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edition of Say It with Your Chest Friday. Here on Talking Cowboys, presented by Tostitos, helping fans get in on the game and our favorite chip and our favorite dip of Talking Cowboys. Welcome into the SWBC studios, everybody. It is a wild card weekend, the Dallas Cowboys getting ready to take on the San Francisco forty nine ers at AT and T Stadium on Sunday three thirty pm Central Time,

and we're gonna break it all down for you. We have been here all week long, we've been here all year long waiting for this moment, and we're gonna have a blast. Get you hip, get you ready, because it's Say It with Your Chest Friday. We have some grounds of glory, Golden Grounds, Golden Grounds these are golden grounds right here. We're gonna open those up in these second or third segment. I've been really decided yet A way to go? Pop? What what was that? Professor? Referencis okay, okay, sorry,

he's try to get the visual now. Yeah, oh my goodness. Usually I'm with you on these guys. Didn't get that one. How's everybody doing? Good? Seem like I just saw you, but I'm good. That's true. Guess you're busy last night? Huh yeah, we had a college basketball game. Just you know this funds be nice, Robbie, It's constant extra revenue. Man, How do y'all feel today? How do you feel? Skip right over? Hey? Can we talk about this sweatsuit? Though?

What about it? Fire? This whole thing fire? It ain't old because because you got it's white and there's no dirt on it, there's there's no there's no ketchup stains, no nothing. We do, you know how we do? Come on Scotch card the whole day Scotch card. He's sitting there like hitting both sides, yeah, protecting m Hey, wait, goodness, how are you Isaiah? I'm good man. I can't wait for playoffs? Some playoff football, looking forward to it. This

is the favorite, this is my favorite time of the year. Man, What did you do first playoff game? What did you like? What was on your mind? Like driving to the stadium? Dog, how did you even sleep that night? What did you do your first playoff game? I don't know. I'm such a I'm a bad dude when it comes to stuff like that, Like I'm such a check check the box type of diet. Like I didn't. I just it was work.

It was worried, like I don't. I hate the fact that I don't remember a lot of stuff like that, just because it was just like this is a part of the journey, like this is why it's supposed to be. It wasn't like this big, glorious like I know, I've a lot to the people. Man, it's bad. I know it's terrible. It's terrible, But I mean, honestly, I just I just studied my butt off. That's that's what That's what I knew how to do. And I just watched the other guys and how they prepared. I was blessed to,

you know, obviously be here. My first year, we had a heck of a first year, and I got to see how guys prepared, and then going forward in my career, I got to see some some of the greatest guys that ever played the game and how they approached playoffs.

And that's you know, I think my awareness and my preparation for these types of matchups had just increased along my career to the point where you know, I guess where I am where I am now, or I'm able to see things and acknowledge things that you know, some people maybe don't see. And it's just awesome, you know, because I hope that they have guys like that in the locker room. I know, Corey Klement, I wonder what

his role is right now in that locker room. Having been through the whole thing in terms of winning Super Bowl and being a you know, obviously an instrumental part of that of that run, and then having coach Quinn and coach McCarthy and some of the other coaches that have experienced at that level. I'm just interested to see how or to know how they're preparing and what are the conversations, and how are the film studies going. You know.

I know when I was with the Giants and with ELI would call in us whole separate meeting for the receivers. You know, we would have practice, we watch film, and then we would have a whole separate film session prior to, you know, after a Friday practice, just to break down

some plays that he had put together. You know. So Eli would put together like a ten play reel and say, hey, here's some things that I'm looking at that I'm seeing on film that I want all of us to be aware of so that we can knowledge it and we could be on the same page communication wise, because the reality is, you know, like a team like um, so we don't just blink out Jesus who he's coming here? Yet nine is coming here, Like it's gonna be loud. It's a white out in the stadium. It's gonna be

loud as all get out. So we would have those meetings. So our communication in our in our industry are our nonverbals were on point, right, So you're seeing the same thing on film. We talked about it in the meeting room, just the receivers, just the quarterbacks. So now you get out there and you look at each other and you're like, yeah, you see the look. Okay, boom, We're good. We don't have to say anything, we have to give hand signals. It's just a looking ahead now and we're hey, we're

on the same page. So I missed that aspect of it. And really, when I start thinking about my career and what I miss most about the NFL, it's the playoffs. It's the playoff the playoff football. Man. I mean, like I said, I went four for six, and that's the part that you miss. Yeah, Rob, what were you feeling like and thinking when you drove up to your first playoff game? Oh, I've had superstitions, you know. Yeah, I'm trying to knock on different things with different things, you know.

