WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: On the Bubble? 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:07.000 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:19.160 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.880 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:27.200 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:32.600 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:38.839 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.640 It is Whinesday. August fourteen, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.680 number twenty seven. This is our last and final show 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.680 from out here in Oxnard, California. Better be good. You 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:53.240 better make it good, Derek, our last show here. Let's 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:55.520 bring it like you kind of say something mean at 0:00:55.520 --> 0:01:02.840 the start of every time, how mean this? That's motivation? 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.240 Remember what you said, my little Tony Robbins right said, 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.319 do you want to host? You're like no, no, you 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.080 got it? And then and then there you go, um No, 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.520 it's our last show here in Oxnard. We are packing up. 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:15.760 Better be good, Derek, Let's go better be good. It 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:17.679 will be it will be very good. We got a 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.880 great show. We got a great show lined up for 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.440 you guys. But this will be the last show for 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.319 the US, for those of you guys out here in Oxnard. 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.560 If you want to catch a practice, today's your final 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:29.560 day to DYBP able to do that. They have a 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:33.120 practice this afternoon at three thirty Pacific time. It will 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.760 be the last practice. Tomorrow is not a practice. That 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:39.000 practice was canceled. We will be heading off to Hawaii 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.520 tomorrow for the Cowboys to take on the Los Angeles 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:47.840 Rams on Saturday night UM in Honolulu. So we got 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:49.320 a few things that we want to get into today. 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:52.040 This is with being our last show here at training 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.560 camp in Oxnard. Remember we do have training camp once 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.920 we get back for another two weeks. But last day 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:58.840 in Oxnard, I really wanted to give a big picture 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.280 look at what we've said out here and kind of 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.160 makes sense of it for our listeners from an overall 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.640 perspective of all the fifteen practices that we've seen so far. 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:09.960 So let's start with a little bit of blanket coverage. 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.639 I have, actually the day, have four statements that I'm 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:14.919 going to toss to you guys. You fill in the blanks. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:19.639 Statement number one. After fifteen practices, I'm convinced, convinced of 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.160 this that this one thing is true. Fill in the blank. 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:28.240 It's time to go home. I can't even play along. 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.240 I mean, I am I'm not playing. I mean, it 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:33.399 is definitely definitely time to go home after a fifteen game, 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:42.480 fifteen practices. This is true, Uh, contract years or a 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:47.720 real thing. It's a real thing. It really does happen. 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.160 When you're in your contract year, you play better. I'll 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.800 see where you're going with that. Elite Collins is playing better. 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.840 I think Amari Cooper will play better if if he's 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.320 gonna finish on a contract year. In saying with that, 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.119 I bet Anthony Brown plays a lot better this year. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:05.880 I just think that's a real thing, and it happens. 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:07.840 I've seen it with Spencer, I've seen it with Hatcher, 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.639 seen it with I know there's been others. So because 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:14.800 we're gonna come up with a list of our best 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.600 players of training camp, and if Malie Collins is at 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.720 number one, he'll be number two or three. He's been 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.120 outstanding and it's hard to be outstanding as a defensive 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.119 tackle and when you're not practicing, but he has been good. 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.920 Amber you're convinced of this one thing after fifteen practices 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.680 that you can never have a calm off season if 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:39.800 you're the Cowboys. I Honestly, going into this year, after 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:44.160 DeMarcus Lawrence signing and all that, I was convinced that, Okay, 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.680 this is gonna be great. We're gonna go to camp, 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.480 It's gonna be awesome. I'm ready this team can make 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.880 it to the super Bowl. I'm not saying they can't 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.440 right now or anything like that. But what I'm saying 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.480 is now you have all these other layers of things 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:59.840 that are starting to happen. The contract talks, you go 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:05.000 seek holding out, you got different injuries popping up, and 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.000 it's like, man, can we just enjoy this for a 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.040 little longer? Can we enjoy the excitement a little longer? 