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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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Speaker 1: It is Friday, November twenty at twenty twenty, season sixteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number sixty eight. Welcome to the latest edition of

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Speaker 1: The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at

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Speaker 1: the Star. I got Nick back in the studio with me.

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Speaker 1: I traded out, Dave's now at home, Amber's at home,

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Speaker 1: and I'm ready to getting to this thing. We got

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Speaker 1: a lot to talk about today. We're definitely gonna talk

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Speaker 1: about uh, some injury updates, will get in to some

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Speaker 1: conversation about the Cowboys versus the Minnesota Vikings. We got

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Speaker 1: a little topic we're going to hit around contracts and

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Speaker 1: who do you think is the best player on this team.

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Speaker 1: We got so many topics hit today, and by the

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Speaker 1: end of the show, we're also going to do our

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Speaker 1: picks for this upcoming game. Cowboys versus Vikings. Let's start

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Speaker 1: first with an update, Dave, tell me what we what

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Speaker 1: we know at this point about Randy Gregory and DeMarcus Lawrence,

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Speaker 1: who were both out yesterday due to an illness. From

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Speaker 1: which is more of a you know, a bug maybe

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Speaker 1: So it sounds, you know, it sounds like a situation

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Speaker 1: and it sounds like both of those guys will be

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Speaker 1: Cowboys because they will need all hands on dake on

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Speaker 1: deck to be able to handle that Minnesota, particularly that

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Speaker 1: that Cowboys versus Vikings matchup. First question I have for

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Speaker 1: sixty minutes. Nick, let's start with you. Oh, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if they can hold up for sixty minutes. If

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen it. Amber. I don't know about holding

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Speaker 1: I think their line can make them. So I think

428
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Speaker 1: you win more games. It's just domino effecta turnovers. So, Amber,

429
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,480
Speaker 1: what have you seen or what do you see in

430
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,280
Speaker 1: this team that makes you think they'll be able to

431
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:55,520
Speaker 1: score more down the stretch red zone? Well, I mean,

432
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,200
Speaker 1: based on what I saw in the game against the Steelers. Yeah,

433
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,840
Speaker 1: they only were able to score once one touchdown, but

434
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,360
Speaker 1: at the same time, you were able to see some

435
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,920
Speaker 1: more movement, some more energy there on the offense, some

436
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,400
Speaker 1: more connection. And I know it was a different quarterback,

437
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 1: but I still think that whether it's Andy or maybe

438
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,880
Speaker 1: Gary Gilbert, we'll see down the line what happens there

439
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 1: at quarterback. But if you keep Joe Booney in there,

440
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,520
Speaker 1: it's like Martin. Just having them both back in there

441
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: clearly helped. Seeing some of the things that Cedric Wilson

442
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,680
Speaker 1: was doing. I think it's it's heading towards the right

443
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,520
Speaker 1: direction as well as the running game, some of the

444
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,439
Speaker 1: things that Tony Poller was able to do. And I

445
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,679
Speaker 1: think that if the Cowboys keep trying to find the

446
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 1: right combination between how many snaps to give each guy,

447
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,840
Speaker 1: Zeke and Tony, if they find a good combination there,

448
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,640
Speaker 1: I think that the offense can finally get the ball

449
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 1: moving a lot more and get there to the end zone.

450
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,120
Speaker 1: So there are just little positive things that I think

451
00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,840
Speaker 1: we all were able to see in that Steeler's games

452
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,320
Speaker 1: that gives me the hope that they are just able

453
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 1: to play better overall in the next few months, here,

454
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 1: next few games. What's your proof, Dave for starters is,

455
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 1: you know, two back to back really nice defensive performances,

456
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 1: you know, and they gave up seventeen points to Philly

457
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,199
Speaker 1: because one of those touchdowns was defensive. I know, Philly's terrible,

458
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 1: but that's still better than what we were looking at.

