WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Spending For The Future 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:07.520 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:19.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:22.759 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Howers at the 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:35.320 Star in Frisco. Here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Brons, Rob Phillips, 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:44.040 and Bill Jones. I ain't messing around. That's it. That's it, 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.640 and we're not messing around here on Talking Cowboys. It 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:51.360 is gameboy, it is Giants Week, and might this be 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:56.280 not D Day but E Day? Here Star in Frisco, 0:00:56.600 --> 0:01:02.800 Bill Jones, Mickey Spagnola, Rob Phillips, Brian brought us and 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:06.400 here we are. It's the two nineteen regular season. And 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:08.840 that was Jerry Jones on the flagship station one O 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:13.720 five three the Fan this morning. Mickey, he's not messing around, No, 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.959 he's not. And they read him this long winding tweet 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.560 from a fan and they were saying, this is kind 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.720 of representative of what everybody's thinking out there, that this 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.720 is a really good Cowboys team. You got an easy 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:30.600 schedule to start the season. We need everybody there, So 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.560 Jerry needs to quit messing around and get Zeke signed. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:38.160 So is this day? Yeah, that was saved up, didn't you. 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:43.119 I just thought of it. I mean, look, I'll believe 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.920 it when I see it. But based on the latest reports, 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.680 they're trying to push to get this done. He's flying 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:53.080 back reportedly from Cabo to be present in case they 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.520 get it done. And I think we had a mail 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:57.960 back question this morning Brian about how much time would 0:01:57.960 --> 0:01:59.760 he need to be able to play. Well, they got 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.280 one padded practice tomorrow and he hasn't practiced since minicamp 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.080 in mid June. It'd be, you know, it'd be great 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:06.920 if you could get him in here and have him 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.440 do that and try to get him ready for the Giants. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:10.680 It's asking a lot for him to have to sign 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.919 and play, Yeah, I really do, you know, And just 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.440 studying the Giants a little bit the last couple of days, 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.240 they should be able to beat the Giants. They should. 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:22.400 The Giants don't match up as well with them as 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.120 some other teams down the road that we'll see. But 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.760 if they can get him signed, get him going, and 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.480 then find a way to get him ready again, I 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:35.040 just think that this week would be difficult. But knowing him, 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.560 he'll probably try and play if he gets in. But 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.280 I think week two would be more realistic if that 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.520 was me. I think that though, is the fear that 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.520 that Twitter had that led to what Jerry said at 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.720 the beginning is as much as on paper it looks 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.799 like the Cowboys have the better team than the Giants. 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.120 Fans out there are fearful, or at least that tweeter 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.560 is fearful that you need to put your best foot 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.960 forward and don't mess around. Well, you're better not be 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.560 messing around, because you know what, I bet somebody in 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.600 nineteen ninety three thought, without em and Smith here, they 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.800 had an easy opener with the Washington Redskins, and then 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.359 they go and give up thirty five points and to 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.320 a team that only ended up winning four games that year. 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.639 So I don't subscribe to any theory about this is 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.359 an easy one. We can hold people out, especially how 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.440 long you guys have been covering this team. How much 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.360 of a crapshoot Division games are. Now, that's what you 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.480 start off with the season, two straight division games. I 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.040 don't expect him to go out there and play forty snaps. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.200 But if he gets into practice tomorrow, and I doubt 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.680 they put him in pads anyway, they're going to ease 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:45.480 him back in, but by Sunday afternoon, maybe he gets 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.200 twenty snaps. Maybe you put him out there and give 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.560 the Giants something else to think about if he gets 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:54.440 signed in time. But that's another story. It's interesting because 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:59.880 we've seen him play on little to no practice time, 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.880 you know, like his rookie year, he missed most of preseason. 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:04.280 He got but he got a little bit of work. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.400 In twenty seventeen, he was wondering week to week whether 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:10.200 he's going to play or not. But he had some background. 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.360 He went to camp, you know, he was in pad something. 