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Cowboys StoryLine: Buc’ing the Trends? · Cowboys StoryLine

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  Speaker 3: Here's Nick Eatman. Hello, Storyline friends. It's time for Cowboys Storyline.
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  Speaker 3: It's Wednesday, October 7th. The day before the Cowboys and
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  Speaker 3: Bucks play, let's talk about some Cowboys football against Tampa Bay.
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  Speaker 3: Looking at a stat just yesterday, no team has dominated
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  Speaker 3: the other more in an NFC matchup more than the
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  Speaker 3: Cowboys over Tampa Bay. That's in the history of the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: I think you have to have a minimum of 20 games,
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  Speaker 3: but in regular matchups like this, Dallas has owned Tampa
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  Speaker 3: Bay historically. Not that any of that matters in this case.
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  Speaker 3: But also, not just regular season, but three playoff wins.
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  Speaker 3: But again, none of that matters. A lot of these
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  Speaker 3: guys weren't even alive when some of these games were
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  Speaker 3: going on. But, you know, as far as the line
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  Speaker 3: goes in this game, the Cowboys are supposed to do
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  Speaker 3: just that. Take care of business and win this game,
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  Speaker 3: maybe even by double digits. That's what the experts say.
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  Speaker 3: Let's see if the Cowboys can put it together well.
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  Speaker 3: and do that. 888-855-2297 is the number to call. Chris
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  Speaker 3: in Saratoga Springs called it first, so he'll start us off.
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  Speaker 4: How you doing, Nick?
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  Speaker 3: I'm good, Chris. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: Not too bad. Always doing well after a win and
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  Speaker 4: getting out of the game pretty healthy, so I'm doing
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  Speaker 4: very well. Thank you for asking. I'm going to be quick.
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  Speaker 4: Just want to give my prediction. Dallas 30, Tampa Bay 23,
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  Speaker 4: Tampa's 0-4, but all their games have been close. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: their coach always keeps their teams in game. So I
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  Speaker 4: think it's going to be close, you know, so I said, uh, 30, 23. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: my question for you today, um, is Tyler Guyton. Would
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  Speaker 4: you be proactive and maybe extend him or now, or
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  Speaker 4: would you wait on that? And I'll take the question
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  Speaker 4: off there to let everybody else get in.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Sounds good. Um, man, I love how this thing is gone.
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  Speaker 3: Now it's, it's, it's gone from, from, You know, Tyler
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  Speaker 3: Guyton is now your, you know, he is the future.
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  Speaker 3: And that was the plan. But, I mean, it hasn't been,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that long ago where we weren't really sure
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  Speaker 3: what was going to happen with him and who was
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  Speaker 3: the best option at left tackle. And now we want
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  Speaker 3: to re-sign him. Let's see. So this is his third year. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he's got the fifth-year option as a first-round pick.
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  Speaker 3: And he is the reason why you draft a guy
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  Speaker 3: like that. was he 29th, 26th? I think that was
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  Speaker 3: the year that they were at 26 or 24, maybe
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  Speaker 3: moved back a few spots and picked up, I think
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  Speaker 3: they picked up Beebe that year. But he's the reason
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  Speaker 3: why you draft guys like that in the first round.
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  Speaker 3: Not ready to come in and just dominate. He's going
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  Speaker 3: to need some time to develop. And after about the
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  Speaker 3: third year, you're going to start to really see it.
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  Speaker 3: fourth year and then boy you're glad you have that
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  Speaker 3: fifth year option so he's he's a good example for
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  Speaker 3: that and so to answer that question get ahead of
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  Speaker 3: it and all that i don't know if you necessarily
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  Speaker 3: need to do that just yet um because you know
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  Speaker 3: and and usually when you sign guys like that you
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  Speaker 3: you are saving a little bit of money because the
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  Speaker 3: way that they structure the contract I think how it
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  Speaker 3: stands right now, it's not going to be that crazy
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  Speaker 3: as far as it is a first-round pick, but his
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  Speaker 3: salary is not going to be too overwhelming. I would
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  Speaker 3: probably keep it as is, and I would imagine him
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  Speaker 3: and his agent are probably the same way. Let's let
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  Speaker 3: this thing play out. It's good that we're talking about
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  Speaker 3: it like that. It's good that we even have the
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  Speaker 3: option to think about that. If he continues to play
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  Speaker 3: at that level, then he'll be someone that you want
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  Speaker 3: to go and take care of, you know, similar to
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  Speaker 3: what they did with Tyler Smith, who he showed right
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  Speaker 3: away that, you know, well, his first year he wasn't
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  Speaker 3: a pro bowler, but he was really good. He was
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  Speaker 3: playing at left tackle and then, you know, moved back
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  Speaker 3: to guard. And that was really his best spot, his home.
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  Speaker 3: And then before too long, they were like, we got
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  Speaker 3: to lock him up and sign him.
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  Speaker 6: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Guyton's not at that level yet, but it's
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  Speaker 3: good to start thinking like that for sure. All right,
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  Speaker 3: Irene in Falls Church, Virginia. Irene, what's up?
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  Speaker 7: Hey, good morning.
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  Speaker 6: So I just wanted to get a prediction and a
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  Speaker 6: little breakdown in. So I watched the tape with Jalen Daniels,
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  Speaker 6: of course. You know, he has some mobility, right, of course,
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  Speaker 6: but he got 55 yards. 21 yards was his biggest,
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  Speaker 6: and I don't know. It didn't seem like we were watching,
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  Speaker 6: you know, Lamar or even Jaden Daniels out there. I
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  Speaker 6: feel like he's going to be a little bit more
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  Speaker 6: on par with Stroud, so I think we'll be okay
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  Speaker 6: on that. I'm sure we'll have some leaks, but I'm
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  Speaker 6: not too, too worried about it. He's obviously a rookie,
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  Speaker 6: second game starting. He rushed the throws and decisions, so
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  Speaker 6: I'm hoping we can get a turnover. Maybe that's some
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  Speaker 6: pass rush with the fumble or hopefully an interception. That's
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  Speaker 6: probably more likely, to be honest, with how our defense
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  Speaker 6: is playing. And then I noticed Cincinnati put 33 up
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  Speaker 6: on them, but there were a lot of turnovers involved
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  Speaker 6: in that game. I don't know. I believe in Gotti.
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  Speaker 5: I do.
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  Speaker 6: So I think we're going to follow Green Bay's use
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  Speaker 6: of tight ends. They had 10 targets of tight ends.
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  Speaker 6: My role player is going to be that tight end group.
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  Speaker 6: I see 38 to 20, honestly. I think we're going
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  Speaker 6: to be okay on this one.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Thanks, Irene. As you were just starting the call,
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  Speaker 3: I just looked at Tampa's record. I mean, their record's
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  Speaker 3: on for it. I was looking at their schedule just
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  Speaker 3: to see who they have faced because these games are
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  Speaker 3: close that they're playing. Their defense is keeping them in it.
