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  Speaker 1: Following is a production of dallascowboys.com and the dallas cowboys
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  Speaker 1: football club this is cowboys storyline presented by gillette the
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  Speaker 1: official shave of the dallas cowboys here's nick eatman.
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  Speaker 2: Hello and welcome to Cowboys Storyline presented by Gillette's Thursday,
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  Speaker 2: September 17th. I'm Nick Eatman. We've got a couple days
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  Speaker 2: to go before we get this thing back into week two.
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  Speaker 2: We can turn the page officially into this NFL season.
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  Speaker 2: I know there's a game tonight. Can't tell you who's playing.
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  Speaker 2: Focused really more on this one right here, Cowboys and Commanders.
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  Speaker 2: And if you've heard me say this once, you've heard
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  Speaker 2: me say it. probably 10,000 times, and I mean it,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it holds true even more this year.
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  Speaker 2: I say it every year when the schedule comes out.
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  Speaker 2: What game are you looking forward to this game? I
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  Speaker 2: always say week two, always. And the reason is because
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  Speaker 2: when you lose the first game, you cannot afford a
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  Speaker 2: second loss. Everyone knows this. Everyone feels it this week.
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  Speaker 2: This is how you feel it. Even if you win
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  Speaker 2: the first game, which has happened, you don't want to
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  Speaker 2: get into that. We have too many of these 8-8
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  Speaker 2: Jason Garrett years where you don't want that. You don't
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  Speaker 2: want to go back for 1-1, 2-2. That's how you
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  Speaker 2: get to 8-8 is play that game. So you want
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  Speaker 2: to stack a win on top of the first one,
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  Speaker 2: or if you lose, you definitely can't lose another one,
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  Speaker 2: especially this year when there's two division games to start
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  Speaker 2: the year. And Washington's in the same boat. Washington's 0-1
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  Speaker 2: in the division. They can't go 0-2 in their mind
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  Speaker 2: as well. So that's why this is probably going to
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  Speaker 2: be a really tough game just because of how much
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  Speaker 2: it means especially this early into a season so week
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  Speaker 2: two is always one that i look at i think
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  Speaker 2: it's important um from a mindset and i think this
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  Speaker 2: year it kind of holds true more than ever all
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  Speaker 2: right let's go to our phone lines 888-855-2297 let's go
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  Speaker 2: chris in saratoga springs start us off.
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  Speaker 3: What's going on nick how are you good how are
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  Speaker 3: you I'm good. I want to give you my prediction
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  Speaker 3: because it's getting hard to call in. All these people
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  Speaker 3: want to get in, so I want to give you
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  Speaker 3: my predictions real quick. I'll get off the phone and
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  Speaker 3: let other people get in. My score, I normally like
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  Speaker 3: to go with what the over-under is in the games
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  Speaker 3: because Vegas is pretty accurate in these games, but what
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  Speaker 3: the score is going to be. So I'm going to
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  Speaker 3: go 34-Dallas, 17-Washington. I really think Dak and the offense,
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  Speaker 3: they're going to feast on Washington. Dak always starts slow
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  Speaker 3: the opening week. I looked it up five years in
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  Speaker 3: a row.
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  Speaker 4: We throw him for under 200 yards.
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  Speaker 3: In opening game. I think it's going to change this week.
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  Speaker 3: I think they're really going to have a good week offensively.
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  Speaker 3: And only question I got for you is do you
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  Speaker 3: think the green dot beside maybe bar him in the middle,
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  Speaker 3: are they going to look to maybe one of the
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  Speaker 3: safeties possibly to sprinkle him in with the green dot
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  Speaker 3: as well?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a great question. And one that
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't imagine Shottie's going to give the answer to uh,
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  Speaker 2: thanks for the call, Chris. Thanks for the prediction. Um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I, I think Barham would be somebody to,
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  Speaker 2: to consider their winners. Caleb Downs, maybe, uh, depends on
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  Speaker 2: where he is, especially if he's a little bit closer
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  Speaker 2: to the line of scrimmage. Sounds like PJ Locke is
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  Speaker 2: going to be playing more where, uh, Malik cooker was,
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  Speaker 2: was playing and he was injured last game. Not going
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  Speaker 2: to go to IR as of right now, same with overshown.
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  Speaker 2: So that's good in that sense. Um, and a lot
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  Speaker 2: of that too is not just because of the injury
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  Speaker 2: and how long they're going to be gone, but you know, they,
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  Speaker 2: they don't, they have five of these spots left on
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  Speaker 2: these designated to return injuries. They have eight for the year.
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  Speaker 2: And so they've already used three. So they only have
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  Speaker 2: five left as far as players they can put to there.
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  Speaker 2: So the, you know, there could be a situation where
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  Speaker 2: they look at Malik cooker and say, you know, he
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  Speaker 2: could be gone four games, five games, um, do we
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  Speaker 2: want to put him on this injury list and bring
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  Speaker 2: another guy up to the roster? Or do we keep
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  Speaker 2: him on this spot, make him inactive every week, and
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  Speaker 2: then not use one of those? I'm sure that that
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  Speaker 2: does happen, and it might happen in this case too.
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  Speaker 2: But I think that Shottie does a good job of
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  Speaker 2: being pretty honest and open about some things. This is
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  Speaker 2: probably one where they're not going to say exactly how
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  Speaker 2: they're going to handle that because really what you're telling
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  Speaker 2: everybody at that point is just who's going to be
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  Speaker 2: on the field a lot. So, you know, from a
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  Speaker 2: personnel standpoint, I don't know if they don't have to
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  Speaker 2: reveal that if they don't want to. Who knows? Maybe
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  Speaker 2: he comes out and says that today.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Steve in Newport, Washington is next.
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  Speaker 4: Steve.
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  Speaker 6: Morning, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 7: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 1: Good.
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  Speaker 8: Good.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm the one that usually tells you that, you know,
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  Speaker 5: there's five points to the star and we've got five
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  Speaker 5: Super Bowls and we're not going to win another one
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  Speaker 5: until we can add another point.
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  Speaker 7: But.
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  Speaker 5: I tried to call in all week. So of course my,
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  Speaker 5: my comments are more relevant back on Monday, but when
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  Speaker 5: I wasn't able to get in, so bear with me now,
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  Speaker 5: but special teams Turpin to me seems like he just
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  Speaker 5: can't get out of bounds quick enough when he catches
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  Speaker 5: up all the kickoff returns. And I don't know if that's,
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  Speaker 5: blocking or scheme of trying to get to the sideline
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  Speaker 5: and run up the sideline or what but it just
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  Speaker 5: seems like he's just going straight to the sideline that
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  Speaker 5: you're do you too or.
