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before Christmas. They meet and Irving and they talk about a few things. Officiating was something that was discussed, but they didn't give too many details on that. They discussed the push push which they right now they're like, we can't ban that. That's not right now, we can't ban it. We know the Eagles are doing it better than anyone else, but we don't have any so I don't have a sample size right now or safety issues to prove
that we should ban it. There is something called the hip drop tackle, which it's basically how they taught players to tackle three or four years ago. Because they're trying to get guys to stop leading with their head, grab them, roll your hips, and they're like, oh, we got to stop doing the hip drop tackle now. So we're going to flag football eventually. Is what's going to happen? Is it? Probably? It's so confusing.
But another thing that they were really the number one thing on the docket yesterday was international games. Right now, it's set up to where each team outside the Jaguars, who kind of agreed to go overseas every year, each team once every four years, you would have to go play a game overseas. Okay, I'm sorry. I think it was once every eight years. Now
they want to make it once every four years. They announced that they're going to play a game in Brazil for the first time next year, and some of the biggest response I saw online was oh my god, people are going to die, which, yeah, summer in Brazil you know it's gonna be hot, but they South Paulo is the place that they're aiming for, so they're going to you know, handle that the Cowboys are being considered to play in that game in Brazil. The Cowboys have not played in an international game
in Mexigo City right twenty fourteen, would Mexico. That was London for Jacksonville. The Mexico City game was eight or nine the Cardinals, I think, oh, eight or nine. I don't know. Sos The Jaguars gave up a home game when the Cowboys played in London in twenty fourteen. Jerry said he's fine the Cowboys playing a game in Brazil, but he's not going to go up a home game. He's like, no, he goes. If we do give up a home game, I want it to be in Mexico.
That's our natural synergy and affinity with our fan base Mexico City. He's a smart man. He is smart. He's like, I got nothing. It's playing in Brazil, but we're not giving up a home game for that, but we will give up a home game from Mexico City. I wonder how that works from a financial standpoint. I don't know. I don't know. I mean you were losing a pretty good cut yeap parking concessions and then obviously tickets. I mean that's a lot of money. It's over one hundred
dollars just to park out there. Oh yeah, it's ridiculous. But it's also like, if you gonna go the game, it's what it is, and I don't want to try to uber park somewhere else. And how do you sell that to? What type of discount do you offer your season ticket holders that already have packages through that season? Yeah, just comes in with it. Maybe half the game's free parking. You know, even if it's
in Mexico City. Still, you know, your your fans that have season tickets for that season are like, wait, so we're only gonna get what seven ten games? But I paid for eight? What's the deal, Jerry? So they think that'll be in twenty twenty five because they've got they building a new stadium in Mexico City, so once that's ready, that'll be good. Well, so they're looking at Brazil and Spain for potential games in twenty twenty four. And really, the reason I'm doing this is not because of
what I already told you it's because I saw this quote from Jerry. I think if I read it like Trump, it would sound better because it's a quote from Jerry that sounds like something Trump would say. Okay, I've got a lot of business in Brazil. I'm one of the largest automobile dealers that there are in Brazil, one of the biggest. But I'm not as interested in the Cowboys playing there as opposed to Mexico City. We got a lot of fans, the best fans, some of the greatest fans there ever was.
But he's yeah, so he's like, we've got a lot of fans. Brazil might fit for a lot of clubs, but it doesn't fit for the Cowboys as much. We've got the highest attendants in the NFL. Let me just say this, when we aren't playing here, I want to be in Mexico City, period, period, which is what like gen Z is saying. Now, Like that's what fifteen to twenty eight year olds are saying. When someone lays something down, they go period and I need you to
just work that. Wea well, they're bringing that back because that's of course it's old, of course, but like if you said something, if you said something, just say something that's really very agreeable. Maybe common knowledge, but like very agreeable. Pizza is one of the most delicious foods on the play period period. See, but no, it's not you saying period. The other person. The other person drops a period in there. Oh wow, period, Like that's what the kids are doing these days. So to
agree with someone, you say the word period. Yeah, no, I think it's the person who said though. Oh yeah, no, they said to it. But that's always happened. Oh he's trying to change it up. It's technically both period MAVs. Okay, I've got one. This is you know from a female. H I have a lot of cramps when I'm on my period. Period. No, no, no, it's that time of the month. Then you're just saying period. No no jj no no
no, no no no. You know they're doing that. They're working on the Have you seen this big it's kind of a big news story, the tampon tax. Yes, that's been and it's been discussed for kind of all year long. In twenty twenty three, probably when wild stories by the attacks that they're removing from tampon's But it's all a part of the government's period scheme. Ce at eight fifty five for Dingus Morning News is jokes. I guess I have to come up with another joke. That was the one you were
gonna do. No, I'm doing Christmas jokes man, and that is how I go out. Guys. It's been nice. It's been a nice radio career. And I'll see you guys in hell at Kamath National Forest. Okay. So that's that. That's Hankins is not gonna play on Sunday. It would be a miracle if he did. I don't think they're going to test it. So you have your rookie, Massie Smith, who will get play.
