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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Opposition Territory here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
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  Speaker 1: Podcast Show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast show
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  Speaker 1: in the world, over 13 and a half years strong.
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  Speaker 1: Got a great, great preview show coming your way this week.
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  Speaker 1: I hope it's good. I mean, the show is going
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  Speaker 1: to be good. I can't promise the game that we
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  Speaker 1: are going to be seeing this week seven against the
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  Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. I should say the Philadelphia Eagles against Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys is going to be any good. But we're going
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  Speaker 1: to get into some details about what we are going
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  Speaker 1: to see on this Opposition Territory podcast. We've got our
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  Speaker 1: good buddy from blogandtheboys.com. It's always so great to jump
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  Speaker 1: on for our Opposition Territory shows when we're talking NFL,
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  Speaker 1: talking about the Dallas Cowboys and the NFC East. Our
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  Speaker 1: good friend, RJ Ochoa. My friend, thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for taking the time here, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Jeff, great to be with you. As always, I can
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  Speaker 2: verify that you are the longest running. You've been foolish
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  Speaker 2: enough to have me on for many years in this run.
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  Speaker 2: So it's great to see you and great to be
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  Speaker 2: back for another football season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is. I guess it's great to have
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  Speaker 1: this football season here because the NFC least here, as
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  Speaker 1: we all know, is really just something else to behold
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  Speaker 1: here in 2026. And I'm just not sure what type
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  Speaker 1: of game we're going to end up seeing with both
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  Speaker 1: of our teams here, RJ, heading into this Monday night matchup.
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  Speaker 1: Both teams just playing this, you know, falling off a
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  Speaker 1: cliff type of football here, given the injuries. given the
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  Speaker 1: challenges that the Philadelphia Eagles have faced over the past
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  Speaker 1: four weeks, and especially as the defense continues to be
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  Speaker 1: on the field way too much, I could actually see
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles winning this game. Yes, I can actually see it. However, however,
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  Speaker 1: and I could also see the Dallas Cowboys saying, okay,
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  Speaker 1: this is the game where we're going to turn things
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  Speaker 1: around and whip the heck out of this Eagles team
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  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. As we know, and as we've talked about
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  Speaker 1: so many times before, RJ, this is a division rival
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  Speaker 1: game today. where both of these teams need to win
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  Speaker 1: if they're really going to salvage, I think, this season here.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you view this upcoming matchup? Philadelphia Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. What are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think on paper, there's a lot of reason
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  Speaker 2: to Trust or believe in the Cowboys, right? Like for
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  Speaker 2: all the NFC least things going on, um, that their
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  Speaker 2: greatest asset, their offense is, is, is healthy, right? Is,
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  Speaker 2: is fully active. Is everything that they have going on
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  Speaker 2: should be working, but, but it's not. And so these
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  Speaker 2: last two weeks have been really difficult for the Cowboys. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I think that's understood. Um, and, and I'm, I'm picking
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles. I'll, I'll, I'll ruin it right now. Um, just,
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  Speaker 2: and it's really more about protesting the Cowboys with all
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  Speaker 2: due respect. Um, because for all the like, Oh, they should,
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  Speaker 2: of course it's Tanner McKee. Like any, any kind of
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  Speaker 2: like data point you want to throw out, it was
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  Speaker 2: the winless bucks on the road, you know, on a
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  Speaker 2: short week, it was, it was Jalen Daniels, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his second ever start. Um, we've been doing this so long. Um,
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  Speaker 2: I took my son who's been born in the time
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  Speaker 2: that I've been doing your show. That was his first
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  Speaker 2: ever game. So I'm still pissed off that they ruined
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  Speaker 2: that for him.
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  Speaker 1: I remember seeing, I actually watched the video you put
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  Speaker 1: up right after the game where you were like, you
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  Speaker 1: know what? I'm so grateful for the opportunity. I was
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  Speaker 1: able to take my son to this game. You were
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  Speaker 1: trying to salvage some positivity in terms of the personal
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  Speaker 1: for you. But when it comes to the Cowboys, you
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  Speaker 1: were just like, man, this team, forget it. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think I would have, it's, it's so
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  Speaker 2: sad to say if they had lost to Green Bay,
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  Speaker 2: but showed some fight, you know, we would have kind
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  Speaker 2: of been like, okay, you had the week and a half,
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  Speaker 2: you turned around, you just ran into a good team, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: I don't even know what I think of Green Bay,
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  Speaker 2: but right now there's so there's literally no reason to
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  Speaker 2: trust the Cowboys. They have to earn it back from
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  Speaker 2: you right now. So.
