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Speaker 3: I'm always here, been always they know. That's all all right,
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Speaker 2: But man, football is back. It's back. It's back in
Speaker 2: full swing. And I know, I know.
Speaker 3: Y'all was loving last night. But before I even address
Speaker 3: any of that, y'all know what I do, man, I
Speaker 3: always do the well to check mental check. How is
Speaker 3: your mentals? Uh, Danny McCray, how you, sir? I feel good?
Speaker 2: Man? Were at the weekend?
Speaker 3: The weekend is zero unless you got a chance to,
Speaker 3: you know, write this ship a little bit against I
Speaker 3: think Grammy.
Speaker 2: We played this week, so you know, give you know,
Speaker 2: and the Cowboys play on Sunday night.
Speaker 3: So I got you gotta get you beat who they
Speaker 3: put out there? Get back, get back Battle of the bands.
Speaker 3: Let's do that band from Tiger Hey with Grammy put
Speaker 3: the mystery that's on the ground, and so we're gonna
Speaker 3: lose that.
Speaker 2: It's up with See what's up with you? Brother?
Speaker 4: Man? It's going good. It's one real good. It's hot
Speaker 4: once again. Man, I thought for shoulder temperature going diper
Speaker 4: just a little bit. But it's hot again. But who's
Speaker 4: doing amazing?
Speaker 2: Next week?
Speaker 3: Next week your golf game gonna be so cool you're
Speaker 3: gonna have to bust out the jacket to tell you what. Wait,
Speaker 3: Tuesday seventy nine thsday hot seventy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna. We're going to heaven is my goal.
Speaker 3: And but that rain's gonna come with it though it's
Speaker 3: gonna being brown.
Speaker 2: I will I will take that to my grass train.
Speaker 3: Now, hey, yard man has taking a break. This stuff
Speaker 3: is dead out there. Boy, uh man, listen, I will
Speaker 3: take for me. For me, I'm good. Uh my son,
Speaker 3: I took him to the doctor. My son's been dealing
Speaker 3: with a hip injury. Fully one hundred percent good, ready
Speaker 3: to go, so healing grace. Man, I'm so happy about that.
Speaker 3: But football is back, and y'all saw yesterday the matchup
Speaker 3: we talked about a little big Kansas City, the defending
Speaker 3: champions versus the Detroit Lions. Damn gonna start with you, man,
Speaker 3: what did you think about yesterday's matchup and just football
Speaker 3: being back on television?
Speaker 2: Man, I was excited.
Speaker 3: I watched the usually on Thursday night games because sometimes
Speaker 3: the competition is don't be good, right, you fall asleep
Speaker 3: ahead of time, you know, you'd be like, forget this.
Speaker 3: I watched that whole game. It was the Lions. I
Speaker 3: was watching the food Lions because my former teammate Kelvin
Speaker 3: Shepard is the linebackers coach there. I'll say this, something
Speaker 3: got to get fixed, okay, because Hutchinson was getting cheated
Speaker 3: all night because that right tackle was not lined up
Speaker 3: in the formation at all, lined up all sides the
Speaker 3: whole time. And it make you just wonder, like, how
Speaker 3: many sacks, how much more pressure would they have gotten had.
Speaker 2: This dude not been lining up through us off the ball.
Speaker 2: And they didn't fix it the entire night.
Speaker 3: And even though that happened, your new Detroit Lions, like
Speaker 3: we've been talking about, Hey, man, Dan Campbell gotten right.
Speaker 2: They came out.
Speaker 3: They was physical, old line was moving the point right,
Speaker 3: They dominated in the trenches and they got the dub.
Speaker 2: Man. I was excited.
Speaker 3: I'm excited because now you get to see the NFC North.
Speaker 3: It looks a little different up there, and that's gonna
Speaker 3: be an exciting conference to watch now.
Speaker 2: Without a doubt.
Speaker 4: Man, I was super excited that the games were back
Speaker 4: on Kansas City versus Detroit, and like you said, usually
Speaker 4: them Thursday night games.
Speaker 2: Man, it's hit or miss. Either gonna be greater, they
Speaker 2: gonna be just got off of the watch.
Speaker 4: Luckily we stumbled upon a good game and Detroit Man,
Speaker 4: we all kind of heard the hype this all season.
Speaker 4: Everybody the hype trained Detroit Man, bite kneecaps. They gonna
Speaker 4: be ready, they're gonna be go out there and they're gonna roll. Hey,
Speaker 4: we got the witness man this team. This team looks good.
Speaker 4: They got a lot of exciting pieces out there. I
Speaker 4: was watching the kid from Alabama. I believe right man,
Speaker 4: the dude's explosive, explosive, He's physical, fast. And then Montgomery
Speaker 4: as well, we were talking about it before the show.
Speaker 4: That man looked like he rejuvenized his career out there
Speaker 4: running through cats. They got the best offensive lying in
Speaker 4: the in football right now left by Swell out there.
Speaker 4: So to me, Detroit man, they look good. Kansas City,
Speaker 4: you know, my homes is gonna be my homes. I mean,
Speaker 4: they're always going to be in the game if they
Speaker 4: got fifteen under center.
Speaker 2: But you could tell they missed Kelsey bad. They missed Kelsey.
Speaker 4: Really bad because those guys, I mean those guys were
Speaker 4: looking like, what's my man?
Speaker 2: From the little Giants. Oh, they couldn't catch a cold
Speaker 2: out there. Man.
Speaker 4: It was dropping everything. They was dropping everything. But man,
Speaker 4: I was a good game to watch. I'm just excited
Speaker 4: football is back.
Speaker 3: No go ahead question for you, do they have a
Speaker 3: top five receiver on their squad? The Lions cold Cold.
Speaker 3: Let me tell you something if if you didn't watch
Speaker 3: the Lions last year, they started off I believe, one
Speaker 3: and six and then they finished the season off on
Speaker 3: a tear and one of the huge reasons for that
Speaker 3: was was Brown.
Speaker 2: And you saw last night.
Speaker 3: It's one of those guys where you say, Okay, we're
Speaker 3: gonna line them up and the defensive courd and that
Speaker 3: they're gonna try to figure out how they can stop them,
Speaker 3: and no matter what happens, you ain't stopping them, right
Speaker 3: And they go into the game knowing that, especially what
Speaker 3: he did last year. And I'm looking at this guy saying, hey,
Speaker 3: he's gonna be making the case for one of the
Speaker 3: best receivers in the league because Jared Golf was throwing
Speaker 3: it to him and he's bawling no matter who's on
Speaker 3: him and what defensive scheme they're running.
Speaker 2: No, I agree with you completely.
Speaker 3: And this is a guy that came into the league
Speaker 3: with a chip on his sholder, always talking about the
Speaker 3: guys that were drafted ahead ahead of him, But you
Speaker 3: saw last night Detroit is much improved that running game,
Speaker 3: and I think you were looking for Gibbs initially. When
Speaker 3: they drafted Gibbs, I'm like, oh, man, he's gonna be
Speaker 3: everything for them. But then comes in David Montgomery. He's
Speaker 3: like the forgotten man. You forget that that Montgomery is
Speaker 3: so good, especially in the red zone, but he's that
Speaker 3: third down back and just trying to tie this into
Speaker 3: the Dallas Cowboys. I'm sitting there thinking looking at both sides,
Speaker 3: especially for Kansas City. They get that tight end goals
Speaker 3: out and I'm like, man, this offense don't look the same.