And honestly, to Isaiah that door frame, Yeah, that's my line. I wonder if guys don't want to do all that and get out of their routine because you don't want to make this week bigger than what it is. And then you start starts getting in your head because oh this is this is huge seasons on the line, that kind of stuff. Then you press yeah, then you start pressing um. I these calls and everything with the media

access is virtual still. But the what I've heard is the vibe around this team is they are locked in this week there is a there is a focused kind of mentality around this group. So that's good. I'm sure the forty nine ers are the same way. This week has gone by so slow it is, it has gone by, so it is creeped by. Yeah, creeped by because everybody's excited. Everybody wants to get the Sunday because it is that big of a matchup, and then next week's gonna go slower,

of course if the Cowboys end up on top. So but I kind of want to go back to you were just alluding to it. We talked about it on Monday in the realization that Corey Klemett is the only active player on the Cowboys roster right now who has been to and won a Super Bowl. He's the only one. However, they do have two coaches that have been to and won a Super Bowl, sometimes multiple Super Bowls, at least

in the case of Dan Quinn. Is that a is that an advantage from the coaching staff side or a disadvantage from the player's side that kind of offset or is there one that kind of trumps the other In the fact that they do have a little bit of experience in terms of making these deep playoff runs, I would say that having a kind of convoluted question, that's

a good question. I would say with this team, this particular team, I think it's more important for the coaches to have that experience because they are preparing a team that hasn't been to this level. Majority of players on his team have not been all the way to the Super Bowl. So I think it's great to have the

coach's perspective. And it's not just one coach, right, it's the two coaches, and they have two totally different EXPERI actually, even just dan Quinn alone is a heck of an asset just simply because he's been there and one it, and he's been the most historically bad loss you lost in the history of football. You know, he's his name is is on that, you know, and that's his sign, and he can speak from both sides of that. And then you have coach McCarthy that's been there, um you know,

a while away, ways back as well. So having that perspective and having like I said, I want to I wish I could be not a fly on the wall in those meetings because I want to know how they're conceptually, what are they thinking, How should we have how did they address the week? You know, how much film study

did they put in? Um, you know, how much did they consult with with their you know they're with their their their specialists and you know maybe the Sean Lee's in the world and all these guys, you know, to be able to dive in and really diagnose some stuff because preparation is everything. Preparation is absolutely everything. Having players Now, when you look at teams like Tampa, you got Tom Brady on the field. That's a freaking advantage. Yeah, that's

a huge advantage. Tom Gronk, Yeah, Tom Gronk. Guys like that, Like you talk about not getting not making a moment too big, like those guys. I think it was it Tom last year or something like that they won the first playoff game. He was like, what are you crying about? One of the players out there like what are you Like, what are you crying about? Due to say it was the NFC Championship? Was that eat Green Bay? I think

he turned around, No, what do you do? Like, we're yeah, you know, so having that perspective on the field is obviously important, especially at the quarterback role. But I'm interested to know what Corey clement I wish somebody would have did an interview with him this week and ask some questions about it. Yeah, that would be fun. What do you think? Nervous? Nervous, nervous, purpose nervous man. I think you know what the thing is is that you want. I want so badly for this team to seize the

moment that they have in front of them. I mean, you have so many people hating and just throwing dirt on you, the worst twelve and five team, You're the worst number one offense than anyone's ever seen. Like, what are these guys going in? They have to be have a huge Gibraltar size chip on their shoulder when it comes down to this game because they understand, like season, this moment is what it's all about him. Yeah, people tell you all the time what big moments are, like

child like childbirth. You know people, you know when you have child, your wife goes into labor and then and then when it happens to you, it's nothing like they told you, you know. So it's like, I feel like for these guys to kind of go through this together,

