WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Looking For Hope 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:07.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:19.439 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:23.600 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:27.920 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:33.280 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:38.400 wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, A bar Garcia, and 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:44.320 Derek Eagleton. It is Friday, November six, two, twenty, season sixteen, 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.240 episode number sixty. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:49.879 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:53.000 the Star at Dave Amber and Dave All joining me. 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:55.760 We appreciate you guys taking us some time to listen 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.160 to us in whatever way you listen to us, including 0:00:58.360 --> 0:00:59.880 the newest way to listen to us, which is on 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.120 our Alexa app. If you want to do that, just 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:05.000 make sure you say open Dallas Cowboys and play Cowboys 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.680 Break and you'll get our latest episode. We got a 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:10.680 lot to talk about today. We're gonna jump in and 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:14.160 talk about some injury updates, talk about the matchup between 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.679 the Cowboys and the Steelers, and we are going to 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.240 spend quite a bit of time today taking questions from 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.920 from fans. I know Amber has some stuff already lined up. 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.400 If you have some questions that you'd like to send now, 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.760 you can always tweet Amber as well. I think it 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.720 is Amber Garcia TV is how you tweet her and 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:33.479 you can get your questions to her and we'll try 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.880 to answer as many questions as we can in the 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.640 final two segments of the show. All right, so let's 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.560 jump in. Let's get some updates on some injuries. Yesterday 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.920 I ask you guys about Ezekiel Elliott and Alden Smith. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.120 They were limited on Wednesday. Yesterday they were limited again, 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.320 So catch us up to date on the status of 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:56.480 particularly first Zeke and where he is in his trek 0:01:56.560 --> 0:02:00.280 to being able to play Sunday. Nick sounds like he's 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.520 expected to play. He's been limited a little bit, but 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.760 from everybody that is talking about it doesn't sound like 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.840 it's the worst of hamstring injuries. And I think that 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.320 he should be able to play. I mean, now how 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.480 limited he will be in the game. Maybe they rotate 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:16.600 more and maybe they get you know, let me to 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.440 have him play wildcat and do all that stuff. I mean, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.679 I wonder if that's gonna kind of limit him a 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.880 little bit. But it sounds like he's gonna be ready, David, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.520 you at all concerned with the fact that he has 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.320 been out and it's a hamstring injury for a guy 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:33.200 that plays the running back position. I just want to 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.000 say hi to Nick real quick, just because you glazed 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.600 over him at the top of I'm here. I'm hi, Nick, Hi, 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.160 good to see you on this lovely Friday. Glazed over there. 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.639 It's okay, and it's not a big deal what I do. 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.560 Just it's okay, we're here. Did I not say your name? 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:51.440 You didn't? Sorry, you said you didn't. That's okay. I 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.640 thought I said, I'm sorry. Sorry, man, it's okay. I'm sorry. 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.760 I could have just let it go. But that wouldn't 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.440 be me. No, it wouldn't be um. I thought I 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.880 heard that right. I looked at Dave. Dave was kind 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.280 of like, what and whatever you were rolling, you know, 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.600 episode fifty seven or whatever. I'm so sorry. I was 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.040 doing that for Yeah, our producer. Not the worst slight 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:19.320 against me today, So that's fine. I'm fine. Oh he's talking. Yeah, 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:23.480 I'm a little worried. Anytime. I'm trying to drive us 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.720 back onto the road like I took us off the road, 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.639 and now I'm like, Okay, we should probably get back 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:32.360 on the road. Uh yeah, anytime somebody. You know, the 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.560 word run is in his name. So if he's got 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:38.280 a hamstring, that's not great. Um, I think I think 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.360 you'll play. Maybe they limit him, Maybe we get to 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.040 see some Rico doubtle, that's I mean. I hate to 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.560 be a I hate to be a pessimist or a hater, 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.200 but if this game goes away, most of us think 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.560 it's gonna go. You know, Zeke probably doesn't have any 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.080 business being in there in the second half anyway, So 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.480 maybe they can use that as a way to limit 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.360 him and keep him fresh, well, or at least the 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.360 fourth quarter. I don't know. I don't know, Hey, Amber, 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:07.040 how confident would you be in Tony Pollard if he 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.920 needed to carry the full load for an entire game? 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.040 With everything you've seen of him, I guess to this 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:18.360 point in his career, well, this year is just kind 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:22.839 of just on the fence right there. I don't quite 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.920 know how I feel about him at this point. I 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.719 was really excited for him this year based on what 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.599 I saw from him last year, but then this year 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.160 is just like hit or miss. Sometimes he has some 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.240 really good runs and then some other times he just doesn't. 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:41.520 So I think that maybe this is an opportunity. And 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.280 this is hard to say, because yes, you still have 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.680 to play a football game. Yes you still have to 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.039 act like you're trying to win this game when you 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.640 go out there on the field. But at the same time, 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:57.200 it's like, you gotta make sure you protect your your starter. 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.920 You don't want any thing to happen, anything like make 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:04.520 the injury worse for sequel Eliot. So I would think 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.599 that we get to see more Tony polar on this 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.799 game in this game, and it's just it's it's tough 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.240 because he just doesn't have a good setup with the 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.840 old line right now, so it doesn't help him. But 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.120 I think he's a guy that hostalent and the ability 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.760 to make runs and make it happen. But it's just 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.000 in general, it's just not a good scenario for him. Nick. 