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Speaker 1: Is asked. Stand back as always in the house here
Speaker 1: on Tuesdays, we've got heck Ma Harrison and Rob Phillips
Speaker 1: at home, and guys were a couple of days removed
Speaker 1: from that twenty three to nine loss to the Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of other things on the line
Speaker 1: today as trade deadline day in the NFL is upon us.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about maybe the Cowboys potentially making a
Speaker 1: move one way or the other and maybe stay and put.
Speaker 1: We heard what Jerry Jones had to say this morning,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna break that down here in a minute
Speaker 1: as well. But I wanted to hear I wanted to
Speaker 1: break something else down on what we heard on the
Speaker 1: fan this morning, and the it doesn't have to do
Speaker 1: with Cowboys front office personnel. It has to do with
Speaker 1: one of our very own and that's mister Rob Phillips.
Speaker 1: And Rob, I heard the end of that interview you
Speaker 1: had with Sean and RJ just a couple moments ago.
Speaker 1: It was played for the entirety of the group here, Uh,
Speaker 1: explain the regulator what was going on there? Come on,
Speaker 1: I don't know what happened when right before I came on,
Speaker 1: I couldn't tell which member of their show was doing
Speaker 1: some kind of pop karaoke and I just I just
Speaker 1: said in passing and that was a big mistake. I said,
Speaker 1: we all need some karaoke in our lives right now
Speaker 1: for a lot of reasons. And so then it went
Speaker 1: down the road of what's what's your go to? I'm old,
Speaker 1: I haven't done karaoke in years, but I'm a nineties guy,
Speaker 1: So I said, Warren regulate, that's my favorite, one of
Speaker 1: my favorite songs of all time. So they had me
Speaker 1: do the intro on the way out, and you did you.
Speaker 1: You did it fantastic. I thought it was awesome. I mean,
Speaker 1: Isaiah was impressed wide I had impressed that. I didn't
Speaker 1: know that you had that that that that gangsta and
Speaker 1: you hrop. However, that was unfamiliar. You like that. I
Speaker 1: didn't like, Hey good, I thought I made a total
Speaker 1: ass of myself. But apparently not. No, no, he said
Speaker 1: you brought it. That was what what the het was.
Speaker 1: Words were, man, I just I got I don't even
Speaker 1: I don't even know rob Just. When you think you
Speaker 1: know a guy who pulls out Warrengy and Regulators and
Speaker 1: Nate Dog, I mean you even did the whole intro.
Speaker 1: He did that. He did that. I think we have
Speaker 1: I think we think we call him. I think we
Speaker 1: have to call him rob P like Warngy, but rob P.
Speaker 1: I think that's what we have referred to my mess
Speaker 1: from now on. Can you go with that. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: was awesome. That was awesome. Rob. Yeah, I'm glad. I'm
Speaker 1: glad they stopped me there because I could have gone
Speaker 1: like one or two more lines of Oh More. You know,
Speaker 1: you know they're gonna bring that back too. They're gonna
Speaker 1: bring it back next week. You're gonna pop on on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: and they're probably gonna intro the segment with you with
Speaker 1: with a little rob p And that song makes you
Speaker 1: feel better, you know, And we don't need to We
Speaker 1: all need to feel better these days. We don't, don't.
Speaker 1: You're not wrong about that stressful day for everyone involved
Speaker 1: in I guess the States. For those of you listening
Speaker 1: in nationally, you don't have to listen to this. But
Speaker 1: everybody go vote. Of course, Election day today, Go get
Speaker 1: it done, do your civic duty. And everybody love each other.
Speaker 1: I tweeted that out at this morning. No matter what
Speaker 1: ends up happening tonight, love all of you guys. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be a ton of fun talking football. But
Speaker 1: of course there's the other things out there today. But
Speaker 1: that's all we're gonna say on that because now it's
Speaker 1: a nerve wracking day for the NFL. It's a nerve
Speaker 1: wracking day because of the trade deadline and some of
Speaker 1: these moves that are going to happen for every franchise
Speaker 1: over the next couple of hours and robbed this morning.
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones on the Fan in his weekly interview with
Speaker 1: Sean and RJ before you went on, said pretty much
Speaker 1: the Cowboys looking to stay put. Now, you can take
Speaker 1: that with a grain assault, seeing that you don't want
Speaker 1: to give up what you're trying to do. But what
Speaker 1: did you think about Jerry's answer and really the mindset
Speaker 1: of the Cowboys here in the trade deadline day? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I think Jerry said improbability to try to
Speaker 1: get something done, at least something done. That's a big
Speaker 1: splash before three o'clock Central. So and I thought Stephen
Speaker 1: illustrated it well too on the Fan with K and
Speaker 1: C yesterday when he said, you know, he kind of
Speaker 1: went in a little bit more depth and talked about
Speaker 1: how deck Jerry did two in terms of the cap
Speaker 1: but also, um, you know, from a roster standpoint. You know,
Speaker 1: I think Steven talked about that they have needs, I
Speaker 1: mean defensively defensive tackle and they traded for how do
Speaker 1: you pronounce eli uh and and and Coo, I think
Speaker 1: is so yeah, so they've made you were right, they
Speaker 1: made They made a minor rock to move there before
Speaker 1: the deadline. But I think they're kind of looking at
Speaker 1: it like play play the young guys. Let's see what
Speaker 1: some of the young guys we already like on this roster.
Speaker 1: They've made moves last week to move on from veterans
Speaker 1: to open up that playing time, so they want to
Speaker 1: focus on that. And the other thing is too I
Speaker 1: just the vibe I guy from Steven and we kind
Speaker 1: of talked about this one move defensively. I don't know,
Speaker 1: is everything at this point, and so they're taking more
Speaker 1: of a long term view, not that they're not trying
Speaker 1: to win games, but I think they're taking a long
Speaker 1: term view of the cap and just kind of where
Speaker 1: they are with the roster right now and trying to
Speaker 1: be competitive with the young guys that they have. I
Speaker 1: think that just seems to be the approach right now. Pat,
Speaker 1: what do you think about that mindset? I think that's
Speaker 1: a smart mindset. With the fluctuation of the cap for
Speaker 1: next year, we're just kind of in a no man's
Speaker 1: land of knowing what that's going to be. But you know,
Speaker 1: you just have to think how the mighty have fallen.
