Talkin' Cowboys: Previewing The Rematch

My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's who. Thanksgiving Week is upon us and the Thanksgiving Battle is less than I guess what it would it be thirty hours away at this point whenever we're recording this as the Cowboys and the Washington football team are on the docket, and it is a say it with your Chest Wednesday this week because guess what, we don't have a Friday podcast, so we've got to do it on Wednesday. But we're gonna do the same thing we would normally do on

the Friday. We're gonna say it with our chest, much like we do every single week here on Talking Cowboys.

Kyle Yeoman's here with you, Isaiah stand Back, the great Rob Phillips and Heck Harrison also along for the ride, and guys, I'm starting to kind of get a little bit excited about this matchup and we are definitely going to break it down, but first we did want to pass along our thoughts and our prayers as always for the situation that is at hand with the Dallas Cowboys and strengthen conditioning coach Marcus Paul, and the fact that

we are praying for him. We want his safety and we want his family to know that we are praying for him as well. And guys, it's a tough situation overall, but there is a football game at hand this week, and I wanted to pass that along initially and know our thoughts and prayers are with him. Isaiah. Yeah, absolutely, man,

we definitely want to hold him up in prayer. I'm not sure all days since of the situation, but I hate never want him to know him and a family to know that that he got a whole whole crew writing with him. So here it is. Rob. Yeah, absolutely totally agree. Um. You know, the Cowboys were going to get back to practice today. They did not practice yesterday after UM coach Paul had that medical emergency and UM, so you know that was that was scheduled to be

their their main work of the week yesterday. They're going to have that today and I'm sure Coach Paul is going to be on their mind. Uh and and he's on our mind too. Best thoughts and prayers to to coach and his family. Yeah, it was. It was devastating news yesterday to learn what had happened at the Star. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. This is a trying time, especially, you know, obviously during this season for him and his family. I can only imagine

what they're going through. But we had definitely as a Cowboys family praying for him and his family. Just wanted to throw all that out there for sure, go for it, Rob, Yeah, and Kyle, just based off of what the Cowboys announced yesterday, that's that's what we know that he was. He's in the process of undergoing further tests, and the Cowboys will keep us up to date on any any updates on how he's doing, and hopefully that is those are good

updates coming along the way for Coach Paul. But yeah, I wanted to make sure our thoughts and prayers are with him and with his family during a trying time. But Rob, like you said, the Cowboys taking practice off yesterday, do you expect practice today to be either longer or more intense, just based off of the fact that it is a short week that you have to deal with. It's not like you could push it back a couple

of days. You've got the game coming up tomorrow. This is ultimately a lose situation from a players standpoint, just in the fact that they don't have a whole lot of time to get on the field. Yeah, I'm not. I'm not sure exactly. I don't know that we're going to have any media access again today. We didn't yesterday, and so you know, they've got to get some work in in terms of some situational work that you would

get in terms of preparation for an opponent. But at the same time, to your point, you got to get off your feet because the game's coming up on you in close to twenty four hours here. So I don't expect it to be a physical practice. It's probably going to be m you know, a lot. I wouldn't I don't know if I would call it a walkthrough, but they're gonna have to a lot of it's just in terms of mental and and and getting some of the game plan down on the field. That's probably more than anything.

But it's Isaiah knows this having gone through it. It's just about trying to get your body right on four days rest to get ready to play this game, because it's not easy on seven days rest. What is that like, Isaiah? Yeah, I would expect this. I would expect this to be kind of what we used to call fast Friday. Obviously fast Fridays being the last real practice before before a Saturday game. Then obviously we're a day before the Thursday game.

But fast Friday is there's no pads and you're you're running your routes about three quarter speed, You're doing all your drills about three quarter speed, but you're still getting those mental reps. The positive side of this, obviously without having yesterday's practice. Um, the positive side is that you face this team already, so you're familiar. You'll be a totally different situation if this is your first time facing the team, but you know, you face these guys not

too long ago. You're familiar with the personnel, You're familiar with what they do on office, defensive, special teams, so you have some kind of concept in terms of you know and being and being prepared for what they're going to bring to you. It's just a matter of breashing up on some film study and then making sure that your calls and communication are on point. Um. These guys professionals at this point, they're leaning on their offseason conditioning

to make sure that they're prepared for this game. Yeah, the preparation, the preparation for this game is obviously they've they've had this in for a while, knowing that this