it's really gonna be one of those special moments. And I think we talked about touched on it earlier in the week, and just saying that the teams that they're gonna go against, if you know, you go all the way through this and the ultimate goal is achieved, the quarterbacks, the franchises that you will have taken down. I think that's gonna be the telltale thing that we're gonna talk

about for this team, overcoming all of those obstacles. Yeah, there's a very strong chance you take down San Francisco, then you play Tampa Bay, then you play Green Bay, and then you get to the super Bowl, and of course who knows who comes out of the AFCs. I mean, just think of those names, you know, think of those names. And we've spent all week, man, and I don't think

we've touched on enough the nostalgia around this game. Two of the most iconic uniforms in the NFL, the forty nine, is in the Dallas I mean, come on, man, if you just go back to man the I mean Carmen policy and all of those I mean, this thing is serious and it's real. And I know all of the cowboy fans that remember the nineties and the eighties and all of those times that we've come up against the forty nine Ers. Man, this is just man done getting

bigger than this. There's been great moments in this rivalry, even like past the nineties. You know to on the Star, Yeah, Romo. Well, first of all, Jesse Holly's catch at the end. Romo played with the punctured long in that game against the best defense in the league probably at that time. Even

CD's put return last year. Now, there's been some cool moments in this rivalry, and there is such history real quick on the experience, I think the forty nine ers probably do have the intangible edge of having been to the Super Bowl with their key guys on the field. You're right, the coaches on the staff. There are coaches who have won and been to the Super Bowl. I would say for the Cowboys, you can look at every position group and they've at least had a guy or

two that's been to the playoffs. They've experienced that next level of intensity and focus and all of that. So while it's a young team, there really at every spot you could look around and said, well, you know, Dax played in the playoff games, and you can go down the line. So I wouldn't say this is a totally inexperienced group. That's good to think about there. No, yeah,

oh I thought you were going to add to it. YEA, well, no, I think that's a great point because, yeah, even though they haven't been to that mountaintop, they haven't been to the super Bowl. If you have playoff experience scattered throughout, you also know the frustration of not being to that Super Bow. I think about Zack Martin and Tyrn Smith and what kind of experience they have of getting to the playoffs, and it's like, oh, yep, we got a

couple more chances at this. You're running out of time to really hit this in your prime and with playing as well as they have been, so there is a little frustration there. I think from their side of things, I want to go back to the rivalry and kind of talking about these two franchises because now, I mean, you even go back to twenty fourteen, the play where Dez gets hit over the middle, Tony throws three interceptions. It's the last time the forty nine ers have actually

beaten the Cowboys. That was in like September. So even in a regular season game, people are bringing up old rivalries, old matchups between these two NFC foes in terms of playoff history, Rob, is this the most decorated NFC matchup possible, even in the early round, but most decorated between the two franchises. I would say in the last forty years. Yes, oh okay, if in Heck knows this, you go past the eighties, you go to the seventies, well one, am

I talking about the Steelers of the AFC NFC rivalry? Probably? Yeah? Probably, Um, you know, Green Bay and Dallas had some you're going back to the sixties and then again in the nineties, but they had those runs of those NFC title games and in the nineties that that was the super Bowl. That was even the SI cover I think was this is the real super Bowl and they had like a fake ticket stub of Aikman against Steve Young and now you know, and so I think so because they've made

documentaries about those games. So there's a little bit like, you know, Lakers Celtics in the eighties. I'm gonna go, ye, NBA go. So yeah, I would say, yes, I like that. What do you think? No, I absolutely agree, And I think when you're going back to the seventies and the Stellers Cowboys, it was they were always when they matched up, it was for a super Bowl, right, That's what it was.

