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Speaker 1: It is thirty December seventeenth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode

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Speaker 1: number eighty two. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: Happy to have him bat you Ambrasier Studio. We got

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Speaker 1: us our breakdown of the I'm sorry the play in

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Speaker 1: San Francisco, San Francisco's defense versus the Cowboys offense. Before

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Speaker 1: catch up though on some injury updates to day. Why

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Speaker 1: We might have some dbs playing in this game. Maybe

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Speaker 1: we'll see Mike. Mike McCarthy loves to say like he's like,

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Speaker 1: today's the big day. Today's the day we'll find out

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Speaker 1: and then like tomorrow, we'll be like, all right, yesterday

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Speaker 1: And he'll be like, oh, we'll make those determinations over

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Speaker 1: the weekend. Just classic football coach stuff. But he did.

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Speaker 1: and look good. I'm sorry. Yeah, these guys have not

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Speaker 1: So it's kind of exciting to think that they might

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Speaker 1: What's something that Cowboys fans should be excited about in

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm gonna step out on a limb and

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Speaker 1: Chevron with techron one more question for you, Bucky, Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: A couple weeks ago, we're able to put up three

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Speaker 1: What did they do that led to their success? And

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Speaker 1: So I think it comes down to turnovers, and so

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Speaker 1: to have a couple of questions for you guys about

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys offense. Let's see where we go with these.

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Speaker 1: Let's start first with the offensive line. We talked a

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Speaker 1: little bit about them earlier this week, but I thought

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Speaker 1: it was worth bringing this back up. They allowed two

484
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Speaker 1: sacks this past game against the Cincinnati team that really

485
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Speaker 1: wasn't very good on defense. They also allowed one hundred

486
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Speaker 1: also only ran for one hundred and one yards. Were

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Speaker 1: you disappointed, because I got the impression after watching them

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Speaker 1: for a couple of games that this offensive line was

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Speaker 1: seemingly getting better. Were you at all disappointed by their

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Speaker 1: effort against Cincinnati or about their production against Cincinnati or

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Speaker 1: do you think it's still just kind of rides with

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Speaker 1: what you thought about this offensive line. Let's start first

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Speaker 1: with you, Nick. I think that the offensive line is

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Speaker 1: I've said this the other day. I think they're an

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Speaker 1: athletic group they're younger. I think when the whole fields

496
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Speaker 1: in front of them, they're gonna be pretty decent, especially

497
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Speaker 1: against the average you know, to blow average defense like that.

498
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Speaker 1: But where they struggle, it's just stay. They're not very

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Speaker 1: strong and when you get down in the red zone

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Speaker 1: and you see that, then you think, oh, the offensive

501
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 1: line didn't play as well. So but that's my only

502
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: really issue is with them is that I think that

503
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Speaker 1: they're just not very good at pushing some people back.

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00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 1: They didn't change anything about what you thought of them

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Speaker 1: what they did in this last game. Like if you're

506
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: were you a guy that was thinking their arrow was

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Speaker 1: pointing up a little bit and it leveled off or

508
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Speaker 1: were you just thinking they were playing okay before that? Well,

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Speaker 1: this is this is in my if I had to,

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Speaker 1: you know, if I could pick the offensive line for

511
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Speaker 1: next year, I mean, this would be my backups. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think right. So you think some of these guys

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Speaker 1: have earned a place on this team. Maybe obviously not starters,

514
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,120
Speaker 1: but they've earned a place on this team based upon

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Speaker 1: how they've played. I mean, I think I think this

516
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Speaker 1: is your second team offensive line next year, or maybe

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what's gonna happ with Connor Williams.

