00:00But it's time for Star Up, Star Down, and it is brought to you by Crown Royal, proud
00:20sponsor of the NFL. I'm Jake Rietma. He is the three-time Hall of Famer, Chris Arnold.
00:27And there's a lot more, I've got a lot more Star Ups than I do Star Downs.
00:31And that is, that's refreshing. That's a very refreshing. And again, I think it's the same.
00:37You and I were both on post game after the Cowboys victory over the commanders. It's
00:42the same thing. We're not going to let anyone steal our joy. It's no, it's the same mindset,
00:48but I'll kick it off if you will, with a Star Up to Rico Donald, what a game he had for
00:55the Dallas Cowboys, establishing that run game, 22 carries, 112 yards, better than
01:00five yards a carry, had a touchdown as well. And what I wrote down about this one, CA,
01:06the Dallas Cowboys had not had a 100-yard rusher since, when do you think the last time
01:12they had it?
01:13I know, because I keep up. Tony Pollard in September, 2023, and it was like 25 straight
01:19games without a 100-yard rusher.
01:21A long, long time. Tony Pollard was the last one. I've got it in November of 2022, but
01:28It was 25 games.
01:29Yeah, it has been a long, long time. And when you look at this game again, like I said,
01:35I went back and watched it, a running, a rushing attack, and it's football cliche, and we all
01:42know that, but it just works wonders for the rest of the offense to, and to be multi-dimensional
01:50for the opposition, forcing them to have to defend the run, and just go so far in
01:55setting a tone for the game, and I thought they were effective early and often with Rico,
02:02and for him to continue to be that workhorse that's toting the rock on a consistent basis
02:07was really refreshing to see.
02:08Yeah, it was really nice to see it again. That's when you decide to have somebody be
02:13the featureback. They're doing this running back by committee. A running back has to find
02:17a groove, and if you're taking them out not only every different series, but in the middle
02:22of some series, I don't care who the running back's supposed to be, you can't get a groove.
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