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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.
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  Speaker 3: Hello everyone and welcome to Cowboys Storyline. I don't know
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  Speaker 3: why I'm using that voice, but Cowboys Storyline presented by Gillette.
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  Speaker 3: It's Wednesday, September 30th. I'm Nick Eatman. We all know this.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk some Cowboys football. Let you guys weigh in
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  Speaker 3: on your thoughts on this football team, where they stand
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  Speaker 3: one and two as they get ready for the Houston
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  Speaker 3: Texans who will match their desperation with an 0-3 record
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  Speaker 3: and Make sure that they can turn things around. They're
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  Speaker 3: going to try to turn things around this week with
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  Speaker 3: Dallas coming to town. So it's going to be a battle.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's going to be a good
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  Speaker 3: football game, really, because I do think there's some interesting
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  Speaker 3: parts when you look at the matchup and you look
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  Speaker 3: at what the Cowboys are struggling with, and it's stopping
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  Speaker 3: the run, and look at what Houston's struggling with, and
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  Speaker 3: that's running the football. And I think both sides look
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  Speaker 3: at it as maybe a, get right opportunity for them.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm sure the Cowboys pass rushers are excited to see,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a quarterback that isn't, you know, basically a
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  Speaker 3: running back, uh, back there, but CJ Stroud can, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's still, he's still a good player and he, and
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  Speaker 3: he was, you know, he's, um, 300 something yards a
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  Speaker 3: couple of weeks ago. So he's capable. as well. All right. 888-855-2297.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk about it. And I'm sure some of you
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  Speaker 3: guys that haven't gotten in earlier this week might still
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  Speaker 3: have opinions about the other game. So whatever. We'll talk
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  Speaker 3: about what you want. Let's go to Josh in Chicago first.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, man.
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  Speaker 5: Excited to lead us off today.
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  Speaker 3: Let's go, man. Let's go. You got to get on base.
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  Speaker 3: You got to make something happen here. You got to
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  Speaker 3: be active.
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  Speaker 6: Hell yeah, man. I mean, sorry.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know if I should say that. White Sox
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  Speaker 5: looked good last night, so I'm excited about that, too. But, hey,
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  Speaker 5: so I forgot to bring up on Monday when I called.
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  Speaker 5: I was so frustrated. Man, I called it last week.
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  Speaker 5: I said it always comes down to a big kick
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  Speaker 5: with Baltimore. So I'm kicking myself for that one because,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I said it would come down to a
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  Speaker 5: big kick, and it did. Now, looking forward.
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  Speaker 3: It shouldn't have come down to a big kick. No,
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  Speaker 3: but it's okay.
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  Speaker 5: Now, kind of forward thinking, I'm going to throw my
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  Speaker 5: weight behind Dylan, actually, and his comments yesterday about the defense.
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  Speaker 5: And what I really want to focus in on is
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  Speaker 5: the third-down efficiency and the fourth-down efficiency. So week one,
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  Speaker 5: the Giants were 9-for-11. Week two, Washington was 8-for-14, a
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  Speaker 5: little bit better. And then this week, the Ravens were
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  Speaker 5: actually 3-9 in third-down efficiency and 0-2 in fourth-down efficiency.
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  Speaker 5: So I really think, obviously, there's a lot of credit
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  Speaker 5: to Barham for that. He had some of those tackles
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  Speaker 5: for a loss and got in on Henry, and so
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  Speaker 5: did Caleb Downs. I think that that's the improvement that
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  Speaker 5: you're looking for, especially going up against a running quarterback
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  Speaker 5: and the team that can run the ball in the
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  Speaker 5: Houston Texans. Other thing I just want to bring up,
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  Speaker 5: really excited for Wanya coming back. You know, he's a
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  Speaker 5: depth piece, but he really adds stuff to special teams, too.
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  Speaker 5: So I think he can maybe write some of the
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  Speaker 5: ship in special teams and go out there and hit.
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  Speaker 5: Have a great day, man. That's all I got.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Wanya Thomas is reportedly going to be joining the practice squad.
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  Speaker 3: That's what Josh was referring to. Looks like– It's another cornerback, Austin.
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  Speaker 3: I think Alex Austin that they're bringing to the practice squad.
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  Speaker 3: So I think it's going to be interesting to see
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  Speaker 3: how they do the elevations and what they need and
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  Speaker 3: who moves up. And there's a lot of different variables there.
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  Speaker 3: You've got Bullard that is not going to be able
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  Speaker 3: to play this week with a calf injury. So You know,
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  Speaker 3: they've been having five defensive tackles active. So are they
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  Speaker 3: going to sign one? Are they going to elevate one?
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  Speaker 3: There is one on the practice squad, I think, done,
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  Speaker 3: Tommy done. But then, you know, do you need your
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  Speaker 3: elevations for all your secondary guys? Because you've got more
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  Speaker 3: injuries there with Revel and then who knows what happens
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  Speaker 3: this week if Hooker can come back. So it's just
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  Speaker 3: a lot of variables there. It'll be interesting to see
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  Speaker 3: on the moves the Cowboys make and the moves they
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  Speaker 3: don't make. And what I mean by that is who
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  Speaker 3: is not going to IR, who do they not sign
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  Speaker 3: to replace certain positions. So sometimes they give you the
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  Speaker 3: answers without giving you the answers of how serious or
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  Speaker 3: not serious some of these injuries are. All right. I
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  Speaker 3: hope that made sense. It barely makes sense to me.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Sergeant Sue is next in Fort Worth. Sergeant Sue.
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  Speaker 8: At ease, everybody. How you doing, Nick?
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  Speaker 9: Good.
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  Speaker 3: How are you?
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  Speaker 4: Good, brother.
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  Speaker 10: It was cool to follow Josh because I also wanted
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  Speaker 10: to send a quick, really quick happy birthday shout-out to
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  Speaker 10: Zach in Atlanta. Man, it's been a while.
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  Speaker 11: We miss you, bro.
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  Speaker 4: I hope you're doing great.
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  Speaker 10: It was his birthday last Sunday. Unfortunately, the Cowboys couldn't
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  Speaker 10: get a win for him. But moving on, a lot
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  Speaker 10: of people are really focused on how wide open the
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  Speaker 10: division and the conference is. And to be honest, I'm
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  Speaker 10: not too worried about that right now. I'm more just
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  Speaker 10: worried about us and executing. I know that's kind of cliche,
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  Speaker 10: but a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I
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  Speaker 10: think that we could be a top team in the league,
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  Speaker 10: and I still– do feel very strongly about that. We
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  Speaker 10: make the right calls here and there. We actually have
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  Speaker 10: a little bit better red zone efficiency, and I think
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  Speaker 10: the league may look at us that way as well.
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  Speaker 12: As lucky as it may.
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  Speaker 10: Be, I expected this defense to have issues. We all
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  Speaker 10: expected this defense to have issues. All offseason, we all said...
