WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: How Morris Makes Sense 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:04.120 Are you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:08.560 for a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah? And 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:12.799 so much for that. It's time for The Break on 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:19.000 Dallas Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:23.239 bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, July thirtieth, 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:27.000 twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode number sixteen. Welcome to another 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.800 edition of The Break. We are live from Hawkstart, California, 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.440 and we've got some really, really great conversation for you 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.239 guys today. I hope you guys are ready. Got a 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.680 lot to talk about with Ezekiel Elliott and Cowboys signing 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:41.960 of a running back yesterday, and maybe that's there's a 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.479 message in that, maybe there's not. We're gonna get into 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.400 some camp observations from yesterday. Yesterday was the first day 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.320 the Cowboys were in pads. Lots of things to notice. 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.639 I'll take the opinions of these guys and what they 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.320 saw and let you guys here a little bit about 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.440 what happened in practice. And if we have a little 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:58.880 bit of time, I want to dive a little bit 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.639 into the tight end position and Jason Witten coming back 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:04.760 this season. Guys like Blake Jarwin, who've now had a 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:07.639 little bit experience and where they fit with Jason Witten 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:09.440 now in the tight end room, like talk a little 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.640 bit about that. I think there's some interesting conversations there. 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.880 How's everybody feeling this morning? Lovely, really really good good. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:17.720 There is a practice that will be starting up here 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.520 at ten forty five this morning out here in Oxnards, 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.520 so we'll be ending the show a little bit early, 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.840 but let's just jump right into it. Also, there's there's 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:27.920 a guy sam blasting over there. There's nothing we can 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:32.600 do about it. We're sorry. Hopefully he'll stop. I apologize. 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.320 We all apologize on behalf of the sam blaster. Yeah, 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.199 if we get to just know, I know we're gonna 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.119 I know we're gonna get comments about it. And it's 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:40.920 not like we're doing it on purpose. We get too 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.080 far into this camp and he's still doing that. I'm 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.000 going to send you over there to have a conversation 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.360 with him, the muscle because because I'm the muscle. Yeah, 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.800 the shortest guy is the more our guy we send 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.760 to handle those kinds of things. He'll just speak to 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:53.640 you in Spanish. Oh, I'm waiting for the time because 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:55.840 Nick has that little giggle like, yeah, something I was 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.040 about to say. I was about to say, you might 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:02.680 want to take Amber, but she's gonna say that's fine. Okay, Okay, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.720 here we go. Let's do a little it is. Let's 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.080 do a little blanket coverage here, start the show. I 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.160 got a couple of sentences for you guys, a couple 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.240 of statements that will be a blank that you guys 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.520 will fill in. Let's start first with this statement. Zeke's 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:21.040 decision to train in Cabo is blank, Dave, I don't 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.160 even have a reaction to it. He's he is at 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.720 a gym that his agent owns. He's been there before, 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.120 he trained there during his suspension. Maybe it's a bad 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:34.320 look because Cabo is a vacation destination. I'm because of 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.840 what happened in Dallas many years ago. But go ahead. 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.919 But when Ezekiel Elliott was eight, I mean, so what, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.239 I don't care. I know Ezekiel Elliott. You know he 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.600 comes with his baggage. He's had some issues off the field, 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.919 but in terms of like playing running back, he's a professional. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.400 Whether he's here next week or a month from now, 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.320 he'll be ready. I don't care, Amber, I mean I 0:02:56.360 --> 0:03:00.560 think he he's matured. He's mature enough to where I 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:05.240 wouldn't expect him to make a dumb decision, especially at 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.480 the in the spot his end right now, you know, 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.680 looking for a contract. I would not think he would 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.240 make that mistake. Yes he has in the past. You 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.720 can laugh about it. But if you're if right now, 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.640 what you're trying to do is get your money and 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.800 your deal, you wouldn't do something like that. And like 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.639 Dave said, he's been there before and he trained over there. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:28.800 You know, players like training on the sand and somehow 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.040 that does something for your feet or something. It helps 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:35.400 your calves immensely. Good time calf workout. It's a good workout. Okay, 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:40.560 well no, probably not your calf. Zeke's decision training Cobo 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:47.120 Nick is um interesting, okay, um. You know, I just 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.080 I'm not going to go there with you on on 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:51.920 he's matured and he's not gonna have a bad look 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.760 because he's already had bad looks. He had a bad 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.240 look this offseason, and we argued on that, like does 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.080 that really matter? But it still was a bad look. 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.120 It was a bad look to to be in Vegas 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.120 for you know, maybe seven or eight hours before you're 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.520 going to have your own camp in Dallas, and then 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.520 also to be you know, um, you know, stopped by 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.280 the police is not good either. But I just think 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.720 that it's just interesting to he's gonna go do that. 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.359 But if training is a part of it, that's fine, 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.000 you know, long as training is in that because because 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.120 you're right, he's gonna come back, and when he comes back, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.400 he's got to be ready, and then we'll see if 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.520 he's if it's doing more training or more partying. So 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:30.960 with all that being said, my opinion, I'm speaking for 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.679 each of you, my opinion on how long this holdout 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:39.000 will last. Blank Amber, While I may after I've seen 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:43.320 that he goes to Cabbo. The Cowboys signing Alfred Moore 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.760 is clearly they're getting ready and preparing themselves in case 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.279 this goes past the first week of the regular season. 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:54.080 So it doesn't what it looks so far as of 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.760 right now, to me, it doesn't seem like this is 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:00.560 going to happen before the season starts. Nick Um, I 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:04.280 think they are covering all bases here. I still think 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.840 they're gonna try to get this thing done before the season, 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.919 but it wouldn't be I wouldn't be surprised if he 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.839 goes into September. I will be surprised if he misses 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.600 the first game, but I will I don't think it'll 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.280 I think it'll go that far. But we'll talk about 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.120 the Morris thing. I don't. I think they're just kind 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.640 of covering themselves. Yeah, my opinion hasn't changed. I hope 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.279 they're smarter than to think they're covering themselves by signing 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.680 Alfred Morris. I mean, if that's you know, they're like, well, 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.920 he might miss games. We gotta get Alfred Morris. Good 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.800 luck with that. No offense Alfred, I'm sorry, but not 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.880 the way we all love. I love him to death, 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.360 but I don't think it's a great way to protect 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.120 yourself against not having Ezekiel Elliott. And that's kind of 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.560 my point is he does have leverage because they there 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.120 isn't something they can do short of trading another first 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.760 round pick. There's not a whole lot they can do 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.360 to ensure themselves against not having him at this point 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:58.200 in the year. So yeah, I think it's more base 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.400 covering than getting ready for I'm sort of standoff. You know, 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:03.680 maybe it does go into September, but I still don't 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.760 think he misses games. Here's one makes me think otherwise. 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:10.880 The Cowboys tend to be a little patient in a way. 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.840 They tend to play their cards at their own time. 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:18.359 To me, this happened pretty soon, especially after Jerry Jones 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:22.520 talked about giving these new younger guys the opportunity of, 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.680 you know, training out here and seeing them develop. It 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:30.200 happened rather too quickly. I know Alfred had had visited 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.640 another team and all that, but I don't know, It's 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.360 just it doesn't seem we'll see what happened. One thing 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:40.039 to note on that, and Dave you just tweeted about this. 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.240 Right before we went on the air. Will McClay was 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.400 one with one of the local radio stations and talked 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.800 about some of the rationales to why they went out 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:49.520 and got Alfred Moors. Talk a little bit about that 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:51.440 because maybe that answered a little bit of what Amber 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.480 is is alluding to there. Well, it's really fun. I mean, 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.559 you know, we'll talk for fifteen minutes with our friends 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.480 on one oh five through the fan and it's it 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:01.599 started off, you know, talk about the Morris move. While 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.360 we're creating competition, doesn't mean we don't like our young guys, 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.960 we've barely even practiced, but this is a guy who 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.720 knows how to do