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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, December eleventh, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number ninety four. Welcome to another edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: live from the SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. We're

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Speaker 1: talking Cowboys football today. We're telling to take a big

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Speaker 1: picture look today, look around the NFL, as we do

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Speaker 1: on every Tuesday. It's looking up for the Cowboys more

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Speaker 1: and more. It's it's looking like the Cowboys are going

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Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs. I think it's like a

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Speaker 1: ninety nine percent chance at this point they'll be in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs barring just some unforeseen just complete dismantling of

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Speaker 1: this team. They should be in the playoffs. But there's

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Speaker 1: still a lot that has to happen below them with

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Speaker 1: regards to the playoff team that maybe not the playoff

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Speaker 1: team that they will face, but that final sixth seed

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. How's everybody doing this morning. I'm good,

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Speaker 1: Derek Good, I'm good, good good. I wanted to talk

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Speaker 1: a little bit today about a couple of different topics. First,

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Speaker 1: looking at the NFC, and we we were talking about

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Speaker 1: this before we went on the air. Dave made mention

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Speaker 1: of it yesterday. Really it's not so much about, you know,

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Speaker 1: It's much more about who's the fifth and the sixth seed.

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Speaker 1: And last night, as you watched that game with the

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Speaker 1: two teams that right now are the fifth and six seeds,

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Speaker 1: Seattle being the fifth seed and Minnesota being the sixth seed,

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Speaker 1: it looks like there is an appreciable difference between the

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Speaker 1: quality of football being played by the Seattle Seahawks and

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Speaker 1: pretty much everybody else that's battling for that sixth spot.

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Speaker 1: What's your assessment of the teams that are left. Of

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Speaker 1: all those teams that are left kind of battling for

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Speaker 1: that sixth spot, which of those teams do you think

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Speaker 1: instead of Seattle. Oh? Um, Eagles. But it wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: then though, right, I mean, I would be. The likelihood

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Speaker 1: you mentioned that NFL that NFL playoff predictor. I played

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Speaker 1: around with that a little bit this morning. As far

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Speaker 1: as the way I was looking at it, the Eagles

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Speaker 1: And you look at that and it's like, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: they got Houston, they got the Rams, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: tough for them to get one win went out. The

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Speaker 1: Vikings are now six six one seven I think there's

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Speaker 1: six six and one, you're right, yeah, So why do

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Speaker 1: six and seven? Well, the the at least the I think.

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Speaker 1: The thing about it is Miami would have to not

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Speaker 1: would be the who was I talking about? Minnesota? Minnesota

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Speaker 1: would have to lose two of their final three. Philly

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Speaker 1: Their final game is against Chicago, who may or may

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Speaker 1: in which case, again it's going to be very difficult

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Speaker 1: Because the tie creates a whole different thing, because now

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Speaker 1: In soccer you don't even look at the wins and losses.

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Speaker 1: You say points they have, but thirty points out of

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Speaker 1: to me, that's a problem. Like I want sports to

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Speaker 1: just wins and losses. Give me a win loss record

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Speaker 1: and I'll know how good you are. This is a

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Speaker 1: there's no playoff. Whoever does the best of its thirty

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Speaker 1: I get that. I just I sports is supposed to

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Speaker 1: I don't like sports without playoffs. I think college football

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Speaker 1: myself all day. Playoffs are so much fun and they're

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Speaker 1: beauty of what the playoff system gives you. It gives

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be the final question. The coude gras

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Speaker 1: this to the front. When you look at this team now,

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Speaker 1: pieces are in place. If you look at super Bowl

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Speaker 1: know that silly, it's not starting. No, No, I'm saying silly.

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Speaker 1: This isn't that team. Like you can watch any of

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Speaker 1: I mean, they lead the league in third down percentage.

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Speaker 1: stringing that together. They're gonna I mean, unless something miraculous happens,

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Speaker 1: And that's the big question. But they can. I don't

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Speaker 1: He is pretty good. I mean, when you look around

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Speaker 1: radio station here, And I guess it's something Michael Irvin

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Speaker 1: was arguing about on NFL Network over the weekend. Is

427
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Speaker 1: you know the cliche is defense wins championships. Michael Irvin

428
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Speaker 1: is you know, no points win championships. You got to

429
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Speaker 1: score more points than the other guy to win the games.