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  Speaker 2: Not no i don't i don't think that at all
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  Speaker 2: i think he's 155 pounds and i think he's a
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  Speaker 2: three-time pro bowler kick returner that wants to go to
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  Speaker 2: the end zone uh if it's there he's going to
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  Speaker 2: hit it if it's not there then he's probably going
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  Speaker 2: to live for another day, and he wouldn't be the
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  Speaker 2: first one to do that. But for a guy that
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  Speaker 2: went 2,300 yards last year, the most in the history
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  Speaker 2: of the Cowboys franchise, and he's the only person to
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  Speaker 2: do it under 160 pounds, I don't really fault him.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's tough when it's time to get in
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  Speaker 2: there and be tough.
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  Speaker 7: He is.
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  Speaker 2: I don't see what you see. on those plays and
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  Speaker 2: I actually admire his game and how he, how he
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  Speaker 2: plays it. So I don't really see that.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying you don't. I'm not saying you don't.
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  Speaker 2: And let's call it for what it is. Does it
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  Speaker 2: need to be blocked better?
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  Speaker 4: Yes. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Does the special teams, you know, there's some times where
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  Speaker 2: it's not blocked perfectly. If he hits the hole, he's
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  Speaker 2: got the speed, he can go and do it. Some
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  Speaker 2: of his kick returns haven't even been the best blocked plays.
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  Speaker 2: This is where he's spinning around and making something happen.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think the special teams is where it
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  Speaker 2: needs to be as far as scheme-wise, blocking-wise. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's something that you could be critical of for sure.
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  Speaker 7: Okay.
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  Speaker 5: That was one of my points that I was trying
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  Speaker 5: to make. You're not wrong. Again, probably just first game viewpoint,
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  Speaker 5: but that's just where it seemed to have been going
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  Speaker 5: in the first game anywhere.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 5: And then the other one was the... I don't know
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  Speaker 5: if it's a culture issue or what, but I was...
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  Speaker 5: you know, angry at the end of that game of
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  Speaker 5: the first game.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And I think I saw on the field that reflected,
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  Speaker 5: and I don't know if it's again, whether it's a
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  Speaker 5: culture issue or not, I saw that reflected in a
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  Speaker 5: lot of the players as well at the end of
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  Speaker 5: that game, visibly upset, angry, you know, disappointed. And then
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  Speaker 5: I see one player, uh, at the, you know, while
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  Speaker 5: they're showing the people with the team getting together in
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  Speaker 5: the middle of the field and stuff. And I see
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  Speaker 5: one player, 51, Levitt, what is his name?
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  Speaker 2: Nick Levitt, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Chest bumping, excited, you know, visibly. And I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 5: if that little clip would have been shown to Jerry Jones,
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  Speaker 5: what his reaction would have been. it seemed like the
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  Speaker 5: only one that was celebrating and happy and joyful at
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  Speaker 5: the end of the game. And that just made me
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  Speaker 5: so angry.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Um, and I, like I said, I don't know if
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  Speaker 5: that was noticed by anybody else.
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  Speaker 2: No, it was, it was, it was noticed. Um, I
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  Speaker 2: saw it and, um, I'm, uh, I'll just be honest.
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  Speaker 2: I don't like the look either. I don't like it.
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  Speaker 2: And I've dealt with it for a long time now.
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  Speaker 2: And I've seen it. I tell this story. I told
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  Speaker 2: it just the other day to my family. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just different than what we think It is. And
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  Speaker 2: the fans, if the fans saw some of the things
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  Speaker 2: that we saw, that we see after a game, on
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  Speaker 2: a bus, on a plane, they would be upset because
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  Speaker 2: it really does sting with them for a while. And
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  Speaker 2: it's not the same for every player. And I've learned
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  Speaker 2: over the years not to really judge people like that.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to remember, your whole career, your whole life
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  Speaker 2: can change like that in this game and how the
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  Speaker 2: injuries are and all that. So I think after a game,
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  Speaker 2: people have different perspectives when it comes to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, how to handle themselves, how to talk
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  Speaker 2: to another player, how, you know, when they see these
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  Speaker 2: guys that looked a little over the top to me,
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  Speaker 2: Nick Leverett, I saw it. But yeah, You know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it is everyone to each his own, right? I mean,
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  Speaker 2: everybody kind of does things differently. I don't know who
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  Speaker 2: that player was or, you know, it looks... like somebody that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he hadn't seen in years. And maybe that
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  Speaker 2: was the case. Who knows? Or really, who cares? As
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  Speaker 2: long as the guys are doing what they're supposed to
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  Speaker 2: be doing. you know, throughout the week, throughout the game,
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  Speaker 2: getting themselves ready to play and all that, how they
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  Speaker 2: carry themselves, how they handle themselves is kind of onto them. Um,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, it does, it does rub people the wrong way.
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  Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it, especially a fan who really,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're so upset and then they, they look
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  Speaker 2: and see a player who's not, not, not the same.
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  Speaker 2: Does that mean he's not doing his job? Does that
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  Speaker 2: mean he doesn't care? No, it just means he handles
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  Speaker 2: things differently and that's just kind of the way it is.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm, I'm surprised that first person to mention that
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  Speaker 2: comment was Thursday because I saw it right away, too,
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  Speaker 2: and it wasn't my favorite look either. Brian in Kansas
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  Speaker 2: City is next.
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: All right. Thank you. Everybody does handle it differently. Anybody
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  Speaker 4: that's played sports, I think you said you played basketball
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  Speaker 4: when you were a kid.
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  Speaker 3: If you get on a.
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  Speaker 4: Team bus– You see it all.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you've seen every range of every– and that's
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  Speaker 4: coaches too. You know, some coaches don't talk to you
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  Speaker 4: after a loss all the way home. Some coaches are
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  Speaker 4: coaching you up all the way home. You know, everybody's
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  Speaker 4: different in players, and it just is what it is.
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  Speaker 4: Everybody's got to have the room to be who they are.
