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Speaker 1: It is Wednesday, September ninth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number nineteen. Welcome to another edition of The Break. For

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Speaker 1: the first time in a very long time. We got

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Speaker 1: but myself and Dave are here in the SWBC Morgan Studios.

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Speaker 1: and we got a special guest today. So very welcome

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Speaker 1: and very unhappy to welcome Bucky Brooks to the program.

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Speaker 1: He'll be joining us as I mentioned you guys on

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Speaker 1: to us about the opposing team. Welcome to the show, Bucky. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Just trying to share what I've learned to kind of

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Speaker 1: start off first, as you look at this Rams team

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Speaker 1: to year. But these guys should have a really good

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Speaker 1: read on the veteran players on that team. I have

432
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Speaker 1: to believe it's going to be an advantage. So if

433
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Speaker 1: it's not schematic, Nick, how much does the Cowboys really

434
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Speaker 1: have an advantage from the standpoint that they haven't shown

435
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Speaker 1: anybody their scheme? If if scheme changes every year and

436
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 1: most teams are going to come in with a little

437
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Speaker 1: different scheme, does it really help the Cowboys not having

438
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Speaker 1: anything out there in the preseason from a schematic standpoint.

439
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't, I don't. I'm not buying

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Speaker 1: that one at all. I know that people the Cowboys

441
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,199
Speaker 1: are counting on that and they're like, you don't know

442
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: what they're going to do. But you know, that also

443
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,880
Speaker 1: means you haven't played it and practiced it. That means

444
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,680
Speaker 1: you haven't put it out there. I mean, yeah, you

445
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: meant it. Might have practiced it, but not against anybody

446
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: that's trying to tackle you and knocked the ball out.

447
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,399
Speaker 1: So I think it's just kind of goes you know

448
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 1: it's fifty fifty on that. Sure, the Rams aren't going

449
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: to know exactly what they're trying to do, but the

450
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 1: Cowboys might be kind of rusty and what they're trying.

451
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Speaker 1: What do you think, Cambridge, does this give the Cowboys

452
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Speaker 1: an advantage not having any scheme out there and also

453
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Speaker 1: having coaches from the Rams? And do you think it's

454
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Speaker 1: much to do about nothing? I mean, I do see

455
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Speaker 1: it as an advantage we that we are here and

456
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Speaker 1: we get to see things a little bit more close

457
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Speaker 1: than most people. We don't really have a clear idea either,

458
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Speaker 1: so I'm sure that people from the outside are gonna

459
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,879
Speaker 1: have a much harder time. But then again, that applies

460
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Speaker 1: to much of all the other teams out there in

461
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Speaker 1: the NFL. What I'm really curious and interested about is

462
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Speaker 1: to see what coaching staff is able to adjust better

463
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Speaker 1: during this situation. This is something that we talk forever

464
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Speaker 1: about Jason Garrett, era and their own ability to adjust

465
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Speaker 1: throughout the game and switch things up, And I'm just

466
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Speaker 1: I'm ready, I'm excited. I'm so excited to see the

467
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Speaker 1: way they're able to adjust to whatever the Rams bring

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Speaker 1: onto them. And then also one of the things that

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Speaker 1: I'm excited about and we've heard players say it. We

470
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Speaker 1: heard Jerry Jones say it is the fact that they're

471
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Speaker 1: supposedly not being as predictable as they've been in previous year.

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Speaker 1: So that's really really exciting for everyone that's gonna watch

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Speaker 1: be watching. And I think that it is an advantage

474
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Speaker 1: to just not know what's gonna happen. You just go

475
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Speaker 1: out there and let the best team ever preparing the best.

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Speaker 1: All right, So we're gonna move on to a topic

477
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Speaker 1: that that kind of follows from that not knowing what's

478
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Speaker 1: going to happen. The Cowboys yesterday release their unofficial depth chart.

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Speaker 1: Every team in the league has to. The league requires

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Speaker 1: them to release that. It is an unofficial depth chart,

481
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Speaker 1: and so I don't want us to get to bob

482
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Speaker 1: down in the you know, whether it's right or wrong.