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  Speaker 10: If the defense can get one or two more stops
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  Speaker 10: a game, you know, yada, yada.
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  Speaker 4: Well, guess what?
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  Speaker 10: They did do that, and that's why I'm a little
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  Speaker 10: bit more disappointed in the offense so far. We knew
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  Speaker 10: the defense was going to have drawing pains, and the D.C.
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  Speaker 10: was going to have learning experiences, but the offense we
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  Speaker 10: were certain about. So they've got to finish drives, man.
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  Speaker 10: Shottie was very willing to accept blame and responsibility for
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  Speaker 10: the last 28 seconds. in his press conference. So let's
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  Speaker 10: hope he actually learns from it. Hope he remembers that
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  Speaker 10: what gets you to the goal line can also get
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  Speaker 10: you through.
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  Speaker 3: The goal line.
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  Speaker 10: So stick to what works. Don't overthink it. Just put
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  Speaker 10: up some points, man, because this offense can put points
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  Speaker 10: up against anybody in the league. I feel strongly about that.
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  Speaker 10: We can't forget what they are and who they are
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  Speaker 10: just because it hasn't looked pretty thus far. And it's
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  Speaker 10: only going to get better when Tyler Big Daddy Smith
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  Speaker 10: comes back. So when we stop playing so many mobile quarterbacks, too,
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  Speaker 10: hopefully those pressures turn into sacks and stuff. And I'm
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  Speaker 10: not sitting here saying that we're going to win the
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  Speaker 10: Super Bowl and stuff. Everybody knows I'm Mr.
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  Speaker 11: Positive.
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  Speaker 10: And I myself have said that the delusion is delicious.
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  Speaker 10: But that's just how I feel, man. Do you think
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  Speaker 10: I'm tripping or what?
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  Speaker 11: And I'll just hang up and listen.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think that, I think it's okay to have some,
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  Speaker 3: some optimism about this team. I mean, it's, you know, you're,
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  Speaker 3: you're wanting to, and there's nobody really, it's going to
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  Speaker 3: run away from you, you know, and I don't think
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  Speaker 3: in the, in the NFC East and, and the NFC
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  Speaker 3: is going to be, it's going to be a very,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think it's going to be a compact
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  Speaker 3: playoff schedule, playoff scenarios. And, and because the race is just,
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  Speaker 3: it's just too tight. I, that's what it looks right now.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Somebody will probably, you know, distance themselves even more,
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  Speaker 3: and we'll see how it goes because, again, it is
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  Speaker 3: very early. But I think that there's reason to look
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  Speaker 3: at the team and say, you know, I like what
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  Speaker 3: we're seeing on defense. I like some of the positives here.
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  Speaker 3: And the offense, you know, and the offense, it's all
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  Speaker 3: about expectations too. I mean, because the defense has given
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  Speaker 3: up some– you know, some points here and some yards
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  Speaker 3: and the offense has scored some too, but I just
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  Speaker 3: think that we're expecting them to be dominant. And, you know, they,
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  Speaker 3: they've been, they've been good. I mean, 20, 37, 31.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they're, you know, they're, they're putting some points
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  Speaker 3: up there, but they're also hurting themselves a little bit too,
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  Speaker 3: especially in, in, in the red zone. We all saw
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  Speaker 3: what happened. We, we know, you know, and Brian Schottenheimer
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  Speaker 3: said yesterday, you know, it's on, it's on me. I'll
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  Speaker 3: be better. I mean, that's what he said, but again,
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  Speaker 3: That's great. But you've got to be better. You have
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  Speaker 3: to be better. You can't just say, you know, my bad.
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  Speaker 3: And it's always that. It's got to get better. It's
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  Speaker 3: got to be better. And we'll see how he learns
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  Speaker 3: from that. And maybe there's more trust in Dak in
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  Speaker 3: those situations, more trust in the run game and Javante
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  Speaker 3: and things like that when you get down there. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he was trying to be conservative at times.
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  Speaker 3: And then at other times, I think he could have
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  Speaker 3: been even more conservative there. But as the call was
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  Speaker 3: going on and Sergeant Sue was talking, I mean, it
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  Speaker 3: seemed like NFL Network showed all of those plays, first down,
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  Speaker 3: second down, third down, even the penalty with Schoonmaker. So
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  Speaker 3: they're showing all of that. And, you know, you just
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  Speaker 3: look at it and go, man, there's so many ways
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  Speaker 3: that that game could have changed. But I do think...
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  Speaker 3: I think they'll all continue to get better, and I
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  Speaker 3: think there's reason to have some optimism here. All right,
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  Speaker 3: Dylan in North Port, Florida is next.
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  Speaker 13: Hey, how's it going?
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  Speaker 4: Good.
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  Speaker 13: Hey, I think it's that time of the week where
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  Speaker 13: we start to get out of our feelings a little
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  Speaker 13: bit and start to look forward, and I'm starting to
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  Speaker 13: feel that way too here. I think we're having, though,
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  Speaker 13: with some people, it's hard to see the trees through
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  Speaker 13: the forest or whatever the hell that saying is, situation.
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  Speaker 13: There's a lot going on here to be positive about.
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  Speaker 13: There really is, and it's not like a rosy-colored glass.
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  Speaker 13: This is just straight up. Week one to week three,
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  Speaker 13: the defense is clearly improving week after week after week.
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  Speaker 13: I think that's fair to say. Offense, still one of
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  Speaker 13: the top units in the league, but situationally, they let
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  Speaker 13: you down last week. That's fair to say, but they
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  Speaker 13: still remain one of the best. offenses in the league,
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  Speaker 13: putting up points left and right, moving the ball. I mean,
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  Speaker 13: they're doing a great job minus a couple of situational
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  Speaker 13: things that hopefully they can figure out.
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  Speaker 3: And improve on.
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  Speaker 13: And now you look at their schedule. over the next,
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  Speaker 13: I don't know how many weeks, six weeks or so,
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  Speaker 13: Texans 0-3, Bucs 0-3, Packers 1-2, Eagles. I think they
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  Speaker 13: kind of suck, dude. They're 2-1, but they're not very good.
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  Speaker 12: They just look bad.
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  Speaker 13: Cardinals, 1-2.
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  Speaker 12: Colts, 1-2.
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  Speaker 13: So all these teams, I'm not saying they're going to
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  Speaker 13: beat all these teams, but, I mean, who scares you
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  Speaker 13: in the NFL on your schedule and across the league?
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  Speaker 13: The Rams are 1-2, and they mirror the Cavs. They
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  Speaker 13: had a really ugly Week 1 loss. Week 3, a
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  Speaker 13: horrible loss. horrible, gut-wrenching loss. I mean, it's a mirror
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  Speaker 13: image of the Cowboys, and who's jumping off their hands bandwagon?
