1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: screening live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys apt now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 5 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola and it is time for another edition 6 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: of Mick Shots. And we are starting a new week 7 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: because it's Wednesday. That's right, it is Giants Week. And 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: there is so much more than just the Giant. I's 9 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: gonna say, anybody talking about the Giants, Well, I can 10 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: tell you this much. In New York they are not 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: talking about the Giants because, as you know, I like 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: to listen to I like to go behind enemy lines 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: and hear what they're saying about the other team. On 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: my drive in I tried to listen to and I 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: put quotation marks around to try to listen to New 16 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: York sports talk radio. And as you can imagine, wait, 17 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: let me guess they aren't happy with the Yankees. A 18 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: couple of former Rangers that play for the Yankees did 19 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: not play very well for the Yankees. But what we 20 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: are here to talk about are your Dallas Cowboys. And 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: of course there was breaking news last night, and we'll 22 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: fill you in on what we know about the breaking 23 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: news from last night. Yeah, I'm sure it might have 24 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: caught most people off guard, kind of not knowing what's 25 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: probably was going on behind the scenes. But as Mike 26 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: McCarthy pointed out today in his press conference, you know, 27 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: they had a pretty extensive personnel meeting after the game 28 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: and minor standing. He kind of goes through every guy 29 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: that played in the game with the owner and the 30 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: CEO and whoever else has probably got Jones on their name, 31 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: including me. Uh maybe not yeah, but because you're not upstairs. 32 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: But the coach did meet with me yesterday evening we 33 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: taped the Coaches Show, and I will just let you 34 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: know this much. He tipped you off. No, he did 35 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: not tip He tipped me off that there was something 36 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: important happening, and so he was in a hurry to 37 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: get that Coaches Show taped. He got a phone call 38 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: in the middle of taping the Coaches Show about six 39 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: o'clock last night. But go ahead, this is not going 40 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: to make the Coaches Show, is what you're saying. It 41 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: will be another in other parts of other part of Yeah. Absolutely. So. Um, look, 42 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's been hashed already and you know, our 43 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: chance to talk about it. The thing I took from 44 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy was he said there was He was talking 45 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: about the big picture and multiple factors on why they 46 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 1: made the decision to release Jalen Smith four games, four 47 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: games into the season. And this is the way I 48 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: look at it, number one, And this hasn't been pointed out. 49 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: You know, every company points out that they were worried 50 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: about his nine point two million dollars base salary next year. 51 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: All right, but to do this move, you know, they've 52 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: got to cover his salary cap hit for this year, right, 53 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: and to show you the dissatisfaction they had with him, 54 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: it's going to cost them six point eight million next 55 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: year in dead money, so you never get away from 56 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 1: the guarantees that have already been paid, right, So six 57 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: point eight he's gonna he's gonna count against the cap 58 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: next year, next year six point eight. You know how 59 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: when Travis Frederick retired and then there was dead money 60 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: for this year, well, next year dead money for releasing 61 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: Jalen Smith is going to be six point eight million. 62 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: And had they waited until now, you do not want 63 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: to wait until the fifth day of next year because 64 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: the right contract was guaranteed next year on the fifth 65 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: day of the new league year. But if you waited 66 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: and maybe he may June first cut, then you could 67 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: spread that cap hit over two years two next year, right, 68 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: And so that's the significance of doing it now from 69 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: a salary came exactly and doing it now because the 70 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: contract next year nine point two million was guaranteed against injury. Right, 71 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: So what happens if he, I don't know, has some 72 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: sort of injury that he's out for the rest of 73 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: this year, Well, if it's something that he has to 74 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: rehab sort of the way he did this past offseason 75 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: with the wrist surgery, right, And so he wasn't healthy 76 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: at the fifth day of the league year this year, 77 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: so that guaranteed his contract. Okay, they couldn't cut him. 78 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: Everybody goes, why now, why didn't they do it before? 79 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: And at that point they had still not decided on 80 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: vander Esch's if they were going to pick up his 81 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: fifth year option. They still hadn't drafted Michael Parsons nor 82 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: Jibril Cox, right, So from a linebacker stamped point, basically 83 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: hadn't a sign and right, so their hands were tied right, 84 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: So to me, um, they were dissatisfied with his play. 85 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: Let's just get right to that. You know, we can 86 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: come up with all this other stuff, but if the 87 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: guy's playing well, then you're not doing any of this. 88 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: And they gave him a chance over the first four 89 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: weeks of the season to show what they could do 90 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: better into this defense or whatever. He did not. He 91 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: did not if you just watched the game against Carolina, 92 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: they gave him every chance because they opened in a 93 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: three four defense with Jalen and Layton in the middle, 94 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: and that's where he belonged. And that was the second 95 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: series of the game. That was the first series of 96 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: the game. Jalen was not on the field. They were start. 