WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Training Day 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:05.400 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:15.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys Let's go. Are 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:16.720 you ready for a break? 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:17.280 Yes? 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:19.120 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:19.960 Absolutely? 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.040 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:24.279 Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:28.720 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:34.520 Were on with Ambar Garcia. Brian brought us Nick Harris 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:36.360 and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.520 It is Friday, July twenty sixth, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:43.640 episode number ten. 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:45.960 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:48.960 We are presented by LGLG is the world's number one 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.960 o leed TV brand for eleven years in counting. See 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:55.440 why at LG dot com Ford slash o Leedevo. 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.400 Welcome back, crew, I got my crew here. 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:02.280 Brian brought us Ambergaria and the newest member of our show, 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:08.840 mister Nick Harris. And great opportunity to have Nick introduce themselves. 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.360 For folks that don't know obviously, you've been working with 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:13.520 Dallas Cowboys dot Com for quite a while now. But 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.399 for those that may not be familiar with your work, 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:18.680 tell them a little bit about what you do here 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:20.320 and what you were doing before you got here. 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:21.680 Just so people know your background. 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.600 Yeah, I'll start with the context. I came here from 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.279 the college football recruiting world. I worked in that space 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.600 for about four to five years, working with Rivals twenty 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:32.440 four to seven Sports, so reporting on a ton of 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.480 college kids recruitments, and so that was my big thing. 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:37.920 So whenever you see a kid that gets drafted on 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:39.800 draft night, in the first round and he's a two star, 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:41.920 you can come to me and be like, hey, you're dumb. 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:44.480 So I I was the guy that was putting the 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:48.160 stars on the kids for the kids in the region Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:51.120 surrounding states. And then I had this wonderful opportunity to 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.840 come to come work for Dallas Cowboys dot com. My 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.800 first day on the site was the first day of 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.480 the draft in twenty twenty three, and yeah, it's been 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.320 it's been a lot of fun since then. Last season 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.880 was my first full season and now my first full 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:04.720 season with you guys. 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.360 Come on, now, let's let's have some fun. 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.560 I'll tell you what a trusted source and now a 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.600 veteran of the draft show. Yeah, really, really, I'm really 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.480 excited about getting to work with you here, to work 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.600 with everybody once again. But your knowledge of the draft 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.640 and how you helped us those three nights was incredible, So, 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:22.600 you know, thanks for all your hard work. 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:24.480 I appreciate him, man, but we got to keep him 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.680 ground that he's still a rookie on this show, so 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.000 we gotta keep you know, your feet on the ground. 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.440 You can't get to your head up there too big. 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:35.600 But yes, he's done. You did a great job on 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:39.880 the draft, very impressive work. So regardless of being a 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:41.799 rookie here, we're happy to. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.040 Have you once again. What's your food order for? They 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:45.240 got to get their wings. 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:46.360 Yeah. 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.000 Yeah, we were talking about hazing pre show, so like, yeah, 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:51.080 y'all find something for me to do. 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:52.799 I don't mind, you know, I'll take the rookie bait. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.600 Well, for those that don't that didn't watch Talking Cowboys, 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.359 Nick was on Talking Cowboys last year and had one 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.320 of the best episodes maybe we've ever had across any 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.840 of our podcasts when he decided he was going to 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:04.600 eat something. 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.160 I don't even what was it. It was something that 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:06.560 was hot. 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.720 Yes, I met Isaiah Standbeck and I made a bet 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.280 that I unfortunately lost it, and I he had he 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.040 got to pick whatever hot sauce that he could find 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.200 that was the hottest and have me eat it live 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:18.800 on the show. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.440 And Uh, what people might not know about. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.640 That too is I was battling a lot of sinus 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.800 at a congestion that week and everything, so I was 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.640 more worried about, like my insides just emptying on camera. 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:30.840 So I just completely forgot about the heat. It actually 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:32.760 kind of psyched myself out and it worked out for me. 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:34.200 Yeah, it was funny. 