was going to be a short week. And you want to rely on the fact that these guys are professionals and they can acclimate and pick up pick these things up easily, just with the bye week and everything and coming off victory, just hoping that that continuity sticks and these guys can continue to build off of the communication that they've had and if things are getting a lot better, especially on the defensive side. So I wouldn't think that when you say intense, I definitely don't see them doing

any hitting or anything like that. But the mental prep for it is very important today and so that they will be obviously ready to morrow now, Isaiah, whatever it comes to a week to week sort of preparation. Of course, there's a ton that goes into each game plan. But if it were a kind of a cram study sort of deal wherever you're trying to get as much information and as much raps as possible kind of pushed into such a short amount of time. How of that is

going to get lost? How much is they're differing from maybe the game plan that we saw against Minnesota and the game plan that we're going to see this week against Washington. I mean, nothing drastically different, right, I Mean, that's why I'm saying pretty much the guys that are out there on the field this week, or same guys plus a couple of changes. You know, the team that you play when you played Washington last time earlier in

the season. So there's not a huge difference there. And that's where having played these guys recently plays a year benefit. But I mean there's not It's not a big cramp session that the players that you that the coach hasn't still that's the plays that you guys have in your playbook.

They're not going to make any huge changes. There might be some more emotions, there might be some personnel changes in terms of things that in terms of alignment and things of that nature to create some mismatches, but nothing drafting, it's just a matter of just going into your playbook making some tweaks so that it looks a little bit different, But by the end of the first quarter, everybody's settling

into what you do every single week anyways. And on top of just having played Washington a month ago, you know, they also are a division opponent, so from a personnel standpoint, you've already got familiarity with a lot of their players year to year. If you're a Cowboys player that's been on this team for a couple of years, so you know, I think that compared to maybe last year where you're playing and a Buffalo team that you see once every four years, I think it's not as much of a factor.

I wouldn't think in terms of preparation for this particular opponent. Heckma, Yeah, my concentration has been on, you know, making sure that these guys are healthy. I know that we're injured in a lot of areas as far as the secondary Anthony Brown to be one in particular, that we're definitely gonna

need coming into this matchup. So maybe the preparation or that the day off, you know, get getting these guys some extra treatment, things like that, But getting this team healthy for a division foe that we know Thursday's this is going to be a hard hitting contest. You talk about hard hitting, heck Man. You you came at you came at Washington yesterday with a little bit of fire. Yeah, a little bit of fires, just kind of saying the least I could tell a little bit. You don't like

the football team. You don't. I can tell. I can feel it in your bones, especially after the twenty five three loss. Do you want me to run through this just to make you to just make your blood boil a little bit? Some of the numbers from that loss. How about Gibson twenty carries one hundred and twenty eight yards in a touchdown. Oh, that one, that one hits you, That one hits you. There seven receptions for Terry McLaurin a touchdown. You got Thomas with four receptions, sixty yards

in a touchdown. Kyle Allen shushed you on the sideline and went one hundred and ninety four yards through the air with a couple of touchdowns. You went three of twelve on third down and had just twelve first downs and one hundred and forty two yards total. You mentioned it yesterday, Heckman, this is a revenge game on Thanksgiving in I want to hear about the heck Ma Harrison Revenge Tour and how that should be the Dallas Cowboys

revenge tour well. And also don't forget about Cole Hokum and what he did to Ezekiel Elliot on the Blitz. You know. So it was a lot of that going on. And look, man, we have our conversations before the show, and I'm sure Isaiah has been in a few fights where he's lost, uh, and he's had to learn from getting his butt kick. Uh. He's probably the only one on the panel that's had that happened to him. But he learned something from a from a butt whipping, you know.

And I think we got one and I have to And that's one of one of those things where you have to come back bigger, better and stronger, because when they turned on the film from the Washington game, they've got to say to themselves many they put it on us, right, And you start at the Bostick hit on Um on a quarterback, you know, Dalton on Andy Dalton, and you know, I think there were a lot of excuses made for the offensive line at the time for why they didn't

go after Bostick, and I'm sure that as a team they sat around and they talked about that, like, look, the next time, guys, I don't care if you're trying to remember your plays or not. If a guy does your guy like that, you go after him. I mean any that's just the rule period, right, And so they did. I mean the Washington football team, they came out and they put it on us, and the Cowboys have got to have that in the back of their minds because that left the lasting sting and had everyone in the

media talking about this team being gutless, heartless. I mean, we even had what Isaiah was talking about the fact that these guys probably don't hang out with each other afterwards, so they're not friends if they're allowing stuff like this to happen. So look, I just want to see this team come out and play hard, and I don't care

