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Speaker 1: I'm Kyle Yeoman's and gentlemen, how's he going this morning?
Speaker 1: Good fan? Tabby Little Greats? Yeah? Yeah, how about that?
Speaker 1: You're winning against the Patriots? Is looking a lot better
Speaker 1: as the year goes along. Talk about a team that's
Speaker 1: nine and four and playing really well, even in some
Speaker 1: harsh conditions in Buffalo. Are they that good? Or is
Speaker 1: the AFC not as good as we thought it was?
Speaker 1: If you could throw the ball three times and still
Speaker 1: win the ball game in fifty five miles, pour wins.
Speaker 1: What did you when you were watching the game last night?
Speaker 1: What were your thoughts on the game? I mean just physical, physical,
Speaker 1: I mean exactly the same things that we were worry
Speaker 1: about when we played him. I love that game last night. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I loved it. And it just shows it is And
Speaker 1: the thing about, you know, the way that football is changing.
Speaker 1: Everybody's talking about, well, you gotta throw the ball, you
Speaker 1: gotta stretch the field. Belichick doesn't care about any of that.
Speaker 1: And I came to a thought last night. If I
Speaker 1: was a young coach in the league, I would be
Speaker 1: trying to find my way to New England. I would
Speaker 1: be trying to get the recipe. I want some of it,
Speaker 1: piece of it. But just think about this. It's not
Speaker 1: only is it Bill Belichick's defense, but it's also his offense. Now,
Speaker 1: you can change the position, you could change the coordinators,
Speaker 1: all of that, but you're not gonna go out on
Speaker 1: the park and throw the ball fifty one times. If
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick is the head coach period. That's the same
Speaker 1: thing with Nick Saban in Alabama. That's I mean, that's
Speaker 1: the key to success. Everybody's right, and you can bring
Speaker 1: in what you ever offensive coordinator you want, but you're
Speaker 1: not gonna throw the ball all over the place in
Speaker 1: three passes yesterday that was crazy. Yeah, Matt Jones finished
Speaker 1: the game two of three passing for nineteen yards, and
Speaker 1: they gotta win now. Harris ran for one eleven, Stevenson
Speaker 1: I think had twenty four twenty five carries something of
Speaker 1: the sword and they were able to run all over
Speaker 1: that Bill's defense. And maybe the Bills aren't exactly what
Speaker 1: the Bills have been the last couple of years. But
Speaker 1: even with that being said, I mean, the AFC's a mess.
Speaker 1: So is the NFC. Though is now the Cowboys two
Speaker 1: games up on the Washington football team, We're going to
Speaker 1: talk about Washington a little bit more in depth later
Speaker 1: in the week, But is there any concern right now
Speaker 1: around this Cowboys team and trying to hold on to
Speaker 1: that division lead? Because if you lose this week one game,
Speaker 1: it's a two game turnaround. You could either be up
Speaker 1: by three by winning the game, or you could be
Speaker 1: down by or excuse me, up by only one if
Speaker 1: you lose the game. Is there any concern surrounding this one?
Speaker 1: I think there's always concern whenever you have ales in
Speaker 1: the column, you know, I mean, you don't want to
Speaker 1: leave this up to debate, you know. I think the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys had their opportunity to really clinch things, you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks back, and they missed their opportunities.
Speaker 1: You know, they went one for four or whatever it
Speaker 1: was they're in during that stretch. So they now they
Speaker 1: find themselves in a situation whereas are getting hot and
Speaker 1: they're trying to get back you know, hot again as well.
Speaker 1: So you know, these guys are going into a game
Speaker 1: or Washingtons on what a four game win streak, yep,
Speaker 1: four game win streak, right, We're on a one game
Speaker 1: win streak, so, uh, you know, it's kind of a
Speaker 1: this you created. You created a situation. You created a situation,
Speaker 1: so I wouldn't say worried, but go out there, hand
Speaker 1: of your business, you know, and you know you got
Speaker 1: you got some of your boys coming back to the crew,
Speaker 1: you know, just you know, squad coming back, so you
Speaker 1: should be able to go out there, have a good
Speaker 1: time and get back back when you're winning. Way, did
Speaker 1: you just swag surfing? Absolutely? Just kind of you get
Speaker 1: into it, get Gregory, you get Gallamore, you get Tristan.
Speaker 1: I don't know if Tristan be back this week? This week, yeah,
Speaker 1: next week, and whoever you want throw in the middle.
Speaker 1: You know, you know what said Osageza, throw him in
Speaker 1: the mix. And then you got freaking d Law and
Speaker 1: then you put Mica behind them. You should be feeling
Speaker 1: really good against those guys that don't have a tight
Speaker 1: end unfortunately for them right now. And and Tristan back
Speaker 1: this week by the way, hey oh yeah, yeah, one games.
Speaker 1: That's right, they got reduced. You're right, you're right, Thank you, Chris,
Speaker 1: thank you. Yeah, I completely forgot. So everybody's favoritebody's back
Speaker 1: about that. Everybody can be back. This is turning into
Speaker 1: that's true. A lot of these guys are hopeful to
Speaker 1: be back. Nevil Gallimore, Randy Gregory not officially back in
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, will be back on the practice field tomorrow,
Speaker 1: so we'll get a better look at it as that
Speaker 1: rolls around. But speaking specifically of kind of going back
Speaker 1: to the draft, we talked about that yesterday and how
Speaker 1: the draft was one of those things with Micah Parsons
Speaker 1: is like, Oh, now you look at this defense and
Speaker 1: you go, oh, there's de Marcus Lawrence. Oh, there's Randy Gregory.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that's Nevil Gallimore in the middle. Oh,
Speaker 1: and there's Micah Parsons, who's clamoring for being the defensive
Speaker 1: player of the Year as a rookie. That's a scary
Speaker 1: defense for any opposing offense to turn up and look at.
