WEBVTT - Draft Show: Could Melvin Gordon Be The Cowboys' Pick? 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:06.199 This is the Dallas Cowboys dot Com Draft show. Cowboys 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:10.440 on your war Room for insider news and draft analysis 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:13.960 from deep within the confines of Cowboys headquarters at Valley Rand, 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:20.439 Dallas Cowboys Select and now your hosts Dane Brudler, David Hellman, 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:26.400 and Brian brought us. Well, we're just inside a week, 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:33.320 six days, six days, and this journey will, I don't know, 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:37.440 come to an end. Start, We'll be in the start 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:41.559 of the second day, right, everybody will feel real good 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.440 about their first picks. Over everybody, everybody will. It's you know, 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:48.920 it's college recruiting. It's funny. I'm sick, so of course 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:52.560 this week I watched last year's twenty fourteen NFL Draft 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:54.560 to have it saved on my DVR. So while i'm yeah, 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:56.400 I'm working, I'm doing work on the computer, I'm marching 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.040 some tape. I've got last year's draft on the background, 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:02.360 some background noise, and it's just funny how every pick 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.160 there's so much excitement. So you know, when Johnny Manziel 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:09.440 was picked Cleveland, oh my gosh, the perspective of a 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:13.080 year later, it just kind of puts everything in in perspective. 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:15.039 So it's just It's funny how that works. Do you 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:17.360 find yourself? And that, by the way, folks, is the 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:21.800 voice of Dane Burglar from CBS Sports. I'm Brian broad 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:27.199 Us and Kent Garrison driving the boat today. No tiny 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:30.960 gym today, tiny gym on assignment. So Dan and I 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.119 are going to carry. But yeah, you know to go back, 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.880 do you? You're one of those guys that and scouts 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:41.160 have this problem that they once they do a draft, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.360 they forget about those players. You know. I know you 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.800 went back your tow about Martin and guys, Bridgewater guys 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:51.880 you have. But are you able to just separate immediately 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.560 and say, okay, that's over, put it to bad or 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:58.160 do you kind of follow along it's what happened. It's 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.720 a little both because you have to part of being 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:04.600 a scout, I think is scouting yourself self, evaluating what 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.040 you missed on, what you got right, and so you 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.960 can be a better scout and know, okay, well if 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:11.880 I missed on we're all going to miss players, right, 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.160 that's part of the business. It's all. But it's all 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.040 about batting average, and so you go back and see 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.200 who you missed. Last year. I did not have Odell 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.840 Beckham ranked very high, and so I'm that's a player 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:23.680 I'm gonna go back and say, Okay, you know what, 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.200 why didn't I Why did I not have them ranked high? 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.000 But then there's also players that I hit on, and 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.200 so I make sure and address those players as well. 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.079 What did I like about those players that maybe the 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.720 NFL teams did not A player like Teddy Bridgewater my 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.799 number one player last year. You know, teams scared off 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.360 by the workout. Teams are scared off by his you know, 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.520 skinny shoulders, that type of thing, small hands exactly. So 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.320 it's something that you know, it's important to go back 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.280 to past drafts and and really study and self evaluate 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.960 yourself so you can be a better scout moving forward. Yeah, 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.760 I think you know, it's funny. Every scouting department I've 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.480 ever been involved with, and the majority of my days 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.880 were spinning pro personnel. So I would always I would 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.280 take those players from the draft and then now they 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.600 became my guys for the next eight to ten years 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:11.520 or so or less some case less. But I always 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:14.760 found it funny the scouts when they went back the 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.840 next year and maybe saw guys at training camp or whatever, 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:23.040 didn't didn't have the complete understanding of the They're like, well, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.960 I like that guy, and I'm like, no, you didn't. 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.240 You know you had this guy, you know, and you 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.720 show them their notes and stuff like that. It's funny 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:34.000 how scouts just they take the draft, they use the draft, 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.160 they do the draft, and then they move on to 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.800 the next one. They just totally wash their brain. If 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.240 you wanted to say, just hit their race button and 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.840 just push everything out right. So, I totally agree with 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.320 you about the evaluation part. I think that's really going 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.000 to be important. And I think that it is we 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.280 go forward in this and I know you do this 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:53.960 when you do all your work, and I do the 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.720 same thing. I like to compare guys, you know, I 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:58.920 like to say this guy reminded me this guy last year, 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.000 this guy two three years ago. And a lot of 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:06.559 times scouts don't do that. They're just thinking about right now, USC, UCLA, 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.520 Notre