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<v Speaker 1>in Frisco. It's been I see around the Star this

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<v Speaker 1>last couple of days, and we're finally back on the air.

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<v Speaker 1>Glad to be with you. Kyle Yeoman's, I say a

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<v Speaker 1>stand back, Patrick, No, see Walker, We've got Chris Beam

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<v Speaker 1>in the back. Guys. Um, I've been out of town

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<v Speaker 1>for a couple of days. Did I miss anything? Yeah? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean you missed this weather. Kyle, Okay, there's where

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<v Speaker 1>the heck are you? I was in Mexico for the invite?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you get an invite? Getting I did not know

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't get enough. I wanted to run around Booty

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<v Speaker 1>Button on dog on Beach. You know you were definitely commando.

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<v Speaker 1>A visual wasn't prepared for this. He definitely Commando on

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<v Speaker 1>the beach. Whoa, now we have to picture Kyle Hammock. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>there are worse things to think about, all right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>come on, what else? What else happened around this Cowboys

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<v Speaker 1>to a couple people, first, first and foremost, Um, dan

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<v Speaker 1>Quinn is sticking around. Hey, that's a good one, massive

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<v Speaker 1>massive keep for the Cowboys. Dan Quinn went on his

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<v Speaker 1>round of interviews with the Cardinals, the Coats, Um, the Broncos,

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<v Speaker 1>and as we all know, he was a front runner

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<v Speaker 1>to land that Broncos position last year before they went

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<v Speaker 1>with Nathaniel Hackett. Thank you for making that mistake, denver Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But dan Quinn is sticking around, so huge keep for

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys. But on the offensive side of the ball, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's this guy named Kelvin Moore. Oh yeah, he was

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<v Speaker 1>the offensive coordinator keyword, was the offensive coordinator for the Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 1>No more from twenty nineteen to twenty There's no more.

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<v Speaker 1>He is in a Cowboys uniforms, no more interesting doing

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<v Speaker 1>m O r E. Did you see that coming? I

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<v Speaker 1>saw it coming. Well, whenever Mike McCarthy said it the

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<v Speaker 1>way that he did in his first conference, how he

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<v Speaker 1>responded to the question about him right the riding was

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<v Speaker 1>on the wall at that point he seemed very hostile.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a hostile response. And there was a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of clarification with another thing that happened this week, which

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<v Speaker 1>was the Senior Bowl, and Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones

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<v Speaker 1>spoke during their time down in Mobile and Stephen Jones

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<v Speaker 1>said it was a difference in philosophy between Mike McCarthy

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<v Speaker 1>and Kelly Moore that led to the parting of ways

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<v Speaker 1>which are we are we shocked by that? Though I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't think not so much, um eyebrow raising, but

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<v Speaker 1>not not shocked, not shocked under anything like the great

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<v Speaker 1>way to put it, eyebrow raising is perfect. And and

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<v Speaker 1>having some conversations with some folks after the decision was

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<v Speaker 1>made to mutually part ways with Kellen Moore. My understanding

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<v Speaker 1>of it is no, it was mutual. My understanding of

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<v Speaker 1>it is I can't confirm. My understanding of it was

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<v Speaker 1>that even when McCarthy stood on the podium in and

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<v Speaker 1>said that Kellen Moore is no different from any other

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<v Speaker 1>any other coach and that he must be evaluated. He

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't saying that maliciously, he was just being matter of

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<v Speaker 1>fact with it. And my understanding is when when they

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<v Speaker 1>got down to the evaluation process, we're kind of taking

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<v Speaker 1>a half step back. I think McCarthy kind of expected

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<v Speaker 1>more to still be around, but there was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be some in depth conversation in the evaluation process as

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<v Speaker 1>far as direct where the offense need to go in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three, And in that conversation, I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>where the reality hit for both sides, where it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, we're we're apart on this. We're apart

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<v Speaker 1>on this um And just from my opinion, this is

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion obviously, but as as it relates to Moore's

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<v Speaker 1>acceptance of the Chargers offer, that happened so quickly that

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<v Speaker 1>logic dictates that it might have been in his back

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<v Speaker 1>pocket already. There's some murmurs going around in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>potential tampering. Well, I'm not going to go that far.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying there's murmurs I'm tampering about what he

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<v Speaker 1>had a relationship with with La beforehand. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>just haven't have joint practices this year too. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean let's just put it this way, because we're they

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<v Speaker 1>were hanging out. Yeah, we're definitely not um providing if

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<v Speaker 1>something happens, this is this is just murmurs. I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just say the tea leaves say what the he

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<v Speaker 1>leaves say, and I drink. I would be hard pressed

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<v Speaker 1>to believe that that an offer for the offensive coordinator

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<v Speaker 1>position in a program like the Charges, who have such

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<v Speaker 1>a level of talent offensively that that manifested in fifteen hours.

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<v Speaker 1>He was because he accepted that offer in fifteen hours.

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<v Speaker 1>I should say. Let me, let me put it this way.

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<v Speaker 1>That offer became public and final and official from Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles in fifteen hours after the decision from it. Probably

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<v Speaker 1>accepted it in the first seventeen minutes, so I see.

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<v Speaker 1>But is it also possible, kind of along those same lines,

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<v Speaker 1>that the decision was made around Kellen Moore far before

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<v Speaker 1>it was released, right around the start of the second

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<v Speaker 1>championship game on Sunday. He probably was. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>were talking to Mike McCarthy on Wednesday, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of time until that news came out, or

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<v Speaker 1>at least it seemed like it was a matter of

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<v Speaker 1>time until the news came out. Now, I just my opinion.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Kellen Moore is gonna be really good in

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<v Speaker 1>that I believe. I think, I think that system, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that scenario resources the resources there. I wouldn't say

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<v Speaker 1>that because the resources here are great, they're good resources here.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're talking about personnel, that's different. Are you talking

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<v Speaker 1>about like Freed, You're talking about like I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the personnel? Yeah, the personnel. Okay, So personnel, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>can we can have an agreement on that one. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's gonna Yeah, that's why you're making that face.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna fit that that's mold better. He's gonna fit

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<v Speaker 1>that mold better than he did here. And honestly, I

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<v Speaker 1>think Dallas is better off without him here. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>a fit, I really do. I think this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a good fit for both parties. Could be

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<v Speaker 1>which is possible. That happens all the time, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that. Look at the Super Bowl right now. Andy

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<v Speaker 1>Reid left the Eagles and now the Eagles are still

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<v Speaker 1>there again. They have a chance to go back to

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<v Speaker 1>another Super Bowl. Andy Reid's on the Chiefs. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>good fit both ways. And I think from a Mike

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<v Speaker 1>McCarthy standpoint, when when you look at Mike McCarthy having

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<v Speaker 1>set out a season after his from the Green Bay Packers,

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<v Speaker 1>and his whole thing over the course of that season

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<v Speaker 1>that he was out was he was trying to advance

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<v Speaker 1>his coaching style with analytics and things of that nature.

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<v Speaker 1>Fast forward to today, and I think that he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to try to take the best of what Kellen Moore

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<v Speaker 1>did and then merge that with what he knows how

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<v Speaker 1>to do. And then we'll see who the OC is

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<v Speaker 1>that comes in. Because Darry Jones said in Mobile that

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<v Speaker 1>is basically a foregone conclusion that Mike is going to

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<v Speaker 1>call the plays, but they're still going to get an OC,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that OC would be more than of

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<v Speaker 1>an advisory role. But if it's if it happens to

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<v Speaker 1>be certain individual from Los Angeles, the other Los Angeles team,

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<v Speaker 1>if you get where I'm going with this, ye, then

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<v Speaker 1>that would be very interesting because that person comes in

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<v Speaker 1>with McVeigh knowledge, right. So if you can get McVeigh

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<v Speaker 1>knowledge mixed with the best of Kellen Moore mixed with

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<v Speaker 1>the best of Mike McCarthy, get your personnel right at

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<v Speaker 1>wide receiver and yeah, and hopefully you can keep the

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<v Speaker 1>band together with polit and Zeke. But that's the discussion

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<v Speaker 1>as well. You played in a system with Belichick knowledge,

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<v Speaker 1>you played in a system with Pete Carroll knowledge. How

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<v Speaker 1>how much does it it doesn't matter to have different

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<v Speaker 1>inputs because if anything could be said about the Cowboys

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<v Speaker 1>offense this year is at times it was stale. At

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<v Speaker 1>times it was mediocre to a concerning degree. Okay, but

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<v Speaker 1>now you have a chance to spice it up a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit and go get some different input some different knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>And you did so with minor roles like Ben McAdoo

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<v Speaker 1>a year ago. You did it with a couple different ways.

