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Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot

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Speaker 1: screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at now. Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves,

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Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola. All right, here we are. It is

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Speaker 1: time for another edition of Mick Shots. And as we

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Speaker 1: are preparing for this show, my Wi Fi signal is

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Speaker 1: much like the deck I think he was getting ready

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Speaker 1: to say it was much like that. It goes down

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Speaker 1: a little, just gonna have problems. We finally were all

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Speaker 1: going to be back together, Bill Jones, Everson Walls, myself,

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Speaker 1: Mickey Spagnola, and now Bill his having problems with his

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Speaker 1: internet at home. First it was first it was frozen electricity,

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Speaker 1: no water, and now the internet. Come on, Bill, He

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Speaker 1: don't know. Bill. Bill had water, he had water, but

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Speaker 1: it was all it was all frozen. That's what happened.

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Speaker 1: He had the water, but it was all frozen. See,

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Speaker 1: some people could have build water out of their pool,

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Speaker 1: but his pool was frozen. Do we have him? Do

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Speaker 1: we have you build my My pool was frozen. My

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Speaker 1: pool was frozen. Also. We were we were exchanging stories.

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Speaker 1: We were exchanging stories of frozen pool mishaps. I think

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Speaker 1: Bill's neighbor had some issues with his frozen pool and

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Speaker 1: I had mine. I broke my shovel. I broke my

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Speaker 1: shovel trying to to just dig into the ice so

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Speaker 1: that they wouldn't it wouldn't go into my walk my

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Speaker 1: machine itself. Do we do we have Bill back? Do

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Speaker 1: we have them? No? No, Mickey, we I think you

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Speaker 1: ought to carry on without me for now because my

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Speaker 1: WiFi signal is not looking good right now. But Chris

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Speaker 1: is working on the problem. Well, we have you. I

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Speaker 1: can hear you, We can see you. Does Chris have you?

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Speaker 1: Oh we can hear yeah, I know we can see him.

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Speaker 1: But okay, okay, here's that's right. You can hear me

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Speaker 1: right now. So how about let's kick things off with

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. What a good ice start, right, a deal.

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Speaker 1: It's like we ever said we were gonna you know,

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Speaker 1: there's things called mick shots. I was gonna say after

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Speaker 1: call it cannon shots because we got some big shots

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Speaker 1: to fire today about Dak Prescott. Finally, finally, after all

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Speaker 1: these months of haggling over a long term deal. They

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Speaker 1: get a deal done yesterday, and we'll try to break

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Speaker 1: it down. It's somewhat complicated, but it has a whole

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Speaker 1: lot of money in it. Ever, so, when were you

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Speaker 1: at all surprised that they got this long term deal

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Speaker 1: done before they had to administer the franchise tag, I

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Speaker 1: must admit, Spags, I was extremely surprised, but I was

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Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised. I just assumed that this was gonna drag

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Speaker 1: sign them to another franchise. Tag. I'm so glad they

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Speaker 1: didn't have to do that. You know, you've got your

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Speaker 1: starting quarterback here, regardless of the injuries that we spoke of,

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Speaker 1: regardless of some of the ups and downs we've had

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Speaker 1: with that Prescott, he's clearly the face of the team,

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Speaker 1: just like Romo was, you know, just like Troy Aikman

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Speaker 1: I was very surprised that there was so much pushed

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Speaker 1: was hoping that he would be able to get it

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Speaker 1: done last year and be just as seamless. As we've

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Speaker 1: known these quarterback contracts to be done in the Dallas area.

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Speaker 1: We've never had a problem with a quarterback trying to

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Speaker 1: sign a contract in Dallas for the Dallas Cowboys. Am

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Speaker 1: I right about that fact? No, they always seem to

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Speaker 1: get done. As a matter of fact, if you think

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Speaker 1: about it, Troy Aikman's first contract when he was the

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Speaker 1: even started. Uh. And then he signed two more as

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Speaker 1: it went along and there was never really a holdout

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Speaker 1: gave him the big deal. But you're right. The only

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Speaker 1: and he said. Texas was sitting with his feet up

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Speaker 1: than that, uh yeah, it was always pretty easy, other

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Speaker 1: I got my nerve up. I walked into Tom's office

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Speaker 1: And he said, you know, Danny, you know in my day, boy,

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Speaker 1: I lost the argument right there. I couldn't do anything.

