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The idea is to play it cool heading into Talladega

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Monday, September 29, 2008

Carl Edwards was like a quarterback throwing deep when he went for broke to try to win Sunday at Kansas Speedway. It didn't quite work; he banged the wall on the last lap and finished second to Jimmie Johnson. But Edwards was roundly praised for going all-out to get the victory. Now it's time to play defense. No wild banzai moves this weekend. Not at Talladega, the track that can bite you faster than an angry cobra. "At that place there's a lot you can't control, and you have to respect that, ...

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