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  Speaker 13: Nobody is. And I know they've got more skins on
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  Speaker 13: the wall than the Cowboys do in recent years, so
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  Speaker 13: I get that. People maybe trust them a little bit more,
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  Speaker 13: but I mean, it's.
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  Speaker 12: The same thing.
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  Speaker 13: Everything's wide open, and there's no reason to be jumping
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  Speaker 13: ship like some people are doing right now. I just
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  Speaker 13: don't get it. We wait too long for this season
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  Speaker 13: to come along.
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  Speaker 14: It's here.
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  Speaker 13: There's reason to be optimistic, so let's just keep going
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  Speaker 13: and see where this thing ends up in the next
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  Speaker 13: few weeks.
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  Speaker 3: All right. I appreciate the call, Dylan, and You're right.
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  Speaker 3: When you look at the schedule like that and who's
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  Speaker 3: in front of you, I think– I can't remember the
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  Speaker 3: call yesterday was like in the next four games, how
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  Speaker 3: do they go two and two? And I'm like, let's
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  Speaker 3: see if we can get better than that. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. Call me greedy, but this is the time.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you look at the back end of the schedule,
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  Speaker 3: it looks even tougher. So if there is going to
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  Speaker 3: be a run to make here, if you're going to
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  Speaker 3: make the playoffs– and do something, you're going to have
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  Speaker 3: to make a run. You can't just go back and forth,
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  Speaker 3: back and forth here. So this seems like the time
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  Speaker 3: to go make that run. Let's see if it starts
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  Speaker 3: in Houston. All right, Michael in Bowling Green.
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  Speaker 15: I got a question, two questions about the offense against
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  Speaker 15: the Texicans.
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  Speaker 6: One is Ferguson.
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  Speaker 15: He's got the highest fumble rate in the NFL. Every
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  Speaker 15: 19 times he touches the ball, he fumbles. So I'm
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  Speaker 15: just wondering, do you think– I mean, I know he
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  Speaker 15: did good against the Redskins, but do they need maybe
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  Speaker 15: even their touches out amongst the other tight ends? And
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  Speaker 15: then my other question real quick is run blocking. Like
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  Speaker 15: in the flock game– William's got, like, there's one where
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  Speaker 15: he got an 11-yard run, and if number three had
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  Speaker 15: got over there a little quicker, it might have been
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  Speaker 15: a 25-yard gain. So I just wonder if you think
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  Speaker 15: they're going to address these things or notice these things
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  Speaker 15: for the next game to try and get things more improved.
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  Speaker 3: Did you notice it? Like, you noticed it, right?
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  Speaker 15: I noticed it, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I would imagine they noticed it. I mean, you know
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  Speaker 3: what I mean? I'm not saying that you're not, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you don't have the eagle eye on it, but we
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  Speaker 3: only got 47, you know, coaches here, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: analytics and all that. So I would think it all
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  Speaker 3: got noticed. I would think, you know, we have stats on,
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  Speaker 3: you know, what guys are running the ball with their
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  Speaker 3: shirt tucked in and out and all this kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you got to have analytics on everything. So
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  Speaker 3: if you saw it, I bet you they saw it too.
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  Speaker 3: And are they going to address it? without a doubt.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah, Pickens needs to pick it up a little bit when,
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  Speaker 15: you know, he's not getting the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk about Pickens. All right. All right, Michael.
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  Speaker 14: Thanks for the call.
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  Speaker 3: Before I move to the next call, I mean, like,
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  Speaker 3: that's been an issue here. George Pickens and... Just why?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, offense has done a good job. It's very
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  Speaker 3: clear heading into this year. Last year, it was like,
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  Speaker 3: all right, CD, you're not going to get to do
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  Speaker 3: all this. And George Pickens, you're going to have to
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  Speaker 3: show us. And as the year went on, he continued
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  Speaker 3: to have big plays. And he was definitely torching the
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  Speaker 3: defenses there for a career season. This year, it does
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  Speaker 3: look like there's more attention towards Pickens, and now CD
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  Speaker 3: is the one that's benefiting. But, you know, George Pickens
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  Speaker 3: has averaged 15 yards a catch his whole career. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: in one year, he led the league with 18 yards
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  Speaker 3: a catch. So in four years, every year, it's been
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  Speaker 3: at least 15 yards a catch. He's a big play receiver.
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  Speaker 3: This year, he's averaging 9.4 yards a catch. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I mean... Spann Ford's averaging a little bit more than that.
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  Speaker 3: Not a smaller sample size, but the point is that
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  Speaker 3: we're not seeing those big plays right now out of George.
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  Speaker 3: And so it's not just the blocking. It's everything with him.
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  Speaker 3: And he's the type of guy, too, emotionally, you've got
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  Speaker 3: to get him rolling, get him in good spirits, get
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  Speaker 3: him in the game where he feels like he's dominating.
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  Speaker 3: Once he can do that, then I think that offense
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  Speaker 3: is going to be better. So to me, when I
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  Speaker 3: look at what some of the things holding this offense back,
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  Speaker 3: It's one way or another getting Pickens involved, getting him
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  Speaker 3: down the field. I think there needs to be a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more down the field shots because I think
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  Speaker 3: he can go up and make plays. I think he
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  Speaker 3: can get a pass. We know he can draw pass
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  Speaker 3: interference penalties. I mean, he's just that type of guy.
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  Speaker 3: He needs to be that way. When he's kind of
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  Speaker 3: the alpha, he's dominating things. I think this whole offense
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  Speaker 3: is better. So that's where I think he needs to
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  Speaker 3: kind of start. Let's go to Rick in Webster, Massachusetts.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, Nick. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'm good. How are you doing, bud?
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  Speaker 8: I'm good.
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  Speaker 6: I'm good.
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  Speaker 8: I'm with Sergeant Sue and Dylan. Sergeant Sue, I know
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  Speaker 8: that I'm kind of a positive guy, too. So with Dylan,
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  Speaker 8: I agree with defense. It's been improving. And, you know,
• 15:37
  Speaker 8: it was like the half glass full.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: Right, right.
• 15:42
  Speaker 8: But it's been good. People, whenever they talk, they talk
• 15:46
  Speaker 8: about defense. Nobody talks about Abonya. He's been one of
• 15:51
  Speaker 8: the white spots of this defensive line. IQ had a
• 15:55
  Speaker 8: great game last week, but Abonya's been the consistent guy
• 15:59
  Speaker 8: throughout the thing, and nobody's been giving him any love.
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: So say nobody. Go back. There's a tweet in the
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: first couple of drives. I was like, Otito is unblockable
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: right now.
• 16:14
  Speaker 8: I'm only talking about the fans.
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: You're so right, though. You saw it, I saw it.
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: I think people are seeing it. I think if people
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: knew how to pronounce his name, they might mention him
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: a little bit more. You had it right there, Tito Obonyea.