518
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 1: That one's kind of tricky. But other than that, I mean,

519
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Speaker 1: these guys could be backups, so you're gonna feel better

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Speaker 1: about Oh well, if if Terry steals your fourth tackle,

521
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Speaker 1: you're probably gonna feel better about it than obviously if

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Speaker 1: he starts. All right, Amber, The only problem with that

523
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: is that you really really don't know and cannot predict what,

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Speaker 1: like all call in situation is going to be Terren

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Speaker 1: Smith Sack Martin. I mean, I think we went into

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Speaker 1: this year thinking that we were pretty good at the

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Speaker 1: old line and pretty set and comfortable with the backups

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Speaker 1: and the depth at the position just in the old

529
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Speaker 1: line in general, and then look what happened. So that's

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Speaker 1: my problem with that whole thinking is there's no certainty

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Speaker 1: with these guys, and as much as they're great and everything,

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Speaker 1: the starter I'm talking about, you cannot predict if they're

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Speaker 1: going to be healthy or not. And when it comes

534
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: down to that and when you're looking to win games,

535
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Speaker 1: when you're looking to get a touchdown, passing the red zone,

536
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 1: helping the running game, Ezekiel Elliott, we see how much

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Speaker 1: that has affected Ezekiel Elliot, which is a big, big

538
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Speaker 1: element in this offense. So I think that that, yeah,

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00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,639
Speaker 1: they're still gonna need help there as far as some

540
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,639
Speaker 1: backup guys that can actually go in there with some power.

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Speaker 1: I do think that these guys they've I mean, they've

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Speaker 1: been thrown out there and it's not their fault. It's

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00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 1: just kind of what happened, and they're gonna grow. But

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00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,160
Speaker 1: it takes time to grow and get that strength. We've

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Speaker 1: seen that with Connor Williams. Connor Williams is still kind

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Speaker 1: of battle in there, so you just never know how

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Speaker 1: how long it's gonna take for one of these linements

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Speaker 1: to progress into what you're looking for. So as of

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Speaker 1: right now, to answer your question, I do think that

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Speaker 1: they're just what I expected at this point. You know,

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00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: it's one of those games that you know, I'm not

552
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Speaker 1: expecting them to do much. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: I didn't come out of the game thinking, man, this

554
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: old line that was the problem, That's why the Cowboys

555
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 1: play it this way or that way. So at this

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00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: point it's just kind of what I expect personally, all right, Dave,

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Speaker 1: I was confused at the way you frame the question.

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00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,679
Speaker 1: To be honest, I mean I thought they played great,

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00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: like and again, I mean again like for what they are. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: like Nick said, like, there's not a guy other than

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Speaker 1: Connor Williams. There's not a guy on this line that

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Speaker 1: you would prefer to be starting for you next year.

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00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: So I keep that in the back of my mind

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00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: and everything that they do. They let Andy, you know,

565
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 1: like they kept him upright for the most part. He

566
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: was able to spread the ball around the offense scored

567
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 1: twenty three points. No, like, they're not explosive or awesome,

568
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,199
Speaker 1: but they're not. I mean, how could you expect him

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00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: to be. They're all backups. I mean other than like

570
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 1: Joe Looney is the one I'm not sure of because

571
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: you know, he needs a new contract and you know,

572
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 1: maybe maybe he gets it, maybe he doesn't. I don't know. Um,

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00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: but I tend to expect all of these guys to

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00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: be in camp next year, and I mean that's a

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00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: good sign, and I want them to be, Like they've

576
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: all earned an opportunity to make the fifty three next year.

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00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: I think even even Terrence Steele, because yeah, I'm totally

578
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: fine with him being my fourth offensive tackle. Not I

579
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: don't want him to start, But you need a you

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00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: know you need. So all these guys I hope are

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Speaker 1: in camp next year, and I hope that Tyrn Smith

582
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: and Lyle Collins are healthy. And that's you know, those

583
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: are topics for the offseason. But I feel good about

584
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: where they are for who they are. All right, let's

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00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: move on. Let's talk about Zeke Elliott. And I was

586
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: actually I saw this on the website. There was a

587
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,479
Speaker 1: mail back question I thought was pretty interesting. They were

588
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: talking about some of the reasons why Zeke's production may

589
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: have gone down. And so what I did was, I

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00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 1: have four things here that I've listed as reasons why

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Speaker 1: Zeke's production might have gone down, and I want each

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Speaker 1: of you guys to rank them from the thing that

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00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: you think is the biggest reason all the way down

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00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: to the thing that's the least reason. Here are the things.