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.440 Sure is this is unprecedented for him as much as 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.400 we think he's a professional in terms of getting himself 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.240 ready's body ready to play, I'm with you. I mean 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.960 it's you don't want to risk risk him getting out 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.720 there having no football activity and then something happened where 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.960 he gets hurt, you know, and they will be Well. 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.960 That's why I think tomorrow's the deadline. Yeah, if he 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.599 doesn't get here tomorrow, then I'm not playing him. Like 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.760 if he signs on Friday or Saturday. This isn't like 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:43.440 Michael Irvin signing on what was it, Thursday before the 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.440 Monday night season opener, and then he went out and played. Sure. 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.160 Do you think Zeke feels like this is the deadline now? 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:54.120 His deadline's three o'clock Saturday. Why explain that one? Because 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.120 if he's not signed by them, he doesn't get paid 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.160 for the week. Yeah, if he gets if he signs 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:03.039 at two o'clock, he gets his game check. Yeah. I 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:07.520 think this is I think this is more about Ezekiel 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.279 at now realizing that, you know, the Joneses are going 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.440 to dig in and they haven't dug in like the 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.520 Los Angeles Chargers have. At least they're talking to Zeke. 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.640 At least they're talking about trying to create some type 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.160 of new deal for him. You know, at least they're 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.920 having dialogue. I don't see the Chargers at all. But 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.000 I think it's also to me about more about Zeke. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.160 Sam Listen, I've it's all right, it's time for me 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.599 to start playing football. You know, I've got to figure 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:37.520 out how is it under the current situation it is 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.240 under a new deal. I think that I think there's 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:44.280 a sense of urgency now with his side. Uh, you know, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.920 the Joneses have pretty much said, Okay, this is what 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:48.640 we'll try and do, We'll try and work with you. 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.200 We've said it all along. You know, we're going to 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.160 talk about Lyle Collins here in a little bit, and 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.840 we've kind of always said the doors open. The cap 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.159 guys said this, that door is open. If you're willing 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:00.800 to deal with us, we'll deal with you. And we've 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.360 seen that now the last couple of the deals that 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.479 they've done, there hasn't been a pecking order. No, it's 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.039 just you know, I mean, I mean the whole thing 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.000 with Lyle Collins, it's you know, Lyle Collins basically left, 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.560 in my opinion, left about five million dollars a year 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:18.320 on the on the you know, on the table if 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.440 you look at where where his floor could have been 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.240 for where if he'd got to free agency. You know, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.200 if this thing turns into where it's say it's a 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:28.480 ten million dollars year thing, the Cowboys got a heck 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.080 of a deal if that's but we'll see, we'll see 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.880 what the number is. But Lyle Collins is a fifteen 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.680 million dollar year tackle in my opinion, he really is. 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:38.840 And so if if he came in and said, all right, 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:40.440 this is what I'm gonna do, is I'm gonna sign 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.040 I'm happy about being here. Then good for him, Good 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.040 for the Cowboys. They've got a deal done, and I 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.039 think that's kind of where they're at right now. See. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.640 I think what everybody needs to remember on this whole 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:54.400 deal is the Cowboys want to do this deal with Zeke. Absolutely, 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.040 they want to do it. They don't have to do it. No, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:06:59.640 they could wait three more years if they wanted to. 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.280 So it was kind of their idea to get this 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.800 done ahead of time. So the hold up is obviously 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.760 what the other side's asking for. They don't. They don't 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:11.920 they don't want to make them sit. The Chargers now, 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:16.120 I think want to make Melvin Gordon site. It doesn't 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.320 sound like they have any interests in signing them, so 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.400 it's time to It's time to get in. And the 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.800 other thing is, if you remember last year, when you 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.880 know when guys hold out, Earl Thomas held out the 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:33.120 same way Zeke did, and on Wednesday of the season opener, 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.920 he showed up without a new deal, by the way, 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.520 because he was going to lose five hundred thousand dollars, 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:45.120 and he saved face by saying, I am invested in 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.280 my teammates. I didn't want to leave my teammates down, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.280 and he came in hat in hand and played the 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:56.880 season out. So it's time. There are some I'm checking 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:01.360 Twitter myself, and there are there's some chatter out there 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.320 that they could be close on a deal. I'll just 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.760 put it that way. We've heard that a lot lately. 