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.320 I mean, I'm looking at the stats, and I mean 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.760 there's nothing to suggest that that Pollard will be better 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:36.080 than Zeke. I mean, he does seem quicker to the whole, 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:40.240 but they're both averaging three point nine yards exactly. They're 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.840 you know, receiving. They're averaging six point six point five 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:47.120 and Pollard six point four. A lot less, you know, 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.839 a lot less um touches for for Pollard. But I 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.400 mean just saying you don't there's nothing to suggest that 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.240 that he is going to be better. Um, you know, 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:01.159 his longest rush is you know, fourteen yards or something 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.200 like that. And I mean, so it's not like he's 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:04.880 done a whole lot with it. I mean they did 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.159 have a big kickoff return that that was a nice 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.479 play and the one nice play in Washington. But I mean, 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:14.039 I think he'll provide that they need each other, not 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.480 just one or the other. So I think it would 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.600 be worse because who's If Pollard is the guy, then 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:23.120 who's who's Pollard? You know, It's like that old thing 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:27.320 about Jordan and Pippen. I mean, you know, if becomes Jordan, 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.320 pip never had a Jordan. You know, Pippen never had 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:30.880 a Pippin you know, I mean that kind of stuff. 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:32.400 You gotta have a second guy. I don't know, Maybe 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:37.320 Ricco's the guy. Yeah, Dave, what do you think? Yeah, Rico, 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.560 let's see him. We've been saying that. I'm six years Dave, 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:50.080 You're you're right, Um, yeah, I mean I don't know. Yeah, 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.480 I mean I feel fine if Tony If I mean, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.680 if if Tony would have to play the whole game, 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.480 I feel fine that he would do. Okay. I don't 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.240 think that he would be better than the best that 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.880 we've seen from Zeke. I think, all things being equal, 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.440 he's probably capable of going out there and carrying the 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.720 ball twenty times for up to one hundred yards, assuming 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.400 the game doesn't get away from him. But I still, 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.440 you know, I think Zeke will have a role. I 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.280 think if I had to guess today, I think Zeke 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.160 still finishes with more carries than Tony. But like I said, 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.320 maybe this is an opportunity for Rico Dowdle to get 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.080 some actual point time. What do we know about Alden 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.560 Smith at this point? And he also was limited yesterday. 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.920 Sounds like he's expected to play as well. I mean, 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:35.240 you know, both these guys, Zekens Alden Smith talked on 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:40.200 their conference calls. You know this week doesn't sound like 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.720 players that aren't going to play in the game. But again, 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:47.559 maybe limited a little bit. Cheetah, both of these things, 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:53.080 Oh yeah, you take the cheetah both well, both of 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.440 the other two guys just seem like load management things 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:57.720 to me, just like reading all the tea leads. Yeah, 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.000 like the fact that both guys were available for their interview. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.560 You fact that Jerry Jones said he thinks they'll both 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.440 play on the radio today, That just it feels like 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:11.760 precaution more than actual injuries. Whereas Cheeto Mike McCarthy's yesterday, 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.240 Mike McCarthy was like, today, it'll be the big day. 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.720 And then we asked him again today and he was like, Saturday, 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:18.320 it'll be the big day. And I'm just like, all right, 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.000 we're not gonna see Cheeto. Yeah, we're not gonna see Cheeto. 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.080 And they don't sound good. I mean when he was 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.679 asking the press conference, his erstone was kind of like, well, 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.640 we waited to see how he reacted at practice, and 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.319 then we viloated him. But the way that he said 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.440 we re vivoiated him just made it sound not us 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:39.839 optimistic as to having him played this weekend. Yeah, I 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:44.560 think the sad which okay, I'm sorry, I just I 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.880 wrote about the secondary earlier this week, and you know, 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:51.000 Nick's been calling at the hamstring from hell and I'm like, yeah, 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.120 I guess so I'm sitting here thinking Cheeto's been out 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.720 since maybe week four. No, I was wrong. Cheo has 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:01.240 been out since week two and it's week nine. So yeah, 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:07.320 this is a this is a hell of a hamstring issue, allright. 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.600 You well, often if you're saying contract, which I think 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.880 that's what I heard, like you would think that would 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.600 kind of move things along. But again, maybe if he 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.599 doesn't think he can play, if he doesn't think he 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:21.960 can play well with a hamstring. Jason Hatcher threw it 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:25.079 out there, you know, but ten years ago, five years ago. 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.720 I mean, I'm putting bad taping myself out there, and 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.600 you know, and and there's a reason for that. I mean, 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.679 like it's not think about it. If he goes out 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.280 and plays in a game and gives up the touchdown 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.520 or two touchdowns, I mean then it's like, let's rank 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.760 the free agents this year, and then all of a 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.120 sudden there's a play like that. I mean, it's not 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.640 the worst thing in the world. I mean, like, that's 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.200 what these guys are, especially the guys that are going 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.240 for their second contract. This is it for them. This 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:54.280 is the biggest contract they're ever has A takeaway he 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.240 has he has a takeaway on film. You're talking about 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.320 film and putting out there. He has an interest option 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.280 before he went out with the injury, so at least 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.600 he has that. Yeah, but if he goes out there 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.640 and gets dusted by juju a couple of times because 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.520 he's not at one hundred percent, nobody's gonna care that 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.360 he had a pick two months ago. He's got a 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:19.880 bad Yeah. It's just but I know all the injuries 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.959 are different, but it's just it's it's funny how Zeke 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.559 is like, well, he's got a hamstring injury and he's 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:28.840 probably gonna play in this game. And I get it, 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:33.120 it's not torn or whatever, different different thing, but eight 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.360 weeks for a hamstring or seven or eight, because think 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:37.960 about it, if he didn't play this game, which doesn't 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.280 sound like he will. You know that that they got 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:41.840 the bye week next week, so they're like, all right, 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.520 let's come back and then maybe he'll play at the end. 