what the score is. Somebody's all. Everybody needs to have an ice bath after this one because they're gonna be sore from all the hard hidden Isaiah, yeah, I mean yeah, I mean to heck of his point, I mean, yeah, if you take an l you want to beat that team, that's pretty simple. I don't care on what you are if you're a competitor, if you consider yourself a competitor. Number One, you hate to lose. Number two, you want to have an opportunity to redeem yourself. And that's exactly

what this is. And it's gonna be on the big one of the biggest showcases of the year in the NFL our thanksgiven days. So what better, what better day, what better opportunity to go out there and bust he's casting their mouth and Isaiah, let me ask you this. Now. It's it's it's one thing taking the l but it's

the way they took that in right. Yeah. I mean that's got to be the thing that is lasting with this team because they can't and you can tell, like every game after that, they didn't allow for teams to push them around anymore. And you saw that with the Laden Vanderish and the Steelers game when they got tried to push him and he's pushing them away. I could tell that this team has gotten some fight in them. After that Washington game, Yeah, I mean, they got disrespected.

I mean, you know, I quit it to sit in the chair, you know, at the DMV and somebody's coming outside and smacking you upside the back of your head, right, and you just and they just walk away like they didn't do nothing. You know, they didn't fight back. You know, they just so now they had they have an opportunity to come and fight back, and we're gonna see what they do with them hands. Do you get smacked in the head at the DMV often? Is that something that's

a problem. No, No, I probably wouldn't be out here because I probably have a record that just that can't happen now, do you? Yeah? I mean I think I think the Cowboys feel like they're in a better place, Kyle. You know, in terms of guys. You guys mentioned it. Two hundred and eight rushing yards allowed to Washington, who had struggled to run the ball pre mightily for most of the season to that point, and they've gotten some of that tightened up, we think, And you know, Zeke

couldn't really run the ball in that game either. The offensive line just I mean the most tenured guy they had starting was Connor Williams. That's how young they were in that game. You get Zack Martin back, you hope they're not going to allow six sacks to Andy Dalton. They allowed six to Dalton and Danucci when he came in relief. So I just think they're in a better place. And to you guys point, I think they're just more

confident team right now. But maybe Washington is too. You know, they've got the same record, and Washington's coming off a couple solid performances lately. Yeah, so which team can carry over the momentum that's gonna be It's gonna be interesting. They averaged two and a half yards per play or per game, I guess whenever it came to that game. And I say one of the things that you always say is a huge key to each football game is

what it's the battle of the time of possession. Well, that time of possession was not in favor of them that day. Thirty seven minutes to twenty three for the Washington football team, and they controlled that game. They really did. They had the they had that game in the bag really pretty much early on. Whenever they had the even the safety, it felt like whenever Dalton Schultz had to recover the fumble in the end zone, it seemed like from that point forward, things we're gonna go their way.

But it's a new week. It's a new chance and the Cowboys have an opportunity to turn around and have some revenge, like Heckma said on one of the bigger showcases in the entire NFL on Thanksgiving Day. When we come back here, I'm talking Cowboys. We're gonna preview the Washington defense versus this Cowboys offense. How do the Cowboys prevent six secs from five different first round players? When

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for you, see more and do more. There it is as always it just I love how like I love how genuinely happy heckm becomes whenever Isaiah throws on the lenses. I've never I've never seen I've never seen anyone purp up like that when they hear somewhere I gotta say, and you know, I try and switch it up. So I try and switch the bows read and the s lor read between the two segments, so that way it catches Isaiah off guard every now and again. He's never

caught off guard. He's never cut Stay ready to get ready, co stay ready, always ready, All right back here on Talking Cowboys, as always say it with your chess wins. We've got predictions coming up in the next segment. No, I did not get the standings updated. I forgot to look. I know, Kyle, Well, hey how about this. I can pick I'll pick a topic, I'll throw it to you, and I'll try and get it done as quickly as