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.320 But yeah, I don't think there's any question there's been 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.080 progressed in the last few days to try to get this. Nicky, 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.360 you're kind of our resident cap guy, and I'm not 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.480 asking for a number, I'm asking you. Do you feel 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.240 like it was the difference between the way the contract 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:23.400 was structured that maybe they were looking for more upfront 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:27.120 money and the Cowboys are trying to backload this a 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.240 little bit more. Do you think that's kind of what 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:33.000 the hold up is on this? Not necessarily, because what 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.599 teams have been doing lately with the signing bonus is 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:40.160 the signing bonus has been smaller, and they've been giving 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:44.760 roster bonuses that have been guaranteed, right, and so to 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:49.720 help with the guarantee money that doesn't affect the base salaries. Basically, 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.800 what they're doing is saying we're gonna have these guarantees 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.040 over so many years. Like a lot of these contracts, 0:08:57.080 --> 0:09:00.520 the guarantees have been three or four years, not five 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.920 or six, right, And so some of the guaranteed came 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.400 in roster bonuses that were guaranteed the first the second year, 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.720 and then the third and fourth years. They were guaranteed 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:15.840 three days into the first league year. So they've been 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.160 kind of messing that around so they can keep the 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:22.280 base salaries a little bit more reasonable, because what they 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.760 want to do is they don't want that pro ration 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.360 hitting big at the end of the contract. They would 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.319 rather big salaries at the end of the contract. If 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.199 this if okay, then if my next question to the 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.439 panel then or to you, Mickey, then since you do 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:38.199 understand this and you have a good handle on this 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.200 with the fact that his off the field stuff, would 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.640 you rather have a frontloaded contract with him or a 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:47.839 backloaded contract? I would rather have frontloaded. But see, you 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.000 have to be careful with the base salaries because they 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:54.000 can only increase fifteen percent percent rule, right, is that 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:58.000 we're thteen percent each year. You can increase the did 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.520 I say fifteen or thirty? Now you said I just 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.120 said thirty. I thought it was fifteen percent. That could 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.679 only increase the base salaries that much per year, So 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.199 you got to be careful and where you start that 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:13.520 base salary. And again, his if it's a five year deal, 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.720 it's probably going to be a seven year deal, because 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.559 he's got two years left on the contract sure worth 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:23.480 what like twelve thirteen million. So they'll they'll throw him 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:27.640 some signing bonus for this year and they'll reduce his 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.480 base salary and then he'll get And that's the way 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.839 they did. What was the other contract they kept the 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.400 smith the fifth year deal, the fifth year that they 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:45.880 picked up, they kept that the same. Okay, So that's 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.840 the way they've been doing these contracts. Now. The difference 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.480 and the thing with Leale Collins is, you know, he 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.920 had a six point five six point five two million 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.040 base salary this year with a two point five million 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.480 dollars escalator. So by signing him to a long term 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:05.280 deal and giving him whatever the signing bonus was and 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.120 pro rating that over the length of the contract, they 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:12.959 reduced his supposedly reduced his cap hit for this year 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.520 by five point seven million dollars, which means there's more 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.520 money in there. And that's one of the things we 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.440 talked about trying to get a Mari's deal done at 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.600 some point is if you could, then that would lower 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:26.079 his base outelyificantly for twenty nine. Seeing the difference is 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.040 would dak it's going to increase it because he's only 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.360 countant right now point one two million against the cabin. 