WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: How Are We Feeling About This? 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:08.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:18.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Players 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:23.960 Lounge broadcasting line from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:33.840 Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray, and NEWI scrugs. Hey, everybody, 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.120 welcome to another edition of the Players Lounge, brought to 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:38.720 you by Hotels dot Com. I'm NEWI scrug long time Cowboys. 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.720 We are joined by poor Dallas Cowboys players Barry Church 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:46.920 and Danny McCray. Gentlemen, Cowboys getting ready to face the 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.320 Cincinnati Bengals right now. The Bengals have the third record 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.400 in the league. They would draft third, the Cowboys would 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:57.040 draft fifth. They meet in the queen City of Cincinnati 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:03.640 on Saturday. How are we feeling about this so far? Church? Ah, Man, 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:07.000 you know this game, this game coming up against Cincinnati. 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.080 I think we might actually win. Man, I think we 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.880 might actually win. Don't confuse. That would be school, all right, 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.319 that's not That's not me being back on the cooler 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:17.240 or anything like that. I just feel like we have 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:19.400 a good better chance of winning this game than any 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.600 other game. So I'm gonna have to ride with Cowboys. 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:25.560 But we'll do our predictions later. Yeah, I mean, I 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:29.120 don't know. I'm not sure. I think this is the 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.840 time when you start to see guys pop up on 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.880 the injury report who really not heard, and they start 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.200 packing in a little bit. And I say that just 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.320 because you know, I see Zeke. I see Zeke is 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.919 the first, the first the victim of the injury report. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:43.480 So we'll go through the rest of the week and 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.399 see see how it plays out. But this is that 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.040 time to where you start playing it for Vegas and 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.640 playing for vacation and start seeing the family when you 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:52.680 know you're pretty much out of there. So I'm not 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.760 sure how our chances are to beat the Bengals. All right, 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.600 The Cowboys are in their final four games of the season. 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:01.520 This is the final quarter, This is the push in 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.760 December and the past we used to talk about how 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:07.520 the Cowboys would have some tough times in December. Right now, 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.160 as far as this December goes, it's really not gonna 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.480 be much to remember, because while the Cowboys are technically 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.359 still in the race for the NFC Championship, it does 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:19.079 not feel like it feels like Baltimore was the end 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.160 of the run. As Barry Church said he was done 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.200 drinking the koo leg. So let us ask this question 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.079 here on the players line. Let's get right to it. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:31.200 Which players need to be in their final four games 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:35.040 in a Dallas Cowboys uniform? If you were management, which 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:36.960 players would you be looking at saying, you know what, 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.280 we're gonna have to say goodbye to this player and 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.280 move on from them after the season. Who'd like to 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.040 go first? If you want me to go first, I 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.880 got my list, I'm ready to go. I would love 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.600 to hear Newi's take. I would love to hear NAT's take. 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.600 I want to see how you go about this. Okay, 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:58.240 all right, first, wait, wait, wait, Louie, Wait, wait, Louie, Louie, Louie, 0:02:58.280 --> 0:02:59.880 hold on, hold on, look, I'm gonna hold this up 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:02.360 for the camera, just so everybody knows. I'm not gonna 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:03.960 have my names out. But I got my list because 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:05.880 I don't want I don't want nobody to think that 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:08.480 I saw your list and then I started changing it up. 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.680 All right, I don't want I don't want that to happen. Church. 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.119 I hope you got yours already written down. I don't 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.000 want to see no pins over there. You scratch the 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.240 names out you know, you know, so you could they're okay, 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:19.320 all right, all right, all right, go ahead, go ahead. 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:22.320 I want to make sure all of the same page. Yes, 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:25.720 Tyrone Crawford may nine million dollars this year. He's an 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.160 unrestricted free agent the Cowboys. He told just go ahead 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.560 and move on and say thank you. The past two 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:32.799 and a half years and just it's not been there. 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:36.840 So Tyrone Crawford is off the list. The Cowboys defensive line, 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:38.360 to me, has to be the first thing that they 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.960 addressed in terms of improving it. So Tyrone Crawford would 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.600 not be back on the football team. Chris Jones, the putner. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:49.560 Chris Jones's last two seasons have not been good. He's 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.080 been injured. The punning and special teams you have not 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.600 been good at all. Chris Jones had a great run, 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.000 but like anything, it comes a point time where we 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:00.880 gotta say goodbye. So putter Chris Jones would become Xavier Woods. 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.400 He'll be an unrestricted free agent. The Cowboys need to 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:08.560 rebuild this defensive secondary along with that defensive line. I 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.160 thought the game in Baltimore pretty much told us all 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.400 we need to know, you know, thank you very much. 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.359 I think the Cowboys were hoping that he could become 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:21.760 a difference maker. He has not. I don't necessarily put 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:23.479 it all on Woods. I mean, when you're sitting around 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.839 here drafted dudes in the fifth and sixth round, you 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:27.760 can only expect so much. But they need to move 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:31.880 on from him. Shaun Lee. Shaun Lee has been a 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.839 warrior his time here. But Sean Lee, they need to 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.320 stop it, just say say thank you. They want to 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.880 offer him a spot in the organization somewhere, but you know, 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:46.799 I'm sorry. You got too many questions at linebacker between 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.039 Jalen and Layton vanderest you don't need a third question 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.279 with Sean Lee. Cheetah O Woozia at the corner spot. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.880 You drafted Cheeto in the second round. You hoped he 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.279 could be a player. This was the year. If he 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:58.960 was going to show you something, it was going to 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.760 be in a money year. He was hurt. Um, he's 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.800 just a guy. He's a jag. You can go find 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.520 another guy, and you can get a Cheeto for a 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.679 lot cheaper price than what you're paying here. Darren Thompson 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.119 understood the free agent. You got a lot of guys 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:19.040 on your list. Thank you, Thank you, Darien. We appreciate 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.880 your efforts, but you know, no, move on along Greg's 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.359 arline the kicker. Uh, they can get out of this 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.760 contract and not have to pay him over two million 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.239 dollars next year. The cap George would be six hundred 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:34.040 and sixty thousand dollars. So go ahead and and thank 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.320 him for his service. UM called Kai four Bath back 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.680 saying maybe sorry, uh, can we get you back on 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:43.360 that million dollars deal? Um? But you go right there. Um. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.560 So these are guys and I'm just sitting here looking 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.200 at and I'm just saying, uh, you know, thank you, 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:49.800 but but we need to we need to move on 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.039 the way. Also, I'd be looking at it at Cam 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.360 Murky swing tackle. He was only on a one year 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.080 deal anyway. But but if you can't play, um, no, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.640 you're not doing any good. The Cowboys, in my opinion, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.000 need to seriously think about it in this draft of 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.240 taking the tackle in the one of the first three 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.880 rounds or first four rounds. And I say that because 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.960 as much as I am a Tyrant Smith fame and 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.680 Tyrann Smith has Hall of Fame credentials and he's all 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:19.039 decade player, we know he's been missing games the past 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.800 four years and this year, you know, Tyrant play that 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.480 first game and he's been out. Then when you've got Collins, 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:28.960 you you've also invested heavily in. And these are guys 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.280 that you just can't cut because the salary cap. You 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:33.520 need to get a swing tackle, because you cannot just 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.279 sit up here and say that both of these gentlemen 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.440 are gonna play sixteen games. So you need to use 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.839 some capital at that position to go get a guy 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:41.719 who can do it and not try to run around 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.000 here with you know, cam irving cam flaming these dudes 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.560 who can't get it done. So that's where you got 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.839 to go there. So that's that's my list of guys 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.000 who need to be in their final four games with 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:55.600 the Dallas Cowboys. As you turn this thing over, no, 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.840 I love it, Douey, Hey say it with your chess 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:03.880 man rattled scave all strong. I like it though, Man, 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:05.720 You and me both got a lot of a lot 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.040 of similarities in our list. Man, so I'm gonna go 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.559 ahead and rattle off a few myself if you guys 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.760 don't mind. Number one on my list, man, number one 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.200 on my list, and this is my boy. I mean, 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.600 I've been teammates with this guy for seven years when 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.520 I was with the Cowboys. I mean six years when 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.800 I was with the Cowboys. But I mean it's his 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:23.800 time and that's and that's Tyrone Crawford man. I mean 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.760 you already said it knew he but you know that's 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.520 a pile too much on him because you pretty much 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.520 said I was I would get ready to say about him. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.760 But he's just making too much money, man. Ten million 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:36.000 dollars this season and he didn't even record a single 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.280 stat last week against Baltimore. No tackles, no sacks. I 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:41.520 don't even think he had a quarterback pressure. And when 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.120 you're going when you're getting that much money from an organization, 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.560 there's expectations that come along with that. Now, if he 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.600 was making you know, maybe two or three mill, I 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.480 don't think he would be on this list. But the 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.200 expectations of a guy making ten million, you're gonna have 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:54.640 to go out there and you're gonna have to produce. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.920 And that's just something that we haven't seen from Tyron 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:58.880 Crawford lately. I mean, yeah, I understand he's one of 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:00.800 the leaders in the locker room and he kind of 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:02.760 that guy in that defensive line room that everybody kind 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.760 of respects and brings along with him. But he just, 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.280 you know, leadership alone isn't worth ten million dollars. I'm sorry. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.600 So he's gonna he's gonna have to go after this year. 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.520 I mean, like I said, as my boys, my teammate, 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.440 but he's just making too much money and he's not 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.880 producing enough. Next on my list, I would have to 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:19.600 go to a Woozier. I mean, look, this is a 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.240 guy that he just has it develops in his time 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:23.840 here with the Cowboys. They thought he was gonna be 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:25.400 that guy. They thought he was gonna be that number 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.520 two corner. And over these last two years he's been 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.840 getting picked on. I mean, fifty fifty jump balls. Guys 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:31.760 have been mostling them. Guys have been beating them deep. 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.040 And when he came back from injury with that hamstring, 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:35.800 maybe a little bit too early, but he was on 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.040 the field, he looked like he was carrying cinder blocks 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:39.640 with him while he was running. He wasn't able to 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.839 keep up with anybody. And as a corner in a 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.960 national football league, you can't have that. You can't have that. 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:46.640 Guys are too good out here. You gotta have a 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.920 guy that can shut down on the other side, and 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.400 he just wasn't that this year. So I'm sorry, but 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.079 you know, he might have to find free agency and 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:54.920 might have to find a one year deal somewhere else 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.439 to kind of get going with the rest of his career. Now, 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:58.920 this one, this one might be a little bit of 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:02.000 surprise to you guys, But I also got Alden Smith 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:04.520 on my list. Now. Look, I know he came out 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.840 early in the season and he was he's on fire. 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.400 Everybody was like, oh, the Smith, Maddie. He know he's 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:10.800 been five years off, but it was like, he only 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.480 missed five games. This guys out here, he's legit. And 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:15.880 I'll admit it. I was on that kool aid train 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.400 as well. But after those first three, three or four games, 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.560 I mean, we've rarely heard from Alden Smith. I mean, 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.559 he's been on the field and kind of a kind 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.280 of a Tyran Crawford esque season. After after those first 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:27.800 three games, I mean, he's on the field, but he's 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.440 not making plays. He's not generating stats out there, and 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.000 as a premier rusher, if he hits the freemire, if 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.120 he hits the market he's going to be a lot 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.200 more than we're willing to pay him. So I think 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.040 we let him go. I don't think we swallowed a 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.200 bullet and signed him back or anything like that, because 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.960 I think his production hit the ceiling after those first 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:45.680 three games, and if you saw after that, he's gone 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:49.040 downhill consistently after that. And that brings me to third 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:52.760 on my list. Gotta go woods man. I mean, it's 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.679 just been downhill since he made those comments about not 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.080 all the time we're hustling and all that stuff. You 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.600 can't make those comments. And as a safety back, this 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:04.479 defense needs. This defense needs a leader. This defense needs 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.840 someone in the back end that can control the secondary, 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.520 get him all on the same page, making sure everything 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.800 is commuted to Cadie out there. And I just don't 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.440 