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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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Speaker 1: It is Monday, November ninth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number sixty one. Welcome, Welcome to the latest edition of

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Speaker 1: The Break. We are alive in the SWBC More studios

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Speaker 1: at the Star got Nick David Amber and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about the Cowboys lost yesterday. It was a competitive game,

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Speaker 1: but it lost. Nonetheless, Cowboys lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers

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Speaker 1: twenty were nineteen. And as we typically do on Monday's

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Speaker 1: following a game, we're gonna start with some storylines, some

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Speaker 1: big picture storylines that you take from the game. It

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Speaker 1: seems a bit repetitive because there have been so many losses,

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Speaker 1: but maybe you guys have something different that you take

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Speaker 1: out of this game than you've taken out of others. NICKO,

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Speaker 1: let's start with you. Oh well, I mean, no one

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Speaker 1: likes to talk about moral victories or anything like that,

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Speaker 1: but I mean it was that's where we are. You know,

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Speaker 1: when you when you bring a guy in for that's

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Speaker 1: never played in the NFL, I mean, never started a

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Speaker 1: game before and he goes and plays like that. I

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Speaker 1: thought that the team, you know, rallied around him. I

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Speaker 1: thought the energy from the stadium was good. I mean

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Speaker 1: thought it was a good atmosphere. The Cowboys played their

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Speaker 1: best game on defense, but ultimately they're just not good enough.

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Speaker 1: Their offense wasn't good enough to get over the hump

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Speaker 1: and score when they need to. Field goals don't win.

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Speaker 1: Field goals don't be undefeated teams, and they didn't amber. Well,

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Speaker 1: I know it was a loss, but it's kind of

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Speaker 1: a weird feeling because in a way, I feel like

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Speaker 1: they won and it brought back some little hope and

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Speaker 1: the game. So it was a good thing. It brings

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Speaker 1: back all the time. Okay, well, maybe they can get

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Speaker 1: gonna be teams that aren't necessarily as competitive as the

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Speaker 1: to see what the second half of the season brings. Dave,

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Speaker 1: you said that, Amber who said that. Nobody else said that,

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Speaker 1: Nobody forced you to say it. You're popping back on

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Speaker 1: the bandwagon of your own free will you see? They

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Speaker 1: always do that to me. I'm just pointing that out.

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Speaker 1: Expect me to say that, right, that was not supposed

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Speaker 1: to be something. Yeah, seriously and seriously exactly. Um, it's funny.

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Speaker 1: I guess my takeaway is I feel very right and

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Speaker 1: very wrong all at the same time, because a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago, I remember being like, you know, the

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Speaker 1: NFL seasons have these ebbs and flows, like no, only

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Speaker 1: only two teams have gone undefeated in the regular season ever,

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Speaker 1: and there's no NFL team that just gets blown out

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Speaker 1: every week, week after week, like not even the O

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Speaker 1: knew the Cowboys were going to turn it around at

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Speaker 1: sure as hell didn't expect it to be against the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: of all of all the teams, you know, the last

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Speaker 1: undefeated team left in the league. Maybe not the best

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Speaker 1: And to see them display that type of competence, particularly

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Speaker 1: more games. Yeah. That's the interesting thing is when you

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Speaker 1: they played so much better than you have thought they

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure we're gonna get into the We're gonna

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Speaker 1: and on both instances it cost the Cowboys plenty. Nick,

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Speaker 1: that play stands, that's just really bad luck. The roughing

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Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger. It's unfortunate for Jalen, but it's absolutely a penalty.

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Speaker 1: I hate about the penalties. Like if you want to

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Speaker 1: changing moment that was completely within the Cowboys control. It's

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Speaker 1: opted to kick that field goal to go up ten

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Speaker 1: You know, they zipped right down the field after that

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Speaker 1: hundred out of thirty thousand fans. But it was what point.

