WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Pouncing on the Bengals 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.360 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:06.960 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:17.240 Cowboys Let's go. Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:19.120 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:24.279 Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:28.680 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:36.320 with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Nick Harris, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:41.800 It is Friday, December sixth, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.360 episode number eighty one. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.720 The Break. We are Alive from that WBC Mortgage Studios 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:48.880 at the Star, presented by LG. LG is the world's 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.800 number one OLED TV brand for eleven years in counting 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:56.080 See why at LG dot com. Forward slash O led Evo. 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.760 Welcome to the BBO edition of Break. We're going hard 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:02.560 Texas today. Amber did not get. 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.800 The It's really not it's pretty messed up. 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.959 It's really not because pretty much every Friday during college 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:13.039 football season, I come representing you here. 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.480 But look at the full cast, everybody here. We're in Texas. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.039 We've got our special guest, Tommy Yurs join us today. 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.959 Nick wasn't able to join. Tommy's a Texas guy. He 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:23.880 covered the long ONRNES. He went to tech like he's 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:25.560 a Texas guy, so of course he's got to look 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.479 into his Texas gear. So it is what it is. 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:31.039 Is anyone relevant wearing this color that I'm wearing right now? 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:31.480 Yes? 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:36.559 Cowboys, Yes, Yes, you are relevant. You're relevant today. 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:38.279 Good. 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:40.160 We got a lot we're going to talk about today. 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.600 It is a Friday, so we'll get a catch up 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.360 on some of the injury updates. We'll get into some 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:49.080 talk around the Cincinnati Dallas matchup. Uh Amber has a 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.160 game for us a little yety time in the second 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.080 segment with AG and then of course we've got some 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.720 fan questions in the final segment. We'll also take some 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.040 phone calls if you want to call us eight eight 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.480 eight eight five five two two nine seven. We already 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.240 have some questions that have rolled in from X so 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.160 we'll try to get to some of those at some 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.000 point in the show, as long as we can keep 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.240 Himber from not hogging the microphone. Uh So, let's go, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:11.000 let's jump in. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:18.520 I know Dark likes to promise things and then they 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:22.320 don't happen. So he tells fans to call in to 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.560 send messages and then we don't get to. 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:26.560 Did we get to them yesterday? 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:27.800 You got to one. 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.120 Did we get to him yesterday? 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.120 I didn't hear the phone ringing. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:33.640 Nobody called. 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:40.919 Were problem. Maybe that's why Tommy's here. 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.320 Yeah, maybe we were like, maybe we. 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:47.440 Need maybe on air, maybe Nick needs to be upgraded. 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.120 When you miss the show, it take strays. All right, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.440 let's jump in. Let's talk about these injuries. There were 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.200 a couple of things that popped out to me. A 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.200 couple of full participants yesterday who've been out, Jake Ferguson, 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.480 Marshawn Neeland. I assume at this point they're heading toward playing. 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.520 Yeah, that's a good sign. They're heading towards planning. 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.960 Jake Ferguson officially cleared concussion protocol on Wednesday when he 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.280 returned to practice. He was going through everything with Linda 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.919 Wells during the media viewing, so he should be good 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.320 to go. A good sign for Marshawn Neeland, just more 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:18.519 depth at that edge spot. He's one of their better 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:22.680 run defenders Cincinnati not really the best running team, but 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:24.799 still can get the job done. So him being back 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.480 is going to be important as well. Segey Lamb did 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.480 not participate in practice yesterday, but he did tell us 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.280 outside of the locker room yesterday that he feels like 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.280 he'll be good to go on Monday night. I think 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.960 that's more of just trying to rest that shoulder as 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:39.760 much as he can. 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:39.920 Say. 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.200 He had an ac spraint in his shoulder. He's been 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.240 dealing with that for a couple of weeks, so he 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:45.600 expect him to be good to go. And then a 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.080 good sign to see Trayvon Diggs being limited. That was 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:49.600 kind of up in the air as to whether or 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:50.320 not he. 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:51.280 Would be able to play. 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.440 That's going to be a big component for Dallas in 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.200 this game, whether or not they have him. That's going 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.000 to decide really a lot in terms of what they 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.520 can do defensively with such a proficient pas sing attack. 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.840 Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase t Higgins, Mike is sicky. So 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:06.520 that's those are the notable ones for me. And then 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.240 even to marve On Overshown limited on there with a hamstring. 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.560 I don't think that's an indication of whether or not 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.280 of him, you know, I don't think that's a sign 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.240 that he's going to be out, but something to keep 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:15.640 an eye on. 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.360 I'm freaking out about it already, I'll tell you that much. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.839 I mean, you can easily warsen on stream, especially with 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:22.880 the way that he plays. 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:23.240 Yeah. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:27.960 Uh, that's something. And I'm still getting over that period 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:32.880 where we had so many him stream issues. Remember that time, Yeah, 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:33.839 several years ago that. 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.120 Everybody changed our stretching routine, didn't. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.680 Ye, it's gotten better. We we haven't. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.479 Stand around to talk anymore. We actually stretch. Yeah. But 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.479 on top of that, Hams stay on top of that. 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.359 Yeah, something concerning for sure. 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:48.960 I would say, yeah, Brown, do you hear anything about 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.359 Treyvon specifically? Because I do. I agree with Tommy. I 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:52.919 think this is going to be a critical one from this. 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.480 Tommy nailed this thing, and it's a great job of 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.440 him kind of covering all the bases there. 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.800 But you know, the thing with Diggs is a little bit. 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:02.040 They feel like they get him. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.960 To a certain point and then it comes down to 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:08.120 at the very end, then a decision is made about 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.680 you know, you know, well I don't feel good enough 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:11.440 to go and stuff. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.360 So it's really a two way street here. 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:17.680 You know, the trainers, jim Maherbert Brown, those guys do 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:19.800 a hell of a job of getting these guys ready 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:21.760 and trying to keep them as healthy as possible. 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:23.359 But it's really two on the player. 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.400 You know, they're very concerned about the player and the 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.520 players the one that says the final you know, hey, 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.120 it doesn't feel right. I mean, we've seen digs come 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.120 up to the heck with the time when you guys 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:34.880 are getting on a plane going to a road game, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.640 you know, the commanders and stuff like that, and then 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:38.640 all of a sudden it's not available. 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:39.360 Things like that. 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:43.520 So that's kind of where uh, they're they're they're they're 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.719 they're good with how it's progressing, but they're they've now 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:52.640 taken this approach of like, okay, we'll see, we'll work 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:53.160 before the. 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.800 Game and then we'll see kind of thing, and it's 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.159 not like, hey, he's good to go. It is a 0:05:58.200 --> 0:05:58.640 good sign. 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.400 You're absolutely right that he at least practicing, because when 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.120 he doesn't even practice, then you know he's not gonna 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.479 play even you know. So that's kind of where they're 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.440 at right now. But it's a very much a with 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.080 them and that particular player. It's been very touch and go. 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.320 Let's assume for a second they don't have Trayvon Diggs. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.359 What does this look like as far as the cornerbacks 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.840 still roll out and how they match up against these receivers. 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.599 I mean, you're gonna you're gonna have to lean really 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.240 heavily on Deron Bland and Jordan Lewis to do a 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:31.480 lot for you because that room is just so so thin. 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.480 Israel mccalm's seen his snaps kind of go up here 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.720 the last couple of weeks too. And then they made 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.680 some signings as well to the practice squad in terms 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.720 of guys to bring in as well at cornerback. They 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.520 brought in Troy Pride Junior indeed Delaney. Those guys are 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.920 out on the practice field yesterday, so maybe you see 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:51.640 one or both of those guys get elevated for some 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:56.080 extra cornerback depth to two younger guys. Pride Junior played 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.120 fourteen games and his rookie he's had a pretty bad 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.680 ACL injury in twenty twenty one that kept him out 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:02.960 that season and then twenty twenty two as well. He's 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.600 been bounced around on the practice squads since then. And 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.880 then Delaney had three pretty solid seasons for the Bucks, 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.880 but then was injured placed on injury reserve in August 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:14.920 when he signed with Buffalo, so this will be his 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:18.240 first action since then. Uh So, obviously, you know you 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.160 signed those guys for depth and turned to him if 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.800 you need him. But it's no doubt that you would 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.400 absolutely want Trayvon Diggs on the field in this game. 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:28.760 Is he been pract Yeah, that's another good point. 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.440 Assume he's your fourth guy. If that's the case, right, I. 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:34.480 Would guess yeah, yeah, I think that, you know, with 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.800 with Carson's situation not being very good and then and 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:39.320 then or warre A, i'd. 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:42.240 Say that, right, didn't Yeah, yeah, I think to me 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.520 that I just call him AO, That's what I do. 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.120 But you know, that's that's one of those things where 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.360 you kind of I don't know if they want to 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.840 go with guys that they just signed to the practice squad. 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:54.600 I mean, I know you did a great job of 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.280 painting the picture there and it's absolutely right. But to me, 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.160 you know that that we've seen Jordan Lewis play far 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.960 more on the outside, and then you know with mcuamu 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:05.240 playing some of the slot. 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:06.640 So if if I. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.120 Think if you had to say no digs, you're right, 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.680 you're going to go to battle with You're probably going 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.200 to battle with Lewis. I'm not gonna say Lewis playing 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.760 on the outside all the time, but but he's probably 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.240 would get a pretty good dose of that usual more. Yeah, 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.680 and you know, but this is this is an interesting 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:28.120 group of receivers with t Higgins and you know, and 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.200 then with Chase and that ball is going to go 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.680 down the field. I mean that Joe Burrow is going 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.280 to if he can get protection. And that's the big 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.040 if you know, I've we've talked about it leading up 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.480 to this game kind of feel like the Dallas this 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.880 plays in if if like Tommy's talking about that Dallas 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.440 can choke the run, you know somehow that that you know, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.520 Cincinnati says, Okay, we're not going to run. I don't 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.360 know why since they wouldn't try and run. But Dallas 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.599 has done a pretty good job against the Commanders and 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.160 against the Giants. Are playing against some quality backs and 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.880 teams that can run the ball. So here you are 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.920 choke the run and now turn this thing into all right, 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.920 Joe Burrow. Now Joe Burrow throwing the football. He'll throw 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:06.680 it fifty times a game. He did it back to 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.720 back weeks. You know, it's something that they probably don't 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.840 want to do, but they're comfortable doing it. And so 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.280 how you play these cornerbacks? And it's going to be 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.800 really key, But can you get pressure, blitz pressure or 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.880 just just you know, four or five man pressure that way? 