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<v Speaker 1>But how important is it to go out and get

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<v Speaker 1>a veteran guy like that to come in as an

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<v Speaker 1>offensive coordinator to kind of sprinkle in what Patrick's talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>You have my real opinion? Yeah, I think they just say,

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<v Speaker 1>with your chest, it's a Friday, it is Friday. It's

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<v Speaker 1>been a while. I think they just let the best

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<v Speaker 1>thing they could have had to go. Kely. I really

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<v Speaker 1>think so. I think they should. That has some grown

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<v Speaker 1>man conversations, and I think they should have figured it

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<v Speaker 1>out because I think Kellamore is one hell of an

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<v Speaker 1>offensive coordinator, and he's continued to grow. He's continued to grow,

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<v Speaker 1>he's continue to develop what I see and what I

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<v Speaker 1>saw in film, you know, I watched a good amount

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and you do as well. He had a complex,

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<v Speaker 1>very diverse offense in the beginning of the year. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>they couldn't run it. They couldn't run it's quarterback, couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>make the reads. Receivers couldn't read read the coverages. So

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<v Speaker 1>because those guys were unable, incapable at that point in

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<v Speaker 1>time of making the correct reads based upon the defense

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<v Speaker 1>that presented to them, and running the correct routes, going

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<v Speaker 1>the correct ball, going to the correct concepts, all those things,

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<v Speaker 1>he had to dumb it down. He had to dumb

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<v Speaker 1>it down. And even once he dumped dumbed it down,

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<v Speaker 1>we saw what happened at in the last game. There

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<v Speaker 1>were guys still running around booty button naked open and

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<v Speaker 1>the ball still wasn't getting to them. And that was

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<v Speaker 1>the most simplistic Jason garrett ish offense we had. We

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<v Speaker 1>had all year long. But look at go back to

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<v Speaker 1>the film in the beginning of the year, look at

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<v Speaker 1>the concepts that were out there. Look at the read

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<v Speaker 1>routes that are out there right, all those combinations, and

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<v Speaker 1>then go to the end of the year playoff games

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<v Speaker 1>and look at that offense. Look how boring and stagnant

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<v Speaker 1>that offense was in comparison. He had to adjust. If

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<v Speaker 1>your personnel can't facilitate the offense, you have to adjust

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<v Speaker 1>so that you can give them something that they can handle.

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<v Speaker 1>And again that's just being real and watching the film.

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<v Speaker 1>To your point, the offenses that I've been in, I've

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<v Speaker 1>been in some very complex offenses like New England, which

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<v Speaker 1>was absolutely insane. Okay, I've showed y'all some of that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>It was read routes on everything, and you better knowing

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<v Speaker 1>what the heck you were doing. You better knew what

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<v Speaker 1>the coverage was, You better know the leverage and all

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff of the defenders so that you can run

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<v Speaker 1>the correct route. We saw some of those mishaps earlier

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<v Speaker 1>in the year where Cede Lamb was unsure about coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>I might remember my taking the top off am I

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<v Speaker 1>coming underneath, and we saw Dak compound those problems by

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<v Speaker 1>throwing the ball incorrectly to the certain guys that was

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<v Speaker 1>them trying to figure out that complex offense which required

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<v Speaker 1>you to be high intellects and be able to make

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<v Speaker 1>the correct reads. When you don't have the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>do that and execute it properly, you have to bring

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<v Speaker 1>it back down to the grade level or high school level,

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<v Speaker 1>which is mirrored routes on the outside, read routes on

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<v Speaker 1>the inside, super simplistic, read the basic coverages, and make

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<v Speaker 1>the correct decision. And those things still weren't happening. So

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<v Speaker 1>now you take a Kelly Moore going out to an

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<v Speaker 1>offense that has more veterans, that has more events, and

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<v Speaker 1>I would say those are high intellect players that he

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<v Speaker 1>has over there, they're gonna they're gonna kill it. In

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<v Speaker 1>terms of what Dallas is gonna do here, I think

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna see it dumbed down a lot more. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna see it dumped down to what you saw more

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<v Speaker 1>towards the end of the year. Now that doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>that you can't be successful with that, because I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that you can. West Coast Office, Pete Carroll, you brought

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<v Speaker 1>that up West Coast. Super simple reads for the quarterback,

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<v Speaker 1>get the ball out quick, that's what he does right quick.

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<v Speaker 1>Three step drops were from the gun catching throw you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying, catching one, gallop one some of

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<v Speaker 1>those things, right, there's gonna be easy decisions, but you're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna see that complex stuff, and you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>see the ball push down the field nearly as much

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<v Speaker 1>as you saw early in the year with Kelly Moore.

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<v Speaker 1>Now real quickly, I just want to ask this as

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<v Speaker 1>a follow up, is the fact that it had to

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<v Speaker 1>be so simple toward the back half and it had

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<v Speaker 1>to be dumbed down in the back half. Is that

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<v Speaker 1>an indictment on the personnel specifically or could it be

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<v Speaker 1>an anictment on the Monday through Saturday comparison and the

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<v Speaker 1>preparation from a coaching staff. It could be both, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't know. We never had it, We'll never know.

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<v Speaker 1>We just see the result. We see what they were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do concept wise, and we saw the execution

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<v Speaker 1>of it. So where the ball was dropped in between,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know. But we do know that in the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning year he had read routes, combination routes that were

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<v Speaker 1>adjusting based upon coverages. We do know that Dak had

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<v Speaker 1>certain reads where he should have been looking off coverages

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<v Speaker 1>and coming back to certain concepts that he wasn't doing

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<v Speaker 1>that correctly. He was trying to force the ball. Those

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<v Speaker 1>are the things we do know, So we don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what's being taught, if they're being taught the proper reads

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<v Speaker 1>and all that kind of stuff. The adjustments, we don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>We just see the lack of execution on Sundays. I

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<v Speaker 1>think until your point, it could go a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more vanilla, with the exception being if they bring in

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<v Speaker 1>someone who is from a McVey tree, for example. If

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<v Speaker 1>that person comes in and they're the offensive coordinator, and

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<v Speaker 1>although McCarthy is playing calling the plays, that doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>McCarthy is dictator over the game plan, right, So it's

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<v Speaker 1>still going to be a collaborative game plan over the

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<v Speaker 1>course of the week. So you're still going to get

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<v Speaker 1>those ideas from a McVeigh branch or whomever else might

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<v Speaker 1>be being Brian Shottenheim or whatever the case may be.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that is going to help keep it

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<v Speaker 1>from becoming vanilla, and we'll see if that's the case.

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<v Speaker 1>But I would lean more so on it being a

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<v Speaker 1>personnel issue, because if we're comparing the Charger's wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>corps to the Cowboys wide receiver cords. Okay, well, we

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<v Speaker 1>know that CD dam has ascended to the role of

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<v Speaker 1>wide receiver. One around him, the discussion is no more.

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<v Speaker 1>But Michael Gallup, he just recently had his right knee

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<v Speaker 1>and right ankle scope which is opposite right, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the opposite knee for those that need to be clear

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<v Speaker 1>on that. He tore the ACL in his leftknee. But

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<v Speaker 1>that also goes to let you know that he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent himself as he was trying to return

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<v Speaker 1>from a torn ACL. You didn't get what you needed

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<v Speaker 1>to get from Jalen Tilbert, who is mostly inactive. T

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<v Speaker 1>Y Hilton came in later in the season on the

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<v Speaker 1>back end of December, so you didn't have a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of reps with him. If you fix the wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>equation and Michael Gallop is one hundred percent healthy, which

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<v Speaker 1>now I have no um no reservations about it happening

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<v Speaker 1>because you got an entire offseason. Now you're not coming

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<v Speaker 1>back in season to try to figure it out. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you have an entire offseason program, So figure that out

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<v Speaker 1>with well, ceedee Lamb is there. Let's assume Gallop is healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Wide receiver threes, which you really got to figure out.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to talk again to ob J who presumably

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<v Speaker 1>is healthy. Now he's starting to release those workout of

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<v Speaker 1>clips out. Yeah, now they're starting to come out to

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<v Speaker 1>see no coincidence. So two things real quick before I

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<v Speaker 1>know you got go on. We got so many topics. Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's personnel. I don't think it was

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<v Speaker 1>personnel in terms of la thereof this year. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the personnel was there. It was good enough to get

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<v Speaker 1>the job done, right, I think you could. Obviously you

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<v Speaker 1>always wish you had more, right, you wish you had

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<v Speaker 1>more weapons, you know, like say France, like Philly, like

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<v Speaker 1>oh you know all those teams that were that we

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<v Speaker 1>saw progress. We wish you had more, but you didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's my point. When they had more no pun intended.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, but when they had more than the hydro

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<v Speaker 1>coop Lamb a healthy gallop. You saw what the three

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<v Speaker 1>thousand yard receivers the top, it was the top. So

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<v Speaker 1>the defense in the league drop Cooper out via trade.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you're it's not healthy. Lamb does what he needs

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<v Speaker 1>to do, but from there the personnel doesn't match up.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree, I agree, I do believe that t Y

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<v Speaker 1>Hilton during his time here was underutilized severely, a whole

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<v Speaker 1>year underutilizing. If you go back and watch the film,

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<v Speaker 1>in that last game, this dude was open the whole game.

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<v Speaker 1>Simplistic offenses because cold and a lot of people are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna kind of jump on the ship. Oh that's not fair.

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<v Speaker 1>Simplistic offenses in the NFL work if everybody's on one

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<v Speaker 1>a court. I ad the forty nine Ers. The forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine Ers don't run a complex offense at all. The

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<v Speaker 1>fact that you can go down to quarterback number three

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<v Speaker 1>and be very successful, let you know that that offense

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<v Speaker 1>is not complex. Those guys are running very simple routes.

