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  Speaker 1: This is Cowboys Storyline, presented by Gillette, the official shave
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  Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: Here's Nick Eatman. Good morning. Welcome to Cowboys Storyline presented
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  Speaker 2: by Gillette. I'm Nick Eatman. Friday, September 18th, final show
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  Speaker 2: before the Cowboys take on the Commanders at 325 AT &
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  Speaker 2: T Stadium on Sunday. You can call it must win
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  Speaker 2: if you want. I lean that way. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: the one that the Cowboys, they must play better. And
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  Speaker 2: that's a must. That's an absolute must. You must play
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  Speaker 2: better than what you did in week one. And by
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  Speaker 2: doing that, You should be able to win. So that's
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  Speaker 2: how I kind of will take that approach. But if
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  Speaker 2: you don't, you know, if you don't win this game
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  Speaker 2: and you find yourself 0-2 with just the Ravens, Texans, Bucks, Packers, Eagles,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sitting here behind you, we kind of know
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  Speaker 2: what type of season this really could be. So it's
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  Speaker 2: still early. A lot can happen. You know, one of
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  Speaker 2: the best players– In the league at his position, Tyler
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  Speaker 2: Smith is out, and that affected the team. That affected
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  Speaker 2: the game. It's not an excuse. It did affect it, though,
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  Speaker 2: and it's got to be something that they can play
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  Speaker 2: through here because he's going to be out three more.
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  Speaker 2: So they've got to figure out a way to run
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  Speaker 2: the ball and run it consistently. All right, let's go
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  Speaker 2: with Blair in Newport News, Virginia. Start us off.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Nick, I still have to say that I love
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  Speaker 3: the positivity that's been on the show the last couple
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  Speaker 3: of days. I'm still struggling through the six stages of
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  Speaker 3: grieving a Cowboys loss, but I'm rebuilding the optimism as
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  Speaker 3: best I can along the way. One thing I would
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  Speaker 3: ask is, you said earlier this week that the reason
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  Speaker 3: the defense is look like last year is because we
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  Speaker 3: can't get pressure I know there are a lot of
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  Speaker 3: game plan elements for this game but.
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  Speaker 4: Do you think we'll be able to.
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  Speaker 3: Get pressure on Washington this week and my prediction I
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  Speaker 3: do think we'll win that cowboy optimism just you know
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  Speaker 3: bubbles up you know I'm like drinking the Kool-Aid again
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  Speaker 3: and all that. I can't help it.
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  Speaker 5: It's kind of.
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  Speaker 3: What you do. But do you think that we can
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  Speaker 3: do that? My prediction will win probably something like 21-17.
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  Speaker 3: I'd like to say it's low scoring, but I just
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  Speaker 3: don't think with our defense a low scoring game is possible.
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  Speaker 3: I'll take it off the air and go Cowboys. Thanks
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  Speaker 3: again for everything you guys do.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Blair. Appreciate that. Newport News, Virginia. I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: there's a... mixed of Cowboys and Commanders fans there. Virginia
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  Speaker 2: has always been a hot spot for Cowboy fans. I
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  Speaker 2: remember back in the day when we used to chart
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  Speaker 2: all of our views on DallasCowboys.com by state, and Texas
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  Speaker 2: was one, California was two, New York was three, I
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  Speaker 2: think Florida was four, and then Virginia is always a
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  Speaker 2: steady five. So there's a lot of fans there. I
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  Speaker 2: know Blair and Shelby are two of the biggest fans.
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  Speaker 2: the pressure's got to be there. And everyone knows this,
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  Speaker 2: but when you go back to what's the problem? Why
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  Speaker 2: is it not better? Well, it's not any different because
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  Speaker 2: the pass rush wasn't different. And you have to get
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  Speaker 2: Caleb Downs coming off the edge to get some rush,
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  Speaker 2: to get some blitz. You don't want to do that.
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  Speaker 2: The Giants generated quite a bit of pressure, and they
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  Speaker 2: didn't really blitz anybody. That's what you want. That's the goal.
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  Speaker 2: The goal is to do that. So then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Dak's running around and he's got pressure, but he still
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  Speaker 2: has nowhere to throw it because they've got enough guys
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  Speaker 2: back there. So that's the hope. The hope is that
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  Speaker 2: the guys on the inside can provide some push. And
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  Speaker 2: then also, you know, Gary and Izaraku and Malachi Lawrence
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  Speaker 2: and Houston and Von Miller and all these guys can
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  Speaker 2: get a little rush. on the outside without you having
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  Speaker 2: to blitz and send more. So that's the goal. You
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  Speaker 2: said that your goal, your score is 21-17, but you
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  Speaker 2: don't think it'll be low scoring. I mean, that seems
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  Speaker 2: low scoring to me just based on, you know, the Cowboys'
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  Speaker 2: ability to move the ball. And also they haven't shown
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  Speaker 2: the ability to stop anyone. So, you know, to me,
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  Speaker 2: a high scoring game is more in the 30s. And
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  Speaker 2: that's kind of how I see this one being. I
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  Speaker 2: see it being a little bit more, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if a shootout's the right word, but I kind of
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  Speaker 2: see it being back and forth. Next caller is Michael
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  Speaker 2: in Bowling Green. How you doing?
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  Speaker 6: All right.
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  Speaker 5: How you doing, man?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, is this a true statement, or am I thinking wrong?
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  Speaker 6: Is one of the keys to winning this game, keeping
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  Speaker 6: Jaden Daniels uncomfortable, but contained, keeping him in the pocket,
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  Speaker 6: and if he does get out of the pocket... keeping
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  Speaker 6: his butt over, getting him over toward the sidelines instead
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  Speaker 6: of letting him run. Do you think that's a– would
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  Speaker 6: that be a key to winning this game doing that?
