WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: What’s Still Missing? 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:04.800 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:13.480 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. This he's Talking 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:18.080 Cowboys training live from the Dallas Cowboys World Heawhoarters at 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:28.600 the Star in fris Joy and now your hosts Isaiah 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:35.960 stand back, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips and Kyle Yeoman's well, 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.240 beat me up, Chris, and we are here for another 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:44.960 TCT Talking Cowboys Tuesday, sponsored by Tostitos, the official chip 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.160 and jip of the Dallas Cowboys. Come on, we gotta 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.360 get strong with strong. I didn't want to talk that. 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:52.440 I didn't want to know. Don't, don't, don't, Okay, I 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:54.400 guess I appreciate you. Dog. You know you don't know 0:00:54.440 --> 0:01:00.680 your strip. You gotta be smooth. That strong hand, strong hand. 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:02.680 We gonna get to the strong hand, and they got 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.160 we got a lot of a lot of thing. We 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.119 got the strong hand to talk about. All right. Hey, 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:10.319 it's also America's chip for America's team. Right, thank you 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.000 for not getting me in any trouble because you're absolutely right. 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.080 That is what the reads my brother's supposed to do. 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:21.440 I don't want to man style beaver with off the 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.240 top right. He definitely pulled the leg of a person 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.120 about the opinion. You need to pull their legs. That's 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.760 the cover team. Let's go. Thank you guys for joining 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:34.040 us this afternoon talking cowboys and guys. We got sixty 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:38.720 minutes of nothing but cowboys business to handle right now? 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:44.360 Yeah we go, oh hell yeah, hell yeah, we got 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.560 some business to handle. And look the owner and general manager. 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.000 What before I get to any of that, let me 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.280 let me be cause I'm I need to slowdown, gym shop. 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.720 I am. I am a little excited. I'm here with 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:57.480 my brothers, my usual suspect, my guy who has his 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.559 own island. Here's Rob pe trn of that pe all 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:08.600 gold everything. Yes, the island. Rob Phillips uh and my 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.360 guy always to my right are in front of me. 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:16.079 Former Cowboy and Super Bowl champion and Jim owner Champ 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.679 is here. The Champ is here, Isaiah Stanback brother, how 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.840 are you guys doing today? Well, we're good, We're good, 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.000 and you know what, Kyle's doing his thing out of town. 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.840 Why but he's in spirit with us right now. They 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:34.119 just passed the postseason overtime rule for Kyle just now 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.960 at the spring meeting that they do exactly what he 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.760 was asking for it. It's probably gonna make everybody. I 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:43.760 don't know the total ins and outs, but it says 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.760 both teams now get a possession in the postseason ot 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:50.560 not regular season. Somehow, I think that's gonna change after 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.960 next season. They're not gonna be pleased with that either. Yes, 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:58.480 and Kyle Yeoman's is in New York visiting his fiancee's family, 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:03.040 who's probably threatening him every thirty minutes. So good luck 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.000 with that, Kyle. We will make sure that we do 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.959 a good job in your absence. But guys, let's talk 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.119 about it. Had an opportunity to hear the interview from 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.120 owner a general manager Jerry Jones in Florida. He was 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.560 holding court with the media and had some things to 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.720 say about how he is putting this team together. But 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:26.640 I thought what was most interesting was his discussion on 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.440 evaluating but ten to eleven players and the harsh, well, 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.800 the difficult decisions that he had head and p I'm 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.080 gonna start with you, but what were your thoughts on 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:41.480 the interview? Man? Well, you're right, we got some insight 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:46.960 on why Amari Cooper's not here anymore, why Randy Gregory 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.600 is not here anymore. And it does come down to 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.240 what you just said. He talked about how if you've 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.480 got ten or eleven guys taken up two thirds of 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.680 your salary cap, you gotta get your bank for your buck. 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:03.400 Now we can we can debate whether, you know, like 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.000 an Amari Cooper is featured enough in the offense to 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.600 get the bang for the buck. That's a whole separate 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:13.600 discussion with a Mari. But that's he feels good about 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.039 what their cap situation now is, and actually scribbled this 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.120 now with some chicken scratch, we are better with our money, 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.839 with our resources, we are better. We're in better shape 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:26.919 than we were this time last year. So basically, and 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.440 I mentioned this last week, what they did with Randy's money, 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.840 which was going to be roughly I think fourteen a year, 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.119 fourteen million a year, they resigned a bunch of guys 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.599 and brought in Dante Fowler and James Washington and fit 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.360 that under the cap because they do have a lot 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:44.279 of needs. Quantity. Quantity is kind of what they've been 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.680 going for. And look, you can debate whether that's the 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.159 right strategy or not, but that's that's that's where he's 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.760 