483
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Speaker 1: I do think there were some interesting things on it

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Speaker 1: that can lead to some interesting conversations, and so I'm

485
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Speaker 1: gonna throw a few things on you at you guys

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Speaker 1: that I noticed in that official depth chart, and we're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk a little bit about what that could mean

488
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Speaker 1: or where we could see some differences from what's on

489
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Speaker 1: the depth chart as to what Cowboys fans can expect

490
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Speaker 1: to see on the game Sunday night. So let's start

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Speaker 1: first with your Ryvon Diggs. He was listed as a

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Speaker 1: starter at cornerback. That was the thing actually that jumped

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Speaker 1: out to me immediately as the most interesting thing based

494
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Speaker 1: on what you guys have been able to observe in

495
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Speaker 1: the training camp practices, do you think trader Onon Diggs

496
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Speaker 1: is ready to be a starter in the NFL. Let's

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Speaker 1: start first with you, Dave. For the record, I think

498
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Speaker 1: a big part of it is that Cheeto a Woozia

499
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: hasn't practiced in two weeks, so as of right now,

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Speaker 1: they don't know if he'll be available. And on top

501
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,239
Speaker 1: of that, why would they admit that he's available. But

502
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,199
Speaker 1: I have to admit, and I was a guy I

503
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 1: leaned toward veteran experience in every training camp battle. I

504
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,280
Speaker 1: really didn't think very many rookies we're gonna have sas

505
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Speaker 1: crack in the starting depth chart. But I do think

506
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Speaker 1: Trey Von Diggs can probably handle it. And that's not

507
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: to say he's gonna be Jalen Ramsey from day one,

508
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: but he has looked really impressive. He's I mean, he's

509
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: going against Lamb Cooper and Gallup like he's going against

510
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: one of the best receiver corps and he has looked

511
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 1: up to it. So if that's that's what happens, I

512
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: can totally buy that that he's up to it. Amber

513
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: do you know this year is it's very interesting to me.

514
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,160
Speaker 1: I don't know how much being having like the name starter,

515
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: like how big of a deal that is in certain positions,

516
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: just because we've seen it in previous year, how you

517
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: could start a game, start for the first few plays

518
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: and at any given moment just switch it out and

519
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,360
Speaker 1: bring another player in. How much of irritation is there

520
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,679
Speaker 1: gonna be at these kinds of positions, especially in the secondary.

521
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Speaker 1: So I don't I'm not trying to get too crazy

522
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Speaker 1: about the term starter. I just see it more as Okay,

523
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: this is the guy that's going to open the game,

524
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 1: and then we'll see how the game goes, and they

525
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 1: have the ability to just rotate so many guys and

526
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: then get a good field who is really performing at

527
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 1: the best so that for later the upcoming games then

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00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: they get more playing thick. I think it's significant. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know I was told that, Yeah, Chito didn't play

530
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: much but Tyrence Smith didn't play a lot either, and

531
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Speaker 1: he's playing at left tackle. He's still the guy at

532
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: left tackle, so you know, they didn't change that out,

533
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 1: and obviously that would have been, you know, kind of

534
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 1: a bold move there, but you know it, maybe there's

535
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: some there definitely is some strategy going on here between

536
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy. All you have to do is count how

537
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: many offensive guys are on the depth goal and then

538
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: you know what they're They're just trying to hide everything.

539
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: M Yeah, hey, hey, Trey Von Diggs is starting attack him,

540
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: attack him, you know, telling the Rams to kind of

541
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 1: to go after him. And maybe he only plays nickel

542
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: or diamond. Who knows if there's a way to not

543
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 1: throw their hand. Mike McCarthy's doing it. I don't know

544
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: if he's good at poker, but I bet you he

545
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 1: thinks he is. Yeah, I bet he thinks he's good

546
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: at poker. It's interesting. It's interesting that they didn't put

547
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: They only put ten offensive players are positions on there,

548
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 1: and I think obviously the game has been shipped there

549
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: is you don't know if they're gonna start out with

550
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 1: an extra tight end, an extra wide receiver or a fullback,

551
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,439
Speaker 1: like they didn't put it on there. They just have

552
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: those other ten starters, and that's just kind of where

553
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: they leave it. Maybe they just don't care and they

554
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: had a PR person fill out the depth chart. Maybe,

555
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: so maybe they let us do it. And that's kind

556
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: of the Yeah, you're trying to break some news here

557
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,959
Speaker 1: on Cowboys Break, did you know? I'm not really just

558
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: saying like they could have had anybody do this, right, Derek,

559
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: did you leave off the eleventh guy? I kind of

560
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: just forgot him. I don't know, it just it kind

561
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: of happens. You know, he's only the first round pick.

