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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 Wednesday, December twenty third, two twenty, season sixteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number eighty six. Welcome to latest edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: presented by Geico. We appreciate you guys join us. We

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Speaker 1: got forty five minutes of entertaining conversation about the Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: Were getting you guys ready for Cowboys versus Eagles that

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Speaker 1: happens this Sunday at three thirty I think it is

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Speaker 1: three twenty three thirty somewhere in that time frame, and

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Speaker 1: so we'll get you guys ready for that. We will

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Speaker 1: be joined by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network here coming

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Speaker 1: up in the second segment. But before we get to that,

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about a few things that Mike

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Speaker 1: of those things, obviously, we've been talking a little bit

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Speaker 1: about injuries. He did get a few injury updates. Dave,

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Speaker 1: tell me where are we with Leyton vander Esh, Antoine Woods,

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Speaker 1: Xavier Woods, and Michael Gallop As far as their availability

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Speaker 1: this weekend, Leyden Vanderesh and Antoine Woods are not practicing.

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Speaker 1: Neither is Xavier Woods. Actually, Mike McCarthy was was pretty

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Speaker 1: forthcoming that he doesn't think it's likely that any of

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Speaker 1: those guys play this weekend. Michael Gallup is limited, Ezekiel

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Speaker 1: Elliott is also limited, So that's encouraging. We'll see what's

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Speaker 1: going on with them. But those three defenders all look

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Speaker 1: at defensive tackle? I mean, Antoine Woods obviously is playing

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Speaker 1: he's their best defensive tackle. What do they do with

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Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see Tyrone Crawford in there. Some

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Speaker 1: we've already seen him in there, but if you if

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Speaker 1: I thought I saw Alden Smith in there on pass

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Speaker 1: rushing situations way more than than I have in any

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Speaker 1: other point this season. Maybe that's happened, but it just

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Speaker 1: felt like it was it was different and seeing it

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Speaker 1: from that, that's not going to help you on third

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Speaker 1: Is Ellie still here? Aku? Yeah, we could they could

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Speaker 1: use Ellie on cou He was a healthy scratch a

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Speaker 1: be I don't know. It's interesting that defensive tackle position

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Speaker 1: where you've had issues with injuries, this has been one

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Speaker 1: seems like over here the last few weeks they've actually

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Speaker 1: Antoine Wood, who I think has been playing pretty good. Well,

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Speaker 1: you've seen good work from defensive ends and I know

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Speaker 1: that's not defensive tackle or anything, but also some of

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, you know, McCarthy deserves credit too.

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Speaker 1: You know, the NFL has this like no nonsense, no

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles winning than the way that they were

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Speaker 1: calling the game with Carson Wentz. They scale back some

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Speaker 1: of the passing, they've gone to some of the read

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Speaker 1: option stuff with Jalen and Miles Sanders kind of splitting

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Speaker 1: carries and attacking the defense in a different way, and

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Speaker 1: its work. And then I would say, to the surprise,

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Speaker 1: he has thrown the ball much better than anybody anticipated.

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Speaker 1: He has been on time, he's delivered it, and I

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Speaker 1: mean the number one thing that you have to do

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Speaker 1: is not give it to the other team. He hasn't

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Speaker 1: given the ball to the other team, which is why

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Speaker 1: the Eagles have been able to win because he hasn't

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Speaker 1: had any greedious amount of turnovers. But he aside from

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position, looking at the team, whether on either

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Speaker 1: side of the ball. Is there something different that the

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Speaker 1: Eagles are currently doing from the last time the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: faced them, just leaning into the run their best offensive

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Speaker 1: players Miles Sanders, And so when you put the young

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Speaker 1: quarterback in, you're lean on the running game or it's

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Speaker 1: giving him more opportunities. And we saw he had a

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Speaker 1: hundred yard game as soon as Jalen went into the thing.

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Speaker 1: And when they are committed to giving him the ruck,

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Speaker 1: he makes things happen. And so the biggest thing I

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Speaker 1: was into the run is mass some of the deficiencies

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Speaker 1: their offensive line leaks or like everybody else is like

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Speaker 1: they have a patchwork outfit. But the running game can

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Speaker 1: kind of cover it up because you can kind of

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Speaker 1: just go body on body and kind of miss and mash.