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: He is playing well, though, Rick. He's doing a really
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: good job. He gets overshadowed. He probably likes that. Keep
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: talking about Kenny. Keep talking about Quinnen. And then don't
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: block me.
• 16:45
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 16:46
  Speaker 8: And we got ourselves the middle linebacker, Barham. Very big call.
• 16:50
  Speaker 8: Very big call on the hammer. You know, it's when
• 16:53
  Speaker 8: we watch the games, we like throw a hammer in
• 16:56
  Speaker 8: the chat every time he doesn't make the big play.
• 17:00
  Speaker 8: So we just like that. And, you know, Downs is
• 17:03
  Speaker 8: doing very good himself. We just need other people like
• 17:06
  Speaker 8: Malachi Lawrence and EZ and all of them to start
• 17:09
  Speaker 8: getting pressure and sack the quarterbacks. Hopefully we'll get some
• 17:14
  Speaker 8: this weekend, and I think we'll beat the Texans. They've
• 17:20
  Speaker 8: got blown out by Cincinnati, had close games against Indy,
• 17:25
  Speaker 8: and then they had a high-scoring game against Buffalo. So,
• 17:29
  Speaker 8: you know, they're all over. But I think we can
• 17:31
  Speaker 8: just take care of that. them and take i know
• 17:34
  Speaker 8: they got a great defensive line i think but their
• 17:36
  Speaker 8: defense really hasn't shown a lot because again uh high
• 17:40
  Speaker 8: scoring game with buffalo get blown up by cincinnati and
• 17:43
  Speaker 8: all that so i think we can take care of
• 17:45
  Speaker 8: that and move on okay so i'm pretty sure that
• 17:48
  Speaker 8: the cowboys are going to win i'd say it's on
• 17:50
  Speaker 8: like 28 uh 17 okay.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: Thanks for the call rick all right um I'm glad
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: he mentioned that. I think Otito is playing really well.
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: I'm looking at the defensive stats. He's in one of
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: those positions where you're not going to get a ton.
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: He's got 10 tackles. That's one more than Quinnen Williams
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: and a couple more than Kenny Clark. So as far
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: as the defensive tackles go, he has the most there.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: He's got two tackles for loss, which is tied for
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: second on the team. Um, so yeah, I, I think he's,
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: that's been a good, a good, uh, uh, acquisition this
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: off season to, to get him, uh, definitely overshadowed with
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: some of the other moves that they've made and, um,
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: some of the guys that they got draft wise and
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: trade and all that stuff. But, uh, Otito has been really,
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: really good, uh, in the middle. And he's going to
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: have to probably play even more. We'll see what happens
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: with the rotation with Bullard now out for a little
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: bit with the calf. And Bullard's been good. I mean,
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: that's kind of what they expected. He's a veteran guy.
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: Didn't practice a whole lot in training camp, but he's
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: here and he's done a good job. So, I mean,
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: he's got.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: You know, one half of a sack. They only had
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: two sacks. That's the biggest issue right now on defense.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's like, yes, they're getting some pressure, but
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: they only have had two sacks, and they haven't had
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: one since the first game of the season. So last
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: two games, no sacks. They've pressured those running quarterbacks, but
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: they haven't really gotten home, and that has to change
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: this week. All right, let's go to Chris in San Angelo. Chris,
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: what's up?
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: Mr.
• 19:29
  Speaker 14: Nick, how are you doing, bud?
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: I'm good. How are you?
• 19:31
  Speaker 14: I'm doing well, thank you, man. I have not got
• 19:34
  Speaker 14: in yet this week, but My only recap on the
• 19:38
  Speaker 14: Houston thing would be, that was one of those gut-punch ones.
• 19:43
  Speaker 14: It kind of reminded me of the game against Green
• 19:47
  Speaker 14: Bay with the.
• 19:50
  Speaker 14: Rodgers' sideline pass to the top end. It was like
• 19:57
  Speaker 14: me and my wife were watching the game. It was like, honey,
• 19:59
  Speaker 14: I think we got this. They're going to win. They're
• 20:02
  Speaker 14: going to actually pull this. And I was like, and
• 20:03
  Speaker 14: we lost. Turn off the TV.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: But anyway, and the difference there though, is that the
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: season was over.
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: So, you know what I mean?
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: Like let's see, you didn't turn it back on for
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: a while. And this one, it's, it's different. And so
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: it's funny you say that. Cause I actually went back
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: and I looked since I've been working here and covering
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: this team, I went back and found some of the
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: worst and September losses. So I like have my own
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: little list of like, these are the worst ones in September.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Cause September, you still have hope and all that. But, um,
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: This definitely is up there. I mean, it's definitely one
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: of the five that I have on the list.
• 20:41
  Speaker 14: Just kind of reminds me. But anyway, moving on. I
• 20:45
  Speaker 14: had a question with Coach Schottenheimer. He's kind of been
• 20:50
  Speaker 14: taking a little heat on the play call and stuff recently.
• 20:53
  Speaker 14: And I don't know if this is, you know, something
• 20:56
  Speaker 14: you know about. But I was wondering, Clayton Adams, what–
• 21:02
  Speaker 14: What exactly is his role on game day? Does he
• 21:07
  Speaker 14: have any say on the play that's being called? Because
• 21:13
  Speaker 14: I'm just wondering, with Coach Schottenheimer being the head coach,
• 21:16
  Speaker 14: do you think this is something that maybe Clayton should
• 21:19
  Speaker 14: be doing more of, something more he could be adding
• 21:24
  Speaker 14: to it? Because he is the offensive coordinator. He should
• 21:30
  Speaker 14: know more about the offense than you know, anybody. So
• 21:34
  Speaker 14: I was just wondering if there is any kind of
• 21:38
  Speaker 14: thing like that that he does where he can suggest
• 21:41
  Speaker 14: plays or help out in that way.
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: No, that's a good question. Thanks, Chris, for the call.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: No problem, buddy. That's a good question because anytime you're
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: talking about an offensive coordinator that is not the play caller,
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: it begs the question. Kind of like the movie Office Space.
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: So what would you say you do here? You know,
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: I mean, and he now has an offensive coordinator and
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: he's not the O-line coach either, but he is kind
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: of assists with that, too. Fair, fair questions. But but,
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: you know, I think from as far as the process of,
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: you know, the game plan is. and getting everything structured
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: the same. As for the communication on game day and
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: what they do, that's a good one. I wouldn't know that.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: Do I think he's involved? 100%. If you just talk
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: to him a little bit, he's one of the smartest
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: guys in the room. So, yes, I'm sure he has
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: a role. To what extent, I can't tell you. I
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: don't know. But I do think that he definitely has
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: a role. Now, as you guys were saying, some of
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: you guys yesterday want to, Change everything up and let's
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: get a new play caller and all that. I don't
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: think we're there. If that happens, I think it would work.
