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Cowboys and Cardinals Enter MUST-WIN Week 9 Clash | Will This Be the Breaking Point for Dallas?
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Alex Clancy and Marcus Mosher break down the critical matchups that will determine which team survives. The discussion covers Kyler Murray's perfect 9-0 record at AT&T Stadium, the Cowboys' historically embarrassing defense, and Jonathan Gannon's proven ability to frustrate Dak Prescott.
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Marcus Moser
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Alex Clancy
In a Week 9 matchup where neither team can afford to lose, this is truly all or nothing for the Cardinals.
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Marcus Moser
And if the Cowboys want to save their season, they're going to have to finally be able to beat Kyler Murray. Let's get it baby. You are locked on NFL Crossover part of the Locked On Podcast network your team every day.
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Alex Clancy
Alex Clancy locked on Cardinals Marcus Moser locked on Cowboys one of the dynamic do over there. Him and Landon McCool do a fantastic job. Thank you for making crossover Thursday your first listen. Free wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube part of lockdown Podcast network your team every day. Marcus, my dear friend, across the country getting cold there. We are really starting to hit that stride of everybody wants to be in Arizona and I wish everybody wanted to be in Arizona to watch football. But over the last six weeks or so that hasn't been the case. Both of these teams need a win today. We will go or need a win on Monday. We will go over the biggest storylines, the biggest matchups, keys to victory, all of that stuff like we do on every crossover. Today's episode is brought to you by Prize Picks down the Prize Picks app. Use code locked in NFL to get 50 bucks in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup at the halfway point, the first two months and a quarter flown by Marcus. I'm going to jump to you right away. Dallas. One of the most fun offenses to watch, one of the laughable defenses to watch. Which one do you trust more or which one do you think will have more of an impact on Monday night against the Cardinals?
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Marcus Moser
Laughable defense. It's about as nice as We've been about the Cowboys defense in about two months, so we'll take it. I, I think it's going to be the Cowboys defense in this one just because they've been so bad and they've been batting in some pretty bad offenses. I mean, this Denver offense that they played in week eight was not good and they let them come in here and score 44 points. So I think that's going to be the storyline. But Alex, I think one of the things that's most fascinating about this game is this is a week nine matchup between a two and five team and in a three, four, one team and honestly must win is a little strong, but it's almost like a franchise altering type of game. Like for Dallas, you lose this game, you go to 3, 5 and 1 going into the bye week and it just feels like the season's over. It's time to sell everybody before the deadline. And for Arizona, if Kyler Murray comes back and they look awful on offense when again, again and you're two and six, maybe it's time to start thinking about going a different direction with either Kyler, the coaching staff, the whole organization. I don't know. It's a huge game between two teams that probably won't be in the playoffs.
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Alex Clancy
And it's. I, I think it's a team, it's a game against two teams that are probably better than their record states. I mean, the Cardinals have lost five games by combined, by combined 13 points, the last two of which against very good opponents, which Kobe Brissette is quarterback, Kyler Murray's never lost in Texas. All of these things like this situation, as you mentioned, Marcus, is very fluid. But I'm in the camp and before we get to this game specifically, like, my theory is if you break up a coaching staff midseason, it's never a benefit for not only these next couple months, but any sort of momentum moving forward with any sort of cohesion, like, I don't think anybody should get fired. It's not going to help anything. The trade deadline, I believe, is the day after this game. So it's like, okay, do you have a contingency plan where you're going to sell, sell, sell if you lose this game? I find it hard to believe with being back to back that anything would happen between that game ending and the trade deadline. But there are so many things on the table, as you mentioned, for both teams. Could be buyers, could be sellers.
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Marcus Moser
And I think really for Arizona, this is a prime time stage on Monday Night Football. If you, you know, if you come into this game after a buy and you don't show up and you get the doors blown off of you, maybe it's one of those kind of revealing games of like, hey, we're not close. It's clear that this court isn't cutting it out. We got to make a change either sometime soon or at the end of the year. And for Dallas, like, if this defense gets embarrassed once again, they have a bye week after week nine. Maybe that is when you make a move for Matty Berflus, the Cowboys defensive coordinator, because you can't be consistently embarrassing on defense. It's one thing to be bad, but they're just flat out embarrassing. Where we're on social media on the Monday after game and everybody's posting screenshots of how bad their run defense is. Like, you can't be that level of bad in the NFL. And maybe something changes coming out of Monday Night Football.
