WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Big Decisions Ahead 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:11.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:22.279 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:26.079 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:37.200 Star in Frisco, Flowing Gold and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:43.160 heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's Oh, It's 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:47.360 a fabulous Monday edition of Talking Cowboys from the SWBC 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:52.000 Mortgage studios here at the Star in Frisco. Welcome in everybody, 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:56.760 as we break down the championship matchups that just unfolded 0:00:56.760 --> 0:01:01.400 in the Kansas City Chiefs the pride of Phillips preseason 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:06.280 predictions are going back to the Super Bowl, which I really, 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.440 honestly that probably wasn't the best prediction in the world, because, 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:11.959 I mean, everybody kind of thought that that was a 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:14.800 pretty good chance that the Chiefs would find their way 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:19.080 back to the super Bowl, but the prediction did not 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:21.479 include Tom Brady going back to the Super Bowl. That's 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:25.039 time as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:26.600 we are going to talk about it with a former 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.720 teammate of mister Tom Brady, Isaiah stand Back and our 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:33.039 professional football analyst Heck my Harrison, Rob Phillips would join 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:34.880 us coming up here in just a little bit. I'm 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.200 Kyle Yomen's Chris being back in the back as always 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:40.600 and gentlemen, Yeah, there's a lot to break down from 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:44.440 yesterday's action, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking down the Green 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:48.040 Bay Packers initially and then followed up by really a 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:52.200 dominant performance of the Chiefs over the Buffalo Bills, the uprising, 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.880 red hot Buffalo Bills. But what were your thoughts, Isaiah 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.360 on really what unfolded on Championship Sunday and really the 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:04.160 Super Bowl matchup that's now in front of us pretty much? 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.040 What I what I thought, man, I thought that, you know, 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:11.200 the Buffalo has had a good run. But obviously, I mean, hey, 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.200 I mean those guys are who they are, right U 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.760 They're just they're they're they're too powerful on both sides 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.799 of the ball. Really. But then you look at the 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.280 Green Bay Tampa game, and we knew that was gonna 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.200 be a tough game. You know, you got to two 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.960 of the best to ever do it. But I think 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.800 really the deciding factor between that game wasn't necessarily between 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:31.640 the guys on the offenside of the ball. But it's 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.320 their defense. And as soon as uh, you know, the 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:37.680 defensive line of Tampa is very strong, very strong. And 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.160 then as soon as you had to heard the news 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:42.160 of my U dub mister Vita Vea coming back, you 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.239 knew it was pretty much a rap. That defensive line 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.639 is just too powerful, um, pretty much for any offensive line, 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.280 especially this time of the year. So um, the results 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.320 came out, you know, the obviously TV twelves going back. 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.000 He's that dude, and there all the haters that are 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:59.240 out there, you really just probably just just just because 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.680 he's he's he's he's nice. I was a hater earlier 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.600 in the season, Isaiah because I basically told everybody that 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.480 I thought he was washed and I will eat crow. 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.920 I'm gladly because that I was wrong. I was completely wrong. 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.519 Now he's not what he was in two thousand and five. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.359 For those of you saying that, hey, it's the same 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.760 Tom Brady as he was in his prime, that's not true. 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:19.760 He's going to give away the football game. He tried 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:24.079 to yesterday on three different occasions. But that defense, my goodness, heck, 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:27.200 Ma Harrison, if you wanted to model the Cowboys defense 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.079 after a team that like remade a defense in one 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.679 or two seasons. I think Tampa Bay would be kind 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.160 of the formation to do that because that defensive line 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.240 is just absolutely nasty and their secondary is pretty darn 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:42.720 good too. Well. Yeah, especially when you can get you 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.000 can get all of that pressure with just four guys, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.400 and that's what they're able to manufacturer in this system. 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.600 And man, Jason Pierre Paul, how about him, a guy 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.280 that was pretty much written off after he left the 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:59.000 Giants going to Tampa Bay and this resurgence of his 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:04.240 career also in Dominican Sue. But man, it's Shack. It's 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.080 not Shack, it's Shack bart Butt, say Griffin, Shack Barrett, 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.760 Shack Barrett. And you know, I talk a lot about 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.480 dogs and we need goons, and but that's exactly what 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.040 I'm talking about. A guy that is getting off the 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:22.279 ball like Shack Barrett is literally unstoppable. And when you 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.040 can get that pressure like they did with the front 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:29.240 four man the guys behind you, your secondary, you don't 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:31.920 have to have first round picks at every position. You 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.400 can have some mid level guys and that pressure makes 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:38.480 the difference in the way that you set up your coverage. 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:43.560 Todd Bows did a masterful job, masterful job against against 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.719 a quarterback Aaron Rodgers. That you're not going to stop him. 