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Speaker 1: Headquarters at the Star. Welcome into another episode of Girls Talk,

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Speaker 1: Boys Talk, presented by Jigsaw, the preferred dating partner of

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Hayley Sutton and Jess Navarres with you,

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Speaker 1: your normal host, and we are so excited to have

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Speaker 1: Christy Scales hopping in with us. Philly in for Aisha.

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Speaker 1: She's battling through some illness, so we wish her well,

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Speaker 1: but we are also excited to have Christie on the show.

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Speaker 1: What's up? Yeah, well, thanks for having me, too bad?

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Speaker 1: There's nothing to talk about this week? Oh right, it's

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Speaker 1: been such a slow week, you know. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: there are certain years. I mean, obviously you have free

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Speaker 1: agency and their comings and goings in the changes so

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Speaker 1: much every year, but the caliber of player in particular

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Speaker 1: this week, and it feels like you're kind of flipping

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Speaker 1: a new page. Maybe not every year you're flipping a page,

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Speaker 1: but this may be starting a new chapter. Absolutely, obviously

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Speaker 1: you are alluding to the fact that Ezekiel Elliott is

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Speaker 1: no longer a Cowboy. On Wednesday, the Cowboys and Zeke

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Speaker 1: mutually parted ways. Seven seasons with the organization, and he

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Speaker 1: rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns. So this is obviously a

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Speaker 1: significant blow for so many reasons. But I really think

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Speaker 1: that when I think about Zeke, the first thing that

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Speaker 1: the first guys to welcome me in and make me

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Speaker 1: of its challenging. But obviously, I think when you look

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Speaker 1: it'll definitely be weird, to say the least, to start

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Speaker 1: training camp and OTAs without him in that locker room. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's just such a presence. He's just such a force

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Speaker 1: when you're talking to him, and even when you're not,

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Speaker 1: when Zeke is in there, you know, and I think

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Speaker 1: for a lot of people, he is that generational player.

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Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of comparisons to oh, well, you

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Speaker 1: should have been around when Emmett Smith was gone. And

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Speaker 1: you know, to some younger generations, this is there, Emmett Smith.

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Speaker 1: This is their equivalent to that player for them. And

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Speaker 1: it's stings, and it's definitely one of those really hard

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Speaker 1: But you know, the emotional connection and just all the

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Speaker 1: memories are really hard to say goodbye too. Officially. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and Babe Laffenberg, my colleague on Cowboys Radio or Cowboys

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Speaker 1: when these business decisions have to be made. When Emmett

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Speaker 1: Smith can't even finish his career as a Dallas Cowboy,

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Speaker 1: But Babe says, you don't have you don't get gold

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Speaker 1: watches in this league, there are very few players that

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Speaker 1: But to your point of what he meant to the

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Speaker 1: I love that you pointed that out, Christie. And it's

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Speaker 1: Zeke's impact and influence is seared into the Cowboys franchise

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Speaker 1: in a very special and indelible, indelible, indelible, indelible, thank you, No,

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Speaker 1: He has been a condimate professional and leader that set

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Speaker 1: And so just reports were coming out yesterday saying, you know,

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Speaker 1: your point, Christie definitely been being an impact on this team.

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Speaker 1: pass protection. It's recognizing it. Yeah, So that's an issue

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Speaker 1: Zeke just didn't have the wheel. He didn't have that

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Speaker 1: that if he got through to the second level, they

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Speaker 1: up being sixteen or something. Everybody's leg Zeke, it's not

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Speaker 1: trying to get the cap where it needed to be,

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Speaker 1: And the following day they made some moves. They have

428
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Speaker 1: worked out deals with Donovan Wilson, which like, halleluyah, can

429
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Speaker 1: we just get a round of a pause for Donovan

430
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Speaker 1: Wilson coming back? Layton Vanderesh also thank you, Jazzy, Layton

431
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,720
Speaker 1: Vanderesh also returning. There are a couple of guys who

432
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Speaker 1: have moved out, but I want to focus right now

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Speaker 1: on Donovan Wilson and Layton Vander es Jess. These are

434
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Speaker 1: two people that you and I both have been very

435
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,879
Speaker 1: high when it comes to keeping them on the team

436
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 1: for many reasons. Continuity, knowing the game plan, working under

437
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,399
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn, keeping certain position groups together, and I think

438
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,679
Speaker 1: all of those things really encompass what these guys can do.