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Alex Clancy
I mean, yeah, like, you could say that of the four sides of the football, two for each team, Dallas has the best and the worst. I think that's probably fair. I mean, the Cardinals defense is a close second by all. And I know you're, you're a perfect mix of a numbers guy and just a football I'm gonna watch with my eyes guy. And it goes into, you know, all the things you've done with, with TF and Dynasty and all that stuff. Like Mina Kimes had a great stat that the Cardinals, this was after week five. They were first in defensive EPA during the first three quarters and 27th in the last. In the fourth quarter. They've given up as many points in the first three quarters of games collectively through seven weeks, through seven games as they have in the fourth quarter of all those games. So obviously there's a disconnect where they take a nap in the fourth quarter. It allows these one score games to swivel the other way. But with Garrett Williams coming back, who I know you love, that is Syracuse, he's kind of in your neck of the woods. Third, third round pick a couple years ago Walter Nolan made making his 2025 debut. We don't know at this point of recording if he's going to. This defense has not been as healthy since they were in week two. And I'll tell you what, even with Patrick, I know he got injured mid game. And Johnny Baron, this may be the best one, two duo corners that you've seen so far this year, which is bananas to think because not one of them is 24. Yeah.
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Marcus Moser
And Jonathan Gannon has been somebody who has given Dak Prescott some issues. Before I go back to the 2023 game, I think that was week three. The Cowboys had one of the best offenses in the league. They thought they were going to just waltz in there against a Josh Dobbs led team and, and run up the score. And you're like three quarters to this game and Dallas has nine points. Like Jonathan Gannon has got a really good game plan for how to stop Dak. And you mentioned they've had time to prepare for this game. They're going to 15 days to prepare for this one. I expect them to come out and have a really good game plan for Dallas. It's can you weather the storm? Can you find ways to create explosive plays on offense and then on defense? We're not asking you to hold the Cardinals to seven points. Like anything under 30 is a huge win. That's where we're at for the Cowboys defenses. Can you get one or two stops a half to keep your offense in the game? Should be a lot of fun.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah. And it's how we've got here for both of these teams is vastly different. The Cardinals have been riddled with injury pretty much since week two. They haven't been healthy. James Connor, you know, broke his, broke his foot weeks ago. Trey Benson's been on IR as and the Cowboys traded Micah Parsons. So it's like how we got here for both of these teams is wildly different. CD Lamb missed with an injury, obviously, but you're right, like you could make a storyline out of any game, but for this, this does seem like the tipping point where if the Cardinals anemic offense can't score on this matted on easy defense, that's it. Like this is finally the straw that breaks it. And if the Cowboys can really overcome this pretty good secondary of the Cardinals and you know, an average pass rush, maybe this is going to be the spark that'll get you going into the bye week, into, you know, moving up the, the afc, the NFC east ranks.
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Marcus Moser
And real quick for the Cowboys if they get embarrassed on defense again and it's 32, 33 points, I could 100 see Jerry Jones pulling off a panic trade on defense just to get some of the attention off how bad this unit has been and, and get people talking about the Cowboys because that's what he does instead of trying to actually.
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Alex Clancy
How has Kenny Clark been?
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Marcus Moser
Yeah, he's fine. He's. I mean, that's. I wish I could say more like I wish I could say he's he's been an awesome player. He's just been so up and down and he's been battling injuries and he's been good. But he's not Micah Parsons.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah. I mean and for those who don't know, he was the defensive powerhouse for years in Green Bay. That came along the the Michael Parsons trademark. Real quick because I'm being selfish. Luca or Micah? Which was the bigger shock? 30 seconds.
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Marcus Moser
Oh, Luca. I mean easily the Micah stuff has been rumbling for a while where the Luca thing, I mean it all happened in our sleep, right? Nobody expected the Mavs to trade Luke. And I think Mavs fans are still. I think forever. They're gonna, they're gonna hold Nico Harrison in poor standing because of that trade. I think people will eventually get over it for Jerry Jones because of Michael Po Parsons.
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Alex Clancy
Why is this offense been so good?
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Marcus Moser
Because they got Dak Prescott and two awesome receivers and they've got a really good running game. Thanks Clayton Adams coordinator.
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Alex Clancy
And that's why I asked.