Speaker 1: And especially with a guy like Taylor Heineke, who still
Speaker 1: taking his lumps in the NFL, I feel like you're
Speaker 1: gonna get pressure on him and make things for him
Speaker 1: all day Sunday and Dan Quinn, you know, pretty much
Speaker 1: pointed the spotlight on the fact that these guys hadn't
Speaker 1: even had but twenty eight snaps together as a group,
Speaker 1: meaning Gregory Lawrence and also Micah And if you look
Speaker 1: at that in combination and you say to yourself, like,
Speaker 1: obviously those are your main guys, your hunters. I putting
Speaker 1: them all on the field together. I think Taylor Heineken,
Speaker 1: if he's got sitting down studying film right now, he's
Speaker 1: trying to figure out how he's gonna get rid of
Speaker 1: the ball. They're gonna have to do some things defensively
Speaker 1: to create pressure. That's where we I think the last
Speaker 1: and you look at those losses, we were not creating
Speaker 1: the same pressure that we had been creating before, and
Speaker 1: therefore consequently it cost us on the back end of
Speaker 1: our defense. We talk about what Anthony Brown struggles with
Speaker 1: as far as small, quick wide receiver as well. Got
Speaker 1: a couple of them. Yeah, you know DeAndre Carter, and
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's gonna be locked up with him maybe
Speaker 1: in the for the majority of the time, but Terry McLaurin,
Speaker 1: I expect, you know, for Digs to be on him.
Speaker 1: But I just think that getting those guys that you
Speaker 1: just talked about up front, get putting pressure on tel Haneke.
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna make the difference in this game.
Speaker 1: And obviously dak not turning the ball over, not you know,
Speaker 1: having any turnovers. Would you rather have heine in the
Speaker 1: pocket or out the pocket? I'd rather have him in
Speaker 1: the pocket, I think. I think that's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 1: As we're talking about putting pressure on him, I'm like,
Speaker 1: maybe we just contain, you know, like just containing because
Speaker 1: he's dangerous when he gets out the ball. Like most things,
Speaker 1: you know, you want to try and flush him out,
Speaker 1: make him uncomfortable. And this is what I'm saying when
Speaker 1: I say, contain him in the pocket, get pressure on him.
Speaker 1: You want him you want to collapse? Yes, yeah, I
Speaker 1: wanted to collapse. Yeah, if he's trying to escape out
Speaker 1: you know, I believe that the way that we saw
Speaker 1: Micah clothes on a bootleg, I don't think Heineke even
Speaker 1: attempts or tries anything like that. But out in space,
Speaker 1: I trust our guys, Mica and the other group with
Speaker 1: the speed that we have defense. I think that is
Speaker 1: the difference from last year this year is the team speed.
Speaker 1: Did you real quickly here? I agree with you completely
Speaker 1: because you look sideline to sideline quarterbacks that have tried
Speaker 1: to scramble and I'm not talking about designed runs that's different.
Speaker 1: Scrambling out of the pocket have had almost zero success
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys this year. And I'll go dive deeper
Speaker 1: in the stats and bring you back from homework tomorrow.
Speaker 1: But I mean, look at guys like Patrick Mahomes. As
Speaker 1: soon as he decides to tuck it and take off,
Speaker 1: Parsons is right on him. You can have the same
Speaker 1: thing with Gregory Lawrence. I mean, those are guys that
Speaker 1: can race you to the edge and for the most part,
Speaker 1: win that battle to the edge, win that race to
Speaker 1: the sideline. And if that's the case, then maybe he's
Speaker 1: not as dangerous with his legs as a scrambler as
Speaker 1: opposed to what you've seen in the past. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know. I don't know if I
Speaker 1: agree with that. Simply because of the fact what we
Speaker 1: talked about yesterday in terms of Dak and how he's
Speaker 1: not utilizing his abilities to be able to continue to
Speaker 1: move the chains. I think Heinie gets it. If there's
Speaker 1: one thing that he gets, he gets how to move
Speaker 1: the chains with his legs, and he's not trying to
Speaker 1: have these plays out. I feel he's not trying to
Speaker 1: get out the pocket and buy time so they could
Speaker 1: throw bombs like Mahomes or you know, Jalen Hurts some
Speaker 1: of these other guys. You know, these guys like they
Speaker 1: extend plays. He's not trying to extend to play. He's
Speaker 1: just trying to move the chains. And I think moving
Speaker 1: the ball. Yeah, I think that's the thing that he
Speaker 1: does well. He understands that, like if things break down,
Speaker 1: he's going forward. He's going forward, he's sliding, and he's
Speaker 1: getting right back to the huddle, right, And that's what
Speaker 1: kind of No. I see that too. Yeah, I see
Speaker 1: that too. I think the other side. Just adding to that.
Speaker 1: The other thing that I see is his offensive line
Speaker 1: is weak, and a lot of that running is I'm
Speaker 1: running cus have to and I don't trust that my
Speaker 1: head might not get taken off if you know, I
Speaker 1: don't anticipate this guy holding this blind side black block
Speaker 1: long enough. Um. I just you know, either way, I
Speaker 1: think they're going to Washington. The Washington football team is
Speaker 1: going to be an opponent because of how hot they are.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to get on them early. We cannot
Speaker 1: allow them to get any moment. Yeah, we gotta get
Speaker 1: on them early, and we can't allow them to build
Speaker 1: any momentum, they try and do some really interesting things.
Speaker 1: And that's why you know you talked about yesterday Logan
Speaker 1: Thomas and his acl being out. He would have been
Speaker 1: a big factor in this game for us to have
Speaker 1: to concentrate on. But also Antonio Gibson out of the
Speaker 1: backfield's going to be something that's important for us also.
Speaker 1: And McKissick, and he's I don't know if he's out.
Speaker 1: They have out for this out last game. There's a
Speaker 1: chance he returns. Okay. McKissick is different when I watched
Speaker 1: the Tampa film on them, mckissic is him and Gibson
Speaker 1: are you know? The tandem backs very different from one. Another.
Speaker 1: Thing about McKissick that worries me is him in space
Speaker 1: with the ball when they get him on screens and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So that's something that I think we
Speaker 1: have to worry about. But if we can, if we
Speaker 1: could stop them, discourage them from doing any of those things,
Speaker 1: I think we make this game easy for ourselves because
Speaker 1: Heineke will make a mistake. Is this the most threatening
Speaker 1: tandem that we faced this year out their backfield? I
Speaker 1: do not think so, especially the way that Gibson is played.