439
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Speaker 1: Let's start with Donovan Wilson. He just got a three year,

440
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,560
Speaker 1: twenty four million dollar paycheck, thirteen and a half of

441
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Speaker 1: that guaranteed. I had the chance to talk to him

442
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 1: literally seconds after he signed that paperwork, which I love

443
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 1: that for you, So because you've been so high on Dono, Yeah,

444
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 1: I'd love that for you. Yeah. He had his little baby, Junior.

445
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 1: He told us that in twenty two years we'll see

446
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,160
Speaker 1: Junior in a Cowboys uniform. So I'm going to hold

447
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,520
Speaker 1: him to that. But even more impressive, we know Donovan

448
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 1: Wilson is a man A very few words, but you

449
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,919
Speaker 1: could just since his excitement after, you know, working that

450
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,639
Speaker 1: deal out. And I know it was important to not

451
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 1: only him, but it was important to jay Ron and

452
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,680
Speaker 1: to Malik to keep that core group together, You keep

453
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 1: your leadership, you keep your veterans together, the leaders of

454
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,879
Speaker 1: the secondary, especially when you have so many young guys

455
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,800
Speaker 1: to Ron Bland and whoever else, this cornerback draft class

456
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 1: is stacked, and so you keep that core group together

457
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:31,280
Speaker 1: while also helping the next generation stick together. But why

458
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: do you guys think it was so important for this

459
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,160
Speaker 1: organization to get a deal done with Donovan Wilson. I think,

460
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,280
Speaker 1: first and foremost you're seeing the dan Quinn effect because

461
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 1: things are getting done, yes, but also dan Quinn gives

462
00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 1: these guys a reason to want to stay and maybe

463
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: work something out a little bit longer than they would

464
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Speaker 1: have had he not been here. I mean, to work

465
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Speaker 1: under dan Quinn and see the growth that all of

466
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Speaker 1: these guys have really had the last couple of seasons.

467
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Speaker 1: Dono LVCH is perfect examples of the growth that when

468
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 1: they're working with UM you know DQ, it is insane,

469
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 1: so to know that you're going to stay somewhere and

470
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: get better. But having Donovan Wilson, that's that's great. That

471
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: just solidifies that your safety group is going to continue

472
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,159
Speaker 1: to get better. And that was something that we had

473
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 1: talked about going from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty two.

474
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Speaker 1: Was you know, dan Quinn's defense was successful twenty twenty one,

475
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Speaker 1: how can he continue to piggyback off of that? Twenty

476
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: twenty two we saw the success, We saw all of

477
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 1: the you know things that the defense was able to do.

478
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Speaker 1: But I think somebody like Dono just gives you hope

479
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: that that that is a position you do not have

480
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: to worry about. You don't have to worry about the

481
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Speaker 1: safety group. And then alve another one. But we'll get

482
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Speaker 1: into that in a second. But that was so exciting.

483
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 1: That was I heard a little Alla Louisah when I

484
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: woke up. I think the reason why it's so important

485
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Speaker 1: to keep Donovan Wilson is because he is a playmaker

486
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Speaker 1: on defense. We usually think definitely we think a playmakers

487
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,359
Speaker 1: is offense. In who are your playmakers on offense? Tony

488
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 1: Pollard and Ceedee Lamb and Donovan Wilson. He gets there

489
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,400
Speaker 1: when he BLITZU. He's always around the ball, so he's

490
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 1: your thumper, your physical enforcer there. He can play down

491
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 1: if he needs to, So it's it's his versatility. But

492
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 1: some players just have a knack for the ball and

493
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: he goes for the ball and he's one of them.

494
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,160
Speaker 1: And so it seems. And I know that the Cowboys

495
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,640
Speaker 1: did a good job of creating takeaways the last couple

496
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Speaker 1: of years, but there was a year where Donovan Wilson

497
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,159
Speaker 1: was about it that we had. You know, he was

498
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,880
Speaker 1: the lone guy, and that when you're able to surround

499
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 1: him with more guys, you know, when jay Ron Curse

500
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: comes in and when Trayvon Diggs starts to take off.