Dame, right, you know, Florida Atlantic. That's all they're 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.400 thinking about right now. They're not thinking about these kids 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:17.080 going on and how they fit well. And player comparisons 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.680 can be a little overrated at times, you know. You know, 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:23.320 everyone wants to put you know, a square peg or 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:25.840 you know, they want to force it. That's not it's 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.800 not realistic sometimes, But I do think it's important because 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.080 you look at, like I said, Johnny Manziel, you know, 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:32.920 who does he compare to in the NFL? If there's 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.400 not you know, we can't really point to someone in 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:39.360 the NFL that has his size dimensions right his playing style? Well, 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.440 is there a reason for that? Yeah, And and there's 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.880 the reason Russell Wilson fell to the third round because 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.520 the skills are off the charts. But how many NFL 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.880 starting quarterbacks are in the league that are five ten 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:50.919 and a half? Right? There aren't any. And there's a 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.159 reason for that. And so player like that fell. And 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.120 there's an exception to every rule in Russell Wilson's one 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.320 of those. But I think we're finding out Johnny Manziel 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.320 probably not one of those exceptions. Well, you know, that's 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.080 that's an interesting thought there. There's a couple of ways 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.800 that you can get a hold of us here. You 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.719 can get a hold of us at at Twitter at 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.039 the Draft show. We're gonna do like we always do, 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:14.560 the staple of Twitter on the twenty or close to 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.640 twenty as we can there's also the way of getting 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.760 hold of us at eight eight eight eight five five 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.800 two two ninety seven. Kent Garrison has always built on 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.240 our program. You can see the numbers, you can see 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.240 the way to get a hold of us. We love 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.920 to take your questions. This is a good opportunity, Dane, 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.640 and I will be happy to do that and get 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.760 the information to you. A lot of things going on 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:43.520 this week, Dane, about injury, injury talk backs going up 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:47.440 and down. You were in a discussion the interactions that 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:52.480 you have with people on Twitter at DP Brugler is outstanding. 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:58.960 You had some stories about a Jaye and his knee condition. 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.440 I was able to get some information about that as well. 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.560 But let's talk a little bit about some of these guys. Uh, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.760 you know, maybe it's up and down boards guys, the 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.400 boards are starting to be set. But some of those 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.719 guys like a gi E and also a Randy Gregory, 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:17.080 you know, and things like that. And you know, but 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.560 I'm with you on and I'll let you talk about 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.840 what you've heard about a Ji and and he's been 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.960 one of your favorite players exactly in this draft. I mean, 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.160 he's been a guy that you've championed all along, you're 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.520 carrying the flag for him. I've carried the flag for 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.760 Tevin Coleman, who who himself has had his own his 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:40.080 own toe injury problems but was able to work out. 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:43.159 But go go through a little bit what you know 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.360 about a Jaii and and and I'm tied it into 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:51.520 the Cowboys thoughts here because of the need for a 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.520 running back in this draft, and that to me takes 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.479 a big piece out of that right this time of year, Yeah, 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.920 we're you know, a week out, a couple of weeks out, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.120 and we start to hear about the injuries, start to 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.240 hear about because obviously, you know, us outsiders, we can 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.480 watch a tape and we can grade these guys based 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.560 on talent what we see, but the medical information, some 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:12.960 of the character stuff that starts to leak out throughout 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:18.760 the process. And so with Jaya Jaii, something that teams, 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.480 multiple teams have deinged him on the knee, they've read 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.720 flagged it. And this isn't something where a surgery is 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.000 going to help or he's going to be on the 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.760 pup list to start the season. He's healthy to play 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.680 right now. The question is longevity, right, And this is 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.640 something that you know his agents trying to do some 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.600 spin out there and try to, you know, make downplay it. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.120 But it's something that teams are concerned about. And he's 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.520 not gonna go and drafted, but he could slip farther 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.600 than he should be drafted in the first place. He's 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.760 to me, he's a top forty, top fifty pick, but 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.440 I think there's a good chance he might slip to 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.559 the end of second round, maybe into that third round, 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:55.600 maybe into the fourth round. We'll have to see how 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.120 it plays out. But teams are concerned. I know one 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.800 team that just failed. They filled him on his physical 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.600 completely right. Other teams it's just more of a concern um. 