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  Speaker 1: shave of the dallas cowboys here's nick.
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  Speaker 2: Eatman welcome to cowboy storyline presented by gillette it's tuesday
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  Speaker 2: september 15th i'm nick eatman Cowboys are shifting the focus
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  Speaker 2: from the Giants first week loss to Washington has got
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  Speaker 2: to pick things up can't go 0-2 we know how
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  Speaker 2: important this is Washington obviously feeling the same way so
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  Speaker 2: this is this is how the schedule makers made it
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  Speaker 2: they had first two games against the division you know
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  Speaker 2: right off the bat that it's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: challenge for especially for some teams you start out 0-1
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  Speaker 2: you you can't start 0-2 especially in the division at
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  Speaker 2: least that is the focus so Let's hear about it
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  Speaker 2: from you guys, 888-855-2297. We've got Michael from Bowling Green
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  Speaker 2: to start us off.
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  Speaker 3: Man, hey, today is Positivity Tuesday. People aren't even talking
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  Speaker 3: about how good Guyton did. I thought Downs did pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the Giants fumbled four times, and we only
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  Speaker 3: got one. That's just bad luck. All I say is
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  Speaker 3: look at all the positives. Don't focus on the negatives.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a couple days, so I'm positive that next
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  Speaker 3: Monday we're going to be 1-1. The Giants are going
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  Speaker 3: to be 1-1. Washington is going to be 0-2. And unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: the Eagles are going to be 2-0.
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  Speaker 4: But.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the season doesn't start until Thanksgiving, so I'm
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  Speaker 3: still all in, ready to go.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I like it. Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I got.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Michael. Appreciate the positivity. You know, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people don't see it necessarily the same way right now, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, especially when it comes to Guyton. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I thought Guyton played well. He played pretty well, but
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  Speaker 2: there was still a lot of pressure on Dak. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what the standard is exactly with him, but
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  Speaker 2: certainly the whole offensive line can play better. They didn't
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  Speaker 2: run the ball as well as they needed to, and
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of pressure on Dak. Dak didn't
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  Speaker 2: perform as well when there was that pressure. Pocket has
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  Speaker 2: to be clean. And you can make that case that, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they did knock the ball out four times, but they
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  Speaker 2: got to get it. You know, it's those 50-50 balls.
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  Speaker 2: You got to get on there and make those plays.
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  Speaker 2: So that's only half the battle is getting the ball out.
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  Speaker 2: You also got to get it as well. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, being positive is the way to go. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's the only way you can kind of get this
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  Speaker 2: thing turned around and you can't sit there and dwell
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  Speaker 2: on it, so. All right, let's go to Chris in
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  Speaker 2: Saratoga Springs.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Nick, how's it going?
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  Speaker 2: Good, how are you?
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  Speaker 4: I'm doing better. Got a chance to watch the game
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  Speaker 4: on tape, I guess, after watching it. We played a
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  Speaker 4: lot of zone. I think right around probably 70% of zone.
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  Speaker 4: And throughout training camp and the preseason, we played a
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  Speaker 4: lot of press and man, I thought. So what do
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  Speaker 4: you think? Why do you think we played so much
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  Speaker 4: zone last week? Um, and especially against like neighbors who's
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  Speaker 4: coming off an ACL and he's not really running by
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  Speaker 4: anybody right now. I don't think he's a hundred percent healthy.
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  Speaker 4: So I just didn't really understand the thought process of
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  Speaker 4: playing all that zone. Um, so I'm hoping this week we,
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  Speaker 4: we revert back to how we've been, how we were in, uh,
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  Speaker 4: training camp and, um, and play a little bit more, man.
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  Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, they, they obviously did play neighbors differently. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that that affected the game. I mean, they, they,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for a guy that wasn't sure or, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at least we didn't know if he was going to play.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe Harbaugh knew all along the guy was going to play, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it did, it looked like that maybe there
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  Speaker 2: was a chance that he wouldn't. So then the guy
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  Speaker 2: comes in and then, I mean, the whole game plan was,
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  Speaker 2: was guarding him double teaming at time zone and, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a little bit of man cover, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: man coverage, but also some, some zone from the safety,
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  Speaker 2: you know, cheating over towards the neighbors. So, I thought
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  Speaker 2: that really hurt the Cowboys' defense. And I'm not saying
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  Speaker 2: they should have done something different. I'm just saying when
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  Speaker 2: you have a player like that that you're putting a
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  Speaker 2: lot of attention to, the Giants took advantage of it
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  Speaker 2: in other ways. You saw other players, obviously, Likely, Singletary.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys did a really good job. And the Giants
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  Speaker 2: just out-schemed the Cowboys on that one. I thought they
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  Speaker 2: gave Nabors, as good as he is, I thought they
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  Speaker 2: gave him too much attention because it did hurt them
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  Speaker 2: in other ways.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 4: The only other thing I got is as long as
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  Speaker 4: I've been watching the Cowboys, I don't remember only having
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  Speaker 4: two possessions in a game. Do you remember the last
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  Speaker 4: time we only or in a half? Do you remember
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  Speaker 4: the last time we only had two possessions in a half?
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  Speaker 3: I don't.
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  Speaker 6: I don't.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know how many possessions they had
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  Speaker 2: against the Bears last year. but it felt like that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one of those drives that was that the
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  Speaker 2: bears had in the third quarter. I mean, I can't
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  Speaker 2: imagine the Cowboys had a lot of possessions in the
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  Speaker 2: second half of that game. Um, but yeah, I mean, that's,
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  Speaker 2: that's rare. It's rare to, to have it the way
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  Speaker 2: it did where they started the third quarter, took all
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  Speaker 2: of it. And then Cowboys had a long drive too.
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  Speaker 2: And then the giants got another possession and then the
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  Speaker 2: Cowboys scored and then, and then they, they closed out
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  Speaker 2: the game. So, um, You know, the Cowboys' defense is
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  Speaker 2: obviously the reason why they didn't have as many possessions there.