Speaker 1: Gibson hasn't necessarily put up the numbers to scare me
Speaker 1: now the film and the matchup wise, it might scare
Speaker 1: me a little bit, but not enough to where it
Speaker 1: could compare to what we've seen previous. Would you put
Speaker 1: over them? Oh, I would already. I would put the
Speaker 1: Bronchos tandem in front of them, easy, Toronte Williams and
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. Those guys tore you up, and they've torn
Speaker 1: up the majority of the league. They're one of three
Speaker 1: teams right now with at least two five hundred plus
Speaker 1: rushing backs. The Cowboys are the other ones. The Packers
Speaker 1: are the other ones. So I would definitely put the
Speaker 1: Bronchos in front of that by like a lot. And
Speaker 1: I underestimated Williams man. Yes, he's a he's a good
Speaker 1: player now and he's a lot more physical than these guys,
Speaker 1: I believe Gibson. I don't see them as being those
Speaker 1: physical inside runners. I just don't. I don't take that
Speaker 1: from them. But I think that what they do individually
Speaker 1: different from one another, it's very unique. So it's this
Speaker 1: is a one and two. This is a one A
Speaker 1: in one B situation. With these running backs, so I mean,
Speaker 1: I agree, but I do agree with with Kylins. Well,
Speaker 1: I think Denver's running back tandem was a lot tougher.
Speaker 1: I think their scheme it was better. I'm not I
Speaker 1: think I'm I give these guys to as personnel wise
Speaker 1: and the backfield. I give Denver the edge scheme wise.
Speaker 1: Those guys are good within that scheme. These guys are
Speaker 1: good individually. I guess that that makes it nothing to
Speaker 1: say those guys no, no no, no, I would I prefer
Speaker 1: to have these Well, what do you think about Antonio
Speaker 1: Gibson's game so much? So like that really gives you
Speaker 1: pause that I think he's versatile. I think he's very versatile.
Speaker 1: I think he can. I mean, he's a guy that
Speaker 1: you can trust inside it out. I don't think he's
Speaker 1: gonna necessarily kill you. But he's consistent. I feel like
Speaker 1: he's consistent if you let him get things going and
Speaker 1: then you throw them a kissican there and he's just
Speaker 1: just just put somebody on him, please, yeah, because because
Speaker 1: you don't want him to go out there and you know,
Speaker 1: come out in the emotion, out the backfield, go out
Speaker 1: into the slod or go out into the outside he
Speaker 1: catch a little hitch route and he turns it into something. Right.
Speaker 1: That's their version of getting run plays as well, much
Speaker 1: like we did last week with CD. So I just
Speaker 1: think that they're a good two headed monster. I mean,
Speaker 1: I respect him, I respect him. Yeah, I think that's
Speaker 1: something that the Cowboys are gonna have to look at
Speaker 1: moving forward, is is how are they gonna slow down
Speaker 1: tandems like that? Because I'm just mentioned the Packers gonna
Speaker 1: bring it. If you see them in the playoffs, you
Speaker 1: can see it health different places as well. Yeah, especially
Speaker 1: when they get healthy. That offensive line's playing a lot
Speaker 1: thos pound you though. You know those guys like they
Speaker 1: just beat you down. You know Jones, he'll he'll, he'll
Speaker 1: gas on you from time to time. But then they
Speaker 1: bringing a dog on the horse at the battlefield and
Speaker 1: he just comes downhill two hundred and sixty pounds or
Speaker 1: something stupid like that. Yeah. Now, there was some breaking
Speaker 1: news this morning around the Washington football team. Logan Thomas
Speaker 1: the tight end underwin An MRI and it did not
Speaker 1: show that he had torn me mcl So that's fantastic
Speaker 1: news for Washington. He's most likely going to be out
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys regardless. But that is huge news for
Speaker 1: the Washington football team to try and get him back
Speaker 1: because he's a huge part of that offense. Now, we
Speaker 1: talked about some of those defensive reinforcements and having guys
Speaker 1: like Devil Gallimore and Randy Gregory back in the fold,
Speaker 1: and it's fantastic and you're excited about it. I want
Speaker 1: to ask about some of these young defensive backs they
Speaker 1: haven't seen a ton of time. How about Kelvin Kelvin Joseph.
Speaker 1: That's the number one name on my list, And I
Speaker 1: was I was asked this fan or asked this question
Speaker 1: on the fan last night by our guy Zack and
Speaker 1: Eric in the nighttime slot, and they asked me either
Speaker 1: like why haven't we seen Kelvin Joseph outside of the
Speaker 1: suspension and the injuries special teams and exactly though, why
Speaker 1: is he not in a rotation with a guy like
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown? Is it time that we see him in
Speaker 1: the rotation? You know? I think if he would have
Speaker 1: won this game in two days, maybe this would have
Speaker 1: happened by now. I just think there's some layered things
Speaker 1: that's happened in Monday through Saturday that's not allowing the
Speaker 1: coaching staff to be confident in his abilities. I feel
Speaker 1: as though this veteran group that we have of coaches
Speaker 1: is not going to, in spite of where you were
Speaker 1: picked in the draft, going to allow you to get
Speaker 1: out on the field and make any mistakes. We go
Speaker 1: back to is He Mukuamo and Nashuton Wright, guys that
Speaker 1: we saw legitimately making strides. Not so much Kevin Joseph. Though.
Speaker 1: It's not that I'm not confident in his abilities, because
Speaker 1: I believe that once he gets his shot, he's gonna
Speaker 1: be there for it. I just think right now, him
Speaker 1: working his way into rotation via special teams, that's gonna
Speaker 1: be his way. And I think earlier in the season
Speaker 1: you heard coach Dan Quinn talk a lot about that,
Speaker 1: him working his way into the rotation by being on
Speaker 1: special teams. But I don't think his time is now.
Speaker 1: I think Anthony Brown is, with all of his shortcomings
Speaker 1: and being picked on by the refs. I don't care
Speaker 1: what nobody says, he's being picked up, spotlighted by the refs.
