Hour 2 - Elliott's Exit

Ben Maller talks about Ezekiel Elliott getting released by the Dallas Cowboys, if he should have taken a pay cut to stay in Dallas, what the market will look like for Elliott, Maller to the Third Degree, and much more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our name Bert two hour two
of our radio show We Go where the Cowboys roam
deep in the heart of Texas, where Zeke Elliott is
the focus, the now former cowboy. How do you grade
Zeke Elliott after his tenure in Dallas comes to an end?

(00:22):
Should Zeke have taken a pay cut to stay in
Jerry's world? The sovereign nation that that is? And what's
the market looking like for Zeke Elliott? What is it?
We'll talk about that and more right now. Thank you,
thank you, thank you for downloading the podcast on a
newby night. It's our number two, the Zeke Leak. He's gone,

(00:49):
He's out. See you later, Sionara, Welcome, in the beginning
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in a couple But our lead this hour coming from
deep in the heart of Texas as the shake up
has happened in Dallas. Yesterday's rumor is today's news. You

(02:00):
might remember in a previous episode of the show many
months ago, we talked about the reality that this particular
player was not long, not long for Jerry's world, and
it has happened. We have now learned the Cowboys confirming
they have fired Zeke Elliott. Turn out the lads, the

(02:22):
parties over. He was given his unconditional release, which is
a politically correct win in sports of saying you've been fired.
He's a free agent now he will be designated a
post June first cut. What the hell does that mean?
It means that Dallas will save nearly eleven million dollars
against the salary cap, but Zeke will count against the

(02:43):
twenty twenty four cap. You don't need to really worry
about that. But the Cowboys are going to get salary
cap credit after June first. My favorite player is salary
cap credit or salary cap flexibility. I've always rooted for
that player. Many NVP awards, many championships have been one
because of salary cap credit, salary cap flexibility. Now you

(03:06):
might remember at the NFL Scouting Combine, which was a
couple of weeks back, Jerry Jones hold he held court there,
the media was around, they were hanging out, and Jerry
played very coy. He said that he was open to
the possibility of keeping Zeke Elliot in an ensemble backfield
with Tony Pollard. And how did that work out? Well,
Pollard got the franchise tag, so it turned out to

(03:29):
be just nice football decorum. The decision was actually made long,
long ago. So now that it's over, let's take a
look back and then we'll take a look ahead. But
we'll start by looking back. The question as we discuss,
how do you grade Zeke Elliot's tenure with the Cowboys.

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So I've got split personalities, fringe benefits and dog whistle,
and we will lock all of these things together, and
we are going to make some Texas toast is what
we're gonna make now. Number one, we go right to

(04:13):
the Mallet report Card. That's how we judge these things.
It's not that deep. We're an overnight radio show. It's
a little complicated when it comes to the Malle report Card.
I'll tell you why, because you look at Zeke Elliott
now that it's over in Dallas. He started out like
game busters. This guy out of the Ohio State University
was dotting the eye. He was a holy terror in

(04:35):
the Cowboy backfield. He was Emmett Smith Light the first
three seasons, averaged four point seven yards per rush attempt
and over nine rushing touchdowns per season. For the first
three years, he was the Rookie of the Year. He
was an MVP finalist. He was an all Pro, a
key cog in the Dallas attack who flourished in the limelight,

(05:01):
the spectacle of Jerry's world. He was doing the boogie woogie.
And for that chapter, Zeke Elliott on the Malle re
Port guard gets an A. He gets an A. But
then you go to the next four seasons in a
cowboy uniform and it's a record scratch situation, Zeke transitioned

(05:22):
into a jag. Not at Jacksonville jag a jack just
a guy no longer the man, part of a dynamic
duo where the other guy outshine him. Tony Pollard, the
electric playmaker that you feared if you're an opposing defensive
coordinate or not. Zeke Elliot's plotting attack. And considering that

(05:45):
around that time there's a point of demarcation, the jackpot
came in. The gold mine was struck that Zeke Elliott
because of those first three years Finagel a big pay's
not my money's Jerry Jones money. And Zeke he got paid.