Speaker 2: And because before they.
Speaker 3: Were, I would say they were more of a three
Speaker 3: headed monster with Tarik Hill and Kelsey, they had more weapons,
Speaker 3: and I think they tried to go out there with
Speaker 3: a bunch of Joe's thinking that that would get it done.
Speaker 3: And they didn't have any playmakers. They didn't have any
Speaker 3: guys that can stretch the defense. They didn't have any
Speaker 3: way to the running game was done. And the leading
Speaker 3: rusher last night, Patrick was and I don't think anybody's
Speaker 3: gonna be successful when Pat you're a leading rusher. But
Speaker 3: like I said offensively, I'm looking at that and I'm like, man,
Speaker 3: the Cowboys offense, the running back specifically.
Speaker 2: You look at the Kansite Chiefs.
Speaker 3: And they're what they do well, and I think they
Speaker 3: rely so heavily on the big play and they rely
Speaker 3: heavily on taking away the interior of the field with
Speaker 3: Kelsey didn't see any of that. But the Cowboys have
Speaker 3: to do that. They have to be able to run
Speaker 3: the ball, and they have to be able to stretch
Speaker 3: teams in the middle of the field with a really
Speaker 3: unproven tight end room. So, just switching over to the
Speaker 3: Dallas Cowboys offense versus the New York Giants defense, do
Speaker 3: you agree that even when you look at that, that
Speaker 3: it's very important for teams to be able to one
Speaker 3: get the attention of your defense with the running game
Speaker 3: and also have those safety stay in place because there's
Speaker 3: a threat in the middle of the field.
Speaker 4: Yeah, without a doubt, you got to have balance when
Speaker 4: you're when you're on the offense. And you're talking about
Speaker 4: the Dallas Cowboys, and that's what they've been good at
Speaker 4: these past couple of years. They've been able to run
Speaker 4: the football and then from running the football, they can
Speaker 4: have that play action, they can have those deep crossers
Speaker 4: in the middle. So I feel like, you know, I
Speaker 4: don't want to say they're on the same level as
Speaker 4: far as skill wise as you know, a fully healthy
Speaker 4: Kansas City, but they're they're right there. They're right there
Speaker 4: because you got you know, Ceedee Lamb, who can be
Speaker 4: that jack of all trades guy. He can hit you
Speaker 4: with the deep but he can also hit you with
Speaker 4: that intermediate and shallow routes as well. And you got
Speaker 4: Brandon Cooks, a healthy Brandon Cooks man. He's one of
Speaker 4: the fastest guys I've ever seen on the field. He
Speaker 4: can stretch the field and that should open up so
Speaker 4: much more for not only Ceedee Lamb, but you're talking
Speaker 4: about Ferguson as well. Hopefully Michael Gap is back in
Speaker 4: his you know, his old ways where he can he
Speaker 4: can stretch the field as well than do to some
Speaker 4: of those intermediate routes.
Speaker 2: But overall, and if this team can stay.
Speaker 4: Healthy, if the Dallas Cowboys can stay healthy, which right
Speaker 4: now it's kind of shaky talk every update, every update,
Speaker 4: every update is like, oh man, I don't know what's
Speaker 4: gonna happen. But if they can stay healthy, they should
Speaker 4: have one of the top offenses out there. But like
Speaker 4: they say, man if I was a fifth, there be
Speaker 4: a lot of guys out there, So we'll see what happens.
Speaker 4: Because that offensive line is still concerning for me.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna disagree with you on one point. They are better,
Speaker 3: im more talented than Kansas City's current offense, even with
Speaker 3: Kelsey in the game. You're looking at Tony versus CD
Speaker 3: Lamb or Brandon Cooks, or you say Brandon Cooks and
Speaker 3: CD Lamb versus Tony and Kelsey. Maybe I'm hyping. I'm like,
Speaker 3: I'm putting too much up on my Tony Polar Cloude.
Speaker 3: It was a layer all right. You look at at
Speaker 3: this point, you say, Duce a Cloude. It was a
Speaker 3: layered I'm an uls. You got like, once we see
Speaker 3: him get out there and play, you got to say, okay,
Speaker 3: which one of these guys are gonna play better? And
Speaker 3: the flashes that we've seen from Deuce look better than
Speaker 3: what we've seen from Clyde.
Speaker 2: It was a lair already. You know, he telling the truth.
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm just saying I think I think when
Speaker 3: you look at the talent that we have offensively Okay,
Speaker 3: we haven't really seen a Schoolmaker be able to do
Speaker 3: much yet because of his injury. But he was drafting
Speaker 3: the second round for a reason, all right, so I imagine
Speaker 3: that he's going to be utilized.
Speaker 2: You look Hindershot.
Speaker 3: First, we have some guys that in the tight end
Speaker 3: room who who can put up some numbers. All right,
Speaker 3: They're not Travis Kelsey, but they're going to be effective
Speaker 3: in the passing game. And then you got Brandon Cooks,
Speaker 3: you got Ceedee Lamb, and you got Tony Pollard. From
Speaker 3: what we have seen of Tony Pollard, one of the
Speaker 3: most explosive backs in the league. So when you look
Speaker 3: at our skill across the board outside offensive line, you
Speaker 3: look at our skill positions, I think we match up
Speaker 3: with just about any team in the league on paper. Now,
Speaker 3: I love everything you're saying right here, But there's another
Speaker 3: part of this. Because Wink Martindale, you know, is going
Speaker 3: to come after this offense. You already have your questions
Speaker 3: on the offensive line. Those have been stated. But yesterday
Speaker 3: you said something about personnel, and you broke it down
Speaker 3: just so that the average if you don't know what
Speaker 3: twelve personnel means, but this is what could potentially protect
Speaker 3: this offensive line. But if you do that and you're
Speaker 3: keeping guys home, will that take away being able to
Speaker 3: exploit the middle of the field in some of these matchups.
Speaker 3: I don't think so, because I think if you are
Speaker 3: going to specialize and run a twelve personnel, the creativity
Speaker 3: and the way that you line up is going to be, like,
Speaker 3: you have to be super creative with it, right, So
Speaker 3: you may see a tight end lined up at one
Speaker 3: with a receiver lined up at two, and they're forcing
Speaker 3: linebackers if you recover one to go out out of
Speaker 3: the box the box, so you have to be really creative.
Speaker 3: Like I said, go back and look at when Aaron
Speaker 3: Hernandez and Gronk were playing with New England, right, and
Speaker 3: how creative they were where they forced you to stay
Speaker 3: in your base in your base defense to where hey,
Speaker 3: if one of your linebackers is a pass rusher, well
Speaker 3: he in base four to three.
Speaker 2: You can't even get.
Speaker 3: To those same looks as you can get to if
Speaker 3: it was a nickel package that you were putting into
Speaker 3: the game. So if we are going to specialize a
Speaker 3: twelve to help that out, then Big Mike, who's been
Speaker 3: in the lab is gonna have to get really creative
Speaker 3: with his with his personnels and how he lines guys up,
Speaker 3: which I think he can do. You got three tight ends,
Speaker 3: who you say, all right now, they should be able
Speaker 3: to play.
Speaker 2: I just, man, I just don't know we're gonna specialize
Speaker 2: in that twelve.
Speaker 4: I can't see it happening. I just can't see it happening.
Speaker 4: With all the skill position that we have out there.