coming from. And in the words of Steven Jones, we 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.800 got three players for one player. So Isaiah, I turned 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.440 to you, and I want to ask you philosophically, as 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:05.160 as a front office, with the substitutions, the addition by 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:09.200 subtraction that they made over the last couple of weeks, 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.160 where are you as far as the way that this 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.000 thing has started to shape up roster wise going into 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.359 this season? Are you think you think they're making the 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.240 right moves? These are tough decisions that they're making. Are 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.680 these decisions that you would have made if you had 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.359 that hat? No, no, no, they're not decisions that I 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.720 would have made. But I understand it, you know, And 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.240 I always, I'm always understands that you don't have to 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.279 like the decisions that are being made, but you have 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.120 to understand that, I mean, you gotta respect them. And 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.320 I think that's where I'm at right now in Cowboys Nation. 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.440 I think that Jerry Jones and the rest of the 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.800 squad are doing a great job. I think I said 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.640 that last week in terms of creating value, they are 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:46.760 doing a great job in that people don't like to 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.279 hear that because the superstars have left the building. Some 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.600 of the superstars have left the building, and I understand 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.560 the attachment to that the big name players, guys with 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:59.039 big contracts that followed, guys weren't being utilized to the 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.880 value in which they were being paid. And that's the 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.000 angle that he's speaking from. I don't believe he's speaking 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.240 from the standpoint. I hope he's not speaking from the 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.359 standpoint and saying that these players weren't worth what they 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.359 were getting paid. I do believe that he's standing behind 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.400 the scene. At least from my perspective, they just weren't 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.800 utilizing them. So if you have a Duly truck, right, 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:23.520 you got a Ford, you know, F three fifty and 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.320 you know you got you got the Duly, you know, 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:29.440 and you're putting gas in it. Yeah, but we're great sponsors. 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:31.440 But if you don't, if you're only driving to the 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.680 grocery store, what's the point of having a big boy truck, right, 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:36.960 If you're not if you're not putting anything in the 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.400 back of the truck, if you're not pulling anything, there's 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.720 no point of having a truck. Or get a golf cart, right, 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.400 or go get some go get some small They weren't 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.440 utilizing their big boy you know, in terms of Coop. 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.800 He was capable of so much, but they weren't utilizing him. 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.080 So if you're not gonna utilize him, get rid of 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.880 that and use that money elsewhere. And I think that's 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:58.640 exactly where Jerry Jones is coming from when he was 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.240 speaking about the speaking on those matters. And I think 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.880 they've done a great job of finding value with those 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.040 funds that they were going to have tied up. And 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:09.520 Randy's a little bit of a different story because that deal, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.360 it was damn near done verbally not signed, but but 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.240 they wanted and I think they went up from what 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.240 they were offering initially to get that done. And then 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.920 we talked about it last week. There was whatever happened 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.320 there that I think obviously Randy Side was not happy 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.360 with some language in the contract whatever, and but Jerry 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:31.760 talked about how there was still some discussion that it 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.840 might get done. He spoke to that yesterday and then 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.760 ultimately said El Paso, we're gonna pass on that, We're 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.880 gonna we're gonna move on, and we're gonna fill holes 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.600 with that money with multiple players and and and Almari. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.840 They just wanted they clearly they just wanted to move on. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.800 From Mikey Wise and I'm glad you bring that up, man, 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.320 because when I read the word el paso, I'm gonna 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.680 use that and everything and then I do from now. 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:58.840 Wouldn't met the butcher block when they offered me passo 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.600 at this I mean to me, that was just reading 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.720 in between the lines that that was, you know, hit 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:09.080 the road, Jack and and Jerry's terms. And it seemed 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.200 like Randy Gregory was the one with all the beef 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.400 by not signing. We heard so much from him basically 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.720 saying that, look, you know, these guys tried to cut 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.080 in language and stuff like that, but but Jerry just 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.680 made it seem like I just wasn't gonna do what 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:23.960 they were asking me to do, especially if they wanted 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.160 more money. Is that the take that you got from it? 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:27.760 Or did you think that it was just one of 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.800 those things where it got contentious and he threw his 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.240 hands up. I haven't. I have not asked anyone since 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.400 I heard that, but I my first thought was it 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.880 probably had something to do with the structure of the 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.840 the language, like maybe maybe if they taken some of 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.200 their standard stuff out, then maybe Brandy would have come back. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.920 Um that apparently that was that's not part of the 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.880 Denver's offer, that that language wasn't in there, about forfeiture 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:51.760 language and all that stuff. And Randy said, well, I'm 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.520 you know, nah, I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna move off 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.240 of that. And and that's that's the weird thing about 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.200 it was after the start it came out that this 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.440 is language that is universal. Everyone sort of has that 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.760 in their contract and Randy just obviously wasn't having it. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:11.760 But guys, if you've paid attention to the fan base, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.160 they are pissed off. Hey, there's no other way to 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.080 put it. They're disappointed in years past. I don't think 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:21.160 I've ever seen in years past the Cowboy fans just 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.800 pissed off at the front office by moves that they're making. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.600 Are not making free agent acquisitions and all of that, 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.680 and they haven't done that in a decade or so, 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.079 not making a splash. Do you have faith up until 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.320 this point that there will be some type of big 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.240 trade happening in a free agent acquisition or do you 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.719 think they are fooling themselves by thinking that they can 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.680 get everything that they need in the draft. I don't 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.560 think they're done. I don't think they're done. I don't 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.240 know how many more big splashes. I think if you're 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.120 gonna get a big splash, I believe that it would 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.640 come in the form of like a Bobby Wagner. I 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:55.400 think that's what And I don't think that they have 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.520 the money to spend on Bobby Wagner, so that would 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.720 be a big splash. So I think that they obviously 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.720 have some key areas that need to get shirt up. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.079 Some players are no longer available on the office of 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.360 line front. Guys are being in scooped up left and right, 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:14.640 so it doesn't seem as if they're that aggressive in 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.440 that nature. But you've seen some of these numbers also 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.280 that guys are getting, and the reality is their salary 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.520 cap situation doesn't allow for them to go out and 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.400 sign the big boys that everybody wants. That's the reality. 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.000 Everybody that is that you have circled on your list 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.360 that you want on this team is going to demand 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.600 big boy money. I mean, we're talking at least probably 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:34.480 fifteen million dollars a year for most of these guys. 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.840 Do they have that, no, sir, Rebob. So the reality 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.120 is the Cowboys are going to have to build this 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:43.120 team through the draft or through some trains, which the 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.280 trades are problem not likely at this point in time. 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.680 So you're gonna have to go find some talent that's 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.439 sitting around at the house that didn't get the big 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.640 money that they were hoping for. Right, free agents, you 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.040 don't like like Vanders, Right Vanders, They say, hey, go 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:55.800 out there and test it out. Oh there's no there's 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:57.840 nobody out there. Okay, yeah, come on back home. Right, 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.560 So they don't have to look for some guys like 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.679 that that are just sitting around hoping for the big opportunities, 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.200 and then scooped them up on some some very friendly deals. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:06.880 But that's how they're going to have to add some 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:10.000 veteran depth as well as adding some players through the draft. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:13.440 But there are some very key roles and positions that 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.440 have to be addressed, and those are very risky picks 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.200 in the draft. You started talking about tackle positions, you 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.199 start you started talking about you know, you know linebackers. 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.199 You know the key guys in a linebacker rush guys. 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.400 These are guys that you can swing a miss. You 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.040 can swing a miss. If you hit it, you hit it. 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:30.880 But that's a high probability, you know, even in baseball. 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:32.880 Three hundreds are good batting presenters, but you still missing 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:38.280 seven out of ten. Yeah, yeah, right, yeah, I don't. 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.280 I don't think they're done either in free agency, but 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.640 I don't I don't see a huge swing and a 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.880 big game changing guy come in through free agency. I 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:52.480 think they're draft meetings start Monday, and I think that's 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.920 the larger focus will shift to that pretty soon. Um. 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:58.680 Mike McCarthy was on a conference call with the media. 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:00.720 He did not go to the spring meetings in Florida 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.839 this week. Dave Hellman was on the phone with him. 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.600 Shout out today for helping us out there. Um. And 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.800 and they're going to Bama's Pro day tomorrow. You know, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.280 he's he's gonna be knee deep in draft stuff. But 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.600 I think they've still got things to do in free agency. 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:16.680 They got to get a kicker. They were hopeful to 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:21.040 resign Greg's rline on a more probably more team friendly deal. 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:23.320 That did not happen. He went to the Jets. Um. 