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Speaker 1: regular season in Houston in eight years. If there was
Speaker 1: only a river in between the two teams, that's right,
Speaker 1: like the Red River rival that he jumps right into.
Speaker 1: This is like college football Friday. I was kind of
Speaker 1: looking around, and I was Rob doesn't have any of
Speaker 1: his aggie gear was not by design. Those who aren't
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Speaker 1: I've got my ou had on. Mickey's got his Missoo
Speaker 1: shirt on, Brian's got his LSU Tiger shirt on Tigers,
Speaker 1: and we got the aggie over there. Who's he's glad
Speaker 1: he's got nothing on? Let me tell you this though.
Speaker 1: Right now Derek Eagleton is losing. Well, he's got Texas
Speaker 1: stuff on what that's why Derek Eagleton I brought the
Speaker 1: Texas long yeah, but he makes me feel even he's
Speaker 1: using that in here and not yeah yeah me to
Speaker 1: crush it. Did I miss a text message or any
Speaker 1: man about this coordination? We've all kind of happen. It
Speaker 1: just happened. Ye had a bunch of big games this week.
Speaker 1: You play who lsu got you gotta go to the
Speaker 1: swamp Florida, Florida. Yeah, who's MISSOO got South Carolina in
Speaker 1: Columbia that's usually a blood bath. Columbia South Carolina, Yes,
Speaker 1: or Columbia Missouri Columbia South Carolina. I got a big question.
Speaker 1: But I did bring you a gift, Rob. I thought
Speaker 1: that we should balance out the show since I've got
Speaker 1: to know you, cap On and Rob, you can wear
Speaker 1: the Texas Longhorn cap I refuse to do that, but
Speaker 1: since my boss is probably listening upstairs and he's a
Speaker 1: proud Texas alum, I'll just say you'll wear its politely declined.
Speaker 1: Let him let him. I've said it next to me here,
Speaker 1: and I'll make this valve right off the top close
Speaker 1: to me. Okay, Okay, I'm gonna make this valve right
Speaker 1: off the top. Okay. If Texas wins on Saturday at
Speaker 1: the Cotton Bowet, I will wear this Texas Longhorn cap.
Speaker 1: That sounds like a man that's very confident that his
Speaker 1: football team is gonna win. I'm not that confident. What
Speaker 1: gives you that idea? I'm not that But we're gonna
Speaker 1: find out if Tyler Murray is a first round draft
Speaker 1: pick or not? On the Oak's right. Good? All right,
Speaker 1: let's jump into the Cowboys. You want to please? Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's do that, all right, go there, please to maybe
Speaker 1: two teams that won't score fifty points in the game.
Speaker 1: You think that's your bold prediction? Yeah, neither one of
Speaker 1: them will score fifty. What's the final score? Because, oh,
Speaker 1: these teams are going to score fifty Okay, individually, not
Speaker 1: as an over under. All right, I got you? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm following along with me now, yeah I am, thank you.
Speaker 1: Let's go straight to the injury report from yesterday? How
Speaker 1: about it? Who wants to fill us in on what
Speaker 1: was an interesting injury report yesterday? Well, injury slash practice report,
Speaker 1: because you got two defensive linemen that weren't here yesterday
Speaker 1: for non injury reasons. David Irving, according to Jerry Jones,
Speaker 1: he gets into one practice on Wednesday, his first practice
Speaker 1: in almost a full calendar year, and then he's away
Speaker 1: from the team yesterday excuse absence with family, family matters
Speaker 1: that he's handling, and he was handling personal business all
Speaker 1: of preseason as well. And Randy Gregory another one of
Speaker 1: these scheduled excused absences. A day off, it's not really
Speaker 1: a day off. He's got to go to Chicago, fly
Speaker 1: to the NFL offices up there and meet with them.
Speaker 1: And can they not do that on Tuesday when part
Speaker 1: of his reinstatement process, Well, I got to do it
Speaker 1: in the middle of the week. Just kind of have
Speaker 1: to be grateful that we have him now. I think
Speaker 1: that's the main thing I'm drawing from this. It's probably
Speaker 1: gonna be something we have to do once a month,
Speaker 1: I think, Mickey, Yeah, Jason Garrett, it happened the night
Speaker 1: of the preseason finale. He wasn't there. It's just it's
Speaker 1: every time, every time some former Texan in that front office.
Speaker 1: Maybe so, maybe so, No, I doubt that. Um, Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett said back then, this is probably gonna be a
Speaker 1: regular occurrence. So yeah, Brian's it could be once a month,
Speaker 1: it could be I don't know what kind of notice
Speaker 1: he gets ahead of time to go up and do this,
Speaker 1: but um, it's something you know, he's just gonna have
Speaker 1: to miss a practice here there. Yeah, why don't they
Speaker 1: just come here? It's just just my too many questions.
Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's all about responsibility. I
Speaker 1: think it's all about, hey, are you capable of getting
Speaker 1: on an airplane and come up here and sitting down
Speaker 1: with us? And I think they're honestly, I don't think
Speaker 1: they're trying to make this very convenient for him. I
Speaker 1: think they're I think they're testing him, and I think
Speaker 1: they're testing him all part of the test for yeah,
Speaker 1: for for everything, for if he can manage his life
Speaker 1: on the field off the field, and this is part
Speaker 1: of it. If he's showing responsibility to get on an
Speaker 1: airplane once a month or whenever they call him up there,
Speaker 1: then that's part of the test. And so you know it,
Speaker 1: as long as he could keep getting on that airplane
Speaker 1: and going up there and visiting, coming back and hopefully
Speaker 1: help you win a football game on Sunday, you know,
Speaker 1: then do whatever you have to do. But yeah, I
Speaker 1: just don't feel like that they're gonna make They haven't
Speaker 1: made this very convenient for him. You think he has
Speaker 1: to pay for his own flight. I was wondering that
Speaker 1: same thing. I probably does absolutely at the last minute. Well,
Speaker 1: they probably know, I mean, Okay's got to pay more.
Speaker 1: Let's let's let's say this is not available Southwest and
Speaker 1: Midway's not bad. Uh. You know the thing about it is,
Speaker 1: he probably knows, Okay, every maybe there is maybe it's
Speaker 1: a schedule thing. I'm sure the Cowboys know his plans
Speaker 1: or what his what his obligations are to the league,
Speaker 1: and so they probably said, you know, if he if
Speaker 1: he's got to take a practice off every now and
Speaker 1: then to do this to be able to play, I'll
Speaker 1: walk him on my back. Yeah, I'll carry him on
Speaker 1: my back. If that's what it means all the way
Speaker 1: to Chicago. Why not Jerry allowed? You know what, I
Speaker 1: don't know. It's not like a recruiting violence. You know what.
