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Cowboys StoryLine: Who’s Going to Win? · Cowboys StoryLine

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  Speaker 1: Is a production of dallascowboys.com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.
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  Speaker 1: This is Cowboys Storyline, presented by Gillette, the official shave
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  Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys. Here's Nick Eatman.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to Cowboys Storyline presented by Gillette.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nick Eatman and it is Friday, September 11th.
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  Speaker 3: 25 years.
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  Speaker 2: I cannot believe it's been 25 years, the anniversary of
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  Speaker 2: that day. Not to bring the show down, but obviously
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to just say September 11th and not remember that,
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  Speaker 2: especially with the Cowboys and we're going to New York
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  Speaker 2: this week, but this weekend, but obviously thoughts and prayers
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  Speaker 2: with everybody that's been affected by that. We've all been
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  Speaker 2: affected in our own way, but, but some more than others, but, um,
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  Speaker 2: it's one of those moments. You'll, you'll always know where
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  Speaker 2: you were, um, getting ready for work on a Tuesday
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  Speaker 2: for that day. But, um, you know, obviously with the Cowboys,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's, it's interesting. We were there from the
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  Speaker 2: 10 year anniversary. First game of the season was at
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  Speaker 2: the jets. And I remember being at the stadium there
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  Speaker 2: 10 years, um, the 10-year anniversary back in 2011. So
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  Speaker 2: now that's been 15 years. That's crazy too. But Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: and Giants, everybody has been waiting on this one for
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  Speaker 2: the longest time, and it's finally here. This is the
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  Speaker 2: final show before our first game of all the shows,
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  Speaker 2: all the things we've talked about, all leads up to
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  Speaker 2: finally seeing what the Cowboys have on the field and
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  Speaker 2: can't wait to see if this defense looks better, what
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  Speaker 2: the offense looks like. All this stuff. So, I want
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  Speaker 2: to hear from you guys. One more timer for this
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  Speaker 2: first game. 888-855-2297. Let's go to the phone lines. Joe
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  Speaker 2: in Stanford. Joe, what's up?
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  Speaker 4: Morning, my friend. Happy Friday.
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  Speaker 2: You too, bud.
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  Speaker 4: Man, excited. I can't wait. I'll go ahead and get
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  Speaker 4: my prediction out of the way first. I'm going to
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  Speaker 4: go 27-10 Cowboys. That defense is going to show up.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: That'd be great.
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  Speaker 4: Question.
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  Speaker 5: So.
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  Speaker 4: Watching the game last night, the contrast of how the
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  Speaker 4: teams handled the travel, you know, one of them going
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  Speaker 4: over there for a week and another one, you know,
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  Speaker 4: basically the night before. I don't know if you subscribe
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  Speaker 4: to thinking that affected it, but I tend to think
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  Speaker 4: that it may have affected it somehow because the Rams
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  Speaker 4: just looked flat.
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  Speaker 5: Are the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 4: Planning on doing anything different or special, like taking an
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  Speaker 4: extra flight or like where they have better– Seeds or
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  Speaker 4: anything like that that you know about?
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  Speaker 2: There'll be, you know, well, I'll talk about that. Do
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  Speaker 2: you have another question?
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  Speaker 4: No, that's it, brother. Go Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Joe. Appreciate that. It's not going to be
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  Speaker 2: normal travel. I know that. They're not going to do
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  Speaker 2: exactly everything that they'll be doing this week going to
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  Speaker 2: New York. But I don't want to get into all
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  Speaker 2: the details of some of that because it gets, anytime
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  Speaker 2: you're dealing with, sponsors and how they travel and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that. Um, I know it's our, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be flying on a different plane and we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be going earlier than, than usual. I'll say that. And
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  Speaker 2: I think for right now, until, until the Cowboys announced
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  Speaker 2: that thing, those things differently, I think I'll just leave
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  Speaker 2: it at that, but this is not going to be normal.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously it's a, it's a long flight. It's
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  Speaker 2: a 10 hour flight to Brazil. Um, the time chain,
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  Speaker 2: what's interesting there, the time change isn't that different. It's
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  Speaker 2: only a one hour difference from the Eastern time zone.
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  Speaker 2: So it's two hours difference from central. Um, But that's
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  Speaker 2: not the issue. The issue is how far you're going
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  Speaker 2: south to South America. And so the flight is longer.
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  Speaker 2: I know that it will not be normal travel accommodations.
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  Speaker 2: And we are going earlier than we normally go. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I've read about that and heard about the Rams and
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  Speaker 2: the 49ers and how different they were doing things and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, different. the Rams are, are, are still one
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  Speaker 2: of the best football teams in the, in the league.
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  Speaker 2: And so for them to play like that, you think
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  Speaker 2: that there's gotta be some reason, some factor, then that
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  Speaker 2: sounds like that could be a good, that's a good reason.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's go to Irene in Falls Church, Virginia. Irene,
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  Speaker 2: what's up?
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  Speaker 4: Hey, good morning.
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  Speaker 6: So almost half of the Oxnard Avengers are meeting up
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  Speaker 6: and assembling at this game. Parisa and I are driving up.
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  Speaker 6: John Tate's flying in. Sounds like Kristen Saratoga will be there.
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  Speaker 6: So I'll have to, connect with him. But yeah, that
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  Speaker 6: would be awesome. Hopefully we get to maybe see you
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  Speaker 6: guys somewhere. Our tickets are in 124, so it's an
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  Speaker 6: end zone. It's not near the 20. But anyway, I
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  Speaker 6: wanted to touch real quick to clarify what Randy and
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  Speaker 6: Dylan both mentioned and what Sergeant Sue practices. We can't
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  Speaker 6: tell people how to fan and we can't tell callers
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  Speaker 6: how to call, but as captains, we're just trying to
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  Speaker 6: lead by example a bit. and give a little room
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  Speaker 6: for the show to grow with new or less frequent callers.
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  Speaker 6: So that's why we're kind of limiting ourselves, but we're
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  Speaker 6: not going to leave you hanging. We are listening for lulls.
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  Speaker 7: So don't worry.
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  Speaker 6: About that part. I promise you.