Speaker 4: I could see them specializing in eleven. I mean, I
Speaker 4: just even if you go back to his Green Bay
Speaker 4: teams when he was back there with you know, Aaron
Speaker 4: Rodgers and autumn, they had eleven personnel.
Speaker 2: They had some dogs at tight end.
Speaker 4: You look at Jermaine not your mame, Jermichael Finley, he
Speaker 4: was out there killing the games, and they had some weapons.
Speaker 4: And I feel like this this Dallas Cowboys offense is
Speaker 4: kind of similar to that as far as the weapons
Speaker 4: on the perimeter.
Speaker 2: So I can't see them specializes in twelve.
Speaker 4: I can see them basically making their base package that
Speaker 4: eleven personnel, which if you got to know health.
Speaker 2: The offici of line, that's no problem at all. Let's
Speaker 2: get it. And that's the point. Specialize in the twelve if.
Speaker 3: Up. No, I don't think you go into the season saying, okay,
Speaker 3: we're specializing a twelve person Yes, but if you got
Speaker 3: to find a way to make sure the defense isn't
Speaker 3: able to come at you from all different ways because
Speaker 3: you lined up in eleven and now they can put
Speaker 3: any personnel they want to out there because they're not
Speaker 3: really worried about the run. Then you have then you
Speaker 3: got to do that, But no eleven personnel because you
Speaker 3: got you're paying gallup enough. You're not gonna have you know,
Speaker 3: on the bench like that. Now you got, I mean
Speaker 3: you got really created right there, twelve personnel splitting out
Speaker 3: your tight end, moving the linebacker out there, but switching
Speaker 3: over to the giant side of the ball a Shawn Robinson, Danster,
Speaker 3: Lawrence come on now, I mean Leonard Williams, hey Wan Tibodeau.
Speaker 3: That these matchups up front, I mean, before we get
Speaker 3: to what's going on on the outside, these matchups up
Speaker 3: front have got to be a big worry, uh for you,
Speaker 3: especially with that Ford I just named.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you you talk about just imagine how
Speaker 2: when we.
Speaker 4: Go up to Washington or Washington comes down here and
Speaker 4: they got those two bad boys in the middle. How
Speaker 4: much trouble they've given a fully healthy Cowboys offensive line.
Speaker 2: Now you're talking about that same thing in New York.
Speaker 4: Because I feel like Leonard Williams and Dexter Dexter Lawrence,
Speaker 4: they might not be as good as Allen in pain,
Speaker 4: but they're right there, one A, one B. They can
Speaker 4: give this offense trouble because we understand as a quarterback,
Speaker 4: what you know troubles the most, and that's pressure coming
Speaker 4: right out in your face.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 4: I feel like Dak if you've got guys coming from
Speaker 4: the outside, tipoea those guys, I feel like he's smart
Speaker 4: enough and he's beending around this league enough that he
Speaker 4: can step up in the pocket.
Speaker 2: He can make those shows. He's proven that he's been
Speaker 2: able to do that.
Speaker 4: But when you get that upfront pressure like that, it
Speaker 4: kind of just clouds everything. And those two guys up front,
Speaker 4: they can create that that interior rush and it can
Speaker 4: stop the run. So to me, that that's gonna be
Speaker 4: a Marque matchup. I understand, we've got guys on the perimeter, Waller,
Speaker 4: you got Barkley in the backfield. You gotta content, But
Speaker 4: that right there, if they don't handle that part in
Speaker 4: the middle. It's gonna be a long afternoon for the Cowboys, do.
Speaker 3: You think, because I think this will also be a
Speaker 3: key to success for us throughout the season. It's that
Speaker 3: more mobile this this season. Can Mike McCarthy call plays
Speaker 3: to get him on the move and him feel comfortable
Speaker 3: enough to be the deck that we've seen of old
Speaker 3: before you had the leg injury, because don't forget how
Speaker 3: much Dak Prescott ran the ball his first two to
Speaker 3: three years in the league like he was on the move,
Speaker 3: and that's what made him so dynamic. Right third down,
Speaker 3: you get into the thirty five, all of a sudden,
Speaker 3: they playing man, the man covers, he can find a
Speaker 3: gap and get up and get get that five yards
Speaker 3: and demoralize your defense with getting that by getting that first. Now,
Speaker 3: but lately we haven't seen him be willing to do that, right,
Speaker 3: You've seen him be in the pocket and that pressure
Speaker 3: comes up and then that's a sack. It's even more
Speaker 3: comfortable now was it two years of move off of
Speaker 3: that injury to where we see some of the old
Speaker 3: flashes of Dak being able to say, you know what,
Speaker 3: I am more mobile than I have been in the
Speaker 3: last two years, and let me go out here and
Speaker 3: show that I do have that that part of my
Speaker 3: game as well.
Speaker 2: I would love for that happen.
Speaker 4: Us be able to run some boot legs, misdirection, get
Speaker 4: him on the perimeter because he has that athletic ability
Speaker 4: to be able.
Speaker 2: To pinpoint passes on the run. We've seen it in
Speaker 2: the past.
Speaker 4: But to be honest with y'all, I don't think he
Speaker 4: wants to be that guy anymore. And just from what
Speaker 4: I've seen these last couple of years, I think he
Speaker 4: wants to be that guy.
Speaker 5: Or word.
Speaker 2: Look, I could do this with my.
Speaker 4: Arm and I you know, I would love to see
Speaker 4: him run just like you and you I would love
Speaker 4: to see this guy incorporate his legs back into his game.
Speaker 2: But I'm not so sure he wants to be that
Speaker 2: guy anymore. I don't know who.
Speaker 3: Soo who still does that. I mean, even Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 3: gets out on the edge. We see him from leading Russell,
Speaker 3: you know. So it's a part of the game. You
Speaker 3: have to got to be able to get out on
Speaker 3: the edge and be mobile to make those players. We
Speaker 3: don't have those statues in the league anymore. The Tom
Speaker 3: Brady's not in the league, pay Man and not in
Speaker 3: the league. Most of the quarterbacks that are playing now
Speaker 3: have the ability to get out on the edge and
Speaker 3: then extend plays with their legs. You go Trevor Lawrence,
Speaker 3: you go Dak Prescott when he first got in the league.
Speaker 3: You got Russell Wilson. All these guys who we've seen
Speaker 3: be successful are successful because they also have that dynamic,
Speaker 3: dynamic ability to run as well. It's two types of quarterback.
Speaker 3: Guys that run out of necessity and the guys that
Speaker 3: that's just that's built in their game, like the Lamars, the.
Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts, that's a part of the game.
Speaker 3: I mean, if you take that away from him, you
Speaker 3: almost change who he is as a quarterback. But that
Speaker 3: just the willingness coming back from that injury. I think
Speaker 3: it just he he just had hadn't been there, he
Speaker 3: hadn't been willing to do it. And I think this
Speaker 3: year he's in a position, especially when we talk about
Speaker 3: all the stuff that's around him, he's in.
Speaker 2: A position this year where he's he has to if that.
Speaker 3: Lane is there, like you talking about getting him out
Speaker 3: on the next boot, and he can run for that
Speaker 3: first down. He absolutely has to. It can't be a
Speaker 3: situation where I can just try and make this pass up. No,
Speaker 3: get what you can get, get down and let's live
Speaker 3: to fight another day. That's gonna be. That's what is
Speaker 3: going to be important. But going back to something you
Speaker 3: were talking about about this offensive line, to me, the
Speaker 3: keys to success is them firing off the ball and
Speaker 3: getting this running game going. I think you saw it
Speaker 3: last night with Detroit. They just got a similess of
Speaker 3: the running, running game going and it kept them on time.