I can on my phone. Whenever we start talking about the preview of this Washington defense and the offense from the Cowboys, because it's only one week, I gotta catch up. I think I might be able to do it. Anyways, with that being said, this is a defense that we already went through the numbers from the last game, just completely dominated the Cowboys and held them to the lowest amount of points in an NFC East battle since two

thousand and two. It had been that long since the Cowboys were held to three points in an NFC East battle. But with that being said, like we talked about a minute ago, and Rob you mentioned it first, so we'll start with you here. This Cowboys team has a little bit of swagger, has a little bit more confidence going into this matchup. You think that can translate to the offensive side of the football. Yeah, I think so. I mean, you mentioned five first round picks on Washington that's not

changing on Thursday. They've still got a lot of talent up there. But I think if there's one point that maybe they've struggled at, they've still got pass rushers, but they haven't been great against the run lately. Last couple of games. I think they're giving up like five yards a carrier close to it. And when you think about what the Cowboys have been able to do. I mentioned it the other day, one hundred and fifty plus yards

last three games average man. That would be right at the top of the league right now, what they're able to do. And it's been kind of that thunder and lightning deal with Zeke and with Tony Pollard. And you know, I can't stress how important it is to have Zack Martin back in the lineup this time compared to when he was out against Washington October twenty fifth with a concussion. I think that makes all the difference in the world.

And you know, Connor McGovern got that start as well, so you think he'll be more prepared for this matchup than maybe he was first time around. But I look towards, you know, trying to get that running game established. You know, I think they've done a good job of that. Lately, Washington has not been happy with some of their run defense. They've kind of changed up their linebacker rotation because of it, and so you know, maybe that's an area you can

try to exploit tomorrow. Now we're definitely, guys, we're trending in the right direction for our running game. And you're right, Zach Martin has made a big difference with that move out to right tackle. And so last time we played them, I mean, they pretty much bludgeoned us internally and rightfully so,

our covers were bad. We had nothing for our offensive line, and they showed up and as far as the Washington football team defense, and they explored it that this game, I believe we can make that difference by having the same balance that we had the last game and just that slide protection and making sure that we can keep Andy Dalton upright. Sweat young guys many they hunt, they hunt, they hunt, and it's not the first quarter of the second.

They do it for the whole game. And the way that we throw them off is by making sure that we put that running game. You know, in fact, Andy Dalton has to put on display what he did the last game and his ability to get to get the ball out of his hands. He had a few throws last week where he hit uh, he tried to get one out to Centric Wilson and he had a lot of mustard on that ball. So just calm down and

he just get the ball out of your hands. And I just feel like this is going to be a game that if we can stay balanced, we can have a lot of success versus this Washington football team that plays complimentary to one another on the front end and back end. I'm looking forward to it, man, I'm really looking forward to it. I mean, this is an opportunity for this offensive line to come in. Um, it's not

the same line that we had last time. So they can said, hey, that was that was our plan B. This is plan ah, here we go, you know, or really it's our plan B. This time was playing C last time, right right right? But nah, I mean and like these guys know, hey, we're about to impose our will on you. You know. That's this is man to

man man. This is looking at this is looking at another grown man who's who's done well in his life and done well in his career and saying, hey, I'm glad you've you've done what you've done, but today, not today. It's not gonna go down today like that. And we don't like what you did last time. We don't like how you disrespect it. This quarterback right that's right behind me, and we're gonna come out here to show you guys what we're about. It's a it's a it's an opportunity

for redemption. Like we talked about earlier, Competitors want to be in this game. Competitors want payback. They want the opportunity to to to reinstill who they are and let that other grown man know when they walk up the field, Yeah I got you today. And I know like they've they've got talent in the secondary too, Kendall Fuller and Ronald Darvey, they've done a nice job for them lately. But I just have a hard time believing that that Amari Cooper is going to be the only wide receiver

to get a catch again. Yeah you know, I mean that was the other odd stat out of that game. He had seven for eighty yards, and there are only three other guys that caught passes, Dalton Schultz two for twenty two, Zeke and Pollard one for six each and that was it. Nothing for Gallup, nothing for cdee Lamb, and I just I just have a hard time believe if the protection can moderately hold, they've got a chance to be There's just more productive down the field. There's

nobody on this side of the ball for us. That's not gonna be game ready. These guys can't wait. I mean, the receivers. They're mad about what happened. Whether it was a continuity with Annie Dalton or his inability to have time to throw the ball or his inefficiency of the throwing the ball, it doesn't matter, right. They know they have a different Annie Dalton, they know they have a

better officer line. Zeke was mad about what happened last time, right, all these guys are gonna be are gonna be pissed off, man. So I'm looking forward to seeing the type of fight these guys come out within this game. Now lating on that too, go for it, heck, I'm sorry, go ahead, cow. Yeah. I just felt as though, like like Isaiah said, this is going to be a game where these guys a

game ready and ready to go. But coming off it just a refresh your memory coming off of the Arizona game, which we were blitzed heavily coming into the Washington game, and Washington isn't known for being the blitz heavy team, but they came after us and they they stacked the box six seven guys at the time against us, And so we have to be we have to go into this game knowing that they're going to present the same thing.

