WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Second-Year Jumps? 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.040 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:13.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This He's Talking 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:18.280 Cowboys screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:29.440 the Star in Frisco, SAT. And now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:35.839 heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. It is 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.680 another Talking Cowboys Tuesday here in the off season from 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:45.159 the SWBC studios at the Star in Frisco, May thirty first, 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.360 twenty twenty two. It is the final day of the 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.120 month of May, which means we are getting closer and 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.600 closer to the twenty twenty two NFL season, and we'll 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.440 break down the first week of OTAs and a whole 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.240 lot more here over the next hour. Back with the 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:02.600 usual crew. Heck My Harrison, Isaiah stand Back, Rob Phillips, 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:05.440 I'm Kyle Yeoman's. We've got Jazz in the back running 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:09.440 the show for Chris Beam this week. And gentlemen, we're 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.760 getting closer. You got to see a little bit of 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:15.160 a glimpse of football. You can get that little itch. 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.640 Its starting to kind of get to that point where 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.120 you feel like it's it's not right around the corner 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.760 but it feels like it's getting there. One hundred days. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:27.240 Did you scratch the itch though a little bit? Yeah, 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:29.680 it's just a quick scratch, A little tease is all 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.479 it is. Yeah, But one hundred days to the season, 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.240 I believe exactly today? Is it one hundred today? Because 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.560 according to Adam Schefter that was his scoop for the morning, 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.000 Oh to the season, Cowboys got one hundred and three 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.200 games earth days till their game. Okay, how many days 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.080 do we have to count, Kyle? I don't want to 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:49.240 talk about it. Less less than one hundred a lot 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.920 less days days we're there. I had my math wrong 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.320 a couple of times because I was thinking seventy days, 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:00.080 but I turned that into seven weeks and not the 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.120 right man. That's okay, it's more than seven weeks. I'll 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:04.760 tell you that much. I guess last time. It was 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:06.520 nine and a half weeks last week, so that would 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:08.359 make it eight and a half weeks from you guys 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:14.160 in some Memorial days too. Oh, it's amazing high quality. 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.239 Why are you talking about the can of the day blue? 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.000 You can't get over the fact that it's in a can. Yeah, 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.520 I feel like stone cold, but like really not smash together. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:25.040 You saw it. You saw the stone cold smash. I 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:26.639 mean this is high quality. I don't know if it's 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:30.400 better because it's in a can or Steve Wiser's good stuff. Man, Sorry, 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.280 he's just trying. Memorial Day deal. This I got down 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.680 Memorial Day and I l deals it's working its way 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:40.120 to the steadfast eligibility. Yeah, how was your Memorial Day? 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:43.160 It's good? Yeah, that's good. It's just chilling. You know. 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:48.000 I got a green thumb over the weekend. Who rubs? 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:53.480 Yeah yeah, down some some trees and such and got 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.440 completely eight up. But yeah, man, I got rewarded, you 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:59.919 know for all of my hard work. You know, got 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:07.040 loo to dinner and all of that. Yes, Nikki, I 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:13.600 did a good thing. And that's a show right home. 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:18.680 And of course honoring all of the men and women 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.120 that have fallen in our arm for throughout the years. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.080 So it was it was a great weekend, but we 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.640 also got to keep in mind why it was there. 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:27.920 Let's take a look at some of the news and 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.280 notes from our cowboys first week of OTAs anything pop 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:33.639 out of their rock. Yeah, I mean it was a 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:36.120 like you said, it's scratched a little bit of an itch, 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.200 you know, finally get him on the field, watch some 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:44.360 guys in nonpad situations. Um, you got to see a 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.520 little glimpse of what the offense looks like without Amari Cooper. 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.040 But it's gonna be a little bit till we see 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:54.080 the full core because you got guys dealing with some stuff. 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:58.000 So you had Dak Prescott out there without James Washington, 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:02.520 without Jalen Tolbert, without Michael Gallup, So it was, you know, 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.000 you got to project a little bit, but you know 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.720 it was it was nice to see guys just back 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:09.480 on the field doing some stuff. And they've got two 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.320 of them this week, only two coming off the long weekend, 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.680 and man, in two weeks from now they got the 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.880 mini camp, then they're out out for the summer. Now 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.120 what that was going on with Jalen Tolbert, Pee, You 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.160 gotta give me some information on this because I think 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.599 that's where Cowboy fans were just freaking out that he 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:30.320 started off with the it's rid jersey, yellow jersey, whatever jersey. Yeah, 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.600 he was doing some stuff with Britt Brown, Cowboys director 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.800 of Rehabilitation, which I think it's more fun to practice 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:36.240 than it is at work with britt most of the 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.680 time sounds like he's probably I think it's a little 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.480 bit of a hamstring, And Mike McCarthy said he might 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.880 be back on the field this week, so they don't 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.920 think it's anything serious. James Washington was in a boot. 