562
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: That's fine, all right. Um, here's the next thing. I noticed.

563
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,959
Speaker 1: The offensive tackle position, the right tackle right now, Actually

564
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 1: they have Terrence Still listed as the swing tackle with

565
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: Lyle out. They have obviously Tyren Smith and Cam Irving

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Speaker 1: as the two starters. In the event that one of

567
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: those two guys goes down. Do you think Terrence Still

568
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: is the guy that actually goes in? Is it Brandon

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Speaker 1: Knight who right now they're listening as the backup guard?

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Speaker 1: Do you think that if he went out, if one

571
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: those two guys went out, they actually consider the possibility

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00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: of taking Connor Williams moving him out the tackle and

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00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: throwing Brandon Knight or Connor McGovern into that guard spot. Nick,

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Speaker 1: I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I'm pretty confident.

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00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 1: But correct me if I'm wrong. I don't think I've

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00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: seen Connor Williams play a snap of tackle in his

577
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: pro career, let alone at this training camp. Yeah, is that?

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Speaker 1: Do you agree? I have? I haven't seen it since

579
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: the university. Yea. If anything, thank you well. If anything,

580
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: he's played more center I think than he has tackle.

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00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: I think, um and and that's and that's barely any

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00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 1: at all. I think the Connor Williams playing on the

583
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: out side narrative is dead. It's just a media narrative.

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Speaker 1: It's well, I mean, I think it might have been

585
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: a thing at one point, but then you signed a

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Speaker 1: veteran swing tackle, you draft a center, you're just kind

587
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: of like, all right, we're gonna give this guy a

588
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: shot to stay where he was. I don't think that's happening.

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00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: I am interested about Brandon Knight being listed as a

590
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: guard because I know he played some garden training camp.

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00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: He's moved around a little bit, but he's also played

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Speaker 1: a lot of tackle, and he's looked better doing it

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Speaker 1: than Terrence Steele. I mean no offense to Terrence Steele

594
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Speaker 1: because he was going against the Marcus Lawrence and Alden Smith,

595
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Speaker 1: but he looked out of his depth. So hey, wait,

596
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,719
Speaker 1: what's up? If if Terrence Steele is out there, I

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00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: can tell you who that eleventh guy is gonna be.

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00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Blake Bell and he's gonna be right

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00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: next to him the other game. Like that's those those

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Speaker 1: are gonna be the eleventh starting lineup. I have to

601
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Speaker 1: believe Night is the next guy up at tackle, even

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Speaker 1: if he's not listed that way. All right too, m

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Speaker 1: let's go and take our final break. When we come back,

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Speaker 1: we're going to finish up some of these things that

605
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,680
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Speaker 1: We're also gonna get some questions. Amber's got some questions

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Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage studios at the start. We got

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Speaker 1: our our entire crew here at the start of day.

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Speaker 1: So it feels good to be moving things or moving

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Speaker 1: the season. Starting tomorrow night, they're actually gonna be playing

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Speaker 1: a real game in the NFL. I cannot wait. She'd

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Speaker 1: be very very interesting this season, and hopefully everything keeps

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Speaker 1: going on a good path to where we can actually

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Speaker 1: get through the season and into the playoffs and Cowboys

651
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Speaker 1: can do something all right, So let's jump back in

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Speaker 1: the unofficial depth chart. Another thing that popped out to

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Speaker 1: me was Tony Pollard is listed as the primary punt returner,

654
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Speaker 1: Cedric Wilson listed as the primary kick returner. Ceedee Lamb

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Speaker 1: not the primary returner on either of those units. What

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Speaker 1: are your thoughts about that, because I think we, or

657
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Speaker 1: at least I'll speak for myself, I was actually excited

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Speaker 1: about the possibility of Ceedee Lamb being the primary returner,

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Speaker 1: either on kicks or punts. Let's start first with you, Nick, Well,

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Speaker 1: you know this is more gamesmanship of what's happening. You know,

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Speaker 1: for years they had different punt returners when you know,

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Speaker 1: Dion Sanders was the guy when you really wanted a

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Speaker 1: big return, but Kevin Williams was back there, you know,

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Speaker 1: or Kelvin Martin or somebody like that. So I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, you have a safe returner. You have a

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Speaker 1: guy that's gonna go catch the ball, faircatch and all that.