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  Speaker 2: I think 100%. I think that's the number one key
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  Speaker 2: for the defense is to make him uncomfortable and wherever
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  Speaker 2: that is. For some quarterbacks, they don't want to be running.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think Dak is at his best anymore when
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  Speaker 2: he's running like that. I think he can do it,
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  Speaker 2: but I think he's, you know, he's probably one that
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  Speaker 2: play action and rolls and stops, sets his feet and
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  Speaker 2: go and delivers the ball. Daniels is, seems to me,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen a lot of his games, but it
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  Speaker 2: seems to me that he, when he's running and moving
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  Speaker 2: and moving the chains, that their offense is better there. So,
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  Speaker 2: I think making him uncomfortable is not necessarily just blitzing
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  Speaker 2: or keeping him contained, but it's also just showing him
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  Speaker 2: looks that he's not, you know, used to seeing. So
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  Speaker 2: that's a big week for Christian Parker to kind of
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  Speaker 2: figure out ways to kind of confuse any quarterback, but
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  Speaker 2: definitely confuse, you know, what Jayden Daniels wants to do.
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  Speaker 6: I got one more question. I was thinking about this
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  Speaker 6: last night during the Buffalo game. There used to be
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  Speaker 6: a noise rule. When did that go away?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know. You know, you say that
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  Speaker 2: it's funny you say that because I saw I don't
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  Speaker 2: know what Facebook real or Instagram. I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: I saw, but it was something about the Broncos and
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  Speaker 2: the Chiefs and it was loud and. The ref came
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  Speaker 2: in and said, you know, it's like in the 80s,
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  Speaker 2: and it was like, you know, it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a penalty on the home team. I don't know. It
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  Speaker 2: used to be a thing.
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  Speaker 6: I saw that reel yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: You saw it? Okay. So that's probably what, yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. We saw the same thing. And I know
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  Speaker 2: there was an Oklahoma-Nebraska game one time where the quarterback
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  Speaker 2: went straight up to the line and couldn't hear and
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  Speaker 2: said to the ref, can't hear. and they had to
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  Speaker 2: call a penalty or tell him to be quiet. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. That rule has gone away.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't heard that in forever. But, yeah, now with
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  Speaker 2: all these hand signals and stuff, and it's like, well,
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  Speaker 2: be a professional. You know, get over it. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you're right. It was a rule. I don't remember it
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  Speaker 2: going away. I don't remember when.
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  Speaker 6: All right, man. Hey, I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate it. All right. It's kind of crazy when you
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  Speaker 2: think about it now, how, you know, like, you're like, guys,
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  Speaker 2: I can't hear. I can't hear. It's too loud. The fans,
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  Speaker 2: all these fans that pay good money, they're just too raucous.
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  Speaker 2: So tell everyone to be quiet. It's not the movies.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's not golf. All right, Chris in Saratoga Springs.
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  Speaker 7: Happy Friday, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Good. Good, man. How are you doing? Happy Friday to you.
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  Speaker 7: Not too bad. Today's a big day for me, actually.
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  Speaker 7: My son plays flag football. It's his second session doing it,
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  Speaker 7: and they were short a bunch of coaches. So I
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  Speaker 7: reached out. I'm like, you know, listen, if you need somebody,
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  Speaker 7: I'll coach. So I'm coaching my son's flag football team
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  Speaker 7: for the first time ever tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, good luck. Good luck with that. Yeah, I'm the
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  Speaker 2: backup assistant coach on my son's team. There's two, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm the third one. And so, yeah, I'm the one
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  Speaker 2: that kind of asks the ref, you know, questions on
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  Speaker 2: the other side over here. Like, what was that, you know? So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I'm that guy. But, yeah, they don't let me have
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  Speaker 2: a badge to go to the other side. So, anyways,
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  Speaker 2: good luck. Good luck. That's good.
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  Speaker 6: Thanks.
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  Speaker 7: I appreciate it. As far as the game. defensively, we
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  Speaker 7: just need to get pressure up the middle with our
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  Speaker 7: defensive tackles and contain the edges. Um, I would like
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  Speaker 7: to keep Daniels in the pocket, like you, like the
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  Speaker 7: caller said earlier, get them uncomfortable, but keep them in
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  Speaker 7: the pocket as much as we can. And if we
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  Speaker 7: can contain the edges and, and Clark and Williams can
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  Speaker 7: actually do some ruckus up in that middle and push
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  Speaker 7: the pocket into them. I think that's going to be
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  Speaker 7: the key for our defense. Um, and we honestly, that's
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  Speaker 7: all I got for today, Nick. Let's get on the line.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Chris. Appreciate that. Um, You know, everybody is accountable.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say that. Everyone's accountable. And, you know, when you
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  Speaker 2: see a player that, you know, from a media standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: media there's some players that they like more than others
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  Speaker 2: and and it that's just kind of the way it
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  Speaker 2: goes and and then you know if a guy's good
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  Speaker 2: to the media and all that they he kind of
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  Speaker 2: gets a pass a little bit um and especially around
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  Speaker 2: here and I think that's a lot it happens a
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  Speaker 2: lot with quarterbacks Dak and all that I say all
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  Speaker 2: this Everybody needs to play better. Even the guy that
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  Speaker 2: is the most accountable in the locker room, Quinnen Williams,
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  Speaker 2: great to the media and all that. He's got to
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  Speaker 2: play better too. Like they all do. And he said that.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not anything that he didn't say. He knows
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  Speaker 2: he needs to play better than he did. He thought
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  Speaker 2: there were opportunities that they missed in the defensive tackles.
