WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Work Left To Do 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:08.760 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:19.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he is Talking Cowboys, 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.520 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:41.000 Star in Priscilla Live. Lescott Pato, Welcome into Talking Cowboys 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:45.480 here on this March thirty first. It's a cloudy Tuesday 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.159 morning and we are all remote instead of being inside 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:54.400 the SWBC Mortgage studios. It's a brand new edition of 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:59.280 Talking Cowboys. Knell Yeoman's here alongside well, I guess alongside 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:00.880 heck my hair us and as he would be, to 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.000 my left, I've got Rob Phillips below me, and then 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.560 in the caddy corner from where I am, the Great 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:11.320 Danny Serett joins Talking Cowboys. How are we doing, guys? 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:17.119 What an intro? That's cow for you? Man? I'm doing 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:21.759 good about I'm doing good. Rob. How's it hanging down 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:24.039 there in quarantine? I know you've got a new baby 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:25.560 in the house, so it must be a little bit 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:29.520 nice to stay home. I'm getting notifications on my phone 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.960 as we speak that her crib is detecting movement, but 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.200 I think she's asleep, so I think we're good. I'm 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:40.520 glad everybody is properly social distanced and doing well, and 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.720 I hope that this next hour can be a nice 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:47.680 distraction for Cowboy fans for sure. Absolutely, and there's plenty 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.120 to talk about as well, because there's some new additions 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:54.320 to the Dallas Cowboys, definitely some moves that could be 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.560 made over the next couple of weeks as we're closing 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:00.360 in Thursday marks three weeks from the NFL AFT and 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.240 then following that, who knows how this roster is going 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.400 to shape out before we head into training camp. But 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.840 it is a new group here here for Talking Cowboys. 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:09.760 We're excited about it, and I want to wish the 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:13.440 best to Mickey's Pagnola, as we love having Mickey around 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:17.280 to keep us all in check, for sure, but we're 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.239 excited about his new show, mix Shots coming up in 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.320 the next couple of days. I believe, I think they're 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:24.120 going to try and get that started this week, and 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.000 I know he and Bill Jones are going to do 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:30.560 a magnificent job on mix Shots. But with that being said, 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:34.400 let's go ahead and dive into this free agency update. 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.799 A trio of players that have been signed by the 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:42.000 Cowboys as free agents that have made some noise at 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.480 least since we last convened here on Talking Cowboys. We're 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:49.280 gonna start with the defensive tackle position. Don Terry pos 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.399 signed by the Cowboys two years, two and a half 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.520 million dollars, and this is an individual who had four 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.480 sacks last year. He's pretty solid in the past rush 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:02.920 and thirty second rated interior defensive lineman on Pro Football 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:06.280 Focus and just for reference for Pro Football Focus and 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.640 where that kind of lies is thirty second. That means 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.679 he's one of the top at least starting guys. He's 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.679 listed as a starter on Pro Football Focus. But also 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.639 MALIEK Collins was a sixty five and that's probably who 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.400 he would be replacing, So that's just kind of a 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.239 reference there. But Rob will start with you, what do 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.160 you think about this post signing and what does it 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.480 do to beef up that defensive line. Well, first off, 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.960 the football reference I use it. I know the head 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.760 coach uses it, Mike McCarthy. He kind of collaborated collaborated 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.040 with those guys last year while he was taking a 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:43.040 year off, so there is validity to it. I like 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.600 the move because I do think at some point they 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:51.680 needed to address the size up front. And it requires 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.520 a philosophy change for this team. You know, Rod Marinelli 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:58.360 wanted those quicker, more athletic defensive linemen to get up 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.440 the field and penetrate trying to make plays in the backfield. 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.240 And obviously that's still a part of it no matter 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.040 what size you are at the NFL level, But I 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.240 think some of the problems they've had in the run 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.960 defense has been attributed to their size upfront. And you know, 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.320 you're not going to find many defensive tackles, as you said, Kyle, 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:19.080 with the productivity of Don Terry Poe and including the 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.480 size that he brings up at three hundred and forty 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.320 five pounds. And you know, when you go back and 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.640 you look at this Cowboys defense and where they've struggled, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.400 they've been pretty good overall the last couple of years, 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.600 and they have good young players, They have good young linebackers, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.880 but they this stat just really jumped out of me. 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:39.400 I did it right before we went on the show. 