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to your leader. I know because every time when I'm starting my show, if if you guys notice Ambers on her phone, days on his phone? Perfect is that? And I was like, you know what, it's actually kind of cold in here. So I was like, man, I don't worry about it. I'll just tweet something later. But if it is seventy four, see perfect. For those of you that don't know Bob, that was his number seventy four. Yeah, people that are listening, they don't know that they're on

the wrong. If you're listening to Cowboys Break, I bet you know there's only one seventy four. There's only one player to ever wear it, and it's him. It's a regular Seas game. Yeah, yeah, anyone that matters put some respect on Jalen jelks name. That's true. So when anytime somebody comes in and they say, oh, they got seventy four, like, that's not looking good for you. They don't expect you to be here for long or in that number. Cool T shirt? What is that though? Let people know what

it is. Um, it's the Dallas Cowboys. Um throwback shirts. I don't know. I'm never really player card T shirts. It's honestly, it's one of the coolest promotions that I can remember. Like they if you're not aware of this, they release a shirt for a different player on every Monday. Yeah, and they've been doing. Is it Monday? Yeah? I think it is. Yeah. I think they make an available Monday.

But there they got them for all different players like Bob Lily, Drew Pearson, Roger Staubach, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin. I think this is Irvan's week. I'd like they're selling Irvan shirts in the store this week. The one that Nick has is from last weekend. Yeah, there he is in there. You go. Um. Yeah, and they like they so they make them available. They stay available. So if you missed to your favorite player. You can go get them.

I'm really excited about the Darren Woodson shirt. I don't remember remember when it comes out, but it'll come out at some point this season. Yeah. Yeah, they're really really cool promotions. When they first told us about it, I thought it was really really great promotion, especially for people that have been fans for a long time. It's got some really really cool, really cool and they got some modern ones too, like they have dak Zeke de Marcus.

I think the Marcus were Layton vander Esh. Yeah. Yeah, so really cool. So nice. Okay, you guys get to see now that we're done selling T shirts. Yeah, so what we do, Yeah, we do. We do a lot of stuff. Yeah all right, so let's let's jump into this thing. I need to talk We need to talk a little bit about some injuries and and get to uh the enactors for this week, and then Amber has

a game for us. We've been trying to get this game in now for like two weeks, and this morning Amber hit me up and it was like, we better get it on the show to today. See you. No, this is what really happened. I got a text from Derek saying, hey, I don't really know what to talk about on the show. We will completely bad. Keep the curtain a little, I keep it real. This has gone on for for me for twenty years. The Friday after the bye week's stream, you're like, give me a game, Please,

give me give a game. Then see your no will work? Okay, that's you're about to say, give me a game. See or no? He said, we need a game. We're gonna play games here, all right, So we're gonna do that. Let's talk first about injuries. The interesting thing is there's only one guy that that is not practicing. That's Cam Flamming. You guys mentioned that yesterday. The assumption right now is

that these Cam's not gonna play. He's not playing. There were five guys that were limited in practice, Anthony Brown, Lyall Collins, Zach Martin, Tyrn Smith, Layton Vanderesh. Any of those five expected to maybe not play. So this is tricky because it's Monday night. I know it's Friday, it's the last show we're gonna do, but it's only Thursday for them, so it's early. I think I feel good about most of those guys. I'm curious about Anthony Brown

because his hamstring was pretty severe. He's missed. I think too, he's been missing since the Green Bay game or the Jets game. I'm sorry, Yeah, you heard in the Jets game. So I'm worried about him, and I'm a little nervous about Layden Vanderesh just you know, he had a stinger. It was pretty severe from what we heard as far as stingers go, I think they're easing him back in, which again, I mean, you know, I wish it was actually Friday and we'd have a better idea. I just

