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Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Big Blue Kick Off live

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Speaker 1: right here on Giants dot Com. John Schmilk, Jeff Feagles

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Speaker 1: with you. The phone numbers two one nine four or

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Speaker 1: five one three. It's all presented by Corps Light. Thank

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Speaker 1: you too much for being with us today, and I

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Speaker 1: apologize for the lateness of the show. I was recording

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Speaker 1: the most recent episode of the Giants Huddle Podcast. Should

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Speaker 1: I tease thing? Should I tease who the guest was?

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Speaker 1: Or or or should I let it hang? I'll tease

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Speaker 1: what that because it's going on a couple of hours.

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Speaker 1: You can hear from se Kwon Barkley for about twelve

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Speaker 1: minutes previewing the Cowboys game, but more importantly talking about

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Speaker 1: the season and how everything might go. We do a

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Speaker 1: lot of in depth football stuff. I try to take

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Speaker 1: the fluff out of it when I can, and I

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Speaker 1: think it's a really good interview. So that will be

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Speaker 1: up later this afternoon to make sure you check it

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Speaker 1: out on Giants dot Com and on the Giants Huddle Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Um great stuff. Actually, he has a very the one

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Speaker 1: question I asked him which was interesting, and I don't

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Speaker 1: want to get too deep into it because I don't

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Speaker 1: want to give away the kitchen here, but I asked him,

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Speaker 1: how is your run style different and how you see

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Speaker 1: the field once you have the ball in your hand

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Speaker 1: in the running game compared to where you were at

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Speaker 1: this time last year, And his answer was completely different

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Speaker 1: because he understands where the defenders that are going to

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Speaker 1: he can identify them, and that changes how he's going

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Speaker 1: to run the play because he understands where the unblocked

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Speaker 1: guys are going to be based on the defense they're

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Speaker 1: running and the running play the Giants are using. So

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Speaker 1: I thought that was kind of one of the inside

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Speaker 1: He will eliminate some of those negative plays, and I

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Speaker 1: think last year he had some of those where he

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Speaker 1: didn't know what these guys were coming from and next thing,

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Speaker 1: you know, boom. And by the way, the other thing

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Speaker 1: that will help that too is having Kevin Zeitler and

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Speaker 1: Mike Gramer's on the right side of the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: and John Halapeo for the full year and Will Hernandez

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Speaker 1: in his second year rather than just being in his

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Speaker 1: first year. So you put that all together, Jeff, I

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Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a big year for sake Kwon Barkley.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, make sure you check out the John Suttle

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Speaker 1: podcast later on today. I still have to edit it

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Speaker 1: So I will do that as stud as I'm done,

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Speaker 1: and we will get that up as soon as possible.

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Speaker 1: And you also hear that interview, by the way, at

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Speaker 1: least part of it will only about a third of

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Speaker 1: it on the Corsli Giants Game Day pregame show, which

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Speaker 1: could be heard on w f A N starting at

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Speaker 1: two ten on Sunday afternoon, which you can also hear

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Speaker 1: Jeff Eagles lands Meadow and Paul Detino. So, Jeff, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about the game. We're here, we're at the game.

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Speaker 1: A game. We got a game this weekend. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: We can actually talk about a game which is fun

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Speaker 1: and it's very rare that the Dallas Cowboys can play

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Speaker 1: the Giants on opening. We don't even get me started

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Speaker 1: on that. I'm gonna start very broadly, and it's only

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Speaker 1: a four o'clock game, and I will let yes, that

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Speaker 1: is true. Well, I'm the one that's fun. It's not

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Speaker 1: as bad for that, I said, because if usually there

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Speaker 1: thirty the next day. Yeah, I think right now we're

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Speaker 1: it's a night game. But anyway, people don't care about that.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna generally state something and then you take

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Speaker 1: it wherever you want to take it. All right, this

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Speaker 1: is a really, really tough game. The Cowboys are a

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Speaker 1: good football team. They're solid on both sides of the football.

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Speaker 1: What's your focus here, Jeff, What's like the most important

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Speaker 1: can't emphasize how big that would be and how it

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Speaker 1: Getting a division win on the road would be hugely right, um,

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Speaker 1: But what is hugely important in my opinion looking at

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Speaker 1: and Dak Prescott's legs a little bit more. Watch for

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Speaker 1: him to run a little bit more than he normally with.

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Speaker 1: This is just what I'm thinking. Um, But that's defensively,

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Speaker 1: John is much much better, I mean much better. And

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Speaker 1: I feel a lot better about se Kwan getting the

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Speaker 1: There you go. Special teams, don't make any mistakes, give

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Speaker 1: By the way, that the Cowboys, and you mentioned it, John,

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Speaker 1: like it's the old team's fast. In fact, about the

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Speaker 1: coaching staff is even fast. Well, even when the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: You go back. I watched this game again this week

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Speaker 1: You know this, This year's offensive line is much improved.

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Speaker 1: So this could be a good advantage for the Giants,

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Speaker 1: But as we always talk about, how do you set

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Speaker 1: But I think that at the end of the season

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see Evan Ingram come in and play.

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Speaker 1: presented by Corps Light. Our good buddy Lenning, Columbia, Maryland

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Speaker 1: has been on hold. I've probably since before the show started,

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Speaker 1: So we'll go to him first. What's up, Lane, Hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: how you doing good? Just just one one quick point.

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Speaker 1: Joe Joe Walton may have been the first Giant player

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Speaker 1: in history to be designated as a tight end and

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Speaker 1: that that's about sixty years ago now. And I think

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Speaker 1: he weighed one and ten pounds at the most. Oh wow,

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Speaker 1: really he's that much. He was one heck of her.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, Len really quick. I should point

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Speaker 1: out for people the injury report. Mike Gremers did practice

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Speaker 1: in full today, so he'll be a full go on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: The only two guys that aren't gonna player Darius Slayton

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Speaker 1: out with the hamstring and Garett Dickerson still coming back

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Speaker 1: from his injury too. And it looks like Zach Martin

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Speaker 1: will be full go for Dallas on Sunday as well.

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, good, good good um zone blocking scheme by Dallas, Um, jeez,

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Speaker 1: it's truly impressive, and and me and Elliott, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if he has to be in top form to

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Speaker 1: take advantage of that. I hope our inside linebackers can

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Speaker 1: handle it. That's you know, if they're ripping off six, seven,

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Speaker 1: eight yards at a clip, Um, and they're doing it easily,

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Speaker 1: it could it could be a long day. Although I

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Speaker 1: do think we are going to win the game. Um, Jeff.

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Speaker 1: If if Prescott rolls out to his right on the

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Speaker 1: first play and there's nobody in his face and he

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Speaker 1: throws eighteen yards to Witten, I don't I don't know

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Speaker 1: if I can take it, Jeff. Let's just try give

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Speaker 1: me a favor. Turn the TV off to further. So

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Speaker 1: nothing else healthwise, what happened to you? I do want anything.

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Speaker 1: Just turn it off now, by the way, Lynn, you

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Speaker 1: just turn it off. You just put the kai bosh

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Speaker 1: on the whole thing. Man. If that happens now, it's

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Speaker 1: all your fault. You know that. Right, he's gonna roll

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Speaker 1: to his last I think we're going to see that play.

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Speaker 1: But I hope now, you know, you know, we've seen

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Speaker 1: enough giants bite and go inside and he Prescott out

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Speaker 1: on the outside and uh, you know it goes back

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Speaker 1: to Tony Romo. How many times did we see that?