(06:05):
And how did that work out? Well, we know how
it worked out. It was a debacle after that. So
he gets a D on the Mallew report card. And
Zeke gets the D on that part of his career.
So big picture, Zeke split personalities in Dallas, good cop,
bad Cop. Now, if you do the math on this,
a D, my teachers told me, is like a sixty

(06:26):
percent in a is ninety percent or better. So if
you combine those two numbers together, they average out to
a C grade. So Zeke Elliott on the Mallew report
card gets a C grade for his tenure in Dallas.
You can't just judge him off the first three years.
You can't just judge him off the last four years.
But don't feel bad for this guy, right, he got paid,

(06:49):
the Cowboys got played, and he should have just stayed
in cobble when he had the contract called out, or
maybe hide out in that red kettle Salvation Army bucket
in the end zone. He earned seventy million dollars during
his time in Dallas. Now, the only reason even landed
in Texas was because the great Tony Romo got hurt

(07:09):
in twenty fifteen. That coincided with me being voted by
the Mallar Militia a Cowboy fan if I remember correctly. Anyway,
that led to a four and twelve record for Dallas.
But the year press not like the Cowboys were terrible.
The year prior to that, they lost that crazy Divisional
round game. If you're old enough to remember, that was
the Dez Bryant game where it was a catch and

(07:30):
they said, oh, it's not a catch, not a catch,
and then the Packers ended up winning. But to rephrase
all this, Zeke Elliott leaves the Cowboys in the same
boat they were before he arrived. They continue to be
a faux contender, not a real contender, not a real contender.
They're a faux contender they were when Zeke was there

(07:51):
prior to the year before Tony Romo got hurt and
they he leaves and they're in the same boat now
page two. Should Zeke have taken a pay cut to
stay in Dallas? So I'm not in my head. I'm
not in my head Yet's easy for me to say
it's not my money. But regardless, that would have been

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the savvy thing that if you're the financial advisor, if
it was an option, maybe Jerry Jones said, no, we
don't even want you get out of here. But Zeke
Elliott has been a supporting actor the last four seasons
in Dallas, and for most casual cowboy fans, he is

(08:33):
still treated like a king. All of the fringe benefits
that cowboy bluster provide. You don't get those perks playing
in the boondocks of the NFL. You don't. And Zeke
Elliott is going to learn what life's like on the
other side of the tracks. So say goodbye to the

(08:54):
creature comforts of playing for the Cowboys. Now. Final point. So,
now that we've looked back, what the heck happens in
the future, right, what's the market looking like? Who's gonna
claim the Zeke Elliott domain? So the market is limited.
You don't need Jay Glazer or Adam Schefter or one

(09:15):
of these other insider types to tell you that, because
Zeke Elliott is what's known as a diminishing asset. And
so here's what I expect that I expect the agents
for Zeke Elliott to sell the fact leak these stories
to the media that Zeke does things that go outside
the stat sheet, that which I've already seen some places.

(09:37):
That is a dog whistle from an agent to the
media through using their usefulities, that this guy's washed up,
big name, little game. And the car looks good on
the Outside's like you look to buy a car and
it's like, oh man, that's a jet blue Porsche that
looks really good. Great, and then you inspect it further,
it's missing the spark plugs. It's it's a disaster. Now,

(10:00):
what is my evidence? In the final four regular season
games of this past NFL season, the Cowboys trying to
wrap everything up playoff position again, all that Zeke Elliott
average less than three yards per carry two point seven
yards per carry, and just seventeen runs of ten yards
or more all season. And the most damning stat I