Speaker 1: I just think that right now is a He's a
Speaker 1: step up over Kelvin Joseph. He has played fourteen snaps
Speaker 1: all year, Joseph has fourteen and now five of those
Speaker 1: have been in run defense and nine of those have
Speaker 1: been in coverage, so outside of special teams anyways, he's
Speaker 1: played teams snaps. That's not what you want to see
Speaker 1: from a second round player. And that's the thing that
Speaker 1: you also got to think about, is there's a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure on him to develop because if you're picked
Speaker 1: as a second round player, you're expected to be a
Speaker 1: starter by the end of year one. You're expected to
Speaker 1: be at least in that conversation, and I'm right there
Speaker 1: with you. I don't see that you had. You don't
Speaker 1: have that. You don't have that conversation with Calvin Joseph.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of people whenever Anthony Brown does
Speaker 1: have his shortcomings that will say, oh, let's just bring
Speaker 1: in Kelvin Joseph. But I don't think that's a legitimate
Speaker 1: conversation at the moment. Yeah, I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not questioning out here, So I just a good point.
Speaker 1: I'm not questioning that dude. Remember remember watching him play.
Speaker 1: I think he may even played against him, Um, but
Speaker 1: he he's a he's a dog, you know. I don't
Speaker 1: know if it has anything to do with his with
Speaker 1: the lack there of ability, if his preparation is not
Speaker 1: on point of his physicality is not, there's a whole
Speaker 1: lot of question, Manjuri, there I had a question just
Speaker 1: came in my head right now, Like when you came
Speaker 1: into the league, there were obvious things that you were
Speaker 1: doing in the Pac twelve that you could get away
Speaker 1: with that. When you came into the league, you couldn't
Speaker 1: get away with that. No more. Do you think that
Speaker 1: he's probably suffering the same things things that he's doing
Speaker 1: innately on the practice field that's like, oh, no, dog,
Speaker 1: that will get you burnt man. Possibly, Yeah, So I
Speaker 1: means we can we can throw out there all the
Speaker 1: all the what ifs, you know, without us actually having
Speaker 1: seen seeing him in practice and understanding what they're just
Speaker 1: what their decisions are. But there's something, there's there's something obviously,
Speaker 1: I mean, like I said, this is a very this
Speaker 1: is very veteran, you know, squad in terms of coaching,
Speaker 1: and they know who's ready and who's not ready. And obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, we know that special teams is the way
Speaker 1: into playing you know, regardless of your second round pick
Speaker 1: or beneath you know, if you're a first round pick,
Speaker 1: you're playing. It doesn't matter. Second round pick, you should
Speaker 1: be in the rotation. But you know, you gotta remember
Speaker 1: there's two other guys ahead of you that are getting
Speaker 1: paid five million dollars a year or two that that
Speaker 1: have a lot of reps underneath their belts. So that's
Speaker 1: the reality. I was shot. I'm really shocked sometimes about
Speaker 1: nation Right and his inability to give that's read. I'm
Speaker 1: more concerned. Yeah, and why is that? I just I
Speaker 1: just I don't know. I know, I know Kelvin was
Speaker 1: a higher draft pick, but I think that Nashan and
Speaker 1: his physical attributes work really well within this systems fit it.
Speaker 1: He just fits you. I mean, I try not to
Speaker 1: look at the whole draft pick. I know there's value
Speaker 1: there that it just politics or politics, finances or finances.
Speaker 1: But Nashan he has the ability to be something great.
Speaker 1: And I think the same thing what Israel Mukuamo. I
Speaker 1: think he has the physicality, but the physical attributes. But
Speaker 1: we talked about the physicality part in preseason. You know,
Speaker 1: put him on an island out there and you know,
Speaker 1: luckily he's still around to be able to show that
Speaker 1: he can make some things happen. I don't know how
Speaker 1: many snaps he's had on special teams, not a lot,
Speaker 1: But that's somebody that I'm excited about too, just because
Speaker 1: of their size and in what they can do. Kelvin,
Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of information on him. I've
Speaker 1: seen him. I see him on special teams. I see
Speaker 1: him on part return and trying to stop some guys.
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously I'm a big critic on special teams,
Speaker 1: but I haven't seen him be dominant in that regard.
Speaker 1: So it's like, how do you expect somebody who's not
Speaker 1: being dominant and special teams to come out of and
Speaker 1: be dominant as a defender. And I think, to be fair,
Speaker 1: Kelvin Joseph availability wise has not been there as much
Speaker 1: as those other guys because of the injury earlier in
Speaker 1: the year, and then of course now with the suspension
Speaker 1: that he had to serve against New Orleans. So I
Speaker 1: just I think, going back to your point with Mukuamu,
Speaker 1: he's a Day three pick, and the fact that he's
Speaker 1: even on the active roster more times more often than not,
Speaker 1: is impressive to me. The fact that he's even there.
Speaker 1: Then you talk about Kelvin Joseph. He's the second round pick.
Speaker 1: He should be in the mix. But then you mentioned
Speaker 1: the guy in the middle, and that's Nashan Right. You
Speaker 1: have to also think about the fact of Nashan Right
Speaker 1: being a third round pick that they stretched on. They
Speaker 1: stretched to go and get him. So maybe they're taking
Speaker 1: their time. They're taking their time. They're taking their time.
Speaker 1: What do you think I'm saying here, No, no no, listen,
Speaker 1: let me finish, Let me finish, Let me finish. They
Speaker 1: are taking their time to develop him because they know
Speaker 1: they can't get that one wrong. I'm not saying they're
Speaker 1: wrong on it. I don't agree, which I still think
Speaker 1: they are, but they I don't know what are they
Speaker 1: doing with Kevin. Kelvin's got to be a pick as well.
Speaker 1: I mean he's got to play, That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: I think they need to play it. So so wait
Speaker 1: a minute ahead, go for it. So the thing is
Speaker 1: is that I understand where draft order comes into this
Speaker 1: and the consideration because of where you were drafted. You
Speaker 1: want to see guys take the ring. Yes, Nation and
Speaker 1: Wright showed you in training camp his physicality and his
Speaker 1: ability to stay and track and do those things. There
Speaker 1: are things legit that within dan Quinn's scheme that you
Speaker 1: could see that an aggressive player like Nation and Wright
Speaker 1: should make strides in this. And this is a good
Speaker 1: problem to have, by the way, it's because all of
Speaker 1: these young guys maybe next year are going to be
Speaker 1: spearheading your your dB group room. Okay, so development and teaching,
Speaker 1: and you just talked about the coaches that that's a
Speaker 1: dog that that's coaching these guys. I think that that
Speaker 1: development and their ability to learn on the job may
Speaker 1: be something that we're underestimating because of where Anthony Brown
Speaker 1: and Jay Lou are doing right now. It may not
Speaker 1: just be oh, it's to reach us a stretch to
Speaker 1: give him that time right now, he has an opportunity
Speaker 1: to sit back and learn. And dan Quinn even pointed
Speaker 1: out the fact that they've already used thirty three players
Speaker 1: on this defense already, so we're not done. We're not done.