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  Speaker 4: We need them to be a team– but everybody still
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  Speaker 4: has their own way of dealing with things.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to tell a story when you're done with
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  Speaker 2: the call. I'm going to tell a story, the story
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  Speaker 2: that I actually told my family just the other day,
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  Speaker 2: and it kind of puts it all into perspective of
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  Speaker 2: what I learned right off the bat when I first
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  Speaker 2: started working here. I'll tell it when you're done here.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Roger that. Thank you, man. So my big concern
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  Speaker 4: this week, and it's not a new concern, everybody's going
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  Speaker 4: to talk about it as we go into this week,
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  Speaker 4: is we're going to have a new green dot for
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  Speaker 4: our defense that didn't look good last week and no
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  Speaker 4: matter who it is it's going to be somebody different
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  Speaker 4: than than over show right we're going to pass that
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  Speaker 4: baton off so that that's making me a little bit
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  Speaker 4: nervous it's you know we're going to do the best
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  Speaker 4: we can but we already had some instability and now
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  Speaker 4: we've got a lack of you know consistency going forward
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  Speaker 4: but it's necessary we have to do it it's not
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  Speaker 4: like we can just say hey you know what Washington
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  Speaker 4: let's wait a week You know, we got to play
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  Speaker 4: the game. This is what we got. So, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're hoping for the best. You know, I hope it's Barham,
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  Speaker 4: and I hope he can handle it. I hope he
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  Speaker 4: can step in there, and I hope he can do it,
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  Speaker 4: you know.
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  Speaker 7: But if.
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  Speaker 4: They think it's going to be somebody else, you know, Thompson,
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  Speaker 4: because he's such a, you know, he's a veteran who's
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  Speaker 4: been doing it a long time, you know, that's great, too,
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  Speaker 4: if they think safety can fulfill that role for them.
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  Speaker 4: So that's my concern for the week. And I'm going
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  Speaker 4: to give you my prediction. I'm not going to be
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  Speaker 4: able to get in tomorrow. So I think it's going to–
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  Speaker 4: I watched that Eagles-Washington game. Not all of it, but
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  Speaker 4: I watched a good portion of it. It was broadcast here.
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  Speaker 4: And I had a lot of the same opinions that
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  Speaker 4: Irene put out when she was doing some of her
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  Speaker 4: deeper dive. It was a very defensive game.
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  Speaker 7: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 4: For the most part. And Daniel did not look good,
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  Speaker 4: just like she said. Daniel did not look great as
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  Speaker 4: a passer, so on and so forth. Obviously, he's got
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  Speaker 4: the wheels, though. But anyway, I do think it's going
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  Speaker 4: to be a slightly lower scoring game. I think the
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  Speaker 4: Cowboys will get a little bit more on track with
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  Speaker 4: their running game and maybe try to slow the game
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  Speaker 4: down a little bit, the way the Giants did to us.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm going to go... uh 24 20 cowboys all
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  Speaker 4: right and i'll hang up to listen to that story
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  Speaker 4: nick all.
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  Speaker 2: Right thank you yeah um again another question about the
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  Speaker 2: green dot we'll we'll figure that out or you know
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  Speaker 2: maybe we won't until it's time for for the kickoff
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  Speaker 2: uh we're going back to how things are handled how
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  Speaker 2: players approach the you know the end of the game
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  Speaker 2: and how just just how they you know wind down
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  Speaker 2: i guess if you will um I don't have to
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  Speaker 2: get into a long story here, but my first two games,
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  Speaker 2: I've said it on here several times, but my favorite
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  Speaker 2: game ever was the first time I ever worked for
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  Speaker 2: the Cowboys in my first regular season game. It was
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  Speaker 2: a 21-point comeback in the fourth quarter against Washington in 1999,
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  Speaker 2: the season opener. Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Rocket Ismael,
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  Speaker 2: overtime win. It was about as great as you could
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  Speaker 2: possibly have your first game. And then to get on
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  Speaker 2: the bus and playing afterwards and, you know, and the
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  Speaker 2: guys were great. You know, pretty excited and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: talking about it. But nothing too crazy. Some people slept.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't really raucous or anything like that. You know, like, oh, okay.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it would be more, but cool. Fast forward
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  Speaker 2: to week four. Three weeks later, the Cowboys are 3-0 now.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is going great. This is going to be the year, right?
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  Speaker 2: It's all because of me because I work here now.
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  Speaker 2: 1999 is 3-0. All right, cool. We go to Philly.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Irvin gets the injury right on the vet, right
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  Speaker 2: on that concrete. Everyone's cheering. It's pouring rain. The Eagles
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  Speaker 2: are terrible now.
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  Speaker 9: 0-3.
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  Speaker 2: Cowboys aren't going to lose this game. Well, they did.
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  Speaker 2: They lost 13-10. Their heart and soul inspirational leader is
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  Speaker 2: still in Philadelphia on the way home because he had
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  Speaker 2: to stay there overnight. They lost to this bad Eagles
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  Speaker 2: team in the rain. It was terrible. And you get
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  Speaker 2: on the plane. This is going to be like a funeral.
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  Speaker 2: It's about the same. About the same as the Washington game.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's about to, you know, some people joking, playing cards, sleeping, whatever.
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  Speaker 7: Cool.
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  Speaker 2: And I realized right then and there you couldn't have
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  Speaker 2: two bigger differences of an outcome from week one at
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  Speaker 2: Washington and then week four Philly. And once you get
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  Speaker 2: on the plane, it's been about two hours now, and
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  Speaker 2: you're flying home, it's all the same. And fans don't
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  Speaker 2: understand that because here it is Thursday. They're still upset
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  Speaker 2: about last week's game, and I get it.
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  Speaker 7: So.
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  Speaker 2: That's just a little perspective, a little story that I
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  Speaker 2: learned right off the bat that, man, people handle these
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  Speaker 2: things a little differently, and that's just the way it goes.
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  Speaker 2: So sorry for the rant there. Michael in Bowling Green
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  Speaker 2: is next. Michael, what's up?
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  Speaker 10: That's crazy, man. I've heard you tell that story before,
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  Speaker 10: and that's one of my favorite games, that Rocky game.
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  Speaker 10: And then I was talking to Brian in Kansas City
• 16:32
  Speaker 10: the other day, And one of my other favorite games,
• 16:35
  Speaker 10: he was at the one where Emmitt with the shoulder.
