WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Expectations, Expectations 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:07.080 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:16.920 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Players 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:22.240 Label broadcasting line from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:27.880 Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray, and New. He scrugs. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.159 Here we are everybody. It's the Players Lives, brought to 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:36.360 you by Hotels dot Com. I'm New, we scrugs, a 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.000 long time Cowboys reporter, joined by two former Dallas Cowboys players. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:44.440 That's Danny McCray and Barry Church, both former sat with 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:48.400 the team. All right, Uh, who I guess we gotta 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:52.159 start at number four here and Jerry Jones making his 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.240 weekly appearance on the Black Ship Radio station to the 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:58.080 Cowboys one oh five three the fan. A couple of 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.240 things Jerry said here. Number one, He said that act 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.240 should be ready for offseason work by late April, early man. 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.280 And he says he's not concerned about the injury, that 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:09.400 this is something that Dak Prescott can heal up from 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.200 and be good to go. So mcraig, knowing that the 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:16.240 Cowboys Hall of Fame owner feels this way about Dak Prescott, 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:20.080 were your thoughts, I mean, how he feels about when 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.720 Dak would be ready, it's kind of irrelevant. That's kind 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.840 of up to Dak and how how he heals up. 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.280 So you know a lot of times owners and doctors say, yeah, 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.000 you know, this is a six to eight month injury, 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:32.800 and then you see guys you know, they're out for 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.080 a year or they could be out shorter. So it's 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.640 really just up to you know, to how fast Dak heels. 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.720 And it sounds like Jerry has some confidence and Dak 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.640 being on the squad next year. So it's a possible 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:47.400 franchise tag coming because anything they say about paying the 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.040 panning the man, you know, the Deshaun Watson type of 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.080 contract or Pat mahonside of contract, it's all emotional right now, 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.560 just because they feel so bad for him for being 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:57.760 such a good guy. So we'll see hot pans out. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.000 But I'm shooting for the franchise, taging for them to see, 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.760 you know, how healthy is he is next year? Yeah, 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.480 I mean, you know, I hope everything you know pans 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.120 out and you know, his the bone grows back stronger 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.240 than ever and he's able to go out there and 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.440 and ball out when when he does come back. Um, 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.280 but for me, you know, The question I want to 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.960 ask is, you know, what if Andy Dalton goes out 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.680 here and just balls out. I'm talking about, like he 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.360 leads us to a what are we right now? Two 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:25.760 and three? What if he leads us to a ten 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.000 and six record or something crazy like that, we go 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.600 to the playoffs, he makes it lights little. I'm just saying. 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.679 I'm just saying, what if he balls out ridiculously and 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.240 he leads us to a nice little run in the playoffs? 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.120 You know, are we still gonna hear all this? You know? Hey, 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.280 he's gonna be ready for camp like he's our future. 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.800 I can't wait. I mean, that's that's the real question 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:46.799 I want to know. But I guess when we chail, 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:54.200 we ask you, we ask you this. I know he stuff? Man, yeah, 0:02:55.800 --> 0:03:00.800 stuff man? Why we're bucking up stuff from months to go? Man? Like, 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.560 what about he's all on Twitter? And he all on 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:10.480 Twitter here? Crazy now he's raising the question like, oh this, 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:14.000 this might be possible. Yes see, Buried, this is why 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.920 you should should listen to us when we're doing the players. Lady, 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.560 we were trying to already take you here. Um, I'll 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.160 answer your question for you this one. And I said 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.040 it yesterday. Now I'll say it again. I expect Andy 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:31.960 Dalton to be a starting quarterback for a team next year. Um, 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:33.560 and then I don't expect it to be with the 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.800 Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones coming out today and saying he 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.800 expect expects Dak to be fine and be the quarterback 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.240 of the team. Stephen Jones yesterday saying that he expected 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.360 Dad to be, you know, to be the quarterback of 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.560 the team. Andy Dalton did this on a one year deal. Gay, 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.200 it was designed, Hay, I'm gonna be here for a 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.520 year and I'm gonna go ahead and move on along. 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.640 And I think Andy, with these weapons will be able 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.200 to put up enough of a resume that will help 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:03.280 him get a contract. Um. Maybe in a Teddy Bridgewater 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.200 type of situation. You saw what Teddy did for the 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.400 Carolina Panthers in the off season, got a nice contract. 