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Speaker 1: And also when you run and read options stuff, they're

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Speaker 1: guys that you can't block. You just read them, and

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Speaker 1: so it takes some of the pressure off their offensive line.

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Speaker 1: And so it's the running game. It's all about. Mileson

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Speaker 1: is the running game and the way that Doug Peterson

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Speaker 1: has been calling the place. I'm glad you mentioned the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, Bucky, because that's I mean that for me,

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Speaker 1: it seems like the best matchup in this game is

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Speaker 1: you know, Lane Johnson has given to Marcus Lawrence fits

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Speaker 1: for years, but this guy, Matt Pryor does not seem

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Speaker 1: to be quite as formidable. So please please tell me

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Speaker 1: he's playing right like that where DeMarcus Lawrence canna make

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Speaker 1: some hey, maybe yeah, he can't make some hay. But

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Speaker 1: I think the main thing with all of this is

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Speaker 1: stop I'll stop in the run. I know we say

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Speaker 1: it each and every week. The Cowboys have to stop

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Speaker 1: the run. And given the things that have shown up

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Speaker 1: on tape in terms of the misdirection the action and

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Speaker 1: some of the problems that have shown up in terms

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Speaker 1: of being able to stop read option power read type plays.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a problem. And so DeMarcus Lawrence. Before

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Speaker 1: they can get to tee off on the passing game,

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Speaker 1: they got to be able to win early downs in

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Speaker 1: the running game, and that has been a problem. And

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Speaker 1: so d law and those guys have to do a

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Speaker 1: good job of controlling the trenches on the rundown so

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Speaker 1: they can get to the opportunity to really get out

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Speaker 1: to the passage. Bucky. You know, the Eagles drafted Jalen

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Speaker 1: Hurts fifty third overall, so second round pick. They obviously

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Speaker 1: needed some help in other areas. What were they hoping

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Speaker 1: would happen by drafting him? And then, I mean, is

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Speaker 1: it a coincidence that Carson Wentz has gone in the

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Speaker 1: tank here? I mean, and I say this because the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys were thinking about drafting Jalen Hurts, maybe not second round,

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Speaker 1: but like third or fourth. So what was the best

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Speaker 1: case scenario to drafting a guy without your star quarterback

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Speaker 1: looking over his shoulder? Well, a couple of things they

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Speaker 1: talked about Harry Roseman right after draft. He talks about

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Speaker 1: wanting to create a quarterback factory. The quarterback is the

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Speaker 1: most important part of the team, is the most important piece,

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Speaker 1: and if you're able to develop multiple quarterbacks, it becomes

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Speaker 1: a very interesting trade pond to be able to bring

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Speaker 1: back assets and the like. Because they liked the personality

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Speaker 1: of Jason Hurst, because they had a vision of maybe

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Speaker 1: Jalen doing some of the things that Taysom Hill has

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Speaker 1: been able to do down in New Orleans. Doug Peterson

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Speaker 1: wanted to have that kind of athlete and making a mistake.

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz has been hurt a lot in Philadelphia, and

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Speaker 1: the way that you can really look at the quarterback room,

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Speaker 1: as they paid him this money, they committed a huge

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Speaker 1: chunk of their salary cap to the quarterback position. Well,

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Speaker 1: you still need backup backs and it's cheaper to go

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Speaker 1: in draft one that you can get cheaper. And you

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Speaker 1: look at the total amount of money that they're committing

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback position with their starter in their backup,

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Speaker 1: it is in line with what you want to spend.