Speaker 1: And when we at the beginning of the season, we
Speaker 1: were talking about how talented this roster is, and now
Speaker 1: we're at the point where we're talking about trading away
Speaker 1: guys to get picks or if there's anyone that could
Speaker 1: come in from outside of the organization to help us. Now,
Speaker 1: I just feel like what Jerry Jones said was was
Speaker 1: absolutely correct in the mind state of staying paton on
Speaker 1: what we have and trying to develop the young guys
Speaker 1: that we have, because we have a bunch of those,
Speaker 1: and so I don't object with it. I don't think
Speaker 1: that there's any ask trades that you can make that
Speaker 1: would come in and actually make your team better, So
Speaker 1: and I think that would be the thing that you
Speaker 1: would do, or offloading a guy to get more picks.
Speaker 1: And so it's staying the course of where we are
Speaker 1: right now, and right now it's starting to look like
Speaker 1: we would probably be in a top ten pick. I'm
Speaker 1: hoping not, but that's where the course is taking us.
Speaker 1: But if that is. If that is the case, that's
Speaker 1: then that's a smart place to be. And also, I
Speaker 1: heard you ask the question about Aldon Smith and not
Speaker 1: wanting to trade him a way that that may be
Speaker 1: just us wanting to offer a guy that's given us
Speaker 1: all that he can an extension, and we'll get to
Speaker 1: that coming up here in just a minute, but I
Speaker 1: wanted to get your scions on that as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't see any trades necessarily happening. You guys know
Speaker 1: my thoughts and my sentiments on free agents that are
Speaker 1: out there that can help us immediately, but I don't
Speaker 1: see I don't I don't foresee any any trades taking place.
Speaker 1: And you know, they're obviously smart to think about their
Speaker 1: cap space going forward, but ultimately, you know, you're you
Speaker 1: still you still have a great opportunity this year, and
Speaker 1: I think that you need to focus on trying to
Speaker 1: make sure that you have the best, you know, the
Speaker 1: best opportunity in this year to grasp all your all
Speaker 1: your wants and dreams, and that's that's still a reality.
Speaker 1: So do what you can to control the now. Obviously
Speaker 1: plan for the future. So you're still buying at the
Speaker 1: trade deadline based off of what you just said, but
Speaker 1: not trading. I think there's free agents out there. I
Speaker 1: think there's free agents out there that we can grab.
Speaker 1: I think there's some you know, I think there I
Speaker 1: think we probably could trade a couple of guys a
Speaker 1: way to grab acquire some pictures for the future. I
Speaker 1: don't think there's any players out there that would necessarily
Speaker 1: you can go grab. I don't think you're gonna get
Speaker 1: that much value for the guys that we currently have,
Speaker 1: But I think you can grab some some low end picks.
Speaker 1: But you go out there and grab a couple of
Speaker 1: free agents that can come come in and help you
Speaker 1: right now, No, I agree, And I think that's kind
Speaker 1: of the biggest thing right now is trying to find
Speaker 1: value in the guys that you're willing to trade right now.
Speaker 1: Who are you going to dangle out there that is
Speaker 1: going to get the value that you want back for him?
Speaker 1: Even right now Michael Gallup, I know he's been thrown
Speaker 1: around that I wouldn't be on the train of trading
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup. But even with him right now, that's a
Speaker 1: guy who, at least over the last couple games, his
Speaker 1: value hasn't been there at least the same that it
Speaker 1: has been in the past with Dak Prescott. So I
Speaker 1: don't know what teams are gonna be willing to do there.
Speaker 1: But heck, but you brought up Alden Smith, and I
Speaker 1: do want to get into him a little bit. Jerry
Speaker 1: confirming the report that Alden Smith was not a part
Speaker 1: of trade talks with Seattle or I guess they were
Speaker 1: a part, but they rejected the trade talks with Seattle
Speaker 1: for Alden Smith. And yes, this is a guy who's
Speaker 1: thirty one years old, who got off to a really
Speaker 1: hot start, who found a rhythm early, but has since
Speaker 1: kind of slowed down, at least in terms of the
Speaker 1: sack numbers. He's still putting up a little bit of
Speaker 1: production in good film. However, this kind of shows a
Speaker 1: little foreshadowing the fact that this means they're probably gonna
Speaker 1: try and extend this guy, right heckma, heck yeah you are,
Speaker 1: and he's giving you everything that you could have wanted.
Speaker 1: I think going into the season, you really there was
Speaker 1: a big question mark around Aldon Smith being out of
Speaker 1: the league for four and a half years and not
Speaker 1: knowing what that production was would look like. My god,
Speaker 1: did he trend up really quickly? And to give that
Speaker 1: away on a guy that could be he could probably
Speaker 1: give you some really some more good years. I don't
Speaker 1: think that's something that the Cowboys interested in doing, especially
Speaker 1: with where you get what you got him for, right.
Speaker 1: And so with Randy Gregory coming on, and obviously I'm
Speaker 1: hoping that Alvin Smith can mentor that guy because man,
Speaker 1: Randy Gregory also has an incredible motor. And you see
Speaker 1: why this franchise has put so much belief in him
Speaker 1: just by his first game, then actual action and seeing
Speaker 1: the kind of pressure that he's getting on the quarterback.
Speaker 1: But no, Alvin Smith is off of the list. Don't
Speaker 1: even bring his name up again, Rob, Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't think you ever trade that's pass rush is
Speaker 1: a position where if you've got some depth and some
Speaker 1: guys you like, hold onto him because they're hard to find.
Speaker 1: It's a it's a marquee position. And I think you
Speaker 1: know you mentioned Gallop earlier to Kyle and how obviously
Speaker 1: they don't want to trade Gallop. That what we're talking
Speaker 1: about leading up to today's deadline is like it's a
Speaker 1: it's a micro view. They're they're looking macro long term.