think he's that guy. I don't know if he's young, 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.640 or if the system he didn't really get the system 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.679 like that, but as a free safety in the back end, 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.559 you gotta be the quarterback of the defense, especially the secondary, 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.400 and there was just too many lapses out there. We've 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.040 seen too many busted coverages and I'm saying it all 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:26.760 his fault. But as a leader back in there, in 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:28.840 the secondary. You gotta be the quarterback, and you gotta 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.840 make sure everybody's on the same page. And he just 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:32.640 hasn't been able to do that with his tenure here 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:34.680 in Dallas. So hopefully he'll be able to pick his 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.600 game up somewhere else, but I don't believe it's going 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.640 to be in Dallas. And lastly, I put my boy, 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:44.240 mister swite clear abews Jalen on my list and look 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:46.680 and look, I know I'm not the only reason he's 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.679 on this list is because I'm not sure if we 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.240 if we designate him as a June first cut, I'm 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.000 not sure if he counts that much against the cap. 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:55.920 But if that is true, if we can make him 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.560 a designated June first cut and we don't have any 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:00.679 cap penalty, then he gotta go. Man. Look, I mean, 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.600 look this this guy. I mean, he just has been 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.880 in decline since two thy and eighteen. He seems to 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:07.360 be flying all over the field, but it's in the 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.200 wrong direction. I mean, he just seems like a chicken 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.160 with his head cut off out there just running around. 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:13.760 So for me, I mean, look, he's a good dude 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.120 off the field, but we need more. We need more, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.920 and plus another. That's another guy with the expectations with money. 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.000 I mean, when you're making whatever he's making. I think 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.640 he's making nine or ten a year. You gotta match 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.520 that on the field, and we just haven't seen it. 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.160 We haven't seen this splash play. So my boy, Jaila, 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.760 you made no tradamis aka Church's list of the cowboys 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:35.439 who will be going next year. Goodness, y'all, listen, what 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:41.000 what's left for me? Goodness, y'all. Y'all went hard. Y'all 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:42.880 went hard. So I guess I'm gonna just have to 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.800 reiterate a couple of y'alls. Of course, you know new 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:50.200 he said that text message yesterday with in the DM 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.720 about how much Crawford was making, so he has to 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:57.080 be number one on the list. Yeahs Nube. He asked 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.240 me number on one, number one on the list if 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.320 it's just because of how much money he's making versus 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.440 the production, right, Like, I don't This one doesn't have 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.600 anything to do with Nolan. As much as I want 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:09.559 to blame it on him, I don't think this has 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.200 anything to do with Nolan. I think it just has 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.880 to do the decline and his ability to play the 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.319 defensive line position. So you know they got they got 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:18.760 to get out of there and save that because they 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.400 need some money one if they plan on getting backed 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.719 back in the building to be they started quarterback next year, 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.120 So get get getting my grad Crawford out of there. 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.000 I love them, I played with him, but you know, 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.600 the old guard sometimes you got to get out of there. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.080 And that leads me into what newis said. But my 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.360 guy fifty I talked about this earlier in the in 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.040 the in the year when they were saying that Sean 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:41.040 Lee was the guy who was coming in here giving 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.000 all the speeches and being the leader of the team 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:44.959 and all that stuff. He's not even the starter on 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.360 the roster. He was he was out, he had surgery, 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:50.120 and this is the guy you're looking to to be 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.439 the leader on the field by sitting on the sideline 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.920 and and trying to coach people up. I think I 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.839 won't say it in a sense to where it's just 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.520 like winning as far as holding people back, but they 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:03.640 have to make room for somebody else to become the 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.560 true leader in that defensive locker room, and with Sean leader, 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.520 I don't think that's ever gonna happen. So you know, 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.400 great career. Uh, maybe he can go out there to 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.480 to Oakland with I mean to Vegas with Besoccia and 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:17.400 them with you know, and reconnect with him. But he 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.080 has to get out of there. Um. And I know 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.319 that we can't get rid of this guy just based 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.760 off the money. But if there's any way for us 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.440 to move him and get something for him, I would 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.440 say it's Tyrant Smith. I mean, this is if you 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.479 talk about not if you talk about not being dependable 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.319 to you know, for your offensive line and for your 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.840 offense to be out there and like like you handicapped 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.760 the team when you practice all week or get ready 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.400 all off season and then they have to you know, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:47.599 prepare this backup guy because you haven't been able to 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.720 be out there. And he's making a ton of money. 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.400 I think his contract doesn't isn't up to twenty twenty four. 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:54.560 So if you if there's a way for you to 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.120 find a way to move on from him, uh, you 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.000 know and save a little bread and get you another 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.040 tackle in there, because you're gonna be picking out this year. 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.560 Get you another tackle in there, like Louis said, to 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:07.200 shure up this offensive line, then I would say you 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:13.600 should get that done, my guy, Greg Zeroline, Oh my goodness, listen, 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:17.800 get him out of here, Get him out, Get him out. 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.440 It didn't it didn't make it. It didn't make any sense. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:24.240 It didn't make any sense for you to bring him in, 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:28.160 Like you had a service, serviceable guy back there already 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.160 and you decided to let him go and then pay 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.120 another guy seven million dollars to come over here and 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.600 what you call him church? Hook him, luf, hook him luve? 