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Marcus Moser
I want to talk about him a little bit more in the next segment because he's been quite the addition.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah, we're going to talk about that. For those who don't know, Clayton Adams was the offensive line coach for the Arizona Cardinals, went over to be the OC for Dallas this offseason. Justin Fry has replaced him, came from Ohio State. The offensive line has been less than stellar for a large portion of this season. We will talk about the most important matchups. I have a feeling Clayton Adams will be high, highlit, highlighted, whatever it is. We'll discuss it next. Crossover Thursday Today's episode of Crossover Thursday is brought to you by Price Picks. I love prize picks, dude. Like prize picks is the league leader in making things easy where if you're right, you can get paid. Don't miss on the excitement. With the NFL NBA is in full swing, there's no better time to jump in on the action. If you haven't tried it yet. Prize picks is the simplest way to play. So you pick more or less on at least two player stats and if you get them right, you win. It takes less than 60 seconds to make your lineup and you could play anywhere anytime. Prize picks operates, including California, Texas and Georgia. So if you want to pick four, four guys who you think are going to score touchdowns in the Cardinals Cowboys game, you can pick more or less. Boom, boom, boom boom. And you're, you're ready to rip. If, if you win, you can cash out and let 15 minutes or less at times. It's absolutely insane now in the Price Picks app, use code locked on NFL to get 50 bucks in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That's code locked on NFL for 50 bucks in lineups after your first five dollar lineup prize picks it's good to be right. Today's episode is also brought to you by something that I use a lot and it's Monarch. Let's be honest, most of us can't even name all our financial accounts, let alone what they're worth. Between 401k savings, investments, whatever it is, it's easy to lose track. And that can mean leaving money on the table. And that's why I started using Monarch and continue to do so. An all in one personal finance tool that brings your entire financial life in one clean, easy to use interface on your laptop or on your phone. It's helped me organize my accounts, my subscriptions and you know, because sometimes you sign up for something you forget about and you don't notice that 899amonth or whatever gets taken out of your account. Monarch helps you with that. Don't let financial opportunity slip through the cracks. Use code locked on NFL@monarch.com for 50 off your first year. That's monarch.com code locked on NFL for half off your first year crossover Thursday Marcus Moer locked on Cowboys Alex Clancy locked on Cardinals thanks for hanging out. Go to YouTube, subscribe to both of our channels. Man, it's fun. We have a good, we have a good time, Marcus, talking about Clayton Adams. Let's start there and we'll kind of trickle down from that.
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Marcus Moser
Yeah, so to me, this is the biggest matchup is the Cowboys offensive line against the Cardinals defensive line. Dallas has been without several starting offensive linemen for most of the year. On Monday night, they're going to have their full five starting offensive linemen on the field for just the third time this season. And that's a big deal because Clayton Adams has been having to juggle a lot of different backups, whether it's been at center with Brock Hoffman, at right guard with TJ Bass. There were some issues with the tackles with Nate Thomas replacing Tyler Guyton, and he's done a really good job. And to me, that's if you, you know, you have a good coaching staff when you have multiple offensive line injuries and it doesn't tank your team. Dallas scored 40 points against the packers with four offensive linemen being out and all the credit goes to Brian Schottenheimer and Clayton Adams in this game because the Cowboys defense is so bad and because they have their five offensive lineman back, I fully expect them to lean into the run game and go power and use a lot of 12 and and 13 personnel. Arizona's got some smaller linebackers. They're bigger up front, but I think Dallas believes they can bully Arizona on the line of scrimmage. So keep an eye really on that interior. The left guard, Tyler Smith. Their center, Cooper bb. The right guard, Tyler Booker. They've invested a ton of money, a ton of draft picks into those three guys. We'll see how they fare.
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Alex Clancy
That'll be fascinating. You know, the Cardinals may be getting their 16th overall pick, Walter Nolan, back. I know that when we talked before the draft, you really liked him. His quick pitch and quick twitch interior capabilities that, you know, complement Calais Campbell and Dalvin Tomlinson, their big bullish frames, like that's something that the Cardinals have been missing on the interior.