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Speaker 1: It was about forty five minutes before kickoff. I will

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Speaker 1: say this, I think that it came that at that

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Speaker 1: point there were more people coming in. But probably an hour,

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Speaker 1: a lot of fans, a lot of Pittsburgh fans were

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Speaker 1: already in the state. That's always exactly, but I mean

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Speaker 1: a little different when you're in this kind of situation,

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Speaker 1: I think. But anyway, it just there were a ton

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Speaker 1: of them, and even there once the game started, I

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Speaker 1: looked out there. It just to me it looked like

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't because you're seeing yellow, because you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes piercing colors makes it look like it's more. But

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Speaker 1: they seem like they clearly had an interview yvantage that

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Speaker 1: they did. Well. You know, if you're black and gold,

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Speaker 1: that's Pittsburgh. If you're you know, cowboys, and if you're

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Speaker 1: wearing red, that's probably cowboys. If you're wearing green, I mean,

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Speaker 1: because if you're gonna go into a game for the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna wear your lady on bell jersey or whatever

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Speaker 1: you got. Franko Harris or whatever. Franko Harris, I mean

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Speaker 1: Joe Green. Who's that I'm kidding, O kidding, I mean

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Speaker 1: Joe Green. Okay, I'm kidding. I'm kidding it, all right,

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Speaker 1: my boy. Heck ma Harris. I loved an interview with him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's his uncle. It was a great, great interview. It

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Speaker 1: was a good interview. All right, here's here's what to do.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about some different players and some different units.

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Speaker 1: We call this segment performance reviews. We first have to

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Speaker 1: talk about Garrett Gilbert. He was twenty one to thirty eight,

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Speaker 1: fifty five percent completion rate, two hundred and forty three

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Speaker 1: yards passing, one touchdown, one interception, and then he had

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Speaker 1: three rushes for twenty yards, which I thought were really

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Speaker 1: nice because they were in situations where he needed to

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Speaker 1: run the ball and he made most of it. That

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Speaker 1: being said, should he be the starter after the buy

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Speaker 1: or did they go back to Andy Dalton. We're just

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Speaker 1: going in there. Yeah, we're going right in. We're going

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Speaker 1: on this Amber. What do you think not assessing the game?

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Speaker 1: We're going right to the Okay, and feel free to

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Speaker 1: throw in whatever you got to talk about in the game.

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Speaker 1: But that's what I want to talk about. Let's go Amber, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'll play your game, you know what, Yes, yes, I'll

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Speaker 1: make him the starter. And his performance looked so much

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Speaker 1: better because mainly, I think because of what we've seen

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Speaker 1: since Dak has been out, so the way that the

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Speaker 1: other quarterbacks had performed so far has nothing. It hasn't

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Speaker 1: been impressive, and there there's been a lack of unity,

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Speaker 1: a lack of of just connection between him and the receiver.

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Speaker 1: So the fact that we were finally able to see

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Speaker 1: something good from Garrett Gilbert, which he wasn't perfect or anything,

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Speaker 1: but still he had moments where you're like, oh, okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, he can do that. Okay. So it's just

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Speaker 1: in the combination of him being able to utilize his

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Speaker 1: legs and get out of the pocket and run a

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Speaker 1: little bit. I thought it was motivating, and again I

482
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Speaker 1: said it earlier, it brought back some hope that maybe

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Speaker 1: this offense is able to start turning things around a

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Speaker 1: little bit since Dak's departure and injury. So yes, I

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Speaker 1: would just make him the starter. Dave, this is gonna

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Speaker 1: be I mean, this is the classic debate between team

487
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Speaker 1: tank and team win games like that. That's where we are,

488
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Speaker 1: and I think you're well not burying the lead. But

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Speaker 1: it is a worthwhile thing to point out that a

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Speaker 1: lot of people listening to this show, a lot of

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Speaker 1: Cowboy fans are sitting around saying, man, that was perfect.

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Speaker 1: They played well and they still lost. They didn't mess

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Speaker 1: up this draft pick. This is great, and that's that's

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Speaker 1: how a lot of people feel. So I completely understand

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Speaker 1: the desire to see more of Garrett Gilbert, because you know,

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Speaker 1: you find out what you have in him. And also

497
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Speaker 1: people are awared, like he gives you the better chance

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Speaker 1: to lose more games. I think that's what a lot

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Speaker 1: of people think. Me personally, I don't. I'm not. I'm

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Speaker 1: just not ready to stress about that stuff. In mid November.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of football left to be played. The

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Speaker 1: Cowboys are going to lose more games, so they're gonna

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Speaker 1: win a few. And I don't know, I don't know

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Speaker 1: that Andy Dalton on his own is the difference between

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Speaker 1: them magically running to the playoffs and finishing three and thirteen,

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Speaker 1: you know, I and for that matter, people people probably

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Speaker 1: don't want to hear this, but like I just that

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Speaker 1: would suck for Andy if if he doesn't get a chance,

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Speaker 1: because I mean, he's signed here in part to have

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to audition for the rest of his career.