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00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: You've got the offensive line injuries, You've got opponents focusing

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00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: on stopping the run with Dak being out, so basically

597
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: Dak being out. Third, you've got they've been playing from

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00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: behind quite a bit this year. And then fourth, simply

599
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: that Zeke's declined as a runner. Let's start first with you,

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Speaker 1: Amber oh Man. I have a short term memory. I

601
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: should have written those down. I think I think that

602
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Speaker 1: would be my number one because I've seen the power

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Speaker 1: that Zeke has. I think he has the if regardless

604
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Speaker 1: of Dak not being there, which is a huge element

605
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Speaker 1: in the offense as well. But I still think that

606
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Speaker 1: Zeke has that power. We just haven't been able to

607
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Speaker 1: see it because maybe the old line hasn't been able

608
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Speaker 1: to help him. So that would be my number one,

609
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: and then you have the opponents focusing on stopping it,

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Speaker 1: with Dak being number two would be that one for okay,

611
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Speaker 1: and then playing from behind and then Zeke not just

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Speaker 1: being as good. Um, I think Zeke not being as

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Speaker 1: good would be number three for me, and then playing

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Speaker 1: from behind would be number four. I think that him

615
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,479
Speaker 1: losing the ball so many times, I mean, that's on him.

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Speaker 1: You cannot blame that on any one else but him.

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00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: That's his hands and his own doing basically, but also

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00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 1: maybe the way that Kellen Moore has been utilizing him,

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Speaker 1: maybe not giving him enough opportunities. But maybe that's just

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00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 1: an effect of him losing the ball so many times

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Speaker 1: and then maybe losing somewhat some confidence in him. But

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Speaker 1: that would be my ranking, all right. Dave Oh I mean,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't have his quarterback, and I think that's that's

624
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: the big part of it. And I mean, I know

625
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: the offensive line has been banged up, but I think

626
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: anybody who follows the Cowboys closely is probably aware that,

627
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: you know, the narrative of this Great Wall of Dallas

628
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: has been more myth than reality over the last you know,

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Speaker 1: two or three years. You know, they haven't been this

630
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 1: elite unit that just bulldozes everybody since probably twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it would help to have those guys, but

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00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: this is this is a quarterback league, and if you like,

633
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: if the defense isn't afraid of your quarterback, they're going

634
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Speaker 1: to key on the next best weapon, which is Zeke.

635
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: I have his stats right in front of me. With

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. I know the team wasn't good, or you know,

637
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: they were eight and eight mediocre, but with Dak Prescott

638
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: in the lineup last year, Zeke ran for thirteen hundred

639
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Speaker 1: yards and twelve touchdowns. He averaged four and a half

640
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Speaker 1: yards per carry, and he had what he had like

641
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: seven or eight hundred yard games. He's got one this year,

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Speaker 1: and you know, some of that is a byproduct of

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Speaker 1: they were out of games early when Dak was still

644
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: in the lineup. But I'm confident that wouldn't have held up,

645
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: like those turnover problems wouldn't have held up throughout the

646
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: whole season. They would have had a chance to lean

647
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: on some teams the way that they did against Cincinnati

648
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: in Minnesota. And I just think, I think it's hard

649
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: when you don't have a quarterback that scares defenses. So

650
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: I chalk most of it up to not having Dak. Okay,

651
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: so that's your first one. Where do you rank the

652
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 1: other three? Oh, well, no Dak, no offensive line, Zeke's

653
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: and Zeke's decline in that order. And I answered it

654
00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: was me that answered that question on the mail bad.

