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out on the table. But because we have a dandy of a matchup this weekend, We've previewed the offense ve defense the last two days and we are going to hit it hard today. Oh heck My Harris should call it out the Texas A and M Swacker. No, I'm just saying I like that. It is. It's nice. Rob's got a gradient Texas A and M drive fit on. Yeah. Is it Columbia Yes, sponsor, Yeah, celeb the loss from last Saturday, you know, freaking bounce back here. Yeah, you

got it. But you know what I want to ask you? Yeah? You made me wait a hold twenty four hours for it. Oh, go ahead and remind you. You don't have a guy, Go ahead and remind her. Come on, man, you with fifty fifty Oh Smith returning, So come on now, give me give me some percentages here, Crystal Ball, seventy percent? How about that seven I'm up to seventy. Now that's

failing in grad school. Okay it's not. But but you know what school the week, the work week is like seventy seventy five percent, So like, yeah, they still got Saturday. But I think yeah, I think they feel good about it or optimistic. Still still working with Britt Brown? Is

that you know? He was limited again, limited again. But Mike was on the fan this morning, Mike McCarthy and said, you know, they want to just get him three days of practice, get him in Saturday and then before they could cut him loose on Sunday, as what he said. So they didn't make you feel better, did it? No? I think that sounds pretty encouraging. We'll see a bit of anything. Think cakes, now, do you need him at

one hundred percent or you okay with seven percent? Man, I need him if he's at seventy percent, I don't want him to play. No, I'm saying I'm seventy percent. I know, I'm just saying, would you take a seventy percent Tyrann No, No, No, not at this point in the year, because because then then you got to turn around four days later and play again. So they told you, hey, he won't be one hundred percent for three more weeks.

You guys say, just hold off. That's tough because it's not like you look at this matchup and be like, yeah, we can get through this. No, and you can't really say that about any of the next three matchups either. Yeah. Think of the edge rushers that the Raiders have coming off the edge there. They've got some guys. Yeah, it's that. Look, I know we need him. I want him to play. I know we're considerably better when he does play. Chris Jones obviously, Frank Clark, those guys are hunters. They will

come after you. You don't want them to get a lick on Dak. So that's my that's my only concern. But also, like you said, I know, the next three games and the short amount of time that we have to play him is also a factor. I just, man, I'm just this whole high ankle sprain. If you have any experience with high ankle sprains, is it a sprainer or a bone spur? Spurs is what's kept him out? He had any irritating things though, Yeah, Like sprain goes away,

bone spur doesn't go away unless you get surgery. Yeah, that's that's the thing. It's more of a limitation deal, right, Just exposure too. I mean, just imagine having this bone sticking out and it keeps you rubbing against your tending like it's not going the bones not going anywhere. I don't want to imagine that. What I'm just saying, that's what he's dealing with, right, I mean, it's not going anywhere. They have to live. They literally have to go shave

it down. I don't know the whole thing. I haven't seen as his his um, his emma. I haven't seen his dog x rays. But my understanding and guys of have bones spurs. It's literally a bone that's kind of sticking out like a little little flans there and it's just rubbing, and that's what irritates you. And ask what you know prevents you've been being at your best? Really quickly rob any other news and notes from yesterday that stuck out from practice number two of the week. Greg

Zirline is off of COVID list. He was back at practice, so he's ready to go for Sunday. Is back. I think the only change from the injury report was well, Calvin Joseph had a personal matter, did not practice and the Sean Wright went from full to limited yesterday with the hamstream that he's dealing with, okay, and news and notes wise, Mike McCarthy was asked on the fan this morning,

any lineup changes left guard? Can you confirm possibility that Connor McGovern might start over Connor Williams And he would not do that. And what he said was, I'll say this to some fact, he said, I'll say this, both Connors will play Sunday. We'll both Connors have been playing Sunday. So it depends on what the roles are. Obviously, Connor McGovern back in the slot. So what we're gonna have Connor Williams if we'll back now, now he's got to

swap telback and telback. That's right. He did line up at telback Tebay. All right. We've got a special guest on the line. He is an aficionado of the NFL and all sorts of sports. TV Radio podcast host Trey Wingo, lfelong Cowboys fan, joins us here on Talking Cowboys. Trey, thanks for joining us. What's going on in your world? Well, I'm trying to figure out how many connors will play, right, that's that's how many? And how often would you put

Connor McGovern over Connor Williams at that spot? Are you you keeping Connor McGovern as that full back ache back option? I like, I think i'd like to see Connor McGovern Jenna get a shot there. You know, there's been a lot of shuffling on the line this year because of both things, and I think that i'd like to see mcgovernor you to get a look in there. To start. Now, you you have grown up a Cowboys fan. You've been

a Cowboys fan for your entire life. And with that being said, you've seen some pretty monumental matchups throughout your fandom of the Dallas Cowboys. Where does this one rank in terms of regular season matchups leading into it? With the quarterback battle, the offense is going back and forth? Does this rank up toward the top of the list in some of those battles? Well, it can. I mean it should if you go by the numbers. I mean, let's just let's just run through a couple of things here.

