WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Numbers Game 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:09.879 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:22.000 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:25.720 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:30.080 Ready for a break. Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:35.440 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:44.000 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.760 Welcome back to Cowboys Break, presented bys WBC Mortgage Studio 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:52.760 member gar See I, joined by Nickiman and David Hellman. Uh. 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:54.840 Derek is not here right now, but he might join 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:58.160 us later in the show. We'll see. We never know 0:00:58.200 --> 0:00:59.920 what Devis is gonna do. You just get to make 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.040 up the rules if you run the department. I guess 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.920 that's fine. Yeah, he's just kinda want to get called 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:07.520 to meetings upstairs. Yeah, you know the people that call 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:09.640 him into meetings. I guess you can't afford to turn 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.920 them down. I think it's probably been where he said, hey, 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:14.160 I need you to come up for a meeting. He's like, 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:17.840 I have a show at eleven thirty, and they're like okay, 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.080 and and yeah, and then and then you're like and 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.959 then he okay, I'll see all next week. Yeah right, 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.480 I know, I don't know. Either you're committed to the 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:30.120 show or you're not. Whatever you tell that, you tell 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.920 that to someone named Jones, I dare you. All right, well, 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:38.000 let's get into it today. We heard some news, some 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.319 updates that are currently happening, as far as a signing 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.200 that's about to happen. I know the Cowboys as of 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.800 right now have agreed to terms with a punter, um 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:53.120 Jared what was his name, Brian, And we love to 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:56.360 joke about how it like the timing is always bad 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.800 in our industry, but that was perfect. Like we were 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:00.640 just kind of sitting around waiting to do the show 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.559 and it came down and got it written and taken 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.840 care of and got it confirmed. Yeah yeah, like thirty 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.840 seconds later. Like yeah, that's the biggest thing. And I 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.520 know fans out there that that see other stuff and 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.160 people can do things really loosely and agreed to terms 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.200 according to sources and stuff like that, and it's a 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.800 little bit harder for us. So we get calls from 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.240 Fifth Avenue in New York if we don't cross all 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.000 ourts and dot allR right, right, So we've got to 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.919 make sure it's good. So when we when we get 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:34.040 that agreed to terms text message or call that we 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.359 were happy about that. But you know, speaking of the position, 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.000 you know, I think that we're talking about a veteran 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.519 guy here, and I thought Hunter nice wonder did a 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.160 nice job, did a nice job, did a nice wonder job. 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.080 Last year better than we've ever seen he really, I 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.239 mean from in the last ten years. I mean, his 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.280 his average was better than what we've seen out of 0:02:55.360 --> 0:03:00.240 Chris Jones. But you know, he's he didn't do enough 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.640 where you're like, that's your job. I literally was sort 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.280 of tinkering with the depth chart and just sort of 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.400 thinking about the draft last night, and I was like, yeah, 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:13.639 like Hunter was good last year, But in any given year, 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.080 how many punters are so good in the NFL that 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.760 they you shouldn't try to have a competition, you know, 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:22.080 like maybe maybe there's one like Leckler has been that 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.280 guy for a long time. Probably Johnny Hecker's in that 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:27.440 category where you're just like, oh, we're fine, but a 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.240 guy that played nine games for you, like absolutely not, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.040 like bring in some competition. This this will be great. 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:36.400 And twelve hours later they did, so, Yeah, what I 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.320 don't know about this because again I just got um, 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.920 he just got agreed to you know, the terms here. 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.400 But is he if he's a kickoff guy, he did 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.160 do kickoffs in Houston Lafe. See that changes things a 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:53.200 little bit from the standpoint of what you want Zerline 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.240 to be doing and how much you want his leg 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:58.440 you know, because his team's gonna score, and they score points, 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.640 they kick off a lot, you want to have that 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.160 option of him doing that also, holder, you know, just depends. 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.000 It's just the whole package. And you said he was 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.680 drafted there's a joke keeps drafted higher than It's not 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.640 a joke, like, I mean, no offense to him that 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:15.440 his lasting legacy is that he was he was taken 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:19.280 ahead of Russell Wilson, the jack. The Jags drafted a 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.760 punter over a guy that's, you know, argue, you know, 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.640 one of the best two or three quarterbacks in the league. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:28.159 So they had portals. Yeah, yeah, no, they were good, 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:32.159 they were Yeah. Russ was pick seventy five and obviously 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.080 seventy four. Other guys were taken in front of us too. 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.839 But when it's a punter, like where was he taken? 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:42.040 Brian Inger? He was pick seventy by the Jacksonville Jaguars. 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:47.760 Third round. What school? Uh, California? Okay, I remember there 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.599 was there was a lot of hype on him coming out. 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.800 He was a very good player. But like you just 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:55.760 in same you know Roberto Aguayo, the guy that the 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.800 FS guy, one of the best college kickers of all time. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:00.880 Like I think he missed one in four years. But 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.719 you just don't draft special Texas punter Dixon. He was 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.640 a fifth or sixth round pick, Which that's fine. It's 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.360 kind of weird if there's a guy that you love 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.440 that you went like, sixth round is where I start 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.040 thinking that's a good idea. Maybe fifth if he's amazing. 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.760 But third round for a punter Andy with Jacksonville and 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:19.840 he went to Houston, so he went well, he went 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.320 to Tampa before like he played all four years with 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.599 the Jags, but they didn't resign him. So four years 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.080 of a decent punter over Russell Wilson, the hold on 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:34.520 cal Berkeley drafted by Jacksonville, went to Tampa. Where we going? 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.680 Euston Dallas, what do you think? I don't I don't know. 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.960 He doesn't like kicking in the cold. That's well, that's fair, 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:45.640 fair enough. Who does who does well? He made his 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.640 way to Dallas. Now he's over here, He's gonna be 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.960 over here, and a healthy competition there at the position. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:58.240 So we'll see what just ends up happening. Interesting time, though, 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.800 because this is a time where things usually tend to 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.480 calm down with free agency and you start turning your 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:07.240 attention around and focusing more on the draft. Do you 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:11.080 guys think that the Cowboys will be signing anyone else 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.880 or any at any other position here in the near 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:18.520 future before the draft? I I think that you could. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.400 I'm trying to think what they did last year. I 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.480 know that you can't compare anything to last year, how 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.840 crazy it was, but I feel like that, you know, 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.400 there are guys out there that you sign. The Cowboys 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:32.760 are expected to bring in even a tight end today, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.960 and you're going to take a physical and if he passes, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.400 they could sign him. Jeremy Sprinkle, he's been in the 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.800 league for a few years, but that's not official move 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.640 or anything that that's pending a physical. And and also 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.640 just to clarify, I would kind of hard some things too. 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.120 Kean O'Neill agree to terms. They're waiting for him to 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.440 get a physical, he's waiting to fly here. He's dealing 0:06:55.480 --> 0:07:00.239 with some medical issues. Nothing major, nothing, they're they're alarmed about. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.520 I think the biggest question fans want to know is 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.120 what's he gonna wear with jersey? Because he war twenty two. 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.720 That's a great segue. Do we just want to do? 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.320 We just want to get all this uniform madness out 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.920 of the way. Which is gonna wear twenty two? No, 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:19.440 he's not. And Jalen's wearing nine, and I saw Gallup 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.920 was going to switch into number four. We'll see what 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.440 Dak does. I think eight's available for any we're joking 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:29.040 if yeah, I can't assume any Everybody listening to this 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.480 is all over Twitter, so I don't want to confuse anybody. 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:35.440 All right, what's going on with the does't divide this 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:39.120 into two parts? Number one? Is this an actual thing? 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.760 We know that the league is waiting to approve. It's 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.960 winning on approval, and it's something that's depending It is 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:48.160 an actual thing. The Kansas City Chiefs have proposed a 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:53.160 rule that would allow basically skill players to wear a 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.120 much wider range of numbers. So, like you know, receivers 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.640 can only wear ten to nineteen and eighty to eighty nine. 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:01.680 Right now, this rule would allow them to wear one 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.400 to nineteen as well as eighty to eighty nine. Running 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.720 Backs can wear single digit numbers linebackers as well, so 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.640 basically everybody but offensive and defensive lineman, and I believe 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:17.040 quarterbacks can wear anything from like one to fifty nine 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.200 more or less. So you're seeing a lot of guys 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.800 talking about it. Obviously, that's a thing in college football. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.840 Jalen Smith famously war nine for Notre Dame. Part of 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.280 the reason he chose fifty four was because it adds 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.880 up to nine. Nine is a big thing for him. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.520 Not sure why, but it's his number. You know, you've 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.840 seen guys around the league, you know Odell Beckham war 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.600 three in college. This would allow him to switch to 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.840 three if he wanted to, just to It's not a 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:47.120 big deal, but people love talking uniforms. So man, how 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:51.040 likely are the Cowboys though, to accept because I would 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.599 imagine you have to the Cowboys have to accept a 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:58.400 player's proposal to like, oh kind of change to this number. 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.640 They don't have to accept it. They're spend many of 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.120 people that want to wear number twelve and number eighty 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.680 eight and number twenty two and stuff like that and 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.800 seventy four. No one's ever worned seventy four other than 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.000 but that's what I'm saying, like, you basically need the 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.240 cowboys approval, whether they say yeah no, the Cowboys how 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:19.080 to accept or not accept, right, So there's before we 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.400 get there, though, there are there are some things. And again, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.200 if they're going to change the rule, they could change 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:27.280 multiple rules, but in the past you had to put 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.320 a request for like two years. Yeah, I don't know 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.160 if they're going to still do that. I think that's 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.960 what gets lost in all of this. And the rule 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:39.600 hasn't even been approved. There's another there's another competition owners 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.120 meeting later. They already had one here in Dallas. There's 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.040 another one later this spring, so they'll vote on that, 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.760 you know, sometime in May. They'll vote and see if 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.679 it even gets approved. But if it does, that's I 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.400 think the intricacies of this kind of get lost because 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.520 you know, if um, I don't know if if Cedric 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.360 Wilson wants to change is ur is that a huge deal. 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.600 Probably not like we've you know, Jordan Lewis and Cheetah 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.520 Woozier have done it in recent years and it's not 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:11.040 a big deal, but you know, Jalen Smith and Michael 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:15.439 Gallup and Amari Cooper are and Ezekiel Elliott Zeke got 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.360 in on it this morning. He said, yeah, I'd love 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.840 to wear fifteen again. That was his number at Ohio State. 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:25.400 These are guys that sell tens of millions of units 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.959 of merchandise, and I just feel like there's a little 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.840 bit more to it than that than there's two ways 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.080 roll enough to work on a Wednesday and saying I'm 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.720 fifteen now, yeah, because that's I mean, that's a big 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.120 monetary decision when you're talking about guys that have their 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:44.200 jerseys in every sporting goods store in America. So I'll 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.200 be seeing if it passes, which that's I keep saying, 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.320 like it's not even a rule yet, but if it passes, yeah, 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.040 and it and it happened before that too, Like you know, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.000 you're talking about current players. I remember, you know Roy 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.840 Williams wore thirty one, five time pro bowler and then 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:03.120 he switched to thirty eight, and he did it because 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.760 he kind of needed a change. Marcus Spears same thing 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.760 ninety six to ninety eight. You know, maybe that's what 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.800 Jalen Smith needs. But let's bring it back towards that. Yeah, 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:14.920 that's why he need. Let's bring it back towards that. 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.600 And this is an interesting one because it's it deals 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.400 with two players that I think are the most polarizing 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:26.200 players in their of their time. That depending on the 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:27.959 fan base, some of them, you know, love the guy, 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.559 hate the guy, whatever, And there's not a lot of 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:33.600 people that hate Ramo. They just thought he you know, 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.320 not anymore. They definitely did. They did, Yeah, they did. 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.240 So are we really about to have this conversation? Well, 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:42.600 get ready, age seriously waiting it. This is the most 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:47.880 ridiculous conversation right here. What you're about to say, let's 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.560 take it away. Take it away because you got more, 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.800 you got more passionate about it than I know. To me, 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.120 it's not even like it doesn't go even on the 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:59.120 same sentence. The two guys don't even go on the 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:03.720 same sentence. It's just not comparable at all whatsoever. So 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:05.680 I would like to hear if you guys have a 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.040 different opinion. I do. I do a little bit because 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.880 I think the point I think you're you're missing here. 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.160 I'm not comparing the players. It's not about Jalen Smith. 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:17.400 At this point, it's about Romo. It's about the number. 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:21.040 You can't. You can't protect all these numbers. You can't. 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:23.920 There are there are five number or four numbers right 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.200 now in the Ring of Honor that are multiple the 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.319 multiple players have it. So that means a Ring of 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.240 Honor player left and another guy came in, and there's 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.640 gonna be five when DeMarcus Ware gets in because Haley's in, 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.680 So five numbers are already duplicated. So Romo can't. You 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.560 can't protect him. So you can't protect the number. He was. 