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Speaker 1: And so it was a little bit about maybe we

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Speaker 1: can develop a guy and trade them off, but also

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Speaker 1: maybe we can get a cheap backup option that can

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Speaker 1: come in and play in a pinch. We're joined by

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Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks off NFL Network presented by Textico with Techcron

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Speaker 1: Bucky and Philadelphia is right now thirty second in sacks

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Speaker 1: allowed with four point two per game. It actually looked

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Speaker 1: like they'd fixed this problem against New Orleans where they

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Speaker 1: didn't give up a single sack, but then last week

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Speaker 1: against Arizona they give up six. What did they do

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Speaker 1: in that game against New Orleans that maybe made them

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Speaker 1: a little better in that respect than they've been most

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Speaker 1: of the season. Well, in New Orleans, New Orleans didn't

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Speaker 1: really know what they were doing, so they kind of

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Speaker 1: played on their heels. Sometimes the read option stuff can

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Speaker 1: do that. It can make you pause and hesitate. You

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Speaker 1: don't want to blizz because you're fearful of what's going on.

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Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals took a different tactic. We're gonna bliss

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Speaker 1: him and we're gonna blow it up on the way.

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Speaker 1: And so they blissed him and they attacked them. They

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Speaker 1: brought cover zero blitzes where all out pressures and zero

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Speaker 1: man no safety help in the middle, and they challenged

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Speaker 1: him and they were able to get home. Now the county.

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Speaker 1: That is, are you willing to live with your corners

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Speaker 1: and coverage like that? Patrick Peterson had a tough time

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Speaker 1: because I want to say he had three or four

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Speaker 1: po penalties in that game, and they went at Patrick Peterson.

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Speaker 1: So Mike Nolan isn't a guy that typically likes to

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Speaker 1: bring pressure like that, and so I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you can have that same kind of success if you're

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Speaker 1: not willing to dial it up and bring five and

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Speaker 1: six man pressures on random downs. Okay, we've seen that

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys most recent success in those games has come

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Speaker 1: from the defense being able to create takeaways and take

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Speaker 1: the ball. You mentioned earlier how much the Eagles are

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Speaker 1: currently protecting the ball. If the Cowboys aren't able to

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Speaker 1: get a take away, a single one, whether a fumble

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Speaker 1: or an interception, can they actually win this game, because

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Speaker 1: that has seemed to be the recipe for success for

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Speaker 1: them in this past couple of games. Yeah, they can

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Speaker 1: win the game. I mean from a talent perspective, they can.

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Speaker 1: They can win the game. They can. They can beat

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Speaker 1: him if it's an even game, you don't have turnovers

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Speaker 1: or whatever. The Cowboys can win if they play the

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Speaker 1: right way. Offensive, defensively, and special teams. I do believe

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Speaker 1: that there's some turnover opportunities that will present themselves with

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts. Jaln Hursts is fomming the ball maybe five

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Speaker 1: or six times. Those fumbles have kind of bounced back

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Speaker 1: into his arms, and so I think it has to

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Speaker 1: be a point of emphasis when we get around Jalen Hursts.

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Speaker 1: Let's attack the football. He's been loose with it. He's

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Speaker 1: been careless with it. You can't knock the ball away,

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Speaker 1: and then you have to figure out a way if

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Speaker 1: you can pressure him and harass him enough where maybe

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Speaker 1: you quicken the clock in his head and he does

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Speaker 1: deliver some air and passes. To his credit, he has

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Speaker 1: been very, very careful with the ball. He is being

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Speaker 1: careful but still being fairly aggressive in terms of taking

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Speaker 1: the shots when the shots are there. The best bet

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Speaker 1: in terms of forcing turnovers is they've given up sacks.

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Speaker 1: When you get an opportunity to sack him, tomahawk, chop it,

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Speaker 1: try and knock it out. He has been careless with

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Speaker 1: the ball in the pocket. Now, I think that's something

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Speaker 1: that most young quarterbacks have to learn how to do.

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Speaker 1: So the first Eagles game. I don't even know how

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Speaker 1: useful the tape is between having been Denucci back there

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Speaker 1: and obviously I mean, that was a low point for

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Speaker 1: the Dallas offensive line. They've you know, they've stabilized a

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Speaker 1: good bit, but you know, last week was really tough sledding.