501
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: I know he didn't have as many interceptions this year

502
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: as last year, but now now you've got multiple playmakers

503
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: on defense. But I agree with you, ladies wholeheartedly. When

504
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 1: going into this offseason, it's like, if we can, we

505
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Speaker 1: have to keep Donovan, will do not lose him. Yeah,

506
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Speaker 1: And honestly, he m he was more affordable than I

507
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: thought he would be. Yeah, a lot more affordable. Yeah,

508
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,239
Speaker 1: especially when I think if he shopped around a little bit,

509
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 1: he could have got more money. But again, I think

510
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,480
Speaker 1: that just goes to show how important it was for

511
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: him to stay in a place where he felt comfortable,

512
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 1: staying in a place where he's you know, surrounded by

513
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: his boys and no state income tax, so there are

514
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: no I mean serious it's important. It is important even

515
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: places people don't think about things like this. But when

516
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: you play in Denver, when you play in New York

517
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: as a visitor, you are taxed at that level for

518
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 1: that game. So imagine if you had nine games game

519
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 1: or your preseason games too. So I know that it's like, oh,

520
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: it's just a game, or it's just state times. Well,

521
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 1: you know it adds up. Yeah, So there really are

522
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: a lot of advantages that you have the teams that

523
00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 1: are located in you know, states that are don't have

524
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: state taxes. So yeah, he can you know, make a

525
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: little bit of that money back. It's so wild that

526
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: you bring that up. I was looking at Jamal Williams

527
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,680
Speaker 1: because he's one of my favorite running backs just in general,

528
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,959
Speaker 1: and he just went to the Saints, but somebody had

529
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: broken down his contract prior to his move to New Orleans,

530
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 1: and it broke down the state taxes. And when you

531
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: hear these guys and you know, they make three million dollars, right,

532
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: that's a dream for most of us to make that

533
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,719
Speaker 1: kind of money, Right, But then when you look at

534
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,879
Speaker 1: the taxes and the amount of that that is just

535
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,880
Speaker 1: diminished based on that, it's still a lot of money.

536
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to like short change that. But when

537
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,479
Speaker 1: you again, going back to Ezekiel Elliott, when you think

538
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: about what you're putting on the line, you know you're

539
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: risking your body for the greater good, for those seven

540
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: points on the one yard rushes in the end zone,

541
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,919
Speaker 1: and then you look at what comes out of that

542
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: just from taxes, like it's yeah, it's insane. Your paycheck

543
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: is less for that game. If you're a cowboy and

544
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 1: you're playing in one of those states, then your paycheck

545
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: for that game is going to be less than if

546
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: you played at home. Yeah. Yeah. Something that I like

547
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 1: looking at when it comes to Dono is how his

548
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 1: stats have gradually improved. And then twenty twenty one, obviously

549
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: he had injury, so there's a bit of a drop

550
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 1: there for obvious reasons. But back in twenty twenty you

551
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,199
Speaker 1: had a little, baby, tiny glimpse of what you were

552
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,959
Speaker 1: going to get from Dono. With three point five sacks,

553
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 1: he had a combined total tackles of seventy one. And

554
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: then obviously twenty twenty one he only played nine games,

555
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 1: so he had twenty nine combined total tackles, no sacks.

556
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: Then you'd go into twenty twenty two career one hundred

557
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: and one combined total tackles, seven of which were tackles

558
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: for loss. And then he had five sacks. Yeah, he

559
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: paid rent in the box this many five rent he

560
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: bought He not, he didn't pay rent. He bought land.

561
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: He bought land. And he said, I'm staying here, I'm

562
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 1: not leaving. I'd like to say one more thing about

563
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 1: Donovan Wilson, and that is, you know, in the off season,

564
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: this is kind of the lull. People think it's the

565
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: lull for the players, but hey, they're already yeah, they're

566
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: already working. But the Cowboys strength and conditioning coaches and

567
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 1: Coach McCarthy, they have the offseason conditioning winners, right, they

568
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 1: have the award winners for that, and then the one

569
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: who is like the overall champion of the off season

570
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: my words, not Coach McCarthy's, but the one they present

571
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: the Golden Whistle. And we've talked about it before on

572
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: Girls Talk, Boys Talk, but it was back towards the

573
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: beginning of the twenty twenty two season. But the Golden Award,

574
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: the Golden Whistle Award for last year went to Donovan Wilson.