it. We're always about fostering competition, 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.239 you know, hopefully these young guys understand that they should 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.120 understand that they're in the NFL. And they just kept 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.480 asking him questions, and I think one of the guys 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.240 was like sort of trying to hint about, like, well, 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:21.920 is this a shot at Zeke Bubbaly or are you 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.960 trying to put him on notice? And finally Will sounded 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.440 kind of exasperate. He was like, most teams have six 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.160 backs in camp right now, we don't. We needed to 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.920 six back. Alfred is our six back, and there's no 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.920 guarantees beyond that we know what he can do. We 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:38.440 like him, but basically there's no guarantee he even makes 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:41.480 the roster. And so we had an hour to kill 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.240 before the show. So I went and looked, and he's right. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.240 There were only five teams that didn't. Now there's four 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.760 because the Cowboys have six. Now most teams have seven 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.840 or eight. So you know, it seems like there's not 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:53.920 enough reps to go around, but they'll they'll find a 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:55.840 way to make it work. And you know, you can 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:57.640 argue that, say, well, why don't you just get a 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.720 young guy. They've got plenty of those. They got plenty 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.520 of players that have never taken a snap in the NFL. Um. 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.400 In fact, of the four backs that I could think 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.560 of right now, the two rookies, Jordan Chun and Darius Jackson, 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:14.600 they have a combined uh six carries, all of them 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.360 are Darius and all Darius, all in the last regular 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:20.440 season game of last year, right, right, So not a 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:23.720 lot to work with in terms of NFL experience. Yeah, 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:27.160 you know, and I know that Jerry you know, came 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:30.920 out and said something on I guess it was Channel 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:32.880 eleven and said, we don't you know, you don't need 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:37.240 a running you don't need a rushing champion to win 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:40.880 a Super Bowl. I thought that was really interesting because 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.800 he does what do you mean, He's never won a 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.480 Super Bowl without the rushing champion. That was also a 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.480 long long time ago, and a lot about the NFL seas, right, So, 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.120 but before for you for Jerry Jones to say you 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.439 don't need one, he's never won a Super Bowl without one, right, 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.240 But I think I understand the point. It's happened four times, 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.880 three of them are in Smith for him. So the 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.000 way this team is structured and its structured kind of 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:09.319 similar to that. So it's he's right, but it's just 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:13.280 that he's never experienced it either. So the last three 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.719 times this team has experienced playoff success, it had the 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.560 rushing champion as well, whether that was Ezekiel Elliott or 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.560 DeMarco Murray. Yeah, so I think the thing is, can 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.160 you can kind of look at this and say, well, 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.520 they took that approach with wide receivers last year and 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:28.280 it didn't work out. You need a number one, And 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.400 if you want to start thinking about that with running back, 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.920 you might find yourself in the exact same situation. Although 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.040 today's NFL, he does have a legitimate point from standpoint. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.240 In today's NFL, there are a lot of really good 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.160 teams that do very very good things without having the 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.600 best running back in the league. Now that means you 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:45.559 probably need to have one of the better quarterbacks in 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.640 the league or and or one of the best coaches 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.520 in the league. And so do you have those things? 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.200 That becomes the question if you don't have that kind 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.680 of runner that really put you over the top offensively. Yeah, 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.680 Will actually had a great answer to that too. He 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.720 was like, he's like Jerry, Jerry said something that's true, 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.920 Like you clearly don't need one because so many teams 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.719 have done it without him, but you know, and then 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.600 he followed that up by saying, like, we're interested in 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:11.959 having the best players, like we want the top talent 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.720 regardless of position, Like, of course we value Zeke all 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.000 that good stuff. And that's I've I think I've said 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.160 this already even since we started the show's back in 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:24.560 Oxnar's like, you don't need a running back of Zeke's caliber, 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:28.120 but this team, the way it's constructed, and especially at 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.920 this point in the year, like like there aren't other avenues. 