• 16:39
  Speaker 10: But I just call really to ask you about Ferguson
• 16:43
  Speaker 10: and get my prediction. Ferguson is, I mean, when do
• 16:49
  Speaker 10: you think it would be time to kind of lower
• 16:52
  Speaker 10: his snaps and bring Spanforce up some and you know,
• 16:58
  Speaker 10: how long do you think we wait before we do that?
• 17:00
  Speaker 10: Cause he's not, you know, it's seven yards, you know,
• 17:03
  Speaker 10: in the first game. And, you know, don't, like you said,
• 17:07
  Speaker 10: don't worry about last year, but how long do you
• 17:10
  Speaker 10: think we would wait? And I do, I'm gonna give
• 17:12
  Speaker 10: you my prediction. I'll hang up and I'll listen to you.
• 17:15
  Speaker 10: I'm gonna go Dallas 24. I'm gonna go Washington 17. That's,
• 17:20
  Speaker 10: that's the same score I gave last week, but, uh,
• 17:24
  Speaker 10: that's all I got. I don't want to tie everything up,
• 17:26
  Speaker 10: but I just wish.
• 17:26
  Speaker 11: Thank you.
• 17:27
  Speaker 7: All right, bud.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: Thanks, Michael Ferguson. Um, you know, how long let's, let's see,
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: let's let the season kind of play out a little
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: bit here and see how, how things go. And let's
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: find some trends. We don't have any trends right now.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: It's still early in the year and, you know, Cowboys
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: just didn't get on the field. I mean, it was just,
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: it was a weird game. And when you think about it, um,
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: just not having the possessions and, you know, everybody had
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: long drives. I mean, that's what it was. I mean,
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: even the Cowboys scoring touchdowns was long drives. It wasn't
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: a lot of big plays in the game. So, you know,
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: not everybody kind of got on track there. Everybody, you know,
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: Pickens only had a few, you know, catches there, dropped
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: some others, and Seedy didn't have a big game, and
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: You know, Javante, I thought it was more a Javante
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: type of game. But there will be other games and
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: other defenses that have to play Pickens and Seedy differently.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: You're going to see Jake Ferguson kind of open things
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: up and have more catches. So to answer your question,
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: when do we see– I mean, I'm going halfway through
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: the year and seeing if this is really a thing
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: where he's not getting a lot of production there and
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: if there's a better option too just because– span forward,
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: you know, bigger guy, stronger guy, maybe a little bit
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: better of a blocker, but that doesn't mean he's as,
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: you know, sure-handed and is more of the receiver type.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: So let's just see how this plays out. Ferguson's been
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: a good player for the, you know, last couple of years.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: He's made a couple of Pro Bowls. He's good. He's
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: a good player. Now, does he need to have a
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: little bit more presence down the field? Yeah, you know,
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: more than a seven-yard, you know, average per catch for
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: his career. Remember, you know, Witten used to get You know,
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: everyone would kind of laugh. Witten was kind of, you know,
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: slow and didn't. He was averaging 11 yards a pop
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: for about eight, nine, ten years in a row until
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: the end of his career. But, I mean, that's who
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Witten was, and that's kind of what you need your
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: tight end to be, pretty much a first down type
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: of guy. So that's the one thing Ferguson could get
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: better at. But I'm not judging anything, really, by this
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: first game. It was a weird game. Let's see how
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: everybody bounces back. Anthony in Miami is next. Anthony, what's up?
• 19:36
  Speaker 7: Nick, the quick. What's up, my guy?
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: What's up, dude?
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: I don't know. I was summoned. I was summoned to
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: be what I am, the Prince of Positivity. I know
• 19:46
  Speaker 7: that Sergeant Sue has a little bit of that. Robbie
• 19:48
  Speaker 7: has a little bit of that. Look, let's do this because,
• 19:52
  Speaker 7: you know, like I say, it's hard for me to
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: get in as far as my schedule. So I'm going
• 19:57
  Speaker 7: to give you this score. My two favorite all-time running backs,
• 20:00
  Speaker 7: and they both play for the Cowboys, 33-22, will be
• 20:04
  Speaker 7: the score against the Commanders on Sunday. The Cowboys will
• 20:07
  Speaker 7: bounce back. They will be better. You know, there's a
• 20:11
  Speaker 7: thing I used to say toward hanging with the boys,
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: and I brought it to you. And I called it
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: the DAC, the DAC with a C, Discipline, Accountability, and Consistency.
• 20:22
  Speaker 7: That's all the Cowboys need to implement, and that's all
• 20:24
  Speaker 7: they're missing. I use that in every aspect of my life, Nick,
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: and I promise you it works. Discipline, Accountability, and Consistency.
• 20:35
  Speaker 7: Anybody can see we're not consistent. We don't have discipline.
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: Discipline is not just making curfew and things like that.
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: It's being on the field. Are you reading the keys right?
• 20:44
  Speaker 7: Are you in the right spot? Are you filling the
• 20:46
  Speaker 7: right holes and the right gaps? Are you doing somebody
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: else's job trying to be the hero? And then are
• 20:51
  Speaker 7: you being accountable? Not fake accountability. Real accountability. You do
• 20:56
  Speaker 7: those things, you should be better. And what I say,
• 21:00
  Speaker 7: like Lester started, and leaving now my new thing, give
• 21:03
  Speaker 7: me 11 on offense, Give me 11 on defense. Give
• 21:07
  Speaker 7: me some special teamers and some coaches. And win the
• 21:11
  Speaker 7: game by enemies necessary. That's all I wanted to say, brother.
• 21:14
  Speaker 7: I wanted to spread that because I think we all
• 21:16
  Speaker 7: in Cowboyland needed it.
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: All right, Anthony.
• 21:20
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: Appreciate the call. Discipline, accountability, consistency. You know, I mean,
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: that's what I think a lot of coaches probably preach
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: that on all levels. And I say it all the
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: time too. I mean, that, that stuff right there is
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: very important. All three of those things. And, but they're,
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: they don't start on Sunday. They don't start, you know,
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: at three 15, you know, 10 minutes before kickoff. I mean, that,
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: that starts this week and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: I mean, these are the days that, that, that stuff matters. And,
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: you know, or you have to be disciplined in what
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: you're seeing in the film and take it out to
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: the practice field and, and, you know, be accountable for
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: what you see out there and then also do it and, and,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: repetition and be consistent about it and take that to
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: the game so that's where you know that I truly
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: believe that and you know if the Cowboys didn't play
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: well Sunday night cool but they didn't you know they
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: weren't as prepared as the Giants were throughout the week
• 22:14
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• 22:17
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  Speaker 2: slash nfl i was looking at these clips here on
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: nfl network it's on the other screen and i saw
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: the uh Washington special teams player, Tyler Owens. I hadn't
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: seen that clip. I had to ask Chris if that
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: was real. Was that like AI? Like that's a real
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: tackle at the end. Not getting into anything that's AI.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: Don't want to get in trouble there. But that was real.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: That was real. Tyler Owens with a big time play
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: on special teams. And we were talking about Turpin. Does
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: he like to get out of bounds? And is he...
