WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Dak's Deal? 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.640 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:19.799 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.520 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:27.840 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:33.240 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:39.559 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:44.680 It is twos the October thirteenth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:48.280 episode number forty three. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.000 I'm live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.320 Nick is joining me here in the studio. We got 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.000 Dave and Amber who are from their homes, and we're 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.280 gonna talk Cowboys football if you guys, for forty five minutes. 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:00.640 Today is Tuesday, so it's a big picture day. We 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:02.440 got a lot of topics to talk about and we're 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:03.920 going to hit a lot of different things. So let's 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:08.040 jump right in. I want to start first talking about 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:12.120 something that McCarthy mentioned on his press conference yesterday. He 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.840 was asked, do the Cowboys have to recalibrate now that 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.040 you make a change at quarterback? And he actually liked 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.200 that word, and he said, yeah, exactly, that's that's kind 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:21.399 of how we look at it. We kind of have 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:26.200 to recalibrate, calibrate. My question for you guys is do 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.920 you think they need to change the offensive line? Is 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.480 that one of the calibrations that they need to make? Now? 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.280 Last week they had you know, Steel on one side 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:38.840 and they had Brandon Knight on the other. Do you 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:40.720 think at this point, knowing that you don't have a 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.440 quarterback or at least we don't think you have a 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.760 quarterback who's as mobile, do you think they need to 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.320 make a change in the offensive line? Nicko, let's start 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.000 with you. Honestly, I think they need to get I mean, 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.160 the best guys they can get up there. I mean, 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.560 I don't care if Dak was playing or not. I 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:58.720 mean if Cam Irving comes back this week and he's 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:02.560 better option than Terrence Deal, which he wasn't in Week 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.920 one apparently according to the coaches. But I mean, I 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.600 don't know if it really matters as far as what 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:10.680 their skill set is. I just think they need to 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.320 get the best guys. And maybe Terrence Steele's getting better, 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.640 He's going to get better. It's hard to judge off 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.480 one game, but I don't think the skill set of 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.800 Dak and Andy Dalton should affect the guys up front. 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.520 If give me the five best guys up there, regardless 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:33.399 was playing Amber. It's tough now that you keep losing guys. 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.320 So like a few weeks ago, yeah, it was kind 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.360 of fun to talk about the different combinations that you 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:43.119 could do and the different options. But then once you're 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.040 down to the amount of guys that you are, I 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.400 mean the group of guys, I don't see them that 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.880 far off from each other. So I think that, like 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.519 Nick said, at this point, it's just trying to get 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.120 the best five guys that you have at the moment. 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:00.639 And just again what we keep talking about is making 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.720 sure that they're able to find the combination that they 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.320 want and just stick to it so that there is 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:12.239 a sense of continue what would be the word continuity continuity? Yeah, 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.839 continuity continuity, Yeah, Yeah, to kind of keep it, keep 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:19.720 it the same, and get that part established so that 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.400 you don't keep having to go into games just kind 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.840 of wondering, oh, what who are we going to get 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.320 on this side? What's going to happen here? So just 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.760 solidifying that aspect, but get your five guys, the best 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.639 five guys out there, David, you answer this question though, 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.880 also let me know what you think about how those 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:42.560 guys played this week, Steal and particularly Steal, Beotish and Night. 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.920 I continue to be impressed by Tyler Beotish. You know, 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.240 as the as people start to look at the All 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.240 twenty two and the grades come out, you can find 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:57.600 the clips of him performing really well, like hitting reach blocks, 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.600 getting to the second level, like he had a couple 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.640 of really nice blocks that helped spring Zeke the other day. 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.760 I didn't notice Terrence Steele this week, which seems like 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.320 a good thing. I mean, it's against New York, so, 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.640 like everything about that game, I'm just gonna couch it 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.280 by it now. I'm serious, Like, don't expect me to 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.039 get too excited about anything. I saw against the Giants, 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.760 so it seemed like they held up, but I would 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.719 like to see it against better opposition. But I love 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.760 the quote from Kellen Moore yesterday. He almost sounded he 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.760 almost sounded like kind of indignant. He was like Andy, 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.320 Andy can move, like Andy can move and make plays. 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.160 He can do that stuff. And to his credit, he 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.320 was drifting and getting out of the pocket on that 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:41.719 first throw to gallop on the game winning drive. So 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.600 I definitely don't think Andy is as athletic as Dak Prescott, 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.480 but maybe we are making too much of him being 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.640 this pocket passer. I think he's he's young enough and 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:55.120 fit enough that he can probably you know, make athletic 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.080 plays that that didn't that won't require you to overall 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.320 the offensive line. Kind of looks like he is the 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.719 modern NFL quarterback. And what I mean by that is 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:04.880 even the guys who you would consider to be not 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:08.440 running quarterbacks still can run. I think it's almost impossible 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.520 in today's NFL to come into the NFL and play 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.279 quarterback and not be able to move around some I 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.680 think that's kind of an old thing that you look 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:17.880 back at. Maybe some of the older quarterbacks in the league, 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.680 like Philip Rivers, maybe they're they're that kind of quarterback. 