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:36.680 You can't draft one free agencies long gone. It's it's 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.720 past time to try to find a real contingency plan. 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.520 You are tied to this guy if you want to 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:43.240 have the type of season you you want to have 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.040 in my opinion, So let's talk a little bit about 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.040 Alfred Morris and that's signing. One of the things I 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.440 thought was kind of curious in this whole thing was 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.440 his decision to come to the Cowboys. I think it's 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.640 a good move for the Cowboys because you improve competition 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:57.440 regards to what you think of the other backs here. 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.080 You brought in a back that has experienced deck and 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.680 challenge the guys that are here, teach them a little 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.319 bit along the way. I think that's a good move 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:05.920 for the Cowboys. But if you look at it from 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.960 Alfred Morris's point of view, he was going to have 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:12.360 a triald Or he did have a tryout with the Saints, 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.680 and then he made the decision to come here. My 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:17.640 big question is do you think he can make this team. 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.560 Let's assume Zeke comes back at whatever point Zeke comes back, 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:22.840 can't even make this team when you think about the 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.520 other guys that are here, he can. I think he 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.960 can make this team. He's got to be better, appreciably 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.599 better than Mike Webber and Darius Jackson. He's got to 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.640 be way better than them because and then if Tony 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:39.559 Pollard proves to be a better inside runner, then it's 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.600 gonna be hard for him. But if he's kind of 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.200 a guy that can play on the outside and does 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:46.600 different things, and if anything were to happen to Zeke, 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.120 they don't really have a good backup, then that's where 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:52.600 Morris will play into this. But if Webber shows some 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.880 flashes and Jackson shows some flashes. It's gonna be kind 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.280 of tough on him, but you know, better than two 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:03.560 guys that have a buying six carries. It's possible. Yeah, 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.360 I mean, he's he's thirty years old, but he's he's 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.400 been to two Pro Bowls. He's done this before. He 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:10.640 knows the scheme here, he knows everybody here. Actually I 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:12.400 didn't know this. I read it on Twitter last night. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.800 His family stayed in Dallas when he went to San Francisco. 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.320 Seems like everybody does something about Dallas. I don't know 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.320 if it's the No. I mean, it's a great place 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.439 to live, don't get me wrong. Maybe no, stay in 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.839 Texas because same thing happens in Houston. There are a 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.760 lot of former athletes that live in the Houston area. 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.000 The state income tax. It's home for him, at least 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.079 for the time being. But yeah, I mean, I keep 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.680 saying this. Pollard's the only one besides Zeke that they've 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:39.360 invested anything in. You know, I thought, you know, Weber 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.880 was drafted and that's exciting, but so is bo Scarborough. 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:43.719 You know so, But the question is, you would think 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.720 for younger guys, you get something on special teams, Zeke, 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:48.559 I mean, Alfred Morris is not going to be a 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.000 special team Yeah, but and Nick's right, he has to 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.760 be appreciably better. But if if you are appreciably more 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:56.800 confident that he will give you more juice than you'll 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:58.480 find a way to make that work, whether you know 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.160 linebackers or whatever. Maybe he's an inactive guy, you know 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.040 during the season. He doesn't play a lot on game day, 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:06.600 but if something were to happen, that's what he was 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:09.520 last time here. Um, you know, and I think it's 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:14.720 it's worth pointing out that before the draft, you know, 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.640 Jerry Jones was had kind of made some comments about, 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.280 you know, the direction of where they might go. It 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.839 wasn't Republic, but he kind of had said, you know, 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.200 we're gonna look at the draft, but Alfred Morris was 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:29.040 on the radar back then. This isn't just a oh 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.080 you're going to Cabbo watch this. Uh Morris. Morris has 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:33.720 been a guy they've been looking at. But they drafted 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:35.520 two running backs so they said, all right, we're gonna 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.880 go here. But he's been He's been on the radar 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:39.480 for a long time. That is a really good point 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.880 that I forgot about because they drafted two backs. But 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.880 way back in April, Jerry was like, you know, free 