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Speaker 1: That maybe is Tony Pollard, but I guarantee you if

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Speaker 1: there's a pun or standing in his end zone and

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Speaker 1: he's trying to, you know, get the ball and trying

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Speaker 1: to get as much field positioned as possible. You know,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine Ceedee Lamb's out there, but let's not

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Speaker 1: act like having Tony Pollard in the open field would

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Speaker 1: be bad either. I mean, just catch the ball and

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Speaker 1: go north. That's it. That's really all all you need

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Speaker 1: to do. Amber. I mean, who doesn't want to see

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Speaker 1: Ceede Lamb Just give it a go and see how

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Speaker 1: he does. But he and Tony Poller, I'm a huge

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Speaker 1: fan he. That guy is freaking quick. He's quick with

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Speaker 1: his feet, He's able to move around. He's a small guy,

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Speaker 1: but he can move, he can cut, make cuts, and

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Speaker 1: he's really good with anticipation. So I'm excited to see

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Speaker 1: him give it a go. This year is again and

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Speaker 1: just see how he does. But hopefully at some point

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Speaker 1: in the season we get to see to see see

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Speaker 1: the Lamb give it a go as well. I am.

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Speaker 1: Everybody knows. I'm one of the people that's in favor

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Speaker 1: of Lamb returning punts, but I never expected him to

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Speaker 1: be the exclusive punt returner. I don't know if it's

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Speaker 1: smart to send him back there six times a game.

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Speaker 1: You know, what's that eighty times a season or whatever.

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Speaker 1: I think, Yeah, like Nick said, if you've got a

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Speaker 1: chance to field a punt near midfield, or if it's

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Speaker 1: a late game situation and you need to play, that's

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Speaker 1: when I expect to see Lamb. The Pollard thing is

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Speaker 1: weird because I've never seen him field a punt in

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Speaker 1: my life. I don't think he ever has. He's the

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Speaker 1: kick guy, so I think that's an outright lie, to

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Speaker 1: be honest with you, I would expect it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: Cedric Wilson. Maybe you might see Treyvon Diggs back there,

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Speaker 1: and then Pollard's your kick returner. I would be pretty

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Speaker 1: surprised if Tony's fielding punts on Sunday. I will say this,

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Speaker 1: It did pique my curiosity though, because, like as you

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Speaker 1: guys are saying, Tony Pollard is a really really quick guy.

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Speaker 1: He has some of those attributes that you think would

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Speaker 1: be in a good punt returner, So I kind of

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Speaker 1: want to see what it looks like. I do want

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Speaker 1: to say, I've said a million times I would love

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Speaker 1: for Tony Pollard to rid purn punts. I just haven't

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Speaker 1: seen it, which, to be fair, doesn't mean he hasn't

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Speaker 1: done it right. There's a lot of stuff we don't see,

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Speaker 1: but I'm going with what I've seen, which is not

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Speaker 1: Tony Pollard, so I'd be pretty surprised to see it.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead and get some questions, am Bro.

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Speaker 1: Let's pull up some questions from some of the fans

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Speaker 1: out there listening, some questions that you were able to

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Speaker 1: get off of Twitter. What do you have? Well, I

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Speaker 1: know we're tired talking about this, but it is what

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Speaker 1: the fans are still talking about, and that is the

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Speaker 1: safety position. Now that the whole Zack Martin's contract and

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Speaker 1: the way they're trying to restructure it and all that

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Speaker 1: brings up the question could the Cowboys possibly be clearing

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Speaker 1: up some money to bring Earl Thomas here and do something?

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Speaker 1: So what is the reason behind this whole restructuring Zack Martins?