And I think Dalton Schultz gives you a confidence because of the way that he's played the last couple of games, but also getting CD Lamb involved. I think he had a drop or two in the game that were pivotal. I mean, there were the ones that we needed our receivers to come up big. So let's not negate the fact that we had some drops, but also things have progressed with our tight end play. That should make you

guys a lot more confident going into Thursday's game. You also got to remember one of the biggest things that kind of put the Cowboys back or set the Cowboys back in that game was turnovers. Early. You can't turn over the football like they did, especially in that one. And I know there was only the one turnover, but really from that point on, you were you were you were on an uphill battle because you were down nine to nothing. That turnover ultimately ended up in nine points.

So whenever it comes to that, you basically have it's we have already talked about it previously, where you have to kind of abandon the run, You got to throw the ball a lot more, and then you get Andy Dalton kind of back in the pocket scrambling around the defensive pressure comes. Do you expect them to have more of an emphasis on holding onto the football? Now they've done that the last couple of games, and they've wanted

the turnover battle in the last couple of weeks. But is this something that is going to be a point of emphasis heading into tomorrow night. It's always the point of emphasis. Uh, no turnovers. I mean, it's just it's just it's not acceptable. I don't care what week it is. I don't care if it's preseason. It's just not acceptable

on any team in a league. And it's something that you it's always that you always focus on because you know it's a it's a game, uh determining factor's it's that one one stat line that everybody and point to and say this decided the game. So it's something that has to be important to you. The ball is the most important thing and that's what you gotta protect. Oh heck man, Rob King, Oh your turn go ahead? Yeah, no, turnovers.

Turnovers are never good man. No one likes them. And there's not one stat that a coach will look at it, especially the turnovers and say, oh, that's okay because most of the time, and what's been our m is that teams have taking those turnovers and turn those into points. So, um, Andy Dalton, and we have to say this, Andy Dalton, over the last couple of starts has turned the ball over and so maybe there will be a turnover in this game. Uh that you know the Cowboys have to overcome.

That's okay, let's overcome it. And let's dick to our game plan. All right. We know that the Washington football team, as soon as they get a lead, those defenders, man, they pin their ears back and they come after you. And so no matter what, just solidifying this offensive line, we've all got to feel better about that. But again, the game plan has to be simplified, right, getting getting Zeke involved because he loves to play against the Washington

football team. His numbers indicate that. So I mean, if you have any kind of fantasy going, Oh, you start Zeke this week because you know how he loves to play against the Washington football team. And if you know, if you don't turn the ball over and don't give them easy points there, they've had trouble getting off two good starts and getting leads. They've fallen behind in the second half most games. They they've had deficits. I thought this was interesting. I've just reading up on them on

the Washington Post this morning. Somebody wrote, can it avoid a slow start, drive stopping mistakes on offense or big play breakdowns on defense? Can it maintain a strong pass rush, a complimentary run game, and serviceable production from the linebackers. You could be talking about Washington or you could be talking about the cal cal That's that's that's mirror images

right now, two three and seven teams. That just which team is a little less sloppy, a little bit more balanced and uh and sound in their assignments is going to win this game? Because I don't think either team has a great margin with the injuries they dealt with and some of the struggles they've had. Rob is this the is the winner of this game going to win the NFC East. How about let's throw down a tough question right here, right now. Say it with your chess

wins day. I mean, whenever you win, you go in the first place, sole possession. Whenever you lose, you go into sole possession of last place in the NFC East, at least for a couple of days. But I mean, looking at the schedules ahead, both teams have a favorable look to the playoffs as opposed to maybe Philadelphia or New York. So I ask you, is the winner of

this game going to win the NFC East. I know I can't make any definitive statements in this season off of one game, although you make your point is that you know, if Washington sweeps this, they've got the tiebreaker, which isn't good. But if I have to pick a team with the advantage down the stretch, I go with the Cowboys because I guess you could say their schedule on paper, they've got to perform no matter who the

appointment is. But I just think offensively, they have more pieces than any team in the division, and when you're playing games on the road this year, there's less to prevent you from from executing offensively this year because of the lack of crowds across the league. That's why I give the Cowboys a little bit of advantage. Despite all these injuries on offense, I still think they have more pieces. Oh man, every time you try and get out, they

pull you back in, always, always. But that's that's indicative of how bad the NFC East has been. And I think that anybody who can look at this division, and what ticks me off is the people that do they say, well, the Giants have the lego up in this division. The Giants have a first year head coach and just like the Cowboys do. But for some reason we don't get the benefit of the doubt with that. But here's what