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:35.200 I'll go ahead and say what's being reported by Pro 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.640 Football Talk out there. It's unconfirmed getting initial chatter of 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:42.239 a Zeke deal being done six years, ninety million dollar extension, 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:46.360 extension extension? Who reported that Pro Football Talk? So now 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:50.400 it's gone to seven. It was seven before, now it's 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:54.760 eight because it's six years through twenty twenty rest of 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:58.440 his career, right yew And again the reason I asked 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.240 that I was trying to think of because of his 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.600 off the field stuff or the things that you've had 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:06.160 to deal with. If you gave him the money later, 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.200 could you get out of a deal if you gave 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.640 him the money now have less to Yeah, that's what 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:13.560 I'm saying. Right if you tried to, if you tried 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:17.679 to backload this deal on him and he doesn't, you know, 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.040 you need a reason if to get out. That's why 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.040 we think because to your point, like we've seen deals 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.800 around the league and Cowboys in the past, where yeah, 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.920 it looks he's got an usual off the field problem. 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.000 It looks like a lot of years, but really when 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:30.800 you look at the structure of it, maybe it's a 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:32.439 three year deal. So he's just got to see where 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.319 the guarantees run out. Because you're probably right because the 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.480 last couple of years you can put a balloon amount 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:40.760 they should never get to, or if you get there, 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.319 you're going to restructure it. Jerry was asked, is the 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:46.800 off the field stuff a concern in these negotiations recently 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:50.160 and he said, no, but it is something that he's 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.920 had in the past, and I don't know if it's 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.760 that's one question I have and they've been tight lipped 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:57.120 on this, but like, has that been part of the 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.240 negotiation where that, you know, maybe he'd that it's an 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.280 issue for him like I'm I'm not I don't need 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.319 protect I don't need you to protect yourself against me, 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:09.520 you know, and potential issues down the road. Yeah, that 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.560 adds another layer to these. You know, he's he's unusual 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.360 in that regard because he does have run ins, you know, 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.920 with the Commissioner's office, whether it's his fault or not. 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:20.640 But you know, but you don't get If you do, 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.600 you don't get paid, So it really he's a moot point. Yeah, 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.199 but I was just thinking about if they had to 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.480 get out of the deal. That's what I was thinking of, Like, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.840 just get out completely, get out deal completely, if something 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.120 were to happen. And you know, again, I'm not again 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.280 everybody out there has probably accused me right now of 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.560 not liking Seeks. That's not the case. I've been one 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.040 of the few guys that say to pay the man. 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:44.480 But I also understand though that the team's thought about, Okay, 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.960 if something does happen, you do not want to owe 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.839 a bunch of money on the cap cap money thing is. 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.120 You know, Mickey will come on and tell well, he's 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.160 a thirteen million dollar cap hit. It's kind of like Taco, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.560 you know, when we were talking about talking about releasing Taco. 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.800 Mickey's telling you in right, so he's guaranteed three and 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.760 a half million dollars. That don't tell me that doesn't 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.160 play into what's going on. He's absolutely right, And so 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.880 are you in a situation with Zeke. If something happens, 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.400 can you structure to get out of it? If it 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.680 in fact, that does happen. That's only if as a protection, 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:20.960 as I'm saying right now, So anyway, it looks like it. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:26.000 And in fact, the fact that Jerry on the radio 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.360 this morning set he was hopeful, that was a very 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:33.760 positive sign. Yeah, And I've been saying Tuesday, the week 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.400 of the first game, So here we are. I think 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.480 people were saying that July twenty fifth, when the team 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.360 arrived for training camp. The deadline on this thing is 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:46.920 because three o'clock on Tuesday, Do I get an extension 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:52.600 to September three? Yes? Rob, No, because it's real now. 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.320 They're getting back to practice, they're in pads tomorrow, and 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.200 the Giants are staring him right in the face. And 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.240 the other thing on Bill's point about three o'clock, because 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:02.840 they'll have to make room on the fifty three, right, 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.720 somebody's got to go. And if the person's on the 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.600 fifty three after three o'clock on Tuesday, he gets paid 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.160 for this week regardless if he's here, if he doesn't play, 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.680 he gets paid his weekly salary. So you might say, well, 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:20.120 that's only thirty forty thousand, but every dollar counts against 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.440 this salary cap. It makes a difference. So we're sitting 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:27.600 here checking Twitter. There any minute bill, but there's a 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:31.080 there are players on the team also checking Twitter until 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.320 three o'clock this afternoon, especially if you're expendable exactly. 