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00:00 I know Cowboys fans are just salivating, waiting to see that defense take the field for the
00:03 first time.
00:04 All the starters.
00:05 Yeah, and that is probably not going to happen at all in the preseason, which is fine by
00:10 me.
00:11 In week one, the Cowboys sat 25 front line guys.
00:14 There's no reason to change that in week two.
00:17 Now, traditionally, teams have a dress rehearsal sort of a game.
00:23 And I vote no.
00:25 I just can't believe, for instance, the argument that Dak Prescott needs to see the speed of
00:30 the pass rush.
00:31 He's been going against Micah Parsons every day.
00:33 He needs to see if he can be speedier than that.
00:34 Yeah, we saw that in training camp.
00:36 Right.
00:37 Oh, I need to get hit that one time.
00:38 Why don't you just get hit that one time on September 10th?
00:41 Then that can be your one time.
00:43 So the risk/reward of playing starters and stars, pivotal guys in preseason, just isn't
00:48 there.
00:49 The Kansas City Chiefs played Patrick Mahomes.
00:51 Yeah, and he was juking in the field.
00:53 And I was like, whoa!
00:55 Okay.
00:56 Yeah.
00:57 And his view is, I need that to get ready.
00:59 And my view is, that's in your head.
01:01 And if it's a need in your head, then it's a need that you can get out of your head.
01:05 And most NFL teams, you don't see the Bills saying, Josh Allen, go out there and get yourself
01:10 knocked around a little bit.
01:12 You don't see the Ravens saying, let's have Lamar Jackson go out and play a game.
01:17 After all, he didn't finish the season last year healthy.
01:20 Let's go have him play two or three quarters and knock the rust off.
01:24 Because what you really might get knocked off is your head.
01:28 And then that's the end of your season.
01:29 So I think discretion is by far the better part of valor.
01:32 There's other places.
01:33 Sam Howell in Washington, he's got things to prove here.
01:36 Desmond Ritter, second year guy in Atlanta.
01:40 C.J. Stroud, first year guy.
01:44 Maybe in New England.
01:45 There's things to prove with those guys.
01:47 Although Malik Magic has kind of caught up.
01:50 Right now, the sexier idea between Malik and Mac is not Mac.
01:56 And so there's circumstances where it's going to be a competition.
01:59 There's circumstances where a kid needs to get his feet wet in NFL football.
02:05 But having Dak Prescott, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson expose themselves to any great degree,
02:15 I think is foolhardy.
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