Cowboys Break: Clash With the Titans?

to the latest edition of The Break. We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star and we're presented by Milla Light, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. Today we get you ready for Cowboys Versus Titans. We travel tomorrow to Tennessee, so we won't have a show tomorrow. There will be a few shows though, if you guys listen to some of the other shows. If you don't, it's a good opportunity to check them out. I think players Lounge and girls Talk Voice, talk Um

and hang with the Voice. We'll all three be going tomorrow because they won't be traveling to the game, but we'll be on a flight heading out to Tennessee to check out Cowboys versus Titan. So today we get you ready. Let's start first with an injury update. Uh, looking at the injury report, nothing really surprising except for one thing. Tony Pollitt pops up there with a thigh injury. Did not practice yesterday. What do we know? I don't then keep an eye keep an eye on that one. That one,

that one's it. I know the I know the general manager came on one oh five three the fan this morning. It kind of gave him a clean bill of health. And then but the more you really dig into that, keep an eye on that one, that that's a short week getting ready to go, it's it's an injury that they need to monitor. So uh, don't don't be so sure about that one as we speak right now. I just I had asked the GPR staff yesterday in the morning if Tony Pollard has been on the injury report

all year, and this is before that even happened. I was just like, here's a you know, running back that's under size, that that it gets the ball a lot, and you know, that was the big question mark about him, and he's gone through a whole season, he's getting close to a thousand yards um and he you know, made the Pro Bowl and all that, and I don't know if he's even been on the injury report, especially at the end of the week, like to have a status, and then here he is. I like, just like that,

thanks Nake. I hope he gets his thousand yards. I don't know if you will if he doesn't play far away thirty one yards, Oh well, I think it's less than that now. I think he's in the twenties and I and he needed thirty one. He needed thirty one and he got eighteen. So yeah, and then you're in a situation where the worst game he played this year was against the Commanders. They had like eight yards, like eight carries for nine yards. If the Eagles, he's almost there.

I got my graphic ready, So well you're graphics ready. So he's to get there. You better adjust some numbers, doesn't Yeah, seven it was a career year for Tony Poll. I mean, if the Eagles win this week against the Saints and then they lock at you know, the division, and so you go into Washington and you don't need any thing. I mean, there's gonna be a lot of guys that don't play. Let me ask you this, how realistic do you guys think it is that Dallas still

gets you know, see East title? How realistic is that? I the chances, the chances improved after your game, and the only reason to improved because they have to figure out and know what they're gonna do for Lane Johnson being out that is a problem for them. And so now you have a quarterback who's dealing with, you know, a joint problem in a shoulder that's just throwing and it's just throwing arm. And so there's there's like I've learned this about this the AC joint you can inject.

There's another joint, the SC joint, that I've learned that you can't. It's a little bit more of a risky thing. So they're kind of dealing with, Okay, which one is it? But it's definitely a joint problem. I think if it was an AC joint, they would have that. You know, we'll see them injected and try and play. But if it's the other one, then they're there. That's that's a little bit of a different ball game there. But him being out, they lost their nickel corner, who's a really,

really good player. They're trying to get back players, you know, so they have to be concerned because they're playing teams that are trying to get in. The Saints are trying to stay alive, they really are. I mean they have to play, they have to go and and you're in the Giants at the end of the year. I mean, you have there. The Giants are trying to maintain stay in the tournament themselves, so you know they're in. They're in a kind of a weird situation where they can't

really say, oh, we're gonna rest guys in this. They got to go try and win one game, and once they win that one game, then they're they're home free. But until they win that one game, I think it's the Cowboys, you just keep playing, You keep playing it and and hope that maybe somehow, some way this thing at the end of the year because of injury, flipped your way. Yeah. I just think it's it's just kind of ironic. I'm sure the Cowboys would like to to

be locked in. I mean, they want to win the division. But if you're not gonna win it, I mean, you gotta keep playing these games. I mean, they would like like to go into Washington and not have to play for anything. But if the Saints beat the Eagles and you you've taken care of business against the Titans, then you have to. And they're gonna play them at the same time. You know that's gonna be exactly noon or probably a three o'clock game on that What a dream