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:35.600 That was one of the That was one of the 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.640 funniest segments I've ever seen in Brian being on the fan. Yeah, 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.440 you're no stranger to eating bad stuff. Just no, We're 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.320 not going to do that on this show. I'm never 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:45.320 going in on that. I'm not in on that. 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:46.520 And I was wondering about that. 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.440 We actually I did the hot Ones Challenge if you've 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.880 seen it, Oh yeah, tox and stuff like that, and 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.080 so instead I just skipped all the way to we 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.640 would did eight, nine and ten Zach Wolchuck again, another 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.160 Draft show vetteran. We just went ahead and did and 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.120 found out that number nine of the Hot Ones Challenge 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.320 is actually hotter than ten. So we did we took 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.680 little bits of steak and kind of rubbed it around, 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:13.680 and you talk about opening up. But yeah, if if 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:15.880 you're if you're not used to doing things with heat, 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:17.679 that could be a little a daunting task. 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.279 I could do heat, it's all the other stuff start 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.240 the other kind of stuff that I can't do it all. 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:23.760 Right, here we go. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.039 Let's let's talk a little bit of training camp. 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.719 This is day two, I guess, is what we'll call it, 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.400 because day one yesterday was the first practice. We had 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.359 the opening press conference yesterday, which is a little bit 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:33.920 of a departure. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.600 Typically we do that the first day we get out here. 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.320 But had some time with Jerry and Steven and a 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.680 little bit of Mike McCarthy. I don't know, he didn't 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.600 talk a lot during that press conference. But I want 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:44.560 to go around here, give you guys each an opportunity 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.680 just talk about one thing that stood out to you 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.360 from the press conference that you think is worth noting. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:50.200 Let's talk with you Brian. 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:54.760 Well, when I when I think about the press conference aspect, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.640 you know, Jerry and Steven, Mike they try to explain, 0:04:57.720 --> 0:04:59.360 you know, it's kind of a state of the Union thing, 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.919 and there were a lot of questions about the contracts 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.160 and things like that, and so you kind of you 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:05.960 kind of trying and work your way through that and 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:07.800 then but when then you get to the practice part, 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.279 which we're all out here for, that's the most enjoyable 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.080 thing to me. You know what said at press conferences, 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.440 you can learn and gain things and understand a little 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.120 bit better. But to me, when we have the practices 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.039 and I just want to say what I saw just 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:22.839 the first day of practice. 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:24.320 We've talked about. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.520 Tolbert and Brooks, the second wide receiver, third wide receivers. 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:29.640 I thought the wide receivers got off to a really 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.560 good start yesterday with no CD Lamb on the practice field, 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.680 but the competition at least day one, you know, the 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.760 mental toughness, the ability to fight through things in day 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:41.800 one of practice, you know, I. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:43.720 Thought with Tolbert and Brooks, both. 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.880 Those guys coming back to the ball, both guys making 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.440 quality of receptions, both guys running routes, I thought that 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.800 that was a really good start. A lot of questions 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.240 about Ceede Lamb not being out here, but the two 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.960 receivers that were did a really nice job yesterday. 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.919 Well, going back to what was talked about during the 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.360 press conference, and you mentioned Cey Lamb and the whole 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:07.440 conversation with the contracts and everything that's happening there. You know, 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.919 maybe I'm reading too much into things, but I thought 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.400 it was interesting to hear the different responses. Obviously very 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:21.880 different situations versus City Lamb's contract and DACS. Sorry, City, 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.160 He's still on that rookie contract, so it's different. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:26.200 I believe. 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:30.040 My understanding is they could potentially even waive the fines 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.800 or take care of the fines. It's different than Dak 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.880 that would have to be the one pain and coming 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:36.240 out of. 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.160 His own neworking if he was missing. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.440 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's my point. He's he's been present 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.080 all throughout the off season. He's been here since day one. 