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  Speaker 2: And the Cowboys took– I'm not saying it took their time,
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  Speaker 2: but they went down and scored, but they didn't do
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  Speaker 2: it quickly. So very unique that it happened the way
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  Speaker 2: it did.
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  Speaker 4: Right. All right, and I just– last quick thing. I
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  Speaker 4: just saw that we signed a running back. Do you
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  Speaker 4: know much about him, Goodson? He used to play for
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  Speaker 4: the Colts. I think he was on Atlanta practice squad.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know much about him. I looked at his stats.
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  Speaker 2: He's been a backup for the Colts for, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for a while, three years behind Jonathan Taylor. Plays a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, but, you know, again, I don't know much
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  Speaker 2: about him. Obviously, they're going to put him on, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if he does come in from Atlanta, I know that
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  Speaker 2: there's been reports on that. But if they bring him
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  Speaker 2: to the team, then, you know, they're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to make a move, and it will probably be Abanaconda,
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine, who they added.
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  Speaker 6: But, yeah. All right, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the call.
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  Speaker 7: All right, Nick.
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  Speaker 4: I'll let somebody else have a good day.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. All right. Let's go to Lewis in Oklahoma City.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, what's going on?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Lewis.
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  Speaker 5: Not much, man.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not going to harp on last week's game.
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  Speaker 5: I'm already trying to.
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  Speaker 7: Move on to the Panthers. But I will say, the
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  Speaker 7: only thing I will say, I was a little disappointed
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  Speaker 7: with interior D linemen. That kind of hurt my feelings.
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  Speaker 7: I thought they were going to play a little better.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, but outside of that, like... It's game one.
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  Speaker 7: You know, everybody is trying to figure it out. I really, honestly,
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  Speaker 7: I know people get mad about the preseason, but I'm
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  Speaker 7: kind of getting to the point where maybe they should
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  Speaker 7: do a little bit of practice, a little preseason.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe if it's just.
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  Speaker 7: For one quarter. Because it feels like they're all out
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  Speaker 7: of sorts almost every first game, outside of, like, the
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  Speaker 7: Buccaneers in, what, 2023. But, like, it seems like they're
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  Speaker 7: out of sorts every first quarter or every first game.
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  Speaker 7: And for the last couple of years, maybe they should.
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  Speaker 5: Do a little bit during the preseason because the.
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  Speaker 7: Joint practices don't seem like they're serving anybody well.
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  Speaker 5: They're missing passes.
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  Speaker 7: They're missing tackles and stuff like that. So I would
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  Speaker 7: think that maybe you do a little bit. But I
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  Speaker 7: did like, you know, you want the risk of reward
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  Speaker 7: of like you don't want anybody getting hurt. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 7: they look like they were running in quicksand for a
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  Speaker 7: little while. And so I would think that would be
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  Speaker 7: the best thing at least a quarter. Uh, and I'll
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  Speaker 7: get off. I ain't gonna hold it. Oh, and I
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  Speaker 7: want to give a shout out to Tyler Guyton. Cause
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  Speaker 7: that man was playing hard the other day. He looked
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  Speaker 7: like a monster, but I'll get off.
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  Speaker 5: Like always. I'll listen.
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  Speaker 7: I'll get in when I can.
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  Speaker 8: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 8: Thanks.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the call. Um, that's, that's a hot topic
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  Speaker 2: right now is the preseason, um, you know, work or
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  Speaker 2: lack of work from the starters. Jerry Jones was asked
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  Speaker 2: this morning about it on his radio show on 105.3
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  Speaker 2: The Fan, and he basically said that, you know, what
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  Speaker 2: you just said about the injuries, the risk-reward just isn't
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  Speaker 2: high enough. You know, this team, if you go back
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  Speaker 2: and look at the last, really, you know, 2019 is
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  Speaker 2: the last time that Dak played in a preseason game.
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  Speaker 6: So....
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  Speaker 2: Since then, I mean, that's been like eight season openers.
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  Speaker 2: Now the Cowboys are three and five in those eight games. Um,
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  Speaker 2: but the interesting thing is, and we'll see, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like the next two games here for the Cowboys. But
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  Speaker 2: if you look at weeks one, two, and three, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's still early in the year, first month or so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, September games. Um, In that same span, three
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  Speaker 2: and five in those season openers in the last eight years,
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  Speaker 2: but they're 13-9 in those games in weeks one, two,
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  Speaker 2: and three, and then obviously they got two more. uh,
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  Speaker 2: to play out this year. So, so, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: they win one or both of them, you know, it'd
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  Speaker 2: be 15 and nine or 14 and 10, if they
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  Speaker 2: can split them in the first, you know, week, first
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  Speaker 2: three games of the season. So you, you can't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: say that they're having these slow starts and it's, you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe the first game. And I don't know if, if,
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  Speaker 2: if you would say, you know, look at last year
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  Speaker 2: that they lost. I mean, they lost to the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: 24 to 20. Um, you know, was it because of
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  Speaker 2: not playing in the preseason? You know, I mean, maybe
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  Speaker 2: CD had some drops, Pickens had some drops in this game. Um,
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  Speaker 2: But I just find it hard to think, okay, so
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  Speaker 2: when are you playing this game? I mean, when would
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  Speaker 2: you play in the preseason? The second game, the first game,
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  Speaker 2: probably not the third game. So, you know, the second
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  Speaker 2: game is, you know, August 15th or so, August 21st.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think that was the second game, August 21st,
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  Speaker 2: August 22nd. You know, that game was September 13th.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, in the playoffs, when a team has a bye week,
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  Speaker 2: they talk about, having some rust being out for a week.
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  Speaker 2: So my point is that if you did play a
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  Speaker 2: few snaps in the preseason, does that mean that you're
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  Speaker 2: ready to go? I don't know. I think there's a way.
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  Speaker 2: I think that maybe in years like this where you
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  Speaker 2: have a new defensive coordinator and a new scheme and
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  Speaker 2: you want to try some things out, I think maybe
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  Speaker 2: that would make some sense. But just to change the
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  Speaker 2: rule altogether of play your guys in the preseason. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I would do that. There might be
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  Speaker 2: some exceptions, though. All right, let's go to Albert in Tucson.