Speaker 1: I wonder if that's against the salary cap? Oh there
Speaker 1: you go in providing providing transportation. Oh you think Yeah,
Speaker 1: that might be. You know, someone would say, okay, well
Speaker 1: how much is the jet fuel? You know they would
Speaker 1: they would use that as a cost get you suspended
Speaker 1: in the NCAA, right for sure. It would be the
Speaker 1: one that The one that makes me curious is the
Speaker 1: irving absence because look, I don't know if it's the
Speaker 1: same thing personal that he had, you know, to take
Speaker 1: care of in the off season. But he gets one
Speaker 1: practice in and now you've got a light practice Friday.
Speaker 1: At least he got the practice in pads on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: But he is he ready? Is he? You know? Has
Speaker 1: he been around enough? Is he involved enough in the
Speaker 1: game plan to be able to help you for ten
Speaker 1: or fifteen snaps on Sunday? I still assume. So we're
Speaker 1: gonna find out Saturday. Yeah, we'll find out Saturday. But
Speaker 1: you'd like to see him put in a full week,
Speaker 1: you know, as much time as he's missed. Which brings
Speaker 1: up mystery number three. Terrence Williams. Who forgot about that one? Who? Yeah?
Speaker 1: What roster move did they make to make room for it?
Speaker 1: And the thing the irving The new thing yesterday, as
Speaker 1: far as the practice report goes, is a foot injury
Speaker 1: of course, he had the foot surgery in the off season,
Speaker 1: and now they list foot as of the one of
Speaker 1: the reasons. Well, he would he had missed for non
Speaker 1: injury reasons Friday and Wednesday, and then yesterday it was
Speaker 1: a foot issue that to put him on the report. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, with Terrence, I personally think that they're I
Speaker 1: don't know, Mickey, We've all talked about this, and you know,
Speaker 1: again you do a great job of getting walking around
Speaker 1: the hall and kind of vision with people. I'm just
Speaker 1: getting the impression that they're going to do something with
Speaker 1: Travis Frederick, you know, I don't. I think that they're
Speaker 1: going to try and get Williams healthy and and you know,
Speaker 1: let's also remember there's potentially that suspension thing. We kind
Speaker 1: of kind of put that. Yeah, and you know, in
Speaker 1: not this week, next week. I mean, that's kind of
Speaker 1: hanging over their heads right now. So so you think
Speaker 1: because of that, they're not investing too much time yeah, him, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I do, okay, And I think that I think that
Speaker 1: I think the foot injury is a legitimate thing. I
Speaker 1: absolutely do think. I mean it's something that's they're they're
Speaker 1: working through. Terrence, you know, is an extremely tough guy.
Speaker 1: So we'll we'll see how that goes. But I'm getting
Speaker 1: the vibe that that they're gonna do something with Travis Frederick.
Speaker 1: How how do you before Travis? How does it work
Speaker 1: as far as Terrence Williams. Let's say if Terrence Williams
Speaker 1: the foot injury was to the point where they wanted
Speaker 1: to I r him. Yeah, if he had a suspension
Speaker 1: of two to four games, that can yeah, yeah, you
Speaker 1: have to be on the active roster. So I think
Speaker 1: what they're trying to do is see, you know, carry
Speaker 1: him on the team and you know, but he is
Speaker 1: dealing with the foot, and so we'll see how that
Speaker 1: all plays. But I just I just get the feeling
Speaker 1: that and it's it's not that things haven't progressed for
Speaker 1: for Frederick. I just don't think that they're to the
Speaker 1: point where they can they can say, Okay, in five weeks,
Speaker 1: he's going to be back. And I talked with Travis
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, right, and UM asked him about the progress
Speaker 1: he's making, and he's, you know, he's lifting weights probably
Speaker 1: four times a week, right, but he's and as he
Speaker 1: indicated that he's from a strength standpoint, he is at
Speaker 1: the point where he would be at the outset of
Speaker 1: a of a off season program basically, right, and so,
Speaker 1: which is not a good indication, right right, And it's
Speaker 1: andy the nerves have to come back to life, yes,
Speaker 1: and so that's what they're waiting. There are certain benchmarks
Speaker 1: from that standpoint dealing with me. He obviously he obviously
Speaker 1: lost a lot of strength, you know in this If
Speaker 1: he's just at the level of what you're saying, then
Speaker 1: and then and he and he nobody works harder than him.
Speaker 1: I mean, we've got a lot of guys that work
Speaker 1: hard in that weight room. But if he's at that
Speaker 1: level and get him ready for an NFL season, his
Speaker 1: work is extensive. And if you do the math, you
Speaker 1: know week seventeen, it's week five, all right, you have
Speaker 1: to count in eight weeks. So you know, if you
Speaker 1: go another month here and it's still not a position
Speaker 1: where he's ready to play football, then he spends eight
Speaker 1: weeks on I R. It's gonna be the rest of
Speaker 1: the season anyway, minus a potential playoffs, right, Well, Okay,
Speaker 1: so it would be if if he went on now right,
Speaker 1: eight weeks a week for when he goes he could
Speaker 1: be back for he's got a buye week. That's that's
Speaker 1: one game, could be back for the last three or
Speaker 1: three games or so, I mean if he's still possible along. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and so that would be the incentive for a run. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if you can get in and on a run, that
Speaker 1: that's the thing. But you know he's at least you
Speaker 1: at least you've saved yourself that they they've got some
Speaker 1: some things they're having to do with Williams, and that's
Speaker 1: that's okay. Every team deals with that. But you know
Speaker 1: that that to me, right there is if you want
Speaker 1: to make sure you take care of things with Williams,
Speaker 1: go ahead and do the thing with Travis Frederick. Joe
Speaker 1: Looney's playing well well, I mean I'm not going to
Speaker 1: act like that. Joe Looney is Travis Frederick. But I'm
Speaker 1: saying Joe Looney has not been a liability with this
Speaker 1: with this offensive line. So I are both guys. I
Speaker 1: mean you could, yeah, you get the spot. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean if you. I mean Rob was talking about the
Speaker 1: math on Frederick. I think they won this week five right,
Speaker 1: and these weeks he's not ready to play next week
Speaker 1: by any means, And he's not ready to play the
Speaker 1: next week. So that's seven. The buye is eight. I
Speaker 1: don't think in three. I mean, and then you're looking
Speaker 1: and then and once you get into November, you got
Speaker 1: Thursday game, right, you know, and so the weeks come
Speaker 1: even faster. Right, in fact, you got back to back
Speaker 1: Thursday games that take you basically, he would be through
Speaker 1: the exactly. And if you just do the eye test
Speaker 1: on him, don't you think he's lost some weight? He has, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he has, and and and and the way he described
Speaker 1: it to Bill Build it a nice job of asking
Speaker 1: him the right questions. He gave him a good answer.