Speaker 3: That to me, is going to dictate what this what
Speaker 3: this game imminently is going to be. Can the Cowboys
Speaker 3: run the ball with Tony Poler?
Speaker 4: Because if you're able to do that, let's just say
Speaker 4: the Cowboys are able to win the trenches and they're
Speaker 4: able to you know, run the football, well, I mean
Speaker 4: that sets up so many other things.
Speaker 2: It sets up manageable second downs.
Speaker 4: Third you're looking at you know, second and five or third,
Speaker 4: third and two, you're looking at that, and more importantly,
Speaker 4: you're looking.
Speaker 2: At the time and possession.
Speaker 4: You're able to control the game out there, and not
Speaker 4: only does that help offensively calm things down, but defensively
Speaker 4: it gives the big Bazooka.
Speaker 2: You know, the Marcus Lawrence.
Speaker 4: All those guys time the rest and be on the
Speaker 4: sideline so when they do hit the field, they're fresh
Speaker 4: and they're ready to get after Danny Dimes. I mean,
Speaker 4: it's so demralizing as as a defender when you go
Speaker 4: out there, three and out.
Speaker 2: Cool, we made them punt offense.
Speaker 4: Hets the ball three straight passes, three and out were
Speaker 4: right back out there.
Speaker 2: I mean, you're fatigued.
Speaker 4: It's one of the most demoralizing things you can that
Speaker 4: can happen to you as a defender. So to me,
Speaker 4: it's up the upmost importance that the Cowboys go out there,
Speaker 4: establish the dominance and the trenches and win that time
Speaker 4: of possession.
Speaker 3: YEA, be a little bit more directly when to say
Speaker 3: stay ahead of the chains there you go, all right,
Speaker 3: because one, if we're not healthy, which I'm playing that okay.
Speaker 3: One of the most demoralized things you can see for
Speaker 3: a team like US is.
Speaker 2: Pre snap penalties.
Speaker 3: All right, all of a sudden first and ten turns
Speaker 3: in the first and fifteen, or you get a holy
Speaker 3: call on first down and now you got first and twenty, right,
Speaker 3: and I think that sets you back to where it
Speaker 3: forces you to then be one dimensional.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 3: So along with man in the trenches and making sure
Speaker 3: that that we control them and we're able to run
Speaker 3: the ball, we also need to make sure that we
Speaker 3: stay ahead of the chains. Anything we can do to
Speaker 3: stay out a third loan, it's positive. Anything we can
Speaker 3: do to get second and seven, unless it's positive for us.
Speaker 3: When you get to second to ten, that's when you're like, okay,
Speaker 3: well we got two straight passes. So I think staying
Speaker 3: ahead of the change for us is going to be man,
Speaker 3: it's going to be essential for us to make sure
Speaker 3: that we're able to, like I said, control the run
Speaker 3: game and then allow our defense to get out there
Speaker 3: and make some noise.
Speaker 4: And the real quick when you're all so doing that,
Speaker 4: as far as getting second and sevens and second and
Speaker 4: fives and all that good stuff, you can bring guys
Speaker 4: like Deuce in the game because if you if you're
Speaker 4: second and ten, you know, dudes ain't gonna be in
Speaker 4: there past protecting. So defense is gonna kill on it.
Speaker 4: He's doing something, he's getting out, We're gonna kill on
Speaker 4: this guy. But when you get into that, you know
Speaker 4: second and four, five, you know intends rupted like it
Speaker 4: could be a run.
Speaker 2: You know, it could be something like that.
Speaker 4: It just it just doesn't make your offense as predictable
Speaker 4: as a second in ten.
Speaker 3: Speaking of the du man I had, it was one
Speaker 3: of the moments where I see you saw the running
Speaker 3: the linebacker came in and ran straight through the rund back.
Speaker 3: Bro I was like, I was like, oh no, I'm
Speaker 3: imagining it us right. And I'm because I don't even
Speaker 3: know how good Lofty is at past black. I don't
Speaker 3: even know. I just assume the rest he made the
Speaker 3: team he betta be. I'm assuming there's better, So I
Speaker 3: don't want to see you. You said get behind the
Speaker 3: change deuces out there, and they're like, because that is
Speaker 3: what that's what defensive coordinators are gonna do, especially who's
Speaker 3: in the game. First of all, Tony Paula's gonna get
Speaker 3: tried anyway, just based off of what what happened last year.
Speaker 2: Where you say Zeke's coming in the game and his specialty.
Speaker 3: Is being able to block a third down because you
Speaker 3: assume that Tony Paula can't do it as well, so
Speaker 3: he's gonna get tried anyway. So that means all of
Speaker 3: our running backs are gonna get tried. So yeah, that's yeah,
Speaker 3: that's so, that's some we gotta worry about. Give me,
Speaker 3: give me one matchup that you're looking at, Cowboys, oh
Speaker 3: versus Giants D matchup you're looking at.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 3: I mean it's pretty clear for me because I'm always
Speaker 3: on the old line, our old line versus their D line,
Speaker 3: And I'm talking about it in the run the game,
Speaker 3: not the pass again. Can we make sure we go
Speaker 3: in there and set the tone and get our offensive
Speaker 3: line started? Older guys Tyrone Smith and we have all
Speaker 3: our guys healthy, or especially if you got the younger
Speaker 3: guys in there, are you going to give them a
Speaker 3: minute to get their feet wet going there and impose
Speaker 3: they will on some people and build their confidence so
Speaker 3: when it's time to pass, then they're ready to do it,
Speaker 3: Versus putting them out there on the island from the
Speaker 3: beginning of the game, you know, and just holding your
Speaker 3: breath wondering what the heck is going don't want that, Chazz,
Speaker 3: see who you're gonna be looking at it on the
Speaker 3: two hundred inch.
Speaker 2: Yeah, checking them out.
Speaker 4: But I understand I think they're gonna they're gonna key
Speaker 4: on cd Lamb, you know, and rightfully so that Do
Speaker 4: is a baller, so I feel like they're going double
Speaker 4: team him.
Speaker 2: The matchup I'm looking forward is.
Speaker 4: Man Cooks, Brandon Cooks, and Michael Gallup versus that young secondary,
Speaker 4: because it is pretty young over there for New York.
Speaker 4: You got a rookie start at the cornerback position. I
Speaker 4: think he was their first round pick out there. They
Speaker 4: got some young pieces in on your interior as well,
Speaker 4: So I'm looking forward to those two receivers eating off
Speaker 4: of this young secondary, especially if all the tension is
Speaker 4: gonna go to ceede Lamb. My my matchup is Jake Ferguson.
Speaker 4: Jake Ferguson, I think with all the things that y'all
Speaker 4: just said, I think New York is gonna come in
Speaker 4: trying to take those things away. They know if they don't,
Speaker 4: if they can't stop the run, it's gonna be a
Speaker 4: long night for them in that defense because you know
Speaker 4: ing martinll is gonna be bringing that blitz, and how
Speaker 4: do you handle the bit blitch You run right at it.
Speaker 3: So that's got to happen immediately in Mike McCarthy's head.
Speaker 3: On the other side, if they don't double team Ceedee Lamb.
Speaker 3: Damn Trump.
Speaker 2: He gotta go, he gotta go.