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Speaker 1: And I know the Cowboys have their own priorities that

512
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Speaker 1: they need to get figured out, but you'd like to

513
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Speaker 1: think he could at least have a chance to put

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Speaker 1: a handful of games on paper or on tape where

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Speaker 1: he doesn't get concussed. So no, I mean, if the

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Speaker 1: season goes the way people think it's gonna go and

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Speaker 1: there can into contention for a top ten pick. Garrett

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Speaker 1: Gilbert or Cooper Rush will have more chances to start later.

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Speaker 1: But I would put Andy back in the lineup when

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Speaker 1: he's ready for the time being. Probably i'd go with

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Speaker 1: a better quarterback, and I just don't see how it

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be Andy. I would go with the better guy here,

523
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Speaker 1: and again we'd go round and round on this. I

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Speaker 1: don't brave on the curve when it comes to this,

525
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Speaker 1: you know, and eighty two is better than a seventy

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Speaker 1: five on a test, regardless of what your expectations are

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Speaker 1: of the person. And so if Garrett Gilbert comes from

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Speaker 1: the Orlando Apollos and he goes it's against the Seilers

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Speaker 1: and does that, that's great. But is his expectations you know,

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Speaker 1: was it more of an expectations things which I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, we didn't expect him to do anything. If

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Speaker 1: he's better than Andy Dalton, then yeah, I would play him.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think he's going to be. And I

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Speaker 1: still think that you can go and like Dave said,

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Speaker 1: you know, you'd be competitive here or give Andy a shot.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't done anything wrong, you know, he I mean

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Speaker 1: both protocols that he's in. I mean, that's just that's

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Speaker 1: what happened. But I think he should go out and

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Speaker 1: he should play. And if Garrett Gilbert's going to be

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Speaker 1: a backup here for maybe next year, he just showed

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Speaker 1: that he can get here in three weeks and play

542
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 1: against the Steelers and do that, he'll be finding an

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00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,880
Speaker 1: offseason you don't have to see him that much more.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he'll he'll get out there, He'll play with

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Speaker 1: this offensive line. They're all gonna play well. I will

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Speaker 1: say this. I think that one thing I think I

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Speaker 1: noticed yesterday, which I don't know that there are I

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Speaker 1: don't know that there are a lot of u and

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of empirical proof I can give for it,

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Speaker 1: but I think I saw it is that it seems

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Speaker 1: like he got rid of the ball. He was more

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00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: decisive and got rid of the ball quicker than we'd

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Speaker 1: seen from any of the guys that have come in

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Speaker 1: since dec And I think when you're playing with this

555
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Speaker 1: kind of offensive line that is that's porous and can

556
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Speaker 1: certainly lead to pressure coming from a lot of different

557
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Speaker 1: points and a lot of different times in games, and

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Speaker 1: ability to be able to quickly diagnose where you need

559
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 1: to get the ball and get it out quickly. I

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Speaker 1: think is very very important. I'll take you back to

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Speaker 1: earlier in the game. It was about seven fifty six

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Speaker 1: left in the second quarter. Cowboys was second and seven,

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Speaker 1: and this was to play just before the touchdown. He

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Speaker 1: had pressure coming, he was able to get rid of

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Speaker 1: the ball, and he got rid of the ball quick

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Speaker 1: and it was he basically threw it into the ground.

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Speaker 1: He knew he wasn't going to complete the pass. But

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Speaker 1: what I liked about it was he got rid of

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Speaker 1: the ball. He got rid of it in a place

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Speaker 1: that it wasn't going to be intercepted. And at the

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Speaker 1: same time, he didn't take the sack, which would have

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Speaker 1: been a much different third down at that point when

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Speaker 1: they would have gone for the when they were shooting

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Speaker 1: for the touchdown. If you're at you know, third and twelve,

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Speaker 1: third and fourteen, that's a much different way that the

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Speaker 1: defense plays you then if you're a third and seven

577
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 1: and again. That to me, I was that was the

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Speaker 1: first moment in the game when I said, Okay, Scott's

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00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 1: got a little something. He has a feel for what's

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Speaker 1: going on around him, and he saw the pressure coming,

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00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: he saw that that pocket collapsing, he got rid of

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Speaker 1: the ball. That's the part that makes me think that

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Speaker 1: maybe he might be a better fit for what's going

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Speaker 1: on in this offense right now than what Andy is.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, again, this is one of those decisions