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.320 All right, let's move on. Let's talk a little bit 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.280 about this matchup. I have a few questions for you, 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.240 questions for you guys about the Cincinnati versus Dallas matchup. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.960 Let's start first with right now, where would you rank 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.480 Joe Burrow relative to all the quarterbacks Dallas's face this season. 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.360 I'll throw out some of the names, Lamar Jackson, Jared Goff, 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:44.600 Kirk Cousins, Jalen Hurts, Jaydon Daniels, Brock Purdy, c J Stroud. 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:45.600 What does he rank? 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.120 I would say two behind Lamar Jackson, and he might 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:50.560 be one. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.559 Yeah, right, might change. 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:58.680 My LSU bias will come in here. I say, I 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.640 might be wearing this an orange for you guys and 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:06.840 my son, but I wear I wear an LSU outfit 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.120 every single day. Yeah, I don't think I'm ever going 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.439 to pull for you guys in this thing. But I 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.400 will say, and you're right about Lamar jack I mean, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.720 just you talk about every one of these guys. Kirk 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.360 Cousins was actually playing pretty well when he faced the Cowboys. 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:24.440 And now this is the way. 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.720 The schedule works. This is the way the NFL schedule works. 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.080 It depending on when you catch certain teams, and you 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.160 catch now they're talking about playing Michael Pennock in Atlanta. 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.200 Time to play Michael Pennocks And we're sitting there like 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.280 Kirk Cousins was like nineteen of twenty for you know, 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.320 and not throwing intercept, not doing I mean, so that's 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.880 just kind of shows you where quarterback play is at times. 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:50.800 I think when you start to talk about the ability 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:55.320 to throw the ball, just throw it. This is the 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.600 guy that's the problem those other dudes, whether it was 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.959 Hurts or or you know, or Lamar Jackson, those guys, 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.160 the element of the run is what kills you there, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.960 and that's what hurts you there. So I would say 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.000 that he's probably going to be the best quarterback that 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.360 they play, just from the aspect of the weaponry he 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.480 has on the outside, the challenge of that, and then 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.480 his willingness to stand there and just throw. 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.560 Balls all day, that's gonna be a problem. And to 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.160 add on to that we were talking. We've been talking 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.400 about this on Talking Cowboys in the last couple of days. 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.920 I think this is the best season that Joe Burrow 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:32.920 has had resetting the pocket, because his offensive line hasn't 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.520 been good, but he has moved around really well, stepped 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.600 into some throws, stepped away from pressure, and made the 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:40.240 throws that he needs to make. And that's been one 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:42.520 of the most impressive parts to me about this thing. 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.080 And when you think about him and Jamar Chase, it 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.240 is such a rare connection in terms of the fact 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.160 that they played at such a high level in college 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.280 and it's translated so well to the NFL. You don't 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.480 see that often where two guys play together in college 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.400 and then do the same thing in the pros. So 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:04.440 they're kind of some unspoken communication like communication that they 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.000 do non verbally where they're just on the same page 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:07.960 and you don't see that. 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:09.199 Damn right, Tommy. 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:13.320 There's a couple of there's a couple of times where 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:14.280 Burrow literally just. 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.280 Goes like this and Chase is already there. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.760 Yeah, And so having to defend against that with a 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.360 battered cornerback room, for doubt, that's it's going to be 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.120 interesting to see and then you think about, Okay, you 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:25.920 take away let's say you take away Joe Burrow and 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:29.920 Jamar Chase's connection, You've got another wide receiver, one caliber player. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.600 In te Higgins. Absolutely, So it's just it's just a 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:32.400 really tall task. 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.520 I put him a number one because again, I'm like, Brian, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.520 you have to look to me. I don't look at 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.840 this as just a quarterback. And I know you're asking 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:41.880 specifically about him, but you got to look at it. 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:45.480 Who's the cast around him, because we know like having 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:49.640 a balanced game, how much that betters your game as 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.720 a quarterback. He has the running game, he has the 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:55.640 ability of someone that just because let's say my cup 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:59.319 pressures him and gets a sack, he's not going to 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.600 be thrown off his game. He's gonna come back in 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.520 and do what he needs to do. So he has 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:08.439 every quality that you would want in a quarterback. And 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.680 right now, when someone's trending hot, he's at at a 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.760 pace right now that it's very it's gonna be very 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:19.400 difficult to stop him. And like you said, all the 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:23.880 weapons around him and the fact that they're scoring so 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.520 many points, it's gonna be hard to keep up. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.199 Right, on to the next question. And I want to 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:29.480 say this. 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:31.600 I'm gonna say, first, we didn't even talk about brock 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:32.760 Party in that group too. 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:33.880 No, and think about it. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.280 I'm not saying but at the time, you know, I 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.480 think that the whole thing what you're saying, they played 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:40.760 some really good quarterbacks. 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.839 Yeah, that Troy. That list is the quarterbacks of the NFL. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:44.920 They've played. 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:50.439 They've played some outstanding quarterbacks. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:49.000 No doubt. 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.240 Yeah, all right, let's let's talk about this. And I'm 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.000 going to say beforehand, the way I'm gonna term this 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.360 this question. It might jump to you immediately lack well, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:57.839 of course, but I really want you to think a 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.000 little deeper than that. Based on the expected matchup, and 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.480 we're going to assume Trayvon Dick Dick's plays for the 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.320 purposes of this question, who has the greater chance of 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:10.280 wrecking this game for Dallas, Jamar Chase or Trey Hendrickson. 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:17.360 That's a really good question. I think I think that they. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.800 I think Chase does. I think Chase does. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:24.200 And because I feel like that, and I'm making a 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:29.160 biggest assumption assumption here that They're going to try and 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.560 find a way to take Hendrickson out of this game, 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:36.200 whether it's by spacing him, doubling him, chipping to something something, 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:40.640 I'm making that assumption that that's going to happen with Chase. 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.120 I kind of feel like though, that he is one 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:45.800 of these type of players that. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:49.920 Even if you try and take him away, he finds ways. 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:54.360 Other than the last other than last. 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.120 Time he faced Dicks And you know what, he opened 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:01.040 a media availability saying that, So he's thinking about it. 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:06.120 He's thinking about that right off the jump. So to me, man, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:10.400 I just worry about his ability to make plays down 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:10.800 the field. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.920 I mean, and much like what CD does, they could target. 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.960 Him, you know, twelve thirteen, fourteen times in this game, 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.840 and like say, eight of those catches could be for 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.000 I mean, he look at the Baltimore games this year, 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.000 you know, and you kind of feel like Baltimore. I mean, 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:28.040 I know Baltimore's got some defensive struggles and maybe the 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.360 secondary a little bit, but man, he just light He has. 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.880 The ability to light you up. But look what Hendrickson 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.880 did against the Raiders. He had ford Am sacks. You know, 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:41.840 it's a great question. I'm going to go with Chase again, lsu. 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:45.880 Buiser, It's close for me. 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:52.360 I would lean Hendrickson only because his motor is just 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.720 unbelievable and the way that he just somehow find like 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.120 I think somebody put it. I forgot who said this, 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.440 but he doesn't do anything entirely special in term whether 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.680 it be pass rush moves or whatever, but he just 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.160 has a knack for getting to the quarterback. And if 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.280 I'm not mistaken, he lines up on the right side 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:09.080 right the time. 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.360 Yeah, yeah, he's gonna be on your offenses left. 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.560 So so how good do you feel at left tackle 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.760 if you're the Cowboys against a guy like that. 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:18.280 I don't know how great I feel. 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.400 And Cooper Rush has had a tendency to get the 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.720 ball taken away from him in the backfield here a. 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.160 Couple of times we're just fumbled at the snap exactly. 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.360 So when you've got that threat, you know, the offensive 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.880 line has been playing better at good points. 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:33.200 As a whole. 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.520 But that's a guy who who you're going to have 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.000 to deal with the entire game, and he's going to 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:39.800 give you a hundred percent every step of the way. 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.320 So I think he has a bigger chance to wreck 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.040 this game by making a play like that where he 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.360 takes the ball away from Cooper Rush or he gets 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:47.880 home two times on Cooper Rush. 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:49.720 Because if they sack Cooper Rush two. 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.800 Times and take possessions away from this Cowboys offense, yeah, 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:54.760 it's it's gonna be tough. 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:58.440 My way of neutralizing him and neutralizing Chase is going 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.000 to be trying to run the football. I'm gonna you know, 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:04.600 I'm gonna I'm gonna make I'm gonna make Cincinnati's best 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.560 linebackers not playing in this game. I'm gonna make Cincinnati 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.280 have to defend the run. And you know what I'm 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:14.920 gonna get. I'm gonna get Ezekiel Elliot involved too. I'm 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.399 just going to We talked about the metric yesterday of 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:21.399 teams that have run the ball over thirty times a 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.080 game against These guys have found a way to win 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.480 five of the six games that they played. 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:28.800 The Giants the only team that have lost these guys. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.520 I think that's a pretty good metric to me to 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.320 be looking at it, Like, listen what I've seen the 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.000 last couple of weeks with ric o'dowdell running the ball, 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.600 a healthy brock Hoffman at right guard, you know, a 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:44.440 better play from Steel bebe these guys I'm I'm gonna 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.040 try and load this thing up and try and stay 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.760 ahead of the chains and not let Chase kill me 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.479 in this game, and not let Hendrickson, you know, if 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:55.080 he's if he's having to play run defense all day, 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.840 him and Hubbard, those guys, well good, let let it happen. 