And even going back to other like the Stellers and the Oakland Raiders of the seventies, every time they played in those iconic games, it was typically to go to a super Bowl. And I think that's what you think about when you think about the Cowboys in the forty nine is because somebody's always playing two goal to a super Bowl. I think you know, look, man, it was the primetime PI versus Mike. You know there's those things that stopped the three pet for us. I mean, that's

it's entrenched. And who we are as as Cowboy fans. They just knowing that the forty nine ers are here, this is a big time game. Like guys like Chris Beam, if you have to put a highlight reel, edit a video, this is the easiest job in the world to do because you got so much material. You don't have to dive deep on this one. And they have they have a massive fan base. Two and look there they are expecting potentially, you know, some red at this game. You

know that's happened in the past. Zach Martin talked about it on a conference call yesterday, like they've had discussions about, Look, there may be some noise when we're on the field a little bit. Uh. I think it's gonna be a large white out, that's the plan, you know where you're white to the game. But you know it speaks to the forty nine Ers have a lot of a lot of star power, a lot of history, big fan base

that makes this even more excited. And they're very excited about this opportunity to knock off the Cowboys at home. I mean they're relishing that just as much as the Cowboys are as playing at home. They're excited about the fact that playing on the road and trying to knock them off in front of a big home crown. I would love to see the forty nine Ers fans versus the Dallas Cowboys fans have a debate about which franchise has the best player in the history. Oh, that would

be that would be epic. Yeah who who do you think it? On their side? Ever? On their side? Yeah? Jerry, Okay, no question, I was thinking him. I mean you could probably throw Joe Montana up there as well. In terms of the quarterback position, yeah, that position. So, but you could argue Jr. Jerry ball player. Ever, Yeah, I would you could have an arguement, but called a man Jesus and cleat. So I mean, who would you put in a matchup versus Jerry rice On from the Dallas site,

Trayvon Diggs, Prime, Don Prime Prime Time. You can you claim Dion though? Can't? They can't? I mean he wore a star. I mean, I mean he also wore claimed. No, it's funny he said that because it's not like baseball. You don't go into the Hall of Fame with a team. Yeah on a cap on the on the thing. I don't know who he's really associate which team he Okay, I was thinking maybe San Francisco. Actually that's what I'm saying.

But because because he played for both, I don't think we can claim him because they could claim him too, true, and so I think that's I think he's a watch. You can't use him. He actually might have played more year. If we're going to match up Kevin Smith, pup, shut rise down all the time, all the time, gig him here you go, Yeah, I got your hackey. But they want a super Bowl with theon, so he has to be part of the conversation, right, I like it. It's

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Every week you can win over a million dollars in prizes on Draft Kings, and this week we're gonna give you four players. Last week, my player didn't even step on the field, didn't even step on the plane because whenever I said it. He was Tony Pollard was gonna be an X factor. It didn't really work out. Didn't know. This is our four this week. We want to start off at the top with mister Tony Pollard. Who had Tony Pollard. That's mister Isaiah Standard. No, that's why did

you take Tony Pollard? I took I took Tony Pollard because I feel like he's gonna be a big key player in this game. I think that Dallas is going to come out and try to establish a run game, and I believe that San Francisco is going to do their best to negate that. However, they cannot negate the ability for TP to come out and widen out to a slot position. And I think that he's gonna eat more as a receiver of this game in the form of screenplays, in the form of nice little dinkin dunks

and then he would on the ground. But either way, I think he's gonna be a huge asset, a complimentary player to my guy, Freaky Zeki, but TP, look out for that man. I think he's gonna bowl. I think this week, at least, going back to the middle of the season, maybe your best chance to see the one two punch of Zec and Pollard up to the full strength that they've been waiting to be a part of, get an extra day of rest. Having played on Saturday. For Zeke, you look at the fact that he didn't

really play a ton of snaps. He played three quarters against Philadelphia, but he had a better game built. That confidence looked explosive. So Rob when you look at this matchup with the forty nine ers defensively, do you think Tony Pollard has that chance to be that second leg of the one two punch much like they did when

they were running the ball effectively. Yeah, I think. I think, especially trying to stretch things out a little bit without Michael Gallop in the lineup, I think that's very important. Now you know between the tackles the forty nine ers are gonna make this difficulty they do. Look at the Rams game last week, but Tony can beat you in so many different ways, and without MG in there, they might need to get his touches up a little bit. Yeah,