655
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: They're all three val They're all three valid questions. And

656
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think Zeke is as explosive or

657
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: dynamic as he was earlier in his career. He's got

658
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: a lot of tread on his tires. But and I've

659
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: said this more times than I can count on this show,

660
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: Like when he's got Dak and a healthier offensive line,

661
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: I think he'll be just fine. Like, I'm not worried

662
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: about him in the long run. He's just fighting through

663
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: a crappy season, and it's actually amazing that when you

664
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: look at that that you say he's relying on Zeke,

665
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: I mean on Dak being here, because that the narrative

666
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: has always been since he got here that Dak is

667
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: reliant on Zeke. And I think what we're starting to

668
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: see now is maybe the flip of that, where maybe

669
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: having Dak is just as important, if not more important

670
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: to Zeke being able to do well, as opposed to

671
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: the flip Nick Well, oh good, sorry, go ahead, because

672
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: I have a point to that, Okay, I was just

673
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: gonna ask in that point. I mean back then where

674
00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: defenses asked scared of Dak earlier years probably not weren't

675
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: this year. I mean, like, if you think about it,

676
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 1: even this year, they they still were keying on on Zeke.

677
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: I mean that's why look at all the yards that

678
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: they racked up against Cleveland against Seattle. I mean they

679
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: still wouldn't let I mean, the focus was always on

680
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: Zeke even this year, and that's why. Well, but Dak

681
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: was able to take advantage of it way more well.

682
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: But I don't know if I agree with that, because

683
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: there were a lot of those games with those yards

684
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: and though all that mass production came when they were

685
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 1: way behind, in which case defensive were playing back like

686
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,919
Speaker 1: they weren't necessarily at that point in the game, going

687
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,839
Speaker 1: up and trying to stop the running games they were

688
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,320
Speaker 1: finella at the end. Yeah, maybe, I mean, I don't know.

689
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: I mean maybe that's the answer. My point is, I

690
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 1: just don't know that it was. I don't know that team. Now.

691
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: I do think teams probably went into games saying there's

692
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: probably not been a team the Cowboys if played over

693
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:51,879
Speaker 1: the last four years. It didn't go in the game,

694
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: and first priority was we got to stop the run.

695
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: But by the way, that's most NFL games, right, But

696
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: I do think that there there were a lot of

697
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: games when they were keying on the pass the time

698
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: that Dak got going, and Dak was still going, you

699
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: know often. I mean, the quarterback would be number one

700
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: for me, just because any team that plays four quarterbacks

701
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: in a season is probably going to have a bad year.

702
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: And so that's because we saw the offensive line was

703
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: good in fourteen, terrible and fifteen because they had any quarterback,

704
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: and then back to good again in sixteen when they

705
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: had a better quarterback. So I would say a quarterback

706
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: offensive line, playing from behind. Those things kind of all

707
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: trickled together, and then seeks decline would be the last

708
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 1: one for me. And that's interesting because none of you

709
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: guys add Zeke decline any higher than third. And I

710
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: think there are questions that people are bringing up right now.

711
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: So do you guys think those questions are invalid when

712
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: you start talking about do you think Zeke is still

713
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 1: the same runner that he was three years ago? I

714
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: don't think he's the same runner that he was, But

715
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 1: I think the difference between where he was three years

716
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 1: ago and now is not as great as the difference

717
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 1: of Zack Martin and Connor McGovern and Terrence Steele and

718
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: you know, and Lyle Collins. I think that drop off

719
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: is way more, way greater than his own drop off. Dave,

720
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: what do you think? I just want to I mean

721
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: back to the other point, Like, it's not wild to

722
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: think that that's changed. Like Dak Prescott is a much

723
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 1: better quarterback in twenty twenty than he was in twenty seventeen,

724
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: Like he has developed as a player, So it's not

725
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: like this crazy shift. It's like, oh, the most important

726
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,839
Speaker 1: player on your team has gotten a lot better over