Speaker 3: And if they double team Ceedee Lamb, then Brandon Cooks
Speaker 3: gonna eat. He got all right, But Jake Ferguson is
Speaker 3: going to have one on one matchups with with that
Speaker 3: defense and those linebackers, and to me, the guys that
Speaker 3: they have over there, Michael mcfatten or even if you
Speaker 3: put Javier Xavier McKinley on him, you're gonna have a problem.
Speaker 3: If Ferguson starting to tight end for you this whole season,
Speaker 3: do you think he holds that spot? I think I
Speaker 3: thought he was your started last season. I thought I
Speaker 3: thought he pretty much prove second rounder. Yeah, I believe
Speaker 3: he proved that, and I think he's been proving that
Speaker 3: all summer and spring that he showed you that he's
Speaker 3: the number one guy. They took him. I don't know
Speaker 3: why they took him. You know why they took him.
Speaker 3: But either way, you got an extra tight end and
Speaker 3: we go see Jake Ferguson prove itself to Jake. Shout
Speaker 3: out to Jake, Jake. I know school he's gonna be blocking.
Speaker 3: I know that that's what they got him. He say
Speaker 3: we're gonna run the ball. We need to go hold
Speaker 3: hold ship all that you know. And for Dak Prescott,
Speaker 3: you know we talk about Dak and running and he
Speaker 3: knows what's to stake, trying to get extended. So Dak
Speaker 3: is trying to get the bag. But we know a
Speaker 3: guy that did get the bag yesterday and were gonna
Speaker 3: talk about him. Will we come back next on the
Speaker 3: players lounge?
Speaker 2: I think we out. Yeah, I think we don't break. Okay.
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Speaker 3: my man Danny mccraigr church is in the building and
Speaker 3: uh we said knew he is own assignment. Did you
Speaker 3: guys get the chance to get a chance to see
Speaker 3: new Ye on Champ five yesterday with Tad Yeah, he
Speaker 3: showed me the whole thing on the It was awesome, man,
Speaker 3: just a just interview with Tad Prescott, Dak Prescott's older brother,
Speaker 3: just basically talking about just all the things they've gone
Speaker 3: to gone through. It's hard not to pull for this
Speaker 3: dude when you know his story. Well, you know everything
Speaker 3: that he's gone through and just that old family from
Speaker 3: his brother, the suicide and mother to cancer. It's a lot, man.
Speaker 3: It's an inspirational story. And I thought knew he did
Speaker 3: a good job yesterday talking about it.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 3: So did he ask him about why he'd been going
Speaker 3: back and forth with all of the Uh, he's the
Speaker 3: one that goes back and forth with all the commediation.
Speaker 2: He kind of told you that too.
Speaker 4: He was talking about how you know, he he made
Speaker 4: it now to where, you know, if it's just talking
Speaker 4: about football, you know, I kind of let it roll off.
Speaker 2: My shoulder, like I'm all right with that.
Speaker 4: But when they start talking about him as a man,
Speaker 4: he said, that's when it starts bothering when they when
Speaker 4: these guys start talking about back is a man. Because
Speaker 4: I and I agree, because man, that dude, you know,
Speaker 4: the one year I played with him, he's an amazing leader. Man,
Speaker 4: an amazing man overall, So that dude, man much respect
Speaker 4: up for that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, I mean as a family member. Man, you're
Speaker 2: one of your cousins.
Speaker 3: Somebody say something about you on Twitter, they gonna cut
Speaker 3: you know, they gonna clap back. Man.
Speaker 2: It's just we have too much access. Like it's easy.
Speaker 3: He's looking for it, you know, I'm telling you, yeah,
Speaker 3: and we're looking for say something, brother, say.
Speaker 2: Exactly. But man, talking about the bag.
Speaker 3: Talking about the bag, your your LSU Tiger and Andre
Speaker 3: he he cashed in. You talk about breaking the brink truck.
Speaker 3: He bought his own brink truck to Cincinnati. What are
Speaker 3: you guys as former players that are signed contracts thought
Speaker 3: about that two hundred well, let me say five years,
Speaker 3: two hundred and seventy five million dollars two hundred and
Speaker 3: nineteen million guaranteed Maign the paper. The first thing I
Speaker 3: thought was, oohie, Joey b you got everything that you deserve.
Speaker 3: Probably deserve more because what nobody think about Cincinnati before
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow got there, and even his first.
Speaker 2: Year would have got heart. He's like, man, I don't
Speaker 2: know them.
Speaker 3: Man, they're gonna ruin this man career and all he
Speaker 3: did was turned the Cincinnati Bagles into the value of
Speaker 3: that team. It's going way up the owner with me
Speaker 3: without without with me, without me with me, And it
Speaker 3: just and it just made me think about how much
Speaker 3: money LSU Tigers are about to get over the next
Speaker 3: three years because you got Justin and you got Jamar
Speaker 3: Chase coming up. You're looking at almost what five hundred
Speaker 3: million about to be paid to these three guys all
Speaker 3: on the same squad, same national championship team, quarterback in
Speaker 3: two receivers.
Speaker 2: Easy, that's a great man, that's crash. I even thought
Speaker 2: about that.
Speaker 3: That's not that's half a billy fit against signing the
Speaker 3: league off.
Speaker 2: L off l SU. This off l SU.
Speaker 3: So shout out to Joe B Man he got I'm
Speaker 3: glad he got it because also with a story of
Speaker 3: he was at Ohio State totally wasn't good enough, went
Speaker 3: down to LSU and this first year LSU, I was like, oh,
Speaker 3: here we go, here we go. And that very next
Speaker 3: year is when they go out there and they have
Speaker 3: a remarkable season, probably named as the best college football
Speaker 3: team ever to win the National championship and be out
Speaker 3: there and they went out there and did that. Then
Speaker 3: he goes, he gets hurt out for the year, comes
Speaker 3: back and here we go Super Bowl, NC Championship and
Speaker 3: then now he's getting paid.
Speaker 2: So shout out to him. And the road has been
Speaker 2: tough for him, but it definitely paid off.
Speaker 3: Yeah you, hey, BC, you done had a bag. But
Speaker 3: what about that bad that bagge?
Speaker 2: That bag is somehow I've never seen in out life.
Speaker 2: I mean, that is remarkable. Man.
Speaker 4: You two hundred and nineteen million garb on teams like
Speaker 4: that's that's.
Speaker 2: Generational, man, That's what we said. I said, that's generation crazy.
Speaker 2: He's almost touching NBA numbers with that. I mean, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 4: But like McCrae saim, and it's much deserved because you what, man,
Speaker 4: even though you know I talk a lot of junk
Speaker 4: on between him and Herbert, I still feel like Herbert
Speaker 4: is that guy. But but but but he showed me
Speaker 4: last year that the difference between Herbert and Burrow is
Speaker 4: that in clutch moments, Burrow has has that extra he
Speaker 4: has that swag whatever you want to call it, that moxie,
Speaker 4: whatever it is, he's gonna will his team to get
Speaker 4: that victory. I haven't seen that yet from Herbert. So
Speaker 4: that's the difference between them two. But much deserve for Borough.
Speaker 4: Man A dude, Man, you're talking about coming back from
Speaker 4: ACL and just leading your team at AFC Championship, Super
Speaker 4: Bowl ASC Championship. I mean it's remarkable. Man, nineteen million,
Speaker 4: there's a lot of Patrick mahomes. I'm clearing my throat
Speaker 4: every time I get around.
Speaker 2: What was he a twelve year deal or something something?
Speaker 2: What does he think he was?