that is if that happens. You do have no idea how many Eagles fans I got my Twitter right now, I can for yes, why you engaging them on Monday morning or Sunday morning? Would you? No? I haven't entertained a lot of them or anything, but for lack of better word, but the amount of stupidity that I have to read, like the things that are illogical, that they make no sense. I'm like, they tend to forget what that game looked like when we played them at their

home back with Cooper Rush. It's ridiculous. It makes me so mad. So for their script to start switching like that, oh what is slapping the face? That would be it would be great. I mean, I mean, you know, Rocky was tough, but he wasn't smart, you know, saying I mean he was, that's that's what he was. I mean, it was tough. You're probably you're probably looking at right now, maybe a twenty twenty five percent chance. I would say it went from like probably five to you know, twenty five.

And when once you win the game and then they start losing, guys, kind of four things gotta happen. We said last week, six things got to happen, and two of them happened in the And here's here's the interesting thing about it is if they should happen to lose

He's Final two and Dallas Wendsay's Final two. At first, the way you were thinking about it was, oh, it'd be nice to get to the A one seed, but actually what is more likely is you end up in the two seed, which means you don't get to buy because right now Minnesota would have a record if they went out as well, so you would probably get the two seed, which means you play next week, you get a home game, but then in week two you play the third seed most likely, and that would be San

Francisco coming back to Dallas. So there's, yeah, I know that that look on your face kind of that's what I'm saying. The five seed is not a bad place to be. I go play Tampa or Carolina or whoever, and then maybe play Philly and trust Minnesota two games, you know, the one they might end up in a playoffs. Yeah. The thing about it, I'm my I've exhausted myself understanding being in the five hole. Yeah, I've kind of realized

that's where I'm probably gonna be. I've tried to figure out who could beat the teams ahead the teams who cannot, because every week in wild Card weekend, there's one game or two games where you go. I never saw that. I never saw the seventh seed going and knocking somebody off. I mean, these teams, but there's a lot of teams that are just like I said I said before, just spewing oil, trying to get to the just trying to get in the tournament right now. And so you know,

you're do you really trust Minnesota? I don't. Heck no, but I would love to. Honestly, I was gonna say this about Minnesota. Came up with I've found this that they are eight and one at home, just like the Cowboys. They have outscored their opponents at home by sixteen points. Yeah, they're eight and one. Yeah, the thirty seven point loss at home. You know, that didn't really help. But then other than that, they won and in the close games and all that. Cowboys are eight and one. They've outscored

their opponents by ninety seven points. So it's just, you know, that's about what it should be when you win eight out of nine games. But it's just funny how Minnesota that one loss was like the worst loss they've ever had. Two weeks ago, they were down thirty thirty points to the Cults in a game, you know, and and it took a miracle finish. So if you trust them, good

luck with that. I mean, there's there's somebody that's going to do And I'm trying to think, Okay, who's the team that could go from the bottom of the six seven area they can go beat Philadelphia. That's I'm saying. Green Bay played Green Bay was down thirteen to nothing too or watched the game on film and then Aaron Rodgers is like fourteen thirteen just stormed back in the game and then got hurt. Yeah, and their defense over the last I know you were talking about their defense,

but over the last I saw this graphic yesterday. For the last three games, their defense has been holding teams I think the seventeen is the average, like, yeah, Packers, Yeah yeah, So you start talking about those teams that that nobody would want to see in the playoffs. Eve, no matter how they've played all season, Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers is one. The playoffs have started already for them. Yeah. Oh yeah, it's been that way. Are at home against the Lions and the Vikings, So they have to win.

