Speaker 1: Maybe go over the timeline of how that it might
Speaker 1: have been celerated today when more teams gone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know when I guess that was Wednesday when
Speaker 2: Kyle uh informed uh Tray of of the decision with
Speaker 2: Sam being the number two, and you know, I think
Speaker 2: that led to just some organic conversations between them, and
Speaker 2: Kyle came up to my office and just said, hey,
Speaker 2: you knows, as we started talking, you know, trade, Trey's
Speaker 2: like he always is, he's all in, but he but
Speaker 2: he you know, he did suggest and ask, you know, hey,
Speaker 2: if if we could find the right opportunity that that
Speaker 2: he would appreciate that.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: He also said he'd be here and and uh and
Speaker 2: continue to compete. And uh, you know I had a
Speaker 2: chance then to talk to Trey, talk to Trey's agent,
Speaker 2: and you know, I gave him my word that, you know,
Speaker 2: I'd look and see what's out there. So we started
Speaker 2: that process, and you know, it culminated today with with
Speaker 2: Dallas happening and and uh, you know, it was it
Speaker 2: felt like a long time, but it was really a
Speaker 2: short period of time.
Speaker 3: A couple of days.
Speaker 2: Where we're talking to teams and teams are reaching out
Speaker 2: to us and you know. The the end result was
Speaker 2: what we ended up with.
Speaker 1: Give them permission to seek a trade is what happened.
Speaker 2: We kind of worked on it together and I told
Speaker 2: Patrick Collins is his rep. I told Patrick, you know,
Speaker 2: feel free to go out and you know, find find
Speaker 2: teams if you want. So we kind of kept in
Speaker 2: communication during the process, and uh, you know, I want
Speaker 2: to let you guys know, Trey was Trey was tremendous
Speaker 2: during this whole thing, handled it, you know, as well
Speaker 2: as you could, and just asked if there if there
Speaker 2: is a good landing spot, you know, I'd be appreciative
Speaker 2: of that. But if I'm here, I'm here.
Speaker 4: It's traded up to get them gave them all these picks.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I give up.
Speaker 1: On a guy who's only twenty three years old and
Speaker 1: only halfway through that contract.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a fair question, and it's something we talked
Speaker 2: a lot about internally, you know. Ultimately, uh, you know,
Speaker 2: with Brock being healthy, number one and you know, we're
Speaker 2: excited about that. Sam being the number two. The reality
Speaker 2: it's not the way everybody works it, but with our system,
Speaker 2: the number one takes a lot of reps, the number
Speaker 2: two takes the Scout team reps. It's just not a
Speaker 2: whole lot of opportunity.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: I heard Kyle talk about it to get better, and
Speaker 2: that's what he needs to do. It needs to play
Speaker 2: to get better. I think that's that's going to be
Speaker 2: his opportunity. And play, I mean ideally games, but play
Speaker 2: is running scout team, play is doing all those things.
Speaker 2: We weren't going to have that. And so how do
Speaker 2: you how do you allow a player to grow? And so,
Speaker 2: you know, back to what we put into them. You know,
Speaker 2: we take believe me, you know, we take full accountability.
Speaker 2: We own that and you know, but as I said,
Speaker 2: you know on TV today, I think his story is
Speaker 2: very much unwritten.
Speaker 3: I've got a.
Speaker 2: Lot of belief in the kid, and uh, you know
Speaker 2: think with his talent, with his work ethic, he's gonna
Speaker 2: forge a nice, you know, career in this in this thing.
Speaker 2: And so love the kid, you know, Kyle and I
Speaker 2: when we broke the news to him today, saw him
Speaker 2: light up a little bit. And that's he loves it here.
Speaker 2: He was very appreciative of the opportunity, you know, like
Speaker 2: Trey typical tray. He apologized to us and there was
Speaker 2: nothing for him to apologize for, and we're just we're
Speaker 2: happy that that he's got a spot. And uh, you know,
Speaker 2: the Cowboys came up big, and I think that's an
Speaker 2: indication that they that they're excited to have him and
Speaker 2: and we're excited for Trey's new opportunity and we'll always
Speaker 2: be big beans. It's time to have to trade someone
Speaker 2: not I mean, are you pleasantly surprised that you got
Speaker 2: for under these conditions? You know, I it's not what
Speaker 2: it looked like when we first started having conversation when
Speaker 2: anywhere close. So it did advance in a hurry today,
Speaker 2: you know, and so you know, not doing cartwheels over it,
Speaker 2: because my preference would have been that it worked out
Speaker 2: and it didn't, and there's circumstances for that, and we
Speaker 2: can explain them away, but the reality is the reality.
Speaker 2: He had a couple opportunities. I think injuries played a part,
Speaker 2: and you know, where we're at as a team, we
Speaker 2: felt like this was the best situation for us, also
Speaker 2: the best situation for.
Speaker 1: Him behind Rock, which is understandable.
Speaker 2: But I think a lot of people don't understand how
Speaker 2: Trey fell behind Sam Donald, especially we were there.
Speaker 4: We watched every snap, and I don't think it was
Speaker 4: clear to us that Sam was clearly better.