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:22.960 I think these younger guys coming in and I would 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.880 still I mean, I know, you know, obviously Dandy Dalton 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:27.919 is not young. He's closer to the end of his 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:29.880 career than the beginning, but I still think he's more 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.719 of that mold of quarterball. I mean, Eli Manning hardly 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.159 got sacked this whole career. He didn't ever come out 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.640 of games. It's not because he was the most athletic person. 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.080 It's because he's got pocket awareness. And the really good 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.320 quarterbacks know how to do that. They have that clock 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.360 in their head, they know where to shift, they can 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.240 feel the pressure. I mean, you know some of them 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.120 like you know, if it helps if you have eyes 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:51.800 in the back of your head like Romo did. But 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.919 I mean, but you just need to have that pocket presence. 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.440 And I think he showed that in the game the 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.440 other night, just just rolling out like that. And a 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.800 lot of times when you roll out you're throwing it away. 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.400 He did a really nice job of just seeing gallop 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.760 and making that throw. All right, let's go ahead and 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.760 move on to another topic about recalibration. Now that the 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.560 Cowboys don't have Dak Prescott, the next thing we've talked 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.359 about has been Denucci. He now becomes your backup quarterback. 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.120 How comfortable do you guys feel with him being the backup? 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:20.840 I mean, this is a guy that now is one 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.480 play from being in the game. Let's start first with 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:30.080 you Amber. I mean, I guess I have to go 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:34.040 back from what I saw a training camp. It wasn't terrible, 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:36.720 because that's the only thing we've actually got in to see. 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:42.840 He is a guy that obviously needs experience, but based 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.080 on what I can remember, he wasn't terrible. He had 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.120 some good plays, he could make some throws. But still 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:54.359 you never fully comfortable when you're going in if that 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.040 was to happen in a case of emergency. You're never 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:00.880 fully comfortable of having a rookie quarterback that hasn't even 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:04.279 played a preseason game, hasn't really got able to be 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.760 out there with the first team, and especially when you 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:11.520 talk about the old line issues, it just created a 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:16.560 worse combination of it all. So, no, it's not exciting, 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:20.520 and let's hope it does not get to that point. Dave. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.640 This is one of those things where I mean, what's 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:29.000 the alternative, Like, no, I'm not excited about Benda Nucci 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.520 having to play, but you're talking about your third quarterback. 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.280 I mean, you had a top notch guy he's hurt. 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.520 Now your backup is a three time Pro bowler that 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.880 is as good as you can expect to be in 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.440 terms of death in the NFL. Whoever you would bring it. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.320 I mean, it sounds like they're signing Garrett Gilbert the 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:53.360 old SMU quarterback, former Texas quarterback, if I recall correctly, Yeah, yeah, 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.240 I know, we don't have to talk about it. He 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.680 has played in five career games. I think he's attempted 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.720 three NFL passes. So that's what you're talking about. Um, 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:07.480 there's probably one quarterback in the world who's unemployed right 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:12.600 now who has extensive playing experience. Saying that the I mean, 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.240 you know who I'm talking about. Colin Kaepernick's out there, 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:18.040 but nobody he has not. He has not been hired 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.200 at any point in the last three years. I don't 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.360 see any evidence that suggests the Cowboys are interested in 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.880 doing that. Maybe if something actually does happen a Dalton, 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:31.080 maybe you have that conversation. But right now, this is 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.160 as good as it gets. That's what's available. Nick. I'm 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.080 going to alter the question a little bit for you. 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.200 What kind of impact is There's one thing to think 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.240 of him as your insurance policy in the event something 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.800 happens Andy, But right now where they need him to 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:44.640 kind of step up is he's got to be running 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:46.600 the scout game team. So he's going to be responsible 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.360 every week for being able to give the defense a 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.240 good look. At what they're going to face in the 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.960 opposing offense. How much of an impact do you think 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:57.040 he might have there? Good or bad you're talking about. 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.400 But you know he's an athletic guy. You know he did. 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.680 I was looking at his college stats. I think he's 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.800 he's running maybe fifteen or so touchdowns his career, So, 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.640 I mean he's he can. He's more of the mobile 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.640 guy that you're talking about there. I mean, I'm not 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.760 one hundred percent sure he will be the backup when 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:20.000 now he probably will this week, Garrett Gilbert's gonna sign here. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.440 But you remember it's six days so even though he's 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.520 been with the Browns and testing and doing all that stuff, 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:28.160 it takes a while to get him in here. Um, 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.679 but so he'll be the backup for this game. I 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:35.240 think Gilbert can be in uniform for the game Monday night. 