WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Grading Dallas' Recent Drafts 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:03.640 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.840 and the Dallas Cowboys football clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.560 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:14.920 ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:19.240 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:25.560 Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:30.360 Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, May tenth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.560 episode number seven. Welcome to another edition of the Break 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.520 Block from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:39.159 and we appreciate you guys taken some time with us 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:43.400 today to talk some Cowboys football. How's everybody doing this morning? Great? Great? 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.920 Doing great? Awesome? Get a fun golf outing yesterday? I 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.080 don't know if you guys after listening, we're able to 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:54.440 check out from Okay, we had a lot more fun 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:58.920 than than what it shows. Seriously, I've never seen understand 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.720 how that more miserable looking for people in my life. Well, 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:03.680 Dave just said that he was almost asleep. You know, 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:05.760 Dave kind of already has kind of the lean bad 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.680 sort of my vibe. Any yeah, so it was it 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.360 was natural for you. Yeah, But the rest of you 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.560 guys if you watch, didn't want to be a podcast. 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.880 I mean, you know, a lot of we had a 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:18.800 good time, you know what. I still don't know, and 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:20.760 I don't know it was in the glass. No, I 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:22.760 know it was in the glass. I don't know if 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.679 it was on camera. When Nick was dancing with his drink. 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:29.280 Did that get on camera? I think so? Okay. I 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.240 kind of thought closer together was right behind you and 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:33.640 he had his drink and he was kind of doing 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.880 the broadest at Rob's wedding kind of dance. You know, 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.240 I got my drink. It was that kind of thing. 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.880 But I didn't know if it got on camera. I 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.440 think it did. I didn't see that. Go back and 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:44.840 check it out. I want to say it was. It 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:46.039 was before I got on the air, so it was 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.960 like roughly about the twenty minute mark. I didn't realize 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:53.120 that that camera was with the third camera. Obviously. It's 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.120 all good. Yeah, it was a good day though. Cowboys 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.640 went out there, played a little golf with some sponsors. 0:01:58.240 --> 0:01:59.720 We were able to talk to a few guys on 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.280 the show. It's really nice lineup that we had there, 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.880 with guys like Zach Martin, Dak Prescott coach Garrett came 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.760 by Tyren Smith. When you planned something for three to 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.760 four weeks like that, it results show. Yeah. Usually when 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.600 you plan it overnight, that's even better. That worked out. 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:17.160 It worked out well, yeah, and we'll do a little 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:18.840 bit more of that next year. But I wanted to 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:22.240 hit a good including going on as well, because Jason 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.480 Garrett did not want to be on there. That's the 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:27.600 fifth time, and he said, all right, I'll do it 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.520 anything for you Amber. Yeah, I'll think you had a 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.360 good time, right, Probably not, but we're doing guys. Honest, 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.040 I think everybody had it. Like I think all the 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.560 guys that came on the show seem to not be 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.880 like they left with a good impression. I don't think 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.560 Jason Garrett walked away like, man, you know what, I 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.639 didn't want to do that, but that was pretty great. However, however, 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.200 like he did bring food to us later in the afternoon, 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.720 did on his own just walk through like, hey, guys, 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.760 I got some food. You guys wanted food, And he 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:55.240 came back a second time and said, hey, you sure 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.480 you don't want more? That was pretty nice of him, 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:02.000 Very on Garrett. So he did enjoy the interview. He 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.480 enjoyed the interview, wouldn't want to see me and they're 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.240 still out at the golf course drinking and dancing. Yeah. True, 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.800 we was working. I don't know, maybe I was looking 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:16.400 looking back. It's probably what will happen. All right, let's 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:18.840 jump in. Let's talk actually today. What I want to 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.720 do at the bulk of our time, UM is I 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:22.480 want to I've had a couple of people hit me 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.640 up on Twitter, uh to ask, you know, if we 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.440 if we have some grades for the draft, um, And 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.040 my my retort is always it's dumb to grade a 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:35.160 draft after the draft. It's more apt to grade drafts 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.400 years after it happens, because that's when you know whether 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.160 the picks were actually good picks or not. So what 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.440 we're gonna do today, UM is, we're gonna go back. 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:43.680 We're gonna go back to two thousand and fourteen. We're 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.680 gonna have back to two thousand and fifteen, um, and 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.000 maybe look a little bit at two thousand and sixteen, 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:51.760 but I really want to focus on fourteen and fifteen. 