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.240 I mean, but it just it kind of seems like 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.600 a for who for what situation? Right now? Okay, Um, 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:51.959 here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna go ahead and 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.520 take an early break. When we come back. I want 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:57.400 to talk about the Cowboys versus the Steelers. 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We're life from the s 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.440 WBC Mortgage studios. At the start, we're gonna talk Cowboys 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.480 versus Steelers that happens this Sunday three thirty at AT 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.800 and T Stadium. Let's start first with the question that 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:41.720 I think everybody's trying to figure out, and I'm not 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.640 sure you guys have the answer, but I still will 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.839 ask the question, who starts at quarterback for the Cowboys? 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.120 And do you think the person that starts ends up 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:55.160 finishing the game. Let's start first with you Amber. I 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:59.320 think it's gonna end up being Cooper Rush. I kind 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.360 of hesitate after hearing Mike McCarthy said his comments and 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.680 just stating that for some reason, he thinks Gary Gilbert 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.160 has a little bit more experienced based on the fact 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.600 that he's been a couple of weeks more here than 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.760 Cooper Rush. But I think that maybe once they get 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:18.920 into conversations between him and Kellen Moore, Kellen Moore maybe 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.560 voices his opinion on the fact that he has known 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.480 Cooper Rush for a longer amount of time, and maybe 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:29.480 that helps in just the communication and getting them on 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.600 the same page. But I do think that if the 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:36.400 Cowboys are losing pretty badly, I do think that there's 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.120 a chance for us to get to see both quarterbacks 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.280 in the game, because at that point, why not why 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:45.000 not get a chance to see who could be a 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:48.640 better backup to Andy Dalton once he gets back. Dave. 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.480 You know, I think I've said Cooper Rush five or 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.479 ten times already this week, but I do have to acknowledge, 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.400 Like again, you just sort of get some vibes listening 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.000 to McCarthy and talking to people that maybe they like 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.160 Garrett Gilbert a lot more than I thought they did, 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.240 so I would start Cooper Rush. I'm not going to 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.840 be surprised if it's Gilbert. Having said that, I'm with 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.920 a g I think it's kind of a mood point. Like, 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:17.360 you know, David Moore from the Dallas Morning News made 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.800 a joke this morning about how Tom Landry rotated quarterbacks 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.880 like every snap or every series. I'm not saying you 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.760 need to do that, but maybe give each of these 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:30.840 guys a quarter or you know, give the backup guy 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.960 the third or something. I mean, I think there's nothing 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.400 wrong with acknowledging the situation that you're in and just 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.600 saying like, yeah, let's give each of these guys a 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:43.120 fair opportunity to show. I know, like you you should 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:44.960 try to win every game. You play to win the game, 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.680 like Herm Edwards said, But I don't think there's anything 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:51.680 wrong with acknowledging that you are in very dire circumstances 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:53.400 and you can change up the way you do things 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:58.600 because of that. Yeah, I would go with Cooper Rush. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.480 I think sounds like Dave said, it sounds like it 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.720 could be Gilbert. But then again, you know McCarthy doesn't 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:08.800 want to tip his hand at anything because you know 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.640 that's worked this year. But I don't get me a 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.640 it worked, But that's okay, I don't. I really don't 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.160 think the Steelers. I don't think. I don't think t J. 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:21.600 Watt or Bud Dupree is gonna be like, what who's that? 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:25.560 I'm like, you see, you're looking into the Pittsburgh practice 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.440 facility right now, and everybody's like, Oh my god, which 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:28.680 one is he gonna be? I don't know which one's 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:32.000 gonna be. Like they're really ringing their hands over this one, right. Yeah. 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.920 I think a better question would be and I don't 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.560 know who finishes. I mean, I agree they all should 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.720 should play. If it's this close, then it's not going 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.200 to take much to sway your opinion. But if there's 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.840 a way to do it, I think I would probably 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:49.880 make all three quarterbacks active, including Denucci. Why not? Why 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.680 not him? I mean in the second half if he 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.600 gets out of hand. You know, Dave said something earlier 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.600 to I want to bring up. He said, if the game, 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.200 like Pollard, if the game gets out of hand, I 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.320 don't think it will get out of hand to run 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.880 the ball. If it's twenty one to nothing, like Atlanta 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.200 up twenty one nothing, hey, let's go get back in 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.600 the game. Pittsburgh up twenty one nothing, you're like running 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.520 the ball. Yeah, but you know NFL coaches they're never 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.160 can they're never going to concede it. I mean, did 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.280 you watch that game last night? A game was over 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.240 before it started, and end of the game, they're still 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.640 trying to get down there and score that last touchdown. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:25.000 Hurting in fantasy, but still they're trying to get down 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.040 there score that touchdown. So I just think that's the 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.800 NFL coaches. They're gonna keep pressing like and they're gonna 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:31.720 if they're behind, they're gonna be throwing the ball because 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:33.600 they're trying to get back in even though they know 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:35.639 they they won't get back in. It's an opportunity to 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:39.359 test those guys under those kind of circumstances, right, maybe, 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:41.119 but he's not gonna get he didn't want to get 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.919 beat by Pittsburgh fifty to three. Yeah, So I don't know. 