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.199 Do you think when they you're saying, when you think 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.920 when they bring in Gilbert, Gilbert's gonna jump once he's 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:42.679 in the building and assimilated, He's gonna jump it up 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.840 two I think. So. I mean he's kind of a journeyman. 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.240 He's been around, Like Dave said, he hasn't played much. 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.920 But I mean, he's there's something to be said for 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.040 the guy that's on the sidelines and listening to the 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.240 calls and seeing that stuff and listening and being in 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.960 the room more. I just think he's probably better equipped 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.160 to be the backup. But you know, it's it's close. 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.520 I mean, I would imagine it's you know, it's he's 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.800 that experienced. But um, you know. The funny thing about 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.559 Denucci too, is the guys he was playing with. You know, 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.080 Amber said he hasn't had reps with the first team, 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.920 but think about it in the preseason or training camp, 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.360 you know, be honest, I'm sure it was a center. 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.200 Terrence Steele was, you know, and was getting all these 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.640 guys like he's like, where are my guys? All my 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:28.360 guys are now? Actually the that's a good play. I 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.560 mean like he's he's like, I've taken a whole plenty 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:33.720 of snaps with Beodist and that, and the same with 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.320 Andy Dalton and Beodist. That's why that's that fumbled snap 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.840 was kind of weird because it's like they've taken a 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.720 lot of snaps your guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's interesting. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:45.320 I remember a lot of the conversations and Nick, you 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:48.040 you heard some of them too. I know Darren Woodson 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.840 talked about it a little bit when the Cowboys started 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.400 to realize how good Romo was was when he was 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:57.200 running scout team because he, according to the players, he 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.440 was lightening up the defense on a regular occasion, the 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.160 starting the defense on a regular occasion running the scout team. 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.400 So it's a great opportunity for a young quarterback to 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:05.560 be able to get in there and show what he 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.959 can do. But you also relying on him to be 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.200 able to give you a good look. And so this 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.720 can go either way. And if he does a good job, 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.319 it actually helps the team right now, but it also 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.080 sets him up full opportunities I think in the future. 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:19.520 And by the way, I don't know if we talked 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.600 about this, but I was told afterwards. I asked Cedric Wilson, 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.800 was he the emergency quarterback? Oh, we talked about this, 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.400 I think, and I said it was Blake Blake Bell. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.840 Blake Bell, Yeah, and oh yeah he was a quarterback 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:36.720 and coming about yeah, yeah, I should know that. Really well, 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:40.240 yeah he wasn't. He wasn't really a thrower. But I'm 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.120 curious to see what would have happened if that was 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.800 if he would have gotten in there. Number eighty's the 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.200 quarterback line up and run option and love it. See 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.160 how it goes? All right, we're gonna take an early 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.079 break here. Hate it. Sorry, that would have been terrible. 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:53.719 Don't want to have to do that. All right, We're 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.640 gonna go ahead and take an early break here. Um, 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.480 when we come back, I want to talk a little 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.719 bit more about Dack's injury. 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We're talking about Dak's injury and some 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.120 changes that will come as a result of it. I 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:48.880 want to go back a little bit and talk about 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.880 the bigger picture thing that I think everybody, as you 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.040 said yesterday, Nick, everybody probably thought about it during the 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:59.240 industry after the injury, most people didn't say anything, But 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.560 I think it's appro now for us to have this conversation, 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.040 because I do think it's something that looms large for 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.840 the Cowboys in for Dak. The question is do you 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.800 think that the contract changes for either party in this 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.920 instance or what they were willing to do changes for 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.880 either party in this instance based upon the fact that 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.400 Dak is now out for the season with what looked 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.080 like a horrific injury. But according to Jerry this morning, 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.640 one five out three the fan, he will be able 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.760 to recover from this completely and should be back to normal. Dave, 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:30.920 let's start with you. I mean I was worried about 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.800 it in the immediate aftermath because you don't know how 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.400 serious it is. I'm gonna take Jerry at his word 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.720 and say, you know, it's it's a Florida six month recovery. 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.040 They think he'll be fine by May, and it doesn't 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.000 sound like it should have any long term effects. I 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:48.800 think it was Connor Barwin, the old linebacker who you know, 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:50.960 He tweeted Dak that he had the same thing and 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.680 he was as good as new the next year or so. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.520 If that's true, I don't really think it changes that much, 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.280 to be honest with you. The only thing that I 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:03.360 think my change it is you know, is this kind 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.520 of like a near death experience. I hate to use 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:11.440 that phrase, but this maybe this scares Dak into thinking, like, 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.640 you know, security is more important at the end of 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:18.080 the day, and maybe maybe he might change his attitude. 