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.680 And we're gonna go across and talk about the different 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.480 guys that were drafted, UM and give our own unders. 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.280 I guess grade of what we think the cowboy always 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.360 did in those drafts and doesn't have to be an ABC. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.640 I'm just saying kind of gets an assessment. It's too 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:06.840 early for sixteen or like you don't want to talk 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.080 about it's a little bit early for sixteen. Arguably, I 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.000 mean we could have that last in history. Well, well, 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:12.800 we don't know that. That's the point. Like I think 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.280 a lot of times you get to this point after 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.000 a draft you're like that guy could be something, that 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.159 guy could be, and then two years from that you're like, yeah, 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.559 he didn't here anymore. Two thousand and eight too early. 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:26.359 The best draft? Yeah, in the first layer two thousand 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.560 and eight was I mean, yeah, Felix, yah, Felix, rookie yere, 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.880 Mike Jenkins is gonna be really good already be seriously 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:38.040 man Scandrick in the fifth round. Great draft, and then yeah, 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.080 so fair. I think sixteen might be a little early 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.320 to give it a grade just yet, because I think, yeah, 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.479 it does look good and we it's promising, I guess, 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.080 I would say, But I think the other two we 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.160 really can kind of dive into and really assess how 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.479 well they did into that Your first and fourth round pick, 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.720 basically cutting the Rookie of the Year or award right 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.479 down in the middle. Like, that's that's a good start, 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.040 very good start. Right. But before we get there, I 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:02.840 thought there were a couple news items from yesterday that 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.599 I wanted to hit real quick. Um. First thing is 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.400 Terrell McClain. He is going to be in the building 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.400 today if he's not already already here, um, and he's 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:15.080 visiting with the team. He's potentially could come back. M 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.320 was here for a few years, played pretty well when healthy, 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:20.760 went to the Redskins for a year, and then the 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.440 Redskins cut him first. I guess, tell me, what do 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.719 you think from the standpoint of what he can bring 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:27.800 to this team if the Cowboys were to sign him, 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.320 where does he fit and what does it give them 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.359 that they may not have Right now? We get our 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.120 Friday dance parties back. That's what I want the most. 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.080 That's I mean, that's not have him last year, No, 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.200 I mean Joe Looney tried a couple of times, but 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.160 it wasn't the same. Terrell mcclin used to like break 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.560 it down every Friday. Better than Byron Bill, Yes, way 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:51.359 better than Byron Yes better, Yes, Terrell mcclein better than 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:55.800 Terrell McClean can break dance. I don't care about You're 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.719 just biased because you're in that dumb fraternaty. Sorry that 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:03.480 was marsh That was too Sorry, whoa whatever, whatever, you 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:08.600 got one coming later. It's fine Terrell McClain. Honestly, it's 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:10.680 it's a good point that you bring up because I 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:12.560 remember the first two years he was on this team, 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.760 we were like, is this guy any good? Like he 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.279 couldn't get on the field. Um, But twenty I mean, 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.479 you know, a lot of stuff went in line in 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.840 twenty sixteen, and uh, and he was one of them. 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:25.839 I mean he was. He was great. He was He started, 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:27.960 he played all sixteen games, he played the three he 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:29.920 played the one. He was disruptive. I think he had 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:33.320 four sacks. He was a big part of that D line, 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:35.479 which and you know, the D line around here hasn't 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.279 been awesome over the last five six years. So he 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.480 was a bright spot on a unit that hasn't been 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.840 amazing in recent memory. Um, and and the like the 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.640 dance thing is important because it was you know, team camaraderie. 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.040 He was a big part of that special locker room 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.279 that everybody talking well, really, what it is it shows 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:54.320 what Mary Nelly likes about him the most, which is 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.480 his feet. He always says he's like he calls him 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.960 the dancing barrel. I mean, he can do that kind 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.200 of stuff until I guess to be a good dancer, 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.400 you gotta have the feat. But from football standpoint, I 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.040 think he uses it to his advantage. I think it's depth. 