The Cowboys of the number one offense in the NFL, the Chiefs of the number two offense in the AFCs. So together they're averaging eight hundred and thirty nine yards

combined of offensive per games. And if you're looking for a historical perspective on that, the last time we had a matchup with those kind of numbers this late in the season was the twenty eighteen Monday Night games between the Chiefs and the Rams, and you might remember that one and in fifty four fifty one, So like, if you're looking for historical perspectives on the kind of offense we've seen throughout the season and what to expect, that was the last time we had a matchup of this

much offense going into a game this late in the season. And put it another way, Dak has twenty touchdown passes moms as twenty five. The last time we had a matchup with two quarterbacks with those number of touchdown passes this early in the season was that same Monday Night game between the Chiefs and the Ram that ended up fifty four fifty, so it has all the makings. So, as Michael Gallup said, get your popcorn ready for something,

I think the scoreboard operator Arrowhead should prepare for carpal tunnel. Hatre, I've enjoyed your work for a long time. We were having a discussion yesterday about the Cowboys and how they're viewed nationally. Obviously you've covered this team in this league for a long time. How do you feel the league or the media covers the Cowboys or views the Cowboys? Because I think fans feel like maybe they're not getting enough due and the haters will say they're always getting

pumped up too much. Like do you think it's somewhere in the middle with the way this team's being viewed this year so far at seven and two. Well, listen, I think all the haters love the Denver game, right. We told you man, they're fraud whatever. But those are just the haters. I mean, like, Cowboys have been arguably the most consistent team of football the start of the season. I mean, that's nice to see the Gregs or Lions off the COVID list. You might have needed to be

on the COVID list. League one of the Cowboys would have won that game. Being honest about wanting this partick, I guess one of them was a fifty plush yarder. But if he makes the extra point, year of the field goals and then in that Week one win, Campa Bay doesn't need a field goal to win, they need a touchdown. That's completely different from dynamic. So the biggest change for me and the Cowboys this year has been

their defense. Obviously, they were historically horrible last year and what dan Quinn has done moving them around it and it's allowing them to get those takeaways. It's just such a huge difference from a year ago. So I would say that the perspective of the Cowboys is, Yeah, I think most people think they're really good, but I think if we're being honest, questions about some of the things Mike McCarthy does, and you know whether or not this team is going to be able to get it together

when it goes in the postseason. But they've been really, really good guys outside of the Denver game all year along Hey Trey was something this is Isaiah, a pleasure to pleasure to eat, meet you, I guess or virtually meet you, appreciate you coming up the show. Hey, listen up. If you have you sitting up there, you walking into park, you're you're right there, right there, and oh in downtown New York, and you have two cups sitting on the

table and you have their full up offense. Is this Dallas offense and the Kansas City offense and they're both at full steam? Which cup are you picking to go forward in terms of being your best offense that you can step into this name with. Well, listen, there's two ways to look at that, right, I would think without a question, be cup with the Cowboys offense. Anyway, these are really big cups we're talking about to figure out

how big I can pick up this cup. I think the Cowboys offense is probably more balanced, right, I mean we know that they're more balanced than maybe a little more methodical Chiefs offense, however, is lightning that couple? And I know they had three bad games in a row.

But even before those three bad games, when people are saying what's rowing the Chiefs offense to the first six games of the season, they were averaging more yards per game, more points per game, had about a third down conversion rate per game, and a better red zone touchdown conversion rate than either of the last two years, and then went to the Super Bowl. So a whole narrative about the Chiefs office being broken was just a joke. I mean, they were turning the ball over, That's what it was.

And then, by the way, they had a couple of bad games in a row. I think the Cowboys offense presents a more balanced attack, but the Chiefs offensive then shared the hell out of people. Trey, it sounds like you're a males diner right now, man, So I actually am. I'm having all breakfast. Hey man, I'm a man that recognizes when you're you're eating something. So I'm just saying, man, if it sounds sounds exactly like that, But I gotta

ask you more about the MVP racing. Also, obviously Patrick mahomes is, you know, aside from a offsides, he would have appeared in three Super Bowls, And when it comes down to him being the MVP of the league for two years and Dak emerging as an MVP leader, how do you break down both of these quarterbacks? And obviously this is a singular award, but how big would it be for either of those guys? Specifically Dak to win the MVP. Well, listen, I think that the Mahomes narrative

out there this year, which to him. I think it's from what fogus is. He's gonna have time, He's gonna have to light it up for him to get the MVP. I mean, I think people are looking at Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson quite frankly, I know people are sick of it, But tell me why Tom Brady isn't in the conversation like a forty four years old. I mean,

