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Speaker 1: It is Thursday, October fourth, twenty eighteen, season fourteen and
Speaker 1: episode number fifty three. Welcome to another edition of The Break,
Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Morgan Studios. At the start,
Speaker 1: we got out of great information for you guys. To day,
Speaker 1: we're getting you ready for this Cowboys versus Texans game.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun one. I love when it's
Speaker 1: Texas versus Texas because everybody's in the same boat. Everybody
Speaker 1: has that same Texas pride. It's Texas ou weekend. Everything's good.
Speaker 1: At what you really aren't? Wait? Just real quick, just
Speaker 1: take a guess at who's the Houstonian who went to
Speaker 1: Texas in the room today. Yeah, but you guys not
Speaker 1: excited about this week? I mean, I'm excited about every
Speaker 1: Cowboys game, but I don't this is I'm excited. Well,
Speaker 1: you're a Louisiana guy. I don't get up a Texan. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't feel any extra juice for this. All right,
Speaker 1: Well you can just lay out on this part while
Speaker 1: I'm saying this might bee no this And you're not
Speaker 1: a Texan either, so you can lay out too if
Speaker 1: you want to. You'll feel it. You'll feel it when
Speaker 1: you get to the stadium. Though. Yeah, it's gonna be.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be one of those. It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: really good one. Not Texas either. I mean you grew
Speaker 1: up in Texas. I grew up here. I'm here in Southwest,
Speaker 1: but I've lived in Texas. It moves around a little bit,
Speaker 1: gets more than yes, sorry, I didn't mean it like
Speaker 1: it's been in Texas for a long time. Yeah, more
Speaker 1: double any other part of my life. So yeah, twenty
Speaker 1: But you're a text definitely, and you appreciate games like
Speaker 1: this just because you know this is um, this isn't
Speaker 1: really like oh you Texas. This is more like you
Speaker 1: know Texas and Texas tech maybe yeah, well well Texas Texas,
Speaker 1: yeah yeah kind of yeah, And it is No, it
Speaker 1: honestly is though. And I noticed that living in Houston
Speaker 1: all my life. This rivalry, if you want to call
Speaker 1: it that, between Houston and Dallas is way more on
Speaker 1: the Houston side than is on Dallas side. On the
Speaker 1: Houston side, people look at the Cowboys and they hate
Speaker 1: if they're not Cowboy fans, because they're a bunch of
Speaker 1: Cowboys fans in Houston. But if they're not Cowboys fans,
Speaker 1: they hate the Cowboys. I mean hate the Cowboys. I
Speaker 1: don't think Cowboys fans really look at the Texans and
Speaker 1: are like, we hate the Texans. They're kind of well, okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: we kind of hate them because they're around the corner.
Speaker 1: But I don't think it's that big a deal to Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Every column about that yesterday, how they should play every year,
Speaker 1: and I think it ranks eight create one. It ranks
Speaker 1: eighth on our list of top ten columns from Yesterday,
Speaker 1: Stories from Yesterday. Who cares? But I'll tell you this,
Speaker 1: if if the NFL took your idea and they said
Speaker 1: every team in the league's gonna play a rivalry game
Speaker 1: every year, that's gonna be every year you play it,
Speaker 1: and you're looking for people in your geographic area or
Speaker 1: have some connection to you, and you play that game
Speaker 1: every year, I guarantee you within a matter of five
Speaker 1: to ten years, would be a very strong rival. Would
Speaker 1: probably be as big as some of the division rivals,
Speaker 1: just because you have that in connection. There are people
Speaker 1: you know personally who are on the other side of
Speaker 1: that rob that creates great rival thinking about every office,
Speaker 1: but from Dallas to Houston, that's got fans that are
Speaker 1: you know, it's like a big game. It's like and
Speaker 1: it happens, but there's a Giants fan somewhere or whatever.
Speaker 1: But for the most part, if you're in Austin, I
Speaker 1: would imagine a lot of Texans fans like a Cowboy fans.
Speaker 1: So it's kind of just creates an excitement for the week.
Speaker 1: But you'll feel it when you go to the almost
Speaker 1: said reliant what do they call in that and our
Speaker 1: energy energy? And if I was the NFL, I would
Speaker 1: even make it like I would make that those games
Speaker 1: all played on one weekend and I would call it
Speaker 1: rivalry Weekend, and I would people that thing up and
Speaker 1: have so much fun with it. Fans would have a
Speaker 1: special time with that. A lot of people don't want
Speaker 1: to hear this, especially Cowboys fans, because those NFC East
Speaker 1: rivalries are so important. And you know, I'm from New
Speaker 1: Orleans like things. Fans live to hate the Falcons, but
Speaker 1: everybody's got one. But I would do away with divisions,
Speaker 1: and I would if it were up to me, I
Speaker 1: would have every team in each conference play everybody, so
Speaker 1: you play fifteen games against the NFC and then you
Speaker 1: have a permanent AFC rival. So for the Cowboys, it
Speaker 1: could be the Texans. For the Steelers, it could be
Speaker 1: the Eagles. For the Giants, it could be the Jets.
Speaker 1: Just way fairer division the divisions, for sure. But that's
Speaker 1: what I would do. Yeah, but I think it's it'll
Speaker 1: be fun this weekend. Is this freezing press box? Yes?
Speaker 1: Bringing jackets, bringing jacket? Oh yes, they were in pre seasons. Yep,
Speaker 1: I hate Yeah, you were up there free stadium. I
Speaker 1: had a jacket on the I'm bringing I'm bringing a parka.
Speaker 1: It was there. I thought the coldest press box in
Speaker 1: the stadium was Detroit before that, or New Orleans. It
Speaker 1: was to a pretty cold, but then it was cold
Speaker 1: and then well, I both have something in common because
Speaker 1: you're both sitting up up by the ac events. I
Speaker 1: hope you don't have a problem with heights. If you're
Speaker 1: working in the press box in those stadiums, you think
Speaker 1: this game will be more entertaining than the last time
Speaker 1: we were in Houston. Yeah, yes, watching, Yes, really that's
Speaker 1: what you're talking. I mean, is that what I was asking?