I don't have a good read on that. But those are two guys you keep an eye off. The guys that are on that list, Like Zach Martin is gonna play. I think both of the offensive tackles are fine. I'm not as sure about Brown and Vanderesh's surprised if Brown doesn't play. I watched him kind of in his rehab like a week ago, like on the Chords, and the thought because we were we couldn't tell who it was. Yeah, we were just like, I don't know who this guy is, but he looks like he's ready to go, And it

was him. So that was a week ago. Unless he's had any setbacks, which I don't think he has. I think he'll be good. He'll be good. I wouldn't. I would not be surprised if all five play. And that's, like I said, it sucks because that thing's gonna happen. It's you know, they don't play till Monday night, it's Friday, or it's Friday morning. So between that's seventy two hours. Tomorrow is Friday. I know it's Friday for them, but for us, for fans that are trying to figure out

that who's gonna play. I just hate and Garrett. I mean, I get it. I don't understand what he does. It's so like the effort, the effort that they take to do this, like you know, to make things feel like they are every you know, every Friday. They have certain songs they play on Friday. I can't remember the guy's name, but they play a song called Friday at practice. They didn't play it today, they will probably play They're gonna play it tomorrow. They serve Split Peace soup in the

cafeteria on Fridays. I believe that's a Jason Garrett favorite. They're not gonna serve it today. They're gonna serve it tomorrow, like all of this, like they go to such crazy lengths to get people into that mindset. You go by our office today about two o'clock, it's Friday, Friday, walk it or anything you got for us? Yeah, you got lots of us, but around us. Yeah, maybe let's talk about an actives. Kem Fleming will obviously put on there.

But then you got guys like Adam Redmond, Joe Jackson, Tristan Hill, Connor mcgovernment, Luke Gifford, Donovan Wilson, sorry, Ventrell Bryant, Devin Smith, Cedric Wilson. Right, of all those guys, where do you find six more guys who will be an active? Give me one receiver for sure, Devin Smith or Cedric Wilson, probably both, because if Cop and Cooper are both healthy, I don't know that you need him both. We'll just take one for sure, Devin Smith probably. Yeah. Um give

me Adam Redman, he's you know, all reliable. Give me Triston Hill, I mean yeah, yeah, just doesn't feel like he's playing right based on what's happened to before and adding a new another guy. Well, let's first of all the other guy. Um it means it is Michael Bennett, because Michael Bennett replaced Hamilton, right, Hamilton who was inactive? Yeah, what are you thinking like this like the I don't know which you know what I'm yeah, I'm then you

know what I'm thinking? I live with a theater nerd. Yeah, I was about to go. I'm sorry. Um yeah. So Tristan Hill probably he was sent home from practice. They added a d tackle to the mix. We never talked about that, but yeah, go ahead, Sorry, not much to talk about it. I mean these guys they were late, and Jason Garrett I think, wanted to kind of send a message. And you know, I don't disagree with that, Antoine woulds Tristan Hill. They were they were late for

a meeting on Tuesday. They were gone for four days and then they were gonna be gone for a fifth day on Wednesday. So be here and be here on time. I guarantee that. With Garrett just being frustrated and wanted to send a message and said, you know what, you've had enough time off. I'm asking you to be here one day out of a sixth day period and you missed. You missed it the meeting, so just go home. That's

a good point because Garrett was taught. You know, the coaches came back Monday, and he made a comment about how, like by Monday afternoon it felt like they'd been off for six weeks, you know, like he's the coaches are like pacing around like waiting for players to get here so they can get to work. And yeah, yeah, if you're late after that much of a layoff, it's probably aggravating. Yeah, no doubt. So we're gonna say, Tristan Hill, what about Joe Jackson, Um, sure, yeah, I throw them on there.

Louke Gifford, Uh, it's kind of you know, wait and see with Laton vander Esh. Although if Desh is the only one hurt, you could still probably get away with sitting him, couldn't you sitting sitting Gifford? And let's say, and that's true, I would say a linebacker, let's say, let's hold on him for a second. Talk to me about about Donovan Wilson or Ventral Bryant. Not not Bryant. Bryant's gonna be active and like he's too good on

special team. Cover your ears. But I wouldn't be surprised if Wilson's inactive, Okay, healthy scratch just because there's not enough snaps go around, all right, So at that point, let's assume it's Redman, let's Jackson Hill, Wilson, Devin Smith. You're at five six with Cam Flem and you need one more. I would say a linebacker, Luke Gifford, if if Vanderesh can go or Vanderesh, Yeah, yeah, that feels that feels good. Do we ever do we ever go back and see how are these are? You know? I

hold on? I think we're right more off than hold on. Hold on. You need a line you need a special teams player. Luke Gifford is going to be a better special teams player than Cedric will And if you've got Cooper and Cobb, that's true and Gallup, Yeah, you can get away with sitting both of those receivers if you wanted to. May we're doing it at one point the season.