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:51.680 They didn't really provide much detail on why. But he 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.960 may be back in the next couple weeks. If not, 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.200 I would say by training camp. But they may be 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.040 may be something that they're just going to be careful 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:03.440 with up Loxnar. We'll see. But but you're you're starting 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.520 three receivers during these drills, and they did a lot 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.800 of situational stuff. It was an installed day. They did 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:12.440 some two minute type stuff offensively and defensively. You had 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:16.640 Noah Brown and Simon Fojoko as you're starting outside receivers 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.799 with the first team, and you had CD working inside, 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:21.719 which is what he's done for the duration of his 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.400 career mostly so far, so had to adjust. And no 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:28.360 Tyrant Smith either, at least in that practice that we 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.560 saw last week, is back tightened up on him. So 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.560 you had Matt Well let's go and Josh Ball getting 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.080 first team reps. Yeah, I think you look at what 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.919 Heckman is talking about freaking out about Jaylen Tilbert, and 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.640 it's easy to have that overreaction after the first OTAs 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.839 and guys are out. But I think the one where, 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.039 one place that that's founded is the fact that Tyron 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.839 Smith already is having some kind of back tightness and 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:55.080 there's just something there and it's lingering into this offseason 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.040 and it continues to be a storyline because I mean, 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.880 that's what the storyline has been, is how healthy is 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.480 Tyrn Smith going to be able to stay throughout an 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:05.640 entire off season and end of the regular season. And 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:08.720 the answer so far as he's still missing a little 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.520 bit of time. I got so much to put on 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.159 our plate already, and I mean, here we are in 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.880 May and we're talking about back tightness. I'm not worried 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.000 about it. Good guys, I really am not. Nobody really 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.599 should be. Let's I mean, here's the thing, because we 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.719 know he's gonna miss some games, let's just put that 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.520 in our heads. Last season, I believe he played eleven games, 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.520 eleven games and six mixed six. So let's say the 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:36.680 over under this year, if we get thirteen, we're good. 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.919 And I think the swing tackle positioning you just got 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.920 to insert X Files music right there, because we can't 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.560 we figure out who the swing tackle is. And it's 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:49.200 the biggest mystery going into camp who is going to 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.479 be the swing tackle? And not enough has been made 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.880 about it, seriously, not enough it's been made about it 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.400 because we've got to figure that part out, especially if 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.360 we've let well let go of some our right tackle 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.240 now we have still we don't even have them and 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.880 as an option anymore to be our swing tackle. So 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.960 those are just some of the bigger lingering questions about 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:09.840 up front. And I know that's something that worries you 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.760 as well. It definitely worries me. That's a position that 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.760 you wanted to share up this offseason. They haven't done 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.720 so yet. There's still a lot of time. We still 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:19.440 have a couple of months before camp. I'm as swimming 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:23.800 seven eight weeks and running that's something, So there's still time. 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.480 And I think that that's a position that they're going 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.280 to have to address along with some other positions, especially 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.440 as some of these injuries kind of linger around. It's 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.040 it's if you're going to sustain some of these soft 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.320 tissue injuries and things in a nature. First of all, 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.720 Cowboys Nation. Soft tissue injuries around this time of the 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:43.160 year is expected, especially for rickies seemingly seemingly just front 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.320 of a standpoint that they're coming off of training for 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.960 specific drills and now all of a sudden, they're coming 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.840 out of training for months on end for those specific 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:54.520 drills forty broad jump, all those things, and now they're 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:57.720 going to transition straight into playing football again. You're going 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.600 to sustain some soft tissue injuries because you're moving in 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.520 multiple facts, right, You're moving in different angles, you're planning, 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:08.640 you're cutting, you're celerating, you're taking on resistance from other guys. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:10.920 Now you're going to sustain some of those injuries until 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.880 your body adapts back into that environment again. So it's okay, 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.240 Tobra will be fine watching all these guys will be 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:20.800 perfectly fine. However, you want to see what the moves 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.120 of Cowboys are going to make going into this summer 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.560 because you want to have that depth, that depth, that 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.280 that confidence that you had last season. Hey, if somebody 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:31.200 goes down, there's somebody else like a step up, or 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.559 hey we have a game plan. If if Tyrant goes down, 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.800 we can swing. That doesn't seem to really be in 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:38.880 play right now, So I think that's an area that 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:40.520 they're gonna have to shore up between now and the 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.360 time training camp begins. I mean, we talked about this 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:47.000 last week and problem spots and what's your biggest one. 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:51.800 I said, swing tackle, just because, to Heck's point, that's 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.560 a starting position based on history for at least three 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.800 games over the last five years, and they have not, 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:02.760 to Isaiah's point, have not signed a veteran for that 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.439 role like they've normally done. And if you listen, if 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:08.560 you believe Jerry Jones at the draft, he said, they're 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.800 out of that market because they have three young tackles 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:13.839 that they like and they want to see now based 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.520 on performance slash injuries. You can change your opinion of 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.320 that and try to go out and find a guy. 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:22.640 But they've invested draft picks in Josh Ball, Matt Will 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.280 Let's go this year, and then Tyler Smith depending on 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.400 if he's a guard, Okay, take him out of that, 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.839 he's left guard. But they're all in that mix, and 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.360 I guess they're just gonna see it through. And I'm 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.000 not worried about Tyrn Smith with the back last week, 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.720 Like if you've got anything and you're going to be 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:42.280 a key role player starter, they're gonna hold you out. 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.000 Olsa had a little thigh thing that happened in OTA's 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:47.640 last week. They held him out of the open one 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.640 that people don't know you're a back sympathizer. Yeah, big time. 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:57.880 I got two herniations back there, So I mean it sucks. 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:02.480 We are we are and like if it doesn't go away, 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:04.439 this is this has been a thing for Dak for 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.400 not Dak, for Tyrone for for years in training camp. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:12.520 He'll take these maintenance days. So um. But yeah, they 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.199 they they they've got youth there that they've got to 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.559 find who's gonna step up there, and maybe it's Josh 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.120 Ball my fear and I understand that you want to 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.400 have trust and you want to have faith into your 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:26.080 scouting department, into your coaches to be able to develop 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.960 to talent, give your talent an opportunity to actually, uh 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.600 you know, to you know, get their legs underneath them 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:34.840 and say, hey, we're gonna we're gonna rest assure it 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.040 on the guys that we have. I get that thinking 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:40.160 and I understand it from the perspective of the front office. However, 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:44.080 the worst case scenario is you're going through camp, guys, 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.000 do okay, Now, all of a sudden, there's three preseason games. 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.079 Three yep. Correct. You get to the first prison game, 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:54.199 you're like, crap, and it's not what I thought, or 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:56.040 it's not what I was hoping for, And all of 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:57.599 a sudden, now you got two weeks to try to 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.760 feel the spot before a season for depth. Right. I 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.400 don't like that position because there are going to be 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.520 a lot of other teams probably in that same boat. 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.280 They're gonna be trying to fish out that same pool, 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:13.080 and their fish just may not be there. So I 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.360 am from the standpoint of I would prefer they secure 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.880 that now, right. I know what Double Jay said. I 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.600 would rather secure that now in a very friendly manner 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.160 in terms of your contracts and all that jazz. Protect 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:28.360 yourself just in case, right, And I guess what if 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:32.439 you're young, guys panned out? It's the league, Okay, we understand, 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.360 guys get cut all the time, fired however you want 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:35.960 to look at it. It It sucks. It's a part of 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.280 the business, guys understand, and you hope that they get 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.079 up other opportunities, but you at least protect yourself at 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.400 all times. Real quick, I wonder if it's salary to 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.040 in part because they've they've spent up to I don't know, 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.080 two three million on a swing tackle in the past, 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.040 whether it was Cam Irving, Cam Fleming, and you know, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.200 dollars last year. Yeah, dollars are precious right now for them. 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.120 And if you've got to I mean, you don't want 0:11:58.120 --> 0:11:59.880 to play around with this position. But if you've got 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:01.680 a rookie that can win the job on much less 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.079 than that, or a young player like Ball, maybe you 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.800 do that. You know, I think when Jerry made the statement, 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.480 I took it as you know, another jerryism, and that 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.360 situation is fluid. They understand the investment that they have 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.000 in Dak Prescott, and you go back over the last season, 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.400 I think some of your your the lull or when 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.000 the production started to swing down, was when you had 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.200 that musical chair situation started to happen up front. Again, 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.000 nobody's gonna give a give Dak that excuse or the 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.480 Cowboys that excuse. But that's the problem that they've had, 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.439 and maybe the dollars have something to do with it. 