Speaker 1: Is that what you're talking about the last game? Like, well,
Speaker 1: I mean there was something that happened in that game
Speaker 1: that actually was meaningful. Made the team when he made
Speaker 1: the team, Yeah, he made that kick, and it's like,
Speaker 1: you know what, we should cut Dan Bailey. I think
Speaker 1: that happened somewhere. You literally think they were sitting there
Speaker 1: watching that game and somebody said, you know this, Dan
Speaker 1: Bailey guy may not be as important to us as
Speaker 1: I think it was. Like it was like, you know what,
Speaker 1: remember what we talked about the other day. I think
Speaker 1: maybe we should do that. Maybe it's kind of like
Speaker 1: that look where you're sitting there with with people friends
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden you both kind of look
Speaker 1: at each other like yeah, like yes, yeah, did you
Speaker 1: just see that. Um, maybe we need to rethink this
Speaker 1: a little bit. I think that's exactly what happened. It
Speaker 1: doesn't change the fact that that game. So I hate
Speaker 1: that game every year, though. The fourth game of the
Speaker 1: preseason is the worst. It really is brutal. All right,
Speaker 1: let's jump into it though, we're talking Cowboys Texans. Before
Speaker 1: we get to Dave's breakdown out of the Texans defense
Speaker 1: versus the Cowboys offense, we got to go through the
Speaker 1: injury report yesterday. The guys that did not practice included
Speaker 1: Travis Frederick, which was expected, Sean Lee, which was expected,
Speaker 1: and Terrence Williams, who we've been talking about. I don't
Speaker 1: know that there's any more clarity on why he's missing.
Speaker 1: It's just not injury related. Do we know anything more? Uh,
Speaker 1: sort of, we know he's not practicing again today, and
Speaker 1: we know that we know that they're they're now saying
Speaker 1: that his foot injury has been reaggravated, the one that
Speaker 1: he had repaired in the off season. So is he
Speaker 1: gonna be added to the injury report as an actual
Speaker 1: injury rather than not injured. I wouldn't really surprised if
Speaker 1: he's got foot next to his name this afternoon instead
Speaker 1: of not injury related. He question did he reinjure it
Speaker 1: not practicing? I think he reinjured it that I think
Speaker 1: it's been something that's been aggravating him maybe and I
Speaker 1: mean and credit the terry. Why would they be telling
Speaker 1: about personal issues. I mean, that's that they're in. They're
Speaker 1: in lives the rub Amber. There's about nineteen things going on.
Speaker 1: He's like, how did I end up being the Actually
Speaker 1: a pet peeve of mine is when I tell you
Speaker 1: what the cowboys are saying and you come back at
Speaker 1: me like it's my fault, Like I'm not. I'm not. Literally,
Speaker 1: it's my job to report the news to you, and
Speaker 1: I'm telling you they're saying he reaggravated his foot. There's
Speaker 1: still speculation that he might be suspended. Uh, there's speculation
Speaker 1: that he's it's not speculation. They said he was dealing
Speaker 1: with some off field stuff. Jason Garrett said that himself. Uh,
Speaker 1: I don't know, and I don't remember, I said Dave,
Speaker 1: like I didn't realize that was fun. I do not
Speaker 1: remember so much uncertainty and speculation surrounding a guy that
Speaker 1: has contributed so little to a season, except for maybe
Speaker 1: when they signed Bryce Butler two weeks ago and everybody
Speaker 1: lost their mind. Um, I don't know. I think I
Speaker 1: said this yesterday like something's got to give and it
Speaker 1: will eventually. I don't and that doesn't necessarily mean Terrence
Speaker 1: will go to IR or be suspended or whatever. Like
Speaker 1: maybe this will resolve itself and he'll continue to play.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but the slimbo's got to end at
Speaker 1: some point. I have a question. Let's say it was
Speaker 1: the suspension thing. If he was put in I R.
Speaker 1: What does that really do? It takes him off the rosters,
Speaker 1: him off the roster, but they could still suspend him. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're suspended, you're off the roster too.
Speaker 1: You're not getting paid. And when you said they can't
Speaker 1: suspend you talking about NFL Cowboys, I mean yeah Cowboys kid,
Speaker 1: Yeah right, I don't know. I don't have to be
Speaker 1: conduct detrimental to the team for the team to do, right.
Speaker 1: I was just wondering what would the benefit of doing
Speaker 1: that move. Actually, it's a way to get him off
Speaker 1: the roster if they don't think he's going to contribute,
Speaker 1: especially and still hold on to his rights. Yeah right,
Speaker 1: And if his foot is bothering him, he can rehabit
Speaker 1: without doing this week to week like well what can
Speaker 1: you do? What can't you do? Type of dance. But
Speaker 1: if she suspended, you know that that changes a lot
Speaker 1: of things because of um, he's got guaranteed money and
Speaker 1: if you you know, if you don't, if you're suspended,
Speaker 1: I think some of those guarantees or all of them
Speaker 1: will go away. That's a league rule, right, Yeah, that
Speaker 1: those that it gets avoided. Right, So if you if
Speaker 1: you you know that happened to Zeke, you know his
Speaker 1: guarantees were avoided. So if he doesn't have any guarantees
Speaker 1: on the contract, then makes a lot more sense to
Speaker 1: part ways with him because you're not feeling any kind
Speaker 1: of you know, financial fun little uh well, sort of
Speaker 1: changing the topic, Our esteemed colleague Rob Phillips just told me, um,
Speaker 1: no Randy Gregory and no David Irving at practice today,
Speaker 1: which I don't have an answer for that yet, because
Speaker 1: Randy Gregory was not on the injury report yesterday, yes,
Speaker 1: and j Randy Gregory was not on the injury report yesterday,
Speaker 1: and Jason Garrett said this morning that they're going to
Speaker 1: see what more David Irving can do, so and maybe
Speaker 1: they decided there's not more he can do. Maybe, So
Speaker 1: those two guys, you never have nothing in common. Those
Speaker 1: two guys you never know, You just never know. So sorry,
Speaker 1: I don't have more information at this time. Thanks Rob.
Speaker 1: Maybe they showed up after the fifteen minutes. Maybe maybe, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's true, because that happens a lot. Yeah, things we see.