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Speaker 1: I imagine this week is going to be again. I mean,

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Speaker 1: even with how much better the offensive line is playing,

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Speaker 1: particularly Connor McGovern and Terrence Steele, are they up for

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Speaker 1: this challenge of Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox? Do you

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Speaker 1: think well? I mean, I think the last game, the

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Speaker 1: first game, actually Cowboys had opportunities, but they decided in

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Speaker 1: the rison did they want to throw the ball all

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Speaker 1: over the yard with Ben Denucci as opposed to running

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Speaker 1: the ball successfully like they have been. They had plenty

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Speaker 1: of opportunities. I think that was a very winnable game

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Speaker 1: for them. I think the key in this game is

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Speaker 1: you have to be balanced. You have to be able

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Speaker 1: to mix the run. In the past, I think it

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Speaker 1: has to be a quick game option because making a

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Speaker 1: mistake Jim Schwarzen, those guys, they're hiding some players in

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Speaker 1: the secondary that they don't want to get exposed. And

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Speaker 1: so if they do He's not one to really doll

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Speaker 1: it up. But if they do, try to come after

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys and get after Andy Dalton dead leaves some

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Speaker 1: random guys on the perimeter trying to cover Cede Lamb

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Speaker 1: and Maari Cooper, and those matchups go the Cowboys way,

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Speaker 1: and so it's a bit of a yin and yang.

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Speaker 1: But I think there are some opportunities to be able

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Speaker 1: to attack. They just have to be careful and selective

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Speaker 1: in terms of when they go after it. Bucky, I'm

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Speaker 1: actually shocked that Dave did not ask this question already.

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Speaker 1: So we asked this earlier. Did the Cowboys make a

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Speaker 1: mistake with the picking Cede Lamb over Justin Jefferson? And

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Speaker 1: nobody really thought that they did. But did the Eagles?

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Speaker 1: Did they make a mistake in taking Jalen Rager with

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Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson sitting right there or even Brandon I it

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Speaker 1: is too early, I mean, so here's the thing to

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Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. I think it was a perfect storm Justin

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Speaker 1: Jefferson going in Minnesota. Now, I would say this, Jerry Sullivan,

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Speaker 1: who had coached him at LSU, badgered me because I

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Speaker 1: went over in and didn't rank him him the top five.

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Speaker 1: When I was talking about wide receivers. I had him

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Speaker 1: at five and he was like, this dude is a dog.

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Speaker 1: He is everything that you wanted. I think he has

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Speaker 1: proven to be an outstanding route runner, but I think

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Speaker 1: the system that he plays in and Gary Kubik system,

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Speaker 1: I think it just works. You know. I can't say

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Speaker 1: that he would have that same level of success in

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Speaker 1: other places. He's a terrific player, but I think sometimes

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Speaker 1: you have the perfect marriage in terms of player going

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Speaker 1: to the right system, playing with the right quarterback in

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Speaker 1: those things. I think in Philadelphia the main thing was

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Speaker 1: sometimes coaches can be enamored with speed on the card,

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Speaker 1: and Jay Raaga ran really fast, and they wanted more

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Speaker 1: explosive is because the biggest thing that had plagued them

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Speaker 1: is they didn't have big playability. And I think in

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Speaker 1: their mind, even though Justin Jefferson ran really fast at

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Speaker 1: the combine, they didn't envision him being a the top

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Speaker 1: off the defense type guy and maybe that led them

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Speaker 1: to go with Jalen Raiger. That said, look, they're certainly

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Speaker 1: having an answer for that because Justin Jefferson has been

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Speaker 1: a revelation of first year pro bowler All the things

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Speaker 1: that he's being able to do in terms of putting

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Speaker 1: them numbers that are in that Randy Moss category. And

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Speaker 1: so yeah, they certainly may have some buyer's remorse, but

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Speaker 1: I do understand their mentality, their mindset when they were

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Speaker 1: going in thinking, hey, Jalen Raiger is maybe a better

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Speaker 1: fit for what we want to do offensively. All right, Bucky,

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Speaker 1: we've got to the point of the show. Will we

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think the Cowboys to be able to

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Speaker 1: win this one. I think the more that Jalen Hurst

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Speaker 1: to defend. The key will be Shaun Lee and Jalen

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Speaker 1: keep Jalen Hurst from hurting them? But if the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: We are presented by Geico, and I got some questions

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Speaker 1: for you guys. I want to talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about defense and special teams. I'll start first with the defense.