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:42.920 He was a great player at this time, probably better 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:46.720 than I think people gave him credit for. But at 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.559 the end of the day, somebody's gonna wear nine again. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:56.400 Now yeah, but who Okay, seriously, but that's I get 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.960 your point. You can't protect the number forever. It's fine, 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.240 you can't someone what's right. But so what's worse. What's 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.840 worse getting getting a young quarterback that they draft in 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:07.720 the second round let's say this year, to maybe be 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:09.959 a replacement. It ain't gonna happen. But I'm just saying, 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:14.720 a young budding quarterback at number nine, give him number nine, 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.800 or give a linebacker number nine, because I guarantee you 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:18.760 none of Romo's passing records are gonna be broken by 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:23.200 Jalen Smith. That's what I'm saying. Like, and I know 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.760 this because they'll give twenty eight out, but they had 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:27.960 to give it to a young safety. They're not gonna 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.720 give forty eight to each to a full back. You 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:31.960 said that last night when we talked about tell me 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.840 Jamie Showers. I won't. I'll tell you Daryl Warley. Instead, 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.440 they sent him out there to get abused wearing twenty 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:42.520 eight all last year. Just saying, Darryl Warley chasing after 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:48.800 Christian Kirk for eighty yards against Arizona, Like, oh my god, quarterback. Okay, 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.240 played a lot of safety. I'm just saying. And that's 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.679 that's kind of where I come down on it is 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:59.800 there was it feels so selective to me, and like 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.120 you can't protect all these numbers. And again I said this, 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.839 like Jalen Smith is currently wearing the number of like 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.719 too far greater Cowboys than Tony Romo. Yeah, I hope 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.320 nobody gets mad about that, but they are. Chuck Howley 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.200 won a Super Bowl Super Bowl MVP, like a five 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.120 time a'lpro Randy White, I mean, come on, a manster. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:22.440 So yeah, and I think that that and that's true, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.400 but how I see it's like, Okay, how long ago 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.720 was that? Though you know it's the thing, it's so 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:32.320 much recent that is the crux of it is like Romo, 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.680 for he just retired and he was like he was 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.800 the bright spot of this franchise for a solid fifteen years. 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:42.640 And especially for younger fans, like if you're my age 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.800 and you grew up a Cowboy fan, like Tony Romo's 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.880 really the best thing that you've seen from this team 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.480 so far in your life. And and I think that's 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.840 what prompts this emotional response to it, which I get 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.200 it's weird. I think the three of us have three 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.680 different takes on this because it's there's there's so many 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:04.240 way you can slice this thing, because it's not about 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:08.240 one player versus another. Because and I said this, I 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.680 said this to you, M. Dave earlier. I think that 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:16.160 Larry Allen is the greatest offensive lineman, greatest guard in 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.120 the history of the NFL. And I don't think you 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.280 can say that about any other player that's ever played 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.800 for the Dallas Cowboys. Other than Digon Sanders that is 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:27.160 the best at their position, hands down. Joe Looney rock 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.480 seventy three for the last four or five years. McKinsey 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.600 Bernardo had it too. Okay, Yeah, so that's it's it's 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:35.760 so selective to me, that's my thing. And then and 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:40.120 for that matter, my like, I get it if it's 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.080 the same position, don't give twenty two to Zeke. But 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:47.400 like if Keyan O'Neil wanted to wear twenty two, me personally, 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.160 that doesn't bother me. He's not playing running back. It's 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.000 I mean, it's you only have so many numbers. You know, 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:57.120 Jalen Smith is wearing these great linebackers numbers. You know 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.880 they've given twenty eight. You know, Felix Jones were twenty eight. Um, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.920 you know, Okay, a decade from now, if a receiver 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:08.920 wanted to wear eighty two, it's not gonna bother Okay, Kyle, 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.280 this is Jerry Jones, and I'm not doing a Jerry impression. 