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  Speaker 8: Nick, my man, good morning. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: Good.
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  Speaker 8: How are you doing? I'm rested. I hope you are, too.
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  Speaker 8: You know my stance on the preseason. I'm sorry, but
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  Speaker 8: they have to play at least a series or two
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  Speaker 8: each game, all three games. I don't care. I mean,
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  Speaker 8: the way they.
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  Speaker 8: I mean, I get these padded practices are supposed to
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  Speaker 8: somewhat simulate that, but that's not the same. You know,
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  Speaker 8: look at what Little Thing in Game 1 does to
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  Speaker 8: the Rams and to that one player. You know what
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  Speaker 8: I mean? That wasn't even in the preseason. You know,
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  Speaker 8: regardless whether you agree with me or not, but football
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  Speaker 8: is about momentum and about repetition. And You have to
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  Speaker 8: build that. You can't just, I mean, we can't just
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  Speaker 8: expect these guys to come off with no playing. I
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  Speaker 8: get practice, but no game time. Preseason is going to
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  Speaker 8: be as close to game time whether you're playing third scrubs,
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  Speaker 8: you know, second team, third team, whatever. It's still somewhat
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  Speaker 8: valuable to me. But anyway, I'm going to leave it
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  Speaker 8: at that. The question I do have is I'm on
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  Speaker 8: to Washington. As I saw the game again yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on real quick.
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  Speaker 9: Time out.
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  Speaker 2: Albert, I just want to ask you. I want to
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  Speaker 2: make sure I get your opinion. So you're totally fine
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  Speaker 2: with the risk-reward. I mean, torn ACL from your key
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  Speaker 2: offensive linemen. in the second preseason game because he was
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  Speaker 2: playing and he's playing against a guy that's trying to
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  Speaker 2: make the team and all that. So he has a
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  Speaker 2: torn ACL. You're fine with that. The risk and reward
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  Speaker 2: is you're okay with that knowing that your guys might
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  Speaker 2: be a little bit more in tune in week one, right?
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: That's fine.
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  Speaker 8: I'll take that. You know why? Because I'd rather that
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  Speaker 8: and them being ready to go game one knowing that
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  Speaker 8: those few snaps or that thing got them in somewhat
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  Speaker 8: momentum to push, to get a push on national television
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  Speaker 8: instead of laying an egg. You know, that's what it's been.
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  Speaker 8: And you just said it. What are we? In the
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  Speaker 8: last eight seasons, we're like three and five in openers.
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  Speaker 8: I mean, come on. We're the Dallas Cowboys. We're the
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  Speaker 8: mighty Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: Did you not hear the next stat?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, we're within the next three. I get it, but.
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  Speaker 5: But you don't.
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  Speaker 2: But you don't. You don't, though. If you're just saying
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  Speaker 2: that if you care about week one, fine. You care
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  Speaker 2: about week one, cool. But this team cares about weeks
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  Speaker 2: like the next 17 games. So you just said you
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  Speaker 2: were fine with that guy being out for the season
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  Speaker 2: as long as you play well in week one. Well,
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  Speaker 2: how about having the guy for the rest of the season?
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  Speaker 8: But this is the NFL. This is where Will McClay's
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  Speaker 8: job has to... This is where second-team guys have to
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  Speaker 8: step up, every man up. You have to do that.
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  Speaker 8: Let's be honest. Come on. You're going to lay an
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  Speaker 8: egg on week one and then expect to turn around
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  Speaker 8: against the same guys that laid an egg. They're lost.
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  Speaker 8: You think... You think that team's going to want to
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  Speaker 8: fold on week two? The Redskins? No, they're not. They're
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  Speaker 8: going to want to put you 0-2. And then what
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  Speaker 8: does that do to a team? This is also mental
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  Speaker 8: as much as physical. What are the chances of an
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  Speaker 8: 0-2 team doing that? Yeah, don't get me wrong. I've
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  Speaker 8: seen it. I've seen it with Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin,
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  Speaker 8: and I've seen that go in that route that one year.
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  Speaker 8: But those were Hall of Fame players. And, you know,
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  Speaker 8: let's be honest. Have these guys won anything? No, they haven't.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 8: They're not winners.
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  Speaker 10: Okay.
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  Speaker 8: But anyway, back to the question I got is, I've
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  Speaker 8: seen the game. What do you think Christian Parker, with
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  Speaker 8: this running quarterback, what do you think he'll put a
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  Speaker 8: spy or put someone to– to stop from breaking contain.
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  Speaker 8: What do you think? There'll be a spy on there. Um,
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  Speaker 8: that's all I got. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 5: And see you later.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Thanks for the call. Um, that's just, that's,
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  Speaker 2: that's just a frustration call right there. Cause I mean,
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  Speaker 2: which is fine. I mean, that's what we talk about
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  Speaker 2: all the time for, you know, but, but, um, I was,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just, I was trying to tell you that, that
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  Speaker 2: week one hasn't been the best, but, but they, they
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  Speaker 2: have figured out, you know, weeks two and three that
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  Speaker 2: they seem to, to turn things around so they really
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  Speaker 2: don't get off to these slow starts. We'll see. Every
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  Speaker 2: season's different, though. We'll see if it changes as far
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  Speaker 2: as keeping an eye on Jaden Daniels. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: having a spy on him, you know, is good at times.
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  Speaker 5: But who?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, who is that guy? Who would be your
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  Speaker 2: linebacker that can go and make those plays like that?
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  Speaker 2: It could be, you know, with Overshawn going to be
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  Speaker 2: out probably this game, you might see a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more of Shamar James. at the linebacker position. He's a
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  Speaker 2: guy that's played well. He has had against Washington, actually
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  Speaker 2: had a big hit on Jayden Daniels. I think he
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  Speaker 2: might have even been injured on that play. But he
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  Speaker 2: played well in that game. You can't just be a spy.
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  Speaker 2: It's one thing to say, I've got to watch for
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  Speaker 2: this guy. But that doesn't mean you can catch him.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: So it's got to be somebody with that ability to
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: go and do that. All right, let's go to Rob
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: in Vegas.