the things he's doing are just ridiculous. And Matthew Stafford is there too, So I think there's there's more of a potential for Dak with a huge surge down the back half to sort of capture other ward. Like Mahomes just so good guys, and you know the Cowboys of the nineties were this way. People are looking for reasons to hate them, you know, you know what I mean, Like people come up with these ridiculous theories about Mahomes

and it's just because he's so otherworldly. So I just feel like when Michael Jordan's when Charles Parkley win the NBA MVP one year in the NBA said thanks for Michael for not having his best season, and I feel like that's the way it's gonna be with with Mahomes going forward. My absolutely think Jack is his prime too much to have a much better shot at becoming the MVP this year if he has a really stellar game on Sunday and also what happened down the strategy. No, no,

and I'm glad to hear that. But you're saying that he has to light it up, like he literally has to be hair on fire for the rest of the season to win. I mean, I mean it, But let's be honest. Let the MVP is it's the best quarterback on the best team. Okay, That's that's what the league has become, right, That's I'm not saying it's right or wrong.

I'm saying it is like you know, some some of the other seasons that we've had from other players, and they don't even get a sniff because they're not a quarterback. So you know, you can make a pelling argument outside of the Monday Night game, the Cooper Cup could be the MVP. He's get close to Megatron's numbers this year in nineteen hundred yards and one hundred thirty five receptions and twenty touchdowns. I mean, that's those are insane numbers.

He's never going to win because he's not a quarterback. All right, Trey, we're giving our predictions later in the show, so we'll add this to the list. But who you got this week? Cowboys or Chiefs at Arrowhead? Who you got coming out on top of? Well, the worst thing you can say as well, that's the Chiefs are three and oh against the NFC eas this year, well, the other three teams in the NFC East. Let's just be honest. The Cowboys don't win this division by three games, and

everyone's gotta go Okay, the division is terrible. It's a terrible division this year. However, I feel like the Chiefs are a little tested off, and I obviously I think being at home helps them. Nothing would surprise me in this game because I believe the Cowboys have been the most Like I said, I think they've been the most consistent team all year long. But I feel like the Chiefs are than everybody, So like, really, you thought you

thought this about our offense, you thought this? And their defense has played really well the last three games, and their defense just needs to play average if their offense is good. If there, if their defense is average and their offense does what it's done, is Kansas City could prop bomp six straight wins. So I am leaning towards Kansas City. But again, nothing would surprise me with the way things have gone this year. This is the most week to week season I can remember in covering the NFL.

I know that hurts you to do. I know that hurts you deep down inside. I know that was that was tough for you to do. But hey, I appreciate you being honest. I'm okay with that. I love it. I love it very much. Well, thank you so much for taking some time to talk with us during your breakfast this morning. Hope it was tasty what you have? Oh? I had a little steak Tahita. Omelet with you. Man, Come on now, my good I know I know how to eat. I know Texas people. No, not at all.

That sounds delicious. You guys doing anything to the show? You holding on your all right? Trey, thanks so much. We'll talk to you soon. Thank you so much. And Tray Wingham, of course, he's done great work throughout his career covering the NFL. Still has a great podcast as well. Let me go ahead and shout him out there. Didn't know he was a Cowboy fan, huge Cowboys. He's not from Texas. Uh No, he went to Baylor, graduated from Baylor. Okay,

sick him sick, embarrassed. So yeah, he's got that connection there. Chris off the top rope, Chris loves a Baylor. He half Forgotten History is his podcast, Give it a check out. He's got a lot of great people, great guests on there too. He does really really good work. I've looked up to him for a long time as a host and back in his NFL Live and Draft Days and stuff. You're looking at the great resource man. Oh yeah, so he's been he's been a voice of the league for

a long time. Knowledge Yeah, yes, yeah, he definitely is. You could you could hear some of the different perspectives. But the one thing that made me laugh was in his final answer was the Chiefs offense, as good as they are, their defense just has to be average and set off a light bulb. I's like, wow, where have we heard that before? Right around here? It sounds just like here done it, But he brought it. He brought

up something interesting. Although the Cowboys are probably considered the underdogs here, you know, because the Chiefs have had so much success, there's probably more a chip on their shoulder because people are trying to find ways to poke holes and what they're doing this year and everything they haven't been they haven't been that good as good this year, as good to their standard six and four, they're still good. It's a high standard. It's a high, high star, very

high standard. When you go to three straight championship games and then you have two straight Super Bowls and one of those you want, Yeah, you're gonna be held to a high standard. It kind of goes back to and you probably dealt with this during your time in New England the Patriots dynasty. Every year if they weren't winning the Super Bowl, people were poking holes in it, trying to say, Okay, that ship is sinking, and then I mean, of course they never really were any holes, but if

there were, they were covered up. I don't know if you do that when you go to nine Super Bowls, though, you know, if you know what I'm saying, if you are consistency, can you know that you have the best coach in the league. If you don't finish, it's something there's a there's a reason for it, and you know you'll be back next year. Kansas City is probably just to your point, Kansas City is the same way. Hey man,