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  Speaker 2: And I appreciate that. I mean, you know, I love
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  Speaker 2: the variety, but I also like the back and forth
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  Speaker 2: with the continuity as well. So, you know, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like the mix is good. And, you know, if somebody–
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  Speaker 2: I remember when JR from Avondale called 14 days in
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  Speaker 2: a row and Robbie from Cocoa Beach has had a
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  Speaker 2: streak like that and Brian seems to call almost every–
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  Speaker 2: I'm fine with all of that, you know. And so–
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  Speaker 2: and then when you hear from someone that you haven't
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  Speaker 2: heard from in a year, that's great too. So however
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  Speaker 2: y'all do it is how you do it, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: here for it. I just appreciate it.
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  Speaker 4: There you go.
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  Speaker 6: And actually, I'm glad you brought up JR. So JR,
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  Speaker 6: think about you, pray about you. So, you know, get
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  Speaker 6: that stuff taken care of. And we definitely want to
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  Speaker 6: keep hearing you call in with energy.
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  Speaker 2: And guess what, Irene?
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  Speaker 8: What?
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  Speaker 2: When you, whenever you're done with your call, and you're
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  Speaker 2: the green dot, you can do whatever you want, but
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  Speaker 2: whenever you're done with your call... JR's on the line,
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  Speaker 2: so he'll be going next.
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  Speaker 5: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 9: Glad to hear that.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have a question or comment about the game?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, two things.
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  Speaker 8: I'll do three.
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  Speaker 6: So my prediction before Tyler Smith's injury was going to
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  Speaker 6: be Cowboys 31, Giants 16. I will now amend it
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  Speaker 6: a little bit. Cowboys 27, Giants 19. I'll give it
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  Speaker 6: on both sides. And then I kind of want to
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  Speaker 6: start doing something that's like an ode to your These
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  Speaker 6: Five Things article, but with a player. So not like a...
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  Speaker 6: a dark horse thing like Malik Davis can get three touchdowns,
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  Speaker 6: but something less flashy that matters. I think the Cowboys
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  Speaker 6: will agree since they just extended them last night. I
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  Speaker 6: was going to say that anyway, I planned this. Ryan
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  Speaker 6: Flanoy is going to be like four catches, 54 yards,
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  Speaker 6: but like two of them are going to convert a
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  Speaker 6: third down. So if you have a player like that,
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  Speaker 6: you're looking at it for kind of a role player
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  Speaker 6: that's not flashy.
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  Speaker 8: I'd love to hear it.
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  Speaker 6: I'll take it off there.
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  Speaker 10: Thanks so much.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 2: I like that role. We'll know your role type type
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  Speaker 2: situation there. Cause, cause you're right. It's always a player
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  Speaker 2: like that, that, that will have a big moment in
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  Speaker 2: the game. And then, you know, I mean, they, they'll have,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like, like a, like you said, like a
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  Speaker 2: span forward or something has three catches for 26 yards,
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  Speaker 2: but two of them were big for, you know, Um,
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  Speaker 2: third down plays, you know, who, who seems to do
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  Speaker 2: that quite a bit. It's not ever the story of
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  Speaker 2: the game, but when you look back and you're like, man, that,
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  Speaker 2: that played a Hunter Lipke, you know, he Hunter Lipke
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  Speaker 2: seems to be a guy that will, will catch a
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  Speaker 2: screen pass on 38 out in the flat and get
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  Speaker 2: a first down or, or pick up another, you know,
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  Speaker 2: catch on, on third and short. So Lipke is one
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  Speaker 2: of those types of guys that, that, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think can, could be in that mix and, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I think Dee Winters is going to have a game here.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to show up and do some things. We
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  Speaker 2: haven't heard a lot about him. He's a new guy,
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  Speaker 2: but haven't heard a ton about him.
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  Speaker 11: All right.
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  Speaker 3: J.R.
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  Speaker 2: In Avondale is calling again. J.R., what's up, man?
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  Speaker 4: Hey, good morning.
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  Speaker 5: How are you doing today, Nick?
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 5: I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Hey, today's September 11th.
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  Speaker 5: It is a horrible day, and bad things happen on
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  Speaker 5: this day. But also a good thing happened on this day.
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  Speaker 5: Today is actually Tom Landry's birthday. He would have been
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  Speaker 5: 102 years old today.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 5: So it is his birthday. So that's a positive for
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  Speaker 5: my positive thing for today.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 5: So, yeah. So I was reading about Reverend Spann Ford
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  Speaker 5: getting his– in his extension, and I was thinking about
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  Speaker 5: the number 89. You can hear me today, right? Because
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  Speaker 5: I know yesterday was bad.
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  Speaker 2: Say that again?
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  Speaker 5: You can hear me today, right?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. We're good today. Connection's great.
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  Speaker 5: Anyway, I was thinking about number 89. I always throw
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  Speaker 5: these things at you, and you always just kill me
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  Speaker 5: because you pull some... I think it's some obscure fact.
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  Speaker 11: And you just.
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  Speaker 5: You just thrashed me on it. So here's another one.
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  Speaker 5: This will be easy, though. Number 89, I know when
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  Speaker 5: I was a kid, I did kill Ward, and then
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  Speaker 5: Billy Joe Dupree Ward, and I remember David LaFleur, too.
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  Speaker 5: But who was the number 89 that is big claim
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  Speaker 5: to fame with the Cowboys is he recovered an onside
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  Speaker 5: kick and helped. The Cowboys on an unbelievable comeback. I
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  Speaker 5: know you're going to get this.
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  Speaker 3: One, but anyway.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking about the fastest touchdown in the history of
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  Speaker 2: the NFL? The one with Randall Williams?
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  Speaker 5: No, I was at that game, though. That happened right
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  Speaker 5: in front of me. But, no, this is a game
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  Speaker 5: in western New York.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking about 89 Tony Curtis against Buffalo.
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  Speaker 5: Tony Curtis.