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  Speaker 3: So they're playing at Cincinnati, Cleveland, who's playing well. So
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  Speaker 3: you're looking at Joe Burrow and Deshaun Watson and then Minnesota–
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't even tell you who's, who's, I know Kyler
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  Speaker 3: Murray has been their quarterback. He's kind of in and out.
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  Speaker 3: I think, um, I'm not a hundred percent sure if
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  Speaker 3: he's played all these games or not. They lost at
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  Speaker 3: home to Minnesota and then they lost, um, to, to
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  Speaker 3: Green Bay boy. You know, I'm looking at this schedule.
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  Speaker 3: This is very, um, this is rare. And this certainly
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  Speaker 3: this isn't a typo because being beam does this, but,
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  Speaker 3: it's rare that a team starts out in the first
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  Speaker 3: four games of the year. They had three home games
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  Speaker 3: in a row and they've lost them all. I mean, that's,
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  Speaker 3: that's a tough one, man at Cincinnati to start the season.
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  Speaker 3: And then, I mean, when, when you're looking at your
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  Speaker 3: record and you're like, Hey, we have a chance to
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  Speaker 3: do something here. We got that Cincinnati. And then you
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  Speaker 3: got Cleveland, Minnesota, green Bay at home, three games in
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  Speaker 3: a row at home where it's hot down there. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you have a chance to maybe get some wins over
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  Speaker 3: some teams, not used to that. And, they did not
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  Speaker 3: do that. So now, of course, you do that. Now,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to start getting some road games here pretty soon,
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  Speaker 3: starting with the Cowboys. But yeah, Jalen Daniels, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: undrafted player. I mean, undrafted player out of Kansas, a
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  Speaker 3: good college player for sure, and let it fly in
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  Speaker 3: the Big 12. And, you know, he kind of plays
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  Speaker 3: with that style. But I think he'll be a guy
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  Speaker 3: that will put up some yards, some stats. If you
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  Speaker 3: play fantasy like I do and you have one quarterback
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  Speaker 3: on a bye and the other quarterback's hurt, you're like,
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  Speaker 3: all right, who am I going to pick up? And
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  Speaker 3: he's up there as far as stats go. And I
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  Speaker 3: may or may not have picked up C.J. Stroud last
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  Speaker 3: week just for that reason. But he's going to probably
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  Speaker 3: put up some yards. Now, he might throw a pick
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  Speaker 3: or two. I don't know. Dallas hasn't gotten one in
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  Speaker 3: this calendar year, I don't believe. I don't think they
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  Speaker 3: got one in that last game against the Giants, so
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  Speaker 3: I don't think they've gotten an interception in 2026. And
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  Speaker 3: we're into October here. So he'll put up some yards,
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  Speaker 3: some stats, and he'll run the ball. I do think
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be a challenge for them. They're going
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  Speaker 3: to have to be balanced. Bucky Irving's going to have
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  Speaker 3: to get going, and they're going to have to get
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  Speaker 3: turnover on their defensive side.
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  Speaker 2: Real quick for you. I was looking at their schedule.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have any back-to-back road games, which is kind
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  Speaker 2: of crazy.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they have nine home games because the NFC has
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  Speaker 2: nine home games this year, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: You know what? Did one of those games that Tampa played,
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  Speaker 3: did they play overseas? I mean, yeah. Did they have
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  Speaker 3: an international game?
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  Speaker 5: No?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think so yet. I'll look it up, but
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  Speaker 3: I don't think so. Yeah, I don't think so either.
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  Speaker 3: That's just crazy. But you can't be 0-4 with that start.
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  Speaker 6: I know.
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  Speaker 3: You can't be 0-4. That's a tough start for them.
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  Speaker 3: And I know that Todd Bowles, who I've always liked
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  Speaker 3: Todd Bowles. I mean, since he was here with the Cowboys,
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  Speaker 3: I just think he's a cool dude. And he'd be
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  Speaker 3: somebody you just want to kind of hang out with.
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  Speaker 3: But he's been a good coach for them, and he plays.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he gets them to play hard for him.
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  Speaker 3: you know, this 0-4 start. I mean, every one of
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  Speaker 3: his seasons is always like 9-8, 10-6, 8-9 right there.
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  Speaker 3: They're going to have some work to do if they're
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  Speaker 3: going to even get back to that level. All right,
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  Speaker 3: John in Delaware. John, what's up, man?
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  Speaker 5: How you doing, Nick?
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  Speaker 8: It's been a while since I finally got a vacation day.
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  Speaker 9: Good.
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  Speaker 8: Well, thanks for using it. I'm batting 1,000 as I'm
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  Speaker 8: trying to still be on the storyline team. So I
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  Speaker 8: don't know how that's going to work.
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  Speaker 6: But, yeah.
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  Speaker 8: I'm excited about the season. Barham is surprising every week.
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  Speaker 8: Jerry's actually doing what the fans want him to do.
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  Speaker 8: I think that our defense, as time goes, we get
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  Speaker 8: players back. I think that we'll start to hit our stride.
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  Speaker 8: But as long as Dak and CD and the boys
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  Speaker 8: keep us afloat, I think we're going to have a
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  Speaker 8: Pretty amazing 20-26. It seems like every other team around
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  Speaker 8: us is falling apart.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. I think you're right about that. I think
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  Speaker 3: that this is a team when you look at it,
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  Speaker 3: I'm watching highlights of the Giants. I don't even know
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  Speaker 3: what to think about them right now because they're going
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  Speaker 3: to be all over the place. They're going to have
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  Speaker 3: some crazy games, wins and losses. But I think the
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  Speaker 3: Cowboys probably have the chance to be, I think they're
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  Speaker 3: still the best team in the division right now. I do.
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  Speaker 10: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: I agree.
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  Speaker 3: Well, John, I know you don't get to call a lot,
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  Speaker 3: but if we have a state representative from every state,
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  Speaker 3: I think you're going to take it for Delaware there,
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  Speaker 3: for sure.
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  Speaker 8: I will rep the heck out of Delaware, sir.
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  Speaker 3: I think that might be something new that I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to try. I'm going to try that and just have
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  Speaker 3: state reps. That might force someone to like, wait a second,
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  Speaker 3: I'm in Idaho. I don't get it. No one else
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  Speaker 3: is calling. I'm going to call. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 3: State reps.
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  Speaker 12: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 8: We actually have a radio station here, a classic rock station,
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  Speaker 8: and they call it the end zones. And they call
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  Speaker 8: me the resident Cowboys fan because there's not very many
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  Speaker 8: Cowboys fans.