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Speaker 1: Now we can get him going the other direction. If

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Speaker 1: we get Prescott going to his left, I think we've

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Speaker 1: got a better chance. But I definitely if he rolls

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Speaker 1: to his right and there is somebody closing quickly on him,

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Speaker 1: it's Sam boy. And then you're right by the way,

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Speaker 1: And listen, you know that that round table you did,

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Speaker 1: that's it's it's on the website. That was really pretty good. Yes,

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Speaker 1: you know what, it's funny. I have not promoted that

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Speaker 1: on Twitter yet, so I'll do it now and I'll

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Speaker 1: tweet it out later. But yeah, me, Tom rock Art

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Speaker 1: Stapleton and Paul Schwartz sat down for a round table

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Speaker 1: and we printed the transcript up and that's on giants

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Speaker 1: dot com right now. The folks, I want to check

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Speaker 1: it out. That was really and I mean those guys

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Speaker 1: were they were They were no homers. I mean they

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Speaker 1: pulled up, you know, none of them. They were here

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Speaker 1: to be honest. They were straight up, straight up with

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Speaker 1: their analysis. And I think, you know, I think was

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Speaker 1: pretty good. A little lukewarm on the wide receivers, and

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Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna be tough without Taate. I think

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Speaker 1: we've talked about that before, John, But I thought I

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Speaker 1: thought those interviews were really quite good. Now, um, you

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Speaker 1: know Raven about him in ingram Um, they were positive

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Speaker 1: about him. But what did you think about the comments

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Speaker 1: on where I forget who it was who said it's

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Speaker 1: a make or break here. Yeah, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: Tom Rock said that I would not consider it a

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Speaker 1: make or break year. He still has got another year

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Speaker 1: left on his four year rookie contract. They have a

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Speaker 1: fifth year option on him. But I do think this

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Speaker 1: is a year for him to put himself into a

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Speaker 1: different category of player. He learned he can play in

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Speaker 1: this league for ten years. Having the same production. He

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Speaker 1: had his first two years in the league and be fine,

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Speaker 1: but this is the year when he takes the has

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Speaker 1: to stay healthy. If he stays healthy, then there there

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Speaker 1: there is no make or break here. It's just a

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Speaker 1: matter of being on the field because his skill level.

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Speaker 1: If we all know what he can do, and that's this.

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Speaker 1: You know, sometimes it's unfortunate that guys you know, get

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Speaker 1: hurt often, but he has to be a guy that

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Speaker 1: has to stay on the field and then let everything

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Speaker 1: else be. Evan Ingram go out there and play like

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Speaker 1: like your draft. And by the way, if you talk

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Speaker 1: to Evan and then this is the other thing. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people call up and Jay say, assume you

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Speaker 1: know the guy doesn't care about blocking and he can't block.

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Speaker 1: I get more reaction out of him asking him about

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Speaker 1: his blocking because he's worked on it so much, then

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Speaker 1: I do ask him about any other part of his games.

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Speaker 1: While people might not know him as a blocker, he's

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Speaker 1: made more progress than some people are led to believe,

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Speaker 1: at least in my opinion. Hey, Chef, I got I

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Speaker 1: got another quick question for you. There there was an

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Speaker 1: interview with the Special Teams coach mcgahey on on the

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Speaker 1: web supposed on the website, and I know you and

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Speaker 1: I we we talked last week about my my strategy

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Speaker 1: going into the cut, which was give Betcher twenty four,

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Speaker 1: give Schulet twenty four, and give mcgaye five. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if you remember that, but it was a pretty interesting, uh,

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Speaker 1: pretty interesting thing that mcgaey had to say when somebody

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Speaker 1: asked him about, you know, special teams players and and

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Speaker 1: he he said, look, these guys have to be able

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Speaker 1: to do something on offense and do something on defense

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Speaker 1: or that, or they're not going to make this team.

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Speaker 1: And I was wondering, what what what you thought about that?

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Speaker 1: There's no real special except for the kickers, but I

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Speaker 1: mean there's no and maybe you know, maybe releasing Stupar

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Speaker 1: as an example of that where you can't just stay

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Speaker 1: on this team with all you can do is play

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Speaker 1: special teams. You've got to be able to contribute on

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Speaker 1: offense and defense. What did you think about that, Jeff,

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Speaker 1: I think he answered your own question. I think it's

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Speaker 1: I think we got to run. It really just shows

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Speaker 1: you that you know, you have to do more. We

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Speaker 1: always say about the back end of the roster has

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Speaker 1: to be able to play special teams. But to be

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Speaker 1: out at the back end of the roster, you've got

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Speaker 1: to be able to contribute somewhere and somehow. And most

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Speaker 1: of the time it's a backup position. It's a fifth receiver,

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Speaker 1: fourth receiver, it's a fourth linebacker. But you've got to

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Speaker 1: prove to the team that you could at least play

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Speaker 1: the position. Yeah, if you're the last guy on the

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Speaker 1: roster at probably the spots, you have to be able

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Speaker 1: to play special teams, but you have to do more

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Speaker 1: than just play special tis. Yeah, and you look at Stupar.

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Speaker 1: I mean he came into some games last year. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he was able to play linebacker. Did you do it well?

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Speaker 1: He did it good enough? Right, But another enough to

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Speaker 1: get your by if a guy gets hurt during the

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Speaker 1: game and you're active as a special teams guy. And

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Speaker 1: coach Hermer was asked about that he said, there's a

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Speaker 1: chance we signed somebody before the game on Sunday, but

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Speaker 1: there's a chance they don't as well, which means they'll

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Speaker 1: just have one fewer player inactive on game day. So

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Speaker 1: we'll see how it goes. Usually, if you're gonna sign

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Speaker 1: a guy now, it's really not gonna do anything for you,

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Speaker 1: exactly unless he plays special teams. If you wait, it's

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Speaker 1: a veteran, the contract is not fully guaranteed for the year,

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Speaker 1: that's right, Yeah. Or what you could do is, uh,

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Speaker 1: you could bring a guy up from your practice squad.

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Speaker 1: You can do that too, absolutely, And he was he

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Speaker 1: was asked that, by the way, he said, that is

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Speaker 1: unlikely before the game on Sunday, Okay, because you know, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: because you know what what happens is if you bring

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Speaker 1: to you have to put him back on this practice

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Speaker 1: squad and somebody can get him, right, I mean you

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Speaker 1: have an open spot though, I mean yeah, well, I

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Speaker 1: mean that means yeah, I don't know. Honestly, I think

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Speaker 1: it makes more sense for them to wait to see

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Speaker 1: if there's any injuries over the weekend. Like you said,

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Speaker 1: whatever they signed isn't gonna gonna help you on Sunday anyway.

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Speaker 1: And they just signed Mayo and Core, who are two

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Speaker 1: big special teams players. You got enough guys to play specials.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to just bring in a new guy

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Speaker 1: and put him in willy nilly without one practice. So

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Speaker 1: I think it makes sense to wait till after the game,

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Speaker 1: all right, I'll get to him now, so he can,

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Speaker 1: you know, toot his own horn a little bit. Charlie. Hello, hey, my, my,

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Speaker 1: My understanding is that you had a big call about

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Speaker 1: Nate's stupa the other day and that you were going

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Speaker 1: to be very, very cocky and want to call on

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Speaker 1: about it today. Of course, finally is gone. But he

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Speaker 1: wasn't a good defensive linebacker. He was horrible, and they

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Speaker 1: were just keeping him for special teams. And thank god

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Speaker 1: they got mayonnaise now and he's probably going to be

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Speaker 1: a better guy who can come in and play on

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Speaker 1: the defensive side. So now let's get They got that

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Speaker 1: extra rossa spot they're saving that. They're saving that for

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Speaker 1: a veteran swing tackle. Charlie. How about this, Charlie, I

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Speaker 1: got an idea for you. How about Antonio Brown? Oh

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm kidding. Hey, I'd take him, of course you would,

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Speaker 1: right in with you, Charlie. So who's your who's your guy?