575
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: And when I say the award, it literally is a

576
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: it's a gold whistle and your name is inscribed on it,

577
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: and it's for all of your hard walk work in

578
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: the off season, and not just the metrics of how

579
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 1: they measure what you do, but your attitude, your attendance, leadership,

580
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: things like that. And it's coach McCarthy in conjunction with

581
00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: the strength and conditioning coaches that make that decision. And

582
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: Donovan Wilson won it last year. So that's the kind

583
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,959
Speaker 1: of person that we're keeping around, the guy who's one

584
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: of the hardest workers in the off season and this

585
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: setting the example for everybody else. I think you can

586
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: put Layton Vanderesh in that same category as well, when

587
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: you think about what he's been through from an injury standpoint.

588
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: We've talked about it a lot too. The trajectory that

589
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,239
Speaker 1: he was on last year was very similar to that

590
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 1: rookie season until you're looking at it right now picked

591
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: up that stinger injury. But the thing that stands out

592
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: to me about Laton vander Esh kind of similar to

593
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 1: Dono is that he was so adamant about staying with

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Speaker 1: this organization and UT's to it earlier, Jess. He literally

595
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: said it's because of Dan Quinn. Like he said, he

596
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: believes in me. I want to play for that guy.

597
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: I want to play for Mike. And so I think

598
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 1: with Layton Vanderesh, you know, you're getting your quarterback of

599
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: the defense back, and you know, I'm hoping that he

600
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: can stay healthy and continue to be that impact guy.

601
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: I think he really helped with the run defense. With

602
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: the addition of Jonathan Hankins coming in, another free agent

603
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,080
Speaker 1: who I would also like to see come back, but

604
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 1: Layton vander ash two years, eleven million dollars, as I mentioned,

605
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 1: the quarterback of the defense, but just another good guy

606
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: to have on that side of the ball. Were you

607
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: surprised by those numbers as well? A little That was

608
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: a little more affordable than I thought. Yes, yeah, but

609
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: I think again it just goes to wanting to stay here,

610
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 1: you know, in Dallas. That's what they could offer. And

611
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: I think for him, that was he told Brad and

612
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 1: I on Cowboys Hour, you know, like, I really really

613
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: really don't want to leave Dallas, and so I also

614
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: thought that, but I just assumed it was that was

615
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: just probably the best deal that they could come to

616
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: without him leaving, but again I think, yeah, maybe could

617
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: have gotten a little more somewhere else. Yeah, absolutely, I mean, gosh,

618
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: it's always one of those what if situations. I mean,

619
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: I look at these numbers and they're so comparable to

620
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: his twenty eighteen season. The only difference that you really

621
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: see is back in twenty eighteen, he had more tackles

622
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: alone instead of assisted tackles. So what you see here

623
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: is more of a mix of the two. In last

624
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: season is he has his solo tackles and then he

625
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: has the assists. So what are those guys that sets

626
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 1: other people up for success? And I think that's so

627
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: important with LV. And I think you're just starting to

628
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: see him get a little You're trying to see him

629
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: get hot. So I can't even imagine what you're going

630
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: to see from LV, given you know he stays healthy

631
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: and all is well with that. But I'd also just

632
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: like to point out, like, you're welcome, everybody. I think

633
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 1: it was really our sales pitches on who did Aisha

634
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: pitch Jonathan Hankins. So we are two for three so far,

635
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: let's cross our fingers everybody that we go three for three,

636
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: because I'm just saying we're doing pretty good so far. Yeah,

637
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: just as a refresher, and I don't know if you

638
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: heard this segment either, Christie and though our last regular

639
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: season episode of Girls Talk, Boys Talk, I challenged the

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Speaker 1: we're going to talk Stepan Gilmore what he brings to

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Speaker 1: very yeehah. You know, yeah it is. We're gonna put

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Speaker 1: Jess on the red carpet there. I would love that.

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Speaker 1: I would look. I love country music. I would be

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Speaker 1: all about that. I will make sure this is how

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Speaker 1: we country. I will make it very ehah. Well, I

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Speaker 1: hope Stefan Gilmore also loves to country because he is

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Speaker 1: joining the Cowboys for his final year of his contract.

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Speaker 1: We acquired him via trade in trade for a compensatory

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Speaker 1: fifth round pick in this year's draft. He is joining

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Speaker 1: a stack secondary as we talked about earlier, Treyvon Diggs

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Speaker 1: his opposite. You've also got that safety room, the three

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Speaker 1: headed Monster dron Bland mixing in there as well. We've

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Speaker 1: also got an Israel Mkuamo and a Nishan right, So

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys really stepping into that role. I'm

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Speaker 1: not worried about the defense at all. I would love

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Speaker 1: for the offense to be addressed next in free agency.

