WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Question Marked 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:03.800 The following. 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:05.800 He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:07.320 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:12.480 Cowboys. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:18.400 This He's Talking Cowboys Training live from Dallas Cowboys Training 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:19.600 Camp in Oxnard. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:26.040 Calls LAMB six past second, Pascot Tison, Teddy. 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:33.600 And now your hosts Isaiah standback, Patrick Walker, Josh Rodriguez, 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:35.560 and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:42.760 Finally, the Dallas Cowboys have come back to Oxnard, California. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:46.040 We're here at training camp. Let's welcome the Dallas Cowboys, 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:51.000 the staff, the players, the coaches, and new Talking Cowboys 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:54.920 lineup presented by Black Rifle Coffee. I am here with 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.960 Patrick Noci Walker. Say hi to the people. Patrick returning 0:00:57.960 --> 0:00:59.360 to Talking Cowboys. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.360 Ladies and gentlemen, it is glad. I'm glad to be 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.320 back Talking Cowboys. I'm back to where it all started. 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.119 Shouts out to Derek Eagleton and bar Garcia and Brian 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.639 brought us. I had a blast last season on the break, 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.000 but now that I'm back, we gotta we gotta come 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:12.720 take y'all down. 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:16.520 So there it is, and we have Cowboys, legend and 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:23.039 star of hanging with the boys. Nathaniel Newton, Welcome to 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.840 the show. You're not on the main lineup, but you 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:27.399 are here. See how to the people? 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:32.120 Nate, Hey, what's a passion? I love you, baby, you 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.280 broke that down real sweet Nate. Y'all know who I am. 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:35.840 Baby. 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.360 I fell in for a lot of people doing training camp. 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:42.319 I enjoyed. This is my like forty fifth year of 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.720 ben in some forty first year being in somebody's training camp. 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:46.520 I'm loving it. 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:50.880 Congratulations, that's amazing. And Shosta hanging with the boys. I 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:52.640 know you're on that show. I know it's a good show. 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:54.080 What's the whole name? I forget his name? 0:01:54.960 --> 0:02:00.400 Sharon baby baby him? 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.640 Yeah, boys were here, let's talk about There's so much 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.760 to talk about. Practice hasn't even started yet. We haven't 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.400 had a press conference yet. So what are we doing? 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:11.480 How are you guys feeling? It doesn't feel good to 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:13.200 be back here in Oxnard, California? 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:14.880 Oh great? 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.240 I mean you say I'm in a T shirt basically, man, 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:22.280 a Cowboys T shirt. Well there's what sixty sixty nine? Yeah, yeh, 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:26.359 I'm feeling good. I just want to This is when 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.600 they had told me, when Chris Bean told me, hey, man, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.840 you're gonna be on a different show. I'm like, Patrick's 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.519 is Patrick gonna be on that? He said, Yeah, I said, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.360 put me on that show. Unfortunately, I hooked up with 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.320 your baby, Josh. I love you, hey, and tell Josh 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.760 he wasting food at hand camp, So stop doing that. 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.800 Look at me, there's not possible. That's not possible. 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:49.160 There's no So we're jumping off already. We're getting right. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:50.040 No, we're getting right too. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:50.280 Right. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.560 Nate Newton accuses me of wasting food by the looks 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.679 of me. By the looks of me, that is virtually impossible. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:02:59.959 So I'm calling guys. 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.639 These guys I number one, We're gonna have some fun 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.040 first and foremost. Second of all, I couldn't be more excited. 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.720 I mean, like you said, pressure football today, Yeah, it's 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:11.320 football today. 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:12.280 Football is back. 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.400 Football is back for all of the pressure that the 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.720 Cowboys are under right now, ladies and gentlemen, and make 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.520 no mistake about it, they are under a monumental amount 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.720 of pressure to get things done, starting effective today when 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.440 the first practice gets underway. But nonetheless, whether you're you're 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.680 worried or not worried, optimistic, pessimistic, the fact is we 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.880 can all agree that football is back, and there's nothing 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:32.640 more exciting than that. 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.080 Yeah, all right, So practice has started, so we still 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:40.000 have a lot of the lingering news from before camp 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:45.120 started kind of facing us right now, Ceedee Lamb, quote 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.640 unquote holdout possibly, how do we feel about him not 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.680 being heered? Maybe he just missed a flight, you know, 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.880 maybe he's maybe he's driving in like Nate, you know, 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:55.920 like maybe it's taken a little bit. How do we 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.000 feel about Ceedee Lamb at this point? 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.200 Well, first list, let's talk transactional really quickly. So this morning, 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:04.120 Trevon Diggs was officially placed on the pup, the Physically 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.360 unable to perform list as he continues to come back 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:10.080 from his torn acl But I'm told that it shouldn't 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.480 be a long stay for him there, so expect him 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:16.279 in practice any day now. But he is gonna be 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:18.840 the one starting there. Great news is that no one 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.640 else is so Demarveyon novas shown, John Stevens Junior, Luke Schoonmaker, 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.599 Mazi Smith as well as David Dirton. 