459
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,920
Speaker 1: And then again, Pittsburgh's offense isn't a juggernaut, but that's

460
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: a talented offense with a very good widely quarterback that

461
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 1: they were able to keep in check for the most part.

462
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,840
Speaker 1: And on top of that, let's just be honest, they

463
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,680
Speaker 1: don't play very many good teams the rest of the way.

464
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,680
Speaker 1: You know, they got three games against the division. They

465
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: got a banged up forty nine Ers team that might

466
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,960
Speaker 1: not have Jimmy Garoppolo and he I mean, Baltimore is

467
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,160
Speaker 1: a much better team than Dallas. But like their offense

468
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: hasn't looked as amazing as it did last year. So

469
00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: these aren't These aren't juggernauts that you have to keep

470
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: in check down the stretch. I really, I've said this

471
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,440
Speaker 1: a few times this week. I think this game will

472
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: be a really good litmus test because this is one

473
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,360
Speaker 1: of the best offenses left on the schedule. Probably even

474
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,959
Speaker 1: with a losing record, the Vikings are one of the

475
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 1: two best teams left on the schedule, so I don't

476
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: even need him to win. But if they just play

477
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 1: a competent, close game, that gives me a lot of

478
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: faith that they can win some games and be competitive

479
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: with what's left on the schedule. Ye. All right, let's

480
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 1: move on to the next question I have for you guys.

481
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: This question might take a little bit of time, so

482
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 1: let's let's dive in which of the current players. And

483
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,000
Speaker 1: I tied this up yesterday when we were talking about

484
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 1: the contracts of some of these guys. Which are the

485
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:48,160
Speaker 1: current players or contracts or a future contract is worse

486
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,560
Speaker 1: for Dallas? And I'll give you guys some of the

487
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: list of what we have. Zeke Elliott He's on a

488
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: six year, ninety million dollar deal, fifty million guaranteed. He

489
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 1: is the number two highest paid running back in the NFL.

490
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith is a six year deal sixty eight million

491
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 1: dollars thirty five million guaranteed. He is the number sixth

492
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 1: highest paid inside linebacker in the NFL. DeMarcus Lawrence a

493
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,200
Speaker 1: five year, one hundred and five million dollars deal sixty

494
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,199
Speaker 1: five million guaranteed. He's the number five highest paid defensive end. However,

495
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 1: there's one interesting note to that, he's number sixteenth in

496
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,400
Speaker 1: cap hit among defensive ends, which actually favors the Cowboys

497
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 1: a little bit there. And then you've got Dak Prescott

498
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 1: and we don't know the terms of its new deal,

499
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: but the expectation is he's projected to be somewhere if

500
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,479
Speaker 1: the Cowboys get a deal done, projected to be somewhere

501
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 1: at least above thirty five million, possibly forty plus million annually,

502
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,359
Speaker 1: which is the worst deal for the Cowboys based on

503
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: what we know right now. Let's start with you, Dave.

504
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: I would have to say, I think it's jal and

505
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 1: I don't know that it's particularly close. To be honest

506
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,640
Speaker 1: with you, I know you know, and I think we're

507
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: gonna get into Zeke. A lot of people are hating

508
00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 1: on Zeke. A lot of people are talking about how

509
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 1: much the Cowboys regret that contract, and I don't. I

510
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 1: don't necessarily disagree, like I don't think that contract is

511
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 1: a great thing right now, but I was trying to

512
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: think of an analogy for this. I look at I

513
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: look at Zeke. Zeke's contract. You know, we love to

514
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: use cars in these football analogies, Like if the Cowboys

515
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,640
Speaker 1: are a car, then Zeke's contract is like these big, gaudy,

516
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,479
Speaker 1: badass tires and they're like not inflated properly, you know,

517
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 1: like you don't have the right PSI, you're not getting

518
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: good gas mileage, the car's not driving as fast as

519
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: smoothly as it's supposed to, but you can still get

520
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,879
Speaker 1: from point A to point B, Like you can still

521
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,480
Speaker 1: win football games and be a good football team with Zeke.