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Speaker 1: Over the last few weeks, they've been playing a little

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Speaker 1: bit better, mainly in the fact that they've been getting turnovers,

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Speaker 1: which is something they were not doing earlier in the season.

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Speaker 1: My question for you guys is is this defense at

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Speaker 1: this point performing at a level that if they were

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Speaker 1: to be able to continue this going into next year

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Speaker 1: when this team has their complement of offensive players back

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Speaker 1: from injury. Is this the level they need to really

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Speaker 1: be at in order for this team to be successful?

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Speaker 1: Not great, but definitely opportunistic and decent. Nick, No, they

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Speaker 1: need to be better than this. When they get challenged

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Speaker 1: by really good quarterbacks, they lose. They they've beaten some

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Speaker 1: teams that aren't very good on offense. Then Nick Mullins

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Speaker 1: and Brandon Allen and and I mean Kirk Cousins, they

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Speaker 1: beat him. I mean Kirk Cousins and Matt Ryan. I

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Speaker 1: mean they've been in the Pro Bowls. They're not going

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Speaker 1: this year. Their team isn't going to the playoffs this year.

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Speaker 1: But they beat them barely. I mean it took the

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Speaker 1: last second to beat both of them, and they even

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Speaker 1: got exposed by them in that game. So I don't

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Speaker 1: think that they're there. And you can't say that the

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Speaker 1: offense is better the defense will be fine. Now, I

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Speaker 1: think the defense needs to be able to play better.

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Speaker 1: They need more They need more playmakers. They need more

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Speaker 1: guys that can actually go and take the ball away.

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Speaker 1: We're seeing it more, but they need more of it.

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Speaker 1: Amber Now, that's exactly I mean what I was thinking

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Speaker 1: as well, same a snake. I think that yes, It

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Speaker 1: is good to see this defense finally playing with some

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Speaker 1: kind of fire. But at the same time, I need

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Speaker 1: to have a defense that I feel confident enough that

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Speaker 1: it is going to be able to compete against winning teams,

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Speaker 1: not against average or below average. You need to hire,

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Speaker 1: you know, there are higher expectations, So that's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 1: It's like, for those that think that, oh, yes, maybe

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys can make it into the playoffs, what happens then?

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Speaker 1: What happens after Week one of the playoffs once they

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Speaker 1: start facing better teams. I don't have that kind of

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00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: confidence right now because we haven't seen it. But at

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Speaker 1: least on the good side is that we are starting

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Speaker 1: to see a very different defense as opposed to what

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Speaker 1: we were seeing earlier this year, and that's improvement, at

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Speaker 1: least some kind of improvement, and the will and the

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00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 1: fight is there, so hopefully they can build off of

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Speaker 1: that for next year. But they need to do a

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Speaker 1: lot better and a lot more work. Dave, Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: kind of goes back to what I was saying, And again,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to completely discount it, but I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, seven takeaways in two games. You can't count

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Speaker 1: on that, Like, that's I mean, it's great, it's great,

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Speaker 1: and it's awesome that they're getting them. They deserve credit

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Speaker 1: for that, but like, you're not going to force four

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Speaker 1: takeaways per game in the NFL over the course of

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Speaker 1: like a full season, Like you're gonna have stretches where

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Speaker 1: they're harder to come by, and that's when you notice

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Speaker 1: things like the run defense one hundred and fifty yards

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Speaker 1: given up to a bad forty nine ers team with

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Speaker 1: a gimpie offensive line and a quarterback that shouldn't scare you,

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Speaker 1: like Nick against Nick Mullins, you should be able to

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Speaker 1: load up the box and commit to stopping that, and

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Speaker 1: if he hits us for some throws, that's what happens.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, they just they got run on by

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Speaker 1: that team. They gave up they had They gave up

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Speaker 1: six scoring drives to San Francisco and four possessions of

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Speaker 1: ten plays or more so, four different times they let

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Speaker 1: a Nick Mullin offense methodically drive the field against them.

