WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Moving On? 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:07.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:17.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys Let Go. Are 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:20.360 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:25.480 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah? And so 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:29.360 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:35.479 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:42.159 Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Friday, January fourteenth, twenty 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.159 twenty two, Season seventeen, episode number ninety eight. Welcome to 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.000 the latest edition of The Break, live from the s 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.479 WBC Mortgage Studios, and this is our final opportunity to 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.360 get you guys excited. If you are not already excited 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.800 for Cowboys Versus forty nine years that happens this Sunday 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.480 at three thirty pm at and T Stadium. It is 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.920 a white out where you're white if you are coming 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:05.679 to the stadium. This will be a fun game and 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.480 it's the playoffs. So once you get excited, hopefully are excited. 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:11.840 But we're gonna tell you what you should be looking for, 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.640 what you'd expect to see this Sunday throughout the course 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:16.640 of the show. Today, let's start first name Nick with 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.600 a ninety eight give me a quick Greg Ellis, love it. 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.560 He was my guy. I mean I liked him. Unfair 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.600 that he got, you know, compared to a wide receiver, 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:28.400 but that's what happened. They should have picked Randy Moss, 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:31.680 but they picked him instead. He did everything right, it 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.600 just wasn't a Hall of Fame wide receiver. You know. 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:36.880 It's interesting too about Greg Ellis. I actually think he's 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.600 one of the few players in the NFL, certainly on 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.640 the Cowboys that I can remember, who was I think 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.759 a much better player. The more he played, the longer 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:47.480 he played, like, I think he was a much better 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:49.840 player later in his career than earlier in his career. 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:51.080 You know, if the first round picks a lot of 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.040 times you'll see him early on. They jump out and 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.520 they show you things like a Michael Parsons like CD, 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.480 and they start doing things. You're like, man, I see 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.600 why they were drafting the first round like he got 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:01.600 a little bit like at the beginning, there wasn't a 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:03.920 lot of that kind of talk. But the more he played, 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.360 and certainly once they stood him as an outside three 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.440 four defensive end, I mean, I'm sorry, an outside linebacker. 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.720 He really I thought took off and was a really 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.400 good players the last couple of years in the league. 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.280 Is that your ninety eight um? Shout out Tyrone. I 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.040 always liked working with him. Yeah, nice guy. Yeah, still 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.760 here and here? Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's at that's my 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.280 guy too. Yeah. I'll say that one because I've seen 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:30.080 the video, so I don't want to piss him off. Yeah, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:34.600 which video? You know? The video? You know for one 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.680 with the arrow. Now, I thought the reason I say 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.280 which video, I'm also talking about the documentary. He did 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.240 what he talked about the some sometimes he had to 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.480 knuckle up earlier and as a younger man. Yeah, yeah, 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.880 he's not afraid and a lot of knuckles going on, 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.280 and I think he ain't scared, not scared, he's scared. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.799 He was. He's good. He's a good player too. All right, Uh, 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.000 let's let's get into some some talk on the injuries. 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.400 There was one guy who did not pry yesterday, Kean 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:05.560 O'Neil chest and elbow injuries. What are we hearing about him? Yeah? 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.600 I thought he was okay because he practiced on Wednesday 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.200 and then he didn't do as much yesterday. He heard 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.839 his arm in that Eagles game and Mike McCarthy said 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:15.520 today that's probably going to go down to the wire. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.120 It's not typically what you want to hear on a 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:22.079 Friday um, especially not at that position. So yeah, they 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.160 just for this game. Tag. Yeah, they don't. They don't 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.720 have any depth there, Yeah, none. It sucks that b 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.520 real Cox isn't available here. I saw I saw like 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.440 at practice the other day, like while they were doing 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.200 special teams and like George Edwards was working with the 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:41.000 linebacker like it was just like working with a linebackers, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.840 working with Layton everybody else and I think Mike was rushing, 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:46.680 you know, doing stuff with the defensive ents, and the 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.680 other guys that are on the team are doing special 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.360 team stuff. There's just not Yeah, I mean, the depth 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.720 is just not there. If you don't have Keanu, and 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:56.720 I'm not ruling him out, but if you just say 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.920 you don't, then you've got Layton And if he wasn't 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.200 already gonna play a lot of linebacker, Michael would have 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.680 to in that circumstance. And then Luke Gifford has had 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.640 a nice year and Francis Bernard is back. Yeah, but 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:11.440 those are those are your special team linebackers. That's yeah, 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.720 not a lot on the way to depth. I was 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:15.560 actually gonna ask you guys this earlier in the week, 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.960 and I don't know that it's it's likely, but do 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:19.400 you think this is the kind of week where you 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.720 could have if let's assume Keanu was healthy, you could 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.440 see three linebackers on the field more frequently. A team 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.800 like this that loves to run the ball, power, running attack. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.120 You know, you would think this would be a week 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.320 where maybe they could morph into something like that. If 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:35.440 you're gonna do it, this would be a matchup where 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:37.640 it makes sense. I mean, the Niners love to play 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.560 twenty one personnel, two backs. I mean, Juice checks on 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.120 the field a lot. Yeah, Kidtill obviously doesn't come off 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.400 the field very much. Yeah, this is this is a 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.719 big personnel type of game, So this would be a 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.920 big hit if obviously he can't play, I would So 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.240 I don't like the idea of it, and like it's 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.720 weird because I think this week we've talked about how 0:04:56.800 --> 0:05:00.799 maybe Keanu and Layton haven't been a ma this season. 