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<v Speaker 1>But that offensive coordinator was just our freaking genes in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of keeping everybody in the same page, taking the

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<v Speaker 1>same things and motions and personnel groupings and all that jazz.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's that's an opportunity for everybody to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>McCarthy can do two very similar schemes, okay, and be

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<v Speaker 1>very successful. I'm just saying that Kellen Moore brought it

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<v Speaker 1>from up here and had to bring it down, and

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<v Speaker 1>that happened over the course of the season, not just

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<v Speaker 1>this year, but you could say it happened last year

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Correct, happened at the same time. Oh, lots

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about nuts. But there's Kellen Moore. We'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>plenty more about that as the off season goes along.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure we're gonna talk about him to more and more.

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<v Speaker 1>this Say it with your chest Friday offseason addition, And

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly what we're doing because we've got a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about. Like we said, so, we've got Kellen

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<v Speaker 1>Moore and talked a little bit about dq DQ and

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<v Speaker 1>that he's coming back. We'll save that the majority of

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<v Speaker 1>that topic for later. Jayron Curse headed for surgery, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>several several of the players are. And let's preface it

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<v Speaker 1>with this. This is um this is get right season, correct,

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen. Typically immediately after the season concludes, whenever

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<v Speaker 1>that might be a usc guys starting to get cleanup procedures,

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<v Speaker 1>and these are cleanup procedures. Michael Gallops his right knee

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<v Speaker 1>and right knee were scoped. That's a cleanup procedure. Jayron

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<v Speaker 1>Curse is finally getting that shoulder issue situated via procedure.

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<v Speaker 1>It was scheduled for yesterday on Thursday, but we've had

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<v Speaker 1>the winter ice storm here, so we'll see if it

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<v Speaker 1>happens in the next couple of days. But for those

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<v Speaker 1>that might have forgotten, he entered that shoulder on Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>and he was playing through whatever since and then of

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<v Speaker 1>course he was playing through the knee issue. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>no procedure schedule for the knee, so that's that's a

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<v Speaker 1>good sign there, um, and it just goes from there.

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<v Speaker 1>Tyron Smith is having clean up work done. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the list goes on and on. They're like six or

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<v Speaker 1>seven guys. Luke Gifford. Luke Gifford is the only one

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<v Speaker 1>that's not being deemed quote unquote clean up because he's

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<v Speaker 1>having surgery or had surgery if it's already occurred on

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<v Speaker 1>a core muscle, so you know, the core muscle is

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more serious, so he's going to need

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<v Speaker 1>the time to recover everyone else. Let's see who we got.

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<v Speaker 1>We got cursed clean up, Tyron, clean up, Um Gifford.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see bear with me, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean my spoil. Let's say you got four or five guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing serious. The most serious would be Louke Gifford with

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<v Speaker 1>the cormu. So it's just it's clean up procedures. But

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Ron curse back to full health. Relea cooker, That's

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<v Speaker 1>what I was looking forward. Dislocated thumb. He was playing

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<v Speaker 1>through dislocated thumb. He's getting that tightened up, so yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he'd be good as well. Shout out to the whole

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<v Speaker 1>training staff. They don't get much time off. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if people understand that. They do not like the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of their work. That's a year round deal. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the majority of their work starts now like now now

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<v Speaker 1>and then like they have to nurse these guys back

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<v Speaker 1>to health always and through camps. Get right. So I

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<v Speaker 1>mean people need to put some respect on Jim and

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<v Speaker 1>Bread and and Gee all those guys. Could They do

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<v Speaker 1>one heck of a job throughout the year. Throughout the year,

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<v Speaker 1>but a lot of their rehabilitation starts now. They try

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<v Speaker 1>to keep guys healthy during the year, and then they

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<v Speaker 1>have to get guys healthy in the all season. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's definitely it's a well it is known thing that

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<v Speaker 1>this is an incredible training staff now. And that's why

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<v Speaker 1>when you said resources earlier, I was like, maybe not like,

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<v Speaker 1>but you were talking personnel, but with the way that

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<v Speaker 1>this training staff is and we're not just saying that

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<v Speaker 1>because they're in there, done it, wait too much with them.

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<v Speaker 1>So I know you were with five for your training staffs,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've been with some good chis chaffs and these

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<v Speaker 1>guys are amazing. Yeah. Yeah, So, and it's a well

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<v Speaker 1>known thing throughout the league. There's why there's reasons why

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<v Speaker 1>people look to the Cowboys training staff whenever they're in

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<v Speaker 1>the Combine and they're at the Senior Bowl and they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing all this different stuff. Some of these guys on

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<v Speaker 1>Clark big big thing for that. So outside of the

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<v Speaker 1>injury report, which we just gave a little little w

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<v Speaker 1>w R D we rob do, but let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>some personnel changes that could be on the horizon for

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys, starting at the running back position. We miss

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<v Speaker 1>some of the other coaches, Kyle Oh, go for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, who were some of the other coaches. Number one,

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<v Speaker 1>Doug nust Meyer. Yep, he's out quarterback coach. Quarterback coach,

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<v Speaker 1>and we those go back to the previous episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Talking Cowboys and we spoke about how it was time

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<v Speaker 1>to move on from Doug nust Meyer. So he's moved on. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Skip Pete. That's a tough one. That sucks. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>tough one to sap an agreeance with that. UM running

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<v Speaker 1>backs coach, Skip Pete. He saw what he did for

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<v Speaker 1>Ezekiel Elliot. So he did in the breakout season last

0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:11.440
<v Speaker 1>year with Tony Pollard. Um. Yeah, that's so we'll see

0:23:11.440 --> 0:23:16.200
<v Speaker 1>where the Cowboys go with that. Um. George Edwards another

0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:19.240
<v Speaker 1>big loss. Yeah, that was big. Another big loss, George Edwards.

0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:21.520
<v Speaker 1>Was that happened before Dan Quinn came back and we

0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:23.359
<v Speaker 1>thought that that was writing. Yeah, we thought that was

0:23:23.400 --> 0:23:26.080
<v Speaker 1>gonna Quinn was Quinn was gonna see that and say,

0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:30.040
<v Speaker 1>you know what, I'm gonna move on. Rob Davis, Rob David,

0:23:30.080 --> 0:23:33.000
<v Speaker 1>another one, Rob Davis, which is the right hand man

0:23:33.800 --> 0:23:36.399
<v Speaker 1>Mike McCarthy. Yeah, quite literally the right hand man and

0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:39.080
<v Speaker 1>Mike McCarthy and McCarthy was actually fighting back some emotions

0:23:39.160 --> 0:23:42.000
<v Speaker 1>talking about some of these coaching losses, in particular Rob Davis,

0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:45.920
<v Speaker 1>one who's really close to him personally. Um so Rob Davis,

0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:48.920
<v Speaker 1>the assistant head coach, Doug nuss Myer, Skip Peach, Skip Pete.

0:23:48.920 --> 0:23:52.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, George Edwards. Joe Philbin offensive line coach. Now

0:23:53.040 --> 0:23:55.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm torn on Philbin in that I and we talked

0:23:55.520 --> 0:23:57.560
<v Speaker 1>about it. I love what Philbin was able to do

0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:01.239
<v Speaker 1>in the face of adversity multiple multiple years. I love

0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:03.200
<v Speaker 1>what he was able to do in the progression of

0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:06.840
<v Speaker 1>Terrence Steele and in the first year of Tyler Smith

0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:09.800
<v Speaker 1>having to move him around but still seeing Tyler Smith

0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:12.800
<v Speaker 1>for the most part excel at either position. Still got

0:24:12.840 --> 0:24:15.240
<v Speaker 1>some growing pains, obviously the penalties would talk about down

0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:17.920
<v Speaker 1>the road. But Joe Philbin did some really good things.

0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:22.200
<v Speaker 1>He did that said I, I could also see why

0:24:22.320 --> 0:24:25.359
<v Speaker 1>they'd be looking to bring someone else at attitude. So

0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:28.399
<v Speaker 1>I think it's it's no knock to Philban because we

0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.120
<v Speaker 1>said we were fine with philby remaining but then moving

0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:33.600
<v Speaker 1>on from him, much like the Kelly Moore question, are

0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:36.280
<v Speaker 1>we shocked, No not? He was. He was the hood mechanic.