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Speaker 1: That's not great. It's awesome that they're getting takeaways, but

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Speaker 1: the things that, you know, the things that you can

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Speaker 1: sustain from week to week, like run defense, have not

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Speaker 1: been there consistently. So I mean, it's been an encouraging stretch,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, they need to be they need to be

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Speaker 1: better if they're gonna be a better team next year.

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Speaker 1: You know, I thought it was interesting about Nick Mullins

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Speaker 1: heading into the fourth quarter. I was thinking, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I told everyone around me, which is nobody, that

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Speaker 1: I was like, Mullins is playing better than Andy Dalton

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Speaker 1: right now. He is, like Andy Dalton's not playing that great.

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Speaker 1: You know, he keep forcing the ball to Noah Brown.

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Speaker 1: It's not happening, it's not working. And then you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've only taking the advantage of the turnovers.

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Speaker 1: Mullins is out playing Andy Dalton right now. But as

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Speaker 1: the game continued and it got a little bit more

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Speaker 1: pressure moments, he threw two picks, and you know, Dalton

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Speaker 1: obviously didn't and played the way you you know, you

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Speaker 1: expect him to play. But I mean, the Cowboys took

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Speaker 1: advantage of that. But I mean, I thought, I thought

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Speaker 1: Mullins was kind of impressive a little bit for a while,

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Speaker 1: and then he kind of became the guy that you

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Speaker 1: kind of thought, all right, let's move on to special

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Speaker 1: teams this year one hundred nice Wander. Nice Wander currently

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Speaker 1: has forty four percent of his punts that have been

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Speaker 1: down within the twenty at seven of the sixteen punts

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Speaker 1: that he has, Chris Jones when he was punting for

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Speaker 1: the team had about twenty one percent, about half five

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Speaker 1: of twenty four. Has nice Wander been an upgrade? That's

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Speaker 1: a simple question with maybe not as simple an answer,

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Speaker 1: but Dave, let's start with you. Absolutely, he yes, you

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Speaker 1: just said, I mean, yeah, like the ball looks different

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Speaker 1: coming off his foot, the way that they've been able

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Speaker 1: to pin opponents deep. You know, John Fossil was talking

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Speaker 1: the other night about he's had two punts in the

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Speaker 1: last two games down on the opponents one and illegal

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Speaker 1: formation penalties have taken those away, but you know the

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Speaker 1: punter still gets credit for that when the coaches watched tape, like,

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Speaker 1: it's not the punter's fault at the tight end was

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Speaker 1: in the wrong spot. So yeah, he's he's been outstanding,

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Speaker 1: and honestly, that's that is a low key decision that

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Speaker 1: they're going to have to make. You know, I'm positive

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Speaker 1: you know Chris Jones and the coaches would probably come

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Speaker 1: back and say, clearly, Chris Jones has been dealing with injuries.

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Speaker 1: He was dealing with one in twenty nineteen. It was

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Speaker 1: bad enough in twenty twenty that he had to have surgery.

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Speaker 1: But this is a bottom line business at the I mean,

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Speaker 1: at the very least, I would expect that to be

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Speaker 1: a competition next year. Like, you know, I don't just

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Speaker 1: give Chris Jones the doubt, like, well, you've had this surgery,

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Speaker 1: now be good. I mean, I know he's on a

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Speaker 1: big contract, but you know, Dan Bailey got cut two

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Speaker 1: and he's the most accurate kicker in team history. This

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Speaker 1: stuff happens. So Hunter Nights Wander has been good enough

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Speaker 1: that I'm like, oh, yeah, Like I want this dude

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Speaker 1: hanging around next year for sure, at the very least

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Speaker 1: a competition. Amber you know, I always forget about Hunter.