Speaker 1: That especially on offense, they have sighted the injuries, all
Speaker 1: the injuries they've had, and I know people don't want
Speaker 1: to hear that at some point. It's not an excuse,
Speaker 1: it's facts, and I think it has impacted them, especially offensively.
Speaker 1: They're they're I just I said this on Sean RJ.
Speaker 1: I think that the vibe we're getting is that they
Speaker 1: plan to run this thing back next year, especially on offense.
Speaker 1: You know, get healthy, bring Dak back, hopefully to resign
Speaker 1: him long term, and shore up your offensive line with
Speaker 1: your vets and you have all your all your talent
Speaker 1: at receiver and go play football. And then defensively, you're
Speaker 1: probably gonna see some changes, and there's gonna be changes
Speaker 1: because there's there's a lot of guys up in free
Speaker 1: agency next year. Albin Smith one of them, think X right,
Speaker 1: They're they're gonna try to resign him. We'll see if
Speaker 1: it turns out being a Robert Quinn type deal where
Speaker 1: you know, maybe the market prevents them from doing that,
Speaker 1: but certainly they want to try, and so having him
Speaker 1: as part of that rotation there, I think is wise
Speaker 1: at least to try to get that set for twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one. No, I don't have no no, no, no no,
Speaker 1: no said, I think you guys are absolutely correct. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think Gallop Gallop is probably on the table.
Speaker 1: If I had to put anybody on the table of
Speaker 1: one of any of our premier guys to be Gallop,
Speaker 1: uh somebody, it's not, and not for the reason, not
Speaker 1: for the fact that you actually want to get rid
Speaker 1: of him. It's probably you don't want to get rid
Speaker 1: of them. But in terms of the guys that you
Speaker 1: can actually get some value for right now, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: and where you can afford to lose somebody, you can
Speaker 1: afford to lose a receiver right now. I think we
Speaker 1: have a great trio. Um isn't necessary, no, right, and
Speaker 1: you can develop some young receivers right there's a lot
Speaker 1: of there's always receivers coming in out out of the draft.
Speaker 1: So I think you can get some good value for
Speaker 1: Gallop right now. Alton Smith, I don't think you want
Speaker 1: to get get rid of him, especially with your defensive
Speaker 1: line woes. Um, you probably want to try to hold
Speaker 1: on to the guys that actually have proven something. So
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think he's on the table by
Speaker 1: any means. But if you had to make a move,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna let one of your one of your
Speaker 1: main guys go, I think it's Gallup. Why Gallup and
Speaker 1: not a Marie Coup. Well, Cooper, you just paid them,
Speaker 1: so you're not gonna get rid of Cooper right because
Speaker 1: you just committed. That'd be the silliest thing ever. He
Speaker 1: just gave him a bunch of guarantee money. But Gallup,
Speaker 1: you know he's going to demand some money in the future.
Speaker 1: He's going to demand amenting in future. And I don't
Speaker 1: think that the Alice is going to be in a
Speaker 1: position to pay him in the future, not with the
Speaker 1: way that their salary cap issues are lined up. Right,
Speaker 1: So if you know that you're gonna have to offload
Speaker 1: him anyways down the road, you might as well get
Speaker 1: him while he's kind of hot now in terms of
Speaker 1: adding talent, and I know that's still kind of on
Speaker 1: the table as well. And Jerry didn't necessarily shoot it
Speaker 1: down whenever he talked about playing some of these young
Speaker 1: guys and evolving who you have as a part of
Speaker 1: it right now. But Rob, whenever it comes to his
Speaker 1: answer earlier and maybe the where am I going with this,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to talk about the additions that are coming in.
Speaker 1: It's because I don't believe this is going to happen.
Speaker 1: But do you see a potential of an addition at
Speaker 1: some point through before the trade deadline. And if you did,
Speaker 1: where would you see what? Position wise, would you even
Speaker 1: remotely think about adding somebody. I really don't based on
Speaker 1: what they've said, I mean, I guess you can never
Speaker 1: say never. It sounds it sounds like based on what
Speaker 1: they've kind of indicated, they'll take calls, but they're not
Speaker 1: going to make a bunch of calls and be aggressive.
Speaker 1: You know, maybe that changes before three o'clock. We'll see. Um.
Speaker 1: I know, I know Stephen referenced the defensive tackle position
Speaker 1: and we've talked about that one is you know, especially
Speaker 1: in the run defense, you know, moving on from Don
Speaker 1: Terry Poe, they're thin there. They've had trouble shoring up
Speaker 1: the middle of that defensive line. That's obvious. But as
Speaker 1: Steven pointed out, and it's kind of like I mentioned
Speaker 1: at pass rusher, you've got a solid, strong defensive tackle
Speaker 1: for your front um. Those those guys are hard to find,
Speaker 1: so it would take a lot of draft capital to
Speaker 1: do that. I don't I just don't see them trading
Speaker 1: big draft picks to try to make or run this year.
Speaker 1: Not that they're not trying to compete but I just
Speaker 1: I just don't I don't see that this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: trying to develop the guy. Yeah, just trying to develop
Speaker 1: the guys that you have. Uh. And if there was
Speaker 1: a need, if you were going to go somewhere, college
Speaker 1: would be at the d tackle for sure, because that's
Speaker 1: where the production has needed to come from and we
Speaker 1: just hadn't got gotten anything from it. And you look
Speaker 1: at guys like Neville Gallimore and now Tristan Hill. That
Speaker 1: injury also kind of amplifies because you get rid of Pole,
Speaker 1: you get rid of Everson Griffin, and so you need
Speaker 1: more guys and so Hamilton are the other guys that
Speaker 1: you have that are coming off of the practice squad
Speaker 1: in this whole youth movement and trying to get these
Speaker 1: guys from repping reps in Neville Gallimore has filled in,
Speaker 1: you know quite fine. We h there are some few
Speaker 1: a few things that he does that you want to
Speaker 1: underline circle in highlight that you want to improve on.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure there's a defense they've talked to this
Speaker 1: guy about that. But that's where we have to get
Speaker 1: the push in. If we're looking anywhere, it's going to
Speaker 1: be at the d tackle. And also safety, and I'm
Speaker 1: sure Isaiah has a lot. Yeah, I mean I think
Speaker 1: they're I think the safety position obviously, I've been everybody
Speaker 1: knows where I stand on this. I think that's a
Speaker 1: position that we can add and it would have a
Speaker 1: huge impact right now. I think that's a position that
Speaker 1: you get that you can have a drastic impact. And
Speaker 1: obviously the defensive line. Obviously you see Dallas trying to
Speaker 1: make some moves in that regard in terms of trading
Speaker 1: for for Eli Uma know how to pronounced his last name,
Speaker 1: m uncle, I would assume think, yeah, ads, something like that, Yeah,
Speaker 1: something like that. You know. So they're trying to get
Speaker 1: some young, hungry guys in here. So they did do that.