• 17:28
  Speaker 10: Hey, Nick.
• 17:28
  Speaker 8: Hey.
• 17:30
  Speaker 11: Frustration. What's that? Uh, terrible, terrible start to the season. Um,
• 17:38
  Speaker 11: but I, I think we're looking at something. We're looking
• 17:44
  Speaker 11: at the defensive coordinator is the issue. And I don't
• 17:47
  Speaker 11: think so.
• 17:47
  Speaker 9: I think it's the head coach.
• 17:48
  Speaker 11: That's the issue. I mean, let's face it. He's seven,
• 17:52
  Speaker 11: 10 and one. Uh, When I look at coaches around
• 17:57
  Speaker 11: the league, we talk about identity. Let's just take two coaches.
• 18:01
  Speaker 11: Let's take Ben Johnson of the Bears. He got the
• 18:04
  Speaker 11: job the same year as Shottie did. And you could
• 18:08
  Speaker 11: see the identity of the Bears immediately. High-scoring offense, they
• 18:11
  Speaker 11: play with attitude. Quarterback has really took off on the
• 18:16
  Speaker 11: Ben Johnson. And then look at the Giants. In just
• 18:20
  Speaker 11: a few months, you already see the identity of John Harbaugh.
• 18:26
  Speaker 11: We're going to be big and tough, and we're going
• 18:27
  Speaker 11: to punch you in the mouth. He's never lost to
• 18:30
  Speaker 11: the Cowboys. And you saw it immediately when they stepped
• 18:36
  Speaker 11: on the field. Tell me the identity of the Dallas Cowboys.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: What? Are you asking me?
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: They're 0-1.
• 18:47
  Speaker 5: No, no, no.
• 18:48
  Speaker 11: No, no, no.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: I answered it.
• 18:50
  Speaker 11: They're 7, 10, and 1.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: No, they're not. No, they're not.
• 18:53
  Speaker 9: Yes, they are.
• 18:53
  Speaker 11: No, they're not.
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: Yes, they are.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: They are. How are they 7, 10, and 1? Because
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: I have to. This team?
• 18:59
  Speaker 11: I have to.
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 19:00
  Speaker 11: But I have to. I'm not just talking. We're talking
• 19:03
  Speaker 11: about the head coach. What is the identity of the Cowboys?
• 19:08
  Speaker 11: He tells us we're going to be a physical run team.
• 19:11
  Speaker 11: We are not. He does not like to run the ball.
• 19:14
  Speaker 11: He could talk it all day. He even showed it
• 19:17
  Speaker 11: on the goal line. He will not. We're going to
• 19:20
  Speaker 11: be a smart team. We are not. So tell me
• 19:25
  Speaker 11: what the identity is.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: I don't– they're 0-1. And that's the reason why I'm
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: answering that is because that's what I know from this team.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: They lost to the Giants. I don't have the identity
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: of this team. You want to go back to 7-10.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: We'll go all the way back then if that's the case.
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: No, no, no.
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: None of that matters.
• 19:44
  Speaker 11: I'm not going all the way back because I'm not
• 19:45
  Speaker 11: talking about anybody else other than the head coach.
• 19:48
  Speaker 7: Rob, they're 0-1, man.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: You were pumping more sunshine than anybody else. They lost
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: to the Giants. The Giants are a crew. So that's fine.
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: Every fan....
• 19:58
  Speaker 11: Yeah, of course.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: Well, then why not now? Why not now? Why are
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: you not excited anymore? Because you saw four quarters?
• 20:05
  Speaker 11: No, no, no, no, no. I'm not saying the season
• 20:08
  Speaker 11: is over. It's only one game. But what I'm saying
• 20:11
  Speaker 11: is this head coach gives us nothing.
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 20:14
  Speaker 11: He doesn't bring anything to the table that you say,
• 20:17
  Speaker 11: this is what we're good at. I know what Ben
• 20:20
  Speaker 11: Johnson does. I know what Harbaugh does.
• 20:23
  Speaker 12: I don't know what.
• 20:24
  Speaker 11: This guy does. I don't even think he's the leader
• 20:26
  Speaker 11: of the team. So I just don't know how anybody
• 20:30
  Speaker 11: could look at him and say, oh, yeah, 31 other
• 20:34
  Speaker 11: teams agree with me. This guy was never getting a
• 20:38
  Speaker 11: head coaching job.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: And he might not have been.
• 20:42
  Speaker 11: I just look at it, and I just say to myself,
• 20:45
  Speaker 11: we're already calling out Christian Parker after one game, and
• 20:49
  Speaker 11: this guy has had last year, and he's 7-10-1, and
• 20:54
  Speaker 11: I still don't know what he does to make the
• 20:58
  Speaker 11: Dallas Cowboys better. Where does he give us an edge?
• 21:00
  Speaker 11: I just don't see it. But no, the season ain't over.
• 21:04
  Speaker 11: That's ridiculous.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: I know, that's fine. Another captain that had ended the season.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: Yesterday's show. But my point is this. You've just thrown
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: out the same stat four times now in the last
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: five minutes. But 7-9-1, I mean, what's the difference? But
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: that wasn't mentioned at all. Like now all of a
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: sudden he's not a good coach. But you never said
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: 7-9-1 all offseason.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 21:28
  Speaker 8: All right. That's fine.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: How could you say.
• 21:33
  Speaker 11: He's a good coach? Wait, what do you base a
• 21:34
  Speaker 11: head coach on? Don't you base him on wins and losses?
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: Of course, of course.
• 21:39
  Speaker 11: Okay, so how could you say he's a good coach?
• 21:42
  Speaker 11: He had a bad year last year, and he's 0-1
• 21:44
  Speaker 11: so far. So all I'm saying is if we're going
• 21:48
  Speaker 11: to point fingers at the D.C. after one game, we've
• 21:51
  Speaker 11: got to look at this guy.