They have to win those two games, right and then and then all the Commanders have to do is lose one. Is that? Am I right about that? I don't think this right. I don't know, because they have that tie. Because they have that tie, I think the Commanders they're half a game ahead of all those Commanders be I'm watching to play Cleveland. Yeah, yeah, I don't know what Cleveland is. I mean they're out of the playoffs. I don't know that. But yeah, sometimes they play, sometimes they don't,

sometimes they play. Well, I don't know what they are they are. That is so weird. That is so weird that well, I guess it's weird for the Cowboys too, to have an AFC game this late in the year. Yeah, you know, it's just kind of a straight because of the because of the extra game they throw that AFC game, and the three of the NFC teams, three of the NFC East teams all play in the AFC. Yeah except for Philly, but the Giants also play the Colts. Who

was Philly plans? Yeah see, And now that you catch the Colts, they're gonna keep on with with that quarterback who was awful last night. Yeah, Nick Foles, it's it's it's it's man. You just got to try and figure it all out. But to answer your question, I feel better about it than when I felt before the kickoff of the game the other day because because things are starting to happen to the Eagles. Let's let's be real honest about this too. Their defense at full strength was

awful the other day. If you talk about it, mean awful in a way of giving up yards, giving up points more than they've been, more than they've been. I mean, you can't say, well, this was just a bad this was just a bad. No, you didn't cover very well. Pass rush was there, but the quarterback just ate you up, you know. So to me, I'm I'm I'm encouraged by what I saw the other day because I was kind of going into the game thinking, man, Philadelphia doesn't have

any weakness. They really don't. They've got some weaknesses over there, and they're starting at starting to be injuries or starting to hurt them a little bit, which they've been really healthy exactly. Mike McCarthy can stick it to the Packers without even playing them. If you think about it here

just these last few weeks. If he beats i mean lose, the Commanders, well like, yeah, Commanders could be sitting here and Green Bays like we've got to win this game so we can go and and we gotta have we gotta win and watch it has to lose and then it's like see it, everybody cooperage just own the ball to Jalen Tilbert. You know, yeah, that could very well happen. Yeah, but you know, I wouldn't worry about it at all

when you know it could happen. If you go out for yourself, care about it, yeah, yeah, because nobody feels sorry for you. But if if Philly goes to New Orleans and wins this weekend, then you need to treat that game like because, like you said, depending on you know, what happens in the NFC South and what day you play.

You know, you got to steal rest when you can. Yeah. Yeah, And that's one where you you make you probably go into that and you say, well, we'll play our starters for a quarter and U and they didn't get them out of there and let them, let them relax a little bit, especially if the commanders are trying to win. That's that's the last thing you need. That front seventy and off on dost like that. Yeah, no doubt about it.

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let's talk Tennessee offense versus Dallas defense. Let's start first with the quarterback, um Ryan Tannehill is out an ankle injury. Let me ask you this question, Brian, Yeah, what threat, if any does Malik willis pose running the football. That's the thing about it is the ability to scramble. He is not very accurate right now. It's a problem the receivers. I mean, the receivers have been having trouble with getting some separation, and then you have a quarterback that can't

really accurately throw the football yet. And I was talking to my buddies down in Jacksonville about this because they play the next week, and I, you know, I was saying, listen,

what do you see in Tennessee. You know they're they're thinking, they're worried about them the next week having to play against Josh Dobbs, who they got off the practice squad, who was a practice squad player with Detroit and they're worried that because Josh Dobbs can throw the ball better than what Malik Willis and he gives you a little the RPO stuff too that you know, the ball handling things. They know playing Willis is going to be a not being accurate, but all of a sudden you rush and

he's super elusive. If you watched him play at Liberty, he's a transfer you originally with the school at Auburn and transferred to Liberty and brought their program to a really a high level there at Liberty because of his ability to run and throw. I mean there was times where watching play against the Little Miss, he was accurate. The thing about him right now is he's hurrying everything. He doesn't really see everything really well. I think you

can confuse him. He's a rookie guy. Third round pick, probably should have gone higher. But the thing that you have to worry about is him just taking the ball and dropping back and all of a sudden he sees lane and then he takes off a running. That's that's the biggest threat that you'll deal with right now. The receivers trailing Burkes has been banged up for him. He's a I loved him coming out of Arkansas. I thought he was a super player, you know, when you're catching