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.440 But I'm not saying things, are you going down to 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:16.360 drain yet or anything like that, but I would like 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.080 to be more hyped as of right now, Dave. As 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.520 much football as we've watched and as long as we've 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:26.760 been out here, like the real process of getting this 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.240 team ready hasn't even started yet. And when I say that, 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.880 I mean how many of this team's most important players 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.920 have even done a ton of work out here. Ezekiel 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.160 Elliott's not here, Amari Cooper has been MA for a week, 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.080 DeMarcus Larns and Byron Jones are not yet off of pup. 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:48.200 Zack Martin is resting his back. Travis Frederick is slowly 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.920 inching his way deeper into the water. I just listed 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.640 like six of the team's best players. They're they're not ready. 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.400 And we've seen the young guys have done a lot, 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.239 and the rookies are exciting. You know, we've learned about 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.680 the depth, but like the guys that are going to 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.640 be responsible for getting this team to the playoffs have 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:11.560 not even really gotten to work yet. And so, like 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.000 I said, and I'm I've said before, like I'm not 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:17.200 concerned about it because we're talking about all pro players here, 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.479 but there's a lot of there's a lot of work 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.400 to do between when you get back to Frisco and 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.120 when you start playing real football games in regard to 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.120 the actual guys who are going to play on Sunday 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.960 and not the feel good training camp stories all right, 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:34.560 after fifteen practices, my biggest concern for this team is 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:46.320 blank amber biggest concern health. I think that obviously the 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.920 Cowboys have a ton of talent on the roster right now, 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.640 both on the defense side and then on the offense 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.240 as well. And one of the things that I think 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.680 can really mess up this whole season is health and 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.800 why happens with the guys on the old line and 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.080 all that, especially if Seek is not here and he's 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.599 not able to help you out that way to begin with. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.320 If something happens with one of these old linemen and 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:14.960 things aren't going that great the backup guys, that's going 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.159 to be really concerning. As far as the running game, 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:22.120 Dave biggest concern is, I mean, health is always in 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:27.640 this sport. Health is always huge. My biggest concern is 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:32.159 probably just like, do these leaps actually happen? You know, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.080 And I don't mean to throw shade at Byron Jones, 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.400 but I just remember how much we raved about him 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.320 at safety in twenty seventeen, and it didn't show up 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.720 when it actually mattered. You know, he was fine, He 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.640 didn't you know, they moved they switched his position a 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.880 year later, so he clearly wasn't amazing. And you know, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.200 I can go down the list. Malie Collins is having 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.920 an amazing camp, Michael Gallup is having an amazing camp, 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:56.080 Xavier Woods is having an amazing camp. Cheeto and Jordan 0:06:56.240 --> 0:07:00.720 are having amazing camps. Will they will it matter, will 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.359 it translate, because that's what's going to be the difference, 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:07.640 I think between this team taking that proverbial next step, 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.480 like yeah, you know Robert Quinn and Randall Cobber here, 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.880 and there's rookies here, and you know, there's some interesting 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:15.840 potential for this team to get better. But the big 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:19.040 thing is going to be existing players taking another step 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:23.440 in their game. And it's happening so far, but that's 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.120 it's a different beast when you start playing other teams. Nick, 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.400 biggest concern is he not being here his contract. Let on, 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.360 that's it, all right. I mean, if he's not here, 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.200 this team isn't as good. I don't care what they 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.960 say about thirty six. They'll be scared to death if 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:39.240 he has to play. He gotta get here with this contract, 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.040 and the more he holds out, the more leverage I 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:45.160 believe he has. So all right, after fifteen practices, the 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:50.840 player that surprised me the most was blank Nick, I 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:56.960 would say, Jordan Lewis. Jordan Lewis has been really good, 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.680 really good. And is that surprise you or you just 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:02.880 he was you were expecting to be that good. I 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.080 think he's been I think he's We did a point 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.480 counterpoint with brought us and myself and he said he 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.240 should be a starter, and I said, I don't think 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.960 he's in the top two. I still don't know if 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.360 I believe that, because Cheeto has been really good. But 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.440 he's been I think he's in the top three for sure. 