522
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,959
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith is more like you're driving a car with

523
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: a faulty transmission. Like he's just he's he's he is

524
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: for what you are paying him. He is a liability

525
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 1: and he's supposed to be a foundational piece of your defense,

526
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:04,200
Speaker 1: and that's just not what's happening. Like if everything's great

527
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,919
Speaker 1: with the offense and everybody's out there, even if you

528
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: feel like you're overpaying Zeke, like he can still contribute

529
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,640
Speaker 1: to a successful offense. Jalen Smith, he's not playing, He's

530
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: not even playing at that level. And it makes you wonder,

531
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 1: like can you feel the successful defense if this guy

532
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 1: is the center of it, and if you can't, then

533
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: how do you get out from under the size of

534
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,120
Speaker 1: that contract? Like that, more than anything else is that's

535
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 1: the number one thing that I have circled for the

536
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: Cowboys is like, what are we going to do about

537
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: Jayleen Smith? Which is the worst contract. I was gonna

538
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: say Jalen as well, And I mean just how they

539
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: structured everything. It just it was a bad It was

540
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 1: a bad deal. I wouldn't have done it to begin

541
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 1: with because I was never convinced with Jayalen. But now

542
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: it's to the point where I was talking about it

543
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: with Nick, and you know, I always have issues with

544
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: all these contracts and trying to understand them and money

545
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: and cap and blah blah blah, and apparently you lose

546
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 1: all that money anyway. So it's like either you just

547
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: lose all the money or just decide to keep him.

548
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: If you keep him, then at that point, like me, personally,

549
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 1: I wouldn't keep him as a starter. I'm like, go

550
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: sit down and be a backup. But when you look

551
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 1: at the rest of the guys on this list, like Zeke,

552
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,400
Speaker 1: DeMarcus and Dad, all of those guys, I still have

553
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: hope and I believe one hundred percent that they can

554
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,719
Speaker 1: play better and that it's just a matter of whatever

555
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 1: is happening in this twenty twenty season. But I don't

556
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: have any hope. I feel like this is Jalen and

557
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: I feel like he's not gonna get any better than

558
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: what we've seen. So to me, he has to be

559
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: absolutely the worst one on the list because as far

560
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 1: as money, yes, the other guys are taking up a

561
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 1: lot of money as well, but I still feel kind

562
00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: of okay with their future and thinking that they will

563
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 1: be better next year or even in this second half

564
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 1: of the season. Nick Um, I think it's DeMarcus Lawrence

565
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: is the asia as the worst contract of the group.

566
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: But I mean just because it's like, yuys, we're talking

567
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 1: about how how do you get out from under it?

568
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: I mean it's not I mean he's not producing to

569
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: that to that level if you really look at the deal,

570
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: I mean the way they structured it's it's average. It's

571
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: an average of twenty one million. But like the last

572
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: year is he's only making three so that's a that's

573
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: a year that doesn't really it's a wash. I mean

574
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: these three years in the middle here, this bulk is

575
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: it's really twenty seven million a year. Twenty seven million

576
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: a year is what he's what his cap count is

577
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: for these three years. And so by doing that, I

578
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: mean you just look at defensive ends around the league

579
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: that you could making twelve, thirteen, fourteen million or whatever.

580
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: Even Clowney's at thirteen million. I mean, just think about

581
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: what production you could get then get another safety or

582
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: get a linebacker or something else. I mean, I like him,

583
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: I think he's he's playing better, but I mean there's

584
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: no way that he can he can play at that level.