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  Speaker 2: And that right there, we talked about it in the offseason. Like, wow,
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  Speaker 2: look at Quinnen and Kenny Clark. And you got Obonio,
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  Speaker 2: who played pretty well in that game the other day. Bullard,
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  Speaker 2: he got half a sack. He hadn't even done anything
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  Speaker 2: all offseason in training camp, and he goes in and plays,
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  Speaker 2: and he contributes. So it's considered to be a strength
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  Speaker 2: of the defense, and it needs to be a strength
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  Speaker 2: of the defense, not just on paper or whatever. It's
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  Speaker 2: got to be a spot where the outside rushers can
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  Speaker 2: keep containment because they're not as worried about running the
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  Speaker 2: ball up the middle because that should be handled up there. Quinnen,
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  Speaker 2: Kenny Clark, these guys should be able to stop the
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  Speaker 2: run when it goes right up the middle. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't really don't want to see Jaden Daniels fake
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  Speaker 2: it to Krosky Merritt or whatever his name is and
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  Speaker 2: you know, as a Rocco or Vaughn Miller, whoever crashing
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  Speaker 2: down to try to get the ball and then let
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback leak out. I mean, if these tackles are
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  Speaker 2: what they, well, we think they are, let them handle it,
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  Speaker 2: let them handle it. Cause it's worth it to, to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that the quarterback doesn't get on the edge.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Let's see if we have any other callers. Chris,
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  Speaker 2: we got any line?
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  Speaker 8: Hi, man.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. It's not refreshing.
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  Speaker 6: Hi, man.
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  Speaker 2: What's up, man?
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  Speaker 5: Hey, what's up, Chris?
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  Speaker 9: How you doing, man?
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  Speaker 2: I think he's doing fine. I know he's doing fine. Chris,
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  Speaker 2: are you doing fine? He's good.
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  Speaker 10: I am.
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  Speaker 2: Chris is doing good.
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  Speaker 11: Good to hear.
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  Speaker 5: Good to hear, man.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, man.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I was just calling in. I wanted to get
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  Speaker 9: in a prediction, but also wanted to maybe, I don't know,
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  Speaker 9: not highlight some things because we all know that defense
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  Speaker 9: has to play better, but I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 9: the main things that have to play better is maybe
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  Speaker 9: up the middle or maybe keys to it is just
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  Speaker 9: up the middle, you know, line play on both sides.
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  Speaker 9: You know, defensively, you were just talking about it as
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  Speaker 9: far as the guys in the middle. And then I
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  Speaker 9: think the same offensively. I think, you know, we've got
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  Speaker 9: to lean on Cooper Beebe and Tyler Booker some and,
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  Speaker 9: you know, try to run up the middle some. I
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  Speaker 9: hope we open up the game with– you know, um,
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  Speaker 9: a big package and we do something like a play
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  Speaker 9: action from there. Um, I hope that, you know, we,
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  Speaker 9: you know, establish a run obviously, but I hope we
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  Speaker 9: kind of just mix some things up. And then, uh,
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  Speaker 9: the other thing is, is, uh, uh, I know our, our,
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  Speaker 9: our guy Ferguson didn't have that great of a game. And, um,
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  Speaker 9: I still don't understand why schoolmaker, uh, get so many plays.
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  Speaker 9: I feel like Brevin sport Brevin, uh, span fortune come
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  Speaker 9: off the field. And in plays where we need an
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  Speaker 9: extra blocker or another, even a guy to play off
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  Speaker 9: the line, I think our guy Hunter is the person
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  Speaker 9: for that. And I think we, again, I've said this before,
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  Speaker 9: but I feel like we can throw or run out
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  Speaker 9: of those sets when either both of those guys or
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  Speaker 9: one of those guys are in. And I know once
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  Speaker 9: you do that, you're taking off some of your receivers
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  Speaker 9: off the field, and that's a big deal. But I'd
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  Speaker 9: like to just see them mix some of that in more.
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  Speaker 9: Let me know what you think, man. I think a
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  Speaker 9: high-scoring game until the defense shows something different. I'm looking
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  Speaker 9: at a 31-27.
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  Speaker 11: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the call, I.M.A. I don't have the– I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I don't– I'm not bothered by Schoonmaker being out there.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you've got to have three tight ends. He's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, typically– I mean, you have three and he's–
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  Speaker 2: and you play that many. I don't– I'm not– Hunter Lipke–
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's a fullback and a special teamers and
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  Speaker 2: he really not tied in. He can do some things
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  Speaker 2: for you and he's not a running back. He can
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  Speaker 2: do it, but, but he is kind of what he is. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I don't have a problem with Schoonmaker playing. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when Ferguson got hurt a couple last year, was it
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  Speaker 2: two years ago? I mean, the Schoonmaker played and averaged
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  Speaker 2: like four or five catches a game. Like, like he
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  Speaker 2: was fine. You know, he's, he's not dynamic. Get that.
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  Speaker 2: He's not, they don't have what the bills have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with their, their guys. Um, and, and that's Knox and Kincaid.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, those are some serious weapons there, uh, at
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  Speaker 2: the tight end position, but there's not many teams that
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  Speaker 2: have that, but, But, you know, he's a good, solid player.
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  Speaker 2: He's solid. He is what he is. You know, this
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  Speaker 2: is the last year of his deal. He's unrestricted free agent.
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  Speaker 2: Probably I wouldn't imagine coming back next year, but who knows?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, who knows how that's going to go. But
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  Speaker 2: they did make sure and sign Spanford. So they think
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  Speaker 2: Spanford is a guy that, you know, will be that
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  Speaker 2: number two tight end, and he is that. But Schoonmaker
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  Speaker 2: does play some as well. All right, Rick in Webster, Massachusetts. Rick,
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  Speaker 2: what's up?