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: He might need to stay away from that guy. That
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: was double-teamed block. It's like Elijah Clark got double-teamed. He
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: was the guy to get knocked down and got up
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: in that Eagles game and still made play and all that.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: This guy was doing the knocking down and then made
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: an unbelievable tackle, so we've got to watch out for
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Tyler Owens for sure. All right, let's go Rob in Vegas.
• 25:08
  Speaker 9: Rob, what's up?
• 25:10
  Speaker 7: Hey, Nick.
• 25:10
  Speaker 9: Hey, Rob.
• 25:12
  Speaker 4: I agree with you.
• 25:13
  Speaker 9: As a fan, I hate When the players extend, you know,
• 25:20
  Speaker 9: exchange jerseys. But free agency and money has changed the
• 25:27
  Speaker 9: game like that. They're friends. They do podcasts together. There's
• 25:32
  Speaker 9: not rivalries anymore. Like, you know, I'm 59. Like, obviously,
• 25:37
  Speaker 9: with the Eagles and the, you know, those rivalries ain't
• 25:39
  Speaker 9: like they used to be. And you can't change it.
• 25:43
  Speaker 9: You know, when Michael went on Jordan Loves Podcast after
• 25:45
  Speaker 9: getting his ass kicked, I thought, That was embarrassing. I mean,
• 25:48
  Speaker 9: and Jordan Love was telling him to his face.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 25:52
  Speaker 9: Well, I mean, I just don't get it, but just different.
• 25:57
  Speaker 7: Era.
• 25:58
  Speaker 9: I think this is a must-win game. I don't know
• 26:00
  Speaker 9: if you agree, but just statistically, if you lose the
• 26:05
  Speaker 9: first two games, you only make the playoff 12%. And
• 26:08
  Speaker 9: only one Dallas Cowboy team has ever made the playoff
• 26:12
  Speaker 9: losing the first two, and that's the 93% team that
• 26:15
  Speaker 9: won the Super Bowl.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: That wasn't even a real team. I mean, that wasn't
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: a real team. Emmitt wasn't even there. So, yeah, yeah,
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: I agree.
• 26:22
  Speaker 9: And plus, as fans, these games were a given.
• 26:28
  Speaker 5: We own these two teams.
• 26:29
  Speaker 9: We'll be 2-0, and then we got some tough games.
• 26:33
  Speaker 9: You lose this game, which I don't think they will.
• 26:36
  Speaker 9: I think they're going to win 34-30 or 34-27. I
• 26:38
  Speaker 9: think they're going to score a they'll have a tree
• 26:44
  Speaker 9: in front of it. But now you've got two tough teams.
• 26:47
  Speaker 9: You could be 0-4 if you lose this game. So
• 26:51
  Speaker 9: it's a must-win. And I'm just curious what changes they're.
• 26:57
  Speaker 7: Going to make.
• 26:57
  Speaker 9: Defensively, I don't know. You've got a first-year.
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: D.C.
• 27:08
  Speaker 9: Who I think is getting a little too much blame.
• 27:12
  Speaker 9: You got a lot of young guys, you know, now
• 27:14
  Speaker 9: they're talking about ball hand. They still the sideline clip
• 27:18
  Speaker 9: of him looking upset and this and that.
• 27:20
  Speaker 4: And who knows? Yeah.
• 27:22
  Speaker 9: I mean, my only concern with that is did it happen?
• 27:27
  Speaker 9: And then he jogged on the field when the guy
• 27:29
  Speaker 9: was going into the end zone, because that would be
• 27:31
  Speaker 9: a problem.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 27:33
  Speaker 9: Or did it happen after that? You know, because if
• 27:36
  Speaker 9: it happened after that, I get it. Every coach is
• 27:38
  Speaker 9: going to go, what kind of boat, you know, is that, but,
• 27:42
  Speaker 9: If it happened– if he did that after he got
• 27:45
  Speaker 9: yelled at, yeah, that's a problem. But I think they
• 27:50
  Speaker 9: bounced back. I think they noted desperation.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I have no problem really with that clip,
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: mainly because– and it's funny. It's kind of– you can't
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: judge anything by the clip, just like with the Nick
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Leverett thing and all that. But it's like you want
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: to see a guy that cares and is passionate and
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: all that stuff. And so I think– that kind of
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: motivation out of Barham, he's going to be good. He's
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: going to be a really good player. You just got
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: to get it figured out. But he knows when he
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: gets to where he wants to go, the opponent's going
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: to feel it. He's just got to make sure that
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: he's there at the right spot and all that and
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: understands what he's seeing awareness-wise and all that. But he's
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: going to be a good player. And if he cares
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: like that, then I think that he'll care on every
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: day of the week to make sure that he is prepared.
• 28:35
  Speaker 9: I hope so. But Nick Leverett thing, I understand. The
• 28:38
  Speaker 9: guy didn't play. I'm sure he's running over to his
• 28:41
  Speaker 9: friend saying, dude.
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: I made it.
• 28:43
  Speaker 9: I made it to the big show. Yeah, I could
• 28:47
  Speaker 9: get that. I'd be more pissed if he played. But
• 28:50
  Speaker 9: he didn't play. And I don't know who he hugged.
• 28:53
  Speaker 9: I don't even know if that guy played. I didn't
• 28:55
  Speaker 9: really see it.
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't. It's really not that big of a deal. No,
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: it's nothing. Like I said. I'll say this, though, Rob.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: After it happened, and like a day later, I actually
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: searched that on Twitter to see if fans were like,
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: and I didn't see anything. Usually something like that, you know,
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: people are like, oh, did you see this guy who's
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: 51 or whatever? And it really wasn't a thing. I
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: kind of thought it would be. I saw it. I
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: was in the press box still working. I saw it,
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: and I was like, Like, that's just a little over
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: the top.