585
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: I just I don't even I don't care what Pro

586
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: Football Focus says about all this win rate and stuff

587
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: like that, Like, I don't think he's making that much

588
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: of a difference for that price, and I think it's

589
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 1: handicapped in the whole defense. I look at this list

590
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: and I think I agree with the premise of what

591
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: Amber and Dave are saying, because I think Jalen Smith

592
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: is the worst of these players, and so for him

593
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: to be making a significant amount of money against your cap,

594
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: that's a bit of a problem. But if I'm looking

595
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 1: at this, to be honest with you, I think the

596
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: worst deal here is Zeke And the reason why I

597
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: say I think he's that's the worst deal is not

598
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 1: so much even Zeke's fault. It's more a situation of

599
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: what are you getting for what you're paying for. It

600
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: kind of goes to what you're you're premise Nick, and

601
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: I think it's worse with Zeke. I think the replacement

602
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: value of a guy like Zeke, a really good NFL

603
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: running back, can be a significant amount less than this.

604
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: What you would have to invest in order to get

605
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: a comparable running back would be significantly less. Right now,

606
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: I say that he's a number two paid, highest paid

607
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: running back in the NFL. Right now, he is fifteenth

608
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: in yards this season in the NFL. He's only averaging

609
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: was at sixty three point six yards a game. So

610
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: when you look at what you're getting for the money,

611
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: and you look at replacement value for a comparable quarterback,

612
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: and you start looking at some of these names, these

613
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 1: guys are a lot of these guys are on first contracts, which,

614
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: again that goes back to the idea of in today's NFL,

615
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: you're better off just always drafting one and keeping one ready,

616
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: a young guy that you just kind of keep rolling

617
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 1: with because the amount of money you have to pay

618
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: for him is significantly less, but you can get a

619
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: huge amount of value. Like you can't do that with

620
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: a lot of other positions, like quarterback, you can't. You

621
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: don't expect the guy to come in and immediately be

622
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: great running back. That's one of the positions in the

623
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: NFL where guys are great right off the street. Immediately

624
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: when they come in the door, they can be great.

625
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: And so you might as well take advantage of the

626
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: lesser money that you have to pay for those guys.

627
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: And again that's not Zeke's vault. That's more just a

628
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: situation of just how the NFL plays out and how

629
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: players play out from the standpoint of value relative to

630
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: what they can bring to the team. All Right, here's

631
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: what we're gonna do. We're gonna take okay, but but

632
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: oh yeah, I just I think these are very different conversations,

633
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: and I think you need to you gotta you kind

634
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: of have to differentiate because I agree with everything you

635
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: just said. The problem is is it productive to say, oh,

636
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: maybe they shouldn't assigned Zeke, maybe they shouldn't assigned DeMarcus,

637
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: they shouldn't have done that. It's done, Like the money

638
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: has been spent the cap has been affected. And that's

639
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: what brings me back to Jaylen Smith is because I

640
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: look at it and I say, Zeke is not giving

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Speaker 1: me my bang for my buck. But I can win

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00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: with Zeke DeMarcus Lawrence. I'd love him to get more sacks.

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00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: I can win with DeMarcus Lawrence. Jaalen Smith, I say,

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00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: I don't know how I feel a very very good

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00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: defense if Jalen Smith is one of the foundational pieces

646
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: of it. And that is why. So, like I said,

647
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: like you go into the offseason, I'm not worried about

648
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 1: Like I don't. I don't feel like they need to

649
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: cut or restructure Zeke or DeMarcus. I really don't. It

650
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 1: would be great if they could, but that's not the

651
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: way it works well where Jalen Smith I'm like, yeah, exactly.

652
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: And but Jalen Smith situation is the point where I'm like,

653
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: if you want this team to be better, you got

654
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: to figure out a way to fix that. Like whether

655
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: whether it's a restructure or whether it's you cut him,

656
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: whether YadA, YadA, YadA, I don't know. DeMarcus and Zeke

657
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: can be very good, very productive members of a playoff

658
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: team that the Jalen Smith. Situation is different in my opinion,

659
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: and that's why I answered that way. No, I agree

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00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: with what you're saying, and I guess I think you're right.

661
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: It's probably two different conversations. Who's the better player and

662
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: we're going to get into that, or who's the worst player,

663
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: I guess in this instance. But there's also the contract,

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Speaker 1: and I know you can't go back and change the

665
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: contracts at this point. And the question is not so

666
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: much from the standpoint of going forward, it's more a

667
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: situation of in retrospect, where did you make the biggest mistake?