Speaker 1: Keep an eye on the old injury report. Probably about
Speaker 1: three pm Central time. Let's talk about some of the
Speaker 1: guys that were limited that we think could play. Cheeto
Speaker 1: has an ankle, he was limited, Cole Beasley with an ankle,
Speaker 1: Malie Collins was limited yesterday with an ankle, DeMarcus Lawrence
Speaker 1: with a shoulder, and Antoine Woods with a calf. Um,
Speaker 1: let's talk particularly about Malie Collins, who's missed a couple
Speaker 1: of games here. Um, what's the expectation for him? Is
Speaker 1: the expectation that now they're trying to work him in
Speaker 1: to see if he's ready to go. The word coming
Speaker 1: from them is that he did pretty well and practiced yesterday,
Speaker 1: step at a time. See how he responds to the work.
Speaker 1: See if he can do more. I think he did
Speaker 1: more yesterday as I understand it, than he has at
Speaker 1: any point since he got hurt. So see how he spawns,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's probably gonna be one of those
Speaker 1: typical wait and see on Friday type of deals. Are
Speaker 1: how many games has he missed? How many games has
Speaker 1: he missed in his career? I know he's had a
Speaker 1: couple different injuries. Is this a situation where he's been
Speaker 1: injured and not missed games or is this situation where
Speaker 1: he's missed an order number of games in his in
Speaker 1: his career? Memory might be hazy, even I don't remember
Speaker 1: him missing games last year. I remember, you know, year
Speaker 1: before that, he didn't miss any games. The year before that.
Speaker 1: He broke his foot in the off season in off
Speaker 1: season and then was back in time for the start
Speaker 1: of the regular season. Okay, so he's just a guy
Speaker 1: times right, He's he's had some injuries issues, and that's
Speaker 1: what I was trying to get battle injuries every step
Speaker 1: of the way. Even though he's had injuries, it sounds
Speaker 1: like from what you guys are saying, he hasn't missed
Speaker 1: games very often, which is a good thing. That means
Speaker 1: that either he's able to play through pain, or he
Speaker 1: had the injuries that have not happened in times when
Speaker 1: they affected his ability to play. He had not missed
Speaker 1: the game until now. He played all sex and yeah,
Speaker 1: it's really good, so um, which yeah, tells you it
Speaker 1: must be somewhat severe if if he is missing times
Speaker 1: so and judging by the size of the rap on
Speaker 1: his knee, yeah it sounds yeah, not great. So, but
Speaker 1: if you're limited on Wednesday, that's typically a good sign.
Speaker 1: So we'll see. So for all those guys, you feel
Speaker 1: pretty good about their ability to play this weekend. Cheeto, Cole, DeMarcus, Antoine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Antoine's the other one. And that's which the fact that
Speaker 1: David Irving was not at practice today is not awesome
Speaker 1: if he is gonna miss because that's Jason Garrett not
Speaker 1: only you know, I think Antoine Woods did pretty well yesterday,
Speaker 1: but again, you see how he responds. He's definitely not
Speaker 1: out of the Woods. So that defensive tackle situation is
Speaker 1: kind of dicey. Need probably needs one of those guys
Speaker 1: to step it up this week. All right, let's take
Speaker 1: our first break when we come back. I want to
Speaker 1: jump into the Texans defense. Let Day give us his breakdown.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about some of these players on that defense
Speaker 1: that are real, real difference makers. JJ Watt, Jadeveon Clowney,
Speaker 1: We'll talk about some of those guys we come back.
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Speaker 1: to give us your breakdown of this Texans defense versus
Speaker 1: the Cowboys offense. Well, what did we say yesterday? We're like,
Speaker 1: why is this team? One in three? Okay, let's go.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to dog him too much
Speaker 1: because there's some talent here. I'll start with the scary part,
Speaker 1: which is obviously the front. Nobody listening to this needs
Speaker 1: an introduction to JJ Watt or Jadeveon Clowney, and they
Speaker 1: are playing like you would expect them to. Watt is right,
Speaker 1: so Whit's back. Wat's back. He is what he was before.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he is the guy that I
Speaker 1: would have voted for NFL MVP in fourteen or fifteen?
Speaker 1: Was it? I don't know, when he was literally just
Speaker 1: trying to drag him into the playoffs on his own,
Speaker 1: when he was just stroying offensive lines. If he I
Speaker 1: don't know if he's that guy. But he's still damn good,
Speaker 1: which is the point. And they don't need him to
Speaker 1: be that guy because Jadeveon Clowney can be that guy.
Speaker 1: He's got He's got sacks. He's got oh my god,
Speaker 1: he you know, you remember the play in college where
Speaker 1: he just single handedly blew up that Michigan guy. He
Speaker 1: can still do that in the pros, which is terrifying. Um,
Speaker 1: these guys he's six five, two seventy And that's really
Speaker 1: the thing that you notice the most when you watch them, is, Okay,
Speaker 1: he's an end or a rush linebacker, but he does
Speaker 1: everything like he plays on the right side. He plays
Speaker 1: on the left side. They stand not And I don't
Speaker 1: just mean they stand him up as a linebacker. I
Speaker 1: mean I watched this guy blitz through the A gap
Speaker 1: and just bulldoze the cults center and um nahem Hines
Speaker 1: tried to block him because it's a screen pass, and
Speaker 1: he just knocked him to the ground and then chased
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck out of the pocket. And Hines was the
Speaker 1: guy that was supposed to get the ball, so he's
Speaker 1: scrambling to get it, like he just blows play. Blockers
Speaker 1: are basically just speedbumps for him. He just kind of
Speaker 1: go over them and keep going. Yeah. Um, the scary
Speaker 1: thing for me, you know, given what we've talked about
Speaker 1: with Cowboys inability to protect and Dak's pocket awareness, I
Speaker 1: know I wrote this down. Where is this statum? They
Speaker 1: have contributed on on five fumble plays and recovered four
Speaker 1: of them. I believe they did it. Tho, Yeah, they
Speaker 1: get in there. We go four fumble recoveries this season,
Speaker 1: and they did it. They were created by those two guys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well one of them was the Colts center screwed up
Speaker 1: and snapped it on the ground. But literally Clowney was
Speaker 1: like wide nine on the left side or on the
Speaker 1: right end position, ball hits the ground underneath the center,
Speaker 1: and he cut through two blocks and dove on it
Speaker 1: in the end zone and scored a touchdown. Like he's
Speaker 1: just unbelievably athletic. I think if the Cowboys are going
Speaker 1: to have a problem, it's going to be because of
Speaker 1: those two guys, which you didn't need me to tell
Speaker 1: you that. Good news is the secondary is very bad.