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.880 So he's been a really good player and to the 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.760 point where you don't think about trading the depth away 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.720 and to try to get something. I mean, I think 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.200 you have to cut a lumba if you have to, 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:31.320 and just take your chances. But he's been so it. 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.760 Yesterday he made what I think was the play of 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.000 training camp in an interception that he got were literally 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.439 laid out at a moment's notice and and got to 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.559 pick great coverage and it was one of the best players. 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.800 It's a bitter sweet play because it was really awesome. 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.320 And I know how many awesome photos and videos that 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.640 Dave Hellman gets. I didn't get him, David. He just 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.360 stood up from sitting down getting all the shots. He 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.960 just would have been the greatest video. That video, I 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.320 mean could have been like one of your it happened, 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.920 would have been your heart. It happens without fail like 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:05.040 when I when I let my guard up, that's when 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.280 they do something awesome, which that's on me because you 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.360 should never let your guard up. You gotta be relentless 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.440 as Jason Garrett down down Sorry, sorry, yeah, when I 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.640 let it down? Sorry? Okay? Making sure all right? Amber 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:19.480 player that surprised you the most blank Um. This might 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.720 sound weird because he was pretty good last year, but 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.880 to me, I would say my league Collins just because 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:30.760 he was battling with injuries last season. And to me, 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.600 whenever an injury pops up, specially a reoccurring one, and 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.200 not only on one side of the leg, on both sides, 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:41.080 so it always concerns me and I'm always paying attention 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.680 as to how well that player can hold up. And 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.000 he's he's held up pretty good out here. A training 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.560 came and not just held up, but exceeded my expectations. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.760 He's been playing really, really good. Dave. I'm gonna say 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.840 Dorn's armstrong, not because he's not any good, but like 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.800 I temper my expectations when it comes to those guys 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:01.640 like I. I think people fall for this trap a 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.120 lot where they're like, oh, he's in his second year 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.400 and he's coming along and a lot of times that 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.520 doesn't really pan out. Any defensive end is a typically 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:14.680 a position where this studs at that position come from 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.560 the first two rounds of the draft, Like you don't 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.360 see a lot of like all pros coming from the 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.480 fourth round. And he's not an all pro yet. But 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:25.240 he looked exactly like people thought he would look like 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.000 everybody that said like, oh he could he could take 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.160 the next step, he could make that leap. He's looked 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.440 exactly like that. And maybe it's my own shortcomings as 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.920 a pessimistic person, but I didn't actually think that would happen. Sorry, Dorans, 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.480 I'm throwing another guy in real quick. I think I'm 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:42.840 surprised that Tavon Austin is having the camp he's having 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:46.720 and that he is pretty much anything can change, but 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:48.520 I feel like right now he's kind of locked into 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.760 a position. I never thought that Tavon would be locked in. 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.360 Didn't think that they even wanted him back, and they 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:55.920 signed him to a one year deal, and I was like, 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:57.960 let's see if Pollard can do. But is it more 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.360 because of what he has done as opposed to what 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.840 other guys haven't done. No, I think it's because of 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:05.520 what he's I would argue that he's had a very 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.240 good and I thought what you said, I thought it 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.080 was going to start off that way, like let's see 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.680 if someone can do it better. He's been pretty good. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.160 And the fact that we had somebody tell us that 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:19.320 right now he's tied with Randall Cobb have having the 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:23.000 best camp, is the third best guy behind Gallup and Cooper, 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.839 you know, and not not having the best camp because 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:27.839 Cooper has been baked up. But you know, like as 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.080 far as making the team and all that, like he's 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.520 right there. He's right there with Cobb. It's easy to 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.960 forget that he had a really good camp last year too, 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.760 and they were using him as a downfield receiver and 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.840 it looked very similar. He got hurt in week two 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.040 of the season. Maybe that was part of it. Yeah, 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.200 I don't know, but he's looked good out here, all right. 