668
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 1: And again, I personally believe that the biggest mistake was

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Speaker 1: made in signing a second contract with a guy that's

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00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 1: going to cost you ninety million dollars at the running

671
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: back position. And that is not about Zeke again, that

672
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 1: is about I don't know if there is a running

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00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: back you got to go to the tr like the

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00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: the the all time transcendent running backs for you to

675
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: say it is worth going into a second deal with them.

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00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: In today's NFL, because there are just so many guys

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00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: that are coming into the league that are capable and

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00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,839
Speaker 1: ready to be able to produce at a high level

679
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: coming in. Yeah, and that's why I think it's it's

680
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: d law just because of the money. That the same thing.

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00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 1: I just don't think he's going to he's not going

682
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: to be that kind of player, and he hasn't. He

683
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,439
Speaker 1: hasn't been in the last two years. And so I mean,

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00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: he's been a good defensive end, but he hasn't been

685
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: to that level twenty one million or even twenty seven

686
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: million if you count these these last three years. But

687
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: that's just how they structured it. He's twenty one million

688
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: a year. Yeah, And I will say this that that

689
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: was one of the points I made earlier about his

690
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: cap hit, the fact that he is the fifth highest

691
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: paid defensive end, but his cap hit is ranked sixteenth.

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00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: That tells you that they kind of worked it to

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00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: where it's not really killing them from a cap standpoint,

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00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: even though he's getting a ton of money. Or is

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00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: he rank in sacks it's the sixteenth, I don't. I

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00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: don't know. I have a question, yeah about his contract

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00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: that when I was looking at some of these may

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00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 1: yeah yeah, yeah, um, maybe I should know this, but

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00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,239
Speaker 1: I don't. Um. I understand the whole signing bonus thing,

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00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: but I don't get why was he signing bonus so high?

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00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,919
Speaker 1: It looked it was twenty five million dollars And when

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00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 1: you look at other guys, I mean, I didn't see

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00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: any other like signing bonus that high. Why do you

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00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 1: have to give that amount of money right off the bat?

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00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: Well for those players, you know, at this point in

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Speaker 1: the game, when when you're talking about guys that are

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Speaker 1: wanting in the negoti the number one money or a

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00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: figure that they're looking at is guaranteed money. Like that's

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00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 1: that's what they want, is guaranteed. What is the guaranteed

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00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: because the contracts aren't guaranteed, But what is the money

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Speaker 1: that's guaranteed? And so obviously assigning bonus hits their pocket, right,

712
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 1: then that's guaranteed. And then sometimes they have guaranteed seasons

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Speaker 1: and guaranteed bonuses that that go you know, throughout the

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Speaker 1: year or so. So for him when they were doing

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00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: the negotiation, yeah, twenty one twenty one million was a

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00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 1: big deal for him. But also what is the what

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00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 1: is the overall guaranteed money? And so that's the way

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00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: to do that is to you know, give them a

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00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: guaranteed money and then and then divide it out and

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Speaker 1: that's that's the sticking point I think. I think it's

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Speaker 1: a sticking point with with that right now. Obviously with

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Speaker 1: the four and five years, but it comes down to

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00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: cowboys want five years because they want to give him

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00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: enough bonus money and spread it out, which doesn't take

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00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 1: more of a hit. Yeah, that goes to that. That

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00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: him being sixteenth in cap, it is because they can

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00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: take a lot of that money and what the cowboys

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00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: are They a lot of that money that was guaranteed

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00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: and they put it into a signing bonus and then

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00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: they could spread it out, which means it has hit

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00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: on the cap every single year is much less than

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00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,879
Speaker 1: it would be if you didn't do that. So it's

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00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: just the way to kind of manage your cap, I

734
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: think from the standpoint of ultimately, you know, getting the

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00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 1: guy the money he wants, to guaranteed money he wants,

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00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: but doing it in a way that gives you some

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00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,919
Speaker 1: relief on your cap. Are we gonna take our final

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Speaker 1: a comment that Jerry made earlier this morning on the

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00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,319
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743
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Speaker 1: But I did want to address a question stop it, Dave.

