but

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00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 1: if it, I would shorten five this year. I would

1071
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 1: shorten the preseason it's getting longer for some reason, played

1072
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,719
Speaker 1: two games, and I would keep the regular season at sixteen.

1073
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:35,960
Speaker 1: I that's I hate this notion of shortening the preseason

1074
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: and then extending the regular season. I don't like that

1075
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 1: either because I actually liked that that concept because sixteen,

1076
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: Like I've covered this team for four years now, I

1077
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 1: see like everybody's dead by the time December rolls around,

1078
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: like this game and the schedule is brutal, and you're

1079
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: already making these guys play games on four days rest

1080
00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:00,360
Speaker 1: and some guy at least one if everybody's dead, but simber,

1081
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,480
Speaker 1: how is it you have such good playoff games in January?

1082
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 1: A combination. I mean, the teams that get hot are

1083
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 1: usually the ones that stay the healthiest or the ones

1084
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,120
Speaker 1: that get their guys back. I mean, I'll always think

1085
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: back to, which is, yeah, that's That's kind of the

1086
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:14,720
Speaker 1: reason why I think it's a good idea is because

1087
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 1: if you got eighteen games now, you do have a

1088
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,960
Speaker 1: little bit of chance for for teams to kind of

1089
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 1: if someone gets hurt early, they're back in time and

1090
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 1: they're still ready for playoffs. You got some fresh legs

1091
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: in there if you had a guy that's been out

1092
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:27,360
Speaker 1: for duty, injury, or whatever the case might be, and

1093
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: teams can kind of play that too, Like maybe there

1094
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:32,319
Speaker 1: is some of that during the season. You take a

1095
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,839
Speaker 1: game where maybe a guy doesn't play, if you've got

1096
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: a long enough season to do that. The Cowboys reported

1097
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:39,760
Speaker 1: to camp on July twenty second this year, and they'll

1098
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: be playing football until at least December thirty first. That's

1099
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:46,360
Speaker 1: just insane to me. And if you're extending the regular season,

1100
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 1: then you're either having them playing games in August or

1101
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 1: January like regular season games. Either way, it's just I

1102
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 1: think it's more than the human body was meant to take. Like,

1103
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: this game is absolutely brutal, and I don't think there's

1104
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,920
Speaker 1: a big enough emphasis put on player safety just as

1105
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,520
Speaker 1: a general rule across the board. Yeah, that's just my

1106
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,920
Speaker 1: opinion though. All right, um so is that end of

1107
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: your rant? Pretty much? I just I just thought it

1108
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:14,720
Speaker 1: was funny timing that hours after I made this point,

1109
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:17,839
Speaker 1: we almost lost your boy one of one. Hey, he's

1110
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,399
Speaker 1: my guy from LSU. I love him, I'll always love him,

1111
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: and I love watching him play football. I would be

1112
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: devastated if I didn't get to watch Odell Beckham play football.

1113
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 1: I mean, like, if if he was out for a

1114
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 1: whole year, He's way up there on the list of

1115
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:34,480
Speaker 1: guys I would be. That would be a bummer if

1116
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: he lost a year of his career. So don't play

1117
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 1: anymore in the preseason, Odell or any Cowboys players for

1118
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,840
Speaker 1: that moll, I think now, I'm it's hard to agree

1119
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:47,879
Speaker 1: with that. I keep thinking about all your thoughts on this,

1120
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:52,480
Speaker 1: and you gotta remember practice it's not the same, it's

1121
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,240
Speaker 1: not the same action you get during the game. And

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00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:59,480
Speaker 1: I'm and I personally am willing to risk the sloppiness

1123
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:01,840
Speaker 1: that comes from the missed reps if it means that

1124
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:04,080
Speaker 1: all my guys are there. You're willing to miss you.