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Speaker 1: And Jerry was kind of right in the fence between

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Speaker 1: those who thought processes. So I was thinking about it,

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Speaker 1: and I was like, I absolutely believe defense wins championships,

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Speaker 1: just in the sense of to win in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: you got to either win three or four games in

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Speaker 1: a row, and your defense has to be good enough

436
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Speaker 1: to keep you in those games. I mean absolutely, I

437
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Speaker 1: don't think you win a Super Bowl with a terrible defense.

438
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Speaker 1: You doesn't have to be amazing, but it can't be

439
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Speaker 1: terrible to be opportunistic. The thing is, I kind of

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Speaker 1: see what Michael Irvin is saying, though, is you don't

441
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Speaker 1: have to have an amazing offense, but your offense has

442
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Speaker 1: to be consistent enough to show up three or four

443
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,399
Speaker 1: times in a row and show up I mean a minute,

444
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Speaker 1: probably not even seventeen, like twenty to twenty seven points

445
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs playing those types of teams. You don't

446
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Speaker 1: see teams win playoff games of seventeen points very often,

447
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Speaker 1: And that is what concerns me for this team, is like,

448
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Speaker 1: I'm pretty I'm very confident this defense can hold whoever

449
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Speaker 1: to twenty points or less. I'm not confident that this

450
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,679
Speaker 1: offense can score twenty seven multiple times, even with what

451
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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper's added for them, because it seems like since

452
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Speaker 1: he's got it, they're often the offense is scoring. It's

453
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Speaker 1: not easy scoring, but it seems like they're scoring more.

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Speaker 1: I mean, let's okay, twenty nine, six of which came

455
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Speaker 1: in an overtime period U thirteen not I mean, amazing win,

456
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Speaker 1: but not good enough. Twenty two against the Falcons, um

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Speaker 1: twenty seven against Philly, which whom I'm oh, third thirty one,

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Speaker 1: So they can do it? Can they do it? And then,

459
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Speaker 1: like I said, they're probably not getting a buy. So

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Speaker 1: you're talking beating four good teams in a row. Can

461
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Speaker 1: they stack for good performances in a row? This instance,

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Speaker 1: they they've had four out of five, but they've scored

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Speaker 1: above what twenty seven. One of those teams has a

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Speaker 1: winning record. And I'd only bring this up because now

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Speaker 1: we're comparing that to what you're comparing it to and

466
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Speaker 1: having to go and beat the Saints, beat the Rams

467
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Speaker 1: or Bears or whoever. Um. I just I just feel

468
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Speaker 1: like if you have to go to the Superdome. That

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Speaker 1: that's the one thing that I don't I don't like

470
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Speaker 1: that at all. And it's not just about the Superdome.

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Speaker 1: I get it, the Cowboys have won there before and

472
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Speaker 1: all that. It's about this year's team already beating them barely.

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Speaker 1: I just think that's not what's gonna happen again with

474
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Speaker 1: breezing them and they're gonna have to it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a different type of game. I don't like that. I

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Speaker 1: like going up to LA if you have to do that,

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Speaker 1: I like, And I don't mind the Bears. Okay, So

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Speaker 1: so here's the question, going back to what Dave was saying,

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Speaker 1: name teams for me that are more well balanced than

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys when you're talking about offense and defense. Obviously

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Speaker 1: the offense in this instance is not as good as

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Speaker 1: the defense. But when you look at every team, there's

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Speaker 1: probably that type of one's better than the other. Are

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Speaker 1: there teams out there that you think are more balanced

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Speaker 1: as far as when you try to factor the offense

486
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Speaker 1: in their defense, and then says in the Rams, I

487
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Speaker 1: think they're more balanced. Yes, if you think the Rams defense, yes,

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Rams defense up to whatno, were

489
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Speaker 1: they weren't supposed to be well because all the number

490
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Speaker 1: one picks and all those But I think that they're

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Speaker 1: they're really good. They're also they got the best player

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Speaker 1: in I mean, they got the best player in football,

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Speaker 1: no doubt about that. So when you have the best

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Speaker 1: player in football and didn't you know, Sue, he's not bad.