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:02.000 They've proven they can do that, you know. So that's 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.440 that would be my plan going in. This game would 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.360 last about ten minutes because I'd run the ball basically 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:08.480 every snap if I could. 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:12.040 Yeah, well, the Cowboys have proven that they have a 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.520 lot of problems on offense. So my answer would be 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:21.440 Hendrickson because the Bengals offense, even if they take Chase, 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:24.040 if the Cowboys take Chase out or neutralize him a 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.240 little bit, they have so many other weapons that they 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:32.000 can utilize to still score points. Now on the opposite side, Hendrickson, 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:37.000 I feel like against this Cowboys' offense, it can take 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.760 just a player like him to start throwing the game off. 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:42.800 I mean, it doesn't take much for the for the 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:46.200 Cowboys offense to get thrown off. So if he has 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:50.040 a really good day, I could see this where because 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.440 this is a game that you're gonna have it's gonna 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.000 come down to who can score. This is gonna sound 0:18:55.080 --> 0:19:00.919 dumb because that's how the game works. But we know 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:05.399 the Bengals can generate a lot of points, so you 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:11.080 cannot fall behind. And if the Cowboys offense don't get 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.320 it going right off the bat, if they take a 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:20.120 whole first half of the game three and out, say 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:25.440 you guys, back to the highline. Hey, guys, they need 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.439 to be able to not allow a guy like Hendrickson 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:32.600 to get to them and their nerves. So I feel 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.040 that that that could potentially be the biggest problem. 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:39.080 Which you said is really interesting because the Cowboys offense 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.320 doesn't need Hendrickson to take them out of the game. 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:44.960 They can naturally do it themselves. You know, they can 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:49.119 naturally you know. They drive, they drive, they drive, They 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:51.560 get in the red zone, they try a couple of waggles, 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:54.679 it doesn't work. They try a handoff, doesn't work. Brandon 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.000 Aubrey comes in and kicks a field goal. The Dallas' 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:01.560 offense can naturally just stop itself, you know. So not 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:03.880 only are they dealing with Trey Hendrickson, they're dealing with 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:07.520 their own ghosts of not being able to finish drives 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:08.919 with points and. 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.280 Having someone like him on the opposite side can only 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:11.720 further that. 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:15.320 Yeah, where the Bengals can just yeah, they like you said, Chase, 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.080 you know, t Higgins, they could score. 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:20.120 Yeah, they find they fit. 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.399 Best red zone team in the league, you know, and 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.320 you're one of the worst defenses in the red zone. 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.000 Yeah, so we're going to take our first break. 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We are 0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:17.639 a lot from SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star and 0:23:17.800 --> 0:23:20.280 the segments brought you by blocktain dot Com. 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:24.760 All right, well, so this segment is presented by Yetti 0:23:24.920 --> 0:23:29.360 officially licensed. Yetti Cowboy gear is now available at stadium 0:23:29.440 --> 0:23:35.440 pro shops, concessions and on Yetti dot com. So, uh, today, 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:37.320 we're gonna go back to a game that we played 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:43.360 last year, which was build your Perfect Player. And I'm 0:23:43.359 --> 0:23:45.959 gonna give you guys different qualities and you have to 0:23:46.080 --> 0:23:50.600 choose one player that can represent that quality. You cannot 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:53.480 repeat anybody, and it has to be Cowboys players are 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:58.760 currently on the roster. So who wants to start this off? 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:00.199 Me? 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:01.320 Okay? 0:24:01.119 --> 0:24:05.240 So just to clarify, we're picking a position first, right 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:07.399 for this specific game against Cincinnati. 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:12.399 Yeah, what position would this player? Your ideal player play? 0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:13.360 Running back? 0:24:13.800 --> 0:24:18.400 Okay, so you gotta running back? What would be his football? 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:18.800 I Q. 0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:27.400 Give me the football I Q of. 0:24:30.359 --> 0:24:46.399 Dak Prescott, Dak the speed of Cavante Turpin's. 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:46.240 I got another guy you can. 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:48.760 Hand eye coordination. 0:24:50.280 --> 0:24:53.679 I probably wasn't his best displayed last week. 0:24:53.560 --> 0:25:01.400 But ceedee lamb Okay, strength, Tyler Smith, mental toughness, Oh, 0:25:01.440 --> 0:25:04.360 I can't repeat can uh? 0:25:04.600 --> 0:25:11.920 Brock Hoffman, he can't control himself sometimes. 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:12.040 So I don't know. 0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:15.480 I want run a psychopath, right, you just don't run 0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:18.240 over everybody. 0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:29.360 Athleticism, athleticism, give me Jonathan Mingo Okay? Interesting? And then 0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:31.200 why would you name this player. 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:35.640 Like a real name. 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:36.560 It could be it could be a. 0:25:36.560 --> 0:25:40.840 Joke named dough too, because I am I got it 0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:43.760 one speedy mpower there. 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:48.880 You go, Okay, I like speedy. All right, Dearrey, you're 0:25:48.960 --> 0:25:49.640 up all right? 0:25:50.000 --> 0:25:54.160 Uh, give me a safety because I look at this defense, 0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:57.240 This defense is starting to come together like they got 0:25:57.240 --> 0:25:59.840 a they got a difference making player on the front 0:25:59.920 --> 0:26:03.280 end in in the middle. Now give me that safety. 0:26:03.280 --> 0:26:05.320 Give me that Troy Palamalu type guy. 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:08.160 So I'll take a safety football. 0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:15.200 I Q Kendricks good one speed, han eye coordination of. 0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:19.200 Course, overshelling, strength, Tyler Smith. 0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:26.200 Mental toughness, Zach Prescott athleticism perfect. And then name. 0:26:26.400 --> 0:26:28.720 Okay, so I got a name for you. He is 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:33.560 actually the nephew of one DeMarcus Ware. His name is Ransomware. 0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:37.280 You inject him in the game and he wreaks havoc. 0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:38.840 He's that safety. 0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:41.760 Wow, much more creative than. 0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:49.240 You're a rookie to the game. Don't worry about. 0:26:53.320 --> 0:26:54.520 Ryan, You're up. Yeah. 0:26:54.560 --> 0:26:57.240 I'm gonna take a corner back here. Oh yeah, I'm 0:26:57.240 --> 0:26:59.199 going to give you his name. His name is Larry Martin. 0:26:59.280 --> 0:27:01.480 Because I went from a combined to player from Larry 0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:04.880 Allen and Zach Martin. My player is going to be like, yeah, 0:27:05.480 --> 0:27:07.439 like a big tough guys when I'm gonna play here, 0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:08.600 that's my guy, Larry Martin. 