1125
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: You're willing to accept the fact that maybe you lose

1126
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: the first two games because you're not as ready. I mean,

1127
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,880
Speaker 1: that's not ideal, but I'd rather have all hands on

1128
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,919
Speaker 1: deck than get twenty extra reps in the preseat. Again,

1129
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,040
Speaker 1: these guys can't get hurt in practice. No, of course

1130
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: they can. And I mean, and that they could go

1131
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,319
Speaker 1: out and get hurt on the first play of the

1132
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 1: regular season. At least it mattered. At least they sure that.

1133
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 1: I mean, they can drop their iPhone or whatever. I mean,

1134
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:32,479
Speaker 1: that happens happen. Obviously, anything can happen all the time.

1135
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: But again, you're managing your risks, and I if you've

1136
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 1: made a Pro Bowl for me, I don't want to

1137
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,840
Speaker 1: lose you in a game that doesn't have to happen.

1138
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:42,239
Speaker 1: I don't have to put you out there if I

1139
00:53:42,239 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: don't want to. You have to go out in practice,

1140
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:46,719
Speaker 1: you have to do that, but you don't have to

1141
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: play in a preseason game. All right, let's move Well,

1142
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:50,440
Speaker 1: let's get some questions before we end the show. We

1143
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 1: got a call from Matt in West Virginia. Matt, what up? Hey, guys, Hey,

1144
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 1: I want to thank every everybody from Cabalry Nations about

1145
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:03,319
Speaker 1: all your show from Kent, all the personalities. Thank you, Derek.

1146
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 1: I mean, we just love it. I mean I don't

1147
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:09,200
Speaker 1: listen to anything the NFL network anything, especially when there's turmoils.

1148
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: We really appreciate. I had two points real quick, Nick

1149
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: brought up. The first one was you know cut Kellen

1150
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 1: Moore bringing back to the practice squad that you've got

1151
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,960
Speaker 1: an extra position for three or four spots you know,

1152
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:24,200
Speaker 1: on the roster or whether it's secondary, you know, offensive line,

1153
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:27,919
Speaker 1: why receient whatever. My main point is the Zeke thing.

1154
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:33,560
Speaker 1: If the judicial system finds, you know, someone innocent, why

1155
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 1: would the NFL like do a witch hunt when to me,

1156
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:43,239
Speaker 1: the the crime or not crime has been decided outside

1157
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,319
Speaker 1: of you know, the NFL. I think it's given the

1158
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: NFL a break not to pursue and bringing the you know,

1159
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 1: the shield down or are bringing a bad name to

1160
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 1: the product when they have an easy out where the

1161
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: you know, the the law has said there's no problem.

1162
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:02,640
Speaker 1: So I just feel like for them to you know,

1163
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: drag things out, and we're all cowboy homers, but for

1164
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:08,879
Speaker 1: them to when it's easy for them to get out

1165
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:11,239
Speaker 1: of that. I can understand the Brady thing that's in house,

1166
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:14,360
Speaker 1: you know, that's on their watch. But when it's the

1167
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:18,560
Speaker 1: when it seems like it's taken care of, why drag

1168
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:20,600
Speaker 1: it out? You know it's taking care of you guys

1169
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 1: understand what I'm saying. Yeah, I know exactly what you're saying.

1170
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: And I think one thing, and we appreciate the call.

1171
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:27,799
Speaker 1: I think one thing that you may be forgetting is

1172
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:32,319
Speaker 1: is just by saying that that the police have kind of, uh,

1173
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 1: either close the book on it doesn't mean that it's over.

1174
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 1: You got to remember sometimes these college towns they're fans

1175
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: of the team too, and and and when you talking

1176
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:45,400
Speaker 1: about alumni boosters, I'm not saying that happened in Columbus.

1177
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: I know that it happens in other places though that

1178
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:51,879
Speaker 1: that you don't necessarily, you know, they take it easy

1179
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:54,600
Speaker 1: on these guys in college of what's happening there. So

1180
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:59,160
Speaker 1: just because that that maybe the police or didn't find

1181
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: or didn't charge ar these players, that doesn't mean that

1182
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: they didn't do things. And I'm really not trying to

1183
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:06,680
Speaker 1: say that's exactly what's happening here. But I think the

1184
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:10,720
Speaker 1: NFL is right to a certain extent of looking into

1185
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:13,719
Speaker 1: it as well. But I do think they've gone overboard

1186
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:16,080
Speaker 1: and others, and especially in the way they dragged it out.