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.080 Though I've never been a big fan of him. Honestly, 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.960 I did never see why he's a well we make 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:13.360 a big deal out of it, because I don't think 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.280 he really has played that well when he when he 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.080 was even was out there, it was like okay, but 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.040 didn't didn't play that well to me. But I think 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:22.960 this is a David Irving move. This is like, hey, 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.200 can we count on Irving? Can we count on him 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.360 to play? Let's let's get a guy we know that, 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.360 we like that Rod knows how to use him, and 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.040 let's let's put out there. But I don't think this 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.760 is a difference maker. If he if he comes in, 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.400 does he not become kind of your does he become 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.880 immediately your one technique starter? And do you make And 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.080 that's why I kind of a three solidly a three technique. 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.400 I'm not trying to sell anybody that he's gonna Yeah. 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.320 I mean Nick has a point that I mean, he's 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:52.400 not in Dominican sue no. But um but I think 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.520 he's better than that because I think he's a one 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.720 technique who can be disruptive. I think Malie Collins had 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.320 a great year because he got to play the three. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.600 And then I always thought it was a revisionist history 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.240 last year when everybody was like, well, they like him 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.360 at one, and I was like, no, they don't. They 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.400 just don't have a better option at one, and that 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:12.760 and plus stuff, the price went down. Yeah, And so 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.440 I think, you know, if he can start at the 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.320 one and let Malik and David Irving both play three 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:19.520 when they want to or need to, I love that. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.280 I think that would be great. Ye all right, Um, 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.160 one other thing I wanted to hit real quick, Dave, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.800 you had a tweet last night I thought was really interesting. 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.800 Stephen yesterday had a quote and I don't have the 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:31.720 quote on me, but it was a quote specific to 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.480 Dak and what they expect from him this year, and 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.160 he was talking a lot about and I actually, I'll 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:38.960 let you kind of lay out kind of what he 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.600 was saying and what you took from it. What did 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.480 you hear from Steven yesterday on Dak and what they're 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:47.800 expecting from him? Well, uh, Stephen kind of pulled a nick. 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.400 He implied some stuff a little bit there, which I mean, 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.760 and that's you know, it's it's wrong to say that 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.480 those you know, front office types and coaches never give 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.600 you anything. Sometimes you just kind of have to read 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.559 between the lines, which you know something. It was a 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.640 question about, you know, how do you replace the leadership 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.640 of Dez and Witten? And then Steven kind of went 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.360 off in a completely different direction about how the offense 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.720 is going to look different, and basically, you know, he's like, well, 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:17.400 you know, we're gonna let Dak play quarterback this year, 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.679 and you know, Dak loves to go through his progressions 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.840 and read the play and throw the ball to the 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:26.200 guy who's open, as opposed to feeling pressure to get 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.960 the ball in one specific place. Never said anybody's name, 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.839 but it was a name written all over. If you 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:36.120 got probably two names written, maybe yeah, if you got 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.280 a signapse in your brain, you should be able to 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.679 connect the dots there that he's talking. I mean, he's 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:42.960 certainly talking about Dez, and maybe to a degree he 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.920 was even talking about Jason Witten. And I think you know, 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.440 I've said it a million times. I hate the phrase 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.600 Dak friendly. I just it's one of those stupid soundbites 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.280 that just nobody even knows what it means. They just 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.000 throw it out there and it's fun to jabber about. 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:01.560 But if you're DAK friendly, to me, means a guy 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.840 who's just gonna get open and shut up and not 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.520 complain about the production he gets. That's kind of that's 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:13.559 what I look at. And they've lined it up that 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.840 that's what they're poised to do right now, and getting 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.520 rid of certain elements of the offense from play a 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.280 role in that. And one thing that you mentioned right there, 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.480 and I think somebody was mentioned this to me on Twitter. Well, 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.520 why couldn't he just tell those voices to be quiet? 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.480 I don't even know if this is that Stephen was 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.880 necessarily saying. This is pointing the finger at Dez for 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.480 being vocal that he wasn't getting the ball. If the 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.400 offense was really predicated on, Hey, we're gonna really focus 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.920 on trying to get Dez the ball because we feel 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.640 like he can win this matchup, rather than hey, we're 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.760 just gonna go through the progression. On each play, you 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.360 follow the progression order, when you find the open guy, 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.160 you get the ball out right. That could have been 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:51.679 the case too. We don't know that, But I'm just 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.000 saying it's not always just about saying. I don't think 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.439 it's as simple as just saying, well, Dez was complaining. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.080 I think he could also be other things that the 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.800 offense may have dictating in scenarios that he was trying 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.520 to get the ball. We know there were several games 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.400 there an early in season when he was just trying 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.920 to forcing you saw. And it's so useful having all 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:10.760 or nothing to go back and look at, because there's 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:12.880 even a clip in there where Lenahan's talking to Dad 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.200 and he's like, remember, just because there's a guy on 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.760 Dez doesn't necessarily mean he's cover. I mean just little 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.000 stuff like that. Well, I mean, Dez is the only 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:21.800 guy that's really gonna make a play on the ball. 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.760 I mean, if nobody's open, Cole's not open, he's not 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.360 making a play on the ball. Terrence isn't making a play, 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.360 Whitten's not really going to go make a play on 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:32.040 the ball. So I mean, who else are you going 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:33.800 to throw it too? If you have to get the 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.640 ball out? I mean, Dez is the one guy that's 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.080 gonna win a jump ball one on one battle. And 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:40.600 he didn't do it all the time, but he does. 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.040 I mean, so this is the other guys that have 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:44.880 got to get open as well and help him. And 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.480 we talk about Dak friendly or whatever. A guy that 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.800 can go make a play for you is would be 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.520 friendly for any quarterback, and so he's gonna have somebody 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.400 needs to do that more. Bet. This is my perspective 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.120 as far as Dez. He's such a vocal guy and 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.520 so passionate that he's one of those guys that sometimes 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.680 you just cater to him just to like, okay, here 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.400 you go here, you fine take it, but kind of 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.559 like calm down a little bit. There are people like that, 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.000 like you just go over the flow to let him 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.320 do his thing just because you want them to calm down. 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:20.520 So I and talking back about all or nothing. You 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:22.839 kind of get a sense of that too watching what 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.880 it's inside. Even with Dooley, the way the interactions, it 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:31.040 was very weird, Like Dooley wasn't the one in power 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.520 type of thing. It's like Das kind of went over 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.880 him and it's like, okay, well here comes this. Let's okay, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:41.520 let's do whatever death says type of thing. So it'll 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.600 be a good thing for Dak definitely in the game 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.840 and concentration and focus and figure out exactly what he 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.280 needs to do with that that kind of pressure. There's 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:54.120 only gonna be one player on this offense that you know, 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.200 you know, you go to halftime and you look at 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.040 the stats and you're like, like, why it isn't this 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.480 guy more involved. There's only one guy on this team 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.680 that fits that description out and it's Zeke uh And 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:07.839 And in the passing game, there's nobody. Nobody here has 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.640 the skins on the wall to command that type of 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:15.679 respect or attention Witton or does I mean shut up 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.079 Alan Hearns, Like who's I mean? I mean not really, 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:19.760 you know, Alan Heurns is actually a really nice guy, 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:23.720 But like Alan Hearns isn't just dictating what the game 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:26.880 plan is. Neither neither is Cole Beasley, neither's Michael Gallop, 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:30.240 neither's Dalton Schultz or Rico Gathering. I mean, it's so 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.480 like I said, I think a Dak friendly receiverco or 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:38.120 well you according to everybody else, h they're just I 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.319 mean a Dack friendly receiver as a guy who's going 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.760 to take what's given to them and not worry about it. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.400 That's which is what they want at this point. It 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.040 sounds like what they're looking for is and this day 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.560 it might be Terrence's day. You're gonna you're gonna catch 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.080 the bulk of the balls on this day. It's gonna 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:55.560 be Cole On this day, it's gonna be gallop this offense, right, exactly, 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.520 That's exactly right. One of the quick questions before we 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.480 move on to our draft analysis, Um, you guys at 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.320 all surprised that Dez is still out there and not 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.560 on a team and that there isn't more interest for 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:10.160 a guy that I'll say for myself, I truly expected 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:13.080 within a couple of weeks of him being released, somebody 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:14.760 was going to jump on that and say we got 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.120 the quarterback that can take advantage of his skill set. Yeah. 