(10:23):
read earlier from Elliott that he has not scored a
touchdown outside of the red zone since twenty nineteen. He's
essentially a fullback. He's had over a thousand touches in
the last touchdown outside the red zone that he scored
was in twenty nineteen. Holy Conoli. That sucks. So who

(10:47):
is going to be the dumb dumb to sign this guy?
So we spin the Mallard wheel of speculation, which is
never roll, spin the wheel, right, spin the wheel Maller
speculation for Zeke Ellet big money, big money, ain't no
wimy and stop the Mallard wheel of speculation. Two teams,

(11:09):
two teams, show me your lightning bolt and jump on
the ghost ship. I'm talking about the Buccaneers and the Charge.
Now why this is very simple. This part of the
story is very simple. You read this written at a
elementary level. This is what's known as the higher a
friend to plan. It's not what you know, it's who

(11:33):
you know. That's the key to life. Right, that's the key.
You go to universities, big powerful IVY League universities, not
because they teach you better stuff than other institutions. No,
you go to places like that because of the network.
Because alumni from schools like Harvard and Yale and places
like that they hire other alumni and they all have
great paying jobs. And so that's how it works. You

(11:53):
scratch my back, I'll scratch you're back. And Tampa they
let go of Leonard Fournette. They have a opening it
running back. They also have a Zeke Elliott confidant, a
former Cowboy assistant. Skip Pete is the running back coach,
so Zeke can skip over to Tampa. The Bolts they
also have a running back who they could be getting

(12:15):
rid of, Austin Eckler, who is looking for a trade.
And they also have an ex comrade of Jerry Jones
Kellen Moore, the offensive coordinator for Dallas who's now in
LA Although if Kellen Moore just watched the last couple
of years with Zeke Elliott, I would think he would
want nothing to do with this guy. Some of the

(12:37):
other running back deficient teams that dare I say, I
should cover my eyes and say, oh God no, the Rams.
They're also possibly Buffalo needs a running back, but Zekelly,
it's washed up. The Broncos. The Chiefs always have a
revolving door running back to Texans. He could stay in
the state of Texas, so there are opportunities. It's running

(12:58):
back roulette. You spin the wheel, running back roulette. But
Tampa's the favorite. With a wink in a nod to
the Chargers. All right, is the Ben Mallers Show. You
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(13:40):
I can I have your attention? Please, well, the real
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never heard sports radio before. Well you ain't, at least
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you who won the game and give you the score
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(14:02):
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(14:43):
Angry Bill and Whoopie Pie Blayer and Howland James who
snores on the air line. Scott later this hour will
have Mallardy third degree and look for that the I
emoji follow up. We began with a Zeke Elliott theme
Mallard mologue. He is now available drink. I don't know
to home around the NFL. So if you'd like to
have from number twenty one in your program but number

(15:05):
one in your heart, these are the members of the
you can have. He's available if he wants to work.
How exciting is that? Oh, it's amazing, unbelievable. And U
people have been hitting me up for birthday shoutouts. I
hate to inform Jonathan and Delaware, and I hate to

(15:25):
inform Sir Scratch. We're not here to do birthday shoutouts.
We're not a morning show and so we can't wish
you guys a happy birthday. So stop asking for us
to give you birthday shout outs because that's not how
we roll. We don't do that, especially not on a
newby night and these are all new callers. You give
us a few minutes, we'll give you new new callers.
Mason the Millennial says, stop yelling at me. I'm gonna

(15:50):
yell at you from now until the end of the shows.
Whatever to do, just to annoy you, Mason the Millennial.
That is my goal. That is the goal. Let's go
to the phones right now and hashing a golden ticket.
Andy the comic book Guy, Hello, Andy, Andy, you're you're

(16:11):
announcing you're not a regular, Andy, but you were nominated
for a benny. This is a shocking revelation that you
do not think you're a regular. Uh, well, you know,
I'm relatively new, relatively new. I was check with Eddie Garcia.
Eddie Garcia, he's calling on a newbie night, Andy cashing
and golden ticket. That means he's ad meeting. He's not