Speaker 1: He's at that level of Okay, I'm just now gonna start.
Speaker 1: And you know what, what's an offseason program? They it's
Speaker 1: a two month, three month operation for these guys. And
Speaker 1: that's with Travis Frederick probably lifting four days a week,
Speaker 1: you know, and so and so I would look at it.
Speaker 1: If they make this decision, I would look at it.
Speaker 1: It's not a setback in his rehab program to come
Speaker 1: back from this. It's you know, basically he's probably looking
Speaker 1: at that length of time anyway right now, especially when
Speaker 1: you look at the schedule going forward and it's you know,
Speaker 1: your they but if you're two months away from being
Speaker 1: ready to best case scenario, then they were dealt a
Speaker 1: poor hand, and they were hoping to draw an inside
Speaker 1: straight off a poor hand. You know, they were trying.
Speaker 1: They were trying to see what cards would come up,
Speaker 1: you know. And I hate to make a poker analogy
Speaker 1: about a man's health, but in actually that's what they're doing.
Speaker 1: They're saying, hey, we're gonna keep him on active just
Speaker 1: in case something turns the right way. Yeah, and now,
Speaker 1: and and we all knew this was gonna come. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I might gonna put words in your guy's mouth.
Speaker 1: I had a feeling they were going to have to
Speaker 1: look at his roster spot at some point in time
Speaker 1: during the season and say, okay, if he's not if
Speaker 1: he's making progress, how much progress is he making enough
Speaker 1: progress for me to say, Okay, I'm not gonna worry
Speaker 1: about him, or do I am I gonna is it?
Speaker 1: Just okay? In eight weeks time, he might be even better.
Speaker 1: You know, I need this roster spot now, so why
Speaker 1: not put him on the injured reserve and use the
Speaker 1: roster best. I mean, one positive about this from a
Speaker 1: quality you said, health just a quality of life standpoint.
Speaker 1: They were even having this conversation like, oh when could
Speaker 1: he be back? They caught it early apparently. So the
Speaker 1: fact that he's able to even lift weight's work out,
Speaker 1: do what he's doing on his own, it speaks good
Speaker 1: for his speaks well to his prospects long term. But yeah,
Speaker 1: like Bill said, you can't You really can't put a
Speaker 1: guess on this right, not at all. And that's part
Speaker 1: of the reason why, you know, you do the math
Speaker 1: with IR. You know, at some point you gotta think, Okay,
Speaker 1: eight weeks out, when could probably be read? Maybe Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. They didn't make this bet because they
Speaker 1: were so optimistic medically right. They made this bet because
Speaker 1: he he's so good it was worth taking the chance,
Speaker 1: no question. This was just a run of the mill
Speaker 1: center could have been on IR, no question. So the
Speaker 1: bet they were making is, gosh, he's so good. Let's
Speaker 1: just it's worth the chance because that fifty third guy
Speaker 1: on my roster's probably not helping me out. He's not playing.
Speaker 1: She's a he's a practice squad guy basically, And so
Speaker 1: now they're looking at it and they're going, okay, we're
Speaker 1: you know, he was out that. Now, yesterday was the
Speaker 1: first day I've seen him out on the chords. Now
Speaker 1: he could be doing that, and I don't know if
Speaker 1: it was one of those tests let's see how much
Speaker 1: he can do or and if he does get down,
Speaker 1: does he get war down? And you can't do it?
Speaker 1: And he just he doesn't look like he's three weeks
Speaker 1: away from playing football to meet Well said Nikki. Well said,
Speaker 1: And if if you made the move now, he would
Speaker 1: basically bet they've got between They play their last game
Speaker 1: in November on Thursday, the same right, and so he
Speaker 1: would be eligible the last basically for the whole month
Speaker 1: of December. There you go. And so in that first
Speaker 1: game in December is Sunday, December ninth, right against the Eagles.
Speaker 1: That's ten more days, right exactly. Yeah, So yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: if you're so, if you're doing if you're looking at
Speaker 1: the calendar, looking at the math on this thing, these
Speaker 1: these games are coming. I mean we're already the week five. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be to week thirteen. Before I told you.
Speaker 1: You wake up one day and you look at your team,
Speaker 1: you go, wait, we're in week twelve. Okay, Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean that's that's whay it is. There's no waiting
Speaker 1: Week fourteen is December ninth, and you've got four games
Speaker 1: left at that point. So yeah, either he comes off
Speaker 1: that or he stays on. There's no no, you don't
Speaker 1: don't have to make a decision, but right now he
Speaker 1: his spot is just because of the way it is
Speaker 1: right now with the situation is keeping you from adding
Speaker 1: a player that you can use for the game. Now,
Speaker 1: what are the rules on I are as far as
Speaker 1: you can, you can he keeps a PUP right, Okay? Yeah.
Speaker 1: The difference is on ir he would be eligible to
Speaker 1: come back whenever it isn't there. If you're placed on PUP,
Speaker 1: you're not eligible until he's got eight weeks. He's got
Speaker 1: eight weeks. Yeah, you can start full week, but he
Speaker 1: could start practicing after six or six weeks. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: But what I'm saying, is there a deadline on the
Speaker 1: opposite side of that that you have to activate. Now?
Speaker 1: Is that the case with PUP where there's a yes, Yes,
Speaker 1: you're right, that's the difference. You can draw pop out
Speaker 1: for almost twelve weeks, yeah, before you have to make
Speaker 1: a final decision. This one, you just can't get back
Speaker 1: before eight, but you can come back anytime after and
Speaker 1: you only can do it for what two players now
Speaker 1: two players, right, it's two players? Yeah? So um. And
Speaker 1: that's the other reason why you would wait until now,
Speaker 1: because you don't know what injuries are going to happen
Speaker 1: in the first month of the season. So if you
Speaker 1: used up one of those spots on Travis Frederick when
Speaker 1: you made the roster cutdown, and then you had two
Speaker 1: more injuries whatever, right now you have a better feel
Speaker 1: as far as your whole roster if you have you know,
Speaker 1: long range injuries or not. And now you got that
Speaker 1: spot available that okay, yeah, unfortunately carried Daytone Jones yep
Speaker 1: for and then what's happened? He comes back. The week
Speaker 1: he comes back, he gets hurt again and it goes
Speaker 1: on ir. Now they put him on straight R R.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember they did, Okay, they there's no difference. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: after after the I mean you could release him rojured
Speaker 1: and then he reverted to your eye, right, I would
Speaker 1: they do? Right? So, and then the other decision they
Speaker 1: can make after eight weeks. So after the bye, Noah Brown,
Speaker 1: if you need a wide receiver, yeah, he would be
Speaker 1: eligible too. Right, But what's not of numbers this year?