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Speaker 1: But talking about Stefan Gilmore, when he spoke with our

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Speaker 1: Patrick Walker yesterday, he said he has always wanted to

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Speaker 1: be a Cowboy. This has been a dream of his,

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Speaker 1: so we're excited to have him on the roster this year.

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Speaker 1: But he brings a lot of experience, twenty nine interceptions

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Speaker 1: in eleven seasons. He's been with the Bills, won a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl with the Patriots, he played with the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: and of course the Colts last year. Very similar to

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Speaker 1: Donna as well in having a nose for finding the ball,

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Speaker 1: as I mentioned, with those interceptions, as well as a

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Speaker 1: ton of pass breakup. So I think besides veteran experience,

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Speaker 1: you also bring veteran leadership to a group that is

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Speaker 1: really starting to mesh and become, you know, a huge

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Speaker 1: part of the identity of that defense. Yeah, And I

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Speaker 1: think all you need to know about Gilmore is after

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys played the Colts, yea, and they go out

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Speaker 1: for the jersey swap and you have Mica and Trey

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Speaker 1: Vaughn competing over who's going to get Gilmore's jersey? Do

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Speaker 1: we know who got it? I'm not sure. We're a

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Speaker 1: good question. Well, we need some investigative okay, okay, So

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Speaker 1: but I think that's uh, I mean, oh, that's a sweet,

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Speaker 1: funny story. But it shows something. Yea, a baller. He's

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Speaker 1: a baller. He's already respected by his peers and his

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Speaker 1: new teammates. So I think that says a lot about him,

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Speaker 1: and um, it's gonna be I don't want to jump

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Speaker 1: ahead to NFC stuff, but with the guy like Sleigh

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Speaker 1: from who is going back to the Eagles. Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: were going to let him go and I's going to

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Speaker 1: go back. So, um, it's very toxic. Here's here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: You can never have enough good cornerback. You can't look

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Speaker 1: at you look at what happened last year. And Jordan

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Speaker 1: Lewis working back from injury. You cope that he, you know,

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Speaker 1: can come back and maybe share that slot position with

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Speaker 1: Dron Bland or be a big contributor. I love Jordan Lewis,

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Speaker 1: and then you know, um going to be interesting to

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Speaker 1: see what happens with Anthony Brown's career as he goes

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Speaker 1: forward because he cost him, you know, that injury cost

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Speaker 1: him a lot of money with going into his free

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Speaker 1: agency season. But I'm really excited about Gilmore and he

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Speaker 1: on one side, Digs on the other, and presumably Bland

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Speaker 1: they're playing in the slot. Yeah. I also want to

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Speaker 1: throw out because a lot of again social media so

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Speaker 1: toxic sometimes, but a lot of people were concerned about

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Speaker 1: his age and his productivity. In that sense, You're gonna

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Speaker 1: love this when you look at his stats, you go

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Speaker 1: from twenty twelve, which is his rookie season, he had

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Speaker 1: sixty one combined total tackles, fifty two of which were

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Speaker 1: solo tackles. You want to compare stats, he had sixty

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Speaker 1: six combined total tackles, which is the best of his

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Speaker 1: eleven season so far last season, fifty three of which

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Speaker 1: were solo tackles, thirteen of which were assists. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: you wanna if you want to say somebody is you know,

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Speaker 1: not maybe as young and healthy, Nah, go go look

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Speaker 1: at how he plays, because it is very opposite of that.

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Speaker 1: I mean he is. He's going to bring a big

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Speaker 1: threat to the secondary. First. Yeah, he's five time Pro

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Speaker 1: Bowler Defensive Player of the Year. Like, we don't need

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Speaker 1: to get into like what he can contribute. I think

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Speaker 1: for me, the biggest thing that stands out is what

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Speaker 1: Christy said. The fact that the players are fighting over

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Speaker 1: his jersey in a game where they had a tremendous

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter and they still went over to Stephan Gilmour

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Speaker 1: trying to get his jersey. You saw the reaction on

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Speaker 1: social media with a lot of these guys whenever the

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Speaker 1: signing was announced. You know, so I think the respect

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00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: speaks for itself. And again, I just think that this

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Speaker 1: is going to be such an addition to a position

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Speaker 1: to where like late in the season that was really

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Speaker 1: a concern. So you again, you can never have too