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.680 You're not gonna You're just not going to stop Aaron Rodgers. 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.040 But what you have to do is take things away, 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:57.080 pick pick your poison. Right. We know we can't stop Aaron. Look, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.080 we're gonna stop this run. What we're not going to 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.160 allow you to do is run for two hundred yards. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.000 And you saw that man with their guys, their secondary, 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.200 their linebackers. Man, just a hard hidden game. But Kyle, 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:11.560 when you say that Tom Brady isn't what he was, 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.480 you know an oh five man, when you get in 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.919 your forties, Man, you wasn't what you was last month, 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.800 So just wait five time. It's gonna come for you too, 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.520 So you'd be careful how you talk about the seriatric 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.320 people of the world. Man. See, And whenever I was 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.440 watching this game yesterday, there was there was frustration and 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.120 Cowboys Nation out there. If you're listening, let me know 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.479 that I wasn't alone because there was definite frustration and 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:36.560 the fact that I mean, you waited all year to 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:39.080 see a dog like maybe a DeMarcus Lawrence. And yeah, 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.840 DeMarcus Lawrence had a decent ear, but you expect him 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.360 to be what Jason, Peter Paul and Jack Barrett were yesterday. 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:47.960 That's exactly what you expect d law to be. You 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.360 want him off the ball, you want him quick, and 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.400 you want him to see that. And as we welcome 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.760 Rob Phillips back into the show here in just a second, 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:58.200 look at that nice slide from Rob Phillips and Chris Beam. 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.719 The production value here is just outsolutely unmatched. But Rob, 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.520 when you looked at that defense yesterday from Tampa Bay, 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.839 how can the Cowboys get to that? I know the 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:11.520 defensive tackle position needs a very nice upgrade in order 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.359 to even get remotely to that that amount of pressure 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.880 in the interior. But off of the edge, with Randy 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.640 Gregory into Marcus Lawrence, they should be able to do 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:27.400 things like that. Yeah, I mean, I it's a it's 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.720 a great question because I think overall those teams are 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:34.680 where they are because top to bottom they have better players. 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.560 I mean, I think that's number one to your point. Yeah, 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.640 that Cowboys have some pieces and I think it starts 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:45.000 with your edge rushers. Um, but I look at like 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:49.479 a Kansas City team, their secondary just flies around. I mean, 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:53.560 they have a really talented group. Matthew and a lot 0:06:53.600 --> 0:07:01.920 of their guys, so Thornhill and connecting. They were connected 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.120 to the Cowboys at one point or another, you know, 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.440 and they weren't signed or they weren't drafted, and so 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.000 you know, it comes down to it comes down to 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:18.240 your personnel. Hey, Rob, Yeah, but Pete, Hey, Pete, I 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.800 gotta tell you this though, I was thinking of the guy, um, 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:27.600 Jordan Whitehead for Tampa. Think about this. We took Dorrence 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.520 Armstrong at one sixteen and the safety Jordan Whitehead went 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:35.480 to Tampa at one seventeen. And don't do that, don't 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.280 play that game, don't draft me. I mean he was, 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.080 he was right there for y'all. Mean it is. This 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:44.880 is a hard hitting safety that caused two fumbles in 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.120 the NFC Championship game. I mean, so we have we 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.400 have missed on some second day guys, especially some safeties 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.520 in the draft, and I would say Jordan Whitehead would 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.480 be one of them to add to that list as well. Well. 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.720 And you know what, it's it's funny. I just pop in. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.640 I'm sorry, it's the joys of parenthoods wine. Late today 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.680 I was listening. I was listening to a little bit 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:09.720 of dan Quinn on with the PFF guys on their podcast, 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:13.640 and he talked about really what he said it was 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.640 a lot what Mike McCarthy said when he got the 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:21.360 job last year head coach was players over scheme and 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.560 so and that's dan Quinn's philosophy too. Now that's gotta 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:29.000 be that's really gotta be a priority because you know, 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.040 we heard that last year, but they tried to implement 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.840 a scheme that I don't know really fit the personnel 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.840 they had. It certainly didn't fit the timeline of the 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.920 pandemic and all that. So how can dan Quinn get 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.400 the most out of the guys he's got? And so 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.319 sometimes when your personnel is not at a super bowl level, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.800 you know, your scheme and the way you use players 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.600 can overcome some of that. So this is a huge, 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.959 huge role for dan Quinn coming in how he fixes things, 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.120 how he gets guys more comfortable in the roles, understanding 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:00.880 buying in the roles they are. And we talked about 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.160 some of that last week. That's how you overcome some 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.800 of it, But I don't know how you. I mean, 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.760 personnel like man to man I don't know how you're 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.920 comparing Cowboys to the teams they're playing for at all. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:11.840 I mean, there's a reason why they're there, Yeah, But 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.240 I mean, how, especially with all the speculation fellas I 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.440 guess before going to the next team, how do you 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.760 get your roster to that point? Though? Because these is 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.280 clearly the two most talented teams in the league, not 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.480 even a competition, not even a competition, right, So that 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.000 to your point, you know, talent over skiing. They have 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.080 abundance of talent, but they have some pretty dark one 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.400 good schemes to go along with that talent. That knows 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.280 how to put those guys on the hundred pedestal, Right, 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.680 they use every every inch of talent that they have 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.760 within all their guys, right, all their guys. Who was that? 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.800 Who was that Perryman? Who who fumbled right on a 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.640 hund return? And most teams will do what sit there, guy? Right? 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:50.320 Sit there? Guy? What do they do? No, we're gonna 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.000 come up with verse with him, and then we're gonna 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.520 throw the ball to him and put him right back 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.679 in there. He's gonna kill it, right, So it's not 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.360 only the players in a talent level that they have 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.720 but also to trust and the understand that these coaches 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.559 have of the of what they have on the roster. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.160 And I don't know, especially going into this offseason where 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:08.000 the salary cap might be adjusted down, most likely be 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.640 adjusted down, right, Like, what do you what can you 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:12.720 do to catch up to those teams? Well, I mean, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:14.920 what can you do? I don't think you can in 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.120 one year? I said that last That's a great point. 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.320 As I said last week, I think it's from a 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.880 personnel standpoint, I think this is like a two or 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.840 three year job to try to get it, you know, 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:28.800 investing draft picks, investing salary cap money. I don't think 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.480 you can do that. I think you've got to be 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.080 just more sound defensively than you were last year, and 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.600 not give up as many big plays, try to build 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.600 on some of the turnovers you're forced, and then really 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.800 you got to hope that your offense can just supplement 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.360 it with Hey we can we can outscore teams, you know, 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:46.640 I mean Cowboys kind of went through this in the 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:50.400 mid two thousands, heck, where you know, defensively they were 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.800 in some some transition with their personnel. They had some 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.920 signing guys kind of off the couch to play defensive line, 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:57.800 but you still had Tony Romoy, still had an offense 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.200 that could put points on the board, and you had 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.000 a running game that help your defensive line too. So 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.160 I think you've just got to be solid, if not spectacular, 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.200 defensively next year. And if you look at it, just 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.320 say Tampa, if you look at that defense, they've had 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:13.240 these guys for a couple of years, right, so that 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.600 Tampa defense has been what it's been. They just needed 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.040 that one piece to come in to take them to 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.080 the next level. And you know, obviously football is the 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:25.000 ultimate team sport, but if you look at Tampa and 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.400 the numbers that they were putting up, let's say twenty nineteen, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.400 twenty eighteen, offensively, they were top ten in the league offensively, 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:35.360 but they were bottoms as it related to wins and losses. 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.319 Tom Brady comes in, I think worst they get the 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:44.080 right tackle as well. Just those pieces alone is what 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.040 is excelling this team to get to the next level. 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:51.400 And also Leonard Fournette, Like, let's stop to get Leonard Fournette, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.400 and I mean he showed up in a major way. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:59.600 So just the running game, fresh legs, fresh legs, fresh 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.800 legs and then also being able to get those chunk 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.400 plays and a quarterback. Then again, first half played flawlessly, 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.440 second half a whole nother thing with tip balls and 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:13.920 just overthrown balls. But the turnover differential, we talked about that, right, 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.400 Tom Brady turns the ball over three times, But if 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.720 you look at the Cowboys defense when we've had turnovers, 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.440 those have always equated in two points. So three turnovers 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.160 twenty one points. If it's the Cowboys, that would be 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.520 your ball game, right. So it's just all things being considered. 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:31.720 When you look at and you talk about scheme and 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.160 all of that, what scheme are you going to play? 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.640 Because if we're talking three four and looking at Tampa, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.840 they're having Dominican Sue, who is a large human human being, 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.960 Vitaby the guy from you dub who is another massive 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.600 person that can take on those double teams and allow 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.679 your linebackers to run free. We tried to do that 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:52.720 last last year and our guys were getting just just 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.719 dug out of that. So you're paying poison in it 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.479 question quick. First of all, got they had Lashaw McCoy. 