I completely agree with that. And back to what you were saying yesterday about Tony Pollard and just if he's into block and it's a passing play, obviously, he fleck gets out to the flat. I think that's a mismatch. We've seen games with Tony Pollard has gotten out in the flat and they're trying to take on a strong safety is trying to get up on a man on man and it's just too fast, you know. And I think this is one of those times where you know, when you go big on big speed, on speed, we

have the advantage. What do you think? I believe the same thing. The reason why one of the main things I saw when I was watching films, these guys like to get wide with their defensive ends obviously to try

to isolate you know, Nick Bosa. And when you do that and he keeps your dtackles and tight, now all of a sudden there's huge gaps, especially on third downs, for your third down back who just happens to be Tony Pollard to be able to easily find his way through the line of scrimmage, sit right there, five yards, nice little easy dinking dunk and then allow him to

get some yak yardage. I think you're gonna see a lot of those short, high precision passes to Tony Pollard that are easy for Dad to get out safe and that gets him out of trouble and allow TP to go ahead and use his yak yardage to get some yards. I love it, and maybe use him out of the backfield as a receiver. But that was where we were with the last three. Guy is on the graphic in terms of pass catchers overalls. We take a look at the rest of our DraftKings players to watch. Amari Cooper

up next too, had a mark I have Amar. I believe Amari Cooper is shook up soda can mad. Yeah, I love that. I believe that's where he's been the last couple of games. And you know anytime you just consistently shake a soda can, yeah, like doctor Pepper if you hand that off or a middle light. This is one of those situations where I feel like for him, he wants to explode on the forty nine ers. He's

set this up perfectly. I think the offense and well their defense defensive scheme is one where you could take advantage of what Amark Cooper does because they rely so heavily on their front to get pressure. I see nineteen eating behind them. So you're saying he's yellow snow mad. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Rob got that reference yellow snow man. Yeah, and you could just tell, even from all the interviews that he's

done all week. You know, he's steam I mean, and he's a very calm, demeanored person, but you can hear it in his voice. It takes a lot for him to come out and say something and yeah, man, he's I agree. I agree. We had a great conversation on that yesterday. So if you didn't get a chance to listen to Talking Cowboys from Thursday, go listen to it. Really good debate on back and forth on whether or not I mean, Almari Cooper is frustrated. It's not really

a debate. He seems frustrated, and well he has been u last week they got him going early, and they got going of offensively early, and he talked about it yesterday, how that's get him When he gets touches early, he gets in a rhythm. And obviously I think the offense gets in a rhythm when you get him going, because he's their best receiver, most consistent receiver in my opinion. So yeah, I think that was a step forward despite

who Philly was missing and all that. And by the way, Rob, you picked Cedric Wilson Draft Kings at was probably going to be my selection. I didn't want to do two at a time, so I picked somebody different. But tell me why Cedric Wilson is such a hot ticket for Draft Kings players this week. You guys are welcome if you picked him last week. I'm just saying, I'm just sticking with a hot hand. Humble. Yeah, I mean, I thought my guy did pretty good last week. That was

a no muscle flex right there. There were plenty of yeah, you guys had it. Mine didn't step on the plane. Sorry, head. I just like how efficient he is as a receiver and as a player for this team. And we just talked about Amari. Amari is a great player. CD is terrific, and so that takes attention towards them, and he's gonna have opportunities. I looked it up. He's got the ninth best catch rate among wide receivers in the NFL. Oh, he is quarterback friendly. He and Dak have a connection.

He's very, very efficient, and he should get some opportunities in this game. I love it. I think Cedric Wilson is as safe as a play as any of those other receivers right now, and they don't have the same price tag on him as they would some of those other players. A Mari Ceedee lamb, YadA, YadA, YadA. I'm gonna try and save you a buck a little bit here, twenty five hundred dollars. It's almost half as much as anybody else, with the exception of Cedric Wilson. I'm trying

to save you a buck. Cheap date, cheap date. Blake jarl He's gonna be a cheap date on Sunday, even though San Francisco gives up that eighth total, the eighth best against tight ends. I think he's gonna have one touchdown grab and he's gonna have at least four receptions because they're gonna try and take away Blake Jarwin much how the defense is gonna try and take away some of those other receivers. And I think Dalton or excuse me, Blake Jarwin, he's gonna have take away Shultz. I flipped