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  Speaker 2: Got it. I thought you were talking about 89, an
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  Speaker 2: on-site kick against Philadelphia when David Akers tried it in
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  Speaker 2: the 2003 game and Randall Williams scored a quick touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: I never thought about that as both those number 89s,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I didn't think about the onside kick return for
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  Speaker 5: the touchdown, but we were at that game literally right
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  Speaker 5: in front of us where he recovered the fumble and
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  Speaker 5: returned it. My brother had went to get a beer
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  Speaker 5: and missed the whole thing. He was so mad about that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, with Tony Curtis. I know that would be an
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  Speaker 5: easy one for you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: What I was thinking about is Cowboys in the red zone.
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  Speaker 5: Somebody mentioned it yesterday, so I looked it up. They're
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  Speaker 5: dead center in the middle of the league at 16,
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  Speaker 5: number 16 in scoring touchdowns in the red zone. They're
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  Speaker 5: about 57%, which is odd. The odd thing I found
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  Speaker 5: was three of the other teams that played in the
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  Speaker 5: championship game, they're below the Cowboys. Eagles are tops with 70%.
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  Speaker 5: So what do you think the Cowboys need to do
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  Speaker 5: to increase how many touchdowns they're scoring when they're in
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  Speaker 5: the red zone? And that's all I got. Listen, you answer,
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  Speaker 5: and thanks a lot, and have a great weekend. I'll
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  Speaker 5: talk to you later as soon as I call. I'll
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  Speaker 5: call when I can.
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  Speaker 3: Bye.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds good. All right, thanks, JR. Red zone offense, to me,
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  Speaker 2: it always starts– with, with how they run it. And, and,
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  Speaker 2: and that's, that's what a good team can do. And
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  Speaker 2: that's how they close out games as well. Even out
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  Speaker 2: of the red zone. But to me, it comes down to,
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  Speaker 2: can you run the football when those 11 guys on
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  Speaker 2: the other side and the defensive coordinator and everyone in
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  Speaker 2: the stadium knows you're running the football? Can you still
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  Speaker 2: figure out a way to run it when everybody knows
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  Speaker 2: you're running it? And when you get in the red zone, it's,
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  Speaker 2: It's not necessarily that they know you're going to run,
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  Speaker 2: but it gets tight down there. Everything's compacted. How do
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  Speaker 2: they run it there in short spaces? And so it's
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  Speaker 2: really hat on a hat, moving your guy off the ball.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's where maybe Tyler Smith's injury is
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  Speaker 2: going to hurt the most, just because Bass, I think,
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  Speaker 2: is a really good player. But I don't know if
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  Speaker 2: he gives you the same kind of brute strength that Well,
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  Speaker 2: I know he doesn't. I mean, as Tyler Smith is
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  Speaker 2: one of the strongest players in the NFL. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying you can't move people out of the way.
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  Speaker 2: Technique is, is so important in situations like this, but
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  Speaker 2: to me running the football first and goal at the eight,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if you Javante can get you four, three, four,
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  Speaker 2: five yards on that first down that changes the dynamic
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  Speaker 2: of the whole drive. Now you're looking second goal at
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  Speaker 2: the three and you're probably thinking this is four down
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  Speaker 2: territory at this point. So again, When they decide to
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  Speaker 2: run it, whether it be first down or second down,
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  Speaker 2: can they get a push enough to make it four
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  Speaker 2: down territory? And I think by running the football, that's
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  Speaker 2: one way. Another way is see about these 50-50 balls
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  Speaker 2: up to Pickens, up to CD. I don't think it's 50-50.
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  Speaker 2: I've said that before. I think there's a chance that
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  Speaker 2: the guy goes and makes the catch. you know, maybe 30% chance, 40% chance. Also,
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a really good chance you're going to
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  Speaker 2: get a pass interference penalty. So I think getting a
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  Speaker 2: touchdown or a first down is more than 50%. And
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to see them throw it up there a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more to Pickens. All right, let's go to
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  Speaker 2: Sergeant Sue. What's up, man? Sergeant Sue in Fort Worth.
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  Speaker 2: At ease, everybody.
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  Speaker 3: How you doing, Nick?
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  Speaker 12: I'm sure you're doing great, man. You're looking okay. You know,
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  Speaker 12: I'm just happy to be able to get in today.
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  Speaker 12: All right. Trying to run through it, man. I'm trying
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  Speaker 12: not to be too long-winded today. One, I'm not sure
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  Speaker 12: if you saw, man, I tore my knee up. I'm
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  Speaker 12: calling from the injury reserve over here, man. I got
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  Speaker 12: a torn ACL and MCL, so it's kind of got
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  Speaker 12: me down a little bit, man. But you know me,
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  Speaker 12: I'm Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Positive, man.
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  Speaker 12: I'm trying to keep it cheery. But, yeah, dealing with that.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know that.
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  Speaker 9: My four predictions.
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, man, it's crazy, man. You would think somebody as
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  Speaker 12: tall as me wouldn't be out playing basketball, but I
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  Speaker 12: was out there trying my best. But anyways, man, so
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  Speaker 12: for my score prediction, man, I have Dallas 38 to 24,
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  Speaker 12: and I think that the 24 is going to look,
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  Speaker 12: you know, not as great, but I think it's going
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  Speaker 12: to be late, kind of, you know.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Late touchdown, you know what I mean?
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  Speaker 12: Garbage time touchdown. They're going to kind of get it.
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  Speaker 12: My player of the game, I feel like he's going
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  Speaker 12: to be Barham, man. He might not start, but I
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  Speaker 12: just have a feeling he's going to get a sack,
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  Speaker 12: a couple tackles for loss. And I imagine him getting
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  Speaker 12: a sack like Demo did on Deshaun Watson a couple
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  Speaker 12: years back in the opening game. It was just like
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  Speaker 12: a really speedy, impactful sack. And my crazy prediction, this
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  Speaker 12: is kind of crazy, but 10 years ago we had
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  Speaker 12: two offensive rookies, Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. that came
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  Speaker 12: on the scene and just like took over the NFL.
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  Speaker 12: And I just, I just, my crazy prediction is that's
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  Speaker 12: going to be Caleb Downs and it's going to be
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  Speaker 12: a bar in this year, man. So I'll hang up, man.
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  Speaker 12: Let other people get in. I'm happy to get in.
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  Speaker 12: I'll probably get in once a week and.
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  Speaker 5: You guys have a great weekend.