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.080 He's shown up to everything that he has to show 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:49.080 up for. But what I found interesting was some of 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.800 the responses that I heard from Jerry Jones and even 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.360 Dak when he spoke to the media as far as 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.040 like where their situation is right now, that it could 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:02.279 really go either way, Like they both want to stay together, 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.720 Dyke wants to be here, they want to have Diyk 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.599 as their quarterback, but at the same time they understand 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.280 this is a business and it seems like they would 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.360 both be in it could be potentially in a spot 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:16.840 where they just part ways. Dyke looks for money and 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.720 what he wants somewhere else. And then the Cowboys, Jerry 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:23.000 Jones talked about how there are so many times in 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.120 his life with the team where he would want something 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.200 but they simply don't have the money. And this is 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:32.400 a cap situation here. So just very curious to see 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.960 how far or what's going to happen in the end 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.200 of it, because right now when people ask me, Hey, 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.280 what's really gonna happen, I really don't know. It could 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.120 literally both go either way. 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.240 And I want to clarify something real quick. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:47.320 You mentioned that Jerry said that about not having the 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.760 money for and I saw some fans kind of being like. 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:51.240 Wha wait, he's a billionaire. 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.360 The thing you have to remember is when Jerry said 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.240 something like that in the context of the Cowboys, it's 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.000 not necessary about how much money he has in the bank. 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.720 It's about the salary capras, Yeah, exactly, It's about. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:01.160 The salary cap. 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.040 And so the NFL has structure in place to make 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.840 sure teams have to stick within that salary cap and 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.720 That's where it becomes a situation where you may want something, 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.960 but there are always going to be salary cap ramifications 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:14.920 that will to some degree, now there are ways to 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.000 work around some things, but there's still gonna be some 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.160 ramifications of the salary cap that you're gonna have to 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:19.560 adhere to. 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.920 Well, he said it before too, like, hey, if I 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.200 could give my own money and put it on here, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.240 he would in a heartbeat, like just pay out of 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.440 his own pocket. But obviously the NFL doesn't. 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.440 Work, know what I and I think this and I'm 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.640 looking forward to and hopefully we have Jerry Jones on 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.040 one O five to three the Fan and get a 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:34.880 chance to interview him. 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.079 The question I want to ask is. 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:38.520 If he had to go back in history, would he 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.760 want to push for the salary cap the way he did? 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.120 You know, he's an organized He. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.840 At the time was you know, thinking about the balance, 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:48.679 the competitive balance of the league. And you look at 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.560 him knowing the TV contracts, him knowing the salary cap. 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.760 You know, he was one of the big proponents of that, 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.679 of pushing for that and to try and help the 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.960 Green Bays, the Cincinnatis, the team that might not have 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.439 the spending power that the COB was trying to make 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.800 everything more competitive, and so I wonder, now it's kind 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:08.960 of something he pushed really hard for, which we loved 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:12.240 the National Football League for that, for the competitor. 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:12.880 The competitive balance. 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.000 But I wondered, deep down inside, if there's a time 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.640 it's like you know, like in Major League Baseball where 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.920 you could just outspend somebody, Jerry Jones was kind of 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.840 like push for something that's now a little bit something 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.000 that's maybe hamstringing him a little bit. 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:27.680 Yeah, and you would think you and maybe have the 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:31.040 foresight there understanding where his financial situation where it was 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.280 at that time, what was that ninety six, ninety seven 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.800 whatever salary caps started to get instituted, So you would 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.360 think that he would have to understand the ramifications of 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:40.480 potentially having that. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:41.800 But that is an interesting question. 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.680 But when it's you would think that that also is 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.080 why you would think he did it for the sake 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:47.560 of the league. 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:48.720 He didn't know, he wasn't. 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:53.480 Yeah, there's there's things that Jerry Jones has made these 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:57.160 other owners billionaires, you know, they they like the. 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:59.079 Brown family, the profit. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.520 Everybody that everybody that's involved in the National Football League. 