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.640 I think Andy Dalton can still play, but I don't 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:14.120 I don't anticipate Andy Dalton being here. I think that 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.000 we will see Dak Prescott here. And as far as 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.560 this team win in ten games, church Is, are they 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.680 about to get Aaron Donald in a trade. I'm just 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.360 I'm just saying I'll tell me how how's this defense 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.440 gonna transform with with you know, another starting defensive lineman. 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.920 Da How's this a ten win defense? Look, I know, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.440 I know, I know, we got a lot of factors 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.040 going against us right now to go ahead and get 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.839 those ten wins. I was just throwing out there, what 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.200 if something happened, What if my gap goes on a 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.480 on a run like Dac did in his rookie year. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.400 Will change a little bit. But hey, it's it was 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.760 a fifth you know what I'm saying. So look, I 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.720 don't think it's gonna happen, but I'm just throwing the 0:04:54.800 --> 0:05:00.760 question out there. That's all. So yesterday, it's absolutely change bad. 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:04.080 It's absolutely going to change if Andy Dalton goes ten 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.280 and six, if that's a win in the division and 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.160 that he could possibly win a playoff game, the conversation 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.160 will change because he knew he would have said. We 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.280 talked about how expensive the franchise tagers go be next year, 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.400 So that's gonna be tough. So you looking at automatically 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.520 given that, you know, a big contract with Andy Dalton 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.000 coming off a year where he he won more games 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.919 than that you know, was projected to win So I 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.280 got a buddy of mine and who does radio or Philadelphia, 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.000 so he always has me on, and he had me 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.760 on yesterday and he was asking me all these Andy 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.960 Dalton questions. And I said to him, will you stop 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:39.080 talking about Andy Dalton and start talking about the defense. 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.240 I said, people show so much time talking about the 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:47.400 Cowboys weapons, and we on this show kept talking about 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.760 defense more than any other show. Right here on Dallas 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.480 Cowboys dot Com. We kept talking about the defense. They 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.240 just lost the starting defensive tackle, and you have people 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:57.640 assuming and thinking, well, you know, the Cowboys just gonna 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.240 win the division. Oh, the Cowboys can get on this run. 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.320 They got players that are not buying into the defensive 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:08.839 coordinator at his defense. Okay, Daniel Jones had three hundred yards. 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:14.520 Daniel Jones man um, Kyler Murray's coming here. Okay, Kyler 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:19.159 Murray Monday night. I'm worried it's gonna get because this helps, 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.919 This helps, this helps Andy dont know new This helps 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:26.000 Church's point because with everything that you're saying, if Andy 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.440 Dollar comes out here and takes this, takes this defense 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.120 that we're talking about, and this team to ten wins, 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.040 this is a legit conversation that we're having all of 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.159 a sudden, all right, let's let's get out of the 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.600 ten wins because we all know that ain't What about nints? 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:40.719 What if he goes nine and seven or something like that, 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:42.920 because I'm just hearing these ten wins and I'm like, 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:47.320 all right, man right, it got about nine. The bar. 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.320 The bar has to be ten, Church. He can't be nice. 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.000 It's gotta be ten. He gotta win. What if he 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.919 goes nine and seven, makes the playoffs, gets them to 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.800 the divisional round? That don't that don't give him another 0:06:57.839 --> 0:06:59.280 year here and that doesn't get back out of the 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.400 picture this defense. And he goes nine to seven, goes 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:06.839 on a mini playoff run, you're saying that don't count. Nay, 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:12.280 don't we shall say I agree with Danny. I agree 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:14.000 with Danny. I mean, the Joneses have come out here 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:15.880 basically the last two days and told you they expect 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.480 Dak Prescott to be here. And I go back to 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.760 what you said, Danny, the way he left the field 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:26.880 and the respect that you saw from players on both sides, 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.560 and then his former head coach, and then the amount 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.600 of people who reached out to Dak Prescott on social media. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:34.480 I mean Gordon Hayward today and the Celtics who had 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.320 one of those awful leg injuries, broke his leg. He 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:40.000 came out, hey, you know Dad reaching out to Dak Prescott. 