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Marcus Moser
So Dallas almost drafted him at 12. By the way, he came down between Tyler Booker, who they selected, and Walter Nolan. So this is the guy that Dallas clearly loves, and it's going to be ironic that we might see him for the first time all season against.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah, you know, and it's it. The fascinating part about the Cardinals pass rush is that it hasn't been fantastic. But I don't like, I don't know if this is a Nick Rylis thing where you don't want to give up too much too early. You want to kind of play it safe a little bit, especially with the backup quarterback. For the last couple weeks, this defense has been good and they haven't needed to really be special to be good. The secondaries very talented. Buddha Baker, Jalen Thompson, Daedre Taylor, Demerson, and then the corners with Garrett Williams coming back. It's getting to Dak and making him make a mistake that he seemingly hasn't made since 2024. Like, Dak has been light. He's my fantasy football quarterback. Okay. I use it as a barometer check. I maybe sit him this week, from what you just told me, with a bunch of Javante coming at us, but getting to Dak is paramount. Okay. But another one for me is, hey, can Kyler Murray show that Jacoby Brissette made this look easy and he can do it. Also, like, this has been a stark contrast the last two weeks on offense in Indy and at home against Green Bay against two good teams, they two teams atop their respective conferences. Kyler Murray has made it look very difficult to be quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals for a large portion of the season when he hasn't looked, you know, excellent, which at times he has. If he can't, this is the end. He may be the quarterback for the rest of the year, but this is the end. If they lose this game and the offense looks bad against a bad against.
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Marcus Moser
A bad defense, the good news is that Kyler Murray loves playing against the Cowboys. He loves playing at AT&T Stadium. I saw that the the stat today. Nine, zero, I believe, all time at AT&T Stadium. And the numbers that he posts are absolutely ridiculous. I'm fascinated to see how the Cowboys try to defend Kyler because they really haven't played a quarterback like him at all the season. And honestly, there's not very many like Kyler. But do they blitz them? Do they try to rush four and drop guys into the coverage? Do they put Duron Bland, their best cover guy, on Trey McBride, who's so clearly the number one option? Arizona's offense, I don't think it's quite the, the sum of their parts yet, but they've got a lot of talent.
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Alex Clancy
That's the thing. It's the, the, the hole is not worth the sum of their parts, which is, which is the crazy part. And then, you know, for me, the final, the final matchup is Jonathan Gannon versus Jonathan Gannon, Drew Petsing versus Drew Petsing, like Nick Rouse, is as close to set and forget as you can have from a Cardinals coordinator over year, you know, years, even though he's such a young guy. This is can you get out of your own way and not beat yourself? Which is what the dictionary definition of the Arizona Cardinals organization is. Can you not beat yourself? And JG has shown that he's been his he's been over his head multiple times this year in key situations and he hasn't made correct decisions. The Most recent 1, 4th and 1 on the other side of the 50 against Green Bay. You get a first down, you extend drives, you go down and win the game. They run a tush push with no push against an interior defensive line that was wreaking havoc on the interior of the offensive line for the entirety of the game with Bam Knight and me pushing him. When you know, you have the flying V formation when the Eagles do it, irrespective of who they play against. So that's just one thing. It's like they can't beat themselves and they've constantly beat themselves when they can't afford to.
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Marcus Moser
And that's been the same issue with Dallas. Last week. They got an interception in the first drive of the game. They went down they got a field goal, they got to third and long and they had, they. They get a stop on third down and their defensive end lines up offsides and that leads to the Broncos scoring a touchdown. They have a, a first and goal at the one yard line and an offensive lineman jumps off sides and it's just, it's these mistakes that just add up. And when you're not as talented as like the packers or the Eagles or the Rams, you can't afford to be one of the most penalized teams in the league. You can't afford to punt the ball in situations where you shouldn't punt. Last week against Denver, the Cowboys were down 10 points and they punted the ball from fourth and one at their own 30. I know that that's a risky thing. It's not risky. When you have the Cowboys defense, you've got to maximize your chances to win these games.
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Alex Clancy
Even there? Even there.
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Marcus Moser
Okay, well I mean, because what happened? Right. They punted the ball from their own 30.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah.
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Marcus Moser
Four plays later the Broncos scored a touchdown. It's like, okay, now the game's over. It's 27 to 10. Instead of trusting the offense, which is your bread and butter, the mo, you know, your most expensive unit, you punted it away and they went down and scored. So I would Brian Schottenheimer's talks about make, you know, he regrets that decision. I wouldn't be surprised if you see the Cowboys be ultra aggressive in this prime time spot because if they lose, the season's over. You're three, five and one going into a buy. It's over. I don't care what happens the rest of the way. This is a must win game for them.
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Alex Clancy
You know, they deserve to lose that game last week because we were deprived of a Brandon Aubrey 71 yard field goal.
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Marcus Moser
Yes. It's Brian Schottenheimer's fault.