here's what our for the Cowboys. This is well either way, I just feel like we have the leg up here. This is a must win game and we do ourselves a favor by getting a victory this Thursday, right, and so just let everything take care of itself. And I think that's what the new philosophy is. We don't want to talk about down the road. We want to talk about this game and so we know how important it is. And yeah, it looks on paper as though we have

an easy remainder of schedule. But like you said, Rob, we gotta go out there and we gotta prove it no matter who the opponent is. Yeah, I mean between the two teams. Between the two teams, I'm gonna go with Dallas. I think both teams are improving, and I think that's dangerous because because of the defensive a presence of Washington. I know they've been given up to run a lot. But if those guys decide not to let that happen, they can so hopefully, hopefully they decide this

week just to let us run a little bit. But I mean, both guys. Both teams have great offensive threats. Both teams have great defensive threats. It's just a matter of who's gonna show up. That's really what it comes down to. If these guys make a decision that they want to go out here and win the rest of their games. Um, I think either team is capable of it. Yeah,

And which Andy Dalton is gonna show up? Yeah? Yeah, Which Andy Dalton is gonna show up tomorrow is very important starting with hackma, hackma, give me one player tomorrow that has to have his best game of the season for the Cowboys to come out with a win. Ezekiel Elliott and why. I mean it's we saw how easy it was for us to get in rhythm versus Minnesota. Uh. With Zeke running the ball, I think he's the He's the caveat to all of this. I mean, and he's

what we've been missing this season. It's just hit those hard runs from Zeke, the the ones that keep the clock going, time of possession in our favor. I just feel like against a good Washington football team, that's gonna be the deciding factor, especially to break the back of their defense. They have the strong point of that team. So that's where we have to win on that side

of the ball. Rob Connor McGovern, you know that they'd made the switch to Zach on the right side, right tackle because they felt like he's earned the opportunity to play and play guard there and Payne and Jonathan Allen. That's as tough a matchup as it gets for a young player. So can he handle that? Can you handle that? Again? And he showed up when he's been asked to play. Uh, you know, how how can he help them in pass

protection and in the run game? To hex point, that's the upfront is is the key to this game, no question. See Rob, I thought you were gonna try to steal mines Man, but you went with the other Connor bro I'm going with Connor Williams. All right, Connor Williams has to play better than he played last time. He was a veteran on the offensive line last time we face

these guys. Um. Now he's no longer that. But I think that if that, if he plays the way that he's capable of playing, if he steps his game up a little bit and we solidify this offensive line, it sets us up for success in a throwing game. It sets us up for success in a running game. Both of those aspects. We established a run, we establish a pass. If we can secure those front guys on the front floor, Um, I think we're gucci if that's the case. What's your

favorite Thanksgiving side, Isaiah? Go mac and cheese. I love me some mac and cheese. Rob. Dressing, Oh the dressing? Okay, Okay, No, I'm I respect that. I love dressing, Okay, Pacma Sweeper Tator Castle roll though I can't get on board with that one. Unfortunately, I'm a Supertato castle. What's Oh, you ain't never had potatoes some supertato castle roll. What what's the different what's the differentiator between those two? Man, it's

the marshmallows. Man, it's everything. Oh yeah, I can't. I can't. I can't. I mean, you're from the you're from the Seattle, man. If you don't, that's why, that's why I'm asking. Hey, I want you to educate me. Man. I've heard you know beat green bean cast role. I'm here. You know sweet potato cast role? You know one of the other kind of cast rolls we got out there? What makes something to cast role? Yes, sweet potato castle, it's amazing, man.

And I'm telling you if you never had it, and you're you're vegan, so this is something you can definitely enjoy vegetarian. The cheese, I do cheese. Yeah, support as you can as you could possibly tell. I don't know the difference between one of the others. To give no surprise, there no surprises. All right, let's take a break. When we come back, it's say it with your chest. Wednesday, we give our predictions for the NFL week. Yes, I am currently trying to listen to last Friday's episode and