I would do that, knowing that Layton. So I'm over here talking like like I'm gonna call Jason, like, no, this is what we've decided, coach, But I mean that's what I would scratch the original play. Yeah, no, that makes sense. It makes more sense just because Layton kind of banged up to yourself. If Cobb's healthy, you've got two returners. I mean you have a stinger. Yeah, it feels good, but he's not taking a hit out there like he's gonna take on the first play of the game.

You guys are agreeing Cedric Wilson as the Yeah, both Redmond Jackson, Hill Smith, Wilson and Wilson the two. Wilson's love it with Flemy. Okay, awesome, So we got it. I'll send it over to coach. We'll get that all set. Appreciate that, and Dave, you go and writ your story. Let's have ready for some of them. You know what, I might. I might do that just to get it out of the way from Monday by store. All right,

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supposed to be watching the game. But at least we'll have the first questions in there, and we'll get those answers in and we'll be ready to play this week so that we don't all up into that. At the bottom of the leaderboard list of the supposed celebrity, that's where we're hanging a yes we got we gotta join me in the seller calf a celebrity. Yeah, it's true. Go ahead, I am you are all right good already, Yes, we're ready for this. Let's go a what you got? What you got? All right? I got a lot of

people asking the same question. When Anthony Brown is back to being healthy, should Jordan Lewis go back to being a backup? That is, oh, yeah, that's I mean you want to yes or no answer? Uh? My answer not a yes or no. It's a CEO no sorry, no, no, My answer is no. But here's here's the thing, which is why I wanted to qualify. It is like, that is what I think. That is what you think. I don't want to speak for you, but that's probably what

you think too. That's not what does that? Does that matter? And I honestly don't know the answer. And I feel like people people think like we're not trying to get to the bottom of that, Like they're not going to tell us that I've asked that question like three or four different times. They're like, well, you know, find ways to get everybody involved. And then you're watching the game and you're like Jordan Lewis doesn't come off the sideline in forty five minutes. It's just it's how they want

to do it. And I really don't know the answer. I think he's played well enough to be their nickelback. I don't know if they agree. Let's flip that. Do you think Anthony Brown has played poorly enough to get some planet by Jordan Lewis. It's not about him playing poorly enough. He's played average enough. But but Jordan Lewis has been in the game and he's made more of an impact. He's done enough to make you wonder what he can do with more opportunities. It's a good way

to put it. Yeah, I really don't think Anthony Brown has been as bad as a lot of people want to act. But I think Jordan Lewis has just slashed more. He's done more with the opportunities that he's gotten, which you want to reward that, don't you. He's given the team what they desperately need. They need some guy that's going to make a play, get an interception when you're down in your own red zone, or get a sack

on Carson Wentz and he's done that. So I think he's played more so, if we're all seeing the flashes, what do you think is holding this coaching staff back from putting him on the field more, Because this is not just I don't think this is just about the last couple of games. I mean throughout the time he's been or I think there have been moments where he's flashed. I mean, and he just hasn't, for whatever reason, gotten

more opportunity. I say, let's just wait till Tuesday when we talk about it then, because you know, he hadn't done a whole lot before the Jets game. It's been he's been pretty good. But then the Jets game, he gets an interception and then Brown has hurt, and then he plays the next week just because he has to, and he gets another play. So if they now, if it's if they come back to the normal schedule and he doesn't play as much, then I think we talk about it more. But I think, right I would be

surprised if he doesn't play more. I hope you're right. We'll see. All right, we've been talking about injuries and all that are the injuries in the old line kind of going to effect or make the Cowboys have to use a high draft capital in the offensive line. Yeah, in the line for next drive. No, that wouldn't change what they do. The injuries that we're seeing. I know everybody's trying to bury Tyrn Smith, and I won't do it. He's freaki zoid. I know he gets he gets hurt

from time to time. It's unfortunate. He's still awesome and mostly available. Somebody asked me yesterday, They were like, maybe they should have traded for Trent Williams. He can, He's healthier than Tyron Smith. Trent Williams has missed thirteen games the last three years. That type of stuff happens in okayall He's still a really good player, and I'm not ready to call it a career for him. I think if you just altered the question a little bit, or