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Speaker 1: I mean they got good. Don't get me wrong. They

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Speaker 1: got a ton of talent. And that's one of the

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Speaker 1: reasons why I've been so shocked by some of the

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Speaker 1: games they have, particularly that game they played against Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: I thought there would be more defense because I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at that team and I'm saying they got a ton

501
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Speaker 1: of good defensive players at the Rams. But they it

502
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Speaker 1: hasn't translated to Sam. They haven't played like they have

503
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Speaker 1: a bunch of good players. I mean, don't get me wrong,

504
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Speaker 1: the best player in the league. It is very clear

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Speaker 1: who the best defensive player in the league is, right,

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Speaker 1: But beyond that, they just haven't played as a unit.

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Speaker 1: They haven't played like that. Keep in mind, though, and

508
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Speaker 1: this is where we fall into traps, and it's not

509
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Speaker 1: our fault. Like our job is to cover the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: We know this team better than damn near anybody. I

511
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Speaker 1: don't know what's going on intimately with the Rams, but

512
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Speaker 1: you look around keep to lead back that that type

513
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,159
Speaker 1: of stuff mat Although he's not playing back to his

514
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: full form yet, but he'll have a few weeks to

515
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,640
Speaker 1: get back. He's played two games since missing. Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: point being, you know we're talking about this isn't the

517
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Speaker 1: same team that the Cowboys had in October. The Rams

518
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Speaker 1: won't be the same team. And if if he's back

519
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Speaker 1: playing like he's been playing, you've got two You know

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Speaker 1: you can't pick him though, but again he's not playing

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Speaker 1: well because they can pick on him. Now you bring

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Speaker 1: that cornerback back, Like I'm just you know, your personnel changes,

523
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Speaker 1: your team changes. The Seahawks can say the same thing,

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Speaker 1: um and just with the talent and the offense that

525
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Speaker 1: they have and having the best pass rusher in the NFL. Like, yes,

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Speaker 1: I think the Rams are better and more balanced than

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Okay, you think the Saints too, yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: which does not get does not mean the Cowboys can't

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Speaker 1: beat them, That doesn't I mean the Saint The Cowboys

530
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Speaker 1: already beat the Saints. But you just look at it

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Speaker 1: on paper, You look at what they do well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean that they're number one and two in the

533
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Speaker 1: conference by a pretty wide margin. Yeah. Uncomfortable, And I

534
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Speaker 1: don't really care because this is what we do. But

535
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Speaker 1: how uncomfortable would Jason Garrett be just sitting here? Let's

536
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: talking about but he's got a job to do and

537
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 1: he's trying to win against it. That's fine. Yeah, he's

538
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Speaker 1: having it. He's trying to have a good Tuesday, that's all.

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Speaker 1: You don't even know if playing the Colts. But he

540
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Speaker 1: would also say, do your job, and his job is

541
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Speaker 1: to focus on the Colts, and our job is to

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Speaker 1: do that. That's what the fans are talking about. They're

543
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Speaker 1: not talking necessarily about the Colts right now. But let

544
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Speaker 1: me ask you this about the Let's go back to that.

545
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Speaker 1: Maybe the first game, assuming you know, whoever gets into

546
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Speaker 1: as the sixth seed is gonna kind of pick it

547
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Speaker 1: up and win a few games here. So whoever you're facing,

548
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Speaker 1: you're facing a team that's relatively hot. I would think, um,

549
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Speaker 1: who would you rather face Seattle or Carolina? Because it's

550
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Speaker 1: really easy to just say Carolina. But when I think

551
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Speaker 1: about what this team does, um, McCaffrey and and Cam Newton,

552
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Speaker 1: they they worry me a little bit more than that.

553
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Speaker 1: Then Seattle's off and I know Russell Wilson, he's tough

554
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Speaker 1: to bring down on it. But from we've seen Carson,

555
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: he ran well on him. I would just say to

556
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Speaker 1: that game, let's do it again, Let's do it again

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Speaker 1: in your best players. The same way about Carolina. I honestly,

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Speaker 1: if you look the early part of that game, they

559
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Speaker 1: let Cam do some things that by the second half

560
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Speaker 1: he wasn't afore and I think if you gave him

561
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Speaker 1: another crack at that one, I actually think they would

562
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Speaker 1: blow him out. I really do, because I think that

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Speaker 1: the more of the season is on worn on with Carolina. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just don't think they have They don't have the weapons.