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.080 And so it'll be interesting see how it plays out. Now, 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.160 there could be a team that says, you know what, 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.040 we are going to take the chance that you know, 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.040 it's bone on bone right now that need there's no 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.680 not much cartilage, no way to fix it exactly. He 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.200 could play one game, he could play five years. We 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.680 don't know. Yeah, we'll take a Chaemiah Trotter. It was 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:25.360 my experience in Philadelphia the ninety eight draft, uh bone 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.960 on bone Trotter out of Stephen F. Austin. Doctor told me, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:32.520 Brian ten games or ten years, you don't know, so, 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.959 but that's the chance you take, right exactly. And so 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:36.760 he we could see a team in the second round 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:38.839 take a chance and say we'll take a chance that 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.920 he'll he'll make it through his rookie contract. See that's 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.280 that's an interesting point because I'm looking at a team 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.840 like the Cowboys who is not interested so much, and 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.920 maybe that second year contract of a running back, right, 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.520 you know, why not just say, okay, we're gonna use 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.440 him up for the four years and then if if 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.320 it's fine, well, you know, maybe we'll do something. But 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.800 if not, we'll just draft another guy. And I think 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.960 a lot of teams are of a similar thinking when 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.600 it comes to these backs. But when you're talking about 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.280 a second round player, and then when with a GI, 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.880 it comes on the value. What's his draft value? And 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.679 so I think we're talking more third fourth round in 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.600 terms of his value and instead of the second round, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.640 which is Tape says, and so I could he still 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:22.800 go second round? Shure, it's possible if a team says, 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.720 you know what, we'll take that chance. But there are concerns. 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.199 It's something that teams are talking about and I know 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.840 Mike Mike Mayock talked about it yesterday as something you know, 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:33.400 he confirmed he's talked to teams. They they're worried about 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.720 the need to I talked to this bunch here there 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.200 there there there is concerned. And so at sixty if 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.240 he's on the board, not so much of a slam 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.560 dunk that we thought about maybe a month ago for 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.040 JGII there and you know, we didn't think he would 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:47.560 make it to sixty. But even if he does, now 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.280 there might be a better back on the board. They 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.840 focus on another player defensive end again a need for 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:56.319 the Cowboys are looking at Shane Ray being that type 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.920 of a player though. Went saw a specialist really calling 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.800 kind of turf toe, maybe a very aggressive form of 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:08.439 turf toe. Um. A lot of teams had him initially 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.959 as a top ten type of a player, right. You know, 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.480 I'm starting to hear things about him sliding down the 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:18.280 board because of the surgery or are they teams thought 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.920 that he might need surgery, but he's gone out and 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.360 the doctor said no rest. Yeah. I think this is 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.760 something though that's always going to hamper him though, well, 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.720 especially in that position. Yeah, exactly, that's it. His best 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.679 trait to me is his first step. Absolutely, it's one 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.320 of the best first steps, if not the best first 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.959 step in this class. But when you're talking about that, 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.640 that toe, traditionally it's an injury that that plays guys 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.680 for years. It does not just go away. And I know, 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:44.320 you know, we've talked about it before. How a toe 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.000 just doesn't seem like it's that big of a deal, 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.360 but it is. It's something that hampers guys. And so 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.400 again talking about value, where do you take a chance 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:52.839 on this guy? And this is where it gets it 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.640 gets muddy. Where do you take a chance on Shane 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:59.280 Ray if he's there at twenty seven? Yeah? You know, 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:01.920 is is that possible? You can't rule it out? Well, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.160 it's injurious. It sounds like to me listen to people 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.600 talk about Ray that it's split when but you know, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.600 still a first round talent might slide through. I want 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:13.880 to get into we've we've got We've talked about two 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.680 thumbs up for Gurley, which means he'll probably be where 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:19.680 what we thought. But let me talk about a boohee 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.880 the offensive tackle from Texas A and M And I'm 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.240 starting to hear some whispers I know You've talked to 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.200 some people as well, did have him pretty high on 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:33.720 some draft boards. Is what is it gonna be a 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.960 pup situation for him or is this something that you 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.520 know that it's gonna be a total red shirt year 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:42.800 that you might have to take a guy in the 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.559 first round and red shirt and for a year towards 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.880 a scl in the ball game. So about a month 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.840 difference from Gurley. But we're also talking about a player 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.200 with uh, you know, a little more weight on them, yea. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.640 And these knees are all different, you know, two knees 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.920 are the same. But I think where it's more towards 0:11:59.920 --> 0:12:02.760 a pupe situation rather than having to miss the entire 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.280 rookie year. And that's why I think we're talking about 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.559 him being a possible first round player. Yeah, and based 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.600 on talent, maybe top ten player right into his draft, 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:15.319 A player that below the waist, his feet are outstanding, right. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:19.520 You love the flexibility lower body, the fluidity upper body. 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.400 Needs some work. His technique with his hands, his punch 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.040 needs a lot of work there, but you know coaches 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:26.440 will love to get their hands on him because he 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:28.880 has the traits that you can't teach. Now that's the feet, 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.520 that's the lower body fluidity to mirror rushers. And so 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:34.280 late first round, that's what I'm saying now. I was 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:35.920 going to ask you this question though, with what the 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:39.480 Cowboys have done, right, would a booy be a guy 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:43.320 that you knew you could red shirt and play in 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.360 place of Doug Free in the coming years or something 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.880 like that. I mean, I mean the Cowboys have a 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.400 million eads. And again, the draft show always trying to 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.240 encompass all possibilities, not going to sit there and tell 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.520 you have to take a running back, you have to 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.839 take a ryanbacker, you have to take a defensive in. 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.400 You have to keep an open mind about this, right, 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.320 And you said late one, And I wonder if the 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:11.760 scouts and the coaches feel feel well enough about him. Again, 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.720 there's some teams at the bottom of the first round, 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:15.760 That's what I'm starting to hear whispers on, much like 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.120 you are. And I wonder if some teams are going 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.200 to say the talent is too good to pass up 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.840 there with other needs on the board, right, But but 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.000 he's just that talent of a player. And again, picking 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:27.880 at twenty seven, there's a good chance you're going to 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.199 be getting a second round player or your first round 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.760 options are wiped out right, and so depending on who's 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:36.199 on the board. Absolutely, we could envision a scenario where 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.320 a boy he's the top talent on the Cowboys board. 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:44.320 That's certainly conceivable. So in that situation, we know what 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.600 they've done to address the offensive line in the first round, 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.640 could they do it again for the future in mind? Exactly, 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:52.480 because that's what you have to have, the future in mind. 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.520 With the hearty stuff coming down this week, a lot 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.360 of people are saying, well, now all of a sudden, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.520 the strategy shifts. That's not that's not the case exactly, 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.280 and you don't draft your top need is not your 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.080 first round pick. Right your first round pick, you get 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.720 the best talent available. See who falls? Do you play 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.200 the draft board and you just can't rule out a 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.319 talent like that aggie tackle. Yeah, well, there's a lot 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.360 of guys that if they start sliding down the board, 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.400 and Gregory being one of those. But that's off field 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:19.560 and stuff. Okay, Ken't has got some calls lined up. 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.400 We'll go ahead and take a call or two, can't. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.080 I'm gonna turn it over to you to grab those 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.280 calls right before we go to our break. So go ahead, sure, 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.120 Mark and Mission Texas. Mark, We're doing great. What's your question. 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.320 I've been going guys. Drafts is awesome, Thank you. I know, 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.800 draft coming up week away exciting. But I was wondering, 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.240 with all the hardy prospection and stuff, is there any 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.800 free agents up there, decent events that can come in 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.760 sort of like Mensie did a year ago. I'm thinking 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.120 along the lines like Big Klan Powers or somebody like that. 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:50.320 Oh listen, I'll hang up and listen. Jo. Yeah, well, 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.600 I think you know, you gotta be real careful. And 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:54.760 I was talking to some of the pro guys about this. 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:58.520 With the Cowboys, They've got three compensatory picks right now, 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:00.760 and the plan, like you said earlier, it was to 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.720 draft a guy. I think they're still going to draft. Agree. 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.640 I don't think they want to mess up their compensatory 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.440 things by bringing somebody in that might or might not 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.320 make this team, right. I don't see right now unless 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:14.920 somebody has a June one cut or something like that, 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.280 you know, that to bring. And I think they're focusing 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.280 on the draft, whether that is. You know, we we 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.720 were one of the first ones to talk about Frank Clark. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:27.560 I mean he's had this meteoror like rise through the 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.000 up the draft boards because people are now figuring out 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.640 second round talent. For sure, where do you take him? 