What's interesting to me is there was a guy who kind of plays that same position that Hankins plays, the big run stopping, divinsive tackle who now plays for the Lions. Quentin Bohanna is his name, And they would have kept bo Hannah. Bohannah might be better right now than Mazzi Smith. And we are on wind now mode and Hannah's not some crucial peace and they had
to cut him to make room. But now that Hankins is hurt, there's another good trade they made, giving up a late Day three pick to get Hankins last year, Hankins has been so solid and I can't get over the fifth round pick for Cooks and for Steffan Gilmour because this team looks way different
without those two guys. Kidding, especially the Gilmour thing, especially because we're starting to see Gallup get back, and Gallup's like edged ahead of edged the best word to use there, but he's nowhead of you know, Jalen Tolbert again, which is great, and that's what It's been a year since he tours ACL, so it's like he's starting to get back. This is good.
It's weird a little less of Terrence Steele getting beat the last month doesn't get talked about much because we only talk about those guys when they give up a sack. You're not hearing his name called as much. DA's had a lot of time to throw. He's starting to get back, maybe fully from his ACL. I think that's a real thing that matters in the NFL when
guy's knees explode, like you're just not one hundred percent. And I think if we're seeing Galup get back a little bit, part of that's gonna be opportunities and if you're ahead, then you can start throwing him the ball a little more, but just some good things. It all appears to be coming to a head, and outside of Hankins, no other big injuries. It seems like cooks back to him for a second. He's he's that type of player that you don't really hear from him a lot until like maybe one every
fourth or fifth game, and then he just shows up and dominates. And you know, you know, in the playoffs, you end up from game to game as you advance. You know, if you're good, you there are those games where you'll have like that unsung hero, the guy that unexpected emerge emergence of a player. It's like, man, if it weren't for that guy today, I don't know where how the Cowboys will win that game.
He strikes me as that type of player where he just kind of flies under the radar and then he just makes like one huge play that can be a pivotal, pivotal moment in a game. And he's always a deep threat too, which I think it helps keep the balance in the passing game on for the Cowboys that he's always a threat that you have to consider and he'll he'll break free one time and make a play. That's just incredibly important to
a game. I think players like Cooks are necessary for a successful playoff run. So when he came in the league, and I think it was the twenty fourteen draft, yes it was, Saints drafted him and he was the twentieth pick overall in that draft. Then plays a little bit. The Saints obviously got into rebuilding, well not rebuilding, but they were tinkering in a win now mode at all times. Then goes to the Patriots, goes to the Rams, goes to Houston. That's why I knew what Brandon Cooks.
When they got him. I was like, he just put up huge numbers for the Texans when they didn't have a quarterback. This was not with Deshaun Watson, with Davis Mills. Like he can play. I think teams get him and they go, he's not our number one guy. He's kind of a one and a half or a two, and that's fine. And to go get him for a fifth rounder, I mean, it makes up for
the Amury Cooper thing that I killed them for forever. When they it comes close, it comes close, it really does, and just I don't know, man, it's as good as I felt about a Cowboys team this time of year. I think in my life, I think so too. Man, the fact that they're maybe twenty fourteen maybe, but yeah, and they seemed to be, like we said the other day, they there that it happens in the NFL where teams get better and better and better and improve each
week. And they're doing it from And I know you may not like hearing this, but their coach is getting better too. Yeah, so I agree, Yeah, yeah, I mean for him, this is all gonna come down to a couple of games in January. That's it. And yes, I do think he's the Sean McDermott of the of the NFC. I do think that. Well, they're meaning head to head on Sunday. It's perfection. Remember last week, I told you that the Eagles game is not the
statement game, it's the Bills game. We played the Eagles twice a year, normally we hedge that and move on. It's this one. Bills are playing better than the Eagles are. The Eagles are not playing good right now. But I think on that twenty sixteen team that was fun and dak to
go, and that team was having dance parties in the end zone. One ten straight games about this time of year, they hit a little funk and had a couple of games that if Tony wouldn't have done what he did with the press conference and calling it Dak's team without anyone saying that that, I think they would have considered putting him back in. I truly do they were considered it. I don't they wanted to, but I think they would have
considered it. Do you think that if Tony was not offsides and the Chiefs win that game, that Buffalo is still favored against the Cowboys. I don't, and I think there's discussion of that is so freaking weird to me that that one play determines who's favored in this game. Because I agree with you, I think there was so much crap. There is so much crap going on with Buffalo, and they're trying to hide it now by posting we get your back coach and all that stuff. It's more than just the coach and
what and the quote unquote nine to eleven story. There's a lot. I mean that story telling. Dude. Stefan Diggs has looked unhappy all year long. Stefan Diggs wants to be here. Are they seven and six. Yeah, and they I can't see why they're favored. Then they haven't lost a game by more than a touchdown. I mean, all their metrics check out to be a very very very good team outside of their defense, which is not is you know, it's mid okay, but this is like us.