Speaker 3: In the Tom Brady mindset of if I take less
Speaker 3: or make it more friendly, then we can also keep
Speaker 3: all these weapons.
Speaker 2: They didn't keep heal did he ain't got no work? Kelsey.
Speaker 2: I guess, hey, we got a problem.
Speaker 3: And I'm telling you, man, that's a crazy I mean
Speaker 3: market setting. Everybody right now is telling their child, look,
Speaker 3: you need to play quarterback.
Speaker 2: I don't care, it's your door saying that everybody that's
Speaker 2: coming in the league.
Speaker 3: Don't play running back. Don't play running back, play court,
Speaker 3: pick up a ball, throw the ball, because two hundred
Speaker 3: nineteen million dollars is reridiculous.
Speaker 2: Guys, who's after him? Trevor Lawrence and who Herbert got
Speaker 2: the got the second? No, No, who's at Trevor Lawn.
Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence, because I mean what he did in Jacksonville
Speaker 3: last year, first.
Speaker 2: Year, it ain't two hundred and nineteen. No, no, not yet.
Speaker 3: He's not up yet. That was the second year. Peters
Speaker 3: in there now and all the hype around Jacksonville. Right,
Speaker 3: they go out there and they make some moves. They
Speaker 3: got Calvin Ridley this year, all right, they got ETN
Speaker 3: and some college. So I'm saying, if he somehow starts
Speaker 3: to make then you say, all right, well, now you
Speaker 3: gotta look at two in the nineteen plus A me right,
Speaker 3: that's crazy because ain't nobody Jaxon. You're not gonna get
Speaker 3: another talent like like Trevor Lawrence if he pans out
Speaker 3: to be where we think he's gonna be.
Speaker 2: Ain't that?
Speaker 3: So you have that those contracts, and then you look
Speaker 3: on our side for Micah who is looking down what
Speaker 3: Bosa did. Bolsa won one hundred and seventy five. These
Speaker 3: guys that are being able to impact games the way
Speaker 3: that Micah Bosa's guys like that, they are looking for
Speaker 3: that quarterback bag too. And so if you're the Dallas
Speaker 3: Cowboys and you're looking at all the guys that you
Speaker 3: have to sign.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 3: And by the way, you gotta fit Micah into this
Speaker 3: because he's gonna take I'm not saying he do it
Speaker 3: two nineteen guaranteed.
Speaker 2: No, I'm not saying that.
Speaker 3: What I'm saying is he's gonna get a mighty halfty
Speaker 3: sack when he walk out of that office.
Speaker 4: Bosa numbers gotta be right at there or above above that.
Speaker 3: And then you I thought you was about to mention
Speaker 3: CD because Justin Jefferson still waiting out there.
Speaker 2: All right, you wait for.
Speaker 3: Justin Jefferson, he get paid and then cde lambod I
Speaker 3: have fifteen hundred yards this season. You think he's gonna
Speaker 3: be like, nah, just better than me? So nah that
Speaker 3: somebody go miss the seat. Everybody, everybody's not going to
Speaker 3: get a seat.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 3: But switching it over to this defense man, Dan Quinn
Speaker 3: is about to install the latest version of the Dallas
Speaker 3: Cowboys defense. And I think we're all excited to see
Speaker 3: if we hadn't getting hadn't had an opportunity to see
Speaker 3: any of the starters.
Speaker 2: But when you look at this Dallas.
Speaker 3: Cowboys defense going up against Daniel Jones, Danny din.
Speaker 2: Against Danny Dies.
Speaker 3: We look at this matchup on NBC on Sunday Night, Man,
Speaker 3: what do you think for this defense is going to
Speaker 3: be the key to them shutting this offense down and
Speaker 3: pulling out a victory on Sunday? Keep in the pocket.
Speaker 3: I mean, his best weapon is his legs. Being able
Speaker 3: to get out there and run and forcing defensive lineman
Speaker 3: to stay in lanes and not get creative with their
Speaker 3: pass rush is something that he uses to his advantage.
Speaker 3: All Right, you see Daniel Jones most of the time
Speaker 3: he's making big time runs forty fifty yards. You're like, man,
Speaker 3: I ain't know he was that fast. So as a
Speaker 3: defensive lineman on defense, you got to make sure that
Speaker 3: you're not spying this guy that you in your lane,
Speaker 3: so he can't sting those players on third and long.
Speaker 2: You fight to get him in third and twelve.
Speaker 3: And then you play man and man because you got
Speaker 3: the Trayvont Diggs and Stefan Gilmore out there, and all
Speaker 3: of a sudden, everybody has their back turn and here
Speaker 3: he comes running through the lane for a first down
Speaker 3: demoralize them. So to me, that's that's your main thing
Speaker 3: when it comes to him. And then oh yeah, say one,
Speaker 3: Barkley gotta shut in this up. So it comes down
Speaker 3: to stopping the run of those two guys.
Speaker 4: You ain't lying, I mean you one hundred percent correct.
Speaker 4: You gotta keep him in the pocket. We all understand
Speaker 4: when when New York's at their best, they're playing their
Speaker 4: best football. That's when Barkley's rolling in some form of fashion,
Speaker 4: whether getting catches out the backfiel or running.
Speaker 2: The ball, and then Daniel Jones is on the move.
Speaker 4: I mean, that's that's when they're at their absolute peak,
Speaker 4: their absolute best.
Speaker 2: So what the Cowboys got to do.
Speaker 4: Not only do they have to get after them, but
Speaker 4: they got to be smart about it, and they got
Speaker 4: to play, you know, responsible football.
Speaker 2: They can't be hero ball out there where I gotta
Speaker 2: get this sacked. I gotta get this sack.
Speaker 4: So I'm a rush by the the officer tackle, opening
Speaker 4: up a huge lane for Daniel Jones to run through.
Speaker 4: You gotta be smart about it and trust your teammates
Speaker 4: to make the play as well, even though the guy
Speaker 4: may be on the other side of the field. Don't
Speaker 4: think oha'ma take this short cut over here to get
Speaker 4: there and lose your responsibility and lose your.
Speaker 2: Edge, because guys in his league are good.
Speaker 4: They'll see that like, oh okay, he wants to bite
Speaker 4: on something, the very next player gonna hit you with
Speaker 4: a play action and roll Daniel Jones out. So you
Speaker 4: gotta be responsible with your keys out there and make
Speaker 4: sure you're trusting your fellow teammates. But Dany's one hundred
Speaker 4: percent correct. They got to keep this man in the
Speaker 4: pocket because I I he's gonna be the most improved,
Speaker 4: but he's not gonna be a pocket back. He ain't
Speaker 4: gonna be able to beat you with his arm. It's
Speaker 4: got to be his legs as a combination. So they
Speaker 4: gotta keep him in the pocket.
Speaker 3: When you guys, look at this wide receiver group, not
Speaker 3: guys to jump off the page at you at all,
Speaker 3: Isaiah Hodgens, Darius Slayton, Paris Campbell, Sterling Shepherd's back health,
Speaker 3: the Jalen Hyatt as two former safeties. When you look
Speaker 3: at those guys and just their production that they've had
Speaker 3: in the league, is there anything about that group that
Speaker 3: makes you say, you know, if.
Speaker 2: They can beat us?