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.520 I'm telling you right now, they know more so than ever, 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.640 this is truly the guy, and this is the guy 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.400 who touched people, you know. I mean, I was listening 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.720 to somebody's podcasts, to the Yahoo NFL podcast with Tres 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.720 Payler Charles Robinson, and they were both talking about how, hey, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.480 you know normally nay, you don't know injuries or injuries, 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.320 but man, this would touch me. It hit me. They 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:03.080 want him back because one thing we know about Jerry Jones, 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.120 Jerry Jones loves a good story. Okay, you guys played 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.000 for him. He loves to get in front and talk 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.240 to you about stories. He loves to tell stories. What 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.680 kind of story can he spend with Dak Prescott here? 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:16.720 So going back to your point, Barry about Andy Dalton, 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:18.480 I think Andy Dalt will be able to put up 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.600 numbers here because of the weapons. And I expect Andy 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:22.800 Dalton to take that and go get himself a contract 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.680 and another team and and be somebody else's starting quarterback 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.840 because this was always for him a one year playing 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.880 you know, he came into my hey, it's Dak's team. 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.560 But I think, especially what we saw from him when 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.559 he came into the game and was able to leave 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.680 two scoring drives, I think this kid will will go 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.440 someplace else, and I believe people will go back and say, oh, yeah, 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.760 you know what, Andy Dalton can play in this league. 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.839 This is what happens when you play for Cincinnati and 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.679 they decided with spend any money. You know, they ran 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.280 the guy out. And look, they did a smart thing 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.679 in terms of going and drafting Joe Grow and moving 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.880 on from Andy Dalton. I give the Bengals credit for that. 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.120 It will definitely be a fun game to see Cincinnati 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:05.640 and Dallas played each other up in the Queen City. 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.280 But I just I just think that Andy Dalk's gonna 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.800 put up his numbers in league, and as as you should, 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.520 because there's some bad quarterback play this league, and Andy 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.160 Dawk can go. He can get started to Look, I 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.520 definitely agree with y'all both y'all. I mean, I think 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.839 you know, he did this one year deal and you 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.280 know the circumstances that happened. He's gonna be able to 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:26.160 parlay that into, like you said, something like a Bridgewater 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:29.880 type deal. But I mean, let's not let's not act like, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.200 you know, the Jones just having said, Oh, we're gonna 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:34.120 keep our guy. We're gonna get this guy done, We're 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.719 gonna get everything done. This contract is imminent. Let's not 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.040 act like they haven't said that in the past. So 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:40.959 I'm just saying, Man, if this guy goes out and 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.880 balls out, I think the title changed a little bit. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.160 But like I said, I agree with y'all overall, I 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:48.600 think Dak will be back here. But we'll see. We'll 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.680 have at the lesson of that when when the time comes. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.959 Let me play Devil's Advocate here one more time, because 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.920 earlier in the year, you know, I brought something up 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.800 to New and New he shot it down real quick. 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.280 And when I said Cam Newton will be going to 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:05.040 New England, I tell you one thing. If Jerry Jones 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.319 and them decide they want to move in a different direction, 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.599 the sleeveless guy up there in New England, he'll be 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.959 waiting for a quarterback like Dak Prescott to come on 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.000 the squad. Like I said, look like we talked about 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.520 last night. There would be no shortage of teams who 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.480 want who want a guy like Dak Prescott, and I 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.599 think New England will be top of the list. And 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.880 I'm calling that now, Jerry. Don't you heard it here? 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.880 First You'll be seeing guys win super Bowls up there 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.640 in New England for a while. Okay, So so all right, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:41.199 so Danny here, you're saying Dak potentially to New England. No, no, listen, listen, no, no, no, 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.040 no no, I said, if Jerry, if they if they 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:47.720 don't do right by Dak. This is what we were 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:49.760 floating the whole Andy don't think out there and if 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.800 the tide turns. This is all hypothetical, but I'm not 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.520 saying that this is going to happen. We were just 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.160 going down this rabbit hole of if Andy don't does 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.200 this and blah blah blah blah, And I'm saying, listen, 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.800 if they don't do right by the guy, I'm going 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.200 back to my it's always somebody, and