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.440 They're all cleared a full goal. 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.960 They're gonna start today and not a couple hours from now, 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.080 they will be on the practice field behind us getting 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.960 things going. Ceedee Lamb. Obviously, that's the headline. He remains 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.599 in a holdout pattern hasn't reported just yet. He and 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.560 the Cowboys are still negotiating his contract. I'm told that 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.599 he's back in South Texas. He's staying ready, he's still working. 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.080 And for those that have been wondering, if you've not 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.960 heard it from Dak when we communicated it to you, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.320 if you've not heard it from some of those other guys, ceedee. 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:54.640 Lamb has been preparing the whole time, right, so he's 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.080 ready to hit the ground running whenever that contract situation 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:57.560 gets going. 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.479 But until it does, guys. 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:04.239 Jalen Tobert, Jalen Brooks, Yes, Jalen Cropper, all the Jalens, 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.839 Jalen Jalen, Jalen Cavante Turpin. Right, these young guys, Ryan 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.279 Flora or the rookie seventh sixth round pick, He's going 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:11.360 to get some reps as well. 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.080 They need to take advantage of this opportunity. 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:13.919 CD. 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.120 Take your time, do what you have to do, you know, 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.640 stay in touch with your agent, continue to work, do 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:24.440 your think as an ex player, I understand. I have 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:29.120 no comment for that. His work speaks for itself. And 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:33.000 he's still young enough to receive the type of money 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.320 that he's talking about. If he was an older guy, 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.680 maybe like saying, ah, but he's still a young stud 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.000 making it happen in Patrick c. You you mentioned a 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:43.839 lot of young guys that need to step up to 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.120 the plate and U and show Dak that he can 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.119 trust you like he can trust the CD Lamb. 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.160 Well, speaking of Dak, I mean that contract hasn't been 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.799 sorted out yet. Do we think the contracts for Dak, 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.760 Micah ced are those on pause at the moment? Granted 0:05:58.760 --> 0:05:59.599 we just talked about CD. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:01.719 I feel like the only one of those big three 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.359 that's on pause right now is Michael. And I feel 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.960 that that's because Michael has already come out he's willing 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.520 to pause his And he said this months and months 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:15.640 ago when the headline became Dak's contract, ceed Lambs contract, 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.839 Michael's contract. Michael came out and basically said, listen, it's 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.680 time to pay CD Lamb. It's time to you know, 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.680 make sure Dak gets taken care of. And he said, 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.680 I'll worry about mine in twenty twenty five when the 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:26.839 time comes. So right now, the only two that the 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:30.200 cowboys are juggling is negotiations with Dak, in negotiations with CD. 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:31.920 So that does make it easier for them knowing that 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.960 their generational pass rusher is basically saying, take care of 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:36.800 those other two guys we're talking twenty five. 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.080 That shows a level of maturity, that shows leadership as well, 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.760 a lot of question marks about that since the end 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.960 of the season, Nate, how do we feel about his 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.039 kind of leadership by making that decision to kind of 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.039 pause his contract negotiations at this time? 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:55.440 You know, for certain guys, I won't I want them 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.480 to show it on the field. I don't care what 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.360 a lot of these players say because a lot of 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.919 time it doesn't line up with what you're doing on 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:07.960 the field. And so I'm not I'm not worried about 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.520 Parsons at this time. And great thing that he's taking 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.320 that pause and you know, looking out for the other guys. 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:16.000 I like that. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.640 But what what I need for us for us to 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:22.000 get this thing situated with Dak. We have to get 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:26.080 this situated because he is the guy that will allow 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:27.560 other guys to get paid. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:29.600 I mean, what is his cap hit this year. 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.080 Patrick oh Man, It's about sixty million. 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:37.720 Yeah, so he is either cap enhancer, cap stopper, So 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:42.400 we whatever they need to do, let the fans know, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.000 and more importantly, let let let the teammates know where 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.840 you staying with Dak, because they're gonna follow the ownership's lead. 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.880 If Dak is the guy we're paying, we take care 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:54.840 of him. We stretch this thing out as far as 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.080 we can to make sure the money is in place, 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:57.720 and that way. 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.000 You can go out and get other guys. 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.160 You know, you know, what's your situation to be with 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.680 running back as soon as we get Dak signed, if 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:04.760 they choose to do that. 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.040 Yeah, And when it comes to salary cap management, what 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.160 a lot of people are failing to understand is getting 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.280 Dak's deal done will immediately depending on how its structured, 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.960 but it will immediately free up tens of millions of 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.320 dollars towards this year's salary cap. And then, of course 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.280 some of that is able to roll over to next year. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.560 So depending on how this year goes or doesn't go, 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.280 you're probably really gonna need to go quote unquote all 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.720 in and freeency next year. You're gonna need that cap space. 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:31.920 And but what you don't want to do is send 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:36.000 yourself back to you know, the post Troy Akman years, ye, right, 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.000 and as Big Nate can speak on it those for 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.480 those that didn't live that that was not a fun situation, right, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.000 You're talking about the McGee's of the world and the 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:46.360 Quincy Carters of the world. 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:47.560 And you know, as much as. 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:50.880 I love my bulldog, sorry Quincy, but eh well yeah, yeah, 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.520 hurt my feelings here. So if you don't want to 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.080 go back to the post Troy Akman days and you 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.520 kind of you got gifted Tony Romo. So, regardless of 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.000 how people feel about Tony Romo, in fact was Tony 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.440 Romo fell in the Cowboys lap as an undrafted guy 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:08.280 who ended up playing and wildly outplaying his undrafted status 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.200 to the point where he was being looked upon and 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.960 criticized like he was a first overall pick. Right, And 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:17.120 then you fall backwards into another franchise quarterback in Dak Prescott, 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.679 a compensatory fourth round pick right at the back end 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:21.920 of Tony Romo's career. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:22.880 His brain. 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:25.960 Going to move up for those peace, So. 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.840 That type of luck is not going to continue to happen. 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.719 You have your franchise quarterback pay him. He was a 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.360 runner up for League MVP last year, he's a first 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.840 he's an All Pro from last year, led the number 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.520 one offense. Again, that's the kind of guy you lock up. 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.679 What about question marks surrounding Dak? Though we saw the 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.439 collapse of the overall team, right, I'm not going to 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:49.160 put that on on Dak, of course, but getting to 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.000 the next step, getting to the next level, getting to 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.080 an NFC championship, I think that's kind of the lingering 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.520 question mark for the entire season. Can we get there? 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.440 No matter what we do for the rest of the season, 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.920 it is in that moment, do you Dak Prescott in 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:02.240 an NFC championship game? 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:06.240 You know, you know, we were all emotional after that game. 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.960 We saw Dak was not up to par what he 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:13.880 showed us during the regular season. Our defense was out 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:17.280 of killed her once again and the biggest moments. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.280 So it was a team effort. 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:24.800 But what hurts is your quarterback cannot be a part 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:25.720 of that failure. 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.320 And he was a part of that loss. So we 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:29.400 have to factor that in. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.960 But once you get the emotions out of it and 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:36.560 you start saying, okay, where does Dak rank in the 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:40.719 league and he's still you know, people talking about the 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:43.600 top ten. No, sir, he's probably about the top seven, 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.720 top top six, because when you go to talking about wins, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.160 Patrick c what was his wins top year? 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.680 Yeah, twelve, twelve and twelve. Yeah, so you. 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.959 Can't say all of a sudden, hey, Mike McCarthy was 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.280 the reason that was changed because you got understand his 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.280 office of coordinator chain again. 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.720 Yeah, so Dak has made. 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:09.920 Some super adjustments as a quarterback. It took him a 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.080 minute to connect up with CD, but once he did, 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.240 he did what he had to do. And so even 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.560 I was emotional, like, man, do we pay dad? Do 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:18.200 we keep that? 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:19.320 You know what? 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:21.960 Asks Minnesota how they feel they had to go out 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:23.160 and get a first round pick. 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:24.560 Even soothe the pain. 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:27.280 And even though you may go that land and think 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:28.880 you got it going on, they still had to get 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:29.720 a first round pick. 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:33.920 So you better, you better check yourself and ask yourself. 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:34.800 Put some respect on his name. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:36.400 Is that that's the Chicago Bears. 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.160 If it's easy to find a franchise quarterback even the 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.040 top the first round, ask him if that's the case, 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.720 because their last one prior to this year is now 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.520 playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers and trying to fight against 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:47.720 Russell Wilson for some reps. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:48.880 So keep that in mind as well. 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:51.240 But when you talk about Dak Prescott, you have to 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:53.000 talk about the good and the bads. 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:54.720 So you justified. 