0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:14.480 Go ahead, well football IQ football I Q. I'm going 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:20.119 to give you Deron Bland Okay, speed, I'm gonna give 0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:21.160 you overshown. 0:27:21.600 --> 0:27:24.200 Yep, mm hmmm, hand eye coordination. 0:27:24.040 --> 0:27:28.560 CD LAMB strength, I'm going to give you it's Tyler Smith. 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:30.680 Mental toughness. 0:27:30.840 --> 0:27:35.680 Mental toughness is Dak Prescott and athleticism. That one now 0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:37.200 is going to be Michael Parsons. 0:27:38.480 --> 0:27:40.440 Okay, I can't believe I didn't put Mike at Any 0:27:40.440 --> 0:27:40.960 of these. 0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:43.600 Guys are poor scouts. 0:27:42.640 --> 0:27:44.600 That is horrible. 0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:44.920 Yeah. 0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:49.720 Also, I can't believe only Tommy when would an offensive 0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:50.920 guy like. 0:27:52.600 --> 0:27:56.320 Yeah, I'm like, y'all can handle the offensive side, the 0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:59.520 defensive point defense. 0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:03.280 Come on, man, Larry Martin. 0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:06.840 He's one of the best corners right, the best corner ever. 0:28:07.640 --> 0:28:11.560 A bunch of pick six you give me, I'll tell 0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:11.840 you what. 0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:14.439 And I struggle with this because you were talking about 0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:18.120 h what was the one the category? The first one 0:28:18.160 --> 0:28:21.480 you gave is this is the i Q part. I 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.639 struggled with Bland because I think Bland and Jordan Lewis 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:27.159 are very similar when it comes to, like, you know, 0:28:27.200 --> 0:28:29.640 the football intelligence because you talk about the pick six 0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:31.600 is being in the right place, right time kind of 0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:33.639 a guy. So that's kind of where I was. But 0:28:34.000 --> 0:28:36.680 Jordan Lewis needed to be on this list for something. 0:28:36.400 --> 0:28:38.280 He really did. Maybe mental toughness. 0:28:38.320 --> 0:28:41.040 Maybe mental tough that's the guy he is not. 0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:43.720 He is not afraid. He's willing to go in there 0:28:43.800 --> 0:28:48.000 and does not get He's not dissuaded when things don't 0:28:48.040 --> 0:28:50.160 go his way. He just keeps coming, you know. 0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:54.120 Right, trash talk that's on the field. It's good. 0:28:54.240 --> 0:28:55.120 Oh yeah, I'll take that. 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:57.800 He has that aggressiveness and. 0:28:57.360 --> 0:29:00.520 Hand eye too. Could be Jake Ferguson, you think about it. 0:29:01.280 --> 0:29:03.920 I've watched Jake Ferguson in a training camp practice when 0:29:03.920 --> 0:29:05.880 they juggle. Have you ever seen they throw those tennis 0:29:05.880 --> 0:29:08.320 balls and he's like he's not even looking he's catching them. 0:29:08.360 --> 0:29:09.680 They're coming to the top of his head and he's 0:29:09.720 --> 0:29:12.080 just looking in the you know. But he's made some 0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:14.520 pretty incredible plays that way. 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:19.880 I agree and unconcussed. Jake Fergus, Yes, yes, health well, 0:29:19.880 --> 0:29:21.080 thank you guys for playing. 0:29:21.200 --> 0:29:22.520 You want to give us one me? 0:29:23.880 --> 0:29:26.160 I put you on the. 0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:31.600 Spot, okay, position quarterback. 0:29:31.400 --> 0:29:33.840 Okay, Okay, let's go. 0:29:35.760 --> 0:29:38.920 She's not wrong, right, and I can't believe we did. 0:29:39.040 --> 0:29:42.920 We didn't think I'm trying to escore points. Okay, I'm 0:29:42.920 --> 0:29:44.400 not relying on just defense. 0:29:44.560 --> 0:29:47.840 Give yourself a Joe Brady right, Joe Burrow. 0:29:50.640 --> 0:30:00.480 Right, Okay. Quarterback football i Q. I would go with 0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:08.920 that's like interesting one because the guy I want to pick, 0:30:09.560 --> 0:30:15.440 I've seen it. I've seen it in action. I would 0:30:15.560 --> 0:30:20.320 say football IQ. A guy like Kendricks. 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:25.960 Kendricks speed throw Brandy Cooks in there again, that's another 0:30:26.000 --> 0:30:29.040 guy to think about. Kind of guy, smart guy that 0:30:29.160 --> 0:30:30.640 kind of understands how to play the game. 0:30:31.840 --> 0:30:38.040 For speed. I like turping with speed, but he gets 0:30:38.040 --> 0:30:41.000 stuck too many times too, you know, so I don't 0:30:41.040 --> 0:30:49.800 need that from my quarterback. I would take branding Cooks 0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:55.440 for speed, hand eye coordination, a guy like CD strength, 0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:59.640 a guy like overshown because he can take hits, he 0:30:59.680 --> 0:31:02.880 can hit you back to if needed when he takes 0:31:02.880 --> 0:31:08.480 off running. Mental toughness dak for sure. And then athleticism. 0:31:10.320 --> 0:31:15.680 I would go with the guy like who haven't I said, hmmm, 0:31:17.640 --> 0:31:22.720 I would go with maybe a Durrone Bland. Yeah, he's 0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:26.840 pretty athletic, very a healthy, healthy Darne Bland. But like 0:31:26.920 --> 0:31:31.120 I said, I want my offense to score scare and 0:31:31.200 --> 0:31:35.240 well done. But again, thank you guys. 0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:37.080 Cool, let's take our final break. We will come back. 0:31:37.120 --> 0:31:39.960 We got some questions from you guys that will throw 0:31:40.000 --> 0:31:41.880 out here and answer in the final segment, and we'll 0:31:41.880 --> 0:31:43.400 get our picks for the game. We'll be back Dallas 0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:44.480 Cowboys dot com radio. 0:31:46.680 --> 0:31:48.680 If you can't be at the stadium, there's no better 0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:51.480 way to watch your Cowboys than on an LG oled 0:31:51.560 --> 0:31:54.520 Evo TV. That's because everything you see is more like 0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:57.120 like every play, every hit. 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Dylan Jewett asks, considering the number of free 0:34:52.880 --> 0:34:55.840 agents the defense has this offseason, is there a realistic 0:34:55.920 --> 0:35:00.359 expectation that Eric Kendricks gets resigned? If you w do 0:35:00.400 --> 0:35:02.960 you think the team addresses a vacancy he'd leave behind 0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:07.280 in the draft. 0:35:08.080 --> 0:35:10.880 If he walks, I think he certainly. Yeah, absolutely drafts. 0:35:10.880 --> 0:35:12.920 I guess that the option would be either that or 0:35:12.920 --> 0:35:14.799 do you think there's somebody already on this team that 0:35:14.800 --> 0:35:15.800 could fill that vacancy. 0:35:15.840 --> 0:35:18.560 See, they just have not they have not played the 0:35:18.600 --> 0:35:21.080 mont Clark at all. Yeah, you know, and that's if 0:35:21.080 --> 0:35:24.200 the moon Clark. Now what about Maris Leafoul, right, you know, 0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:24.759 that's kind of. 0:35:24.760 --> 0:35:25.920 Where I think the possibility. 0:35:26.000 --> 0:35:27.960 Yeah, I think that would be a real possibility because 0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:32.080 you look at h kind of a very similar look 0:35:32.440 --> 0:35:34.480 to the two guys with all the hair and kind 0:35:34.480 --> 0:35:36.759 of running around and you know, crazy kind of the 0:35:36.760 --> 0:35:39.080 way that they play downhill and all. And you know, 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:41.320 Maris has played and a lot of the nickel be 0:35:41.400 --> 0:35:43.839 a lot of the bass stuff, and he's every time 0:35:43.840 --> 0:35:46.279 he's been on the field like good things have kind 0:35:46.280 --> 0:35:50.000 of happened. There's been fumbles, there's been sacks, there's been 0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:51.600 you know, him making a tackle. 0:35:51.760 --> 0:35:53.440 So I think if they. 0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:56.799 If Kendricks were to move on, which you know, we'll see, 0:35:56.800 --> 0:35:58.759 he's played a long time. We interview him every week. 0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:01.520 He seems like he's still you know, rareing to go. 0:36:01.719 --> 0:36:03.839 And all that was his deal was a one year 0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:04.480 or two year deal? 0:36:05.160 --> 0:36:08.480 Was it a one year things this year anyway, I think. 0:36:08.640 --> 0:36:10.440 Yeah, make sure that fact check me on that. I 0:36:10.520 --> 0:36:12.080 kind of felt like that he was looking at a 0:36:12.080 --> 0:36:12.759 one year deal. 0:36:12.800 --> 0:36:13.759 There's a one year deal. 0:36:13.880 --> 0:36:18.120 Yeah, so but I think, yeah, I think that we'll see. 0:36:18.120 --> 0:36:19.560 But with Clark, but I think. 0:36:19.360 --> 0:36:22.080 That that that Maryslely, if that will be the guy 0:36:22.160 --> 0:36:24.640 that if they move on, he'll be your starting Mike linebacker. 