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How about them, Gavoy!

Let's go, baby!

Are you ready for a break?

Yes. Are you ready for a break? Yes.

Are you ready for a break?

Absolutely.

Ready for a break?

Yeah, and so much for that.

It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys.com.

We were on the break!

With Nick Eatman, David Hellman, Ambar Garcia, and Derek Eagleton.

It is Friday, December 18th, 2020, season 16 episode number 83.

Welcome to the latest edition of The Break, presented by Geico.

We will be talking about Cowboys v. San Francisco 49ers.

That happens this Sunday at noon. And in order to get ready for that, we got to start with the injury updates.

Zeke Elliott, he has not practiced all week. Mike McCarthy said this morning that he's a little bit behind because he actually played last weekend.

Jerry in a later interview this morning said he fully expects Zeke to play. My question for you guys, and I'll start with you, Nick, why risk playing him if he's not healthy at this point? Well, I mean, you wouldn't. You're not going to play him if he's not healthy. If he's not healthy, I don't think he plays. If he's healthy enough to play, then I think he plays. I mean, it's as simple as that. I mean, he's, he's, he's your top running back. And he got games to play, and, you know, they can still make the playoffs. So, I mean, if he's healthy enough to play, he plays. Dave? Yeah, I mean, and that's the classic difference between fans and media and the team itself is, you know, you don't have to believe that they're going to make the playoffs, but they're mathematically still alive.

If Zeke's healthy enough to play, he should play. I mean, that goes, again, first of all, you know, also Zeke Elliott wants to play.

He's a competitor. He wants to win. He doesn't

care about draft order and any of that stuff. And he makes $15 million a year. So get out

there and play some football if you feel up to it. Yeah, I don't have a problem with it.

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