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.600 I think I think you still run your offense. I 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:50.040 think what Bucky said, he slowed down so the game 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:52.440 as much as you can, and you know, see what happens. 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:54.679 But I would play all three quarterbacks. I mean, i'd 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:56.600 make them all active. I was say this, I don't 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.359 I don't really honestly care who starts, but I do 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:03.080 think if down a significant amount at halftime, I think 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.080 you make a switch. Like I think that's a to me, 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.159 it's a no brainer, yeah, because I think I go 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:10.920 through the first half and I see where we are, 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:12.200 and if the guys are on a bit of a 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:13.800 role by the way, he may be down, but he 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.520 may be playing okay. Then I still stick with him 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.320 and I keep seeing okay, can he dig his way out? 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:19.680 Give him a chance to see if he can dig 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:21.960 his way out of the hole. Right, But if it's 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.720 just a blowout by halftime, if it's just the offense 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.640 not moving, there's nothing going on, then why not throw 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:29.000 the other guy in there and just see what he 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:30.200 can do. He might not be able to dig out 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:31.760 of the hole either, but he might show you something 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.680 that makes you say, huh, not bad. Maybe he's a 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.880 guy that we can continue to kind of keep developing 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.320 a little bit here, and if there's other opportunities to 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.479 play him later in the season, then we continue on 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.480 that track and we'll maybe get him some more opportunities. 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:45.879 All right, let's go ahead and move on to the 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.000 next question. I got an over under question for you guys, 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:57.040 Pittsburgh five sacks over or under, Dave, I mean, it's 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:01.280 easy to joke about that. I feel, situation, it's always 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:05.320 smart to take the under. Like it's very rare to 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:08.080 see an NFL team get more than five or six 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:09.960 sacks of the game. I know what happens. I mean, 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.840 we've seen it happen in the Cowboys, but way more 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.320 often than not, No, and and the Cowboys will game 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:18.280 plan for ways to get the ball out of their 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:20.240 guy's hands or just to run the ball to protect 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:23.640 the quarterbacks. So yeah, I mean, like I can see 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:25.280 four or four and a half, but if you're telling 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.320 me over under five, I'll go under. Yeah, And that 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.080 just to be clear, it was not meant necessarily to 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:31.920 be a joke. You look at what they did last week. 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:34.240 They gave up four sacks last week, and in my opinion, 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:37.840 they're facing a tougher pass rush against the Steelers than 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.359 what they faced last last week against the Eagle. So 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.960 to me, that five number is a legitimate number, and 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:44.720 it certainly isn't a joke for whoever's gonna be back 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:46.679 their quarterback, because they're gonna have to deal with that. 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:50.720 But Nick, what do you think probably under. I think 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:54.200 they'll try to get the ball out quick. Like Dave said, 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:57.520 if if you would have said, if you would have 0:19:57.560 --> 0:19:59.760 said four and a half, you know that, then you 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.560 think get about it. Yeah, maybe, but or four he 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:04.720 said four. I mean, but I think I think it'll 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:06.639 be it'll be close to that. Well, that makes it 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:10.840 so much better, does it? Does? It makes a difference. 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:15.520 It makes an absolute difference. Yeah, it doesn't. You're still 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:19.320 four and a half. Five, big deal. Same thing. You're 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:22.720 getting pressure, you're getting dropped in the lane. You're just 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:25.880 ignoring the whole concept of over under. Like yeah, I mean, 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:28.359 like we all agree that they're gonna get sacked in 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:33.119 this game. But five is a lot, you know what, 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:35.840 I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:39.880 put five on my name, I'll put five. I'll say 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:42.560 this is gonna be one of those games they're gonna 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.800 get pressure. And the thing is a lot of those 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:49.000 plays might not necessarily count as a sack because maybe 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:51.760 the quarterback just gets rid of the ball quicker, but 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:55.159 he's still gonna get hit and pressure constantly. I just 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:59.800 don't trust our offensive line unfortunately, and I am scared 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:03.800 of what the Steelers have over there, So yes, I'll 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:05.720 go ahead and take five sicks. It's not gonna be 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.159 a pretty game. I'm which j G. I think this 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:10.880 is gonna be. I think that really the toughest part 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:12.760 of this matchup for the Cowboys is going to be 0:21:12.760 --> 0:21:15.560 the fact that not only do the Steelers have good rushers, 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:18.320 but as Bucky was saying earlier in the week, they 0:21:18.440 --> 0:21:21.600 blitz a lot, and you never know who those five 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:24.240 guys are that coming because they play that three four defense, 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:26.600 it can be a different five all the time, like 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:29.760 they're sending different guys, and what happened in that Arizona game, 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:32.600 similar thing. When you've got guys coming from different points, 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:35.160 that's a problem for the Cowboys. And you've got a 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:38.879 much higher grade pass rusher with Steelers with the Steelers 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:42.359 and a much higher grade secondary with the Steelers than 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.240 you had with Arizona. So I think that's gonna be 0:21:44.240 --> 0:21:47.560 a huge challenge for this Cowboys offensive line. Let's move 0:21:47.600 --> 0:21:50.119 on to the next question. How much does the fact 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:54.080 that Pittsburgh's offense is a quick passing attack help the 0:21:54.160 --> 0:21:57.120 Dallas defense if at all. What I'm getting at there 0:21:57.240 --> 0:21:59.280 is Dallas has had a lot of problems with the 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:02.520 deep ball. Doesn't seem like that's what Pittsburgh does regularly. Now, 0:22:02.520 --> 0:22:04.360 maybe this is a week when they find that part 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:06.720 of their offense, but that isn't something they do regularly. 