people get sick of winners. That's why the Cowboys and parts are so hated because it goes back sixty years of five Super Bowls and all that stuff. So yeah, there is yeah, but did you have to deal with any of that from a national standpoint of trying to poke holes in a team that you knew you didn't need to poke holes in because you knew you were had you had that confidence, you have that foundation, not

necessarily there. I mean I think I felt that more here, and there hasn't been a championship here and a good wow wow. You know, I'm just the facts, right. That's interesting. I mean, just because of the amount of media attention, just because of this, the fan base, all that kind of stuff, the expectation levels are always so high, and it necessarily hasn't always been grasped versus out there, because you know, right, I think it's I think it's more

hopeful here. It's been more hopeful here in Alice, in New England. My time there, it's like it's like, we know we are good, we know we have a good foundation. If we don't make it, yeah, to Heck's point, we know why, right, that will be check that box. Let's correct that. Come back in all season. We'll be back next year. It's not a hope, it's I can identify it. I can put my finger on it. It's getting addressed.

And now we're gonna get be right back in that game. Right, we'll be exactly where we want to be versus here. I feel like people are still hoping and can't kind of grasping onto the past and saying, oh it feels like it like it did back then. It's like what's tangible? Right, what's tangible? So it's like actually just grasping that thing and being a check the box and say this is what we need to address. Once we fix that, will be exactly where we want to be. That's good. That's

good stuff. You know what, Because hope is not a strategy. Nope, all right, yeah, hope is. And we can't this is this, this is the change, and when you see it change, you can't. Well, man, we're gonna this is a trap every week. Oh, it's a trap game. Oh we gonna have a let down here. What's seven and two? Bill Parcel said, you are what your records as you are. Say that and seven and we're seven to two right now, Why don't we get the recognition. I'm not downplaying what

Kansas City has done. I'm not downplaying what Patrick Mahomes has done. He's one of the best in the business. But there's a part of me that says, you what used to be, we are what is today, and look and we are defensively, defensively all of those things that people are. Man just want them to go ahead and fold the tent and go ahead and be what they used to be. We ain't that no more. We show

up at your stadium with the bazooka number eleven. So but y'all say saying, with your chance, Friday, I want you so passionate in That's the thing is because, like you said, until you have that tangible and tangible in this scenario is playoff success, and you don't have that yet. To a certain extent, there's hope. But you're right, it's different. This isn't the same. This isn't the same as what we've seen in the past. There's a chance here because

of the bazooka. Is that where I like that name. The man with a thousand nicknames, Michael Parson has just earned another one. I might be my favorite one so far, but this is this could be different. But that's the thing is, we got to get to that tangible side of things. And I think that's why this Chiefs matchup is so anticipated because this is the first taste of something tangible until you get to the playoffs. This in Arizona. I've been to two games scheduled as a tangible win

for the Cowboys to stay Okay, we're there. We have a team that's good enough to go to that level, and this is one of the weeks where you could prove that. Hex channeling John Cena right now time is up. My time is now, they're time. I don't think they're time's up. That's what makes this that's what makes this matchup so much fun is because it literally could be a Super Bowl preview. I mean it really could. I mean, both teams got to keep getting better and all that,

but like they could see each other again. They're they're not based on the way they played last three weeks. They're not going anywhere. Pete, when you look at the league. Most of the teams that have a top tier quarterback are always in the hunt now. And that's that's the importance of them. That's why those positions get paid what they get paid. And so I'm not what I'm saying is it's hard to do be the consistent as the

New England Patriots have been with Tom Brady. There are a whole lot of other things that had to be good as well. You look, and we looked at our losses and we're judging by that. Let's judge them based off of their losses. Let's look at who they were when they got beat down versus Tennessee. Who were they when they got beat down versus Buffalo? Right, and so some of those things, maybe they get better at those things. Maybe Andy Reid can rectify and correct it. I just

don't see it. And I'm not going based off of oh what you used to be. We're on the same page there. I was thinking about that this week. You have to look at this matchup objectively on like what what is twenty twenty one told us about these teams? I do think, I mean, their past history, they can draw on it, I mean, and what they right, Yeah, but you know, I think ye Trey was right. The more consistent team. Isaiah, I think has been scratching his head.