Speaker 1: Like they're not good at all. Um. They are twenty
Speaker 1: seventh in the league in passing defense two hundred and
Speaker 1: eighty eight yards per game, and that is actually inflated
Speaker 1: because they only gave up one hundred and ten passing
Speaker 1: yards to none other than Blaine Gabbert. Because Marcus Mariota
Speaker 1: was hurt and couldn't go so against good quarterbacks. They
Speaker 1: gave up two sixty seven to Tom Brady, they gave
Speaker 1: up two sixty five to Eli Manning, and Andrew Luck
Speaker 1: threw for four thirty seven on them. They're not good.
Speaker 1: I know. Jonathan Joseph had his moments in the past.
Speaker 1: He looks like he's lost it. He used to be
Speaker 1: a really good cornerment. He doesn't look good anymore, at
Speaker 1: least not on the tape I watched. Aaron Colvin is
Speaker 1: the guy. A J. Bouyer went off to Jacksonville and
Speaker 1: he's part of that great defense. Aaron Colevin's not bad.
Speaker 1: But these are just not lockdown guys, and it shows
Speaker 1: like they give up separation they have to, like they
Speaker 1: play soft because they have to. I think. So you see,
Speaker 1: you know, Colts receivers are just running like ten yard
Speaker 1: digs where the corners ten yards behind him because they're
Speaker 1: so afraid of getting burnt over the top that they're
Speaker 1: just giving up chunk after chunk. And then you know,
Speaker 1: I'm the guy hammering on the safety situation. Tyron Matthew
Speaker 1: definitely hasn't been bad. He's got twenty three tackles, four
Speaker 1: pass breakups and a pick. The pick came on a deflection.
Speaker 1: You can definitely pick on this guy like he's not
Speaker 1: He hasn't looked like this all world safety. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, he's what like five to nine, and it
Speaker 1: looks like it when he tries to go up against
Speaker 1: bigger guys, you can box him out. So I still
Speaker 1: think it would be nice to have him on this team,
Speaker 1: but he's not some kind of he's not ed Reid
Speaker 1: secondary just gives up a ton of plays and it
Speaker 1: offsets their front seven because they actually have they have
Speaker 1: big linebackers, Merciless as a guy everybody knows he kind
Speaker 1: of functions as a rusher too. And then Zach Cunningham
Speaker 1: is a guy that Brian really loved in the draft
Speaker 1: coming out of Vanderbilt. He's a tackle machine, but him
Speaker 1: and Bernardrick McKinney have not tackled that well. So yeah,
Speaker 1: they're not. They're number nine and run defense, but I
Speaker 1: think that's more because teams aren't trying them that much honestly,
Speaker 1: than because they're like this juggernaut. So yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: know what kind of backs have they run up against
Speaker 1: so far this year? They went up against they went
Speaker 1: up against se Quon, Yeah, and the Colts have nothing. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And then but and they've been stout. I mean, they're
Speaker 1: allowing ninety four yards per game, But I don't think
Speaker 1: I buy that they've just been in a game where
Speaker 1: they were getting pounded against them. You asked me a question.
Speaker 1: I don't have the answer. Sorry, you're okay for the show, um,
Speaker 1: But I guess the point after what I'm trying to
Speaker 1: figure out is when you talk about the running backs,
Speaker 1: sometimes this early in a season, the numbers can be
Speaker 1: a function of who you've played way more than your
Speaker 1: abilities right now. And that's I think I said this
Speaker 1: last week. If you're up at the top of the
Speaker 1: stat standings after four weeks, that doesn't mean a lot
Speaker 1: to me. If you're at the bottom, it means a
Speaker 1: little bit more because it means you're getting exploited. But
Speaker 1: you know, if you're top five in rushing defense after
Speaker 1: three games, that just might mean you haven't run up
Speaker 1: against the right matchup yet, right or you could be
Speaker 1: really bad against the pass. You know, we saw that
Speaker 1: last week. I mean with the Lions, they were the
Speaker 1: worst runde fence in the league. But you know they
Speaker 1: were the best in pass and you know, I think
Speaker 1: we kind of saw that, we saw why they were
Speaker 1: worse than a run. But I mean, they really weren't
Speaker 1: that great in the past, right, But we also saw
Speaker 1: that that was why, I mean, that's why the numbers
Speaker 1: are what they are, is because you don't have It's
Speaker 1: like Cowboy, you don't have to pass run the ball. Okay,
Speaker 1: So Sequon Barkley ran seventeen times for eighty two yards
Speaker 1: in a touch, which that's four point eight yards for carry.
Speaker 1: He was fine. That's kind of my point is I
Speaker 1: respect him, but the linebackers don't tackle as well as
Speaker 1: they should. And Clowney specifically not so much JJ Watt,
Speaker 1: but Clowney's a rusher, like He's not this all around
Speaker 1: great run defender pass rusher guys. So I think, regardless
Speaker 1: of what the stats say, I think you can run
Speaker 1: on these guys. I just think this is going to
Speaker 1: be one of those games where it will be a shootout.
Speaker 1: I've just thought that since it came out on the schedule,
Speaker 1: and I just think, you know, run, pass, whatever. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be one of those games that
Speaker 1: kind of has a life of its own. And you
Speaker 1: see a lot of plays type down and as I see,
Speaker 1: you know, both teams kind of you know, making plays.
Speaker 1: Didn't mean that they're throwing for three hundred four hundred yards.
Speaker 1: I just think that they're going to be moving it
Speaker 1: up and down the field and it should be fun. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I will say, And it goes back to my point.
Speaker 1: We're gonna find out if this receiver corps is good
Speaker 1: enough to take advantage of these guys, because, like I said,
Speaker 1: these guys were playing soft against the Colts. The Colts
Speaker 1: also have t Y Hilton and he can't get behind you.