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:04.680 They've been fine, but not amazing. But even but yeah, 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:06.719 I mean against the team that runs the ball, you 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.440 just want all hands on deck when it comes to tackling. 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.320 All right, here's we're gonna do. We got some questions 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.919 that are questions that I think will be important to 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.520 how this game turns out. I'm going to run through 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.160 these questions and give you guys an opportunity to answer them. 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.880 The first question, how much do you expect Dallas's offense 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.960 to be different than what we saw over the second 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:28.440 half of the year. And the reason why I asked 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.799 that is because early in the year, if you guys 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:34.040 remember a lot of in the first few games, we 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.480 saw things in those games we were like, oh wow, 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.320 that was creative, particularly offensively in what Kellen Moore was doing. 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.599 I think that kind of settled down, And I wonder 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.640 to myself, is that because what we saw the things early, 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:47.600 so when you see them come back later, they aren't 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.200 new anymore. So of course it's gonna feel like there 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.159 aren't as many new and creative things. But do you 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.920 think that this game coming into this into the playoffs, 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.520 do you expect to see a little more creativity some 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.400 things that maybe you haven't seen to this point. To 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.560 be honest with you, I'm not completely sure I agree 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.120 with your premise to begin with. I think that stuff's 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.800 been there. You pick and choose your spots. But like 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.720 a great example, it gets brushed under the rug because 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:16.159 it didn't work. But remember them the hook and ladder 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.239 they ran against Washington first series and Mari drops the lateral, 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.119 they punt. They go on to score like seven straight 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.520 touchdowns after that, So it kind of gets swept under 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:29.679 the rug. Flee flicker, fleeflicker didn't really work. The past? 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.440 What the past to Cedric from or Cedric to Tony Yah? 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:38.120 What game was that Arizona. Yeah, those players have been there. 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.520 I just think maybe they haven't taken center stage because 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:43.880 the offense hasn't been clicking the way that we got 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.159 used to in the first half of the season. I 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:50.080 can think. I'm like, uh, I'm still trying to figure 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.560 out how they do go into this game with because 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:57.320 you mentioned all those creative plays utilizing so many different 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.280 weapons that they have. Talk about my govern the way 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.600 that they were utilizing him at certain times when he 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:07.920 wasn't playing guard, and even like Cedric Wilson when Dad 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:09.840 gives him the ball and that he's the one throwing 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.160 the past that has worked pretty well, and like when 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.679 they throw in little place like that it does confuse 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.480 because you're not necessarily expecting things like that as the opponent, 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.800 but you know you've seen it on film that they 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.520 can do. So my thing is, like Dave said, it 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:30.480 comes down to them struggling to connect and actually, what's 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:34.120 the word I'm looking for, be efficient like on the 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:37.000 field and actually produce the place that they need to produce, 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.400 because when you're not doing that in the first place, 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.080 how are you gonna be able to do creative place 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.720 like that. So hopefully the win last week gives them 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.640 the confidence that they need and they need to start 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:50.600 off the bat because I think if they do, and 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.360 we've seen it at games where in the second half 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.680 of the game, fourth quarter Dad is able to come 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:59.680 back and they're playing very high speed game and scoring 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.840 points and all that. But I do think that the 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.880 Cowboys can definitely lose this game if they start trailing 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.400 behind from the get go, from the first quarter. They 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.640 need to go in there and I'll fall back and 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.760 not get close to the end zone because that's what 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:20.120 I've seen that really hurts them at the end. I 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.680 agree with Dave in the sense that they have done 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:27.040 some of that stuff, um even past the Terrence Steel, 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:31.360 you know in the Washington game or whatever game that was. Yep. 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.120 Um So, I mean it's like one a game, it 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:37.000 seems like other than you expect to see more of that. Um. 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.000 I think it's just comes down to whatever it takes. 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.839 I mean, that's that's the mentality. You know, if they 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:45.559 feel like they've got it, they've got in their back 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.199 if they need it, you know. I mean, but at 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.880 this point, you're not saving anything. I mean, you know, 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.440 it's a real trendy picked And again a part of 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.400 this was also Jerry's comments. Jerry said on on his 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.520 hit on Sean and RJ a few weeks ago, he said, 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.040 you know, there are some things that we've had that 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.720 we've saved, things that we have worked on in training 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:07.840 camp and we haven't used yet this year that we're 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.280 saving for the playoffs. So yes, they may still be 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.240 doing some of that. But my thought would be, why 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.640 do you say that makes no sense? Because when was 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.000 that though? This was I don't know, maybe three four 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.440 weeks ago. You guys, I assume y'all hurt. I mean 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.320 everybody has or four weeks ago, Jerry said, everybody's got 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:27.240 plays that they that they have that they say, you know, 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.200 trick plays that just don't feel like they work. They 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.320 don't they're waiting for the look. They don't get the look. 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.280 I mean, you don't think Fossil's got twenty two plays 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:37.160 that he wants to run? Definitely has they all got them. 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:42.480 And I just think, for for whatever, and some of 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.000 it's valid, But for whatever criticism, I think Kellen has 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.280 done a fantastic job of just baking that into their DNA. 