it already. Yeah, the way they're gonna try and take away Dalton Schultz, and it's gonna leave Blake Jarwin open for opportunities, and I think he's gonna make some money this one. I'll see what you did there, Okay, Little Cowboys and Chill Day Date Cowboys. He'll be good in the red zone. I think he's gonna be a huge asset in the red zone once Dallas works their way down there. I think people have forgotten about Jake Bart Blake, oh, oh, Blake Jarwin. I think we become buying his name. I

think they. I think people forgot about his abilities and the way he's capable. And I think that Dallas is going to remind everybody this week. Hey, guess what y'all forgot about this weapon? Add him to the list two. Yeah, and that's been because of what Schultz has done. That's Yeah, he's never played against San Francisco either. Yeah. Netflix and Blake uh so. Yeah, And you know what, we knit picked this offense a lot. But and we've nitpicked the

red zone a lot this year. They've they've converted on their last thirteen red zone trips. About it pretty good. That's been really good, much better than they've had some lulls of this season. But that's that's good going into the Sunday, it's very good because they're going against the number one red zone team in the NFL. Ye are they defensively? Wow? No, No, offense offensively, offessily. They're gonna have to match it. They're gonna have to match it.

San France number one in the league in the Rezo that makes sense as well as they can run the ball, yeah yeah, And they showed that against LA every time they got in the red zone they converted as well. Got it done, all right, I gotta I had a great question this morning on one of the radio calls they were down in Waco. Had a great question who has more pressure on them entering this game? Mike McCarthy or Dak Prescott. Who has the majority of the pressure

on them to succeed in this wild card weekend? Not exactly the playoffs as a whole, but I mean you can kind of sprinkle a little bit in there just because of what playoffs are when or go home? But who do you think has the most pressure the leader of this organization? So who would you who would you categorize that? Ask Mike McCarthy. Oh, okay, I mean, I mean Dak Prescott can't fire Mike McCarthy. Mike McCarthy could fire Dak Prescott, So he has to be the leader,

right just by designation. And Mike McCarthy obviously is responsible for every single man that puts a dog on a helmet on his head on his head, and Dak Prescott does have a lot of pressure, but he comes underneath the umbrella of Mike McCarthy. His job is to lead these guys, that entire coach staff, all these players, get them prepared, make sure that their bodies already and everything. He's responsible for every aspect leading up to this game

and then the performance on the field. He obviously can't play for them, but he puts him in the best situation. So I had to say, Mike McCarthy, man, that's again tough question. I'm just gonna say, yes, yeah, you know, you think about it. I mean, I guess not trying to play both sides. I just feel like the scrutiny that Dak would face if he came out Sunday and had a horrible performance, you know, they would pile on.

They talk about the money, they talk about whether he could understand defenses and all that, and Mike McCarthy would just kind of slide to the back of whatever happened. I just that's and you know, I just feel like for him, he understands when the pressure is a privileged aspect of what he talks about. You know, once he got the money man that put the microscope really firmly on him, regardless of being the quarterback floor of the Dallas Cowboys anyway, it's just the money can't is gonna

come with the scrutiny. So he recognizes right now going into this game, I have to ball out. And he understands that this office doesn't move and is not effective if he doesn't ball out. Yeah, and he was asked about that yesterday and he talked about how, you know, you got to embrace those those those expectations, that pressure.

And to me, I'm kind of with Heck, like, I want to cop out and say both guys only because only because there are two jobs where there are records attached to their job, and that's the head coach and the quarterback. And so you know, quarterbacks are judged off winning Super Bowls. There's two guys in the playoff field in the NFC that have won a or multiple Super Bowls, So Dak's trying to match that. I would I guess I would go with McCarthy just because he was brought

here to take them somewhere. They have not been because he has been there. So that's big pressure on the head coach. But there's obviously, like Heck said, there there's tremendous pressure on Dak, especially with the contract he signed last year, and he understands that. And kind of going back to what you were saying, Isaiah, I mean, Mike McCarthy did get fired by a quarterback already at some point in his career. I mean Aaron Rodgers and I agreed, but this is but this is his resume is why

he's here. Yeah, right, it's true. And we've talked about that extensively too. His experience, his resume, with the Super Bowl trophy, with the Lombardi and with the ring that Aaron Rodgers won. That's why Mike McCarthy was hired for the Dallas Absolutely, so there is extra pressure. I agree, I said Mike McCarthy there as well. But I think there's a pretty good amount of pressure on Dak Prescott

as well. If he wants to really be considered into that elite status in the NFL and solidify himself into that status, he needs to perform this this postseason elite level, elite level commercial. Yeah, I got a commercial. You're about to get him started. Tell me I'm wrong. I mean, are you saying that he wouldn't be elite level if he performs? No, I'm no, I'm already I believe you think.