Speaker 1: He abused them specifically Jonathan Joseph like I mean, he
Speaker 1: was two steps behind him all day. So, but are
Speaker 1: the Texans that afraid of what any of these guys bring?
Speaker 1: Like maybe this is a game hopefully Tavon Austin always
Speaker 1: has a role, but maybe even Deontay Thompson when you
Speaker 1: know speed. Nick always talks about it like will they
Speaker 1: play that soft if they're not afraid of you? That's
Speaker 1: my point, So I'll be interested to see how that goes.
Speaker 1: Talking about about the matchup of the offensive line versus
Speaker 1: these pass rushers squat clowney merciless, how do you see
Speaker 1: that matchup, those matchups playing out. That's the funny thing is, well,
Speaker 1: first they're so multiple, like they're gonna line up in
Speaker 1: a bunch of different spots, but what has become the
Speaker 1: left end at this point, so like that's Lyle Colinsky,
Speaker 1: which that sucks because you would in this we always
Speaker 1: talk about like in this day and age, you think
Speaker 1: your right tackle gets this easier matchup, Like not, really
Speaker 1: do they do? They line up Clowney on the same
Speaker 1: side as him often no, typically it's opposite side. They usually,
Speaker 1: well it's what is kind of fixed on the left
Speaker 1: side more often than not. And then Clowney he plays
Speaker 1: on the right a lot, like he's gonna be Tyrn
Speaker 1: Smith's guy. But also they're gonna line him up like
Speaker 1: they line him up basically at will linebacker sometime and
Speaker 1: that that's my point, Like he's not like DeMarcus Ware
Speaker 1: on the corner in a two point stance. He's like
Speaker 1: back behind the nose tackle like like a regular linebacker,
Speaker 1: and he'll just like shoot through the gap. Like he's
Speaker 1: such an athletic freak that they can do all kinds
Speaker 1: of stuff with him. So that didn't face Looney before
Speaker 1: that Well, that's what I was gonna say. That That's
Speaker 1: where it does beg the question. You know, the most
Speaker 1: inexperienced part of this line now may have to deal
Speaker 1: with him shooting the gap right there with Williams and
Speaker 1: luniar M and last week the offensive line played extremely well.
Speaker 1: That also could be a function of the fact that
Speaker 1: they were facing a defense that didn't really have this
Speaker 1: certainly didn't have this kind of these kind of pass rushers,
Speaker 1: didn't have their two best pass rushers, right, and Texans
Speaker 1: have their two best pass rushers and who maybe two
Speaker 1: of the best in the league. Yeah, I will bet
Speaker 1: I would bet you Clowney and or they're both gonna
Speaker 1: make a play in the backfield or like have the
Speaker 1: opportunity to make a play. I mean, you think about
Speaker 1: the famous Romo spin against what like I mean, I think, yeah,
Speaker 1: Dak and or Zeke is probably gonna have to make
Speaker 1: a nice play to get out of that. And that
Speaker 1: you know, Dak's pocket presence is something we talk about
Speaker 1: a lot. He's gonna have to have his head on
Speaker 1: a swivel, don't get stripped like that. That's what's like
Speaker 1: I said, that's what scares me is like they'll knock
Speaker 1: the ball out of your hand or just blow a
Speaker 1: play up to the point where it reminds me remember
Speaker 1: what game was that was that? It was the Giants
Speaker 1: game where they ran the reverse and if not for
Speaker 1: Zeke making a heads up play landon Collins probably blows
Speaker 1: it up. I'm worried about something like that happening. Here.
Speaker 1: Tell me where this defensive front can be exploited in
Speaker 1: the run game. We've talked a little bit about the
Speaker 1: pass game, talked about their secondary. If you wanted to
Speaker 1: run against this defensive front, where do you think there
Speaker 1: are weaknesses where maybe the Cowboys can can get some
Speaker 1: traction up the middle? Because for I mean, so DJ
Speaker 1: Reader and the Angelo Blackson play tackle for them or
Speaker 1: well it's a three four front, so tackle and whatever.
Speaker 1: But they're not anything special to me, and they're nowhere
Speaker 1: near as athletic as Watt and Clowney. Like I said,
Speaker 1: I don't think the world of Clowney is this great
Speaker 1: run defender, But I wouldn't want to run too much
Speaker 1: to his side less because he tend to be overly aggressive.
Speaker 1: Where maybe you can exploit that. No, absolutely you could,
Speaker 1: And I'm you know, I think Brian actually wrote today
Speaker 1: like hammer him as much as possible with Tyrn Smith
Speaker 1: and wear him down because he's gonna be trying to
Speaker 1: rush and maybe he won't have any energy. I still
Speaker 1: don't like the idea of running putting the ball near
Speaker 1: a guy with that much athleticism. And like I said,
Speaker 1: Merciless and Cunningham and McKinney, like they're very impressive and
Speaker 1: they hit hard when they hit, but much like the
Speaker 1: Cowboys in the first few weeks, like they haven't they
Speaker 1: don't wrap up, like they haven't tackled as well as
Speaker 1: they're supposed to. So I think I think you can
Speaker 1: get them just by running right at him. To be
Speaker 1: honest with you, like, I don't think you have to
Speaker 1: ras it up too much. Another point I wanted to me,
Speaker 1: I wonder another guy we talked about in the draft
Speaker 1: is Eric Reid's little brother, justin safety out of Stanford.
Speaker 1: He's gotten some reserve playing time kind of as a
Speaker 1: third safety. I wonder if they might try to give
Speaker 1: him more playing time because Tyron Matthew's been fine Kareem
Speaker 1: Jax and hasn't been terrible at the other safety spot.
Speaker 1: But again, like they just they give up too many
Speaker 1: plays in the secondary. So I have my eye on
Speaker 1: him as maybe like an X factor that they try
Speaker 1: to use more because he has looked good in the
Speaker 1: short amounts of playing time that he's gotten. So, if
Speaker 1: you were going to pick one wide receiver, and I'll
Speaker 1: go around the table, if you're gonna pick one wide
Speaker 1: receiver this week that against a secondary that may be
Speaker 1: more susceptible to big plays or just plays. Who which
Speaker 1: receiver do you think actually has an opportunity here to
Speaker 1: make some make some place for the Cowboys. I like Gallup.