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.760 It's just what they do. He says that all I've 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.000 asked him so many questions about where he gets his 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.079 plays from and when it when he feels like it's 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:00.240 the right time, and and he's been very steadfast. He's 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:01.760 just like, this is what we do. Like we have 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.920 this many, we work on this many. It doesn't take 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.680 a whole lot for us to feel comfortable calling that 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.760 in a game. They tried to throw a past to 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.520 Connor McGovern in New York, Like, like, go through every 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:15.720 game and I guarantee you you'll see something that you're 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.480 not thinking about where you're like, oh, yeah, like they 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.160 did do that. It's just part of who they are. 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.360 So I don't I don't just become we almost you 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.640 got to really do something crazy for us really remember, 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.240 it just feels like it's normal. Yeah, and I guarantee 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.920 you yeah, they'll they'll call some goofy stuff, like in 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.520 a good way, like they'll there will be something. But 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.120 when you ask me this question, do you think it's 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:37.960 going to be different? It makes me think of like 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.079 last year in Philly when it was obvious that they 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.200 were pulling out all the stops because they knew they 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.720 weren't going to move the ball otherwise. I don't think 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.560 that's going to happen. I think they'll probably call two 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.760 to four depending on the looks they get, and that's 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.240 just that's what they do. They always they always have. 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.200 In the past month, I feel like they have somewhat 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.760 become a little more conservative in the way that they play. 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.400 But maybe that's because of the way that the offense 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.480 was playing in general. But I think that maybe that's 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.920 where you're getting your question from. It's like, Okay, we 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.240 saw at the beginning of the year being so creative. 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.960 Then eventually towards December, I feel like they became a 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:17.280 little bit more conservative just because the plays weren't there, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.400 like they weren't actually being the way that they needed 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.040 to be on the field. And now, okay, going into 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.840 the playoffs, what kind of cowboys do we see the 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.120 first half of the season or the second half of 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.520 the season. But covative, Yeah, I do think Dave made 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:32.920 a good point, like you forget about or I'll speak 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.680 for myself, I forgot about the hook and ladder play 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.120 because it didn't work. If it would have worked, I 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.160 probably would have remembered it. Like you know, early in 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.319 the season, those plays were working, like they were actually 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.480 getting success out of some of those plays. When it 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.360 doesn't work, then you kind of forget that they even 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.320 tried them, and it's not the same kind of impact. 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.920 And that's fair, I think, but they have You're right, 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.000 they have been trying these plays. It just makes me 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.000 wonder listening to what Jerry said, if there's more in 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.520 the bag, if there are things in the bag that 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.160 they're looking at, like, hey, these are and they may 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.520 not even be plays. It may be schemes, it may 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.640 be things that they're gonna try that they haven't really 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.439 tried to this point because they're they're saving some of 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:11.880 that stuff to not necessarily put it on tape and 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.080 save it for the playoffs. We'll see. All right, let's 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:15.480 take our first break. We come back. We have more 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.400 questions we're gonna throw out to you guys. Well when 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.240 we come right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:23.120 At ATNC, everyone new and existing customers get our best 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.440 deals on every smartphone. Why, because you deserve it. 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Did I cuss or did someone cuss? 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.000 You were trying to You're trying to say, get off, 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.240 off me, Oh get off, and I say I keep 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.400 that to yourself. Yeah, what else you got for us? 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:07.240 Let's jump back in. We got some more questions here. 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:11.120 Here's the next question. Outside of dak which Dallas skill 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.920 position player most needs to have a big day for 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:20.160 Dallas to be successful? Oh boy, whichever running back you prefer, 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.720 because I don't care. I just need them to be 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.440 able to run. They they need to be able to 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.520 run the ball. And I'm not not like forty nine 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:31.160 ers style. They don't need to run the ball like 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.720 forty five times, but that just it has to be 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.680 an element of their offense. Again, they've been bad when 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.960 they haven't been balanced. Is there a number or something 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.600 that's for you will signal they were successful running the ball? Yeah, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.400 if they're averaging four and a half yards per carrier better, 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.480 and if they get north of one hundred as a team, 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:53.360 preferably like closer to one fifty, but at least north 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.040 of one hundred yards as a team, four and a 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.640 half yards per carry would be four and a half? 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.480 Would bee gangbusters? That would be awesome? Yeah, all right, 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.720 I don't care who does it. What was your skill position? 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.080 Skill position? Okay, not that I mean I was gonna 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.880 go with the running back position too, but I guess 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:14.600 another one would be tight end. I think I've seen 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.960 Dad play one of his best games when he's able 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.800 to kind of rely on the tight end position, So 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:23.920 I think that that would be a big key for 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.280 the Cowboys offense to be able to have that position 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:29.640 working not just in the blocking game, but also being 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.160 able to catch the ball and being that security blanket 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:34.440 for Dak. Yeah. And I mean, you know, if you 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.240 want to throw another one in there too, I mean 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.520 when when Amari Cooper is rolling, you know, this offense 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:43.480 is different, and I think it'll affect everybody else. And 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.480 so he's their best receiver, their best route runner, I think, 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.560 And so I think you know you can put him in. 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.280 I still feel like it's Zeke. You know, Zeke is 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.040 playing at a high level. It's gonna be hard to 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.720 beat them because that means everybody's going to be playing 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.240 at a high level. All right, Um, next two questions 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.760 are going to be some of the questions with different names. 