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Speaker 1: I did want to address a question that Jerry, Jerry

785
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: asked this one oh answered this morning on the radio

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Speaker 1: He was asked about, you know, Zeke, and he said, Jerry,

788
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: he called Zeke the best player on the team. Now,

789
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: assuming all players are healthy. Let's assume that you know

790
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: everybody's healthy and can play. You guys agree with that statement,

791
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Speaker 1: and if not, who do you think is the best

792
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: player on this team. Let's start with you Amber. I

793
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: would say he's the best player of the team. I

794
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Speaker 1: don't he's not playing like the best player of the

795
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,800
Speaker 1: team this year, but in general, I would say I

796
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,880
Speaker 1: would say so if you're looking at this season, per se,

797
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: I would have to give a shout out to LP

798
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,879
Speaker 1: this year because I think he's only made like one

799
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: mistake this year in the game against Philly. Other than that, Um,

800
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Speaker 1: that's basically it. I think this is the first time

801
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: I ever even mentioned LP. So yeah, he would be

802
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: maybe the best player for me this year, but overall,

803
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 1: I would still stick to Zeke made about statement. No, no,

804
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 1: you made the strongest statement you've made all season just

805
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 1: then by saying Yelpi was the best player. Because it's

806
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: not about the fact that Alpie's the best player. It's

807
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: about the fact of all the other guys that are

808
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: not better than LP. That is the statement, right that

809
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 1: tells you just how bad of a season it's really been. Me.

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Speaker 1: I want you to get her to pronounce his last name.

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Speaker 1: It's what I want to do kid now, sir, Yeah,

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00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: there you go. Good job. You know actually you know

813
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Speaker 1: that's how we say it last sir, but actually in

814
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: the pronunciation guy, but we don't. No one says that sold,

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Speaker 1: all right, So yeah, just I kind of just popped

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Speaker 1: up because I wasn't expecting that answer. I would have

817
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 1: thought you would have said zero line because he's actually

818
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: won the two games. But well, he has missed, has

819
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: missed a couple. Yeah, you know, all of his misses

820
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 1: are fifty yards or more, so he's had that's consistent

821
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: as well. He didn't miss a extra point gout that

822
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: but best best player overall, I mean it's kind of

823
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: a cop out, but I mean he is the best player.

824
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,799
Speaker 1: Is Zach Martin is your best player? I think I

825
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: think he's. I think he's the best at his position.

826
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Speaker 1: I think you could see even from the guard position,

827
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Speaker 1: you saw that things were, you know, that went terribly

828
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: wrong without him, um in Washington, So um, I think

829
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Speaker 1: he is their their best player. I think he's now

830
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: become better and more consistent than Tyrant Smith when it

831
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: comes to the line. And you know, but but that's

832
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: kind of a problem. That's what she said. That's what

833
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 1: I'm saying, you're not winning with with. That's what They're

834
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: not drafting guards, number one, They're not drafting deep, they're

835
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: not drafting snappers at all. So the problem is is

836
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: your most consistent best players at their position aren't the

837
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,879
Speaker 1: ones that are considered the premier positions there. Ye, Dave,

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00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: it's Zach for sure. I mean just it's you just

839
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: look at it and say, who on this team is

840
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 1: the best in the league at what he does? And

841
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: it's Zack Martin. Who on this team has a real

842
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: case to go to the Hall of Fame one day,

843
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: Zach Martin. Nobody else does Zeke. I think more highly

844
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: of Zeke than a lot of people do, but he's

845
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 1: averaging fewer than four yards per carry. He leads the

846
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: league in fumbles among running backs or among non quarterbacks.