586
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: where either way, I don't think either one of them

587
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: is going to make a huge difference in the fortunes

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Speaker 1: of this team, win or lost. I think at the

589
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: end of the day, it's just a matter of which

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Speaker 1: one do you want to really get time to see,

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Speaker 1: And I think that'll be a decision that the coaches

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Speaker 1: will have to make. We're gonna another thing, another thing,

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Speaker 1: Oh oh sorry, I was just gonna add that. Another

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Speaker 1: thing to take into account is what are you gonna

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Speaker 1: do with the whole quarterback position in the future with

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and all that, Because again I'm starting to

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Speaker 1: see a lot of conversations on Twitter just after seeing

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Speaker 1: one game from Gilbert It's like, Okay, well, why do

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Speaker 1: you decide here? It's just it depends the way I

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Speaker 1: see it. It's like, what are you really trying to

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Speaker 1: obtain in the future? Are you wanting to see more

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Speaker 1: from a younger guy? I know he's being in the

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Speaker 1: league since what twenty fourteen, I think, so he's not

604
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Speaker 1: super young, but still young enough in the league. So

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Speaker 1: it's like, what are you looking at the back cup position?

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Speaker 1: What are you gonna do in the draft? What are

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00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 1: you gonna do with Dak Prescott and all that? So

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Speaker 1: it's one of those things I would rather just keep

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Speaker 1: seeing Gilbert and see what he has. All right, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna take our final break. Comeback. We're gonna talk a

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Speaker 1: little more about the running backs. They did a pretty

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Speaker 1: good job yesterday. I want to talk about Polar in

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Speaker 1: his day versus Zeke and his day. We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: the offensive line, We'll get into the defense, We'll get

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Speaker 1: into the special teams to all that. When we come back.

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Speaker 1: of the break. We got a distractable player over there,

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Speaker 1: Nick Eatman. We're gonna jump back in. We gotta finish

656
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Speaker 1: up this. Uh. These performance reviews we talked about Garrett

657
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Speaker 1: gil Gilbert. Let's move to the running backs. Tony Pollitt

658
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: yesterday had nine rushes fifty seven yards, leads the team

659
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: in yardage on the grounds. Zeke has eighteen carries for

660
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Speaker 1: fifty one yards. The total for the team was one

661
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Speaker 1: hundred and forty four yards. Rushing, which is a really

662
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Speaker 1: really good day based on kind of what we've seen

663
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Speaker 1: from them recently. But that all being said, is Pollitt

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Speaker 1: running better than Zeke at this point in the season,

665
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Speaker 1: and does he deserve more opportunities? Nick, let's start with you.

666
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 1: He is Scott, He's got more juice, There's no doubt

667
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: about it. He's definitely running the ball. Well. I just

668
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: think this is you know, this goes back to years.

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Speaker 1: Everybody loves the backup court of running back more than

670
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: the starter. They always have. I mean, people loved Hambrig

671
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: more than they loved him at Smith at one point.

672
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: That just happens, um. But there's a reason why they

673
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 1: come in and run the ball better because they they

674
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: got some you know, they're they're they're fresh. Um. But

675
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 1: it doesn't have to be an either or I mean,

676
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: put them both in there. I mean, but use it

677
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: like that. I thought it was a good compliment because

678
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,919
Speaker 1: I don't think Polar can keep doing what Zeke does,

679
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 1: and you know, Zeke right now is not showing he

680
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 1: can do what Pollard does, So I like, I like

681
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: what it is. Dave, Yeah, if I had to guess,

682
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,879
Speaker 1: there's there's more to this story. Then Zeke is bad

683
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: and Tony is good. Like if I'm gonna guess, when

684
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,840
Speaker 1: I go and turn on the tape, you can see

685
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh keying on Zeke's snaps in a way that they

686
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Speaker 1: probably don't for Tony. Whether that's because Tony's more versatile

687
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 1: as a receiver, they have to account for that, maybe

688
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 1: they're just not as worried about it. I understand all

689
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: of that, Like I don't. I don't just think Zeke

690
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: is bad. I think what the Steelers were doing probably

691
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with that. At the same time, yeah,

692
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: like there's no better way to say it than like,

693
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: there's the juice, Like Tony Pollard has juice and Zeke

694
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: doesn't right now, whether because of what defenses are doing

695
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: or maybe it's his hamstring. But I saw a staff

696
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 1: this morning. Tony Pollard has his mini twenty plus yard

697
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: carries on like one hundred attempts, as Zeke does on

698
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: his last four hundred, and at some point that stops

699
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:37,959
Speaker 1: being about what defenses are doing. I'm sorry, but it does. So. Yeah,

700
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: I you know, I'm not trying to put Zeke on

701
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: the bench, but that definitely, I don't even know if

702
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: you want to call it a committee. But Tony Pollard

703
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: needs snaps, he needs carries. I think he had nine yesterday.