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.480 What are we talking about? He went from legatroun to 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:42.400 hook him love makes absolutely no sense to me. And 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.440 I will say this, I'm a little I think differently 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.480 than you guys on this Xavier wood state for his 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.800 for his lack of production, to his decline, I have 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.320 to blame it on Nolan. Last year, we looked at 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:56.400 this guy and we saw that he had the potential 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.880 to be some type of good player, maybe not a superstar, 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.520 but he was going to be a serviceable safety in 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:07.680 the NFL. And within ten eleven months he has become 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:11.240 absolute one hundred and eighty degree of what we thought 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.600 that he was going to be. And if you look 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:16.480 at this entire defense and this entire secondary and what 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:17.920 we thought they were going to do this year and 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.880 how they all declined because we weren't blind last year 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:23.280 what we what we saw. We thought these guys were 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.240 going to be able to improve from where they were, 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.240 and they've declined. All of them across the board have 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.360 declined from where they were. So I have to put 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.400 a lot of this on the defensive coaching staff and 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.640 specifically the defensive back coaches. So I don't think he's 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.320 that bad. I think you bring another leader at safety 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.320 in here and you let him be you know, play 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:44.320 you know, play second, and I think he'll be serviceable still, 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:49.040 all right, Um, So so that's where we're out there. 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:54.520 I wanted to respond to the couple a couple names 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:59.240 that you guys brought up here and why I didn't 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:05.480 even them, And also Steven Jones has some pretty interesting 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:10.840 comments about Dak Prescott and a contract with the Dallas Cowboys. 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.200 Let's dive that next on the Players brought to you 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.640 by Hotels dot Com on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. Hey, 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:20.720 they're Cowboys fans with type cleaners at home pickup and delivery. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:24.400 Cleaning your clothes has never been more convenient. Simply sign 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.120 up at your local store, set out your dirty clothes 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.800 and one of our Ty Cleaners professionals will come directly 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.400 to your home for a totally contactless experience. Your clean 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.400 garments will be returned promptly the next scheduled delivery day. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.920 So skip the errand and enjoy life not laundry. Visit 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.440 ty Cleaners dot com or your local store to sign 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.600 up for Type Cleaners at home pickup and delivery today. 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.920 Just like all of you, we at Seki can't wait 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.480 until we're back in the stands at full strength, cheering 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.560 on the Cowboys and singing along to our favorite songs again. 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.880 We're using this time to make discovering, buying, and sell 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:04.000 tickets to events in Dallas easier. Plus, every ticket purchased 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.240 on Siki is protected by our fire Guarantee, which means 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.480 you get your money back or better if your event 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:13.240 is canceled guaranteed. Download the Seki Gap today, and when 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:18.360 the time is right, let's go seek the Cowboys Way, 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.080 where sixteen Hall of Famers and five championships shows us 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:25.439 what success looks like. Where Turkey is always the second 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.680 best part of Thanksgiving Day, where we are all defined 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:32.840 by one single thing, the Star, where we as fans 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:35.920 know it's our job to keep the tradition going. Bank 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.040 of America is proud to be the official bank of 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.840 the Dallas Cowboys and to support the quest of living 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:45.320 life the Cowboys Way. Copyright twenty twenty Bank of America Corporation. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.960 We're backing the tasty treat that's sweeping airwaves and taste buds. 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:52.960 It's new Doctor Pepper and Cream Soda. Let's take a listen, 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.920 Doctor peppin Cream sodas he a new comboe. Let's music 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:11.000 to my years. Okay, doctor time, music to my ears 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:14.320 and mouth. New Doctor pepper and Cream Soda delas. Just 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:24.720 do back to the players loud alright players Launch boy 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.679 by Hotels dot Com. I'm knew, he scrugs. Along with 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.200 former Dallas Cowboys players Bury Church and Danny mccraig hey, 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.040 AT and T continues to innovate new ways to connect 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:37.240 Cowboys Nation with new and exciting game day experiences, including 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:41.760 Starview presented by AT and T. Fig available in stadium 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.840 and for home use. Download the Dallas Cowboys Mubbile app 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:50.679 and look for star Review under the stadium tag. All Right, um, 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:53.880 we were just talking about in the first segment players, 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:56.800 we think should be in their final four games with 0:18:56.840 --> 0:19:00.480 the Cowboys. Okay, as they enter this final uh four 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:04.439 games of the season. Now, Barrett, you brought up Jalen Smith, 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.680 and here's one reason why I'll push back on you there. 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:12.639 It will cost you nine point four million dollars to 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.840 not have Jalen on the team next year. Even if 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.879 it's that's what post June cut. Well, you can split 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:22.520 it up if you do it post June, so you 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:24.159 can split it up that you basically want to go, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:27.360 you know, five million one year and basically five million next. 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:31.560 But that's but yeah, that's that's still too much money out. 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:32.960 You know, he would have to stay it in. I mean, 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:34.800 that's still too to me, that's still too much dead 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.720 money for to cut him with it. I mean so 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:41.840 that I guess so so money that's why. So for me, 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.399 money becomes that issue. The Cowboys push a lot of 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:47.320 money on guys into next year because they're trying to 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:49.720 get under the cap. Go back to Tyrn Smith here, 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:52.800 which you brought up, Danny, it would cost you fourteen 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:55.960 million dollars in dead money to cut Tyron Smith in 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:59.480 twenty twenty one. In twenty twenty two, it's fifteen million dollars. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.800 So Tyrant is basically going to be here. You put 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:05.280 yourself in a position that it's kind of like barred 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.280 against the credit card. The cowboys kept pushing his money 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:10.120 down the road. So it's gonna cost you a lot. 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:14.359 And that's why I ended up go ahead. Does he 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.080 have any value out there? That's why I say, isn't 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:19.680 a way to move on from or get anything anything 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.800 for Tyrn Smith? You know, not at all. I don't 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:28.359 think so. No, we're talking about injury history. It's just horrible, man, 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:30.000 and they're gonna and cowboys are gonna. I think the 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:32.920 cowboys are gonna want too much for him to trade 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:34.600 him off. And you know, I don't think the teams 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:36.200 are willing. They would be to give a guy too 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:38.399 much for that injury history he has. They would be 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:40.879 crazy that man. Listen, that should be when I'm NBA deal, 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.760 sign it. Just get the contract off of you because 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.560 it's and it's and listen, it's not his play. It's 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.000 not nothing against him, like he can't control you know, 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:51.879 his back and his neck and all that stuff. Like 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:54.119 he's just getting injured. And it's been going on for 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.320 the last few years. So, like I said, it's nothing 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:58.960 against him personally, he just hasn't been able to stay 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:01.320 healthy and that is hand becapping the team. And that 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:04.360 started when against in the Atlanta game, when we saw 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.520 Clayborne coming against six secks. That was the most eye 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:09.720 opening thing for Tyrris Live being out of the game 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:13.800 that I've seen since I've been here. Well, and just 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:15.680 go back to what you guys were both talking about here. 