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Speaker 1: they realize that with other options out there, that quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: need to be signed quickly. But in both cases, running

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Speaker 1: We had to answer the question what was the best

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Speaker 1: And my first impression was it got done. That was

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Speaker 1: too much money. If he doesn't win a super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: because you're making big money doesn't mean well, it's only

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Speaker 1: You know, what have you done for me lately? Is

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Speaker 1: all weekend with FBU camp. I was in San Antonio

429
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: and Austin didn't get to watch the game. I finally

430
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 1: got back last night. I'm sorry, Sunday night late, really late,

431
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: and I have been beat o man being a coach man.

432
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: They need all take a lot out of it. I

433
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 1: was there for two days. I could imagine trying to

434
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 1: coach somewhere for two years, coaching kids for two days.

435
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: I want to I want to go and just have

436
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: a drink somewhere. So so I didn't see who won

437
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: the game though, And no, no, I'm lying, I'm lying.

438
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,439
Speaker 1: I know exactly who won the game. Beyond Sanders and

439
00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: Jackson State comes into Grambling. I don't think they've won

440
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: a Grambling in so many years. And it was one

441
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,199
Speaker 1: of the very exciting game. I think it was like

442
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 1: thirty two twenty nine if I'm not mistaken, and well,

443
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken, it was it very exciting. And man,

444
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,359
Speaker 1: when you think about this, all of the not the

445
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: qualified schools, of course, but you're talking about the what

446
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 1: I call D one D one schools. They are so

447
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 1: excited to be playing football right now. This is springball

448
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: on steroids. So you've got MacNeice State, You've got the Gramblings,

449
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: You've got the Swack. All the Swack teams are there playing.

450
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: All the HBCU teams are finally getting a chance to

451
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: share what they can do. And it's a it's a

452
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: bit of a weird timing issue playing ball in the spring,

453
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: but they are doing the best they can with it.

454
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: And the only unfortunate thing, Bill, I don't think the

455
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 1: band comes along with them when they play and sometimes

456
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,479
Speaker 1: that's the best part the ball game is halftime. And

457
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think that any of the HBCUs

458
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: are bringing the bands with them, which you know, that's

459
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: an annimal part of the entertainment when it comes to HBCUs.

460
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: But but I think it's great that they have the spring.

461
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: They're they're the only ones playing and so and you know,

462
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: I'm sitting there last night, Uh there were no live

463
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: sporting events. Mavericks weren't playing, Stars weren't playing or anything.

464
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: So I'm flipping around and I landed on Grambling in

465
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: Jackson Satan. I watched them. That Jackson State quarterback look

466
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: pretty good, I thought. But but but more than anything,

467
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: for those kids that are playing in those games. Now

468
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: they've got a stage in the springtime, spring football, uh,

469
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: and they're making the most of it. And uh, I

470
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 1: can you know, I'm sure they'll go back to a

471
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: fall schedule, but there's there's some advantages then playing the

472
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: spring schedule as far as TV goes so forth. That's right.

473
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: It's almost it's almost like, uh, you know, we had

474
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: the different leagues from you know, trying to challenge the

475
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: NFL an alternative to the NFL they had block as

476
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: far as TV contracts were concern. So, yes, this is

477
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: a great opportunity for those kids to do something and

478
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: show what they can do. So so, Mickey, what do

479
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 1: you think is the best part of the DAK contract?

480
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: You may have touched on it in our first segment.

481
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: I know you're there. That was what was being talked

482
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: about this morning. Uh you mentioned, but what is it

483
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: that that that you think is the best part of

484
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: the DAK contract. Well, as I said, uh, it's done.