Speaker 2: What happened. I think it was a tight pattal grant
Speaker 2: and I think kle would would say the same thing.
Speaker 2: But ultimately, you know, coaches are paid to make those decisions,
Speaker 2: and they felt collectively that Sam had separated himself and
Speaker 2: uh that wasn't lack of uh for lack of Trey
Speaker 2: competing his tail off and competing his and he he
Speaker 2: improved greatly. So you know, I think, you know, we
Speaker 2: we were real proud of the effort he made. Sam
Speaker 2: has had a really good camp and you know, you
Speaker 2: see Sam's arm, talent, his abilities. I think he's a
Speaker 2: good you know, the same reasons why we were interested
Speaker 2: in bringing him here have kind of come to fruition
Speaker 2: how it's gotta go happen. But uh, ultimately we felt
Speaker 2: that was the best decision. And and then you know
Speaker 2: I explained from.
Speaker 3: There, go ahead, Eric, Yeah right right, yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, try not to look at things like that.
Speaker 1: Eric.
Speaker 2: This thing's not an exact science, but when you put
Speaker 2: that much into a player, you know, you're you know,
Speaker 2: it's it usually is you know, really tough to rebound from. Fortunately,
Speaker 2: we've been able to continue to grow this team, to
Speaker 2: make this team better. And you know, we we were
Speaker 2: very fortunate for Brock to become what he's become. Now
Speaker 2: he's got to continue to do it. But you know,
Speaker 2: the early returns are good, and you know, everything from
Speaker 2: from his rookie year to the somewhat I won't say miraculous,
Speaker 2: but he made a hell of a return, you know,
Speaker 2: and with some hurdles in there, starting surgery late and
Speaker 2: all that, for him to be where he's at and
Speaker 2: we had to open our eyes and say, okay, he's cleared,
Speaker 2: but is he ready? And he kept showing us that
Speaker 2: he was, and then the other things transpired that led
Speaker 2: us to where we're at.
Speaker 1: Calf Sport. How much did the salary cap ramification of
Speaker 1: the average quarterback makes a million, third string quarterbacks making
Speaker 1: nine his cap figure? How much did that cap figure
Speaker 1: and the cap implications.
Speaker 2: I think, I think in future years Tray's on the
Speaker 2: minimum this year. You know in future years, next year
Speaker 2: it kicks up quite a bit. And so and that
Speaker 2: kind of coincides when when our stuff is going to
Speaker 2: get tight. So you know, of course that that plays
Speaker 2: a factor. As Kyle said, we would have loved to
Speaker 2: kept all four of those guys.
Speaker 3: In the building.
Speaker 2: Uh, and Tray is a you know, I think everyone
Speaker 2: should know. He's a tremendous teammate. He's a tremendous human being.
Speaker 2: And so never was it like we were worried we're
Speaker 2: gonna have a mal content. Trey told us that that, hey,
Speaker 2: if i'm here, I'm here and I'm rolling, but if
Speaker 2: you if you could find a spot for me. And
Speaker 2: so there was some level of that, and uh, you know,
Speaker 2: finding a nice landing spot for him, and I think
Speaker 2: we did that.
Speaker 4: Going back to the process that led you to trade
Speaker 4: when you drafted him. This is hindsight, but how much
Speaker 4: do you think maybe you've underestimated the gap between where
Speaker 4: you were as a team, what you needed from quarterback
Speaker 4: versus how much he needed to develop and time.
Speaker 2: Uh, you know, he hadn't played a ton of football,
Speaker 2: So we knew we were taking, you know, somewhat of
Speaker 2: a chance. But you know, I believe to this day,
Speaker 2: if we hadn't taken them, someone would have right behind us.
Speaker 2: I mean, I think the next pick, and so I
Speaker 2: don't think we were the only one seeing it. He's
Speaker 2: a very talented young man. Uh, he's got a lot
Speaker 2: of qualities in his makeup that that lead towards and like,
Speaker 2: believe me, I still think that story is unwritten. So
Speaker 2: it didn't work for us. But I think I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, one of the things we've been talking about
Speaker 2: and thinking about. I mean there's all kinds of stories
Speaker 2: from you know, Steve Young who sat for a while,
Speaker 2: Warren Moon up in Canada, to Kurt Warner, you know,
Speaker 2: working in a grocery store. So like, I still very
Speaker 2: much have belief that he's going to become a player. Now,
Speaker 2: it's just not going to be for us, and we
Speaker 2: take full accountability for that. And you know, and in
Speaker 2: some way, yeah, we got lucky on Brock, but sure
Speaker 2: that set back our team. It would have been nice
Speaker 2: to have those picks and all that, you know, So
Speaker 2: we do own that. And fortunately we still have a
Speaker 2: really good football team that I think Scott is uh,
Speaker 2: you know, a legitimate shot. We're focused on Game one,
Speaker 2: but we we have a championship level roster. Now it's
Speaker 2: what we make of it.
Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, I do.
Speaker 2: And you know, we got a lot of work to
Speaker 2: do and we'll continue to do that, you know, he's
Speaker 2: a great player. We want him here, we need him here.
Speaker 3: Thank you.