• 21:53
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 21:54
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 21:55
  Speaker 9: All right, Rob.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Appreciate it. Thanks for the call. I mean, the target
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: is moving all the time, you know, and that's the
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: way it is with fans. It's like playing, you know,
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: basketball in the pool. You know, that thing just floats
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: around and you're shooting here and it moves over here
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: and all that stuff. I'm just not, I'm not jumping
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: off on that. Like, you know, listen, I think Shottie
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: is the leader of this team, this organization. He's trying
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: to change things. They lost. They lost to the Giants.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: They're 0-1. But now I just think it's really convenient
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: to start throwing an overall record when you weren't doing
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: that all offseason. You weren't talking about that. Now that
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: he's 7-10-1, now it's a problem. A 7-9-1 wasn't even mentioned.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: But now one game, one loss to the Giants. Now
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: we're going to go overview. I don't play that. I
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: don't do that. I think that's silly, and I think
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: that's low-hanging fruit for sure. All right, I'm going to
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: go to break. We'll be right back after this.
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  Speaker 2: Mike in Birmingham.
• 24:50
  Speaker 9: England Greetings from England, Nick.
• 24:54
  Speaker 8: How are you doing?
• 24:55
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: Are you?
• 24:57
  Speaker 11: Yeah, all good.
• 24:57
  Speaker 9: I'm on IR, actually, but nothing like Sergeant Suze. I'm
• 25:01
  Speaker 9: designated to return. I've just got a bit of a
• 25:02
  Speaker 9: hamstring strain at the moment, so just a bit frustrating,
• 25:06
  Speaker 9: but there you go. Weird game, Sunday. Not how we
• 25:11
  Speaker 9: wanted to start, but I say weird because... There's no
• 25:16
  Speaker 9: doubt that the better team won on the night, but
• 25:19
  Speaker 9: I also still feel strongly that we've got better football
• 25:22
  Speaker 9: players than the New York Giants. And it was only
• 25:26
  Speaker 9: a one-possession defeat, but at the same time, it felt
• 25:29
  Speaker 9: like a bigger defeat. But at the same time as that,
• 25:32
  Speaker 9: not much needed to be different for us to win that.
• 25:35
  Speaker 9: And if they don't get lucky with four of those
• 25:38
  Speaker 9: five fumbles, then we're perhaps sitting here a little bit happier,
• 25:43
  Speaker 9: albeit with things to work on. But I feel like
• 25:48
  Speaker 9: we lost the chess game on Sunday night. I feel
• 25:51
  Speaker 9: like the Giants were able to say, oh, OK, you're
• 25:55
  Speaker 9: doing that, are you? Well, then we're going to do this.
• 25:58
  Speaker 9: And we weren't able to respond properly. So the same
• 26:01
  Speaker 9: things kept happening, principally, Dart or Scatterboo going on a
• 26:05
  Speaker 9: run or the receivers being wide open, and we weren't
• 26:09
  Speaker 9: able to shut that down. So there was a phase
• 26:11
  Speaker 9: where we were getting through to Dart, and Downs got
• 26:15
  Speaker 9: that beautiful hit on him, and there were a couple
• 26:17
  Speaker 9: of hits on him, and then someone cleverer than me
• 26:21
  Speaker 9: will work out why, but they were able to respond
• 26:24
  Speaker 9: to that, and it didn't happen anymore.
• 26:27
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 26:29
  Speaker 9: But we knew the Giants, you know, they keep on
• 26:33
  Speaker 9: year after year having high draft picks and now they've
• 26:35
  Speaker 9: got an experienced head coach who knows what he's doing.
• 26:38
  Speaker 9: They weren't going to keep on being terrible forever. So
• 26:41
  Speaker 9: I don't think this is a defeat to the Giants
• 26:44
  Speaker 9: of two years ago. A defeat to a decent team.
• 26:49
  Speaker 9: And I think it's time to look ahead now. A
• 26:51
  Speaker 9: lot of fans need talking off the ledge. But, you know,
• 26:55
  Speaker 9: we've lost a game. All right, we go again. This
• 26:58
  Speaker 9: is where it's a shame in football. You have to
• 27:00
  Speaker 9: wait a week. In basketball, you've got another go two
• 27:02
  Speaker 9: days later, to put it right. In football, you've got
• 27:05
  Speaker 9: to wait a week, and it feels like a long
• 27:07
  Speaker 9: week after a performance like that. But it's a moment
• 27:11
  Speaker 9: for big characters, people who hold themselves to a high standard,
• 27:14
  Speaker 9: and I think we've got that. So I'm going 33-20
• 27:17
  Speaker 9: this weekend, and let's go. Let's get it.
• 27:21
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: All right, thanks, Mike. Yep, you said it right off
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: the start. It was a weird game, and, you know,
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: it just– but it didn't– Part of it was the Cowboys,
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: you know, not the ball, you know, like didn't bounce
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: their way, of course. But also they didn't make enough
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: plays either. They had opportunities to overcome some of that,
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: make some of the plays, be the aggressor, throw the
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: first punch. And, you know, they didn't do that. And
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: I stand by the fact that I still don't agree
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: with that first call of the game, not going for
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: it on fourth and inches. You know, I think it
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: set the tone. and you gave momentum to the Giants
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: really for no reason. I mean, make them stop you.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: I mean, let's see if they actually can. Even on
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: the first play of the game, first play they handed
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: the ball to Javante, and they stopped him for one yard.
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: You take one yard on fourth and inches? So, I mean,
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: make them show that they can actually stop you. And
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: I thought that was, you know, and if they do,
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: they do. Then your defense got to go out there and,
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: You know, and maybe you put them in a bad spot.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: Maybe you don't. Maybe they rise to the challenge, hold
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: to a field goal.
• 28:37
  Speaker 8: Who knows?
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: But I think that, you know, it just didn't add
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: up as far as being the aggressor of what we've
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: been hearing from them and then what they actually showed
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: in that first game. All right, let's go to Sebastian
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: in Savannah, Georgia.
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: Good morning, Mr.
• 28:55
  Speaker 14: Eamon.
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: How you doing?
• 28:55
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: How are you?
• 28:57
  Speaker 12: I'm doing well, man. I hope you guys are well-rested.