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:10.679 Bigger threat Armstead or Bosa. Oh good question, yeah Armstead. Yeah, 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.879 because at this stage in their respective careers, Bosa is 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:19.040 better than Tyron Smith probably, But I still trust Tyrn 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.440 Smith to hold his own and keep that from being 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.760 a problem. I mean, he's Tyron Smith. He's not going 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:28.520 to get abused, at least I would hope not. Whereas 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:32.000 the interior has been a consistent problem spot for them, 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:35.120 and that's where Armstead plays Arrow I'll throw arden Key 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:37.399 in there as well. I think both of those guys 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:42.040 scare me. I think Bosa can wrect the game a 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.639 little bit more, and I think some of his rush 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:49.720 from the outside leads to the interior, you know, push there. 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:52.199 I think he's the guy that could probably wreck the 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:54.639 game the most. But I mean, does he move around 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:58.439 a lot? I don't know. He primarily stays where he is, 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.719 but the forty nine ers still they I mean they 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:04.600 they move guys inside and outside. Um, But like he's 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:09.879 efficient on both sides. He primarily plays right end right. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.680 I mean he doesn't bounce back and forth, yeah, right 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.000 into play he can, though, I mean he think he can. 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.919 I just would I haven't seen all their games. The 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.680 games I've seen, he tends to be on that side 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.000 more often than Yeah, if Tyron is shutting him down, 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:27.040 I'm sure that the facing Tyron. Did you guys see 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.639 his interview from yesterday, Yeah, yeah, he was pretty he 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.440 was pretty honest about the fact that he's like, I've 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.119 seen both those guys get beat and we think we can, 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.240 we can, you know, do some things against him, and 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.480 I like I saw people were I think Cowboy fans 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.080 were kind of salty about it, and I was like, 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.119 where's the lie there? I mean, the offensive line is 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:50.080 not the wall that it's reputation suggests Andre and it 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.960 hasn't been for a while. And I'll I'll ride with 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:57.320 Tyron Smith any day. But I I mean, yeah, like 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.760 I said, at this point in their respective careers, Nick 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:02.200 bow is a better player than Tyron stuff. Well there, 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.360 I mean, we'll say this. I mean, Bosa hasn't made 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:08.040 a play on the Cowboys this year, so maybe that maybe. 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:09.879 I don't know if it'll be the same as Joey Bosa. 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:11.680 I don't think he even played in the game. It's 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:16.400 good point now they shut him ter steals. I mean 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:18.920 he's not gonna play it though. Yeah, I mean he might, 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:20.439 I mean to play some but I don't know if 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:21.960 he's gonna play. But I mean he had a that 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:23.800 was his coming out party. That game. I mean that 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:25.840 was one where I was like, wow, this not only 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:28.800 can he hold his own, he he was good. It 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:31.040 was really good against a really really good player. And 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.280 they play similar styles. But I bet you, I know 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:37.560 the forty nine defense has got better weapon or you know, 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:41.159 personnel around Bosa. Put it this way with everything I 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.360 just said, which I do believe. Like I said, I'll 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:45.920 take my chances that Tyron Smith can show up and 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:49.040 play like a Hall of Famer and and mitigate Bosa, 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:52.920 whereas I have less confidence about the guys on the inside. 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:54.760 All Right, this next one might be a little easier, 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:59.119 but maybe not bigger threat Samuel's or kittle Man. I 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:03.240 just saw stat Deebo Samuel, and he's He's the first 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:07.840 player in the history of the NFL that has more 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:11.320 than three hundred yards rushing and an average per catch 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:15.040 of eighteen, which led the NFL. I mean, like, like, 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:18.360 like that's crazy. You're down the field making plays as 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:20.479 eighteen yards per clip at receiver, but then when they 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:22.720 run the ball. I mean, I mean he by far 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:25.880 led all receivers in rushing him. He's the guy to me, 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:28.280 I mean, I Kiddle's great, but I mean there's just 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.560 so many different things that Samuel does. I think I'll 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:35.040 go Kittle because and I'm not again, I'm not saying 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:38.119 they're going to be successful. Like Debo will have his plays, 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:42.720 but the Cowboys have players who are equipped to limit him. 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:46.240 They've got a linebacker who probably runs a better forty 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.000 than Debo or close to it, which is it's not 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:53.000 an exaggeration, that's crazy. And then they've got a cornerback 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:56.240 who's bigger than him. Trayvon is bigger than Debo, he's 0:20:56.280 --> 0:21:00.679 only Debo's only six foot uh, you know, one eighty 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:03.879 one ninety two hundred maybe like he's a smaller receiver. 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:07.320 So those guys, they match up well with him. I'm 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.400 sure he'll beat them both at some point. But I 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:12.520 and with all due respect to Jaron Curse, I just 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:14.560 don't know if the Cowboys, I don't know if any 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:17.200 NFL team has a guy who can stop a kittle, 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:19.080 you know, Like those types of tight ends are just 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.440 hard to deal with. Although I mean, Jay Roun's matched 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:22.720 up with some of the best tight ends in the 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:24.960 league this year and hasn't gotten embarrassed at all, has 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:27.280 not gotten embarrassed, Like he played a great game against 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:29.960 Travis Kelsey. Travis Kelsey still had a nice day that day. 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:31.960 But that's what you're gonna give up something to those 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:33.600 kind of guys. But that's kind of my point is 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:35.359 there's only so much you can do to stop a 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:39.600 tight end like that, right, all right, Um, so let's 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:42.040 let's talk about Deebo Samuel a little bit. How how 0:21:42.040 --> 0:21:44.679 do you think Dallas attacks that? Like his all the 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:47.680 different things he can do. How do you think Dallas attached? 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:49.840 Because usually when you got a receiver that's a dominant receiver, 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:51.440 you could say, Okay, we're gonna take our best corner, 0:21:51.440 --> 0:21:52.959 we're gonna put him on him, or we're gonna take 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:55.400 our second best and then we're gonna double the other guy. Um, 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:57.840 you know, how do you handle a guy that that 0:21:58.040 --> 0:21:59.639 is going to be in a lot of different spots 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:03.600 doing a lot of different things. I think you have 0:22:03.760 --> 0:22:08.640 to do multiple things. And I think Jordan Lewis will 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:11.639 factor into this. I think I think he could be 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:15.080 I mean somewhat of a spy kind of on him. 