the football, running after catch. He did everything at Arkansas. Snap him the ball, he runs, Tossing the ball, he runs. He's a big body guy. They went and got Robert Woods, you know, last year, and he's kind of shown up a little bit. Racy McMath is another guy that they kind of Yeah, so it's it's a it's kind of a collection of guys right now. They you know, they trade away Brown and that made that look remarkably different there. They've struggled a little bit on the offensive line right

now because they're banged up. Nicholas petite Free, who they drafted out of Ohio State, is a big, long tackle who not the not the quickest defeat, but he's banged up a little bit and we'll see what happens game time with him on the other side. If you want somebody to attack the left tackle, Dennis Daily as the guy. He's the guy that got a trade from Carolina. He's number seventy one. He's the one that laid off the ball, struggles with quickness, doesn't redirect all that well, and he's

the left tackle. But they they've struggled with him in the lineup really block and all right, we haven't talked about Derek Henry. My buddies in Jacksonville think they're gonna play this thing like a preseason game. They think that this game does not matter. It does not matter. I mean, my guys, are my guys down there, like listen, you're probably gonna get just a skeleton type of a lineup. You know, Henry not playing. You know, they'll pick some

guys out that they don't want to play. The problem is, though, if Henry does play, that's that's everybody knows that that's the I mean, I'm watching the Texans last week, and you know, and Petrie, that really good safety at number five from Baylor, who's just knocking everybody out. And I mean you should see him trying to hit this guy running the ball. They throw him the ball occasionally, they it's second to ten, they hand in the ball, he gets twelve yards, you know, I mean, just he's a

hard guy, Derrick Henry, hard guy to tackle. He's just so big and he and you could see that these defenders don't want to tackle him. They just don't mean hell no, I mean he comes running through there, and it's like, oh in the safety is like I say, you know, I mean, Petrie's like all right, He's like launches himself into him and he's just bouncing off. It's like tennis balls on a tank. You know, he's bouncing off the guy. And you know that's the problem. But

maybe Dallas catches a break. Maybe Dallas catches a break that they do rest him in this game because it doesn't matter to the Tennessee's playoff hopes. The following week does. So that's where I'm saying left tackles a It's a kind of a mixed group of wide receivers. I don't know what the quarterback can get them the ball. Their offensive line struggles. Dennis Daily, the left tackles the one you go after, and if Derrick Henry plays, buckle up buttercup. Yeah.

So the Jacksonville your buddies at Jacksonville, they're they're talking to the Titans people, you think, are they They know they have a feeling going into this game they're really worried about. They think if they had to play Malik Willis in this game, they would win. They feel like they we we've got the we've got the better situation at quarterback. The thing they worry about with Willis is, and you can watch it on tape. He does run, but when he drops back to pass, it's like throwing

a ball into the ocean. He just doesn't know where it's gonna go, or you know where it's gonna land, or anything like that. Right now, that's the way he's playing. But you say, they might try and get Joshua Dobbs some work, the backup quarterback, might try and get him some work to get him ready for the other games. And he throws the ball better than what Willis throws. Yeah, just to give you some perspective on what Willis has done so far this year. He has started three games.

He is attempting sixteen passes per game on average. His fifty one percent completion rate ain't that good. He has averaged seventy eight yards passing in each of those three games, has not gone over ninety nine. Still hasn't gone over a hundred yards in any of those three games he started in a game in a game under a hundred yards passing, He's been sacked ten times and he has three interceptions. So, yeah, this level of passing it shouldn't be a problem for the Cowboys. Let's just put it

like that. Really, it is all about can you stack the box and stop their run, especially if Derrick Henry is there, And that would be a question I have for you, Brian. Obviously the Cowboys at the first team to face them in this kind of situation, they keep putting up a ton of yards on the ground. Our team,