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.760 But I gotta, I really gotta agree with the front 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.880 office with this. When you put invest those picks you 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.080 have Ball, y'all. FORNI act, like you just mentioned, you 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.880 have to rely on the development of those players, and 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:47.160 I think they feel like they have those guys to 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.360 the point where, you know, look, I don't have to 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.560 go out here and get three million, four million dollars 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.080 swing tackle to come in here. And maybe I think 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.200 the rules that the rule changes with guys that are 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.960 going to the practice squad. Now, like we talked about 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.600 last year, teams are now able to hoard all of 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:06.760 their offensive line then left tackles. If you look like 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.680 a left tackle go to the street. It's not happening. 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:10.640 I mean, I would be surprised if it's Matt will 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:14.559 Let's go Kyle swing tack right away this year coming 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.720 out of North Dakota, and he had and I'm not 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.280 saying this is gonna be his life or his career, 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.360 but he had a welcome to the Fell moment in 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:25.880 OTA's last week where Micael put him on his rear end, 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.360 you know, and he's one on one passengers and that's 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:30.640 just part of it. But like there's some there's some 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.520 development that he's going to have to have um and 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.720 maybe it's again Josh Ball at least has been in 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.000 the program for a year and they like his ability 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.000 and maybe that's the guy they're looking to try to 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.440 seize it this year. Yeah. I think if Matt will 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.160 Let's Go is the selection for the swing tackle or 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.440 if he's the guy, then that says two things. One 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.280 they don't feel super confident on anybody that's out in 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.600 the open market. And two that's really it's not a 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:55.600 good sign for Josh Ball because, like you said, he's 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.120 been in it, he's been around, he's been in the system, 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.680 He's had time to win that job plent times in 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:02.760 the past. If Matt wi Letsko comes in as a 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.440 fifth round pick and it's like, oh my gosh, here 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.400 he is, Here's he's the guy, that's all a little 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.040 bit of an issue. I would be. That would be 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.640 where I'm looking at Isaiah across the table and saying, 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:14.319 they don't feel comfortable with what they've got it. What's 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.240 you guys his preference? Would you guys rather go into 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.360 camp currently with what who you have on a roster? 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.520 Would you like to solidify that by grabbing a veteran 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:24.600 specifically specific just in case, I'd love to get a 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:29.040 veteran Okay, just in case is mine I lived there? Okay, Yeah, 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.760 because like we haven't seen we haven't even seen Josh 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.640 Ball really like he didn't He did not participate in 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:37.000 a preseason game last year because he heard his ankle 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.200 the second week of camp. So they like him, but 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.440 we haven't We haven't seen it, so and they haven't 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:43.960 seen it. So you guys running just in case, you 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:48.400 guys are seeing nixt just in case. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.280 I think I think getting a veteran tackle would certainly 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:55.040 benefit the entire roster all the way through. So that's 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.480 that's definitely something that'll be on their mind while we're 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.880 talking about some of the negatives in terms of health 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:04.280 and question marks around that offense in OTAs, let's flip it. 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:07.440 Here's a positive, the fact that Dak Prescott is completely 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.120 healthy in this offseason for the first time in two years. Yeah, 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:14.120 crack open that ice cold day, Jean blue Water in 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:21.320 a camp, cheers everybody to Dak Prescott being held at everybody. Hey, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.480 so what kind of impact does that give Isaiah on 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:28.040 an offense on a team when your leader is not 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.840 only back, he's in the room, he's in those meetings, 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:34.960 and he's fully capable of contributing. But also he is 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:36.960 fully healthy, and he's looking better than he has in 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.360 probably two years. It makes you feel good. I mean, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:42.880 stress lovers are low. I just finished watching Obi Kenobi 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.040 in first two episodes. You know, and Obie's back. You 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.560 know he's back. You know did Obi Gonobia the Dallas 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.200 Cowboys is back. And he's the man. He's the leader 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.880 of this offense. He's a leader of this organization. And 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.360 you know, you think Jerry Jones and you think Dak Prescott. 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:57.840 Those are the two people when you think about, well, 0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:59.720 you got w j up top, and you got you 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.920 got Dack down here on the underground level. And when 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.920 he's healthy, you don't have to worry about the what ifs. 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.480 You don't have to worry about all His office is 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:10.640 gonna look okay? Are they gonna have some continuity? Are 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:12.720 these guys didn't get the information relayed? How is there? 