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  Speaker 3: Not very many. Is it mainly Eagles? Eagles or Giants?
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  Speaker 8: It's Eagles.
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  Speaker 9: It's Ravens.
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  Speaker 8: My wife's a Ravens fan, so that's fine. But I
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  Speaker 8: work at Mount Air in Delaware, and I feel like
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  Speaker 8: I work at an Eagles nest sometimes.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: But when they lose, you can't find them anywhere.
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  Speaker 3: I bet that's fun. Those are fun days. I bet
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  Speaker 3: Sunday was a real good one. Monday was a real
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  Speaker 3: good one for you with the Cowboys winning. that game
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  Speaker 3: and then Philly just finding good ways to lose that one.
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  Speaker 8: Um, none of them, none of them showed up to work, Nick.
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  Speaker 3: What? You don't just show up to work.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. That's just people.
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  Speaker 9: I don't know.
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  Speaker 8: Some of them talk like real big stuff and then
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  Speaker 8: they can't back it up Monday.
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  Speaker 7: Okay.
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  Speaker 10: All right.
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  Speaker 8: So I'm just, I keep telling them, I said, stay
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  Speaker 8: tuned to them boys. Cause we're going to, we're my
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  Speaker 8: CT every week now.
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  Speaker 3: All right. All right. Thanks John. For the, for the call.
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  Speaker 3: It must be nice. Just have a job. Just like, uh, Bill,
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  Speaker 3: where are you? Patriots lost. Oh, okay. Man, as an
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  Speaker 3: Arkansas fan, that would never work. Okay, cool. All right,
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  Speaker 3: what do we got next? Josh in Chicago. Is that
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  Speaker 3: my next caller?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Josh, Chicago, what's up?
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  Speaker 10: Hey, man.
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  Speaker 13: So I got two keys to the game, not a
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  Speaker 13: bold prediction. So offensive key, I was looking at the
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  Speaker 13: advanced stats. Tampa Bay blitzes a ton, and they actually
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  Speaker 13: don't have a lot of sacks. They don't have a
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  Speaker 13: lot of hurries or QB pressures. and they give up
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  Speaker 13: a lot of yards after the catch. So Dak has
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  Speaker 13: always been somebody who takes splits really well. He takes
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  Speaker 13: pressure really well. So getting the ball into the hands
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  Speaker 13: of guys like Pickens and Brevin to get the yards
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  Speaker 13: after the catch is going to be huge this week.
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  Speaker 13: On the defensive side, I was looking. We're actually sitting
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  Speaker 13: pretty mid-table in hurries and quarterback knockdowns. It's the sacks,
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  Speaker 13: and even pressures were kind of in the middle of
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  Speaker 13: the league, and it's the sacks that we're missing and
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  Speaker 13: the takeaways. I really think that you look at Tampa Bay,
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  Speaker 13: they've given up a lot of sacks this year and
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  Speaker 13: they've given up a lot of pressures or a lot
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  Speaker 13: of their negative five in the turnovers. So I'm going
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  Speaker 13: bold prediction. We're going to get three sacks. We're going
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  Speaker 13: to get two takeaways, either fumbles or interceptions.
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  Speaker 14: I don't care.
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  Speaker 13: We're going to, and I think that that's going to
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  Speaker 13: be the story of the game.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 15: Have a good day.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Appreciate it. You know, I, my, you know,
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  Speaker 3: with it, with you talking about that, with the blitz
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  Speaker 3: and the hurries and, and, and getting the ball out
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  Speaker 3: quickly and, You know, CDs and pickings, I mean, it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be huge for the Bucs to try to
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  Speaker 3: stop them. And stopping both of them is going to
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  Speaker 3: be tough. My prediction for this game is going to
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  Speaker 3: be Flanoy. I think Flanoy gets 100 yards. I think
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  Speaker 3: he'll have his season high. I just, I feel like,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he, he, he had some nice plays in the,
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  Speaker 3: in that game. And he, he's like the, to me,
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  Speaker 3: he's like the perfect number three receiver for, for what,
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  Speaker 3: for what you've got on the outside. You've got these,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kind of lanky guys that can get down
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  Speaker 3: the field and do, do, you know, acrobatic plays. And
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  Speaker 3: then Flannoy's a guy just kind of works the underneath. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he's the guy, I said this yesterday, I
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  Speaker 3: believe he, I want him on the reverse. I think
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  Speaker 3: he's got, You know, good power when he runs. He
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  Speaker 3: kind of gets it, you know, full head of steam. He's,
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  Speaker 3: I think, ready to have kind of a breakout season,
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  Speaker 3: a breakout game. I think this will be the one
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  Speaker 3: for him. So Flanoy would be my prediction. But I
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  Speaker 3: like yours, Joshua. The blitzes, I like the three sacks,
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  Speaker 3: two turnovers. That would be great for the Cowboys defense.
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  Speaker 3: They have a game like that. They really do need
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  Speaker 3: to do that. All right, let's go to Lester in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 11: Lester. I think he's good.
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  Speaker 9: Good morning, Nick.
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  Speaker 3: How you doing?
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  Speaker 5: Hey, I didn't get a chance to get in, so
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  Speaker 5: I'm going to combine Sunday with tomorrow. So bear with me.
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  Speaker 5: I'll start with Sunday. I like the fact that we
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  Speaker 5: ran the ball a lot more, even though it wasn't
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  Speaker 5: successful as we would like for it to be. We'd
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  Speaker 5: like 100 yards. But still, he... He shot, he ran
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  Speaker 5: the ball down by the goal line. That was excellent.
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  Speaker 5: And then parts of the game, he ran the ball,
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  Speaker 5: which the prior games, I thought he was passing a
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  Speaker 5: little bit too much. So kudos to that. And with that,
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  Speaker 5: as I've been saying, since our defense is obviously the
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  Speaker 5: weaker link of our team, we should protect them by
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  Speaker 5: the time of possession. And we did win that. So
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  Speaker 5: kudos to that. And I noticed the 14-play drive with
• 15:53
  Speaker 5: 11-17 left in the fourth quarter, I noticed that the
• 15:57
  Speaker 5: Houston team, the defense looked gassed because we had time
• 16:02
  Speaker 5: of possession. We need to watch out for the eye candy,
• 16:06
  Speaker 5: and we need a better pass rush. Now, for this
• 16:09
  Speaker 5: game here, I think we should win, but be careful.
• 16:14
  Speaker 5: Don't take anybody for granted. I believe the score, my
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: score would be 25-13. Let's go, let's go, let's go, Cowboys.