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Speaker 1: Who they they're saving him for that that swing tackle?

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Speaker 1: Who is it who they going to go get? Look?

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Speaker 1: I I've been in touch with Mr Will Beaty and

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Speaker 1: he told me that some teams probably Charlie wouldn't tell

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Speaker 1: me who it was. Charlie. Don't you think if it

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Speaker 1: was the Giants he would definitely let you know, Charlie.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the game, please, Okay, thank you. I

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Speaker 1: know I did. It's my fault. I brought us down

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Speaker 1: the path. It's all on there. Hey, Look, we have

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Speaker 1: to be the most physical team on that field. We

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Speaker 1: have to be physical and we have to beat them up.

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Speaker 1: Because when you have a fast team, if you're the

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Speaker 1: most physical team, you're gonna beat these guys up. And

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Speaker 1: that's what we have to do. And if we do that,

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Speaker 1: we will win that game. But don't you think that

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Speaker 1: Dallas is going to look at us and say, who

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Speaker 1: is their best receiver on the team. Who's the guy

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Speaker 1: that we fear most. It's Ingram. So they're a double

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Speaker 1: team this guy. So the guy that's the guy that's

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Speaker 1: going to have the big game is Shepard. So I

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Speaker 1: remember the Cowboys. The Cowboys generally play two coverages. They

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Speaker 1: play Cover three and they play man against Cover three.

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Speaker 1: The seam is traditionally vulnerable. That's an area of the

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Speaker 1: field that you can find some space in. So I

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Speaker 1: would keep an eye on that with Ingram this week.

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Speaker 1: If Cowboys running out a lot of that cover three

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Speaker 1: with the single high safety, if they can sneak him

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Speaker 1: into that seam area in between the two deep players

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Speaker 1: on on that half of the field, that could be

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Speaker 1: a spot where he could, you know, make some money

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Speaker 1: this week. Yeah. And the other thing is we have

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Speaker 1: to be able to stop the tight end going down

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Speaker 1: the seam and just getting you know, I mean, they've

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Speaker 1: killed us every time. Like I said the other day,

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Speaker 1: it isn't like Zeke kills us. He doesn't kill us.

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Speaker 1: It's always the tight ends that kill us. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: that's what we have to do. And hopefully we have

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Speaker 1: that because that was the whole point of bringing Insigeant

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Speaker 1: Peppers and letting Columns go is because he's supposed to

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Speaker 1: be better covering tight ends. So hopefully that will be

638
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: the difference this time. And we're gonna see, We're gonna

639
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: see obviously he lost a little bit of weight so

640
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: he could get a little bit quicker. That's a big

641
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: thing for him this year. So it's gonna start off

642
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 1: with the Dallas Cowboys trying to cover their tight ends.

643
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 1: We're gonna see this very quickly, and apparently Jason Winton

644
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: drops some weight too, and he's supposedly a little bit quicker.

645
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 1: We'll see if he gets out there on the field,

646
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: if it shows up, he's quicker to the to the

647
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: lunch room. But I mean, the guy, the guy's too old, man.

648
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 1: I mean he'll you know he can catch a five

649
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: yard path, can you? And you and Lynn are just

650
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: trying to just set set it up where you guys

651
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: are just gonna get so mad on game day. Well,

652
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: what are you guys doing? Man? You don't challenge a

653
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame player like that. Come on, we we

654
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: gotta we just gotta beat him up. We gotta be physical,

655
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: gonna come out. We gotta be tough, guys. I'm with you, Charlie.

656
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: Al Right, guys, thank you, appreciate the call. Frank, that's

657
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: a good weekend. Welcome you to enjoy the game. The

658
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: problem with Jason Witten is that he is a prose

659
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: pro who's he's been getting up, you know, long in

660
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: the tooth for years. That hasn't stopped him. He hasn't

661
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 1: run well since does matter. He knows how to get

662
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: off the line of scrimmage, and he knows he's just

663
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,719
Speaker 1: in the in the red zone. He's just okay, just

664
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: tackle him in the red zone. He he posts you off.

665
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: He just he's like he's playing bad exactly like a

666
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: few years ago. Remember that the game winner that he

667
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: posted the guy he caught it back defender behind him

668
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: catches the ball. Game over. It's like, come on, get

669
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: in his face, be physical with him. But that's all

670
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: you're gonna He's still gonna catch get his catches. Is

671
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: he the last guy non quarterback kicker in the league

672
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 1: that you played against, played against? That's a good question.

673
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: I have to really take a take a look at

674
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: that one. But there's not many non quarterbacks and non

675
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: kickers that are still in the league. From two thousand

676
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: and nine was your last year, so nine I was

677
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: ten years ago. There's probably a couple offensive linemen, like

678
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 1: Donald penn Is probably someone you played against, Right, was

679
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 1: Tyrene Smith on the Cowboys in two thousand and nine? Probably? Right?

680
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: Was that his rookie might have been his rookie year. Yeah,

681
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: so I mean he's closed. I mean, you think about

682
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: that's just ten year old man, but that's just ten years.

683
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: It's just not mean, yeah I'm old, but that's it's

684
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 1: just ten years ago. Sometimes keep forgetting that ten years

685
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 1: ago I was already three years old and now and

686
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: now I was old then, even though I'm not old now. Well,

687
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 1: the good news is that at my age now, I'm

688
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,479
Speaker 1: still younger than you were ten years ago. Two five, one,

689
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: You're welcome. How did you do your well? My math

690
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: is stupendous. I actually have four new calls in the line.

691
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: I love this. Let's go to David Cranford. He's up next. Hi, Dave, Hey,

692
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 1: Dave John and Jeff John? What are you doing asking

693
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: Jeff like those questions? He's not gonna be able to

694
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: That's my fault. I mean, come on, come on, John,

695
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: Jeff good at a lot of things, that's not one

696
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: of them. Thank you, Dave. I wanted to get your

697
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: guys in put on both these these comments because I

698
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: just think that this game in particular, if you look back,

699
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: there was an interesting stat that came out this morning

700
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: that talked about, um, the difference of Week one and

701
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: how many teams last year actually there were. They highlighted

702
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: six games. I can't remember all of them, but it

703
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: was six games where a team that actually made the

704
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: playoffs was beaten by a team that didn't make the

705
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: playoffs in Week one. Yes, I tweeted this out earlier.

706
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: Warren Sharp, who's been a guest on our show, actually

707
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 1: put it out there and let me actually was Michael

708
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: David Smith from from from Pro Football Talk. And so

709
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: last year in Week one, the Bucks beat the Saints,

710
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: the Bengals beat the Colts, the Panthers beat the Cowboys,

711
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: the Packers beat the Bears, and the Broncos beat the Seahawks,

712
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: all five non playoff teams beating playoff teams. Which the

713
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: larger point was that don't put too much into Week

714
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 1: one because weird things happen in Week one because as

715
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: you saw in the game on Thursday night, which was

716
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: just bad football, weird things happened because some teams just

717
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: aren't ready to go. It's a good point, Dave, It's fair.

718
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: I think. I think the thing John that I was

719
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: thinking about as it related to that, was more is

720
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: the opportunity, particularly when you're in division, and you saw

721
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: a couple of those that were in division. But um,

722
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: and and and this is where I feel. I feel

723
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: good about this, but I'm I'm a little concerned. And

724
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,959
Speaker 1: that is I think a lot of this game in

725
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: terms of the success of the Giants. Coming out with

726
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: a win is gonna be on the game planning side

727
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: from both Shermer and Betcher in terms of what they're

728
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: going to bring to the table as it relates, and

729
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,479
Speaker 1: it gives me confidence in this regard. Do you go

730
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: back and look at particularly all twenty two from last year,

731
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 1: and you look at the first eight games of the

732
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: year and you look at the second eight games of

733
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: the year, you can really see there was some you know,

734
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: particularly on the offensive line. There were some personnel differences,

735
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: but there was really scheme differences that you know, Shermer

736
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: really made changes on how he implemented the office and

737
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: Dave Dave real quick and Dave Dave real quick just

738
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 1: for the listeners so they understand what it was. It

739
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: was more under center, it was more two tight ends,

740
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: more fullback, and more play action and there were better

741
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 1: at play action. Those were the big changes they made.