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What I want is for the record to know, Bro, I took Washington. I just went back and you did. You didn't listen to it, right because I listen. I'll go back and listen to it. You say, host out, he's a little hostile. Are you? Are you anticipating the food? Is that what it is like? Do you have a are you? Are you angry? Are you fingry? So here's the thing. I took Washington, and I know I did. So I only lost one game. I'm gonna clip that

lost one. I'm gonna clip this and then I'm gonna clip the clip pick and then I'm gonna send it to But okay, so I took the football. All these records on predictions, all these records are under review. They're under further review pinning last week and this week just because of how I was having to listen to it in the middle of the show. But here's the records

unofficially at this very moment. Heckma gained some ground. He only lost two games last week, once against the Packers, and the one under review is the Washington and Cincinnati game, which he definitely picked Cincinnati. Anyways, with that being said, with that being said, we're going at twenty and nineteen. At the moment, he's back in a winning record, and he's tied with me for third place. So it's me and Heckma twenty and nineteen third play. Hey, hey, hey, listen,

heck well man, chill, just chill out. Go back. We'll go back and listen to it, my friend, it's under review. Just give me a little bit of goodness. Anyways, right this, so twenty and nineteen is our record. He may be in third place, I might be in last. That's fine. Rob is in first place at twenty three and sixteen, and Isaiah's sitting at twenty two and seventeen. I will give an update on Twitter, finally figure this out. So everybody still with still within three games? Yeah, this is

the Cowboys. Well, also, you picked the Cowboys, Heckma, So there's at least two games that you've lost that so maybe three games. I'm sorry, can you repeat that? You say, Hey, you picked against the Cowboys against the Cowboys last week, you picked against him, You picked against the Cowboys. So you've lost at least two games. Wow, so we're gonna

really guess that. Yeah, I know, isn't that crazy? Okay, Week twelve, we're gonna have to blow through this pretty quick because heck was taken up all these Okay, here we go Sunday. This is a Sunday kick off the Titans and the Colts, both teams at seven and three. Since you are so belligerent today, you're gonna let you start us off Titans against the Coats. I'm on Titans. M Okay, Rob give me the Titans as well. Okay, Isaiah put me into Lee Indy, Oh, Indy, right there.

I'm gonna Isaiah might gain a game here because I'm gonna go with the Titans on the road. I think they're just playing better at the moment. All right, Barry Churches ringing my phone and just interrupted everything. The Panthers and the Vikings, and Barry stop calling me. We're on a podcast, my friend. Uh. Panthers and the Vikings both teams with four wins, and both teams really in need of a potential pick me up. After the Panthers got to win last week, the Vikings did not let's I'll

start it off. I'm gonna say the Vikings rebound at home against Matt rule Ling Company, Isaiah, who you got as much as I like PJ. Walker with my time in XFL. I'm gonna go with uh with the Vikings. Eckma, I'm gonna go Vikings. Two guys, I'm going Vikings. Yeah it is Teddy Bridgewater out. Yes he is for Carolina. Well, then I'll take Minnesota. Okay. We I think all of us except for Hekma picked the Buccaneers last week and they let us down on Sunday Night football. But we're

gonna have this one Kansas City. No no, no, no, no, no, no, no no. I'm gonna get mad here because I picked the Ram. Oh you did? You did? Oh you did? I marked it down? Rob did pick the Rams. Rob picked the Rams, marked it down. Don't worry. I got it. I got it. I got it. So Chiefs straight now, Chiefs on the road against the Buccaneers. The Chiefs at nine and one and starting to kind of find some rhythm, the Buccaneers kind of pitter pattering at seven and four. Rob,

who you got bat Mahomes? Chiefs, Here you go HEKMA, guns up at homes, guns up Texas Tech Reference. Okay, isah, I'm going with I'm going with the part owner of the Royals. You're not going with the part owner of the of what your last team was and the Patriots and mister Tom Brady part owner of your heart. I need to say TB twelve. I'm disappointed in his laughter of sportsmanship following the game. Yeah, that was with me. Yeah, that was a little little nuts, right, What do you

think about that? As a as a player? I know how competitive he is, and I know that when I was when I was a young kid and I lost on the sticks and I turned the whole system off and everybody got to leave. So I'm sure that's what he's I'm sure that's what he's going through right now. But he's he's over forties, so we got to cancel that. He could do better. That's the second time this this year he's done that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, out oh man, turn it off the sticks. I forgot if I made

a pick. But Chiefs is where I'm where I'm going with there. Let's go to Thanksgiving early morning matchup Texans on the road against the Lions combined seven wins between the teams. Detroit, of course, always their tradition to host a Thanksgiving game along with the Cowboys Texans. Mmm, what's going on in Houston. I'm gonna pick the Lions in this one, just because I think they have a little bit more firepower right now than the Houston Texans. Isaiah,

I'm flying by my waist. I'm gonna go with to Texans. Mmm. Yeah, you're going to Texas too. I don't know, I haven't watched either team all year. I'll go Detroita. Oh, okay, one of the game. I'm I'm gonna go Detroit as well. Okay, let me get another game name. Let know isaiahs. Isaiah's on an island twice in this one. Okay, Thursday, Land Island, Uh, Thursday Thanksgiving? Of course? The night matchup the Ravens on the road against the ten and owned Steelers. Is it?