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.880 I think the Cowboys are more interested in saying we're 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:41.960 willing to go and draft somebody, then we will to 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:43.840 go out and get a veteran guy. Right now. I 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.560 think you nailed it with the June first. I think 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.120 you wait and see what happens, that maybe something something 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:49.800 happens there where you can go and get a player. 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.840 But who's available right now? I just don't see a 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.720 player that's gonna is worth going out and getting. I 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:56.920 think you're right about sticking to the draft. A guy 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.840 like Frank Clark a third, fourth round, right you know, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.920 we know we've talked about his issues. To me. You know, 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.880 I'm still not sure where personally I would feel comfortable 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:08.640 drafting him because there are the issues. But talent wise, 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:10.480 you are talking about a second round talent, a guy 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.160 that he beats up blockers with his hands and he 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.240 disrupts what happens in the pocket. So you have a 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.280 good player who you could get at a discounted price, 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:20.480 but there is a reason for that discount and so 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.200 it's there is a little bit of a you know, 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.640 worry there, but still a good player that if you 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.760 can get in the third fourth round, Yeah, makes some sense. 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.160 I think the Cowboys have really done their due diligence 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.400 on this player with visits, workouts. They're getting to know 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.920 this player. And I had a I thought the fourth 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.080 round was always kind of a round, and I used 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.960 to call it the criminal and medical round. You know, 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.720 where you a gye where Frank Clark, those kind of 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.440 guy that that was back in the day. I think 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:48.440 you're gonna have to take this kid a lot earlier, 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.400 and I wouldn't be surprised at ninety one depending on 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.520 the way the draft fell. If you don't get a 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:58.000 first round defensive end, whether that's Gregory Oh, somebody slides 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.240 down the board to get to them a defensive then 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.720 their plans have not changed one bit as far as 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:04.919 they're going to get a defensive end. But again, I 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:06.439 think it's going to be drafted a guy and not 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.480 going out free agency. Agree, All right, kitt, do we 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.080 have another call? Yeah? We got Shane and Washington. Shane, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.679 you're on the Draft show. Yeah? Hi? So anyway, I 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.040 was wondering Abdullah the running back from the Brown guy. 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.520 You know, he's probably not worthy the second round pick, sure, 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:23.239 but do you feel that that's maybe where we might 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.440 have to take him if he's available. I know he's 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:30.000 got fumbling issues and durability might be an issue with him, 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.000 but again, do you feel he's worthy of a second 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:33.560 round pick? I just stopt see him there for the 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:35.800 third round. And my second quick question is how does 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:37.600 Ray from Fort Worth get on all the time? Does 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.960 you have like a special hotline? Thank you? Yeah, thank 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.320 you because he calls all the time. Yeah, Ray, Rays 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.720 would our good callers, So thank you very much. A call, Okay, 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:48.800 a dress address? Abdula, I mean, we've got some smart 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.320 callers because I think he nailed it with probably a 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.080 third round player. But yeah, in this late second round 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:57.080 with the Cowboys, running backs might be wiped out. We'll 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.679 see what you know, Duke Johnson, Tevin Coleman, you know 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.920 these guys that right, they might be wiped out. So 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.240 at that point in the draft, you might have to 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.240 take an Abdula in the lad second round. He might 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.080 not only be one of the better players available, but 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.040 he might he obviously fits a need of running back 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.600 with a duela. There's so much to love about him. 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.320 He's so quick and he's he's not only quick with 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:20.879 his movements, but he's quick thinking. He reminds me of 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:23.040 a chess player where he's two moves ahead of you 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.600 in terms of beating the defenders. So he can contribute 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:29.159 as a pass catcher. I really worry about him in 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.280 pass pro. That's a that's an area where I don't 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:35.399 feel comfortable with him contributing, especially early in his career 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:38.479 going up against some of the pass rushers in this league. 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:42.439 But in the late second round, absolutely, I think you 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:44.960 cannot rule him out as an option. Okay, well, that's 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.320 good questions, and thank you very much for those early calls. 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.800 We're gonna get some more calls later in the show. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.879 Coming up, we're gonna hit the Twitter on the twenty K. 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.080 Garrison's going to lead to charge there. Danny and I 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.359 will be standing by to answer your questions, So stay 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.120 tuned from the SWBC More good studios. 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