you just fast forward to next year. Let's say they're picking like twenty third or so twenty fourth, and they're sitting there and the best guy on the board is an offensive tackle who you thought was twelve or thirteen, but now he's kind of fallen a little bit, and so he's sitting there and he's your best guy. You've got. He's a three year starter at Boston College whatever something like that, and you're like, yeah, it makes sense. Just kind of like the Eagles, did you know where they

they took a first round tackle? They didn't know where he's going to start right now. But I think that was a little more obvious for them because Jason Peters is I mean, he might he might get eat another year out, but he's like thirty eight years. He seems like he's hurt a lot. Yeah he is most Okay, forget that Tyrants fifty seven, second round, no doubt. Well, let's I mean, you can apply the same logic to the Connor mcgovernment pick. If it's like so obvious that

that's the best player, then that's what you should do. Okay, you'll have the best swing tackle in football. That would that's fine, But like that's not a role that you don't need right now. You can tell you that role, right and if that's the way it falls, then that's what they should do. Don't window dress your board all that good stuff. But like, I'm not going into the offseason like they got to do something about this because

Zach's not going anywhere, orly I'll just resigned. Tyring is turning twenty nine in a month, like he's still a young player. I will if Travis Frederick's fine too. See, I don't really say this, I am more I am getting a little bit and I don't even know if

concerned is the right way. But I am starting to raise my own eyebrow a little bit when it comes to the age of this offensive line, not necessarily because they're old, but because I am starting to see, Okay, guys are starting to miss a little bit, They're starting to get injured here and there, and that some of the injuries are pretty seeing. When you're talking next and backs, that starts to make you worry, right, So from that standpoint,

it has my attention. Here's the issue, though, The issue is if we're walking as of what we know right now, I don't even think offensive line is in top five of the issues I think I need to address next

year in the offseason. That being said, when you start talking about using high capital, unless a guy just completely false to me, I'm not going to set aside draft picks for the offensive line because I have so many other areas that I need to address that I feel like a much bigger priorities to me right now than offensive line exactly. Yeah, that's a tough one because again, every year it's like a guy or an injury gets added on top of what you already had to deal

with in the past. It sucks, don't get me wrong, But there's bigger, bigger fish to fry. Oh doubt. Now. I got this question prior to the to the bye week when we were supposed to play this game, Derek, but we'll answer it and we'll change it to instead of the bye week, say, within the next few weeks, will Dak Prescott be signing a contract within the next few weeks? Few as in three? Well, what are we going to write about today? Well? What's what's? Uh? What

Jerry say today? He said that there has been positive movement and he's but he also but he said he was like, he's like I always think there's movement even when there's not movement. Like it was classic Jerry, like, let me contradict myself like four times. Basically, you're gonna come away from this and you can write whatever you want to write because I gave you something for everything. I think that they're in a good spot with it, but I haven't heard or seen anything that makes me

think it's gonna happen imminently. Well, let's say this, Does it happen before the season ends, Yeah, before they see I don't think they're going to be in a situation where they have to use the franchise tag on him. I think they're going to get it done before it gets to free agency. So if that's end of the year, if that's I was gonna say, that doesn't mean it has to happen during the season. They have till February,

so whatever that date is. I think before you get to free agency, he will not hit the free agent market. He will. I don't think they will use the franchise tag. I think they will get something done before that, especially if he keeps playing like he's playing right now. Because I personally don't think there are any questions as to

who your quarterback should be for the future. He has done everything in his first three years that the Cowboys should want to see from a young quarterback as far as his development into being their franchise guys, So I don't think there should be any questions. I think this stal gets done publicly. You know, Jerry's always gonna be optimistic about what the team is going to do this year. And now I'm sure he's and he has said it. I think that we'll turn things around and we'll get

where we want to go. They have to really realistically answer that question of what's going to happen here. I think we're gonna get on a roll and we're gonna win and get to the playoffs and all that. If that happens, DA's going to be playing well and that

price tag is probably gonna go back up. So if they find themselves in a situation right now where they think that Dak's going to continue to play well and the numbers are good, maybe right now they probably should do it because I guarantee if they get to where they want to go to, the price tag will go back up. But Joe, if it went down at all, that's my thing. I don't know that. I don't know that the price tag is fluctuating by a week or two week or three week. I really don't think it is.