0:24:36.920 --> 0:24:39.200
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, Joe Philman was the hood mechanic, I

0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:41.480
<v Speaker 1>know where go? Yeah, you know, like the hood mechanic

0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:43.480
<v Speaker 1>would patch it up. Yeah, he gonna can you gonna

0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:45.400
<v Speaker 1>get it running, right, he gonna get your running. He's

0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:48.560
<v Speaker 1>gonna run a tip top shaping, but it'll get you

0:24:48.600 --> 0:24:50.960
<v Speaker 1>to the crib absolutely, and he'll patch that thing up

0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:53.240
<v Speaker 1>called the hood mechanic. He'll make it work. That's what

0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:55.399
<v Speaker 1>Phil was. You know, you handed something terrible, you know,

0:24:55.440 --> 0:24:57.640
<v Speaker 1>an old school car. He patches it up to get

0:24:57.680 --> 0:25:00.240
<v Speaker 1>you home. So shout out to Philman, A big those

0:25:00.280 --> 0:25:02.320
<v Speaker 1>to him. He had to work through a lot of

0:25:02.440 --> 0:25:05.000
<v Speaker 1>ton and he gave Dallas an opportunity to win ball

0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:07.480
<v Speaker 1>games when everybody thought that they had zero chance. And

0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:12.960
<v Speaker 1>let's leon Lett also part of that's a long obviously,

0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:16.240
<v Speaker 1>And when we say long term relationship with the Cowboys,

0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:18.840
<v Speaker 1>we're talking about pre coaching as well. So Leon Lett

0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:21.800
<v Speaker 1>has a long term relationship with this organization as a

0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:24.680
<v Speaker 1>player and as an assistant coach, assistant position coach. So

0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:26.560
<v Speaker 1>he's out as well. So so how many coaches in total?

0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:29.639
<v Speaker 1>You said eight? Um about that? About that, it's a

0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:31.760
<v Speaker 1>lot of people. It's a lot of turnover in a

0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:33.960
<v Speaker 1>short amount of time to the ball. Yeah, and they

0:25:34.320 --> 0:25:36.800
<v Speaker 1>they've already hired a new offensive line coach. Now they're

0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:38.440
<v Speaker 1>still looking for a bunch of these other guys. He

0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:41.600
<v Speaker 1>came from Seattle and he's been here before. Coach way

0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:43.920
<v Speaker 1>back when tell him who was the coach, didn't go

0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:47.200
<v Speaker 1>and get get my monk. One guy named Tom Landry

0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:49.960
<v Speaker 1>was the head coach whenever he was on the staff.

0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:55.160
<v Speaker 1>Was that the guy with the fed Yeah, that was familiar.

0:25:55.280 --> 0:25:57.400
<v Speaker 1>Eighty five to eighty eight I think he was here. Yeah,

0:25:57.400 --> 0:25:59.239
<v Speaker 1>I think it was like eighty six, eight eighty eight

0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:02.360
<v Speaker 1>or something like that. Uh crazy. Hey, if we're talking

0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:05.560
<v Speaker 1>about getting some mctain knowledge, I mean we're gonna get

0:26:05.600 --> 0:26:09.280
<v Speaker 1>some Tom Landry knowledge up in the There's nothing wrong

0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:12.480
<v Speaker 1>with getting some time. I ventured to say that lander

0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:15.320
<v Speaker 1>shift isn't going anywhere. Yeah, Yeah, safe to say that's

0:26:15.320 --> 0:26:17.360
<v Speaker 1>gonna stay, gonna keep keep coming. We'd like to see

0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:19.720
<v Speaker 1>more of it. Yeah, I know we're gonna play a personnel,

0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:20.840
<v Speaker 1>But I didn't know we had a lot of coaches.

0:26:20.880 --> 0:26:22.320
<v Speaker 1>We know. I'm glad you hit that. I'm glad you

0:26:22.400 --> 0:26:23.840
<v Speaker 1>hit that coach. There's a lot of guys. Best of

0:26:23.920 --> 0:26:25.520
<v Speaker 1>luck to all the guys that are no longer in

0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:30.320
<v Speaker 1>the building. Those are tough ones. Yeah, both those guys

0:26:30.359 --> 0:26:32.720
<v Speaker 1>were great while they were here. All right, let's talk

0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:37.040
<v Speaker 1>about Skip Pete's position, running back Ezekiel Elliott, And this

0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:40.920
<v Speaker 1>was quoted by Jerry and Stephen absolutely a player that

0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:43.639
<v Speaker 1>was that the Cowboys would like to bring back. They

0:26:43.680 --> 0:26:46.080
<v Speaker 1>were both on the same page when talking about the

0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:49.919
<v Speaker 1>running back returning. They want him to return. However, here

0:26:50.040 --> 0:26:52.800
<v Speaker 1>was the quote, you always want Zeke, but do the

0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:55.919
<v Speaker 1>numbers work. You can't define what Zeke does for our

0:26:56.000 --> 0:27:00.560
<v Speaker 1>football team. You could probably define it, but he's just

0:27:00.640 --> 0:27:04.040
<v Speaker 1>saying stat wise, statistically, which is you know, that's always

0:27:04.080 --> 0:27:06.160
<v Speaker 1>what I lean on. He doesn't show the whole picture,

0:27:06.160 --> 0:27:08.640
<v Speaker 1>That's what he's saying. He's saying, the statistics don't show

0:27:08.760 --> 0:27:11.920
<v Speaker 1>his value. He's what he does in the locker room,

0:27:12.160 --> 0:27:14.640
<v Speaker 1>what he does on the fields, off the field. It's

0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:16.920
<v Speaker 1>all how he's embraced the change of the position with

0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:20.879
<v Speaker 1>Tony Pollard getting more reps and and basically saying outright,

0:27:21.000 --> 0:27:23.480
<v Speaker 1>he's like, hey, yeah, he's he's the explosive guy, and

0:27:23.520 --> 0:27:25.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm the guy that's going to pound you into the ground.

0:27:25.760 --> 0:27:28.840
<v Speaker 1>And when you talk about prior to lack thereof this

0:27:29.119 --> 0:27:33.040
<v Speaker 1>that's unbridled maturity for Ezekiel Elliott. Compare those kinds of

0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:35.840
<v Speaker 1>comments that we've been seeing from Ezekiel Elliott when incessantly

0:27:35.880 --> 0:27:38.040
<v Speaker 1>asked the Tony Pollitt question over the course of this

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:41.959
<v Speaker 1>past season to the twenty sixteen version of Ezekiel Elliott. Though,

0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:44.680
<v Speaker 1>this is a grown man right now, and this is

0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:46.480
<v Speaker 1>one of the leaders of the locker room, much like

0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:49.200
<v Speaker 1>Dak Prescott, is much like de Marcus Lawrences and Layton

0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:52.040
<v Speaker 1>vander Est. So that's what Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones

0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:54.720
<v Speaker 1>mean when they say it's hard to quantify everything that

0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:57.160
<v Speaker 1>Zeke brings to the table, and it's easy to look

0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:59.960
<v Speaker 1>at this, you know what he's doing statistically and say, okay,

0:28:00.000 --> 0:28:01.920
<v Speaker 1>well there's a little bit of a downturn there. Well,

0:28:01.960 --> 0:28:03.600
<v Speaker 1>it's it's also fair to say there's a little bit

0:28:03.640 --> 0:28:05.359
<v Speaker 1>of a downturn on Zeke because there is a lot

0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:08.479
<v Speaker 1>of an upturn on Tony Pollard. So the question becomes,

0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:11.960
<v Speaker 1>can they retain Tony Pollard? And how can you do that? Well,

0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:16.520
<v Speaker 1>it's really easy. Tap again, Yeah, the easy button. Yeah,

0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.080
<v Speaker 1>HiT's the easy button. How much gonna hit him? For

0:28:20.640 --> 0:28:23.119
<v Speaker 1>point one? Ten? Point one, which is not bad for

0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:25.959
<v Speaker 1>a guy that impacts your offense as heavily as Tony Pollard.

0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:29.040
<v Speaker 1>Is he more impactful? Straight question? He more impactful to

0:28:29.040 --> 0:28:31.960
<v Speaker 1>adult shows? Absolutely? Then that's what you're paid, not even close,

0:28:32.160 --> 0:28:34.080
<v Speaker 1>not even closed. There you go. You paid Dalton ten

0:28:34.119 --> 0:28:39.040
<v Speaker 1>point nine? Okay? Did is that your salary? Oh? God?

0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:44.560
<v Speaker 1>I wish. The problem with the Zeke dilemma right now

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:47.760
<v Speaker 1>is the money that will be owed. It's a seventeen

0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:51.160
<v Speaker 1>million dollar cap hit next year, followed by fifteen million,

0:28:51.200 --> 0:28:54.440
<v Speaker 1>followed by seventeen again, followed by sixteen point six. So

0:28:55.880 --> 0:28:59.680
<v Speaker 1>right now is the best time to restructure this potential out.

0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:02.080
<v Speaker 1>That's the middle of this contract. Who's been talking about

0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:04.320
<v Speaker 1>this for two years? What podcasts on this network's been

0:29:04.360 --> 0:29:14.640
<v Speaker 1>talking about this potential out for two years? Now? Cowboys,

0:29:15.440 --> 0:29:17.440
<v Speaker 1>this is this is the time to do it. If

0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:19.840
<v Speaker 1>you don't restructure it, all of your leverage is gone

0:29:20.160 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 1>for the most part, because right now, if you were

0:29:22.480 --> 0:29:25.880
<v Speaker 1>to cut Zeke, his dead cap for one year would

0:29:25.920 --> 0:29:30.120
<v Speaker 1>be about twelve million. So instead of sixteen plus fifteen

0:29:30.160 --> 0:29:34.320
<v Speaker 1>plus seventeen plus sixteen again, it would be twelve million. Done,

0:29:34.360 --> 0:29:36.880
<v Speaker 1>You're out. So the leverage is on the Cowboys side. Now,

0:29:37.160 --> 0:29:39.480
<v Speaker 1>if you don't do it this year, you're going to

0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:41.760
<v Speaker 1>be in trouble. What number are you comfortable with bringing

0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:45.800
<v Speaker 1>Zeke back? At anything less than probably the franchise tag

0:29:45.880 --> 0:29:48.840
<v Speaker 1>per year? If you're giving me a per ninety year

0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:53.600
<v Speaker 1>right now, what's your what's your comfort? Too much? What's

0:29:53.600 --> 0:29:58.280
<v Speaker 1>your comfort? Both of y'all? Give me six or seven? Okay?