727
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 1: the last three years. I mean it makes sense, and yeah,

728
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,760
Speaker 1: I mean Zeke has Zeke has declined. That's what running

729
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: backs do. It's like driving a It's like driving a

730
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: car off the lot. Like the minute you take it

731
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 1: off the lot, it loses value and it doesn't gain

732
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: it back ever, like every carry declines your value by

733
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't think it's severe. I still

734
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: think he's a talented running back. But the proof is

735
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: in the pudding. He's he can't. You know, he ain't

736
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: Barry Sanders. He can't do it without some help. He

737
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: just I mean he can't or else he would be,

738
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: in my opinion, and I don't. I mean, I don't

739
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: want that to sound too harsh. And that's what I

740
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,359
Speaker 1: keep saying is for the price, for the price they're

741
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 1: paying for him, you would like to see that dynamic

742
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 1: ability that makes him dangerous without a better supporting cast,

743
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: but there's no evidence to suggest that that's true. I mean,

744
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: I agree with what he said. I think that what

745
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: we're seeing this year is just realizing that Zeke maybe

746
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: is a guy that needs the help around him. And

747
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: you talked about Deck. Yes, obviously that's going to be

748
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: completely different weapon than the other quarterbacks that they've had,

749
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: and obviously the old line we've seen that and I

750
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 1: but regardless of that, I still think that Zeke has

751
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: it in him and I think he will be better

752
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 1: next year, but he needs those other guys around him,

753
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: and that's maybe what we're really realize in this year. Yeah,

754
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: I think if you go back and remember where the

755
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys were when they made the decision to draft him

756
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: as high as they did, he was supposed to be

757
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 1: the cherry on top of a great offensive line like

758
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,280
Speaker 1: they I don't think if they didn't have that offensive

759
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: line at that time, I don't think they select Zeke

760
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: Elliott with that pick. I think they probably go Jalen

761
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: Rams quarterback, right right. I just think that. I just

762
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: think that there was a whole different set of circumstances

763
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: that And by the way, those circumstances aren't here this year, right,

764
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: And you don't have that offensive line, you don't have

765
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 1: that quarterback, and so to expect that Zeke is going

766
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: to perform in the same way as what you were

767
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: as a same way despite the circumstances being completely flipped,

768
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit unfair to Zeke in

769
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: some respects All right, We're gonna take a couple of

770
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,319
Speaker 1: questions here, maybe one or two questions we can get

771
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: too from fans. And but what you got, well, I

772
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 1: have a draft question. Or as far as trades, do

773
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,399
Speaker 1: you guys think I mean, we've talked about the three

774
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: wide receivers and how great they are and all the

775
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 1: talent there. Do you guys see a possibility where the

776
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys decide to trade either Michael Gallup or Amari Cooper

777
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: for something. I was a lot more. I was a

778
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: lot more opposed to it when the Cowboys still had

779
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: something to play for this year. You know, I hated

780
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: the idea in October, you know, when you're thinking this

781
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: team might have a chance to accomplish something. I still

782
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: don't like it because I would rather have three really

783
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: good receivers than not. But you know, Michael Gallup is

784
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: now into it. I mean, he's basically entering a contract year.

785
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 1: He's got three years left this season. It would depend

786
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: get for him. But if if somebody wanted him in

787
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: the off season and they would give me a high

788
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: draft pick, I would consider it. I don't, I really

789
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: I don't. I would have I'd be reluctant to move

790
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper and like he's got his haters, like people

791
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: want to hate on him. He's gonna set career highs

792
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,320
Speaker 1: for catches and yards this year. And as Nick mentioned,

793
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: when you start four quarterbacks, that usually means you're not

794
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 1: having a good year and your offense is not going

795
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 1: to be good. With the exception of the Bend Nucci experiment,

796
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,720
Speaker 1: he's still producing at a pretty good click even without

797
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: his preferred quarterback. He's a and like he's dynamic enough,

798
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: like he can have a two hundred yard day where

799
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: he scores two touchdowns, but he's also been a reliable

800
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,800
Speaker 1: possession guy where your quarterback can look to him for

801
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: six seven, eight catches and eighty yards on a reliable basis.