• 16:24
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: Appreciate the call, Lester. I like to write down the
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: scores just to see if anyone actually gets one. I
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: feel like we had one last year and get close
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: every now and again. But, yeah, I mean... This is
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: one of those games where I feel like, you know,
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: I like that it's a short week from the standpoint of,
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: you know, you're coming off a win, you're facing another
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: team that isn't, you know, and they're not elite at all,
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: and they're desperate, they're hungry. But I think, you know,
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: the fact that it's a short week, that's where the
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: focus has to be. And so there's no time to really,
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: you know, try to– start thinking past this and all that.
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: You've got to hone in on this. So I think
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: this is probably a good recipe for, you know, you
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: always want to hear about trap games and all that.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: I just don't know if a 2-2 team could really
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: find themselves in a trap. I mean, they're not that
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: much better than anyone right now. So a short week
• 17:31
  Speaker 3: to me, as long as health-wise, you're really dealing with
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: a lot of injuries, like question mark stuff, other than
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: the Tyler Smith, who Jerry Jones said, this morning on
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: his radio show, 105.3 The Fan, that it really is
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: going to be up to Tyler, which I think at
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: this point, what the trainers have seen, what the coaches
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: have seen, they're comfortable with what they see from him as, yes,
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: he can go play. Now it's pain tolerance. And is
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: he really going to be able to, you know, use
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: that thumb and grip and push and do the things
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: he wants to? And it's going to be in a
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: four-quarter fight of, you know, Is this what you want
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: to do? Are you comfortable with it? Or do you
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: want to go 10 more days and go to Green Bay?
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: I think the fact that TJ Bass has played well,
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: that they're okay saying, all right, you make this call.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: This is a long-term decision here for this season, and
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: let's see how it goes. Because if you rush back
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: a thumb injury, it can have effects throughout the year,
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: especially in a position like offensive line that really uses it.
• 18:35
  Speaker 11: All right.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Our next caller is Antha in Gatesville, Texas. Antha.
• 18:42
  Speaker 11: Hey, Nick. How are you? Good.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: How are you doing?
• 18:46
  Speaker 11: I'm pretty good. I am a forever long listener, and
• 18:49
  Speaker 11: this is the first time I've ever gotten through.
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: Here we go.
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: Here we go. Here we go.
• 18:54
  Speaker 7: Hey, Chris.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: Chris, hit it again. Yeah. I just wanted to, yeah,
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: we were kind of talking over it. Wow.
• 19:03
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: What do you got for us?
• 19:06
  Speaker 11: Well, so I'm a little irritated because Josh kind of
• 19:09
  Speaker 11: stepped on my stuff. Like, I was going to talk
• 19:11
  Speaker 11: about how Tampa's been allowing the most sacks per pass
• 19:14
  Speaker 11: play in the entire NFL. So I think this is, like,
• 19:17
  Speaker 11: a really good time for us to get, like, finally
• 19:21
  Speaker 11: get not just pressures but actual sacks. I think we're
• 19:25
  Speaker 11: going to probably have three, like Josh said. I want
• 19:28
  Speaker 11: Vaughn to get one real bad.
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah. All of us do.
• 19:32
  Speaker 11: Yeah. I, like, desperately need Vaughn Miller to get a
• 19:35
  Speaker 11: sack this week. Like, it would just make my entire year. Like,
• 19:40
  Speaker 11: I would love that. And I also think that, obviously,
• 19:45
  Speaker 11: Quinnen's going to get another one, and I think, yeah,
• 19:48
  Speaker 11: but in the end, actually think I'm going to go
• 19:51
  Speaker 11: with they're going to get four sacks this week, not three.
• 19:53
  Speaker 11: I had a question for you. Do you think, and
• 19:59
  Speaker 11: I know this has been talked about to death since
• 20:02
  Speaker 11: Joey Porter Jr. got here, but would you just put
• 20:04
  Speaker 11: him on DJ Godwin and let him stalk him down
• 20:09
  Speaker 11: and take him out of the game. That's what I
• 20:12
  Speaker 11: really like. I think that right now, with the way
• 20:15
  Speaker 11: that CP has this defense playing zone most of the time,
• 20:20
  Speaker 11: I think that he should just let JPJ cook.
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 20:25
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, I think that's a strategy for sure.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: But there's also some other variables in there. I'm just
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: never a believer in just saying, we're doing that. And
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: that's it. That's all we're doing. We're just doing that.
• 20:38
  Speaker 11: Oh, well, no. Yeah, of course not. I don't think
• 20:42
  Speaker 11: that that would be the only way you would use him.
• 20:44
  Speaker 11: I just think that he could... Absolutely take someone.
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: Out of the game. Do you think Godwin's their best receiver?
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: Because I've seen them say, hey, like when Deion was–
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: Deion would sometimes match up with Harper and not Irvin,
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: just take him out, and then they'll figure out ways
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: with the other stuff. So are you saying do that
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: and then maybe double-team, is it Ibuka, or roll coverage
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: to him? There's different ways.
• 21:08
  Speaker 6: To do it.
• 21:10
  Speaker 15: Yeah.
• 21:11
  Speaker 11: I just think that they should absolutely man-to-man Jelly Porter Jr.
• 21:15
  Speaker 11: with Whoever they think is going to be the biggest
• 21:18
  Speaker 11: threat for the day. And then have that be out
• 21:24
  Speaker 11: of the question. And so, I mean, you saw in
• 21:27
  Speaker 11: this last game, they didn't even throw his direction.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: I like that. I like that a lot. And I
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: think because Tampa's got a couple of guys that are
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: about equal, you know, I think Godwin can be good
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: and Ibuka too. I would mix it up. I would
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: say they, I would have him sometimes travel, but with
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: the two different guys, because that will keep, especially a
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: young quarterback like Jalen Daniels. What are the Cowboys doing now?
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: Cause if you just said, all right, I know that
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: their best cover guy's going with our guy over here.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: So let's focus here. But if you never really know
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: that and you're always having to look and guess, I
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: think that's going to be really tough on a young quarterback.
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: So there's different ways.
• 22:05
  Speaker 16: To do it.
• 22:05
  Speaker 11: That would be incredible. You're right, Nick. That would be great.
• 22:08
  Speaker 11: Go ahead and give my prediction. I agree with Irene,
• 22:12
  Speaker 11: except for I'm going to say that we're getting our
• 22:14
  Speaker 11: 40-burger this week. I'm saying 40-20, Cowboys.
• 22:17
  Speaker 13: 40-20.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: All right. 40-20. I like it. All right. Well, it's
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: good to hear from you for the first time. Antha
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: in Gatesville, Texas. I know where that is.
• 22:25
  Speaker 9: Antha in Gatesville, Texas.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: All right. All right. Thanks for the call. Good stuff.