that he will 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.080 have a bunch of suitors waiting for him to pay 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:09.400 him some big money. Okay. So when you say so, 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.079 help me, because I want to make sure I'm getting 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:13.520 this correctly from me. When you say don't do right 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:18.680 by him, what does that entail? So the rabbit hole 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.880 was no, Yeah, the rabbit hole was one day, would 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.800 have to not franchise him. Right, So we're going down 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:28.240 this hypothetical of there. They're saying Andy Dalton is the guy, 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.599 like he goes ten to six, and all of a 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.199 sudden they say, Andy, we're gonna stickle Andy Dalton and 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.920 not pay Dack. That that's a far off thing, you know, 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.400 to happen. But this is hypothetical. So no, I'm not 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.599 saying it's gonna happen. When since we were floating it 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.640 out there and playing in that world, I was saying, 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.480 if that does happen, it's possible, and Bill Belichick would 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:51.319 be waiting. So Belichick would have to be waiting in 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:56.319 twenty twenty two because I'm from what the Jones is 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.280 put out there, I'm anticipating Dak being with this team 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:04.400 being through in twenty twenty one bid through franchise tag, sacond, 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.880 franchise tack or a long term contract. But if you know, 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.000 if neither, if he signs the one year deal and 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:12.800 you know they go through twenty one, so that means 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:17.400 Belichick's gotta wait till twenty twenty two to get Dak Prescott. Yeah, 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.280 that's why it's hypothetically that's what I'm saying. They would 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:20.760 have to do. They would have to say that Andy 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.640 Dalton is their guy for this, for back to get 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.760 there next year, which we we none of us think 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.679 will really happen. Okay, well, let me ask you all this. 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.920 Let me ask you all this. Let's just say, let's 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.200 just say, for since we're talking about hypotheticals and all 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.839 that stuff, what do you think after this, you know, 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:38.800 this injury and all that stuff, what do you think 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.760 Dak Prescott's number should be going forward with a contract 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.760 situation like it was all like it was, you know, 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:46.839 there was there was reports that it was around you know, 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.040 thirty five, thirty six, and then later on it went 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.600 up to the to the high thirty nine, maybe forties 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.160 after this injury. No, Franchi, let's just say there's no 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.520 franchise tag. What would be a fair number in your opinion, like, 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.400 because you said do right by and what would it 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:05.000 be a fair number and get over thirty five? You're 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.720 starting it. You're starting at thirty five. I mean because 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.560 it's not like Dak was running around like Lamar Jackson 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:12.880 the guy. If he heals up right, he comes back, 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:14.880 he can he can throw from the pocket. He should 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.560 still be able to move around just as much as 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.360 he did before. I know they said he had the 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.880 first one with three touch Russian touchdowns. They were from 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.839 the run one yard line. It's not like he's fifty yards, 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.280 you know, and running around the field everywhere. So I 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:27.800 think he'll be all right. And you're starting at thirty 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:32.920 five at lease, Okay, I think the agent is to me, 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.040 if I'm the agent, I said, give me the Watson deal. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:41.199 That's what I come with. Give me the Watson deal. Respect. Respect. 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.480 We know the cat, the cat might go down as 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.400 well this year as well. I mean reporting talking about 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.719 the cat going down twenty five. So that could do 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.240 a little Yeah, that couldn't hurt hurt it a little bit. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:57.280 So we'll see. We'll see. But he said, you ain't waiting. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.520 They gotta do. They gotta handle that. That does. So 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:06.560 that's whether the money for Dak Prescott on a new 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.120 deal is thirty five, thirty six or seven or eight 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.079 for forty, I mean, whatever it is, it's to me 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.880 still gonna come down to this whole premise of years 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.160 that the Cowboys are sitting here saying we need five, 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.360 and his agents still sitting here saying we need four, 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:22.840 then they're still going to have a problem here. And 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.720 that to me is the bigger deal more so than 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:29.120 just the number. It's the number of the contract number 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.600 in the average salary, but but the number of years. 