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.560 They were thinking about, oh, let's keep you know, NFL 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.040 properties and let's do this, and Jerry's like, no, let's 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.640 go out and see what we can sign deals American Express, Nike, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:16.080 things like that to generate money. Jerry's shown these other 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.640 owners how to operate business. But he also was fair 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.240 about the whole thing. With the salary cap, he could 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:26.320 have completely outspent. You know, we looked unfortunately the Texas 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.920 Rangers win the World Series last year, but then you 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.640 look at the teams the Los Angeles Dodgers, the teams 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.719 that have high dollar you know, high thresholds of being 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.679 able to spend money, and sometimes it's not fair. But 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:42.880 Jerry said, listen, I want to give Green Bay Cincinnati 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:47.720 those opportunities to compete on the same level as the 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:48.800 high dollar teams. 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:53.920 Yeah. To your point about Deck's potential number and what. 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.319 I think they're comfortable. I think both spots sides are comfortable. 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:58.280 With what that number will be. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.400 No, maybe not with the number is, but that there 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:02.719 could be a parting of the ways here. 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:04.360 I see what you're thinking. Yeah, yeah, I understand. 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:08.600 I told somebody yesterday this was before the press are 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.280 Actually I was about seventy percent sure that I think 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.720 Dak would be a cowboy in twenty twenty five. I 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:17.320 think after yesterday, with that press availability and Dak talking 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.280 as well, maybe that came down to like sixty five. 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.280 So I it did drop though in your mind. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.080 It did drop, not significantly, but there was some There 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:26.400 was some things said that make you kind of think 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.719 about some things. But I think for me that the 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.160 the two things that really stood out for me yesterday 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:36.520 and the entire availabilities one Jerry Jones had mentioned, Hey, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.280 whenever we look at these three contracts talking about Ceedee Lamb, 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.920 Michael Parsons, Dak Prescott, CD, and Micah, they can they 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.280 can keep those guys and extend those out with franchise 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.560 tags for three more seasons if they wanted to. Now, 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:49.560 obviously there would be a lot that goes in and 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.600 gets involved with that. I mean, CD's already holding out 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.840 and we're in year one of that potential a potential layout. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:12:00.200 Dak Prescott is a free agent next next offseason regardless, right, So, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.880 and Jerry mentioned that, and it makes me, it made 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.120 me wonder, you know, we've been kind of been under 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.240 the impression for the last two to three months as 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.319 CD did not show up for rotas as he did 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:11.120 not show up for Many Camp, that the order is 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.960 going to be CD, Dak Micah right kind of makes 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.560 you wonder if it even could be Dak CD Micah 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:19.440 because they still need Dak's number to understand what they're 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.200 gonna work with with CD and Micah. I mean, at 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.160 the end of the day, that's gonna be their biggest 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.120 price tag, Like do you go and buy the house 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:26.640 before you go and buy the car, or do you 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:28.319 go and buy the furniture before you go and buy it? 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:29.600 Like you you have to figure out. 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.640 What you're gonna get your get your get your ducks 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.280 in a row. And I think with that, Dak makes 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.520 the most sense to get done first. But I don't know, 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:40.120 this is gonna be a weird time. It's gonna be 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.200 a really weird time. I think being here at training 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.880 camp gives these two sides an opportunity to sit down 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.160 a little bit more often. 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.720 We saw it last year with Trayvon Diggs, Malie Cooker. 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.760 Terrence Steele. All of those deals were able to get 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.240 done around this time. So you know what kind of 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.200 happens this time around? And then you worry about the 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:56.720 next wave. And that was the second thing that kind 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:58.640 of stood out to me, is, you know, we're talking 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.560 so much about these big three whenever those are done. 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:03.920 They were talking about DeMarcus Lawrence, Zach Martin if he 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:04.760 decides to come back. 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.800 Oh so, Diggyezua. You know, Deron Bland is coming around 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:09.160 the corner too, that's gonna. 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.440 Be a big contract. Smith Smith's coming up, Eyler Smith, 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.600 Jake Ferguson, I mean, it never ends. Brandon Aubrey, I mean, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.120 we could throw him, but that's. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:15.880 That's the beauty of how well. 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:19.440 They've draft drafted right, and and and to me, they've 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.360 they've they've been a little bit unfortunate that the contracts 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.320 haven't staggered. You know, they've all seemed to come at 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.480 the same time. So that's a little bit of something 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:28.520 they're working with this as well. 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.120 What's forgotten is they've already paid Trayvon Diggs. So it's 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:32.880 like that's another one that was just like a great 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:34.800 draft pick. You got him in the second round. He 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.679 turned out to be one of the better cornerbacks in 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.559 the league. So I think I'll also throw this out. 