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: I always liked the first time callers, uh, nothing against, uh,
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: the regs that, that, that call all the time. Again,
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: I've said it all the time. I don't really care
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: how much people call. If they call every day, if
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: they call every other day, if they call John in Delaware,
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: doesn't get to call ahead of day off. And so
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: he was just like, yeah, you know, I mean, of
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: course he never gets days off. He's got a, he
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: works with all these coworkers that just take, take time
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: off when, uh, when, when his team loses. But, um, no,
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: it was good to hear from, from Antha. Um, Let's
• 22:59
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  Speaker 3: All right, Chris in San Angelo has been waiting.
• 24:45
  Speaker 5: Chris?
• 24:47
  Speaker 9: How are we doing today, Nick?
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: Good.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: How are you doing?
• 24:50
  Speaker 9: I'm doing pretty good, thank you. Hey, I was glad
• 24:53
  Speaker 9: you're not going to ask me if I knew where
• 24:55
  Speaker 9: Gatesville is. Texas has no clue.
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: You know what? I said I knew that, and now
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: I'm thinking of Gainesville, which I know where that is.
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: So I don't know if I actually do know where
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: Gainesville is. We'll have to look it up.
• 25:09
  Speaker 9: It's a big state. It could be 20 minutes away
• 25:12
  Speaker 9: from me, and I don't know. Anyway, what I was
• 25:16
  Speaker 9: going to go, okay, first off on the game, I'm
• 25:18
  Speaker 9: a little, I'm kind of in the blind on Tampa.
• 25:21
  Speaker 9: I don't really know too much except for their 0-4 game.
• 25:24
  Speaker 9: and Baker isn't going to play. So I'm just going
• 25:28
  Speaker 9: to put out a score. I'm going to say 33-27 Cowboys.
• 25:33
  Speaker 9: And then on my comment question, I was going to
• 25:36
  Speaker 9: say I was glad that Porter got some good snaps
• 25:40
  Speaker 9: in that last game because I feel like he's just
• 25:43
  Speaker 9: going to keep getting better and learning everything. And what
• 25:48
  Speaker 9: I'm thinking is whenever everyone else gets healthy– you know,
• 25:52
  Speaker 9: the Durants and the Overshawns, that maybe they'll have an
• 25:56
  Speaker 9: opportunity for different defensive schemes and stuff like that, and
• 26:00
  Speaker 9: hopefully ones that will dial up more pressure with, like,
• 26:04
  Speaker 9: some disguised blitzes. But it was good that in the
• 26:07
  Speaker 9: meantime they did get a win. So I was going
• 26:10
  Speaker 9: to say, do you think Coach Parker has the right
• 26:13
  Speaker 9: kind of personnel when they're completely healthy, everyone is, that
• 26:19
  Speaker 9: he could make the defense more of a force going forward,
• 26:23
  Speaker 9: or do you think a move is going to have
• 26:27
  Speaker 9: to be made on that?
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: That's a good question. Thanks, Chris, and thanks for the call.
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: It'll open up that discussion. I know there's a lot
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: of guys out there that aren't coaching anymore, defensive coordinators
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: or former DCs or former defensive coaches. that look at
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: this team and the talent and they say, you can
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: win with this, okay? You can. I don't think you're
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: not going to just look at these guys and go, nah,
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: you can't, you know, what am I supposed to do
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: with this? I got to get someone else. I mean,
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: I think if you break this thing down and you go, man,
• 27:02
  Speaker 3: you got Quinnen Williams and you have Kenny Clark and
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: then you've got pass rushers on the outside like Rashawn
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: Gary and Ezeraku and Von Miller who's still, you know, he's–
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: coming off the bench and in the rotation, and then
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: you've got Dee Winters at linebacker with a young guy
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: in Barham and Overshawn when he's healthy, and Bland and
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: now Porter on the other side, and Malik Hooker's a
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: veteran with Caleb Downs. You can't tell me that you're like,
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: I don't know, like Christian Parker or any coach, what
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: am I supposed to do with this? You're supposed to
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: go out and win and get turnovers and get some
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: pressure and dial it up. So, yeah, I think the personnel,
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: I think Will McClay– Jerry Jones, Schottenheimer, Stephen Jones, they've
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: probably not the right order I threw out there, but
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: within those four guys, they've done a really good job
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: of getting enough talent in here on defense. Now, the
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: injuries have been tough, especially at safety, but still. They've
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: got the talent to go. Do they need another guy? Okay, well,
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: if you want to throw another pass rusher in there, fine.
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: But he's going to have to be considerably better than
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: the others. And to do that, you're going to have
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: to give up more things. I think just keep grinding
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: here with this group is going to work. So that's
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: at least the way I would approach it. All right,
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: Robbie in Cocoa Beach.
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: What's up, Nick?
• 28:25
  Speaker 7: No Beach TV today, man.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: Good.
• 28:28
  Speaker 7: Overcast and cloudy and yucky, man. Probably the same storm
• 28:32
  Speaker 7: that's affecting you guys coming up the West Coast someplace.
• 28:36
  Speaker 7: The Gulf of America.
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 28:41
  Speaker 7: Let's see.
• 28:41
  Speaker 5: Predictions.
• 28:42
  Speaker 7: Man, I like to hear what everybody said about turnovers.
• 28:46
  Speaker 7: I think this is a good week to get some.
• 28:48
  Speaker 7: That'd be real nice. Two turnovers would definitely increase the
• 28:52
  Speaker 7: score a bit.
• 28:55
  Speaker 9: So 37-27.
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 28:57
  Speaker 11: All right.
• 28:57
  Speaker 7: All right, and then I got one question for you,
• 29:03
  Speaker 7: and then I'll let you go and take it off
• 29:04
  Speaker 7: air because you're probably going to need a minute for
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: this one. You're always saying, and I love that you
• 29:09
  Speaker 7: say it, you don't want to trade for somebody unless
• 29:11
  Speaker 7: it works for you for the long term, at least
• 29:14
  Speaker 7: two to three years. Joey Porter, that guy, and I'll
• 29:17
  Speaker 7: take it off air, man.
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: Is he that guy? Is that what you asked?
• 29:21
  Speaker 10: Yes, sir.
• 29:21
  Speaker 7: Is he that guy?
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, thanks for the call. I mean, the plan
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: is to do that, and that's the plan for him
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: to be that. This is a rental, but it's a
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: rent to own. you know I mean it's one of
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: those like yeah let's let's see because the reason why
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: Pittsburgh you know they didn't sign him is because he
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: wanted more than than what they wanted to to give
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: and and I don't know where that things stand with
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: the Cowboys right now if Jerry Jones kind of said
• 29:53
  Speaker 3: that this morning that They really haven't looked into all
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: of that as far as locking him up and signing him.