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:18.440 So if you just both went okay and they took 0:21:19.040 --> 0:21:22.560 took your suggestion in terms of taking of releasing Jalen 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:28.320 Smith and Tyrn Tyring, you're talking about fifteen million dollars 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:33.159 I mean, I mean twenty five million dollars basically. Uh, 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:35.240 And that's just you know, twenty four million bucks. And 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:37.840 that's just in a year where the salary cap is 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:40.560 going to go down, you're basically just gonna have to 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:44.359 eat it for a year. I'll say this in Jalen's defense, 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:50.560 let me get another coordinator in here and then start 0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:54.560 to look at what do I really have because in 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:58.880 my opinion, I don't think Mike Nolan did right by 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:03.280 either player vander Esh, Jalen Smith, Riven Shanlee. I just 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:05.520 don't think I just do not think these guys fit 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:07.920 this system. I don't think that Lake Banderesh is a 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:10.480 middle linebacker. I think Lake Vanderesh is an outside linebacker. 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:12.199 I don't want a guy with the next problem in 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:15.240 the middle. So I just think there's so many issues 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:17.160 with this defense that I look at a guy who's 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:18.600 got a high number and say, you know what, I'll 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.360 give one more year. And then, by the way, the 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:23.960 outtime for the Cowboys on this deal is after the 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:27.720 twenty twenty one season now, so that's really where, Okay, 0:22:27.720 --> 0:22:29.520 how can you get out of this deal and not 0:22:29.680 --> 0:22:32.719 kill your cap. It's going to be in twenty twenty 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:35.320 after the twenty twenty one season, and then it's a 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:37.440 six million dollars hit, so you can say, okay, we'll 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:40.000 cut it. Do a post June first cut. Do three 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:41.879 million one year, three million the next. That's that's a 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:45.920 little bit more manageable, and you might have Dak Prescott 0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:47.800 already done, and then you can kind of maneuver some 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:50.000 things a little bit bit better. When you start to 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:52.119 look at that thing. It's kind of like with Greg's 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:54.080 rline here that you get rid of you cut this 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:55.840 guy out of this year you know, your dead cap 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:57.480 hit is only going to be six hundred and sixty 0:22:57.480 --> 0:22:59.640 six thousand dollars. You can make that work versus trying 0:22:59.680 --> 0:23:02.439 to pay this guy two point three million dollars the 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:04.719 next year. So that was kind of just, you know, 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:06.879 in terms of looking at why kind of with the 0:23:06.920 --> 0:23:08.920 way I did with that and not putting those guys 0:23:08.920 --> 0:23:11.320 on my list. Yeah, and I don't go back to 0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:14.520 the linebackers real quick. I never understood well, first of all, 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:17.880 Mike Nolan's gone to begin with, But I never understood 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:20.320 why they switched those guys up because I understand, you know, 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:22.800 I get it. You know, vander esh he's a bigger body, 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:24.880 and you kind of want a bigger body banging in there, 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:27.960 but he had those neck issues. And with Jalen Smith, 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:29.600 he could have been in the middle linebacker because he 0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:31.840 doesn't move side to side well. And as a will linebacker, 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:33.720 you got to be able to move well in space 0:23:33.800 --> 0:23:36.000 and that's just something Jalen doesn't do. So I would 0:23:36.000 --> 0:23:38.040 have stuck Jalen right in that middle, made him between 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:40.240 the tackle player and he come down here that's exactly 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:42.320 what he does best, and leave vander Esch on the 0:23:42.359 --> 0:23:44.720 outside as a will because he can move side to side, 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:47.480 he has some lateral movement ability. So I think Mike Nolan, 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:49.200 you're right, knew we I think he did a disservice 0:23:49.200 --> 0:23:51.480 to all three of those linebackers by switching those positions 0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:53.199 when he came in, and we might have seen a 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:55.679 better a better linebacker corps if they hadn't did that. 0:23:55.760 --> 0:23:58.040 So I don't know, man, I guess we could give 0:23:58.080 --> 0:23:59.679 these guys one more year and then to see how 0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:02.439 it play out after that. Listen, Church, you got you 0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:05.560 gotta be honest with yourself about about what they were 0:24:05.640 --> 0:24:07.920 in last year and what they're in now. You gotta 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:11.280 remember that Mary and Nelly in front of those linebackers, 0:24:11.280 --> 0:24:13.320 they did a lot of stunts, a lot of a 0:24:13.320 --> 0:24:15.399 lot of pirates, a lot of a lot of games 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:17.160 in front of them, so they didn't have to take 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.480 on those blocks head on every every every time that 0:24:20.560 --> 0:24:23.040 the ball was ran. So it was a lot of 0:24:23.119 --> 0:24:25.320 chasing side to side. When you got d Law and 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:27.920 the defensive linemen going spiking into the A gap and 0:24:28.000 --> 0:24:30.640 B gap, then you got Vanderish and Jay Leon Smith 0:24:30.720 --> 0:24:32.959 running sideline of the sideline getting over the top. So 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:34.960 that's why you saw a lot of that pursuit and 0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:37.320 you saw those being saw those guys being able to 0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:39.119 run side a lot of sideline because what was in 0:24:39.119 --> 0:24:40.800 front of them when they were playing D line. Now 0:24:41.080 --> 0:24:43.640 it's just guys two gapping and then you gotta come. 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:46.040 You gotta come meet the fullback or or the offensive 0:24:46.080 --> 0:24:48.439 tackle head to head, and we're seeing them, you know, 0:24:48.520 --> 0:24:52.119 not not do so well in those situations. Mccrai. Let 0:24:52.119 --> 0:24:54.879 me jump on what you just said there. And also, 0:24:55.040 --> 0:24:58.199 and this is another defensive of the linebacking group in general. 0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:02.000 When you're D line is as bad as the Cowboys 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:04.840 D line, especially up the middle, it's hard to be 0:25:04.880 --> 0:25:08.040 a good linebacker in this league. I was talking with 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:10.840 someone who who coached the Ravens and by the way, 0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:12.840 Mike Nolan used to be the Ravens if it's a coordinator, 0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:15.760 and they spoke about how they always had to make 0:25:15.800 --> 0:25:18.320 sure they had some good guys the front flour to 0:25:18.440 --> 0:25:21.480 keep Ray Lewis free, and that ray Lewis would basically 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:23.840 man a guard, could you know, or you know, a 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:25.879 tackle could get on ray Lewis and they could just 0:25:25.920 --> 0:25:28.000 push him around. And so because you know, ray was 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:30.119 Ravens wasn't that big of a players, a heck of 0:25:30.119 --> 0:25:31.879 a players, a Hall of famer, But that was the thing. 0:25:31.920 --> 0:25:33.359 They had to try and keep it clean for Ray 0:25:33.440 --> 0:25:35.880 so he could get in there. Um, these linebackers haven't 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.000 had it clean for two years, Okay, in in my opinion, 0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:40.520 I don't think they've had it clean for two years 0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:42.719 right now. We look at their play some of it. 0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:45.560 You can look at what's happened at the front four. 0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:47.359 That's why I would be leaning it in terms of 0:25:47.440 --> 0:25:49.480 just saying, hey, look, I'll give one more year and 0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:51.239 let's see what we can do up front as an 0:25:51.320 --> 0:25:54.119 organization to get this front four a heck of a 0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:56.960 lot better. Because what they've got right now, I'm sorry 0:25:56.960 --> 0:26:00.640 it's not working. Yeah, that's true, true, And we also 0:26:00.640 --> 0:26:01.960 got to take it too account. I mean it they 0:26:01.960 --> 0:26:03.920 didn't have an off season, they didn't have any type 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:06.679 of OTAs, no type of captain's workouts, they had an 0:26:06.680 --> 0:26:09.520 abbreviated training camp, and no preseason. So I mean, I 0:26:09.520 --> 0:26:11.080 know those are all excuses, and then you know a 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:12.439 lot of the NFL teams had to go through the 0:26:12.480 --> 0:26:14.720 same thing. But I think we need to get these 0:26:14.720 --> 0:26:17.600 guys just just one more after watch you definitely knew it. 0:26:17.720 --> 0:26:19.959 You spoke me into into giving these guys one more. 0:26:20.000 --> 0:26:21.720 I was ready to get rid of Jalen with the quickness, 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:26.680 but yeah, yeah, I would. I wouldn't get rid of Jalen. 