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  Speaker 1: It is tough. It is tense.
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  Speaker 2: Brian Schottenheimer is under incredible fire. Dak Prescott's not playing
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  Speaker 2: well at the moment. And Christian Parker, who might be
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  Speaker 2: a double agent for the Eagles, obviously, has not improved
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  Speaker 2: things at all, which is crazy given what he started with.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And I take a look at, you know, with
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  Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer being on the hot seat, of course, Nick
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  Speaker 1: Sirianni is on the hot seat as well. And this
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  Speaker 1: is just two teams that are in that stage of
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  Speaker 1: Where do they go from here? Really, where do they
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  Speaker 1: go from here? What path, what direction are they going
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  Speaker 1: to end up taking? And in terms of that, it's
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  Speaker 1: a good segue because we talk about strengths and weaknesses
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  Speaker 1: on all these teams, especially that the Eagles are going
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  Speaker 1: to be facing. And with the Cowboys this coming week,
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  Speaker 1: let's get into the biggest strength on this Cowboys team.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think that is and what do we
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  Speaker 1: need to be looking out for?
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  Speaker 2: I think it is Dak Prescott, CD lame and George Pickens.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's been off obviously as of late, but that,
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  Speaker 2: that is the straw that has stirred their drink as
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  Speaker 2: of late last season, really throughout the Dak Prescott era.
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  Speaker 2: I know Eagles fans don't enjoy this, but Dak has
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  Speaker 2: generally thrived against Philadelphia as well. So I certainly would
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  Speaker 2: lean into that both, you know, modern times and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and historically. And so But that's kind of what has
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  Speaker 2: sunk them these last two weeks, that their greatest strength
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  Speaker 2: is now falling flat. And so now you're unable to
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  Speaker 2: carry all the elements around you. So it's a tough
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  Speaker 2: moment to ask what their greatest strength is. But on
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  Speaker 2: the season as a whole, that's the thing you can
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  Speaker 2: most hang your hat on.
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  Speaker 1: And we're going to get into Dak in just a
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  Speaker 1: bit here before we end up going to our break.
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  Speaker 1: But let's flip the coin here. What is the biggest
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  Speaker 1: weakness on the Dallas Cowboys? Now, I'm going to be
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  Speaker 1: really interested to hear what your response is going to
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  Speaker 1: be here. Because if somebody asked me, in terms of
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  Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, these two teams have so many similarities
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the weaknesses. They really do.
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  Speaker 2: Where are you going with the biggest weakness on this team?
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  Speaker 2: I would say third down defense specifically. And I think
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  Speaker 2: some of that is like, they just, how could they
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  Speaker 2: believe in themselves? You know what I mean? Like, and
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  Speaker 2: so I think when, you know, there is, um, an
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  Speaker 2: elephant in the room that emerges after they hold on
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  Speaker 2: second down. So it's like, and I would offer that
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  Speaker 2: like the, the more improbable it is, the more nervous
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  Speaker 2: everybody is. So it's like third, third and 17, like
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  Speaker 2: nobody is able to like relax. Cause everyone is like,
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  Speaker 2: oh man, are we going to give it up again?
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? And so I think that
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  Speaker 2: lack of confidence, that lack of conviction that they're playing with,
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  Speaker 2: that absent factor on defense is certainly, you know, where
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  Speaker 2: they're most vulnerable right now. We've seen so many teams,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all season long really capitalize on that. And
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  Speaker 2: that makes things more difficult for the offense because now
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  Speaker 2: you have to play aggressive and you have to get
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  Speaker 2: out of script and things like that. So shout out
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  Speaker 2: Christian Parker again. Thanks to you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Look, I wasn't planning on asking you, but you're talking
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  Speaker 1: about third down. In terms of the Cowboys, the Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: Eagles just cannot seem to convert on third down ever,
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  Speaker 1: especially in the second half. It's an ongoing theme. As
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  Speaker 1: somebody on the outside, yes, you do follow what goes
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  Speaker 1: on with the NFC East specifically and other teams. Why
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  Speaker 1: do you think this is from an outsider's perspective?
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  Speaker 2: I mean everything I'm about to say truly in the
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  Speaker 2: most respectful way possible. And I mean it from a
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  Speaker 2: point of serious admiration. I think the Eagles in the
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  Speaker 2: Nick Sirianni era– have become masters of the margins and
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  Speaker 2: masters of plucking the low hanging fruit.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever that has been from time to time and capitalizing
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  Speaker 2: on that, the tush push is a great like microcosm
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  Speaker 2: of all of this.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's fair. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think that. times have just changed. And
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  Speaker 2: I think that there's no shame in that, like, dude,
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  Speaker 2: it was a hell of a run. And we just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you can't find those margins anymore. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you don't have the personnel to find them anymore. And
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  Speaker 2: so everyone shake hands and feel proud of what you
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  Speaker 2: did and what you accomplished and the banner that hangs.