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:17.879 I think that they need to show the forty nine 0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:20.199 ers as many different looks as possible. If there's a 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:24.000 third and long situation, I'm putting digs on Kittle, I'm 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:27.560 letting them have to wonder different things. So I would 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:31.440 probably have four different ways that I'm going to attack 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.520 that and see which one where. If one of them 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:36.199 doesn't work at all, then don't do it on that. 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:39.800 How concerned would you be with Diggs on him because 0:22:40.119 --> 0:22:42.159 the one thing we know about Deebo Samuel he is 0:22:42.320 --> 0:22:45.480 very powerful. He can break tackles. We also talked about 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:47.399 earlier in the week, the digs. That's the probably the 0:22:47.760 --> 0:22:50.480 part of his game that probably needs the most development 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:53.040 is his ability to tackle. How concerned would you be 0:22:53.080 --> 0:22:55.160 in that kind of situation in open space of him 0:22:55.160 --> 0:22:58.359 making that tackle? Concerns I mean, gott to make the tackle. 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:02.439 But I mean it's not you know, it's not FRANKL. Harris. 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:04.199 I mean like, I mean, get them, get them down. 0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:07.600 I mean like it, I don't know. I'm I'm ready. 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:09.520 I'm ready for the game. I'm just like, I'm just 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:11.439 ready because it's like we hurt all this stuff, and 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:13.399 I mean, I'm just like I'm not buying in like 0:23:13.520 --> 0:23:16.640 this is not like the greatest team to ever play 0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:18.800 like it's and I just think that's what's happening. We're 0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:21.440 just hearing all these things about Deebo Samuel and he's 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:23.960 got these great stats and all that, but they get beat. 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:27.040 But let's be honest, it's the playoffs. This is gonna 0:23:27.040 --> 0:23:28.560 be as long as the Cowboys are in. This is 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:30.520 guy's gonna be every week because you're gonna be playing 0:23:30.520 --> 0:23:32.680 a team that's really good, the playoff team, and by 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:34.920 the way I would get the really good I would 0:23:34.920 --> 0:23:37.199 get I think they're a good team. Yeah, I think 0:23:37.200 --> 0:23:39.760 they're a good team. Ten and seventeen. I think they're 0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:42.040 a good team. I'm just asking. I mean, like I'm 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:44.119 not I'm not trying to throw shade. I'm just saying 0:23:44.440 --> 0:23:46.720 they had a ninety one yard drive away from being 0:23:46.800 --> 0:23:49.120 nine and eight to finish the season. They need ninety 0:23:49.119 --> 0:23:50.919 one yards to save their season, and they did it. 0:23:51.119 --> 0:23:53.680 But I mean, this isn't this is a They were 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:56.080 a little above average team for most of the year. 0:23:56.200 --> 0:24:01.159 So I'm tied with Coys. Looking from the other side, 0:24:01.240 --> 0:24:03.479 the Cowboys are a better team. I mean, they're a 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.600 better team. I mean they've they've had maybe their schedule, 0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:08.920 I mean, I don't know. This is probably about even 0:24:09.000 --> 0:24:11.119 the schedule because they don't play in the same division, 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:14.720 but they've had tougher road outside of the division. And 0:24:14.760 --> 0:24:17.040 I think that they've proven all year long that they're better. 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.280 They're at home, they have a much better quarterback. I mean, 0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:23.040 I'm telling you right now. I mean I think it's 0:24:23.080 --> 0:24:25.120 a double digit win for the Cowboys. I really do. 0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:27.440 I just think I just think this is the same 0:24:27.480 --> 0:24:29.680 as filling out your bracket and you're like, oh, the 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:31.479 six to eleven game, you gotta pick that, you know. 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:33.440 I mean, there's a lot of these trendy picks, so 0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:35.560 the six over the threes is easy to pick. But 0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:38.240 Cowboys have been better team all year long, and they're healthy. 0:24:38.320 --> 0:24:41.760 I think they're gonna win. Oh, I hope. So I 0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:44.480 agree with some of what you just said, I do. 0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:46.680 I mean, we'll get to the picks. I guess, yeah, 0:24:46.840 --> 0:24:49.360 Niners have. I think the Niners are tied with Green 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:51.080 Bay for the best record in the league over the 0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:53.200 second half of the season. I mean they had they 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:55.439 lost four in a row in September and October, and 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:58.919 that's a big part of their record. I agree with 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:01.920 you to a degree. And it's ironic. I think there's 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:04.360 some huge irony here because last week it was all 0:25:04.400 --> 0:25:08.080 about you gotta get some momentum. You gotta get week 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.600 to week momentum. They gotta start up the right way, 0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.440 and now everybody's talking up the Niners and Cowboy fans 0:25:13.440 --> 0:25:16.200 are pissed about it, like why what makes the Niners 0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:18.359 so good? I'm like, they just went on the road 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:20.679 and took a must have game from one of the 0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:23.200 best teams in the league. And you talk about momentum. 0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:25.640 That's why everybody's jumping on their bandwagon. Right They played 0:25:25.680 --> 0:25:27.679 their best game of the season the last week end 0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:29.560 of the year. It was a playoff game for them. 0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:32.680 I get why people are on the Niners bandwagon. I'm 0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:35.720 not saying that they're gonna win, but I understand the 0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:39.800 hype because it's how you finish the season. Speaking of momentum, 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:46.840 going back to talking about Samuel some will and I 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:49.400 shouldn't be concerned about this because I think the Cowboys 0:25:49.400 --> 0:25:52.119 are gonna be fine, but the fact that, Okay, you 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:55.760 get Trevor Dick's back, Anthony Brown back, they were out 0:25:55.840 --> 0:25:59.000 last week, I'm kind of concerned about what the backfield 0:25:59.240 --> 0:26:03.520 looks like for the Cowboys defense. And I should see 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:06.320 this as them taking a little break and it should 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:09.520 be good for them and come back even better. But 0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:12.520 I'm always hesitant when the player is out for a 0:26:12.640 --> 0:26:15.960 game and it has to come back. So even though 0:26:16.119 --> 0:26:20.040 I part of me one believes that they're gonna be 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:23.760 fine and they're gonna go out there and play, give it, 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:26.680 They're They're all absolutely, They're all I'm still kind of 0:26:26.800 --> 0:26:33.400 hesitant and like, Okay, well, I mean Mia just well 0:26:33.480 --> 0:26:40.000 that's what I'm saying. Yeah, but like different different lions. 0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:44.760 Lions don't get COVID. Yeah, but I'm just kinda like, uh, 0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:48.359 are they gonna miss miss like a little beat? Is 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:50.760 it gonna take them the first half of the game 0:26:50.760 --> 0:26:53.720 to kind of get in the rhythm of things. So 0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.399 I'm just kinda keeping my eye on that. That's the 0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:59.480 biggest and it not necessarily as it relates to COVID, 0:26:59.560 --> 0:27:03.760 But if we all had confidence that the Cowboys were 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:05.880 going to show up and play up to their potential, 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:08.240 we would all, like, we would feel great about this game. 0:27:08.280 --> 0:27:10.720 We would just be like, yeah, like fort Irons are good, 0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:14.000 but I mean Cowboys, Cowboys will take care of them. 0:27:14.160 --> 0:27:16.360 Who here has one hundred percent confidence that that team 0:27:16.400 --> 0:27:18.920 will show up? I know that's the hard part. And 0:27:18.960 --> 0:27:21.880 when you you know, I agree wholehearted what you're saying, Nick, 0:27:21.960 --> 0:27:23.879 I think you look at the whole year and you 0:27:23.880 --> 0:27:26.560 only play your schedule. But but when you start breaking 0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:28.600 it down, you start looking at the quality of the 0:27:28.640 --> 0:27:30.840 teams Dallas has played. You look at some of the 0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:33.520 losses that they've had, and you do you are left 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:35.560 with some of those questions about how well do they 0:27:35.600 --> 0:27:38.160 match up against this caliber team? And all I'm talking 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:40.760 about with this caliber team are you know, teams that 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.040 are in the tin win range, the you know, this 0:27:43.119 --> 0:27:45.600 is a playoff team and the tin win range, like 0:27:45.960 --> 0:27:49.439 is Dallas hasn't been that successful with those kind of 0:27:49.480 --> 0:27:51.760 teams all season, and the games that they did win, 0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:54.680 they definitely weren't double digit wins, like that New Orleans game. 