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Speaker 1: And when I'm watching the game and I see a

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Speaker 1: good punt, I'm like, oh, look at you, so I'm

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Speaker 1: a good job. And then I look at the number,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, oh wait, and then I have to look

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Speaker 1: at the roster. I'm like, oh, that's Hunter. Okay. I

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Speaker 1: guess I'm in one of those situations that when you're

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Speaker 1: not really missing someone on the field, and is it

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Speaker 1: really necessary for you to even have them at all?

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Speaker 1: And I feel terrible for saying that because I absolutely

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Speaker 1: love Chris Jones. He's such a nice guy and I

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Speaker 1: would love to see him do well again, but it

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Speaker 1: just hasn't happened. So I think the Cowboys are at

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Speaker 1: this point where they probably will need to part ways

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Speaker 1: with him next year. And I don't know about contract

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Speaker 1: and all that, don't ask me, but just in general,

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Speaker 1: based on what we've seen so far, I do think

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Speaker 1: that Hunter has done enough to keep the job. Nick,

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Speaker 1: I think that, you know, the only thing nice Wander

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Speaker 1: really hasn't done well is run routes on like fourth down.

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Speaker 1: It's really that it. I mean, I think I think

852
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,240
Speaker 1: he's done a better job Hunting. There's just more pop

853
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: coming off off of his foot there, and then Chris

854
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: Jones doesn't have that anymore. He just doesn't have that.

855
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: You can look at the numbers suggest that too, even

856
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: not just the average, but look at the longest punt

857
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: that he's had and he doesn't even get one of those.

858
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: That number has gone down so younger, stronger, Uh, you know,

859
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,359
Speaker 1: a nice Wanders has been really good, and he's also,

860
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: like you said, down at the ball down in there.

861
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,879
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that can be a weapon. I don't

862
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: think there's been an issue holding. I don't, you know,

863
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: I don't think I don't think any of the misses

864
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,359
Speaker 1: have been because of that. So, you know, I think

865
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: that you know this one, let's just be about three

866
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 1: week injury and now it's like we've no one. Does

867
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: anyone even ask Dave in the press conference? Did they

868
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: even ask about where once Jones coming back? I mean,

869
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 1: I just I don't think it's I don't know they

870
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 1: do not. I don't think he's even gonna be back

871
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: next year. Yeah, I really don't. I think you kind

872
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: of move on from that. But I mean, I agree

873
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: with what Amber said. I mean, everybody loves Chris Jones.

874
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: He's a great guy. But I just don't think the

875
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: injuries have effected. But I just think the numbers and

876
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: he just doesn't have the same kind of punting ability

877
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: that he did before. Okay, before we end the show,

878
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: this is our final show of the week. We need

879
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 1: to go through and get picks. How does everybody think

880
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: this game is going to play out Sunday Cowboys versus Eagles?

881
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: And I want to start with you today, who do

882
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: you think? So? May I have a short answer. I

883
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: think that the Cowboys can do enough to beat the Eagles.

884
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: My only and absolutely only hesitation about this game is

885
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 1: can the Cowboys actually get three wins in a road.

886
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 1: Other than that, I feel pretty good about the Cowboys

887
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: being able to take them down and beat them here

888
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 1: at home. So I will choose the Cowboys to win

889
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: against the Eagles, maybe like twenty six, twenty four something

890
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: like that. All Nick, that's good? Um, yeah, I mean

891
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: you're wondering if they can have that kind of consistency.

892
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 1: This is one of those like philosophy type questions. I mean,

893
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,399
Speaker 1: do they have to win three in a row because

894
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: they don't they don't have to win one? Or do

895
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: you look at it and say, well, you know, history

896
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: shows that you're not going to have that kind of

897
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: consistency even though you've done it twice. So that's lingering,

898
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: that's there. I just feel like they're gonna win somehow.

899
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: I think they win thirty one thirty missed extra point

900
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: by the Eagles. All right, Dave, So Nick, you picked

901
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:37,839
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Dave, that shouldn't matter. Just pick no, no, no, no,

902
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: You're right, this is like three weeks in a row.

903
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 1: You're like, we all shouldn't do this. We all shouldn't

904
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: do that. You know, you know why? No? You because

905
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 1: like this team, this team pisses me off. I'm that

906
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 1: better be a cow by, Oh, no doubt, I am not.