485
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 1: That's probably the best part. At the next best part

486
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: was the fact that the long term deal, Uhid avoided

487
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: the thirty seven point seven million dollars cap hit on

488
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 1: the franchise tag, which opened up fifteen and a half

489
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: million dollars more for them to use on the salary

490
00:30:55,160 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: cap in free agency. Uh So, And you know, as

491
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: I pointed out, you know, they only at this point

492
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: their top fifty one against the cap. If nothing changes

493
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: between now and March seventeenth, they have four million dollars

494
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: in space. That's it. Four million. So the best part

495
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: was that it got done. Now, there's a lot of

496
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 1: folks out there, you know, going on and on, but oh,

497
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: you know, they could have saved money if they've done

498
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: this before. You know, the truth of the matter is,

499
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: you know, in twenty nineteen they had a starting quarterback

500
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 1: for two million dollars. In twenty twenty, they had a

501
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: starting quarterback for thirty one point four million dollars. So

502
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: that's two years of starting quarterbacks for thirty three point

503
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: four You know, that's an average of less than seventeen

504
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: million a year for your quarterback. So if you look

505
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: at the totality of the whole thing, you know they've

506
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: spent one hundred and with the next four years, so

507
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: that means Dak Prescott over six years one ninety three

508
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: point four million, and so it's it's less than forty

509
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 1: million a year for their quarterback. And again, the reason

510
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: why the price went up is because not only do

511
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: the Cowboys know, but Todd France knows too that the

512
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: NFL is getting ready to nail down a huge TV contract.

513
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 1: They were hoping they could get it done this year

514
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: before the salary cap came into effect on March seventeenth,

515
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 1: But next year that's going to cause the cap to

516
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: go back up by a whole lot more than ten

517
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: the usual ten million a year. So basically, this is

518
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: gonna get absorbed. So yeah, you know, and I keep

519
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: hearing this thing about what they should have signed them

520
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: this year. They could have had them for that. Well, yeah,

521
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: they wanted to sign them. They didn't want to sign

522
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 1: That was the big deal that was to hold up.

523
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: They were looking for more money, why fast, because of

524
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: that TV contract exactly. You know, dack and is a

525
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 1: They were smart. They were They knew that the numbers

526
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: were gonna go up, So what they were asking they knew.

527
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: When it was all said and done, no one's gonna

528
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: even think about how much money he has, how much

529
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: money my homes had signed for, because someone's gonna come

530
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: along after this TV contract and they're gonna blow all

531
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: of that money, all of those numbers out of the water.

532
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: Which is a good thing because if the NFL, these

533
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: teams are not paying anything that they cannot afford to pay.

534
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: Trust me, no one is holding them up in the

535
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: corner telling them that they have to sign particular players.

536
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: They signed these players because they can afford to sign

537
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: these players. So you have to give Dak and his

538
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: agent credit the fact that they understood this. They stood

539
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: their ground. They did stand their ground and they were

540
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: able to make some things happen, and now everyone's putting

541
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: that behind them. It's all behind us now, all of

542
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: a sudden, here we're talking about Okay, let's move on

543
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: to see if we can keep Andy Dalton. There's a

544
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: number two. Let's move on to really appreciate what we

545
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: did without Dak Prescott from the wide receiver position. I

546
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: thought it was just amazing what Amari Cooper did this

547
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: year for the Dallas Cowboys. This past season for the

548
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. I don't know how many quarterbacks he went with.

549
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: The guy had his best statistical year ever. I saw

550
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: him shaker Philadelphia Eagle defensive back down with the best

551
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: crossover move I've ever seen, if you were going to

552
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: look at it from a basketball standpoint. So now everyone's

553
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: looking at putting this behind us, and let's see what

554
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:46,720
Speaker 1: we can do to improve this team's ability to stop

555
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: the run, hopefully and maybe get one of those linebackers

556
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: from Penn State up. Maybe take spags advice and go

557
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: sign some guys that are gonna be some real dogs

558
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: out there and where we can give our offensive chance,

559
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: just like the Tampa Bay defense gave Tampa Bay's offense

560
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: a chance to win that Super Bowl. Yeah see, and

561
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: and again, the other thing everybody else understand is Jerry

562
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: Jones didn't worry about the money. He's worried about the

563
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 1: salad cap. Stephen Jones was worried about the salary cap.

564
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: And that's what they needed to worry about. You know,

565
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: they can give them whatever they wanted from from their pocketbook,

566
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: but it was their NFL pocketbook that they had to

567
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:30,919
Speaker 1: protect and do it. Now, who's says pocketbook says pocketbook?