0:26:26.760 --> 0:26:28.320 But I'm with you on the all the Smith for 0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:31.080 a man, because one we're known to overpay guys, and 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:34.040 I could see that being one guy that they decided 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:36.440 that they just go overpayes because they saw some potential 0:26:36.480 --> 0:26:38.560 in the first few games and try to use that 0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:40.679 same excuse that you just used with no off season 0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:43.199 he was coming off you know, five year hiatus and 0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:45.800 all this other stuff. Don't overpay this guy, move on, 0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:48.480 go find you another another guy to play that position, 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:51.040 or just invest in Randy Gregory because we've seen him 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:52.679 be able to play once again in as long as 0:26:52.720 --> 0:26:55.040 you can depend on him to, you know, to stay 0:26:55.040 --> 0:26:57.920 available for you. All right, let me throw this out 0:26:57.960 --> 0:27:01.840 here on the Alden Smith thing. What if there's certain 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:03.960 teams out there they're looking at an Alden Smith to say, 0:27:04.040 --> 0:27:05.880 you know, because of what happened in the past, we're 0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:07.720 probably gonna hit the pause if they don't trust them. 0:27:07.720 --> 0:27:10.320 And then with the salary cap going down, We're gonna 0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:13.960 see some massive discounts on some very good players. So 0:27:14.119 --> 0:27:16.560 the Cowboys could elect not to sign Alden Smith and 0:27:16.600 --> 0:27:18.920 they may be able to go get themselves another guy, 0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:22.119 you know, who could turn out to be a good 0:27:22.160 --> 0:27:24.480 player who fits in here, who another team says, you know, 0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:26.320 we don't want to pay that guy. It didn't work 0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:29.000 out with Everson Griffin, but it worked out the year 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:32.120 before with Robert Quinn. So the Cowboys could find themselves, 0:27:32.200 --> 0:27:33.760 you know, and then they got Alden Smiths, So the 0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:36.399 Cowboys could find themselves in the market for another discounted 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:39.600 defensive end. Right now, they've gotten the fifth pick in 0:27:39.640 --> 0:27:43.000 the draft, so maybe a top defensive end player is there, 0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:45.639 or a top defensive tackle player is there. So I 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:48.120 think that you may be able to get him back 0:27:48.200 --> 0:27:50.399 at a good rate, because you know, there's gonna be 0:27:50.440 --> 0:27:52.959 this is gonna be dollar general prices out here for 0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:56.760 some really good players this off season because the cat 0:27:56.800 --> 0:27:58.760 in the way it is, man, you know, it's gonna 0:27:58.760 --> 0:28:01.879 be interesting. Would you would you want him back newly, 0:28:02.320 --> 0:28:04.359 even if at at a at a discount, at a 0:28:04.400 --> 0:28:06.119 discount of rate, would you want him back that has 0:28:06.160 --> 0:28:08.280 he shown that much that he's earned the right to 0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:12.439 come back. Um, once again, I'll say this, tell me 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:16.080 who my coordinator is and and that's the conversation I 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:19.280 would like to have with my guy. If my coordinators say, hey, look, 0:28:19.640 --> 0:28:21.840 let's let's you know, here's our free age. You know, 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:24.919 you could bring in the coordinator and like anything, you 0:28:25.000 --> 0:28:27.240 run through the roster, what do you think about this 0:28:27.240 --> 0:28:30.560 player who's available? This is what the draft looks like. 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:33.320 And I would say, make a make a decision there. 0:28:33.640 --> 0:28:36.879 Alden Smith may may decide he doesn't want to be here, 0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:39.680 especially if they change the scheme to straight forward three 0:28:39.680 --> 0:28:40.800 and he decides, you know, I don't want to go go 0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:42.920 my hand down. So you know, that's another thing there. 0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:44.760 We talk about some of these guys who are understrict 0:28:44.800 --> 0:28:46.320 the free ages, as though they want to come back, 0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:48.120 maybe they don't want to be back. You know, maybe 0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:51.479 Tito Tito May Tito, Who's he says, you know, man, 0:28:51.520 --> 0:28:53.360 I had enough of this. I don't want to be 0:28:53.360 --> 0:28:55.600 on this. This defense ain't no good. Um, I want 0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:58.200 to go somewhere else, you know, same thing with zaber Woods, 0:28:58.200 --> 0:28:59.920 some other guy. I mean, there's gonna be guy Jordan, 0:29:00.360 --> 0:29:02.200 because say the same thing. There's some guys who might 0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:05.080 say I don't want to be in Dallas anymore, So 0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:09.120 I will say, let's say this. I will say, this's 0:29:09.120 --> 0:29:11.040 a bit of advice to all those young dbs and 0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:17.080 young guys coming up another organization out there, like the 0:29:17.200 --> 0:29:19.800 Dallas Cowboys. As far as money on the field and 0:29:19.960 --> 0:29:22.880 off the field, I promise you the grass is not 0:29:23.040 --> 0:29:25.840 always greener. So put all that into account when you're 0:29:25.880 --> 0:29:28.320 making your choice in free agency. Just don't go chasing 0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:30.280 the money list today. That's just an old man. That's 0:29:30.320 --> 0:29:33.320 just an old man giving advice. And let me wrap 0:29:33.400 --> 0:29:36.040 up this all the Smith thing, all right, because listen, 0:29:36.080 --> 0:29:38.720 if it's one position on the field, actually one player 0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:42.080 right now that I will not allow Mike Nolan to 0:29:42.160 --> 0:29:45.080 be put the blame on. It's all the Smith to me, 0:29:45.240 --> 0:29:47.480 Like when I when I talked about the Marcus Lawrence, 0:29:47.760 --> 0:29:49.760 it was, hey, man, the dude is not used to 0:29:49.760 --> 0:29:52.360 putting his hand down. Now he's playing standing up all this. 0:29:52.600 --> 0:29:54.800 If there's one guy who knew the scheme and was 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:56.920 used to doing the stuff that Mike Nolan is asking 0:29:56.960 --> 0:29:59.600 these people, asking these guys to do, it's all the Smith. 0:30:00.000 --> 0:30:01.520 And we saw it at the beginning, and then we 0:30:01.560 --> 0:30:04.320 saw the drop off, you know, as the season has 0:30:04.360 --> 0:30:06.440 been going on. So as far as bringing in a 0:30:06.480 --> 0:30:09.640 new coordinator and finding out, you know, if Mike Nolan 0:30:09.680 --> 0:30:11.640 was the reason for him not being able to produce 0:30:11.680 --> 0:30:13.400 like like we expected him to be able to do. 0:30:14.200 --> 0:30:16.120 I can't give that one, annot sniff. I think we've 0:30:16.160 --> 0:30:18.840 seen what he has left in the tank and it's 0:30:18.880 --> 0:30:23.640 time to move on from it. All right, m boy, 0:30:23.720 --> 0:30:28.400 We just got some more juicy details about the Cowboys 0:30:28.480 --> 0:30:32.320 and effort. Hear what one player has to say about 0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:35.840 the head coach having to address address the effort of 0:30:35.880 --> 0:30:37.880 the football team. Will do that next on the players 0:30:38.000 --> 0:30:40.960 lads right here on Dallas Cowboys dot Com read each 0:30:41.040 --> 0:30:44.800 game day. You know what that means. First, Cubob Prepper, 0:30:45.000 --> 0:30:48.160 Steak Pepper running and Steake Pepper running. Next, a counter 0:30:48.280 --> 0:30:51.560 Clarkway's lamp around the rule. Now the lucky grease stained 0:30:51.680 --> 0:30:55.400 jersey goes on. I'm leslie the Jarns. You know. The 0:30:55.520 --> 0:30:58.240 one Fitch is a game day ritual. No matter where 0:30:58.240 --> 0:31:00.680 you are, whether you're traveling to the game or launching 0:31:00.760 --> 0:31:03.480 from your favorite vacation spot, FUCA plays to stay on 0:31:03.560 --> 0:31:06.480 hotels dot com and keep the tradition alive and well 0:31:06.800 --> 0:31:11.320 Hotels dot com, proud partner of Adela's Cowboys since eighteen 0:31:11.440 --> 0:31:15.280 sixty five. Stetson Hats are American maid with pride right 0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:18.000 here in Texas, and Stetson is proud to be on 0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:20.920 the field with America's team. Want to show your Texas 0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:24.800 and Team pride too, You can by purchasing your own Stetson. 0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:27.080 You can look just like how the flag guys do 0:31:27.200 --> 0:31:30.600 on field at every home game. Stetson Hats the official 0:31:30.640 --> 0:31:34.600 crown of all self respecting Cowboys and your favorite football team. 0:31:34.680 --> 0:31:38.320 Get yours today at Shop dot Dallas Cowboys dot com 0:31:38.440 --> 0:31:43.840 or at Stetson dot com. The Cowboys Way, where sixteen 0:31:43.880 --> 0:31:47.160 Hall of Famers and five championships shows us what success 0:31:47.200 --> 0:31:50.360 looks like. Where Turkey is always the second best part 0:31:50.400 --> 0:31:53.640 of Thanksgiving Day, Where we are all defined by one 0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:57.720 single thing, the Star, Where we as fans know it's 0:31:57.720 --> 0:32:00.920 our job to keep the tradition going. Bank of America 0:32:01.040 --> 0:32:03.000 is proud to be the official bank of the Dallas 0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:05.960 Cowboys and to support the quest of living life. The 0:32:06.080 --> 0:32:10.280 Cowboys Way copyright twenty twenty. Bank of America Corporation. Hey, 0:32:10.320 --> 0:32:14.320 they're Cowboys fans with Tight Cleaners at Home pickup and delivery, 0:32:14.600 --> 0:32:18.000 Cleaning your clothes has never been more convenient. Simply sign 0:32:18.080 --> 0:32:20.719 up at your local store, set out your dirty clothes, 0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:23.440 and one of our Ty Cleaners professionals will come directly 0:32:23.480 --> 0:32:27.040 to your home for a totally contactless experience. Your clean 0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:30.000 garments will be returned promptly the next scheduled delivery day, 0:32:30.160 --> 0:32:33.520 So skip the errand and enjoy life not laundry. Visit 0:32:33.600 --> 0:32:36.080 ty Cleaners dot com or your local store to sign 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:39.240 up for Type Cleaners at Home pickup and delivery today. 