97 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: They were in that right. Second series of the game, 98 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: they came out in a three four. Michael Parsons was 99 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: playing left outside linebacker, I think maybe it was Bash 100 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: him on the other side, and the inside linebackers were 101 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: Jalen and Layton exactly. And the first play Cuba Hubbard 102 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: went for fourteen yards and then one play later he 103 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: went for twelve yards, and then they were in it 104 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: one more play and then they discarded the three four. 105 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: The rest of the day, and whenever Jalen was on 106 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: the field the rest of the day, it was alongside 107 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: He was alternating with Layton, alongside Michael Parsons, right at 108 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: the traditional exact spot. And I went back and looked 109 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: at almost every one of his twenty eight snaps, and 110 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: he would he was an entity. I saw him make 111 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: one tackle, so that had a you know, that was 112 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: the overriding part of the multiple factors. Now the other 113 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: factor was, is my understanding, they went to him and 114 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: tried to restructure his contract for next year. And I 115 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: don't know if that meant lowering the base salary. I 116 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: don't know if that meant okay, we're going to take 117 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: this guarantee away or the injury guarantee away. But when 118 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: they come to you and ask you to do that 119 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: and you say no, well they're sitting there going, okay, 120 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: Now we got to be careful because what if he 121 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: gets some sort of injury and he needs a surgery 122 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: and now the contracts guaranteed, right, So they didn't want 123 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: to risk that chance either. My other point is, just 124 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: look at the roster. Now. They knew Keane O'Neil was 125 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: coming back this week, Brandon and I coming back off 126 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: of COVID, So that would have given them that added 127 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: to the roster that they would if Jalen was on it, 128 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: they would have been right at fifty three. But with 129 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: Jalen gone, they're at fifty two. But look at the 130 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: guys that are about ready to come back off of 131 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: injured reserve. And I counted between Lale Collin's suspension and 132 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: then the guys on IR, there's like six guys that 133 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: they would like to get back on this roster. So 134 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: they were going to have to start cutting guys right now. 135 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: Do you want to get rid of young guys that 136 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: you feel like they've got a future and risked them 137 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: getting picked up because you're gonna wave them and try 138 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: to put them on the practice squad? Or are you 139 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: looking at somebody that's as McCarthy pointed out, he didn't 140 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: say he didn't fit into this defensive system, but he 141 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: said we have a defensive system that we're going forward with. 142 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: To me that he didn't fit into what they were doing. 143 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: And so if somebody's going to be expendable, well there 144 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: you go, right, And sometimes I think guys have to 145 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: Now I don't know what's going to happen to him. 146 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if somebody's going to sign him, he 147 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: doesn't have to go through waivers. But if you don't 148 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: feel like this guy's got a future with you, well 149 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: you're not going to keep him and say cutting somebody 150 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: that you would like to go forward with. But it's 151 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: it might not be there yet. It sounds like jibberral 152 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: Cox is not quite there yet, but he's playing special teams. 153 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: You don't want to cut him, so or Gifford. Yeah, 154 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: so you you got to move forward and you can't 155 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: keep looking backwards. So to me, if you look at 156 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: where your situation is and they ask you to restructure, 157 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: probably restructure is probably a pretty good idea because if 158 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: you're not, then this might be you know, the result 159 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: of saying no and um and even from the standpoint 160 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: of I mean, just look at snaps this week against 161 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: the Giants with Neil coming back, and you look at 162 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: the game against Carolina, and when you're grading the film 163 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: from that game and you've got Layton Vanderish grading out 164 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: much better than Jalen Smith. You would like to have Layton. 165 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: How many snaps did Layton getting that game? Late thirty 166 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: something right? Layton ended up with forty forty snaps. J 167 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: had twenty eight. Okay, those twenty eight snaps. Michael played 168 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: sixty eight snaps. Yeah, okay, if if Layton, if you've 169 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: and and this is even even factoring in Keanu Neil 170 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: coming back and which way. But by the way, sixty 171 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: eight was one short of right, all right, And so 172 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: if you if you decide that Layton deserves the playing 173 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: time over Jalen. Okay, so what is Jalen doing? Is 174 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: he inactive this week? He's the fourth linebacker, right, and 175 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: he doesn't play special team and he doesn't play special teams. 