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Alex Clancy
Absolutely. Because, and I want to actually talk about this. I. Brandon Aubrey has been a cheat code. He was never a kicker and then he was a kicker for 10 minutes and now he's the best kicker we've ever seen. How can defenses scheme against two first downs after a touchback? Being in field goal range like he truly is. For those that don't know, he Brandon Aubrey bonafide has a 67 yard just sweet spot that he can drill with consistency with regular.
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Marcus Moser
He's gonna hit the back of the net on a 67 yarder like easily.
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Alex Clancy
So how do you defend against that when you already have a high powered offense? It's like two first downs and he's in field goal range.
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Marcus Moser
The honest answer is you can't. But the best way to do it is to on the other side of the ball score touchdowns. Where the Cowboys can't settle for these field goals, right? And that's been their issues. Like they've had times where it's fourth and four for midfield and yeah, we know Brandon Aubrey can get it there and he could probably make it, but we need touchdowns. There's only so many drives in these games. So if you can get ahead, this is what teams have done. If you get ahead on Dallas and make it where they can't kick these long field goals because they have to go for touchdowns, that's how you can kind of take Brandon Aubrey out of the game. But you're right, he's so much fun. What a weapon to have. It's. It's awesome to watch him.
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Alex Clancy
It's unbelievable. Dynasty kicker people have offered me first round picks for him and I would say no keys to victory. Yes, one of them is going to be win the turnover battle. I do it every week. Spoiler alert. We'll talk about the rest next. This episode of Crossover Thursday is brought to you by Mazda. Mazda crafts cars for those who do more than simply move. These guys have more IHS Top Safety Pick awards than anybody else as of a couple months ago. Footwork the breath work athlete Sweat all the details and Mazda brings the same intention to how we craft every model. You can feel the Japanese craftsmanship in every detail from the metallic accents to available Nappa leather upholstery and you can make everyday drives feel like anything. But from smooth handling to to intuitive controls with all wheel drive standard in every crossover SUV you can drive with confidence through almost any season. Like our players, we sweat every detail because when you make every move count, impossible becomes a relevant Mazda Move and be moved.
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Alex Clancy
All right. Crossover Thursday Final Segment Keys to Victory Marcus Moser Go.
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Marcus Moser
Cows have to play clean in this game. We just talked about how they beat themselves against Denver. They have a lot of talent, and if the offense can play up to, you know, their expectation and play to their level, they should be able to score 30 points, 35 points against any defense in the league, even Arizona, who's got a lot of talent. They did so against Green Bay. They. They put up a lot of points against a lot of other teams this year. Don't turn the ball over. Don't have dumb drops like you had against Philadelphia in week one. Don't put the ball on the ground like Javante Williams and Miles Sanders have done this year and Jaden Blue. Just play a clean game and you'll keep yourself in this. It's at home. The crowd should be at your advantage. That's the number one thing. Because if you start playing sloppy football and, you know, get careless with the ball and have these penalties, that's how you keep a. I don't want to say bad team, because Arizona is better than what the record says, but a team that's. Drop some games that maybe they should have had, that's how you keep them in this game.
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Alex Clancy
It's very sweet of you to say it that way. Just like I said, laughable. Very sweet. It's very sweet. Backhanded compliment. I appreciate that.
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Marcus Moser
Well, I mean, they should have beat the cold. Should have beat the Titans, and you win those two, and you're four and three. We're having a completely different conversation.
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Alex Clancy
It should have been San Francisco. I mean, they had, like, they've had four out of the first five weeks. They had the ball with a chance to end the game in victory formation and couldn't. So, like, this has been a Kyler Murray thing. And to that point, you know, piggybacking on Marcus. Yes. Play clean. No turnovers. You got to win the turnover battle. The Cardinals can't shoot themselves in the foot that way. This is about Kyler Murray and that's it. Yep, this is it. If he can't put up 30 points against this defense, he ain't the guy. And in the comments, we'll say, well, he hasn't been the guy. They never should have been the guy. He's been the guy, just not for sustained periods of time. This is his home. He's probably gonna have 100 people, family members, friends in attendance. Like, this is where he eats. It's a bad defense where he lives. He's never lost a game in the state of Texas. If he loses this one, that will be the perfect swan song to him not being the Arizona Cardinals quarterback in 2026. I think he's absolutely going to have a vintage game because he, he just, he's a mind screw man. Right? When you're out, it's like, oh, 340 all purpose yards, four touchdowns. They win by two scores. I would expect that to happen more than him to have a bad game.