0:36:24.960 --> 0:36:29.000 See, even though I like the guys that we currently 0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:32.280 have on the roster, those younger guys, I still would 0:36:32.440 --> 0:36:35.480 like more of a veteran presence there because we've seen it. 0:36:35.840 --> 0:36:38.520 If one thing we've seen this season, and personally I 0:36:38.560 --> 0:36:42.080 believe so, it's how important the linebacker position is and 0:36:42.760 --> 0:36:45.960 it affects the whole defense. So I would love to 0:36:46.120 --> 0:36:49.839 have somebody. If not him, I would obviously would love 0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:52.800 to have him back, But if not him, I would 0:36:52.840 --> 0:36:55.880 hope to go and address that during free agency with 0:36:56.080 --> 0:36:59.600 another veteran guy. No, No one does say sign a 0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:03.439 free agent. Yes, but I'm not saying break the bank either, 0:37:03.520 --> 0:37:06.960 because we don't got money. Don't worry, we don't got 0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:09.000 no money. Break the bank. 0:37:09.120 --> 0:37:13.879 Don't worry. We're good. We got we got we got that, 0:37:14.000 --> 0:37:15.640 we got that plan right down. 0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:23.759 If whatever would equal his current salary, So something like that. 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:28.080 I kind of agree with Brian in the sentiment that 0:37:28.239 --> 0:37:31.919 Marius leah Foul might be your future there. I think 0:37:32.000 --> 0:37:34.480 that the sign of that that I saw at least 0:37:34.520 --> 0:37:36.040 was when Kendricks missed game. 0:37:36.440 --> 0:37:39.359 Yeah he's your green dot. That's a rookie. Yeah, he's 0:37:39.400 --> 0:37:40.240 a smart player. 0:37:40.800 --> 0:37:42.879 So the question is has he grown enough to where 0:37:42.880 --> 0:37:45.279 you trust him and to get an uptick there. I 0:37:45.320 --> 0:37:49.040 also wouldn't hate if they draft a linebacker, maybe in 0:37:49.080 --> 0:37:51.200 one of the later rounds. I think there are some 0:37:51.320 --> 0:37:55.560 value guys there for you. But yeah, if Kendricks doesn't, 0:37:55.600 --> 0:37:57.480 I mean, I think you welcome him back if if 0:37:57.480 --> 0:37:59.640 you'd like to, just because he's your leading tackler. He's 0:37:59.640 --> 0:38:01.960 a veteran, he's been around a long time. He understands 0:38:02.040 --> 0:38:05.319 Mike Zimmer's system because he's played in it for so long. 0:38:05.400 --> 0:38:08.400 If Zimmer was to stay too, so you know, there 0:38:08.400 --> 0:38:10.520 are some options there. But I would lean kind of 0:38:10.560 --> 0:38:12.640 towards Lefoul maybe picking up one more in the draft 0:38:12.680 --> 0:38:12.960 if he was. 0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:15.440 Yeah, if it depends on you know, we don't know 0:38:15.640 --> 0:38:18.400 what the future holes. There's a potential coaching change and 0:38:18.400 --> 0:38:20.560 do you have a new defensive coordinator in here, and 0:38:20.920 --> 0:38:24.520 does that defense defensive Yeah, does that defensive coordinator have 0:38:24.800 --> 0:38:27.680 somebody that he worked with before. That's a young guy 0:38:27.719 --> 0:38:29.640 that all of a sudden that team that he just 0:38:29.680 --> 0:38:31.719 came from gave up on him, or Dallas can make 0:38:31.760 --> 0:38:34.080 one of those trades where you know, they send a 0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:35.960 you know, a sixth round pick to go get a 0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:38.239 guy like that. But I think that Lea fouls the 0:38:38.280 --> 0:38:40.319 guy that's going to take over that spot if if 0:38:40.400 --> 0:38:41.200 Kendricks moves on. 0:38:41.360 --> 0:38:43.120 That's a great point. Even with Kendricks, I think that 0:38:43.239 --> 0:38:45.520 was all about the fact that he had familiarity with 0:38:45.560 --> 0:38:47.520 what Zimer was trying to do, and Zimber want to 0:38:47.520 --> 0:38:49.200 have that guy on the defense to be able to 0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:51.640 help the transition, right right, Yeah, that makes a lot 0:38:51.640 --> 0:38:54.160 of sense. All right, we actually have our caller here. 0:38:54.200 --> 0:38:56.839 We got a car Mine out in Jersey. Carmine, what up? 0:38:57.840 --> 0:38:57.960 Hey? 0:38:58.040 --> 0:39:01.560 Yeah you don't. I tried to Actually I text you 0:39:01.560 --> 0:39:05.759 a couple of things too, But like always, I appreciate 0:39:05.800 --> 0:39:08.120 the show. You guys are great, Amber. I like the 0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:15.000 Yettie games, They're great. My question is, remember, like I said, 0:39:15.160 --> 0:39:18.520 thank you answering the question yesterday. I wanted to add 0:39:18.560 --> 0:39:22.359 on today because I understand that you guys think that 0:39:22.719 --> 0:39:27.359 maybe the scheme that people are having a hard time 0:39:27.440 --> 0:39:31.560 understanding it. But the difference between last year and this 0:39:31.640 --> 0:39:34.359 year was only Michael Gallop was going it's the same 0:39:34.440 --> 0:39:38.399 offensive people except for the line. So I don't necessarily 0:39:38.440 --> 0:39:39.640 buy that, you. 0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:42.400 Know what I mean, what are you not buying? 0:39:42.560 --> 0:39:47.280 But I'm not really buying like people don't really understand 0:39:47.320 --> 0:39:50.279 the scheme because everybody understood it last year, you know 0:39:50.280 --> 0:39:50.680 what I mean. 0:39:51.400 --> 0:39:54.239 Yeah, I don't know that yesterday when we I can't 0:39:54.239 --> 0:39:56.480 remember your exact question yesterday, But I don't think there 0:39:56.560 --> 0:39:59.280 was anything that I certainly don't remember me or anyone 0:39:59.360 --> 0:40:03.240 saying that the offensive problems were a result of people 0:40:03.280 --> 0:40:05.640 not understanding the scheme. I think when we talked about 0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:07.879 the defense was one point this week. We talked about 0:40:07.920 --> 0:40:09.759 the fact that it took them a little while to 0:40:09.760 --> 0:40:11.960 get accustomed to the new scheme, and it looks like 0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:14.440 maybe they're starting to get it now. But that certainly 0:40:14.520 --> 0:40:15.960 wasn't what we were saying about the offense. 0:40:16.760 --> 0:40:20.000 Yeah, I know what you're saying. I know I'm on 0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:20.920 the same page for you. 0:40:20.960 --> 0:40:21.280 Guys. 0:40:21.400 --> 0:40:23.719 Yeah, I'm pulling my hair out because I wanted to, 0:40:24.280 --> 0:40:25.279 you know, open it up. 0:40:25.560 --> 0:40:28.320 So yeah, no, and I I remember your call. I 0:40:28.400 --> 0:40:31.360 remember your question. Now you're asking if if they should 0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:33.839 now be looking to open up the offense now that 0:40:33.840 --> 0:40:37.719 that Mike McCarthy, I mean, shouldn't because the offensive line 0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:39.560 is playing better? Should they look to open up the 0:40:39.560 --> 0:40:43.400 offense more? And that's a question to me, I think ultimately, 0:40:44.120 --> 0:40:46.160 when you say open it up, what do you really mean, like, 0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:47.680 how are you going to because if you don't have 0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:49.600 the quarterback to open it up, or are you going 0:40:49.680 --> 0:40:51.319 to really open it up? Or do you have to 0:40:51.320 --> 0:40:54.080 play a certain kind of football because you're compromise at quarterback? 0:40:54.120 --> 0:40:57.200 They one games? Run the football. Yeah, they've won games. 0:40:57.400 --> 0:40:58.000 They have one game. 0:40:58.000 --> 0:41:00.480 They win the Steelers game, they won the Giant game, 0:41:00.520 --> 0:41:03.120 they win the Commander's game running the football. You know, 0:41:03.560 --> 0:41:06.240 the metrics are there for them to That just shows 0:41:06.280 --> 0:41:08.520 you right there, what's the one thing you're really pretty 0:41:08.520 --> 0:41:11.719 getting pretty decent at is taking rico'doddle and trying to 0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:14.279 run the football and be committed to doing that. And 0:41:14.960 --> 0:41:18.560 if I'm not, if it means opening it up to 0:41:18.800 --> 0:41:22.239 opening up to the run more. I'm all for that. 0:41:22.560 --> 0:41:23.239 Yeah. 0:41:23.320 --> 0:41:26.239 Well, the natural formula is your run game opens up 0:41:26.320 --> 0:41:29.840 your passing game. So part of what Carlin said answered 0:41:29.840 --> 0:41:32.000 his own question. In terms of the offense as shortcomings, 0:41:32.000 --> 0:41:34.200 I think it's been the offensive line. I mean, you 0:41:34.239 --> 0:41:36.919 lose a guy like Tyron Smith that left tackle. That's 0:41:37.680 --> 0:41:40.600 pretty significant. Zach Martin was playing most of the year 0:41:40.600 --> 0:41:43.359 pretty healthy last year. So you know, those are two 0:41:43.400 --> 0:41:45.960 big changes that you've had to face. And now you 0:41:46.040 --> 0:41:48.160 add on to that that you've got a backup quarterback 0:41:48.200 --> 0:41:50.759 in there who isn't necessarily the best at pushing the 0:41:50.800 --> 0:41:53.799 ball downfield like Dak Prescott was last year, and this 0:41:53.920 --> 0:41:57.360 offense is completely different, doesn't matter what kind of personnel 0:41:57.400 --> 0:42:00.880 you've got at the skill position. So I agree with Brian. 