Speaker 1: So these guys may have an opportunity to make an
Speaker 1: impact by the end of the year. But I think
Speaker 1: you're wrong about Nation, right, that's seven that's not what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. I'm I'm saying the same thing you are.
Speaker 1: There's a reason that they're taking their time for Nashan, right,
Speaker 1: That's all I'm saying. They he showed in the in
Speaker 1: the training camp and the physicality and YadA, YadA, YadA.
Speaker 1: Find he was great in training camp, but that hasn't turned.
Speaker 1: That has not turned in the snaps yet. So so
Speaker 1: just to clarify all this, they're taking their time with Nashan, yes,
Speaker 1: but but why why would they take their time with
Speaker 1: Kelvin Joseph is my question? Okay, yes, so they're taking
Speaker 1: her time with Nashan, but they're not taking her time
Speaker 1: with Kelvin Kelman just hasn't earned his Williams to the field. Correct,
Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about. Okay, maybe I didn't illustrate
Speaker 1: that as well. Hey Rob Phillips, how's it going? Sorry
Speaker 1: I'm late, No, you're good. What discussions about young guys
Speaker 1: playing earlier? They got the cheers in the back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: mostly mostly questioning Calvin Joseph and then guys like Nashan, right,
Speaker 1: and then of course Israel mcquambo on the back end
Speaker 1: as well, but mostly Kelvin Joseph. Why has he not
Speaker 1: seen his playing time outside of the injury issues? And
Speaker 1: then of course this is pension suspension? Well you had
Speaker 1: the fight against the range. Yeah, sorry, now that's suspension,
Speaker 1: but just in the Josh House, Yeah, the ejection, well
Speaker 1: he was he hurt until the last what month of
Speaker 1: the season. And and I think it comes down to performance.
Speaker 1: Like you guys just said it when I walked in
Speaker 1: like this, This coaching staff is not afraid to play
Speaker 1: you whoever's the best player. Like Jason Garrett talked about
Speaker 1: meritocracy when he was here, and I think he tried
Speaker 1: to stick to that. But I think you're really seeing
Speaker 1: it here, Like Terrence Steele has been the starting right
Speaker 1: tackle based off performance, even when Lyle Collins comes back.
Speaker 1: So I think they're just going off who's playing better.
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown had a better camp than Kelvin Joseph did.
Speaker 1: That's why he's playing. And then Kelvin Joseph missed a
Speaker 1: lot of time. I think it's young players, like you said,
Speaker 1: just trying to bring guys along. But I don't know
Speaker 1: if there's gonna be a set time when any of
Speaker 1: the young guys play, it's gonna be when they're better
Speaker 1: than the guys in front of him. And I guess
Speaker 1: to this point, you haven't seen that yet. So since
Speaker 1: we were talking about defense is flipping on other side
Speaker 1: when Cooper and Gallup were out, why do we not
Speaker 1: see more semi for Hoko? Same thing? I mean, come
Speaker 1: on you you ask the rhetorical question, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: You know what it is. He had been doing it
Speaker 1: jab jab seem question. No, it is a legitimate question.
Speaker 1: Is who got the playing time? That's the seventeen Simi
Speaker 1: discussion goes back to Ota. Yeah, bartocracy, Millie Turner had
Speaker 1: a better training camp. Yes, he did at the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position. Now he's got a couple of touchdowns to
Speaker 1: his name, and John Fossil said yesterday he might be
Speaker 1: our most versatile special teams player. So that's helps him
Speaker 1: get on the field on game day. Who said that
Speaker 1: in the preseason? What show on Dallas Cowboys dot com
Speaker 1: talked about that craziest thing? This wild? Yeah? Who? All right,
Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break before Isaiah's head gets too
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Speaker 1: TC from Indiana on the line. TC. How's it going.
Speaker 1: You're on Talking Cowboys. Thanks for having me. It's going well.
Speaker 1: How are you guys doing? Doing great? As always? What's
Speaker 1: on your mind? My friends? Well, I've been listening today
Speaker 1: and I know you guys have been more focused on
Speaker 1: like each individual player, but I'm looking like big picture
Speaker 1: team wise. Now. With Tampa dropping their games like they did,
Speaker 1: it seemed like and we were going through our rough
Speaker 1: patch also, it seemed like that was our chance to
Speaker 1: sort of jump over Tampa and get the three seed
Speaker 1: and avoid playing the Rams. Now, the Rams are on
Speaker 1: a three game skid, So right now, are you guys
Speaker 1: feeling less threatened if we stay the four seed and
Speaker 1: they stay the five seed, if we have that home
Speaker 1: game host in the La Rams in the first round
Speaker 1: of the playoffs, assuming we get the division, of course, well,
Speaker 1: fantastic question, TC, as always, thanks for calling in. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'll let you guys start with this. I've got a
Speaker 1: pretty strong opinion about it, But go for it. I'll
Speaker 1: be honest with you. I haven't I haven't really even
Speaker 1: thought about that because I watched Washington wins Sunday and
Speaker 1: Washington if they win out, that's a tall task, but
Speaker 1: they're the division champs, yep. So like I don't think
Speaker 1: you can look past that. I think this is gonna
Speaker 1: be a really tough game on Sunday. I'm right there
Speaker 1: with you. I'm right there with you as well. But
Speaker 1: in terms of the playoffs and when you started talking
Speaker 1: about Tampa, La Arizona, Green Bay, it doesn't matter. They're
Speaker 1: all gonna be if you get if you're lucky enough
Speaker 1: to get to the playoffs, every game that you have
Speaker 1: starting with game one is gonna be it's gonna be
Speaker 1: super Bowl caliber type competition. So this year's playoffs on
Speaker 1: NFC and the AFC is going to be absolutely insane
Speaker 1: because there's a lot of really good teams. Yeah, I don't.
Speaker 1: I guess my mentality is I don't want to avoid anybody.