907
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: I am not a superstitious person at all. Like I'm

908
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 1: I'm always the guy. I'm like, it doesn't matter what

909
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,359
Speaker 1: what color your sleeves are, it doesn't matter if you're

910
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 1: wearing your lucky socks. But I just know, you know,

911
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: I'm the guy Like I haven't been impressed by either

912
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: of these two wins. Uh, and I'm still like I

913
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: want to see more blah blah blah. And I just

914
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 1: know if I pick them to win this stupid game,

915
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: they'll lose. I just know they will. Dave and Dave, Hey,

916
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: that's just part of a football I thought, that's just

917
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: part of being a football fan. And you're used to

918
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 1: that and you know that world it is, but it

919
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: doesn't make it any less annoying. But that's okay. I mean, listen,

920
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: they still they don't they don't deserve a unanimous pick.

921
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,720
Speaker 1: And I don't know what Derek's going to do Christmas.

922
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 1: He's picking. Yeah, I do, all right, I really sweatshirt. Really,

923
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys should win this game, but I

924
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: don't trust them, and so I'll pick the Eagles. U.

925
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: I'll pick the Eagles to win like twenty eight twenty

926
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: for and you know, I'm not superstitious, but hopefully that

927
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 1: means the Cowboys will actually play well. I don't know.

928
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm doing. This team has broken me. So, man,

929
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: that's a tough place to be in this year. Dave.

930
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,759
Speaker 1: It's just twenty twenty, isn't it. It's rough man, all right.

931
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,359
Speaker 1: I actually think this will be a high scoring game.

932
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: I think both teams will have some success offensively. I

933
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: think it'll be a fun game to watch, and I

934
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: think it'll feel like these teams are better than they

935
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: are because of the way that they'll be playing and

936
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 1: putting up points. But all that being said, I do

937
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys can get to win this weekend. And

938
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: I'll put it like this, Like we say, you don't

939
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 1: trust them to be able to do this, but I

940
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: just go back to McCarthy's history. Like McCarthy was able

941
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,439
Speaker 1: to do this at his last stop, he was able

942
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: to in the first year a team that had underperformed

943
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,960
Speaker 1: all year figured it out at the end of the season.

944
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 1: Maybe it was a schedule, Maybe they're just playing bad teams.

945
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 1: Who knows, but they did. Yeah, but maybe but they did.

946
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: Maybe it was but they did manage to pull those

947
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: games together there at the end of the season and

948
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: win four in a row in that season. I would

949
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: be interested to see if this team can do the

950
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: same thing, because I do think I'm not a big

951
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 1: believer always that things can translate from one season to

952
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: the next. I do think though, when you're talking about

953
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 1: a new head coach and guys buying in, because I

954
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,359
Speaker 1: do think guys look at coaches and they evaluate whether

955
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: they think whatever they're telling them actually works. And I

956
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: think in those kind of situations, it can have a

957
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: carryover effect if you can show them that by the

958
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 1: end of the season, we actually stuff was working. All

959
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,240
Speaker 1: the stuff I was telling you would work, it was working.

960
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 1: I think that's good to have a team like this

961
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,799
Speaker 1: to go into the offseason feeling like what their coach

962
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: is telling them makes sense and works. And so I

963
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 1: do think they're going to get the win this week.

964
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens next week, but I think they'll

965
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: get to win this week. I think the final will

966
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: be Dallas twenty seven, Philadelphia twenty four. All right, appreciate

967
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 1: you guy, you guys joining us. We'll be back on Monday.

968
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: We'll let you know what went right and wrong for

969
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: the Cowboys versus the Eagles. So then, for Nick Even,

970
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,319
Speaker 1: Dave Helm and Ambergarcia, I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been

971
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: the Break Mary Christmas. Everyone, Merry Christmas and hope you

972
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: guys have a safe and happy Christmas. Will see you

973
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: guys next week. This has been The Break live on

974
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:02,600
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975
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:06,479
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