0:32:45.400 --> 0:32:54.160 Back to the Players Loud all Right six Decades of 0:32:54.200 --> 0:32:57.720 Dallas Cowboys Football is the official book marking the team 0:32:57.800 --> 0:33:01.320 sixteenth anniversary, featuring they never see ever before seen photos, 0:33:01.360 --> 0:33:05.280 recaps and results from every season dating back to nineteen sixty, 0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:08.080 as well as behind the scenes stories and the top 0:33:08.120 --> 0:33:11.920 sixty players in Cowboys history ranked. It is the perfect 0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:15.160 gift for every Cowboys fan. Get yours today at shop 0:33:15.480 --> 0:33:19.160 dot Dallas Cowboys dot com or wherever books are sold. 0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:22.480 All Right correction here deadcap hit money on tyrn Smith. 0:33:22.640 --> 0:33:25.560 It is eight point eight million dollars okay, that's it 0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:28.640 for twenty twenty one. Eight point eight million bucks. That's 0:33:28.680 --> 0:33:31.080 still a high number. It's not the fourteen that I 0:33:31.120 --> 0:33:33.920 thought it was, but it is still eight million bucks. 0:33:34.720 --> 0:33:38.520 But it's saving five. Is that saving? You gotta pay 0:33:38.560 --> 0:33:41.440 him fourteen, but you release them and only pay eight 0:33:41.520 --> 0:33:45.400 for the dead cap. You're saving five though, right, all right? 0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:50.360 So let's say this. You you cut him, You tell 0:33:50.400 --> 0:33:53.840 me where you're going. If you don't have Smith at 0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:57.320 left tackle, you're gonna put the punds over there. No, 0:33:57.640 --> 0:33:59.920 you're getting a high draft pick. You gotta get this 0:34:00.080 --> 0:34:03.320 offensive line right now. Oh no, we gotta go defense 0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:07.840 with the draft. You gotta address, you gotta dress. I'm 0:34:07.880 --> 0:34:11.520 not the line. The reason, the reason he's got to 0:34:11.560 --> 0:34:15.319 be lined, the reason I'm not addressing. Listen, the best 0:34:15.440 --> 0:34:18.719 years of the Dallas Cowboys have been win when the 0:34:18.800 --> 0:34:23.160 offensive line was top notch and running and running the show, 0:34:23.320 --> 0:34:25.879 not the defense. You already got a hundred million dollars 0:34:25.920 --> 0:34:29.040 on one player on the defensive line. Get rid of Tyres. 0:34:29.200 --> 0:34:31.680 You already got LC out there coming back at right tackle. 0:34:31.880 --> 0:34:34.680 Get show up your love tackle position and play the 0:34:34.680 --> 0:34:38.080 offensive game. And Mike McCarthy wants to play no, n no, 0:34:38.239 --> 0:34:41.600 thank you, thank you. If you draft, if you draft 0:34:41.640 --> 0:34:43.640 a defensive lineman and with the with the with the 0:34:43.680 --> 0:34:46.080 fifth pick, you are making a mistake. I don't care 0:34:46.120 --> 0:34:48.480 what y'all saying. That is that will be a total. 0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:50.560 We got to be on the d line as long 0:34:50.600 --> 0:34:52.400 as it's on the defense. We need to spend at 0:34:52.480 --> 0:34:55.480 least six of the seventh picks. Gotta be on defense. Man, 0:34:55.640 --> 0:34:58.080 this team, this defensive team was prociers and we got 0:34:58.120 --> 0:35:00.120 so many free agents. I mean, we got we got 0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:02.400 a so so so when so when are you addressing 0:35:02.480 --> 0:35:06.560 the left tackle? I told you, I said within my 0:35:06.560 --> 0:35:08.960 first four picks, but my first pick right now, and 0:35:09.080 --> 0:35:11.160 I probably my first, second, and third might even be 0:35:11.440 --> 0:35:15.160 right here on on on defense, Danny, do you realize 0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:16.960 the Cowboys have given up more points than the New 0:35:17.040 --> 0:35:22.600 York Jets this year? I also realized that yesterday. You know, 0:35:24.719 --> 0:35:27.600 but but but I know who the defensive coordinator is. 0:35:27.800 --> 0:35:30.720 These guys were not that. These are the same dudes. 0:35:31.040 --> 0:35:33.719 These guys were not that bad last year. They came 0:35:33.760 --> 0:35:38.520 in here, change the skins and gave up everything. I'm 0:35:38.560 --> 0:35:42.560 not listening defense. I know I ain't hearing MC Craze says, 0:35:42.760 --> 0:35:45.719 it's all on the it's all on the coaches. No, no, 0:35:45.760 --> 0:35:48.480 I'm not I'm saying. I'm saying that our offense, like 0:35:48.560 --> 0:35:51.000 taking care of my offensive line and Dak Prescott who's 0:35:51.000 --> 0:35:53.200 coming off an injury, is more important than picking a 0:35:53.360 --> 0:35:55.960 defensive line and number five in the draft. That's what 0:35:56.000 --> 0:36:00.520 I'm saying. I'll take I'll take my chances on Tyrn 0:36:00.600 --> 0:36:10.399 Smith next year and playing two games. Go ahead, take 0:36:10.520 --> 0:36:13.879 my chances on Tyrn Smith coming back next year, Lele 0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:18.560 Collins coming back next year and using a pick along 0:36:18.600 --> 0:36:21.879 the way for a tackle. Like I said, but it's 0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:24.759 not gonna be my first pick. My first pick, and 0:36:24.800 --> 0:36:27.920 probably my second pick going straight to defense and probably 0:36:28.000 --> 0:36:30.719 defensive line. It'd be defensive line, defensive backfield. But I'm 0:36:30.760 --> 0:36:34.680 fixing this defense. This defense is bad. It has to 0:36:34.800 --> 0:36:39.759 be fixed, even if I go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, 0:36:39.760 --> 0:36:42.520 and go ahead now go ahead ahead no no, no no, no, 0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:45.040 no go go go oh. All right, So I'm about 0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:46.960 to say he also gotta take into the account with 0:36:47.160 --> 0:36:50.799 Tyren Smith those injuries in his past years, he ended 0:36:50.880 --> 0:36:53.080 up going throughout the season like he didn't stop the season, 0:36:53.120 --> 0:36:54.960 he didn't rest He didn't get surgery to fix it. 0:36:55.000 --> 0:36:56.799 He just thought, you know, after the seasons, then we're 0:36:56.800 --> 0:36:59.080 gonna take it. We're gonna take a accountability for it. 0:36:59.160 --> 0:37:01.440 We're gonna fix it after season. But this year, I mean, 0:37:01.560 --> 0:37:04.399 he exited early, so he's had months and months off 0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:06.439 and he's gonna have the whole off season. He might 0:37:06.480 --> 0:37:09.799 come back refreshing, ready to roll. That's all I'm saying. Church. 0:37:09.880 --> 0:37:12.719 I would rather put him at tackle than go ahead 0:37:12.719 --> 0:37:14.640 and draft one in the first system I know my defense. 0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:18.600 This is literally the most time Tyres Smith's hand off 0:37:18.600 --> 0:37:22.640 in his whole career. This year he came got hurt. 0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:26.279 So I'm talking about thefore the season, before the season, 0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:29.279 they had no off season, they had no OTAs, they 0:37:29.320 --> 0:37:32.000 had no real training camp. This is the most time 0:37:32.040 --> 0:37:35.279 that the dude has had off and he he didn't 0:37:35.280 --> 0:37:39.239 have some Church. He came back and having a new injury. 0:37:39.600 --> 0:37:44.759 It was the back, and that was the net. He's 0:37:44.760 --> 0:37:47.600 gonna be right, all right, I've been ended. Let's end 0:37:47.640 --> 0:37:48.839 this one. He had moved on to the next top 0:37:48.840 --> 0:37:54.759 and he ended this one. Danny, Uh, your mindset is 0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:58.359 not the mindset of the Jones family. So so let's 0:37:58.360 --> 0:38:00.439 just end it right there, and let's move right because 0:38:00.440 --> 0:38:02.759 I because I want to pick Justin Jefferson. You're right, 0:38:02.840 --> 0:38:05.320 they don't have my mindset. We would add Justin Jefferson 0:38:05.360 --> 0:38:10.080 on the squad for two hundred a game. Okay, that's good, 0:38:10.200 --> 0:38:14.400 That's that's good to know. Guys have decided. Glad LSU's 0:38:14.440 --> 0:38:16.319 decided not to play in a bowl game this year too. 0:38:16.360 --> 0:38:18.399 That's really really, really kind to them. We're gonna miss. 0:38:18.600 --> 0:38:20.279 We're gonna miss a lot of my bowl games than that. 0:38:20.400 --> 0:38:25.360 Don't worry Mada. John Macholda, the athletic who covers the 0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:28.239 Cowboys It's a fine job, tweeted this out twenty eight 0:38:28.239 --> 0:38:31.480 minutes ago. Let me read the tweet. Cowboys linebacker Jalen 0:38:31.520 --> 0:38:35.680 Smith said, it's quote unacceptable end quote that Mike McCarthy 0:38:35.719 --> 0:38:39.360 had to address the team today about their effort. Quote. 0:38:39.800 --> 0:38:42.319 We can all give more effort. And that goes for 0:38:42.360 --> 0:38:45.920 all the players, including myself, and the same for the coaches. 0:38:46.200 --> 0:38:49.960 It's a big reason why we are where we are 0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:55.479 in quote. That's a lot to unpack right there. Would 0:38:55.480 --> 0:38:59.879 you like to start first, Danny McCrae, I mean, let's 0:39:00.000 --> 0:39:01.560 I don't have much of sin. But we addressed this 0:39:01.640 --> 0:39:04.879 when Xavier Woods came out in the media and said, 0:39:05.120 --> 0:39:07.480 you can't expect us to hustle for the entire game. 0:39:07.680 --> 0:39:10.400 You talk about the entire game. Jayleen Smith should have 0:39:10.400 --> 0:39:12.920 addressed that. Then they should have had somebody locker roll 0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:14.479 say age, Aya, I don't know what you're talking about. 0:39:14.480 --> 0:39:16.200 You need to go recant that statement and say, hey, 0:39:16.200 --> 0:39:18.200 I made a mistake and I should be the first 0:39:18.239 --> 0:39:20.520 one out there hustling for every snap that I'm on 0:39:20.880 --> 0:39:23.600 the field. This is no surprise to me. I'm starting 0:39:23.600 --> 0:39:26.160 to wonder who anonymous is Jaalon Smith coming out here 0:39:26.160 --> 0:39:28.120 to talk about the means that they have an inside 0:39:28.160 --> 0:39:30.839 the team means and stuff. Let's get the let's get 0:39:30.840 --> 0:39:33.279 this stuff figuring out bro some stuff. It's supposed to 0:39:33.320 --> 0:39:36.080 stay in house. We know y'all late hustling. We watched 0:39:36.120 --> 0:39:39.160 the same film that y'all watching. It's week twelve. Now 0:39:39.360 --> 0:39:43.080 it's a little bit too late to fix this. We 0:39:43.120 --> 0:39:45.440 know y'all, and usting y'all about to turn the corner 0:39:45.680 --> 0:39:47.759 on us and get us drinking no kool aid. So 0:39:48.040 --> 0:39:51.640 I mean it is what it is. Look, it's just talk, 0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:54.959 talk and more talk. I mean that's all we've seen 0:39:55.000 --> 0:39:57.360 from this Cowboys team, especially on the defensive side of 0:39:57.360 --> 0:39:59.279 the ball. I think it was like week three or 0:39:59.320 --> 0:40:01.719 week four through Cleveland came in there, you know, the 0:40:01.840 --> 0:40:04.080 Marcus Lawrence got on there talking about where soft as 0:40:04.120 --> 0:40:06.520 you know what, and it's just all talking. We need 0:40:06.560 --> 0:40:08.160 to turn it around, we need to turn it around, 0:40:08.239 --> 0:40:10.080 and it's just nothing. All we hear is talk but 0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:12.839 no results out there. And this is another reason why 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:14.920 I think Jalen needs to exit, because I mean, he's 0:40:14.920 --> 0:40:16.680 supposed to be the leader of this team. He's supposed 0:40:16.719 --> 0:40:19.719 to be the guy that's you know everybody. I'm taking 0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:22.440 accountability for everybody. This is my team, this is my defense. 