0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:01.040
<v Speaker 1>I would do that. And that's a lot for what

0:30:01.280 --> 0:30:06.240
<v Speaker 1>he's turned into, which draw, third down, back, short yard

0:30:06.280 --> 0:30:09.240
<v Speaker 1>and situation red zone? Guy, what do you think? I'm

0:30:09.240 --> 0:30:11.480
<v Speaker 1>just doing a math in my head. If I tag polar,

0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:13.680
<v Speaker 1>which I'm willing to do, that's ten million off the table.

0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:16.080
<v Speaker 1>How much am I willing to commit to the position?

0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:19.440
<v Speaker 1>Is what I'm thinking about. If you're the cap just

0:30:19.520 --> 0:30:23.640
<v Speaker 1>got raised, the camps got raised by almost twenty million dollars,

0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:27.040
<v Speaker 1>that's a huge message. That's am Cooper on the roster.

0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:28.720
<v Speaker 1>I know that's as salt in the wound, but that's

0:30:28.720 --> 0:30:30.680
<v Speaker 1>twenty million a year, and that's what I'm already made.

0:30:30.920 --> 0:30:32.640
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't do ten to both. So if I'm doing

0:30:32.680 --> 0:30:34.239
<v Speaker 1>ten to one, I gotta go down on the other

0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:39.000
<v Speaker 1>and seven and a half. Let me. See that's I

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:41.680
<v Speaker 1>was thinking. I'm thinking five when when he was bringing

0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:44.600
<v Speaker 1>up how much you commit crossing over into disrespect, Well,

0:30:44.840 --> 0:30:46.600
<v Speaker 1>I hear you, I get it. And that's why that's

0:30:46.640 --> 0:30:48.760
<v Speaker 1>why I bring the question up, because there has to

0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:52.440
<v Speaker 1>be a discussion between hey, we value you, got patty,

0:30:52.480 --> 0:30:54.960
<v Speaker 1>you got you got rubbit shoulders. We had this conversation, Yeah,

0:30:55.080 --> 0:30:57.560
<v Speaker 1>hey we value you, we love you. It's his agent,

0:30:58.200 --> 0:31:00.240
<v Speaker 1>but it's his shoulders and five million ain't got the

0:31:00.240 --> 0:31:02.160
<v Speaker 1>con I hear, I hear you, But I mean to

0:31:02.240 --> 0:31:04.080
<v Speaker 1>your point, we'll get to more personnel. There's a lot

0:31:04.120 --> 0:31:05.400
<v Speaker 1>of other guys that have to get taken care of

0:31:05.560 --> 0:31:07.440
<v Speaker 1>fair and what his agent is going to point out,

0:31:07.760 --> 0:31:09.680
<v Speaker 1>fairly enough, is what we just pointed out. There's almost

0:31:09.680 --> 0:31:12.000
<v Speaker 1>a twenty million dollars salary cap bump. And then you

0:31:12.080 --> 0:31:13.800
<v Speaker 1>get to point in other positions and say, you know what,

0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:16.600
<v Speaker 1>you could go ahead and extend your quarterback. And if

0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:20.760
<v Speaker 1>you extend back, you you could save almost thirty million

0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:24.640
<v Speaker 1>dollars in cap this year alone. That's our next topic

0:31:24.720 --> 0:31:27.200
<v Speaker 1>of conversation. We'll get to that. So so if I'm

0:31:27.280 --> 0:31:31.280
<v Speaker 1>Ezekiel Elios agent, yes, I'm amicable to a pay cut

0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:34.840
<v Speaker 1>or a restructure, but at the same time, it has

0:31:34.920 --> 0:31:37.680
<v Speaker 1>to be a respectful call. He's supposed to get how

0:31:37.760 --> 0:31:43.160
<v Speaker 1>much this year eleven the cap hit is sixteen point

0:31:43.280 --> 0:31:47.280
<v Speaker 1>seven that's what hitleven point eight if they cut him,

0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:49.240
<v Speaker 1>if they were to if they cut him, it would

0:31:49.280 --> 0:31:52.200
<v Speaker 1>be a dead cap of eleven twelve million. Let's just

0:31:52.280 --> 0:31:57.239
<v Speaker 1>say twelve. So if you're if you're talking eight, if

0:31:57.280 --> 0:32:00.920
<v Speaker 1>you're talking eight million, nine million, thanks for reserving to

0:32:01.920 --> 0:32:04.600
<v Speaker 1>thank you, Thank you, Ezekiel Elliott. I'm willing to with

0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:07.680
<v Speaker 1>all the all else that can be done. I'm willing

0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:10.440
<v Speaker 1>to commit seventeen and a half to the running back position.

0:32:10.880 --> 0:32:13.360
<v Speaker 1>A lot it is, But when you look at what

0:32:13.440 --> 0:32:16.040
<v Speaker 1>you're committing too, though, look at what you're committing to.

0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:18.840
<v Speaker 1>You're committing to a tandem that's arguably the best RB

0:32:19.040 --> 0:32:21.400
<v Speaker 1>tandem in the game right now. And you're not over

0:32:21.560 --> 0:32:23.680
<v Speaker 1>committing just yet because ten million of that is the

0:32:23.720 --> 0:32:25.920
<v Speaker 1>franchise tag for Tony Pollard. That gives you a chance

0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:28.480
<v Speaker 1>to revisit this whole situation in twenty twenty four. That

0:32:28.600 --> 0:32:31.480
<v Speaker 1>was gonna be my next question. That point where Mollie

0:32:31.520 --> 0:32:34.200
<v Speaker 1>Davis in this equation with it being seventeen million, wouldn't

0:32:34.240 --> 0:32:36.640
<v Speaker 1>you rather just extend Pollard? But I see what you're saying, No,

0:32:36.840 --> 0:32:40.200
<v Speaker 1>no long term commitment for the running back positions, and

0:32:40.320 --> 0:32:42.920
<v Speaker 1>you absorb a lot of that with the bump in

0:32:42.960 --> 0:32:45.640
<v Speaker 1>the salary cap over last year, you could absorb even

0:32:45.760 --> 0:32:47.360
<v Speaker 1>you could free up that much more money with a

0:32:47.440 --> 0:32:51.080
<v Speaker 1>restructure on Zach mar and DeMarcus Lawrence. You could restructure

0:32:51.200 --> 0:32:53.520
<v Speaker 1>or just outright extend Dak Prescott, which will get to

0:32:54.200 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 1>there is no shortage of triggers that can be pulled

0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.960
<v Speaker 1>to make that easy. And not only easy, but power

0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:02.200
<v Speaker 1>like seventeen and a half for one year is very

0:33:02.360 --> 0:33:04.560
<v Speaker 1>very palatable. If that's going to keep this duo in

0:33:04.640 --> 0:33:09.320
<v Speaker 1>tandem on that in the roster in a season where

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:13.640
<v Speaker 1>you're also switching play callers and offensive coordinators. How much

0:33:13.760 --> 0:33:16.000
<v Speaker 1>change are you willing to take on. I'm willing to

0:33:16.040 --> 0:33:18.240
<v Speaker 1>pay seventeen and a half million dollars at the position,

0:33:18.560 --> 0:33:20.600
<v Speaker 1>So that part of it, the point of it, I

0:33:20.720 --> 0:33:22.640
<v Speaker 1>don't have to worry about because I'm still working out

0:33:22.680 --> 0:33:25.240
<v Speaker 1>play calling an offensive coordination. But lost Skip Pete. You

0:33:25.360 --> 0:33:28.920
<v Speaker 1>did lose Skip Pete. I don't think people understand how

0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:31.200
<v Speaker 1>valuable he is you did. I really don't. Well, he

0:33:31.360 --> 0:33:34.960
<v Speaker 1>understood that scenario better than anybody. Yeah, gosh, and he's

0:33:34.960 --> 0:33:38.080
<v Speaker 1>a real one man. Yeah, there's a shortage of real

0:33:38.120 --> 0:33:40.600
<v Speaker 1>ones out there, Kyle. He knows both of those guys

0:33:40.920 --> 0:33:42.640
<v Speaker 1>like the back of their hand. Part of the reason

0:33:42.760 --> 0:33:46.880
<v Speaker 1>why the whole turning over the position was so well

0:33:47.000 --> 0:33:51.080
<v Speaker 1>received by Zeke was probably because of Skip Pete. Yeah.