742
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: And I also throws the ball better when he's under center,

743
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: in my opinion, But what does that mean? No, I

744
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: I agree, and I guess that's the thing that I'm

745
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 1: going to kind of be looking for in this game,

746
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: is you know, Dallas, you know again, you know, roster

747
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: to roster, man to man. You know, yeah, they've got

748
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: the advantage there. There's no way of talking about that.

749
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: Even I would say to Charlie, be careful about saying

750
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,359
Speaker 1: that that. Uh, you know, Jason Witten can only catch

751
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,919
Speaker 1: five yard passes. He might catch a five yard pass

752
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 1: from the from the five yard line into the end zone.

753
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: So just be careful about what you're wishing for there,

754
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: you know. So. But but anyway, my my real point

755
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: is just that I think the pressure on the giant

756
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: and and Jeff I would kind of throw it to

757
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: you a little bit because special teams as well. I

758
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: wonder I hear mcgay he talked about, Hey, with our kickoffs,

759
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 1: we can we can choose to kick it into the

760
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: end zone and not have a return at all, or

761
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: we might play it a little bit different. I still

762
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: don't understand statistically why we would want that risk. Why

763
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: on a scheme level we wouldn't you know what, Yeah,

764
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: I'd rather than start at It's all. It's all about matchup.

765
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: Some some teams are just not good at returning at

766
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: the football. So if you give them the chance they

767
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: have to return it, they can make a play on it.

768
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 1: You're not gonna want to kick the ball to um

769
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: a returner that you know can make a play, so

770
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: you just kick it out of the end zone. The

771
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,359
Speaker 1: game plan this week is definitely going to be kicked

772
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: the ball in the back of the end zone. Out

773
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: there it can be done. We'll give the ball because

774
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,800
Speaker 1: they have good returners. Some teams don't have great returners

775
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: and they're not a great return team, so they'll put

776
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: it down there to the goal line or the five

777
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 1: yard line and trying to make a play. Two things

778
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: can happen. Okay, so they get out to the twenty

779
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: five yard line. Okay, that's that's a that's kind of

780
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: a push, right, we would have we kicked in the

781
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: end zone. We give it to them. The big thing

782
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: is we can back them up or we can cause

783
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: a turnover. So those are the two things that they

784
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: like to do. By not kicking the ball and just

785
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: spot kicking it, as we call it, they spot kick

786
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,839
Speaker 1: it to the five yard line, outside the numbers. Things

787
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: like that. I would just leave you with this, John,

788
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: You you had mentioned about Dallas and they're you know

789
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: what they're going to do from an offensive standpoint. The

790
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 1: only the only thing I would mention there is that

791
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator hasn't had all preseason, obviously his star

792
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 1: running back. He also hasn't had his star receiver, who

793
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: hasn't practiced in a month. That's a good point. He's practice,

794
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,399
Speaker 1: he's practicing this week. I get that. But from what

795
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: I hear about what they're gonna do is that a

796
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 1: lot of the plays are going to be very similar,

797
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: but you're gonna see a lot more motion and you're

798
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: gonna see a lot more movement to try to to

799
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: try to get them into a favorable setting. And I

800
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: just wonder how much they're going to be comfortable doing

801
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: all of that when two of the most important players

802
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 1: they want to get the ball too, haven't been around

803
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: all season to you know, all preseasons to practice that.

804
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: So I'll leave you with that. Guys, you're the best.

805
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna listen to you all day Sunday, you again

806
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: next week the call. And I think it's fair because

807
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: both of those guys did practice in the spring. So

808
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: the question is how valuable is that installation stuff in

809
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 1: the spring even if they didn't do it in August.

810
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to that, And how much

811
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: if the plays are similar, but the only thing different

812
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: is pre stat motion or bunch formations, and you know

813
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: window dressing. Is that really that hard to figure out?

814
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: David asked great questions. I don't know the answers to him,

815
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: because I don't think anyone does, because no one knows

816
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: exactly what killing Moore is gonna do. Yeah, I think it.

817
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 1: I think it does make a difference. I really do, because, um,

818
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: just the way that the offense runs from being fluid,

819
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: you know, so all of a sudden you get the

820
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: guys in there to haven't been doing that. There's gonna

821
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: be They're gonna be some areas where you know, that's

822
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: gonna be, like, dude, you're in there, Okay, this is

823
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: really screwing up to play because you're not supposed to

824
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: be on this side. You're supposed to be on the other.

825
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: Like you might have a couple of plays where they

826
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: have to call time out because guys are lined up wrong,

827
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: or that he's going to check out the play to

828
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: conserve the time out and just run a running play

829
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: when it was a passing play. Then he's gonna get

830
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: back in the huddle and all the dude, see what

831
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 1: happens when you hold out. I know you got all

832
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: your money, but you're in the wrong position. Z who right?

833
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,320
Speaker 1: Did you see that? Did you see that? It's funny.

834
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 1: The T shirt's funny, it's clever at least, why do

835
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: you think the guy is a billionaire? But apparently though

836
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 1: all the proceeds are going US evation Army. Fine, that's

837
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,800
Speaker 1: even better. But you know what, though, it's dude. Eventually,

838
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: when the guy gets paid, everything's a joke all of

839
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: a sudden. It's funny though. It's funny, all right, Mike,

840
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: And but the folks that didn't see it went After

841
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: the Ezekiel Eliot press conference. If you remember a few

842
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,919
Speaker 1: weeks ago, Jerry Jones made an off cuff comment which

843
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: he said was a joke at the time, but everyone

844
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: took it seriously where he said, you know, Zeke who

845
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: when they asked him about Ezekiel Elliott. It was after

846
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: Tony Powell had a good preseason game. And then he

847
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: laughed and he goes, I'm just kidding. Everybody but those

848
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: rumored that Zeke was. Zeke was upset about it. So

849
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: at the press conference. You don't usually take the picture

850
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: with the jersey after the big sign contract signing. The

851
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,359
Speaker 1: Cowboys made up a T shirt they're selling at their

852
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,439
Speaker 1: pro shop, and my understanding, I think the pro season

853
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: are going to charity. Where on the front I just

854
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: says Zeko and in the back it says what does

855
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: it stand? The back, I think it says this guy

856
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: is like a big picture of Ezekiel Elliot or something

857
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 1: like that. It's funny. Mike and Brooklyn. He's up next,

858
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: Mike Bill signs, how are you doing great? How are you?

859
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: How all right? I just want to talk about last

860
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: night's game. Um, just for a second. M Jeff, she

861
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 1: would have loved did you did you watched the game?

862
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: I watched up until maybe the middle of the second quarter.

863
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 1: You missed a lot of punch. Jeff was incredible. Yeah, Scott,

864
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 1: he's good. The kid. That kid's really good around pick

865
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: right or something like that. He was like a high

866
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 1: round pick. Yeah yeah, really good. Yeah. I think I

867
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: think I picked him a fifth. They said last night O'Connell,

868
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: I think from from the best. He's a Miami guy.

869
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: Donald Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's from Miami. And anyhow, I

870
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 1: just wanted to touch on this point. Now, you want

871
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: to keep you playing as healthy through preseason and a

872
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: lot of they do that by not playing him in

873
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: the preseason games. But would you arad to have you

874
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: playing as healthy? Would you're glad to have him terrible?