• 29:00
  Speaker 12: You know, if you let the kids run the house,
• 29:02
  Speaker 12: you're probably going to have a little bit of a
• 29:03
  Speaker 12: mess to clean up when you get home, especially if
• 29:06
  Speaker 12: they're undisciplined. Right now we're an undisciplined team. I got
• 29:09
  Speaker 12: two things, right? And I do have to push back
• 29:10
  Speaker 12: on the preseason thing in a second. But first, like
• 29:13
  Speaker 12: you said, it is on Shottie. I wasn't as disappointed
• 29:16
  Speaker 12: in the defense because we were the 32nd-ranked defense last year.
• 29:19
  Speaker 12: I wasn't expecting them to come out.
• 29:20
  Speaker 5: Of the gate swinging.
• 29:21
  Speaker 12: However, they made plays and they did stuff that was–
• 29:25
  Speaker 12: What shotty should have been like, listen, like you said,
• 29:27
  Speaker 12: the fourth down and shout out to Sergeant Sue and Irene,
• 29:30
  Speaker 12: because I was blowing them up the whole game. We
• 29:32
  Speaker 12: were cracking up. They should have went for it flat out.
• 29:35
  Speaker 12: There's no reason. I understand you're 39. It's like a
• 29:38
  Speaker 12: half of a yard. If you don't get it, fine.
• 29:40
  Speaker 12: It's the first game of the season. But when you
• 29:42
  Speaker 12: look at the defense coming in like that, he needed
• 29:45
  Speaker 12: his best possible game plan for them to go into
• 29:48
  Speaker 12: this game. You have to go around the fact that
• 29:51
  Speaker 12: last year they were bad. They could possibly start bad today.
• 29:53
  Speaker 12: We need to come out with our A game, and
• 29:54
  Speaker 12: they just did not. You're why receivers are trying to
• 29:56
  Speaker 12: be cute on the outside and make cool-looking plays.
• 29:59
  Speaker 5: Just catch the ball.
• 30:00
  Speaker 12: Just catch the ball and go down. Just catch the
• 30:02
  Speaker 12: ball and make the play the standard way. And then
• 30:05
  Speaker 12: for the preseason situation, 10 years ago when Roma went
• 30:08
  Speaker 12: down with the slide and we got hurt, that's kind
• 30:10
  Speaker 12: of when we shifted away from doing that. But you
• 30:13
  Speaker 12: could also look at that and say that that is
• 30:15
  Speaker 12: the reason that Dak Prescott was ready to go when
• 30:17
  Speaker 12: the season started because he got to play so many
• 30:19
  Speaker 12: snaps in the preseason. You get better at football by
• 30:22
  Speaker 12: playing football. All 10 of the teams, except for one,
• 30:26
  Speaker 12: that did not play their starters in the preseason struggled
• 30:28
  Speaker 12: in this first game. The Rams lose Miles Garrett. He
• 30:31
  Speaker 12: had no preseason time. Injuries are going to happen if
• 30:34
  Speaker 12: they're supposed to happen, right? If you're not going to
• 30:37
  Speaker 12: play the preseason, fine. You've got to be okay with
• 30:39
  Speaker 12: the fact that we're going to start our season like
• 30:41
  Speaker 12: the preseason, but you need to go see what the
• 30:43
  Speaker 12: hell the Rams did and get on their preseason schedule
• 30:46
  Speaker 12: because they bought out yesterday. And they were one of
• 30:48
  Speaker 12: the only of the ten teams to actually ball out
• 30:51
  Speaker 12: when they didn't start their starters in the preseason. Other
• 30:53
  Speaker 12: than that, man, the Rams. I mean, the Ravens. I
• 30:55
  Speaker 12: said the Rams.
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: The Ravens.
• 30:56
  Speaker 12: The Ravens went crazy, and they didn't play their starters.
• 30:59
  Speaker 12: So I want to know whatever they did, whatever they're
• 31:01
  Speaker 12: putting in the water, we need to get that over
• 31:02
  Speaker 12: here at the Cowboys if we're not going to play
• 31:03
  Speaker 12: our starters. But I do feel like you need to
• 31:06
  Speaker 12: play football to get better at football. Even if you
• 31:09
  Speaker 12: sit back. you had Sam Howe. Put Sam Howe behind
• 31:12
  Speaker 12: the line, run the ball a couple of times, let
• 31:14
  Speaker 12: them get the feel for getting rubbed and getting touched
• 31:16
  Speaker 12: as they play the game.
• 31:17
  Speaker 5: That's all.
• 31:18
  Speaker 12: But you guys have a great day.
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not– no one is arguing that you
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: need to get ready by getting ready. No one's arguing that.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: I don't think so. I don't think anyone is saying
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: that playing your guys in the preseason– is not going
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: to help you get better. No one's saying that. I mean, like,
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: I totally agree. I agree that Dak played better in
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: the regular season his rookie year because he got to
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: play some. Totally agree. Everyone's agreeing on that. So it
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: just comes down to the risk of do you want to,
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: you know, risk playing your guys. I mean, there's no
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: difference than saying, hey, you know, this is– Justin Jefferson
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: is the best player that the Vikings have. He should
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: be returning punts and kickoffs. You know, it's the same
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: type of thing. I mean, like, well, this is my
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: best player, and he needs to go and play, and
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: he'll give us the best chance to score and put
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: him back on kickoffs and punts. There's a reason they
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: don't do that, because there is a little bit more
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: of a risk on injuries to do that. And so
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: everyone is saying the same thing. It's just on how
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: much do you want to risk this? Yes, you can
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: go and do that. It's just that they choose to,
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: if the guy injuries are going to happen, fine. Let's
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: let them happen on games that count as opposed to
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: when they don't. That's what it comes down to. All right,
• 32:38
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  Speaker 2: Kevin in New Jersey. What's up, Kevin?
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  Speaker 13: Hey, Nick.
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  Speaker 6: How you doing? Great to talk to you again. It's
• 34:16
  Speaker 6: been a little while. I haven't called in over a year,
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  Speaker 6: but I was the guy that brought my whole family down.