Speaker 1: Want to see the La Rams. I want to see them.
Speaker 1: I think that we match up with them and we
Speaker 1: can give them the business. I don't think that if
Speaker 1: we see Tampa again that we're trying to avoid them.
Speaker 1: The only team that I think right now that there
Speaker 1: would be a problem for us would be going to
Speaker 1: Green Bay. And that's just only because of the elements.
Speaker 1: You saw it last night. Those are things and that's
Speaker 1: why I love football so much. You could talk about
Speaker 1: individual matchups, but you several people with the whole Pat's
Speaker 1: Bills thing never bought up the elements, the wind, the cold,
Speaker 1: the snow, all of those things, and that's how football
Speaker 1: is played, especially when you're in an outdoor stadium. So
Speaker 1: I think about that with those matchups, but everybody else,
Speaker 1: bring them on. I can't wait to see them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: La wouldn't bother your. Tampa would't bother you with their
Speaker 1: defensive front. I mean, we're seeing Tampa already, But the
Speaker 1: way the line has been the last few weeks and
Speaker 1: juggling things like that doesn't I think. I think an
Speaker 1: appointing season that, especially the three games stretch in twelve days,
Speaker 1: you had to juggle some things with Tyron Smith getting
Speaker 1: back healthy, they didn't know what they were gonna do
Speaker 1: with Leo, and still you were trying to play Leo
Speaker 1: back into shape. I think he's there already running game wise,
Speaker 1: those things give me pause. But hey, if we're throwing
Speaker 1: the ball fifty times a game, I don't even think
Speaker 1: that there's concentration on the running game. We're just running
Speaker 1: to set up what we're gonna do with the passing game.
Speaker 1: I think we're getting back to who we are fundamentally
Speaker 1: running the ball having some success over these next five games,
Speaker 1: that's gonna make the difference. We've beaten teams that everybody
Speaker 1: else is crazy about, but they never give us credit
Speaker 1: for that. Can you beat those two teams without being
Speaker 1: able to run the ball? Officially? No, which two teams
Speaker 1: Tampa in LA just depends on what they do. If
Speaker 1: they abandon their running, they throw the ball. Also, if
Speaker 1: they match you, then you're in a shootout. I think
Speaker 1: if they play field position in ball control and you're
Speaker 1: just throwing the ball, then I think you put yourself
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball. Yeah. Now either no, So that's
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. You end up in a shootout. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you could. You could have very easily have won
Speaker 1: that game even without hello the ball efficiently. Hello. Now
Speaker 1: with going back to TC's question about the Rams specifically,
Speaker 1: and they're losing streak, I look at the Rams the
Speaker 1: same way I look at the Cowboys offense. Cowboys offense
Speaker 1: has not played up to standard in the last four weeks.
Speaker 1: I mean that is not a secret. I still think
Speaker 1: they will figure it out. I think at some point
Speaker 1: it's gonna click. And I think at some point they're
Speaker 1: gonna go back to the number one offense in the NFL,
Speaker 1: or at least a top five offense in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Like we've seen throughout the early parts of the season.
Speaker 1: I see the same thing happening for the Rams. I
Speaker 1: think it's only a matter of time until they figure
Speaker 1: it out. Same thing we've said about the Chiefs early
Speaker 1: in the year. It was only a matter of time
Speaker 1: until Kansas City clicked. Now they've won five streaks and
Speaker 1: they're saying that kicking everybody's But so I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys are going to get back to that. I think
Speaker 1: the Rams will get back to that. It's all about
Speaker 1: who's playing well going into the everybody's gonna be playing
Speaker 1: well when the playoffs come around. So you're not gonna
Speaker 1: have a week off no matter who you played, no
Speaker 1: matter what say it, it's not all And you got
Speaker 1: to get rid of your division first. You gotta take
Speaker 1: care of business. This is a huge game. To take
Speaker 1: care of that business, no doubt. You have to win
Speaker 1: this game, in my opinion, because if you lose it,
Speaker 1: it's your Your lead's gone for four games left, your
Speaker 1: lead is pretty much evaporated. Sure you've got a one
Speaker 1: game lead, but that's not enough with four to play.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go out to Italy, m and Italy
Speaker 1: is on the line with us here on talking Cowboys.
Speaker 1: What's going on? What's on your mind? Hi there, Hi,
Speaker 1: Hi Kyle, how team? Thank you for having me and Rob?
Speaker 1: You may remember these I called a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: um and you know we spoke. It was it was nice.
Speaker 1: Thank you for having me again. Of course, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: wrote you on LinkedIn robe you should reply you should
Speaker 1: check your metal link bad. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's okay. Now let me go to the questions. I
Speaker 1: just have two questions for you. The first one is
Speaker 1: about Micah Parsons. He's being um. You know, there are
Speaker 1: a lot of people that say that he heard Lawrence
Speaker 1: Taylor and other players. As far as I'm concerned, he
Speaker 1: lines up at the end position. He reminds me of
Speaker 1: Derek Thomas. Thank you, thank you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: thank you said lt LT yesterday. I had no. No, no,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I interrupted you. No, no, it's okay, it's okay.
Speaker 1: And so as far as I'm concerned, he reminds me
Speaker 1: of Derek Thomas, you know who obviously you know had
Speaker 1: had a tragic end. But his size, wise, speedwise, you know,
Speaker 1: his movements. He reminds me a lot of Derek Thomas,
Speaker 1: and I you know, I'm curious to hear your thoughts
Speaker 1: about this. And the second question is about Dark Prescott.
Speaker 1: In the last two years so since coach McCarty came in,
Speaker 1: I've noticed one thing. He doesn't get flagged for delay
Speaker 1: of game like he's happened before. And I wonder he
Speaker 1: lines up earlier, and these gives him more time to
Speaker 1: diagnose the defense. I don't know whether it's something that
Speaker 1: you noticed as well, there's something changed with coach McCarty,
Speaker 1: But I remember Dark lining up clapping his hands in
Speaker 1: a frantic way when Coach Garrett was was with the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and now it doesn't happen anymore, and I think this
Speaker 1: is part of also of the success he's aiding with
Speaker 1: his numbers. Well, thank you very much for the call em,
Speaker 1: and we appreciate you as always and calling from Italy
Speaker 1: as always a lot of fun. Okay, Now, I got
Speaker 1: a bone to pick with you, hack. I have you
Speaker 1: ever on air talked about Derek Thomas being a comparison?