Speaker 3: I mean, obviously anybody can beat you, but what is
Speaker 3: your respect level for that wide receiver grou You know,
Speaker 3: Sterland Shepherd, Like when they're healthy. I believe Sterland Shepherd
Speaker 3: is a serviceable wide receiver, like he could make some
Speaker 3: plays on you. Go out there and get caught slipping,
Speaker 3: He'll make some plays on you. I believe that. Young guys,
Speaker 3: I'm not sure. I just know for us, the expectation
Speaker 3: is high for our defensive facts. No matter who is
Speaker 3: on the other side of the ball. We should be
Speaker 3: able to feel like we can man them up no
Speaker 3: matter what. So I respect them, but I have so
Speaker 3: much confidence and step On Gilmore, Dryn Bland, Jordan Luke,
Speaker 3: all of our defensive backs that we playing on trotten
Speaker 3: out there. I have so much respect for him and
Speaker 3: so much expect The expectation is so high that.
Speaker 2: I'm not really worried about them.
Speaker 3: Man them up and they put all the extra resources
Speaker 3: that you can to stopping Daniel Jones and stopping Saquon Barkley,
Speaker 3: and I think you should be able to do that.
Speaker 2: You just avon on hunt for Player of the Year.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean, I'm okay, that's not a worry
Speaker 3: of mine. You gotta be able to do that.
Speaker 4: And if I'm a safety in this game, this is
Speaker 4: the type of games I love because you understand what
Speaker 4: you got on the outside. You got this, you got Gilmore.
Speaker 4: I ain't worried about that. I don't got to be
Speaker 4: over top of them. You know, we may run a
Speaker 4: little bit of something here and there, but I ain't
Speaker 4: gonna be over top of those guys. I'm letting them
Speaker 4: guys know before the game, a man, look, you're making
Speaker 4: the bag. You're a defensive player of the year. Y'all
Speaker 4: can handle that. These are the games I love. We
Speaker 4: could play one Robber. Back in the day, we used
Speaker 4: to play one Robbers where you know one of the
Speaker 4: safeties is just coming down. We used to call it
Speaker 4: air reading, where you're just looking to make a play
Speaker 4: reading a quarterback. And I think Daniel Jones, even though
Speaker 4: he's getting better and better, I still don't think he's
Speaker 4: at that level to where he's gonna look people off
Speaker 4: and you know, make these no little he's not there yet.
Speaker 2: He's just not there.
Speaker 4: So when you're coming down to that robber position, and
Speaker 4: you know they're gonna work the middle of the field,
Speaker 4: they're not testing those corners. They got Waller and Barkley
Speaker 4: and they gonna try to work that intermedia. This is
Speaker 4: the games you love. You like, man, I gotta be
Speaker 4: able to dive on something big hits. You can get
Speaker 4: some interceptions off of this, but it's all predicated on
Speaker 4: if you can keep that man in the pocket, because
Speaker 4: if he's running around, I don't care what defense you got,
Speaker 4: and the guys can't cover forever, so you got to
Speaker 4: keep them in there.
Speaker 2: But these are type of games.
Speaker 3: Is a safety you would love to Sterling ship what's
Speaker 3: the other guy's name that's been there? Slaton, Slate hits you,
Speaker 3: he can hit you with the Deaulo. You gotta respect them.
Speaker 3: But like I said, when you're looking at Slaton versus Gilmore,
Speaker 3: you're picking Gilmore. When you're looking at Trayvond's versus h Sterling,
Speaker 3: you're looking at it. So I mean, yeah, Trayvon Diggs, like,
Speaker 3: that's what you're picking. So that's why I'm not worried.
Speaker 3: But yeah, listen, all resources go to say. The only
Speaker 3: way that the New York Giants were able to be
Speaker 3: successful as they were last year is because the resurgence
Speaker 3: of Saquon Barkley. So number one, number one goal right here,
Speaker 3: stop to stop that guy, build the wall. Yeah, stop
Speaker 3: stop the run is my key. First of all because
Speaker 3: I feel like that's pretty much all they have. We
Speaker 3: talk about these safeties and you talk about the one robber.
Speaker 3: I think that also is going to be something beneficial,
Speaker 3: especially when you have three guys at the safety position
Speaker 3: that can do it, and you have that back up
Speaker 3: with guys like you know Donald, who who's I feel
Speaker 3: like it is that guy that really can lurk and
Speaker 3: be that he could be that dude that you're talking
Speaker 3: about in the system. But also Jeron Kurks. Jeron Kurks
Speaker 3: has a great match up him and Waller. Really a
Speaker 3: lot is gonna be on him because as an RPO offense,
Speaker 3: which they run in New York as well with Saquon,
Speaker 3: He's gonna be the key to stopping that run. Also
Speaker 3: because you know that Dani Jones gonna be keying on him,
Speaker 3: whether it be Saquon in the run or try and
Speaker 3: catch him over the top with Waller. But I think
Speaker 3: in that split when we were talking about the Cowboys're
Speaker 3: saying split out Ferguson, I think that's what they gonna
Speaker 3: do with Waller.
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna split him out.
Speaker 3: He gonna be he gonna be in trouble, yeah, because
Speaker 3: we got two guys out there who I know dan
Speaker 3: Quinn is not gonna let that mismatch just be the
Speaker 3: thing that they use all games. If it becomes an issue,
Speaker 3: you see Trayvon or you'll see stuff on Diggs in there,
Speaker 3: and maybe add another corner out there as well to
Speaker 3: replace them now and for for me, like even on
Speaker 3: the other side, you know, Wing Martin, that's gonna bring
Speaker 3: the blitz dan Quinn. It doesn't do a whole lot
Speaker 3: of blitzing at all, but I'm gonna I'm gonna tell
Speaker 3: you this is a game that for me, Michael Parsons
Speaker 3: canna get in and put it, get his numbers up.
Speaker 3: You know, he could put that pressure off on the
Speaker 3: edge they can't handle him.
Speaker 2: Let me ask you this question.
Speaker 4: I know we talked about this a little earlier in
Speaker 4: the week, but now that we're getting closer to the game,
Speaker 4: we know kind of what the game plan is going
Speaker 4: to be as far as New York attacking us with
Speaker 4: the run, because that three safety defense concern you at all?
Speaker 4: What stopping Saquon Barkley Like, they're gonna don't concern what
Speaker 4: they're running at that down safety all the time?
Speaker 3: No, No, not me just because of the type of
Speaker 3: safeties that they are, right, I think dan Quinn's gonna
Speaker 3: put put the right guy down there.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 3: They might disguise a little bit, but then also what
Speaker 3: you have at linebacker is not better than what you
Speaker 3: have at the safety that's gonna be coming down. So
Speaker 3: so I mean I'm confident and dan Quinn, no matter
Speaker 3: what he does.
Speaker 2: Spoken like a spoken like a true defensive guy.
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Speaker 3: preseason with all the conjectures over with. But guys, tomorrow
Speaker 3: they got some college football. I know y'all tuning in
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Speaker 3: Go ahead, y'all to see how they follow that up.
Speaker 3: I don't want to sound like I've roomed against them.
Speaker 3: I just I just they got to be backing up
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Speaker 3: They're gonna be running that thing.
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Speaker 2: Hurts.
Speaker 4: It hurt.
Speaker 3: The second half hurt me. I like what we did
Speaker 3: in the first half. You know, they came out, they
Speaker 3: beat us, but they beat us last year. I think
Speaker 3: I think we learned something. I think we're gonna be okay.
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna watch L.
Speaker 2: S U. And I'm gonna watch them for sure. Yeah,
Speaker 2: watching that.