I think Dax people are one place. I think the Cowboys are another place, and I think it's pretty much staying consistent because that's where they are, and I think at some point they're going to meet in the middle. Here's the thing, you know, I'm not worried. Yeah, Dak's play on a week to week basis isn't going to affect anything, but another contract would. And that's what I would be worried about if I were them. Pat Mahomes can resign after the season's over. Yeah, it's after his

third year. He at what point is it before February, that fourth February deadline or is it a February as far as I'm aware, once his third season is finished signed. Yeah, like Pat Mahomes can resign in January or whenever. The Chiefs are done to throw everything out away exactly, so they should probably be a million dollars. They should probably figure it out before that happens. That's all I'm saying. That's a good point. All right, how's this defense finally clicked?

Will they be playing to the expectations that people initially had? So after watching the Eagles games two different questions there, I say, no, Ansie, Oh okay, because I don't think they've clicked. Who's to say that they have clicked? They haven't yet. But will they meet the expectations? Yeah? I think so. I think they are going to. I think that Michael Benn if they meet the high expectations. I guess he's saying, but they haven't clicked. I haven't seen one.

You don't think, Well, oh, with Michael Bennett, I think that's see what you say. I thought you were saying they haven't clicked yet the season, because I think they were a couple of games where the defense has seemed like they were the more they've they've played two really good games out of seven, But that's not a great percentage, as the percentage will get higher that I agree. So I hope so, but I mean I'd like to see it some more before I just blindly assume it's going

to happen. Yeah, I hope they can carry that Eagles game forward, but let's see what they do Monday. I mean, that's They've been so up and down all season long, really, so I think I'm optimistic it'll be better at going forward. I will just say, for me, the one thing I've complained about the most about this defense this season was and I felt like they weren't getting enough push in

the middle. That was my biggest complaint. I was just like, they're just not the tackles aren't giving you anything when it comes to the past rush, and that's why you keep seeing these defensive engines or run right around them. They're running right around the quarterback and the only times it getting sacks or affecting quarterback really is when they're able to kind of reach around to grab him as they're running past him, and that's how they make plays.

You get a push up the middle. Now these defensive ends get a ton better, and I think this move solves that problem. And if you solve that problem, I think the turnover problem gets solved because now quarterbacks are going to be a little more anti They're gonna make some bad decisions and hopefully, hopefully the secondary can take advantage of linebackers can take advantage, you can get some turnovers.

So for me, this is where it all starts. I think this was the move to actually make this defense click more than it's been clicking before. Now we have recently started talking about Luke Geffer. Do you expect him to have an impact this year? No? No, I mean an impact, like a real impact that that would require a lot of people getting hurt. I mean he's not just going to be magically playing over Sean Lee, Layton,

vander esh and Chalen Smith yeah, not really. What's he one of those guys that just that we just noticed in training camp because he wasn't a name that we really cared about a whole lot, and because he made a couple of plays and it's like, oh, wow, Luke Gifford, or do you think he really has something where this

guy is a starter caliber linebacker in the NFL. I don't know about that, But honestly, the Luke Gifford whispers started before he even played a game, Like the coaching staff was enamored with him, and what that means is like they're impressed by what he can handle, what he can process, how many things they tell him to do, and how quickly he does it. So in that regard, I do think he could be a good player, just if he can catch on that quickly, like two weeks

into his pro career. But I haven't seen anything close to enough to know if he's going to be like a superstar. His body catches your attention, and by that, I mean stop it. I'm just listening. If you guys said it, it sounds okay, But then if a girl says he's like, oh no, what I mean by that is he kind of has that linebacker mold that the

rest of these linebackers have. And yes, and that little triangle type body where he kind of fits the mold of all the rest of linebackers, Shan Lee, Jalen Layton, he fits in that group, you know what I mean.