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.520 I thought somebody would sign him by now. So I 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.280 don't know the deal what's going on. I know that 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:25.560 the Ravens were interested, it didn't sound like that's what 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.920 he wanted if from a contract standpoint, didn't want a 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.560 two year deal, that's just what the story said. I 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:33.440 don't I don't know, but yeah, I'm surprised. I thought 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.320 he'd maybe be on a team by now. Yeah, I'm 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.520 not going to pitch it like I'm smarter than everybody. If, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.360 like the day he was cut, I would have guessed 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.640 that he would be signed by now for sure. But 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:44.160 if you think about it, I mean, what did the 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.200 Cowboys just say yesterday? They're like, well, we like our 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.240 tight ends and we like our safeties. We're not ready 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.200 for all that. And also keep in mind that up 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:55.880 until recently, I think, like yesterday, you couldn't sign free 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.560 agents without it affecting your compics strategy. So that thing, 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.080 combined with the fact that you know, you just had 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.880 your draft, everybody's high on you know, they're like, we 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.320 like our guy, Like we got our guy Michael Gallup 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.160 in the third round. He was a second round about 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:11.760 like that type of thing. So you know, teams kind 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:13.680 of have rose colored glasses at this time of year. 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.800 But let OTAs start, let somebody get hurt or what 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.560 I mean, He'll be on a team by the time 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.680 training camp roll you think before training camp, because I'm 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:22.520 starting to think at this point maybe it's one of 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.760 those things where teams wait till they get to camp, 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.960 and as soon as they have that first major injury, 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:31.040 then his phone starts ringing, but not far. I'm wondering, like, 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.360 I think Day's right, Like after you get past that 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.400 first first couple of weeks of him being a free agent, 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:37.960 then I think teams kind of look at it like, well, 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.040 nobody's really beating down his door, so we don't have 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.320 to make a decision right now. So I think it's 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.640 gonna be It's gonna have to be something that spurs 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:46.120 them to do it. I don't think they just do 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.040 it to do it. And what may spur them to 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:49.800 do it is you get that injury. Maybe it happens 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:53.280 in OTAs or mini camps, maybe doesn't happen until training camp. Injuries, 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.160 arrests and and just the I mean, you go through 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:00.400 twelve offseason practices and you're like, he's not like, you know, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.080 these guys aren't as good as we thought they were. 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.200 So how many teams do you think he'll be on 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.080 the radar? I mean, do you think there's thirty one 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:09.840 teams or thirty two. No, I think there's I think 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.840 there's honestly about four teams he's on their I really don't. 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.160 I don't He's not coming back here. I don't think 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.400 so either, But I think there's probably four teams where 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.400 he's probably on their radar, honestly. Now, of course, what 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.520 could change it once again, you get some injuries to 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.920 key receivers, and now he becomes you know, let's say 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.080 a team like Atlanta that would never be in the 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.560 market right now with what they got, Let's say Julio 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:34.080 goes down, maybe they consider that, you know. So, I 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.520 think right now, as it stands, I don't think there's 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.120 a lot of people who have him on the radar, 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.480 But I do think that that likely will change once 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:41.800 you get the training camp. And at this point it's 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.560 probably a smart idea for Desk to wait because his 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.920 options will open up more the more they have Teams 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.440 have a chance to evaluate their players, see if anybody 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.280 gets hurt, that kind of stuff, and then he goes 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.880 in saves the day. You know, Yeah, it happens every summer. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.160 Like I wouldn't guessed he'd be on a team by now, 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.280 but I bet he'll be on a team before four 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.400 teams go to training camp. Ye wait too long? Yeah, 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.560 I mean he needs to get in there and learn 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:10.320 the offense, workout all those things matter, only the workout stuff, 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:12.280 But I mean get in there. I mean, this has 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.280 been the same offense for seven or eight years now, 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.520 and he had issues sometimes with moving around to different places. 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.399 So he needs to learn the offense. Ye. All right, 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:23.920 So let's take our first break. When we come back, 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.440 we're going to dive into draft recap and we're gonna 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:30.480 talk about first two fourteen names like Zach Martin, DeMarcus Lawrence, 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.000 Anthony Hitchins and the whole host of the two and 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.040 fourteen picks and tell you what we think of that draft. 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:36.359 We'll do that when we come right back. This is 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.359 Dallas Cowboys dot com Radio. 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