Speaker 1: Right now? Is it? Of all positions? Trying to get
Speaker 1: him to play with four? I want eight on the
Speaker 1: I want eight all right? Eight eight eight eight five
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Speaker 1: ask you who the egge's play this week? Kentucky? Who
Speaker 1: knew Kentucky? Oh yea, yeah, yeah, well I knew because
Speaker 1: they got a stoops coach at them. That's right. They there?
Speaker 1: You go? Have they lost yet? They're in the top four?
Speaker 1: Beat them because Missouri's that's the bye week game for
Speaker 1: is that? Is that Missouri's big rival now Kentucky? Kentucky. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Do you like the move to the SEC? Yes? I do.
Speaker 1: Why I think it's it's four don't get beat by Kansas. Yeah.
Speaker 1: They hadn't beat us in center basketball. I'm sorry. Oh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: and they won't play us in basketball by the way.
Speaker 1: Yeah watch out. Oh yeah they're afraid. Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: a good It was a good afraid. It was a
Speaker 1: very good financially. It was a good move from an
Speaker 1: exposure standpoint. It was a good move and it and
Speaker 1: it forced them to uh improve their facilities, which I
Speaker 1: don't know if they would have done that if they
Speaker 1: stayed in the Big twelve because they kept going to
Speaker 1: the Big twelve championship game. The Big twelves probably can
Speaker 1: get glad they're out of there. Yeah, I know we are.
Speaker 1: It was fifty five to thirteen, crazy champions I don't
Speaker 1: think that was it. At a halftime in that championship
Speaker 1: game thirteen thirteen, what was the final Well, they got
Speaker 1: beat real quick. Can I say a happy birthday John Nelson?
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Speaker 1: on you Reds, Hey, come on, well, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: say that I'm a Tottenham. Well I'm a I'm a
Speaker 1: yeah Southampton. But you know I got you and another
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Speaker 1: He works for Liverpool. And what team is mine out there?
Speaker 1: I forgot? Did you pick a team? Yeah? I remember
Speaker 1: I got the jersey. Oh yeah, ohmy no, no, Leicester City.
Speaker 1: Leicester City, they win the championship, win the championship. They
Speaker 1: did not in the champions talk about a fair weather.
Speaker 1: He got the jersey, the team, hey, I got that's
Speaker 1: the Leicester City. Jumped on that bad Leicester. And then
Speaker 1: Sean Anderson also too, he see pulled the trigger on
Speaker 1: some Tommy John's. Thanks for the heads up, guys. Right
Speaker 1: right there we go, very good. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: to Ohio and Brandon you are on talking cowboys. A
Speaker 1: good morning, guys. I'm gonna custy good point here. So
Speaker 1: I've heard a lot recently about the passing an aquarium
Speaker 1: Brandon question, whether or not they need number a true
Speaker 1: number one receiver. Yeah, and personally watching the telesion years,
Speaker 1: I've seen that the best times a year. He literally
Speaker 1: five years much of a morning one receiver obviously was
Speaker 1: kind of but he really spared the ball around a lot.
Speaker 1: I think that. Okay, okay, we appreciate it. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the pass offense. Yeah, he was. He was the
Speaker 1: one question I did hear about those you feel like
Speaker 1: they need a number one receiver? This is something you
Speaker 1: and I debated in training camp. Yeah, you know, and
Speaker 1: is it? Is it the right way? You know, we'll
Speaker 1: see this weekend. But what we'll know, we'll see this
Speaker 1: weekend if the committee can do some good things. My
Speaker 1: answer was yes, what was your answer? Yes, I think
Speaker 1: you debated with somebody else, but I think I was
Speaker 1: somebody else. It might have been somebody on a on
Speaker 1: a on another show. But yeah, I know it's got
Speaker 1: the nerve to debate them, is me right? That's true.
Speaker 1: The thing The thing is, though, this weekend is great
Speaker 1: pass rush, poor secondary. Right, Let's see what happens if,
Speaker 1: if in fact that they can protect let's see if
Speaker 1: the committee can come up with some place. I personally
Speaker 1: think that they're gonna have to. I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: have to throw the football in this game. I don't
Speaker 1: think they can live by the run. I really really don't.
Speaker 1: And and and I think it's going to be imperative
Speaker 1: for them to be able to throw the football. And
Speaker 1: we'll see that if this team did have a guy
Speaker 1: that can hang their hat on or two, well, I
Speaker 1: feel so much better about playing this team. Yes, but no,
Speaker 1: let's let's see if they're bad in the secondary. They
Speaker 1: give up plays, they give up big plays. Let's see
Speaker 1: if they could protect and take advantage of a bad secondary.
Speaker 1: I've got a random question. Has a committee ever worked
Speaker 1: in anything from a government social socialism, from from a
Speaker 1: governmental standpole, pin by committee, wide receiver by committee, NCAA,
Speaker 1: selection committees, as it ever worked? Oh, now you're talking
Speaker 1: my language there. On the quarterback committee, usually if you
Speaker 1: got three quarterbacks, you don't have one. Um So if
Speaker 1: you had nine wide receivers, do you have one? Running back?
Speaker 1: Committee's work. That's pretty much the vogue now in vogue
Speaker 1: now other than this team. It works pretty well on
Speaker 1: this team. Yeah, I am encouraged by the fact that
Speaker 1: they had more explosive plays last week. They got three
Speaker 1: pass plays of over thirty yards in the game. They
Speaker 1: were able. They're gonna need They're gonna need five in
Speaker 1: this game. Yeah, they're gonna need some big plays, especially
Speaker 1: if they're not getting takeaways defensively to get short fields with.
Speaker 1: They're got to get starting plays. They have got to
Speaker 1: start scoring some points. They have got to start scoring
Speaker 1: some points. They they're gonna about to play some teams
Speaker 1: that that are you know, are going to score some points.