Speaker 1: You know, I want to. I want to. I appreciate
Speaker 1: you and your bone to pick with me because you
Speaker 1: can't celebrate if you haven't said it on air. Sop
Speaker 1: for a second, Calm down, okay, let's chill out, all right.
Speaker 1: So I was having a conversation with Nicholas Eatman, right
Speaker 1: all right. And in my conversation, if you know Nick,
Speaker 1: you could catch him on certain days where he's kind
Speaker 1: of him. I called him on a day, right, So
Speaker 1: we're having a conversation. I'm forcing this conversation on him,
Speaker 1: and I said to him, I said, man, this guy
Speaker 1: reminds me of Derek Thomas everything about him. So so
Speaker 1: so we get Nick on the show to the right, right,
Speaker 1: It's all good, It's all good. I'm just telling you
Speaker 1: that that was what's huge. So you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: so facts check that have you like, you know, but
Speaker 1: I caught him on a bat and he didn't want
Speaker 1: to hear it. He didn't want to hear it because
Speaker 1: I'm obviously saying that this rookie reminds me of Derek Thomas.
Speaker 1: And you know, here a guy out in Italy saw
Speaker 1: what I saw it. I like it. How about that congratulation.
Speaker 1: Let's go back to your bone. I just wanted you
Speaker 1: to explain what did you think about his second question
Speaker 1: about Dak Prescott and the way the way that he's
Speaker 1: able to get up to the line of scrimmage and
Speaker 1: really diagnose a defense a little better under my McCarty
Speaker 1: as opposed to Jason Garrett. Um, I was I was
Speaker 1: looking at Isaiah because I wasn't really I mean, they're
Speaker 1: playing with more tempo this year, I think overall than
Speaker 1: maybe they have in the past. I could see that.
Speaker 1: You know, I think it might just come with being
Speaker 1: a veteran in the NFL and anything right, just knowing
Speaker 1: what to do. It may not be the more more
Speaker 1: so towards the coaches. I think it's more so just
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott knowing what to do. I agreed, and I
Speaker 1: mean that that showed up, not not not for us
Speaker 1: this year, but I was watching the Detroit game and
Speaker 1: Jared Goff just just couldn't figure out time management. So
Speaker 1: I mean, I think you'll see just a perfect example
Speaker 1: of two into the spectrum in terms of somebody who's
Speaker 1: fully confident and what they're doing in their offense and
Speaker 1: versus somebody who just doesn't haven't figured out yet, no doubt,
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys are gonna have to figure it out
Speaker 1: on their own. Right. See on the week and subside
Speaker 1: of the football. Let's take our next break. When we
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Speaker 1: It's not okay. All right, We've got Bobby from Florida.
Speaker 1: Please help us keep the wheels on this bus. Bobby,
Speaker 1: what's on your mind for the argument that, uh, I
Speaker 1: think Mica is more like um Derek Lawrence Taylor because
Speaker 1: I'm from originally from North Carolina, and I saw Lawrence
Speaker 1: Taylor play in college, and one time I saw him
Speaker 1: break somebody's quarterbacks face mask, broke the face mask in
Speaker 1: half when he sacked him. Damn goodness gracious. So who
Speaker 1: are you saying Lawrence Taylor compares to Are you saying
Speaker 1: that he commits to Mike? Or I saw Lawrence Taylor
Speaker 1: and when he played in college? Gontari Hill fan too.
Speaker 1: There you go. Well, thank you for the call, Bobby
Speaker 1: as always, and thanks for listening here to talking cowboys.
Speaker 1: And I mean, there you go. Now you've got a
Speaker 1: direct comparison from somebody who's seen Lawrence Taylor up front
Speaker 1: and personal. I wish I would have had an opportunity
Speaker 1: to do that because just a dog too. Because Bill
Speaker 1: Belichick talks about him like he was the greatest thing
Speaker 1: slice bread. Now he really was. Now he really was.
Speaker 1: He was a different, different maker. And Mica is much
Speaker 1: bigger than than LT was, So, you know, just speed, quickness, agility,
Speaker 1: just a ability to get around the corner. And I
Speaker 1: even said at the beginning of the year that you know,
Speaker 1: Mica just hadn't developed all of his stuff yet and
Speaker 1: he didn't gonna do nothing but get better once he
Speaker 1: starts to just train on that. You know, just moves.
Speaker 1: He only has one speed right now, you know, go
Speaker 1: and strength, go go go. He didn't have. You know,
Speaker 1: I think he's incorporated to spin move. We've seen that
Speaker 1: a few times spending back inside. But he just the
Speaker 1: things that he does innately on the field that he
Speaker 1: can get away with athletically once he applies some more
Speaker 1: you know, teaching to that. Man, I think he's going
Speaker 1: to be a monster. But the whole comp you know,
Speaker 1: the comp comparison with Lawrence Taylor, Man, that's just next level,
Speaker 1: next world. He reminds me of von Miller. I said
Speaker 1: that before, just that first step off the edge. But
Speaker 1: like you've talked about it, like he's only gonna get stronger,
Speaker 1: He's gonna add weight. That should help him if he
Speaker 1: ever does transition full time to this role. We'll see
Speaker 1: they seem to again, it's kind of off the ball
Speaker 1: and do both. And George Edwards, who's up for the
Speaker 1: duke job, by the way, potentially he don't go. George said,
Speaker 1: he reminds him of Junior say ow um wow, and
Speaker 1: LaVar Arrington for a guy that can do both. Huard Yeah,
Speaker 1: different different body type, but so was Junior. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: was huge. That's like LaVar was a mentor to Michael.
Speaker 1: And of course we're not we're comparing what he looks
Speaker 1: like and when he makes us remember of we're not
Speaker 1: comparing the careers just yet. But man, if the scariest
Speaker 1: thing about Michael Parsons is the fact that he still
Speaker 1: has not had an NFL off season and what's gonna
Speaker 1: have a full off season, and also just how he
Speaker 1: getting these guys back healthy and our front line going
Speaker 1: with Michael with the momentum that he has already, this
Speaker 1: defense can't do anything but get better. We've talked so
Speaker 1: much about the offense carrying this team throughout the season.