It's US period. JJ's about to fall asleep. Okay, let's go to basketball for a minute, Danny. The MAVs play tonight against the t Wolves. This is a big one. Absolutely, this is I'm pretty pumped for this one. To stream this one. Yeah, yeah, the old computer. See what's going on on there. Make sure you get a VPN, man, you know, people getting in on your stuff, right live chat with Susannah. Now, I don't have a VPN. That did I have yours? I don't have one there? Will you get one for me for
Christmas? Yeah? A VPN. I'm gonna bring it up here. Here's a very private network. I don't even know what it stands for. I don't either virtual What does a VPN stand for? Virtual porn network? No? Jay, that virtual private network? Is it? Really? Yeah? I said, very very private network? Same difference. So the Bucks and Pacers played last night, though, Jannis dropped sixty four points and it was the They won by fifteen, and they sixty four points was the new Milwaukee
Bucks scoring record. So he wanted the game ball, but the Pacers took the game ball after the game. Now the Pacers are the home team. Okay, they took the game ball after the game because Oscar and Rick Carlisle says his name right, so I don't want to mispronounce it. A guy named Oscar scored his first official NBA point in the contest. So he scores his first point. Yannis scores the Milwaukee Bucks record for sixty four points in a game. Who gets the game ball? I don't know what do you
think? The home team is? What I think too? Well, they take it because the home team, Jannis pissed, chases him down and when they get back to the locker room. I'll let Rick Carlisle explain to you what happens. Okay, but let just know that this ended up in the tunnel, okay of the stadium. There we're near the PACER's locker room. JJ, can you creak me up here? What happened at the after the
game was unfortunate. There was there's a misunderstanding about the game ball. It was I she Way's first NBA official NBA point, so we always get the game ball. We were not thinking about Honest's franchise record, so we grabbed the ball and a couple of a couple of minutes later, several of their players ended up in our hallway and there was a big, a big I don't know, I don't know what to call it. A fracas and melee whatever. I don't think any punches were lands and melee fractus and me I
hear that a big Russian weightlifting duo. I don't know, I don't know what to call it, melee whatever. I don't think any punches were landed. Fracas, I am melee lift with us? Very good you? What was your legs? General manager? When Will more End got elbowed in the ribs? GM? The GM got elbowed in the ribs? What weightlifting a big, a big I don't know, I don't know what to call it,
A fracas and melee whatever. I don't think any punches were landed, but my general manager got elbowed in the ribs by one of their players. Crazy scene over a game ball? What's the GM doing? Down there up in it. I don't like Rick's delivery. Are my GM got elbowed in the ribs by Francas and men like you're the GM, your GM, you on the team, it sounds like. And so he certainly has a bruised, bruised rib and who knows, you know, it's anything more than that,
but unfortunate situation. We don't need the official game ball. There's two game balls there. You know, we could have taken the other one, but it didn't need to escalate to that, and so, you know, really just you know, unfortunate. Okay, So he just you know, he's you know, Rick is, he's just got like he's not going to really say anything cocky sniff, but it is crazy if there's two game balls, you honestly was pissed. Here's a video of him like chasing it.
He's like, give me my ball. They went and me my ball. And Haliburton, the star of the Pacers, who's an incredible player. God, he's awesome, and said they're like He's like in the tunnel, like, what are you doing here? What do you want? You just kicked our ass? Go home away? Who cares go back to Milwaukee? Send you a ball, Well, we'll buy you a ball that's like from the same arena. Who cares? I mean basketball? There's there are there's two
game balls. Then do they only play they they have one backup and then one that they actually used the entire game. I guess okay, and that's why he was saying. I mean he wanted the one that he touched, though, Well, get Oscar have it. You score a lot, and Oscar is not going to score much. He scored his first bucket. Let him have it. There's Oscar like hiding the ball under his hoodie, telling everybody he's pregnant. That's my last that's my last game. The heavies are
outside, Oscar and me lay trying to break into the locker room. God, the NBA is so juicy sometimes he gets so petty and all right, here's that coming out next in the scuttle butt, Hey we got picks with Glenn's at eight o'clock. You don't excited. I am very excited. Mystery celebrity guests calling in Malkie's pick. Oh we love it eight o'clock. First, I'm gonna tell you about some kids who had some bad candy. It's
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