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  Speaker 13: Awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the call. Hope you get the feeling better there.
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  Speaker 2: And man, Torn ACL, MCL. That's rough right there, man.
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  Speaker 2: Playing basketball. Playing basketball. Seriously, are you setting picks? What
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  Speaker 2: are we doing?
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  Speaker 9: I told him.
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  Speaker 2: What did you tell him?
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  Speaker 7: I said, man, a guy like with your height does
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  Speaker 7: not need to be playing basketball.
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  Speaker 14: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: He goes, I'm the captain. I'm like, well, right now
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  Speaker 2: you're just doing the coin toss. Not anymore. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Well, that's terrible. It doesn't really matter how,
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: but any kind of injury and that changes everything, too. And,
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: you know, when we hear ACL, MCL, you know, any
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: kind of knee injuries and surgeries and stuff like that,
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: we think of it from an NFL standpoint, usually, or
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: any kind of sports, but. and you know you're getting
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: the proper rehab and all that stuff. They're going to
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: do everything possible to get you back and get you
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: strong to playing football again. When you're not a football player,
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: you hope you still get that same kind of rehab,
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: the same physical therapy and stuff like that. So it's
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: not easy. So hopefully you'll be able to do that
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: and get back to your quality of life again. All right,
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: let's go Albert in Philly.
• 16:27
  Speaker 14: Hey, what's up, Nick?
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: What's up, man?
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: How are you?
• 16:29
  Speaker 14: I'm all right, I'm all right. Yeah, I had torn
• 16:31
  Speaker 14: knees from being a hockey goalie for 17 years, so
• 16:34
  Speaker 14: I know what that feels like. Happy birthday, Coach Landry.
• 16:38
  Speaker 14: I know today's a rough day for the country, but
• 16:42
  Speaker 14: shouldn't forget that today is also Coach Landry's birthday. He'll
• 16:45
  Speaker 14: be 102 today.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: Right, right.
• 16:47
  Speaker 14: And do you know.
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: What color jersey we're wearing this week?
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Say that again?
• 16:53
  Speaker 14: Do you know what color jersey we're wearing this week?
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: Yes, I do.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: I do know. I know the jerseys the Cowboys are
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: wearing every week because my man Josh Rodriguez wrote a story,
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: and we have a photo gallery up. It's a regular
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: classic white uniform with the seafoam green pants.
• 17:12
  Speaker 13: Cool.
• 17:13
  Speaker 14: Speaking of Coach Landry, one thing I really miss about
• 17:16
  Speaker 14: the Landry days, especially the Thurman Thieves era, was our
• 17:19
  Speaker 14: blitz packages. So there's no team that used to blitz
• 17:23
  Speaker 14: like we used to. So I hope CP has some
• 17:27
  Speaker 14: kind of blitz package like that. And I'm concerned about Fields.
• 17:33
  Speaker 14: If he goes in the slot versus Downs, that would
• 17:35
  Speaker 14: be interesting. And just one last thing about that great team,
• 17:40
  Speaker 14: Tony Bursette, Deep Blue. Everybody, when you see Tony get
• 17:47
  Speaker 14: hit at the vet, I was at that game 1984. No,
• 17:53
  Speaker 14: that happened in the second quarter, and that was actually
• 17:55
  Speaker 14: the first time he came back in the second half
• 17:57
  Speaker 14: and got his first ever 100-yard game at the vet.
• 18:00
  Speaker 5: Nice. Check that out.
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: All right, Nick, be well.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: All right, thank you. Appreciate that. Yeah, I was talking
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: about the documentary Tony D that was produced a couple
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: of weeks ago, and it's gotten popular. lot of great
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: praise on that. It was, it's, it's long. It's one
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: of the longest ones that we've done, but with Tony,
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: you know, there was so much to talk about, you know,
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: with him and just, and they, they went and did
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: a deep dive on, on him going all the way
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: back to his days in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania area. And
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: then of course, Cowboys and all that. It's really good stuff.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: All right. Thanks for the, for the call, Albert.
• 18:37
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• 20:42
  Speaker 2: Michael in Bowling Green has been on the line. Michael,
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  Speaker 13: I just wanted to say thank you, J.R. and Avondale,
• 20:51
  Speaker 13: for calling and sharing. I'm sure all the storyliners are
• 20:56
  Speaker 13: thinking about you. I'm praying about you. I had a
• 21:00
  Speaker 13: heart attack five years ago. I was blue. But, you know,
• 21:04
  Speaker 13: bounced back really good. So I'm glad JR is going
• 21:07
  Speaker 13: to get this knocked out before anything happens. And I'm just–
• 21:13
  Speaker 13: I know me and the storyliners are just waiting to
• 21:16
  Speaker 13: hear some good word and good results from you. That's
• 21:20
  Speaker 13: all I got. Just wanted to call and say that
• 21:22
  Speaker 13: encourages stuff for JR. And I'm not going to top
• 21:25
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• 21:26
  Speaker 2: I appreciate it. You know, thanks for the call and
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: for saying that, Michael. And make sure– keep yourself healthy
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: as well um after the news you shared there but
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: you know five years ago everybody get when we get
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: up there you know we got to make sure take
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: care of ourselves um the good thing isn't and sometimes
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: i know when you're calling in and calling and trying
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: to get in you don't necessarily hear what's happening earlier
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: in the show so if you have great you know
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: jr called earlier he's our third caller had some really
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: good stats some trivia questions and some throwing some stuff
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: out there and predictions and all that good stuff. So,
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: you know, sounding great for today, at least. And obviously,
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: you know, I understand that, you know, you can be
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: dealing with whatever it is you're dealing with and you
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: can call in and talk cowboys and all that. And
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: that doesn't erase some of the issues that we have.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: And I do the same. I mean, I've got stuff
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: going on and come in here and try to block
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: it out for an hour or so, and it's good.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: It's a good release to be able to do that.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: It doesn't take priority. It doesn't mean that it's more
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: important than what you've got going on, but a little
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: break here and there doesn't hurt. So glad we can
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: provide that, and it does work both ways if you
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: don't know that. All right, Rick in Webster, Massachusetts. Rick,
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: what's up, man?