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.880 And as you guys were talking about what happened yesterday 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.400 and kind of what we saw. One thing that was 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:45.959 interesting to me, and I would be interested to see 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.200 if you guys saw the same thing. But Dak has 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.680 always been someone I thought handled himself really well with 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.720 the media. Yesterday he felt it felt to me like 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.079 he was even more I guess comfortable in his skin 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.320 is how I would probably put it. He just felt very, 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.520 very relaxed and very comfortable, and some of the things 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.520 he was saying I think kind of made me think 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.760 that even more. I think becoming a father, I know, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.120 sometimes it has a way of kind of clarifying life 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:11.760 for you when you reach. 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:13.080 That point, that stage of life. 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.000 But I just think in general, he was talking about 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:16.800 the business of the NFL, and I think he's really 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.360 resigned to the fact of we'll just see where this goes, 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:21.600 and I'm gonna play this year the very best I 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:22.000 can play it. 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:22.960 I'm gonna give my very best. 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.320 I'm gonna keep trying to improve every single day, but 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.480 I'm comfortable that whatever happens, I'm good with it, and 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:30.720 I can move on and have a great rest of 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:31.160 my career. 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:32.920 In whatever way that that shows itself. 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.840 Well, he's seeing quarterbacks around the league that he's better 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.480 in than getting paid. You know, he sees there's going 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:41.280 to be opportunities for him. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.160 He mentioned a couple of quarterbacks. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:44.680 Yeah, I mean all of a sudden, if you know, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.480 down in Jacksonville with Trevor Lawrence and guys like that, 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.720 all of a sudden getting paid, you know, you got 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.680 to feel like, Okay, play the game. Who would you 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.120 rather have Trevor Lawrence or Dak Prescott? You know, And 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:55.680 I think a lot of teams would say, we'll give me, 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.920 give me Dak Prescott right now as my guys. So 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.880 I think he has to be comfortable with that feeling 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.600 and knowing that Todd France has done an incredible job 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.160 of work. He's got Dak back to the table really quick. Yeah, 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:09.840 you know, and I kind of feel like if they 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.000 did a deal done here, it might be getting back 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.640 to the table quick again. You know, they've they've played 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.560 this this very very well. But I also want to 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.040 say this though, I kind of feel like if I 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:22.119 was Steven Jones, I would say this to Dak Prescott. 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.040 I would say, listen, you're gonna win this negotiation with us. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:26.960 How bad do you want to win? 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:27.160 It. 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.120 How bad do you want to And I don't know 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.360 if it's possible, but I would have brought him in 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.760 or have the opportunity they've Stephen even Steven Jones even 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.200 talked about he's had communications with Dak. I would have 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.480 thought about bringing him in and pointing out, like, listen, 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.800 if you take sixty from us, this is what we're 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.440 gonna look like. Just show him a presentation of what 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.720 the team potentially can look like and kind of. 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:50.600 Work down from that. 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.920 But you're gonna tell him, hey, you're going to win 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.720 this negotiations because we have no leverage on you. The 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.960 only leverage we have is you want to potentially be here. 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.400 That's the only leverage they have. So to me, I 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.920 would walk him through what this team could look like 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.640 at certain levels of this contract. If you want to 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:12.320 give us a break, we might be a little bit 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.800 better in the long run. He doesn't owe them anything, 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.360 you know. It was Tank Lorence had said, Hey, that's 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.720 not my problem, that's their problem. But at this point 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.120 in time, you really want to try and partner with 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.440 Dak here and say, Okay, you're gonna win this, but 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.640 at what level do you want to really win this? 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.480 You know, And I think that's something that you know, 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.120 that maybe could open Dak's eyes a little bit to 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:37.960 the situation that they're in. 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:39.880 But I also think to that same point, he's gonna 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:41.200 win wherever he goes. 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.960 Sure, but if he wants to be here, I think 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:49.160 you walk him through what that spreadsheet is gonna look like. Yeah, yeah, okay, 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.200 we're gonna we're not gonna be able to You don't 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.120 want to be throwing to guys like me out there, 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:55.760