875
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys, that was one of the worst

876
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 1: football games I've ever seen in my life. No, you're right,

877
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: like and I actually a good point. We actually just

878
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: finished your to view with with coach Shermer right before

879
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: he did the Stakeholme before he came on to do

880
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: Big Book kickoff, and you know, he said that it

881
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 1: shows how your approaches to preseason can actually have an

882
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 1: impact and there is a tradeoff. Look, you keep the

883
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: guys healthy, but are they gonna be ready to go?

884
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 1: And especially for a guy like Trabitsky, who's you know,

885
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: really only going into his third year. He didn't play

886
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: a lot in his first year, he only played one

887
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: year of college football. Doesn't a guy like that need

888
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: the reps to not let him play one snap in

889
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: the preseason. I don't know about that one. I don't know.

890
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: I just I don't know. My my my opinion is

891
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 1: that the way the game is played today, I just

892
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: feel like the money and just injuries, I feel like

893
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: you just keep your cop guys out and just the

894
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: first month of the season. You're gonna have to de

895
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:47,879
Speaker 1: live with it. It's just the way it's gonna be.

896
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: And I get that point of view. Two. So yeah,

897
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: I mean there was the penalties combined. Um, you saw

898
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: the players in the fourth quarter. They were winded so

899
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: that the holding calls and the pass interference calls were

900
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 1: a lot of them happened lait in the game when

901
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: they you know, they were they were not in good shape.

902
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: I mean in better shape than they should have been.

903
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: But to me, it just seemed it was like I

904
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 1: I watched it with my ninety four year old father

905
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: and he's just getting into football. Believe it, at ninety four,

906
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get him into football. Um, and he

907
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: was like he was like I churned on. One minute,

908
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: he was watching the game at trends of the next

909
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: minute he was he was passed out. So I don't know,

910
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,879
Speaker 1: I don't know it was his age or the boring game,

911
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: but I'm assuming it was a boring game. But it

912
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: was just terrible football. And I and it really makes

913
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,839
Speaker 1: me want to you know, I want to question these uh,

914
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: this new strategy with these a lot of new coaches

915
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 1: coming in and like McVeigh, didn't you know what he

916
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 1: does and uh, and he didn't play when they when

917
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: they played the Giant second game, he didn't play any

918
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: of the first stream players. Yeah, because they were going

919
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: to play the Giants in the regular season or what? Right?

920
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: But to me, you gotta play. These guys can get

921
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: you guys to mention it, they can get hurt walking

922
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 1: down the stairs. Yeah, it could happen. Listen, I I

923
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: got you know. This is why the this is why

924
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: they want to go to the two games. Okay, because

925
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: they're gonna get There're gonna two regular season listen to

926
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: the bottom line here is that the coaches and the

927
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 1: organizations are so afraid to play these players because the

928
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: amount of money that they're paying these guys. Okay that

929
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,560
Speaker 1: they then so the first quarter of the season is

930
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: basically another just it's a real preseason getting these guys

931
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 1: ready to go, the hitting everything, right. So add two

932
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,320
Speaker 1: more regular season games and then you kind of have

933
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: the you know what I'm trying to say here, So

934
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: that's what's gonna happen. And look in the Giants did

935
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: it to a certain extent to I mean, they didn't play.

936
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: Sequon Barkley and Evan Ingram only play eight apps in

937
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: one game, and time will tell. Sunday, we'll see how

938
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,919
Speaker 1: they've Who knows how much Stolen Shepherd would have played

939
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: if he didn't have a best up thumb. That's right, so,

940
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 1: and you can only do so much during practice. We

941
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: know this. The contact level is not what it is

942
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: in the game. So Sa Kwan and these guys who

943
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: have not been hit all for over a month and

944
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: a half, they're they're gonna get They're gonna get it now.

945
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 1: I do think it will help the fact that the

946
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 1: Giants offensive line is played together for a good amount

947
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,760
Speaker 1: of snaps, they should be able to catch your rhythm

948
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 1: pretty quickly. Here. Remember the Cowboys defensive line, Robert Quinn

949
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: is out and the Marcus Lawrence hasn't practice. He only

950
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: started practicing last week. He hasn't played in a preseason game.

951
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: So maybe they're gonna take a little bit of time

952
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 1: to get it going. Who knows. I think that you're

953
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: gonna see and I hope we see. It is such

954
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: a big improvement out of this offensive line that it's

955
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: that it's glaren. I hope you right. No, I need

956
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 1: it but I believe we will because I'm I'm a

957
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: big proponent of veteran football players. There's no substitute for experience.

958
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,320
Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, and at the offensive line position,

959
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: it's more imperative to me that that that that has

960
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: to happen with veterans. You. Yeah, you can draft a

961
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 1: draft the first round draft pick year after year. Eventually

962
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: they all have to play together, right, But that's just

963
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: a huge building process. You go out and get these

964
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 1: veteran guys and you got nasty ones. You got Zeisler, Okay,

965
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: you got her Nandez. These guys can plays. I mean,

966
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: these are all guys. They're not like ten year veterans,

967
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: but they're veterans in the league and their blue cards exactly.

968
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: That's the type of guys you want, you know. And

969
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: I had asked, this group reminds me of Look, I'm

970
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 1: not saying talent wise are going to be as good,

971
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,879
Speaker 1: but the personality wise, they remind me of your group.

972
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 1: I asked Eli that, I said, what do you think

973
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,320
Speaker 1: about this group? Because it was one thing I like

974
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: about this group that I liked about when my guys

975
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 1: were there, O'Hara and and Ritchie and Sneeze says, you

976
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: want to have mean guards. I like mean guards, right,

977
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: you got them, you got her Nandez and Zeisler. Those

978
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: are two mean dudes. You gotta like that. And I

979
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: just think to me, keeping the light upright, giving him

980
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: time to play. I read an article about where Kevin

981
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: gilbrit had talked a little bit about Eli Manning and

982
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,440
Speaker 1: telling telling the press or whoever he was interviewed by

983
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 1: the he sees Eli having a big year because of

984
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 1: the offensive line, and when he has protection, he's able

985
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: to use his mind better and not have to use

986
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: his legs and throw things away. This could be what

987
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 1: happens this year. We'll see on Sunday. Can't wait to

988
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: see it. Mike in Pennsylvania is up next day. Mike, Hey, guys,

989
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: how are you doing what you too? Um? I want

990
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:30,800
Speaker 1: to take a break from the exits and os for

991
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:36,839
Speaker 1: a minute and just bring up one. UM. I seriously

992
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,240
Speaker 1: hope that we go down to Dallas and we steal

993
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: that first game away from them for Eli Manning. I mean,

994
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:52,439
Speaker 1: that guy is the most disrespected quarterback on the face

995
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 1: of this plan. Well, Mike, in fairness, in fairness, like

996
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 1: Eli man is gonna have a lot to do with

997
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,360
Speaker 1: whether or not the team can do that too. So

998
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: he so he's gonna have a big hand in that himself,

999
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Yeah, I mean I hear

1000
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: these guys, Oh, it doesn't matter if Geek plays the

1001
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: first three games because they only got the Giant to

1002
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 1: eat one, or Buffalo or Miami. You know, that is

1003
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: so disrespectful to hear these to hear these people say

1004
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 1: that all the Dave Gentleman and the Giants will never

1005
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: get nowhere with Eli Manning under center. I mean, you

1006
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: do not know football. If you were making comments like that,

1007
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:34,240
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I mean, Eli Manning has been the iron

1008
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,680
Speaker 1: man for this franchise. He's gonna bring his lunch pail

1009
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,919
Speaker 1: every day. You're gonna knock him down and he's gonna

1010
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: get back up, and if you give that man time,

1011
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 1: he will deliver for you. You know, I have a

1012
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,320
Speaker 1: buddy of mine say to me, oh, we're gonna stack

1013
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: eight men in the box. Well that's fine. I mean

1014
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 1: when we got to we have the running back that

1015
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,720
Speaker 1: we have that's a receiving threat, and we got Evan

1016
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 1: Ingram and what's not sleep on Sterling Shepard either I'm

1017
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:06,240
Speaker 1: telling you what if the Giants played sounds fundamental football,

1018
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: I think we can get out in the Dallas and

1019
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 1: I think we can steal that Week one game. Nothing

1020
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,840
Speaker 1: more than the c Jerry's Jones in the sideline with

1021
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: that mug on its face at the end of the game,

1022
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 1: wondering what happened. Sure, yeah, thank you, Mike, Thank you Mike. Yeah, listen,

1023
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,320
Speaker 1: I think I think this is a big game for

1024
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 1: Ely too. I just want from a confidence standpoint, He's

1025
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: got a old he's got a brand new offensive line.