704
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: He should be hovering around He should probably be hovering

705
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Speaker 1: around ten to twelve for the foreseeable future, maybe more

706
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: depending on the game plan. But yeah, I mean, so

707
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: you have to really good running backs. You'd like to

708
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: be getting more from one of them, but just use

709
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: both of them in the meantime while you figure that out. Camber, No, yeah,

710
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 1: I agree with everything they said. And the great thing

711
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,399
Speaker 1: is that you don't have to necessarily choose between one

712
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: or the other. It's not like you're gonna only have

713
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Speaker 1: one active during the game. You have both of them

714
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: in they're ready to go in and just keep adjusting

715
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 1: based on their performance. If you see Tony Poller being

716
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Speaker 1: more successful in that day in that game, allow him

717
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: to be more on the field, and just keep adjusting

718
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: based on what you are seeing during the game. And

719
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 1: I know that's easier said than done, and it's hard

720
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 1: to predict who's gonna be able to keep making the

721
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,919
Speaker 1: better place. But at the same time, is you have

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Speaker 1: the ability to choose between these two guys very easily

723
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: and just interchange between the two very easily. So I

724
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: just think create a good balance and allow one to

725
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: be more the field depending on who's performing better that day.

726
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,799
Speaker 1: You know, there's people that love to look at what

727
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 1: Zeke does and what he does not doing and put

728
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,399
Speaker 1: his contract up there and all this stuff, and I'm

729
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,439
Speaker 1: probably going to be the last to ever go there

730
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Speaker 1: to really criticize him. I respect what he does. I

731
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: respect the role that he plays. He plays the leader

732
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 1: role and whether or not he is a great leader,

733
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,439
Speaker 1: who knows, but he plays that role. He knows that.

734
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Speaker 1: You know, he's got to be the one that talks

735
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: to the media. He knows he's got to play in

736
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,760
Speaker 1: that game. I mean, that was a game time decision.

737
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: I was told, don't know, if he's playing, he's gonna

738
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Speaker 1: go down there with Britt Brown and on the courts

739
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: and we're gonna see how it goes. There will be

740
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: people that would say, in this situation, I'm out. You know,

741
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 1: there's people on this team that aren't playing right now,

742
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: and maybe they should. Maybe they shouldn't, you know that

743
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 1: they're not healthy or not. Who knows he played. He

744
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: could have easily backed out that game. Limited all week

745
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: playing the Steelers back quarterback, the fourth stream quarterback. He played,

746
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Speaker 1: So I'm giving him credit for how he played. I mean,

747
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: he didn't play it is great, but you know he

748
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:07,320
Speaker 1: was in there. He was in there in front of

749
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: that was tough sledding for all those running backs, and

750
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Speaker 1: I just I think he deserves a little bit more

751
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: credit for going out there and playing. There's not everybody's

752
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,360
Speaker 1: doing that now. I actually agree with that. And the

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Speaker 1: one thing I will say, though, is I do think,

754
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Speaker 1: going back to what Amber said, I actually think that

755
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,800
Speaker 1: Yestersday's game, I think there was a point when it

756
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: seemed to me, at least, there was a clear difference

757
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: between the juice of Pollard and the juice of Zeke,

758
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Speaker 1: and I think in that instance I would have opted

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00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 1: to give Pollard a few more carries. That's my whole

760
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: point is that I'm not thinking necessarily for the season.

761
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: I'm not saying, you know, bench Zeke all that stuff

762
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: like that's that's it. That's silly. The point is if

763
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 1: you're in a game and you notice one of them

764
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: seems to have a little bit more which yesterday, and

765
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: I attribute that more to Zeke's hamstring, and I give

766
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Speaker 1: him all the credit in the world for getting out

767
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: there and playing through it. But if you start to

768
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: notice that one guy has a little more juice the other,

769
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: I think he's stick with the hot hand, And I

770
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: would have given Paula a few more opportunities in that instance, sure,

771
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: because I do think yesterday he had a little more juice.