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: I think Clay Adams would probably do that. But I
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: don't know if we're at that point right now. But
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: I think he would be the candidate, obviously, if they
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: want to go that route. All right, let's go to
• 23:03
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• 25:35
  Speaker 3: calls here. Let's stay in Texas, which is what the
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: Cowboys are going to do this week. Chuck Dees in
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: Bridge City, Texas. What's up?
• 25:45
  Speaker 12: What's going on, Nick?
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: How are you?
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: Good.
• 25:50
  Speaker 12: I want to talk more. of this opponent we got
• 25:54
  Speaker 12: and share a memory I have. I got to watch
• 25:58
  Speaker 12: them live when Romo spun out, J.J. Watt sacked, threw
• 26:04
  Speaker 12: a touchdown to Terrence. And I'm sure you've seen every
• 26:10
  Speaker 12: game because you've been with them that long. Maybe your
• 26:12
  Speaker 12: favorite live-action memory from a Texans-Cowboys game.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: I can tell you my worst, but no. I'll answer
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: that off the air. What other comment you have about
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: the game?
• 26:30
  Speaker 12: I think we can win it. I think that their
• 26:34
  Speaker 12: offense is lackluster, so this should be an opportunity for
• 26:37
  Speaker 12: us to take advantage of that and outscore them. And
• 26:43
  Speaker 12: just curious how we're going to get over Sean and
• 26:45
  Speaker 12: Barham in the game at the same time.
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great question. But I think it's one
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: that you can definitely ease overshown back into this. I
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: think it's kind of a domino effect. I'm not calling
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: overshown a safety. But he can do some things maybe
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: that Caleb Downs has been doing. Caleb Downs might be
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: able to go back into a safety position, at least
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: to kind of get through here. I think there's ways
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: to play it, and you've got some versatile players that
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: can do it.
• 27:18
  Speaker 12: Interesting. So put him at safety?
• 27:20
  Speaker 7: What?
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: Who? Overshawn?
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: Well, not put him at safety. I'm just saying Downs
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: has been playing closer to the line of scrimmage. And
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: more of a hybrid Jack linebacker type thing, if you will.
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: And so it's like that. And so overshown maybe can
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: do some of that in the nickel situations. And, and Kayla,
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: I mean, you're gonna have to go with what you've
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: got here. Who's healthy, who can play, who you can
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: get on the field. You got to be creative about it.
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: And I'm just saying that's one way where maybe down
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: is more of a deep safety and for the next
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: couple of games or so. And that, and that might,
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: you know, change how effective he is, but I like
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: him back there too. I like him as the last
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: line of defense. So, all right. All right, Chuck.
• 28:04
  Speaker 12: Thank you, Nick.
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: Thanks for the call. He mentioned the, you know, there's
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: not a lot of great moments with the Texans. I mean,
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: because I'm sorry. I mean, they're just, they're just the Texans.
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: I mean, you know what I mean? Like, I don't,
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: I don't put a lot of stock in them. And
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: when you lose to them, it's, it's not good. And so,
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: you know, just feel like, you know, they, they should
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: win these games. And so, I mean, nothing, nothing was,
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: I mean, about the worst one ever was, was, you know,
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: I talked about the, the, the worst September losses. I mean,
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: losing to Houston in 2002 and their first game was,
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: was up there. That's, that's one of the worst. And
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: then that's one of the, I remember writing the headline
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: for our website of, you know, H-O-U, like, humiliation is
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: how I wrote that. I'm surprised I never got a
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: phone call about that. But everyone felt the same way.
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: But as far as best memories, that game that you
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: mentioned with Romo spinning out of that and throwing it
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: to Terrence Williams, that was the 2014 season, I believe.
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: That game, I think it went overtime, or I think
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: it did go overtime. But what I remember was Des
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: Bryant had one of the greatest catches that I've ever seen.
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: It wasn't a touchdown, but it was down the left sideline.
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: It was a phenomenal catch where he was just getting,
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: you know, I think at least one guy, two guys,
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: all over him. But, I mean, he made one of
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: his best catches. And I think that set up a
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: field goal, if I remember correctly. So, you know, there's
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: not a lot of sample size there, but I do
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: remember that one. All right, let's go to Albert in Tucson.
• 29:39
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 29:40
  Speaker 18: My man, good morning, brother.
• 29:41
  Speaker 4: How are you doing, man?
• 29:43
  Speaker 18: Great, brother, great. The sun is shining. It's a new game.
• 29:47
  Speaker 18: Just wanted to give my prediction real quick. Cowboys 35,
• 29:51
  Speaker 18: Texans 13. I think it's going to be a– A
• 29:57
  Speaker 18: pretty easy contest, hopefully. You know, like you said, we're
• 30:04
  Speaker 18: supposed to win these games. And if you're a team
• 30:07
  Speaker 18: of destiny, you're supposed to win these games. And that's
• 30:10
  Speaker 18: all I got.
• 30:10
  Speaker 19: Go Cowboys.
• 30:12
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: I don't know if this is a team of destiny.
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: Who knows? Who knows what this team is? Who knows
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: what any team is right now? 35-13 would certainly be
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: a surprise. I think Houston's favored right now. That surprises
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: me a little bit. that they're favored. It looks like
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: Dallas has got more talent, maybe the better team, but
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: who knows? I mean, it's close. I mean, that's, you know,
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: two and a half, I believe, is what the line was. And,
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: you know, you get, what, three for being at home.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: But is it really going to be a home? Is
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: it going to sound like a home game? I mean,
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: there's going to be Cowboy fans there for sure. That's
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: every team. That's every, you know, for the most part.
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: You know, like, I don't know, like, how many, I
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: don't know how many Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans are going
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: to be, you know, like a ton on Thursday. And,
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: you know, the Giants don't seem to be one that travels,
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: you know, that well. You'll see some commanders, you know. But,
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: you know, by and large, a lot of teams that
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: don't come here often You know, any place where you
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: don't go there often, you're going to have a lot
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: of fans, especially if you're only just a few hours away.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: So and, you know, Texas, just like, you know, if
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: you think if the Cowboys are America's team, I mean,
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: they're definitely Texas team. So there'll be there'll be a
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: ton of fans there and it'll it'll be a fun atmosphere,
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: maybe like a bowl game type thing where it'll just be,
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: you know, really good and intense and especially throw into
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: the fact. Everybody needs this game. I mean, they need it.
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: They need it bad. You know, they made it to
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: the playoffs last year. They were 0-3. I'll tell you this,
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: they weren't 0-4. So they couldn't keep losing, and they
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: eventually turned it around. So they know they got to
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: get this one. And just same with the Cowboys. They
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: can't go 1-3. You know, I mean, if it happens,
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: it's not going to be good. So 2-2 is not great,
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: but it's certainly better than 1-3. So there's just a
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: lot of intensity that's going to be there for that game.