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Nick. How you doing?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: I'm good and good. I have two scores, one from Damien.
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  Speaker 4: My guy, he can't stay up here. He has to
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  Speaker 4: go to bed. So his score is 35-27. Okay. And
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  Speaker 4: for me, I'm going to go 28-17. All right. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: so I just, let's just say, get the offense back
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  Speaker 4: on things. I think Turpin's going to score one way
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  Speaker 4: or another, whether it's a return or a catch over
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  Speaker 4: the middle, something like that. Commanders don't like Turpin. And
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  Speaker 4: we also, Dax throws up a couple of touchdowns. Our
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  Speaker 4: defense holds them. So we'll get back on track, and
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  Speaker 4: let's go for next week.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 9: All right, Rick.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, go Cowboys, and talk to you later.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks. Thanks for the call. Sure would like to see. Turpin,
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  Speaker 2: come back. No, not come back. I mean, he hasn't.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't go anywhere. But just have a big play.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know where everyone is on their favorite players,
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  Speaker 2: least favorite players, guys that get a lot of hate, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: But since the moment Turpin got here, I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: sit next to people in the press box, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all through the media. that have their own opinions about
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  Speaker 2: Turpin and, you know, and they don't think he's that
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  Speaker 2: great or he's overrated or whatever it is. I, I
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  Speaker 2: like watching him. I like having him out there. I
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  Speaker 2: think he, he is a, a fun player to watch
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  Speaker 2: and he's got, he's got a role. And I, when,
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  Speaker 2: when he, you know, when he gets out there in space,
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  Speaker 2: he can be dangerous. Now he's, you know, it's, it's,
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't even call him one-dimensional. He's not because he
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  Speaker 2: can do different things for you. But as long as
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  Speaker 2: he stays within the role, I think he's a guy
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  Speaker 2: that you want on your team. He can be valuable.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: So especially on offense, he's done it a couple times
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: against Washington. He's done kick return as well. I think
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: I've got three touchdowns against Washington. If I can just
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: remembering three. He hadn't played that long. I think there
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: was a Thanksgiving Day game. He had a touchdown over
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: the middle. He had, obviously, the spinning kick return two
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: years ago, one of my favorite plays of all time, really.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: I mean, when you break it down, top ten plays
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: that I've ever covered, I mean, that's going to be
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: up there for me. And then he had the touchdown
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: last year against Washington as a receiver right down the seam. So, yeah, Washington,
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: he's had some big plays against the Commanders. All right,
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: let's go to Irene in Falls Church.
• 18:19
  Speaker 12: Hey, good morning. You know, that Turpin touchdown, I was
• 18:22
  Speaker 12: at that game, and that was the one where Mike
• 18:24
  Speaker 12: in Birmingham was like, you have to go to the game.
• 18:28
  Speaker 12: So I love that play as well. It's one of
• 18:29
  Speaker 12: my favorites that I wasn't going to get.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: It's a weird game. I mean, weird fourth quarter.
• 18:35
  Speaker 12: So weird.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah. It was– I remember somebody texted me and said,
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: this fourth quarter is drunk. And I was like, that's
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: well said. I mean, it is. I mean, it was
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: like what? Ten points scored in the first three quarters,
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: and then they just blew up after that.
• 18:52
  Speaker 13: Nuts.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: All right, what do you got?
• 18:55
  Speaker 12: So for today, yeah, just I'll do my role player
• 18:58
  Speaker 12: and then a score prediction. And then quickly, it looks
• 19:00
  Speaker 12: like Rick said he messed up the score for Davian.
• 19:03
  Speaker 12: It was 35-21, not 27, so don't want to get
• 19:06
  Speaker 12: it wrong. So my know-your-role might be more of a
• 19:10
  Speaker 12: wish than what's actually going to happen because I saw
• 19:13
  Speaker 12: a lot of tight end blocking for the running backs.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: And I think.
• 19:17
  Speaker 12: Two things are going to be key in this is
• 19:19
  Speaker 12: blitz pickup and how do we establish the run. I
• 19:21
  Speaker 12: would like the guy that you call Thanksgiving to be
• 19:25
  Speaker 12: more involved as a fullback. I want him to dig
• 19:29
  Speaker 12: out those linebackers because they're going to send them. So
• 19:32
  Speaker 12: I want him to be involved with that, and that
• 19:33
  Speaker 12: might be the role. I don't need him to catch
• 19:35
  Speaker 12: or anything. I just need him to be a solid
• 19:38
  Speaker 12: blocker for us. So that's my role player.
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: That I hope.
• 19:40
  Speaker 12: And then my score... They've kind of ruined my trust here,
• 19:44
  Speaker 12: so I'm still going to pick them to win because
• 19:46
  Speaker 12: I see the Washington weaknesses, but it's going to be
• 19:48
  Speaker 12: close to me, 27th.
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: To me.
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: 27, 24 Cowboys.