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: But you're giving a second-round pick for 2028. The idea
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: is that, yeah, you're going to be here longer than
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: just this one year. And so that's the plan. And
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: if he goes down and continues to play at this
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: level and he's a really good cover guy, they're going to–
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: They're going to do what they can to keep him. So, yeah,
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: I think he's 26 years old. He's a guy that
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: will get his second contract here. And he'll get a
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: second contract with someone. I think the Cowboys have got
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: it in their mind that this is what they want
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: to do. And they don't have to do anything right
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: this second. But we'll see how the whole cornerback room
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: shakes out. shakes out with Bland and just how this
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: season goes. But unlike what it was in Pittsburgh, it
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: doesn't seem to be in a major hurry for it
• 30:53
  Speaker 3: right now to get that deal done. So it's kind
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: of working itself out there. Blair in Newport News is next.
• 31:00
  Speaker 16: Hey, Nick, I'm going to keep it really quick today.
• 31:05
  Speaker 16: Starting with my prediction, I predict a win, 35-24. My
• 31:09
  Speaker 16: one question for you to consider is, I don't know
• 31:14
  Speaker 16: about you, but I'm always nervous when we play a
• 31:17
  Speaker 16: quarterback that's not really expected to be that great. We
• 31:22
  Speaker 16: tend to make them shine. So I'm wondering, do you
• 31:25
  Speaker 16: think Porter... is going to be able to come in
• 31:29
  Speaker 16: and cause just enough lack of opportunity, if you will,
• 31:33
  Speaker 16: for that quarterback, for us to finally get home with
• 31:36
  Speaker 16: a pass rush this weekend. I'll take it off the air.
• 31:38
  Speaker 16: Go Cowboys. Thanks to you and Chris and the whole
• 31:41
  Speaker 16: storyline team. Thanks so much.
• 31:42
  Speaker 18: Take care.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Blair. Appreciate that. Good, good call. You're right.
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: Especially last year, last year, they were really good at,
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: at having, I did the stat last year that, um,
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: I think it was the 17 guys, well, they faced
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: like maybe 14 quarterbacks with the division, but of the 14,
• 32:05
  Speaker 3: I think I have to go back and look at it,
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: but eight or nine of them had their best game
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: of the season against the Cowboys, quarterback rating-wise, best game.
• 32:13
  Speaker 3: Or maybe it was only like five or six, but...
• 32:17
  Speaker 3: eight to nine or 10 of them had like in
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: their top two. So one of their better games of
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: the year against the Cowboys. And then that was why
• 32:24
  Speaker 3: the Cowboys, I mean, only had six interceptions last year
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: and they haven't turned that around because they have zero
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: right now. But yeah, they, they, they tend to do
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: that and get them comfortable, you know? And I think,
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: I think, The best thing the Cowboys can do here,
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: and I'm not saying you take the ball if you
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: win the toss here, but I think the best thing
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: the Cowboys can do is figure out a way to
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: kind of, you know, they need to get a fast
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: start here. They can't have a slow start on offense.
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: If they can get out and go drive down the field, score,
• 32:56
  Speaker 3: get some points, put some pressure. on Jalen Daniels and
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: that offense to keep up with this gaudy offense here,
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: keep up with that, then, yeah, I think that that
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: would be the best recipe for the Cowboys' defense. So
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: a fast start from the Cowboys would be something that
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: would really be beneficial on all sides here. All right,
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: next caller here from Memphis is Amon. Amon.
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  Speaker 5: Amon.
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  Speaker 3: I'm on?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, that's me. How you doing today?
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  Speaker 3: How am I saying it? Am I saying it wrong?
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: I'm on?
• 33:29
  Speaker 10: You said it perfect last time. It's I'm on like
• 33:31
  Speaker 10: you ached, but I know it's hard, so I'm okay.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: I'm on. All right, man. Well, come on.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: Well, you've always been the first time caller for sure, right?
• 33:42
  Speaker 10: No, it's I'm on from Milton, so I've called a
• 33:44
  Speaker 10: few times.
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: Here we go anyways. Here we go.
• 33:48
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: Here we go. All right. Talk to me.
• 33:52
  Speaker 10: All right. All right, I'll try and make this quick, Nick.
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  Speaker 10: I was just thinking about it. We're healing up. You know,
• 33:57
  Speaker 10: I really listen to this show. I really listen to
• 33:59
  Speaker 10: them all. But I listen to them because, like your kids, right,
• 34:02
  Speaker 10: when my team loses, I don't want to hear anybody
• 34:04
  Speaker 10: but other fans talk about what they think is wrong.
• 34:07
  Speaker 10: So I'll throw this at you. When we had the
• 34:09
  Speaker 10: guy in Green Bay, great guy, right? He's stellar on
• 34:12
  Speaker 10: the outside. But we said he could have helped the
• 34:14
  Speaker 10: team more in linebacker. The powers that be end up
• 34:17
  Speaker 10: putting him at defensive end. Can't say they were wrong,
• 34:19
  Speaker 10: but can't say we were really wrong that he could
• 34:21
  Speaker 10: help us in linebacker. Turn the page to today. In
• 34:25
  Speaker 10: my opinion, Overshawn's a little like to be playing little linebacker.
• 34:29
  Speaker 10: Maybe why he got hurt. Love Overshawn, great guy, runs
• 34:32
  Speaker 10: across the field. As a management staff or as a
• 34:35
  Speaker 10: coaching staff, when are we going to put players in
• 34:38
  Speaker 10: a place that's best for them? I say that because
• 34:41
  Speaker 10: we all know Barham needs to be on the strong side.
• 34:44
  Speaker 10: Wouldn't it be automatic that we would put Overshawn on
• 34:48
  Speaker 10: weak side and just let him run sideline to sideline?
• 34:50
  Speaker 10: With that being said, I'll sit back and listen to you.
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: Hold on, hold on. I'm going to ask you a
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: question real quick, though, because I like what you're saying.
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: I think you have a heck of a point. When
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: you say, though, when are we going to start putting
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: them in position best for them? Best for them how?
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: Because you mentioned you're referencing, Micah, how? You mean as
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: for their career, for them to get the bag? Are
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: you talking about for them to stay healthy or to
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: be the best player? What are you saying? Because Micah
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: didn't want to play linebacker because Micah is not going.
• 35:23
  Speaker 10: To get sacks.
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: And you don't get money if you don't get sacks.
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: And Micah knew exactly what he was doing and why
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: he didn't want to play linebacker.
• 35:31
  Speaker 10: I misquoted that, Nick. I meant what's best for the team.
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  Speaker 15: Okay.
• 35:35
  Speaker 10: Yeah, that was best for Micah, but if we had
• 35:36
  Speaker 10: to put him in linebacker, I have a hard time
• 35:39
  Speaker 10: imagining he wouldn't be one of the best linebackers there is.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 35:43
  Speaker 10: Didn't go that way, so I'll listen to you out there,
• 35:46
  Speaker 10: but that was what I wanted to bring today.