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  Speaker 2: But I think that it's just everyone's kind of at
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  Speaker 2: the end of their collective rope.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's a great, fair assessment, to be honest.
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  Speaker 1: And I told you we were going to get into
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  Speaker 1: Dak Prescott a little bit more And I really want
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  Speaker 1: to assess where he is at right now, because I
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  Speaker 1: think it's safe to say after all these years, RJ,
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  Speaker 1: and you've been coming on this podcast talking about this
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  Speaker 1: particular quarterback for some time now, Dak Prescott can't get
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  Speaker 1: it done alone. We know that here at this point.
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  Speaker 1: He's tried time and time again to put this team
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  Speaker 1: on his shoulders over the years. Many times, I think unfairly,
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  Speaker 1: he shouldn't have had to do that. How are you
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  Speaker 1: viewing Dak Prescott here in 2026 with what is in
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  Speaker 1: front of him, the challenges facing this offense at times,
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  Speaker 1: especially recently, and as he's heading into week seven against
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  Speaker 1: this Philadelphia Eagles defense?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I was somebody who pushed back on
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  Speaker 2: the overall claim that the offense would be just fine
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  Speaker 2: and that it would kind of keep status quo and
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  Speaker 2: that the defense just had to be average and everything
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  Speaker 2: would work out because regression to the mean works in
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  Speaker 2: both directions. You can't just say, oh, I think the
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  Speaker 2: offense will be– it'll just be better. They'll just build
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  Speaker 2: on top of this and the defense will catch up.
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  Speaker 2: I think that Dak has been phenomenal over the course
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  Speaker 2: of his career, to your point, but I think these
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  Speaker 2: last few years specifically– he's, he's, you know, amazingly been
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  Speaker 2: so consistent, so consistently kind of top five, top three
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  Speaker 2: at times, you know, really playing like one of the
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  Speaker 2: best quarterbacks in the NFL and the bottom comes out
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  Speaker 2: and the Shakespearean tragedy of it all is that particular
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  Speaker 2: level of his play coincided with the front office willfully
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  Speaker 2: sabotaging everything and acting toxic and acting silly. And I,
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  Speaker 2: you know, last week was such a great example. I
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  Speaker 2: think And everybody thought, oh, he'll dominate Jonathan Gannon because
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  Speaker 2: of past games against the Eagles. But Jonathan Gannon in
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  Speaker 2: Arizona owned Dak Prescott. And there are every every quarterback
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  Speaker 2: has kryptonite and Jonathan Gannon, you know, D'Amico Ryan's the
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  Speaker 2: 49ers kind of dudes. Those those have always presented issues
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  Speaker 2: for Dak. And he just doesn't you mentioned the help.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't have that that play caller that can play
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  Speaker 2: the chess game back. And so, I mean, he's he
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  Speaker 2: might be the queen on the board, but like he's
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  Speaker 2: one piece and there's no like grandmaster executing the moves.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think these last two weeks have really
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  Speaker 2: forced a bit of a reckoning for people wondering if
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  Speaker 2: they move on from Brian Schottenheimer, which I doubt they will,
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  Speaker 2: because that's not their style. Do you move on from Dak?
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  Speaker 2: Do you reset like you're you might be at the
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  Speaker 2: end of that rope to the point that like you
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  Speaker 2: just can't like the timelines are no longer matching up
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  Speaker 2: and that's a difficult kind of conversation to start having.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it's going to be interesting to see what happens
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  Speaker 1: with this Cowboys team not just in this season but
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  Speaker 1: as we think about where they go within this NFC
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  Speaker 1: East into the future. Folks, we're going to take a break.
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  Speaker 1: When we get back, we've got more matchup talk coming
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  Speaker 1: your way. Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Monday night. Stick with us.
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  Speaker 1: All right, we're back with our buddy RJ Ochoa from bloggingtheboys.com.
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  Speaker 1: I know you're doing some podcasting out there as well.