1026
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,359
Speaker 1: It's like, you know, you're getting in that new car

1027
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:33,800
Speaker 1: and you want to see how it rolls. Right, you

1028
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 1: haven't been able to press the gas down very much.

1029
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 1: You almost wish they were just weren't playing against such

1030
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: a good defense. I know, I know, I listen, but

1031
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 1: you know what, Eli and the Giants Offening's gonna play well.

1032
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,919
Speaker 1: Although you know what, though, John, I think that maybe

1033
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: this is this is there up for a challenge. I mean,

1034
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,879
Speaker 1: if we're gonna go play God with the worst team

1035
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: is you know, but I mean, honestly, their linebackers are ridiculous.

1036
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: So this is a big part of the game that

1037
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: these linemen have to get up on these linebackers in

1038
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 1: order for this run game to work. But I think

1039
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: they got the tools, They got the guys um and

1040
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: I think for Eli, like Mike said, give him some time, Okay,

1041
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 1: get the ball into his playmaker's hands. Cerling Shepard, we

1042
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: haven't talked a lot about him because he's been hurt

1043
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: and he hasn't played in the preseason. But the guy

1044
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: is now the number one receiver, so you gotta look.

1045
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 1: And he's had big games against the Cowboys before, so

1046
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 1: I think that you can look at him to get

1047
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: the ball in and and of course Evan don't don't

1048
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 1: don't discount the other receivers either. You look at the

1049
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: last uh four games of the football season last year.

1050
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 1: They spread the ball around, so don't you gotta look

1051
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 1: at that. It's probably gonna keep the same. Freddie and

1052
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 1: Jersey say, Freddie, what's your prediction for the season? Hey, John, Um, Hey,

1053
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 1: thanks for I haven't called in for a while, so

1054
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: I'm hoping nobody uh threw the predictions out there. Okay

1055
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 1: is going to go over a thousand yards, all right,

1056
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 1: But that was what John was saying today. One of Okay, Okay, well,

1057
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 1: here's a nothing one. You're gonna play in all sixteen

1058
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: games too. I like it like that, okay, okay, And

1059
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:05,280
Speaker 1: um my best one is DeAndre Baker has six iron

1060
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: t s for the year, six i N T s

1061
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: for the year. And this is the reason why they're

1062
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,359
Speaker 1: going to test them. And they're gonna come early because

1063
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,840
Speaker 1: early in the season obviously because he's a rookie, so

1064
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 1: they're done in the lat year. They're gonna provize that.

1065
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: All right here, great, thank you, Freddie. Those are good.

1066
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: I would like every one of those, I think DeAndre,

1067
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:34,280
Speaker 1: let's see Baker six interceptions, that's a lot that's doable.

1068
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,320
Speaker 1: I mean they are going to throw away from generous

1069
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: Jenkins being the number one corner, but we'll see what happens.

1070
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,319
Speaker 1: Good ones. Let's go to Scott New Mexico. He's up next.

1071
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:49,439
Speaker 1: Hey Scott, are you guys, how you doing today? Good? First,

1072
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 1: I agree with you, Jeff, I don't think it makes

1073
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 1: you would have a difference that Zekiel missed all that time.

1074
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: He's going to get at least twenty five touches as well. Okay,

1075
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,120
Speaker 1: but one of the one of the players that you

1076
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: didn't mention, who's a little scary to me on Dallas,

1077
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: and that's the otherwide receiver, Robert Gallup, Michael, and he's

1078
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: sort up flying under the radar a little bit. And

1079
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: the reason I'm asking the question with Whitten and I

1080
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:16,480
Speaker 1: with a Cooper and with Gallop, the Giants need to

1081
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 1: play six secondary personnel. Do you think in order to

1082
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: cover those three guys? And is that going to have

1083
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 1: manifest itself in the game. I think the Cowboys are

1084
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 1: going to be primarily an eleven personnel team this year.

1085
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:30,840
Speaker 1: I think they like Randall Cobb in the slot and

1086
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,120
Speaker 1: those will be the two outside receivers. Michael Gallop, by

1087
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 1: the way, the team, that's okay. He led He led

1088
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: the team in receiving in their playoff game against the

1089
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: Rams that they lost last year and more than a

1090
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 1: hundred yards. He's a downfield, big play threat. He's a

1091
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 1: we we analyzed him a lot when when we did

1092
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: our draft up a couple of years ago. Good little player.

1093
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 1: I think that's a good pickup by you, Scott, and

1094
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:51,240
Speaker 1: I think the Giants will be in their nickel defense

1095
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,240
Speaker 1: most of the games. You grant Haley in the slot.

1096
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:55,279
Speaker 1: He loves to deal with Randall Cobb, which, by the way,

1097
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: is not an easy matchup either, and I think that

1098
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,920
Speaker 1: is I think you're right on how this game is

1099
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:02,799
Speaker 1: gonna go to Cowboys, gonna put the Giants into their

1100
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: sub package and we'll see how they can handle it.

1101
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: Right the game. For me, and I know this is

1102
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: probably sacrilegious, I hope the Giants play well, but if

1103
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: they lose, this football is a game of attrition. So

1104
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 1: it's a long season, and if the Giants play well,

1105
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 1: to me, that would be just as important. Hopefully they

1106
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: get to win, but it's a long season and I'm

1107
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,840
Speaker 1: hoping that if they show well, that's a good indication

1108
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: of how this season is going to go. Thank you,

1109
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,759
Speaker 1: I appreciate it, thank you very much. Yeah, I think

1110
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:37,319
Speaker 1: a win. Look, you cannot you cannot underestimate how much

1111
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: a win would help this team in so many different ways. Jeff.

1112
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 1: How many bad starts has this team gone through since

1113
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:47,200
Speaker 1: two thousand and twelve, you know, and that's the next week.

1114
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 1: They got a pretty good team coming in here. The

1115
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 1: Bills are great defensively, you know, I don't know about

1116
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,920
Speaker 1: their offense, but defensively they're fantastic and go back to

1117
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:57,120
Speaker 1: back weeks going against two pretty formatal defense. You win

1118
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:00,720
Speaker 1: in Dallas to start the year, you almost like getting

1119
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,279
Speaker 1: like like a flu shot. It's almost like getting that

1120
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 1: like little immunization boost where you get you keep everything away.

1121
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:12,320
Speaker 1: Even if you lose the next week, you're still feeling

1122
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,359
Speaker 1: good because you want in Dallas and it's a division game,

1123
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: so it just kind of backs everyone off a little bit.