• 19:51
  Speaker 11: All right.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: All right. Um, I'm with you on, on, on Lipke
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: playing more as a, as a fullback. Um, um, that
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: wouldn't bother me to have him out there in that,
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: in that role. Um, as long as he can handle
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: it as far as the blocking goes and taking on
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: the linebackers. But that's his role. That's what he does.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: And I think he's got some versatility, catch the ball
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: out of the backfield. So I think I lean that
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: way when it comes to is that your extra guy
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: or is it the second or third tight end? So
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: I like that role. I mean, let's not forget this.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: I mean, Schoonmaker played, right? He played a lot of snaps.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: I don't have the numbers of snaps there. But I
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: know this, that they had basically a fourth tight end
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: in Drew Shelton. He was your tackle eligible that could
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: go into the game and play as pretty much like
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: another tight end. Now, he's got work to do for that,
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: but it almost seemed like that's another need to do that.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: That was an effort to try to run the ball.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: even more. So I don't know if that would be
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: my answer there. Maybe Roderick Jones could do that. But
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: either way, if you need some more help blocking, I
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: think that the Cowboys will look to find different ways,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: whether it be third tight end, tackle eligible, or even fullback.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: All right, let's go to Dylan in Northport, Florida.
• 21:30
  Speaker 14: Hey, how's it going?
• 21:31
  Speaker 6: Good.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: How are you doing, Dylan?
• 21:33
  Speaker 14: I'm doing great.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: Thank you.
• 21:35
  Speaker 14: A couple interesting advanced analytics things I found on this game.
• 21:40
  Speaker 14: Against Philadelphia, Philly had 19 pressures on Daniels on 38
• 21:45
  Speaker 14: of his drawbacks, and when they got pressure just with
• 21:47
  Speaker 14: their front without sending any blitzes, so they had all
• 21:50
  Speaker 14: their guys in coverage, Daniels went 3 of 15 for
• 21:54
  Speaker 14: 26 yards, so he was terrible. But when Philly got
• 21:57
  Speaker 14: pressure and they blitzed, he was 5 of 7 for
• 21:59
  Speaker 14: 47 yards and two touchdowns. So Key there is getting pressure, right,
• 22:06
  Speaker 14: with just your down man, your down front, and let
• 22:09
  Speaker 14: your guys go play in coverage because when they got
• 22:10
  Speaker 14: those lanes clogged up, whatever it might be, he was
• 22:12
  Speaker 14: not very good at all whatsoever against Philadelphia. Can Dallas
• 22:17
  Speaker 14: do that? I don't know. I'd like to see him
• 22:18
  Speaker 14: play a little more press coverage. Whether it's down man,
• 22:21
  Speaker 14: I'm not sure, but got to get Ezeraku. He had
• 22:24
  Speaker 14: a bunch of pressures again, and he just can't get
• 22:26
  Speaker 14: home because the secondary is playing pretty far off the ball.
• 22:28
  Speaker 14: So that was one thing I thought was interesting. The
• 22:31
  Speaker 14: other one was their defense was pretty good for most
• 22:33
  Speaker 14: of the game. But they had, and that being Washington,
• 22:38
  Speaker 14: they had five giant plays that just killed them. A
• 22:41
  Speaker 14: 64-yard pass, a 31-yard pass, a 43-yard pass, a big...
• 22:46
  Speaker 14: Hurts had, what, 205 yards, somewhere around there. He had
• 22:49
  Speaker 14: 135 just on, like, three plays. Other than that, like,
• 22:52
  Speaker 14: their defense.
• 22:52
  Speaker 9: Was pretty good.
• 22:53
  Speaker 5: But.
• 22:54
  Speaker 14: To me, it's like, okay, number zero, Mike Sainer, whatever
• 22:58
  Speaker 14: his name is, let's just go attack this guy. He's clearly,
• 23:01
  Speaker 14: clearly a weakness. Put Pickens over there, put Seedy over there,
• 23:04
  Speaker 14: and go give yourself four pass interference calls, you know,
• 23:07
  Speaker 14: 40 yards down the field. So let's line up and
• 23:09
  Speaker 14: do that.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, love it. I love that argument of if you
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: just take those plays away, they were good. You know,
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: it reminds me of one of the funniest Orlando Skandrick
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: stories of all time. which maybe I'll tell after this,
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: but the big plays count, you know, and I mean, you're,
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: you're right. I saw that too. I saw that where,
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: you know, half of the yardage that they gave up
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: was on three plays or four plays or whatever. So,
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: but that also shows that it can be leaky and, and,
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: you know, and, and, And when you think about it,
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: it's like it's always the setup. You know, why do
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: they run the ball up the middle? Why do they
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: keep running that? Well, then the play action goes over
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: the top for 75 yards. Great, you stop first and
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: second down for one and two yards. But because of
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: all of that, it led to this. So that's why
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: I always factor them all in. Like they all count,
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: you know.
• 24:03
  Speaker 6: Yeah, you have to.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: So, all right.
• 24:06
  Speaker 14: Can I give you a score prediction real fast?
• 24:08
  Speaker 15: Of course.
• 24:10
  Speaker 14: Because I think the Cowboys are going to come around
• 24:13
  Speaker 14: and attack. They're obviously going to run the ball and stuff,
• 24:15
  Speaker 14: but I do think they'll get to their downfield passing sooner,
• 24:18
  Speaker 14: knowing what they put on film last week, that being Washington,
• 24:22
  Speaker 14: and seeing what happened later in the Giants game with
• 24:23
  Speaker 14: the receivers and all that and how well they did.
• 24:25
  Speaker 14: That being the Cowboys, I think that this will be
• 24:28
  Speaker 14: a very high-scoring game for Dallas. I think it'll be 37-24,
• 24:30
  Speaker 14: and we'll get that dove heading into next week.
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: Sounds good.
• 24:37
  Speaker 5: Thanks, Dylan.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: Appreciate the call. All right, let's go to our first
• 24:41
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• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Let's go back to the phone lines. Casey Joe is
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: in Kansas City. What's up?
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: Good morning, Nick.
• 26:48
  Speaker 8: How are you doing today?
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: I'm great. How are you doing, Joe?