I would assume teams are stack in the box. How are they so successful being able to run even when teams know all you got to stop the run there there There big thing is though they're they want to get the ball. They try and get the lineman moving and then make you move and then they can the ball to Henry. And once they get you moving, they don't feel like the teams that have played been able

to play. The Texans had a couple of plays where they were able to get penetration up the field and it's stopped him before he got going, like they immediately like they shot gaps and all of a sudden they're handing the ball and it's a face to face collision. Yea. You know, they want to get you moving and then once they get you moving, they just feel like that. If you're moving, you can't you can't firm up and get tacked. Arm tackles won't work. No, No, it's your

right teams. I'm serious. It's second to ten and they and it's like it's got you know, they got the whole team in the box and they hand the ball to the guy and he just blasts through guys and it's a sick seven yard game and or he's fallen at the yellow you know, the sticks. I mean, it's crazy to watch this guy play and how and he gets stronger, he just I mean, it's like long runs. It's a sixty yard run, fifty yard run with this guy, it's incredible. I hope he doesn't play. I really don't.

I'm not gonna lie. I hope he does, and I hope he's six. Do you rest some of those guys and then with the game not being that important to them because of their situation, what are some of the things that you are looking for the Cowboys to do? Is is this a game where maybe they can kind of do something with the pass rush and kind of give some life there? Yeah? I think with Willis, I think with Willis, to me, this is now the game plan where I think teams that have the running quarterback.

I think that you look at what the Texans did, you know, the the the RPO stuff, the things that okay, I'm gonna read it, read it, read it, pull it, run, you know. And so this comes down to, I don't know, this guy can't throw the ball well enough to kill you. The problem is if you rush and you don't get there and he takes off running, now you've got big issues. This game is going to be really about playing with discipline because I don't think he could beat you throwing

the ball. I think he could beat I think he could beat you taking it dropping back and seeing man coverage. And then you know, you're running a twist game up front and you don't get somebody home, and now he just takes off running. That's the thing that I you talk about the pass rush, this is not like a traditional drop back quarterback throw the ball. So your pass rush, yeah, if you could kind of confuse him and make him hold the ball, and teams have been able to do

that a little bit. But yeah, and these tackles, I think you could do something with these guys that, like I say daily, we'll see what petite free. What they how his health is, But to me, it's going to be about disciplined. Stay in lanes and don't let this guy run the football if you if you can make him throw the football, you make him throw the football. They're gonna lose this football game. All right, We're gonna check our final break. We'll come back. We'll talk about

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the situations where you can't run. Yeah. Hey, but if you want to throw the ball, yeah, feel free. My question is where they most vulnerable in the passing game and in their past defense. Yeah. The problem is though their their secondary has been been given up plays. And that's the thing about it is when I watched the Chargers game and the way they were throwing the ball and stuff, they've been a little bit banged up in

the secondary. To Christian Fuller, Fulton has their second round pick has been banged up at corner, nickel back, a Moni hooker. They have a hooker on their team too. Uh, he was he's been, well they do we have a hooker? They have hooker? Right? Guy? Are the ones laughing? Just like, where are we going? With this go ahead. They have a hooker, a money they have a money hussey. Okay, I'm just telling you that's it's just factual. It's not making this stuff up. Okay, try and give you knowledge

at this point in time. Depends on how you take it. Just Roger McCary, though, who they've got is a cornerback. He's actually really, really, really good. He's number twenty one. You might have seen him if you're watching the highlights they had to play where they tried to the Chargers

tried to. It's really cool on film. Chargers tried to, like right before the half, tried to throw the ball and you know, maybe get the score right before the half, and McCary like is out of balance and he volleyballs it back to his teammate for an interception in the end zone there. So yeah, Joshua Kalou is the warhouse. Yeah, this was an intentional one, right, not a volleyball, Like yeah, yeah, yeah. Kevin Bayard is their safety. He's really really good, number

thirty one. You have to keep old as he seems like he's been in one hundred and twenty sixteen, two thousand and sixteen. For some reason, I just feel like he's been in the league, the Pro Bowl like four times. Maybe that's surprise he didn't make it this Yeah. Yeah, they but they they are really they're they're banged up in a little bit. Their defensive line with the DeMarcus Walker Tart Jeffrey Simmons is one of my favorite players.