• 29:29
  Speaker 4: A little.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: But you know what? If Nick Leverett does have to play,
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: I think the Cowboys are going to be fine. I
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: really believe that. That's really what's most important.
• 29:40
  Speaker 7: Here.
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: He's not bad. He's not bad. And I thought if
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: you watched him in preseason and some of the things
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: he did, I was surprised they cut him from the jump,
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: surprised he was not claimed, and then back on the team.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: And I'll be surprised if he doesn't stay with this
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: team even when Tyler Smith comes back. Yeah. That's not
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: who you were expecting we would talk about. I get it.
• 30:04
  Speaker 4: No.
• 30:05
  Speaker 9: All right, Rob.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: You good?
• 30:08
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm good.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: Okay. Good to hear from you. Let's keep this train
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: rolling here. Josh in Chicago. What's up, Josh?
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Hey, man.
• 30:17
  Speaker 15: I'm not going to be able to get in tomorrow,
• 30:18
  Speaker 15: so I'm just going to get my prediction now. I'm
• 30:20
  Speaker 15: going to be quick about it. Malachi Lawrence needs to
• 30:22
  Speaker 15: take a page from the Marcus Lawrence's playbook. and really
• 30:25
  Speaker 15: contain that edge. All the addressers need to, that's the
• 30:27
  Speaker 15: key to success here, man. I'm taking Cowboys 31, Washington 24.
• 30:31
  Speaker 4: Thanks, man.
• 30:31
  Speaker 15: Have a good week.
• 30:32
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: In and out. Thanks for the call, Josh and Malachi Lawrence.
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: And he's not alone. He's not the only guy, only
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: edge rusher that was, you know, not, not really keeping
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: the containment. And, and, um, you know, I, I'll, I'll
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: be honest. There were a lot of rookies that played that.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: I was surprised that they were out there for as
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: much as they were. Um, I hadn't seen a lot
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: out of Malachi Lawrence in the preseason and training camp
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: to think that he would play that much. Um, and
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: so I know he's first round pick and all, but I,
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: I just, he was out there quite a bit. Um,
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: and I, I was a little surprised by that. I
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: was surprised with how much, um, like Drew Shelton for sure.
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: I was surprised on that when he, when he was the,
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: you know, um, third tight end, or I guess if
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: you would say, I mean, he was the tackle eligible.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: They did that quite a bit. I don't think it
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: worked that well. So I don't know if that continues
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: to be the thing. There was a couple other guys
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: that played a lot. Well, I was kind of surprised
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: to see Overton play that much, too. And he didn't
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: play bad. I mean, Overton is going to be a
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: pretty good player. I think he's the one when they
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: drafted him, I was really surprised. you know, excited about
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: what he could provide. But they played a lot of guys,
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: and not just younger guys, but they played them more
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: than I anticipated them to. All right, Jeremy in Salt
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: Lake is next.
• 32:00
  Speaker 6: Hey, what's going on, Nick?
• 32:01
  Speaker 4: Hey, Jeremy.
• 32:03
  Speaker 6: Man, I've been trying to get in all week. I
• 32:05
  Speaker 6: won't go into Monday because I'm over it now. We
• 32:08
  Speaker 6: worked it out on the spaces last night, all of us, so.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Was everybody behaving on spaces?
• 32:15
  Speaker 6: Everybody but me, pretty much. That's pretty much par for
• 32:18
  Speaker 6: the course. Yeah, a couple things. First of all, I
• 32:24
  Speaker 6: don't get all the turf and hate. For some reason,
• 32:27
  Speaker 6: this summer it really caught fire. A lot of the
• 32:31
  Speaker 6: talking spaces and different podcasts out there with different content creators.
• 32:36
  Speaker 6: I think maybe some of it came from.
• 32:40
  Speaker 6: Maybe Texas lovers and Jadon blue lovers. And, um, but
• 32:45
  Speaker 6: I don't know, for some reason, Turpin has gotten all
• 32:47
  Speaker 6: this hate this off season and, and people wanting to
• 32:51
  Speaker 6: get him out of town. And I, I just, I
• 32:53
  Speaker 6: don't understand it.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: Um, I don't either. I really don't. I'm not, you know,
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: I mean, last time he played Washington up there in
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: DC went 86 yards over the middle for a touchdown. Yeah.
• 33:04
  Speaker 6: And people are bitching and moaning about it because he's
• 33:07
  Speaker 6: not returning a punt that game. We'll, I mean, they
• 33:13
  Speaker 6: don't want him in the passing game because they figure,
• 33:15
  Speaker 6: you know, if he's in the passing game too much,
• 33:18
  Speaker 6: that he's not going to be as good returning punts
• 33:20
  Speaker 6: and kicks. And I just think that's stupid. If you've
• 33:23
  Speaker 6: got a fast guy, I mean, I remember, man, Nick,
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: you've been talking about it for 20 years, 15 years, right?
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: Speed.
• 33:33
  Speaker 6: You know, the deep speed.
• 33:35
  Speaker 16: You know what I mean?
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: How many times, I remember the Jacoby Ford, all those
• 33:38
  Speaker 6: kind of, I remember you always talking about having deep speed,
• 33:42
  Speaker 6: and it adds something to the offense, knowing that somebody
• 33:46
  Speaker 6: can totally take the top off that way. And not
• 33:48
  Speaker 6: that Pickens can't, but Turpin's just a different guy with
• 33:51
  Speaker 6: his speed, and they just don't get all the hate.
• 33:53
  Speaker 6: So I'm predicting a Kavante Turpin touchdown this weekend. Of course,
• 33:57
  Speaker 6: it's against the Redskins. He always performs great against the Redskins.
• 34:01
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 34:02
  Speaker 6: And I'm thinking about 31-24 Cowboys. I think we bounce back.
• 34:08
  Speaker 6: Everybody can stop panicking, and we can get this shit
• 34:12
  Speaker 6: back on track.
• 34:13
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 34:14
  Speaker 6: As all you guys do, and I'll be listening. Thanks, buddy.
