WEBVTT - Draft Show: Running The Race 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:09.200 This is the Dallascowboys dot Com Draft Show, your war 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:13.039 room for insider news and draft analysis from deep within 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:17.959 the confines of Cowboys headquarters at the Star Infrasco. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:22.840 Today is Tuesday, March twelfth, twenty twenty four, and we 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.920 are officially forty four days away from the NFL Draft 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:32.440 in Detroit, Michigan. Time is dwindling, free agency is upon us, 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:34.960 and teams are starting to see what their roster could 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.320 look like going into the twenty twenty four NFL Draft. 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.320 Welcome into the Draft Show, presented by Miller LT A 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:44.360 taste you can depend on. We've got Nick Harris, the Great, 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.880 Brian brought us, Chris Beam in the back of Kyle 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.560 Yeomans small crew today. A lot of stuff going on today, 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:54.360 a lot of free agency news, breaking news, people taking 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:57.440 care of looking at Oh, we got a light change 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:01.279 in here, everything around what this NFL season could look 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:03.760 like in twenty twenty four. But Brian, right now, it's 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:07.360 a whole lot of inaction for the Cowboys before going 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:08.160 into draft time. 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:12.680 Yeah, it's if you've been around this team enough, if 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.600 you've worked for this team like you guys, do you 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.800 kind of understand where they're at. You run into people 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:21.880 in the hallways, they kind of give you a little 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.040 bit of a whisper, a little heads up, like, listen, 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.560 we're going to try and sign our own here. You know, 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.720 we've got some contracts we've got to look at. We've 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.480 going to maybe move some money around. But it's something 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.880 that you kind of can you kind of expect. I 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.600 know in one O, five to three, the fan that 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.080 we talk about it quite a bit. It seems like 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:43.959 a really sad day for people that follow this football team. 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:47.600 They see other teams spending money, uh, you know, picking 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:51.040 up players and all. But you know, this is the 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.640 one thing about this team. It it has a plan 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.040 for how they want to do things and how they 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.600 want to operate. As much as we all hate it, 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.320 you know, they they draft really really well. And we 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.840 keep talking about that in a way because I know 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:09.040 some teams in the league that have to keep spending 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.640 money in free agency because they don't draft well. And 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:13.760 that's the reason why we have a show here, you know, 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.680 to talk about the draft. And but yeah, I can 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:20.840 understand the Cowboy fans frustration. I'm gonna be honest with 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.560 you, you know, I look at what the Commanders did yesterday 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:30.240 and other other than Frankie Louvo. I'm kind of like, Okay, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.400 what did they do? You know, they seem like they 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.440 spent a lot of money. Yeah, the players, they got 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:38.320 a lot of Dallas Cowboy guys, replaceable players, and Cowboys 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.600 talked about drafting a center, you know, that's something you 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.440 visit with, and they talked about moving on. They knew 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.679 they had to get better there, you know the edge rushers. Yeah, 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:47.840 they know they have to probably get better there. You know, 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.480 this is you know, you let guys go for a reason, 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.320 and you know, the Commanders they're picking up the pieces. 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.960 But like, I'm did they really get better? I think 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.920 they've added some nice pieces. I wouldn't say they got great. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.440 You know, the Philadelphia Eagles adding Saquon Barkley. The only 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.720 hope that you got to think about if you're you know, 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.880 a Cowboy fan there is he doesn't turn into you know, 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.960 McCaffrey and all of a sudden he finds his health. Yeah, 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.160 you know, and and all of a sudden, now he's 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.560 playing games at a very very high level, which he's 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.600 capable of. But that's a guy that they spend a 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.359 good portion of their cap on a player that has 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.639 an injury history. So I know it's frustrating for Cowboy fans, 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.920 and you know, focus on the draft, focus on these players, 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.320 and that's what we're gonna do here this week, try 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:33.200 and get you ready for that. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.520 Yeah, I think this draft only becomes more important. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.120 I feel like they've been saying that ever since it 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:39.920 was ninety nine days and now what is it today, 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:40.640 forty three. 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.000 Days or whatever? Forty four? There you go. 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.920 But yeah, you look at all these free agents departing. 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:47.560 We're gonna have a fun draft show next year talking 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.400 about these compics. Yeah, we're gonna have We're gonna have 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:51.760 a really fun draft show next year. 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.760 But talk about bring them in? Yeah, happen. Talking about 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:56.360 free agency. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:57.920 I think it's something that's kind of popped in my 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.200 mind as yesterday went on and even the morning. Are 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:02.960 the Cowboys in a situation now where they have to 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.560 trade back where they need to pick up an extra pick? 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:06.480 I think they are. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:08.480 Yeah, I think they have to pick up an extra 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.520 one at some point. Whether that's a Day two, day three, 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.800 doesn't matter. I think they need an extra guy. 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.440 I really like. And I talked to Dane Burglar about this, 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.440 and he had a mock draft where he traded back 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.680 to Buffalo and he picked up ninety nine, the third 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.599 round pick, which was, you know, the end of the 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:23.800 end of the second day. 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.960 Buffalo's at twenty seven, Buffalo's at twenty Wait, twenty seven. 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.279 I want to believe the twenty eight. Okay, so you 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.080 go back the four spots. I'd do that, and then 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.200 you pick up say you do pick up ninety nine, 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.760 that pick, Yeah, you don't have a pick in the 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.560 fourth round. So to me, if you could get all 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.800 those picks inside the top one hundred, it kind of 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:49.200 sets you up though that for some I think some 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.520 good things as far as the way the board could 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.039 shake out for you and the way the guy you know, 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:57.719 you of who you could potentially grab, you know, because 0:04:57.760 --> 0:04:59.960 I can say I always I always love the third 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.800 day of the draft. I love how, you know, after 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:04.120 the second day you could sit there and you can 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:05.680 look at your board and you're kind of like, Okay, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:07.719 you can map this thing out that maybe how you 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:11.040 can navigate and get some guys and you know, teams 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.240 that have those that have those options in the fourth round, 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.280 maybe they can move around and grab a guy or 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.520 two that they surely could use it. They might have 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:21.320 had a higher grade, maybe they had a second or 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.960 third round grade on a guy that's still on their 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.120 board and they just didn't get to him. And so 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.280 now you take the opportunity, and that started day three 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.880 to grab a guy. So I'm with you, Nick on this. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.800 Anyway to navigate it to where you could grab a 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.880 guy or it's going to be grab a pick, but 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.400 still get the quality of the player you want, whether 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:44.839 they a tackle, is center, you know, any one of 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.040 the numerous positions that we've talked about in this period. 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:52.680 And there's no way that happens pre draft now, right 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.440 because you want to see what falls to you know, 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.320 you want to see what falls to twenty four Jackson, 0:05:56.320 --> 0:06:00.000 Powers Johnson, the twenty four Marius Men's falls to two 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.760 twenty four. Then you've got your at least tackle or 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.280 center taken care of, which are two glaring needs at 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.520 this point in time. But if let's say there are 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.640 a couple names there, Graham Barton's available and Powers, Johnson's gone, 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.520 Mimes is gone. Yeah, you can trade back. Pull the parachute, 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.320 you go back four spots, you pick up a third round. 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.159 Yeah, you never want to trade away from a player 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.719 that you feared that you might lose along the way. 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:23.880 You know, if you feel like you've got the numbers 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:27.800 at a certain position and you're comfortable, you know, I remember, 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.560 you know, making a trade back. And this goes all 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.000 the way back to the Roy Williams Days, the Safety 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.559 from Oklahoma, where we sat in the room and Jerry 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.440 Jones had Carl Peterson from Kansas City on the phone 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.480 and Frank Gilliam on the phone from Minnesota at the 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.520 same time, and we were trying to pick up a 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.200 third round pick to move back a few spots. And 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.559 you know, Jerry got Frank and both Carl to admit 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.440 who they were going to take, which you never see happen. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.400 I mean, it usually tell you we're taking a defensive 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.159 player here. Oh, we're taking an offensive player here. Jerry 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.120 got him to admit. Jerry hung up the phone, says, 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.679 they're not taking our guy. Let's just take the best 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.240 deal and move back. And you know, it worked out 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:09.520 that way, you know, forrest in that particular time. So sometimes, 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.440 you you know, if if if there's a if there's 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:15.200 a cluster of guys that you like at a position 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.200 and you feel comfortable taking one of those guys, whether 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.040 they're all kind of tax touching like we always talk about, 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:25.000 by all means, move back and try and grab it. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.000 But never trade away from a guy that you know. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.040 Don't ever And Jerry said this before, you would hate 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:31.680 to trade away from a guy. And all of a sudden, 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:35.040 the next pick, that guy goes and now you're now 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.680 you're feeling like, okay, we just got you know, we 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:40.000 just we just did something terrible here. But if you 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:44.200 got a cluster of guys, all those tackles, uh, maybe 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.160 a couple of those centers are there, you know, maybe 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.600 maybe the defensive tackles they're looking I don't know. I 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.200 was talking yesterday. I found out they're going to play 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:54.840 Mossie Smith as a one technique. You're gonna put weight 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.480 back on him and play him as a one. There 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.600 thought maybe, oh, he might be a three with all 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.160 this weight loss and stuff. But talking to some guys 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.440 here in the building, they said, no, we're gonna blame 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.280 at one. So you know, maybe the defensive tackle it 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.320 still might be a spot that you're needing to to 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.120 look at there, especially the one technique. 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.960 And I don't think there's necessarily a situation where you 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.040 have to trade back in the first and still pick 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.480 up a pick. Yeah, you're expecting all these compicks to 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.280 come in twenty twenty five. Granted that chickens haven't hatched yet, 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.760 but you're expecting to have those in twenty twenty five. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.040 Trade one, trade move and yeah, yeah, and get a 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.000 pick this year. I think you can kind of parlay 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.320 that into again getting an extra guy on Day two 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.000 or Day three, probably Day three, but there's still an 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:32.720 option for Day. 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:33.320 Two as well. 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.840 It just it puts a strain on the NFL draft 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.920 whenever it comes down to And we talked about this 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:42.920 a little bit on the last show at Talking Cowboys. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:47.120 There's now two glaring neats left tackle and center. Doesn't 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.880 look like your left tackles returning. Your center is already 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:54.040 signed in Washington. So offensive line, there's two open spots 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.320 there that you need to taken care of. Running Back 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.839 is now a huge piece with Tony Pollard now going 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.400 to Tennessee out of the first day of free agency, Brian, 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.760 when you look at the pieces that have left, which 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.280 one affects the draft process the most, well. 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.120 You know, it's funny we talk about Tyron Smith and 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.720 I think on a lot of people's boards that maybe 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.439 Tyron Smith was the best tackle out there. He didn't 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:20.280 go in the first day. 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.560 He didn't neither did any other tackle. 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.520 Yeah, so now you're kind of wondering what people are 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:31.160 thinking about these tackles. You know, is this such a 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:35.040 is there such a depth in the draft that somebody 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:40.840 would rather have a cheaper, younger, maybe in some cases 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.400 a better tackle if you know, I mean, I know 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.920 Tyron Smith. We all know who Tyron Smith is. I'm 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:48.960 going to say this, and I know I'm kind of 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.480 putting it out there. I'm not closing the door on 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.000 Tyron Smith. And I'll tell you this reason why if 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.840 he was going to go somewhere. To me, the Commanders 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.120 made a whole lot of sense, be because dan Quinn 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.600 knows what it takes to get him to the game 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.920 every week. I visited with some coaches about Tyron Smith. 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.440 They love the player, but they also love players that practice, 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.040 you know, and you're not always willing to say, and 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.439 especially with Tyron Smith going into a new system, Tyron 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.640 Smith going in learning a new offense, you know, you 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.480 need to practice these things and you wonder if if 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.600 somebody signs Tyron Smith and they're gonna say, Okay, we're 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.160 not going to practice you, We're not going to do 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.040 you know, Dan Quinn's the one guy that's seen it work, 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.800 and so to me that would be But the fact 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:38.800 that these tackles haven't gone, I think that tells you 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.240 a little something that people are looking at these boards 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.440 and they're looking at their board, or they're coming out 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.320 of the combine and they're going, man, we don't have 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:48.040 to spend money on a tackle like this. 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:49.800 And look at the flip side of that. 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:51.520 Look at all the running backs that came off the 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.199 board yesterday and coincide that with the running back class. 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.840 That's great, that's a great point because what I think 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:00.760 what happened with the running back class is that I know, me, 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.840 I've never seen a running back free agent class historically 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.840 looked like this. I felt like there was going to 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:12.120 be a run on running backs. I didn't expect it 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.320 to start like at twelve thirteen million dollars. I didn't 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.920 expect that. You know, Tony Pollard, you know, getting eight 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.120 million dollars. I was thinking Tony Pollard was probably going 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.960 to get three to four million dollars. But to get 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:28.280 twice that, that just shows you what you know. Josh 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:32.319 Jacobs guys like that. They they this everybody saw running 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.040 backs like, Okay, you can devalue them all you want, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.319 but when they're this good, let's. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.320 Go get one twenty four million for Pollard, twenty four 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:45.040 over three for Deandreswift, two thirty eight million over three 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.400 for Saquon Barkley, forty eight million for four years over 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:49.760 jos for Josh Jacobs. 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:50.240 Good play. 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.480 All of these names were already expected to be free agents, 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:55.880 and then you have Joe Mixon pop up. Then you 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.160 have Aaron Jones Papa, and both of those guys are 0:11:58.200 --> 0:11:59.360 already taken care of as well. 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.480 To Nick's point though, also it's about maybe about the 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.360 running back class, or your point as well, call the 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.680 the running back class. You know it's and I'm sure 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.320 we'll get into it today. You know, there's some really 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.520 good running backs in this depending on how you want 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.000 to view them. There's a lot of short running backs 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.760 in this thing. Yeah, a lot of five eight running backs. 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:19.840 They're going to get the opportunity to get Draft. 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.839 Five ten, five eight, five eleven, And I mean marsh 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:24.679 On Lloyd USC five nine. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:25.839 I mean really good. 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.560 By the way, do you do you feel like it's 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:32.560 an indictment on the high end level of running backs 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.480 in this draft. You don't have Jamier Gibbs, you don't 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.160 have Jean Robinson in this draft class. You're probably gonna 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.120 start your list with the Jonathan Brooks from Texas, Trey 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.760 Benson for Floridas, Date Bucky Irving from Oregon, Blake rraam Michigan. 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:45.120 Those are the guys that are going to start it. 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.800 They're not high level guys. Is that why these high 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:49.960 level running backs that are already in the league nick 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.120 have taken that step and were secured pretty quickly in 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:53.560 free agency? 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:54.360 Yeah, I mean it makes sense. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.400 If you're looking at a team and your you see 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.559 a hole in your running back room, you go get 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.880 a guy that been proven to be your RB one 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:03.760 and go get a complimentary back in the draft that 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.640 you can develop and can pick up reps while this 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.360 running back one that you just signed picks up more 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.400 opportunity and then by the time he's ready to exit 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:13.760 the league, then you have a guy who has three 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.080 years of experience coming out of the draft. In a 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.600 second or third round situation, and then they're they're more 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.839 prime for that opportunity. That's kind of the situation with 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.880 the Cowboys, right you look at free agency. Granted, let's 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:27.360 pretend here for a minute that the Cowboys have a 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.880 little bit more money. Let's say they end up getting 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:31.760 the Zach Moss yesterday, so they're able to get the 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.280 Zach Moss and bring in let's say, I don't know 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.040 a Braylan Allen, and they can work those two guys 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:38.839 with each other by the time Zach Moss is done 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.240 with his two or three year deal. Again, theorizing here, 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.480 Braylan Allen's ready to take that step and be that 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.680 guy because you've developed him under that system for so long, 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.240 and then you can kind of work him around a 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.320 small back. So it just makes sense for why the 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.439 running back market played out the way that it did 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:56.920 yesterday when you look at what you're dealing with in 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.840 the draft here. And I think another interesting part of 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.599 this whole entire thing too, for the Cowboys perspective, is 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.679 where does Jonathan Brooks fit within this? Because if Jonathan 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.040 Brooks is their guy and that's their target, they have 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:09.840 to be able to be okay with the fact that 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.559 he might not be one hundred percent until October, and 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:13.680 so what do you do with that? 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:14.560 In free agency? 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:16.880 Do you go do you just kind of let everything 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:18.680 fall by the wayside and you end up with Rego 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.160 Dawbdell starting week one. I mean, Jonathan brook is probably 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.240 ready by week one. I mean everything that we've heard 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.520 is that he'll be ready by training camp. But as 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.560 far as being full speed, being ready to go. 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.000 Right, we've seen this before with the knee injuries with 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:31.040 the Cowboys for sure. 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.000 Yeah, so's it's what how do you kind of play 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:34.800 with that? And so if you don't have a guy 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.880 that you feel comfortable with coming out of free agency, 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:38.800 a guy like Jonathan Brooks is probably off the board. 