176 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: So and you got Jabril Cox who ends up planning 177 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: nineteen special team snap sixty six percent. So that in 178 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: essence is the timing of it that I mean. And 179 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: from a very practical standpoint, he doesn't have a role 180 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: this week on this roster, right, And and again you 181 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: know seven point two million base salary, Now you got 182 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: to cover that, right, But if somebody picks him up 183 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: and signs them for say two million dollars, then you 184 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: can take that off the seven point two that's been 185 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: guaranteed already. So it sounded like reports where they tried 186 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: to trade him. I don't know well, and you could 187 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: see you could see this coming throughout the off season 188 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: because of the abundance of linebackers they had. The other 189 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: part of this, this was the first game that Parsons 190 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: has played the full plays. Yeah, he's been around thirty 191 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: eight forty snaps every game so far. This is the 192 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: first time he's had the full plate of sixty eight 193 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: snaps in a game. Yeah, And they tried to give 194 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: because there were some there were some snaps that Parsons got. 195 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: They came at defensive end, so they gave him a 196 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: chance to be out there, right, and it works out 197 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: so well. And there was some alignments I saw in 198 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: the second half where when they had Parsons at a 199 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: defensive end, Layton was the only true linebacker on the 200 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: field and then they were playing Curse kind of as 201 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: a highbred type linebacker slash safety guy in the slot. 202 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: It would be interesting to know if how much they 203 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: tried or at least inquired with other possible trading suitors 204 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: throughout the summer and leading up to the start of 205 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: the season, because I was looking at it going and 206 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: I thought all along, you know, he's from Indianapolis or 207 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: Indiana and the Colts middle linebacker signed elsewhere and they 208 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: had a need, and then you've got Ebraflus familiar with them. 209 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: I thought that would be a good trading partner, if 210 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: I remember you bringing that up. And yeah, and so 211 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: I was looking because you could just see that there 212 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: was more inventory than playing time on this roster at 213 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: the linebacker position, barring injuries and so forth. And so 214 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: now we've gotten basically a quarter of the way into 215 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: the season and it's has sorted itself out fortunately, and 216 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: knock on wood, of their fine health wise at that position. 217 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: But even if they do suffer an injury that position, 218 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: they feel good about the depth obviously that they they've 219 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: got there. And you know, and the other guy, and 220 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: I know they like him for special teams purposes, but 221 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: the other guy that's on injured reserve, Francis Bernard, they 222 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: like him. Remember they kept him on the fifty three 223 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: last year, right, they'd give him some snaps other than 224 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: special teams. So, yeah, it's about going forward. And you 225 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: know when the head coach says, you know, we got 226 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: to look at the big picture, well that kind of 227 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: says it without saying it, right, right. You know, he 228 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: said all the nice things about him that you could, 229 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: and then it comes down to can you play? Can 230 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: you produce? And it wasn't happening, So he gets he's 231 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: expendable well as we were. And by the way, I 232 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: did not mention off yop that there is a vacant 233 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: seat here. Everson told us at the end of the 234 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: show yesterday that he was traveling today and would not 235 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: be able to make it, but he'll be back on 236 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: Thursday and Friday. And don't you know, he's just chomping 237 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: at the bit to be able to talk about this 238 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: because we know that because he was texting as soon 239 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: as it happened last Yeah, how did he know? First? 240 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: I gotta, I gotta what the heck text or whatever 241 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: that thing is wth But yeah, he'll be joining us remotely. 242 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: So yeah. So now they went out there in practice today, 243 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: so you know, but one of the questions that kept 244 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: coming up was how's this going to affect the locker room? 245 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: And that's what I was about to say right now. 246 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: As we began this show, Michael Parsons and Layton vander 247 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: Esch were talking. Okay, so that'll be we need to 248 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: listen to right afterwards, you know, And I'm sure, but 249 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: it will say the right thing. I just I never 250 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: and I so, look, we haven't been in the locker 251 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: room since twenty nineteen. I don't know what happened last year. 252 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: I don't know what's happening this year. But if I 253 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: look back to twenty nineteen, I just didn't think he 254 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: was like a locker room guy that everybody gravitated to. 255 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure he gravitated to anybody else. And 256 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: I've said that before, and I said this year, I 257 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: saw a change in him in training camp. He seemed 258 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: more engaged with his teammates. You know they who was 259 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: running around pattent guys on the back, and but that 260 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: wasn't him those other years. So I don't know that 261 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: it affects the locker room. And somebody tried to suggest 262 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: the Cowboys were sending a message now. They weren't sending 263 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: a message like, oh, you guys better start playing well 264 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: because otherwise we're gonna cut you. This was not a 265 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson move, right, And you don't do that when 266 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna get six point eight million stuffed in your 267 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: cap next year. In fact, I look at it as 268 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: they gave him every chance to by keeping him on 269 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: the roster the first quarter of this season gave him 270 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: every chance to show that, yeah, that he belonged exactly, 271 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, and you know, the story is 272 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: a great one as far as the way he came 273 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: back from his devastating injury his senior year or last 274 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: year at Notre Dame and rehabbed and so forth. But 275 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: at a certain point, um, you know, if you're not 276 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: getting better, uh yeah, you know, it's there's it's like 277 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: it's like the roller coaster was going uphill and then 278 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: it hit the top, right, and then what happens. So 279 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: he got to be able to stay up there, right, 280 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 1: and I'm not sure he did. Yeah, So that's the 281 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: bottom line. Okay, I've got some questions about this defense 282 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: going forward, and along the lines of that little three 283 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: four look that we saw the other day, and maybe 284 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: what Dan's Quinn's ideas are going forward here as the 285 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys take on the Giants this week, when Mick shots 286 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: continues in just a moment, honey, big news, Gary, are 287 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: you okay? Oh I'm not Gary anymore. I'm Jackie Flash. 288 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: What see. I want the latest smartphone, but the best 289 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: deals are only for new customers. So to get a 290 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: new customer deal. I changed my name to Jackie Flash. 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Well, 331 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: as it turns out, it didn't even get to three 332 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: o'clock this afternoon, and Stefan Gilmore is now instead headed 333 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 1: to the Carolina Panthers for a two thousand and twenty 334 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: three sixth round draft pick. Do other teams need any 335 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: players other than the Cowboys every time somebody comes available, Well, 336 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 1: the Cowboys got to be interested in him. Well, what 337 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: was being talked about locally on sports talk radio is 338 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: the fact that, okay, we need to do something about 339 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: that other cornerback spot opposite Treyvon Diggs. And okay, we 340 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: got Anthony Brown, but you know, Gilmore Sherwood look good 341 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: over there. Have we forgotten that Kelvin Joseph is coming 342 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: back at some point? Yeah? And you know they used 343 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: the second round draft pick on him, right, So, and 344 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: how much is he going to cost? Like going forward? 345 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: Are you going to run him for? It's nearly with 346 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: his roster bone us and I'm sure that has tied 347 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: to games played. He wouldn't be available until Week six 348 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: seven on PUP and he would cost six million dollars. 349 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: So that's half your cap right there, that you supposedly 350 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: have available. And then you know, are you going to 351 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: resign him next year now for a six? You can 352 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: throw a six the way I guess for three quarters 353 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: of a season if you want. And that might be 354 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: what Carolina's doing because they've had so many injuries and 355 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: they lost JC Horn and of course they signed or 356 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: they traded for CJ. Henderson last week. Yeah, and c J. 357 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: Henderson being a second year player in the league, they've 358 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: got him under control for a couple of years at least. Now. 359 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 1: Everybody's saying Gilmour is healthy because he got put on pup. 360 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: It was a supposedly a quad I believe it was, 361 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: And but he was unhappy with the contract, right So 362 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: if five million or six million a year weren't enough, uh, yeah, 363 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: he's gonna want, you know, double digit figures. And sure, 364 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: and you you would like to use some of your 365 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: salary cap if available next year, you would like to 366 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: at least entertain the possibility of resigning Layton Vanderish, you 367 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: might want to resign um um Michael Gallup. I don't 368 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: know if it's affordable. And then Randy Gregory's up too. 369 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: By the way, so this money that they freed up, 370 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: not to mention the free agents that they signed this 371 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: year on one year deal, right and Demante Casey, who 372 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: are all playing pretty well right now. Yeah. Absolutely, So 373 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: you got to think ahead, big picture, right, it's not 374 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: all about today. You've got to plan ahead. So you 375 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: can't be keep spending money at the same position or 376 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: draft capital at the same position all the time. Sometimes 377 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,199 Speaker 1: you got to have a fifth round pick, start, a 378 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: sixth round pick start. I think Anthony Brown was a 379 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: sixth round pick. You know. Sometimes you got to have 380 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: a Terrence Steel step up as a rookie free agent 381 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: and the next year look like, Okay, I've got to 382 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: save some money. I don't. And by the way, tying 383 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: the SEC's back out on the on the practice field, 384 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: we'll get into a practice And by the way, with 385 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: a month left before the trade deadline, you don't know 386 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: where where your needs are going to be leading up 387 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: for the next month, because something else that you might 388 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: need more importantly, right, might show up. Right, your folks 389 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: at Pro Football Focus, who was tweeting where they were 390 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: tweeting about Stefan Gilmore signing with Carolina, and it just 391 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: caught my eye. The Carolina Panthers have these second best 392 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 1: defense in the I saw your tweet accord to EPA 393 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: per play. How mighty you can fall right from the 394 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: first best to the second best. That's where it's so 395 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: early in the year. I just laugh at it because, oh, 396 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: they got the best offense in the league. They got 397 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: the best, second best defense in the lady whatever it is. 398 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: And it doesn't take into account strength of schedule, right, 399 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: And as we talked about leading up to that Carolina game, 400 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: they had played whom yeah, played the Jets and the 401 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: Saints with Jamis Winston and the Texans. That's right, with 402 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: Miles Davis smile David's mills. I was gonna say, Miles Davis, No, 403 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: I think he's a singer, right, And so so the 404 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: Cowboys put thirty six up on Carolina in three quarters. Yeah, 405 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: and that if that's the second best defense in the league, 406 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: then the Cowboys are going places, right, absolutely, So yeah, 407 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: you get you got to look inside the numbers something, 408 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: all right, you want to go with a practice report. Yeah, 409 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: In fact, I just saw Zeke talk to the media. Yeah, 410 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: and Uh. He say he was resting. He had a 411 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: knee discomfort. Knee discomfort, but he's gonna be okay. It 412 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: sounds like a veteran day to me. Okay, And he 413 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: he did not you know, Mike said that there would 414 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: be some guys limited, but he never put on a 415 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: uniform and so, uh, you know, he was out there 416 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: kind of stand around watching. I thought the other guys that, uh, 417 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: you know would catch your eye. Marii Cooper who had 418 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: the hamstring in the game. Uh, he was out there. 419 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: He might have been limited, They might have limited his snaps, 420 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: but while special teams was going on, he was doing 421 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: the resistant chord work. Um, along with the guy you mentioned, 422 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: m Joseph who Joselvin Joseph who was out with Uh. 423 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: Was it a knee trying to Yes, it was running it. Uh, 424 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: he was doing some resistance work. Uh. Trayvon Diggs, your 425 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: NFC defensive player of the Week from the month to 426 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: the week. He's working on his second month right now. 427 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: Remember they said a little back tightness. I don't know 428 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: if he was doing everything, but he was at least 429 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: out there and it looked like he was prepared to practice. 430 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: At least at a limited time basis. Randy Gregory, you 431 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: know last week it was a little bit of a knee, 432 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: but he was out there a Nie and Neil were 433 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: practicing along with Carlos Watkins. So that's a good sign 434 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: for the defensive front. And it'll be interesting to see 435 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 1: what they do with that defensive front. You mentioned the 436 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: three four that they played at times in the first 437 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: half against Carolina. But if you get Watkins back and 438 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: Gregory's good to go, you've got your full complement of 439 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: linebackers that actually can play linebacker. Basham looks like, what 440 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 1: do you mean by that linebackers that can actually play linebacker? 441 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: I should I should have rephrased that Parsons playing linebacker 442 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: because he can play linebacker instead of defense. That's not 443 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: what it meant. No, that's not what I was trying 444 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: to do. I'm not that mean. And so and so, Yeah, 445 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: they're starting to get these guys back. And then look 446 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: at some point talking about the roster, right Lelee Collins 447 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: is going to come back. Now they're fifty two, right now, 448 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: they're three games in. He's got two games left to go. 449 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 1: I think he's back after the bye, So he's got 450 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: the he misses the Giants and the fact through his 451 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: five games suspension, which could have been two. Yeah, I'm 452 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: just shaking my head for people that underaction. Uh. So 453 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: he's going to take up a roster spot at some point. 454 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: You want DeMarcus Lawrence back on the roster, right, And 455 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: that's so we're probably looking at much of this after 456 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: the bye. Uh. You probably want when he's healthy, Kelvin 457 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: Joseph back on the roster. You want Michael Gallop back 458 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: on the roster. Uh, Sean McKeon, you'd like him back. Mckewan, 459 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Neville Gallimore when he's ready. Uh, you know 460 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: if Francis Bernard, Josh Ball. So they got guys that 461 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: they would like to get back on the fifty three. Well, 462 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: you're not gonna have room for all these guys. Now, 463 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: You're not gonna sit there and go, well, we'll probably 464 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: get some injuries and we can rotate guys out, but 465 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: you can't plan on that. And that's that that doesn't 466 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: the physical game mickey, So oh my hamstra it hurts. Yes, absolutely, 467 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: go sit for three weeks, right, That's what I like 468 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: about this. Uh, and I think going forward, Uh, it 