0:33:51.240 --> 0:33:53.680
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's the words that Skip Pete we're telling

0:33:54.040 --> 0:33:57.160
<v Speaker 1>to Zeke, telling to Pollard that that's why there was

0:33:57.320 --> 0:34:01.560
<v Speaker 1>no animosity about each other, the raids, the names, the

0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:04.880
<v Speaker 1>tandems that he had worked with. Everywhere he's been, the

0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:07.760
<v Speaker 1>running back room has been solid successful. And I mean

0:34:07.800 --> 0:34:10.279
<v Speaker 1>I don't know the conversations that happen behind the scenes, right,

0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:12.360
<v Speaker 1>I haven't spoke with Skip and understand, you know the

0:34:12.520 --> 0:34:15.560
<v Speaker 1>complexities asked to why he's no longer here. But that's

0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:17.719
<v Speaker 1>that's a valuable piece that people out there need to

0:34:17.800 --> 0:34:20.680
<v Speaker 1>understand that Dallas Cowboys just lost. Whether they lost it,

0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:22.680
<v Speaker 1>whether they got rid of them, whatever, however you want

0:34:22.719 --> 0:34:25.840
<v Speaker 1>to however you want to place it. He is a

0:34:26.000 --> 0:34:28.839
<v Speaker 1>real one in the sense that he holds guys accountable.

0:34:29.440 --> 0:34:31.360
<v Speaker 1>That was my issue with him. Leaving. That was my

0:34:31.440 --> 0:34:34.920
<v Speaker 1>issue with Rob Davis leaving, leaving and Edwards leaving right

0:34:34.960 --> 0:34:37.960
<v Speaker 1>he they all those guys held guys accountable, and I

0:34:38.080 --> 0:34:41.640
<v Speaker 1>hate when locker rooms, in front office and coaching staffs

0:34:41.719 --> 0:34:45.719
<v Speaker 1>lose guys that are outspoken and that will call out

0:34:45.800 --> 0:34:48.680
<v Speaker 1>bs and hold guys accountable when they see it, because

0:34:48.719 --> 0:34:50.680
<v Speaker 1>there's a shortage of that. So many people are concerned

0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:53.359
<v Speaker 1>with keeping their jobs nowadays that they will go hush

0:34:53.640 --> 0:34:56.040
<v Speaker 1>when something needs to be said. They will they will

0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:59.040
<v Speaker 1>be mute and reserve themselves from saying the things that

0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:01.400
<v Speaker 1>need to be said to keep everybody on one accord

0:35:01.400 --> 0:35:04.719
<v Speaker 1>and keep everybody at a certain level of expectation. Those

0:35:05.080 --> 0:35:07.200
<v Speaker 1>those three guys, especially Skippet, because that's a guy I'm

0:35:07.200 --> 0:35:11.239
<v Speaker 1>closest with out of those three. He would not hold

0:35:11.320 --> 0:35:13.920
<v Speaker 1>his tongue if he saw some mess going on. He

0:35:13.960 --> 0:35:16.560
<v Speaker 1>would call you soft, if you're playing us off, if

0:35:16.600 --> 0:35:19.640
<v Speaker 1>you need to old school ball, old school old schoolball coach,

0:35:19.719 --> 0:35:22.080
<v Speaker 1>gosh period. He's going to be a very difficult one

0:35:22.120 --> 0:35:24.360
<v Speaker 1>to replace, So I'm all lines on seeing who they

0:35:24.440 --> 0:35:27.759
<v Speaker 1>bring into replace Skip Pete. It's just phenomenal human being, good,

0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:31.960
<v Speaker 1>good old fashioned, old schoolball coach and just really really

0:35:32.040 --> 0:35:33.319
<v Speaker 1>good at what he did. I just hope they don't

0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:35.120
<v Speaker 1>bring in a yes man. That's my biggest thing. Yeah,

0:35:35.160 --> 0:35:38.200
<v Speaker 1>just don't bring in a yes man. So we've already

0:35:38.200 --> 0:35:40.880
<v Speaker 1>gotten one response. It's like two or three million dollars

0:35:41.000 --> 0:35:44.120
<v Speaker 1>tops the heck out of here. But here's the thing

0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:48.000
<v Speaker 1>that's that's what the value might be for what he brings.

0:35:48.719 --> 0:35:51.239
<v Speaker 1>But there's no way that conversation would even start. No,

0:35:51.920 --> 0:35:54.040
<v Speaker 1>there's no way you would even get the conversation. Person

0:35:54.080 --> 0:35:56.000
<v Speaker 1>doesn't love the coun they like the Colnboys, they don't

0:35:56.000 --> 0:35:59.200
<v Speaker 1>love the coupun number one. But that's what I'm saying.

0:35:59.280 --> 0:36:01.080
<v Speaker 1>It would it would have to take. I'd probably say

0:36:01.520 --> 0:36:04.719
<v Speaker 1>four to eight anywhere in that window the conversations have

0:36:04.880 --> 0:36:07.680
<v Speaker 1>agree because if it's over eight, the Cowboys aren't interested.

0:36:07.760 --> 0:36:11.160
<v Speaker 1>If it's under four, Zeke's parties not interested. So that's

0:36:11.200 --> 0:36:12.800
<v Speaker 1>where that's where you're at with I really think, I

0:36:12.880 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 1>really think the numbers five. I personally think the numbers five.

0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:17.319
<v Speaker 1>I could see five. The good news is, I feel

0:36:17.360 --> 0:36:20.240
<v Speaker 1>like both sides are willing to have the discussion. Nobody's

0:36:20.280 --> 0:36:22.320
<v Speaker 1>throwing the hard line on the sand right now. Cowboys

0:36:22.480 --> 0:36:24.239
<v Speaker 1>where he's at in his career. Yeah, he knows where

0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:26.279
<v Speaker 1>he's at. You know, somebody's aren't drawing the Amari Cooper

0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:27.799
<v Speaker 1>line in the sand, saying, you know what, we could

0:36:27.880 --> 0:36:30.920
<v Speaker 1>restructure and move this money around and save. But when

0:36:30.960 --> 0:36:32.239
<v Speaker 1>you're just going to go ahead and part ways, when

0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:34.640
<v Speaker 1>you're not there, and Zeke isn't saying, oh well, if

0:36:34.920 --> 0:36:37.279
<v Speaker 1>if we try to reduce them, he's The thing is,

0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:39.120
<v Speaker 1>when you're at that point of your career and you

0:36:39.239 --> 0:36:42.439
<v Speaker 1>understand the value you have with that organization, the last

0:36:42.480 --> 0:36:44.120
<v Speaker 1>thing you want to do is try to start jumping

0:36:44.160 --> 0:36:46.840
<v Speaker 1>ship because you know that you'll never be that guy again.

0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:49.480
<v Speaker 1>So if I'm never gonna be that guy again, then

0:36:49.520 --> 0:36:53.319
<v Speaker 1>I just stay put listen. And I said, I've said

0:36:53.360 --> 0:36:56.240
<v Speaker 1>this all season long as it relates to and again,

0:36:56.440 --> 0:37:00.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm not speaking four Ezekiel Elliott speaking about Ezekiel right.

0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:04.040
<v Speaker 1>I've said multiple times, even before reports came out that

0:37:04.120 --> 0:37:06.239
<v Speaker 1>Ezekiel Elliott would be willing to take a pay cut,

0:37:06.320 --> 0:37:08.319
<v Speaker 1>I said, I could see why he would be willing

0:37:08.320 --> 0:37:09.759
<v Speaker 1>to take one, and I believe that he will be

0:37:09.840 --> 0:37:12.440
<v Speaker 1>willing to take one because he understands and he said it,

0:37:12.640 --> 0:37:16.319
<v Speaker 1>he understands that if if I Ezekiel Elliott and willing

0:37:16.440 --> 0:37:20.439
<v Speaker 1>to take less to remain in Dallas, and that less

0:37:20.560 --> 0:37:24.520
<v Speaker 1>allows you to keep Tony Pollard, I just extended my career.

0:37:24.640 --> 0:37:26.799
<v Speaker 1>You just in the point that you just brought up.

0:37:26.840 --> 0:37:28.320
<v Speaker 1>And this is when the brotherhood comes in. And I

0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:29.759
<v Speaker 1>know a lot of people are saying, hey, you know,

0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:32.760
<v Speaker 1>everybody's selfish. You're talking about themselves when you care about

0:37:32.760 --> 0:37:34.279
<v Speaker 1>the other guy that's in there room with you like

0:37:34.360 --> 0:37:37.040
<v Speaker 1>he cares about Tony Pollard. I'm willing to take a

0:37:37.120 --> 0:37:39.200
<v Speaker 1>back seat, right and whether I'm forced to or take

0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:41.360
<v Speaker 1>a back seat or whatever, like, I'm willing to humble

0:37:41.480 --> 0:37:45.239
<v Speaker 1>myself and put myself financially right in a disadvantage to

0:37:45.400 --> 0:37:48.000
<v Speaker 1>ensure that my guy gets the bag because he's been

0:37:48.080 --> 0:37:50.040
<v Speaker 1>riding with me for a minute, being in the shadows,

0:37:50.200 --> 0:37:52.359
<v Speaker 1>and now I recognize and I'm now taking a step back.