• 22:48
  Speaker 8: Hey, Nick. How you doing?
• 22:49
  Speaker 9: Good, good, good.
• 22:51
  Speaker 8: Yeah, it's been hard to get it in. I've been
• 22:53
  Speaker 8: trying all week.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Well, I'll take it as a compliment, and I'm glad
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: you made it.
• 23:01
  Speaker 8: Yeah, I'll just go accomplish, and as far as I'm
• 23:07
  Speaker 8: glad that Flournoy and Spenford got their deals, and good
• 23:13
  Speaker 8: for the span forward, basically, for the next three years
• 23:15
  Speaker 8: at Maybe he'd be the next person to come up
• 23:18
  Speaker 8: if Ferguson happens to leave or whatever. But my score
• 23:22
  Speaker 8: is going to be like the 31-17. I think Brevin
• 23:28
  Speaker 8: Spanford will probably be the one to get the first
• 23:31
  Speaker 8: TD and as a role player, too. I think Leak
• 23:37
  Speaker 8: Davis will have a key run that will spark a
• 23:42
  Speaker 8: drive that will keep going.
• 23:44
  Speaker 5: Awesome. All right, that would be great.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: That plays right into Irene's game about which role players
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: are going to do something. Brevin Spanford and Malik Davis
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: would be great for both.
• 23:57
  Speaker 8: Yeah, but I always try to call in, but we
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: had Dylan's and Nick's Cowboys Coalition podcast where we talk
• 24:10
  Speaker 8: and watch the games.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: All right, well, cool. That's great. All right, Rick. Well,
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: thanks for the call. Appreciate it. You know, we've been
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: halfway through the show, and I really haven't addressed what
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: you just talked about with the two contracts. I'll do
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: that now. We might have an open line here, 888-855-2297.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: But real quick, let me talk about those moves. I
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: thought it was interesting what the Cowboys have done to
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: just turn this around and get some of these guys
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: signed a little earlier than usual, especially before restricted free
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: agency restricted. That's never, that's never a spot that they
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: Cowboys want their players in. It happened this last off
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: season twice with TJ Bass and Brandon Aubrey. And, you know, it's,
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: it's just not the easiest contract to try to, to,
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: to figure out. Plus you've got other teams that could
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: go in and, You know, you're talking about a young
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: developing player, and then you've got to put a price
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: tag on them. And another team could see it differently.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: They could go and sign him. And so really, the
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Cowboys have always tried to sidestep restricted free agency if possible.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: And so that's what they did with both of these guys.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: They added a year to Flanoy. So, you know, he'll
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: be here for two years. They also three year contract.
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: extension to span forward and when you look at the
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: positions that they play and you think about what this
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: could look like next year I think the Cowboys are
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: just trying to get ahead of the game let's look
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: at tight end so Ferguson's here he's going to be
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: here they also you know extended him a few weeks
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: ago so he's he's in the mix he's he's here
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: Schoonmaker's unrestricted free agents probably not resigning but who knows
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: who knows what what happens at the end of this
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: year But if they don't get a deal done with Spanford,
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: who's a restricted free agent, now you're going into the
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: next offseason with two guys there, and I think the
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: price might go up even more for Spanford. So I
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: think the Cowboys tried to get ahead of it there. Now,
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: let's look at wide receiver with Flanoy. Who knows what
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: happens with George Pickens? There's a lot of options the
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: Cowboys could go there if he just completely balls out
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: and dominates the league like he was doing last year.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: there's no way I don't think Jerry gets, I don't
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: think you get rid of him. You can't get rid
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: of CD. You're not going to do that. I think
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: you keep them both. You figure it out. If he
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: has a good year, maybe not the best, maybe goes
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: back a little bit. Then the Cowboys might look at
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: tagging him again, let him play again on that tag.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Maybe you tag him and maybe you trade him since
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: you don't have a lot of draft picks. So there's
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: options there. But one way or another, they want Ryan
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Flanoy in the mix there and they don't want to
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: have to deal with that situation as well. So You
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: just didn't want to complicate the two. And both of them,
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: I think, are more than anything, they're players that Cowboys
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: really have high hopes for, that they want these guys
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: to go out and be a part of this team
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: and be a part of this future. So that's really
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: where it stands for both those guys and kind of
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: why those moves were made. All right. Let's go to
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Blair in Newport News, Virginia.
• 27:15
  Speaker 9: Blair.
• 27:17
  Speaker 10: Hey, Nick, it's the three-peat for me. So I'll make
• 27:21
  Speaker 10: it quick so others can get on. But I want
• 27:24
  Speaker 10: to start the game prediction. I was with Shelby at
• 27:27
  Speaker 10: dinner last night with my brother. We were going over
• 27:30
  Speaker 10: our season predictions. And for this week's game, all predicted victories.
• 27:34
  Speaker 10: So it's a good sign. I have the Cowboys winning 33-24.