My thing is is when you start talking about the top four quarterbacks that you would say are elite, you don't even factory in the fact that those guys sat behind great quarterbacks before they even became elite. You if I even just gave you where he was drafted to what he's done right now and just didn't put a name on it, you'd say that's a great quarterback, if

you could take your bias out of it. So I just think that, Yeah, I'm just saying the yardage, the turnover the way, you know, his interception rate, all of those things are leaning towards a great quarterback. Thirty seven touchdowns, ten interceptions. Oh, Aaron Rodgers did something similar to that. Nobody blinks an eye at that. So I'm just saying, you ain't gonna hate on Dack today. No, I agree.

I completely agree, and you're saying the right things. All of those things lead to a great quarterback in the NFL, a super Bowl title or a champce to go win a Super Bowl, make him elite in the NFL. That's the difference, is a great quarterback to an elite quarterback. That's the kind of jump. Dak Prescott's trying to make neat that and he needs it as you help. Yes,

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has gone before. They took the soil from the home grounds of multiple NFL teams across America, and they mixed it into separate parts of a potato field growing these golden grounds chips. You know, I thought it long and hard about how we were gonna give the first chip away in this bag in this room, and I think we have to go with the most dedicated. No, I wouldn't say dedicated. I was gonna say tenured as a part of the Dallas Cowboys organization. I think Rob Phillips

gets to open this bag the first chip. Well, thanks man, out of the well, come in here, cras if you want to be a part of me, come on, come on, just leave it on one camera. Let's go now we're getting go ahead, all right, thank you. There It probably tastes like a chip. Oh yeah, is it golden? It is very Good's there we go? I feel like second he's been doing a fat rep scene. I I know he's been waiting for an opportunity. You can't. Oh, yes,

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I took an extra one. You gotta through that Cowboys nation. That tastes like five super Bowl championship. Darn write it does? It tastes like glory. I taste a hit up six, hit six right there? All right, let's do some NFL pick thems. We gotta hurry through these field card weekend. We're gonna pick all wild card games straight up starting today. And we do have a fan on the line, Chris Beam. Who we are? We? Who do we have here? It's Mike in New York. Mike in New York. What's up, buddy?

Your first playoff addition? How is it going good? All right? You've been on before. You know how this rolls? You guys? Ready to go? Let's go Raiders versus the Bengals Road Cincinnati one in eight all time in wild card round, they've lost seven straight. We'll start with you, Mike in New York. I like the Bengals. Cincinnati got it rob Joe Burrows a batman. But the Raiders. Got some mojo going right now, I got I got Vegas all right,

going Raider Nation. Max Crosby the leads, leading pressure. Okay, always been on Blacks. Okay, I'm gonna go with the Bengals here at home. I think Joe Burrowing Company have something rolling there as well. Patriots at the Bills. This is gonna be a fun one. This is outside of the Cowboys forty nine ers. This is my favorite matchup of the week. They split the regular season meetings. Isaiah, who you got, Jude on the Patriots. This is a game where I believe that the better team should win,

and that's Buffalo. Yeah, yeah, I'm with you. I'm gonna go with the Bills here, Rob agreed. Bills at home, Mike, who you got? I got the build a home there. They can't even sell the tickets at the game. You might want to check the tempts. Have you seen drop off in ticket? Well? Have you seen the ten zero? It's zero? It's four degrees with a wind chill of minus ten. Yeah, so yeah, give me the veteran QB in that one. Yeah, he said Bills Bills first. Yeah, Okay,

we're good. We're good. Everybody for him out. I'm going with the hoodie man. Okay, that's the hoodie man. You think he'll have the cutoffs leaves, that's a freaking underneath. Yeah, maybe as a second out of five layers. I played in Buffalo when it was like that. It ain't that bad thing. Oh stop it, well, you vesseling down. I'll agree with uh Eagles. Eagles at the Buccaneers. You want to make this one quick. Eagles that Buccaneers Bucks Bucks