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:28.360 He acknowledged that that interior offensive line, guard center or 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:30.640 wherever is a spot where they could use some help 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.600 in free agency if it presents itself. I know, you know, 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.000 but like you said, who's who's out there? Will Hernandez 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:37.600 just signed with the Cardinals. He was a guy that 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:39.920 could be kind of you know, I think you could 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:42.480 view him as a as a stop gap, a cover, 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:46.640 cover yourself guy, bridge player and then going to the 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:48.680 the way they do this, I mean, that's James Washington, 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:52.400 perfect example for the receiver position going in. Um, those 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.960 are two spots that stand out right away. And but 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.079 but yeah, I think the heavy lifting at this point's 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.040 got to go through the draft. But we've got a 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.040 Pro bowlers signed since we has met? Correct, didn't we 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:06.960 sign a Pro Bowler back? Which Pro Bowler? Yes? Freaking Anger? 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.760 I'm sorry, Yes, you got? I mean we got. How 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.360 are you just gonna just disregard a pro two of 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.480 them in the whole league? My bad? Yes, Anger is back. 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.840 Anger the kickers back right, three millions. He's one of 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.440 the top two players in the world. I'm sorry if 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:27.360 I didn't just either. Yeah, that's hey, I know. But 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.559 he changed the dynamic of this defense last year. He 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.600 helped them out a ton. Tell you what, there are 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.080 some games in December I'm thinking New Orleans and they 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:39.079 just couldn't get anything going consistently. Offensively. He was a 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.439 big part of with him winning these ugly games down 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.040 the stretch. But feel position ball control, we did a 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:48.959 lot of that. But nothing sexy so far. No, no, 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.120 nothing sexy. And it's one of those It's one of 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.360 those times in the off season. I got a picture 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.320 of the night professor when his wife trying to come 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:57.719 out on sex. He said, what are you doing that, 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:03.800 Curtin role? Nothing sexy happening right now. And I think 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.360 from the outside looking in, everyone is kind of like, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.640 how do you think you're going to fair with this? 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.640 And it going to coming into twenty twenty one, no 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.880 one had the expectations, especially with the defensive line. I 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.200 think you still kind of had some confidence in your 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.040 offensive line that was probably misplaced, but I think that's 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.840 where you had the most confidence. But just from the 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.120 outside looking in, it just seems as though status quo 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.240 may not get the Cowboys where they need to be, 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:32.720 because if you look around the NFC East, they're getting 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.240 other teams are getting better. I mean, they have the 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.440 cap space and they are bringing in players that that 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.080 doesn't make you nervous to think that, oh, we're just 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.720 staying status quo right now, and not making any stride. No, 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.280 it makes me nervous. It does. It does because and 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.400 while they have signed a couple guys to fill some spots, 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.600 and it allows them to be a little bit more 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:56.880 flexible with their cap like they want to be. Like okay, 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.280 like to your point this time every year, fans playing 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.920 on Twitter and especially my mail bag inbox, I'm kind 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:08.520 of doing this when I'm opening and because it's it's tough. 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.520 But I think you're right, Like I think, I think 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.920 fans are even more frustrated, at least a group of 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:18.000 fans that we see on social media are because you 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.840 throw in not only their strategy, and you can debate 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.520 whether it's the right strategy to have in free agency, 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.800 but they've they've lost Tomari Cooper, they lost law Collins, 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.720 they lost Randy Gregory, and and there have not been 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.240 signings or additions that make you feel like, well we upgraded, 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.160 certainly not upgraded. You filled the spots, but you know, 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:43.840 but like Jerry said, we weren't better yes yesterday. He said, 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:47.480 we weren't better before the draft, until we got Michael Parsons, 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:49.240 or until we got Ceedee Lamb two years ago. I 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.280 think they're saying, wait and see, we're not We're not 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.640 done yet. But no, I mean they're It's hard to 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.280 look at this roster right now and say, well, they're 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.800 they're better than they were last year. I don't see 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.640 that on paper. I don't see. And some of that 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.960 frustration also stems from the fact that you see how 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.400 other teams are getting more bang for their bucks. And 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.600 I'm just saying, like the Trek Tyrek Hill trade, I mean, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.640 think about what Miami gave up for him and what 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:20.160 we got for Amari Cooper Adams. That's a whole a 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.560 nother subject. I'm just saying, why did we why did 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.240 we give up so much leverage pe in that situation, 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.840 even with Leo Collins. I mean we basically let this 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:34.000 guy walk, and we gave up a first for Coop, 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:39.120 got a fifth for him, and I mean