Speaker 3: Man, that Texas Alabama Texas Alabama game. I thought Texas
Speaker 3: had them last season. They had them and uh quinn
Speaker 3: Ewles goes out with the shoulder injury. I think it's
Speaker 3: gonna be a good I think it's gonna be a
Speaker 3: good game. And I think Texas is a lot better
Speaker 3: than people giving them credit for.
Speaker 2: I'm just telling yours.
Speaker 3: As the top guy, and I'm telling you I've seen
Speaker 3: yours since high school. Man, this kid Cannon, so you
Speaker 3: are you taking you sounds like you're taking textans. I'm
Speaker 3: taking texts. I'm not going against Nick. I'm not going again.
Speaker 3: They had him last year.
Speaker 2: Last year.
Speaker 3: It's a whole new it's a whole new squad. Quarterback
Speaker 3: by to me scrambling like crazy this week. I'm not
Speaker 3: even like like one of those crazy Texas fans. I'm
Speaker 3: just telling you they're a lot better. They got some
Speaker 3: talent over there on both sides of all. They have
Speaker 3: Alabama exactly I'm taking and Tuscal. All right, So what
Speaker 3: we got to get to before we get out of
Speaker 3: here is they're doing pot picks for who's going to
Speaker 3: score the first touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys and Sunday's game.
Speaker 2: So tell me if you just had a guess on.
Speaker 3: TP tpl ferguson ruston touchdown, Tony Pola.
Speaker 2: Actually, I'm not even gonna go to Tony Popla.
Speaker 4: I don't gonna get that little hook over the middle
Speaker 4: fire on the fact.
Speaker 2: I'm going Dak. I'm going Dak. Russian, Yeah, Russian, Okay.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's gonna do the uh al Hurts impresonation from
Speaker 3: the one yard line and run would be started.
Speaker 2: Crazy.
Speaker 3: That's been diving. Yeah, the helicopter for sure. And then
Speaker 3: we also have our pick'ems. And the two games that
Speaker 3: we are picking I believe is Miami Dolphins versus the
Speaker 3: Los Angeles Chargers more Baby, and the Pittsburgh Steelers versus.
Speaker 2: The forty forty nine Ers. So I'm starting with you
Speaker 2: who you got uh?
Speaker 3: For the Chargers game, I'm gonna with the Charger. I'm
Speaker 3: going with the Chargers. I do think they're gonna be
Speaker 3: out there. They're gonna put up some numbers. Shout out
Speaker 3: to Justin Man. Let's go back. And then for the
Speaker 3: forty nine Ers game, I'm going with my man Tomlin.
Speaker 2: I'm going with the Stealers.
Speaker 3: I think they're gonna come out and they are going
Speaker 3: to beat San fran Bosa. He might make some noise,
Speaker 3: but I believe in Mike Tomlin. His defense is gonna
Speaker 3: go out there and they're gonna put the work on party.
Speaker 2: Y'all want the scores on these two y'all want the scores? Yeah? Yeah.
Speaker 3: The first one is thirty thirty one, twenty four and
Speaker 3: the second one will be seventeen.
Speaker 2: Fourteen, seventeen fourteen, low scoring game. All right, who you got? Oh?
Speaker 2: You know who?
Speaker 4: I got that first game? Charges you know already, Herbert
Speaker 4: Kellen Moore. I mean, it's just gonna be the start
Speaker 4: of something special, start of something special. I'm going Chargers
Speaker 4: twenty eight Miami twenty one, and then when we get
Speaker 4: to the next game, I'm.
Speaker 2: Gonna go ahead.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go with you on this one. I think
Speaker 4: Pittsburgh's gonna win because if you look at it with
Speaker 4: San Francisco, Party missed the majority of camp, you know,
Speaker 4: so he's he might be a little rusty. And then Bosa,
Speaker 4: who just got the bad but he missed the majority
Speaker 4: of camp as well. So those two guys, your best
Speaker 4: two players missing a lot of camp. I'm not too
Speaker 4: sure about that. Plus Tomlins a heck of a coach,
Speaker 4: so I'm going Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh seventeen, San Francisco fourteen, Oka.
Speaker 2: Are you still my score? You said that?
Speaker 10: No, yeah, exactly twenty to seventeen twenty, right down the
Speaker 10: line on that one seventeen. I'm gonna go with the
Speaker 10: Chargers Miami. I'm going with three or five. I'm going
Speaker 10: through five. I think Tarik Hill. Yeah, I'm going yeah,
Speaker 10: going with three or five. I think the defense. I
Speaker 10: think the defense is a lot better. They don't give
Speaker 10: him credit, Jaylor rams No, no, Ramsey, but I think
Speaker 10: my man in fifth ward is a he good too.
Speaker 10: So I'm going with that.
Speaker 3: And in the so score on that one, man, I
Speaker 3: think it's gonna be high scoring game. So I'm going
Speaker 3: into thirty. So I was go through thirty twenty four,
Speaker 3: thirty twenty, thirty twenty four.
Speaker 2: And the forty nine ers Steelers game. Going with the Niners.
Speaker 2: The Niners defense against the Steelers, Man, yeah, I'm going
Speaker 2: with it. They don't say defense coordinated.
Speaker 3: But they got another coordinator, guy from from the same
Speaker 3: Yeah it's not, but he's still a good.
Speaker 2: Come on. Now, I'll go with the forty nine Ers.
Speaker 3: I think the defense gonna be too much for the stealers,
Speaker 3: and it's low scoring game too. I'm not gonna go
Speaker 3: seventeen ten. I'm gonna go. You went twenty seventeen seventeen.
Speaker 3: I want seventeen four. He did for I said seventeen fourteen. Jeez,
Speaker 3: that's what I'm saying. It's gonna be eight. You can
Speaker 3: do seventeen ten, seventeen ten. I'm gonna go seventeen ten.
Speaker 3: Thanks for picking that in the last one. In the
Speaker 3: last one, I know we already got our picks, but
Speaker 3: you were picking the Cowboys Cowboys and you were picking d.
Speaker 2: Cowboys Cowboys. Yeah, I'm gonna go Cowboys.
Speaker 3: Cowboys score. I forgot the score. Let me see turn
Speaker 3: good crazy. You know what thirty one seventeen, thirty one,
Speaker 3: seventeen Absolutely what the way I see Cooks and Ceedee
Speaker 3: Lamb getting out there and making some noise in their
Speaker 3: first game together. I think I think they're gonna go
Speaker 3: out there, They're gonna make a statement. I think Dak's
Speaker 3: gonna go outd and protect the ball and he's gonna
Speaker 3: light them up. I got the Cowboys, got the Cowboys
Speaker 3: with score. I'm going twenty four to seventeen twenty four seventeen. Okay,
Speaker 3: I'm going I'm going twenty. I'm going twenty seven to
Speaker 3: twenty twenty seven, twenty Cowboys take the the NFC opponent,
Speaker 3: the New York Giants. We take the first win in
Speaker 3: the NFC East, and man, it's our year.
Speaker 2: Man, sorry, I knew he couldn't.
Speaker 3: Be here for it, but I had y'all here, and
Speaker 3: y'all ball plenty of drama on the players lounge. Man,
Speaker 3: we're gonna have a good weekend. It's gonna be a
Speaker 3: great weekend a football band. But I know what my
Speaker 3: team is gonna do, and y'all know what I'm about
Speaker 3: to do, So y'all might want to take these headphones
Speaker 3: out because I'm gonna do it like.
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