802
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 1: I think he's pretty underrated at this point. I would

803
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 1: be reluctant to get rid of him. But if somebody

804
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: offered me, like a second or a third round pick

805
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: for Michael Gallop, I might do it. Yeah, if I

806
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: got more, if I got better value than what I

807
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: drafted him in, I would think about it. The thing

808
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: about Gallup is that he most When you have three

809
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 1: really good receivers, that can be a problem because we

810
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: know how, we know what kind of players good receivers are,

811
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: and but having three together could be an issue. Just

812
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: listening to him the other day, it didn't sound like

813
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,359
Speaker 1: that's going to be a problem with him. And I'll

814
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: say this, that might be the reason why he's never

815
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: really great. And I hate saying it that way, but

816
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:54,760
Speaker 1: the reason, you know what, I mean, like he probably

817
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: won't rock the boat that he's not getting the ball

818
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: all the time, because he even said that, like, you know,

819
00:40:58,520 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 1: it is what it is. Some games you do some

820
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: game if you don't. But that right there might be

821
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: the one little thing holding him back that makes him

822
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 1: not like an elite, elite player because he doesn't have

823
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 1: that drive. I don't know. I don't want to say that.

824
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: It just doesn't seem like he's too worried about it.

825
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: And that's okay. I mean, it's okay that they want

826
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: to be three guys together, you know, and that that

827
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: could be pretty dangerous. So I'm gonna play at Devil's

828
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: advocate because I was actually having this. I was actually

829
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: thinking about this yesterday. Have you seen in the NFL

830
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 1: a team do really well, a team get deep in

831
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 1: the playoffs, a team go to Super Bowl. Maybe a

832
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: team win it that had this much talent at wide receiver,

833
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: because with every really talented guy you got at one position,

834
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 1: that's one less talented guy you may have at another position. Right,

835
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: And it made me start thinking, is this team becoming

836
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons where they've got really great receivers? They

837
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 1: got a pretty good trigger man, but their defense not

838
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,920
Speaker 1: very good. And as time goes on, it just starts

839
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: wearing on other things because you're putting so much into that.

840
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: Do you think that this is the wrong strategy? Maybe

841
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 1: not seeing anything about the players themselves. I know we

842
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: all want those three players to be here, but strategically,

843
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: is it the right move to have that much talent

844
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,319
Speaker 1: at wide receiver versus taking at least one of those

845
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: pieces and turning them into another player on another at

846
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,919
Speaker 1: another position where you could really use them. That's that's fair.

847
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: That's fair because when they had them with Dak in

848
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 1: the first five games, they were trying to outscore teams

849
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: and they weren't right, you know, so you can you

850
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: can make the argument. I mean, and and you know

851
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: maybe that they could use a better cornerback or safety

852
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,800
Speaker 1: or whatever. So yeah, I mean, that's fair. Dave, what

853
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: do you think. I mean, I hate to compare dak

854
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: to one of the best two or three quarterbacks to

855
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: ever play the sport, but twenty thirteen Broncos were pretty nice.

856
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: They had three wide receivers that were awesome and an

857
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: awesome tight end. I mean, I think in a game

858
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 1: with as small as sample size as football for that matter,

859
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: m the Chiefs that just won the Super Bowl have

860
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: a mean. Patrick Mahomes is incredible, but the guys catching

861
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: the ball in Kansas City do not get remotely enough

862
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,720
Speaker 1: credit for how good they are. You know, Tyreek Hill, Kelsey,

863
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,720
Speaker 1: you know, even Sammy Watkins to a degree. The Cowboys

864
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: wanted to pay Sammy Watkins a lot of money not