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.520 You know, when it comes to me, it's all science, 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.800 it's no feelings. Let's talk right down the middle. So 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.840 for as much as I believe that Cowboys need to 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.720 lock up Dak Prescott for another several years, for all 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.440 the reasons I said, it's also justified the question if 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.760 he can get things pushed in the postseason. But when 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.360 you go back and you look at the film against 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.920 Green Bay, it wasn't Dak Prescott. It was Dak Prescott's 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.600 slow start that didn't help the case. It didn't help 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:21.440 because he couldn't. He didn't save the day on a day, 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:24.440 on an evening where his defense was basically giving away 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.120 the game. Okay, when you allow a visiting team to 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.319 come into your home on your home field and score 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:34.880 every single play or every single series of downs, right 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.720 at a certain point, Now you're down seven, you're down fourteen, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.480 you're down twenty one, you need your MVP caliber quarterback 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.680 to step up and say, hey, okay, let me get 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.480 let me answer with this touchdown. Let me answer with 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.240 that that's where the Cowboys offense went wrong. But Big 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.840 Nate brought up a great point. Dak Prescott has now 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:56.400 had Scott Lenihan, Kellen Moore and now Mike McCarthy. Through 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:59.839 several offensive coordinators, which includes Brian shot Haammer as well, 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:05.480 he's mostly performed at an exceptionally high level. That makes 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:10.240 you wonder what pieces around him have probably failed the equation. 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.120 So we know it's not wide receiver one because pay 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:17.080 that dude, Pay that dude yesterday. Okay, but then you 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.040 have to look at the exensorial pieces. 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:19.200 Right. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.400 So Dalton Schultz was he was capable, but was he 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:23.240 a Jason Whitten? 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.680 Maybe not? Flip to the defensive side of the ball. 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.120 We know that the experiment with Marque's Bell going to linebacker, 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.079 you ended up paying for that. And some of dan 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:34.080 Quinn's decisions, some of his cover yea, some of his 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:37.080 coverage decisions against the Packers, you were sitting there scratching 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.080 your head like, we can't do that. That's Pop Warner 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:43.120 type stuff, and love DQ hope he loses a lot 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.600 up there in Washington. But nonetheless it's things like that 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.280 where you have to look at the totality of it. 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.079 So rightful to ask the question, can Dak Prescott get 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:52.839 you where you need to get in the postseason? 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.600 I believe he can and I believe that he will. 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.920 But everything has to come together perfectly for this Cowboys 0:13:58.920 --> 0:13:59.880 team to make that happen. 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.720 All Right, We're gonna head to our very first break 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.760 of the season. 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I you 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.720 know I like some oatmeal, love it? 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:51.640 Newton destroys oatmeal. 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.680 Yes, sir, he has this weird thing about collar greens though, 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:59.080 but that's another story. 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:04.800 What did you just know? You know he didn't? He did? 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:05.399 All right? 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.920 Boy? I asked a serious question. Tn to get serious. 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.159 Is there a sense of tension in the air with 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.880 Mike McCarthy on the last year of his contract? 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:14.159 No? 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.960 No, I mean is that tension coming for us as fans? 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:23.120 Is that tension coming from coach McCarthy? Because coach McCarthy 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:26.520 is doing things as normal. He's he's uh doing what 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.440 he has to do. He hasn't missed a beat. Uh, 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:33.040 he's been a winning coach. Besides that, uh you know 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:38.479 that pandemic year. He this man has improved. When you 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.800 come to a team, Patrick, is what you want to 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:43.760 do if you leave it, you want to leave it 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.760 better than you when you came in. Are and the 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.359 other way is to make it better when you come in. 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.199 This guy's made this team better. Him and Will McLay 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.440 is a team. I don't see why people are panicking. 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:55.919 Uh. 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:57.440 He knows he's been in. 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.680 Every situation that you can bring up good, bad, and indifference. 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:06.760 This guy barred a monumental collapse of two and this 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.360 and three in that this guy is our coach. That's 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:10.119 just my feeling. 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.200 I don't feel like there's any pressure whatsoever, as far 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.600 as from the aspect of is if the question is 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:20.280 is McCarthy feeling any type of way about not having 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.480 a contract secured beyond twenty twenty four, I don't believe 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:26.320 that McCarthy feels that he's focusing on that. He is 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.920 quite literally being where his feet are and he's going 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.640 through the routine that he normally goes through. He's making tweaks, 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.679 He's made changes to the coaching regime. And obviously with 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:37.879 the absence or with the departure of Dan Quinn, what 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:40.680 do you do you bring in approving super Bowl winning 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:44.440 defensive coordinator and Mike Zimmer return him to the fold right, 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:49.040 and then you promote Al Harris, which absolutely Al Harris deserves. 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.359 So there are changes made in the coaching staff that 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:55.040 hopefully are to improve it. He recognized that some things 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:57.480