Speaker 1: They narrowed the committee last week. Hearns had forty seven
Speaker 1: of sixty nine snaps, Gallup had forty, and Beasley had
Speaker 1: thirty eight. There you go, and then it dropped off
Speaker 1: to Thompson with twenty nine in Austin with seventeen. So
Speaker 1: the committee got a little bit smaller because Bryce Butler
Speaker 1: did not play, So that's ten snaps you might have
Speaker 1: given the terrence. They went dispersed to others. So I
Speaker 1: think Rico got more snaps in the game, didn't He
Speaker 1: as opposed the last week, didn't want to stop only
Speaker 1: because of the three the three wide receiver set, I
Speaker 1: mean three tight ends. He got ten snaps. Okay, let's
Speaker 1: go to Maryland, a team that knocked off the Texas
Speaker 1: long Horns in the season opener. Sean Hello, Sean, Hey, guys,
Speaker 1: I love your show. I was listening to your show
Speaker 1: yesterday and Brian said that if you're going to point fingers,
Speaker 1: both point to the low hanging fruits of the head
Speaker 1: coach and offensive coordinator. Sure not, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: everyone is pointing fingers in different directions. You know it's
Speaker 1: the head coach just to play callings. The offensive line
Speaker 1: isn't as good, right, you don't have any two wide
Speaker 1: receivers or tight end right, So I'm going to point
Speaker 1: a finger too. If this position actually play better, it
Speaker 1: would make the whole team better. And that's the quarterback position. Okay,
Speaker 1: I think a good quarterback will put a deodorant on
Speaker 1: the whole team. He'd make a play calling and the
Speaker 1: head coach look better. He's the offensive lying a feller
Speaker 1: like Tony Rolo did most of his career. Sure, he
Speaker 1: makes a running back better because the defense wouldn't attack
Speaker 1: the box all the time. He'd make the wilde receivers
Speaker 1: and tight ends better. Jason witt Is going to the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame because of Romo and and Den Ryan
Speaker 1: was a prow baller under him. Okay, I won't think
Speaker 1: that it's a coincidence that Deaz and witness production dropped
Speaker 1: off significantly under Dak Priscott. Okay, And finally, I think,
Speaker 1: but to be mixed, the whole defense better because he's
Speaker 1: able to extend drives and not go swing out all
Speaker 1: the time. You don't think young more thing. Okay, if
Speaker 1: it's first and tend and we get a holding call,
Speaker 1: I'm about to have a harder tack because I know
Speaker 1: we're in trouble. But under Tony first and twenty second
Speaker 1: and twenty I didn't even blink an eye because I've
Speaker 1: seen it time and time at comment over again and
Speaker 1: you know, anyways, thanks guy, Okay, thank you. Sean in Maryland.
Speaker 1: Sean makes some points. Obviously, a quarterback position is very important.
Speaker 1: Dak Dak knew he needed to play better than he
Speaker 1: had in the first three games. I think he played
Speaker 1: for well last week. Made made some clutch plays on
Speaker 1: that last drive to get you a victory. You know, yeah,
Speaker 1: not not not just the Zeke throw at the end,
Speaker 1: but the fumble recovery that he had the presence of mind.
Speaker 1: That was big. Absolutely. But I will say this, Uh,
Speaker 1: if we're ranking who's gotten the most blame in the
Speaker 1: first four weeks, I think Dak Prescott has been up
Speaker 1: there pretty high. Yes, I mean I put him for
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and Jason Fruit fell off the tree. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gotten a pass by any means. No,
Speaker 1: not Jack Twitter, No, not at all, you know. And
Speaker 1: I will say this, though, how many times we have
Speaker 1: seen this quarterback makes some throws should have been rewarded
Speaker 1: with a touchdown pass to Tavon Austin, that ball was
Speaker 1: thrown perfectly, should have not given up an interception in
Speaker 1: the Seattle game. That that that was thrown perfectly. There
Speaker 1: is Dak Prescott perfect. No, absolutely not. And I understand
Speaker 1: the gentleman's love for Tony Romo. I get it, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know it sounds like to me, you were just
Speaker 1: you're just kind of you know, you're you know, And
Speaker 1: I get it. I get folks love for Romo out there,
Speaker 1: I really do. But Tony Romo and Dak Prescott are
Speaker 1: not the same player, right, They're not. Let's just quit
Speaker 1: trying to compare, Oh, Romo would have done this and
Speaker 1: Tony would have done that. They're different quarterbacks. Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: is different from Tom Brady or Alex Smith or any
Speaker 1: of these other quarterbacks playing in the league. Whatever you
Speaker 1: need to do, find ways to help him along. If
Speaker 1: it's wide receiver by committee, what great. If it's running
Speaker 1: the football great. If it's better pass protection Mickey Spagnola, great.
Speaker 1: But whatever you can do to help a quarterback succeed,
Speaker 1: do that. Okay. Trying to conjure up the image of
Speaker 1: Tony Romo showing up in your fantasy is fantasy. This
Speaker 1: is what you are right now. Okay, figure it out,
Speaker 1: figure out what you have to do to let him
Speaker 1: have some success. We all act like that this quarterback
Speaker 1: is no good kid. Was NFC Rookie of the Year,
Speaker 1: Offensive Rookie of the Year just three years against best
Speaker 1: seasoned by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. He figure
Speaker 1: it out for him? Is he got faults? Yes? But
Speaker 1: to sit there and act like that he is somebody
Speaker 1: he's not is pure fantasy on your part. All right,
Speaker 1: I've got and I'm not saying that Dak Prescott is
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback, he's not. But yeah, Terry
Speaker 1: Bradshaw versus Dan Marino, who's a better quarterback if you
Speaker 1: if you're saying throwing the football, just pure passing. Dan
Speaker 1: Marino who had the better career, no doubt. But also
Speaker 1: though they both play in an era where they didn't
Speaker 1: have high turnover, Terry Bradshaw didn't have high turnover of
Speaker 1: his roster okay at four ranks. Yeah, and he got
Speaker 1: just the style of quarterback and so forth. Terry Bradshaw
Speaker 1: is not considered when I look at his career is
Speaker 1: one of the great passers. Bob Greasy, same type of guy.
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys that star Art Star exactly. He
Speaker 1: was great. He was he was great, but he's but
Speaker 1: says a bad guy. Packer was a packer absolutely, okay.
Speaker 1: But my point is there are different there that just
Speaker 1: happened to be in front all the time. There are
Speaker 1: different types of quarterbacks. Yeah, Okay. In fact, you can
Speaker 1: look at one that was great here, right. I was
Speaker 1: gonna say, right, you can go Roger're also, but I
Speaker 1: was gonna say Troy Aikman. Yeah, Troy Aikman could be
Speaker 1: a great passer along the lines. I mean his accuracy
Speaker 1: was whatever. But he played a different type game because
Speaker 1: no question was what was suited for this team to win.
Speaker 1: And the best thing that happened to Troy Aikman is
Speaker 1: that preceding him was Steve Pelour and a broken down
Speaker 1: Danny White. Yeah. Unfortunately for Danny White, he had to
Speaker 1: take over for Starbuck. Yeah. And he never never even
Speaker 1: though he tookowski for bart star Yeah three times, he
Speaker 1: takes him to the NFC title game. Everybody forgets that,
Speaker 1: including the people that give tours out. But there My
Speaker 1: point is, there are different ways to skin this cat. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And if what you got to determine on Prescott, we've
Speaker 1: already saw it in his Rookie of the Year season
Speaker 1: his first year, is that he can lead a team
Speaker 1: to a thirteen and three record and capable Yeah, and
Speaker 1: and and and and should have been rewarded for a
Speaker 1: playoff win. If they find a way to keep in
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback from converting on thirty nineteen, I
Speaker 1: don't know what's wrong with needing help around you if
Speaker 1: you're a quarterback. I don't think some of that. His
Speaker 1: franchise has been spoiled by great quarterback play. Hall of
Speaker 1: fame quarterback, great players around the quarterbay players around them too.