847
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,919
Speaker 1: I should say he does like he doesn't have any

848
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: explosive runs like go look at go look at the

849
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Speaker 1: season long For all of the top rushers in the league,

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00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 1: Zeke has one of the worst of anybody that's in

851
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: the top twenty. And I, you know, I get it.

852
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: He's not playing with his quarterback, he's not playing with

853
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: his preferred offensive line. But to be a fifteen million

854
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: dollar running back, you're supposed to be able to make

855
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: it work in those circumstances. I don't. I don't know

856
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: that i'd have Zeke in my top four or five.

857
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 1: And I mean, yeah, if you extend it to guys

858
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,400
Speaker 1: that are on IR I think Tyrn, Dak, and DeMarcus,

859
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: I would put all of them above Zeke right now. Yeah,

860
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: I can't argue with that too much. I actually was

861
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 1: thinking that I might go the route of saying Dak,

862
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: But I think the point that Dave just made is

863
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 1: really the point there's only one player on this team that,

864
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 1: based on what we've seen so far. Now, maybe maybe

865
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: Dak somehow can become that later. But based on what

866
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: we've seen so far, there's only one player on this well,

867
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: I should say two two players on this team that

868
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: I think have a legitimate shot to be in the

869
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame one day, Zach Martin and Tyron Smith.

870
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: I don't think it's even close. I think those are

871
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: the only two right now that I think have a

872
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 1: legitimate shot, based on what we've seen so far, that

873
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 1: have a legitimate shot of maybe getting into it. And

874
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 1: you gotta be qualified that too. Because of the Arizona Cardinals,

875
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: the best guy they've got to go to the Hall

876
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: of Fame as lare Fitzgerald, and he's not their best

877
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: player on their team, so you got to be. And

878
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: that's my point, Like I think Zach is still playing

879
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,120
Speaker 1: at that level. I don't know that Tyron is still

880
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: playing at that level I think. But that's goes back

881
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: to what Dave was saying about the Hall of Fame light.

882
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: That's why if you're gonna say the best player on

883
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,760
Speaker 1: this team, Zach is still playing at the level where

884
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: he is among the very best at the art position

885
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 1: in the NFL this year. Yeah, that all being said,

886
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: and based upon his career, he to me, is is

887
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 1: clearly your best player. I do think though, I see

888
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 1: Dak making that push to where he will be your

889
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,479
Speaker 1: best player in my opinion, within the next year or two.

890
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 1: I truly believe that because of what I've seen from

891
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: him so far. Dave Jess, I'm you one throwing I

892
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: just if he I know, you know, he can roll

893
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: your eyes. He hasn't been he hasn't been reliably healthy

894
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,399
Speaker 1: in a long time. But if Tyron Smith's healthy, He's

895
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: still there. He's still one of the best three or

896
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 1: four tackles in football right now. And I maybe it's

897
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 1: just because I know the guy, I've been around him.

898
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 1: I just think I think he'll be right back where

899
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: he's supposed to be next year, if if his recovery

900
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: and everything goes well, and that's the big key, if

901
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: the recovery goes well and he's back to himself. Right

902
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 1: look at the Cleveland game. Look at the Cleveland game.

903
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,919
Speaker 1: He missed the week before he comes back for that game.

904
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: Actually he missed the two weeks before he comes back

905
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: for that game, and he plays and he played pretty

906
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 1: well in that game. There was no issues on that

907
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,520
Speaker 1: side of the line. And then he had season ending surgery.

908
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: It's not like he felt better and he got hurt

909
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: on the last players. By the way, that's been his career.

910
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: Like he's the guy that battles through things. Right. So

911
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: the point that I'm making that I think Dave's making,

912
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 1: and you know, we all can see that if that's

913
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: the standard when you you're on the verge of having

914
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 1: season ending surgery on your neck and you can finally

915
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,239
Speaker 1: get healthy, then yeah, he's gonna be right back to it.

