WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who's No. 2? 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:07.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:19.919 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.640 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:28.000 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:33.360 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:38.479 wa with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.800 Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday, February fifth, twenty twenty, Season fifteen, 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.960 Episode number one four. Team. Welcome to another edition of 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.040 the Great Queer Life and the SWBC Mortgage Studios. At 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:50.959 the start, we're talking Cowboys football here with you guys 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:52.920 for about an hour and a lot of things to 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:54.560 get into today. We're going to talk a little bit 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:58.920 about some some players that are coming up on their 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.920 contracts will be expired ring here in the next several 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:05.039 week couple weeks, and what the Cowboys should maybe do 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.360 around some of those players that. In the first segment, 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:09.160 second segment, we're actually going to spend a little time 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.600 going through a very interesting article that Nick wrote about 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.640 the Super Bowl, talk about some of his takeaways from 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:16.759 the super Bowl, See if Dave and Amber think they're 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.639 as interesting as I do. And then in the final segment, 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:21.559 we will get to some phone calls, so you guys 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.640 can call us eight eight eight eight five five two 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:26.640 two nine seven. We'll take questions, we'll take comments, whatever 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.280 you guys want to talk about. In that third segment, 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:31.040 we will be here for you and have those conversations. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:34.560 How's everybody doing today, great, We're good. Yeah? Yeah, you 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:39.160 guys enjoying offseason? Love it? Nick? No, Yeah, I mean 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:42.959 you know it's offseason. This is the first time it's 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.640 a tough offseason, though this is tougher than usual. Well, 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.320 I was just gonna say this was the first time 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.840 that I was actually kind of bummed and upset. Like 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:52.520 usually I'm like, oh, yes, offseason, I'm ready to take 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:54.960 a break or whatever. But this was the first time 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:58.320 of me seating all my college watching the Super Bowl 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.480 and being like what the heck like, which i mean 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.760 not that the Cowboys deserved to be there, but I'm saying, 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.960 like we should have been there making this happen. I 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:11.680 should be in Miami right now, and I was not there. 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.519 Should be in Miami. Two years ago the super was 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.880 in Super Bowls in Minneapolis. I doubt she was out 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.760 of boy, should be in Miami living it up and 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:25.240 covering the Cowboys who are about the battle. Yeah, I 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.400 was bummed. I know, I don't like this was an 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:30.760 eight and eighteen. They didn't deserve to be anywhere near there, 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.799 like that's twenty sixteen. Yeah, I remember being like, this 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.760 is stupid. We should may I never thought that should 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:40.120 be there, but it should have happened last year. Should 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:44.760 means deserve Like that's no, they're very different. It's like, honestly, 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.520 I have and then, like many other people, very high 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.440 hopes at the beginning of the season, and I was 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.680 certain that that was going to be the year, and 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:55.320 it clearly was not that way. I think she just 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.680 wants to cover the game, like be at the super Bowl. 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.440 Maybe not so much the Cowboys. You know, there's a 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:01.120 lot of media here in Dallas, they though, and the 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.000 fun reasons to go there, well, you know what, it 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.079 was a great way to phrase it. People find reasons 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.720 to go there. They definitely do, which I kind of 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.560 I thought about that, not to get into journalism weeds, 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.919 but like, if I ever have a chance to cover 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.200 a Super Bowl, I wanted to be for a better 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.680 reason than just like I found a reason to be there, 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:21.280 you know, like like the team that you cover and 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.240 it's the Cowboys first trip in thirty years or whatever, 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.919 as opposed to just like I'm gonna find a way 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:30.760 to be down there even though I cover Anthony Hitchens. Yeah, 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.640 I don't really want to do I've done that. In 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:37.440 two thousand and nine, the Cowboys had UM. They the 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:39.920 coaching staff was the coaches for the Pro Bowl and 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:43.640 then Emmett was going into the UM to the Hall 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.320 of Fame. It was the Saints and Colts. It was 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.480 that whole week and I did that. I like found 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.360 linebackers that played for the Saints. I forgot their name. 