Speaker 1: Ask Troy Aikman what happened when they ran out of
Speaker 1: wide receiver? Oh? I live that, Nick asking what happened
Speaker 1: when Michael Irvin we did when we didn't protect him anymore?
Speaker 1: That's a great point. I mean, what happened to him
Speaker 1: in the latter half of his career and then they
Speaker 1: got him killed and then they boot him off the
Speaker 1: field in in two thousand, you're saying the worst part
Speaker 1: for Dak is that he's been he's behind, he had
Speaker 1: to come behind Romo. And how many fans I'm not
Speaker 1: saying Sean who just called, is how many fans that
Speaker 1: we got just the vitriol on Tony Romo? How many
Speaker 1: fans wanted Tony Romo in a ditch a couple of years,
Speaker 1: No question it. It makes me mad, actually, some of
Speaker 1: the stuff we get from people, where's Tony? Why can't
Speaker 1: What do you think about Tony three years ago? What
Speaker 1: were you saying about Tony Romo? Back then? He got
Speaker 1: more crap from fans that I've ever seen, couldn't ever seen. Yeah, sorry,
Speaker 1: I just you know, go play. They always they always
Speaker 1: talk about his playoff record. Yeah, let's let's let's move on. Okay,
Speaker 1: it is what you're right now. If you want to
Speaker 1: tell me, hey, Okay, I don't agree with not having
Speaker 1: a big time wide receiver. I really don't agree with
Speaker 1: these tight ends. Okay. I really think though the right
Speaker 1: tackle has regressed from what we saw last year, and
Speaker 1: the left tackle might not be elite. Okay, But and
Speaker 1: I'm missing my starting center. Okay, how can I help
Speaker 1: my quarterback? That's where I'm trying to think, and I
Speaker 1: say it, keeps saying this. The quarterback is not perfect.
Speaker 1: He's not accurate all the time. He doesn't anticipate well
Speaker 1: enough at times. But you'll figure out ways to help
Speaker 1: him instead of saying, well, if we brought back Romo,
Speaker 1: things would be different, right, I'm sure they would. He'd
Speaker 1: be laying on his back out there and Brent Brown
Speaker 1: would have a spatula getting him up off the field.
Speaker 1: And you're right here and staff that brought Tony Romo here.
Speaker 1: I know what you're saying. Okay, so nobody appreciates what
Speaker 1: Romo did more. But let's stop living in fantasy land.
Speaker 1: It's Dak Prescott's team now, and he has proven to
Speaker 1: work or not. And this is the last time we
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Speaker 1: tour days. What's your suggestion? You know we have like
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, we had a bunch of
Speaker 1: Buckeyes coming through. Yeah, when Ohio State was here for
Speaker 1: the TCU game. I haven't seen him today. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: don't have a home game. That might have something to
Speaker 1: do with it. It's a good point, maybe so maybe
Speaker 1: so all right on the road again, right, but it's
Speaker 1: a short road trip down to Houston. And now let's
Speaker 1: dive into this matchup the Cowboys versus the Texans. We
Speaker 1: talked a lot about J. J. Watt, Daveon Clowney and
Speaker 1: what the Cowboys need to do offensively to protect the
Speaker 1: quarterback and get that run game established, and Brian You've
Speaker 1: talked about a secondary for the Texans that can be
Speaker 1: taken advantage. They can be taken advantage of, but you
Speaker 1: got to be willing to do it. You have to
Speaker 1: be willing to you know you can. You can get
Speaker 1: open on these Texans cornerback safeties. You have a gambler
Speaker 1: with Tyrn Matthew in the way that he plays, you
Speaker 1: have to be aware of where he is on the field.
Speaker 1: But Jonathan Joseph and uh Sharise Wright have shown me
Speaker 1: they have no ability to cover. They don't And Aaron
Speaker 1: Colvin has been banged up. Yea, so they've been struggling
Speaker 1: at Sharie right will take it exactly. And that's you know,
Speaker 1: and they've and we talked about the Lions had had
Speaker 1: a little bit of some problems with the nickel. Well,
Speaker 1: this team has had a little bit of problems with
Speaker 1: their nickel as well. Justin Reid is a rookie, say
Speaker 1: that they're having to play with right now. Kareem Jackson
Speaker 1: has been banged up. If you can protect, if the
Speaker 1: Cowboys could protect. And I think that I'm not just saying, hey,
Speaker 1: bang your head and run the football. I love running
Speaker 1: the football. Nobody loves running the football more than me.
Speaker 1: But I don't think you could just bang your head
Speaker 1: on early downs. I think you're gonna have to mix
Speaker 1: this thing up. I think you're gonna have to take
Speaker 1: some shots. If you have to max protect, if you
Speaker 1: have to keep some twelve personnel tight ends in there
Speaker 1: and kind of make these guys have to run through,
Speaker 1: you go for it because you can win on the outside.
Speaker 1: If the Cowboys don't win on the outside in this
Speaker 1: game and complete passes, they won't score, and then they
Speaker 1: won't win this game. And that's gonna be on them.
Speaker 1: Can the Can the committee find a way to play
Speaker 1: against a very poor textan secondary. All it takes is
Speaker 1: one of those deep plays early. I think back off
Speaker 1: three last week, I think you need I think you
Speaker 1: need four or five. I think you're gonna need this
Speaker 1: team even on third down gives up plays. I mean,
Speaker 1: they are not a good You could throw the ball
Speaker 1: in these guys and let's see, let's see if Connor
Speaker 1: Williams can hold up. Let's see if Lyle Collins can
Speaker 1: hold up. Let's see if Tyrn Smith can hold up.
Speaker 1: You know, and here I'm saying that, but you know,
Speaker 1: he played a lot better last week I thought too.
Speaker 1: But they've got to hold up up front. Yep. If
Speaker 1: they're gonna throw the ball and you know, and and
Speaker 1: they need to get they need to It's it's classic
Speaker 1: to say the balance and all that, But I think
Speaker 1: the way you win this game last week I thought
Speaker 1: I thought running the ball against the Lions was the
Speaker 1: best way to win. The best way this week is
Speaker 1: to throw the football against against the Texans. He matchup
Speaker 1: for Lyle Collins. He's had a lot of those his
Speaker 1: first year as a right tackles. They're gonna move the
Speaker 1: clowney around. Get ready, he'll face what he'll face clowney
Speaker 1: and you know he's played well against top rushers before.