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:14.360 You know, are these guys gonna be in sync as 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.440 new receivers the tight ends or how is it gonna flow? You? 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.840 All those worries that you had before kind of go away, 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:22.400 and you're able to look at the production that he 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.480 had last year and identify. Okay, this is what he 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.680 did well. This is he had some lolls when he 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:29.560 wasn't healthy. Okay, So if we eliminate those, what does 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.680 his offense look like? Because we understand that this offense 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.000 can only go as far as Dak's health goes. You 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.080 can work around a lot of other things in this offense. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.240 If Dad's not healthy, you're on the struggle bus. I 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:41.920 don't care who the heck you got back there. So 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.880 it's awesome that he's healthy. It's awesome that he's able 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.760 to get this work full speed reps with his new guys, 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:52.280 his new acquisitions, because they're gonna need that going into camp. No. 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.880 I you know, I talk about Dac all day. You 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.640 hate me to talk about Dad. I mean it's look, 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:02.840 I feel as though last season the disadvantage was coming 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.240 into OTAs that he wasn't healthy. You didn't know what 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.720 version of Dak you were going to get. So coming 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.200 into the seventh season, I think you feel a lot 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:14.080 comfortable knowing that he has a full off season. Now, 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.680 he's getting healthier, The ankle should be a lot better. 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.280 All of the information that he's been getting talking about 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.320 from the doctors and saying that you'll be much better 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.720 from this injury in your second season. So I'm looking 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:26.800 for that. The Cowboys need that and so but I'm 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.200 with you. If his health ain't right, this whole thing 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.679 ain't right. And I mean, all of your investment is 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.439 put there in him, and the amount of money that 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:37.720 he demands as a salary as a Dallas Cowboys quarterback 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.960 is astronomical and you have to build around that. I 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.800 feel I want Dak to go scorched earth this year, 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.560 I really do. I want him to have the kind 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.720 of season where he is playing some of the top 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.080 tier quarterbacks in this league. He burned them down and 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:53.919 that's what he has to do to get to the 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.280 end of the season this time next year. So for 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.240 all those nay says, and I know none of the 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.400 guys they say they don't care about that, but he's 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:03.560 got to shut some people up and legit. His numbers 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.760 mean nothing. The way that people judge Dak, they judge 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.760 him in quarters of the season at the time over 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:10.639 the last eight games on that first two, you know, 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.119 whatever it is against teams with five hundred teams with 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:17.000 this his record, what's gonna stand for Dak is having 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:20.840 that productive season as a quarterback, you know, not throwing 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:23.399 a whole bunch of interceptions. Maybe he's gotten close to 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.439 the five thousand at once back in the day, but 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.760 his health his paramount, and talking about the offensive line 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:31.879 health and who they're gonna have at that swing tackle 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.000 and all up front is going to be important as well, 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:35.760 because you have to keep him standing up in this 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:39.199 offense that's demanding him to throw a lot of balls. 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.919 So this is his season, that seven in his seventh season, 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.840 this is as hot as it gets underneath him. I 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.720 agree he's the kid of the season because he plays quarterback, 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.120 and you saw with Joe Burrow, who has some nice 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:53.560 pieces players around him. But you know, if your quarterback 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:57.439 is balling out and having like a generational special season, 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.000 that can change the whole dynamic of your offense, your team. 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:02.480 You can mask some things that are weaknesses on your team. 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.240 And they're in a situation now where they're in transition 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:08.280 with their receivers and the best quarterbacks in the league 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:12.520 Isai has played with some can elevate guys to become 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:15.359 better players just by playing with a great quarterback. And 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.720 that's that's you know, without Amari that's I think CD 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:21.760 has already got a Pro Bowl right, he can be 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:24.360 a great player, but there are some questions beyond CD, 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:26.639 and obviously CD stepping into a new role. So there's that. 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.920 I think him coming back healthy this offseason. It's really 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:33.200 two offseasons now where now he's back to a normal 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.560 one because the whole team didn't even have offseason workouts 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:39.080 two years ago. Last year, it's the stuff that we 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.520 don't always see. It's it's them working out on their 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:44.800 own together and building a rapport away from the team 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.280 that he didn't get to really do last year because 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:50.640 he's focusing on his leg. And last year, at least 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:54.600