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:09.920 Does that help the Cowboys defense. I don't know if 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:12.680 the Cowboys secondary it will tackle that well. I mean, 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:14.760 that's where it's going to come down to. The reason 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:16.640 why they do that is because they get it blocked, 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:19.800 and they also, you know, have playmakers that are going 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:21.840 to break tackles, and that's where I think. You know, 0:22:21.920 --> 0:22:24.080 if the Cowboys have had some issues where they're not 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:27.359 making tackles in the open field like that, so you know, 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:31.320 Pittsburgh's gonna do whatever they can score points. I think 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:33.760 it was what Bucky was saying last week, I mean 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:36.760 a couple days ago about Ben doesn't take as many 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:38.760 shots down the field. It's not the same as it 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:41.280 as it was in the past, but they're still effective 0:22:41.320 --> 0:22:44.120 this way, so I think it helps a little bit. 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:46.200 But if the Cowboys aren't going to tackle, they're gonna 0:22:46.240 --> 0:22:48.639 have those games where where they're not out there making 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:50.919 plays to stop them, then you know it could be 0:22:51.000 --> 0:22:56.480 just as ugly. Yeah, Amber, this question is a little 0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.040 confusing to me, but if I'm trying to make sense 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:02.080 of it, I mean, I would say it would help 0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:05.560 them if we get the type of defense that we 0:23:05.680 --> 0:23:09.520 saw last weekend, but that most likely is not going 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:12.320 to happen because you got a very different offense and 0:23:12.400 --> 0:23:15.879 a very different quarterback. So I would say I agree 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:19.479 with what Nick said. I don't think it necessarily helps 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:24.560 them much, if anything at all, But the defense is 0:23:24.600 --> 0:23:29.280 just it. I don't I don't have any answer. I 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:33.280 don't trust this defense to do anything either, So I 0:23:33.320 --> 0:23:39.440 don't know. Dave Well said on Namber's part, I mean, 0:23:40.359 --> 0:23:43.880 halfway through the season, how could I possibly be expected 0:23:43.920 --> 0:23:46.880 to say like the Dallas secondary has an advantage. I mean, 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:50.600 I know Carson Wentz struggled against them, but Carson Wentz 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:52.320 is struggled in a lot of games. I put that 0:23:52.440 --> 0:23:56.040 more on him than the Dallas secondary suddenly being great. 0:23:57.200 --> 0:23:59.560 Kyle Allen let them up the week before that maybe 0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:01.680 it won't look as ugly as it has at times, 0:24:01.760 --> 0:24:05.040 but Hall of Fame quarterback, and I mean, that's a 0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:07.400 nice receiving corps. Maybe not as good as it has 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:11.480 been at times during the Steelers run, but Chase Claypool's 0:24:11.520 --> 0:24:16.000 six four, Juju's obviously great deanteum, and then you know, 0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:18.439 James Washington's a deep ball guy too, even though he 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:21.320 hasn't had a huge role. So no, I don't I 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.360 don't like that. I don't like this matchup at all. Yeah, 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:26.679 and I'll say this, it's not to me. I agree 0:24:26.680 --> 0:24:29.080 with you. I think this is this is a challenging 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:31.560 matchup for the Cowboys, pretty much as every week is 0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:34.280 going to be for the Cowboys. But from the from 0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:38.160 the standpoint of the fact that if if they are 0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:40.879 not a team that really takes those deep shots often, 0:24:41.160 --> 0:24:43.639 I don't know that I've seen the biggest problem with 0:24:43.680 --> 0:24:46.960 the Cowboys secondary being them tackling. I think the biggest 0:24:46.960 --> 0:24:49.720 issue has been they let guys get loose and for 0:24:49.880 --> 0:24:51.840 you know it, there's a forty r touchdown or fifty 0:24:51.880 --> 0:24:54.200 yard touchdown, know whatever it is, right, they they just 0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:56.520 don't seem to be able to always be on the 0:24:56.560 --> 0:24:59.080 same page with whatever's going on down feel, And I 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:01.720 think that's the part where if there's a team you're 0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:03.960 running up against it doesn't really do that a lot. 0:25:04.080 --> 0:25:06.520 I think it can be an advantage and I shouldn't 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:08.960 even say an advantage, it could help the Cowboys because 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:10.320 you don't do to them. It's kind of like what 0:25:10.440 --> 0:25:12.399 we talked about last week with the running game, Like 0:25:12.440 --> 0:25:14.840 we were like, why didn't they keep running the ball? Well, 0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:16.840 that helped Dallas. They didn't keep running the ball, right 0:25:17.000 --> 0:25:19.440 because that's just not what they wanted to do. They 0:25:19.440 --> 0:25:22.280 wanted to keep giving Wins an opportunity to throw the ball, 0:25:22.320 --> 0:25:24.760 and that helped Dallas. So I do think there can 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:26.399 be a little bit of that that might happen this 0:25:26.440 --> 0:25:29.119 weekend where if they're not willing to take those shots 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:31.440 down field, not to say they won't be there, but 0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:33.280 if they're not willing to take them, then I think 0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:35.000 that does help Dallas a little bit. And I think 0:25:35.080 --> 0:25:37.680 it can help Dallas again if they can tackle well, 0:25:37.960 --> 0:25:40.280 then I think it can help them maybe in this 0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:43.360 game a little bit and to keep them away from 0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:46.000 what's really hurt them in the past few weeks. All right, 0:25:46.080 --> 0:25:48.359 let's roll into the next question. As Dallas corrected some 0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:51.160 of its rushing defensive problems, or do you expect James 0:25:51.240 --> 0:25:53.639 Connor to have a good day. Let's start with you, 0:25:53.720 --> 0:26:00.040 Dave No. I mean, like I just show me you 0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:03.879 know they played great, they played great last week. I 0:26:04.000 --> 0:26:06.080 tend to think of it more as an operation until 0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:08.640 I see more. And you know, we talked more when 0:26:08.640 --> 0:26:11.840 we were reviewing the Philly game. I think the success 0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:14.080 against the run was a lot more about Philly being 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:17.320 reluctant to do it than Dallas suddenly buckling down. So 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:21.480 you know, they should have this new defensive tackle Longkou 0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:25.160 who can maybe help am Anchor down Neville Gallimore continue 0:26:25.160 --> 0:26:28.679 getting reps. But until I see them do it, I 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:32.879 absolutely do not trust them to shut down anybody's rushing attack, 0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:36.680 especially you know somebody. Again, maybe the Steeler's offensive line 0:26:36.720 --> 0:26:38.440 isn't what it used to be, but it's still very 0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:41.360 good and James Connor is a good back, so that no, 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:43.400 I don't like that at all. They've given them more 0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:49.840 with less to less, Right, Amber, what do you think? Yeah? Yeah? 