Speaker 1: So we'll see. Does it look like they play what
Speaker 1: they're keeping him on the left side he had, But
Speaker 1: what they're trying to do with what is with clowney.
Speaker 1: They're doing what they used to do with what four
Speaker 1: or five years ago before he got compromised with the
Speaker 1: back and the things that he's had to deal with
Speaker 1: throughout his career. He's still an effective player. You have
Speaker 1: to be aware of him. Lyle Collins cannot get pushed
Speaker 1: back in the pocket because I've said this before the
Speaker 1: games I've watched. It seems like every time Watt gets
Speaker 1: near the quarterback, he's slapping at the ball and it's
Speaker 1: on the ground. So you gotta I mean, le Collins
Speaker 1: is gonna have to keep him? Why keep him? Why
Speaker 1: don't let him on that inside swim move? Beat you
Speaker 1: to the middle in there? They're gonna have some problems
Speaker 1: if that turns into something that happens regularly. You know.
Speaker 1: We did a t telestrator segment with Will McClay for
Speaker 1: the Jason Garrett Show, and he pointed out some plays
Speaker 1: not only with Clowney, but also what in the run
Speaker 1: game where he'll die Like if if arm over quick inside, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he'll come from the backside and run the play down
Speaker 1: him and run the play down too. So you gotta
Speaker 1: you know, he still has he look appears to be healthy.
Speaker 1: He's got five sacks the last couple of weeks and
Speaker 1: forced fumbles too, and so you gotta account for him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because he's got he's got that quickness has come back,
Speaker 1: Yeah he has. He sounds like a lot of two
Speaker 1: tight ends to me. Yeah, I think that I think
Speaker 1: that you will. I think you're right about that. Make
Speaker 1: I think you'll see some twelve personnel, but I also
Speaker 1: like your idea about getting in eleven. I'm gonna make
Speaker 1: these defensive backs have to play. You know, if Dak Prescott.
Speaker 1: This will be a key test for Dak Prescott is
Speaker 1: you know, can he hit some guys on the move
Speaker 1: with some accuracy and let them make plays the Texans
Speaker 1: will give If the Texans cover these receivers, I guarantee
Speaker 1: of the Texans will win this football game. Look, they've
Speaker 1: given up twenty seven to twenty twenty seven and thirty four, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, and they had to be ready to score
Speaker 1: and only and only one really well, I mean the
Speaker 1: last quarterback top notch right, So the Giants scored twenty
Speaker 1: seven on him, yeah and won the game they did,
Speaker 1: I know, Yeah, and they got twenty seven right, yeah,
Speaker 1: so it was a twenty seven twenty game. Luck hung
Speaker 1: some on him too, and shouldn't tie game if they
Speaker 1: If they don't, I don't know why they went for so.
Speaker 1: And if they go wide and those guys want to
Speaker 1: rush like that, I mean, if they go three wide
Speaker 1: they want to rush like that, then do they have
Speaker 1: another linebacker that can run with Zeke? Yeah, they're gonna
Speaker 1: have to be conscious of that. And if they want
Speaker 1: to take a safety out of coverage, then those wide
Speaker 1: receivers got to win on the Outside's going to get
Speaker 1: one on one coverage yeast, And so the committee somebody
Speaker 1: better step up. And I'm still saying at some point,
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup is gonna emerge. It's time now. Did it
Speaker 1: last week? That thirty seven yard catch early loosen things
Speaker 1: up a little bit and they took more deep shots
Speaker 1: in general down the field early in the game last
Speaker 1: week and just said, look, all right, you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to respect us here and that Hell, I think that
Speaker 1: helps Zeke out, I really do. I just want to
Speaker 1: do some more of that, just more opportunities for him. Okay,
Speaker 1: flip it around in Deshaun Watson. What's gonna be the key?
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a problem for the Texans the first
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, going back and watching how they ran
Speaker 1: the football with Lamar Miller were more effective than They've
Speaker 1: had some problems with their offensive line. They've had to
Speaker 1: do some shuffling with their offensive line. Davenport, the left tackle,
Speaker 1: started against the Giants and the rookie rank and started
Speaker 1: the next week. You know, in the game against the Colts,
Speaker 1: the center Nick Martin has been banged up, Kelametti has
Speaker 1: been banged up, the the guard. They've had some problems inside.
Speaker 1: They have they don't have the continuity. They haven't been
Speaker 1: able to really run the football the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller is very capable though a running the football
Speaker 1: and they play. When you see it, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: very much like when you watched Watson play at Clemson.
Speaker 1: It's very much at Clemson offense with the shotgun, the snap,
Speaker 1: the inside handoffs and let Lamar Miller kind of run
Speaker 1: that way. Alfred Blue was a capable runner as well.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys have been really, really good as stop in
Speaker 1: the run. This is gonna be something if they I
Speaker 1: think the Texans are gonna have to run the football.
Speaker 1: I think the Texans are gonna try and run the football,
Speaker 1: whether they can do it or not. If they have success,
Speaker 1: run into football again. Problem for the Cowboys. What I
Speaker 1: do worry about, though, is not so much the talent
Speaker 1: in the Cowboys secondary. I worry about the mental mistakes
Speaker 1: or busts that they might have. It seems like these
Speaker 1: last few weeks when they've given up plays at least
Speaker 1: the last two games, and they've given up big plays.
Speaker 1: It's been because of a bust in the secondary. They
Speaker 1: can't have a bust against Hopkins and Fuller and these
Speaker 1: guys and Kutique because these guys will run all the
Speaker 1: plays that we talked about kicking the ant hill and
Speaker 1: the ants run everywhere. These guys are the same type
Speaker 1: of players. Watson in the pocket can escape, he can run,
Speaker 1: he can extend plays, and he will run to his
Speaker 1: left and throw the ball sixty yards. They've given up
Speaker 1: five passing touchdowns. Three of them would come on us,
Speaker 1: and those three have come over the last two weeks.
Speaker 1: So that cannot happen. The other thing that can't happen
Speaker 1: is what happened early against cam Newton with him running
Speaker 1: the ball, because everybody's so fired up to go get
Speaker 1: a sack that you forget about stopping the run. Uh
Speaker 1: and and I, you know, I figured out that the
Speaker 1: you know, the other two games that were really good
Speaker 1: against the run, the two games they weren't Seattle and Carolina. Well,
Speaker 1: it also took them so many carries to gain that
Speaker 1: many yards, right, they were they held him to like
Speaker 1: three point six yards to carry. The problem was is
Speaker 1: they get ahead and they consult the game away, right,
Speaker 1: So they got to stop that first. Can't let him run,
Speaker 1: and then you got to get after him and make
Speaker 1: sure you're not just chasing, like chasing your tail, right.