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Speaker 1: You know what I want to do. I want to

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Speaker 1: see if I want to see if Chris, our producer,

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Speaker 1: can actually get the you know, get something set up

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Speaker 1: to where we can just say, hook them horns, like

728
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Speaker 1: every time we bring up the name Earl Thomas, like

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Speaker 1: you just hear this loud, hook them horns, and so,

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Speaker 1: you know, just it's just what we do as a

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Speaker 1: part of our show because we bring them up all

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Speaker 1: the time. I think we ought to give a little

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Speaker 1: love to Texas, right, we want to go back to

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Speaker 1: the days when Texas actually produced big time dbs a

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Speaker 1: decade ago. Yeah, he's just riding that high. I so wish,

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Speaker 1: I so wish Texas was playing LSU this year. I

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Speaker 1: really do me too. It's not gonna happen. It's not

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Speaker 1: gonna happen. All right, So what do you guys think?

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Speaker 1: What is Earl Thomas still in the mixer? Nick? Do

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Speaker 1: you want to? Okay, yack, go ahead. I think he is.

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Speaker 1: I mean I think he is until he signs with

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Speaker 1: another team, and then when he gets cut by them,

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Speaker 1: he'll be in the mix again. I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: he's in the mix with until the Cowboys, you know,

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Speaker 1: really show up the position. I mean, I don't Again,

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Speaker 1: it's a good question. I don't know what they're getting

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Speaker 1: money for. But I said this yesterday. I think that

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Speaker 1: week one, obviously, it makes sense for all teams to

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Speaker 1: kind of pass on Earl Thomas because you don't know

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Speaker 1: what you're getting there, and you don't want to lock

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Speaker 1: yourself into a contract for the entire year. I would

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Speaker 1: imagine that the sweepstakes for him ramps up after this week.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if somebody gets hurt, you know, injured or

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Speaker 1: in the league, and maybe that creates a more leverage

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Speaker 1: for him. But why not, I mean, keep it, keep

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Speaker 1: it alive. I still think there's something to it. I'll

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Speaker 1: say what I said yesterday, which is they're gonna trot

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Speaker 1: out Darien Thompson, Donovan Wilson, and Brandon Carr as their

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Speaker 1: answer across from Xavier Woods. That's not a guarantee to work.

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Speaker 1: So I can't rule out Earl Thomas. Like I said

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Speaker 1: about the receivers yesterday, if it's a disaster and they're

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Speaker 1: giving up three hundred and fifty yards a game, you

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Speaker 1: can't rule it out. But I don't think that's why

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Speaker 1: they restructured Zach's contract. They already had cap space. Earl

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Speaker 1: Thomas is not going to be nearly as expensive to

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Speaker 1: sign as he used to be after what after the

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Speaker 1: year that he's had, so I think they could do

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Speaker 1: that with the space that they had. I think that

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Speaker 1: they know that they are going to have to pay

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Speaker 1: a quarterback a lot of money next year. The CAP's

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Speaker 1: not guaranteed to grow, so they're making room for it,

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Speaker 1: and that doesn't mean a long term contract that's going

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Speaker 1: to be expensive to tag Dak too, So I think

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Speaker 1: they just want to make sure they have extra money

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Speaker 1: in the bank. I'll just would would you sign but

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Speaker 1: Earl Thomas to a two year deal? Would you sign

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Speaker 1: him to a two year deal one year? If it's

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Speaker 1: a two year deal that allows me to cut him

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Speaker 1: after one sure? Like no, I wouldn't give him like

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Speaker 1: a two year deal with lots of guarantees. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I bet that he's trying to get a one year

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Speaker 1: deal and trying to get a one year deal, which

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Speaker 1: means and not to a huge pay cut. So you know,

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Speaker 1: you may not have a lot of lot Not a

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Speaker 1: lot of teams have that kind of cap space. If

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Speaker 1: he's trying to do that, yeah, they would probably want

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Speaker 1: to do a two year deal, three year deal that

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Speaker 1: can can get cut down to one or two. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I I would imagine he's trying to get

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Speaker 1: a one year deal to get another big payday next

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Speaker 1: year and do that. You got to have a decent

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Speaker 1: amount of cap space, you know. I will say my

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Speaker 1: desires kind of changed at when he first became available.