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: All right. J.R. in Avondale, Arizona.
• 32:07
  Speaker 4: Morning, Nick. How are you doing?
• 32:07
  Speaker 6: Good.
• 32:08
  Speaker 16: You?
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: I'm doing great. Doing good. Doing good. Hey, I'll tell you,
• 32:11
  Speaker 4: my worst memory of the Cowboys-Texans was the first game
• 32:15
  Speaker 4: the Texans ever played. I still think about that and
• 32:19
  Speaker 4: my stomach starts turning. That's one of the worst losses
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: the Cowboys ever had as far as I'm concerned. But anyway,
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: nothing happened this week. I think the Cowboys win this game.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: But.
• 32:33
  Speaker 4: I'm positive about the loss we just had. That's a
• 32:37
  Speaker 4: good defensive team the Cowboys put 31 points on. And
• 32:41
  Speaker 4: that's a good defensive team in the red zone. So
• 32:45
  Speaker 4: don't go too hard on the Cowboys about what happens.
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: So they're playing a good team. But anyway, moving forward
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: this week, what about Nashawn Wright? Well, Nashawn Wright, I
• 32:55
  Speaker 4: always liked him as a player. He never really panned out.
• 32:57
  Speaker 4: But he went to the Pro Bowl last year. And
• 33:01
  Speaker 4: before I was checking today, he's on the Jets, and
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: he's been a healthy scratch. Signed a $ 5. 5 million. If
• 33:08
  Speaker 4: that's somebody, the Cowboys could probably get on the cheap
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: and come in here, and they're familiar with him and
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: what he can do.
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: And that's all I got.
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: And I'll listen to what you have to say about
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: Nashawn off the phone. And have a great day, Nash,
• 33:21
  Speaker 4: and go Cowboys. All right.
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: Healthy scratch for the Jets, huh? Like, I mean.
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: Healthy scratch for anybody. So you're not going to trade
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: for a guy? I wouldn't think. Nashawn Wright, he made
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: the Pro Bowl for the Bears, but I don't think
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: he had a great season, if I'm being real honest
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: about it. He was opportunistic, made some plays, made some
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: interceptions here and there. But he got picked on a lot.
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: And so, you know, I don't know if it's one
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: that you would go and make a trade for. Again,
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: I like Nashawn, right? Like, as a person, when he
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: was here, I mean him and I'll never forget him
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: and Mukwamu. You know, they were, I think, drafted together
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: same year. And they were always with each other. And
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: I'm just thinking, man, like, this looks like a basketball
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: team with these two guys.
• 34:23
  Speaker 14: You know, 6'4, 6'5.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: But I don't. I don't know if he would be
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: the answer here. I mean, I don't know if you've
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: got to go do a lot of help here. You've
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: just got to kind of hang on because you've got
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: the players here. They just have some untimely injuries, and
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: I don't know if you need to go and make
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: any trades for those kind of guys. You know, if
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: you're making a trade, it would be for somebody that
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: would be a little bit more impactful, in my opinion, there.
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: All right, Chris in Saratoga Springs is next.
• 34:54
  Speaker 18: What's going on, Mr.
• 34:55
  Speaker 10: Eatman?
• 34:55
  Speaker 14: How are you?
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: I'm good. Talk to me.
• 34:59
  Speaker 14: I just want to.
• 34:59
  Speaker 11: Comment on yesterday's caller, Mr. Rob from Vegas. I kind
• 35:04
  Speaker 11: of got a little fired up yesterday after listening to
• 35:06
  Speaker 11: his call, but I just want to say I completely
• 35:09
  Speaker 11: disagree with what he said about Shottie shouldn't be a
• 35:12
  Speaker 11: coach in the NFL. Can he be better?
• 35:15
  Speaker 14: 100%.
• 35:16
  Speaker 11: Can he make a few better decisions when it matters
• 35:19
  Speaker 11: in certain games?
• 35:21
  Speaker 12: 100%.
• 35:22
  Speaker 11: But like you expect from all those players, you just
• 35:24
  Speaker 11: can't make the same mistake twice. You know, He's got,
• 35:28
  Speaker 11: what are we averaging, 29.5 points a game offensively? You know,
• 35:34
  Speaker 11: people just have to relax. If we would have made,
• 35:37
  Speaker 11: if Schoonmaker doesn't jump off sides on that play down there,
• 35:41
  Speaker 11: you know, the game could be different. If we don't
• 35:43
  Speaker 11: kick the ball out of the end zone, the game
• 35:46
  Speaker 11: could be different. We're not talking about shot. He shouldn't
• 35:48
  Speaker 11: have a job or he shouldn't be our coach of
• 35:50
  Speaker 11: the NFL. I mean, I think last year he did
• 35:52
  Speaker 11: it with all the stuff that happened last year with,
• 35:56
  Speaker 11: and not having Parsons right before the season started, I
• 35:59
  Speaker 11: thought he did a really good job keeping that team
• 36:02
  Speaker 11: together and winning the games we did. So people, in
• 36:05
  Speaker 11: my opinion, just got to relax. Shoddy will be fine.
• 36:07
  Speaker 11: Dallas will be fine. We just got to take care
• 36:09
  Speaker 11: of business the next three games, like I said the
• 36:11
  Speaker 11: other day. And then the chatter will be less about Shoddy.
• 36:18
  Speaker 11: So I just wanted to say that. As far as
• 36:21
  Speaker 11: the game against Houston, my prediction would be 34-14. Dallas, 24, Houston.
• 36:28
  Speaker 11: I really think we will beat the Texans. I'm kind
• 36:31
  Speaker 11: of hoping that Nico doesn't play. But like every other
• 36:36
  Speaker 11: player against Dallas, for some reason they always seem to
• 36:38
  Speaker 11: get healthy right at the last second of playoffs.
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he'll play.
• 36:41
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he'll probably be out there. Um, but yeah, I mean, I, I,
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: I agree with what you said. Thanks Chris for the call.
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: Let's keep the lines open here. But I, you know, I,
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: I obviously agree, you know, with what you're saying about
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: that with, with shoddy. I mean, he's got to, he's
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: got to be better. It can't be a trend. It can't,
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: you know, he can't be, you know, having a lot of,
• 37:01
  Speaker 3: you know, mismanaged games and things like that. But, but
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: like I always say, you know, if we're, if we're
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: going to keep, you know, our if we're going to
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: keep tabs on that, then, then let's be fair about everything.
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: You know what I mean? If, if, if we're going to,
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: to say that, you know, this game was mismanaged, this
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: game was mismanaged, then, then make sure that, that we
• 37:23
  Speaker 3: were honest about it. And we, we find the games
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: that he did manage it well, that they did win.
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: They did figure out how to, how to win this
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: game or right before the half, they did this and
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: all that. Just, just, just let's just be, you know,
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: just put all the cards on the table as it
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: stands right now. He doesn't have a winning record as
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: a head coach. I mean, he doesn't. So he knows that.
