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Speaker 1: It's Week two when the Giants are prime for a

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Speaker 1: Sunday night football matchup with the Cowboys in Dallas. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to Crossfire, presented by a Prime Point. I'm Madeline Burke,

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Speaker 1: joined by Howard Cross and Carl Banks. Guys, the Giants

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Speaker 1: are coming off a Week one loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: a team that last season was just one game away

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Speaker 1: from the Super Bowl. Now, the Giants have said that

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Speaker 1: they saw a lot of positives from that game. How

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Speaker 1: does this team go from a good game to a

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Speaker 1: good win? What's more important? Offense or defense? Well, you

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Speaker 1: need a team effort. But the spotlight has been justifiably

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Speaker 1: put on the offense. I think the offense has to

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Speaker 1: clean up a lot of things that were exposed. You

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Speaker 1: know what, I do give you that the offense do.

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Speaker 1: They do need to clean a few things up, or

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Speaker 1: they do need to figure something out. But they played

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Speaker 1: against nine throw bowlers. I think it's gonna be the defense.

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Speaker 1: If you stop Dallas, they don't score. If you can

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Speaker 1: bottle up Zeke making a Dack Scott kind of game,

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Speaker 1: there's nobody there to stop you. Just stop them on defense,

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Speaker 1: you might even get a score. Well, if you look

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Speaker 1: bad against the pro bowlers, then the non pro bowler

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Speaker 1: is gonna try you too and see if they can

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Speaker 1: make you look bad too. I still believe, as the

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Speaker 1: coach says, as the offensive line takes them, so will

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Speaker 1: they go. I'll tell you what. That's great with the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, I totally understand and I respect it. But

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Speaker 1: if you get the defense, get them backed up, play

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Speaker 1: field position, defense, defense, defense, keep giving the offense chances,

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Speaker 1: they'll build some confidence. This could be the week that

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Speaker 1: they grow greatly grow if you give them a chance,

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Speaker 1: and I think you stop them early, hit them a lot,

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Speaker 1: back them up, getting the ball the eli over and

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Speaker 1: over again. They're gonna get a chance. With some weapons.

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Speaker 1: Offense would be great, but the defense has to figure

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Speaker 1: it out well across. That's a good point. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the defense going against kind of a depleted Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 1: offense that no longer has Dez Bryan, no longer has

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Speaker 1: Jason Witten. But on the offensive side of the ball. Also,

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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Talk this week and he said, you know,

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Speaker 1: we've got a lot of looks, a lot of options,

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Speaker 1: and we've got a lot of ways that we can

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Speaker 1: have this versatility and break off those big games. So

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Speaker 1: when you go a get to the Dallas Cowboys without Witting,

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Speaker 1: without Dez, how different does this team look. I think

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Speaker 1: they're new. It's totally different. Let's be honest about it,

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Speaker 1: because for years we've been used to seeing Jason Witten

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Speaker 1: for thirty years almost, and still it seems like and

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Speaker 1: then they're a new team. And I will tell you what,

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Speaker 1: it's a great team. When Dak Prescott comes in, he

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Speaker 1: inherits a team with a Jason Witten, with a dead Brian.

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Speaker 1: Not just dead Brandad's Brian and his prime. He's going

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Speaker 1: down to Philly's making plays. He's one of the most

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Speaker 1: unstoppable receivers in the league. And you got Witten who's

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Speaker 1: consistent catching tennant twelve balls and games. It might be

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Speaker 1: eight yard passes, but he keeps catching them. Without those

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Speaker 1: two guys. Without those two guys, there's no safety blanket

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Speaker 1: to say, just say the words. There's nobody there to

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Speaker 1: help him. I know it's Zeke Elliot, but you can

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Speaker 1: pile in on Zeke, then what do you do well.

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Speaker 1: Defensive coordinator James bat said this week that the important

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Speaker 1: thing about this game not only is it a division game,

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Speaker 1: but it's the next game. The Giants and the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: will face off on Sunday Night Football with an eight

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Speaker 1: pm kickoff