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00:00One of the best options for this game on SportsMillions, Jake Elliott, higher six and a half kicking
00:11points.
00:12If you look last week, his season high came with 15 because he had his season high in
00:19field goal attempts, ended up going four for five in that game.
00:23You know, you could make an argument that one thing Philly would need to clean up going
00:26into the postseason.
00:28Because they're special teams, both kicking and punting, and Jake Elliott has somebody
00:32who entered the year, one of the top five kickers in football, probably top three, has
00:38maybe been covered for a little bit by the Justin Tucker struggles.
00:42But Donnie, I think for Nick Sirianni, an aggressive coach, some of that probably gets
00:46pulled back a little today with Kenny Pickett.
00:49Take points when you can get them, because the defense likely won't need you to score
00:52too many in order for this to be a win.
00:55You would like to see that too, because even, look, Saquon is a great running back, maybe
00:58the best in the NFL and could have a chance to set the all-time single-season rushing
01:02record.
01:03But fourth and twos with Jalen Hurts, that wasn't automatic, because you were too far
01:06to sneak it, but you said, you know what, put him in shotgun read option, we're gonna
01:09walk to this.
01:10Whether they hand it off or they keep it, you don't get that opportunity anymore, which
01:13means you're gonna have a straight handoff from two yards away, or you're gonna trust
01:16Kenny Pickett to drop back and make a play, which probably won't be with his feet, so
01:20somebody's gotta be open.
01:21So I do agree with that.
01:22And in a situation where the win is the most important thing, going against a team that
01:26you should handle, just stacking up the points every chance you get to force, rush, to try
01:31to counter that, I think that's the way to go, so I agree with that.
01:34Yeah, lower scoring game, rely on your defense.
01:37We saw this game play out against Carolina a few weeks ago, they almost got upset.
01:41You don't want that situation where you have a divisional opponent in terms of Dallas,
01:45especially you want the special teams to be peaking as you head into the playoffs.
01:50The other option for me from this game is going to be Cooper Rush lower than 32 and
01:55a half pass attempts.
01:57And this is tied through a number of ways in this game, it's how good the Philly defense
02:02is, it's the fact that Dallas enters without CeeDee Lamb, which means you're probably not
02:07gonna want to throw it as much anyway, but this is also, feels almost college football-esque,
02:13where maybe you see one of the service academies come into town and you think, ooh, wait a
02:16minute, lower scoring, limited possessions, because we're gonna see running, running,
02:21running.
02:22I don't think Cooper Rush will have enough opportunities because we are expecting so
02:26much of the football to be ran on the Philly side of things, so I'll go Cooper Rush lower
02:33than 32 and a half pass attempts.
02:35Curiosity for you guys, a touchdown score in this game you feel confident about?
02:39I mean, for the game, Saquon, I mean, Saquon, to hit PayDirt I think is great.
02:46Yeah, I don't like anybody from the Cowboys at that point, underwhelming offensive line,
02:49not running weapons, keep in mind on this too, how about Kevontae Turpin, he's sitting
02:52there around that like 20-yard range, they gotta be creative today, so maybe he scores
02:57and you could get that on a punt return at this point, maybe their best offensive play.
03:01Not bad, a potential look there.