Speaker 1: I know, nobody's really talking about that right now. Um,
Speaker 1: probably not a lot of film out, but you know,
Speaker 1: they're bringing in guys that are hungry at that position
Speaker 1: and they're hoping that some of that turns into fruition. Um.
Speaker 1: But yeah, safety, man, safety, If you get a safety
Speaker 1: back there, your your secondary warriors go away. UM. I
Speaker 1: think that, you know, a great communication on the back
Speaker 1: end of your defense makes a huge difference. Um. And
Speaker 1: then it's in terms of upfront you just need effort.
Speaker 1: You need some effort guys. You need guys that are
Speaker 1: you know, they're and they're getting that right now and
Speaker 1: they're they're going to get better. Um, they're obviously not
Speaker 1: very good right now, but they will get better. And
Speaker 1: that's this position where you just have to have a
Speaker 1: ton of reps. When you're in the secondary, you need
Speaker 1: you need a lot of identification, right You need to
Speaker 1: be able to identified you know, you need concepts. You
Speaker 1: need to be identify splits, you need to identify, you know, thrends.
Speaker 1: And that's where a veteran safety can come in and
Speaker 1: help those guys out in Neverguard. Yeah, and I think
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about the safety position coming up a
Speaker 1: little bit later on as well, because I want to
Speaker 1: hear all of y'all's opinions on Donovan Wilson and how
Speaker 1: he played on Sunday because he did have the turnover,
Speaker 1: he had the forced fumble of Carson Wentz early in
Speaker 1: the football game, but I want to kind of hear
Speaker 1: what you guys thought about him in general moving forward.
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy had some really good words about him yesterday
Speaker 1: in his press conference. But when we come back, it's
Speaker 1: officially nine fifty. We'll go to fans on the fifty
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Speaker 1: periscope and the Twitter got some good ones already, and
Speaker 1: keep bringing him, keep bringing. We're gonna bring the fire
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Speaker 1: Continue sending in your questions. I'm reading the periscope stream
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Speaker 1: a Ron and he says, will Cheeto be back this week?
Speaker 1: Of course he was supposed to be back last week,
Speaker 1: but what are the words around the building in terms
Speaker 1: of Cheetahowoozier making his return against Pittsburgh. It sounds like
Speaker 1: they're optimistic about this week, and I'm like you, guys, man,
Speaker 1: I was surprised he didn't play and wasn't activated off
Speaker 1: of IR on Saturday, because I feel like late in
Speaker 1: the week Mike McCarthy was talking about not just whether
Speaker 1: he would play, but how many snaps he would play
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Speaker 1: ready coming off the hamstring, and Sean Lee and Joe
Speaker 1: Looney were activated instead, But they could have activated him.
Speaker 1: They just wanted to wait another week. I think he was.
Speaker 1: I think he started the practice window on the twenty second,
Speaker 1: so they didn't have to do it over this past weekend.
Speaker 1: And I think there's probably a decent chance they'll be
Speaker 1: back this week all right. And whenever it comes to
Speaker 1: Cheeto Heckman, you look at what he brings to the table,
Speaker 1: especially as just extra security in that secondary. What a
Speaker 1: week it would be back to have him back against
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh coming up this week. Well, if there's a week
Speaker 1: for him to come back and make an impact, it
Speaker 1: would be this one. Obviously we could have definitely used
Speaker 1: him in his strength last week, but this we we
Speaker 1: have some firepower coming our way at AT and TU
Speaker 1: this Sunday and Chase Claypool, they Juju Smith Schuster. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be quite an event for our secondary. So Cheeto,
Speaker 1: you know what he gives you. He's a lot physical,
Speaker 1: He's a you know, physical corner for us. And I
Speaker 1: think with he and Diggs and Brown and people are
Speaker 1: not talking about Brown. Brown did really well versus the
Speaker 1: Eagles also. I want to make mention of that, But
Speaker 1: Cheeto would be a necessary addition to our secondary that's
Speaker 1: looking to get healthier and would definitely show up and
Speaker 1: make up some plays for us. Do you think the
Speaker 1: same thing I do? I do it hurt that they
Speaker 1: didn't have him. And the thing about bringing Cheeto back is,
Speaker 1: you know, you take the pressure off of Digs of
Speaker 1: having to facial number one receiver. And I think that's
Speaker 1: absolutely imperative right now because Diggs is obviously he's not
Speaker 1: ready for that. He's he's getting better, he's getting better,
Speaker 1: but he should not have to bear that responsibility. So
Speaker 1: I think as soon as Cheeto comes back, I think,
Speaker 1: you know, things get better on that end. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about potential position change. This is from Gary. By the way,
Speaker 1: Gary went and voted this morning. He sent a picture
Speaker 1: of the I voted today, so Gee went out and voted.
Speaker 1: He says Jalen Smith is downright bad at linebackers. So
Speaker 1: that's how he starts this question off bringing the fire
Speaker 1: and I like it. Wow, what would you guys think?
Speaker 1: What would you guys think about moving him onto the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage as a situational pass rusher already with
Speaker 1: a big no, Okay, that's the question. Why not for
Speaker 1: the same reasons why you think he's not a good linebackers.
Speaker 1: The same reason why he wouldn't be a good defensive
Speaker 1: man that he cannot get off blocks and he gets
Speaker 1: consumed by officeive lignement. So by putting him that much
Speaker 1: closer with less momentum, it's probably not going to work
Speaker 1: to his advantage. Okay, Rob, Yeah, he's he's too high.