916
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: And I still think he's got four or five good

917
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: years if he can, if this surgery really helps. It's

918
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: all about health, yea, it is absolutely all about health,

919
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: all right, real quick, before me in the show, let's

920
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: goad and get some picks for this weekend's game, Cowboys

921
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: versus Vikings. Dave e'rerope first. What happens this weekend? I think,

922
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,320
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're gonna look better. I really

923
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: think they've turned a corner and you know, we've put

924
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,840
Speaker 1: that spell of just awfulness behind us. But I still

925
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 1: think this is a flawed football team. Obviously, how could

926
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: they not be with all of these injuries, I mean

927
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 1: across the board. I just think the Vikings basically have

928
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: every advantage. I don't think the world of Kirk Cousins,

929
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,800
Speaker 1: but at this juncture, I think he's better than Andy Dalton.

930
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: I think Dalvin Cook speaks for himself. The Vikings are

931
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,879
Speaker 1: at home, so I think it'll be a much more

932
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 1: competitive game. But I'll still take the Vikings to win.

933
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: Like twenty seven to twenty one sounds fair, okay, Amber,

934
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,839
Speaker 1: I'll try to be quick. I think that a win

935
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 1: is coming for the Cowboys at some point. I don't

936
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be this game, though, maybe Thanksgiving. I

937
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: think that the offense does played better, but at the

938
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,239
Speaker 1: same time, I don't trust the Cowboys defense to be

939
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: able to stop this kind of running game. So I

940
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: think the Vikings win, and I would say something like

941
00:47:53,160 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: twenty eight seventeen around there. I agree with everybody. You know,

942
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: the Vikings don't really scare you, but you know the

943
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 1: Cowboys are the Cowboys. Do you know they scare you

944
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,279
Speaker 1: just by the way that they can play. I think

945
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna play better, but I don't see him winning this.

946
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: I agree that a victory is on you know, it's

947
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: got to happen at some point, but I don't think

948
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,800
Speaker 1: it's this week. I think the Vikings are actually playing

949
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: better too, so that that doesn't help the Cowboys much.

950
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 1: I think twenty three twenty was the score that I'm

951
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 1: going with, and that means it's gonna come down to

952
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 1: probably field goals. We'll see if Dan Bailey makes fun

953
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: for them. But I go twenty three twenty all right.

954
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:33,800
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a really close game. I

955
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: actually think Dallas is going to continue on the trajectory

956
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 1: they've been on these last two games, where they've played

957
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,319
Speaker 1: better offensively and defensively. I do think there'll be some

958
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: big runs for Dalvin Cook because you don't get away

959
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,839
Speaker 1: from games mainly unless you got a great defense. You're

960
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: not going to get into a game with the Minnesota

961
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: Vikings and not have Dalvin Cook hit you for a

962
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: couple of big plays. However, I think on the whole,

963
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: I actually think it's gonna be a little upset. I

964
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys get to win this week. I think

965
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:59,879
Speaker 1: they win twenty four twenty three, a very very close game.

966
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 1: I think they played better, and that's the key. I

967
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be playing better than they've been playing,

968
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 1: and I think it's going to continue with what we've

969
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: seen these last two weeks. I don't think that's an aberration.

970
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 1: I think this team is actually getting better, and I

971
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: think this will be the moment when we start to say, Okay,

972
00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: now maybe they're turning a corner. Now, let's see what

973
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 1: happens down the stretching. If they can get on a

974
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:20,320
Speaker 1: bit of a run, regardless of what happens with the playoffs,

975
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:21,799
Speaker 1: Can they get on a bit of a run so

976
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:23,319
Speaker 1: that you can restore a little bit of faith in

977
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: the fact that they hired this whole coaching staff and

978
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: you were expecting better, expecting different. All Right, we appreciate you, guys, Jonas.

979
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Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday. We'll tell you what went

980
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: right and what went wrong for the Cowboys. So then,

981
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: for Nick Eatman, Dave helm and Amber Garcia, I'm Derek Eagleson.

982
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot

983
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