568
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: It's their pocketbook. Now. The downside is it's only a

569
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: four year deal. It's only a four year deal, and

570
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: you're figuring after three years you're going to be back

571
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,959
Speaker 1: at the negotiating table trying to redo so you don't

572
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: have to go into the last year of a contract.

573
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: Since the other two things included in the contract is

574
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: a no trade clause and a no tag clause. So

575
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: that means in three years you're going to be back

576
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,399
Speaker 1: at this again. So everybody just get ready. If it

577
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: works out, yeah great, but take a deep breath because

578
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 1: it'll come back at you and again. In twenty twenty four,

579
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have a potential out. It would be a

580
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,720
Speaker 1: three year deal for one hundred and twenty six million,

581
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: and if they didn't want them anymore and this didn't

582
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: work out, it would be twenty six point four million

583
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: in dead money. So, as I try to always point out,

584
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: when you do these things with a quarterback, deals like this,

585
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: they're yours, it's real hard to get out from underneath them,

586
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,479
Speaker 1: because that pro rated signing bonus, the guaranteed money, does

587
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: not go away. And so after three years, you know,

588
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,959
Speaker 1: the pro rated signing bonus of thirteen million would add

589
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: up to twenty six point four million if you decided

590
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: not we don't want them anymore. Now, the other thing is,

591
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 1: and I think this had to figure into it, and

592
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: if it didn't, I can't believe it wouldn't have. Did

593
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott want to test his football mortality one more

594
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: year on a one year contract because if he goes

595
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: thirty seven point seven million, Okay, great, right, wonderful? But

596
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: what if? What if that injury he suffered last year

597
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: was career ending and he had no future security. That

598
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: had to be in the back of his mind that

599
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: we can't do this again. We gotta get this thing

600
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: done somehow, some way, get my money, but also get

601
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: my security and don't tempt fate again to pass up

602
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 1: sixty six million dollars guaranteed signing bonus for thirty seven

603
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: point seven. So sometimes you gotta be reasonable at some

604
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: point in these negotiations. He fas you remember, back in

605
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: the day, with no free agency, really no protection players

606
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: would we would use any tool that we could in negotiations,

607
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 1: and holding out was really all we could do. Gil

608
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: Brand's looking like a genius because you know they've got

609
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: us by the short hairs. I guess it's the best

610
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: way to say it. And so now at that time

611
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: we all we had was Lloyd's of London contracts. We

612
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:22,439
Speaker 1: recall that, yes, we would get Lloyd's of London contracts

613
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 1: for the value of whatever the offer was on the

614
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 1: table that we may have turned down. I know that

615
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: I had to do it back in nineteen eighty three

616
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: before I signed. I did in eighty three and eighty

617
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: four get that Lord's in London contract because that was

618
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: if we were to have that career ending injury such

619
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,439
Speaker 1: as we thought Dak was gonna have that Dak could

620
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 1: have had last year, then we would be covered as

621
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 1: far as our family is concerned, as far as financial

622
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: security that. I don't know if they have to do

623
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: that anymore. I mean, even with the franchise tag of

624
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: thirty seven seven, what does Dak Prescott or someone like

625
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,760
Speaker 1: Dak go out and get Lords of London contracts anymore?

626
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: Do they say? Oh? I think I think they. I

627
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: think they do. I think they I've still or heard

628
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 1: of them pulling out a contract? Uh? An insurance contract

629
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: is what? Ever? Since talking about uh to protect themselves

630
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: against an injury like that? So if you sign a

631
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,439
Speaker 1: one year deal, you go, Okay, I'm getting out this

632
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: contract insurance contract in case something happens. But you know,

633
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: whatever it pays, it's still not going to pay what

634
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,880
Speaker 1: a long term deal would pay. UH, So you have

635
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 1: to factor that in. UH. And I think from what

636
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: I understand, Dak was here yesterday, UH doing some sort

637
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:49,919
Speaker 1: of read uh for a charity or some something, and

638
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: and he already knew this thing was going down. Uh

639
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: and he was in a pretty good mood. So uh.

640
00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 1: And I've saw stuff online uh pick years of sucking

641
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: his dad and everything. So yeah, it was it was

642
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Speaker 1: And I'm sure that's what's uh, that's what's going to

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Speaker 1: that says a lot right there, that says a whole lot.