• 27:38
  Speaker 10: And for kind of the storyline of the game, one
• 27:42
  Speaker 10: of the things I really like about Caleb Downs and the–
• 27:47
  Speaker 10: feedback we've been getting from him is that he he
• 27:50
  Speaker 10: might make a mistake but he learns from it and
• 27:52
  Speaker 10: he he doesn't make that mistake again that's from the
• 27:54
  Speaker 10: coaches so i'm thinking like storyline in this game i
• 27:58
  Speaker 10: expect like you said earlier that he'll make a mistake
• 28:00
  Speaker 10: what i'm really interested is seeing how he responds and
• 28:04
  Speaker 10: and that process may take a few games but i
• 28:06
  Speaker 10: think it'd be really cool if we could see it
• 28:08
  Speaker 10: and identify it uh this week especially in a victory
• 28:12
  Speaker 10: And then finally, one last thing, and I'll let you
• 28:14
  Speaker 10: go and go Cowboys, but Irene, I'm glad she's going
• 28:18
  Speaker 10: to the game, but I think we need, I know
• 28:20
  Speaker 10: they're captains, you know, and they're already, you know, high-level
• 28:24
  Speaker 10: players and everything, but any storyliner that could get on
• 28:27
  Speaker 10: the national broadcast camera feed during the game should get
• 28:32
  Speaker 10: some kind of unique, not doing anything crazy, by the way,
• 28:35
  Speaker 10: but just like, you know, in those crowd shots. if
• 28:38
  Speaker 10: you see Irene, our green dot in storyline gear at
• 28:41
  Speaker 10: the end zone on the game broadcast, that's gotta be
• 28:45
  Speaker 10: like hall of fame level storyline lore. That's just me. But, uh, anyway,
• 28:52
  Speaker 10: I hope it's a great game. Thanks so much for everything. Thanks, Chris. And, uh,
• 28:56
  Speaker 10: we'll again, hopefully I'll be talking about victory and all
• 28:59
  Speaker 10: kinds of glorious feelings on Monday.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: All right. Sounds good. Thank you, Blair. Um, Weren't you
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: the one that called in earlier this week and was like,
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: I didn't really... want to get punched in the mouth
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: type thing where like, Oh, we're gonna get punched in
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: the face. Let's see how we respond. And then now here,
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: you're the one saying that, you know, downs is going
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: to make a mistake or do it. How does he respond? And,
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: and I think that's actually an, an honest take of,
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: of knowing and just being a realist and go, Hey,
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: he's a rookie. He's not going to come in here and,
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: and absolutely, you know, dominate the league and do that.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: He's going to have some growing pains, especially at the
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: position that he plays. But how, how does he, how
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: does he bounce back? How does he, you know, kind
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: of adjust on the fly and, and, um he's he's
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: the one guy that i'm i'm super excited just to
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: see what what he's gotten and just kind of start
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: this process start this journey i mean because he's going
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: to be a really good player and like you said
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: um you know there's going to be some some you
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: know there's going to be growing pains i mean that's
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: that's kind of what happens as far as making it
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: on TV, let's make sure it's done the right way
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: and not because you're doing something to get you on TV.
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: But man, you probably opened up a can of worms
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: there because I would imagine these diehard Cowboy fans that
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: have gone to games, there's probably a game where you
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: were on TV or they panned over and you were there.
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: So I bet you there's been a few people listening
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: that are like, oh, I was on the TV once
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: or I've got this clip or whatever. So We'll see, though. Yeah,
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: but if Irene makes it on TV, Hall of Fame status, sure.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: If that's even a thing. We don't really have a
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: storyline ring of honor, but maybe we'll get one. And
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: if we did, I would imagine my next caller, Rob
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: in Vegas, would have a spot somewhere. Rob, what's up?
• 30:45
  Speaker 4: Hey, Nick. How's everything?
• 30:46
  Speaker 8: Good.
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: How are you? I'm good.
• 30:49
  Speaker 9: I just want to remember 9-11 25 years ago, growing
• 30:54
  Speaker 9: up in New York and watching it. you know, in Vegas,
• 30:58
  Speaker 9: it still amazes me that that took place. I just
• 31:01
  Speaker 9: want to honor all that was lost.
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: Definitely. Well said. And, you know, when that happens, I mean,
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: we're doing a show, we're talking Cowboys, all that, but
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: at the same time, you know, I'm glad that you
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: said that and, you know, we can't, you'll never forget that.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: You know, it changed everything that we do and especially
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: when it comes to travel and things like that, but Um, it's, uh,
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: it was, it was something else. I mean, for sure.
• 31:33
  Speaker 9: You get back to the game. I think the game's
• 31:36
  Speaker 9: going to be closer than people think.
• 31:39
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 31:39
  Speaker 9: First game. I, I, I think the Cowboys will win.
• 31:42
  Speaker 9: My score is 27, 20. The giants are improved. I mean, look,
• 31:48
  Speaker 9: all the players they brought in on defense and their
• 31:50
  Speaker 9: defense was good last year. So I think it's going
• 31:53
  Speaker 9: to be a tough game. Cowboys are a legitimate coach.
• 31:58
  Speaker 9: My player to go is Pickens. I mean, he was
• 32:02
  Speaker 9: head and shoulders above everybody in preseason and training camp,
• 32:07
  Speaker 9: and I think he just carries it over. I'm not
• 32:10
  Speaker 9: saying Dak doesn't trust BD. Of course he does, but
• 32:14
  Speaker 9: I think George is his guy. I think George is
• 32:16
  Speaker 9: going to get a lot of opportunities, and I think
• 32:20
  Speaker 9: he's going to be the difference maker there. Defensively, yeah,
• 32:24
  Speaker 9: I'm excited. I want to see this new revamped defense.
• 32:29
  Speaker 9: Caleb Downs, he's got a lot of pressure on him.
• 32:31
  Speaker 9: They're talking about him like he's Ronnie Lott, and I
• 32:34
  Speaker 9: hope he is. And I like this defensive coordinator. I
• 32:38
  Speaker 9: watched his press conference. I like that he's from the
• 32:42
  Speaker 9: East Coast. I like his attitude. And I think he's
• 32:48
  Speaker 9: going to bring something. He's got a lot to prove,
• 32:50
  Speaker 9: because let's face it, He wants to be a head
• 32:53
  Speaker 9: coach and pro one day, and this is it. This
• 32:55
  Speaker 9: is a big stage now. But I think Dak does
• 32:59
  Speaker 9: what he does. You know, you watched the game last night.
• 33:01
  Speaker 9: I thought the quarterback for the Rams, he looked horrible.
• 33:08
  Speaker 9: You know, and I thought the whole team looked great.
• 33:12
  Speaker 9: The 49ers looked great, unfortunately. You know, Brock Purdy is just...
• 33:17
  Speaker 9: He just gets it done. It's just crazy. But I
• 33:19
  Speaker 9: think Dak is... is going to do what he does.
• 33:22
  Speaker 9: He plays really good against the Giants. And, you know,
• 33:26
  Speaker 9: when you know you own another team, you just feel
• 33:29
  Speaker 9: good about yourself. I think it carries over all the time.
• 33:33
  Speaker 9: So I think 27-20.
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 33:35
  Speaker 9: And I say, let's get this going.