Speaker 1: Now we've gotten to a point in the season where
Speaker 1: we're seeing the defense do a lot some of the
Speaker 1: caring as well, and maybe just maybe in this Washington game,
Speaker 1: you see these guys double down on that defensively, they
Speaker 1: can get some stops. This is a part in the
Speaker 1: season where you want to see your defense take those strides.
Speaker 1: I think with the health getting guys back, we're gonna
Speaker 1: start to see that. All right, let's go to our
Speaker 1: final call of the day. Mike from Newton, Iowa is
Speaker 1: on the phone. What's up, Mike? Hey, how's telling people?
Speaker 1: I'm a diehard Cowboy fan. I go way back. I'm
Speaker 1: I'm old school. So my question is, don't you think
Speaker 1: that the offensive line need be a beef up a
Speaker 1: little bit, I mean put more weight on. I mean
Speaker 1: they're like only like three eleven Back in the days
Speaker 1: when Jimmy Johnson was around he had his line like
Speaker 1: three forty three thirty and the man. Other fluestion is
Speaker 1: why isn't Dak running the ball more often? One like
Speaker 1: the option run or throw the ball out of bounds.
Speaker 1: I mean he's afraid of getting hurt again. I'll hang
Speaker 1: up and listen. Tell me what you think. Okay, God,
Speaker 1: but thank you so much, Mike for the call. Two
Speaker 1: great questions, And I mean you want to start with
Speaker 1: the offensive line one. I mean, I think we have
Speaker 1: a pretty big offensive line. M I think they've if
Speaker 1: they need to beef up. I mean, come on, where
Speaker 1: are we? It's more of Tyrn and Lyell that are big,
Speaker 1: and then it's the interior that's not. I guess I'm
Speaker 1: having a problem because you know, every time they do
Speaker 1: the postgame thing and then the coaches walk to the
Speaker 1: middle like Tyron Smith is the person that I see
Speaker 1: the most, and I say to myself, Okay, how genetically
Speaker 1: does a person get to be like that? So I
Speaker 1: think about an offensive line. The only thing that points
Speaker 1: out of my head of Tyrn Smith, and I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't know where you go with that. They have
Speaker 1: bigger offensive linemen, but they're all either rookies or just
Speaker 1: not good enough to play. I mean, they have guys
Speaker 1: that are big dudes, but I mean Connor Williams and
Speaker 1: Connor McGovern. I've been in your left guards, and Tyler
Speaker 1: Beotis is your center. I mean, that's just kind of
Speaker 1: what you've got. Now. We addressed a lot of the
Speaker 1: quarterback and Dak Prescott running the ball yesterday. But Isaiah,
Speaker 1: do you have anything else to add on his specific question? Nope.
Speaker 1: Like I said, I made the comparison to I hope
Speaker 1: Dak watches a little Heineke filmed this week, just because
Speaker 1: I think he does a good job in that area,
Speaker 1: and I think of Dak added that element to his game.
Speaker 1: I think it would have helped his office tremendously. By
Speaker 1: the way, Dak Prescott breaking news while we were on
Speaker 1: the show. He is now the Cowboys. He has been
Speaker 1: named the Cowboys nominee for the Walter Peyton Man of
Speaker 1: the Year Award. So how about that for Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: very well deserved. Is this his first nomination? I believe so.
Speaker 1: I want to say the last couple have been Travis
Speaker 1: Frederick when he was here, and then Jalen Smith was
Speaker 1: nominated last year. So all thirty two teams have a
Speaker 1: nominee will find out the Thursday before the Super bowlpe.
Speaker 1: So you think about everything that Dak's involved in and
Speaker 1: they wear something on They wear a patch on our jerseys,
Speaker 1: right if the winners do, I want to say, the
Speaker 1: nominees might have a decail on their helmet. They just
Speaker 1: know it's something that represented at the a nominee and
Speaker 1: if you're a winner, you wear that the rest of
Speaker 1: your career, like you can wear that patch on your
Speaker 1: on your chest for the rest of your career. Jason
Speaker 1: Witten did it for a long time. Breeze did it
Speaker 1: for a long time. Not everybody does it, but they
Speaker 1: have that opportunity act J. J. Watt as well. So
Speaker 1: you know, I think Walter Payton, you know, was watching
Speaker 1: him play and knowing the kind of man that he
Speaker 1: was as a player, player that he was, but just
Speaker 1: the things that he does off did off of the field.
Speaker 1: It's amazing how you know the name of something can
Speaker 1: change over the years and people forget who the actual
Speaker 1: man was. It's just it's awesome. Man, every year to
Speaker 1: see this the Walter Payton legacy be talked about in
Speaker 1: this way, very cool, and you just think about everything
Speaker 1: Dax involved in. I mean when he first got here,
Speaker 1: it started with cancer research and awareness. Yes, it's expanded
Speaker 1: to social justice, mental health awareness. Like, he's involved in
Speaker 1: so many different things that affect affected him personally. It's
Speaker 1: really it's really cool. Yeah, he's been through a lot
Speaker 1: throughout his time and throughout his career, and he's doing
Speaker 1: a lot to give back. At the same time, I
Speaker 1: will always have the utmost respect for Dak Prescott. I mean,
Speaker 1: that is a man that is hard to not like.
Speaker 1: I mean, of course, Cowboys fans are gonna have their
Speaker 1: Cowboys haters right beside the ways, always, always, always, but
Speaker 1: it's hard to look at Dak Prescott and say that's
Speaker 1: not a solid individual, because he is as good as
Speaker 1: they come, and he is one of the guys that
Speaker 1: you're happy is on your team. All right, that does
Speaker 1: it for us here on talking Cowboys. Glad you've been
Speaker 1: with us. As always presented by Tostitos, it is over.
Speaker 1: But guess what, heckma, we get to come back tomorrow
Speaker 1: nine am, sexual time, and we get to talk about
Speaker 1: the Washington offense versus this Cowboys defense. What does Washington
Speaker 1: do well and how will the football team challenge the
Speaker 1: Cowboys for Chris Beam, Rob Phillips, Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison.
Speaker 1: I'm Kyle Yeoman saying so long from the Star in Frisco.
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