469 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: needs to stay this way where you can use this 470 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: injured reserve in this capacity. Uh, kind of like baseball 471 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: with the injured list in baseball where you got it 472 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: used to be fifteen day and now it's ten day. 473 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: Where it just makes more practical sense as far as 474 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: your roster is. You're spending so much money, okay, on 475 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: all these players, and in the past you had if 476 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: guy got hurt and he's out for projected for a month, 477 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: well you got no spot for him, and so he's 478 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: out for the season instead, right, you know, And what 479 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: protects against stashing players is the fact there is a 480 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: salary cap exact opinion, because I was going to say 481 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: that's why we were in the situation with the ir previously, 482 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: because there was too many Oh yeah, I got a hamstring, right, 483 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: and then four months later you would bring the guy back. 484 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: You didn't want to lose them. And that made a 485 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: lot of sense back in the pre salary cap era. 486 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: But there was phony injuries why it went away, right, 487 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: So that's right. They that was nearly thirty years ago, 488 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: that's right. And I told you this story about the 489 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: cowboy quarterback in a preseason game, right, they purposely called 490 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: a quarterback bootleg, and they wanted to keep the ball 491 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: and run towards the Cowboys sideline because he wasn't going 492 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: to make the team, but they wanted to get him 493 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: on IR and they told him and then when you 494 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: run towards our sideline, our cameras right there, and just 495 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,479 Speaker 1: before you get there, grab your hamstring. And he forgot 496 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: to drab his hamstring. And I'm going if he ain't 497 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: smart enough to do that, you know what about their 498 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: calling place. So they wound up having to cut him. So, yes, 499 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: I believe that's what happened to him, But that's what 500 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: was going on back then. And then the NFL said, okay, 501 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: these guys you got on IR. We're bringing an independent 502 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: doctor there to check them out to make sure they 503 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: really do have an injury and they really aren't practicing, 504 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: by the way, And so that's how we got to 505 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: the you know for the year, I r you know 506 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: the other thing about it, well, I'll get to that 507 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: in just second. Since I tease the three four. I 508 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: love the fact that this roster is is has enough 509 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 1: hybrid players on it where they can they can run 510 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: a three to four or a four to three week 511 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 1: to week basically or series to series basically, I thought, 512 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: though they played better the second half without it, right, right, 513 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: but there are more pressure, right and uh yeah, And 514 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: I thought the adjustment made it halftime. I mean, it 515 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: was it was as if Dan Quinn told the Carolina Panthers, Okay, 516 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: you're going to treat our offense that way and put 517 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: six or seven guys up on the line of scrimmage 518 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: and we don't know who's coming, and all right, we're 519 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: gonna do the same to you. Yeah, and Donald could 520 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: not handle that. That was a huge reason why that 521 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: that game tilted in the third quarter. I'm always worried 522 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: about a three to four against the run. Yeahs as 523 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: evidence the other day, yeah, I mean, and as evidence, 524 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: I mean they were kind of doing it last year, 525 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: you know, especially with Everson Griffin who had never played 526 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: without his hand on the ground and they were trying 527 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: to stand him up. And Lawrence two h and Lawrence 528 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: is a four three defensive end, okay, And but there 529 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: aren't very many other players on this roster who you 530 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: would say, okay, he is quote unquote one or the other. Yeah, no, absolutely, 531 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: But the guys that they acquired. Brent Urban has been 532 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: in the three fourth throughout his career, Carlos Watkins. I'm 533 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: talking to the defensive lineman. Guys with long arms, you know, 534 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: who can play that five technique whatever. Parsons can play 535 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: either insidebacker or outside. Obviously your defensive end. Vander Esch 536 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: has that same ability where he could play an outside linebacker, 537 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: kind of that Clay Matthew's mold whatever. And I just 538 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: think from a strategic standpoint, it just makes a world 539 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: the difference because the opposition doesn't know how to you 540 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: can tailor your game plan to fit whatever the other 541 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: team does if you've got hybrid players, right, Because what 542 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: they did is they they used a lot of early 543 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: Justin Hamilton and and Bohannah Bohannah as the nose tackle, 544 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: and so you got to have, as Randy White used 545 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: to say, that big Bazooka in the middle too, you know, 546 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: and he's always a called for. We we got to 547 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: get a big bazook in the middle of that defense. Yeah, 548 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: Although all I know is every time back in the 549 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: nineties when the Cowboys were winning Super Bowls, when they 550 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: went up against a team with a three four, they 551 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: ran right over gash them. They gashed him because those 552 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:44,479 Speaker 1: outside linebackers couldn't hold up against the run. So you 553 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: just send, you know, Nate Newton pulling against a two 554 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: hundred and forty pound lineback. And by the way, it 555 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: wasn't the three four. 