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Marcus Moser
Doesn't it feel like this is going to be the one Kyler Murray primetime game where he's just so awesome and then we all talk about how great Kyler is and then the Cardinals aren't on prime time TV for like the next six weeks and we just kind of forget about him. Like, it seems like that happens. He has these games and this is just like the perfect storm. Against a really bad Cowboys defense, against the Cowboys offense that wants to turn every game into a shootout. Prime time situation in Dallas. He should dominate. If he doesn't, I think that's when we need to have some really tough discussions.
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Alex Clancy
I think the last time the Cardinals played in Dallas is Monday Night Football against Andy Dalton. Right. When he had nine completions. Yeah, I think that's what it was. That was a long time ago. That was, that was a long time ago. I think that was last 20.
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Marcus Moser
20. Yeah, it's a while ago.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah. Nine completions. Nine completions and they won that game. Like, what else? Like, for the Cardinals, it's like Dak is going to absolutely destroy your face if he has quote on what I call having tea parties in the backfield. Like, if they can't get to Dak, this is going to be very long. I don't care how good Garrett Williams and how, you know, quickly emerging Will Johnson is like Garrett, George Pickens and CD Lamb will eat your lunch and laugh at you like, this isn't a situation that you can mess with.
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Marcus Moser
And those guys need to be superstars. And if the Cowboys are going to win this game, those guys have to dominate their matchup. And honestly, they feel like they can go into any stadium against any opponent and put up big numbers. And even last week against Denver, like both Those guys got 70 yards. The Bronco fans are talking about how they shut down CD Lamb and George Pickens. Well, I mean, those guys still put up pretty big numbers, but you can't have one of these guys have an off day with a couple drops and be held to three catches for 20 yards. They've got to be superstars because that's how you built your team. Look for those guys. To have big performances. And one last thing, this Cowboys defense is bad, but they need to tackle better. I don't care what talent level you are, if you, if you can't rush the passer, if you can't cover, at least tackle. And that's what we saw last week was the effort within the tackling part of the game was just not there. If that, if that's an issue this week, again, they're going to be in major trouble. If you can tackle, at least you give yourself a chance that maybe create a play later in the drive.
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Alex Clancy
Yeah, yeah. I mean the Cardinals have struggled with that as well. So I could that hits home for me if I can make one prediction after this man got blanked last week in Denver, Jake Ferguson is going to absolutely eat on Monday night. I'm not so worried about George Pickens. Jake. Jake Ferguson, seven for 90 and a touchdown. Seven for 90 and two. It's not a line that is foreign to Arizona Cardinals media members, fans, all alike. They've historically never been able to cover the tight end.
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Marcus Moser
And I think Ferguson, he's the one guy that benefits the most from Pickens and CD and I think after a poor performance last week, I think he's ready to have a big game. So I think that's a great call by you.
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Alex Clancy
I mean this would be fun. Either way, this is going to be popcorn tv. I don't care if it's just for the football nerds. I don't care if it's just for Texas people because of Kyler Murray. This is so wildly impactful for not 2025, not just 2012, 2026 as well for both of these teams. I It's not hyperbole or speaking in platitudes here. This could shatter what is for both of these teams with a loss.
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Marcus Moser
I think the Cowboys win this game. You're right back to talking about them being at.500, maybe making a run with the Raiders coming up in week 11. You lose this game, we're having a totally different discussion about Jerry Jones, Brian Schottenheimer, Dak Prescott and the future of this team.
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Alex Clancy
Marcus Mosher locked on Cowboys Alex Clancy locked on Cardinals. We will talk to you on our respective podcast tomorrow.
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Marcus Moser
With my job, I can't.
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Alex Clancy
Drink during the week. Weekends are a different story.
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Amica Insurance Advertiser
After eight hours of this, I have earned my wine. You know what I'm saying?
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Alex Clancy
My family is a lot. It takes me four beers just to hang out with them.
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Oregon Health Authority Representative
Binge drinking isn't all college kids doing cake stands. Oregonians in their 30s and 40s binge drink at close to the same rates as younger people, raising our risk for long term health problems. More@rethinkthedrink.com an OHA initiative.
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Multicare Representative
Our state has changed a lot in the last 140 years. We know because Multicare has been here guided by a single making our communities healthier. That comes from making courageous decisions, partnering with local communities to grow programs and services, and expanding healthcare access to those who need it most. Together, we're building a healthier future. Learn more@mycare.org.