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:57.119 I mean, I'm sorry that that game against New England 0:27:57.160 --> 0:27:58.880 it came down to overtime and they and they had 0:27:58.880 --> 0:28:01.240 to win it in overtime. That game against the Chargers 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:03.719 was a three point game. Like so, there's not a 0:28:03.760 --> 0:28:06.160 lot of things you can look at this like, yeah, 0:28:06.200 --> 0:28:08.480 that's I can hang my hat on that. But guess 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:10.800 what that's gonna be every single week of the playoffs, 0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:12.680 because the playoffs are hard, and every week you're gonna 0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:14.800 play somebody that's really really good. I mean, the Niners 0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:16.440 are four and four against teams that are in the 0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:18.840 playoffs right now. It's the same story for everybody. But 0:28:18.840 --> 0:28:20.800 but they're a good team and they're gonna be a 0:28:20.800 --> 0:28:22.680 hard out, just like the Cowboys are gonna be hard out. 0:28:22.800 --> 0:28:26.520 I would suspect if there is a balanced San Francisco break, 0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:29.360 they're over there saying right now, man, that team's got 0:28:29.400 --> 0:28:31.200 some talent, like, yeah, I don't know what we're gonna 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.200 do with that, Michael Parsons. And but that's the nature 0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:35.399 of the playoffs. Every team has good players, right And 0:28:35.440 --> 0:28:37.480 I think it's a lot easier to just kind of 0:28:38.120 --> 0:28:40.560 when you're covering a team, you kind of poke holes 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:42.640 in your own team a little bit, Like we're worried 0:28:42.640 --> 0:28:45.800 about the kicker here and this game where they didn't 0:28:45.800 --> 0:28:47.960 play well and they didn't tackle in this game, and 0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:50.520 they're similar to that, and you know, and I'm sure 0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:53.360 that there's issues. I mean, the forty nine ers on 0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.360 their past defense, you know, like if you can get 0:28:56.360 --> 0:28:58.880 the ball out, like if you if you can you know, 0:28:59.000 --> 0:29:01.480 if you can block the guys they got over there 0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:04.160 and get the ball out, you can have a lot 0:29:04.160 --> 0:29:08.000 of success. I mean, teams do so, but that's that's 0:29:08.000 --> 0:29:09.640 probably what they're looking at a too. Like they look 0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:11.960 at these receivers in this corner right here, you know, 0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:13.440 I don't know who it is. I mean, they're like 0:29:13.440 --> 0:29:16.080 which Garoppolo is gonna show up like, Look, they got 0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:18.320 their issues too. I get that. But it's gonna be 0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:20.120 a tough game, just like all these games are gonna 0:29:20.120 --> 0:29:21.840 be tough games. That is the hard part about the playoffs. 0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:25.000 You gotta basically string together three to four really good 0:29:25.000 --> 0:29:26.720 games if you're gonna be a champion. Right, all right, 0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:28.280 we're gonna take our final break and we come back. 0:29:28.320 --> 0:29:29.720 We've got a few more questions we're gonna hit, and 0:29:29.720 --> 0:29:31.480 then we're gonna hit some predictions. 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All right, welcome 0:31:59.400 --> 0:32:01.000 back at his final segment of the Breake Life in 0:32:01.080 --> 0:32:04.400 SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. Got a few more 0:32:04.480 --> 0:32:07.200 questions before we get to predictions. This question came from 0:32:07.240 --> 0:32:09.560 Colin Brennett. I asked the question earlier in the week 0:32:09.640 --> 0:32:12.560 to Bucky Brooks as well, we've heard all week and Nick, 0:32:12.600 --> 0:32:15.720 you've been talking about you know, everybody's talking about Dallas 0:32:15.800 --> 0:32:17.680 and the bad matchups they got trying to face the 0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:20.560 San Francisco team. Let's flip that, what are the bad 0:32:20.600 --> 0:32:22.480 matchups at the forty nine ers have? What are they 0:32:22.560 --> 0:32:25.280 worried about when they're looking at this Dallas Cowboys team. 0:32:25.800 --> 0:32:30.120 The irony is that Waldo on the forty nine Ers 0:32:30.480 --> 0:32:35.120 defense saved their season Andrey Thomas picked off Stafford to 0:32:35.320 --> 0:32:38.440 end that game. He's been a liability for them all year, 0:32:38.480 --> 0:32:40.280 which not trying to dog on him. He's a rookie. 0:32:40.400 --> 0:32:42.880 He's a third round draft pick starting for them as 0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:45.760 a rookie, and teams have taken advantage of them. Really, 0:32:45.840 --> 0:32:49.840 their whole secondary shouldn't do a whole lot to scare you. 0:32:49.960 --> 0:32:52.640 Like they signed Josh Norman. They benched him against the 0:32:52.760 --> 0:32:54.960 Rams because he's been so ineffective. He was a special 0:32:55.040 --> 0:32:57.400 teams player, which I mean, I know he's been in 0:32:57.440 --> 0:32:59.200 the league for a while at this point, but it's 0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:01.440 just a fall from grace for a guy who was like, 0:33:01.680 --> 0:33:03.920 you know, defensive player of the Year type guy five 0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:08.520 or six years ago. Um, their secondary is not very good. Especially, 0:33:08.520 --> 0:33:11.560 I mean, that is a decided advantage for the Cowboys 0:33:11.600 --> 0:33:15.000 passing game. If Dak Prescott is on his feet, that's 0:33:15.320 --> 0:33:18.200 that's everything to me. Is um again going back to 0:33:18.200 --> 0:33:20.239 the thing about Bosa and the tackles, Like if if 0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:23.320 you can find Dak time to throw or scheme throws 0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:25.680 for him to throw on the run, and he feels 0:33:25.720 --> 0:33:28.840 comfortable and confident doing that, there should be plays to 0:33:28.960 --> 0:33:31.040 be made against that secondary. I just don't think it's 0:33:31.120 --> 0:33:34.120 very good. Yeah. I mean to me, I look at 0:33:34.160 --> 0:33:37.240 the other side of the ball, and I think it's 0:33:37.280 --> 0:33:39.840 their quarterback, you know, when when he's having to throw. 0:33:40.000 --> 0:33:41.880 I mean, like that that's gonna be the problem. Now. 0:33:41.960 --> 0:33:44.520 They have a pretty good they have a good offensive line, 0:33:44.520 --> 0:33:47.680 They have some veterans there and in their interior. But um, 0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:50.520 you know, it's just it's gonna be tough for them 0:33:50.600 --> 0:33:53.160 to to figure out exactly what dan Quinn's gonna do, 0:33:53.480 --> 0:33:55.880 how he's gonna scheme up these guys. I mean, you're 0:33:55.920 --> 0:33:58.440 gonna see Gregory standing up and moving around. You'll see 0:33:58.480 --> 0:34:00.760 d Law you'll see obviously you'll see my and I 0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:05.440 think a quarterback, you know, usually you do something really 0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:07.440 well and then something you don't. You know, like it's 0:34:07.440 --> 0:34:10.239 like Eli wasn't Eli Manning wasn't a great scrambler at all. 0:34:10.480 --> 0:34:13.000 But he's got this touch and he could throw the 0:34:13.040 --> 0:34:15.160 ball and all that. I mean, I don't know what 0:34:15.360 --> 0:34:18.520 Jimmy g really does like great, you know, like he's 0:34:18.560 --> 0:34:20.520 not going to be that athletic and run all over 0:34:20.600 --> 0:34:22.520 the place and get around and he's not the best thrower, 0:34:22.600 --> 0:34:24.680 so you gotta get after him. If they can get 0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:26.879 after him, get right in his face with the middle 0:34:26.880 --> 0:34:28.279 of the pocket. I think that's going to be in 0:34:28.280 --> 0:34:31.200 a disadvantage for them. You see the type of player that, um, 0:34:31.800 --> 0:34:34.480 you know how some quarterbacks whenever you give him so 0:34:34.560 --> 0:34:38.080 much pressure, they're just like become a little They just 0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:41.160 kind of lose their cool and their mental aspect of 0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:43.680 the game. Is he the type of quarterback that gets 0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:48.200 pretty flustered after getting pressure back and forth? Can he 0:34:48.440 --> 0:34:50.920 like after a player go back in there and stay 0:34:51.000 --> 0:34:54.160 focused and do him It's there's something that's got him 0:34:54.200 --> 0:34:57.200 to throw be erratic, and he's not the most efficient, 0:34:57.360 --> 0:34:59.200 So I would think it's pressure. I mean, I don't 0:34:59.200 --> 0:35:02.279 think he just stands up there with against air and 0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:05.240 missus throws. But I you know, he's got the reputation 0:35:05.239 --> 0:35:07.399 for a reason. I'm sure it's pressure that that gets 0:35:07.440 --> 0:35:12.439 after him. His accuracy definitely dips. I mean again, it's 0:35:13.320 --> 0:35:17.400 the momentum conversation. Like their last game before that amazing comeback, 0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:20.160 they gave up a lead to the Titans, and it 0:35:20.320 --> 0:35:22.960 was Jimmy's fault, Like the forty nine Ers fan base 0:35:23.080 --> 0:35:25.640 was about to riot. He missed a wide open guy 0:35:26.280 --> 0:35:28.840 on what would have been like a game clinching touchdown, 0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:32.480 and everybody was I mean, it was a meltdown because 0:35:32.520 --> 0:35:34.440 they gave up the league and and that put their 0:35:34.480 --> 0:35:36.919 playoff hopes in peril. Like if they had won that game, 0:35:37.000 --> 0:35:38.880 I think they clinched a spot a week early or 0:35:38.960 --> 0:35:42.360 it would have been all but assured. So yeah, I 0:35:42.440 --> 0:35:46.800 mean it's oversimplified, but I pointed this out this morning, 0:35:46.880 --> 0:35:50.440 like the more attempts he has, the more confident I 0:35:50.560 --> 0:35:52.560 feel that the Cowboys are going to win this game 0:35:52.640 --> 0:35:55.440 because he just has never proven that he's a guy 0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:58.880 that can it when he has to be carrying the offense. 