0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:54.440
<v Speaker 1>I want to keep this thing together. It is your time,

0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:57.399
<v Speaker 1>You're time to shine. They will extend each other's career

0:37:57.400 --> 0:38:00.319
<v Speaker 1>absolutely if they stick together. If they stick together, that's

0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:03.040
<v Speaker 1>a good point. Which if that's the case, the leverage

0:38:03.040 --> 0:38:07.319
<v Speaker 1>would I think fall in favor of Zeken in terms

0:38:07.360 --> 0:38:09.600
<v Speaker 1>of excuse me in terms of the Cowboys, in terms

0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:12.400
<v Speaker 1>of that that contract negotiation. So maybe it would be

0:38:12.440 --> 0:38:15.920
<v Speaker 1>a lower number, but no two or three million. Ye,

0:38:17.200 --> 0:38:19.560
<v Speaker 1>he'll walk before you even have a conversation. I think

0:38:19.840 --> 0:38:22.480
<v Speaker 1>I think it's four to eight is the window for

0:38:22.520 --> 0:38:26.120
<v Speaker 1>the topic of conversation to even start. Ideal number probably

0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:27.960
<v Speaker 1>five or five and a half. I think that's probably

0:38:28.000 --> 0:38:30.040
<v Speaker 1>where we're at. All right, let's take our second break.

0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:32.160
<v Speaker 1>When we come back, let's talk about the quarterback position.

0:38:32.719 --> 0:38:35.800
<v Speaker 1>It's been a fun topic lately. Let's talk about Dak Prescott.

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<v Speaker 1>of Say It with Your Chest Friday offseason edition. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be back at our normal time starting next week, which

0:41:02.960 --> 0:41:08.919
<v Speaker 1>is Tuesdays at eleven. Is it eleven or ten? Beamer? Yeah,

0:41:08.960 --> 0:41:11.680
<v Speaker 1>you got that in front of you. We haven't had

0:41:11.680 --> 0:41:13.840
<v Speaker 1>a normal off season show yet, so it's kind of

0:41:13.920 --> 0:41:18.120
<v Speaker 1>hard to really tell. Ten o'clock on Tuesdays? Is that

0:41:18.160 --> 0:41:21.480
<v Speaker 1>what you said? Okay? Cool? So yeah, ten o'clock on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it on your calendar. I need to put it

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<v Speaker 1>on mine for this upcoming Tuesday and throughout the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the offseason. Patrick no c Walker, Isaiah stand back,

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Beam, I'm Kyle Yeoman's let's talk about the quarterback

0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:39.480
<v Speaker 1>position looks. So of course, both Jerry Jones and Stephen

0:41:40.040 --> 0:41:43.879
<v Speaker 1>talking during the media session or at least a quick

0:41:43.960 --> 0:41:46.400
<v Speaker 1>media session during the Senior Bowl, would ask if he

0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.600
<v Speaker 1>would if the Cowboys would be interested in contract talks

0:41:49.640 --> 0:41:52.759
<v Speaker 1>with the QB again, which would include an extension and

0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:56.680
<v Speaker 1>lower his cap hit. They said, Dak is going to

0:41:56.760 --> 0:42:00.800
<v Speaker 1>be our guy for hopefully the next ten years. You

0:42:00.960 --> 0:42:03.160
<v Speaker 1>say that it's a long time because he's already played

0:42:03.200 --> 0:42:05.480
<v Speaker 1>six or seven, but I think Dak will play is

0:42:05.560 --> 0:42:08.320
<v Speaker 1>long or play that long because he takes care of

0:42:08.440 --> 0:42:11.480
<v Speaker 1>himself and he's driven to be great, and we fully

0:42:11.640 --> 0:42:15.120
<v Speaker 1>expect him to be here for the next ten years.

0:42:15.360 --> 0:42:18.160
<v Speaker 1>So if they want that to happen, they've got two

0:42:18.200 --> 0:42:23.400
<v Speaker 1>years left on his contract. Of course, Dak's original numbers

0:42:23.480 --> 0:42:25.680
<v Speaker 1>were some of the top in the league. If you

0:42:25.800 --> 0:42:27.919
<v Speaker 1>haven't taken a chance to look at where he ranks,

0:42:28.000 --> 0:42:32.120
<v Speaker 1>now take a look, because right now, the media or

0:42:32.200 --> 0:42:36.879
<v Speaker 1>the market for a quarterback position, Daniel Jones right now

0:42:37.560 --> 0:42:40.479
<v Speaker 1>is expected to receive a contract of about four years,

0:42:40.880 --> 0:42:44.279
<v Speaker 1>one hundred and sixty million dollars. That is exactly the

0:42:44.400 --> 0:42:47.560
<v Speaker 1>contract that Dak Prescott was given. And that's for Daniel Jones.

0:42:48.719 --> 0:42:52.120
<v Speaker 1>So even though it was the top quarterback contract in

0:42:52.200 --> 0:42:56.200
<v Speaker 1>the league for a split second, it's not anymore. You're

0:42:56.200 --> 0:43:00.560
<v Speaker 1>actually saving a significant number of cash on his contract

0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:02.520
<v Speaker 1>right now. But you can even do better than that,

0:43:02.560 --> 0:43:04.760
<v Speaker 1>and you can extend him while his value is lower,

0:43:05.280 --> 0:43:07.279
<v Speaker 1>and you can try and pull that out over the

0:43:07.400 --> 0:43:09.960
<v Speaker 1>next five or six years instead on the next two

0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 1>or three. So, Isaiah, when you look at Dak, are

0:43:14.360 --> 0:43:18.600
<v Speaker 1>you confident enough to extend him? But are you also

0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:22.319
<v Speaker 1>you're kind of hedging your bets bets by extending him

0:43:22.480 --> 0:43:26.359
<v Speaker 1>at a lower contract. Hit, I'm not extending him based

0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:30.279
<v Speaker 1>off of performance. If that's what you're asking, I would

0:43:30.320 --> 0:43:36.239
<v Speaker 1>extend him for organizational structure right in terms of the

0:43:36.320 --> 0:43:38.040
<v Speaker 1>salary cap, hits and all the things that you were

0:43:38.080 --> 0:43:42.520
<v Speaker 1>starting to starting to touch on the thought of extending

0:43:42.640 --> 0:43:46.920
<v Speaker 1>Dak right now. I don't like it personally. Now, kudos

0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:48.680
<v Speaker 1>to him, he gets extension and all that, Jazz, I

0:43:48.760 --> 0:43:52.719
<v Speaker 1>hope the best all that, But business wise, in terms

0:43:52.760 --> 0:43:55.680
<v Speaker 1>of performings and getting this team to where you want

0:43:55.719 --> 0:43:58.320
<v Speaker 1>them to be, I can't give him extension. Not me.

0:43:58.920 --> 0:44:01.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm all about performance. If you're not putting out, you're

0:44:01.719 --> 0:44:03.239
<v Speaker 1>not putting out, and I'm gonna get somebody here to

0:44:03.440 --> 0:44:06.120
<v Speaker 1>compete with you. Either you they're gonna get pushed into

0:44:06.239 --> 0:44:07.680
<v Speaker 1>that position that I want you to be in, or

0:44:07.800 --> 0:44:11.560
<v Speaker 1>this person's gonna ascend and hopefully take us there. I

0:44:11.640 --> 0:44:16.080
<v Speaker 1>don't see. I don't see the benefit aside from a

0:44:16.080 --> 0:44:20.360
<v Speaker 1>salary cap and extending him. That's about as blunt as

0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:24.600
<v Speaker 1>I can beya, salary cap wise, it's it's obvious if

0:44:24.640 --> 0:44:28.359
<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys extend him, and this is per overthcap dot com,

0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:33.160
<v Speaker 1>they get twenty three point nine roughly twenty three point

0:44:33.239 --> 0:44:36.080
<v Speaker 1>nine million dollars in savings both this year and twenty

0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:39.600
<v Speaker 1>six point two million dollars in savings next year. We'll

0:44:39.600 --> 0:44:42.960
<v Speaker 1>hold up twenty nine this year if they were to

0:44:43.040 --> 0:44:45.400
<v Speaker 1>re extend. If they were to extend him twenty three

0:44:45.440 --> 0:44:48.840
<v Speaker 1>point seven, that is a lot of extra cast of

0:44:48.960 --> 0:44:52.520
<v Speaker 1>extra three ballers a ton. That's it's I mean, look

0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:54.439
<v Speaker 1>at the guys that they signed with the twenty million

0:44:54.520 --> 0:44:58.319
<v Speaker 1>from Amari. They signed Anthony Barr, they resigned late Vander

0:44:58.440 --> 0:45:02.800
<v Speaker 1>esh Darnce Armstraw. I believe jay Ron Curse was probably

0:45:02.840 --> 0:45:05.720
<v Speaker 1>into that mix as well. I mean, they got guys MALIEK.

0:45:05.760 --> 0:45:09.880
<v Speaker 1>Cooker there that's a lot of it just off one player.