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Speaker 1: It's really those two guys. It's Cam and McCaffrey, and

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Speaker 1: they don't have much of a passing game. Funches isn't

567
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 1: gonna do much. He has an all season, So I

568
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Speaker 1: think that and their defense, in my opinion, isn't as

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Speaker 1: good as Seattle's defense. So I still think Carolina is

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Speaker 1: a team that you would prefer to play. I'm gonna

571
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Speaker 1: instance things aren't working. I'm gonna nitpick with you too,

572
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Speaker 1: because that it bothered me because, like people gave the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks so much credit, Chris Carson had one hundred yards

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Speaker 1: in that game. He needed thirty two players to carry

575
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Speaker 1: first three point two yards per carry. That's and you know, obviously,

576
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Speaker 1: and I can hear fans saying this too. Like in

577
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Speaker 1: the playoffs, the Cowboys probably don't deserve the benefit of

578
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Speaker 1: the doubt just given their recent history. But I don't

579
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Speaker 1: think that any Cowboys fans should be afraid of any

580
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Speaker 1: of their first round match. And I go back Russell. Sorry,

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00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Nick Russell. Wilson's a great player. I think

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Speaker 1: the world of him. I would have voted for him

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Speaker 1: for MVP last year. He threw for seventy two yards

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Speaker 1: in that game. And Doug Baldwin's hurt. That's another point.

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Speaker 1: Won't be the same team in three weeks when the

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Speaker 1: playoffs come. But there's nobody in that pool of wildcard

587
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: teams that that. I don't think the Cowboys can beat

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Speaker 1: well at home. Another point of that, I mean, okay,

589
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: they bring Doug Baldwin, that doesn't scare anybody, but um,

590
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: I mean he's solid. Baldwin's solid. He has underrated, but

591
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: they faced better receivers than him this Church job against.

592
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Speaker 1: But the big difference is there when you think about

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Speaker 1: that game, the guy on the other side of the

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00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: ball that was just balling out for Seattle obviously not there.

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Speaker 1: Earl Thomas Thomas, I'm sorry right now, but Earl Thomas,

596
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Speaker 1: with those two interceptions, I mean, how different is the

597
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: game there? Bobby Wagner's a beast too, should be. That's

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. That defense is back to playing rod football.

599
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Speaker 1: What was a big play on the other side of

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Speaker 1: the ball that. I don't think Tyler Lockett's going for

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Speaker 1: fifty five on Davier Woods right now. I mean he

602
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: went on cavon Fraser and Xavier Woods is you know,

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Speaker 1: I've been the Earl Thomas cheerleader and all that, and

604
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 1: I might be in the offseason as well. But but Earl,

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Speaker 1: I mean, but Xavier Woods has played well. You gotta

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Speaker 1: give them credit. And I just think that's a position

607
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: where you could put three good guys back there. I'd

608
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 1: be okay with three safeties ut are decent. But the

609
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 1: thing about Seattle, the way Seattle worries you is exactly

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Speaker 1: what they did last night. They're not gonna overwhelm you

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Speaker 1: with offense, They're just gonna kind of stick around, stick around,

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00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: stick around. Their defense is gonna keep making plays, making plays,

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Speaker 1: making plays, and then an opportunity is gonna hit where

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Speaker 1: Russell William Wilson breaks a forty yard run and now

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Speaker 1: you're in a situation where they get some points. Then

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Speaker 1: their defense takes an opportune takes an opportune moment and

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Speaker 1: they get a turnover and the points. Right, that's where

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Speaker 1: a team like Seattle can beat you. And that's where

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Speaker 1: Seattle scares you. If their formulas very they're not a

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Speaker 1: team that's an offensive team. They are back to being

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Speaker 1: a soundly a defensive team that is opportunistic offensively. And

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Speaker 1: you sort of just describe the Cowboys too. Although the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys are better offensively, I think that Seattle, Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: have because they have a better running game, they have

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00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: more ways to beat you. Right, If Dak Prescott, I'm