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  Speaker 1: Let everybody know where they can find you online, my man.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Brandon Gallant and I, I know Brandon is a
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  Speaker 2: great friend of yours as well. The powers that be
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  Speaker 2: restarted our NFC's mixtape this season. And so in conjunction
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  Speaker 2: with the SB Nation app, which is available for Apple
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  Speaker 2: and Android devices, great levels of community, obviously. And so
• 10:49
  Speaker 2: BLG and I do it twice a week. We actually today,
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  Speaker 2: the day you and I are recording, we did episode
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  Speaker 2: 200 of the NFC's mixtape.
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  Speaker 1: Very nice. Very nice. Yeah, the SB Nation app, folks,
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  Speaker 1: great app. One of our good friends who helps run
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  Speaker 1: SB Nation, Mark Schofield, was on last week. as we
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  Speaker 1: were talking some college ball, and he was promoing the app.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great app, really. It's just a lot of
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  Speaker 1: great information. It's easy to use, too. There's not a
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  Speaker 1: lot of crap in there. So SB Nation app, my friend.
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  Speaker 1: So as we're looking towards week seven, this matchup, Philadelphia Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, I want to talk about these Cowboys receivers
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  Speaker 1: because the Cowboys have pretty darn good wide receivers, and
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  Speaker 1: going up against an Eagles secondary that has been playing
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  Speaker 1: relatively well, this season. They're one of the bright spots,
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  Speaker 1: one of very few bright spots on the Philadelphia Eagles
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  Speaker 1: right now. How do you see the Cowboys receivers really
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  Speaker 1: matching up with this Eagles secondary, RJ?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that the pressure that's been affecting Dak
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  Speaker 2: as of late has really affected and impacted their ability
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  Speaker 2: to work. And so these last two games, Dak has
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  Speaker 2: thrown short of the sticks 60% of the time in
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  Speaker 2: both of these games, which is pretty rare for him.
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  Speaker 2: And these top two receivers, at least, CeeDee Lamb and
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  Speaker 2: George Pickens, do most of their damage, most of their
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  Speaker 2: lethal damage, deeper down the field. And so that just
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  Speaker 2: hasn't come together yet. Ryan Flannoy who a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people are kind of hip to now it's a second
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  Speaker 2: NFL season uh he's been the guy who's kind of
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  Speaker 2: benefiting from that underneath stuff that short of the stick
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  Speaker 2: stuff um I really you know obviously Christian Parker's no
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  Speaker 2: longer you know coaching the Eagles secondary and so these
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  Speaker 2: are matchups that have always been great where I've always
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  Speaker 2: trusted the Cowboys receivers to kind of win even if
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  Speaker 2: it was CD and Michael Gallup or CD and Amari
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  Speaker 2: Cooper but But the Eagles are much more talented right now.
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  Speaker 2: And so I do think this is a more difficult battle,
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  Speaker 2: maybe arguably the most difficult the Cowboys receivers have had
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  Speaker 2: from a matchup standpoint, one-on-one. So when you combine that
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  Speaker 2: with the level of pressure that I'm sure Vic Fangio
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  Speaker 2: will be able to kind of dial up, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that I feel great about that. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: that this is– I'm sure you're aware of Gotti and
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  Speaker 2: everything that that is.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It's a horrible thing. That's the worst thing to ever
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  Speaker 2: exist for us. But I don't know that this is
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  Speaker 2: a Gotti-level game for the Dallas Cubs.
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  Speaker 1: Right. All right, well, moving into the next matchup here,
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  Speaker 1: every week I like to talk about how critical the
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  Speaker 1: trenches are. We know that. If you don't have a
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  Speaker 1: solid offensive line, you're not going to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do anything on offense. If you don't have a solid
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  Speaker 1: defensive front, an offense is just going to absolutely march
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  Speaker 1: all over you. And look, the Cowboys' offensive line against
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles' defensive line in defensive front is certainly going
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  Speaker 1: to be an interesting matchup, I think. Byrd's defensive front
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  Speaker 1: has been disruptive as of late, but they're not getting home.
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  Speaker 1: And it's something that's been frustrating for us Eagles fans. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: sacks are not necessarily everything, but I would like to
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  Speaker 1: see some sack numbers from this Philadelphia Eagles defensive line
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  Speaker 1: in the pass rush. Again, they've been able to get
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  Speaker 1: pressure that's needed in Vic Fangio's style of defense here.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you see this matchup really manifesting itself, RJ,
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  Speaker 1: this Monday night? just this offensive line of the Cowboys
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  Speaker 1: going up against the Eagles defensive front?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't like the matchup for Dallas, to be
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  Speaker 2: honest with you. Again, partly because of Vic Fangio and
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  Speaker 2: the levers that he's able to pull.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's strange.