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:52.520 The only thing I have to add to what they've 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:55.600 said is that I think the Steelers defense is going 0:26:55.640 --> 0:26:57.920 to be able to get the Cowboys offense off the 0:26:57.960 --> 0:27:02.600 field a lot. So I just feel like the Cowboys 0:27:02.720 --> 0:27:05.800 defense is gonna be pretty tired in that game, and 0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:09.440 that's gonna hurt them once they try to stop whether 0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:12.520 that's the passing game or the run. It's just they're 0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:16.400 gonna be physically tired in this game. So that's gonna 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:19.240 be a problem in that aspect. So yeah, I don't 0:27:19.280 --> 0:27:21.440 I don't think they're gonna be able to stop the run. 0:27:22.480 --> 0:27:26.320 That's a good point. No, I don't think the offense 0:27:26.440 --> 0:27:28.040 is gonna be able to do much. So, yeah, they're 0:27:28.040 --> 0:27:30.920 gonna be on the field thirty five minutes plus in 0:27:30.960 --> 0:27:32.960 that game, and I think they'd have a hard time 0:27:33.000 --> 0:27:35.560 stop in the run in the first quarter, you know. 0:27:35.720 --> 0:27:38.680 So I just think you said James Connor's gonna have 0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:40.399 a good day. I think he could have a really 0:27:40.400 --> 0:27:42.920 good day. If you were playing fantasy, you're playing him, 0:27:43.160 --> 0:27:45.200 I would a team you're playing, I would not even 0:27:45.200 --> 0:27:48.960 thinking twice about yeah, yeah, I've got the quarterback over there, 0:27:49.040 --> 0:27:51.240 and I don't think that's I don't think he's gonna 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:53.040 do it much because I think they'll run the ball. 0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:56.840 I really do. I think that, you know, they'll you know, 0:27:57.000 --> 0:27:58.520 this is one of those games. I mean, I know 0:27:58.560 --> 0:28:01.359 it's his doom and gloom, but it just is just 0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:06.440 this team. They just don't have the firepower on offense 0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:09.760 to compete with that Steeler defense, and then on defense 0:28:09.920 --> 0:28:12.520 they don't have it to compete with Pittsburgh's offense. But 0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:14.639 that's the crazy part about this, and we all know 0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:16.680 because we've been watching the NFL for a long time. 0:28:17.119 --> 0:28:20.679 It's these kind of situations that often create these weird 0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:24.160 moments in the NFL when everybody is convinced of one 0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:26.080 thing and I don't even know, I don't even know 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:28.520 a scenario where that would actually work out like that 0:28:28.560 --> 0:28:31.919 this this week, Like there's no reason at all to 0:28:31.960 --> 0:28:35.920 believe the Cowboys will be better offensively, defensively or special teams. 0:28:35.920 --> 0:28:38.120 There's no reason to believe that. They've given you, no 0:28:38.160 --> 0:28:40.840 reason to believe that. It's just weird because you look 0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:44.720 at this. But the point is, the point is it's 0:28:44.720 --> 0:28:46.880 just weird because we've seen this happen in the NFL. 0:28:47.120 --> 0:28:49.920 And again, Pittsburgh they would go to eight. No. I 0:28:49.920 --> 0:28:51.680 don't think Pittsburgh has been eight. No. I want to 0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:53.400 say I heard a statistic like they haven't been eight. No, 0:28:53.880 --> 0:28:57.480 maybe in their franchise history. But but again, you're talking 0:28:57.480 --> 0:29:01.320 about these just these these weird moments that sometimes happened 0:29:01.360 --> 0:29:03.280 in the NFL. I think if it happens it would 0:29:03.320 --> 0:29:05.320 happen because of what Day said earlier in the week. 0:29:05.560 --> 0:29:08.400 Dallas comes in with this completely different game plan where 0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:11.040 basically they're like, or do a wildcat the whole day 0:29:11.360 --> 0:29:14.680 and they somehow take Pittsburgh off guard and they catch 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:17.440 them doing some stuff that that they're not really prepared 0:29:17.440 --> 0:29:19.560 for it. That would be the only case scenario. But 0:29:19.840 --> 0:29:21.960 I just don't even see that really working against a 0:29:21.960 --> 0:29:24.160 team this good. All right, we're gonna take our final, 0:29:24.200 --> 0:29:28.960 I will say, sorry, good Dave. I mean, yeah, any 0:29:29.000 --> 0:29:31.960 given Sunday, anything can happen, Like, you can never completely 0:29:32.080 --> 0:29:36.200 rule that out. But like, when the deck is this stacked, 0:29:36.240 --> 0:29:38.400 I mean we saw it last night. I watched that game. 0:29:39.840 --> 0:29:42.160 The forty nine ers are decimated, they don't have any 0:29:42.160 --> 0:29:45.240 of their good players, and green Bay went in there 0:29:45.280 --> 0:29:47.520 and rolled over them. I think it was thirty one 0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:50.040 to three, and then green Bay let off the throttle 0:29:50.080 --> 0:29:54.200 and San Francisco got some mercy points. So when the deck, 0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:58.200 when the deck is this stacked, I just don't know 0:29:58.240 --> 0:30:01.240 what all you can expect to do. Doesn't mean that 0:30:01.280 --> 0:30:05.360 the Cowboys can't win, But forgive me if I'm not 0:30:05.400 --> 0:30:08.360 really entertaining it as a legitimate possibility. There's no logical 0:30:08.360 --> 0:30:10.479 reason to believe that they will win. All right, we're 0:30:10.480 --> 0:30:12.120 gonna take our final break. 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And 0:33:04.800 --> 0:33:06.280 I know this is kind of hard to tell us 0:33:06.560 --> 0:33:09.760 right now, but what do you guys expect here to 0:33:09.840 --> 0:33:13.160 happen with just him and his time here with the 0:33:13.240 --> 0:33:19.120 cot Boys? I would imagine I'll go ahead, Dave, go ahead, 0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:22.440 next Sorry, I bet he's coming back. It comes back 0:33:22.520 --> 0:33:28.080 next year. God. Yeah. At the risk of sounding like 0:33:28.200 --> 0:33:32.400 a crazy optimist, like, I'm not very worried about Tyrant Smith, 0:33:32.440 --> 0:33:35.680 to be honest with you, like, I think a lot 0:33:35.720 --> 0:33:39.200 of the problems that have plagued Tyrant Smith over the 0:33:39.280 --> 0:33:42.440 last three or four years stem from him trying to 0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:45.240 gut through it, like he hasn't had this surgery that 0:33:45.280 --> 0:33:47.600 shut him down, because he's like he's a warrior. He's like, 0:33:47.640 --> 0:33:49.400 I'm good to go. I can fight through this. And 0:33:49.680 --> 0:33:53.200 he'll miss some games and the problem never really goes away, 0:33:53.200 --> 0:33:55.560 but he fights through it. And so give him a 0:33:55.600 --> 0:33:59.320 whole year to have the surgery and really get himself right. 0:33:59.760 --> 0:34:01.880 Not saying he's gonna play in sixteen games a year 0:34:01.960 --> 0:34:04.360 for the next five years, but I think this will 0:34:04.360 --> 0:34:08.200 help him finish his contract. And you know, the Cowboys 0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:10.560 obviously you can't take that at face value. They need 0:34:10.600 --> 0:34:13.560 to address their depth at offensive tackle. But I don't 0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:15.880 think Tyron's going anywhere. I think he'll be starting for 0:34:15.920 --> 0:34:18.520 this team for the next couple of years, at least 0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:23.840 the contract. How much longer is it on their contract? 0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:26.920 Do you guys know? I want to say three seasons? 0:34:27.200 --> 0:34:29.000 Hang on, I'll look it up. I will say this 0:34:29.040 --> 0:34:31.279 while David it's here, three or four more seasons. While 0:34:31.360 --> 0:34:33.800 Dave is looking it up, I'll say this. I disagree 0:34:33.800 --> 0:34:35.480 with you guys a bit. I think he'll be back. 0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:37.919 I don't think there's any reason for the Cowboys to say, oh, 0:34:38.000 --> 0:34:40.600 let's get rid of him. I do think the Cowboys, 0:34:40.600 --> 0:34:42.840 if they go into next season relying on the fact 0:34:42.840 --> 0:34:45.000 that that both their tackles are going to be healthy 0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:47.400 and healthy for sixteen games at a mistake, So that 0:34:47.440 --> 0:34:49.799 means they need to I think invest some resources into 0:34:49.840 --> 0:34:52.239 that because right now, I don't think I've seen a 0:34:52.320 --> 0:34:54.440 single guy that they've rolled out there to play tackle 0:34:54.480 --> 0:34:57.439 at this point other than their guard who they don't 0:34:57.480 --> 0:35:00.080 want to put a tackle actually do it well. So 0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:01.920 I think this offseason, whether that means they got to 0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:04.719 go out and invest something in free agency, whether that 0:35:04.719 --> 0:35:08.160 means they got to invest a mid round pick, or 0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:10.080 whether that means that they take one of the guys 0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:13.480 that maybe are playing guard and really invest working them 0:35:13.520 --> 0:35:16.240 at tackle, I think they got to address that position, 0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:17.719 and I think they got to address it in a 0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:21.120 in a significant way because they can't trust that both 0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:23.800 these guys coming off injury, and with the injury history 0:35:23.800 --> 0:35:25.879 of Tyron, they can't trust the fact that that they're 0:35:25.880 --> 0:35:27.680 going to have those gas for sixteen games. I think 0:35:27.719 --> 0:35:29.799 they can make the argument they did that last year 0:35:29.840 --> 0:35:33.360 though when by getting Cam Irving wasn't great though, And 0:35:33.440 --> 0:35:34.680 that's what I'm saying. If you're going to go out 0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:36.560 and do it in free agency, you better get a 0:35:36.560 --> 0:35:40.359 better quality guy than Cam Irving. I mean, he can't 0:35:40.680 --> 0:35:44.959 remember he got he Actually they made a decision that 0:35:45.120 --> 0:35:49.160 he was worse than Terrence Steele. This coaching staff made 0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:52.479 the decision he was worse than Terrence Steele. If they're 0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:57.600 accurate in their assessment, I'm not sure that Terren Steele 0:35:57.600 --> 0:36:00.440 doesn't beat out Lyle Collins for the starting job. I'm 0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:04.120 not sure he hasn't been that. He hasn't lost the 0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:07.279 job to anyone since he's been here. Regardless of how 0:36:07.360 --> 0:36:10.200 poor he has played, he continues to be the right 0:36:10.239 --> 0:36:12.319 tackle of this team. Yeah, but you're saying that tongue 0:36:12.320 --> 0:36:14.400 in cheek obviously, I mean that's there's no way he 0:36:14.440 --> 0:36:17.000 was beating out Lao. But the point is, I think 0:36:17.000 --> 0:36:19.799 it speaks more about cam Irving personally. I don't think 0:36:19.880 --> 0:36:21.799 cam er I think this coaching staff will look at 0:36:21.800 --> 0:36:24.160 Cam Irving and said he's not a very good tackle. 