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:48.840 Final question from a blanket coverage. Jerry had a session 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.480 with the media yesterday. He had some interesting things to say. 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:55.320 He did say this particular nugget. He said, a deal 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.120 could be done with someone that no one is talking about. 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.240 I think, and this is you. I was putting your perspective. 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:05.880 I think he's referring to blank Dave. First of all, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:09.760 I don't think that's gonna happen, Like, I don't, uh number, 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:14.199 If I had to pick my best, it's got to 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.000 be somebody where like you can kind of control the price, 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.840 I think. And so the names that come to mind MALIEK. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:25.280 Collins or maybe Antoine Woods, um, guys that like would 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.880 maybe be happy to sign a new contract. Malik was 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.200 the first guy I thought, I'm I'm gonna let them answer, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.000 but I've got more to say about that, and why 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.400 I wouldn't say another name. Okay, all right, So I 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.480 like I like the Antoine Woods. I like that a lot. 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.280 Reminds me a little bit of the Jay Ratliffe situation 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.600 the first time around, when they signed him and they're like, 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.000 why would they sign him? He's still young and it 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:49.000 turned out to be a steal um. But remember Antoine 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:52.480 Woods's agents, Drew Rosenhouse, He's not playing that game. You know, 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.880 you can't. You're not gonna You're not gonna sneak anything 0:12:55.920 --> 0:13:00.240 by you know that situation. Um, I I would say 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:05.439 Byron Jones, I think would be the would be my 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:09.040 guest there. I've seen him sign a player when he's 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:13.080 been banged up before, and and you know, maybe maybe 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.600 with Byron is a little bit worried about how this 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.880 year is going to be and go for him, they 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:20.280 might be able to get him maybe a little bit 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.280 cheaper than the market would would say. That would be 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.280 my guest, Byron Jones and Norm Byron. He also could 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:27.880 be one of those guys that looks at it and say, 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.280 as you know, I think what I got here now 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.680 is a great situation for me. I think I could 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:34.440 be my best here. I don't necessarily want to god 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:35.800 in free agency. So if you give me a dear 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.079 that deal I think is fair for me, I'm willing 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.320 to maybe take it a little earlier and not test 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:45.079 the free agency market. You got another one, Yeah, Jason Garrett. 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:48.400 I saw a fan. That's an interesting one. I saw 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:49.600 a fan. I don't think they do, but that's an 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.640 interesting one. I saw a fan suggesting that when this 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:55.599 came out. But I Jason Garrett doesn't fall under the 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.160 salary cap. I don't think Jerry would. I don't think 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.800 Jerry would say that. I honestly think they want him. Yeah, 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:04.400 they like the perception of make him hungry, right, I 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.760 think like that if he was gonna do it, he 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.600 would have done it way before, like the eve of 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:14.120 the season, right, I think Amber, m Um, I don't 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.800 have any other guys aside from those two that they mentioned. 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.040 I could see my first thought would be in the league, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.480 and I could see Byron doing that because of how 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:26.920 he is and his uh stage stage how do you 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.840 say status right now or whatever? Um. Other than that, 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:33.920 the rest of the guys, I mean you mentioned Antoine, 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.760 I see him definitely being a guy like okay, because 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.960 he's always striving to be great, and you know he's 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.160 in that hot boy mode and you know they're you 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.680 know how those people are looking for big money, and 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.040 I think he's gonna do the same thing. And uh, 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:51.480 you talk about Jalen, that's another guy that's definitely no. 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:55.840 I kinda do that right now, No absolute way, So 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:01.760 I think what I can get more money though, Lyle, Lyle, Jalen, 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.440 and I think Byron. Although Byron is interesting because of 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.480 the injury, maybe if they made him a fair offer, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.320 maybe he would agree to it, just on the off 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.400 chance he doesn't have a great year because of that. 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.560 But Lyle, Byron, and Jalen are all sixteen games away 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.520 from FU money. And Jalen's not technically because he's headed 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:23.960 for restricted free agency, but like he I don't know anything, 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:25.760 but like, I won't be surprised if we're in this 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:28.080 position with Jalen next summer that we already held up. 