(16:32):
a regular. I would say, he's not a regular. Okay,
you're not a How about that, Eddie spitting a lugie
at you, Andy. I would agree with that. I gotta
pay my dues. I'm okay with that, Okay with that. Okay, See,
well I think of him as a regular. He's anyone
again a couple of times a month. I think he's
a regular. Yeah, well to that point, actually did want

(16:56):
to congratulate the third dog there. I'm taking the win.
Actually thought him on the ballot, Oh joke. I thought
he was a regular. Actually I didn't realize he was
an actual rookie Collar of the Year. But you're all
choked up. Look, you mentioned his name. You're all choked up.
You're in a cough up below. Well, actually, Ben, the
reason why I'm calling actually called last night, waited on

(17:17):
hold for an hour and a half, didn't make an
m that's okay, But I got a Look. What do
you see what he did there? You say you got
a shot at me? That's a shot at me. You're
taking a shot. You're like, oh, that's a most passive
aggressive shot you can take, Antie, Why don't you just
kick me in the nuts? How about that, Andy, that'll
be less painful? All right? Just how about you take

(17:38):
a two by four right to my schnaz Would that
be good. I'm not a man of physical violence, just
a man of verbal sparring. And I got a bone
to pick. Man. Why why why does every talking head
throw Matt Ryan under the bus. And you are not
a typical talking head because he sucks through me. That's
why he's garbage, all right, you want to spill it out.

(18:01):
T r A s H. Trash, trash trash. He should
work for the sanitation department. I find the reference section
much more enlightening to quote the best detective of all times,
Ah Venture of the Pet Detective. Why are you throwing
Matt Ryan under the bus for that Super Bowl? Yle

(18:24):
freaking Shanahan has a laundry stole shand was not playing
the game. If Matt Ryan makes a couple more plays
in the game, there's no way forget that. You're playing
the coach stop with that. Nick Chahan was a booball
but Matt Ryan was the one on the field. He
was mister n VT and he puked up pays lunch,

(18:45):
he lunch. Let me throw, let me throw it the
fact to you. Okay, this ought to be good. Matt,
I didn't know. Is your last name Ryan? Are you
Andy Ryan? Is that your last name? Ryan? Is that
your surname? I love the bills above the falcons? Oh
my god, you hear? And you can't be a bill's foal?
What's wrong with you? You can't have to punishment? Right there?

(19:05):
Falcons and bills and holy smokes, I mean years old
I'm sorry, no, exactly. Only once you reach you know,
a certain age, when you've grown up. You know, when
you're an adult, that's it. You gotta pick one team. Now,
if your team leaves, you can change teams every year.
But when I did that, I had one team per year.
I would just change it up a little, so I did.

(19:27):
Let's go to the phones and we'll say hello to
a man who complained earlier. Art Puffins is calling in
on the Ben Mallor Show on Fox. Hello, Art Puffins.
That's not even He's not even there. Unbelievable. The guy
that guy bitched on Twitter, He's not even there. I
hang up on him, get rid of him. Let's go

(19:48):
to Paul and Eugene. Who's next? It's a NUBI night?
Are we running out of newbies? Eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six six
three six nine. Paul is in Eugene and he is next.
Hello Paul, Hello sir, Hey Paul? Did Oregon win? They
were playing the ant Eaters. If you see Irvine in
the n I t I didn't see who won that game.