Speaker 1: Just looked it up. He's two hundred and thirty pounds.
Speaker 1: I can't ask him to do that line up on
Speaker 1: the edge and and and getting a three point stance
Speaker 1: and and take on blockers. I mean, I think I
Speaker 1: think role in agreement. His best skill is probably moving
Speaker 1: forward blitzing. That's different than than than playing the position
Speaker 1: full time. Heck yeah, definitely. And man, everybody's down on
Speaker 1: on Jalen, and rightfully so Taylan is. Man, he's making
Speaker 1: some misreads and it just looks bad on his part.
Speaker 1: And I don't think a position changes the answer. And
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of this this thing that
Speaker 1: you think that you can just plug and play guys,
Speaker 1: and it just doesn't work like that. And at two
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty pounds, he would definitely be on an
Speaker 1: island for some right tackle to feast on. So I
Speaker 1: don't think that that would be ideal for if you
Speaker 1: think he's bad, now wait until you switch him to
Speaker 1: d end. Yeah. I think he would have to add
Speaker 1: a good twenty pounds at least and then also find
Speaker 1: a way to change direction at the same time learn
Speaker 1: how to pivot a little bit, maybe two forty but
Speaker 1: still yeah, yeah, exactly. I still think yeah, either way,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to ask some way. And since Gary
Speaker 1: went off and voted, we're gonna actually let him ask
Speaker 1: two questions in a row. And that doesn't happen a
Speaker 1: whole lot on this show. So congratulations, Gary, you went
Speaker 1: and voted, We're gonna give you two. Also, Luke Gifford
Speaker 1: showed some real promise this year before his injury. Is
Speaker 1: there any chance we see him or the undrafted free
Speaker 1: agent Francis Bernard anytime soon? Rob, That's that's a that's
Speaker 1: an interesting thought. Um, you know maybe. I mean, I
Speaker 1: I can't tell you I have a good feel for
Speaker 1: Luke Gifford just because of the injuries. I mean, he
Speaker 1: hasn't played this year, and he was really in and
Speaker 1: out of the lineup last year. When he's been on
Speaker 1: the field those preseason games, he does have some instincts.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a physical player like what we saw
Speaker 1: from Francis Bernard in preseason. Um, but I kind of
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, there, Sean Lee is gonna be
Speaker 1: set for more snaps here. I think he had four
Speaker 1: in the game, uh the other day, and I think
Speaker 1: Mike said they wanted to get him probably like a dozen.
Speaker 1: So I think they're still gonna try to work him
Speaker 1: in because m having Sean on the field will will
Speaker 1: help the run defense, the defense in general, just from
Speaker 1: a communication standpoint. I mean, he knows what he's doing
Speaker 1: back there, and I think they're still trying to shore
Speaker 1: that up and the best way to do that, I
Speaker 1: think is to get Sean Lee on the field a
Speaker 1: little bit more. Completely agree with you, Rob, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: completely agree with you Rob on that. And Gifford came
Speaker 1: into the league from Nebraska with the injury bug and
Speaker 1: it's just continued. I know, he's a guy that's trying
Speaker 1: to get healthy and get on the roll, and he's
Speaker 1: a fan favorite because we just don't know what he
Speaker 1: can do. But Francis Bernard is another kid that's that's
Speaker 1: doing really well for us and special teams, and that's
Speaker 1: gonna be his way to get involved defensively. But Rob,
Speaker 1: you're right, Sean Lee is back. He gives us that
Speaker 1: added leadership, you know, along with vander esh that I
Speaker 1: think we needed right and his injury and return, maybe
Speaker 1: it helps shore up some of the miscommunication that we've
Speaker 1: had in the you know, just in the front line,
Speaker 1: and you just see so much a weekend and week
Speaker 1: out just miscommunication and guy's getting lined up properly. That's
Speaker 1: been a problem for the Dallas Cowboys defense. So you know,
Speaker 1: Sean Lee being back is definitely big, but that would
Speaker 1: be a hard pass on gift or right now, leave
Speaker 1: it the way it is, Leave it the way it is,
Speaker 1: Leave it the way it is. Sean Lee roll him
Speaker 1: in there, and he didn't look that good though he
Speaker 1: got he got hit stick a little bit when I
Speaker 1: saw him. But he has to get some reps underneath
Speaker 1: him him again. But yeah, I mean Shan Lee's mental capacity.
Speaker 1: I mean, when you when you're smart, when you're a
Speaker 1: smart player in this league, especially at the linebacker position,
Speaker 1: it allows for you to play a long time even
Speaker 1: when your physical has gone away. And there's a perfect
Speaker 1: example that by a name of a guy by the
Speaker 1: name of ray Lewis played a lot of years, even
Speaker 1: when his physical ability started kind of doing the lean
Speaker 1: going away, but simply because he was smarter. I mean,
Speaker 1: he was able to identify things we talked about the
Speaker 1: identity piece, and he's able to see things that he
Speaker 1: saw on film. He gets to see it in person.
Speaker 1: He's able to beat you there by getting there maybe
Speaker 1: a half step earlier. He's able to do that. Shan
Speaker 1: Lee's gonna be able to do that, and he's gonna
Speaker 1: be able to help his defensive lignement. These hungry young
Speaker 1: guys get lined up in a proper position, um as
Speaker 1: he sees things that he that he saw on film. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I think we're seeing the at least the example
Speaker 1: of if you have good linebackers, healthy linebackers. I should say,
Speaker 1: if you have healthy linebackers in the fold as starters,
Speaker 1: they usually don't leave the field a whole lot in
Speaker 1: the middle of the game. And I mean Joe Thomas
Speaker 1: is still in that conversation as maybe that third or
Speaker 1: fourth guy you still have. I guess Gifford would probably
Speaker 1: be the next man up in that case. But even then,
Speaker 1: I mean he showed some flashes for sure, and I
Speaker 1: thought Bernard was better during training camp, and that's really
Speaker 1: the biggest chunk of time we've seen those guys actually
Speaker 1: on the field. But I mean, I also thought we
Speaker 1: had a good look at training camp for a lot
Speaker 1: of guys, and that hasn't necessarily panned out either, so
Speaker 1: you can't really trust that. Yeah, I think there's I
Speaker 1: think there's a difference between you know, playing the young
Speaker 1: guys just to play the young guys, and playing the
Speaker 1: young guys because guys in front of them are not
Speaker 1: being productive. And I think, you know, look done Terry Poe,
Speaker 1: Daryl Worley, even Everson Griffin. I mean, they moved on
Speaker 1: because they wanted to see maybe more production from from
Speaker 1: younger guys we're talking about as Sean Lee, Ronald and Smith.