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:57.120 They had two of them, Scott Figina and Vilma probably Shanley. Oh, 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.760 Scott Shanley. Yeah, a couple of formers, you know. Yeah, yeah, 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.360 really care about that. But it was a reason to 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.480 get the Chiefs. Have six guys yeah that that that 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.160 have a ring that we're with the Cowboys. Yeah, and 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.960 it's like cool, you know, very few of them, well 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.720 only half of them actually played an important role for 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.840 that team, but yeah, they all get they all get 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.320 rings like like the next guy. So right, yeah, all right, 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:21.080 let's jump into this free agent talk a little bit, 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.400 just to give you guys some context. The Cowboys, where 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.360 I guess the NFL, their schedule is set up such 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:31.280 that starting February twenty fifth through March tenth, that will 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.279 be the period where teams can designate their franchise players 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:40.159 or transaction I'm trying transition tag players, and then free 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.159 agency will begin on the eighteenth. There will be that 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:45.560 little period of two days between the sixteenth and eighteenth 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.920 to March where teams can start negotiating. But all that 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.040 being said, during Super Bowl week we heard some interesting things. 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.640 We heard comments from Stephen he said the Dacks is 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.159 the number one priority for them, and follow that up 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.560 with the Mars probably number two. And and we also 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:04.000 heard some things from Dak about his thoughts on the contract. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.920 The first question I have for you guys is, how 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.320 would you handle this contract coming up, this contract period 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.520 coming up, Knowing that you have Dak out there, you 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.120 have a Mari out there, you have Byron Jones out there. 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.760 How would you handle specifically Dak and a Mari going 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.800 into this this free agency period. Well, you know, I 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:25.680 think it's easy to say Dak's top priority, Cooper second, 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.200 because that's kind of what people think is going to 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.560 get the most money. But I think it's important in 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.480 the order I think DAK needs to have. You need 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.600 to get a long term deal with that so you 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:38.839 can be flexible with what you want to do with 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.360 Cooper if that means a transition tag or a franchise tag. 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.599 But you got to remember, transition tag could go away 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.560 if the CBA is signed or it doesn't. It doesn't 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.479 go away, but you can't use both. Yeah, right now, 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:56.440 the way that the CBA is and it's since it's expiring, 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.719 you can use You can have a transition tag and 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:03.080 a franchise tag, but if that doesn't happen, you can 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:04.600 only use one or the other. And when you say, 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.599 if that doesn't happen in other case, in other words, 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.360 if the Cowboy I mean, I mean, if the NFL 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:10.760 and the Players Union actually come to an agreement on 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.640 a new CBA, then tell me what happens at that 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.720 point if you have a franchise and a transition if 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.760 you have both, yeah, I mean, if you have both, 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.440 from what it sounds like, the transition goes away. So 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:28.320 I don't know, maybe maybe then, And these are all 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.640 things I assume that are maybe negotiated, So it may 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.760 not actually be. In fact, we know what's going to happen. 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.359 But the point is there is some there is some 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.200 ambiguity about what happens with regards to those tags if 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:41.200 there's a new CBO. Right, let me just answer it differently, 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.160 and let me just say that I think that that. 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:45.920 I think you signed back to a long term deal. 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:47.400 You just got to get it done. You have to 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.919 get it done, and then I would franchise Amari. I 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:54.080 think that makes more sense with him. That's what I think. Yeah, 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.960 I mean when you ask for my approach, like, yeah, 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.760 I mean they both need to be signed. I want 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.400 to sign them both. And that, honestly, that was I 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.480 appreciate it Dak's honesty there during Super Bowl Week when 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.160 he was like, honestly, I thought it would happen before 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.080 the season, because so did I, so did a lot 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.320 of us. And I know, you know, it takes two 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.920 to tango. Dak's got to be willing to sign a deal. 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:17.640 They've got to be willing to offer what he wants. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.360 I get all of that, but they need to get 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.640 this thing done. Okay, So but but I think, and 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:26.240 there's the rub. Are you willing if you're the Cowboys. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.560 Are you willing to go to the number that he 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.960 wants just to get it done? Isn't that important to 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.480 you just to get it what's the number that he 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.200 wants if if he really wants forty, I'm gonna I'm 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.520 gonna guess that number is well above the thirty two, 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:40.880 thirty three or maybe even thirty four that that we've 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.040 been thinking. He probably falls in line with those other 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.520 guys like Golf and and went. It's probably not there. 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.560 It's probably something above that. Or what is your point 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:51.280 where you're like, Okay, I can get up to here, 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.240 but I can't go beyond that, even though I know 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.440 that that can be hurt. That can hurt my team 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.560 if I have to franchise him or whatever. And that's 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:03.840 the fun part is that that conversation is could change 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.280 soon because the Chiefs have made it known that it's 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.320 a priority for them to lock down Patrick Mahomes, who 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.440 has the credentials and the resume to ask for whatever 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.520 he wants, and he will be the NFL's first forty 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.680 million dollar player. I don't I mean, there's somebody bench 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:21.440 that the other day and I was like, yeah, I 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.560 don't think you can completely rule it out. I don't 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.080 think he would do that, because it would I mean, 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.000 now you really are starting to talk about crippling your team. 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:30.840 You would honestly have to have a new CBA, and 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.480 the economics of football have to drastically change to where 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:35.640 you can afford to put fifty million on a quarterback. 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.480 I don't think I would be shocked if he hit 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.880 forty two million a year and or you know, the 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.160 forty three whatever. So point being is that's going to happen, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.880 and if it happens before Dak is signed, that's just economics. 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.679 Is Dak is like, well, the structure has changed now 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.400 and now like thirty six isn't what it was or 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:57.520 thirty eight isn't what it was, And so I guess 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.280 to answer it more bluntly, like my line in the 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:05.160 sand right now, it's probably like thirty five, where I'm like, dude, 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:06.679 what are you doing? Like why do you think you 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.280 deserve more than that? Like why would I pay you 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.720 more than what I'm what's Russell Wilson is being paid? 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:17.040 And but again, if Pat Mahomes making forty two, I 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.480 know he's not. Pat Mahomes, stop yelling at me. I 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.720 can hear all of you doing that, but again, it's 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.680 economics more than anything. It resets the market, so that 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:26.760 number changes if he signs, which is all the more 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.080 reason why it's got to happen soon. You just can't 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.160 afford to be going up against that contract, and the 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.080 fact is resetting the market then kind of resets things 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.200 for Russell as well. It almost blows the thirty six 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.439 out of the water because then it's like, well, yeah, 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.560 thirty six, he may not be better than Russell, but 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.600 Russell hasn't had a new deal since the forty two 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.719 is set, So yeah, that's why it makes it difficult. Right, 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.480 That's the guy I think that's in the way. But honestly, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.960 the one that I think the Cowboys are really worried 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:57.079 about is Deshaun Watson. That's the one that you look 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:00.360 at his stats and what he's done in accomplishments, and 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.560 Houston might be the type of team or you know 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.640 that just says we're gonna pay for what he's going 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.200 to do. And that's the one that kind of scares 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.320 they think the Cowboys more than Mahomes because I just 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:14.280 think Mahomes is on a completely different level. But Watson 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.320 Russell Wilson. You're talking about those other two guys that 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:19.840 God deals that both have been in the Super Bowl. Yeah, 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.440 you know, so I don't know. I just don't. I 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.679 just don't think. I think the Cowboys need to stick 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:26.440 to their guns on this one. I really do, and 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.280 I don't want it to happen where let's say they 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.720 go and pay that big amount of money and then 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.880 Dak essentially he's playing the same way that we've seen 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.600 him play, although he had a growth this past year. 