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That has been the hot topic around 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:11.080 these parts. And of course we await news on Ezekiel 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:14.600 Elliott perhaps being well. He's on his way back here 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:18.399 according to reports, and we'll see what happens later today 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.760 as far as him perhaps getting signed and then being 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:24.120 out on the practice field tomorrow as the Cowboys will 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.200 have there. They worked out yesterday. But the game week 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:31.399 officially begins on Wednesday. For any team playing on a 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.600 Sunday in the league. We're now, you know, in Chicago 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.760 and Green Bay, it's Friday, they're playing. They're playing on 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.959 Thursday night. That's try this one hundredth season of National 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:44.760 Football League action gets underway as they honor the one 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.639 hundredth year. All right, let's honor else a little bit. 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.959 I've said it's E Day. Well, let's started out as 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:54.600 ELC Day. As well, and Lyle Collins. He has posted 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.600 on Instagram a picture of him signing his contract and 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:01.840 saying that he is a cowboy, fertile and good for him. Yes, 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:05.320 and I think he's very smart on his part too myself, 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:07.520 if he wants to be a cowboy for life. Yeah. 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:10.160 It's funny how round draft time we were saying, oh, 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:11.719 I don't know if we could, they could get him 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.359 resigned next year when he's set to be an understricted 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.720 free agent, and Connor McGovern wasn't drafted solely for that purpose. 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.080 But then you're thinking, oh, maybe he's a guy could 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:23.520 move into guard. You kick Connor Williams out at right 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:27.199 tackle next year. Well, Nole Collins is your is your 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.000 right tackle for the foreseeable future here? Yeahle Collins is 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.920 developing into a top flight tackle. If you if you 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:35.240 ask me about the way he's playing, the toughness he 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:37.320 you know, you talk about just the guys that on 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:41.200 that offensive line, him Frederick Martin Smith. I mean that's 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.480 a that's a one of the better lines in the league. 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:46.280 And to have him as at right tackle as he 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:49.959 continues to improve, and you know, he did the right 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:52.640 thing as you guys were saying, he wants to be here. 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:54.600 He made a deal. He went in there and told 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:56.720 the Cowboys, hey, I'm willing to listen to what you 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.240 have to offer, and here's what i'd like, you know, 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:02.000 and these guy guys are smart, they'll make these things work, 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:05.520 and they did with him. And you know, I'm one 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:08.040 of these guys that believed if you took this year 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:11.280 and then watch Lyle Collins hit free agency, he would 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.200 have got paid very handsomely. And the fact that he 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:16.919 took a deal that was friendly he believed to himself 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:19.639 and to the football team. Credit to both of them 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:21.560 forgetting that done. And it's good that he's part of 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:24.880 this because I believe he will continue to develop into 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:27.920 again a top flight right tackle. And he get his 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:32.200 money early. That means something. Plus you've got now you've 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.200 got some security too at that position. That's why I 0:20:35.320 --> 0:20:39.280 thought everybody was wasting a lot of words and breath 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:44.160 on this, overthinking the draft choice of McGovern, who kind 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:47.120 of fell in the Cowboys lap. That wasn't their idea 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.760 and it certainly won their idea to move to Connor 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:54.760 Williams to right tackle and let this guy walk and 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:57.760 obviously not since they signed him, well, I didn't go 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:02.080 to a five year extension and worth reportedly fifty million 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.359 with thirty five million guaranteed. Obviously you want to keep him, 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:07.399 and they are keeping him. But if he were to 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:09.440 get to the open market next year, you don't know 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.359 what he could command and whether they could afford it. 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:15.560 So if it worked out a right year, yeah he was, 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:17.760 they were probably gonna have to let him go. But again, 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:20.320 I don't think there's anything I seen early you convince 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:23.639 him to stay. Yeah, And Brian said it that he 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:25.280 came to them and said I want to be here. 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:26.639 And you know what, it kind of reminds me of 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:29.840 the Jalen thing because Jalen talked about how they took 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:32.720 a chance on me injured. Well, the Cowboys signed Lyle 0:21:32.800 --> 0:21:36.680