Is it easy to say that the Ravens are kind of having a tough time right now? I mean they're not necessarily looking like the same Ravens as the Cowboys prepared to take them on next Thursday. Who has to pick first? I'll pick Steelers. Still get to win here, HACKM I go. I'm going Steelers. Okay, I'll go Ravens there, dude, to get back on Steelers. Gotta lose some time right right at some point down the road, but just not this week, Isaiah Division rivals. Man, I'm going with Steelers,

all right, there you go? All right, here's our game. Cowboys leave. I'm not careful. Yeah, I know. If Rob's gonna say go first on this one, un go first on this one. Wants to go first? Cowboys in the Washington football team Thursday match, here me to go first. Totos tostitos, come on, believ all right, I will go first. We got this is the big payback match, and I'm coming back home, all right, Rob, I yeah, I mean

we touched on it. I think the Cowboys. Maybe Washington is too, but I think the Cowboys are a much different team than we saw a month ago in DC. So I'll go Cowboys. Uh twenty four Giants twenty you I forgot to get the points. Excuse me? H? Thirty one thirty one thirteen. Oh wow, you think it's gonna be a pretty dominant win for the Cowboys. Yep, I like that, okay. Thirty four thirty four twenty one Cowboys thirty four twenty one Cowboys. I like, that ends nothing

to me. I might be able to grab a game here. But here's the thing. I don't think the Cowboys are losing this game. I think the Cowboys come out. I think they play inspired. I think they play for the revenge Tour. I also think they play a little bit for Marcus Paul. And so I think the Cowboys come out and I think they have some fire this week, and the Cowboys are gonna win this one. Let's say, let's say thirty to seventeen. Thirty seventeen is my score

for this one, and the Cowboys come out. I'm so confused by Kyle and Heckma's you know, the loyalty. I mean, because you know, if I remember correcting me, Heckma said he never picks against the Cowboys, and then there is last week and Kyle said he would never pick the Cowboys again, and but yeah, he does it. I'm just so confused in terms of where these guys stand. Hey, you flip the please that deflection? Is that deflection right there? Kyle? That Jedi mind trick. Only No, I'm just going up

with you guys, said that's all. I'll take you guys for your word. Yeah, I trust you guys. This is a circle of trust, the trust trust. Try saying with it, Chess Wednesday here on talking Cowboys. Now, before we go, Chris Piem has informed me in the back that he has done, once again a magical job in the producer's room back there. He has cut Heckma's audio of this

Washington supposed pick last week. And so I don't know if you guys are gonna be able to hear it, but I'll relay the information off of Okay, so you will be able to hear this. Okay, So we're gonna go ahead and play the audio. This is what heck must pick was of the Cincinnati and Washington game last week. Dude, tell this is another one of those toilet bowl games somewhere toilet flushed. Jeez man, are we really talking about

toilet boss? Are we really talking about? This? Is great? Okay, I'm gonna go with the football team reluctantly pick Washington. M Okay, Well, mister heck Ma Harrison, congratulations, he only lost two games last week. How about that? So HECMA is solely in third place? Twenty and or wait, let me pull up the notes here for a second. He is at twenty one and eighteen and third place. So good he Harrison has won his challenge of the season and uh he has not charged an extra time out.

So there we go. We're going and I'm coming and I'm coming for you, and I'm coming for you. I'm coming for you. This is the first time I've had to do it in the middle of a show. So I'm sorry. I heard wrong. I thought he said since he or whatever not going against the football team, that's on my bad. Well that's gonna do it here for talking voter front. It is not voter front. I promise

I didn't mean to anyway. They who who's there. When we come back on Monday, we'll break down what happened on Thursday and then the Thanksgiving battle between the Cowboys and the football team. But until then, once again, thoughts and prayers with Marcus, Paul and his family. Want to thank everybody for joining us in wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving.

Make sure and let those who you love around you and those that are are close to you that you are thankful, and let them know that you love them as well, because it is a crazy year, but it's always a nice time to be thankful. So Happy Thanksgiving everybody. Enjoy the game tomorrow, and we'll be right back at it to break it all down for you on Monday here on Talking Cowboys. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club ssssssssssssss