1124
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: It just it just starts everything on such a good

1125
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:21,279
Speaker 1: note because you know those division games like one and

1126
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: a half wins, right, especially on the road. Is that

1127
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: you know, if I think if the Giants are gonna

1128
00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:31,840
Speaker 1: win this game, it's because they play near perfect football

1129
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:35,040
Speaker 1: and that the Cowboys just are not. They're not just

1130
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:37,840
Speaker 1: they're not playing. Well, how many points of the Giants

1131
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,040
Speaker 1: have to score to win this game? Well, I'm gonna

1132
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:45,440
Speaker 1: go in the twenties. I was going between twenty four

1133
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 1: and seven, so right around and there. I think that's

1134
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: the number because look, look the Giants defense when and

1135
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:54,400
Speaker 1: there's something else, Pat Rummer said to us on our interview. Eventually,

1136
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 1: in every game, Jeff, the rubber hits the road, you're

1137
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,800
Speaker 1: blocking with five, they're rushing with four, which teams is

1138
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: gon to protect the quarterback better. And based on what

1139
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:05,880
Speaker 1: we know, I think we think that advantage probably goes

1140
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:07,920
Speaker 1: to Dallas a little bit based on the Giants with

1141
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:11,239
Speaker 1: their inexperienced pass rush, right, But if the Giants can

1142
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 1: figure out a way to make that work, all bets

1143
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,800
Speaker 1: are off. Yeah. And if that's the case with some blissing,

1144
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,240
Speaker 1: then the corner is gonna have to play well. Okay.

1145
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: And then we talked about it earlier with Dak Prescott.

1146
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,560
Speaker 1: You gotta keep him set the edge and keep him

1147
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,839
Speaker 1: inside that pocket because he will he will eat up

1148
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 1: with the legs. And I just have a feeling that

1149
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:29,799
Speaker 1: they're gonna rely on him a little bit more than

1150
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,760
Speaker 1: they normally would because of Zeke being out of the lineup,

1151
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:34,839
Speaker 1: And it's just a little bit raw, if you will. Yeah.

1152
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:36,399
Speaker 1: And that's the other thing. What if Kelly Moore uses

1153
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 1: a lot more read option? We have no idea. What

1154
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 1: if he the size read option is gonna be a

1155
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 1: bigger part of what they do? Yeah? Yeah. And who's

1156
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: the who's the running back behind there, Tony Pollard? Tony Pollard.

1157
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 1: So they've had a lot of work with him in

1158
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,560
Speaker 1: camp running that offense. We don't know about so maybe

1159
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,360
Speaker 1: they are the littler pos in there with him and

1160
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 1: there rather than Zeke okay, so who knows. But I

1161
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: think the Giants gotta play. They gotta play really good,

1162
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:02,400
Speaker 1: and I think the Dallas is going to have to

1163
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,360
Speaker 1: turn the ball over and make some mistakes, and the

1164
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,279
Speaker 1: Giants capitalize on those mistakes late in the game to win.

1165
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: That's how I think. And I don't want to call

1166
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,840
Speaker 1: steal it, but if you go down there and steal

1167
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,279
Speaker 1: one of these, you have to do it. One and

1168
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,479
Speaker 1: a half in the division. Our first game on the road,

1169
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: um turned the tide. You know. We used to go

1170
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:20,920
Speaker 1: down to Dallas and win all the time, all the

1171
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: time down there. I think the last time the Giants

1172
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:26,880
Speaker 1: won might have been when I played oh nine, we

1173
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 1: opened up the big stadium. Was that the last Giants

1174
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: one in six in Dallas on opening day? And one

1175
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 1: that one, And what a beautiful win that was, you know,

1176
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 1: Jerry World opened up and I was so proud of it.

1177
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: They were still by the way at one quick story

1178
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: and over. And the year before the Giants won the

1179
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,480
Speaker 1: last game in the old Texas Stadium too, by the way,

1180
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 1: which is even the bigger kick into you know what.

1181
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 1: They were still putting the turf down like in the

1182
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:53,160
Speaker 1: middle of the field and and pre pre pre warm up.

1183
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,920
Speaker 1: Remember they had the blowers and you guys were worried

1184
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:58,440
Speaker 1: that the turf wasn't gonna be good. Right, unbelievable. They

1185
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: had the backpack blow was out there blowing that they

1186
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 1: didn't they have a concert like either the night before

1187
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:08,439
Speaker 1: something like that, because that thing did open up. Yes, yeah,

1188
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:11,399
Speaker 1: the first event was not your game. They had other

1189
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 1: events prior to that game. Final call, the show is

1190
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:15,479
Speaker 1: Jeff and Ryan and then we'll get some predictions from Jeff. Jeff,

1191
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 1: what's up? If all that's how you doing? Yeah, I

1192
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,799
Speaker 1: can't believe it's ten years ago since the Giants went

1193
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,760
Speaker 1: on there and beat the Cowboys at the brand new stadium.

1194
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 1: Is it possible it's ten years have gone by eleven seasons? Yeah,

1195
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 1: this is eleven seasons since then. Wow, it's unbelievable. Hey, look, um,

1196
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 1: I don't think uh, I don't think the Giants have

1197
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,799
Speaker 1: added enough on defense to get him into the playoffs

1198
00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:42,320
Speaker 1: this year. To me, the whole season is going to

1199
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:46,320
Speaker 1: be leveraged on how the defense does doesn't perform, And

1200
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 1: we're with you on that, Jeff, h Yeah, I mean

1201
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,280
Speaker 1: I don't think you disagree with that. But and Jeff,

1202
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,920
Speaker 1: you were talking about the offensive line earlier, right, and

1203
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,359
Speaker 1: watched the games in the preseason. That's all I can

1204
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 1: go by. But it didn't seem like they would run

1205
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 1: blocking to very Well. What do you think about that? Well,

1206
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,640
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, it's still it's still preseason.

1207
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,600
Speaker 1: Guys are still getting used to playing next to each other.

1208
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: There's also there's no game planning whatsoever. Okay, I got

1209
00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 1: to get better in that situation. They really do. And

1210
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,560
Speaker 1: I'm not making excuses for him. I'm just telling you

1211
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: that I hope that they show up on Sunday and

1212
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: and and and block that defensive front for the Cowbells

1213
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: because they're good, they're fast, and they're better blocked because

1214
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:30,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna get the ball. To say, quanted, if he

1215
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,200
Speaker 1: doesn't have holes to run through, it's gonna be a

1216
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:35,920
Speaker 1: long day. They really will, well, that's for sure. And uh,

1217
00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:38,000
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to sound like a pessimist,

1218
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 1: but I really don't think the Giants. I don't think

1219
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:42,640
Speaker 1: they have the horses on the defense to get the

1220
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:45,000
Speaker 1: job done. You're not being a psims just being a realist.

1221
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 1: I mean, that's you really look at what's happening. I

1222
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:49,080
Speaker 1: think you all, we all, we all agree that the

1223
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: defense is gonna have to play better than they did

1224
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 1: last year. But we all agree to that they went

1225
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 1: out and got some good person they've got some better

1226
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,920
Speaker 1: depth this year. It's a bunch of unproven guys that

1227
00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: have to prove things quick, and we just don't know

1228
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:00,800
Speaker 1: if they're gonna do. I don't know where where the

1229
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 1: pressures or the sacks are going to come from, probably

1230
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,279
Speaker 1: by committing. By the way, James Betcher said exactly that

1231
00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:07,359
Speaker 1: the other day. He said exactly what you just said.

1232
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: I mean, there isn't an identifiable guy that you can

1233
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: say is gonna have double digit sacks on this team

1234
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:15,160
Speaker 1: without proven that he has done it. Maybe maybe maybe,

1235
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,160
Speaker 1: um golden, golden. That's about it. Because you are you

1236
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: met as we'll be reading out of James Betchell's cut

1237
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:24,400
Speaker 1: transcript exactly. One thing I do know is we'll both

1238
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:26,920
Speaker 1: will all be smiling for me. It is Sunday night.