0:42:00.920 --> 0:42:03.720 I think you got to run the football here. Rico 0:42:03.800 --> 0:42:07.160 Daddles try to. Yeah, Rico Daddall has shown you that 0:42:07.600 --> 0:42:10.040 he can. He can get you good four yards to carry, 0:42:10.080 --> 0:42:14.520 and like I said yesterday, I'm talking four times, threes, twelve. Yeah, 0:42:14.680 --> 0:42:16.759 you need ten yards for a first down. Yeah, So 0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:18.600 if you can get him going in the run game, 0:42:18.680 --> 0:42:20.239 that's really I think how you win this. I know 0:42:20.280 --> 0:42:22.319 we'll geting to predictions here in a little bit. That's 0:42:22.320 --> 0:42:24.480 how you win the Cincinnati game. You've got to drain 0:42:24.560 --> 0:42:27.360 the clock and run the ball and keep Cincinnati's offense 0:42:27.360 --> 0:42:28.399 off the field as long as you can. 0:42:28.520 --> 0:42:30.800 I love how you let that Texas education just shine 0:42:30.840 --> 0:42:31.600 there four times. 0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:33.879 Thank you. Twelve That was the most math I did 0:42:33.880 --> 0:42:34.320 in Austin. 0:42:34.360 --> 0:42:36.360 Brian's still trying to figure out LSU. 0:42:36.440 --> 0:42:39.000 That's not what they do best. But thirteen was a 0:42:39.080 --> 0:42:43.239 yard short. You had eleven? Howd you get to twelve? Hey, 0:42:43.239 --> 0:42:45.480 eleven is still the first down? Right either way? It 0:42:45.520 --> 0:42:46.480 works all right. 0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:49.120 One of my favorite tools in college. 0:42:49.040 --> 0:42:50.320 Was the calculator. 0:42:50.360 --> 0:42:55.720 The calculator you can type down answers and then findal 0:42:55.920 --> 0:42:59.520 later in tests. It was great. But I was gonna 0:42:59.520 --> 0:43:03.680 say last week was a clear show of why you 0:43:03.719 --> 0:43:08.480 should run like the only one made Cooper Rush look better. Yeah, 0:43:08.520 --> 0:43:11.480 the run game. So I think being able to have 0:43:11.520 --> 0:43:14.040 the combination of both, I mean, we've seen it, We've 0:43:14.080 --> 0:43:17.160 seen how it just helps you. So yeah, agree. 0:43:17.320 --> 0:43:17.680 I don't. 0:43:17.719 --> 0:43:20.160 I try to do everything in my power to keep 0:43:20.400 --> 0:43:23.600 from the defense getting put in harm's way, because if 0:43:23.719 --> 0:43:25.719 I can, now I might not score enough points. But 0:43:25.760 --> 0:43:28.160 I feel like my defense is starting to play better. 0:43:28.640 --> 0:43:30.799 You know, they've they've they're starting to get guys back, 0:43:30.840 --> 0:43:33.400 they're getting a little bit more healthy, they're they're the 0:43:33.560 --> 0:43:36.319 scheme stuff is, you know, seems to be working for 0:43:36.400 --> 0:43:39.000 him right now. So you know, I'm doing everything in 0:43:39.080 --> 0:43:42.040 my power to keep the other team's offense off the field. 0:43:42.520 --> 0:43:45.280 Finish drives with points as much as I can bleed 0:43:45.320 --> 0:43:48.719 that clock, and and and and let my defense get 0:43:48.760 --> 0:43:51.320 after these guys. That's kind of my my plan the 0:43:51.400 --> 0:43:52.000 rest of the way. 0:43:52.120 --> 0:43:54.959 All right, we're going to get our picks. Now, let's 0:43:55.000 --> 0:43:56.960 hear what you guys think is going to happen this Monday, 0:43:57.000 --> 0:43:59.600 Cowboys versus Bengals. Start with you, Tommy. 0:44:01.000 --> 0:44:05.600 I think Cincinnati's offense is just too good in this game. 0:44:05.640 --> 0:44:07.759 And when you look at the season that they've had, Yeah, 0:44:07.800 --> 0:44:11.960 they're four and eight, Seven of those eight losses are 0:44:12.000 --> 0:44:16.239 by one possession. Yeah, so they might be one of 0:44:16.239 --> 0:44:18.719 the better four and eight teams ever, But that also 0:44:18.719 --> 0:44:20.399 doesn't take away from the fact that their defense has 0:44:20.440 --> 0:44:23.200 been abysmal at points in the season. They lose a 0:44:23.239 --> 0:44:25.320 guy like Logan Wilson in their second level. 0:44:25.600 --> 0:44:26.359 That's a big hit. 0:44:26.760 --> 0:44:30.480 So you can have Trey Hendrickson, but you've still got 0:44:30.520 --> 0:44:33.080 to find a way to be better on the outside 0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:35.520 at the cornerback, in the defensive back spots. And I've 0:44:35.560 --> 0:44:38.120 got some playmakers out there like Cam Taylor Britt who 0:44:38.160 --> 0:44:42.240 I really like. But I just don't think Dallas's offense 0:44:42.280 --> 0:44:44.839 has the firepower when they're inevitably going to. 0:44:44.800 --> 0:44:47.560 Have to throw the ball in this game to win it. 0:44:47.600 --> 0:44:50.319 And I think that Cincinnati's offense does at such a 0:44:50.400 --> 0:44:53.840 high level and they can score so fast that it 0:44:53.960 --> 0:44:56.040 might just overwhelm them. So I've got Cincinnati in this 0:44:56.080 --> 0:44:57.960 game thirty one to twenty one. 0:44:58.440 --> 0:45:01.640 It's a good score. Give me the Cowboys in this one. 0:45:02.320 --> 0:45:05.200 I'm thinking that maybe the defense does get some stops 0:45:05.680 --> 0:45:09.880 and they do find a way to neutralize Hendrickson as 0:45:09.920 --> 0:45:10.840 a rusher. 0:45:10.920 --> 0:45:11.720 Running the football. 0:45:11.760 --> 0:45:14.040 I think this is going to be you know, they've 0:45:14.200 --> 0:45:17.839 they've played some really some tough, kind of grinded out 0:45:17.920 --> 0:45:21.720 games against the AFC, Nordy Meane, the early game against 0:45:21.719 --> 0:45:24.440 the opening day against the Browns, you know, having to 0:45:24.960 --> 0:45:26.600 kind of like you get ahead and then you're kind 0:45:26.600 --> 0:45:28.359 of trying to hang on and you know, but you're 0:45:28.400 --> 0:45:31.000 gonna have to play tough that way. The Steeler game 0:45:31.040 --> 0:45:34.359 I mentioned Baltimore was you know you rallied at the end. 0:45:34.520 --> 0:45:36.600 I mean Baltimore tried to kind of get you back 0:45:36.640 --> 0:45:38.799 in the game at the end, and so but I 0:45:38.920 --> 0:45:40.440 kind of feel like though this is going to be 0:45:40.440 --> 0:45:42.239 one of those games. I think Dallas is going to 0:45:42.280 --> 0:45:44.480 get some stops in this game. I think they're going 0:45:44.480 --> 0:45:47.120 to their pass rush is going to cause some problems 0:45:47.120 --> 0:45:49.400 in this game because I don't think they're scared of 0:45:49.560 --> 0:45:53.040 Cincinnati running the football and what's been happening. We always 0:45:53.040 --> 0:45:55.920 every week we come on here and talk about running game, 0:45:56.000 --> 0:45:59.200 running game, running game, running game. Cincinnati doesn't. It's their 0:45:59.239 --> 0:46:02.440 passing game, and I think that plays into Dallas's hands. 0:46:02.800 --> 0:46:05.360 Give me the Cowboys in this one, giving me the Cowboys, 0:46:05.680 --> 0:46:09.920 the Cowboys twenty six and the Bengals twenty. 0:46:11.840 --> 0:46:14.880 I just feel like the it's going to be a 0:46:14.920 --> 0:46:19.239 competitive game. I agree with the Cowboys defense being able 0:46:19.280 --> 0:46:22.000 to compete and get some stops, but at the same time, 0:46:22.040 --> 0:46:25.960 there will allow some touchdowns to my concern and main 0:46:26.000 --> 0:46:29.440 concern comes to the Cowboys offense and whether or not 0:46:29.480 --> 0:46:33.120 they'll be able to score enough points to keep up 0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:39.040 and also early enough not wait till the last few 0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:42.200 minutes of the game. So that's the biggest challenge, and 0:46:43.160 --> 0:46:46.440 I want to believe, but I don't know. I think 0:46:46.600 --> 0:46:48.600 even though it's going to come close to it, I 0:46:48.640 --> 0:46:54.600 think the Bengals end up winning the game thirty five 0:46:54.800 --> 0:46:56.359 twenty eight, right. 0:46:56.760 --> 0:46:58.279 I actually think this is going to be a lower 0:46:58.360 --> 0:47:00.719 scoring game than most people think. I think this is 0:47:00.760 --> 0:47:04.160 going to be a game where the Cowboys will get 0:47:04.160 --> 0:47:06.960 some pressure on Burrow, they will slow him down again. 0:47:07.000 --> 0:47:08.920 They'll still get some points, but it won't be the 0:47:08.960 --> 0:47:10.920 kind of points that they've been scoring recently. I think 0:47:10.960 --> 0:47:14.360 this Cowboys defense is getting markedly better every week that 0:47:14.400 --> 0:47:16.960 they're playing and getting healthier. I think they're getting much 0:47:17.000 --> 0:47:19.799 better now. A lot of this is me assuming that 0:47:19.800 --> 0:47:22.960 Trayvon Diggs is back, and I think if Trayvon Diggs 0:47:23.000 --> 0:47:26.160 is back, with him and Bland with your pass rush, 0:47:26.239 --> 0:47:28.120 being able to really see how they can use these 0:47:28.160 --> 0:47:31.000 linebackers in the pass brush pass rush when you actually 0:47:31.080 --> 0:47:33.520 have the corners out there to be able to support it, 0:47:34.120 --> 0:47:36.880 I see some turnovers happening, and I think that's how 0:47:36.920 --> 0:47:40.440 this game stays lower scoring. But I think Cowboys are 0:47:40.480 --> 0:47:42.480 able to pull it out. I think Cowboys have some struggles, 0:47:42.480 --> 0:47:44.200 so I think Hendrickson is going to be a bigger 0:47:44.280 --> 0:47:46.880 challenge than what we may believe. I think he's going 0:47:46.920 --> 0:47:49.160 to be a hard guy to stop for Dallas unless 0:47:49.200 --> 0:47:51.520 they're willing to divert a lot of attention to him. 0:47:51.520 --> 0:47:54.040 And if so, how does that affect their ability offensively 0:47:54.040 --> 0:47:56.040 to do the things they want to do? And I 0:47:56.040 --> 0:47:57.759 do think they get the win at home twenty three 0:47:58.160 --> 0:47:59.640 seventeen final score. 0:47:59.719 --> 0:48:01.120 Appreciate you guys, join us. 0:48:01.120 --> 0:48:02.880 We'll be back on Monday. We'll I'm sorry, We'll be 0:48:02.920 --> 0:48:03.680 back on Tuesday. 0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:04.759 Tuesday, we talk about what. 0:48:04.719 --> 0:48:06.799 Went right and wrong for the Cowboys till then for 0:48:06.880 --> 0:48:09.879 Tommy Yursh Brian brought us Amber Garcia. 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