(20:08):
We won. It wasn't really much of a game. I
had to I had to take the bag out and
put it over my head at halftime. Yeah. Anyways, I
want to talk about Baker Mayfield. Now that's trash, garbage, pathetic.
You had the goat and now you're going to the
big choke. I mean I got to see him bring

(20:31):
Odell to the Bucks too, and they could cry, you know,
you know Adell was Baker. Yes, O'Dell had to use
his father to get away from from Baker Mayfield. That's
you know, I mean pathetic. I would love to see
him bring Rock out of retirement. And when Baker, you know,
miss is a five yard out to him and it

(20:53):
goes back for a ninety nine touchdown to the other team.
Rock could go over to spike Baker's head. Yeah, so
the football. Well, if you don't like Baker, though, you
should be happy he's in Tampa because the Buccaneers are
morphing back to the old Bucks now they had. My
dad has to get old. My dad has to take
his old brown bag out of the retirement from the
old sixteen days and bring him for Baker. Yeah, he's

(21:16):
in Tampa. That's right. You gotta get that out of
the old the orange, the bright orange uniforms, you get
all that, the pirate with the knife in his mouth,
the whole thing. That's right with John McKay's coach. Why
we're not bringing back Chucky too well, Chucky. You can't
touch Chucky. He's still got nuclear there's a nuclear files
couldn't even he can't even coach a Pee League team.
I mean, come on, look at you. You're throwing haymakers.

(21:39):
I like this guy. You're throwing some bombs out there.
That's what we need. Paul. That's a hot take by you.
Thank you, thank you, all right, thank you, buddy. All right,
there's the Paul bringing the flamethrour with him from Eugene Man.
All right, fired up. Be sure to catch live editions
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eleven pm. Pass Back to the NBA where Memphis Grizzy Start.

(22:02):
John Morant met with Commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday and
received an eight game suspension. I'm a modelogue next time.
This is this is so really are the NBA thinks
their fan base are idiots buying this bull crap? I
mean it's so staged and oh oh my, I wait
till you hear I have some information on this. Oh

(22:23):
my god, all right, looking forward to that. He gets
an eight game suspension for conduct detriment of the league
retro time served. He sat out six games, so it's
basically a bad game suspension. You'll be back Monday. John
Moran did an interview on some other network. Oh wow, yeah, yeah,
the herd hitting Jalen Rose. Man, I tell you think

(22:44):
of the toughest question that right now is terrible. That
was underhanded. That was t ball was what was good?
I think it's like, I know what we'll do. We'll
pull out Jalen Rose will suck your It was always
asking question I was. I was saying that this is
like that either Nike or Power eight or somebody they

(23:07):
called up. They're like their wolf like from pulp fiction,
and they're like, all right, what do we what do
we do? How do we? How do we fix? John Moran,
I will guarantee I know from past with Donald Sterling,
some of the other stuff, the NBA employees on retainer,
high priced Manhattan crisis management people, and plus you know,
Nike's a business partner, so obviously Nike had had a
role in that too. But what a disaster that was. Oh,

(23:31):
my god. Anyway, all right, is ed it? We're done?
We're done, Yes, all right, it is the Ben Mallers
Show as we continue on through the overnight hours here
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to the phones. Sa from la Is on the Ben
Mallers Show on a newby Night. It's all new callers.
This is amazing? How great is this? Hello? Sa? Hi there?

(25:43):
How's it going? Welcome? Welcome, It's good to have you here.
And why have you chosen to call on a newby night?
Oh um, newby night night I didn't know what it was. Um, well,
every night, every night on this show's Douby Night. I
think for some people. Oh okay, cool. Yeah, And I
wanted to say hi to Eddie because like, I'm a
hockey fan. Hello, Eddie. We found a what we found

(26:06):
a one hockey fan listening to the show. And there's
more than yeah, you're not like a real hockey fan, right,
it was like very asual hockey fan. You know what
I mean. Huh yeah, it's great. No, go Kings go. Oh,
it's right on podcast. Have you ever heard Eddie's podcast?

