00:00The five things R.J. Choppy wants to see in the Cowboys game.
00:04I would love to see number one happen, not for my wallet, but just for the actual team.
00:09I would love to see the Cowboys defense allow no more than 21 points.
00:14I'm going to take the over, so I expect it to happen, but I would love to see it not.
00:17I would love to see them have...
00:19Keep up my guarantee.
00:20That's right.
00:2025 or less.
00:21There you go.
00:21I would love to see that.
00:23The Cardinals have not scored over 21 in any of their last three.
00:27This could be a get-right day.
00:30Hopefully for the defense.
00:31I got to see the offense number two.
00:33Put up more than 30.
00:34Unless you're from L.A., the Cards defense has no bite to it.
00:39You talked about the run game.
00:41Their defense, their run defense, not good.
00:42They let 884 yards.
00:44That's almost 200 yards less than the Cowboys run defenses allowed, which isn't good.
00:49But everyone scores 30 on them except for the L.A. team, so make it happen.
00:53Number three.
00:55Overshown me more.
00:58Interception last week.
01:00I want to see some more big plays.
01:01I don't need a turnover every week from him.
01:03Don't need that.
01:04I need tackles for loss, sacks, hits, whatever.
01:08How about snaps?
01:10Playing.
01:11Staying healthy.
01:12I would love to see some of that.
01:14Number four.
01:14No Eagle letdown.
01:16We see this far too often.
01:17A team beats their rival.
01:19And then the next game is a complete and utter letdown the following week.
01:23That can't happen here.
01:25Arizona is a team that you can't mess around with because you can't lose to this team.
01:28And then number five.
01:29I want to see Pickens out there on running plays.
01:32Why?
01:34Why?
01:35Well, because if you keep him out on running plays, it becomes too predictable when he's
01:38on the field.
01:39Yeah.
01:39Well, Jesse Hawley was asked about that and he kind of dismissed it.
01:43Well, Jesse wasn't out there on passing or running plays.
01:48He didn't seem to be that big a deal.
01:51But he also said, you ain't paying him to block.
01:55So, he kind of dismissed the importance.
01:57Literally.
01:57Like, I mean, you're paying him, but he's not blocking.
02:00So, you're not paying him to block because he won't do it.
02:02And that's the thing is that predictability or not, it's like, well, you can't really
02:05afford to have him out there in the run game at times.
02:07I mean, he was out there for like 12 of the snaps.
02:10But, yeah, their run game is not as good when he's in there.
02:14And Clayton Adams was asked yesterday, based off Jerry with us on Tuesday, if the run is
02:20the new identity of the Cowboys offense.
02:23The ultimate answer to that question, I think, is you want to be whatever you have to be to
02:28have more points than the other team, of course.
02:31How you get there is going to be a somewhat unique path each week for who you're playing.
02:39But I do think that just in general, I've said this before, you know, when you can't
02:44run the ball and the other team can't, or you can run it better than them, like, I just
02:49think it makes your whole team better.
02:50I do.
02:51And that doesn't mean that, you know, you're going to need to have a certain amount of
02:55yards or whatever.
02:56But I think your defense feels it when you're running the ball well.
03:00I think your special teams feels it when you're running the ball well.
03:02I think, you know, the receivers appreciate it.
03:05You know, it's just, it makes things a little bit easier.
03:07I think those first two touchdown passes were, I think they were both man coverage, you know,
03:12and when our guys get man coverage, you know, we got a chance to beat man coverage.
03:17So it just, it gives everything a little bit different perspective and color.
03:22So yeah, would you, long story short, would you like to be able to run the ball every week?
03:26Yes.
03:27Because I think it just opens up a lot of other things.
03:30It's a bunch of endorsements from a bunch of people in that building now who have said
03:34basically like, yeah, let's run it.
03:36I mean, Dak, Clayton Adams, Jerry Jones, and Brian Schottenheimer's been saying it, but that's
03:40three people who have recently come out this week and really hammered like, yeah, let's
03:44stake our claim on, on doing that.
03:47RJ's five things he wants to see on Sunday.
03:51Bobby, who's going to win and why as we go around the room and go to the Frank LaFranco
03:54Fantex, 877-881-1053?
03:57I hesitate to do this.
03:59Oh no.
04:01Because history just says it's wrong and it won't be correct.
04:05And this is a team that doesn't feel like one this year, especially, that would buck
04:10a historical trend of struggles.