Speaker 1: You gotta keep him in the pocket, make them run
Speaker 1: the play that's called, you know, don't let them improvise. Uh.
Speaker 1: And because I think the secondary can cover, like Brian said,
Speaker 1: if they're not busting coverage, right, and as long as
Speaker 1: Jeff Heath is on the field, don't forget he got sacked.
Speaker 1: Watson got sacked seven times. Last week, he got hit
Speaker 1: eleven times. Yeah, there are opportunities to get to him.
Speaker 1: And again if David Irving can be active in this
Speaker 1: game and give me twelve snaps, and like Mickey I
Speaker 1: think Mickey said earlier week, play some clear passing downs,
Speaker 1: get your best four rushers on the field. They've got
Speaker 1: players they can get to him in this game. But
Speaker 1: beyond tank, and it needs to be more than tank.
Speaker 1: Watson has one tough onmbre he is, He's real tough.
Speaker 1: Last games I compared it to this is very much
Speaker 1: to me a Washington redskin game. You know back in
Speaker 1: the day when Kirk Cousins was playing, and it could
Speaker 1: go either way, it could go okay, well, hey, what's
Speaker 1: you know? He Watson's capable of throwing for four hundred yards.
Speaker 1: He's also capable of losing the game throwing for four
Speaker 1: hundred yards. That's true. I just I just how many
Speaker 1: times have we played the Redskins and you just hold
Speaker 1: your breath because Jamison Crowder made a play or or
Speaker 1: you know, Pierre Garcon made a play, or you know,
Speaker 1: and you're just like going, oh god, last three games
Speaker 1: he's got he's averaged a round forty forty five yards rushing.
Speaker 1: Are those on designed runs or are those on scramped
Speaker 1: That's a lot on him, on him just taking the
Speaker 1: ball and going. And that's why where one of the
Speaker 1: one of the better teams when it comes they haven't
Speaker 1: rushed the ball with Lamar Miller as well him carrying
Speaker 1: the ball where they got the rushing. It's a lot
Speaker 1: like with dak too. I mean, in fact, yeah, Docs
Speaker 1: and Impact two games has over four hundred yards total
Speaker 1: offense come by and passing. See what happens with his yards.
Speaker 1: It's not like how much he totals. It's when he
Speaker 1: does it it breaks your back. Yeah, because hes key
Speaker 1: times and he's bailing back to his college days. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's bailing him out. And he can throw the ball.
Speaker 1: He's just one of these guys. It's gonna scatter around.
Speaker 1: He can throw the ball down the field. So you
Speaker 1: better not tell me a ten thirty Saturday night. You
Speaker 1: come limping in with twenty points, you know it better
Speaker 1: be twenty four twenty seven if you plan on winning. Yeah. Absolutely, Okay,
Speaker 1: So it's prediction time. Micky, would you like to kick
Speaker 1: us off? I'm gonna kick it off, and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take Michael Gallop. I'm gonna take until that guy ends
Speaker 1: up making a difference in the game. And give me
Speaker 1: the Cowboys twenty four twenty one, twenty one Cowboys or
Speaker 1: you think they're only gonna get twenty one points? Houston?
Speaker 1: Did I did I missspeak? You said that you need
Speaker 1: to score twenty twenty seven to win. I got twenty four, alright,
Speaker 1: twenty one? All right? Kybe Fairbaron is going to miss
Speaker 1: four field goals. That's why they're only gonna you know what,
Speaker 1: And Lamar Miller's been having problems with a chest chest injury, right,
Speaker 1: you know it? Maybe Alfred Blue. Yeah, let's hope, although
Speaker 1: he kind of heard him in that preseason japneys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but no one played. Those guys are at home depot.
Speaker 1: Yeah right, okay, Rob Phillips, I'm going back and forth
Speaker 1: on this. I you know, at first, I thought, you know,
Speaker 1: I need to see the Cowboys do this on the
Speaker 1: road before I pick them. But I do think there
Speaker 1: are matchups to exploit. I Brian did a great job
Speaker 1: of explaining a lot of those. I'll go twenty seven
Speaker 1: twenty six Cowboys, but I'm also counting on one of
Speaker 1: those touchdowns coming off of a short field that they
Speaker 1: actually can get an interception or some type of takeaway
Speaker 1: to help out Dak Prescott in the offense. They're the
Speaker 1: only team yet in the National Football League to not
Speaker 1: have an interception. Oh he wait till you see that columns. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this guy, this guy could throw you when too your
Speaker 1: pick pick to click. I think Zeke they found something
Speaker 1: in the running game. Brian's right, they got to get
Speaker 1: the passing game some balance there. But I think Zeke
Speaker 1: is capable of continuing what he did last week. Gay, Brian, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm going with the Texans in this game, and I
Speaker 1: feel like it's going to come down to Dak Prescott's
Speaker 1: inability to protect the football here, and I worry about
Speaker 1: things breaking down in the pocket. I worry about the committee,
Speaker 1: even though that the Texans are pouring the secondary, if
Speaker 1: it does turn into and I think the way the
Speaker 1: Cowboys are going to have to win. And I could
Speaker 1: be really really wrong about this. If the Cowboys protect,
Speaker 1: they can absolutely win this game. But I do worry
Speaker 1: about a clowney a watch something where they get a
Speaker 1: short field drive. This is how really the Texans. I
Speaker 1: know that they've only won, you know, the one game,
Speaker 1: but they're going to thrive on turnovers, and when Prescott
Speaker 1: turns the ball over, it's usually problems for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: I do worry about it, and then this game because
Speaker 1: I worry about him attack in the pocket. Texans twenty eight,
Speaker 1: Cowboys twenty four. Well, I've gone back and forth on
Speaker 1: this because they've got not one but two guys, or
Speaker 1: maybe more than two. They can just direct the game
Speaker 1: for you on one big play. This is the Washington
Speaker 1: game to me. This is the ability of them to
Speaker 1: throw the football for twenty yards and they can in
Speaker 1: the Texans can lose. As always when I pick against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, I hope I'm wrong, but I just feel
Speaker 1: like there's gonna be a turnover two in this game.
Speaker 1: You're pick to click. I need Dak Prescott to play
Speaker 1: well in this game if if they're gonna win. And
Speaker 1: I'm agreeing with Brian, and that's good news for Cowboys
Speaker 1: fans because I belong i predictions. I'm picking thirty seventeen Texans,
Speaker 1: all right, and I'll wipe out and Tyrn Matthew is
Speaker 1: going to have a big game, I'm afraid, Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: because he's due. All right. That does it, and hopefully
Speaker 1: for you Longhorn fans, I will don this cap on
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