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  Speaker 6: for that Lions-Cowboys game.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 6: I got frustrated, and I took a year off. I've
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  Speaker 6: been listening to the show. I think the show is great, obviously.
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  Speaker 4: I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 6: But I'm not like a storyliner or anything like that.
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  Speaker 6: I just like to listen.
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  Speaker 5: You are.
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  Speaker 2: No, you are. You are a storyliner. If you listen,
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  Speaker 2: you're a storyliner. It doesn't matter if you call and
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  Speaker 2: you all talk to each other and go hang out
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  Speaker 2: and make trips and all that. Not everybody can do that.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate the ones that do, but also appreciate more
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  Speaker 2: than anything the ones that listen. So, yeah, you're a
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  Speaker 2: storyliner for sure.
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, it's great.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, you know, watching the game, talking about it,
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  Speaker 6: discussing it, you know, analyzing it, it's all good. It's
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  Speaker 6: fun stuff. It's a great show that you have, obviously.
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  Speaker 6: I've listened to it for years. But I did want
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  Speaker 6: to say I was going into this game, I wasn't
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  Speaker 6: overly optimistic. In fact, I didn't even think they were
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  Speaker 6: going to win. But I wasn't terribly concerned about it either.
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  Speaker 6: I think, you know, honestly, my opinion is coaching really
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  Speaker 6: is everything in this league. And you've got a brand-new
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  Speaker 6: defensive coordinator. And, you know, it's not only brand-new for
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  Speaker 6: the team, but he's never even been a defensive coordinator before.
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  Speaker 6: So you've got to give the guy some time. So
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  Speaker 6: I'm not, like, overly upset or disappointed. I think a
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  Speaker 6: lot of the fans feel that way because they were
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  Speaker 6: going into the season with such high expectations. But I
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  Speaker 6: would say give that some time. But I will say–
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  Speaker 6: I kind of echo Rob's statement before about Schottenhammer. I'm
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  Speaker 6: not saying Schottenhammer isn't the guy, but I'm curious to
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  Speaker 6: see how he responds here. Because truthfully, I don't want
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  Speaker 6: everybody to be super positive right now. I don't think
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  Speaker 6: that's the way to move forward. I honestly believe that
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  Speaker 6: anger is what motivates. And you've got to light a
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  Speaker 6: fire at this stage. I mean... or the season does
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  Speaker 6: get lost right after a couple more losses. So I
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  Speaker 6: would say get angry. I hope Schottheimer gets really, really
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  Speaker 6: angry and motivates this team because that's what you need
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  Speaker 6: in order to turn it around. Again, you've got to
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  Speaker 6: give the D.C. some time. You've got to give the
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  Speaker 6: defense some time. You've got to give the young players
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  Speaker 6: some time. But coaching is everything in this league, and
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  Speaker 6: those coaches that have that track record– it just shows
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  Speaker 6: that's the proof right there. So I'd love to see,
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  Speaker 6: you know, Christian Parker get a little bit more time,
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  Speaker 6: but I'd also love to see Schottenheimer get pissed off and,
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  Speaker 6: and take matters into his hands and, and try to
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  Speaker 6: shake things up right now. So that's all I got
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  Speaker 6: to say.
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  Speaker 12: All right.
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  Speaker 6: Thanks, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Kevin. I think, I think Shoddy has that more
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  Speaker 2: than people see, you know, and, and the last press conference,
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  Speaker 2: he was, I mean, the one right after the game,
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  Speaker 2: He was as upset as I've seen him in those
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  Speaker 2: type of settings in a while. We'll see. You can
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  Speaker 2: get mad and rant and rave all you want to.
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  Speaker 2: What do you do because of that? What kind of
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  Speaker 2: changes are made, if any, and are they the right ones?
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  Speaker 2: Are you making them because you're mad, or are you
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  Speaker 2: making them because it's the right decision? Teams get beat,
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  Speaker 2: and it doesn't mean you have to abandon what you're doing,
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  Speaker 2: what you've been doing all offseason. But you do need
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  Speaker 2: to evaluate. And there's teams that have won this last
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  Speaker 2: game that are probably not good football teams. And so
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  Speaker 2: that's all I'm trying to say is that let's see.
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  Speaker 2: Let's call it for what it is. I'm just not
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  Speaker 2: a fan of jumping to conclusions based off of just
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  Speaker 2: the one game, one scenario, and then all of a
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  Speaker 2: sudden taking it back and saying, you know, now this
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  Speaker 2: is what it is. based off one little incident. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it goes back to why Harbaugh's even with the Giants.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, their kicker missed a field goal in the
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  Speaker 2: last play of the game. I mean, he's been great
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  Speaker 2: all year. He missed, and then they don't go to
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs. If they go to the playoffs, they have
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  Speaker 2: a home game. Maybe they win. Maybe they go to
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  Speaker 2: the division. I doubt he's no longer the coach, based
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  Speaker 2: off one bad kick from the kicker. Now, all of
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  Speaker 2: a sudden, we have a different head coach. You know,
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  Speaker 2: so I just... Don't tend to jump as quickly on
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  Speaker 2: one game, one scenario. As I said yesterday, some of
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  Speaker 2: the really great seasons started out 0-1. I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: into that 0-2 now. I mean, that was a whole
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  Speaker 2: different thing when you throw the Emmitt Smith stuff in there.
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  Speaker 2: But 0-1, you can recover from. It's been said, everyone knows,
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  Speaker 2: both teams in the Super Bowl last year started out
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  Speaker 2: that way, so it can happen. I'm saying you can
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  Speaker 2: turn things around. I'm not saying a Super Bowl. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just saying you can turn things around. Let's see what
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  Speaker 2: happens after. Let's give everybody a month. How about that?
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  Speaker 2: Let's go to Lester in Minnesota, our last call.
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  Speaker 4: Wow, Nick.
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  Speaker 5: I got a lot to unpack here, so be patient
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  Speaker 5: with me, man. Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: What's up?