1187
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:19,120
Speaker 1: I think what happened a few years ago was the

1188
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: way that whole thing went down with Ray Rice and

1189
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,080
Speaker 1: how there was kind of one penalty and then they

1190
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:29,399
Speaker 1: found the video and the league absolutely got slaughtered after

1191
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 1: the video came out, like you didn't handle this properly.

1192
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: I think because of that, the league has taken more

1193
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:37,279
Speaker 1: of a step of Look, we don't care what any

1194
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 1: anybody else says, courts whomever. We're gonna investigated ourselves. We're

1195
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,720
Speaker 1: gonna come up with all the things we think are evidence,

1196
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 1: and then we're going to make a decision that best

1197
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:50,560
Speaker 1: protects the NFL. And so, make no mistake about it,

1198
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: this decision about Zeke Elliott, at least in the league's perspective,

1199
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:57,480
Speaker 1: whether we all agree with it or not, in the

1200
00:56:57,560 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 1: league's perspective, they feel like they're doing what's best for

1201
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,799
Speaker 1: the reputation of the NFL. And that's really what it

1202
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:06,280
Speaker 1: comes down to. This is not about legal right and wrong.

1203
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: This is about them doing what they feel like is

1204
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:11,680
Speaker 1: best for the shield. That's really what it comes down to,

1205
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:15,160
Speaker 1: and not Lee. Honestly, I appreciate that. And you could

1206
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:18,320
Speaker 1: argue seven different ways from Sunday about the Zeke situation

1207
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 1: whether it's justified. He's never charged with anything, but I

1208
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 1: kind of appreciate that they are going to hold their

1209
00:57:26,200 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: employees to a higher standard and they have the power

1210
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: to discipline people for I maybe maybe you didn't get

1211
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:36,320
Speaker 1: charged with the crime, but if you messed up, they

1212
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:39,080
Speaker 1: can still they can still hit you for that, and

1213
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:41,800
Speaker 1: I kind of appreciate that. I think the Zeke situation

1214
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 1: is a little bit different. I think, you know, I

1215
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,840
Speaker 1: certainly think it's convoluted. I certainly think there should be

1216
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 1: more to it than you know, the opinion of one person.

1217
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:52,480
Speaker 1: I think there's ways you can regulate this, certainly keep

1218
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,880
Speaker 1: it from being too drawn out. But yeah, it's just

1219
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:56,840
Speaker 1: I mean the Cowboys could do the same thing. I mean,

1220
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:59,160
Speaker 1: I could goof up, and just because I'm not going

1221
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,000
Speaker 1: to jail for it, doesn't mean I couldn't get fired.

1222
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 1: You hold your employees to the standards you want to

1223
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 1: hold them too. And also, and also the thing about

1224
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:07,400
Speaker 1: the NFL that I think they need to better on

1225
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:10,720
Speaker 1: it to be consistent were around the league of guys

1226
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,360
Speaker 1: that you're punishing for this. Guys, you're punishing for this

1227
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 1: because this guy is a reserve backup that you don't

1228
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:18,160
Speaker 1: don't you don't know who he is. And this guy

1229
00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:20,120
Speaker 1: over here has played in three Pro Bowls. I mean,

1230
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 1: you gotta be careful. The way they come to these

1231
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 1: decisions is all kinds of wrong in my opinion, but

1232
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:27,400
Speaker 1: the fact that they have the power to make them,

1233
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with that. All right, guys,

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00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,680
Speaker 1: appreciate you joining us. We are back tomorrow for a

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Speaker 1: little more talking. I'm starting not talking Cowboys Wow, doing

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Speaker 1: that for Wow Cowboys Break. We'll be back on at

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Speaker 1: nine forty five. That's gonna be our time for this

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Speaker 1: week and next week, So make sure you join us

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Speaker 1: for Nick Eatman, David Hellman, Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleson.

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