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.000 Cowboys want a five year deal and essentially a four 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.360 year deal for Dak Prescott means it's really a three 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.680 year deal because we know how these things work. If 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.640 the quarterback is any good, they've renegotiate the final year 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.120 because it's usually a fatter number in that final year, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.320 and you want to get that cap number down. So 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.520 you know, it's about those bike to the apple, which 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:51.400 is why people want those four year deals. That's why 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.160 Golf got a four year deal, Wins got a four 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.600 year deal, Russell Wilson got a four year deal, and 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:57.160 Rogers got a four year deal. I mean they all 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.040 want to go ahead, have a shorter contract and jump 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.880 back in the market again. So if the Joneses are 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.720 still fighting this thing about five verses four, I'll be 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.320 very interested to see And oh, By the way, as 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.360 we spoke about yesterday on the show, the Joneses now 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.400 have they have the leverage here because Dak is hurt 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.480 and will not have played a complete season, and just 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:16.800 some of the things that they were going to be 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:18.480 able to throw out there, they're not able to throw 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.680 out there, which is, Hey, he starts every game, he's 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.960 always healthy. Look at these great numbers, Look at the 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.800 team in the playoffs, look at Dak in the Pro Bowl. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.920 Some of those negotiating things that they were gonna use 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:28.920 are not going to be there when they try to 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:33.960 negotiate this deal in twenty twenty one. Real quick, real quick, 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:38.480 real quick. Up. Ask do y'all think if they can't 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.840 get a deal done, do you think that bets on 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:44.480 himself again, given though, giving this injury and everything, do 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.840 you think he bets on himself again with another franchise 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.480 tag or he takes that five year deal or or 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:55.760 less our offer. Yeah, he's betting on himself. He didn't once, 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.000 he'll do it again. And how much is that franchise 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.800 takeing again next year? It was like thirty seven. It's 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.200 up there. It's up there. Man. Yeah, yeah, okay, all right, 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.200 you know so I mean, it's not like you're playing 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.600 for pennies on the dollar. And from what newis just said, listen, 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:10.880 if they start saying all that, yeah, he didn't play 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:12.920 the full season, he's not healthy, and all that the 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.000 tape that he put out there and the taste that 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.160 they that he left out there for everybody to see 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.320 is he's top Nights quarterback. So I don't want to 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:22.520 hear none of that is a free accident. The dude 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.040 has always been healthy. He played through a free accident 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:26.760 and all the all the hurt guys that we keep 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.080 on the team, I've better not hear nothing about availability 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:38.600 for Dak Prescotte. Once again, I would love to have 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:43.840 more information about what happened in July when they apparently 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:47.280 did talk about getting a contract done and they ran 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.720 out of time. So to me, the fact that those 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:54.280 conversations being held meant that Dak was trying to get 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.160 something done. So I believe they'll try to get something 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:01.080 done again. And you guys know this because you played 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:04.640 in the game and I didn't. But from what I've 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.800 heard from guys as they go through the rehab process, 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.640 you know what doubts do you have and if you're 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.600 having some doubts, If you have some questions, maybe you 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.800 want to sign that deal and just give yourself some 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.760 peace of mind versus going out and gambling again. That 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.960 is something you have to think about. Like I said, 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.600 I've never played at this level, never got hurt. But 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.639 in talking to guys that have turned down deals, is 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:33.320 something they think about. And Jerry says he expects Dad 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.120 to be one hundred percent that he should heal fun 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:38.960 but I don't know what's in the back of his mind. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.560 And I don't know how this last negotiation went that 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:43.480 whether he was like, man, let me go ahead, get 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.200 this deal done, because I want it. I don't want 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:46.960 to think about this. I want to just go out, 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.840 be free and play. So mentally, I think that's a 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:51.720 big deal that you got. You gotta ask you. We 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:53.480 got to get inside the mind of the player and 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:58.800 ask the player hope. Okay, all right, let's take a 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:02.760 break here. We've dived into Dak enough here. I don't 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.600 think we've spoken enough about this defensive line. 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