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Jeremy. Appreciate that. Yeah, I just don't know
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: if it's like I think Turpin is getting if there's
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: criticism there it's it's probably more special teams related stuff
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: you know like he's just running into the blockers or
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: whatever well a lot of that is the scheme that
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: that's you know it's just not not there as much
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: and and then what happens then I mean he's got
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: to he's got to make the right decision there too
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: I mean you're not just going to continue to run
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: up into the brick wall um that mean that that's
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: just not that's just not smart I mean he's he's
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: trying to to make a play and I think over
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: the course of the last, what, three seasons, four seasons now,
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: he's made enough plays where I think he should get
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: the benefit of the doubt. It's not always going to
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: be pretty for him. It's just not. I mean, he's
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: going to be trying to make a play here, and
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: he gets upset, and he goes over here, and he
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: always seems like he's so close to doing something. But
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: when he does, and he does enough where you're like, oh, man,
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: that's why we got Turf. That's why they got him
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: from the USFL at the time or UFL now. I mean,
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: that's why they picked up a player like that because
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: of that kind of speed and what he can do. And,
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: you know, he's your fourth receiver, and he's going to
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: be the fourth receiver. It doesn't matter who gets hurt
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: or anything like that. He's fourth. So then he's your
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: punt returner, he's your kick returner, and he's a dynamic player.
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: And if the Cowboys can get a stop or two
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: on the other side of the field, you know, pin
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: someone back and then keep them back there, See what
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: happens when the punter has to decide for himself. Do
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: I punt it deep to this guy down there? Do
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: I punt away? Do I shank this off my foot
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: 28 yards out of bounds? Let's see what happens if
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: you give that. Nobody wants to put Turpin in space.
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: Nobody wants to do that. And so that's, you know,
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: let's see what happens when it does. Chris in San
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: Angelo is next.
• 36:15
  Speaker 7: Mr.
• 36:15
  Speaker 11: Nick, how are you doing, sir?
• 36:16
  Speaker 4: Great.
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 36:18
  Speaker 11: Superman. I have, I'll tell you what, it's one bad
• 36:21
  Speaker 11: loss in, but you're still as popular as ever. And
• 36:24
  Speaker 11: hard to get a hold of.
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Thank you.
• 36:27
  Speaker 11: You betcha. I know we're moving on, but I look
• 36:31
  Speaker 11: back at that game. I haven't said anything about it.
• 36:35
  Speaker 11: The way I look at it is the D keeps
• 36:37
  Speaker 11: knocking the ball out. Eventually the ball is going to
• 36:41
  Speaker 11: bounce their way.
• 36:41
  Speaker 4: It's just a matter of time. Keep knocking it out.
• 36:45
  Speaker 11: Go ahead.
• 36:46
  Speaker 7: You're right.
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: Just keep knocking it out. Yeah.
• 36:49
  Speaker 11: And then the other thing, Pickens, he's already used up his–
• 36:53
  Speaker 11: his drops for the whole season. So that can only
• 36:56
  Speaker 11: get better. Hey, listen, just, I was going to say,
• 37:00
  Speaker 11: ask a question and then get my, okay, let's see.
• 37:04
  Speaker 11: As far as the linebacker position, I know you said
• 37:08
  Speaker 11: they're talking about the green dot, but aside from the
• 37:11
  Speaker 11: green dot, with Dober shown being out, who do you
• 37:15
  Speaker 11: see being another contributor that we didn't see? I mean,
• 37:20
  Speaker 11: would it be like a, Shamar James.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: That's what I was thinking, Shamar James. Yeah, and it
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: could be a guy they bring in off the practice
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: squad for elevation. Now, he's not going to have a
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: big role in the game if that's the case, like
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: a Justin Barron or Curtis Robinson. I think that would
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: be more for depth. But, yeah, I mean, I think
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: Shamar James, this kind of makes sense for him to
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: kind of be out there and be able to fly around,
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: especially because Washington does have some speed. on offense. So, uh, Shamar,
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: Shamar would be a good one for me to be out.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: They don't have a lot of options now. They only
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: had four linebackers and one of them's hurt. So, um,
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: you might, you might see two linebackers elevated this game.
• 38:00
  Speaker 5: Who knows?
• 38:01
  Speaker 11: Yeah, that's true. I was, I was, uh, that, that
• 38:03
  Speaker 11: was just wondered in the case of a test and bear.
• 38:06
  Speaker 11: And if maybe he could come up and be some
• 38:09
  Speaker 11: kind of a spark, but anyway, but anyway, I'm probably
• 38:12
  Speaker 11: won't get back in tomorrow. I'll try though. But, uh,
• 38:16
  Speaker 11: I'm going to pick Dallas to win the game, but
• 38:21
  Speaker 11: I do, I do, you know, on Irene's points about
• 38:24
  Speaker 11: the quarterback, I do see that he's not, that Jaden's
• 38:30
  Speaker 11: not a great passer. The problem is he's good enough
• 38:34
  Speaker 11: a passer that if people are wide open, he's going
• 38:37
  Speaker 11: to probably hit them. So hopefully I see him making a,
• 38:42
  Speaker 11: making that adjustment. But I have them winning 28-21 because
• 38:46
  Speaker 11: they really have to, Nick.
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 38:49
  Speaker 7: I agree.
• 38:50
  Speaker 11: I said before the year, the season gets serious after
• 38:54
  Speaker 11: week two. Instead, I change it serious in week two.
• 38:58
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 38:58
  Speaker 11: They'll get up there and do it.
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: All right, Chris. Thanks for the call.
• 39:02
  Speaker 11: Thank you.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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• 40:32
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 40:33
  Speaker 4: Hey, Nick.
• 40:33
  Speaker 8: Thanks for taking my call.
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: Of course.
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: How are you doing?
• 40:35
  Speaker 11: Good.
• 40:37
  Speaker 7: Oh, good.
• 40:37
  Speaker 8: Striving to work. So I thought I'd get in here.
• 40:40
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: What you got?
• 40:42
  Speaker 8: I was thinking about how you always talk about how
• 40:45
  Speaker 8: important Week 2 is. And last year, I went to
• 40:50
  Speaker 8: the game against the Giants. I flew out there against
• 40:53
  Speaker 8: the Giants and how that was a must-win game because
• 40:56
  Speaker 8: we couldn't really go 0-2. And we lost to the Eagles,
• 41:01
  Speaker 8: a road division game, 24-20.
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
• 41:06
  Speaker 8: Last week we lost on the road 28-20, and now
• 41:09
  Speaker 8: we're coming home against the division rival for week two,
• 41:13
  Speaker 8: so very similar to last year.
• 41:15
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 41:16
  Speaker 8: Anyway, it really is a must-win game, and I'm coming out.
• 41:21
  Speaker 8: I'm bringing my six-year-old son to his first game.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: Awesome.