865
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: that long ago. So I in a sport with this

866
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: small of a sample size, I don't know that it's

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Speaker 1: fair or right to just assume that there's only one

868
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: way to do it. I absolutely think you could win

869
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl with the best receiver corps in the

870
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: game putting up big numbers. I mean, you got to

871
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,320
Speaker 1: do something about your defense, you have to, But I

872
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: mean you can do that with the draft. The Cowboys

873
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: could you know, opt to spend some money to do that,

874
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 1: Like that's That troubles me way more than how many

875
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: resources they commit to wide receiver. Is I just I

876
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: don't know in today's NFL if you can build a

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00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 1: contender without spending money in free agency, Like, but your

878
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 1: Cats is probably gonna go down this year though, right,

879
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:04,240
Speaker 1: I if not completely understand that. I mean I totally

880
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: get that, but I mean, okay, like let's just let's

881
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: just play this out and you trade Michael or a

882
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 1: second pick that's like somewhere in the sixties. Now, let's

883
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: think about the defenders that you can probably get in

884
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: that range, and you know, maybe you hit and they

885
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: blossom into a great player, But the odds that they're

886
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: going to become this incredible defender in the first year

887
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: or two of their contract, that's not very realistic. I mean,

888
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: think about what you got from Treyvon Diggs this season,

889
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 1: Like that's probably what you're getting for whatever you get

890
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,239
Speaker 1: from Michael Gallup. So I mean you're not getting You're

891
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,799
Speaker 1: not getting Ed Reid at pick fifty one to come

892
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 1: in and fix all your problems in the secondary. So

893
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: it's the classic case of what you know Jerry loves

894
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: to say, you know you you got it. The Jello

895
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 1: in your hand and it's squeezing out one in while

896
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,919
Speaker 1: you're trying to fix the other. I mean, like I said,

897
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 1: I'm not opposed to it, but I don't know that

898
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: it's going to be this cure. All yeah, and it might.

899
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: There is no fast answer here. I think it's the point,

900
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: like you you're you got what you got. By the way,

901
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: Cowboys do have ton of talent like that, if they

902
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 1: had everybody healthy, you would think they would be a

903
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,839
Speaker 1: team that would be at least a playoff caliber team,

904
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: if not more. Right, But I don't think there's a

905
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: quick fix to this defense. I think it's going to

906
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: require some parts, and I just don't know if they

907
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: have enough. With the resources they have right now in

908
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: the draft and knowing that they're gonna lose a lot

909
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: of guys free agency, and knowing that the cap may

910
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,359
Speaker 1: go down, like all those things combine, I just don't

911
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: know that there's a good fix right now other than

912
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,879
Speaker 1: getting more picks to be able to bring in more players. Well.

913
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: See my argument to that would be, they absolutely need

914
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: to draft defense. They need to address the defense. They

915
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: but but that's the long game, you know. That's kind

916
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: of like that's like a major house renovation and in

917
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: the meantime, like it's it's still true it didn't work

918
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: this year because of injuries, but like their offense is

919
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: going to be their best bet to win games in

920
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 1: the short term. Yeah, Fixing the defense is like a

921
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: two or three year project, and the offense can help

922
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: you get there while you're working on it. That's the

923
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 1: way I view it. Although a good draft and some

924
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: good picks and maybe a good free agent or two

925
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 1: can get your defense the middle of the road. You

926
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,239
Speaker 1: get a middle of the road defense with a high

927
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: powered offense. Now, maybe you're working with something right, Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: All right, we appreciate you guys. Join us. We'll be

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Speaker 1: back tomorrow. We're gonna wrap this thing up. Get you

930
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: guys ready for this final, final game, or not final game,

931
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Speaker 1: but get you guys finally ready for the game on

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Speaker 1: Sunday or the Cowboys will take on the San Francisco

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers. Till then for Nick even, Dave Helmet, Ambergarci. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I am Derek Eilton. This has been The Break live

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