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:06.040 I forgot. I saw him in the postgame celebration I'm like, 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:11.640 that's like they do have talent. They have a ridiculous 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.760 amount of talent just sitting not even touching the field. 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.760 But but to your point, heck, in terms of them 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.600 saying that they needed that one piece, right, that one 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.120 major piece, right in terms of Tom Brady coming, that 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:24.679 was you know in their coach said it, right, Brucereans, 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:26.360 he said it. After the game, they said, well, you 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.160 know what, what did this guy mean to you guys coming? 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:30.600 You know, what what do he mean when he came 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.960 to his team and he said he just he made 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.920 them believe in and the skill set they already had. Ye, Like, 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.200 to your to your point, they've had this roster for 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.720 a minute now, right. Obviously, they brought in TV twelve, 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.240 they brought into tackle, they brought in ab they brought 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.360 in Gronkowsky, They brought in some dudes. Now, let's not 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.160 act like they didn't bring it more on one piece. 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:50.160 They brought some dudes in to solidify their stuff. But 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.000 you know, but they brought in veterans, They brought in vets. 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.199 So as we started looking towards the offseason, what is 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:58.800 it that we can do? I know, we swung in 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.959 miss On on eight sitting our business offseason. What is 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.079 it we can do this offseason to play on play 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.320 friendly with the Sellery cap to help us? Like, what 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.800 pieces do we need? Obviously they needed a quarterback in 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.160 some other thoughts, what pieces do we need that we 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:16.360 could feel the gaps with with better gaps. There's a 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.000 long list, a long list. And that's the thing is 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:23.080 if you're if you're comparing the Cowboys situation to Tampa 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.080 Bay's situation. Sure, Tampa Bay went from the thirteenth overall 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.200 pick last year. They took an offensive lineman in the 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.120 first they took Antoine Winfield junior in the second round, 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.160 had a pretty good first two rounds. They didn't pick 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.640 again until the fifth round, so they didn't have a 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.040 bedvy of draft picks with the majority of their work 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.880 came through free agency and then came through really the 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:44.520 work throughout an offseason with Tom Brady with his veteran 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:46.680 I guess I don't even know what you would call 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:50.440 that Isaiah, just his knowledge of the game and the 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.520 way that he's the multiplier, he acts as a multiplier 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.000 for the talent that's around him. I don't know if 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.000 there's that piece out there that might be a one 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.520 time thing. That was Tom Brady being Tom Brady, and 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.520 there's you're not gonna go out there and say, you 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.360 know what, that guy on that roster looks pretty cool. 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.120 Let me go bring him in as a free agent, 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:09.440 and then all of a sudden we're gonna be super 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.040 Bowl contenders. It's not gonna be. It's not gonna work 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:14.320 like that. You need a guy like that. But I'm 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.080 asking can Dak Prescott be that? Can his return be 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.680 that jolt and that multiplier for the team around you? 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:24.440 Because we've talked about it extensively on this show that 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.560 whenever Dak Prescott went down with the injury in Week five, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:32.320 automatically the expect chas changed. They all changed. They all flipped, 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.080 no matter what the record was beforehand, no matter what 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.440 the team looked like previously. The expectations changed when Dak 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.960 Prescott went out. Now can they change when he comes 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:45.960 back in Yes, yeah, of course they can. I like 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.520 I like to think so, fellas, But you guys got 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:50.760 to remember when you sign a guy like TB twelve, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.360 what happened to all the other free agents, Kyle. They 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.640 came to him, all the other major free agents they 0:15:55.680 --> 0:16:01.600 wanted to come to him, right, they fled the Tampa 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.080 Why because they believe in that guy? Right? What else happened? 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.880 Those free agents came? And when those free agents come, 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:09.800 when Antonio Brown case on your team and you already 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.320 have a Mike Evans in a good way, all those guys, right, 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.000 what does he do to their game? That game has 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:18.320 to do? What has to elevate it? You bring Gronkowski on, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.680 what happens to your tight end position? Not only is 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:22.560 he gonna be do what he does, right, but everybody 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.880 else's game elevates. Right. So it's not about just bringing 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:28.720 in guys that can do their job. It's about not 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.200 only number one having a guy that everybody wants to 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.160 flock and come play with, right, which is why the 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.040 Houston situation is so serious right now? Right? And then 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.480 but then number number two, you got to bring in 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.280 guys who will elevate the play of everybody else at 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.320 your position, because if that person goes down, they still 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.160 have to be successful. People have to remember, Antonio Brown 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:53.360 did not play. Antonio Brown didn't play, now and ron 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.760 would have been retired, he wouldn't have played for anybody else. 