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: We know that. But there's a lot of factors involved
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: and feel like he's the offensive coordinator. Offense has done well.
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: He's got to get better, not just as a play caller,
• 37:55
  Speaker 3: because it's been pretty good. I mean, I didn't agree
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: when he gave himself an F. I was like, I
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: don't know. Believe me, I've taken a couple classes in
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: college that were like, here's an F. Not going out
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: and scoring 31 points on Baltimore, even though you should
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: have scored more, that's not an F. Maybe how they
• 38:12
  Speaker 3: managed the final 30 seconds of the game, okay. But
• 38:15
  Speaker 3: the entire game as a play caller, no. I thought
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: they did some things. They were in position too many
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: times to be getting an F. There's some offensive coordinators
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: around the league that can't get the ball into the
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: end zone. I think they could get that grade. All right,
• 38:30
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  Speaker 3: Erwin is holding in Colorado. Erwin, what's up?
• 40:01
  Speaker 19: Good morning, Nick.
• 40:02
  Speaker 4: How are you doing?
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: Good morning. Doing well.
• 40:05
  Speaker 6: Well, I just wanted.
• 40:06
  Speaker 19: To pick up a little bit on what you were
• 40:08
  Speaker 19: just last talking about. You know, Every week it's like
• 40:13
  Speaker 19: one thing or another. When is the team going to
• 40:16
  Speaker 19: put it all together? It's either the defense that's letting
• 40:20
  Speaker 19: the team down or they're not getting enough pass rush,
• 40:24
  Speaker 19: or it's the offense, they're not moving the ball, they're
• 40:26
  Speaker 19: not running the ball, they're not scoring points like they should,
• 40:30
  Speaker 19: or it's the special teams who's screwing up, or now
• 40:34
  Speaker 19: it's the coaches who aren't. you know, doing, you know,
• 40:38
  Speaker 19: calling the plays like they should. They're running the ball
• 40:40
  Speaker 19: in the first quarter, and they kind of get away
• 40:42
  Speaker 19: from it. Then they get away from it, and, you know,
• 40:44
  Speaker 19: the last drive where they had the ball on the
• 40:46
  Speaker 19: two-yard line. It just seems like it's one thing or another.
• 40:50
  Speaker 19: They never put everything together at once. You know, it's
• 40:54
  Speaker 19: just so frustrating as Cowboy fans to watch it. You know,
• 40:58
  Speaker 19: and then you hear the interviews, and it's like, yeah,
• 41:01
  Speaker 19: I should have done better. I should have done this better.
• 41:04
  Speaker 19: I should have done that better. You know, our kicker's not,
• 41:07
  Speaker 19: you know, putting the ball where it needs to be.
• 41:09
  Speaker 19: You know, it's just so frustrating. You know, and then
• 41:14
  Speaker 19: don't get me wrong. I want the Cowboys to win
• 41:16
  Speaker 19: every week. I want them to go to Houston. I
• 41:19
  Speaker 19: want them to beat the Texans down there. But until
• 41:23
  Speaker 19: they really show us that they can put it all together,
• 41:25
  Speaker 19: I just don't see them doing it. I don't know
• 41:28
  Speaker 19: why I just have this bad feeling about it. You know,
• 41:30
  Speaker 19: that Stroud, their quarterback, is going to have a great
• 41:33
  Speaker 19: game against our defensive backs who are decimated right now.
• 41:38
  Speaker 19: You know, I can't even remember the guy's name, the
• 41:42
  Speaker 19: running back. You know, he seems to, like, have great
• 41:48
  Speaker 19: games against us.
• 41:49
  Speaker 14: You know, I don't know.
• 41:52
  Speaker 19: I just want to get your thoughts on some of
• 41:53
  Speaker 19: that stuff.
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: All right. Well, thanks for the call. And, you know,
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: you don't. not everybody has to be optimistic. I mean,
• 42:01
  Speaker 3: there are, there are a lot of callers, you know,
• 42:03
  Speaker 3: in the last few days that, that have that. Um,
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: but you know, you know, you, not everyone shares the
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: same thing and it's, you, you've been there, you have
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: experience and knowing how, you know, I think, Oh, I
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: think Houston's Oh, and three record is probably scaring more
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: people than, than anything else, because it's just like, wow,
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: certainly they're not going to go on for, and, They
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: didn't last year, and they'll turn it around, and they might.
• 42:28
  Speaker 3: And the Cowboys do have a lot of injuries there
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: on defense. And so Houston's not running the ball very well.
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: That's a focus for them. Cowboys aren't stopping it very well.
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: It's got to be a focus for them. So it's
• 42:39
  Speaker 3: one of those matchups that it's definitely going to be
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: interesting to see how the game flow goes. I think
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: if Houston gets a couple of early strikes and they
• 42:49
  Speaker 3: have the lead and they're able to play that way
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: and run the ball, then I think it might benefit
• 42:54
  Speaker 3: them More so, but just like with anything, any fight,
• 42:59
  Speaker 3: any football game, striking first usually helps. The Cowboys did
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: against the Ravens. That game was so crazy back and
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: forth with a lot of ups and downs and emotions.
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: This is going to be a challenge. It's definitely going
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: to be a challenge. That's why they're not favored to win.
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: I think they're the better team, and I think that
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: they will win. Honestly, from throwing out picks, I think
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: they will. All right, let's go to Lester in Minnesota.
• 43:24
  Speaker 22: Hey, good morning, Nick.
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: What's up, man?
• 43:29
  Speaker 22: I see you made it back, man. You didn't get
• 43:30
  Speaker 22: lost down there. That's good.
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: No, no, I made it back. I made it back
• 43:34
  Speaker 3: for Monday's show, actually, and Tuesday, and today.
• 43:38
  Speaker 22: Yeah, we appreciate that.
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: All right, thanks, man. Thanks, man.
• 43:41
  Speaker 22: I purposely didn't call in on Monday because I was
• 43:44
  Speaker 22: so upset.
• 43:45
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 43:46
  Speaker 22: And it's Wednesday, so I narrowed it down to two things.
• 43:52
  Speaker 4: I had a whole list.
• 43:53
  Speaker 11: But anyway.
• 43:55
  Speaker 22: I think we need to go out and get a linebacker, man, because, okay,
• 43:59
  Speaker 22: the rookie's doing well, and we love him, but God
• 44:04
  Speaker 22: forbid he gets hurt, man. Who do we have behind him?
• 44:08
  Speaker 22: So I think we need to go and get one,
• 44:10
  Speaker 22: and Bobby Wagner's still out there. I don't think he's
• 44:14
  Speaker 22: on anybody's list, so I can talk about him. And also,
• 44:19
  Speaker 22: I think Schottenheimer... our coach needs someone to keep the
• 44:25
  Speaker 22: time for him because that field goal thing and the whole,
• 44:29
  Speaker 22: the whole thing in the fourth, the bottom half of
• 44:32
  Speaker 22: the fourth quarter to me was mismanaged the time situation.