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  Speaker 5: You said it yourself, man, and I'm not here to
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  Speaker 5: defend anybody, Rob or anybody, but you said it yourself,
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  Speaker 5: and I think Rob's point, part of his point, was
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  Speaker 5: that we don't know the identity of the coach. The
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  Speaker 5: other stuff, you know, you can take with a grain
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  Speaker 5: of salt. And you said it yourself, Nick. We should
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  Speaker 5: have went for it on fourth down. Of course.
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  Speaker 6: You know.
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  Speaker 5: You know, that's part of the identity. That's what Rob
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  Speaker 5: is talking about. What's the identity? You said we're going
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  Speaker 5: to be aggressive or whatever, and then you don't do it.
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  Speaker 5: So what's going on?
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  Speaker 2: Don't turn it around on me. I said what I said.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I said that, though. You're right. He's asking
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  Speaker 2: what— and he's not on the line. So if you have
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  Speaker 2: a question, let me get your question. Because I don't
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  Speaker 2: really care. I don't care what the identity of the
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  Speaker 2: team is. The identity is 0-1-1. I mean, what are
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  Speaker 2: the Giants' identity? What is their identity?
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  Speaker 5: That's the team. He's talking about the coach. He's talking
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  Speaker 5: about the team. Anyway, I'm not going to be here
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  Speaker 5: defending Rob. That's all I'm going to say about that.
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  Speaker 2: And I totally agree, though. And I've said it now
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  Speaker 2: for two shows. I said it for two shows. I
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  Speaker 2: totally agree. They're saying one thing, and then they did
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  Speaker 2: something else. And I did not agree with the decision
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  Speaker 2: not to go for it on fourth and inches or
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  Speaker 2: to throw the ball into the end zone from the
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  Speaker 2: one-inch line. I don't agree with that. So I'm a
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  Speaker 2: little confused as well.
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  Speaker 5: That's what I called for also. The coach, I saw
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  Speaker 5: his press conference, and he said that he didn't want
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  Speaker 5: to put the defense in a precarious situation. And you
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  Speaker 5: have to go a little further. He knew the game
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  Speaker 5: plan of the defense. He knew that they were probably
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  Speaker 5: going to play 70% zone or whatever. He knew that.
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  Speaker 5: He knew if he went for it on fourth down
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  Speaker 5: and didn't make it and they're playing 70% zone, probably
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  Speaker 5: more likely they're going to score on him right there.
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  Speaker 5: So I understand when you put it all together, I
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  Speaker 5: understand that part. So also, here we go again, running
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  Speaker 5: CD on a sweep or whatever. Dude, how do we
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  Speaker 5: learn that that's not working? He got hurt last time,
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  Speaker 5: and he almost got hurt the time before last. I
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  Speaker 5: think he had a minor injury. He was out a
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  Speaker 5: little bit, but So we need to stop that. Come on, Cowboy.
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  Speaker 5: I agree.
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  Speaker 2: He'd be my fourth option. Of all the receivers, he'd
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  Speaker 2: be my fourth option there. I'd rather see Turpin, Flanoy,
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  Speaker 2: Pickens before I'd want to see him doing that.
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  Speaker 5: Even Mingo. Probably.
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  Speaker 6: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: I think Flannoy is your option there. If you want
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  Speaker 2: to do it, I would go with Flannoy. I think
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  Speaker 2: he's got some power coming off the edge. I'm not
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  Speaker 2: saying he's built like a running back, but I think
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  Speaker 2: he might have the best. If you're wanting to do that,
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  Speaker 2: I would say Flannoy or Turpin, but I'm not a
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  Speaker 2: fan of seeing CD do it.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I'm going to go get a Flannoy jersey.
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  Speaker 5: He's my homeboy. He went to the same school my
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  Speaker 5: cousin went to in high school in Chicago. And then
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  Speaker 5: as far as one more thing, the preseason– Man, it's football, man.
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  Speaker 5: You got to go out there and play, even if
• 42:29
  Speaker 5: it's just a little bit, because it's just, you know,
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  Speaker 5: I played before, so I can say from a player's
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  Speaker 5: point of view, you may do something preseason and you forgot.
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  Speaker 5: You didn't forget mentally, but you forgot physically. It's just
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  Speaker 5: a muscle thing, muscle memory thing. Then you say, okay,
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  Speaker 5: when the game starts, the real season starts, I remember
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  Speaker 5: I got to do this certain cut.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 5: You might not have did in preseason. It's just little
• 42:57
  Speaker 5: things that you remember. No one wants to see anyone
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  Speaker 5: get hurt, but, man, I've been watching football a long time,
• 43:05
  Speaker 5: and they played preseason games a long time ago. I
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  Speaker 5: don't remember a lot of injuries for people. So the risk,
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  Speaker 5: you play in football, that's the risk. And that's all
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  Speaker 5: I got.
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  Speaker 8: I get it.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Lester. Thanks, Lester. I mean, and I can
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: see why when you talk about The two things that
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: this show's really been about, this particular show, about preseason
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  Speaker 2: and also, I guess, going for it on fourth down.
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: I can see why fans are a little upset and
• 43:38
  Speaker 2: confused because, wait a second, the reason why our guys
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  Speaker 2: aren't playing on the preseason is because we don't want
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: them to get injuries and so we're going to make
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: sure that we have, you know, low risk players. But yet,
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: on fourth and inches, on the first drive of the game,
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  Speaker 2: we don't think we can get it, so we're just
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: going to go and we're going to punt it away.
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  Speaker 2: I don't understand how that's not the same. If we're
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  Speaker 2: worried about injuries, then why are you worried about your
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  Speaker 2: defense being there at the 38-yard line?
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  Speaker 5: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: At some point, you do have to play. I get
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: it that teams could have a little bit more success
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  Speaker 2: if they played in the preseason. I totally understand that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not disagreeing with it. I'm just saying I would
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: rather not have a season-ending injury early in the year
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  Speaker 2: like that. We've seen it happen. It could change the
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: course of your whole season. But you know what? You've
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: got to live with the fact that you're going to
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: be a little bit rusty at times, and the Cowboys
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: certainly were that. Let's see if they have a tendency
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: of turning things around in week two. Let's see if
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: they do it again. All right, we'll be back again tomorrow.
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