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.520 So you're looking at a guy that can come in 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.360 contribute day one. I'll tell you what, there's gonna be 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:44.840 a day tw running back. It's gonna be very happy 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:46.240 to wear the star on his helmet going in the 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:48.400 training camp because he's gonna have a huge opportunity in 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.160 front of him. I think a guy's really gonna be 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:52.120 able to hit on that. 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.320 Kind of along those same lines, you're talking about pairing 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:58.480 a veteran with a rookie with a draft pick who 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.480 Let's say there is no veteran. Let's say they come 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:03.160 up empty, which I don't believe. I think they're going 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:05.440 to add somebody at some point. Whether it's doubtell when 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.240 they bring him back or they have Deuce Fin, they 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.400 have Blank Davis in the room. Which running back in 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.720 this draft class? Do you feel like would be best 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:18.280 suited to carry a RB one workload going into your 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.120 number one with the Dallas Cowboys Braylean Allen. 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.520 I love Braylan Allen. I think it's a good fit 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:25.720 for the Cowboys. Is he the best fit? Probably not. 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.000 You did ask for the best fit. 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:27.240 Didn't you. 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:28.280 I did ask for bestfit. 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.040 I just love what Braylen Allen brings. 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.560 Though he has the size, he has the ability to 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.680 get those yards that you couldn't get to the short 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.320 yardage situations. He is what you have not had. Bring 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.360 him in and see what he can bring to the offense. 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.160 Yeah, I would. I would lean towards if you the 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.080 first one off my board to get do something like that. 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.160 I'd love to have Brooks, But the injury concerned, I 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.960 think is warned. Trey Benson to me is a guy 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.480 that I would absolutely feel like that. You know, it's 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.800 six foot two hundred and sixteen pounds. I feel like 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.400 that could be in every down back. I think he 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:07.240 can handle the workload, you know, quite well. The physicality 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.840 that he plays with the way he catches the football, 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.760 the way he runs, his running style and all that, 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.160 I just feel like, to me, that's the guy that 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.560 you just you put back there, you plug him in, 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.880 and you just go to work. I'm going to say this. 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.280 Marshawan Lloyd from USC is another. 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.880 Guy that I really really like. 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.320 And I didn't and I'm sorry but I'm late to 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:30.200 the party on him. But this kid transferred from South Carolina. 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.880 He tore his ACL in twenty twenty. But you know 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.120 he you know, he's kind of when you watch him 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:40.320 play at USC, this guy's an explosive player and he 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:44.360 catches the ball well. He makes people miss. I feel 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.200 like he's got the toughness to be in every down 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:50.640 player for you. And so he's on those guys gets 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.960 score anywhere on the field. So there's a couple of 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.080 guys that I would look at. I like what Nick's 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.360 talking about with Alan. I think there's some straight line 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.080 to his game. But I think he really really tough. 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.520 Just keep handing him the ball and you know he's 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.880 going to he's going to make positive plays there. But man, 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:09.359 I was looking for somebody a little bit more explosive, 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.359 and Marshawn Lloyd was that guy for me. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:17.119 I really like Lloyd as well because he's very laterally quick. 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.800 He's got that lateral quickness to him. I don't think 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.200 he has a ton of vision. He's a patient runner, right, 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.119 but I think it's mostly because he's waiting for the 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.640 hole to come to him before actually really diving into 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:31.000 the lion of scrimmage. I really like his pass protection 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.119 ability as well, and you're missing that element now with 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.000 Tony Pollard and of course Ezekiel. 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.760 Tony got better at it because there was some questions 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.480 about you know, Zeke was one of the few guys 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.359 that came in and immediately picked it up. He was elite, yeah, 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.240 and then all of a sudden, then you know, Tony 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.840 had to kind of learn how to. I think skip 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.240 Pete along the way really helped him and he developed 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.320 some toughness and he was good with the pickup. He 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.960 was very aware and that's something you have to have 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:56.800 with these backs. 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.080 On the other side, You've talked about Trey Benson a 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:04.359 little bit. He's my RB two right now. He's the 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.560 second running back in the class behind Jonathan Brooks. Brooks's 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:12.439 injury does concern me, right, but he's so explosive when 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.280 he is healthy. I think he is still the best 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.320