626
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Speaker 1: watching another highlight of sorry of the game mystery. I

627
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: never saw this highlight yet. If Dak Prescott would ever

628
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Speaker 1: made an interception what Russell Wilson did in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: I mean the internet would burn. Yeah, you know it's

630
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Speaker 1: funny though, and a fan pointed this out to me

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Speaker 1: on Twitter, and I had actually gone and watched a

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Speaker 1: couple of programs in the Philly area listen to a

633
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: couple of podcasts. It's amazing number of times I heard

634
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Speaker 1: people in Philadelphia for comparing their quarterback to Dak and

635
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Speaker 1: saying he's just not playing as well as like say

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Speaker 1: a Dak Prescott He's not doing and so it kind

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Speaker 1: of just it made me chuckle. But it's all about perspective, right.

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Speaker 1: You look at your guy and you're like, you see

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643
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Speaker 1: looking at that, and the people in Philly are like, hey,

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647
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648
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Speaker 1: so I think sometimes it forces you to kind of

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650
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657
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658
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Speaker 1: I heard that a lot, and he did. He did

659
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Speaker 1: look hesitant with ball. And then you know, you see

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Speaker 1: Dak DA's what he's like thirteen to nine and the

661
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662
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Speaker 1: the other day, and you look at that. Cowboys fans

663
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Speaker 1: Why can't he be more like wins? I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: just the way it goes. All Right, we gonna say

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Speaker 1: talk a little bit about this offense and Amari Cooper

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736
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Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit more about this offense. Um,

737
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: we talked a little bit about Amark Cooper and what

738
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: he's brought to this team. Looking at some of the numbers,

739
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,959
Speaker 1: he's been outstanding in these six games. Here's my question

740
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: for you guys, based upon what he's provided for this

741
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: offense and now forcing defenses. It's been pretty well documented

742
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: that now when the Cowboys are in eleven personnel, which

743
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: is one running back, one tight end, three wide receivers, before,

744
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 1: defenses would still put eight men in the box against

745
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Now, by and large, I want to say

746
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: it's under two percent of the time do defense is

747
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: actually keep an eighth man in the box when the

748
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: Cowboys present eleven personnel, Now they're keeping the safety back

749
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: because of Amari Cooper. That being said, how much does

750
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Speaker 1: a guy like Tavon Austin help you at this point

751
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 1: when he returns, presumably maybe this week, maybe next week,

752
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: but certainly by the playoffs you would expect him to

753
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: be back. How much does a guy like him that

754
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: has that kind of lateral speed help you when safeties

755
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 1: are having to stay back. I think he could be

756
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: absolutely huge, and I thought he could have been an

757
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 1: even bigger part of what they were doing when they

758
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: didn't have Amari Cooper. But I cannot, I cannot get

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00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 1: out of my head. It was gimmicky. It was kind

760
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 1: of cheesy almost, but like it worked what they did

761
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: with Lucky Whitehead, it worked every time, and honest, it

762
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 1: was working with Tavon before he got hurt. I want

763
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: to say he had nine carries for fifty five yards

764
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Speaker 1: when he got hurt, which is a pretty nice average.

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Speaker 1: And I think the only reason they didn't do it

766
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: more is because they didn't have a proven receiver like

767
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: I they they were trying to use him way too

768
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: much as a traditional receiver in my opinion, So I

769
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 1: think it could be huge. The only thing I just

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Speaker 1: I don't trust it, and so I don't want to

771
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 1: sit here banging a table like it's going to be

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Speaker 1: this crazy thing, only for him to not make an

773
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: impact when he comes back because I don't trust them

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Speaker 1: to give him is the right way. The guy that

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Speaker 1: I think is having the biggest impact is Gallup, and

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Speaker 1: I know that that Dak and Gallup have not been

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Speaker 1: on the same page yet, but I'll take my chances

778
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: on that because it's not They're not far off and

779
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 1: we're talking about a really big play. It's there just

780
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: about every game, sometimes twice a game. I do Dave

781
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: might disagree with you. We talked to a little bit,

782
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: but I Dak has overthrown him a couple of times

783
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: and missed a couple of times. I think Gallop needs

784
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: to work on it as well. I think there was

785
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: a play where Gallop stopped running Um. So they just

786
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: got to get on the same page. They will, and

787
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: I think that's a product what you're saying about that

788
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: safety with Cooper, it's just leaving one on one. Gallop

789
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: is got got that deep speed, so I think I

790
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: think that's working. If Cooper can I mean not Cooper Um.