Speaker 1: I think they feel better about getting production from those
Speaker 1: guys when they're healthier when they're on the field. That's
Speaker 1: there's a difference between just trotting out the young guys
Speaker 1: just to play the young guys. I don't think they're
Speaker 1: in that mode yet. I think they're just trying to
Speaker 1: feel the best guys they can to help try to
Speaker 1: get something going. Defensively, They're still in that mode. It's
Speaker 1: not it's not a tank mode. It's just not. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's just it's a tryout mode. It's honestly what it
Speaker 1: kind of feels like. It's come prove yourself right now
Speaker 1: and find a way to get some of those reps
Speaker 1: later on in your career. Now, speaking of making moves
Speaker 1: and clearing way and doing something crazy, how about this?
Speaker 1: This is from Darby on our periscope stream. By the way,
Speaker 1: keep sending in questions, but does it make sense to
Speaker 1: deal one Ezekiel Elliott while he still has value? Why
Speaker 1: are you shaking your head? Isaiah? Answer the question? No?
Speaker 1: Um no, So I mean why where do you find
Speaker 1: another Zeke? Do you not have one in the backfield? No?
Speaker 1: You don't actually, um, I mean Paula's are good back
Speaker 1: but he's no Zeke. Let's be let's be honest about it. Um.
Speaker 1: Zeke's down right now. Just because somebody's down for a
Speaker 1: couple of games doesn't mean that you just ship them off.
Speaker 1: He's been good to this organization for a long time.
Speaker 1: He has a lot of juice left. I don't think
Speaker 1: there's any question about that. He had a couple of
Speaker 1: fumbels this year and he has an office, a line
Speaker 1: that's that's um, that's playing musical chairs. Things were settling
Speaker 1: and he'll start getting back to being the zeke that
Speaker 1: everybody knows. But it takes more than just a running
Speaker 1: back and getting the ball from the quarterback to be
Speaker 1: successful in this league. Now, I mean, and once once
Speaker 1: the Cowboys figure things out out up front, you know,
Speaker 1: I think he'll fix it. I think him pretty sure
Speaker 1: he's fixed his fumbling woes. Um, then it's just a't
Speaker 1: matter just finding the holes. But you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: not just it's not easy as getting the ball and running.
Speaker 1: There's there's guys on the other side of the ball
Speaker 1: that are getting hate to do what they do and
Speaker 1: their jobs to stop you. And if they're better than
Speaker 1: your guys up front, your chances are getting a good
Speaker 1: yard is just not gonna happen. But you, I mean,
Speaker 1: he had he had an okay game the other night. Uns. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was better than the first two games or the
Speaker 1: last two games, I guess in that regard. Yeah, heck,
Speaker 1: when do you agree? No, I agree with it, And
Speaker 1: it's just Man twenty twenty, and the council culture of
Speaker 1: Mafia is a trip. Man and you know, I get it.
Speaker 1: I get it. I think a guy has a down year.
Speaker 1: You start if you start listening to people say, you know,
Speaker 1: the running back position is down, and all the analytical
Speaker 1: people that say you really don't need a running back
Speaker 1: to win, uh, you start to kind of buy in
Speaker 1: to those. I just don't believe that. I think that.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a I'm a guy watched football boxing
Speaker 1: and I'm big time boxing fan. I think a lot
Speaker 1: of times when you watch a boxer take some some
Speaker 1: big shots, it changes who that guy is. And some
Speaker 1: time off, you know, getting in a good training camp,
Speaker 1: you see your whole another guy returned to the ring.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at his Zeke just like that man. He's
Speaker 1: taking some shots. Man, I don't care if you watch
Speaker 1: the tape. Just like the blitz from the linebacker from
Speaker 1: the Riskins, that was a shot, and he is taking
Speaker 1: a few just this year. And so I'm not saying
Speaker 1: that he's gunshot. I just think that he's a running
Speaker 1: back that's looking for that contact to be on him
Speaker 1: once he gets the ball. And you're seeing that repeatedly
Speaker 1: on tape. Zeke will get get the hand off, and
Speaker 1: there's a guy already on his hip pocket. So just
Speaker 1: for him, I just I just really want for him
Speaker 1: to finish this year off as strong as he can. Um.
Speaker 1: I think now in the NFL, a thousand yards is nothing,
Speaker 1: but at the same time, if he could reach that,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a positive for him. I didn't know
Speaker 1: you're a boxing fan too. Heck, that's cool, we got
Speaker 1: something to talk about. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a good
Speaker 1: analogy I think. Um, I'm in agreement with you guys
Speaker 1: because I mentioned running back next year. I think they're
Speaker 1: absolutely gonna running back offensively. It's a It's been a
Speaker 1: really weird year for Zeke because of the score. Some
Speaker 1: of it's been his fault, and he's owned up to
Speaker 1: those mistakes, those turnovers that have put the offense in
Speaker 1: deficits along with the defense that have limited his opportunities.
Speaker 1: And then the line is a factor too. There haven't
Speaker 1: been the big explosive runs the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: That's well documented. I know people that are critical of
Speaker 1: Zeke have cited that. I continue to look at the
Speaker 1: ten plus yard runs, which do count as explosive runs
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and despite the lack of carries, he's
Speaker 1: going to have probably the lowest carry total he's had
Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen when he missed six games on suspension.
Speaker 1: He's right there in the top eleven and ten plus
Speaker 1: yard runs this year, he's right there. I think he's
Speaker 1: got twelve. He's tied with James Connor, he's tied with
Speaker 1: the Kamara and Derrick Henry's got seventeen. So I think
Speaker 1: he can he can still be productive for them. They
Speaker 1: just need to take care of better care of the ball.