0:36:24.280 --> 0:36:26.239 They played him when they had to, when they absolutely 0:36:26.239 --> 0:36:29.480 had to. I thought he's played pretty well. It's hard 0:36:29.520 --> 0:36:31.560 to do that, though. It's hard to get a guy 0:36:31.880 --> 0:36:33.960 and pay him to be a backup, and you see 0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:37.439 it even at quarterback. Andy Dalton has to make that decision. Yes, 0:36:37.520 --> 0:36:40.640 I'm gonna be a backup there. So I think you 0:36:40.680 --> 0:36:43.640 have to draft someone second round, third round, draft someone 0:36:43.680 --> 0:36:45.440 and hope that you know you can develop him or 0:36:45.480 --> 0:36:47.960 move Connor Williams out there exactly, And maybe that's the answer. 0:36:48.000 --> 0:36:50.719 Maybe you give Connor more time working at that. Maybe 0:36:50.719 --> 0:36:52.960 it doesn't mean he moves there initially, maybe he's still 0:36:53.000 --> 0:36:55.799 your starting left guard, but you start working him there 0:36:55.840 --> 0:36:58.000 and seeing if maybe he has the ability to slide 0:36:58.000 --> 0:37:00.560 out to it. Man, you think about that, Dave Williams 0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:02.800 say that the next year they moved him to tackle. 0:37:03.440 --> 0:37:07.000 This would be his fourth year, next year right contract 0:37:07.239 --> 0:37:10.279 and all of a sudden europe swing tackle. Yeah, that 0:37:10.280 --> 0:37:14.239 would be terrible for well, I mean, yeah, you're right, 0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:16.879 because it wouldn't be a starting situation. But I mean 0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:19.480 that they did that for Lyle and it helped him. 0:37:19.640 --> 0:37:21.680 You know, Lyle was playing guard and they moved him 0:37:21.680 --> 0:37:23.960 and he I mean, you know, he's happy about the 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:25.719 way that way, but they loved him to be a 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:28.040 starter that they didn't move him to be right, No, 0:37:28.280 --> 0:37:32.040 I know, I know, Yes, Connor I would think would 0:37:32.080 --> 0:37:34.200 be livid if he gets moved out of the starting 0:37:34.200 --> 0:37:37.440 lineup in his contract year. If that would not I 0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:40.319 can't imagine that would make him happy. Tyran is under 0:37:40.320 --> 0:37:42.920 contract for three more years. I will go on the 0:37:42.960 --> 0:37:46.560 record and say I think he finishes his deal. But yeah, 0:37:46.600 --> 0:37:48.440 I said that too. I mean they need to invest 0:37:48.520 --> 0:37:51.960 in in a good backup, whether preferably in the draft honestly, 0:37:52.000 --> 0:37:55.400 because yeah, finding finding a Stallar starter caliber tackle in 0:37:55.440 --> 0:37:59.440 free agency to not start is that's going to be tricky, 0:37:59.520 --> 0:38:03.400 So use a draft pick. Well, speaking of free agency, 0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:06.239 and this is tough again because there are other factors 0:38:06.320 --> 0:38:10.200 like Dak Press contract and all that. But do you 0:38:10.239 --> 0:38:14.359 guys think that the Cowboys maybe learned a lesson this 0:38:14.480 --> 0:38:18.600 year by shopping for Bower Gains and all that dream 0:38:18.680 --> 0:38:22.120 free agency and maybe they kind of start handling free 0:38:22.120 --> 0:38:26.840 agency a little bit different this upcoming year. I doubt 0:38:26.840 --> 0:38:32.680 it they should. I mean, they they haven't really hit 0:38:32.719 --> 0:38:36.560 on a free agent investment in the time that I've 0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:40.000 covered the team, and I don't, you know, you get 0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:42.640 it like a pleasant surprise, like a Jeremy Mincy. That's 0:38:42.640 --> 0:38:45.680 not what I'm talking about. Like, they haven't they haven't 0:38:45.680 --> 0:38:47.440 really spent big money on a guy, and on the 0:38:47.560 --> 0:38:50.560 rare occasion that they've spent medium money, it hasn't really 0:38:50.600 --> 0:38:54.239 worked out. And with what they've got to figure out 0:38:54.239 --> 0:38:56.440 with Dak and some of the other pieces, I have 0:38:56.520 --> 0:38:58.160 a hard time believing that they're going to do it 0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:01.480 next year either. Yeah, I don't think they necessarily trying 0:39:01.520 --> 0:39:03.879 to bargain shop as much. I mean, they are trying 0:39:03.880 --> 0:39:06.200 to get bargains, but I think it stems from the 0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:09.200 fact that they they're going to I mean, they had 0:39:09.239 --> 0:39:12.360 the highest quarterback in the in the NFL right now, 0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:15.680 highest paid quarterback right per year thirty one million. I 0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:17.920 mean I think, I mean, I know there's guys that 0:39:17.920 --> 0:39:19.680 are supposed to be making more, but I mean he's 0:39:19.680 --> 0:39:21.680 making thirty one minute. That's one of the top seeks, 0:39:21.680 --> 0:39:24.239 one of the top running backs, Mary's on the top receivers, 0:39:24.440 --> 0:39:28.400 the left guard or right guard, left tackle, left defensive end. 0:39:28.880 --> 0:39:30.560 So when you do all that, you just don't have 0:39:30.640 --> 0:39:33.040 money for it. And I'll complicate that even more. This 0:39:33.120 --> 0:39:35.680 next year's salary cap is gonna go down. Guys, it's 0:39:35.680 --> 0:39:38.239 gonna go down, and because of COVID, it's gonna go down. 0:39:38.320 --> 0:39:40.400 And because of that, I don't think that they'll have 0:39:40.440 --> 0:39:43.960 the money to be able to go out and just spend, 0:39:44.440 --> 0:39:47.239 you know, in free agency and just completely change the 0:39:47.280 --> 0:39:49.160 way that they look at free agency in a year 0:39:49.160 --> 0:39:51.680 when their salary cap is actually down. That would have 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:53.200 to be in a year when your salary cap is 0:39:53.280 --> 0:39:54.480 up and you're like, all right, we got a little 0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:56.200 extra money, let's play around a little bit more than 0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:58.040 we normally would. I think this year they're going to 0:39:58.040 --> 0:40:00.799 be as frugal as they possibly can because of the 0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:02.560 fact that they do still have to sign Deck, which 0:40:02.600 --> 0:40:05.080 might actually end up being a savings for them, but 0:40:05.200 --> 0:40:07.919 they have all these other guys with these big contracts. Yeah, 0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:09.279 I don't think this is gonna be the year they're 0:40:09.280 --> 0:40:11.480 gonna change up their strategy. Even if they wanted to 0:40:11.520 --> 0:40:13.440 change up their strategy, I don't think financially this is 0:40:13.480 --> 0:40:17.200 a year to do that. Well. And we know the 0:40:17.560 --> 0:40:22.439 Cowboys love drafting people, and that's the preferred route when 0:40:22.440 --> 0:40:25.480 he comes to player at consisition. So here's the next question. 0:40:25.800 --> 0:40:28.760 Let's go around the room and just talk about because 0:40:28.840 --> 0:40:32.479 everyone wants to talk about draft already. So what would 0:40:32.520 --> 0:40:36.759 be the position your biggest position of need right now 0:40:36.800 --> 0:40:42.440 when you look at drafting a player, I'll start. I 0:40:42.560 --> 0:40:46.320 think that when you look at where they are projected 0:40:46.360 --> 0:40:50.960 to pick, like I am, I'm just getting the best 0:40:51.000 --> 0:40:54.560 defensive player on the board and it really doesn't matter. 0:40:54.600 --> 0:40:56.719 And if that's vague, that's fine. That's how bad the 0:40:56.800 --> 0:41:00.279 defense is. Because if he is a catalytic line back, 0:41:00.800 --> 0:41:04.120 I'm for it. If he is a badass cornerback, definitely. 0:41:04.239 --> 0:41:06.400 If he's a pass rusher, okay, and if he is 0:41:06.440 --> 0:41:11.120 a run stuffing defensive tackle that he's just like controls 0:41:11.160 --> 0:41:15.520 the middle. Bring it. So whoever the best defensive player is, 0:41:16.320 --> 0:41:21.719 defense is so bad. I am for that. See I 0:41:22.160 --> 0:41:24.879 don't I don't completely agree. I actually I was talking 0:41:24.880 --> 0:41:27.520 about that on Twitter the other day. Is I think 0:41:27.520 --> 0:41:30.160 you just got to look at positional value here. And 0:41:30.360 --> 0:41:32.520 I don't want to mention any specific players because I 0:41:32.520 --> 0:41:35.800 haven't done I haven't started researching this draft class, or 0:41:35.840 --> 0:41:39.800 I'm just watching college football world get to that, don't worry. 0:41:39.880 --> 0:41:42.080 But so I don't want to. I don't want to 0:41:42.080 --> 0:41:45.360 throw any specific players under the bus. But this defense 0:41:45.520 --> 0:41:48.200 is so far away being top notch, like an off 0:41:48.200 --> 0:41:51.160 ball linebacker. I don't know if I can justify that 0:41:51.239 --> 0:41:54.839 with a top ten pick, or a defensive tackle who 0:41:54.880 --> 0:41:57.640 doesn't rush the passer. I hate to sound like Stephen 0:41:57.680 --> 0:41:59.759 Jones because we know they hate one techniques, but like, 0:41:59.760 --> 0:42:01.880 if I've got a pick in the top ten, I 0:42:01.920 --> 0:42:04.360 need a little bit more bang for my buck, which 0:42:04.400 --> 0:42:06.360 is why you know, and I don't even know the 0:42:06.400 --> 0:42:09.759 names of any of these players, but I'm hoping like 0:42:09.880 --> 0:42:12.959 hell that like a very very top tier defensive back 0:42:13.040 --> 0:42:16.479 is available, either a cornerback that can completely take away 0:42:16.520 --> 0:42:19.399 half of the field, or one of these safeties we've 0:42:19.440 --> 0:42:21.920 been dying for for years, like a Derwin James who 0:42:21.920 --> 0:42:25.719 can play six positions Like that is my pipe dream. 