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00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 1: What were you saying something, Dave, No, I just I

773
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: really agree with with Nick's point. That's kind of it's

774
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: fair to it's fair, very fair to criticize the play

775
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 1: of the fifteen million dollars running back. But I just, yeah,

776
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 1: I don't I'm not ready to throw dirt on the

777
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: guy's career. I still think he's a hell of a player,

778
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 1: and I'm sure his hamstring didn't feel good yesterday. And

779
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: on top of that, he's sort of stuck in a

780
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 1: situation where he's weathering this crappy storm on his own

781
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: because he's I mean, he's the he's the biggest face

782
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: on the offense. He's he's the one of the highest

783
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,720
Speaker 1: paid running backs in the league. He doesn't have his quarterback,

784
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: he doesn't have his own line. So I respect what

785
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: he's going through right now. That's not to make excuses for,

786
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 1: like I mean, you know, you want better production from

787
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: a guy that you're paying that money to, but I

788
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: respect what he's doing. Let's flip to the defensive side

789
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: of the ball. Yesterday, particularly on the rush defense. In

790
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: the rush defense, they helped Pittsburgh forty six yards with

791
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: a long of eight rushing yards on a particular carry.

792
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 1: They've had now, in my opinion, back to back solid performances.

793
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: If you go back to the Philadelphia game, are you

794
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: so that they may have finally figured this thing out?

795
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: Because I think for so long we've been wondering, like

796
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,359
Speaker 1: between the defensive coordinator and what he's trying to do

797
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,879
Speaker 1: and the players and them trying to figure it all out,

798
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 1: they didn't seem to have a clue. And now we've

799
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: had two weeks where it looks like maybe things are changing.

800
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 1: I think they've started to figure it out. Day. We'll

801
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 1: start with you. Yeah, I mean, I was the guy

802
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: that sat here and basically laughed at you when you

803
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: asked me about the run defense on Friday. Like I predicted,

804
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: I wrote down in my prediction that I thought James

805
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: Connor was gonna go for one thirty. So yeah, that

806
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,399
Speaker 1: might be the most stunning development from this entire game

807
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 1: is that they were rock solid against the run to

808
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: the point that Pittsburgh gave up on it. Mike Tomlin

809
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: even said that after the game, he was like, yeah, like,

810
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: we just realized we were going to have way better

811
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 1: luck trying to spread them out and throw the ball.

812
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 1: Which that is what I expected this defense to look like.

813
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: Not not great, susceptible to the passing game because they're

814
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 1: inexperienced on the back end. You know, they they started

815
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,720
Speaker 1: giving up backbreaking plays at the end because Roethlisberger's a beast,

816
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: but standing in there, man, they were good against the

817
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: run and a great Roethlisberger. Credit boy, he found Stavion

818
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: Smith and goes, oh, who's this. He's not on my

819
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 1: roths let's go. Let's go. That's a great point. Yeah.

820
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: And he tested he tested Trevon Diggs in the in

821
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Speaker 1: the early going, and and Diggs was up to and

822
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,439
Speaker 1: so yeah, I think this was this was their best

823
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: performance of the season. Um, I'm way too pessimistic to

824
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,439
Speaker 1: just be like, this is what we're going to see

825
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: the rest of the way, because you know, I think

826
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: there's some degree of circling the wagons. I think there's

827
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Speaker 1: some degree of you know, getting juiced up to play

828
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 1: the seven and oh, Pittsburgh Steelers, that's a team with

829
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: its target on its back. You know, how do you

830
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: how do you respond playing a crappy Washington team on

831
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: short week's rest in a couple of weeks here. Um,

832
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 1: So you know, I'm not ready to say that they're

833
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 1: just amazing, but I was very very impressed, particularly, you know,

834
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Speaker 1: not just that they played well, but how they played well.

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00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: I mean to make Pittsburgh quit running the ball. Pretty

836
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 1: pretty impressive. Amber definitely impressed as well, but definitely not

837
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 1: convinced yet, even though I started talking about, Okay, maybe

838
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: they got a shot to the playoffs and all that,

839
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,439
Speaker 1: and let's hold up. At the same time, I need

840
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: to see more because one of the things that this

841
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: UH Cowboys team has lacked is consistency. They haven't been

842
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:53,240
Speaker 1: able to maintain consistency all throughout the season, weeks by weeks.