He's scratching his head. Y'all know, I'll shoot this straight. I don't disagree with you guys in terms of, you know, teams leaning back on their pastor or you you paying attention to what's present. And they have they struggle the first part of the year, but to the same point that I made about the New England Patriots, and they're figuring it out too, even without you know, obviously they're

leader of the past. Sure, they're figuring things out. There's an expectation because of what has happened in the past, and because of the past, the past allows for you to have a certain sense of confidence. The past allows for you to have a certain sense of realistic expectation because you know that. Because you know that, you can attain that. The reason why people are, why the fans are excited and everybody in football is excited for Dallas to play the Kansas City Chiefs is because you know

what the Chiefs are. Regardless of what they did, it is first half of the season. You know what they are. You know what they're capable of. And you know, you're not just saying Kansas City is just they're just a bad team. No, you're saying Kansas City is going to figure it out. Why are you saying they're going to

figure it out? Because you know what they are at the root of their their team and and their past indicates that, right, Their past indicates they're the pieces that that were in place for them to go out and when these championships and go to the championships, is still there. That's a popular Jerry Jones is um too. If I've seen you do it before, I know you, I know you can do it again. And that applies. That applies to Kansas City. Applies to Kansas City for sure. And

I think the vice versa applies to the Cowboys. Let me see it to believe it exactly. I think both ways, both ways it could go and that's why, and that's why fans are excited. That's why most people are excited for this game, because it's like you're not If you were playing Buffalo Bills right now, you'd be excited, but you wouldn't be excited like this because they haven't done Because they haven't done it right, They haven't done it

in a while. They're they're damn good team, damn good team, great quarterback, all that stuff, right, But you wouldn't be excited about it like you're excited about the kansa c Chie's because you know the Chiefs are a championship caliber team. And I know a lot of people are gonna be saying, well,

why didn't you have that week one? Well, you didn't know what this team was week one, coming off of a six and ten year, You've had some injuries, you didn't know what a lot of it was there too, though, a lot of people excited because why because there's the champs. They're a champ. Let's see who we are by facing the champs. It's the same thing this week. Yeah, lots of opportunity here. The Cowboys and the Chiefs have had three common opponents. How did each of those teams fair

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that was so funny. I wish y'all could have heard that. All right, you did. We're moving on. I mentioned those I mentioned those three, those three common opponents that the Cowboys and the Chiefs both have. Now are they, Kyle? Those three are Los Angeles, Philadelphia in New York. The Cowboys are three and oh against those teams, right, h Kansas City is two and one against those teams. Really, one of their four losses came to the Los Angeles Chargers.

It was actually one week after the Cowboys beat the Chargers, so the Chargers were the one loss. Now, let's see about those two wins and compare the two. Washington or excuse me, Philadelphia fell to Kansas City forty two to thirty, so plus twelve. Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles by twenty Cowboys beat the New York Giants by twenty four, and the Chiefs beat the Giants by three, So at least the advantage Cowboys when you look at it that way.

But like we said, that was before the three game win streak, that was before the Chiefs really found their stride. So I'm just basically throwing it out there that this is a different Chiefs team. But at least the history shows that Cowboys should have a good opportunity to win this game. Man, that's you know what we are in

this league. Obviously the comparison businesses afoot all the time, and it's but only it doesn't work for us, right, So like if we beat like how people, well if they beat San Diego, if they beat Los Angeles and then Los Angeles beat them, and if it just doesn't add up for us. But going back, it should beat

different by forty. Wait, that's not us. But then you go back, you go back to you go back to the Los Angeles game, and that's very important a measuring stick, you know, obviously playing them a week apart, and I just felt as though Los Angeles came into that game pissed off and they played like and there were certain things at Eckler, certain aspects of their offense that just

couldn't be stopped. And obviously they're going up against a quarterback that they they've seen quite often in that division. So you know, I don't put anything past them in that game just to say, look, we won against Los Angeles. He was an impressive game on our part, but you know that that loss for them, really I can't chalk that up. Nothing to add on that. Trying to stay out of it. You're trying to stay out of that that talk. I mean, when was that game Week two?

In Week three? Yeah, I mean that's a while back. Chiefs defense a lot better now. I think you can legitimately say that they're better defense. I asked McCarthy yesterday. Why do you think that is? He said, you know, early early season September, coming out of training camp, unscouted looks sometime defensives are still trying to find their stride. They've added Melvin Ingram. They just seem to be playing better, just more sound and and I think they found a

rotation they like up front too. How much does the edition of Melvin Ingram pay a role Because we talked about it off air Isaiah before before hit Sticks, I think is when we talked about it, but I mean the physicality that he brings is it's apparent he's very physical player, and that's something that they need on that side of the ball. I don't I think that they're addressing much like we were just talking about teams that know they're good, teams that have had success. It's easy

to say, hey, where are we dropping the ball? Like what are we missing? Right, and as able to say, okay, we're good here, we're good here, boop, oh, that's what it is, all right, So let's yeah, let me, let me go ahead and put that button, let me let me circle that. Okay, let's go ahead and make a trade with one of the most physical teams in the league and get one of their juice guys. Right, So

they went out there and got Ingram. That's somebody that you now add in the mix with Clark, with Jones and all these other guys, and you thought to the honey Badger and all these guys, will you start thinking about, man, what is the characteristics of these players? Fast? Physical, right, fly around? Now they just have to fare out a way to have some former continuity and communication and they can become a problem early on the reason why I