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:40.160 But at the same time, you know, Nike always talks 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:43.520 about clutch moments like can he be that player in 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:47.440 those critical moments of the game, And if it's not, 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.600 then we're really gonna be talking about like what And 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.600 he happens all the time with players when they get 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.280 those kinds of big contracts. Exactly. Let me let me 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.120 go back to what you just said. Let's go back 0:10:58.160 --> 0:10:59.880 to the start of the season, and let's say that 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:03.719 he signs the deal for thirty three million a year. Okay, 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.800 he is now the you know, highest paid in Cowboys 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:08.720 history and all this stuff that goes with it, and 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.800 then the season happens just like it did, like it did. 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.360 What are we viewing him differently. I think we'd be 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:19.240 viewing him very similar to how people are viewing DeMarcus Lawrence. Yeah, 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.720 I think DeMarcus Lawrence had a bad year. I think 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.160 for the contract, people are like, h did we really 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.320 get what we're paid for? Like, that's the point, that's right, 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.880 And so when when you factor all that in, then 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.959 it's like, Okay, well should he get more than that? 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.040 You know, because if he would have had that money 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:39.000 and gone eight and eight and not ever led the 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.480 team back in the second half of any game, then 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:43.960 I think, you know, I don't think. I don't think 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.079 DeMarcus and all those guys that have signed deals, I 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.160 don't think they had that much of a step back. Year. 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.880 Is just you know, I think I think I will 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:52.640 be alone in this, but I think I would view 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.839 it more favorably. You do, Yeah, because I would be like, well, 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:58.920 not the best season, that's not going to cut it. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.320 He's costing this towards the salary cap. But again, we 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.520 started the clock. We started the clock on this contract. 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.560 We're already working toward being out from under the bad 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.720 part of it. He is already settled into the hierarchy 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:14.160 where Mahomes is going to pass him, Watson's gonna pass him, 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.679 Lamar's gonna pass him soon, and in two or three 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.679 years he will be tenth on the list, like Jimmy Garoppolo, 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.080 who I will say, for the millionth time, set the 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.040 market when he signed and it's been less than two 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:28.800 years and he's ninth. That's that's how this works. It 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.520 is amazing. And so if it had just happened in September, 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:35.400 I would be like, no, you didn't get your return 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.280 on investment, but you feel good about his development and 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.079 his trajectory, and you have started the clock on this 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:44.280 instead of sitting here going exactly how much are we 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.520 gonna have to pay this guy? Because it's starting to 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.920 get scary when you're thinking about these other deals that 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.719 are going to hit. So yeah, I would feel way back. 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.360 And he did not have a great season, not a 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:59.559 season worthy of that contract, but I'd still feel better 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.760 about the situation if he was under contract. Now. I 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.880 think everybody feels like we could you know, you could 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:05.920 sign this guy four or five years. I don't know 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.240 how much it's gonna be, but yeah, he'll be the guy. 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.320 But are you as comfortable with the four to five 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.880 years at that price or you know, at the top 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.480 value for Maria Cooper. See that one seems more scary 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.880 to me, and I'll actually, I'll that's a great question. 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:23.800 Let's take a quick break. When we come back, I 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.719 want to hit that question. And I also want to 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.880 ask the question, like, when you start looking at that, 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.720 should he really even be your second priority? You got 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.840 other guys like Robert Quinn out there, you got you know, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.520 Byron Jones out there? Should he really be the second 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:39.040 priority for this team? Based on what you've seen so far? 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.679 And let's not also forget this is a draft that's 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:43.959 very deep, deep at the wide receiver position, as I'm 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.800 sure Dave can tell us from his work of the 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:47.680 Draft show. Let's take a break, let's come back, let's 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.520 talk about that. This is Dallas Cowboys dot com Radio. 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.079 I want to use what the pros use. 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This is the second 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.200 segment of a break five from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.000 At the start, we're talking about free agency. We're talking 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.800 about some guys that Cowboys will have that they will 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.640 have to either resign or let walker or maybe put 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.720 the franchise tag. I'm talking about Dak Prescott. But the 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.200 question before the break is about who the next guy is. 