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Yeah, experience fanatics experience. 616 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 1: Is that spelled fa in or is it one of 617 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: those funky fanatics? Okay? Daniel Jones, Giants quarterback, named the 618 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: NFC Offensive Player of the Week after his performance last 619 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: week a Giant's victory in overtime over the New Orleans Saints, 620 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: and of course, as we mentioned earlier, Treyvon Diggs the 621 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: NFC Defensive Player of the Week. I wonder how many 622 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: times they've gone up against each other, the offensive player 623 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 1: of the week against the team with the defensive players. 624 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: Something for someone else to research. But Daniel Jones is 625 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: playing well, Yes, and he had four hundred two yards 626 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,320 Speaker 1: passing in that game. Now I would make the case 627 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:16,240 Speaker 1: that well, Zekeo had one hundred and forty three. But yeah, 628 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 1: but it was against the number one d I tried 629 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 1: to the number one defense in the league, number one 630 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: rushing defense, number one rushing defense, number one bassing defense, 631 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: number one overall defense. A matter of fact, he gave 632 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: he came up two yards short of the total yards 633 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: Carolina had given up in three games. That's right, that's 634 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,759 Speaker 1: all they've given up was one forty five. Yeah, and 635 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:43,839 Speaker 1: nobody had rushed for more than twenty five yards against him. Oops. Wow. Yeah, um, 636 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 1: so now they're number two defense. Huh but I would say, 637 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,560 Speaker 1: yes they are, well according to well, I'm sorry, that 638 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: was according to your friends at PFF, Carolina number three. Oh, 639 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,800 Speaker 1: they're going down the charts. Three. They got the Eagles 640 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,319 Speaker 1: this tenth. Again, they went from first against the run 641 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 1: to tenth, and their second against the pass because the 642 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:13,719 Speaker 1: Cowboys didn't need to throw the ball. Yeah. Um, but uh, 643 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 1: I wouldn't sleep on these New York childs. So I 644 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: would not. I absolutely would not. Um. And and obviously 645 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:27,600 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are different team than when Jason Garrett left. Right, 646 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 1: the guys from It's turned over quite a bit between 647 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,880 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty one. But he does know some of 648 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:39,680 Speaker 1: these guys and he knows them all all right. Would 649 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:44,399 Speaker 1: they consider they lost their middle linebacker Blake Martinez last week? Yes, 650 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:50,120 Speaker 1: they did, think his brain. What do you think Jason 651 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: always liked him? I mean, at least he said he 652 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,920 Speaker 1: always liked it. And how that guy of the combine, 653 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: he just lit up the room when he walked into 654 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: the room, as Risma and so forth, and and of 655 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,839 Speaker 1: course they had Rod Smith, his brother on here, right, 656 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,480 Speaker 1: and so he loves the family. Do you think Jason 657 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:12,839 Speaker 1: has enough pull with the Giants to say, hey, they might? 658 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,480 Speaker 1: That probably depends on how much he's willing to play for. 659 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,880 Speaker 1: You know. That does have a little something to do 660 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,720 Speaker 1: with the timing of the release. You know, it's smart 661 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,880 Speaker 1: on the Cowboys part. If you're going to release a player, 662 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 1: don't do it Monday morning whatever or where he hits 663 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,959 Speaker 1: by three o'clock Monday, he is um If you think 664 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 1: he might be picked up by another team, yeah, you know, 665 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:42,799 Speaker 1: wait until the wave at least the transaction transaction time 666 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,759 Speaker 1: at three o'clock on Wednesday, where a team can't pick 667 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: him up necessarily to and and basically have one less 668 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,399 Speaker 1: day to pick his brain right right, And and then 669 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: the other thing is h and then you teams that 670 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,680 Speaker 1: have a full roster, they got to cut somebody, and 671 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: now you're one day into preparing for the next game, 672 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,680 Speaker 1: and that guy's not going to get there till Thursday 673 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,799 Speaker 1: or Friday. Probably can get their Thursday, I guess, um. 674 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's that's a consideration. But yeah, you know what, 675 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,840 Speaker 1: I thought, it was a good thing that the Giants 676 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: won that game. I don't ye don't want anybody coming 677 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: in here oh and four because at some point they're 678 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:25,520 Speaker 1: gonna win one, right, no matter how bad you may 679 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,840 Speaker 1: be playing, and they're not playing bad right. Two of 680 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 1: the losses where they easily be three and one, yeah, okay, 681 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:36,239 Speaker 1: I'll put take that back, they could easily be two 682 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,720 Speaker 1: and two. Yeah. I mean they lost to Washington because 683 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 1: Dexter Lawrence jumped off sides on the what would have 684 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,719 Speaker 1: been the game winning field goal attempt, which was missed right, 685 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,839 Speaker 1: and they gave him a second chance and they made 686 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,920 Speaker 1: it and lost thirty to twenty nine. So if he 687 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:54,800 Speaker 1: doesn't jump off sides, they win that game. Yeah. Having 688 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: said that, had they won that game, they might not 689 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: have won this week's game. You know it. It's one 690 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: of those things where it became desperation time for him 691 