didn't come in on that. We we struggle. The Dallas Cowboys struggle and had a lot of conversations around one or two offensive linemen in terms of just moving one or two guys, missing one or two guys, moving one or two guys around. These guys had five, yeah on their offensive line, their entire offensive line. So I really write off what happened in the first game like it's a loss, it's on your record first month of the season,

that's a that's an adjustments. I personally write those games off because if we can't expect our officsive line to play good with one or two guys missing, how the heck do you expect I don't care who they are to expect anybody to play well with five guys that are brand new, you know, aside from just OTA's in camp, so they have opportunity to get things together. But defensively, yeah, they they they will be good. I hope it's not

this week. Yeah, hopefully that's not the case. Now let's get to our draft kids Daily Fantasy Picks of the Week. This is a segment we're gonna do every Friday. Here, I'm talking Cowboys. The Official Daily fantasy partner of the Dallas Cowboys, giving customers a shot at millions of dollars all season long. Eligibility restrictions apply. See DraftKings dot com for details. Here's the four picks that we've got. We'll start with Cede Lamb. Who's got CD this week? And

why I have CD? Get your check books out. You gotta see he's sitting there at seventy six hundred dollars and it's for a good reason. Ceedee Lamb bawled out last week. He's seemingly getting better every single week. And the reason why he bawled out is because there's a dude by the name of Michael Gallup that you see down there in the bottom of list him and the presence of Michael Gallup allows for CD to bump down

into the inside. CD was in the slot sixty eight percent of the time last game, allowing him to face the opposing third best cornerback sixty eight percent of the passing snatch. So imagine CD lined up against their third best shoot. Imagine CD learn them against their second best. He is going to ball out, and there's a great opportunity for him to ball out this week. Simply because of those matchups. Okay, what about Dalton Sholtz. Who's got Dalton shorts is probably Rob right, no as he has

no he has Mark Cooper, Mark Cooper guy. Okay, we'll go ahead, all right. Well, you know, look when you when you study the film from Kansas City, they literally don't cover well on their tight on tight ends and probably because of what you said, having to bring the third best out to cover the slot. And then that gives you man to man either with a strong safety

when they go big nickel or with that linebacker. If y'all haven't noticed, Daltons Shoults is bawling, bawling, not on a budget, and he is doing it in a way that I think is going to set him up for this front office to have to make some decisions at the position. So if you look at how much is gonna cost him, it was it forty six hundred and something. I mean, guys, this is a this is a deal. Don't ever say hecky, heck ain hut you up. I'm doing it right now, all right, double put them up.

Put the money on Dalton, because I'm telling when you get down the red zone and we and they try and go to that big nickel or any of that boy, Dalton Schultz is going to eat. I picked Michael Gallop there at the bottom, but Dalta Schultz is by far my favorite value pick because of what they could do against Kansas City's defense and because of the cheap about No I'm just I'm saying he had a great big I'm saying, wait a second, he's Amari Cooper is not even the top of that list in terms of Wow,

sixty two hundred. Okay, anybody forget ninety three catches last year? Okay, tell them Robs their most reliable option to this day. In the last time that he played on the road, it was Cooper rush at quarterback thir eight catches, one hundred and twenty two yards. Well, Dak's playing this week. But that's even better, right, It's even better for Dak Prescott. And you know, I think he's due. I think he's

a little healthier. I think he's feeling better, and I think on the road they need his reliability to kind of move the change. Be that possession guy that every Friday radio say it with your chest, Rob Rob Goes. Did you forget he pulled out what the fut and then Michael Gallup at the bottom. That was my pick. He's a value guy because there is still question marks on whether he's going to explode or whether he's going

to be held in check. He'll have a couple catches, but is he going to explode to be the fantasy value that you need. That's why his value so low. And honestly, with the way that he gets just sold me on Cooper and Schultz. Go for Cooper and Schultz. Those guys are value picks. I like Cedie Lamb too. Don't worry. Ceddie Lamb might be my favorite player. He had the stats, true, the status. But that's your draft King's pick of the week against Kansas City. When we

come back, we've got our picks of the game. How are we doing standings? Got it all well? The fans have been doing very well. Let me just be from Ohio. We've got we will be from Ohio. Was the worst fan by far? If he's one in five standing has been audited though, yes they are correct. Check it all. We're all good. Don't worry right now. Give us a call eight A D eight eight five five two two nine seven be a party of our pickum segment eight

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I actually had props ready for my next read and I didn't bring him today. Oh well, just let us know whenever that straight Carlton. Goodness. All right, y'all. Standings update, We've got a standings update freshly done. You read you both taking a train floor that taking it with a grain of salt, all right. At the bottom of the list, the Isaiah stand back Train twenty seven and twenty nine.