0:42:25.760 --> 0:42:28.120 If I'm picking in the top ten, is a defensive 0:42:28.120 --> 0:42:31.200 back who can help me just completely revamped the secondary. 0:42:31.400 --> 0:42:34.040 I'm completely with you, David. I love your point, Nick, 0:42:34.080 --> 0:42:36.399 because if there is I will say this, if there 0:42:36.480 --> 0:42:39.840 is a dynamic type player at linebacker, a type player 0:42:39.880 --> 0:42:41.719 that's all over the field and can do a lot 0:42:41.760 --> 0:42:44.600 of different things, then that's the guy I would I 0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:46.960 would be okay with spending that high pick. The likelihood 0:42:47.000 --> 0:42:50.680 you got that guy sitting in the top ten probably 0:42:50.760 --> 0:42:53.319 not great. But if you've got one of those top 0:42:53.400 --> 0:42:56.320 notch cornerbacks, you know, the kind of guys that like 0:42:56.440 --> 0:42:58.120 kin a Couta that came I was as a Couta 0:42:58.160 --> 0:43:00.399 that came out of Ohio State, that kind of back 0:43:00.400 --> 0:43:02.359 that I feel like he's gonna come in and he's 0:43:02.360 --> 0:43:04.879 gonna be an immediate impact player. And now I'm gonna 0:43:04.880 --> 0:43:06.360 pair him up with this other corner I got in 0:43:06.360 --> 0:43:09.000 the second round last year that I think now can 0:43:09.040 --> 0:43:12.480 give me a really good tandem. I'm going for that, 0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:15.279 like that's my preference. If I can get that cornerback 0:43:15.520 --> 0:43:18.280 that's a great cornerback, I think that will help everything 0:43:18.280 --> 0:43:20.000 all the way around. I think he helps more than 0:43:20.000 --> 0:43:21.920 just a cornerback position. I think he helps the safety. 0:43:21.960 --> 0:43:24.319 He helps the pass rush. I that's where I go 0:43:24.360 --> 0:43:27.120 if I have a choice. Yeah, And the quarterbacks will 0:43:27.160 --> 0:43:30.080 factor into this. If the Cowboys are drafting that high, right, 0:43:30.400 --> 0:43:33.360 always look at the quarterback situation. Not so much so 0:43:33.480 --> 0:43:35.560 that the Cowboys will do it. Maybe they will, that's 0:43:35.560 --> 0:43:38.480 a that's a discussion for another time. But the times 0:43:38.520 --> 0:43:41.280 the Cowboys have traded that first round pick in the past, 0:43:41.520 --> 0:43:44.440 it's because someone else wanted a quarterback. They wanted a 0:43:44.480 --> 0:43:47.000 Brady Quinn or whatever. The Cowboys are trade. I'm not 0:43:47.040 --> 0:43:49.440 saying they drifted three guys this year, right, Dave? Have 0:43:49.560 --> 0:43:52.839 you nick you guys at least Georgia and I mean, 0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:56.680 I mean, I'm sorry, at least Ohio State and uh yeah, 0:43:56.680 --> 0:43:58.480 we know those two. Maybe isn't a third one. I 0:43:58.520 --> 0:44:00.000 thought that was a third one that's kind of being 0:44:00.120 --> 0:44:04.680 talked about. Yes, No, the North Dakota State kid and 0:44:04.719 --> 0:44:07.400 the BYU kid are both going to be first round picks, 0:44:07.440 --> 0:44:10.160 and um, Kyle Trask out of Florida I think has 0:44:10.160 --> 0:44:13.839 a chance to Okay, I just think, I mean maybe 0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:16.080 as many as five. Yeah, it look at Jerry of 0:44:16.280 --> 0:44:19.359 like using that to maybe trade back if you need 0:44:19.360 --> 0:44:26.719 it to or whatever. I find Derek's answer pretty amusing 0:44:26.920 --> 0:44:30.840 because I thought, if I remember correctly, that all we 0:44:30.920 --> 0:44:33.600 needed was some really good pass rush. They didn't will 0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:35.239 and they didn't get it. Now you're over here to 0:44:35.280 --> 0:44:38.319 talk and they didn't get it. Did you do you 0:44:38.320 --> 0:44:42.800 think this is a really good pass rush? Absolutely not, Okay, 0:44:42.880 --> 0:44:45.080 that's my point. They did. I'm just saying, like, maybe 0:44:45.160 --> 0:44:47.719 maybe you can get it. Maybe I would have expected 0:44:47.880 --> 0:44:51.920 you talking about maybe reinforcing the past rush rather than 0:44:51.920 --> 0:44:54.040 talking about now They both play off each other. They 0:44:54.040 --> 0:44:55.960 both play off each other, so you gotta give me 0:44:56.000 --> 0:44:57.960 one of them that's really good. If I have a 0:44:58.000 --> 0:45:00.759 really good secondary, then I can afford have pass rush 0:45:00.840 --> 0:45:03.759 that's not as good because they're gonna be helped by 0:45:03.760 --> 0:45:06.399 the secondary. Or if I have a really good pass rush, 0:45:06.560 --> 0:45:08.440 then my secondary will be helped a little bit. It's 0:45:08.480 --> 0:45:10.279 kind of an either or. But when you're getting neither 0:45:10.520 --> 0:45:12.759 like they got this year, this is what you get 0:45:12.760 --> 0:45:16.840 as a result of a really bad defense. No, I agree. 0:45:16.880 --> 0:45:18.759 I just wanted to give you some crap on some 0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:23.200 previous climents that you've said in the past. It's all good. 0:45:24.520 --> 0:45:28.040 Do we have time for one more? And yeah? Yeah, no, oh, 0:45:28.080 --> 0:45:30.000 I'm sorry. No, we gotta do picks. We gotta do picks. 0:45:30.080 --> 0:45:32.360 Let's go and jump the pics real quick, all right. No, 0:45:33.120 --> 0:45:36.160 not that we are have any suspense here with our picks, 0:45:36.400 --> 0:45:38.319 but at least we can get some some suspense with 0:45:38.400 --> 0:45:40.840 the scores. And let's start with you. How do you 0:45:40.880 --> 0:45:44.880 go on this pick, Cowboys versus Steelers. I'll do it 0:45:44.880 --> 0:45:48.560 pretty simple. Cowboys loose and the Steelers they end up 0:45:48.600 --> 0:45:53.120 scoring at least like thirty five points. Cowboys somehow get 0:45:53.200 --> 0:45:56.359 lucky and score. For some reason, I'll keep seeing number 0:45:56.440 --> 0:45:58.480 thirteen in my head, so I'm just gonna go with that. 0:45:58.719 --> 0:46:04.759 So thirty five thirteen, m okay, Nick, thirty one twelve Pittsburgh. 0:46:05.400 --> 0:46:07.839 I don't need that. That field goal. You're gonna stick 0:46:07.880 --> 0:46:10.120 with that. Yeah, I heard this morning you were kind 0:46:10.120 --> 0:46:15.319 of walking. But just just see why holding Pittsburgh under 0:46:15.400 --> 0:46:18.000 thirty like, I don't see that. Yeah, thirty one, thirty 0:46:18.040 --> 0:46:21.840 one to twelve. They fail to cover the spread for 0:46:21.880 --> 0:46:25.839 the ninth consecutive week, which I think is the record. Yeah, 0:46:25.920 --> 0:46:31.080 it's unbelievable, all right, Dave, Uh, you know it sounds 0:46:31.120 --> 0:46:33.239 weird to say, but I think the efforts gonna be 0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:35.879 there again. Like, I think they're gonna be scrappy again. 0:46:35.960 --> 0:46:38.520 But the problem is, what kept them in the Philly 0:46:38.560 --> 0:46:42.640 game was Carson Wentz turning the ball over. Roethlisberger has 0:46:42.680 --> 0:46:45.360 been amazing at not doing that. He's actually only thrown 0:46:45.360 --> 0:46:49.320 an interception in two of his seven games, so five 0:46:49.440 --> 0:46:52.120 times he's gone out there and protected the ball very 0:46:52.200 --> 0:46:54.759 very well. I don't see them taking advantage of him, 0:46:54.880 --> 0:46:57.600 so I think they'll scrap. But I think Pittsburgh pulls 0:46:57.600 --> 0:47:00.760 away pretty easily. I got thirty four or to ten, 0:47:00.960 --> 0:47:03.840 and I think I think the Cowboys do score a touchdown, 0:47:03.920 --> 0:47:06.760 but it's like in the last five minutes when nobody's 0:47:06.760 --> 0:47:11.359 really paying attention. All right. I think that this game 0:47:11.480 --> 0:47:13.319 is gonna be one where I agree. I think the 0:47:13.360 --> 0:47:16.560 defense will be scrappy early. I think that there will 0:47:16.560 --> 0:47:18.880 come a point though, whin the bottle will break, and 0:47:18.920 --> 0:47:21.520 I think score affiliate. I mean, I'm sorry Pittsburgh ends 0:47:21.600 --> 0:47:25.640 up scoring points much much more than than what they 0:47:25.640 --> 0:47:28.279 did last week. I do think though, I look at 0:47:28.280 --> 0:47:31.799 the Cowboys offense, if they could only get nine last week, 0:47:32.320 --> 0:47:34.279 then my thought is this week it's going to be 0:47:34.400 --> 0:47:36.600 less than that. I just don't see them being able 0:47:36.640 --> 0:47:38.560 to I think the biggest problem this week is just 0:47:38.600 --> 0:47:41.759 going to be offensively. They just can't match up or 0:47:41.800 --> 0:47:44.840 at least anything we've seen so far doesn't suggest that 0:47:44.880 --> 0:47:47.840 they have a good matchup here against the Pittsburgh Steeler defense. 0:47:47.880 --> 0:47:50.759 So I actually think it's gonna be kind of a 0:47:50.800 --> 0:47:53.240 little bit of a you know, the offense doesn't score 0:47:53.239 --> 0:47:55.920 a touchdown for sure, I think I'll give them six points. 0:47:56.040 --> 0:47:58.400 I'll give them two field goals. I think Philly scores 0:47:58.440 --> 0:48:00.640 thirty four thirty four six is what I see as 0:48:00.640 --> 0:48:03.680 a final score. All Right, I appreciate you guys join us. 0:48:03.680 --> 0:48:05.040 We'll be back on Monday. We'll let you know what 0:48:05.120 --> 0:48:08.000 went right and what went wrong for the Cowboys. Remember 0:48:08.040 --> 0:48:09.560 next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, it will be the 0:48:09.560 --> 0:48:11.480 bye week, so we're gonna flip things around. We've got 0:48:11.480 --> 0:48:14.280 a whole new lineup for every one of the shows. 0:48:14.719 --> 0:48:16.359 Did put it on my Twitter page? You can check 0:48:16.360 --> 0:48:18.120 that out. We'll also give you some more information about 0:48:18.120 --> 0:48:19.959 that next week. Till then for Nick Eatn, Dave Hellman, 0:48:20.160 --> 0:48:22.359 Amber Garcia on Derek Eagleton. This has been The Break 0:48:22.480 --> 0:48:29.799 Live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been 0:48:29.840 --> 0:48:33.040 a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas 0:48:33.040 --> 0:48:34.279 Cowboys Football Club.