Speaker 1: I think he's He's a guy that we've already seen
Speaker 1: go down the field a little bit. Um, I think
Speaker 1: they'll start doing that a little bit more. He's got
Speaker 1: him once Dad kind of figures him out a little
Speaker 1: bit better and vice versa. I think that they that
Speaker 1: has a chance to be, you know, a steady playmaker
Speaker 1: for this team. Like gall We've seen him down feel
Speaker 1: quite a bit. I mean, that's a that seems to
Speaker 1: be something they're really working on. So I think you
Speaker 1: could say that, um, any of these guys really And
Speaker 1: my biggest problem is I'm not being a fan of
Speaker 1: this whole rotation thing because I think it's messing up
Speaker 1: the rhythm, like they're not in there long enough for
Speaker 1: them to get going. It's like you keep rotating them,
Speaker 1: and let's see, with any of these guys, they come
Speaker 1: out pretty quickly and it doesn't allow them to get going,
Speaker 1: and that's a problem. If they were throwing the ball
Speaker 1: down the field more, I would I would definitely like
Speaker 1: disagree with you because they're you know, you got guys
Speaker 1: who are doing things all over the place, but they're
Speaker 1: not you know, there's really no reason to, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: to rotate as much as they do, but they do.
Speaker 1: The thing about it is, it seems like to me anyway,
Speaker 1: it seems like they've been doing that for years. Even
Speaker 1: when Dez was here, they seem to rotate their receivers
Speaker 1: quite a bit. I mean, there would be times when
Speaker 1: I'm looking for Dez on the field and he was
Speaker 1: on the sideline and it, I mean just seem like
Speaker 1: they kind of rotating guys around. I mean, you had guys,
Speaker 1: you had guys like eighty five eighty five Brown, Noah
Speaker 1: Brown that's on the field. You know, there's a pretty
Speaker 1: significant amount of snaps last year and year before. I
Speaker 1: just I don't think that this was ever in the
Speaker 1: last few years. I don't think it was ever a
Speaker 1: situation where they had their two main guys and they
Speaker 1: were always on the field. And while yeah, yeah, I agree,
Speaker 1: but those were guys that were pretty comfortable already with
Speaker 1: this offense. I feel that these guys, being as new
Speaker 1: as they are, it still may take him a little
Speaker 1: bit to get accustomed and used to what this offense is.
Speaker 1: And the fact that there's so much rotation. I think
Speaker 1: it thinking, I can't think of the word. It just
Speaker 1: messes up with the progress of them being out there
Speaker 1: and making place, especially with a guy like you talk
Speaker 1: about Michael Gallup. He's a rookie and you need to
Speaker 1: allow him and we've seen him make place, so we
Speaker 1: know it's in him, but you need to put him
Speaker 1: out there more and give him more chances to allow
Speaker 1: him to do those things. I don't think I can
Speaker 1: go with you on that. Yeah, like Noah Brown had
Speaker 1: a he definitely was on the field and especially when
Speaker 1: they wanted to run the ball, and Bright Butler's had
Speaker 1: his moments. But if you go back to like sixteen,
Speaker 1: sixteen and seventeen, the last two years Daz was here.
Speaker 1: I bet him, Terrence and Beasley blow everybody out of
Speaker 1: the water in terms of snap count. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'd have to go back and look it just it
Speaker 1: may have been my own perception just looking at the
Speaker 1: game and watching the game and noticing and noticing that
Speaker 1: there were times when I was I mean, it would
Speaker 1: be times when they'd have they'd have thirteen personnel and
Speaker 1: it would be Noah Brown as the wide receiver. Which,
Speaker 1: what are you doing thirteen personnel? Get it. All I'm saying, though,
Speaker 1: is maybe that changed my perception, that maybe that was
Speaker 1: what affected my perception of it. I was asking the question,
Speaker 1: was this something that's been happening for years? Because it
Speaker 1: seems like to me they've been rotating receivers here for
Speaker 1: a while. I don't think it's remotely. Let's play a
Speaker 1: game similar to what it is. Play game, all right,
Speaker 1: let's do it. Let's play four games into the season.
Speaker 1: All right, this is these are your leaders and snap
Speaker 1: count for receivers one fifty four, one fifty three, and
Speaker 1: then the next is one nineteen. Who's at one fifty four?
Speaker 1: Who guess that's your guess? Yeah? Yes, all right, who's
Speaker 1: at one fifty three. Yeah, I mean, m Deontay Thompson.
Speaker 1: What's your guess? Is that right? Camp? I would guess Hearns.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I forgot about Herns. Um it has to
Speaker 1: be hur Hearns is one fifty three. Yeah. Who's that
Speaker 1: one nineteen either? Yeah? Probably Deontay Gallup at one nine.
Speaker 1: Really I thought Deanta Thompson was one, and Tavon Austin
Speaker 1: freaking sixty five not even sixty five, Holy crap. And
Speaker 1: that's so dumb. Terrence Williams thirty nine and Bryce Butler
Speaker 1: zero with us, I am shocked that. Um, that Gallups
Speaker 1: count is that high. To be honest with you, I
Speaker 1: would what I guess it was like eighty or ninety.
Speaker 1: So so really, I mean standpoint twenty and twenty three
Speaker 1: and the twenty four What do y'all think? I bet you.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just I was just trying to figure
Speaker 1: out whatever. I'm just trying to Oh, okay, I was
Speaker 1: gonna say, Jimmy's doesn't have that many snaps. He's probably
Speaker 1: got ten. I mean, who's the other running back? He
Speaker 1: said there were two running backs there were in the twenties.
Speaker 1: I just Rod Smith has twenty three. I'm sorry, Okay,
Speaker 1: my bad. You know what I'm looking at? Tight ends? Yeah,
Speaker 1: two twenty nine, and then Blake Jarwin has seventy five snaps. Wait,
Speaker 1: so Swim has that many more than the next place
Speaker 1: this guy. Yeah, it surprises me that they haven't. That
Speaker 1: that would be number highed just because of them running
Speaker 1: twelve and he's he's on ninety two percent of the
Speaker 1: offensive snaps, which is more than Zeke. You know. Oh Swam, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Swaim's playing every I mean, it's dak the line. I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't have any ill will toward Jeff Swim, but
Speaker 1: I I buried my dream of ten personnel the other
Speaker 1: night because literally like five times during that Lions game,
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, they're doing ten, They've got ten
Speaker 1: on the field, and then Swam with motion and I'm like,
Speaker 1: never mind, that's Jeff my bad. Um, but he's not
Speaker 1: doing a bad No, he's not doing a bad job.