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.120 agency will be their force when the draft's over if 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.120 we need it. And maybe Alfred Morris going on all 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.920 these visits, maybe they felt like they couldn't wait around, 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:56.480 and that's why they did it so quickly. It's right right, 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:58.360 It's like, hey, if we want him on the roster, 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.480 maybe we need to do something before this Saints or 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:04.040 somebody else gets trigger happy. Maybe I still don't answer 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.079 your question though, wife for Morris, we don't know that, yeah, 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.400 and not that we would until we talk to him, 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.440 but but I do think, I mean, there were some 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.040 good points there. Obviously, his family already being in Dallas 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.840 that makes a difference. Him feeling like he already knows 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.400 the system makes a difference. At his age, my presumption 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.800 would be thinking about this offensive line, he may be like, hey, 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:25.880 there's if there's any place I feel like I can 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.760 do damage, Uh, here, it's here. You look at his 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.240 his average per carry two years ago when he was 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.120 with Dallas, it was a full point higher a full 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:37.440 yard higher than what it was in San Francisco last season. 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.680 So there's a difference that's made by the offensive line 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.640 and the offense that you're that you're running in, so 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.880 all those things matter. I just think that it's kind 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:46.560 of tough when you start figuring out how he makes 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.920 this team. If Zeke is back, I have a hard 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.000 time figuring out how he makes a team. And just 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.480 well I don't just because I mean, like you know, 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:58.880 Darius Jackson, Mike Weber, they're great guys, but not by 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.280 any means. You know, he didn't invest anything in him. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.640 There a seventh round pick and a sixth round pick 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.480 from four years ago. If if it's even closer, if 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.120 Morris is even a little bit better, I don't think 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.080 that's a hard call at all. I'm gonna get pissed 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.640 if he gets cut. Who Alfred Alfred? Yeah? I mean 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:20.880 I mean, yes, well that sucks, because that sucks. He's 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.800 such a nice guy. He comes in here and then 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.600 let's say, okay, welcome to the NFL. Well, we still 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.480 need to talk about what happens contract wise. If he's 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:34.080 here in place week one, let's say, uh, Seek is 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.640 not back yet, what happens with his contract? Seek comes 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.640 like week two, he gets a big deal whatever, and 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.880 then you decide to cut Alfred, you have to pay 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.960 the whole year. And that's why, I mean, love Alfred 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.360 to death, but that's why I'm guarded about him making 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.760 the team, like he's gotta They gotta really know that 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.000 he's worth it, because they guarantee a salary by putting 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.040 him on the team, and we don't know exactly what 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.360 the contract, right they could say we're going to guarantee 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.280 three or four game checks. You know, there was a 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.880 reason why he decided to sign here, right, we don't 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.200 know all of them, but I mean it was probably 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.320 more than just I'm gonna play here, and I guess 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.840 that's what I was pointing to is at least for me, 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:12.040 I think there maybe a little bit more than we 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:15.320 know about why or what the Cowboys told him, And 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.960 that's where it starts to beg the question what kind 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:19.880 of picture did they paint of the whole Zeke situation 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.040 for Alfred that made him feel like this was a 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.760 good place for him to come and sign. Again, we 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.040 don't know any of that, but it is a little 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.120 curious why he made the decision. Dallas. I think there's 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.280 some reasons why, but it's still a little bit curious. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:31.880 We're gonna take our first break and we come back. 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.000 We're gonna talk about practice yesterday. It was the first 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.520 padded practice for the Cowboys, and we want to find 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.640 out from these guys what their observations were. We got 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.400 a few observations that were pretty interesting, some interesting things 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.000 to see out there yesterday. We'll be right back this 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:48.400 Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio Back to the break. You're 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.000 like me and you love. I mean, if you have 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.120 a thing, then cutting the chord is scary. But then 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:55.920 I found out I could switch to r ACTV now 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.280 and still get the live sports I love. 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