You had a four and two week last week, though, Yeah, he came back, getting back on track just standing back. Heckma also went four and two last week, so you didn't gain any ground on Hecma. Heckma's now thirty two and twenty four overall, so you're in fourth place. Third place, which was originally the fans is now Rob Phillips. Rob Phillips went three and three last week and dropped the spot. Damn Cleveland Browns. Yeah, those Browns are getting in every

time you picked against them two weeks ago. You picked the Bengals over them, and then they destroyed the Bengals, and then you picked the Browns and then they won, I mean then they lost them. So where are the fans. The fans are in second place. The fans are at thirty four and twenty two in second. They've been four two and one from Ohio. The losses are from b from Ohio. So Steve last week, dude, Steve went five and one. Scuba Steve went off last oh boys, Yeah,

robbed the fans out. My favorite part of going back and listening to it was whenever you you forgot him on a on a game. He went to Isaiah, he went to Rob he didn't say my pick, but then he went straight into the Cowboys and and uh and the Falcons, and Steve just goes, I got the Chiefs or like whoever I got, I got Washington like real quick. It was really funny, man, I'm at the top of thirty six and twenty. I also went five and one

last week. Convenient one, Yeah, convenient. Well, you have all the picks on your text if you want to look at it, because I sent him in on text, and so don't dare, rob he's gonna do that. I get a lot of texts he'll do it. Go check him. I'm five yeah, all right. This week we've got Gee from Jersey on the line or guy, Gee what up? Gee? Fellas listen feeling this whole week is epic. Man, if you're Cowboys Ben and you ain't ready for Sunday three

thirty Dallas Time four thirty, something is wrong. So this is this is Paciu Mayweather feeling. This is this this game seven eighty eight and Rob P you'll agree with me. This is Holgan versus Warrior Warrior Sky Don't wrestle Mania six in the road. This is this is epic right here, man and Rob P. We all jealous because you get to be there, baby, get to get it in person. Man. But hyped up, we hyped up. Let's go, baby, Let's

make these picks. Let's do it. So we've got six games on the docket, as always, will start off with the Riverboat Ron game. How about Washington on the road at Carolina. Cam Newton is expected to start for the Panthers. We're gonna start with you, Gee, who you got in this one? Man? I'm taking Carolina. They about to go on a run, and they about to give Tampa a run for their money. Man, Cam is back, They ride receivers,

is back. That defense is healthy with them corners on the field, Carolina, Isaiah going with them, mister Yogi bear himself, Cam Newton, who Okay? Going with Cam? I bet Cam goes off off in this game. Yes, against his old coach. I like it, which there's mutual respect there. But yeah, Caroline at home, So we're all gonna take the Panthers here. Huh oh, yeah, okay, I'm gonna go with the Panthers. I think Cam is back. You know, this is a revenge game for him because Riverboat had an opportunity to

pick him up. I think he feels some kind of way about that. I know I would. I gotta think the same thing. I think the Cam is gonna find a groove. I think this team's gonna find a groove. And that defense that has allowed, i mean, not very many yards per game this season has been pretty good. I'm gonna go with the Panthers here. What you wanted a chance to catch up? Isaiah? Yeah? Isam looks frustrated off to the side. All right. The Jets hosting the Dolphins.

Miami has won six of their last seven against New York. But hey, New York's finding a little bit of stride there. They want a couple games this year. Rob, We'll start with you. Who's the quarterback for the It's not Mike White anymore, it is not. I think it's Flacco, though, it is Joe Flacco. They went and signed Joe too much. How elite inconsistency mean elite? Give me Miami, okay, Miami on the road. I'm gonna fly, fly, Jets fly. I don't know if I've ever heard that term before, but

Jets at home. That's a good one. Now I'm gonna go Dolphins, Miami Dolphins. Yeah, give me all right, Gee, who you got Dolphins the Jets of the worst team in pro sport count Hey, I like it. I like it. Say it with your chest. I think the Lions would have something to say about that. I'm having a rough time with the allergiesus week. I'll pay you that much. All Saints at the Eagles. Saints at five and four, the Eagles at four and six. Uh, heck one, We'll

start with you on this one. Saints at the Eagles, And you know, how much I do despise the boot Eagles and the Saints as well, But I'm gonna go with the Saints. Okay, they both are not good, but I go Saints. I'm gonna go Philly at home in this one, Rob, Saints are kind of killing me like the Browns. Man, I'll go Eagles and Tris. By the way, that might be a drop. That's say it with your chests if you want to have time to clip it off. I'll go Eagles. Okay, all right, what you got, I'm

going Philly, man, We got to watch out. They might be able to win. Since to day last seven, Yeah, there you go. Second most points per game in the NFL since Week eight, thirty two point seven points per game. All right, The Bengals at the Raiders. I'll start off on this one. This is tough because the Raiders haven't been playing as well. They're just coming off of that really big loss to the Chiefs. But I say they