Speaker 1: I just I just would like to see it. I
Speaker 1: think I think it could work. Um. I do want
Speaker 1: to go back though, to the to the point that
Speaker 1: you're trying to make I agree with you. I wouldn't.
Speaker 1: I would like to rotate these receivers less. But you
Speaker 1: hear the phrase like eating up cushion. Why, Like it's
Speaker 1: like the guy's got ten yards of cushion and it's
Speaker 1: just gone in an instant. Who's doing that on this team?
Speaker 1: That's like Alan Hearns is number two in snap count.
Speaker 1: I don't trust that that's he's going to do that. Um,
Speaker 1: maybe Gallup could if they gave him a chance. And
Speaker 1: that's my point is Deonte Thompson and Tavon Austin certainly could.
Speaker 1: So maybe getting well they are, Maybe this is a
Speaker 1: game where you change that. Hey, they freaking they targeted
Speaker 1: key Key Kuti fifteen times in his first game as
Speaker 1: a pro. You mean to tell me that Tavon can't
Speaker 1: do that? I don't. I'm just hoping that maybe they're
Speaker 1: they have some grand design and they're saving him for it.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I can't figure out the Super Bowl, No, honestly, right,
Speaker 1: I can't. I just can't understand why you can have
Speaker 1: how you can have a guy that's a weapon like
Speaker 1: that and not figure out a way to get him
Speaker 1: more involved in what you're doing. Mean neither saying and again,
Speaker 1: you know, I think Jeff Swam has played pretty well
Speaker 1: this year. But they just you gotta have a tight end.
Speaker 1: Apparently you just have to. Yeah, I don't know why.
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Speaker 1: break Well the Vital segment of the Great Flap from
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Speaker 1: you know, I'll just I don't mind saying it on
Speaker 1: the air, Like you watch tape to watch the opponent,
Speaker 1: and sometimes you can't get over what you're not supposed
Speaker 1: to be looking at, which in this like I just
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts just do not have much talent obvious.
Speaker 1: You know, Andrew Luck's a good player, even if he's
Speaker 1: coming back back like he had a huge day as
Speaker 1: far as numbers are concerned. But is he back to
Speaker 1: being Andrew Luck that was one of the better quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the league. I don't think so yet, But I
Speaker 1: he threw for four thirty seven, Like I think he's
Speaker 1: on his way. But like by the time the Cowboys
Speaker 1: play him, he'll be and he's got he's got t
Speaker 1: Y Hilton and then like just not a whole lot
Speaker 1: else to work with on that whole of running back
Speaker 1: offensive line question. Got the Notre Dame kid in there
Speaker 1: as a rookie, like not much else, Nahem Hines as
Speaker 1: a guy we liked in the draft. He's like he's
Speaker 1: a third round pick though, and like anything, they're poor guy.
Speaker 1: He's supposed to be like a third down back and
Speaker 1: he like, for lack of a better option, he's basically
Speaker 1: their feature back, which like, I don't think you want
Speaker 1: to do that with it. No, it's not working. And
Speaker 1: I think t Yse got a hamstring now, so he
Speaker 1: might not even be available. That sounds about ross. Well,
Speaker 1: Cowboys will have him and I don't know in December
Speaker 1: or November, mid December. It's like it's one of the
Speaker 1: last three games. It'll be cold. Yeah, good things. You're indoors,
Speaker 1: so it doesn't really matter. You'll be in the big
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Speaker 1: one of those cities that has all the tunnels. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you can basically not go outside of you could. But
Speaker 1: I always hear stories about the combine, how Dave and
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Speaker 1: We got a phone call here from Chris and Indiana. Chris,
Speaker 1: what up? How's it going everybody? Um, gotta gotta observation.
Speaker 1: I know a lot of fans always talking about picking
Speaker 1: up these high price wide receivers and and stuff like that,
Speaker 1: But do you think our offense, the way it's made
Speaker 1: up and how the offensive coordinator and the head coach
Speaker 1: likes to do things, do we really need that high
Speaker 1: price wide receiver when it looks like the plays and
Speaker 1: the scheme would not benefit those guys like I don't
Speaker 1: think somebody like Sammy Watkins that would have came in
Speaker 1: and then the off season would have a great year,
Speaker 1: just because of the way everything is schemed and how
Speaker 1: we use our wide receivers. There's really no movement, no bunching,
Speaker 1: no people running behind the line getting lost and kind
Speaker 1: of getting open and stuff like that. It just seems
Speaker 1: a little basic as far as what they do with
Speaker 1: the receivers that I don't I just don't think bringing
Speaker 1: somebody high dollar, high quality in they would benefit us.
Speaker 1: I agree, thanks for I agree with that call. And
Speaker 1: you know that's kind of one of the reasons why
Speaker 1: we've said that we don't know if Dez is really
Speaker 1: making much of a difference, And Sammy Watkins, you're right,
Speaker 1: I don't think you know would and you know that's
Speaker 1: a real to me, and maybe that the caller is
Speaker 1: not saying it, but to me, that is a nice
Speaker 1: way of saying your quarterbacks really not that good if
Speaker 1: your wide receivers, If a really good, talented, high price
Speaker 1: wide receiver is not going to come help the offense,
Speaker 1: then that to me, I don't know if it's scheme
Speaker 1: or not, it's is the passing game going and benefit
Speaker 1: utilize a really good wide receiver in this offense. Are
Speaker 1: you really saying that he wouldn't benefit them or is
Speaker 1: it that for the cost it's not worth the benefit,
Speaker 1: Because I think there's a difference I really do think
Speaker 1: there's a difference there. I don't think the Cowboys are
Speaker 1: saying if we had a great wide receiver, if they
Speaker 1: had you name it, Antonio Brown or Odell whoever, certainly
Speaker 1: they can help this team. The thing is for the
Speaker 1: price of what you'd pay for that, I think what
Speaker 1: they're saying is strategically, we think we'd rather put that
Speaker 1: money into an offensive line and a running back, then
Speaker 1: we'd rather put it into a wide receiver. We think
Speaker 1: that's a better strategic decision for us. Yeah, that's at
Speaker 1: least my impression. I'm actually writing about this in my
Speaker 1: column right now, and I feel weird saying it because
Speaker 1: obviously the offense has been bad for three of the
Speaker 1: four games, thirtieth in the league in passing. I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to suggest that it's good, but like, are the
Speaker 1: Cowboys overly surprised by what they're seeing because this was
Speaker 1: the game plan. It was complimentary receivers who are not
Speaker 1: going to be too upset that their stats suck. Basically,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what it comes to Town two and center.