(26:28):
Um no, I'm podcast. What's that's neat? I'm a yeah,
you're a newbie, and make sure you subscribe to the
Ben Mallow Show podcast. Well you can go back and
hear yourself. He doesn't talk about hockey, though, I do
talk about hockey. I just did a whole segment earlier
on Hockey I did. It's a lot I did. I

(26:48):
did well. Anyway, what's on your mind? Oh yeah, yeah,
I missed Jonathan Quick That's not what's what's on my mind.
But you know, yeah, I'm sure I'm sure he misses
you while he's gambling at the high Stakes stable in vase. Oh,
right on, right on. Okay, So I was calling to
give you a PSA, an unofficial traffic report. I wanted

(27:11):
to let you know that they're doing it the freeway,
the one oh one North North, which also is going west.
It is they're doing work up until, like I don't know,
at some point in the you know, Tampa, and it's
backing up. It's affecting the four oh five down Leddy.

(27:37):
This is the content I was hoping for. We're getting
a local LA traffic report. On a syndicated radio show,
Marcel gives us the news that she's got the traffic.
We need a weather. We well we had weather with Roberto.
When you give a traffic update for our friends listening
in Boston right now, I say, do you have any
update on the Boston traffic or possibly Sherboygan. Well, I
don't know about Sheboygan or Boston, but I do know

(27:59):
that if you go look out your window, your studio window,
like at Ventura Boulevards, yeah, it's probably like jam packed
full of light. So if you were wondering why, Okay,
she's an expert. She's stocking the building, Eddie, is what
she's going. No, no, It's not my fault that I
go from the three one h to the eight one eight. Oh.

(28:22):
You work, you work in the three row and oh,
but then you have to make that drive all the
way out to the eight one eight. I understand what
a pain in the ass that is. Well, you know,
if I'm going to go to a hockey game, I mean,
but whatever, if you go to a hockey game, you
got to go to the two one three is what
you gotta do, not the three one. Oh. You got
to go to the two one three, which is a
big pain in the ass. And you don't want to
park in the wrong place down there, because all kinds

(28:42):
of crap can happen down it. You gotta be careful
with your park, all right, essay, listen, call more often.
Yes you're you've called in a newby night and we
we love you. Call again, yes, thank you? All right,
there she goes, she's got a future. Maybe maybe her
job is traffic reporter. Could be so the eye emoji
we told you. DeAndre Hopkins on social media getting into

(29:03):
it with a cowboy player yesterday. There was a little
bit of a back and forth between DeAndre Hopkins and
one of the headliners for the Dallas Cowboys. And it
turns out that at this point, the NFL insider crowd
tells us the Cowboys have not approached the Cardinals about
a deal for the soon to be traded DeAndre Hopkins

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of the Arizona Cars. Well, that's what state sponsored NFL
media reports. These things are often in a fluid situation.
We'll push back the Dana unplugged story. We have mallardly
third degree. Here's the Insta trivia and here we go.
Blank allowed just three hundred and fifty three yards on
eighty five targets last football season, more than one hundred

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fewer than any other player with as many targets in
a season since all the way back in twenty sixteen.
Again looking for the name here, Blank allowed just three
fifty three yards and eighty five targets in last NFL season,
more than one hundred fewer than any other player with
as many targets in a season since twenty sixteen. That's

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the Insta tribute, the answer, and Mallard to the third degree.
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three hundred and fifty three yards on eighty five targets
of this last NFL season. That is more than one
hundred fewer than any other player with as many targets
in a season since twenty sixteen, and that's going back
a few years now. So that is the question. What
is the answer? Let's see if anybody in the Malar
militition knows the answer. Kenneth the Sports Lama says it's

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Jerry Lawler, that's the answer. Paul Krause guess by Midnight,
Walker the Viking Legend, Cowboy Killer says it has to
be iron Man. Luke the Vending Guy checks in with
Dave Righetti as his answer. Matt the Warrior Rader rays
Fan sent some video of Matt Ryan that's actually Jim
Hursey taking Matt Ryan. There by the hand would appear.