And then they've got back Autry number ninety six, and he had a knee injury, so they got him back. This front four, I think it's good. The problem is they're so banged up at linebacker. Zach Cunningham who they got from the Texans. Dylan Cole has been banged up. Bud Dupree, who I think is their best pass rusher, is dealing with some stuff right now too, so they've had to go with some uh, some backup guys. Monty Rice number fifty six at linebacker. He's around the ball.

They have Terrell Basham on their team by the way too, that didn't even really notice him very much, but just to let you know that. But the front four is that they're not going to let you run the ball because of the front four and the and the secondary gives up plays. Again, you have to watch Kevin Byner because he's a guy that if you overthrow, underthrow, he's usually in position. He's a turnover guy. He's his whole

career has been getting turnovers. And again I think Roger McCrary number twenty one, who they got from Auburn second round, he is the one that a long, rangy guy don't throw at him on the other side. Whoever's playing on the other side for those guys, it might be Greg Mabon will be the guy who they got off the street, number thirty two. He's been kind of getting a lot

of their work since. So it's a it's a good defense up front, but it's a little bit banged up right now, GA, after coming off a game where or Dallas gave up, gave up six sacks to Philadelphia and looking at Jeffrey Simmons there in the middle of defensive tackles, the seven and a half sacks, that's a lot for a defensive tackle. Where does he typically line up and who is he matching up with against Dallas? Hey, well, after what happened to after what happened to McGovern in

that game last week. Yeah, Jeffrey Simmons is going to play on the outside shoulder of McGovern and and it's gonna give it heck. You know, you get also think about sliding a center over to kind of take to kind of help him. I leave, Zach Martin and like, you know, if I'm beodish, I'm blocking, I'm keeping on my left eye over here. And all right, sorry, Zach got to go, you know that kind of thing, or even maybe start that way, because Jeffrey Simmons is powerful.

He's explosive. He came at a college in Mississippi State in in uh twenty nineteen, and he had a bad need missed the whole rookie sea, missed this whole rookie season, uh, and then got healthy. And man, he is a pain in the rear to deal with because of he's that he plays that three technique undertackle outside shoulder and yeah, be odish, Well we'll have a handful of him. Is there anyone on their line though you might think they might rest or Oh, I would hope that. Yeah, Jeffrey,

if you ask you asked me to start. And that's a great question, by the way. Yeah, jeff Simmons doesn't need to be playing like hey, Kevin Strong, come on down, you know, uh, you know, any but any one of those guys I would have he could play playing there at the three. But you know, it's kind of like if you were to take away like one of their best offensive players, you would take away Derrick Henry, you take away one of their best defensive players, it would

be Jeffrey Simmons in my opinion. So maybe they'll sit him in this game. I say, they got some guys to bud Dupree is their best pass rusher and he's banged up right now, so they'll probably sit him this week and then try and work Dupre been there. Budd dupri When did they get him? I know he was from the Steelers, had originally drafted by the Steelers, realized he was there, Yeah he was, and uh he came with Tennessee in uh in twenty one. Twenty twenty one

is when they got him in. You know, it might be a situation where they're going to play their guys, you know, to start the game and we'll see how how it goes. Um. But you know, I think how boys can can get on him and take the lead and and you know, maybe maybe go up by ten points or so, maybe more. That might be a situation where they say, all right, we're gonna sit everybody. We're gonna you know, we'll start resting some guys, especially in

their injury situation. Two, like guys that have been banged up, that have been they have a lot of them, They have a lot of monday've been struggling. Yeah, I was looking at the weather. I was gonna ask you about that. Yeah, I was looking at it right now. So for Thursday, it's it's actually gonna be their best it's their best day. At fifty eight. It's the high and low lows forty two. So low forty two, high fifty eight. You're thinking, what

forty five forty seven? Game time ten times forty eight, Yeah, forty eight, but you don't even need a code. But no time out, time out. I'm I'm gonna tell on the field before the game it like it's gonna be cold. Oh no, the one of the coldest games we ever coming off Christmas night, right what we played a day game there when Mississippi River is it, I don't know,