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Speaker 1: many good players. You can never have too many good

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Speaker 1: veteran players. Yeah, and I think the key thing here

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Speaker 1: is the Cowboys are not tied to a long term,

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Speaker 1: a big money deal. And Gilmour did play all sixteen

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Speaker 1: games last year. Usually when some of these guys who

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Speaker 1: were on the back end of their career, whose accolades came,

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Speaker 1: you know, NFC or the AFC Defensive Player of the Year.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was a few years ago. There've been

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Speaker 1: a couple of injuries since then, but he did play

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Speaker 1: sixteen games last year. But you know, usually you're you're

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Speaker 1: overpaying and you're having to promise guaranteed money in extra

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Speaker 1: years and things like that. And I really see this

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Speaker 1: as a very low risk, high reward scenario, and that's

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Speaker 1: what you're looking for in free agency, and guys of

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00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: that caliber usually doesn't happen that way. It's usually the player,

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Speaker 1: veteran player with all the skins on the wall, gets

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Speaker 1: the better end of the deal, but I think this

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Speaker 1: is a very very good deal done by Cowboys personnel department.

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Speaker 1: In the Joneses, I agree. Let's talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about what the rest of the division is doing, because

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Speaker 1: we you know, everybody joked last year going from the

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Speaker 1: NFC East to the NFC Beast, and I think that

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Speaker 1: this year is shaping up to be very similar. We're starting.

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Speaker 1: We'll start with the Eagles who won the division. They

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Speaker 1: were obviously Super Bowl runner up champions. We joked about

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Speaker 1: Darius Slay, We'll see if he comes back, but you

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Speaker 1: know you have him back there. You've also got James

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Speaker 1: Bradberry who resigned, Boston Scott, Jason Kelsey, Brandon Graham, all

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Speaker 1: really big contributors to that team. Last season. They did

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Speaker 1: lose a little They lost Miles Sanders who went to

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Speaker 1: the Titans, but they did sign Rashad Penny from Seattle

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Speaker 1: to replace that, so they worked in a little bit

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Speaker 1: as well. As far as the Giants are concerned, they

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Speaker 1: signed Darren Waller, which I personally am offended because they're

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Speaker 1: breaking up a marriage, like hello, Kelsey, plom like we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have to do long distance. Hate that, But obviously

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Speaker 1: as a tight end, he's incredibly valuable. They have also

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Speaker 1: tagged sae Quon Barkley, and they handed Daniel Jones that

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Speaker 1: incredible contract that we talked a little bit about last year.

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Speaker 1: And then from the commander's standpoint, they added Jacoby Brissette

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Speaker 1: on a one year deal, which I think very similar

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Speaker 1: to Stefan Gilmore, similar low risk. He had a really

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Speaker 1: good year despite Cleveland's record, so that'll be interesting to

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Speaker 1: contend against. They also reached an agreement with darn Payne,

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Speaker 1: so that's going to be huge for them, four year,

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Speaker 1: ninety million dollars. And then they've added an offensive tackle

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Speaker 1: and Andrew Wiley, Nick Gates, and they also brought back

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Speaker 1: Tyler Larson and signed Cody Barton. So the division is

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Speaker 1: making moves. How did last season for you guys really

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Speaker 1: set the tone for the NFC East trying to become

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Speaker 1: a contender again, Go ahead, Christy, Well, the young quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: that's them. What do you have to look at and

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Speaker 1: when you're looking at a division is the quarter backs

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Speaker 1: and where are they in their careers and are they

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Speaker 1: on the way up? Are they ascending in their careers?

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Speaker 1: And so what Daniel Jones and certainly Jalen Hurts, So

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Speaker 1: the commanders until they get it, you know, are they

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Speaker 1: Sam how a lot of people liked him coming out

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Speaker 1: of school, and are they gonna be able to let

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Speaker 1: him mature and are they are they going to be patient?

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Speaker 1: Are they going to be patient and actually give them

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Speaker 1: a chance or will they try and make a play

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Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson. I mean, I don't know. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: but that's not quite sure what's happening. There's so many

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Speaker 1: moving parts with Washington and just with everything happening with

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Speaker 1: Daniel Snyder and yeah, yeah, so um, but no, I

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Speaker 1: think that I think that you have to look at

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks and when you were going Haley over the

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Speaker 1: list with the Philadelphia Eagles, and there was one name

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Speaker 1: keep Jason Kelsey their Pro Bowl center all pro the

850
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: fact that he decided to return for another year because

851
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: he's been mulling retirement for a couple of years, that

852
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: is so key. Yeah, and then able they keep Fletcher

853
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: Cox on a ten million dollars deal for another year. Yes,

854
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 1: and so you know, two of your mainstay leader guys.