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00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: If Tavon could get in there, moon walk around a

792
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: little bit and make some plays, that'd be great. It's

793
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: the same thing that we've you know, been saying since May.

794
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Speaker 1: And he's got some moves, but dancer, he doesn't need

795
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Speaker 1: a tiny dance. He doesn't need to touch that. He

796
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,400
Speaker 1: didn't need to touch the ball more than three or

797
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 1: four times a game. But he can make a difference.

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00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 1: Well that's and that's changed a little bit of three

799
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Speaker 1: or four times a game. And because before Cooper we

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Speaker 1: were like seven, eight nine, Well, I just people were

801
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: making fun of the front office for saying that he

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00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: could get a dozen or more touches a game. And

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00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,439
Speaker 1: you know, just if you five punt returns a game,

804
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: three or four handoffs, maybe a catch or two, like,

805
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 1: you can get there. But with the addition of Cooper,

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Speaker 1: and I agree with you, it's gonna come from Michael

807
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: Gallup and I wouldn't want to go away from him.

808
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: So you've got those options. You've got Zeke. You don't

809
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: need to be forced feeding this guy at the ball

810
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,879
Speaker 1: just because you've got so many other weapons. But three

811
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:19,879
Speaker 1: to six touches a game I think could be great.

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00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I think what he did last year

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00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: with the Rams was to me the upside of what

814
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: the Cowboys could get out of him, which was he

815
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: was our gadget player. He was a guy that could

816
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: just create different looks. They already had a great running

817
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: games with Gurley, they already had a good passing game.

818
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,399
Speaker 1: They needed him to be a guy that could give

819
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: defenses something else to worry about and do it in

820
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,320
Speaker 1: unconventional ways. Now that you have a guy like Amari

821
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,760
Speaker 1: Cooper on the outside, you're starting to get something from Gallop.

822
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Speaker 1: And I'm of the opinion keep throwing that that's gonna

823
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 1: connect at some point and you're gonna get that going.

824
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Speaker 1: But you look at those two things. You still got Beasily,

825
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Speaker 1: who was a guy now can play the role which

826
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: he's supposed to be, which he is a guy that

827
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Speaker 1: can in a crucial moment because defenses have to worry

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Speaker 1: about everything else got to worry about, and a crucial

829
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,359
Speaker 1: third down he can catch it and move the change

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Speaker 1: for you. And in the last few games you've noticed

831
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: he's at two or three good catches at opportune times

832
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Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. Right. So, I think this is all

833
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: kind of starting to fit together, and I think Tavan

834
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: can really be a gadget guy. Before he was your

835
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: best wide receiving threat before Mark Cooper got here. Those

836
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Speaker 1: are the guys. They were good, but I don't even

837
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: want to say they were good. It was just a

838
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: mashing of a bunch of wide receivers that none of

839
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Speaker 1: them's really stepping forward and being none of them was

840
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Speaker 1: going to be the man. Tavon was the one that

841
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842
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 1: wanted him to be. Now he could just be your

843
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 1: gadget guy, and I think as the gadget guy, he

844
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: can really bring something new to this offense that makes

845
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: defenses respect something different than what you and especially in

846
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: the red zone, that's where I think you can get

847
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 1: the best use out of him. And that's you know,

848
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting because you know, we made that mistake.

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Speaker 1: You make the mistake of assuming that it's it's static

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Speaker 1: and it's not gonna change like it is going to

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Speaker 1: change over these next three games and then into the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: and if they're gonna win multip if they're gonna win

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Speaker 1: a playoff game, let alone multiple, it's gonna need to

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Speaker 1: be better. And so the content that's hopefully Tavon Austin

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Speaker 1: can play an indie and sort of get his feet

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Speaker 1: wet and get some momentum going toward being a viable

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Speaker 1: part of this thing by the time the playoffs roll around.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, we appreciate you, Guys, Jonas, We'll be

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