literally like, 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:41.960 we're not And even with Randy Gregory not able to 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.040 get anything if he's gonna leave, We're not. Even this 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.680 is not a sign and trade. He basically essentially goes 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.360 and we get nothing. Well, Randy's different, yeah, because he's 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.920 unrestricted and he could just he could just walk. Um 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:55.480 diamari one. I think people look at that one eye 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:59.840 opened right now because the Tyree news that happened with Miami, 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:05.920 um Davante Adams goes to Vegas and and they get 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.600 a nice haul of draft picks, right. I mean, I 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.760 think those guys are I think the differences. Those guys 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.560 are top five like game changing players. And this is 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.240 this is gonna probably sound like a knock on a 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.080 Mari Cooper as not because I think they should have 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.879 kept a Mari Cooper, but those guys are have been 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.680 game changing players for teams that have won Super Bowls, 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.760 are competed for Super Bowls lately, and I think that's 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:31.040 that's where the difference is. Um And it's kind of 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:32.879 a what have you done for me lately? League? You know, 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.119 and and a Mari he didn't have a big year 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.520 last year. We can debate why, but I think it's 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.600 I think those guys are considered at a different level. 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.119 Plus the Cowboys, it was well known the Cowboys were 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.480 probably gonna move on from Amar if they heard, you know, 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.680 and I don't there wasn't any report out there that, oh, there, 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:49.959 you know, the Chiefs are gonna cut Tyreek Hill. I mean, 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:51.560 I don't think that was gonna happen. I think the 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:53.560 Cowboys gave up a lot of leverage by letting that 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.600 information kind of leak out. And Isaiah, I guess my 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.359 question to you as a wide receiver, and you if 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.159 the Cowboys already knew they were going to move off 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.359 of Amari Cooper, why not get something bigger for a 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.680 guy that you put a first You traded a first four, 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:13.920 and then you see later that teams are getting you know, first, second, third, 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.520 I mean future picks. And I like what you said. 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:19.680 You know these guys are game changing receivers, But I'm 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.400 sorry when we got Amari Cooper, wasn't that the thought 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.919 process that he was that game changing guy? And if 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.040 he's not, he was twenty eighteen. Hem was the reason 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.080 you got to the playoffs. So I mean, let's say 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.640 three through five, where is Amari Cooper in the list 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.199 of great wide receivers in the NFL? And I kind 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:37.960 of look at it just just to finish up to me, 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:40.679 there's it's like talking about quarterbacks, like there's a difference 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:44.359 between like Dax and excellent. I think he's an excellent quarterback, 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:49.000 but there's different levels, Like there's guys, there's Rogers, Brady's 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.160 you know, and then to me, that's where a Mari 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:53.960 is below those guys and what they've done the last 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.159 couple of years. I think that's when the Cowboys obviously 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.960 feel the same way, because they didn't they weren't willing 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.440 to push money into future years on Amar's deal and 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.359 say hey, you're gonna be part of our future. They 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:06.960 felt like, based on the production, we're gonna move on. 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:11.000 I agree. I think Tyreek Hill is obviously he got 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.560 what he should have gotten. I mean, he's that dynamic 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:15.600 of a player. You look at DeVante Adam and say 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.440 he's that dominant of a player. Amari Cooper is very capable. 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:22.360 I'm not putting him in that same conversation with them 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:26.560 simply because those guys just single handley can disrupt the game. 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:28.680 I think Amari Cooper can too, but they can in 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:33.280 any system. So to that point, yes, I feel like 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:36.080 the Cowboys still should have gotten more value for him. Now, 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:37.760 should they have been able to get a first and 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:39.960 all these other No, but they should at least been 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:42.159 able to get a third round pick for him, A 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.520 couple of third round picks, you know, But I think 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.480 that it would have needed to happen during a season, 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:49.480 because as soon as the season ended, we're got out 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:53.240 and everybody's looking at their salary cap issues. Amar's chances 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:55.560 are he's probably not gonna He's not being utilized. It 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:58.760 doesn't seem like killing more cares for him, you know whatever. 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.360 All these rumors about what he possibly said about Day, 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:03.480 all this kind of stuff that started coming about, and 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.040 you just realized that you were losing all your leverage 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.200 in terms of your ability to actually trade him away 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:10.600 because teams were like, oh, we'll just away from him 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.720 become a free agent. Yeah. I agree mainly that, but 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:17.120 but I also wonder maybe if his contract has something 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:18.920 to do with it, because he's got three years left 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:22.000 on a deal that a team, some team has to absorb. 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:24.960