0:40:22.719 --> 0:40:25.320 But you never hear in any of his post interviews 0:40:25.400 --> 0:40:27.480 or anything like that. He always says we need to 0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:29.160 do this or we need to do that. It's never 0:40:29.200 --> 0:40:31.239 starts with him. It's never like, oh no, I need 0:40:31.239 --> 0:40:33.680 to take accountable lead for my play. I've been doing 0:40:33.719 --> 0:40:35.839 this or I've been doing that. It's never that it's 0:40:35.880 --> 0:40:38.600 wee wee wee, or but when it's something good. Now, 0:40:38.600 --> 0:40:40.560 when he's getting picks or when he's doing something good. Yeah, 0:40:40.600 --> 0:40:42.239 you saw how I read the quarterback on that one, 0:40:42.280 --> 0:40:43.680 I had to float back and you know, I had 0:40:43.680 --> 0:40:45.560 to get the interception on that one. I just don't 0:40:45.560 --> 0:40:47.600 think he's a great leader for this team, and his 0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:51.399 play has just not warranted what he's making off the field. Hey, Church, 0:40:51.800 --> 0:40:54.239 where does where does the lack of effort come in at? Like? 0:40:54.600 --> 0:40:58.440 How does that trickle into the locker room? And just 0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:01.239 go through all twelve weeks of the season to where 0:41:01.480 --> 0:41:03.640 you try to address it, you know, in the first 0:41:03.640 --> 0:41:05.640 couple of weeks, and then you go, you know, getting 0:41:05.640 --> 0:41:07.359 the meeting, you said we're gonna fix this, and then 0:41:07.400 --> 0:41:09.440 the next four weeks you have the same issue. Then 0:41:09.480 --> 0:41:10.960 you go out there and get stuffed again and you 0:41:11.000 --> 0:41:13.160 turn the film on and you say, look, guys, this 0:41:13.239 --> 0:41:15.279 is the same stuff we've been talking about since week two. 0:41:15.600 --> 0:41:17.600 We talked about it again in week six, we talked 0:41:17.640 --> 0:41:19.400 about again in week eight, and now we're back here 0:41:19.440 --> 0:41:21.360 in week twelve talking about the same stuff. Do you 0:41:21.400 --> 0:41:23.320 like just throw your hands up in there, like, all right, y'all, 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:25.279 if y'all ain't gona hustle, you know, I'm just getting 0:41:25.320 --> 0:41:26.600 rid of y'all. At the end of the season, I 0:41:26.680 --> 0:41:29.279 understand where y'all at or is this something that you're like, 0:41:29.280 --> 0:41:31.040 all right, listen, all right, now it's time to turn 0:41:31.080 --> 0:41:33.839 it on. Do we realize that we aren't hustling when 0:41:33.840 --> 0:41:35.879 we are out there on the field, Like I'm trying, 0:41:35.960 --> 0:41:38.759 I'm trying to see what the mindset is, because, like 0:41:38.880 --> 0:41:41.279 I said, when Marinella was here, all shout out to 0:41:41.360 --> 0:41:45.040 him for we was accountability on if you were loafing 0:41:45.200 --> 0:41:47.200 and you were not hustling. And I want to know 0:41:47.239 --> 0:41:49.279 if these dudes in there looking at that same type 0:41:49.280 --> 0:41:51.839 of sheet and seeing twenty and thirty loads out there 0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:53.759 on that sheet per game and being like, all right, 0:41:53.800 --> 0:41:56.120 I'm going to continue to do the same thing because 0:41:56.280 --> 0:41:58.719 they are they got no respect for anybody in that 0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:02.319 defensive room. Player, there's our coaches. It's no way, There's 0:42:02.360 --> 0:42:04.160 no way, because you know how Marinelli had. He had 0:42:04.160 --> 0:42:05.879 to chart up there, and he had a chart where 0:42:06.120 --> 0:42:09.320 there's loads, there's big plays, there's big hits, there's taking 0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:11.680 a ball away. And if you saw your name on 0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:14.440 that loaf chart, you were embarrassed because you know Marinelli, 0:42:14.520 --> 0:42:15.759 as soon as we got to that meeting, he was 0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:18.280 gonna pull out that pointer and just circle man Church. 0:42:18.600 --> 0:42:20.200 You had about eight loads of this game, and it 0:42:20.280 --> 0:42:22.839 was embarrassing. You didn't want to go into that meeting room. 0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:25.080 You felt less than a man going in there getting 0:42:25.080 --> 0:42:27.279 pointed out for loafing. And they and they put it 0:42:27.280 --> 0:42:30.400 on blasts and it's just like there's just no accountability 0:42:30.440 --> 0:42:32.759 with this defense. You know, one day it's we gotta 0:42:32.800 --> 0:42:34.960 work on hustling, we gotta work on hustling. But then 0:42:35.000 --> 0:42:37.000 they do to hustle, and then there's mental errors. And 0:42:37.000 --> 0:42:39.160 then when they there's no mental errors, there's no hustle. 0:42:39.200 --> 0:42:41.200 It's like they just can't get out of their own way. 0:42:41.360 --> 0:42:43.440 They just don't know. It's just it's I don't know, 0:42:43.480 --> 0:42:45.360 I might have a loss for words about this defense, 0:42:45.440 --> 0:42:48.120 but you're right, mccraye. It's like they just don't have 0:42:48.200 --> 0:42:50.400 the respect for one another out there on the field, 0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:52.520 Like he'll make the play, that guy could do it. 0:42:52.520 --> 0:42:54.520 It's just I haven't seen anything like this in a 0:42:54.520 --> 0:42:57.600 long time. All right, let me give you a little 0:42:57.600 --> 0:43:01.120 bit more from Jail and Smith, where he says it's 0:43:01.200 --> 0:43:04.960 non negotiable. Your effort has to be there, and uh, 0:43:05.120 --> 0:43:07.160 he says goes for players and coaches. It's a big 0:43:07.200 --> 0:43:11.759 reason why we are where we are, Why are you 0:43:11.800 --> 0:43:16.080 talking about these coaches. I'm just just just saying this 0:43:16.120 --> 0:43:19.640 is this is, this is what it was. Um Uh. 0:43:21.880 --> 0:43:26.239 Somebody in the building told me this season he said, 0:43:26.280 --> 0:43:30.520 one problem is nobody mother f's any of these players. 0:43:31.400 --> 0:43:33.759 And then I had another person tell me who they 0:43:33.800 --> 0:43:35.880 don't work in the building. Another person said, there's an 0:43:36.000 --> 0:43:41.279 entitlement factor that players have around the building. How do 0:43:41.320 --> 0:43:43.960 you feel about those two statements that I was told? 0:43:43.960 --> 0:43:46.839 It where your feelings? I think it's one hundred percent right. 0:43:47.200 --> 0:43:49.040 I think it is a one hundred percent right. Not 0:43:49.440 --> 0:43:52.719 Not enough players are fearing the coaches or the repercussions 0:43:52.719 --> 0:43:54.440 of bad play out there, and they just think, hey, 0:43:54.520 --> 0:43:56.160 you know I can play bad, I'll still be right 0:43:56.200 --> 0:43:58.080 in my checker. I'll still be able to cash my check. 0:43:58.239 --> 0:44:00.560 It's just no accountability and there's no fear of losing 0:44:00.560 --> 0:44:06.520 a job or getting mother or like you said, getting MFTR. Yes, yes, 0:44:06.600 --> 0:44:09.719 same here. But like I said, the respect factor for 0:44:10.000 --> 0:44:11.719 the guy that you line it up next to and 0:44:11.960 --> 0:44:13.880 your coaches in the locker room in an organization, to me, 0:44:14.040 --> 0:44:16.400 is not there, especially when you have to address effort 0:44:16.400 --> 0:44:18.960 this many times in one season after you turn on 0:44:19.040 --> 0:44:21.839 the tape and you hear all the commentators, all your 0:44:21.840 --> 0:44:24.759 family and friends, everybody that's in the organization saying, man, 0:44:24.760 --> 0:44:26.480 this team is not hustle. They're not out there giving 0:44:26.520 --> 0:44:28.880 one hundred percent. You listen to this the entire season 0:44:29.000 --> 0:44:30.879 and you don't go out there and fix it. That 0:44:31.000 --> 0:44:33.440 is a big deal. I am wondering though, why Jaylen 0:44:33.520 --> 0:44:37.319 Smith continues to keep saying players and coaches address the 0:44:37.440 --> 0:44:40.400 people in your locker room, stop talking about the coaching. 0:44:40.440 --> 0:44:42.040 You're gonna go out there and you're going to play 0:44:42.080 --> 0:44:44.239 what they call do the technique that they teach you 0:44:44.280 --> 0:44:47.640 to play. What you can control yourself as a team 0:44:47.680 --> 0:44:50.440 and as an individual player is how much effort you 0:44:50.520 --> 0:44:53.280 give while you're out there in the game on the field. 0:44:53.480 --> 0:44:56.200 That's all you need to worry about. Lead them coaches alone, 0:44:56.400 --> 0:44:58.920 this is it just sends a bad signal, like I 0:44:59.000 --> 0:45:02.040 don't like hearing that. Now, Danny, let me ask this 0:45:02.120 --> 0:45:03.880 question here in the final two minutes that we have, 0:45:05.080 --> 0:45:08.000 what does it say about what Mark Mike McCarthy is 0:45:08.040 --> 0:45:10.680 doing as a head coach that these guys don't have 0:45:10.800 --> 0:45:13.040 the effort that you need. That they had two weeks 0:45:13.040 --> 0:45:15.160 off to get ready for a Baltimore and Baltimore runs 0:45:15.160 --> 0:45:17.279 for basically three hundred yards, and guys look so lost 0:45:17.280 --> 0:45:21.160 out there on the football field. That is that his 0:45:21.239 --> 0:45:23.480 homeboy Micnolan don't know what he's doing. He doesn't he 0:45:23.520 --> 0:45:26.080 doesn't know how he's not leading correctly to get his 0:45:26.160 --> 0:45:31.160 information down from his mind into his position coaches and 0:45:31.280 --> 0:45:34.360 down to his players. Somehow there's a disconnect from what 0:45:34.440 --> 0:45:36.359 he's seeing on the paper when he wants to put 0:45:36.360 --> 0:45:39.080 the scheme in to how he's communicating it to his 0:45:39.280 --> 0:45:42.640 uh secondary coaches and his linebacker coaches, the line coaches, 0:45:42.760 --> 0:45:45.000 and how they're communicated to the players. Because let's getting 0:45:45.000 --> 0:45:51.600 lost in there, all right, all right, we did not 0:45:51.719 --> 0:45:54.120 get a chance to dive into Stephen Jones and his 0:45:54.680 --> 0:45:59.120 um position on Dak Prescott. Let's save that for tomorrow. 0:45:59.120 --> 0:46:01.520 We'll get into it, and then also we can revisit 0:46:01.600 --> 0:46:04.160 more of this in terms of talking about the effort 0:46:04.200 --> 0:46:07.360 for the Cowboys, because if I'm head coach Mike McCarthy, 0:46:07.440 --> 0:46:11.120 I'm worried. If I'm Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones, I'm 0:46:11.160 --> 0:46:17.040 really worried because if guys are wearing this star and 0:46:17.080 --> 0:46:19.360 are walking out there not giving their effort. That's a 0:46:19.400 --> 0:46:22.239 problem because the best teams in the league, this isn't 0:46:22.280 --> 0:46:24.840 an issue, and clearly it's an issue right now in 0:46:24.880 --> 0:46:27.280 that locker room. So we've got more to dive into. 0:46:27.800 --> 0:46:30.399 It has been a fun time here in our FWBC 0:46:31.719 --> 0:46:36.480 Virtual Mortgage Home studios here, so Danny mccraie, Barry Church too, 0:46:36.520 --> 0:46:39.080 four Dallas Cowboys. Good stuff. Let's do it tomorrow at 0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:43.200 two thirty pm. Chris Beam, our producer, awesome job. As always, 0:46:43.239 --> 0:46:45.480 I'm newly scrubs signing off right here on the Players 0:46:45.480 --> 0:46:48.320 and Outpact to by Hotels dot Com on Dallas Cowboys 0:46:48.360 --> 0:46:51.840 dot Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas 0:46:51.840 --> 0:46:54.959 Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.