855
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: But then they'll be able to do like last year

856
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,879
Speaker 1: bring in some younger talents, so it looks like they're

857
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 1: still going to be able to maintain, you know, having

858
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: those veteran leaders, the long term guys, and then infuse.

859
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: So they're not going to be able to infuse with

860
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: the free agent talent that they did last year. Yeah,

861
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: you know, they're having to shed a lot of their

862
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 1: better personnel. Divon Hargraves, well, you know, he was you know,

863
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: arguably number one or number two available free agent at

864
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:45,919
Speaker 1: any position. And they've also lost their coaches, you know, yeah,

865
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: with their coordinators. So it's going to be very interesting.

866
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: I think it's it's the standard for what you're going

867
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: to see for years to come with the NFC because

868
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 1: or the NFC East, I should say, because it's yeah,

869
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: it's a it's a young group. You're seeing young players

870
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: and you know, even I've was surprised to see Jason

871
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: Kelsey returned to the Eagles. I was I was expecting

872
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: a retirement announcement and he's like, I'm not done yet,

873
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: and I was like, dang it. Yeah, I wasn't sure

874
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:12,399
Speaker 1: he was going to sober up after you know the Eagles. Yeah,

875
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: I mean the thing about Jason Kelsey though, is he

876
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,760
Speaker 1: continues to be kind of a thorn in the Cowboys

877
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 1: that he's just he's such a great player, and he

878
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,840
Speaker 1: that dance, the dance moves we got. He's so Philly.

879
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: I mean, he's just one. He was great. He's so

880
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: I could probably do. He is so beloved, you know,

881
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: that's a thing. It kind of the heartbeat of that

882
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,280
Speaker 1: organization for a long time, and just such a favorite

883
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 1: of Philly fans and just one of them, you know.

884
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,240
Speaker 1: So uh yeah, I was kind of hoping he would

885
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: retire and be better for the Cowboys to be had

886
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: would too. Yeah, It's going to be interesting because again

887
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 1: last year, I think the standouts were by far the

888
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 1: Eagles and then the Cowboys as far as what they

889
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 1: were able to do with their roster. But I just

890
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: feel like, and again this is my first free agency

891
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: really to cover from the NFL side, so I feel

892
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,879
Speaker 1: like it's a little bit more aggressive than years past.

893
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 1: But also that might just be my inexperience and jumping

894
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 1: into this. But some of these guys, I mean, like

895
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: Darren Waller that is, you know, I mean again another

896
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 1: guy where you've seen a little bit of a drop

897
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:16,799
Speaker 1: off in his game. But he's still Darren Waller, so

898
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: that'll be interesting too to see just a lot of

899
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 1: these teams really showing how competitive this division is, how

900
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: competitive the conference is. There's been a ton of other

901
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: moves that we could spend. I have like my list

902
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: that I've been trying to keep of all the major

903
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,280
Speaker 1: moves that are happening. So a lot to keep in mind.

904
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: But the bottom line I think is this is going

905
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: to be another competitive division. There's still some holes to

906
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: fill for this Cowboys team, specifically on offense. That again,

907
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 1: we'll kind of watch and wait and see. I know

908
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys available in the draft that

909
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 1: will help that as well, that we'll kind of get

910
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 1: into a little bit next week. But before we go,

911
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 1: we've got a couple of minutes here. I know I

912
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: teased earlier your favorite Ezekiel Elliott moment. It can be

913
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: off the field, it can be on the field. Someone

914
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 1: tweeted me and said his game winning touchdown against the Steelers. Great,

915
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 1: that was a great memory. So I'll open it up

916
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 1: to you, ladies. Favorite Zeke memory that doesn't involve him

917
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:16,359
Speaker 1: giving you a ponytail. It's got to be jumping in

918
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,720
Speaker 1: the kettle. Yeah, it was so fresh, it was so fun,

919
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: and the way the reaction to it was all of

920
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 1: the thousands and thousands of Cowboy fans or even non

921
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: Cowboy fans that donated twenty one dollars to the Salvation

922
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 1: Army Red Kettle for his number twenty one after Zeke