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  Speaker 2: Tyler Smith missed the first four games of the season
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  Speaker 2: with a thumb injury, and he's been back. Many people
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  Speaker 2: believe the best interior lineman in the NFL, and those
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  Speaker 2: are the two games they've lost. I would say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the offensive line features maybe the biggest surprise this season
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  Speaker 2: in Tyler Guyton, who's next to Tyler Smith at left tackle.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people had really given up on him,
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  Speaker 2: and he's really turned a corner, and that's been great.
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  Speaker 2: But that still hasn't helped. I mean, beyond the fact
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  Speaker 2: that Dak has been pressured at an inordinate rate the
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  Speaker 2: last two weeks, the Cowboys have really failed to get
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  Speaker 2: the ground game going. They haven't been running the ball
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  Speaker 2: well at all this season. Javante has seven touchdowns, but
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  Speaker 2: they're really kind of short yardage goal line situations.
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  Speaker 1: It is suspect.
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  Speaker 2: It is weaker than I think meets the eye or
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  Speaker 2: less sturdy than maybe your eye would have you believe.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's definitely an area that I think you
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  Speaker 2: can exploit. And I think that's where the game has
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  Speaker 2: been lost for the Cowboys is opposing fronts have really
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  Speaker 2: been able to thwart them and get to Dak. And
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  Speaker 2: obviously there's a domino effect from that point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, buddy, before I let you go here, every
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  Speaker 1: week on our Opposition Territory podcast, we like to get
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  Speaker 1: into sneaky players for us Eagles fans to watch. And
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  Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to get your take here on sneaky
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  Speaker 1: players in the offense and defense with regard to Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys here. Let's start with the sneaky player for us
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  Speaker 1: to look out for on the Cowboys offense this week.
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  Speaker 1: Who do you think that sneaky player may be? I
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  Speaker 1: know you're a big 10 man.
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  Speaker 2: So you are familiar with the work of Jake Ferguson, but, uh,
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  Speaker 2: really kind of fallen out of favor, uh, with Cowboys fans.
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  Speaker 2: And last week they made a bit of a change
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  Speaker 2: in Brevin span Ford. Who's technically their second tight end
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  Speaker 2: has started to receive a lion's share of work, uh,
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  Speaker 2: ESF for short. Um, so Brevin span Ford, I think
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  Speaker 2: is the name that, you know, may not be as,
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  Speaker 2: as in your, your fantasy football leagues that you might
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  Speaker 2: be surprised by, uh, on defense.
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  Speaker 1: Um, uh, it's tough.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is a really difficult question to be
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: quite honest with you. I mean, he's kind of had
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: an up and down season, but I would say a
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: name to know, maybe not for this week or season.
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: Jay Sean Barham, the Cowboys third round pick from Michigan,
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  Speaker 2: also a big 10 man. You know, somebody who people
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  Speaker 2: thought could somewhat play a bit of a Jalen Phillips
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  Speaker 2: role in the Cowboys, the Christian Parker, you know, common denominator,
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  Speaker 2: obviously he's had moments. He was incredible in the Ravens loss, but,
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  Speaker 2: but last week he got kind of pushed around a bit.
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  Speaker 2: And so, I will say also on the last Big
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  Speaker 2: Ten point, Caleb Downs has not had the defensive rookie
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  Speaker 2: of the year start to his season that we all anticipate.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe our expectations were too wild, but I think he
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  Speaker 2: was a player deserving of that hype. And maybe Christian
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  Speaker 2: Parker is just that terrible, but he's kind of been
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  Speaker 2: rather invisible in both good and negative ways.
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right. Very good. Fantastic preview show. Folks, he
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: is RJ Ochoa. Bloggingtheboys.com, the NFC East Mixtape Podcast Network.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: with our good buddy brand league out and BLG from bleeding,
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  Speaker 1: great nation.com. And my friend, it was great talking to
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: you as always. I always appreciate you jumping on here.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: Let's talk down the road. I'd love to do it again.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Of course, Jeff, thanks for having me best of the
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: fam and hope the Sixers lose to the Spurs in
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: the NBA.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. I got to tell you right now.
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  Speaker 1: That's my pick. We did our season preview show. We
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: did our it's Sixers season preview show this week. We
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: just uploaded it today and I've got the Spurs and
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: the Sixers. Oh wait, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Eric had
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: the Spurs and the Sixers, I think. And he's got
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: the Spurs winning. And I got OKC against the Sixers.
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  Speaker 1: Sixers winning it all. This went well for most of this. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, everyone makes mistakes.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: Exactly. Buddy, thanks again for jumping on. I appreciate you. Thanks, Jeff.
• 17:31
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