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,040 Speaker 1: going to New Orleans this past week and everyone gets 692 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 1: a little more focused. But and then the other game 693 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,320 Speaker 1: was against Atlanta. They had a lead against Atlanta and 694 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,239 Speaker 1: they lost on game ending field goal in that game too, 695 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: seventeen fourteen. Yeah, so it's not like, oh, okay, they're 696 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 1: not really good. You know, watch out now, what if 697 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: we said though they were playing in Atlanta and they 698 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,560 Speaker 1: were playing in New Orleans? Is not looked to be 699 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: the same New Orleans team that beat Green Bay and 700 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:30,879 Speaker 1: the opener thirty eight to three. I don't know how 701 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:36,719 Speaker 1: that happened. Yeah, how did that? That's amazing? Yeah, that 702 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 1: tells you what a good coach Sean Payton if he 703 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,319 Speaker 1: could pull that off with Jamis Winston, who you don't 704 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,880 Speaker 1: know up and down right, that's kind of him what 705 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna get. And so yeah, a lot of and 706 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,320 Speaker 1: we've said this all along. Just look who's playing quarterback 707 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,239 Speaker 1: for these teams. And you know, there's a lot of 708 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:01,919 Speaker 1: similarities between the Giant and the Panthers. When you look 709 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: at Daniel Jones can run the ball like Donald ran 710 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,640 Speaker 1: the ball, right, Okay, he has He's not turning the 711 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,719 Speaker 1: ball over his only interception, and Donald was not throwing 712 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,720 Speaker 1: was not throwing interceptions until he went up against Diggs 713 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:19,440 Speaker 1: this past week. Uh, Daniel Jones only interception was on 714 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,239 Speaker 1: a hail Mary. Okay, and now he only has four 715 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,280 Speaker 1: touchdown passes. But they're playing it close to the vest 716 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:30,600 Speaker 1: conservatively and uh staying in games, and so that is 717 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:35,200 Speaker 1: that is their recipe. Coming in here on Sunday afternoon, 718 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,319 Speaker 1: and his quarterback ratings ninety eight point three. So he's 719 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:44,360 Speaker 1: he's uh one, one spot behind Justin Herbert, who everybody 720 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,000 Speaker 1: thinks is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Right um, 721 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,960 Speaker 1: top fifteen in the league. As far as his passer 722 00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: rating goes, I would have to quote, I can tell you, 723 00:43:54,600 --> 00:44:02,040 Speaker 1: hang on, where's he yet, Jones? He's fifteenth. There you go, 724 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 1: there you go. So let's stop fifteen. Yeah, I did 725 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,640 Speaker 1: see something. There are two quarterbacks in the league have 726 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:13,279 Speaker 1: five straight games with passer ratings of ninety point zero 727 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:17,040 Speaker 1: or higher. You follow me on that, Yes, five straight 728 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:21,480 Speaker 1: games with passer ratings of ninety point zero or higher. 729 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: Two quarterbacks in the league have done that. So we're 730 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,640 Speaker 1: taking an account four games this year plus the last 731 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,480 Speaker 1: game last year. Who would post two quarterbacks be Well, 732 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 1: it can't be Dack since he didn't play the game 733 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,640 Speaker 1: well last twelve the last lay Okay, he would have, 734 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:38,480 Speaker 1: so he has to be one of them. He's not 735 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: one of them. He's against one of the games this 736 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,000 Speaker 1: year only his passer rating was only eighty seven. I 737 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,960 Speaker 1: guess against the Chargers maybe, oh maybe, yeah, because they 738 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,360 Speaker 1: didn't really throw the ball that much. Well, get this 739 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,839 Speaker 1: and I'll answer the question for you. Daniel Jones and 740 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,799 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray are the only quarterbacks in the league that 741 00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:03,080 Speaker 1: have five straight games with passer rating. So fourteenth, So 742 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:13,440 Speaker 1: he's fifteenth. Fourteenth is Herbert justin? Herbert thirteen, Tom Brady twelfth, 743 00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:17,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Wow, he's in some pretty good company about 744 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:25,520 Speaker 1: that are not sleeping Jones? Oh, DA's like fourth, fourth, okay, 745 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,680 Speaker 1: third in touchdowns? Okay? One? Two? What since we're going 746 00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,800 Speaker 1: down this road? And one, two and three? One is 747 00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:40,000 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, two Mahomes and three Matthew Stafford. Where's Murray? 748 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: Murray is fifth? There you go see there, you got 749 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,799 Speaker 1: your top five. Russell Wilson has not thrown a pick, right, Uh, 750 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:53,480 Speaker 1: you're right. Yeah, And Murray's thrown four. That shows that 751 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,560 Speaker 1: he's done a lot of other stuff. So where's why 752 00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:59,680 Speaker 1: is his so high? Well, he's got a seven five percentage, 753 00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:06,000 Speaker 1: seven seventy six completion percentage, nine touchdowns, so one less 754 00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 1: than dak Um. Yeah. And he's at the yards per 755 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:15,200 Speaker 1: attempt he's at one fifteen and Dak's at one sixteen nine. Okay, 756 00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,279 Speaker 1: and his yards per temp and here's the here's the one. 757 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,040 Speaker 1: He's at nine point five. Yeah. And that's the other 758 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,439 Speaker 1: thing with Daniel Jones. His yards per tempt is over eight, 759 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,160 Speaker 1: it's eight point two. So all right, we'll get more 760 00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,280 Speaker 1: into the Giants as the week goes on, and Everson 761 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,880 Speaker 1: will be with us tomorrow, and we are out of 762 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:34,640 Speaker 1: time already this edition of Mixed Shots. We will chat 763 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,160 Speaker 1: at you again tomorrow at one thirty. This has been 764 00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,400 Speaker 1: a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas 765 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:42,640 Speaker 1: Cowboys Football Club.