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Speaker 1: All right, guys, Wednesday, we've turned the page. We're fully

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to the opponent this weekend. Obviously, this

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Speaker 1: you know, a rivalry game, a divisional game, and obviously

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of steak. You know, we talked about

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Speaker 1: this team. This is not the same team we played

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Speaker 1: early in the year. I think notably, the pace they're

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Speaker 1: they're not so much a pass heavy team at this point.

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Speaker 1: You know. Really the offense always goes through Zeke and

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Speaker 1: the run game. That's where the us A sept as

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Speaker 1: explosive receivers on the outside, and Kellen has done a

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Speaker 1: really good job of mixing it up using the screen

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Speaker 1: And obviously this offense is going to pose a lot

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Speaker 1: of issues. There's some similarities to our own, but I'd

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Speaker 1: say at the same time, it's a totally different offense

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Speaker 1: based on you know, how it's being called, who it's

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Speaker 1: throughout the year. You know, defensively, uh, this unit is

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Speaker 1: separated them right now and how they've played lately for

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Speaker 1: probably earlier in the year. And this team is making

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Speaker 1: a lot of plays with the pass rushers off the

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Speaker 1: They've got a young defensive interior that's really stepped up.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of new faces and names we have

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Speaker 1: they play. But this team has really made a lot

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Speaker 1: of games defensively, and we got a lot to handle

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Speaker 1: in our hands. We have to have a good week

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Speaker 1: of practice. And of course in the kicking game with bones,

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Speaker 1: you know, it always comes down to it's an attack

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Speaker 1: and mindset. You know, he's got a lot of multiples.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna have some kind of gimmick in every phase

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Speaker 1: they're gonna call it. And the bigger the game, the

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Speaker 1: more gadget to see. And that ties into McCarthy's own

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Speaker 1: personal history as well. You know, end of season games,

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Speaker 1: with just want to use something for an edge. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's always practicing, always preparing for the onside kicks, the

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Speaker 1: fake punts, to fake field goals. These are things we

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Speaker 1: that being said, open to any questions may have, We'll

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Speaker 1: start with anyone who regularly ds the Cowboys him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: do you mentioned some of the ways you've seen this

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Speaker 1: I'd say just in terms of Dac. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: When you go against a guy like Dac, you've got

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Speaker 1: Kellen has done a really good job at this offense

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Speaker 1: They're playing fast. They're playing fast and the pass for

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Speaker 1: for our team this week. It, Joe. I'm not mentioning

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Speaker 1: and your guys to be playing a meaningful game in January? Well, look,

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Speaker 1: be important to other people as well. Okay, you want

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Speaker 1: to invest enough of yourself, and you asked the team

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Speaker 1: across the board. Every game is important to us. You

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Speaker 1: being said, we're always gonna consider our players health as

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Speaker 1: been a good player for us. He's been a leader

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Speaker 1: So that was more to sort of educate us on

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