843
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: So it's one of those things that I great, great

844
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: performance against the Steelers, but at the same time, we

845
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,239
Speaker 1: do to see more, and they need to keep doing

846
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 1: it again week after week and then maybe me I'll

847
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 1: start buying into that whole idea that finally the Cowboys

848
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 1: rush defense has been able to uh turn the page

849
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,839
Speaker 1: and start performing better. Let's put some names on it.

850
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: I mean Neville Gallimore. I mean he he was a

851
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Speaker 1: beast for a while there. I mean he played really

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00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 1: well and then and even in the fourth quarter and

853
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 1: at the very end of the game when they when

854
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,720
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh said we're gonna have to go for it because

855
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: Tomlin did not trust the field goal, he didn't then

856
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 1: trust that they could block they could block it, you know,

857
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 1: so great, great job by the special teams for that.

858
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: But but I would say Neville Gallimar in the middle

859
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:48,399
Speaker 1: Antoine Woods, which you know, Antoine Woods needs a game

860
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 1: ball for other reasons too, but you know, just just

861
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,359
Speaker 1: doing you know, being a Dallas Cowboy. You know, if

862
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: Cowboy fans really saw what he did, I think that

863
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: was that was amazing. I don't know if we wept well,

864
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 1: I mean, oh and we saw this right for the show.

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00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: I'm not on TikTok. I don't I don't know what.

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00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: I don't even know how to spell it. I was

867
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: like trans transcribing it last night. But TikTok is where

868
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: Antoine Woods saw Juju Smith whatever his name is, Juju

869
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: he was on the Star before the game on Saturday dancing.

870
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: He did TikTok video. So Antoine knows him because they

871
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: went to the USC together and he was like, ah,

872
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: he's going to do something. When Juju scored, Antoine saw

873
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: it the whole way. He started running to the Star

874
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: because he knew Juju was gonna run and try to

875
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 1: do something like t O and he said it's not happening,

876
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,760
Speaker 1: not gonna happen at all. So he goes that zero

877
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: tolerance for that, which, hey, that's great. Do you think

878
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 1: people really think George Teak was a great player or

879
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 1: did they? People love what George Teague did the to

880
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he was a good player, but that was

881
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 1: an unbelievable, unforgettable moment. So Antoine Woods was gonna make

882
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:56,319
Speaker 1: sure that it didn't happen. And I asked her about

883
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: it and he said, no, not gonna happen, And I said, well,

884
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: what would happened if he didn't? He said, I would

885
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: have speared his ass. No. And you can go back

886
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: and watch the video. It's actually you can see hold

887
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,839
Speaker 1: on tongue in cheek. Yeah, he was like, that's my boy.

888
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: Because there they went to Carl together, but he's like, nah,

889
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 1: he ain't gotta taken care of it. That's the thing.

890
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 1: You see Juju heading for the end zone. You see

891
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 1: Randy Gregor reach out and swipe the ball away from him.

892
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: He stops, he picks up the ball, and he keeps

893
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: running towards the Star and then you can kind of

894
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: see his head kind of shift as he's getting near

895
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: the start, and I think he sees Antoine Woods and

896
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: then it's like all right, yeah, let me go my team. Yeah, yeah,

897
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: this is all good. Yeah, hey we gotta score, you know.

898
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: So Yeah, I think I think mission accomplished by Antoine

899
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: Woods or got about him. I'm glad we brought that

900
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: up because that's like the vibe for this entire game

901
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 1: with everything the Cowboys have lost. Like, are any fans

902
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: out there like mad that they're losing? I don't think so.

903
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: But it's whether or not it looks like you give

904
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: a damn, like whether or not you're gonna be as

905
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,479
Speaker 1: upset on Monday as they are because you lost the game.

906
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 1: You can't tell me that they were giving off that

907
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:09,600
Speaker 1: vibe against Arizona and Washington. They just weren't. So for

908
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 1: them to scrap the way they did against Pittsburgh, and

909
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: you know, for two guys to be like, you're not

910
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 1: doing that in our house, like, I think that's I mean,

911
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 1: obviously you prefer to win, but like, if you're doing that,

912
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: at least in a situation like this, I think fans

913
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: can at least get on board with that and that

914
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,839
Speaker 1: it was great to see for that very reason. Yeah,

915
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: I think they were really good. The defense was really

916
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 1: good yesterday. I think that we will find out a

917
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: lot about this Russia defense. They have a bye week,

918
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 1: but the week after that they'll be playing the Minnesota Vikings.