• 26:50
  Speaker 10: I'm doing better now.
• 26:52
  Speaker 8: Earlier this week, I was, and I was a little depressed. But, hey,
• 26:55
  Speaker 8: that's why I didn't call. But, hey, you haven't heard
• 26:59
  Speaker 8: from Randy, have you? You might have to send your
• 27:01
  Speaker 8: mom over there and do a wellness check on him.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: That always sounds weird when you say it that way. But, no,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: he's good. Randy's good.
• 27:10
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 27:14
  Speaker 8: Randy, buddy, call.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: Maybe he is trying to call. Maybe he's trying to call.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: It's tough to get in from what I hear.
• 27:19
  Speaker 8: I hear you.
• 27:21
  Speaker 5: I do.
• 27:21
  Speaker 10: I do.
• 27:21
  Speaker 8: Hey, I think Turpin's going to have a big week.
• 27:25
  Speaker 8: I'm looking to have a good week this week. Pickens,
• 27:30
  Speaker 8: I hope he explodes. And I see our boys winning
• 27:35
  Speaker 8: 38-17 this week.
• 27:36
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: That would be a fun game if he can get
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: something like that in the defense. bounce back a little bit, offense,
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: score some points. That would be, of all the scores
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: I see, I think that would be the easiest to
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: have a crazy week next week because there's no doubt
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: about it. It's going to be a crazy week after this,
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: but I would like going into the Brazil game with
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: a good win like that.
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: I'll pick yours. All right. Thanks, John.
• 28:05
  Speaker 10: Have a good one.
• 28:05
  Speaker 11: Thank you.
• 28:06
  Speaker 14: Thanks.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: All right. I was going to, I told that, I
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: kind of teased it a little bit with Scandrick, who
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: was funny. And he was interesting in his own way.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: But I remember you were talking about, like, you know,
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: you take these three plays away and then, you know,
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: I did this or we played well or whatever. I
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: remember big week against New England. Big talk about Wes Welker.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: and how he's in the slot, and Skanderick's really good
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: in the slot, and it's going to be a great matchup,
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: all this. And it was like 2012, 2011 maybe, playing
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: in New England, and they bottled him up pretty good
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: the whole game. I mean, the Patriots really weren't doing much.
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: Cowboys had the lead, four minutes to go. Tom Brady,
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: all right. welker for 10 welker for 12 welker this
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: welker and he caught like four passes on that drive
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: and i mean after the game then they go win
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: the game and throw a touchdown wins the game and
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: afterwards skandrick was like you know he really only would
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: he complete like five passes for like 55 yards i
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: mean that's really not that great i'm like true orlando
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: true but Four for 49 on that one drive, you know,
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: to win the game. I mean, like, you're right, but
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: when it really mattered, you know, they go make a play.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: So taking those plays away, sure, but kind of led
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: to a win. I don't know. That was fun. All right.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: Sergeant Sue is next. At ease, everybody.
• 29:36
  Speaker 8: How you doing, Nick?
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: I'm good. What's up?
• 29:38
  Speaker 13: Oh, nothing much, man.
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: Hey.
• 29:40
  Speaker 8: Just for the previous.
• 29:41
  Speaker 13: Caller, I didn't even get to hear the whole call
• 29:43
  Speaker 13: because I was trying to call in. But Randy's doing great. Nico, Irene,
• 29:48
  Speaker 13: and I talk to him almost daily.
• 29:50
  Speaker 10: He's doing great.
• 29:50
  Speaker 13: He's working hard. And doing his karaoke thing, you know,
• 29:53
  Speaker 13: just being jolly in the world. So he's doing phenomenal.
• 29:56
  Speaker 13: The second thing I wanted to bring up is– This game, man,
• 30:00
  Speaker 13: I think the defense is going to have a lot
• 30:02
  Speaker 13: more growing pains. I mean, I think that's just part
• 30:04
  Speaker 13: of it, going from the worst ever to having a
• 30:08
  Speaker 13: bunch of young guys, having a new system. They're going
• 30:11
  Speaker 13: to go through growing pains. But I do expect the
• 30:12
  Speaker 13: offense to do much better this week. Like I said
• 30:16
  Speaker 13: earlier in the week, I think that CD, Pickens, and
• 30:21
  Speaker 13: Dak are going to come back into this game. And
• 30:22
  Speaker 13: like Dylan mentioned earlier, That number zero on the commanders, man,
• 30:27
  Speaker 13: he didn't look great. And I don't want to bash
• 30:30
  Speaker 13: him too bad because you do that and he's the
• 30:31
  Speaker 13: one that ends up getting an interception or something like that. But,
• 30:34
  Speaker 13: you know, he didn't show like he's ready to face
• 30:38
  Speaker 13: these three guys. So I think the offense is going
• 30:40
  Speaker 13: to do much better. I think the final score is
• 30:42
  Speaker 13: going to be 34-27 Dallas, and we're going to get back.
• 30:45
  Speaker 12: On the road.
• 30:45
  Speaker 13: I mean, then we're going to have one game where
• 30:47
  Speaker 13: we didn't look too good and one game where we
• 30:49
  Speaker 13: looked a little bit better. And like I always say,
• 30:51
  Speaker 13: week three or four, you kind of start to understand
• 30:53
  Speaker 13: what your team is. We'll see what we look like afterwards.
• 30:56
  Speaker 7: Thanks, Greg.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: Well, and I agree with that. You do find out
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: what your team is like in week three or four
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: or five, whatever. But let's don't be 0-3 or 1-4
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: or whatever when that happens. You know, that's why, you know,
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: everybody's figured it out. I mean, let's figure it out
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: with a win. And, you know, that's plain and simple.