1239
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:32,320
Speaker 1: If the Giants beat the Collode down. Thank you, Jeff

1240
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: appreciated and good stuff always good hear from Jeff, all right,

1241
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,200
Speaker 1: we've talked about about the game. Let's talk about the

1242
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: season and whole rapid fire here, Jeff, Okay, most and

1243
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:43,200
Speaker 1: I think we might have just covered it rapid fire.

1244
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: What is the most important things that Giants have to

1245
00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:51,080
Speaker 1: do this year if they want to contend for a playoffs? Pressure, pressure, pressure, defense,

1246
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:53,720
Speaker 1: And I would say protect, protect, protect on offense to

1247
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:57,560
Speaker 1: the two piece on offense and defense, protection and pressure.

1248
00:57:57,680 --> 00:57:59,560
Speaker 1: Gotta get some You gotta get some pressure on the

1249
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 1: quarterback this year, and I'll go one step further. Protect

1250
00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 1: the lead. Finish. Okay, last year, Giants had some games

1251
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 1: in the book. Win close games, right, yeah, yeah, exactly, Finish, finish,

1252
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:15,080
Speaker 1: go around the league. Who's your an FC Championship game?

1253
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:18,360
Speaker 1: Who's in your NFC championship game? Um A f C Championship.

1254
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:20,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the Patriots again. Who are they playing?

1255
00:58:21,480 --> 00:58:24,400
Speaker 1: Um A f C Championship will be I'm gonna put

1256
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: the Chargers in there. I put the Chiefs in there. Chargers, huh,

1257
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Charging without Darwin James. And it was

1258
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,480
Speaker 1: a big loss for them, I know, but I I

1259
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:34,760
Speaker 1: just I just I like the Chargers. I just think

1260
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 1: there's always a team that just nobody really cares about,

1261
00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 1: but they're always there. And I think the Chiefs just

1262
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:41,080
Speaker 1: they are so good. They just they step on their

1263
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:44,400
Speaker 1: they there, they just they their neck. Every year something happened.

1264
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:48,080
Speaker 1: Andy Reid will Andy Reid is basically what you're telling me, NFC.

1265
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 1: I've got the Saints. Okay, Okay, I got the Saints

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00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: going to the championship. So do I, Um, who's your

1267
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 1: other team? You're gonna like what I picked from my

1268
00:58:57,680 --> 00:58:59,400
Speaker 1: other team? I'm gonna it's gonna come out of the

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00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:03,280
Speaker 1: NFC East. I picked the Eagles. I think the Eagles

1270
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:05,840
Speaker 1: are really good. When you look at their Carson wins

1271
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: Is healthy. They might have the best roster run they

1272
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:10,520
Speaker 1: on paper are you know, but a lot of times

1273
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 1: you know what we say with things on paper until

1274
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 1: you but they are really really good. Their defensive line,

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00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:20,920
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox healthy. Um, I mean, look at their weapons.

1276
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:23,560
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz got it. They drafted our Sega Whiteside. I

1277
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:25,720
Speaker 1: was Sean Jeffrey Nelson Aga war and it's got a

1278
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 1: million the like four running backs that can all play you.

1279
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:31,040
Speaker 1: You nailed it, though, it's all the whole season. Hinges

1280
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 1: on Carson Wentz staying healthy. That's it. That's that I mean.

1281
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 1: But and that's a that's a big one. And by

1282
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:39,440
Speaker 1: the way, the organization gave away I don't know how

1283
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 1: much of their cap space to that guy. He better

1284
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:44,560
Speaker 1: stay healthy. And they've also brought making McCown out of

1285
00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:48,600
Speaker 1: retirement to be back up right. Well, we've got another one.

1286
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:51,960
Speaker 1: I think who one event Oh, I'm gonna go with

1287
00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:54,160
Speaker 1: the Saints this year. And this is the Lands. Both

1288
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:55,840
Speaker 1: picked the Saints. Now we know that's not gonna happen.

1289
00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:58,000
Speaker 1: It's good to know. I think the same. I think

1290
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: that that Drew Brees is gonna he's gonna right off

1291
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,520
Speaker 1: into the sunset this year, and good for him. NFL

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01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:07,360
Speaker 1: m v p. Mm hmm. That's a really good one.

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01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 1: Um NFL m v P. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna

1294
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 1: go off the cusp here. I'm gonna pick Jared Golf. Wow,

1295
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: that is off the cuff. I like it. Well, will

1296
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 1: any Giant win an end of season award? We'll We'll

1297
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:25,280
Speaker 1: say Quan being the mixed for Offensive Player of the

1298
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:28,520
Speaker 1: absolutely absolutely. Yet there's he's got there's gotta be. He

1299
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,520
Speaker 1: has to be in the in the in the discussion

1300
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,840
Speaker 1: for some sort of an award. Jeff, good stuff, my friend,

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01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,480
Speaker 1: always a pleasure. Tune in this weekend, guys, and we

1302
01:00:35,560 --> 01:00:38,120
Speaker 1: will and we will be together most Fridays this season

1303
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,320
Speaker 1: until until Jeff screws up the schedule, which already has

1304
01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:44,200
Speaker 1: for two weeks in in September, which is it's great

1305
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,800
Speaker 1: for me. A long season to go, all right, But

1306
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:48,800
Speaker 1: we'll be back on Monday with another episode of Big

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01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 1: Blue Kick All Live at one thirty we react to

1308
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:52,920
Speaker 1: Giants and Cowboys and Remember. Coverage of the game can

1309
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,000
Speaker 1: be heard on w f AN on both six sixty

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01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:57,640
Speaker 1: and one on one point nine FM starting at two ten.

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01:00:58,240 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 1: On Sunday afternoon at seven five, the Signals split and

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01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:05,400
Speaker 1: the Giants can be heard on six sixty AM, The

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01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:11,240
Speaker 1: Yankees on one on one point nine. Yes, Fiegals, myself, Uh,

1314
01:01:11,640 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: Detino and Lance on the pregame show, Figals and Lands

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01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:17,840
Speaker 1: will be uh Downtown or Midtown I should say Midtown

1316
01:01:17,880 --> 01:01:20,360
Speaker 1: in New York City, New York City Local I think

1317
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:21,800
Speaker 1: is the name of the bar. Thank you because I

1318
01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:23,840
Speaker 1: did not remember it because I was not good but

1319
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:26,640
Speaker 1: good job. The fact that Jeff remember something that I

1320
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 1: didn't makes me want to go to the doctor, and

1321
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:29,880
Speaker 1: then of course they will be with you for an

1322
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:31,800
Speaker 1: hour and a half haf afterwards. I really know that

1323
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:34,560
Speaker 1: because I have to go there from from from the

1324
01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:37,240
Speaker 1: w f AN studio for the postgame show. They will

1325
01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:41,040
Speaker 1: not be at the bar getting having fun during the game.

1326
01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:43,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have fun. I'll use that game as much

1327
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:46,800
Speaker 1: fun as Lance Metal allows you to have. Lance is

1328
01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 1: a fun guy. What do there's nothing fun about He's fun.

1329
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:55,320
Speaker 1: He makes fun of people. Yes that that. Lance is

1330
01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:59,840
Speaker 1: not like people. He loves to argue with people like

1331
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:02,160
Speaker 1: man does. He loves to argue with people. Jeff, good stuff.

1332
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:04,400
Speaker 1: I will see on Monday everybody having a great weekend,

1333
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:06,720
Speaker 1: and hopefully we'll a good football game on Sunday. We'll

1334
01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 1: see that by