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Speaker 1: I was like, bring him like tech. I want to

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Speaker 1: see him on this team. My my role, I think,

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Speaker 1: my my my opinion on this has changed a little

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Speaker 1: bit to this point. I kind of want to just

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Speaker 1: see what they can do with what they have. Like

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Speaker 1: I like the idea of some of these young safeties

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Speaker 1: that they have, and quite frankly, I love their pass

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Speaker 1: rush and I think the pass rush is going to

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Speaker 1: help this secondary be pretty good. And so when you

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Speaker 1: look at it from that standpoint, that's what we thought about.

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Speaker 1: No no no, no no no no no no no no

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Speaker 1: no no. I remember back they had they had two

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Speaker 1: pass let me finish, let me finish. They had two

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Speaker 1: pass rushers last year. This year they got three, and

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Speaker 1: they got three. As you heard Bucky say, Everson Griffin

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Speaker 1: is an appreciable difference he has. He is he is

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Speaker 1: a much better pass rusher than what you had in

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Speaker 1: Robert and Robert Griffith was good, but I mean, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: m Robert Quinn was good. I said last year, I

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Speaker 1: thought he was gonna have he was gonna be your best,

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Speaker 1: most productive pass rusher. But even at that, he's not

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Speaker 1: as good as Everson Griffin. So you got three pass

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Speaker 1: rushers this year that I feel like I'm gonna be

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Speaker 1: much better than what you had last year. I don't

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Speaker 1: think Tank played his best football last year. I think

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Speaker 1: he will be much better this year. All that being said,

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Speaker 1: I think that there is a difference between what you

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Speaker 1: can expect from the pass rush in two nineteen and

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Speaker 1: what you will expect it from it in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: Is that enough to maybe hide your secondary? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: What I'm saying is I do think it'll be better,

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Speaker 1: and if it is better, there is a chance that

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Speaker 1: it will be good enough to make your secondary pretty good.

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Speaker 1: And if that happens, there's no need to go out

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Speaker 1: and take a risk with Earl Thomas. That's the whole point.

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Speaker 1: I think you can hidey. Sorry I was I was

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Speaker 1: gonna say, first of all, thank you for being a gentleman.

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Speaker 1: You shouldn't let me stay first, But that's okay. Second

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Speaker 1: of all, here's the thing, here's the problem. It all

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Speaker 1: sounds great, it sounds amazing. Yes, we're excited about I

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Speaker 1: am excited about it. But I've heard this story before.

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Speaker 1: We heard it last year. We heard it after the draft.

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Speaker 1: How they spoke about, oh yeah, if our pass rush

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Speaker 1: is great, you know that trickles down and that's gonna

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Speaker 1: help out the secondary. Didn't didn't really help the secondary.

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Speaker 1: We've My point is here, and I'm not saying what

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Speaker 1: the players that we have right now are are bad

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Speaker 1: or anything. I'm excited about them. But the thing is,

842
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Speaker 1: I've heard this story before and i haven't seen it

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Speaker 1: actually happen. So that's where my problem comes in. I've

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Speaker 1: just I need to see it actually happened. I'm tired

845
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Speaker 1: of seeing Oh yeah, let me see this young guys.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you just need to see vettering guys that are experience,

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Speaker 1: that can actually go out there and are proven players. Well,

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Speaker 1: what is Brandon Carr? Is He not a proven player? Okay,

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Speaker 1: he's a proven pretty good players, right And what we

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Speaker 1: know right what we know right now, from what we

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00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: know right now from Earl Thomas is regardless of what

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Speaker 1: he can provide for you on the field, he has

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Speaker 1: been unreliable as a teammate, right, So you can't say

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Speaker 1: he's for sure either. Like what you're gonna get might

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Speaker 1: be you might get a great player that can last

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Speaker 1: the whole season. You might get a player that completely

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Speaker 1: destroys your locker room. All I'm saying is there's no

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Speaker 1: point in taking that risk until you know a little

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Speaker 1: bit more about what you think you already have. Let

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Speaker 1: me clarify, I'm not chomping at the bid to sign

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Speaker 1: Earl Thomas. I'm fine seeing what this is. But I

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Speaker 1: can't help but think about how many people were okay

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Speaker 1: with going into the eighteen season with no real receivers