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Speaker 1: And even going back to his time at Mississippi State,

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Speaker 1: Thank you and you're welcome, Spags. The winning play got me.

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Speaker 1: It was too cordy. Yeah, the running play that even

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Speaker 1: when I read it, I thought that was very corny.

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Speaker 1: You know the other thing that I think this does,

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734
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Speaker 1: teammates see what he got, I think it energizes them too,

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Speaker 1: to all right, we got our guy back. This is

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Speaker 1: behind us and they know what's going on. Because I

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00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: remember two years ago it was the offseason and we

738
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Speaker 1: were in the locker room and somebody had asked Dak

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Speaker 1: about his contracts. It would have been twenty nineteen, and

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Speaker 1: somebody said, yeah, but if you take all that money,

741
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Speaker 1: you know, other guys they're not going to have money

742
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Speaker 1: to resign, other guys like Leal Collins. And Dak perked

743
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Speaker 1: up and he goes, Leal, does he need a new contract?

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Speaker 1: And and somebody said, yeah, I think so, and he

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746
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Speaker 1: you need a new contract soon. And Lel comes walking

747
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Speaker 1: over real slow, and you know he's kind of very deliberate.

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Speaker 1: He goes, yeah, if you don't take all the money

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Speaker 1: just like that, right, So guys know what's going on, right, Uh,

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Speaker 1: And I think this just helps out the energy because

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Speaker 1: guys are rehabbing and and and and starting workouts. And

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Speaker 1: I'll guarantee you if you looked at what the reaction

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Speaker 1: was online. Uh, these guys were pretty happy that Dak

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Speaker 1: got his money. All right, So we took care of

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Speaker 1: the starting court of what do we do it backup quarterback? Now? Well,

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, you'll hold your breath right because they're

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Speaker 1: gonna be at the mercy of market value for Andy Dalton.

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Speaker 1: Certainly they want him back. But again, what if what

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Speaker 1: if some team says, you know, we got a starting

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Speaker 1: job available. We'll pay you this, this and with incentives

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Speaker 1: for this if you win the job. Or they may

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Speaker 1: look at him as we drafted a guy in the

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Speaker 1: first or second round to be our quarterback of the future.

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Speaker 1: Not sure he's ready. You want to come here and

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Speaker 1: be the bridge guy and we're able to pay you

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Speaker 1: this that maybe the Cowboys can't afford to pay for

767
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Speaker 1: a quality backup quarterback. So to me, they're at the

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Speaker 1: mercy of market value and Andy Dalton and you know,

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Speaker 1: and Dalton's got to look at it as you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm getting close to the end here. I gotta make,

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Speaker 1: you know, as much money as I can, or at

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Speaker 1: least make enough money to convince me to move on

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Speaker 1: to another city, to another team. That's right, I think

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Speaker 1: that's the key. Right, there's facts. I think he's comfortable

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Speaker 1: here at this point. It's going to take a lot

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Speaker 1: for him to move out of his comfort zone, which

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Speaker 1: is being home with his family. You know, when he

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Speaker 1: left Cincinnati, no one was really looking at him. You know,

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Speaker 1: he was ready to just make that move, I believe,

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Speaker 1: and just ride off into the sunset. Well, then he

781
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 1: had this opportunity. He got his toes wet from being

782
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Speaker 1: able to being forced in for this past season, and

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Speaker 1: he did show how well he can play in a

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Speaker 1: backup situation. But to me, I think his best chance

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Speaker 1: is being here, and I think that Bridge also should

786
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Speaker 1: be here. We don't know what Dack's gonna look like

787
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Speaker 1: when he comes back. I mean, we're happy for him

788
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Speaker 1: and he's signed the contract. I'm sure his rehab's going well.

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Speaker 1: But just like the injury happened all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: when it did, it can happen again. You never know

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Speaker 1: what can happen. And Dalton is one of the better

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Speaker 1: capable backup quarterbacks to me that you can have in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. You know, Bill otherwise, Uh, you know it's

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Speaker 1: Garrett Gilbert for eight hundred and eighty thousand dollars and

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Speaker 1: fact that the fact also that it is a four

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Speaker 1: year contract going forward beyond twenty twenty one, This keeps

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Speaker 1: and the Cowboys should always, I think be in the

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Speaker 1: quarterback business. Is when it comes to the draft, if

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Speaker 1: but I think it just keeps them in the mix.