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: Sounds good. Thanks for the call, Rob. And, yeah, I'm
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: with you on George Pickens on just, you know, ready
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: to kind of take it to another level. But, You know,
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: the good thing about what the Cowboys have on offense
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: is just, you know, if the running game is good,
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: and it was last year, it was solid, you start there,
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: and then how do you want to play the rest
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: of this defense? You just can't double-team everyone, and we
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: know that. And so I think Flanoy is going to
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: have a lot of opportunities. I think Ferguson will turpin
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: because how do they want to keep going back and forth?
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: I think it's going to be like almost an every-other-week
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: thing where, This week going in, teams are going to
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: just shut down Pickens. They're going to try their best
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: to get him. And that's what Detroit tried to do
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: in that game. And if you remember, CeeDee went off
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: before he got hurt. And then Flanoy, he stepped up
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: and he went off. And then the next week, it's like,
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: all right, well, we're going to try to stop CeeDee
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: and all that. And then Pickens does his thing. So
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: it's a pick-your-poison type situation. All right, let's go to
• 34:42
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• 36:11
  Speaker 2: to the phone lines. Another captain, Dylan, Northport, Florida. What
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: is up?
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: Hey, how you doing?
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: Good, how are you?
• 36:20
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 36:21
  Speaker 17: So just with Rob's last call, I wouldn't worry too
• 36:24
  Speaker 17: much about week one. Week one's a liar, so whatever
• 36:27
  Speaker 17: you see, don't trust it. I want to shout out
• 36:30
  Speaker 17: my boy, Sue.
• 36:31
  Speaker 7: Get well soon, buddy.
• 36:33
  Speaker 17: We've been chatting back and forth, and yeah, that's a
• 36:35
  Speaker 17: little rough, man. So hang in there. Get better soon, buddy.
• 36:39
  Speaker 17: And then the other thing, just real quick, somebody called
• 36:42
  Speaker 17: in and talked about Caleb Downs in the slot. And
• 36:43
  Speaker 17: while he lined up in the slot a bunch, it
• 36:46
  Speaker 17: doesn't mean he's playing man in the slot. Just to clarify,
• 36:48
  Speaker 17: I think that's a common perception out there. I'm not
• 36:50
  Speaker 17: saying he thinks that, but he's not going to match
• 36:52
  Speaker 17: up man-to-man on these speedy wide receivers. They'll drop him
• 36:55
  Speaker 17: back in zone, and they'll mix up the man-in-zone concept.
• 36:58
  Speaker 5: They'll blitz.
• 36:59
  Speaker 17: He'll be used to fill gaps and all that. He'll
• 37:01
  Speaker 17: be all over the field, so I'm not really too
• 37:02
  Speaker 17: worried about his utilization. They'll figure out a way to
• 37:04
  Speaker 17: maximize his output for sure. About this game, though, I
• 37:10
  Speaker 17: think this is the kind of game where it's close
• 37:12
  Speaker 17: for a while, but the better team just pulls out
• 37:14
  Speaker 17: at some point and ends up winning by two possessions
• 37:16
  Speaker 17: or something like that. I think common sense would tell
• 37:20
  Speaker 17: you they should line up and throw the ball a
• 37:22
  Speaker 17: bunch to start just because the Giants' secondary is bad
• 37:24
  Speaker 17: and the Cowboys' receivers are really good and the Giants
• 37:27
  Speaker 17: are going to play more man this year and all that.
• 37:29
  Speaker 17: But at the same time, I think the tackles the
• 37:31
  Speaker 17: Cowboys have are the weakest part of this offense. and
• 37:35
  Speaker 17: the Giants' strength on defense is clearly their edges. Brian
• 37:37
  Speaker 17: Burns had 16.5 sacks a year ago. So I think
• 37:40
  Speaker 17: that really they should come out and really try to
• 37:42
  Speaker 17: establish their run first and foremost and then go from there.
• 37:45
  Speaker 17: I think that's how you beat this team is just
• 37:46
  Speaker 17: right up the middle. So I guess let's get your
• 37:48
  Speaker 17: thoughts on that, man. My score is 34-24. We'll take that, boys.
• 37:52
  Speaker 9: All right.
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: I agree with you. Thanks for the call, Dylan. I
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: agree with you on just trying to establish a running
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: game and running the ball at them. Yes, they– you know,
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: they lost Dexter Lawrence, excuse me. And, um, they have
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: still have some good pass rushers. I mean, great pass rushers. Uh,
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: that's what they, they have. And so they, you know,
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: they're going to line these guys up a lot. I mean, what,
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: what they, what they want is to get teams in
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: third and eight, nine, 10, 11, longer than that. They
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: just can put all of their pass rushers on the field,
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: run them around, mix them up and, and, and get
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: them in, you know, basically to stand up and go
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: rush the passer. But, if it's third and five, if
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: it's third and four, um, I might just run the
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: ball right at him. If you want to put one
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: of those pass rushers, if you want to put, you know,
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: Abdul Carter, or you want to put Reese, you can
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: put those guys inside.
• 38:45
  Speaker 8: Fine.
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: But, um, Tyler Booker's fine with that too, you know,
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: and so they're not drafted where they were because they
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: play defensive tackle. I think, you know, yes, it's good
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: to have these guys and be able to put them
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: all over the field. I've seen Micah do that. Micah
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: was on the outside. He would sometimes rush from, but
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: not often, and he definitely didn't like it if you
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: ran the ball at him, so I think that's this
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: cat and mouse game that that's going to be really
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: interesting to see when the Cowboys run it, how they
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: run it, and then what that does to open up
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: play action and things like that.
• 39:18
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: Casey Joe will be our last caller. Casey Joe, what's up?
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  Speaker 7: Hey, how you doing this morning, Nick?
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: I'm great.
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: Actually, you won't be our last caller, and you won't
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: even be our last caller from Kansas City.
• 39:34
  Speaker 6: Oh, wow.
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: That's okay. Let's get it in.
• 39:36
  Speaker 7: Happy Blue Friday, where the stars shine bright going into
• 39:42
  Speaker 7: the weekend.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 39:43
  Speaker 7: See, they all say it's Red Friday here, so it's
• 39:46
  Speaker 7: Blue Friday there. That's how I look at it. That's
• 39:48
  Speaker 7: why I say it's Happy Blue Friday.