might be the Tennis Tennessee River. Whatever, it's a body of water and it's cold, yeah, yeah, and it's coming in the water's coming I mean, it's not like you're playing in Chicago. No, No, it's not Chicago. Like the wake effect, you know, kind of a thing. It'll be colder than what it says, like down it will be. It'll be it'll be coming off the bus, it'll feel colder like got your picture, hadn't been here in years. Okay, cool, let's go press best press box in the league by

the way, blow low seat sandwiched between the two worst? Yeahville. I mean Jacksonville is not the worst press box the league. Oh, just the experience, the whole experience is the worst. And the views okay, but they do have the bars, you know, Yeah, the bars are are the it's the problem. But it's but it's a low everyone says, and like everyone, I haven't talked to a single person that was on the trip that said they like Jacksonville. They're like that place thinks.

I hate it. I know, I literally have. I had a good time except for the press box. They had terrible food that was star So we're so spoiled here we are we are. I'm okay with that. We had this discussion on the radio how we will complain about free food? Yes, I was getting nutrition a sprite or soda drink. I don't even know that that was my's eating ice cream as a meal, because that's the only thing that was good. Not even the salad was good.

That tells you did she sit there and like see what she does all the time, just moves food around on her plate. I'm an eater, I eat a lot. I like eating, but that I've seen you move food, Derek, and he was not in a good movie that. I don't like it when I don't have good food. I love the fact that in the media is we get free food, free seat, free parking, and we will cood

plain Jarry's fault. It's Gary's fault because we are used to having great food at at and T Stadium and then you go to other places where it's subpar, and you're like, what wrong with this? And you don't understand this is not even what do you mean? I don't understand. I'm prison food, Okay, haven't been to prison? We get Doug Peterson on the phone right now, please, Doug Brian. Has Brian been to prison? Yeah? Joke, guys, that is supposed to be I know, not prison jail. I think

a prison. I wouldn't make it difference. All right, let's get the predictions. What do you guys think is gonna happen this week? Yeah, it's it's our last show. Not even ready for that. It shouldn't take long. Prediction goes like seven different places for me. So I got to make sure I have the same one for tomorrow and all that. I got to carry it over for four shows,

four platforms. Go ahead, I'm twenty seven thirteen gop sorry thirteen, yeah, uh, thirty seven, sixteen Dallas, let's go ten, really tighten up, really, Nick, thirty four to nine Dallas. All right, get some sacks and I will go thirty four thirteen. I think they. Yeah, the defense gonna get some sacks this week. They all get back on the mccarthield press commence, I told you I don't have that. Nine. You don't have that. No, No, nine's a good one. I think. I think this guy

I was actually thinking about nine. I said, they'll getting in z On once. If Derrick Henry plays, they'll get in yea, if Derrick Henry play. I'm just kind of counting on him not playing because if he count if he does play, does your score change? I think so? I mean look, I think, well, maybe give the Titans another touchdown. Maybe it's maybe it's twenty seven to twenty field goals or or is there kicker a follow link kick? Yeah, Greco,

it was Dale Greco. What is the kicker? Bull Bullock? Bullock, Yeah, Bullock. I hadn't heard that name in a long time. Greco. Derek's still bitter. They moved them, the Oilers. Do you know people in Houston that cheered for Yes, I know one friend of mine from high school, one friend from high school that still is a huge Tights fan. He moved with them, and everybody else was like, I ain't rooting for them. Like they left, yeah, you know, and said some things like when they were on their way

out of the door that Bud Adams. Yeah, yeah, missus Adams is running that team now, oh daughter, All right, appreciate you guys, Jonas. We'll be back on Friday. Friday,

we will be back in studio. We'll let you guys know what when right and wrong for the Cowboys, and we'll start, hopefully maybe you start getting you guys ready for the final game of the season, Cowboys versus uh Commanders, and we'll see where the Cowboys fall at that point as far as what's going on the NFC East till then for Nick Eatman, Brian brought us Amber guar See. I'm Derek Hilts and this has been the Break live

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