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:21.160 But I don't even really believe that. I mean, I 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.000 think Dak Prescott is one of the most self assured 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.840 and confident people that I've ever been around, and I 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.440 wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't change his attitude a 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:33.480 whole lot at all. Nick, you know, David I both 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.640 answered this on the mailback this morning about will to 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.520 affect his money. Dave kind of said that I where 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.720 I think he could take he could get less money 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.120 is based off of what he was maybe going to 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:47.400 do this year. If you keep putting up these numbers, 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:50.200 Let's say they start winning some of these close games 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.120 and they get in the playoffs with these numbers, then 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:56.840 you're gonna definitely surpass Deshaun Watson's forty million a year, 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:58.960 and you're gonna get you I mean, you're gonna get 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.560 up there. I don't know if he's I don't know 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.359 if he's still going to be able to get all 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.040 of that based off of what happened here. But I 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.720 also think you said Dak might be scared, the Cowboys 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.800 might be scared too. They might actually give him what 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.200 he wants. At this point, he wanted a four year 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.640 He wanted a four year deal this year. He might 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.000 want a three year deal next year, and the Cowboys 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.520 might be willing to do something like that just to 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:27.200 see how everything goes. And you know, I don't know 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.399 if this is gonna be a long term thing or not. Injury, 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:32.240 but I just think maybe it might give them kind 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:38.600 of what both of them want. Amber I don't think 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:43.440 it should effected at all in my personal opinion, I think, well, 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:47.520 my biggest concern about Dak and my hesitation when he 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:51.160 came to a long term deal was me not being 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.400 sure if he was a guy, a quarterback that could 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:57.639 actually carry the team where he doesn't need so many 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.680 great guys around him. In the past, I've always seen 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.680 Ezekiel Elliott being the one that carries the team. This 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:08.280 year that completely changed. I mean, because of injuries and 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.040 everything that has happened in the old line, it has affected, 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.439 in my opinion, the running game, and Ezekiel Ellie hasn't 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.199 been able to be as productive as we've seen in 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:21.439 the past, but this year Dad has completely elevated his 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:26.240 game and exceeded my personal expectations. So this year, with 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:31.720 just four games and a half, I think he showed 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.280 that he can be that guy to carry the team, 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.679 and even though he has great receivers around him, he 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:41.280 was able to elevate the passing game for Dallas. So 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.199 I think he deserves everything he deserves to get what 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:47.440 he wants. And when you take into consideration the fact 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:54.520 that the Cowboys have been saving money for this possible 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.600 contract as far as them. You know, you've heard Jerry 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:01.400 Jones talk about them not maybe bringing in a defensive 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:05.439 player just because of what that might look like money wise, 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.800 as far as cap money for next year. So I 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.359 think that the Cowboys do see the value in Dak 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.400 and I think that the way that he played and 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:18.280 carried the team so far in the early season this 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:22.920 year hopefully kind of sealed the deal for the Cowboys, 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:26.520 especially when it's an ankle injury that you can recover from. 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.120 Luckily it wasn't anything in the arm or something that's 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.560 going to be like long term. Yeah, based upon what 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.280 all you guys have said, I think we all agree 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:38.200 that Dak Prescott is going to be the future quarterback 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.240 of the Dallas Cowboys. He should be healthy, he will 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:42.680 be the future quarterback. I'm going to change that question 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.159 a little bit for you, though. Let's assume for a 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:48.760 second that Andy Dalton takes the scene deep into the playoffs. 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:52.880 Does that, in any way in your mind change the 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.879 future prospects of what the Cowboys decide to do at 0:19:55.920 --> 0:20:00.600 the quarterback position, Nicholas, start with you. I don't think 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:03.560 it changes the personnel. I think I think Dak is 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:07.320 still going to be the quarterback for sure. I mean, 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:12.880 but it I just think it might change the narrative 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:15.840 of how much you pay him and how much it 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:18.480 helps if if Andy Dalton could come in here and 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.760 win some of these games. I mean, I kind of 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:25.720 disagree with Amber on completely carrying the team. He was 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:29.040 leading the team. They were one in three as well, though, 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.600 that they weren't winning some of these games, and you 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:33.080 have to put some of it on dec I mean, 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:34.920 I love Dak and I was right there. I could 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:36.879 have shed a tear if it would have helped anything. 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:39.400 The other day. I hated seeing that, But I do 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:42.000 think that he's still got He's got some growing to 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:44.240 do as far as winning some of those close games. 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:46.720 And you know, I don't know if Andy Dalton's going 0:20:46.760 --> 0:20:48.439 to come in and be better at that. I just 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:50.720 think that if he does come in and have a 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:54.800 lot of success, I think it might let the Cowboys 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.600 stick to what they think all along is that you know, 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.480 they've got so much money invested in the quarterback, and 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:03.040 they've got a lot of guys around him that are 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:05.439 helping him because if it can help Andy Dalton, then 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:07.240