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: So you're right. You're right about that. That's why I'm not,
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: you're never going to, see me, you know, jumping around
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: and getting, you know, saying, oh, well, you know, this
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: is it. I mean, the season's over. This is what
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: this team is or whatever. But I think I like
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: what Dylan said last week or two weeks, maybe it
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: was last week about, you know, week one is a liar.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: And we're going to find that out. You're going to
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: see it a lot this week, the teams that won,
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: that looked great, that aren't going to look as good,
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: vice versa. There's going to be about, 10 to 15 surprises.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: And I hope the Cowboys, I don't know if that
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: would be a surprise. I'm just saying they'll play differently
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: than what they played the first time around. Either it'll
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: be better, worse, whatever. The Rams, I think, might be
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: on that boat. And the Giants, too. I mean, the
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: Rams played the Giants, and it could be one of
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: those games as well. All right, let's go to Paul
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: in New York. Paul, what's up?
• 32:20
  Speaker 10: Morning, Nick.
• 32:21
  Speaker 5: How are you today?
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: What's up, Paul?
• 32:24
  Speaker 5: Well, look, given my full prediction, 34-28. I think Caleb
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: Downs gets a touchdown. Defense looks better this week, and
• 32:35
  Speaker 5: the game is not as close as the score with
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: Washington kind of getting some late stuff to try to
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: pull back.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: Awesome.
• 32:43
  Speaker 5: But, yeah, I think our offense is better, our defense
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: is better.
• 32:47
  Speaker 18: Wow.
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that.
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: If we can keep that containment, then Joe Daniels won't
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: beat us.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the key. I believe that, Paul.
• 33:01
  Speaker 5: He can't beat us with our legs. If he beats
• 33:04
  Speaker 5: us with his legs, then we're in trouble.
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: I agree. And with Jackson Dart, it was kind of
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: the other way around. He had occasional runs here, but
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: also threw the ball really, really well. I mean, I'm sorry,
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: with Jaden Daniels, it might be a little bit of
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: a flip. But either way, I mean, he's not getting
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: picked number two overall. He's not winning the Heisman and
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year and all that if he can't
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: do both. I mean, that's the thing. He definitely is
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: a passer. But you just got to make him uncomfortable,
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: just like any quarterback. But thanks for the call. First-time caller,
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: that was really strange because, as I'm saying, what's up
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: to Paul Dillard? you know, there's not a lot of
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: traffic that comes in this little hallway here, but there
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: was one of our coworkers named Paul is like walking by.
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  Speaker 2: This week's Precision Player of the Week, brought to you
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  Speaker 2: Everybody struggled at times on defense, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: give it to the rookie with a lot of expectations.
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  Speaker 2: He comes in, he plays well, had seven tackles, had
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  Speaker 2: the sack, forced fumble, could have easily changed the game.
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  Speaker 2: The ball bounces a little different way. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: big spotlight on him to go out there and play well,
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  Speaker 2: let's get back to the phone lines. We've got Lester
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  Speaker 2: in Minnesota. Lester, what's up?
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  Speaker 5: Morning, Nick.
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  Speaker 10: How's it going, man?
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  Speaker 2: It's going good. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 10: Hey, I just want to give a shout out to
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  Speaker 10: our defense. They'll pick it up. It's just a learning
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  Speaker 10: curve right now. So hang in there, boys. And with that,
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  Speaker 10: I think the offense should give them some help by
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  Speaker 10: doing what Jimmy Johnson used to do. I don't know
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  Speaker 10: if it was noticed, but A lot of times when
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  Speaker 10: he was the coach, we held the ball for a
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  Speaker 10: long time. So I think that some sort of way
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  Speaker 10: we should figure out a way to sort of hold
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  Speaker 10: the ball, time of possession, if that's what they call it.
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  Speaker 10: And as far as getting a little pass rush, I
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  Speaker 10: think we should mix in Von Miller a little bit more.
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  Speaker 10: I mean, he's a vet out there. I know we're
• 36:57
  Speaker 10: not going to make him play the whole game, but
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  Speaker 10: maybe mix him in a little bit more. And then
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  Speaker 10: my score for today, for Sunday, I'm sorry, will be 24-15.
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  Speaker 10: I think the defense will show up a little bit better. But, again,
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  Speaker 10: let's be patient with them. It's growing pains.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: So what do you think? How long do you think
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  Speaker 10: the defense will take to jail?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: What's their opinion on that?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the call, Lester. I do think the defense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I was disappointed with what I saw. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I thought it would be better than that. I just
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  Speaker 2: thought they'd have more pass rush. I mean, that's where
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  Speaker 2: I thought would be the first thing they would kind
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  Speaker 2: of generate, and they really didn't do that. So that's
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  Speaker 2: going to be the difference in the whole gelling part
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  Speaker 2: of it is where– Can they figure out how to
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  Speaker 2: do that? And if they're going to have to blitz
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  Speaker 2: a lot, where does it come from? And how do
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  Speaker 2: they keep it disguised to kind of throw off the
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks a little bit? Now, you said something about keeping
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  Speaker 2: the ball and being a little bit more ball control,
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  Speaker 2: if you will, and helping out your defense and all that.
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  Speaker 2: Jimmy Johnson, you said, do that. You're not wrong.
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  Speaker 5: Just.
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  Speaker 2: Answer this for me. With that offensive line and that
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  Speaker 2: running back that they had back in the 90s, and
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  Speaker 2: it was fourth and inches, do you think they'd be
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  Speaker 2: worried about, you know, throwing, you know, punting? Do you
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  Speaker 2: think they'd be, if the ball was on the one-inch line,
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  Speaker 2: were they going to be faded to Alvin Harper or
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: Michael Irvin or just going to run in it?