Speaker 1: They've got to get healthier on the offensive line and
Speaker 1: have some leads every now and then. God for every
Speaker 1: now and then, when you're not playing from behind, it's
Speaker 1: it's wonderful when you can do that. It happened a
Speaker 1: couple of times last last week and it actually helped
Speaker 1: Ben d Nucci. So that's that's kind of where they're at.
Speaker 1: And I look, I would like to see more Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard the rest of the way too. It's not so
Speaker 1: much about Zeke. It's just look the way he ran
Speaker 1: last week, and they need that type of balance back.
Speaker 1: They need both guys to help out the quarterback, whoever's
Speaker 1: in there. I've got a look at us Rob learning
Speaker 1: a lot about each other. You know, I didn't know
Speaker 1: you were Warren g fan. That's Rob Pe coming at
Speaker 1: you live from the SWBC Mortgage studios, Rob P. I've
Speaker 1: got a I've got a very bold thing to say
Speaker 1: about Tony P and mister Ezekiel Elliott. I think Zeke
Speaker 1: is by far the better back, and you don't get
Speaker 1: rid of him. So I'm an ingrediance of all of
Speaker 1: you guys, but I think Tony Pollard is a better
Speaker 1: suited back for your current situation with the line that
Speaker 1: you have up front. Ezekiel Ellie, it's a guy who
Speaker 1: you want one on one tacklers against. You want him
Speaker 1: to break a tackle. That's what springs his long runs.
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard's a guy that's gonna run around you. He's
Speaker 1: not as physical a back. He's more of an elusive back.
Speaker 1: He's somebody who can break a tackle and then maybe
Speaker 1: make the second man miss. That's never been Zeke's game.
Speaker 1: It never has been. He's been a physical back of
Speaker 1: bellcal somebody who's over and over and over again gonna
Speaker 1: get the football. Whereas Tony Pollard is one of those
Speaker 1: lightning in a bottle type of players. I hear you Okay,
Speaker 1: I hear you. And if if, if running back only,
Speaker 1: if your only job as a running back, your soul,
Speaker 1: your sole purpose was to simply get the ball and
Speaker 1: run it, I might agree agree with you. Okay, however, um,
Speaker 1: there's a game called passing. I agree completely. These guys
Speaker 1: have to block, and if anybody's been paying any attention,
Speaker 1: Ezekiel is probably one of the best blocking running backs
Speaker 1: in the league. He saved multiple songs as he's done
Speaker 1: a heck of a job this year picking up blitz.
Speaker 1: As we know, we've seen a lot of it. He's
Speaker 1: just go back and watch the film. He's picking dues
Speaker 1: up left and right and knocking him. He's putting his
Speaker 1: head in there. When he hasn't been able to run
Speaker 1: the ball effectively, he's blocked effectively. Mean, he's gotten himself
Speaker 1: embarrassed a couple of times as well. I mean as
Speaker 1: that you know their professional sky is gonna happen, but
Speaker 1: he is. He has stuck his neck out there for
Speaker 1: these quarterbacks, all three of them, and I think that
Speaker 1: has something that you know, they have to give him
Speaker 1: respect for it and never regard you guys agree, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he said it. He laid it down on the table. No,
Speaker 1: I'm glad. I'm glad you brought that up, because there
Speaker 1: is more to the tailback position than just running the football.
Speaker 1: I'm talking specifically running it. You could go either way,
Speaker 1: but I think Zeke's definitely the more and it's not
Speaker 1: even close. I don't think the more valuable back, and
Speaker 1: you don't necessarily move on from that when you have
Speaker 1: a talent like him in the backfield. We got a
Speaker 1: couple more questions. We're gonna go and answer those later
Speaker 1: on on Twitter, but we do have to take our
Speaker 1: second break. When we come back. I'll ask I'll answer
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Speaker 1: we do these virtual shows, we have like a side
Speaker 1: channel that we all hear each other on and see
Speaker 1: each other on. And then basically Hecma and Rob are
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Speaker 1: So we have one more segment here, a couple more minutes,
Speaker 1: and Chris asked this question. I wanted to bring it
Speaker 1: up anyways, because it was a topic of conversation yesterday
Speaker 1: following the loss to Philadelphia, and it was definitely on
Speaker 1: our show talking about the play calling. And Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: was asked yesterday during this press conference, why won't Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy take over the play calling from Kellen Moore? And
Speaker 1: he said it's a non issue. He said, it's not
Speaker 1: even a question. Hadn't even crossed his mind, not even
Speaker 1: a thing that they're talking about doing. But we even
Speaker 1: talked about it yesterday. There were lapses in play calling
Speaker 1: whenever it came to that game on Sunday night, Rob
Speaker 1: and what do you think about what McCarthy said at
Speaker 1: the table, I enjoy the fact and I respect the
Speaker 1: fact that he didn't throw his man under the bus.
Speaker 1: But at some point that's to be a conversation to
Speaker 1: be had, right I don't Now, I don't think he's
Speaker 1: planning to do that. Okay, he's you know, he's he
Speaker 1: wants to empower his coaches, and I think he wants
Speaker 1: to show faith in his coaches. And I feel like
Speaker 1: in order for him to do that, he's am I
Speaker 1: still off, No, you're we can hear I'm hearing myself twice.
Speaker 1: In order to have success offensively, I think he wants
Speaker 1: to empower his coaches, and to do that, I think
Speaker 1: he's got to show faith with them, even when they're
Speaker 1: having injuries, when there's problems upfront, and you know, they
Speaker 1: didn't have these same problems with the injuries before the injuries.