0:45:10.120 --> 0:45:14.120
<v Speaker 1>That's one triggers wise, it makes more than sense. It's

0:45:14.160 --> 0:45:18.239
<v Speaker 1>just it's right there now production wise. Here's why I'm

0:45:18.280 --> 0:45:20.920
<v Speaker 1>fine with it, because you've seen what a help with

0:45:21.000 --> 0:45:24.320
<v Speaker 1>a healthy Dak Prescott can be almost five thousand yards

0:45:25.160 --> 0:45:29.160
<v Speaker 1>only a few shots a single season passing yards record

0:45:29.200 --> 0:45:33.640
<v Speaker 1>over Tony robot Um MVP conversations a couple of seasons ago.

0:45:35.360 --> 0:45:39.160
<v Speaker 1>Now I understand what is said is saying, hell, it's

0:45:39.239 --> 0:45:42.719
<v Speaker 1>the sciences and my articles he struggled last year. I

0:45:42.800 --> 0:45:44.799
<v Speaker 1>also put in because something popped in my head. I'm

0:45:44.800 --> 0:45:47.520
<v Speaker 1>wondering if not only we know that he was pressing,

0:45:47.640 --> 0:45:49.719
<v Speaker 1>we know he was pressing right, he was playing hero ball.

0:45:49.840 --> 0:45:51.920
<v Speaker 1>He shouldn't have been playing hero ball in twenty twenty two.

0:45:52.360 --> 0:45:54.840
<v Speaker 1>But I also wonder because keep in mind that the

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<v Speaker 1>fracture thumb was on his throwing hand. Yes, yep, I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if that slightly altered his feel for the ball

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<v Speaker 1>in the release. And I say that to say I

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<v Speaker 1>could make the argument in my mind that with a

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<v Speaker 1>full offseason, he'll get his timy back, his field back,

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<v Speaker 1>his release back, or he will adapt recalibrate to what

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<v Speaker 1>I should say, But more than anything, for me, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's the QB's coach variable, because when our beloved John

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<v Speaker 1>Kittna was in the building, Dak Prescott turned the corner

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<v Speaker 1>and he became that MVP caliber quarterback who was flinging

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<v Speaker 1>around when he also had the personnel to do so

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<v Speaker 1>at wide receiver and the offensive coorded was unleashing that

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<v Speaker 1>all things were working and were humming. I've seen that

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<v Speaker 1>Dak Prescott. Again not saying nus Meier did a poor job,

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<v Speaker 1>but we can't ignore the obvious and the objective fact

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<v Speaker 1>is under Nusmire, Dak Prescott became an interception machine. Nusmire's

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<v Speaker 1>no longer in the building. So if the Cowboys can

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<v Speaker 1>bring in a quarterbacks coach who can fix that part

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<v Speaker 1>of Dak Prescott, then there's nothing that tells me that

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<v Speaker 1>he's not worth an extension that would not only guarantee

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to revisit the quarterback market because you

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<v Speaker 1>got a twenty sixth overall pick, you don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>top pick. And if anybody who follows the draft and

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<v Speaker 1>Kyl runs the Draft show, so you know, when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to draft capital and moving up, people say all

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<v Speaker 1>the time Oh, I won't you just move up to

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<v Speaker 1>the top five from twenty six. Nope, that's a whole mortgage.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like a two or three year mortgage to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's not realistic, and you might lose Cooper Russian

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<v Speaker 1>free agency. You don't know just yet what you got

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<v Speaker 1>in Will Grier as a QB two. That's too much change,

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<v Speaker 1>it's too much even for the next two year period.

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead, get a new QB coach in who can

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<v Speaker 1>help Dak fix the interception problem that just cropped up

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<v Speaker 1>over the back half of last season. Wasn't really here

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<v Speaker 1>before then. Coaches, don't go against your cap, and go

0:47:50.719 --> 0:47:53.800
<v Speaker 1>and doesn't go against your cap, and you'll net roughly

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<v Speaker 1>fifty million dollars in cap savings over the next two

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<v Speaker 1>years as well. Do it. Do it. It's the popular opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's just the right thing to do right now.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of average salary per year, Dak Prescott is

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<v Speaker 1>ninth out of the quarterback position. Some of the guys

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<v Speaker 1>in front of him, yeah, right, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson,

0:48:14.200 --> 0:48:17.439
<v Speaker 1>Kyler Murray, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Derek Carr,

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<v Speaker 1>Derek car just got cut by the way, he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>not be on his team next year. So that's the

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<v Speaker 1>thing is, those are the eight guys in front of

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<v Speaker 1>Dak Prescott in terms of what he's getting paid per year.

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't total value total value. I think it's even

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<v Speaker 1>more so. I think he's like tenth or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me see, I'll give you total value in two seconds.

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<v Speaker 1>He's eighth in total value, so a little bit higher.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you take the link of this contract and

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<v Speaker 1>you're able to restructure it or extend him, you take

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<v Speaker 1>that average per year down, take it to like what

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<v Speaker 1>would be a good number, like thirty four or thirty three,

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<v Speaker 1>which would be less than what you're even gonna pay

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<v Speaker 1>for a cap hit this year he'd be paying. He'd

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<v Speaker 1>be paid less then Kirk Cousins, Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford

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<v Speaker 1>on top of that list that I just gave you,

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<v Speaker 1>So he'd be middle of the road contract average per year.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you not do that and take a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who's still correct in his twenties and take him and

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<v Speaker 1>extend it out for a couple more years, four or

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<v Speaker 1>five more years, and you extend him. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a great move, especially right now. Like I said, when

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<v Speaker 1>the value is low. He's not coming off of an

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<v Speaker 1>MVP caliber season. Recap wise, I'm in total agreeance with y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>But you just don't think the performance is there. Correct.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the hedgings. So I think there's two reasons why

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<v Speaker 1>you extend somebody right we're talking about him. Either the

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<v Speaker 1>performance and you're like, hey, hey, Gail, we want you

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<v Speaker 1>here around here for a long time because you're just killing.

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<v Speaker 1>We can give you more money. Yeah, absolutely, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go here, or it's just like, okay, you're about

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<v Speaker 1>to kill our capt's, let's figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 1>save and get us some savings. It's definitely the second one. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely the second one. Also, in that same conversation at

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<v Speaker 1>the Senior Bowl, what did they say about the possibility

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<v Speaker 1>of drafting a quarterback. We're going to hit that on

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<v Speaker 1>the Draft show coming up on Tuesday by or Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, But they said, we are committed now

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<v Speaker 1>to drafting a quarterback now, and we probably should have

0:50:05.560 --> 0:50:08.600
<v Speaker 1>done one previous. It should have took the New England approach.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's funny you said that because we were talking

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<v Speaker 1>about that offline and not a few days later. Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>Jones says they regret not taking the approach of drafting

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<v Speaker 1>every single year because it gives you insurance and a

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<v Speaker 1>developmental guy that if it turns out your franchise guy

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<v Speaker 1>continues to trend upward and the rookie contract comes up

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<v Speaker 1>to expire on the on the developmental guy, you trade him,

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<v Speaker 1>you get some assets, you draft, you've got another one

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<v Speaker 1>in the pipeline. So it's the Belichick style of drafting.

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<v Speaker 1>See it's not even just Belichick now too, though. But

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<v Speaker 1>who were the last two quarterbacks that beat you this year?

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<v Speaker 1>Brock Purdy, He's a rookie drafted as the final pick

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<v Speaker 1>of the of the twenty twenty two draft. Brock Purdy

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<v Speaker 1>beat you with San Francisco. Who was the second of

0:50:47.719 --> 0:50:50.359
<v Speaker 1>the last quarterback that beat you? Washington Washington, Sam Howe

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<v Speaker 1>rookie quarterback. Both of those teams had two quarterbacks already.

0:50:55.640 --> 0:50:59.320
<v Speaker 1>Washington had both of their guys ed Carson Wentz, Taylor Heineke,

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<v Speaker 1>but it Sam how the beach here in the final

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<v Speaker 1>week the regular season, just in case. San Francisco Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Garoppolo and Trey Lance. Yet it was Brock Purdy, who's

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<v Speaker 1>now sending them to an NFC championship game. So you

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<v Speaker 1>drafting these quarterbacks not a bad thing. It's insurance. Go

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<v Speaker 1>out and get one. If you're walking around here without insurance,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you're living life on the edge. Dallas Cowboys

0:51:18.560 --> 0:51:21.359
<v Speaker 1>have been living life on the edge. Yeah, just call

0:51:21.360 --> 0:51:23.279
<v Speaker 1>it what it is. Call it what it is, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna do it for us here on Talking Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been a fun one today. We had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about. We'll be back on Tuesday, ten am

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<v Speaker 1>Central time, and we'll be on tuesdays from here on out.

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully the ice stage more ice storms. Yeah, let's keep

0:51:36.760 --> 0:51:38.439
<v Speaker 1>all that out of here. Next we could be eighty

0:51:38.440 --> 0:51:41.960
<v Speaker 1>two degrees. Yeah, it's bed sweating. Believe you be on

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<v Speaker 1>the beach next week. Commando Kyle, Kyle, everybody make that.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody's gonna make another another video on Twitter for it

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<v Speaker 1>for Chris be Isaiah Stanback, Patrick Nose walk a round,

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle Yeoman saying so long from Talking Cowboys. We'll see

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<v Speaker 1>you on Tuesday, ten am Central time. This has been

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