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  Speaker 10: So.
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  Speaker 2: A little different personnel and also different mindset. Harbaugh and
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  Speaker 2: the Giants did that. They did exactly that. They protected
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  Speaker 2: their defense by keeping them off the field by having
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  Speaker 2: these long drives like that. it's a great plan and
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: it's a great mindset and it helps your defense, but
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  Speaker 2: you got to be able to execute it. You got
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  Speaker 2: to be able to run the football. You got to
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  Speaker 2: be able to be willing to say, all right, we're
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  Speaker 2: not going to play scared. We're going to go and
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  Speaker 2: we're going to run it. Fourth and inches, we got
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  Speaker 2: a quarterback that's 235 pounds. He can get this yard.
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  Speaker 2: And if he can't, Javante is going to get this yard.
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  Speaker 2: So I just think that's a great plan, but the
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  Speaker 2: mindset's got to be there first. All right, Chris in
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  Speaker 2: San Angelo.
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  Speaker 11: Mr. Nick, how are you doing, bud?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. How are you?
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  Speaker 11: I'm doing great, man. Okay, two days in a row.
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  Speaker 11: we're friends again. Good deal.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 11: Hey, I got in my prediction yesterday, so basically what
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  Speaker 11: I was going to tell you, I have an offensive
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  Speaker 11: and a defensive player to watch. You could call it
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  Speaker 11: like a rebound, if you will. On offense, I got
• 39:48
  Speaker 11: Jake Ferguson. He has some fans all of a sudden
• 39:53
  Speaker 11: questioning his ability. And then I also wanted to make
• 39:58
  Speaker 11: a note. Someone needs to remind him that he's on
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  Speaker 11: the sit-em list for fantasy, for tight ends and ESPN.
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  Speaker 11: Someone let him know that, so maybe that'll light a
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  Speaker 11: fire under him. And then on the defense, the guy
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  Speaker 11: I'm looking at, the guy that's been in the news, Barham,
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  Speaker 11: I think I see him coming back, making a jarring hit,
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  Speaker 11: causing a fumble, and just, you know, making us, reminding
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  Speaker 11: us of why we all fell in love with him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 11: You know, all in the offseason. So I see two
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  Speaker 11: big turnarounds.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 11: If you have, you know, any player in that vein,
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  Speaker 11: please share.
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  Speaker 18: Thanks.
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  Speaker 11: All right, Chris.
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  Speaker 5: Have a good weekend.
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  Speaker 11: I'm glad you don't have to travel, bud.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate the call, Ferguson and Barham. It would be great
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  Speaker 2: to have them kind of turn things around. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Barham played well. I mean, at times there were some
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: issues there and just from communication. But I'll say this.
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  Speaker 2: Any team that you have a linebacker, your starting linebacker,
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: Green Dot, goes out in the second half, and then
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: all of a sudden the backup comes in. Who's the
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: rookie playing his very first game? I bet you're going
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: to have some issues there, and that's what happened. Is
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  Speaker 2: that an excuse? No, it's not an excuse. It's the reason.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see if they fix it this week. One more
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  Speaker 2: caller here. Mark in Davis, California.
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  Speaker 14: Hey, what's up?
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  Speaker 10: Hey, good morning, Mark.
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  Speaker 11: How are you? I mean, good morning, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: It's okay.
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  Speaker 4: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 10: I'm hanging in there, man.
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  Speaker 15: It's been a while. I got in a couple times
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  Speaker 15: last year, but... It's been busy this year, so I
• 41:31
  Speaker 15: tried to get in last week, but no luck. But anyhow,
• 41:34
  Speaker 15: just real quick, man, I think we bounced back.
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  Speaker 7: Hopefully we do.
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  Speaker 10: It was just one game.
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  Speaker 15: And I think hopefully there's better communication on defense. Let's
• 41:47
  Speaker 15: go around and hopefully get that running game going, man,
• 41:50
  Speaker 15: that running game established on offense. And my final score
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  Speaker 15: is something like 31 points.
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  Speaker 11: 31-20 Cowboys.
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  Speaker 15: I think we bounce.
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  Speaker 13: Back this week.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the call. Appreciate that. You're right. Running game,
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  Speaker 2: that's my number one key. Get that running game fixed.
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: Imagine all the other things that happen with that. Do
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: you want to get the tight ends involved? Well, guess what?
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: You ran it. Now the tight ends are open. You
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: want to get Pickens down the field even more? Terp
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  Speaker 2: and those guys, they're going to be there. You can
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: keep running the football. You want to get the defense
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  Speaker 2: off the field? Run the football. So I think running
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: the football is going to help in a lot of ways,
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: and it maybe gives you the lead, which helps your
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: pass rush on defense, playing with the lead, playing ahead,
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: things like that. All right, big game. Cowboys got to
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: have it. They've got to beat Washington this week. I
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: don't think it's going to be easy. I do think
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  Speaker 2: that they win. I'll give my score in the gut-feeling
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  Speaker 2: article that we do. Great show, guys. 13 callers, and
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  Speaker 2: we had to cut it a little bit short, so
• 42:47
  Speaker 2: you guys were amazing going in and out on these calls.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see if the Cowboys can be as crisp in
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  Speaker 2: their game that they play Sunday, 325 p.m. Central Time,
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  Speaker 2: AT & T Stadium, Cowboys Commanders. We'll talk about it
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  Speaker 2: on Monday. For Chris Beam, I'm Nick Eatman. See you
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  Speaker 2: next time on Cowboys Storyline.
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