Speaker 1: So I think really with the issues they've had have
Speaker 1: been situationally. The fumble near outside the red zone in
Speaker 1: the third quarter, you know, and some of the things
Speaker 1: they've dialed up in the red zone. They've just got
Speaker 1: to be a little bit better situationally. But I think overall,
Speaker 1: you've got a point to the injuries more than anything
Speaker 1: than what Kellen Moore's done from play calling standpoint at
Speaker 1: this point. HECKMA, you know, that's a difficult one for
Speaker 1: me because I've always respected my coach Mike McCarthy as
Speaker 1: a play caller. That's, you know, as I'm used to
Speaker 1: seeing him standing there with that laminated play sheet calling
Speaker 1: his plays. And I guess when he during the hiring
Speaker 1: process or and he won't admitted because he was said
Speaker 1: that he wanted Kellen Moore on his staff. But it's
Speaker 1: hard for me to fathom a guy that's gone his
Speaker 1: whole career calling plays now all of a sudden just
Speaker 1: giving that up. But if that's the case, there has
Speaker 1: to be some questions, especially last against Philadelphia with just
Speaker 1: the double reverses the play call. I just thought that
Speaker 1: was a horrible play call, and I guess you could
Speaker 1: question through the season just multiple things that have happened.
Speaker 1: But I have always thought that Mike McCarthy would have
Speaker 1: been the better play call for this team, but we
Speaker 1: just hadn't seen it. And I understand whether that energy
Speaker 1: is coming from from my fan base. I think that
Speaker 1: Kelly Moore was just I think this was his first test.
Speaker 1: I think this past week was his first test, and
Speaker 1: I think he failed his first test. I think he's
Speaker 1: always had a lot of weapons at his disposer. I
Speaker 1: think he's always had a great office, a line, he's at,
Speaker 1: a great quarterback, and this is the first time he's
Speaker 1: really facing any real adversity as off as a coordinator.
Speaker 1: And I don't think that he stepped up to the
Speaker 1: plate in that regard. I think that he's a competitor
Speaker 1: at heart. So I'm pretty sure as any competitor would,
Speaker 1: I think they'll come back and try to bounce back.
Speaker 1: It's just unfortunate that he has to try to bounce
Speaker 1: back against the Pittsburgh Steelers team. Yeah. Well, even whenever
Speaker 1: you talk about being his first test, I mean even
Speaker 1: the week prior against Washington, you wouldn't call that a test.
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't call that a test because I mean,
Speaker 1: you bring in an all pro quarterback, I mean against
Speaker 1: that defensive line. Though I guess that defensive line. It
Speaker 1: is a test in that regard, But nothing changes in
Speaker 1: terms of your play calling, right, your your quarterback, your
Speaker 1: capability of your quarterback to be able to handle the
Speaker 1: situations ain't the same. Um, I mean obviously now there's
Speaker 1: a there's a there was a drop off in production
Speaker 1: because because he's not Dak of course, and I don't know,
Speaker 1: I've eating that up on Twitter, but um, you know,
Speaker 1: Annie Dalton can handle everything that you throw him in
Speaker 1: terms of the playbook. So there's no question mark there.
Speaker 1: And the question mark, you know, comes in when you
Speaker 1: are dealing with a quarterback who you have to dumb
Speaker 1: the playbook down for it, right, who you have to
Speaker 1: simplify things for how you have to scheme things up
Speaker 1: so that he understands it and he's and that he
Speaker 1: can read the defenses and you know, it doesn't really
Speaker 1: matter what the defense is. This play is gonna work
Speaker 1: no matter what or whatever you see because you don't
Speaker 1: have the knowledge or a confidence to check out of
Speaker 1: a play, right. So that's where the test was. And
Speaker 1: I think he felt that's a that's a big one, man,
Speaker 1: because he was trying to get a rookie ready to
Speaker 1: play the Philadelphia defense. And look, I know we're gonna
Speaker 1: be harsh on him, and I was harsh just with
Speaker 1: the reverse in the red zone. I thought that was
Speaker 1: a bad place to try that. But you know, I mean, look,
Speaker 1: we just got to pull it back a little bit
Speaker 1: because you know, the NUCI just was overwhelmed with what
Speaker 1: he saw last week. Period. Yeah, I think the staff
Speaker 1: from ESPN was he was like, oh, for nine in
Speaker 1: passes or over eleven something like that, passes ten yards
Speaker 1: or more of they just you know, the pocket awareness
Speaker 1: and just reading the defenses. It was. I think that
Speaker 1: was just a real challenge just trying to be functional
Speaker 1: back there. So I'm a little more hesitant to put
Speaker 1: it put it on the play calling at this point.
Speaker 1: I think I didn't even really have a problem with
Speaker 1: some of the trick stuff. I think I think situation,
Speaker 1: Like I said, situationally though, like that one drop, I
Speaker 1: mean the one with the ten yard loss with Cedric Wilson,
Speaker 1: don't dial that one up. At that point, you're running
Speaker 1: the football, you're having success, you're taking the pressure off
Speaker 1: your quarterback. You know, you just gotta watch being tricky
Speaker 1: in that in that situation. Just stick with what's working.
Speaker 1: And that's kind of what we had talked about previously,
Speaker 1: was we expected the trick plays. We expected something different,
Speaker 1: A new wrinkle, is what Mike McCarthy said it as yesterday.
Speaker 1: He wanted the new wrinkle in his fence, and they
Speaker 1: brought that it was the situational of that one third
Speaker 1: down or excuse me, third quarter play that ended up
Speaker 1: being a loss of ten on it, and just it
Speaker 1: was odd. It was it was odd placement for that one.
Speaker 1: And I think that's where maybe the learning comes involved,
Speaker 1: and maybe Mike has more say than what we're what
Speaker 1: we're leading on to believe. I mean, he's still got
Speaker 1: a play sheet in his hand, he's still got the
Speaker 1: headset on. He may give that that extra little bit
Speaker 1: of guidance for Kellen Moore, a young padawan, more on
Speaker 1: the sideline of making sure that he knows what's going
Speaker 1: on and knows that, hey, we've got this in the
Speaker 1: bag at some point whenever he comes to running the ball,
Speaker 1: let's not necessarily do this right here. Maybe that's something
Speaker 1: that's kind of put on the table for next week.
Speaker 1: And hopefully Dalton's back next week too, and you might
Speaker 1: get him back and there's still a chance that he
Speaker 1: doesn't clear concussion protocol, but all signs pointing to him
Speaker 1: being ready for Pittsburgh. But hopefully he's ready to go
Speaker 1: and healthy in doing so as well. But that's going
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