• 44:37
  Speaker 22: So that's all I got, man. Uh, I'll try to
• 44:43
  Speaker 22: call back later.
• 44:43
  Speaker 3: All right. Thanks for the call. Yeah, I mean, you're right.
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: I mean, that was absolutely mismanaged. He knows that. They
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: know that. Everyone kind of knows that. That's what Jerry,
• 44:56
  Speaker 3: I think, was trying to say on the radio Tuesday
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: morning was just that, like, there's no explanation needed, you know?
• 45:02
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's like we say about dropping a pass.
• 45:04
  Speaker 3: A guy drops a pass, says, my bad. we know,
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: like we know, we, we, we absolutely know that. And we,
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: we know that here that, you know, like all the
• 45:14
  Speaker 3: decisions that were made and not made. And I mean,
• 45:17
  Speaker 3: it goes on the head coach and he, you know, but, but,
• 45:20
  Speaker 3: but stand up there and say, yeah, you know what,
• 45:22
  Speaker 3: this is on me. I lost it. I cost us
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: a chance to win that game. You know, I'll, I'll
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: be better from that. Um, Not everyone does that, honestly.
• 45:31
  Speaker 3: I mean, they don't do that. They, you know, we
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: and this and we'll figure it out and all that.
• 45:40
  Speaker 3: And sometimes that is good when it's not on you.
• 45:43
  Speaker 3: You know, I mean, that's one. Believe me, I'm, you know,
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: I'm a director here and I have a team and
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: you know, there's people that have made mistakes and then, yeah,
• 45:52
  Speaker 3: when you say, yeah, we did this and we'll be better. And,
• 45:55
  Speaker 3: and for what, and that, that is true. And there's
• 45:57
  Speaker 3: times that that's a good sign of leadership. There's other
• 46:00
  Speaker 3: times when, you know, he's putting it on him. He's
• 46:02
  Speaker 3: not putting it on anyone else. And then maybe it
• 46:03
  Speaker 3: is a wee situation, but as the head coach and
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: the offensive coordinator, it falls on you. So he, and he,
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: he did that. He said that. So, all right, let's
• 46:11
  Speaker 3: go one more caller here. We got another guy, Chris
• 46:14
  Speaker 3: in Idaho.
• 46:16
  Speaker 6: Hey Nick, how you doing buddy?
• 46:17
  Speaker 14: Good.
• 46:17
  Speaker 3: How are you doing?
• 46:18
  Speaker 6: First time caller on this show.
• 46:21
  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 46:22
  Speaker 6: There we go.
• 46:25
  Speaker 14: Yeah, look at that.
• 46:27
  Speaker 4: Look at that.
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: Hey, first time from Idaho in a long time. I
• 46:30
  Speaker 3: can't remember the last call we've had from Idaho, so
• 46:33
  Speaker 3: let's go.
• 46:33
  Speaker 6: You know, I did it a while back, a few
• 46:36
  Speaker 6: years ago. But, hey, I got to talk to you.
• 46:39
  Speaker 6: That's good. Hey, so, no, my thing is I think
• 46:42
  Speaker 6: we have too many raw barrel coaches, man. I can't
• 46:45
  Speaker 6: remember since, like, Parcells. that anybody had any fear. I mean,
• 46:51
  Speaker 6: everybody talks.
• 46:51
  Speaker 14: About love, brotherhood, and the locker.
• 46:54
  Speaker 6: And all this other stuff, but who's holding anybody accountable?
• 46:58
  Speaker 6: I mean, you got Barham. I think maybe in the
• 47:00
  Speaker 6: future that dude's going to have something to say. But
• 47:03
  Speaker 6: other than that, who on defense is going to hold
• 47:06
  Speaker 6: the other guys really accountable? Like, hey, mofos, get going.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I'm sure it happens. I don't know
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: if it's said exactly like that, but I think it
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: definitely happens. The whole accountable, what do you mean? Are
• 47:26
  Speaker 3: you going to give them a code red?
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: What do you do?
• 47:29
  Speaker 4: What are you saying?
• 47:30
  Speaker 6: I guess from the perspective of the coaches, the coaches
• 47:34
  Speaker 6: are not fearful. Honestly, I'm not in there in the
• 47:39
  Speaker 6: locker room. I don't know for 100%. All I can...
• 47:42
  Speaker 6: think of is like, all we've had is raw, raw coaches.
• 47:46
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 47:46
  Speaker 6: Since, when the part sales was the last one that
• 47:49
  Speaker 6: ever put a boot in somebody's butt.
• 47:51
  Speaker 14: You know?
• 47:51
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 47:52
  Speaker 4: Well.
• 47:53
  Speaker 3: He didn't win a playoff game. And I love Bill
• 47:55
  Speaker 3: Parcells as much as any coach. I'm just saying there's
• 47:59
  Speaker 3: a lot of factors involved. There's more to it than
• 48:01
  Speaker 3: just being stern, being loud, being aggressive, being rah-rah, whatever.
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: You've got to have good football players that can go
• 48:08
  Speaker 3: out and win games. I mean, Parcells set it up.
• 48:11
  Speaker 3: Wade Phillips came in. They were really good. I mean,
• 48:15
  Speaker 3: two different styles of people and coaches and all that,
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: but the common denominator is having good football players, and
• 48:21
  Speaker 3: I think that's what they need to have more of,
• 48:23
  Speaker 3: and they need to make sure that they don't lose
• 48:26
  Speaker 3: games throughout the middle of the week. That's it. And
• 48:29
  Speaker 3: guess what? This is Wednesday, and this is one of them.
• 48:31
  Speaker 3: All right, Chris.
• 48:32
  Speaker 6: One more thing. I just think we need to go
• 48:36
  Speaker 6: out there, and Jerry needs to spend a little bit
• 48:38
  Speaker 6: more money on that defensive line. But anyways, I appreciate you, Nick.
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  Speaker 6: Keep doing your thing. Love you guys, man.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate it. Spending more money on the defensive line. I
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  Speaker 3: don't know if that's it. I mean, they got enough
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  Speaker 3: money there. What they need to do is figure out
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  Speaker 3: how to win some of these games and turn this
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  Speaker 3: thing around.
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  Speaker 17: All right, guys.
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  Speaker 3: We got Cowboys break coming up here in just a
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  Speaker 3: little bit. But we're done for this show. We will
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  Speaker 3: do it again tomorrow. So for Chris Beam, I'm Nick Eatman.
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  Speaker 3: We'll see you tomorrow on Cowboys Storyline.
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  Speaker 2: How about this, Cowboys?
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  Speaker 10: Yeah!