Speaker 1: Everything around you're running back. That Detroit game is what
Speaker 1: they want it to be. Is like three or four
Speaker 1: guys finished with twenty to fifty receiving yards. But it's
Speaker 1: really all about Zeke and it hasn't happened in the
Speaker 1: first three games. But I think that's really the design
Speaker 1: that they had in mind, and I think in that regard,
Speaker 1: sure it hasn't been as good as they wanted it to,
Speaker 1: but it has followed the overall blueprint that they set up. Now,
Speaker 1: whether that was the right strategy, I don't know. We'll
Speaker 1: see how it works. Out over sixteen games. But that's
Speaker 1: what they put in motion this whole time for this
Speaker 1: season at least. I mean, they can change it in
Speaker 1: the offseason. But here's the part that worries me though
Speaker 1: about that whole thing, is you look at a team
Speaker 1: like the Rams, and somehow they're able to get it all.
Speaker 1: Like they got the quarterback, They've got good, really good receivers,
Speaker 1: I think all. I think their three top receivers are
Speaker 1: probably better than the Cowboys best receiver. They've got an
Speaker 1: all world running back, they got a good offensive line,
Speaker 1: they got a great defensive front. How is it some
Speaker 1: teams are able to get it all and the Cowboys
Speaker 1: have to choose which they're gonna do and not do?
Speaker 1: A couple thoughts come to mind. What I agree with
Speaker 1: Nick to a degree that it's an indictment of quarterback
Speaker 1: play to some degree to say that a good receiver
Speaker 1: can't help you. But I just I mean, I think
Speaker 1: the Rams have a better scheme and are better coach
Speaker 1: to exploit mismatches and things like that. Like you watch them,
Speaker 1: I don't. Yeah, I mean, Cooper Cup's a nice player
Speaker 1: and Brandon Cooks is good too, But like, I don't
Speaker 1: think that it's these receivers making Odell Beckham one hand
Speaker 1: and type players. I think they're just schemed well. And
Speaker 1: I also think it's amazing you think those those receivers
Speaker 1: are comparable to of the Cowboys receivers. I think they're
Speaker 1: more No, they're more talented. Okay, this is probably this
Speaker 1: is one of the three least talented receiver groups in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Problem just just on talent alone. But again, like,
Speaker 1: are we surprised to hear that? I remember, No, No,
Speaker 1: it's just when you say it. It's like ESPN. ESPN
Speaker 1: did a thing in the summer that pissed everybody off
Speaker 1: where they ranked the skill players not including quarterback and
Speaker 1: running back, so basically tight ends and receivers, and Dallas
Speaker 1: was like thirtieth. I think everybody lost their minds and
Speaker 1: I was like, what are you all mad about? Exactly
Speaker 1: exactly what it is. Um. And on top of that,
Speaker 1: the other thing with the Rams is when you have
Speaker 1: a number one overall pick quarterback playing like it on
Speaker 1: that deal, you can afford a lot of other stuff. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's and if they can get if the Cowboys can
Speaker 1: get their quarterback to play up to that level. Now,
Speaker 1: they would have the benefit of that, and now they
Speaker 1: really could use those receivers and maybe make those receivers
Speaker 1: a lot better than where they are right now. I
Speaker 1: if it was up to me, and I've said this back, yeah,
Speaker 1: I would have a number one receiver in this offense
Speaker 1: because Dak at this point in his career, he does
Speaker 1: need the help, the extra help from another player. That's
Speaker 1: nice to say, where are you going to get that? Guys,
Speaker 1: that's not I'm not worried about that. That wasn't the
Speaker 1: questions because that was the problem this offseason when you
Speaker 1: got rid of this. There wasn't a lot there was
Speaker 1: there was, Hey, that was not the question. It has
Speaker 1: part of it because this off season there weren't a
Speaker 1: lot of guys out there in free agency that you
Speaker 1: look at and say, he immediately comes in and becomes
Speaker 1: a true number one in this offense. I don't think
Speaker 1: those guys were That's the that's the closest thing you've got. Okay,
Speaker 1: death was not working out there. He wasn't for whatever
Speaker 1: reason it was, he just wasn't. But here's the thing.
Speaker 1: I'm the type of person that I don't like relying fully,
Speaker 1: relying on one person you need to have backup plans.
Speaker 1: And when it comes to Zeke, yes, run the balls
Speaker 1: as much as you can. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: you never know what's going to happen or what could happen.
Speaker 1: So have your backup plan, have someone that you can trust,
Speaker 1: and I can throw himself and catch the ball like, um,
Speaker 1: what's his name, Julio Beckham, No, Hopkins. I was just
Speaker 1: breaking down a play yesterday. So Hopkins from the Texas.
Speaker 1: He can throw himself and catch the ball and just
Speaker 1: make the play. Dad may not be as precise as
Speaker 1: he would want to be, but here, yeah, exactly. You
Speaker 1: have a receiver that can help you out. I'm really
Speaker 1: happy that Sammy Watkins isn't wasting away on this offense
Speaker 1: right now with the account amount of money he would
Speaker 1: have cost. I agree with that. All right, guys, we'll
Speaker 1: be back tomorrow. We'll wrap this thing up for you
Speaker 1: and let you know what's going to happen this weekend.
Speaker 1: Cowboys versus Texans still in for Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman,
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