919
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 1: And if you've been watching Dalvin Cook over the last

920
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: two weeks, that's when we're gonna find out about this

921
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: RuSHA defense, because that dude has been on another planet

922
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,440
Speaker 1: these last two weeks, and we will see whether the

923
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:51,359
Speaker 1: Cowboys defense can put a stop to that. All right, So,

924
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: Glad Amber I was gonna ask you, guys, do you

925
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: think that it's bad that they have the bye week

926
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 1: right now? Us far as like when you see them

927
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:06,040
Speaker 1: finally performing at a better level than what we've seen

928
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: so far in the season, do you take this bye

929
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: week as like men? I wish they can just keep

930
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: the momentum going or man, they just need the bye week.

931
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,520
Speaker 1: Give me the bye week. This is almost sorry, this

932
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: is a person as you can have the bye week. Yea, yeah,

933
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: well that's true too. But even even with no preseason,

934
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 1: with a short training camp like these guys are, obviously

935
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,240
Speaker 1: they're beat to hell. I mean not just the guys

936
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: on IR but everybody. So uh no, that's it. I

937
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: think week to week momentum is real, but these guys

938
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 1: need a breather. Yeah, that's a good question. But but

939
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 1: I do think, you know, another week for Zeke's hamstringing,

940
00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: and you know, I think, like Dave said, there's there's

941
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: a ton of guys that probably could could do that.

942
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,759
Speaker 1: But you know, yeah, I think Neville Gallimore and those

943
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: young guys, and and Garrett Gilbert if he if he's

944
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: the guy, you know, I mean, this gives another week

945
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: for you think about it. If Andy Dalton's gonna come back,

946
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: I think it's actually perfect because Andy Dalton was in

947
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: the COVID protocol last week and then he has another

948
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 1: week and then he should be good to go if

949
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: he's going to be the quarterback, so for the next game. Yeah,

950
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 1: I'm a big believer too, in that theory of you know,

951
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,959
Speaker 1: every team has a moment in their season, no matter

952
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 1: how bad they are, when they get to a game

953
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,320
Speaker 1: that they look at as this is our super Bowl.

954
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys had their super Bowl yesterday, and

955
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: I thought they gave everything they possibly had. Don't say that,

956
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: and no, but my point is, I think when you

957
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 1: go into a game like that, it's the real challenge

958
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 1: of and you give everything you got. So I think

959
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 1: the buy actually comes at a good time because it

960
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: lets them refuel a little bit and get some perspective.

961
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,200
Speaker 1: Because I do think that, you know, they went into

962
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: that game they played well above what we all thought

963
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: they could play yesterday. I think sometimes teams have a

964
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:49,440
Speaker 1: propensity to do that when they're playing a much better opponent.

965
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: So I think this is a good time for them

966
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 1: to kind of reevaluate, step back for a second, and

967
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,040
Speaker 1: then be ready to go into the next next several

968
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 1: games to finish out the season. All right, I appreciate

969
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,280
Speaker 1: you guys joining us. We will be back tomorrow. Actually,

970
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna do something a little different tomorrow. We're gonna

971
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 1: have our shows shake up. I will not be with

972
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: these guys. I will not see them for the rest

973
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:07,640
Speaker 1: of the week. If you're looking at the screen, you

974
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: can see all the different shows and the lineups. The

975
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: Break will consist of myself, Isaiah Standback, Buried Church, and

976
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 1: Kurt Daniel. So make sure you check us out tomorrow

977
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 1: at eleven thirty as we're normally on. We'll have a

978
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,399
Speaker 1: lot of stuff to talk about. It will be good

979
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 1: to hear some perspective from some of those guys, and

980
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,839
Speaker 1: then you can check out these other guys on their

981
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: other shows. They'll be in their different shows. Yeah, that's

982
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: a good name for it. Bye Week Scramble, and they'll

983
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 1: be on their other shows. Where's that. Amber's gonna be

984
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:35,920
Speaker 1: on Hanging with the Boys, and Nick's gonna be on

985
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 1: Talking Cowboys, and Dave's gonna be on mix Shots. That

986
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 1: will be interesting, all right, So we appreciate you on us.

987
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,319
Speaker 1: We'll be back. I'll be back tomorrow. These guys will

988
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: be on the other shows. Make sure you check out

989
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: all the shows tomorrow and Wednesday till then for Nick,

990
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: even Dave helm and Amber Garcia on Derek Eagleton. This

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00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 1: has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

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00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,440
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