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: Gotcha, gotcha.
• 39:51
  Speaker 7: Hey, out of the 53, which ones do you think
• 39:55
  Speaker 7: are going to sit this weekend? I kind of thought
• 39:57
  Speaker 7: I got a couple I think will sit, like Brown
• 40:00
  Speaker 7: and Schoonmaker because he was hurt. And that third running
• 40:03
  Speaker 7: back that came in from Kansas City, I thought maybe
• 40:07
  Speaker 7: they would sit.
• 40:09
  Speaker 12: I don't know who else.
• 40:11
  Speaker 9: What's that?
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't see Schoonmaker sitting. They only have three
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: tight ends. He mispracticed for personal reasons, so he should
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: be fine. I don't think he's even injured.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: Oh, okay.
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't put him on there. I think you're right
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: about Camden Brown. One of the other between Drew Shelton
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: and Johnny Cornelius, one of those guys maybe. You know,
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: LT Overton could be one that's inactive. Either Elijah Clark
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: or Kalen Carson. But you've got to remember, too, of
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: how they can do this. You can sit one of
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: these guys, but then elevate a player from the practice squad.
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: I think one of the linebackers is going to get elevated.
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: They have four linebackers on the team. I could see
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: a guy like Justin Barron or Curtis Robinson sitting being elevated.
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: But yeah, I like, I like where you're thinking. If
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: you're talking inactives, that means we're getting close to the game.
• 41:07
  Speaker 4: So I hear you.
• 41:08
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 41:09
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 41:10
  Speaker 7: And one more question. What were you doing on nine
• 41:12
  Speaker 7: 11 when they struck our towers?
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: Thanks for the, thanks for the call. And that's probably
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: not one to, to almost wrap this show up with,
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: but I'll say this. I was getting ready for, for work.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: And on Tuesday, I got a call from an intern
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: that was working with us and, and I had not seen,
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: anything yet I was just getting ready I got a
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: call and I said you know hey do you still
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: want me to come in and I was like yeah
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: you know and I was like come on in I
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: mean let's figure it out I'm not wasn't even sure
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: what was happening turn on the tv and then saw
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: it and then that whole day was just like like
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: a blur and trying to figure out what it means
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: for us and you know you kind of feel guilty
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: to even talk football or think football but that's our
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: job and that's what we do and is there going
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: to be a game and and there wasn't but um
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: but yeah it was it was it was crazy I
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: didn't have Really, I had a little bit of family
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: members that were in that area, but not really affected.
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: But still, I mean, like I said, we were all affected.
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: But I was just a young guy working probably my
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: third year working for the Cowboys. All right. Our last
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: caller will be Brian from Kansas City. Brian, what's up?
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: Hey, good morning, Nick. How are you, sir?
• 42:20
  Speaker 13: Great. How are you?
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: All right, man. Yeah, big day. And glad people– it's
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: so hard to remember anything else. on 9-11, but glad
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: a few people mentioned Coach Landry's birthday. So just glad
• 42:35
  Speaker 3: that people got that in. And obviously prayers out for
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: our Storyliner friends who are facing some challenges now and
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: glad the community is coming together behind them. I got
• 42:48
  Speaker 3: a prediction. He's not a role player exactly, but a
• 42:54
  Speaker 3: weird prediction for this year is that I think this
• 42:57
  Speaker 3: defense is going to create out of somebody we already have.
• 43:01
  Speaker 3: And for me, I'm going to say Deron Bland gets
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: a pick six in the Meadowlands, and I think it's
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: going to be a 2023 year for him. This defense,
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: the way it's laid out, and his ball hawking skills,
• 43:16
  Speaker 3: and the fact that they're going to kind of, the
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: way they're, from what I understand, obviously I haven't seen
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: a lot of CP football on the Cowboys yet. But
• 43:26
  Speaker 3: from what I've read and understand, I think that's what
• 43:29
  Speaker 3: we're going to get out of Deron Bland. And everybody
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: that I've read says he's moving great. He doesn't seem
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: to have any lingering effects from the injury. So that's
• 43:40
  Speaker 3: my kind of role-play special edition of what I think
• 43:45
  Speaker 3: we're going to get that might not be expected. And
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: I'll hang up and listen to what you've got to.
• 43:51
  Speaker 5: Say, man.
• 43:51
  Speaker 3: Thanks.
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: Sounds great. Yeah, I think Deron Bland... I think last
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: week when they restructured some contracts and he was one
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: of them, what that shows to me was that here's
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: a guy that the Cowboys are thinking. you know, he's,
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: he's part of our plan. He's, he's playing well. And he,
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: you know, I don't think if he had, hadn't had
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: a good off season and good training camp, would they
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: maybe even put him in that category to, to work
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: on his deal? You do that with, with guys that
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: you're like, Hey, he's here. He's going to be here. And,
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: and he's not doing anything anytime soon. Um, that that's
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: going to change that. So, uh, we feel good about him.
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: That's really what it is. So, They feel good about
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: how Deron Bland is playing, and if he can turn
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: back the clock to 2023 and have that kind of year.
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: And if you remember, that year started with the first
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: game of the season against the Giants. He had a
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: pick six in that game in a 40 to nothing.
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: Who knows if it's going to be like that, but
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: I still think that the Cowboys get the win. I'm
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: going to pick. You guys have some scores. My prediction
• 44:54
  Speaker 2: is 31-23 Dallas. I think that they're better. I think
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: they control the game. I don't think they ever pull away,
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: but I do think they control this game from start
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: to finish. They get the win. I'd love to talk
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: to you guys about it on Monday with a 1-0 record.
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: I'm going to be tired. I saw 4 a.m. as
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: the estimated time. time of arrival. So it's going to be,
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: it's going to be tired. We're all going to be,
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: Chris Bean's going to do about eight shows there. He's
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: going to be on fumes, but it'll feel a lot
• 45:20
  Speaker 2: better if the Cowboys can get a win. So we've
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: talked about it all off season. Guess what? It's time
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: to shut up and play. Can't wait to do that.
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: We'll talk about it on Monday on Cowboys Storyline presented
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• 45:42
  Speaker 7: Thank you.