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Speaker 1: As far as those type developmental type quarterbacks that you

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Speaker 1: can get it in the fifth, sixth, or seventh round.

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Speaker 1: Who can can be that guy that you can have

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Speaker 1: some you believe in, you got some trust in who

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Speaker 1: now or whatever, can be he can be the backup guy. Um,

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Speaker 1: and where you're not spending so much extra money on

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Speaker 1: a veteran backup like what you had to do with

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Speaker 1: you really like. And it's hard to find guys like

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Speaker 1: it's been proven before and this Scott was a fourth

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Speaker 1: round draphic. He was a third day guy, and that's

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Speaker 1: and that's what they were, That's what they were drafted

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Speaker 1: him for. Right. Their idea was, let's get a young

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Speaker 1: guy we can groom to continue being Tony Romo's backup

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Speaker 1: I think this will be a very important offseason and

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Speaker 1: training camp for Ben de Nucci because if they kind

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Speaker 1: uh and you know if he's not, you never know

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Speaker 1: if somebody decides, hey, we kind of want this guy, right,

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Speaker 1: They've got him for another year. Uh, so you know

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Speaker 1: they could go that way. But I think what you're

829
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Speaker 1: He got three days of practice and it's like, okay,

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Speaker 1: big boy, you're starting. Uh. Didn't have an offseason, didn't

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Speaker 1: have a preseason. It was kind of an unfair test.

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Speaker 1: So I think this will be an important offseason for him,

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Speaker 1: you know. I look at that situation and uh and

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Speaker 1: I didn't not I still don't see him as an

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846
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848
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Speaker 1: To me, I just think physically he's a little bit

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853
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 1: he looked physically overwhelmed as a as a quarterback. So

854
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,520
Speaker 1: I think when it's all said and done, as they

855
00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: move on, I don't think the news is gonna be

856
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: around long enough to see what he can do. I

857
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: really don't see that. Well, there's not anyone outside of

858
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 1: ben Da Nucci or not even Ben Da Nucci would

859
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,400
Speaker 1: obviously want anything to happen to Dak Prescott, and so

860
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:20,200
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll never see what Nucci can do. Well, that's

861
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 1: why that's why I don't want to go down that road.

862
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 1: To you, I think that's why the preseason games are

863
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:27,240
Speaker 1: so important. You know, you can you get a better

864
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:30,919
Speaker 1: look at a guy that's actually practiced with the team, uh,

865
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: instead of being uh, you know, on the scout team

866
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 1: the whole time. And remember he was a seventh round

867
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:42,360
Speaker 1: draft choice, so he barely got drafted. Uh So yeah,

868
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:43,880
Speaker 1: but I think you got to take a look and

869
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: see um and then go forward from there. So that's

870
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: obviously one of the priorities. Now everybody says, well, what's

871
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 1: their priority, and in free agency it's it's going to

872
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,839
Speaker 1: be to take care of the backup quarterback spot. And

873
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: then after that, you know, I keep hearing all this

874
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 1: talk about, wow, they need an offensive tackle. You know

875
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 1: that we saw what happened when the other guys got hurt.

876
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 1: So my opinion on the offensive tackle thing, and I

877
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: would have no problem with them drafting one in the

878
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,719
Speaker 1: third or fourth round to kind of groom for the

879
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:19,399
Speaker 1: future if he's good enough to step in and be

880
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:23,200
Speaker 1: my backup swing tackle. But if that happens again and

881
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: one tackle goes down, Zack Martin's my backup swing tackle,

882
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,200
Speaker 1: and he immediately goes to the starting spot at tackle,

883
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 1: and they can use Connor McGovern, who I think showed

884
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:37,719
Speaker 1: pretty well when he finally got his feet on the

885
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:39,760
Speaker 1: ground laid in the sea, and that he can handle

886
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 1: that guard spot. But they can't mess around with that

887
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 1: backup you know, just kind of nibbling to find a

888
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 1: backup swing tackle who's a veteran who's washed up. They

889
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 1: need better than that, and I think Zack Martin's got

890
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 1: to be that guy. Or when we started talking go ahead, Bill,