0:35:58.960 --> 0:36:00.840 The other thing that on the know as being talked 0:36:00.840 --> 0:36:03.120 about as much as I think it should be is 0:36:03.640 --> 0:36:05.759 one of the reasons I personally believe why they stuck 0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:07.640 with the run the way they did in that last 0:36:07.719 --> 0:36:10.600 game is because right now his thumb is compromised. It's 0:36:10.719 --> 0:36:13.680 point broken, right, And so when you talk about throwing 0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:16.160 a football, like the thumb is the only digit on 0:36:16.280 --> 0:36:18.600 that side of the ball. Being able to control the 0:36:18.640 --> 0:36:20.839 football is about the thumb and the leverage you get 0:36:20.840 --> 0:36:23.120 it with your thumb. So like, I don't know that 0:36:23.239 --> 0:36:25.720 they can really even give him a lot of throws 0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:28.640 right now and feel comfortable with it. And that's not 0:36:28.719 --> 0:36:31.279 even talking about his capability as a quarterback and whatever 0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:33.360 his deficiencies are. That's about the fact that he's just 0:36:33.480 --> 0:36:36.920 compromised physically, and so that could also factor in here. 0:36:37.400 --> 0:36:39.439 And it does lead to my next question for you guys, 0:36:39.719 --> 0:36:41.480 do you expect to see Trey Lance in this game? 0:36:41.520 --> 0:36:44.920 Because even if even if you see Garoppolo playing quarterback 0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:46.640 majority of the game, do you expect it maybe they 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:49.200 will package him in and try to find ways to 0:36:49.239 --> 0:36:51.600 get him involved in the game. That goes back to 0:36:51.719 --> 0:36:55.200 the idea of like maybe you hold some things back, 0:36:55.440 --> 0:36:57.120 like maybe you do that in the playoffs. But I 0:36:57.200 --> 0:37:00.600 actually I looked this up earlier this week because I 0:37:00.800 --> 0:37:03.640 was under the impression that he's kind of played a 0:37:03.719 --> 0:37:07.960 lot regardless, but it's it's not really true. Like down 0:37:08.040 --> 0:37:10.440 the second half of the season, he was inactive like 0:37:10.880 --> 0:37:14.759 six times, and he started against Houston he had to 0:37:14.960 --> 0:37:17.239 Garoppolo got hurt. Oh, I get the Tennessee game was 0:37:17.440 --> 0:37:21.279 two weeks ago, not one, but anyway, but beyond that, 0:37:21.520 --> 0:37:25.840 like three rushes for four yards and Jacksonville started against 0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:29.880 the Cardinals earlier in the season, came in against Seattle 0:37:29.880 --> 0:37:32.719 when Jimmy got hurt, Like he's he hasn't done a 0:37:32.760 --> 0:37:35.680 whole lot unless they've needed him to start. So unless 0:37:35.719 --> 0:37:38.200 they've been holding that back, I kind of don't really 0:37:38.239 --> 0:37:39.879 expect to see it. Did you see the games where 0:37:39.880 --> 0:37:42.040 he started, You have an opinion on what he looks 0:37:42.080 --> 0:37:44.680 like at this point in his development. He played really 0:37:44.719 --> 0:37:47.399 well against a terrible Houston team. I don't know how 0:37:47.480 --> 0:37:49.840 much that means to you, but I'm and I didn't 0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:52.319 go back and watch the whole game, but he had 0:37:52.400 --> 0:37:55.120 two or three throws against them where I was like, oh, 0:37:55.400 --> 0:37:57.239 that's why he was the number three pick in the draft. 0:37:57.480 --> 0:38:00.200 I get it he might be a problem later all 0:38:00.320 --> 0:38:03.960 year because Okay, so I saw a stat that he 0:38:04.560 --> 0:38:09.600 has the highest it's average per attempt eight point six yards. 0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:12.680 It's the it's the highest for a rookie since twenty twelve, 0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:17.160 maybe Robert Griffin or Edrew Luck And I'm like, hey, 0:38:17.360 --> 0:38:19.400 I mean, it's not like he threw four hundred passes. 0:38:19.440 --> 0:38:22.320 I mean through seventy. Now, I will say that, you know, 0:38:22.480 --> 0:38:25.719 maybe they're gonna look at what the Raiders did, you 0:38:25.800 --> 0:38:28.720 know with Mariota came in the game and did something, 0:38:28.840 --> 0:38:30.759 and of course what we saw with New Orleans and 0:38:30.960 --> 0:38:33.440 you know, and their guy Taysom Hill. So you know, 0:38:33.560 --> 0:38:37.360 maybe there's some packages you could see there. Yeah, I mean, shoot, 0:38:38.000 --> 0:38:40.960 I hope they don't do like I'd send him in 0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:43.360 there to do like a wildcat like Taysom Hill was 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:45.399 so successful with. I mean, he's a big guy. Yeah, 0:38:45.640 --> 0:38:48.560 I hope they don't do that. They haven't really, he's 0:38:49.280 --> 0:38:52.160 so in games that he didn't start, he has run 0:38:52.280 --> 0:38:56.520 the ball like less than twenty times. I just it 0:38:56.680 --> 0:38:59.319 hasn't been a big part of what they've done this year, 0:38:59.600 --> 0:39:02.520 which this isn't college football Like that just makes me 0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:04.640 think of the first year of Tim Tebow's career. They 0:39:04.680 --> 0:39:06.600 did that, like they brought him in in the red zone, 0:39:06.680 --> 0:39:09.840 and like the Belldozer did it at OU for a 0:39:09.920 --> 0:39:12.439 few years. But when you're talking about like the number 0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:15.160 three overall pick in the draft, and you're like, let's 0:39:15.200 --> 0:39:17.800 not get you killed. Just make the running backs do that. 0:39:18.000 --> 0:39:20.480 All right, Let's move on. Let's get some predictions. Like 0:39:20.600 --> 0:39:22.520 I said, I want to talk about all three of 0:39:22.600 --> 0:39:24.799 the NFC games that will happen this weekend. Get your 0:39:24.840 --> 0:39:26.680 opinions on what you think is going to happen. Let's 0:39:26.680 --> 0:39:31.000 start first with the game between division rival Philadelphia versus 0:39:31.120 --> 0:39:33.799 Tampa Bay. There at Tampa Bay. It is the game 0:39:34.360 --> 0:39:37.879 directly before the Cowboys at noon on Sunday. Who wins 0:39:37.960 --> 0:39:42.839 that game, Dave, Tampa's run defense is not the juggernaut 0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:46.000 that it was last year, and Philly has discovered that 0:39:46.040 --> 0:39:50.440 they're a pretty good running team. So I think, no, no, no, no, 0:39:50.520 --> 0:39:52.880 no no no. Yeah. I was like, go no, I 0:39:52.920 --> 0:39:56.359 just think people people paint this, People paint this as 0:39:56.440 --> 0:39:58.880 like a potential blood bath. I think, Philly, you'll keep it. 0:39:58.960 --> 0:40:01.240 They get eight points, right, I think, yeah, I think, 0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:03.800 I mean, Tampa's at home, Tampa will win. But I 0:40:03.920 --> 0:40:06.239 do think that this will probably be more competitive than 0:40:06.280 --> 0:40:09.919 people think. I'll pick the Eagles, honestly, seriously, I don't. 0:40:10.239 --> 0:40:12.640 I think Tampa has been asking for it here. You've 0:40:12.680 --> 0:40:15.200 also been You've been saying for a while that you 0:40:15.360 --> 0:40:18.839 thought that seven seed was gonna beat that second seed. Yeah, 0:40:18.960 --> 0:40:21.320 for whatever reason, I didn't say about the six, I 0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:25.400 said about the seven. Yeah. Yeah, No, I just Tampa 0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:28.840 is just scary. That's just scary. But the thing is 0:40:28.960 --> 0:40:32.319 is that if that happens, I don't like. I don't 0:40:32.400 --> 0:40:34.480 like the Cowboys pick after that, you know what I mean, 0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:36.719 because it's like, oh, it's all right there. Now you 0:40:36.760 --> 0:40:38.480 have a chance to be at home again. You gotta win. 0:40:38.880 --> 0:40:42.400 But I think the Eagles, I think they could win 0:40:42.480 --> 0:40:44.279 that game. I think I'm just gonna pick them. I mean, 0:40:44.840 --> 0:40:49.279 what do I have to whatever? Amber No, you will 0:40:49.440 --> 0:40:52.040 not get me to pick the Eagles to win in 0:40:52.160 --> 0:40:56.680 the postseason. Eagles Tampa Bay wins for sure at home. No, 0:40:57.040 --> 0:41:01.200 no way, hostly real real quick. Sorry, but it's worth noting. 