923
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: put twenty one dollars after jumping in. So um that

924
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: it was just a sensation and it was like I say, um,

925
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: completely unexpected. Yeah it was. It was. It was joyful

926
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: is what it was. And we don't get too many

927
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:53,239
Speaker 1: truly joyful moments that carry on and become something on

928
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 1: social media. Yeah, and it set a standard for the

929
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: for a good cost. Yeah. I remember everybody was upset

930
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: when he got the fine for the NFL. We were like, no,

931
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:09,600
Speaker 1: but well, Jerry's like fun, I'm giving an I was

932
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: hoping no, great Jerry, because Jerry was gonna match it

933
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: and have all that. So I mean they were thinking, oh,

934
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 1: we're going to get even more publicity out of this. Yeah.

935
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: I think for me it's Zeke leap. I mean you're

936
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: leaping over a whole man. And it was against the

937
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 1: Eagles that made it so much better, and um, something

938
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,760
Speaker 1: I had noticed, you know, when I had first started

939
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,319
Speaker 1: going in the locker room, was I pulled up all

940
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 1: of Zeke's stats because they were playing the Eagles for

941
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,400
Speaker 1: the first time during the season, and I was like, Zeke,

942
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: you play harder when you play the Eagles, Like, statistically,

943
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: that is that is your that is your bread and butter,

944
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,880
Speaker 1: Like that is where you're playing your hardest, why you know.

945
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: And he's like, it's the Eagles, like you know, and

946
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:56,879
Speaker 1: just a very Zeke response to it. But oh man,

947
00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 1: when he leaped over a whole man, Oh my gosh.

948
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 1: I remember, we all went crazy. Everyone just erupted at

949
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,480
Speaker 1: that moment, people at home, people in the stadium. I mean,

950
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: he leaped over an entire man, you guys, that is

951
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: hard to do. That is Zeke just leaped over him.

952
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,280
Speaker 1: Like nothing. To me, that will forever be the epitome

953
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,280
Speaker 1: of Zeke Elliott at you know, at his absolute best.

954
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,600
Speaker 1: I think for me, I didn't mean, there's like, there's

955
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: so many it's hard to think about. But for me,

956
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:27,359
Speaker 1: it was when they put out the commercial of him

957
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: eating the cereal and that's where the feed Zeke thing

958
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:34,240
Speaker 1: really kind of took off. And it is a disgusting video,

959
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,200
Speaker 1: like just inherently to watch. I mean, it really is,

960
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: but it just that encompassed I think who he was

961
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 1: in his career, right this fun, loving, goofy guy who

962
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:50,760
Speaker 1: will down a bowl of cereal, no hesitation, gritty, dirty,

963
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: you know, willing to do that for his team just

964
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 1: to kind of show off his personality. So that's whenever

965
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: I think of Zeke, That's what I think of. But

966
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,600
Speaker 1: I also think of his time down this year against

967
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: the Texans at ninety nine yard drive that he was

968
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: able to cap off and just what that meant to

969
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 1: the team, what it meant from the standpoint of resiliency,

970
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 1: and why they made that their word of the year.

971
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 1: For him to be the one to put the team

972
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: you know, ahead, to give them that late go ahead

973
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:23,480
Speaker 1: touchdown score. That's kind of what I will hold on to.

974
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 1: It is just the epitome of who Zeke is, being

975
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,600
Speaker 1: their first team when they need a most even if

976
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:32,919
Speaker 1: it's against a terrible Houston Texans team. So we love Zeke,

977
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: We will miss Zeek. We are excited to route him

978
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 1: on in whatever jersey he wears in the future. But

979
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: that means that the Cowboys will be building that offense

980
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:45,280
Speaker 1: up without him next season. We will of course continue

981
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 1: to monitor that as free agency continues and the draft

982
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 1: kicks off here in just about a month. But that

983
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 1: will do it for us. On this episode of Girls Talk,

984
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,239
Speaker 1: Boys Talk, Christy, thank you so much for being with us.

985
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:57,880
Speaker 1: We love having your insight on the show. It's all amazing,

986
00:50:58,040 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: so phenomenal, the things that you share. Yeah, thanks for

987
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: let me pop in. Absolutely. We will see you guys

988
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: next week on Girls Talk, Boys Talk. This has been

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00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,160
Speaker 1: a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas

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Speaker 1: Cowboys Football Club.