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:15.280 I'm just saying this is this is as You've just 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:19.080 been drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. Great. I can't wait, guys, 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.200 I can't wait to get there. I can't wait to 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:25.360 wear it number twelve, uh or eighty two? The rule 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:29.080 would have to be passed first. Twelve can't we as 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.480 a tight end? Are we sure tight end can? Tight 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:35.000 ends were tended nineteen? I thought, Wait, all right, so 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.400 I'm sorry, we're doing research anyway here he wants to 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.440 wear an eighty two or twelve or whatever. You're like 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.960 about that. Nope, tight ends can only wear eighty to 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:48.480 eighty nine. And right, yeah, but if the rule passed, 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:51.520 he could And no, that doesn't bite like I'm seculating 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.440 a lot here because we can get into some Kyle 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:57.000 Pits talk that it's so it's so selective, like everybody 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:59.200 wants the hot shot receiver to wear eighty eight, and 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.720 everybody want you know, Randy Gregory got ninety four, DeMarcus 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.959 where got ninety four? After Haley It's it's a sweet spot. 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:09.720 It's like, okay, it's like if you're if you're not 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.400 gonna do it at all. Like here's a number, can't 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.320 touch it, No one can happen. Here's a number. You 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:17.520 can touch it, but you can't be anything close to 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:21.240 the position. Or here's a number. It could be the 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.720 same position, but you better be a badass. Yep. Eighty eight, yep, 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.760 ninety four and then and also in a way, fifty 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.919 four was given to Jalen Smith for that reason. You know, 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.440 everyone wants to you and laugh about what were their expectations. 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:40.239 I mean, he was coming off an injury and all that, 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.160 but I think that their expectation was he was gonna 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:45.280 be good. That same with Bobby Carpenter. You know, he 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.280 was first round pick, he gets fifty four, he's gonna 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.240 be a good That always worked out. We gave it 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:54.399 to Bruce Hambrick. You know hambric were as a fifth 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.440 round pick. Yeah, that that that was in two thousand. Yeah, 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.760 they weren't doing that. They weren't thinking there is there 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.800 has been a running back to where thirty three, but 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.040 there probably won't be another one. Yeah. I mean, and 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:07.800 that's fine, But I didn't I didn't mind at all 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.560 when Cheeto was wearing thirty three. Yeah, like he plays quarterback. 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:12.320 Who cares if they gave it to a running back? 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.879 I get it. Yeah, that's just me. Everyone's got different 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:19.439 opinions on this, and it's it's it's fun, it's healthy. Um, 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:23.320 it's a fun debate. Yeah, I just I don't like 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:27.680 the whole like, I love Tony Romo, but I don't 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:30.800 think that his number is one that nobody can have. 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.600 All right, let's let's go ahead and stop the nonsense 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:38.760 and before we go to break, Okay, have we got 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.760 other stuff to talk about? This is nonsense. Okay, let's 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:46.000 stop the nonsense with between Romo and Jalen Smith conversation here. 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.320 But right before we go to break, are there any 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:55.760 expected rules to pass that could be a little controversial controversial? 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:58.560 Or is there anything else that's the big one? I know, 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:02.119 you know, the Ravens, the Baltimore Ravens proposed an overtime 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:06.520 rule that actually sounds really really fun where the team 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:09.760 that wins the coin toss gets to pick where the 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.040 ball is placed on the field. So you win the 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.359 coin toss, you say we're gonna put it on the 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.240 opposing ten yard line. But then the other team gets 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.720 to pick who plays offense and who plays defense. So 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:23.960 a lot of strategy going into that. That could be 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:27.560 really interesting. Yeah, it could be really interesting, but again 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.160 we won't know if it passes for a while. And 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.640 so that's where I'm at with the uniform thing, where 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.160 I'm like, can we save this conversation for when it's 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:37.800 even a reality, because it's not right now. So but 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.440 we'll see. I don't I honestly don't know when those 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.159 meetings are going to take place, but it should be 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:45.320 sometime in May, as long as they don't. When it 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:48.400 comes back to jerseys, and I said this as well, 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:51.760 like college football, people wear all kinds of jerseys and 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:55.080 doesn't really bother me. The only thing that bothers me 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.919 is when you see like four number ones or number 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.199 twos and all that kind of stuff, and and you 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:01.960 have to they have to put a jersey on on 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.359 the sideline, you know, because you can't wear the same 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:06.440 jersey as someone else because he's playing special teams and 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.000 there's another eighteen and I'm wearing you know, I hate 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:10.439 that kind of stuff. I don't think I don't think 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:12.359 it'll get to that. There's not that many players, but 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:16.040 forty seven guys in uniform in the NFL on a 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:18.959 game day, there's like eighty two guys in uniform in 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:23.359 college football. So all right, yeah, anyway, all right, we're done. Okay, 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:25.920 we're done with this segment. 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