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:43.000 There are three and fourteen the last two years when 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.760 they've given up a hundred yards rushing or more. That 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.640 has been their calling card, stopping the run. And when 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.880 they haven't done that, they have really struggled, so I 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.039 like the move up front. I think Gerald McCoy as well, 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.320 who's agreed to a deal, gives them some more size, 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.440 some more versatility. And I think that's other part of 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.760 poles game maybe people don't know, is that he came 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.320 from a three four scheme in the past, but he's 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.360 also played a fourth three front, which is kind of 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.920 in line with Mike Nolan's history too. Is a guy 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:13.160 that's coached multiple schemes and I think that's kind of 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:18.520 what they're going for here with this defense. Ama, Yeah, 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.600 I mean, I man, I'm extremely excited about Don Terry Poe. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.440 He's a guy that coming out of Memphis was a 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:28.120 dog and definitely the production that he had in Kansas City, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:33.120 also in Atlanta and also in Carolina after well obviously 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:37.039 before the injury. But man, Don Terry Pole is big 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.800 for a person man three hundred and forty pounds. I mean, 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.760 he is all of that and what he's able to 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.760 do at the point of attack in the running game. 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:47.800 He's a person that he's a guy that doesn't give 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:49.920 up his chest, so you don't have to worry about 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.120 him getting pushed off of the line of scrimmage. But 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.200 he's able to do a lot of things for a 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.480 guy his size that you wouldn't necessarily accept, being able 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.640 to rip and sit and anchor himself down in the 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:03.280 running game, but also coming after quarterbacks, he pushes that 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.360 pocket in the middle and makes it literally impossible. He's 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.480 gonna that's what he's gonna create for the Cowboys and 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:12.520 making that pocket not so clean for four quarterbacks. And look, guys, 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.040 that football has changed so much now where most of 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.760 the quarterbacks are in a shotgun anyway, and so getting 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.800 to the quarterback and be having someone that can be 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:26.720 effective and also stopping the run. As as Rob alluded to, 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:30.520 the Cowboys were just dreadful in the in the running game. 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.800 I mean we got slashed a lot, and it was 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.000 on those delayed draws and screens where we were really 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.240 liable because we had those smaller guys that were just 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.799 trying to get up the field to create that rush. 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.400 And so now with the girth movement as I'm calling it, 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.400 with McCoy and Dune Terry Pole, you have guys that 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:52.640 are consummate professionals that also have that size to bring 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.920 on a delayed rush. But also, like I said, it's 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:59.120 just the size and athleticism of the dune Terry Pole. 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.520 That's really that excitement. He has that ability to dip swim. 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.960 And also you said four sacks last year, and again 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.640 that was all about a guy like him collapse in 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.880 the pocket and getting those that getting those pressures. Danny 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.400 Robin Hack might have touched on all the techniques that 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.280 Poe brings. But I think something that's interesting too for 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.840 Poe and the other defensive tackle Jeremy McCoy, which I 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:25.680 know we'll get to Kyle, is the leadership. These guys 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.320 are long time veterans, and I think that's gonna be 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.840 really important on this defensive line because right now, the 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.000 only other starter that we know about is DeMarcus Lawrence 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.680 really because we don't know about Tyrone Crawford coming off 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.040 those hip surgeries and or what's going to happen with 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.320 Randy Gregory if he's going to be reinstated. So I 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.040 think this veteran leadership is going to be really important 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.560 for the defensive line, especially with younger players. I mean, 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.920 think about Tristan Hill. I would hope that these veterans 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.560 will be able to help him and other young players 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.920 progress and really bring that fire that I feel like 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.480 the defensive line was missing this last year, and to 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.280 touch Bay. When I think about the poor run defense, 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.520 all I can think about are all those quarterback runs 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.000 and it's pretty pretty miserable to think back on that. 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:11.600 So I'm excited to have these two bigger defensive tackles 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.720 out on the line. Well, I think one of the 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:18.200 biggest winners with those with those Gaby runs, I think 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.960 one of the biggest winners though, out of these two signings, 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.640 both Don Terry Po and Gerald McCoury, and the linebackers 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.920 also because it really does free them up to have 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.880 two big, beefy bodies in the middle to that are 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.240 able to stop the run, that are able to even 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.079 present a little bit of pass rush. That kind of 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.920 lets the pressure off of those linebackers like a Jalen 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.400 Smith or a Shan Lee. And we'll see if Laton 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.199 Vanderesh and his health comes back into plain later on. 