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: Got you.
• 35:48
  Speaker 10: Okay.
• 35:49
  Speaker 3: And that makes sense. Thanks for the call. And, you know,
• 35:52
  Speaker 3: I'm on that– That is something that is not new
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: to the NFL. I mean, it's not new to really sports.
• 35:59
  Speaker 3: It's really not new to the workplace. I know you
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: want to do this, but we kind of need you
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: to do this. And if you can take care of
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: this too, we'll get you to do some other things.
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: But you're not just going to come in here and
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: just do this only. And I think that is.
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: That is something that's very interesting about Overshawn. Because Overshawn
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: really hasn't proven that he's awesome at anything yet. And
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: nothing against Demo. I think we all like him. Every
• 36:30
  Speaker 3: time he talks, you root for the guy. And he's
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: just got to stay healthy. And you want to figure
• 36:35
  Speaker 3: out where is the best spot to make you healthy.
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: I think Overshawn is so unique of a player that
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: I think he could be one that is... Don't know
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: where he's going to be. I really don't. I don't
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: know where you're going to play over Sean. And that
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: would be such an awesome weapon to have where he
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: has the ability to play right there in the middle
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: of your defense. He's also going to be on the
• 37:01
  Speaker 3: outside at the will of the Sam or he can
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: rush to the passer. Heck, I might even drop him
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: back a little bit into some coverage on certain plays.
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: I might try to see if he can lock up
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: with a tight end. Maybe not one of your best
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: elite Kyle Pitts-like tight ends, but he could be a
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: hybrid type of player because he is so unique. And
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: you got to take care of them in certain spots because,
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: you know, if he just sat in the middle of
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: the defense like he has, it's probably not good for
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: him or his career. So I think, you know, and
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: this is one as a contract year for him. You know,
• 37:38
  Speaker 3: he probably wants to. to have an awesome season, but
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: I think developing a hybrid role for Overshawn, especially with
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: those long arms and just different things that he can do,
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: could be a dynamic type of player. Don't know if
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: that's what the Cowboys are doing, but I think it
• 37:55
  Speaker 3: would be one that would benefit the team, benefit him
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: as well. All right, let's go to Dylan. Wichita Falls, Dylan.
• 38:03
  Speaker 5: Hey, Nick, what's up?
• 38:05
  Speaker 3: What's up, man? How you doing?
• 38:07
  Speaker 9: Doing good.
• 38:08
  Speaker 15: What's going on in the Falls?
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: What's going on in the Falls over there, man? You know,
• 38:12
  Speaker 3: it's where I went to college, if people don't know.
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: But Straw Falls.
• 38:16
  Speaker 18: They're going to tear down the mall to put in
• 38:18
  Speaker 18: a new stadium for Midwestern, is what I hear.
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: I heard that, and yeah, I have heard that. Sad
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: for them all. It's like center wall, but you know what?
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: It was kind of ghostly over there.
• 38:31
  Speaker 9: Oh, you should see it now.
• 38:33
  Speaker 4: It's bad.
• 38:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's nothing but your 75-year-old power walkers there in
• 38:39
  Speaker 3: the morning. That's about it.
• 38:40
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: Anyways, yeah, so it's been a long time since the
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: Cowboys were there at training camp, but that is a
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: former training camp home of the Cowboys. All right, Dylan,
• 38:53
  Speaker 3: what do you got for the Cowboys?
• 38:55
  Speaker 18: For the Cowboys, I just got to say we're in
• 38:58
  Speaker 18: a really good spot right now. I mean, I don't
• 38:59
  Speaker 18: think it's unrealistic to think that we could be 5-2
• 39:02
  Speaker 18: after playing Philly. I know that might be a little
• 39:06
  Speaker 18: bit of wishful thinking, but I mean, I really, I
• 39:08
  Speaker 18: think the identity of our team now, we have all
• 39:09
  Speaker 18: these weapons, but I want to see us just go
• 39:12
  Speaker 18: throughout the season playing bully ball, especially when it comes
• 39:14
  Speaker 18: to November and December. Just let our offensive line dictate
• 39:17
  Speaker 18: these games, and hopefully our defense can play the same
• 39:20
  Speaker 18: kind of bully ball up front, stopping the run, which
• 39:22
  Speaker 18: I think that unit is only going to get better.
• 39:24
  Speaker 18: I don't know, man. The divisions for the taking, the
• 39:28
  Speaker 18: NFC doesn't seem as... daunting as it originally did. But,
• 39:32
  Speaker 18: I mean, you really couldn't ask for a much better
• 39:34
  Speaker 18: spot after the drama we've had. I mean, if you
• 39:37
  Speaker 18: really think about it, since 2023, they really have changed
• 39:40
  Speaker 18: the front office, at least. You've got to give them credit.
• 39:43
  Speaker 18: We were a little soft, and they've really changed us
• 39:45
  Speaker 18: to a more physical team. Some of these guys they
• 39:49
  Speaker 18: put in there, man. I just really hope we can
• 39:51
  Speaker 18: impose our will offensively, especially offensive line going forward.
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: I agree. I agree. I think that's a great call. Dylan,
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: I appreciate the call. Take care of the falls up there. uh,
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: in Wichita falls and, uh, you know, Midwestern stays actually
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: pretty good, pretty good offense going on right now. So
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: I might have to check out a game up there.
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: Thanks Dylan for the call. Um, man, if the Cowboys
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: offense with the weapons that they have, and we know
• 40:16
  Speaker 3: what the strength is, or at least what we think
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: it is, if they became a bully ball type of
• 40:21
  Speaker 3: offense with Tyler Smith back in there and Javante and
• 40:24
  Speaker 3: just saying, we're going to run it at you like that. Um,
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: They will be gaudy. They will be the greatest offense
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: there is, as in right now, as the best in
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: the league. If this offense can also develop a, we're
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: going to run it down your throat, even when you
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: know we are going to run it, but then we'll
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: play action off of that and then throw it deep
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: and throw it around the yard. That will be borderline
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: unstoppable if you develop that type of thing. What I
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: liked about the game, obviously the win and all that,
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: but the first and goal at the 10. I say
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: it all the time. I hate when you get to–
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: Just look at any football, and you see first and
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: goal to 10. It's pretty challenging to get that in.
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: Cowboys had it twice in the game. One was first
• 41:12
  Speaker 3: and goal maybe at the 9 or the 8, and
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: they scored both times, and they did it running in there.
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: So that is very, very important when you can run
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: the ball in there like that. If you can develop that, then, man,
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: you have a chance to have really, really good offense.
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: All right, we're going to have to take a break
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  Speaker 3: all right we got one more caller here randy in
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  Speaker 3: texarkana randy what's.