• 41:26
  Speaker 8: And so we'll be there, and we're going to rally
• 41:29
  Speaker 8: days too, which I'm super pumped about rally days.
• 41:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 41:35
  Speaker 8: And as far as the game goes, we've got to
• 41:38
  Speaker 8: start fast. Can't let Jayden Daniels get comfortable and have
• 41:44
  Speaker 8: them go up 7-0, 10-0. And let's just get that W.
• 41:50
  Speaker 8: I think it'll be close until the end, and then
• 41:53
  Speaker 8: the Cowboys will pull away, probably win by like 10
• 41:55
  Speaker 8: or 11. But I'll be there in Section 118 if
• 41:59
  Speaker 8: you're going to be around there.
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 42:01
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: Sounds good. Well, I hope you have a great time
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: with your son. That's awesome. Um, and yeah, you, you
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: mentioned that week two bounce back. It was, um, not
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: as easy. There were some times where it did not,
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: did not look like the Cowboys were going to win
• 42:14
  Speaker 2: that game. Uh, they needed a, a 64 yard field
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: goal just to force overtime. And then along when at
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: the end of overtime, we thought we're going to have
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: a tie. Um, Hadn't seen a tie yet until just
• 42:25
  Speaker 2: two weeks after that, but that was a wild game,
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: but they had to have it. It was a must-win
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: at that point, and I think it still is. Last call.
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: Let's go Davion in Illinois. Davion, what's up?
• 42:38
  Speaker 16: What it do, what it do, my boy? What the
• 42:40
  Speaker 16: business is?
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: How you doing?
• 42:41
  Speaker 16: I'm doing good. Doing good, man. Just trying to get
• 42:45
  Speaker 16: in real quick. I appreciate being the last call. I
• 42:51
  Speaker 16: know we're moving forward this week, so... Looking to try
• 42:54
  Speaker 16: to hopefully get a bounce back. I think that we
• 42:59
  Speaker 16: had a lot of overreaction about the defense and how
• 43:03
  Speaker 16: things need to play out because at the end of
• 43:05
  Speaker 16: the day, we only lost by one score. And we
• 43:08
  Speaker 16: could have got the ball back. We had a couple
• 43:10
  Speaker 16: bounces that did not go our way. I think we
• 43:13
  Speaker 16: would have been all right. But looking forward to trying
• 43:16
  Speaker 16: to bounce back and do what we got to do
• 43:19
  Speaker 16: this week. I think we're going to have a pretty
• 43:21
  Speaker 16: good game from the defense. I kind of see that
• 43:24
  Speaker 16: this is the week that we really need to– well,
• 43:27
  Speaker 16: what I've been feeling is we're going to probably run
• 43:29
  Speaker 16: through these boys.
• 43:30
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 43:31
  Speaker 16: We're going to run through them. It's not going to be–
• 43:34
  Speaker 16: it might be pretty– it might be a beatdown. That's
• 43:37
  Speaker 16: what I'm feeling, a real beatdown. I don't think it's
• 43:40
  Speaker 16: going to be– yeah, I think it's– I think our
• 43:44
  Speaker 16: defense is going to bounce back in a big way.
• 43:47
  Speaker 7: Yep.
• 43:48
  Speaker 16: And I was seeing that little viral clip of Jay Sean–
• 43:53
  Speaker 16: I think that dude's going to put his name on
• 43:55
  Speaker 16: the map this week. I really see it.
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: I think so, too. I think so, too. Nothing I
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: saw there makes me think anything different than a guy
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: that cares about playing well and cares about his craft.
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: We'll see how he turns around. He's taking coaching now.
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: There's not a lot of context in there. I'm sure
• 44:18
  Speaker 2: Christian Parker will be asked about that today because the
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: coordinators do meet with the media today.
• 44:23
  Speaker 16: I can't wait to hear from him because I think
• 44:25
  Speaker 16: he's going to come out and drop some water on
• 44:30
  Speaker 16: these people that are losing their mind, especially behind him.
• 44:33
  Speaker 16: I think the defense is just a few bounces away
• 44:38
  Speaker 16: from really taking it to the Giants. But, hey, it happens.
• 44:42
  Speaker 16: So I'll definitely try to get in tomorrow with my prediction.
• 44:45
  Speaker 16: But we're going to bounce back this week. All right.
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: Sounds good. Good to hear from you, Davion. I'm glad
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: he said he's going to try to call. It seems
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: like everybody else is like, nah, I'm good. I won't
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: get in next week, so here's my, you know, I
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: won't get in tomorrow. Hopefully somebody does. Hopefully we have
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: a show. We have some callers. If not, I do
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: have a lot of predictions. Everyone's about, you know, 34, 17, 34, 21, 31, 24,
• 45:08
  Speaker 2: you know, 30s to 20s. That's kind of what the
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: consensus is here, and everybody will take that. They'll take
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: 10-9 if the Cowboys can get a win because, as
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: some of you pointed out, and it kind of goes
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: back to the whole premise of why I always think
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: Week 2 is tough. Week 2 is important, but this
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: one especially because of the division start and also, and
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: I don't even want to get into who you're playing
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: because it's still early to think that team's really good
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: or that team isn't, but If Jackson Dart's going to
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: run on you like that, Lamar Jackson is too, and
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: Derrick Henry certainly will. If Skadaboo's going to do that,
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: Derrick Henry will do that. And so the point is...
• 46:03
  Speaker 2: That trip to Rio is going to be tough, and
• 46:06
  Speaker 2: Baltimore is going to be tougher. And then coming back
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: and playing Houston, I don't care how good Houston is
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: or if they don't care. Their fans, the people there
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: hate Dallas to the point where it is going to
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: be a challenge one way or another. Then to come
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: back and play a quick Thursday night game against Tampa.
• 46:23
  Speaker 2: So regardless if these teams are really good or not
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: good or whatever, the schedule presents itself to be a
• 46:30
  Speaker 2: challenging next few weeks. next month. So you better go
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: get this win. As I said all the time, I
• 46:36
  Speaker 2: don't know if it's a must win, but it's a
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: you better win. And I think that's where the Cowboys are.
• 46:40
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 46:41
  Speaker 2: Great show. 11 calls. That's awesome. And time to spare
• 46:45
  Speaker 2: as well. For Chris Beam, I'm Nick Eatman. I'll see
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: you tomorrow. We'll wrap the week up on Cowboy Storyline.
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