So that's how he caught my attention because a training camp when he was in the bunch, I'm like, oh, wow, Okay, he looks like he has the build for to be in this group and just with some time and for him to get you know, developed a little more than I think, he has the potential to be effective on the field for the Cowboys. Can see that. I mean, because he was making plays. And I mean, so I think to what you're saying is he was making plays that when you're at camp and you're like kind of

from Afar, You're like, oh, Sean Lee's looking pretty good. Wait, that's not Sean Lee. It kind of looks like him, you know. Yeah, but because they are kind of built the same in white and you know, and making play and he was making plays and that's what you know. He doesn't fifty seven though, like Luke Gifford does. Right, All right, cool, all right, We're so dangerously close to the ditch right now. This is a really tough one. Cowboys will finish the season with both their offense and

defense ranked in the top five in the league. We're talking about I'm tek my yards in their rankings, no where. I feel bad for not knowing to Does anybody know where the defense is right now? I don't even think. I don't think they're in the top ten. I think I thought it was like they Yeah, I wouldn't it was, it was right outside of it. It was ten going into the Eagles game. Yeah, I would guess around twelve or so. I would guess twelve with their team, wouldn't

you say? Well, I don't know whether byeweek does I don't know if it's still an average they don't. I don't know if only four people who cover the team professionally had this in front of them, or I'll get it, We'll keep talking. I don't think that's going to happen though. Just be top five is tough because it's just on either side. It's just an in the NFL, like look across that. I don't think there's any team that's top

five and they factor they're eight. Yeah, see yeah, Okay, so the offense is number one right now, right, we have watched they're they're not number one, but they're in the top five. They're Oh no, they are one. I'm sorry that one. They were three before the Eagles game and they opped up. Yeah, they're number one and your number eight defense, you see, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go see two. I'm like, why not, just why not be optimistic and like they've got them no, because they

got the talent. I just it's not it's not a negative thing. I just think most most of the time that it affects each other. So if if your offense is gonna keep doing that, you're gonna if you're gonna get in the lead. I mean, if this offense stays number one, they're gonna be successful and win some of these games. And when you do that, your defense suffers for that. So let me ask you this. Don't think

they will. They will. The fact that the Cowboys, the fact that the Cowboys are number eight, number eight defense, and are we maybe miss evaluating how good they've played relative to the rest of the NFL. I mean, we only watched them every week, so we see all the deficiencies we see where they don't quite meet up to standards. But when you look at it, if they're eighth, are

they maybe better than we're giving them credit for. Stacked together some more performances and make me forget about what Sam Darnold did to you and we can revisit it. That's the thing every question really comes down to. Still was the Jet? I get it, That's what I'm saying, Like every answer to a question still comes back to the Jets. Like what you saw against the Jets? What is that? I don't feel guilty about it with that?

I mean, and okay, obviously the Pats were gonna blow them out, but the Jaguars kick their butts too, like their garbage. They're bad and they did that to the Cowboys. So no, they don't get that benefit of them. You don't. You have not beaten a team right now with the winning record you still have it, so I don't think. I don't think we're not giving them the benefit of the down. And they haven't really proven that they can beat quality team yet. I mean, the Eagles are quality,

I think, and they beat them pretty good. But yeah, that's really their only really good win. And that I mean, you know they are. There are so many teams that would kill for a defense that's played this way. But that's the expectations when you have this many good players and three All pros and give you know, given out big contracts like those are the expectations that go with that. So that's where we're at. All right, final question? All right,

Cowboys will beat the Giants Monday night? See see see all right, we got it? What's your answer? See? All right? We all are in on this. That hasn't gone well for they have no first week we all we're all in on every game, but then it kind of fell apart of I pride myself on being the you know, the realistic guy, and I've picked all wins this year. Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with me. It Hasn't that

going to change? Is that going to be England? We'll see, Well, we'll see how they play, like how they play, you know, it's like a clean slate. I know it's not really, but they've been they've been off, they played while their last game. We'll see how they do here and that'll influence how I feel about November, because the schedule looks pretty scary. It does well thank you Amber for a really really fun game of Sea No, and we thank you guys for joining us. We'll be back on Monday.

I'm sorry, We'll be back on Tuesday. We'll let you know what happens on Monday Night Football. There will be no shows on Monday, but on Tuesday we'll be back. We'll let you guys know what went right and what went wrong for the Cowboys till then, for Nick Even, Dave helm and Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eld and this has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.