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.439 But this kind of brings up the question of now, 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.480 with these two signings Poe McCoy, who's gonna be the 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.760 three technique and who's gonna be the one technique. I 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.480 know they played a little bit of both last year 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:56.120 in Carolina. I know that we've kind of talked about 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.559 it before with this this Mike Nolan led defense that 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:01.319 that's going to be a little bit of a hybrid. Look, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.839 nobody's gonna be pigeonholed into a four three or three four. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.840 It's gonna be a little bit different back and forth 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.480 than you're gonna see some multiple in there. Defensively, But 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:13.520 if we were going to try and pigeonhole these guys, 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.599 who's gonna be the one technique and who's gonna be 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:19.000 the three because they could really play both, Yeah, I'd 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.599 say Poe is gonna be your one and McCoy is 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:25.040 gonna be your three, just because some size alone, he's 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.600 gonna line up in that a gap between the center 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.880 and the guard. That's just his specialty. That's what he does. 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.079 But he's also versa little I mean, he has a 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.319 lot in his tool belt that allows him to move 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.719 on the outside as well. And the Cowboys in the 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:38.920 past have done a lot of those stunts. We don't 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.160 know exactly what Mike Nolan's gonna do to that regard, 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.839 but it would appear to me that done Terry Poe 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:48.040 is going to be your one in McCoy the three. Yeah, 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.719 and if you go to a three man line, you 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.520 know Poe can play, definitely play that zero technique, can 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.080 just be that true nose guard for you. Yeah. I've 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.240 agreed with Ecmo on that one. And I think and 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.000 I think McCoy's verstal enough too in a four man 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.720 line to kick out and play some some edge rusher 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.319 as well. I think that's one reason they like him too. 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.760 One thing though, I want to you know what, before 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:10.400 I would get to that, Danny made a good point 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:14.800 about Tristan Hill and how you know, he fit Rod 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:19.679 Marinelli's scheme on paper and it didn't work out last year. 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.000 But it's interesting what Mike McCarthy said when he got 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.720 hired about it. If you're getting rid of good players 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.120 or not looking at good players because of your scheme alone, 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:31.000 then you got to look at your scheme. And I 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.880 think that's what they're doing in the Cowboys front office 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.599 and coaching staff this past year, and trying to just 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.719 get good players and see how they how they fit 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.280 and then kind of adapt the scheme to that. And 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:44.679 I think maybe the Cowboys felt like they've been a 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.040 little too rigid in their scheme and maybe these guys 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:51.679 can bring a little bit more versatility. And again as 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.679 we watching the size upfront as well, Yeah, Danny d 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.920 was a great point also Danny again, Tristan Hill is 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.000 a guy that's become enigma attic in a very short 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.520 period of time for the Cowboys because of his draft 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.240 you know how how he was as a draft pick 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:09.880 and his lack of production. We didn't get to see 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.280 a lot of him on film, but you know that 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.040 there's talent there. He's gonna be a guy that I 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.679 believe that we'll back up Jerald McCoy. We don't know 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:22.480 again with Crawford what's going to happen as far as 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.760 next season this season because of the hip surgeries, but 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:27.599 he's a guy that was a big part of the 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.319 leadership on the defensive line, and you saw that was 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.280 missing as far as the leadership that he bought to 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.400 that group. So I'm hoping that with the combination of 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:40.120 all of these veterans, Crawford, McCoy, and Pole, that that's 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:41.959 going to make the difference for a young guy like 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:48.920 Hell because you saw last year he had some maturity issues. Yeah, 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:53.960 now I think go for Danny Good. I will say 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:59.000 too I do feel like it was a very unique 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:03.880 scenario for how we are all evaluating pill because he 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.160 was a second round draft pick, but the Cowboys traded 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.440 their first round draft pick for Amari Cooper to Oakland 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.600 so and the Cowboys I see was the first round pick, 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:11.959 but of course he would have liked to have seen 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.360 a little more from him in his rookie year last year. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.319 I will say about the defensive tackle signing, something that 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:21.000 excites me is at the beginning of the off season, 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.280 the entire new coaching staff was available to the media, 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:26.720 and when I was talking with a defensive line coach, 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.679 Jim Tomsula, something that stood out to meet was he 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.760 had said, you know, I want players where like they're 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.040 not going to look to me ready to come out 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.760 and take a break. So when I see that we're 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.280 getting these defensive lineman sign and I know that they're 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.160 doing the research, I get excited because I know these 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:42.600 are going to be players who are going to want 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:43.920 to fight and they're not going to want to come 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.439 off the field. I like that that's the count of 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.719 player you need. You need some dogs up front that 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.400 are going to plow the line, free up those linebackers 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.320 and potentially win some battles in the trenches. We're going 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:57.400 to talk about the edge of that defensive line a 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.760 little bit later on with some scenarios, maybe even scenarios, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.560 but also some draft prospects as well that could fill 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.280 that edge rusher spot. Moving on to the next signing 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.599 from last week, tight end Blake Bell. And this is 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.640 a guy that brings back bad memories for me because 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.839 I grew up a fan of the Baylor Bears. I 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.120 grew up in Waco, and back in twenty thirteen, he 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.240 was the quarterback for Oklahoma and they called him the 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:25.000 Belldoz or one of my favorite nicknames in college football history. 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:29.679 The Belldozer just did everything that you couldn't stop. I 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.600 guess for OU, he just kind of plowed through the line. 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.120 Now he's a tight end, though he was a quarterback 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:36.960 in college. He's been a tight end in the league 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.360 really since he entered. But this is a guy who 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.040 can do a lot of things. And Rob I saw 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.920 yesterday on one of the pieces on Dallas Cowboys dot 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.319 Com somebody asked if this could be our Taysom Hill, 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:51.679 of course, referring to the Saints quarterback. But I don't 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.240 know if that's necessarily a great comparison, but it's a 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.000 guy who can do a lot of things for you, 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:58.480 and it really kind of clears up exactly where the 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.240 Cowboys are going at that tight in spot. Right. Yeah, 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:04.320 I kind of I don't know if I snapped at 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.360 that mail back question, but I just didn't want I 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.480 don't I don't want Taysom Hill. I don't want Blake 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.400 Bell to take Dak Prescott off the field. And that's 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:16.120 what the question was getting at, you know, because obviously 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.240 we've seen with Hill in New Orleans they found ways 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.600 to put him in at quarterback and take Drew Brees 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.160 off the field even in the playoffs. I think with 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:28.080 Dak he's versatile enough as and mobile enough where I 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.880 don't and especially given the amount of money they're eventually 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.000 going to pay him long term, that's just not a 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.720 viable scenario for me. Maybe if you're in the red zone, 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.720 he can do some of that belldozer stuff, that Tim 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:42.000 Tebow lights stuff that he did in college. But I 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:44.720 do think, and you know, Bucky Brooks had a really 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:48.960 nice scout he's our new resident scout essentially had a 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.160 really nice scouting report on him. This week or the 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.920 past couple of days. And basically he's a capable tight end. 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.400 Number two, he's a capable blocker. That's probably gonna be 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.720 line one for him, and especially in the run blocking 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:06.520 game because losing Jason Witten. That's something that he brought 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.200 to the table even late in his career. And obviously 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:10.800 he had a catch in the Super Bowl. He is 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:14.400 a capable receiver and a pass catcher. So I think 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.440 they feel like he can be a compliment, a nice 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.760 compliment to Blake Jarwin and what he's able to do 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.600 stretching the field vertically for them. Yeah, we got the 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:27.200 we got the Blake brothers, Blake and Blake and uh, 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.160 we gotta come up with we gotta coin a really 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.720 good nickname for these guys. Man. But I was I'm 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:35.200 really excited about Blake Bell, and the reason being is 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:39.200 that you know that NFL defensive coordinators they spend all 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:43.040 of their time scheming and studying tendencies, and so anytime 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.160 the Cowboys tipped their hand on something that they're doing 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:50.400 through personnel packages, they're gonna be able to you know, anytime. 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:52.560 I mean, you're basically dead in the water if they 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:58.400 can if there's any prediction to your offense. And that's 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.280 what we had when you saw the year when Jason 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.400 Witten was out, we just didn't have that quintessential blocking 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.720 tight end. And that's where Blake Bell does provide as well. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.480 I mean, he's not a dominating bulldoz or blocker, but 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.520 he does give you enough where he can ship guys. 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.080 He can hold that one on one, win that battle. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.080 But also as far as in the passing game, he's 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.280 a tight end that can find you know, get skinny 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.480 and find that soft bubble and sit down and you know, 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.880 make catches. Now there has been I guess the only 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:33.480 knock on him is just catching. He had three drops 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.360 last year, but man, he was playing behind an all 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:40.800 world tight end last you know, in Kansas City. So look, 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.480 he probably didn't get the opportunities that he'll get here 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.560 in Dallas. But I think that's a that's a quality 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.720 pick up with Blake Bell because of all the things 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.680 that he can do. But I don't think that that 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.560 is you know, again for Schultz, that's going to be 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.720 pushing him. But I don't know if the Cowboys are 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.840 finished looking at tight ends either through draft off free 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.800 agency as well. Heck, but you brought up the point 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.919 that really excites me about Bell was playing behind Kelsey, 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.600 but Jarwin was playing behind Witten. And right now Blake 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.719 Jarwin is going to be the starter. But what excites 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:14.600 me the most about this is to finally see some 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.880 tight end competition. We loved what we saw from Blake 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.680 jar when he was explosive last year. He had great 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.639 yards after the catch, but Jason Winton was still the 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.879 guy because Jason Winn was here for sixteen years, and 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:27.960 while Winton was great in his own aspects, I am 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.480 excited to see some tight end competition. And I think 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.120 that Blake Bell, he's a big guy. He's like six 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.840 six six five. I mean, I'm excited to see, at 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:41.000 least in training camp, some competition in the tight ends 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:46.040 and see what he brings and how he elevates Darwin's game. Well, 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:51.240 I think absolutely he ends those Yeah. I think Schulzon, 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.639 I think Jarwin. I think all of those guys are 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.800 in play here. Because if you think back to how 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:58.880 Mike McCarthy handled things in Green Bay, he used two 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.480 tight end sets quite a bit. I mean that was 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:03.639 really one of his staples up in Green Bay was 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.520 using a couple of tight ends, and right now you've 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.360 got two very capable ones. One's more of a receiving 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:11.720 threat in Blake Jarwin, and the other one's a great 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:15.080 pass blocker in Blake Bell. Now, Blake Bell still has 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.359 some holes in his game. He's of course going to 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.200 be a backup tight end for a reason. But I 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:23.959 think this is an underrating, underrated signing for the Cowboys overall. 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:25.159 I think this is a guy who's going to do 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.160 a lot of things for you. And like Danny said, 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.240 I think that's a magnificent point. Is it brings in 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:33.240 some competition because right now, or at least before the signing, 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:36.159 it was clear number one is going to be Blake Jarwin. 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.440 Number two is going to be Dalton Schultzen. There's a 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.640 clear separation between the two. Now you have Blake Bell 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.160 that's going to kind of challenge up toward Blake Jarwin 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.800 and see exactly how things work out with those two 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.240 kind of going at it. But talking about positional battles, 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:52.120 we've got one more signing to hit before we take 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.920 our first break, and it's a kicker battle. We've got 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:58.480 Greg's airline from the Los Angeles Rams now coming in 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:01.359 on a three year, seven and a half million dollars 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.200 and I say it's a kicker battle, but guys, this 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.760 is a lot of money for a guy who is 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.359 going to get signed by the Cowboys and being a 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.639 quote unquote battle with Kai for Bath. For Bath of 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.000 course being signed last year on the heels of the 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.160 release of Brett Maher, but he ended up going ten 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.480 for ten in terms of his field goals last year. 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.600 And then you turn around you have Greg Zerline, who 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:25.359 was a bit hurt, only played three games last year, 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.760 but it's still at least before then was one of 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:33.160 the top five kickers in the league. Kicker battle, Oh, Rob, 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:37.520 what's a guy? I want a kicker battle. I think 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:40.080 that's great. I think I think this team needs it now. 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:44.160 You know, if Kyle makes a good point, the reports 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:48.399 are it's it's two point two five guaranteed a million 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:52.679 for zero won to come here. And obviously he's got 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.400 a history of a John Fossil, the new special teams coordinator, 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:57.879 and that's important. I think it's important for your new 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:01.800 coaching staff to have guys to they're comfortable with. However, 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:06.159 I would keep for Bath on the roster and go 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:08.440 to training camp and see how this thing shakes out, 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:13.080 because what you know, that's how Cowboys fans on Twitter shap, 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.000 you know, scratching their head on this. And I think 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:17.080 it's I think it's great right now to have two 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:20.240 kickers on the roster. You go to camp and see 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.719 how things play out. Because the biggest complaints are one 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:27.119 of the biggest complaints we got all of last preseason 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.600 and into the season, especially all the way into December, 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:33.600 was there's no contingency plan for Bred Maher And it 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:36.840 took ten misses on field goal attempts in the regular 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:40.000 season to finally make a change. And for Bath, of course, 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:41.640 came in and went ten for ten in the final 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:46.000 two games. They have a potential contingency plan here and 0:20:46.880 --> 0:20:49.960