04:12But I do think they're more talented than Arizona.
04:18And Arizona continues to give stuff up on defense.
04:21defense and Dallas's defense has not been great either, but they're, they're settling
04:26in a little bit in some aspects of with Joey Porter and then that allowing Deron Bland
04:31to settle in a little bit more on the field side and being able to get Kobe Durant back
04:36and, you know, having DeMarvy and Overshone back.
04:38So I think they're settling in a little bit.
04:39So I am going to pick Dallas in a very hesitant way and say 31-27 Dallas.
04:45Ooh.
04:46Pepe.
04:47This is the year they finally win.
04:48The Cowboys, I have them winning by three, 34-31 high scoring game.
04:52I'm really afraid of what Trey McBride is about to do to the Cowboys defense.
04:55He's about to go off whatever over is out there.
04:57Take the over.
04:57I don't have to look at it.
04:58Over touchdowns, over yards, everything.
04:59Take the over.
05:00The Cowboys haven't won two games in a row since November last season, but I think they
05:04finally get it done Sunday.
05:05And from the fan text, 3-2-5, 40-25 Cardinals, 8-1-7, 30-28 Cowboys, and 4-1
05:11-4 says 38-17 Cowboys.
05:15That's good.
05:16Three and four point prediction.
05:17It's a niche humor, but I like that.
05:19It is very niche humor.
05:21This is a sad state of affairs that we're picking three and four point wins so far.
05:26By the way, shout out to Brian listening from Finland.
05:28Wow.
05:29From the 8-1-7 on the Odyssey app.
05:31Give him a little hello in his native tongue.
05:35What do they speak over in Finland?
05:36Is that...
05:37Finnish?
05:38Yeah.
05:38Is it the same as Iceland?
05:39Scottish.
05:41I don't think it's Scottish.
05:42I don't think it's Scottish.
05:43What's your pick?
05:45I think it's good.
05:46Look, it's going to be hard to stop Trey McBride, no doubt.
05:49I fully expect the Cowboys to win this game relatively handily.
05:54Why?
05:55Based on what?
05:57Based on...
05:58After Tampa and Philly.
05:59Based how?
05:59Based on the fact that the Cardinals are trash.
06:02And it has nothing to do with the Cowboys.
06:05The Cardinals are definitely worse than Tampa.
06:08Talent-wise, they should be worse than Philly and Tampa, just because of what Philly still
06:12had left over defensively.
06:13Should be.
06:14With all their offensive people missing.
06:17Look, they scored 16 points against the Broncos.
06:21They only scored 21 against the Lions.
06:23The Lions' defense has been bad.
06:24Now, it's been okay the last two weeks, but it's been bad.
06:27They lost by double digits to the Giants.
06:29The San Fran thing was weird.
06:31But San Fran turned it over a bunch in that game.
06:34Arizona will get turnovers.
06:36Yeah.
06:36Like, they do...
06:37They've done that pretty consistently, and that's a big focus for Nick Rollis is to
06:40generate turnovers.
06:41I got 41-24.
06:43Oh!
06:45Okay!
06:45I do think they're going to allow some points, but I think Arizona's going to allow so many.
06:5227-21, 26-20, something like that.
06:55I'll pick the Cowboys.
06:57Yeah, you can't say 24 points.
06:58Or 25.
06:59What's the number?
07:0025.
07:0025, yeah.
07:01Yeah.
07:0126.
07:02Well, yeah.
07:04That right now is just saying it to try to stick with being right.
07:09Like, what they did against Philadelphia did not make me feel better at all defensively.
07:15But 26-20, 27-21, something like that, I have to...
07:21Like, it's at home.
07:22If it was away, I may even pick Arizona.
07:24But I'm not touching this game.
07:26I said this last week, and then I get this feeling right before a kick, and I'm like,
07:29All right, I'm feeling good.
07:30What the heck?
07:31Let's try it.
07:31Let's do it.
07:32I might, right before the game, throw out a Calci, picking the Cowboys to cover by seven.
07:37I wish it got it at six and a half.
07:39But as of right now, I'm too scared to do it.
07:41They're too unpredictable.
07:42They are unpredictable.
07:44But Arizona, to me, Arizona's just so bad.
07:47But I would...
07:48They beat the Rams!
07:48They did.
07:49They're hanging around with some teams early on in games.
07:50They beat the Rams!