0:41:02.200 --> 0:41:05.719 All pro voting just got released. Zach Martin led all 0:41:05.800 --> 0:41:08.239 votes at right guard Michael Parsons led all votes at 0:41:08.280 --> 0:41:10.640 linebacker and Trayvon Diggs led all votes at corners. So 0:41:11.440 --> 0:41:13.680 three first team All pros this year. Nice the tire 0:41:13.760 --> 0:41:16.640 Mix second team that's not out yet, I don't think 0:41:17.280 --> 0:41:20.040 so keep it. That's awesome, all right. Listen to our 0:41:20.120 --> 0:41:23.880 next game, Arizona versus the Rams. It is the Monday 0:41:23.960 --> 0:41:29.080 night game. It is in La. Who wins. Arizona was 0:41:29.160 --> 0:41:31.800 good enough to beat the Cowboys, but they just haven't 0:41:31.840 --> 0:41:35.560 seemed like the same team since they lost Hopkins. Rams 0:41:35.600 --> 0:41:38.839 are at home. Rams are still pretty good. They kind 0:41:38.880 --> 0:41:41.560 of collapsed in the second half against San Francisco. They 0:41:41.600 --> 0:41:44.600 did split during the regular season, correct, Yeah, yes, they 0:41:44.680 --> 0:41:48.360 did out. Aaron Donald mauled Arizona in the second Like 0:41:48.440 --> 0:41:50.440 Arizona beat them pretty bad in the first game, but 0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:52.520 Aaron Donald got like three or four sacks in the 0:41:52.560 --> 0:41:55.719 second game, just totally kicked their butts. Um, I'm going 0:41:55.800 --> 0:42:01.120 Rams a Rams. Yeah, the same. Arizona to me is 0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:03.640 just they've been losing their shine. It's like they started 0:42:03.680 --> 0:42:06.000 off then they were really brian, and then slowly they 0:42:06.239 --> 0:42:10.359 started getting a little rusty. So yeah, not picking them 0:42:10.400 --> 0:42:12.640 to win. Yeah, I think coming off that game last 0:42:12.680 --> 0:42:14.680 week too. I think the Ram's gonna have a little 0:42:14.800 --> 0:42:17.000 extra something ready. I think they're gonna win that game 0:42:17.040 --> 0:42:20.640 as well. All right, finally, Cowboys San Francisco, who wins 0:42:20.680 --> 0:42:23.200 the game at and T Stadium Sunday at three thirty. 0:42:23.920 --> 0:42:26.600 Let's start with you, Amber, Who in here would even 0:42:26.680 --> 0:42:29.520 pick the forty nine ers to win? If anybody does, 0:42:30.480 --> 0:42:34.600 then walk out? Wow, leave, don't want our honest and 0:42:34.680 --> 0:42:38.800 don't come back. Okay, okay, okay, why would have no? 0:42:39.000 --> 0:42:42.160 I think it's definitely gonna be a tough game. It's 0:42:42.200 --> 0:42:44.200 gonna be fun for us to watch. I cannot wait 0:42:44.400 --> 0:42:48.200 for it to get here already. But um, I think that, Yeah, 0:42:48.239 --> 0:42:50.400 the Cowboys are gonna struggle for sure. It's not like 0:42:50.520 --> 0:42:54.799 they're that I'm expecting them to be completely dominant how 0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:57.760 they've been in past games. I think that the defense 0:42:58.120 --> 0:42:59.880 might struggle a little bit. But at the end of 0:43:00.120 --> 0:43:03.920 the game, I think, I mean, there's really not an 0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:06.239 option here. I have no other answer than to pick 0:43:06.280 --> 0:43:12.160 in the Cowboys. That's it. Sorry, day, this game is 0:43:12.360 --> 0:43:15.160 a close enough, Matt like, there's we're all going to 0:43:15.239 --> 0:43:17.759 pick the Cowboys. We like, there's no way that four 0:43:18.560 --> 0:43:21.279 impartial people should all pick Dallas to win this game 0:43:21.360 --> 0:43:23.359 like it's it is. I think it's a toss up game. 0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:25.040 I think the forty nine ers are good. I think 0:43:25.120 --> 0:43:30.520 they are built to win a game like this, but 0:43:30.719 --> 0:43:35.120 I think Dallas has the better quarterback. And I just 0:43:35.880 --> 0:43:38.920 trust and I just like it reminds me of twenty nineteen. 0:43:38.920 --> 0:43:41.840 I keep saying this, it's like every week. I just like, 0:43:41.960 --> 0:43:44.800 I trust in their potential so much like I've seen it, 0:43:44.920 --> 0:43:46.759 and I refuse to believe that they're not going to 0:43:46.840 --> 0:43:49.160 show it on a stage like this. And if I 0:43:49.239 --> 0:43:52.279 get burned, I get burned. But I don't want to 0:43:52.320 --> 0:43:55.480 bet against this team, knowing what they're capable of. If 0:43:55.560 --> 0:43:57.760 they can pull it all together. I think the Niners 0:43:57.800 --> 0:43:59.840 are going to move the ball really well between the twenties. 0:44:00.360 --> 0:44:02.320 I think I think it's gonna look a lot like 0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:05.160 the Chargers game. If you remember, like Herbert got his 0:44:05.360 --> 0:44:07.640 Like they move the ball, but the Cowboys came up 0:44:07.680 --> 0:44:09.840 with the stops, Like Casey gets a pick on the 0:44:09.920 --> 0:44:12.560 goal line, Micah sacks Herbert to push him out of 0:44:13.360 --> 0:44:16.279 touchdown range. That type of thing. I think you're gonna 0:44:16.320 --> 0:44:19.640 see a lot of settling for field goals. Um, I 0:44:19.680 --> 0:44:22.360 think it's gonna be really stressful. But I got Cowboys 0:44:22.480 --> 0:44:27.440 twenty three nineteen. Nick told us, yeah, eight points, thirty 0:44:27.480 --> 0:44:31.399 to twenty. I wonder why you chose that score. Why 0:44:32.200 --> 0:44:36.360 have you ever seen that score before? Yeah, thirty to twenty. 0:44:36.560 --> 0:44:38.920 I just think that the road it's not gonna end here. 0:44:39.560 --> 0:44:41.200 This has been too good of a team and that 0:44:41.320 --> 0:44:44.440 this is not where it ends. I think it's what 0:44:44.640 --> 0:44:46.920 Dave said. I think they have the better quarterback, and 0:44:47.160 --> 0:44:49.480 I think that I think that they're gonna play I 0:44:49.560 --> 0:44:52.480 think I think they have more rushing yards than the 0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:55.640 forty in this game, which you know, if if you 0:44:55.719 --> 0:44:57.560 have a thirty to twenty game, that should probably be 0:44:57.680 --> 0:44:59.600 the case, and so I think it will. I think 0:44:59.600 --> 0:45:02.439 that they well, we'll see them play a great game 0:45:02.600 --> 0:45:04.640 and it's gonna be fun. But I you know, I'm 0:45:04.680 --> 0:45:07.960 just not sold on the forty nine ers. I mean, like, 0:45:08.440 --> 0:45:10.440 they had a great game. I get it, but I 0:45:10.520 --> 0:45:13.319 mean they they were pretty close from me getting knocked 0:45:13.320 --> 0:45:16.600 out too. The Cowboys have been a good team all year. 0:45:17.000 --> 0:45:19.040 From the moment they played Tampa Bay, we were like, 0:45:19.360 --> 0:45:21.520 it's a pretty good team, and there's never been a 0:45:21.600 --> 0:45:24.360 doubt that this was a good team, so they're not 0:45:24.360 --> 0:45:25.920 gonna lose in the first round and not to me. 0:45:26.040 --> 0:45:28.320 And I just think it's a very trendy pick because 0:45:28.360 --> 0:45:30.880 everyone you're seeing nationally is doing exactly what you just did. 0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:34.640 Some producers are gonna say pick the games. Okay, Eagles 0:45:34.680 --> 0:45:38.239 are gonna lose, UM Rams may beat the Cardinals. Need oh, 0:45:38.360 --> 0:45:41.279 I got one. Yeah, I saw the Niners play this 0:45:41.440 --> 0:45:44.640 last week. Yeah, Dallas they always joke or you know 0:45:44.680 --> 0:45:46.440 what I mean. It was an easy, trendy pick. I'm 0:45:46.440 --> 0:45:48.680 not falling for it. I think Dallas is better. Yeah, 0:45:48.800 --> 0:45:51.040 I'll tell you this. I also think Dallas gonna win. 0:45:51.160 --> 0:45:53.239 No surprise there, But I will tell you why. The 0:45:53.360 --> 0:45:55.840 reason why is because yeah that's a good that's a 0:45:55.880 --> 0:45:58.279 good reason why. But one of the reasons why I 0:45:58.360 --> 0:46:00.359 think this is going to happen is because I think 0:46:00.640 --> 0:46:04.200 Dan Quinn's experience as a defensive coordinator is going to 0:46:04.280 --> 0:46:08.440 shine through in this game. All week. I would put 0:46:08.680 --> 0:46:12.120 money on it that those players and that coach has 0:46:12.200 --> 0:46:14.200 been talking about. You know, they think they can bully us. 0:46:14.280 --> 0:46:15.960 You know, they think they can run all over us. 0:46:16.200 --> 0:46:18.120 You know, they think we're finesse team. You know, they 0:46:18.200 --> 0:46:21.000 think that. I think that they're gonna go into this 0:46:21.160 --> 0:46:25.360 game with their sights firmly set on we are not 0:46:25.560 --> 0:46:28.080 going to let you run on us. And I think 0:46:28.160 --> 0:46:30.719 this Dallas defense is good enough that if they go 0:46:30.800 --> 0:46:33.120 into a game saying we are not going to let 0:46:33.160 --> 0:46:35.160 you run on us, that doesn't mean they might pop. 0:46:35.280 --> 0:46:37.479 They may not pop some I think by and large, 0:46:37.520 --> 0:46:39.640 that won't be the story of the game. Now, they 0:46:39.680 --> 0:46:42.000 may beat you in other ways. This game might be 0:46:42.080 --> 0:46:44.600 close for other reasons. I ultimately don't think this game 0:46:44.680 --> 0:46:46.400 is gonna come down to the fact that San Francisco 0:46:46.480 --> 0:46:48.319 just ran the ball all over for Dallas. I think 0:46:48.400 --> 0:46:51.160 Dallas is too good defensively to let that happen, knowing 0:46:51.280 --> 0:46:53.839 coming into the week that that's the target, like that's 0:46:53.880 --> 0:46:55.880 the thing that they have to stop. So I actually 0:46:55.880 --> 0:46:58.279 think Dallas gets to win. And I don't know if 0:46:58.400 --> 0:46:59.680 what I think the score is. I do think it's 0:46:59.680 --> 0:47:01.480 going to be close. So I would not be surprised 0:47:01.520 --> 0:47:04.520 as three or four point difference in this game, because 0:47:04.520 --> 0:47:06.040 I think it's gonna be a very very close game 0:47:06.080 --> 0:47:08.920 all the way down. So we're all we're signing up 0:47:09.000 --> 0:47:12.040 for a divisional weekend of going back to Tampa with 0:47:12.200 --> 0:47:17.399 the Rams going to Lambo. Oh not Nick, We're gonna 0:47:17.400 --> 0:47:20.200 be a Philly is going. Oh, you're right, we'll be 0:47:20.280 --> 0:47:23.440 hosting the Rams. Sorry, sorry Rams or Cardinardins. I got 0:47:23.480 --> 0:47:25.279 the Rams. I would love to see the Cardinals come 0:47:25.280 --> 0:47:28.280 back into here. I love see. I'll settle. I'll settle 0:47:28.360 --> 0:47:31.640 for just still playing whatever wherever You're right At this point, 0:47:31.680 --> 0:47:34.000 I don't really even care the opponent is. Just keep winning, guys, 0:47:34.080 --> 0:47:36.640 because whoever you gotta play, it's gonna be hard. There's 0:47:36.719 --> 0:47:38.640 no easy wins at this part of the year. All Right, 0:47:38.680 --> 0:47:40.439 we appreciate you, guys, Jonas. We'll be back on Monday. 0:47:40.440 --> 0:47:42.000 We'll let you know went what went right and what 0:47:42.080 --> 0:47:44.399 went wrong for the Cowboys, hopefully more right than wrong. 0:47:44.640 --> 0:47:46.520 To then for Nick Eatm, Dave Elm, and Namer Garcia. 0:47:46.560 --> 0:47:48.360 I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been The Break live on 0:47:48.560 --> 0:47:53.200 Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a production 0:47:53.360 --> 0:47:57.080 of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.