rebound against Cincinnati. Give me Las Vegas at home. Rob, Same same line of thinking, Kyle, same line of thinking. Give me Vegas with a win going into Thanksgiving against Dallas. Oh okay, makes that game interesting. Seven hundred and seventy seven straight sevens hand in a nice game, going with the Raiders. Going with the Raiders, all right, Gas, Vegas. Heck's got a chance to make up a game now, I'm going with the Bengals. The Bengals here, chance to

make up a game. Steelers at the Chargers. I think this is a very underrated game at Sunday night football, so we'll probably get a chance to watch a little bit of it. Pittsburgh one of two undefeated teams since Week five. Yes, in his back, I believe so is he out? I don't think he last week? Yeah, so I think he's back though. But yeah. So it's the Steelers on the road against the Chargers. Can the Chargers up in the Steelers after they've been red hot as

of late. I'll start with you, Isaiah, big Ben, big Ben and the Steelers, Okay, heckma man, I'm gonna go charges at home, Charges at home. I'm staying there with you. I'm gonna go Chargers. Gee, who you got, I'm going with the Steelers. The Chargers are hurting up front. No boats and Nottillery. Oh good point. All right, I was on the fence. You just you just helped me out there. I'm gonna go with the Steelers on the road. Then there you go. Okay, the game we've all been waiting

for Cowboys at the Chiefs. What's your gut feeling? How did the cow Boys get it done at Arrowhead? Are they gonna come out with a dub? Are they kind of come out with a loss? Gee, we'll start with you give me the Boys forty one thirty one twenty fourteen, Denver Fields. Man, I'm born with the boys. Man, let's go deck this this lead out there. Oh, I love it. Gee, you're the man. Thanks again for joining us. As always, we'll talk to you soon. My friend. All right, gee

Gee from Jersey our guest picker this week. Let's see if he can keep up with Steve. Steve with five and one last week, So lots of pressure on Rob Phillips on this pick on me, it's on me. Well you're you're down by one game to the fans now, oh gosh, yeah, Gee, with some good picks today. Isaiah said something earlier in the week. I agree with when you think it's a shootout and a tract me, it's probably not. I think it's gonna be kind of ugly at times. I think there might be some turnovers, maybe

the Cowboys can get some get some turnovers here. But I'm with Heck in that based on what we've seen this year, we should have confidence then go up win this game. I'm to go with the Cowboys in a fairly low scoring game on the road. Twenty Okay, Isaiah, Ooh, I love the Cowboys, you do, Yes, I love the Seahawks,

but the Cowboys. Um. However, Kansas City is Kansas City, and I believe that Kansas City, unfortunately we've been talking about it for weeks, has hit their stride, unfortunately for Dallas, at the wrong time. And I think it's going to be a heck of a contested game. But I think that Kansas City is going to be too explosive, and I'm not sure that we won't put ourselves in bad situations at some point in time in this game, allowing them to have more chances than they should. So I'll

go with Ksey score thirty five, twenty eight. Okay, did you give us score? I did? Okay, I probably way too low, but yeah, oh, that's that's right, that's right, all right. I've gone back and forth on this game all week too. There are days when I look at it and I say, you know what, the Cowboys are gonna win this thing. But then there are other days when I say the Chiefs are going to win this thing.

One of those days is today, where I've gone back and forth, and I think the team that has the most opportunity to force turnovers, to get a couple extra stops because of the talent on the defensive side of the football and Negate just the offensive firepower that's in this game, I think that teams the Dallas Cowboys. I think it's dan Quin defensively that's going to force a

couple of turnovers. We're gonna make the Kansas City offense get into some mistakes, and I think the Cowboys will keep pace on their side of things and get the job done offensively. Give me the Dallas Cowboys winning a huge one at Arrowhead Stadium thirty eight thirty four in a classic, I mean down to the wire, classic game. It's gonna be a touchdown drive in the fourth from Dak Prescott that wins it, and the Cowboys are at eight and two. So so I believe that sometimes you

can have too much respect for your opponent. It's true. It's never good, especially when you got to put hands on them. So this is that game where we gotta put Paul's. We got to show up in your city and put Paul's on you. And the one thing I know about a reputation that you used to have back in the day that used to bees don't make honey.

We all us now. And so when we show up in your city with the big case and what's in the big case the bazooka, and we're unveiling it again, and we unveiling it again, it's gonna be a lot of pressure. And Patrick Mahomes his character turned right back to the pumpkin that it's been versus the other four guys that's annihilated them. So obviously I'm taking the Cowboys and it's gonna be a forty burger all around. I think this is gonna be a shootout. Um. I just

think offensively both of these teams are. The firepower is going to be on display. But I think the Cowboys and Dak we went in a shootout and I'm gonna go forty nine forty two something like that. Wow, no defense. Chris Beam's gonna be getting some water burger on suffrid Night. Look at the fries aside of spicy ketchup. It's gonna be fantastic. All right. That does it for us this week here on Talking Cowboys, Hope you had some fun for Chris Beam in the back, Rob Phillips, Isaiah stand back.

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