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.920 I mean, if let's say they give him a first 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.000 round tender, he could be playing on a five million 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:36.480 dollar deal after back to back like Pro Bowl caliber seasons. 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.600 He's at some point in his career he's going to 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.280 be gunning for like the eighteen million dollar type of mark. 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.800 It could be next year. I don't know, but those 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.600 guys have a lot of money at stake. The thing 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.520 like Antoine is an exclusive rights free agent, which means 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.640 like the team doesn't even have to try to keep him. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.800 And Malik has had the injury history. He's also he 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:57.760 strikes me as just being a low key guy. He's 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:02.280 quieter than Tyron Smith um, so maybe he just wants 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:03.600 to get it out of the way and not even 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.560 mess with free agency. That's why I lean toward those two. 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.600 The tricky guy. The tricky part for Lyle is if 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.320 Lyle goes and signs somewhere else, for you know, whatever 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.400 it is, eleven million, twelve million, you know, something like that, 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:18.360 whatever the market is, you know, then you still got 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.680 a Wow he makes more than tyrantsman, you know, that 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.360 would be the story. But if the Cowboys signed him 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.560 for that and now he's making more than ty Tyres, 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.400 that can't happen. Right now, you got another problem on 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.480 your hands. I just don't think. I don't think Lyle 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.040 is going to command that kind of money, do you, 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.120 I don't. I mean, Lyle has been Okay, he's been 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.320 a good, solid player for him, Okay, great, if you 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.800 keep in mind Yron is playing on the most absurdly 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:44.840 team friendly deal in the NFL. Yeah, I get that. 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:48.040 I'm so saying, compared to what these other guys are making, 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.000 I think Lyle be given his age and given his 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.200 production and his position flex if you will, I think 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.600 he's gonna be He's gonna make that kind of money. 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.000 And so if the Cowboys signed him to what the 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.920 market is, it's going to be more than what Tyrant is. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.239 And that's when I don't think. If he signs with 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.600 the Buccaneers or whoever or Falcons for this, you know, 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.280 it's like, Wow, you can't believe he's making more than 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.600 Tyrant and it's not that big a deal because it's 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:16.240 not here. But if it's here, no, that ain't gonna happen. Trym. 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:17.960 Brown is the guy I keep going back to, and 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.439 he's making like seventeen million a year. Lyon might not 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:23.320 even hit that, but like it just seems realistic to 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:28.560 assume Tyrons like ten. He signed a ten year contract. 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.719 That's but also, like I talked about that with somebody yesterday. 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.720 I was like, I don't think he cares. Tyrant is 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.480 the rare guy that I don't think cares. Now. I 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.560 think Tyron thinks I'm making a lot of money. I 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.199 can take care of myself. He might next generation, he 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:45.080 might care if his not as good linemate is making 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.880 almost double his salary. Though maybe you know, yeah, so 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.560 that's tough, especially okay for those positions that you are 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:56.600 always you'll see hit the break, go ahead, sorry, keep going, 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:00.639 and you just say I'm keep going. That's funny. Okay, 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:04.080 what was I saying? Oh that that position you know 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.160 you were, especially a guy like him is constantly getting 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.600 hurt and he's had healthy issues or with his back 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:14.040 and all that, and you start looking at other guys 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.240 making more money than you. I mean that turns a 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.480 light on you know, you want to be able to 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.600 get the most money that you can, especially when this 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.159 is something that's gonna affect you for the rest of 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.520 your life. I mean, your body's not gonna get any better. 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.080 I'll tell you this, I don't want to work. I 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:30.960 don't want to be at work. The day that they 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:34.640 announced a contract extension with Antoine Woods and the Big 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.840 Three remained unsigned, like that doesn't sound fun for me. Yeah, 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.520 because it's gonna be a s show. Yeah, all right, 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:42.440 let's go and take our first break. When we come back, 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.919 we're gonna go through our position evaluation. We're gonna go 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.080 through each position. 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