891
00:54:58,080 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: go ahead, Bill, Well, I was gonna just say, or

892
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 1: you find somebody in the draft who can be a

893
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:07,440
Speaker 1: starting tackle in this league, but he can start off

894
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: as a starting guard in this league, or at least

895
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:12,799
Speaker 1: compete to be a starting guard in this league with

896
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:16,400
Speaker 1: Connor Williams and left guard. Uh, and swear you're not

897
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,840
Speaker 1: just you're you're just not scraping the bottom of the barrel,

898
00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:22,759
Speaker 1: you know, and having undrafted guys that you have to

899
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 1: start for fifteen games like you did this year. Oh no,

900
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:27,880
Speaker 1: And I agree, But I don't think I need a

901
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 1: first round pick to do that when I've got other

902
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 1: needs on defense to take care of. And and that

903
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:37,920
Speaker 1: was my question. Are we saying, Okay, if we're going

904
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 1: to prioritize backup quarterback first, then we're talking swing tackle second,

905
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:51,920
Speaker 1: and then we're talking maybe linebacker and and defensive backs third.

906
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: Is that is that how we're putting it? Because to me,

907
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:59,880
Speaker 1: I'm looking at a linebacker as top priority over a

908
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:06,160
Speaker 1: backup quarterback. Uh. And maybe even a defensive lineman who

909
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,640
Speaker 1: can come in and show that up and keep those

910
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:11,880
Speaker 1: offensive lineman off of my linebackers who seem to have

911
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: a problem anticipating, uh, what they're gonna how they're gonna

912
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: stop the run. I think that should be a probably

913
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,000
Speaker 1: or over backup quarterback. Is that what you're you're saying,

914
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:24,440
Speaker 1: you want to go backup quarterback first? Yeah? No, no,

915
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:30,000
Speaker 1: no, no no, no, yeah, but yes, Bill said no. Well,

916
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: I mean, if if you if you think Garrett Gilbert

917
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:36,399
Speaker 1: is good enough to be your backup quarterback, and then okay, fine,

918
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,160
Speaker 1: because you've got them signed. But if you if you

919
00:56:39,239 --> 00:56:42,080
Speaker 1: have a priority and you want Dandy Andy Dalton back,

920
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 1: then you got to see what kind of financial funds

921
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:48,600
Speaker 1: against the cap you have to bring him back. Uh.

922
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: And I don't know that another guy going to come

923
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:55,359
Speaker 1: in here. I think what we need to get at

924
00:56:55,520 --> 00:57:00,359
Speaker 1: is what is our definition of top priority? Well, they

925
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 1: just took care of it, my top pit exactly. That's

926
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:07,440
Speaker 1: why I laughed at that. No, that the top priority

927
00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:10,920
Speaker 1: is not the backup quarterback. I mean because when I

928
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:14,000
Speaker 1: look at the definition of top priority is Okay, this

929
00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:16,240
Speaker 1: is a position that I would take with the tenth

930
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: pick in the draft. H And that ain't That's not

931
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:22,479
Speaker 1: gonna be at quarterback. No. I was talking about top

932
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,680
Speaker 1: priority in free agency because you're not going to get

933
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:29,240
Speaker 1: a backup quarterback in the draft. We're talking, we're talking

934
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: free agency here and and and I'm just talking overall

935
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:37,520
Speaker 1: top priority, Yeah, but I'm not. I just I just

936
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,960
Speaker 1: think with all the resources I've devoted to the offensive line,

937
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 1: I can't sit here. And if I'm convinced that Lele

938
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 1: Collins and Tyron Smith are good to come back after

939
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,240
Speaker 1: their surgeries and they're ready to go, then I gotta

940
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:54,280
Speaker 1: go with that. I can't take another first round pick

941
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:57,560
Speaker 1: on an offensive tackle at this point. And there's gonna

942
00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,240
Speaker 1: be a couple that are available, but they didn't play

943
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,880
Speaker 1: last year. And that's another concern that we can get

944
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:06,520
Speaker 1: to as we get closer to the draft, is how

945
00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:11,280
Speaker 1: you evaluate guys who opted out last year and didn't play.