Bucks Bucks. Mike. There you go. I didn't even need the I didn't even need the que Mike, all right. Steelers at the Chiefs spin Roethlisberger three and four record in the wild card round, But can he find a smitch of magic? He will start with you, God, that's tough, man. I'll tell you what. I want to go with the underdog here because I think there's a little magic associated with what the Steelers are doing. But I can't go out on that limb. So I'm gonna go with the

barbecue guys. Kansas City, Kansas City, I'm gonna go. I'll go with the Chiefs there as well. Washington and Juju are both back. Nagi Harris is not so I gotta go with Casey. Okay, yeah, good point. Pat Mahomes playing, Yeah, I got he's playing. Ain't gonna rest in the wild card Ram Mike, Chiefs, got the Chiefs, all right? Cardinals at the Rams. I'm picking the Rams. They've won nine of ten of their last ten against the Arizona Cardinals. Mike, who you got? I got? I got Arizona like it.

When Stafford's on, they might be the most dangerous team in the playoffs. I got the Rams. The Rams loaded up their roster for this run, So I'm going with the Rams. Yeah, I think you mortgage your future. I gotta go with you. We're all picking against Arizona in this one. Kind of tough. All right, here we go, boast of stakes again. We can level up in this game. This is this is a one point week. Next week we'll be a two Rams. I did pick the Rams. Ye,

everybody picked the Rams across the board. Dallas five and two all time versus San Francisco in the post season. They've won their last three matchups dating back to twenty fourteen. The Cowboys at home at AT and T Stadium a wide out in wild Card round. The San Francisco forty nine Ers versus the Dallas Cowboys. Who's going to win this one? Mike? And New York will start with you. Yea, Mike,

you said forty seven twenty three, let's go. I love it, Mike, Mike Branks for being such an avid supporter of our shows. You're the man. Appreciate HS always. We'll talk to you soon. Did he give us like a year? YEA? Love it. Bringing the noise all the way from New York. We're gonna hear Mike when we're out at the stadium. We're gonna hear Mike from all the way up in the Great North. So true. He was confident, And I love it, Rob who you've gotten this one? I don't like I'm

gonna go lead Corso and everybody. I don't like how they've been to the forty nine Ers have been to a super Bowl. I don't like how they can run the ball. Don't like their front seven being so nasty. I don't like how physical they can be. But the Cowboys are pretty good too, and I'm not I cannot see everything they've been through as as great of this kind of a special group. I think we've we've seen what they can do this season, and I just can't

see it ending at home in the first round. I've got the Cowboys in a very close game like twenty six, twenty four, Isaiah, twenty eight seventeen. Let's go, Isaiah, let's go. I'll get my pick. And I had to take a couple extra chips out of this back just to try and see. It tastes like a dub. Little gritty tastes

like a dub. It tastes like a big dub. I'm thinking multiple scores here, thirty eight twenty four Cowboys that can win over a San Francisco forty nine Ers team that's good, not as good as this Dallas Cowboys team's gonna play on Sunday. I think they get a big, confident win in the wild Card. It sounds like it. Yeah, he's got a new bag. You know, all week back, all week man, you've been hearing people talk that talk about why the Cowboys are should be the underdog. Even

Vegas comes out and says three points at home. I mean, who have you heard of that um and this whole rivalry and just so him and good the Cowboys are facing the bully and all that. I don't believe that. I don't believe that. I think if you pay close attention to the Cowboys, we've played a physical brand of football all season long. This is our time. This is our time. And as much as the dabters and haters are looming and waiting, they're gonna have to wait a

long time, y'all, because this is our game. This is It starts right now. It starts Sunday at three o'clock. Cowboys Win thirty one twenty three, Let's go Cowboys across the board. Wild Card Weekend three thirty Central time, kickoff on CBS. You can join Isaiah and myself on Cowboys

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