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Raider Freaks going with Ricky Ricardo as his answer. Who
else do we have? Shane and Des Moines says Boxing
and hockey legend Peter McNeely is the correct answer. Page down,
page down. Alf the Alien Opine are going with one
of the great characters of all time, Buckwheat as his answer.
Orange and Blue Blood Brett says, Bill Cosby is the

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way to go. Texas Trucker, He says, the great Cortez Kennedy,
great defensive tackle back in his era, Tremor the Rancho
Kucamonga Quakes mascot guests by Miguel on Fire. Can't read that,
Chloe Kardashian guests by Texas TJ Thundersticks Garcia from Just

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Josh Sage Rosenfell's Guests by Rob in Minnesota, Mark Clayton
from the Maverick Page Down JD and Casey says it's
Marcel taking out the mosquitos. That that's the answer. Aaron
is going with Cowboys Super Bowl MVP Larry Brown as
the answer. Eddie, do you have an answer? An I'm

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gonna go with former Steeler defensive tackle Brett Keisel. Brett Keisel,
not eSeL Keisel, the guy with the big beard. That
is incorrect. The correct answer is Philadelphi Eagle defensive back
James Bradbury. James Bradberry, who is going to stay in Philly.
He's not going anywhere a lot of Eagles have left town,

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but Bradbury has not left town. It's maller how about that?
To the third degree, this is one big fan gets quailed.
Coup de loup with the Dallas Cowboys training for Stefan
Gilmour on Tuesday. There are a number of analysts that
believe the Cowboys now have a championship caliber defense. Yeah, Ben,

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could their defense be good enough to carry Dak Prescott
to a Super Bowl appearance? Well without going crazier? I
think the only one that said that is Skip Bayless.
I believe, and he loves the Cowboys, But my vote
is no. Stefan Gilmore is no longer a shut down
defensive back. He's still a good player, but this is
not a guy who's going to erase the other team's

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top wide out he's matched up against. He also has
a lot of miles on the odometer. I believe he's
played eleven seasons now in the NFL. The other top
defensive back in Dallas is Trevon Diggs, who makes a
lot of great plays. He risked a lot, no riskit,
no biscuit, but he also gets burned a lot. He
was the forty second ranked defensive back, so you got

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him on one side, you got Gilmore on the other.
As the headliners in that defense. The defense, even if
Gilmore was great, the defense can carry you a chunk
of the marathon, but will not get you past the
finish line. That's the problem. Dak Prescott has to finally
have his playoff part mits way. He did not have
it against the Bucks, a sub five hundred Bucks team.

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He played against the Niners and he was exposed yet again.
So I am not buying that the cowboy defense is
gonna lead the way next. The Carolina Panthers are widely
expected to select a quarterback with the number one overall
pick in the draft, but they also agreed to sign
Andy Dalton to a two year contract on Tuesday. Ben
how long will c J. Stroud or Bryce Young sit

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behind Andy Dalton? They will never get the chance to
play coop because the red pea shooter Andy Dalton has arrived.
And that you know, he had a higher passer grade
from the Nerds and more touchdowns than Vanilla Vick, your
guy Daniel Jones with the Giants. And but now listen,
he's obviously gonna be there because for a limited time,
because the more you play Andy Dalton, the bigger stomach

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stomach you get. But I'm all about playing right. Whoever
they drafts, play CJ. Stroud right away. Trial by fire.
Frank Wright runs a rudimentary offense anyway, A bowing offense
from the Stone Age. Just put the put the young
quarter back out there, let's see what they can do.
You learn from doing, not sitting next. Um, you know,

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I'm just gonna give you the past with two questions. Man,
is that right, Coop? I only I'd like to let
you know. I only needed to question the greatest tile.
I gave you extra time, Cooper Loop, and here we are.
That's unbelievable extra time and we didn't even need the

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extra time. That is the most dominant. But you just
heard the most dominant performance in the history of malt
to the third degree, a two and all victory. I
didn't even need the third question. Unbelievable. Wow, Wow, Wow, Bro,