946
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:18,760
Speaker 1: So we can all agree that top priority free agency

947
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,280
Speaker 1: or draft, we're gonna we're just gonna say top priority

948
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:26,160
Speaker 1: period overall. Then we're looking at defense, correct, We're looking

949
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:29,360
Speaker 1: at trying to show up that the either the secondary.

950
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:33,280
Speaker 1: To me, if we can find the hell of a linebacker,

951
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,919
Speaker 1: you know, depends state. Guys around are really like I said,

952
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:39,840
Speaker 1: you don't need to go to a top notch qualified

953
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:44,440
Speaker 1: school to find a balls out defender, especially at the

954
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 1: linebacker position. The coach showed you that with their Rookie

955
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,880
Speaker 1: of the Year being from an HBCU, the defensive Rookie

956
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,520
Speaker 1: of the Year being from an HBCU. So we know

957
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: that you can find linebackers out there, but they don't

958
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:01,280
Speaker 1: have to necessarily go to a five school. But that

959
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:06,160
Speaker 1: is still to me our top priority, either a linebacker

960
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 1: or looking at a heck of a defensive bat and

961
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:14,520
Speaker 1: and see that they the problem. Oh I'm sorry, go ahead,

962
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:19,640
Speaker 1: I just saw the time. We're up against it here. Yeah, yeah, okay.

963
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:21,840
Speaker 1: My last question for you, Mickey is what are you

964
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:26,480
Speaker 1: anticipating as far as a Dak Prescott press conference tomorrow?

965
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:29,480
Speaker 1: Are we looking virtual or in person? What do you think?

966
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:37,840
Speaker 1: You know? I sort of started thinking maybe a real

967
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:44,760
Speaker 1: spaced out press conference. We're the seats are spread That's

968
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:47,080
Speaker 1: what I meant, and and and and we're spread out

969
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: sort of the way they did, uh for you know,

970
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:55,800
Speaker 1: those NFL press conferences during the Super Bowl. Um, maybe

971
00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:58,400
Speaker 1: the way they've you know, done with some other sports

972
00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:01,600
Speaker 1: where you know, you see it a seat here, a

973
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:04,600
Speaker 1: seat way over here, a seat way back there, and

974
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:11,800
Speaker 1: everybody spread out. I think that's maybe Jerry, Maybe Jerry,

975
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:14,640
Speaker 1: you'll invite the governor to the press conference to tomorrow

976
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 1: is the first to day that he's dropped the mask mandate,

977
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:20,680
Speaker 1: and maybe the governor can show up. Stop bill, stop bill,

978
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,720
Speaker 1: stop bill. Don't try. I can't do that, so you

979
01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:27,080
Speaker 1: can't either. I can't do that, so you cannot do that.

980
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:31,439
Speaker 1: Otherwise we're gonna go way off the rails here. I'm

981
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:34,440
Speaker 1: not going to let you do that. Don't draw me offsides.

982
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 1: That's not fair, all right, But and we have not

983
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: seen any details yet as of this hour at twelve

984
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:51,440
Speaker 1: thirty on Tuesday afternoon. I'm just checking my email to

985
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:53,840
Speaker 1: see if there's been an announcement of a press conference

986
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:56,360
Speaker 1: time tomorrow, and I have not seen one yet. But

987
01:00:56,600 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 1: keep it tuned in here to our so so media

988
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: channels and you'll be able to watch it live. And

989
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:07,040
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Mickey, I'm thinking it's an in person somehow,

990
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:13,200
Speaker 1: some way mask on in person press conference tomorrow and

991
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:19,120
Speaker 1: spaced out and maybe they'll have somebody here offering vaccines

992
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:23,560
Speaker 1: as we go. There you go, that's all right, that's

993
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:30,960
Speaker 1: a joke, doesn't That? Does it? For mix shots for

994
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 1: a Tuesday and dak Prescott Tuesday and wow, next Tuesday

995
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 1: is gonna really be something. Because free agent negotiations actually

996
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:44,320
Speaker 1: begin on Monday, there's gonna be so much to talk

997
01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:47,959
Speaker 1: about next Tuesday here on the mix Shots, the day

998
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,600
Speaker 1: before the new league year, for Mickey and Everson. I'm

999
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:54,280
Speaker 1: Bill and we'll see you again next time on Mick Shots.

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