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.720 Who's the next highest priority for the Cowboys. You got 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.040 Amari Cooper out there, You've got Byron Jones out there, 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.240 You've got Robert Quinn out there. If you had to 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.560 choose only one of those guys that you're really gonna 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.280 make a priority, you know, you're gonna try to keep 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:22.880 Dak with this other guy's going to be the only 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.600 other priority that you have. Who's that guy gonna be? 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:30.000 I mean, it's it's a mari because you know, if 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:34.040 you start trading away draft picks and not getting any return, 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.600 that's when you your team will will suffer. And so 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.160 I think that I still view him as the first 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:43.120 round draft pick from last year, and you've got to 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:46.840 get some you know, investment on that. So I would 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:48.320 I would do that, you know, I would try to 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:50.560 see if this new receiver's coach in this new offense. 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.920 You know, I don't know if it's a new offense, 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.440 but you know, different wrinkles. I would like to see 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.360 what they can do here. And you know, but I 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.520 like the franchise tag for him because I like one 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:05.280 more year and then, you know, then then we'll see 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.200 where you are. And then after three years, if he 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.399 didn't work out, then okay, maybe maybe you can move on. 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.639 And here's the thing, Dak, He's not to me, at 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.320 least in my perspective. He's not the type of quarterback 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.760 that can make it happen on his own. He needs 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:24.120 those kinds of players like we've seen them go by 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.679 committee and switch around receivers and it just did not 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:31.720 work out. Dad needs help from these other guys that 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:35.200 are able to catch the ball. And when it comes 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.399 to a Mari, I mean he obviously I have my 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:42.320 questions about him because those away games, he just never 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.919 showed up. And it sucks when you only have a 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.159 good player for half of your games and then for 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.040 the other half it's like, all right, well what a bummer. 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.800 But my thing is, if it's not him, who who 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:56.639 is it gonna be? Who else can come in at 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.240 receiver and create that kind of impact when it comes 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.639 to Dad handling the offense and finding guys on the field. 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:04.640 All right, So Dave answered that question for me. Let's 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.879 assume for a second that the Cowboys did want to say, hey, 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.600 we're gonna take our chances here at wide receiver because 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.280 we think this draft is deep enough. Are there guys 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:15.639 that would be available to the Cowboys in this draft 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.359 who can come in and immediately because that's the thing. 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:20.960 You can't wait two or three years that immediately can 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:24.400 provide you at least what Cooper was providing you as 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.680 of last year, and have a ceiling that can get 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.280 even better than that. You're always taking a risk that 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.320 that guy's going to be able to contribute right away. 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:35.920 I mean, just especially where they're picking. I mean, first 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.400 of all, this receiver class is absolutely loaded. They will 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:40.960 be able to find talent. If they found Michael Gallup 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:45.119 at pick eighty one, receivers like that'll be available. Receivers 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.440 like that'll probably be available in the fourth round if 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:49.680 this receiver class is what it's supposed to be. But again, 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:54.200 Michael Gallup, like inconsistent as a rookie, was not ready 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.959 to put a real load on himself. Blew up this 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:00.119 season to a degree, but still wasn't a consistent He 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.400 still would call a number one receiver, yet of course 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.560 not only had the chance in the Jets game, it 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.640 didn't work on Um, you know, Jerry Judy's out there, 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:12.680 uh Te Higgins, Henry Ruggs from Alabama, like the Rugs 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:16.080 is a speak guy right incredibly. Um, the list goes 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.560 on and on, but if you take them on, it's 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.359 it's what it's that classic thing of like if I 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.399 take a Mari Cooper out of this lineup and plug 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:25.720 in a rookie, let's say, alongside Michael Gallup and Randall Cobb. 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:28.320 Did I get better? I don't think the answers. Yes, 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.960 maybe in the future, like you know, two three years 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.760 down the line, that could be really nice, or you like, 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:36.119 I love the idea of keeping a Mari and drafting 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:39.240 a guy. I love that idea. You know, wouldn't stop 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.280 you from bringing Randall cop back? Sure, Devin, Devin Duvernet, 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:51.160 Colin Johnson, Um no, no, no, Okayne is really ever 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:53.440