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Speaker 1: and it took seven games to realize that that was

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Speaker 1: a mistake. And I think I won't be surprised if

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Speaker 1: that's what we wind up. Okay, So let me ask

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Speaker 1: you this though, in that instance, you actually took something

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Speaker 1: away from your wide receiver position. Do you think the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys safety position is worse this year than it was

870
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Speaker 1: last year? I just think the secondary as a whole

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00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: is worse than it is, and you those things have

872
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 1: to be weighed together, like your safeties are impacted by

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Speaker 1: your cornerbacks and how good they are. The Cowboys do

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00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:26,480
Speaker 1: not have a proven playmaker in their secondary period. That's problem.

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Speaker 1: Did they have one last year? I mean byer, he

876
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Speaker 1: was not a playmaker. It was a pretty good cornerback.

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Speaker 1: He was not a playmaker. He's a guy that you

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Speaker 1: can count on to take away half of the field

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Speaker 1: on a regular basis. I don't know if I say

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Speaker 1: takeaway half of the field. Okay, he was a pretty

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Speaker 1: good corner. Let's just he was a pro. Opponents never

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Speaker 1: targeted him ever. Okay, they just didn't do it. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it was because they felt like they had better options

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Speaker 1: on the other side. Right, Well, yeah, Derek, what happened

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Speaker 1: to you? I thought again about this is I'm just

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Speaker 1: thinking right now, you look at the safety position, I

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Speaker 1: don't I think they're actually better off than they were

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Speaker 1: last year. I think having darry and Thompson out there

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Speaker 1: with Xavier Woods, to me, is better than what they

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Speaker 1: had last year. So I'm okay with the safety position.

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Speaker 1: I kind of want to see what they can do

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Speaker 1: with this pass rush and if it's fine, if they

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Speaker 1: go out there and the Rams put up thirty five

894
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Speaker 1: forty points on them, then okay, let's rehab. Let's have

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Speaker 1: this discussion all over again, and let's talk about bringing

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Speaker 1: in Earl Thomas. But I just kind of want to

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Speaker 1: see if this pass rush makes the secondary better or not,

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Speaker 1: because you're right, Dave, they don't have a bunch of

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Speaker 1: proven great players in their secondary. I do think their

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Speaker 1: pass rush is better and that's always been a football thing. Ever.

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Speaker 1: To get to your point when you talk about, you know,

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Speaker 1: if you have a good pass rush, I think everybody

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Speaker 1: believes if you have a really good pass rush, it

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Speaker 1: does help your secondary. Maybe it wasn't enough last year,

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Speaker 1: but I do think with those three guys this year,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be different. I think it's gonna be better.

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Speaker 1: I wish I had worn sunglasses for this segment, for

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Speaker 1: all the sunshine that's coming at me from this direction

909
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 1: over here. Sunshine, it's very sunshiny. It's just very bright,

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Speaker 1: very bright. All I'm saying I want to see. I'm

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Speaker 1: saying I want to see. I just want to see. Nick,

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Speaker 1: what did you have thoughts on this? The funny part

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Speaker 1: is I'm saying the exact same thing Dave just been saying,

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Speaker 1: which is, let's wait and see, but go ahead. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's interesting. Honestly, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: I personally don't think the Cowboys are gonna do anything.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna wait and see. So it's kind

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Speaker 1: of a move point. I'll say it again. I don't

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Speaker 1: care if they signed Earl Thomas or not. But as

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Speaker 1: we sit here on the cusp of the twenty twenty season.

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Speaker 1: Their secondary is not better than I was last year.

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Speaker 1: Things about the same. Okay, all right, well, well we'll

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Speaker 1: check back in after we finish this game against the Rams,

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Speaker 1: and we'll decide what we think after that game. How's

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Speaker 1: it all right? St If that sounds good? Awesome? All right,

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Speaker 1: we appycate you guys join us. We're back tomorrow again.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have by Bucky Brooks join us. He will

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Speaker 1: talk about the Rams defense versus the Cowboys offense. We'll

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Speaker 1: also get into some other topics tomorrow and we'll start

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Speaker 1: getting you guys ready for Cowboys versus Ram. Till then

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Speaker 1: for Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton.

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