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.320 So I mean, I look at it this way because 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:02.320 I mean, it's hard to be positive about the way 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.520 the season. We haven't been positive of this first segment. 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:07.480 I do think, yeah, I think I think if Dak 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.240 Prescott was healthy, they would have won this division. I 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.480 really do. I think they would have had two friends 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:16.080 and they would have won. So, I mean, he gets healthy, 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:20.399 your offense is healthy, your defense makes some strides forward, 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.119 which I think they have to be able to go 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:24.879 up from where they were. They just have to be 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:31.199 there'sh so like so like, I think it's reasonable to 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.159 think that they should be favorites to win the division 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:36.280 at they're healthy next year, and if they do that, 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.320 they give themselves a chance. And the thing about this 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:41.520 this weekend was like it wasn't just about who's playing 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.480 in the super Bowl. It's like, what's the future of 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:49.560 the conference now? Because Drew Brees very well may retire. 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.240 Aaron Rodgers was really vague about his future now. He 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:55.719 might if he doesn't go back to Green Bay, might 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.440 wind up on another NFC contender. Adam Schefter was kind 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.360 of sort of hinting at that today. But there may 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.480 be a shift here and there may be actually some 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.200 opportunities that aren't normally there because we're talking about like 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:10.880 some of the greatest players of all time, and that's 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.120 who you're trying to compete with right now. And that's 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.400 and that's what I'm saying, that's the that's the unfair 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.240 comparison when you start talking about Tom Brady because he's 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.640 proven he had skins on the wall, and that's why 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.760 you want to go and play with Tom Brady because 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:27.040 of what he's done. You talk about Dak Prescott's leadership, 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.240 and you can tell that this team was a leaderless 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.800 team once Dak went down, and maybe that was the 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:37.200 one piece that you needed to be the Philadelphia in Philly, 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.040 right that was the one piece that you may have 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:42.560 needed to be the Washington football team in Washington. Maybe 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.359 that would have been the difference maker. All I'm saying like, 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.160 if you take those pieces and say that, oh, one 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:51.040 guy can't make the difference, well just switch over to 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.439 San Francisco. They had a whole lot of pieces. But 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:57.080 then when they bring on the cornerback, your guy can't 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.760 think his name and saved my life. Right now, play 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:04.919 for Seattle went to Stanford, Come somebody else, Wilson, who 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:13.080 are you talking about corner Richard Sherman, Thank you Sherman. Yeah, yeah, cornerback, Yes, 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:17.280 the cornerback. He comes in and he solidifies that secondary mix. 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:21.080 These guys up front plate to the scheme perfectly, and 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:24.680 then they're vaulted. They go to the super Bowl. So look, 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.639 it's very important when you talk about bringing in veterans 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.199 and guys that can make a difference. There are some 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.880 guys out there can that can make a big difference 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:35.679 on your team, especially in the locker room. But we 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:38.679 keep missing on that thought hack, like we keep passing 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:45.119 these dudes up and Demicans sue, Nope, we're good. Uh, 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.800 we're good. You know what I'm saying, Like, come on, man, 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:54.880 like we're missing on like everybody. It's like Spinyada swings. 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.000 They then they called Kyle, and Kyle says, yeah, go 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:05.640 pick up po. You know what. Bo was never my guy. 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:07.560 It was Hamperson Griffin that I told him I wanted 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:09.639 to go sign and then that yeah, either we had 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:12.640 balloons when yeah, the day after Griffin got signed. Yeah, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:14.640 that part that was a swing. That was a swing 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.880 of a mess on the Talking Cowboys crew for sure. 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:20.560 Uh yeah, I mean that's what's frustrating. That's what's frustrating 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.320 is because Tampa Bay goes and does this whole rebuild 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:25.680 and they have all these guys. It's like, Oh, Antonio 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:27.960 Brown's not gonna work out. Oh Gronk's not gonna be 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:29.800 the same as what he was previously. You're going to 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:31.960 talk through all of these guys and then all of 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:33.680 a sudden, Oh my gosh, they're back to what they 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:36.080 were and they're playing extremely well. Tom Brady's washed, No, 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:38.640 he's not. Now he's leading you to a super Bowl. 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:41.720 That's what's frustrating. Wait about the whole thing. Why Wait 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.639 I missed the first three minutes obviously, But were you're 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.520 frustrated because Tampa Bay's in the Super Bowl? Yes, and 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:50.240 the Cowboys have not had any kind of success. You 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:53.360 had a one year turnaround, like with Tom Brady. I'm 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.960 saying that's what's frustrating for me as a Cowboys fan, 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:58.080 because I want that to happen. I'm not saying it's 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:00.480