• 42:59
  Speaker 15: Up what's going on brother man i'll tell you it's
• 43:03
  Speaker 15: It's harder than putting five pounds of crap in a
• 43:05
  Speaker 15: two-pound bag trying to get on here. I've been trying.
• 43:09
  Speaker 15: I've been trying. I just can't get through. Well, first,
• 43:13
  Speaker 15: let me get to you, Dallas, keeping it cowboy thing. Dude,
• 43:17
  Speaker 15: I'm loving that. It feels like a small episode of
• 43:21
  Speaker 15: The Office. I'm just waiting on you to drop that's
• 43:24
  Speaker 15: what she said in there somewhere. And, yeah, I like it.
• 43:27
  Speaker 15: Keep that going.
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: All right. Just give me the Easter eggs like that,
• 43:31
  Speaker 3: and I'll throw some. some in there like that.
• 43:33
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 43:33
  Speaker 3: It's been, it's been fun. And, and I, you know
• 43:36
  Speaker 3: how many times it starts like this, like, like this
• 43:38
  Speaker 3: is what we're doing. And I'm like, really? A script? Like, okay. Like,
• 43:44
  Speaker 3: this doesn't make any kind of sense. Like, Like, what
• 43:46
  Speaker 3: are we doing? We're getting ice cream. Like, I don't
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: want to make any of this. And then all of
• 43:50
  Speaker 3: a sudden it gets, like, whipped up and put together.
• 43:52
  Speaker 3: And it's like, oh, that was funny. That was good.
• 43:55
  Speaker 3: And so I've learned. I'm just like, just tell me
• 43:57
  Speaker 3: where you want me to be and what you want
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: me to say and sit and do all that kind
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: of stuff.
• 44:00
  Speaker 9: Exactly.
• 44:01
  Speaker 15: Hey, around Halloween, y'all should dress up like them.
• 44:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 44:05
  Speaker 15: That would be great.
• 44:06
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: You know what's sad about that, though, is that there
• 44:09
  Speaker 3: are people on there. You know, the office is getting
• 44:11
  Speaker 3: talked about a lot. They're like, you know who Nick
• 44:13
  Speaker 3: looks like? And I'm like, who do I look like?
• 44:16
  Speaker 3: And they're like, Toby. And I'm like, that dude.
• 44:20
  Speaker 6: I'm like, dang it.
• 44:21
  Speaker 3: I'm like, oh, Michael.
• 44:23
  Speaker 5: Oh, man.
• 44:24
  Speaker 15: You got to get a little sweaty for that.
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: But, yeah, it's definitely been fun. As I say all
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: the time now, we talk about it. I was like, guys,
• 44:32
  Speaker 3: if you need me, I'll be in my trailer. I'm
• 44:35
  Speaker 3: busy doing my stuff.
• 44:36
  Speaker 9: All right.
• 44:37
  Speaker 15: There you go.
• 44:38
  Speaker 11: All right, quick.
• 44:38
  Speaker 3: We got to roll. What do you got? What do
• 44:40
  Speaker 3: you got?
• 44:40
  Speaker 15: Yeah, real quick, I'm just sad about Von Miller. I'm
• 44:43
  Speaker 15: starting to feel like he only came on the team
• 44:46
  Speaker 15: to be able to get a jersey to hang in
• 44:47
  Speaker 15: his game room. It feels like he's just jogging around
• 44:50
  Speaker 15: out there and he's not really trying. He made the
• 44:52
  Speaker 15: comment about rolling out of the bed and getting eight sacks.
• 44:56
  Speaker 15: How about getting out of bed?
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, like, when does that start?
• 45:02
  Speaker 4: Yeah, so.
• 45:04
  Speaker 15: So you think if they made a defensive end move,
• 45:07
  Speaker 15: do you think that they would have to cut him
• 45:10
  Speaker 15: to do that? And it's sad to say, or it's
• 45:12
  Speaker 15: not sad to say, I wouldn't be sad to see
• 45:15
  Speaker 15: that happen, and it sucks. I was really excited about
• 45:18
  Speaker 15: getting him because I've been wanting him for years.
• 45:20
  Speaker 13: But anyway, all right, man.
• 45:21
  Speaker 15: That's all I got. Hey, have a good day.
• 45:24
  Speaker 7: I'm going to keep trying.
• 45:24
  Speaker 15: I'm here. It's been hard doing it.
• 45:26
  Speaker 6: All right, buddy.
• 45:27
  Speaker 3: I appreciate it. I need to be better at some
• 45:30
  Speaker 3: of these rules. I know back in the day, if
• 45:33
  Speaker 3: you were on the roster week one, your salary was
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: guaranteed the entire year, and I'm not 100% sure if
• 45:39
  Speaker 3: his salary wasn't guaranteed anyways. So that would be– I mean,
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: it is that. We're sitting here talking about that. But, yeah,
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: I mean, if you were to make a move for
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: a defensive end, I mean, somebody's going to have to
• 45:52
  Speaker 3: kind of be– you know, on the outs of that.
• 45:56
  Speaker 3: And so he's, he hasn't, he hasn't gotten there yet,
• 46:00
  Speaker 3: but I thought, I thought there were good signs from the,
• 46:03
  Speaker 3: from this last game. Let's just see how, how it goes.
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: Older guy, uh, didn't really have any training camp and, and,
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: and off season, which was by design. Um, and so
• 46:11
  Speaker 3: this is very similar. If you look back, I mean,
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: a future hall of famer that they got late like
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: this into the office, into the, you know, preseason and
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: start of the season, Remember Jason Peters a few years ago?
• 46:22
  Speaker 3: He needed a few weeks to kind of get him
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: ramped up, but when he got here and got in
• 46:26
  Speaker 3: the game, he was pretty good. So it might just
• 46:29
  Speaker 3: be a situation like that where Vaughn is going to
• 46:32
  Speaker 3: You're going to have to continue to get better and better.
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: All right, guys. Great show. Great short week of shows.
• 46:38
  Speaker 3: We'll do this again on Friday after the game. Remember,
• 46:41
  Speaker 3: no shows tomorrow. It's game day. Cowboys taking on the Bucs.
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: You guys know that. We've been talking about it. We
• 46:46
  Speaker 3: will be back on Friday, though, to talk about the
• 46:49
  Speaker 3: game and hopefully talking about a win. Victory Friday is
• 46:52
  Speaker 3: not something we say all the time because we usually
• 46:54
  Speaker 3: don't do shows on a Friday after the Thursday game.
• 46:57
  Speaker 3: So I don't know anything about a victory Friday game.
• 46:59
  Speaker 3: So that would be a lot of fun if we
• 47:01
  Speaker 3: get a chance to do that. All right, for Chris Beam,
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: I'm Nick Eatman. We will see you on Friday on
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  Speaker 15: How about this, Cowboys?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah!