WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: The Blind Draft Test 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:02.160 The following. 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:04.160 He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:05.920 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:15.760 Cowboys. This he's Talking Cowboys, screening live from the Dallas 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:21.480 Cowboys World headquarters at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:22.959 Tag Boarders here. 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:29.640 Tscot Ti TI, touchdown and now your hosts Isaiah Standback, 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:34.440 Patrick Walker, Josh Rodriguez, and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:39.960 It's a one month out from the NFL Draft edition 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:44.240 of Talking Cowboys, presented by Black Rifle Coffee Company, live 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:45.879 from the Star in Frisco, Texas, in. 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:49.760 The BC Studios. Welcome in everybody. 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:53.880 We've got Josh Rodriguez, Isaiah Standback, Chris Beam in the back. 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.920 I'm Kyle Yeoman so glad you're with us. What is that, Josh? 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:01.000 I think it's the Star magazine draft guy. 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.320 I think this might be like the debut of it. 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:04.080 It's the debut. 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:09.200 I don't think it's even been released. This is definitely 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.280 a sneak peek. This is what you get on Talking 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:12.560 Cowboys is a nice. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:13.640 Little breaking news. 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.720 That is the cover on there of the twenty twenty 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:26.080 six NFL Draft Guide by the Cowboys Star Magazine personnel. 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:27.520 Who contributed to that magazine. 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.920 Call, I did, really, you know who take this up with? 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.000 You want to know who wanted to put the organ 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:33.399 duck on. 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:39.080 The front Me. It was and it was only for you. 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:40.960 I did it for you. 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.080 No, I did it because Dylan Thieneman has a chance 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:45.759 to be a Cowboy at least when we decided this magazine, 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.320 he had a bigger chance probably, But I still don't 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:49.880 necessarily think it's out of the conversation. 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:50.800 Well is on the cover. 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:51.000 Call. 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.160 So you got Ruben bain Down on the bottom left 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.280 hand corner, the edge rusher out of Miami. To us right, 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:59.120 You've got David Bailey, the edge rusher out of Texas Tech. 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.840 Then you've got Caleb Downs, Ohio State Safety. He's on 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.880 the far left hand side. Then you got Monsieur Delaine 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.160 over the top in the LSU gear. You got Sunny 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.919 Styles in the gray Ohio State uniform, and then Dylan 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.880 Theenum in there in the middle. Those are the cover 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.560 athletes for this year's Cowboys Star magazine. Draft Guy available 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:24.760 online shortly, I maybe within the next week, but it's 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:29.080 in pro shops starting today. Oh if you come in 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.800 person to any of the Cowboys. 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.160 Pro shop locations. I believe in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:35.720 Leave with one. You can leave with one of these 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:37.640 dress magazine. Do any of those guys make it out 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:38.200 the top twelve? 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.840 Any of them make it out of the top twelve, 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:42.959 like beyond? 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:47.639 Do the theenemon does? Probably? Yeah? Yeah, theenem In probably is. Uh. 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.880 The other guys probably not. Bain Maybe because of the 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.320 short arm, somebody might get a little worried. 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.720 But that's my thing is if he ends up going 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:58.240 to twelve, his. 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.080 Arms are really short, Kyle, they are very almost too short, 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:02.680 too short to play. 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:04.760 The team shouldn't even look at it, idn't even touch. 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.160 Them because you want them to end up here. 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:07.960 Shut up. 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:10.440 Shit. 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.600 It is thirty days out from the NFL Draft, which 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.119 means this is right around the time we're on Talking Cowboys, 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.200 we start talking draft stuff and you know whatever started 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.720 just better or start getting your film in with draft experts, and. 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.160 We just started talking about it over there in the 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.160 in the breakfast hall. That means it's almost time for practice. 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.600 Yeah, I mean we're what two weeks away practice from 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:33.800 from actually hitting the field, five weeks away now from 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.800 hitting the field with rookie mining camp and then OTAs 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:38.800 and then we're right back into practice time. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:40.520 I love that. Yeah, I love that. 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.960 Speaking of March madness, it's gonna be madness by the 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.880 time we get around to May, and I'm not ready 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.200 for it yet. I'm just trying to hang out and 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:50.400 get the draft stuff right. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.800 But I know, and you got two draft experts here 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:54.920 in Isaiah stand back and drafting Kyle not as much, 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.600 not as much. But if those wondering why we're missing 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:02.120 Patrick no Cy Walker, he's having surgery today. If you 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:04.920 didn't last week, he had an injury, a baseball injury. 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.560 But he is getting surgery today. He will be back, 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.760 no doubt about it. Patrick knowsy Walker will return. 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:13.880 Show some love to no Sea in a chat. He 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:15.640 looks at the chat, so y'all show him man some 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:19.360 love and give him some support. Surgeries are scary things, right, 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.520 It's not a for sure thing. You know. People go 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.560 in and they just assume that everything's gonna be okay. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.720 We are praying that everything's gonna be okay. But y'all 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.520 send him some love because he definitely needs to feel 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:30.880 the fam. 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:32.920 Yeah, we got to talk to him a little bit yesterday. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:37.480 He was in good, good Spirits was confident of course 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.360 in the process, but man. 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:43.960 Yeah, it's always tough. No sea confident always, that's what 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.720 the C stands for. Confident. But he is confident, yes. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.560 Patrick, Yes, confident Walker. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:51.280 That's it. 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:52.960 That's it right off the tongue. 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.799 It rolls. This one rolls, baby. 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:58.760 All right, let's get into some news and notes, a 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:01.200 couple of different things to keep in tabs with UH 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.200 in terms of the Cowboys and what they did this 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:07.320 past week, start with some of the guys that left Dallas. 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.600 A notable name missing from that list, Kyle, I don't 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:12.440 think we got to talk about him last week, Okay, 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.000 Jalen Tolbert goes to the Dolphins. 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.760 Oh yeah, I think it happened before I show last week, 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:18.560 but we didn't talk about it. 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:19.480 I don't think we talked about it. 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.880 Yeah, not a big topic of conversation last week. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:24.760 I mean you talked about some over two years ago. 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:31.280 Was your leading touchdown? Yeah? Yeah, seven two years ago. 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.320 And I know he's never he has never been the 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.640 big name around here, but put some respect on what 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:40.320 he did two seasons ago. He led your team in touchdowns, 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.680 which is I don't care what you feel about him. 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.400 That was huge for him. Obviously last year somebody came 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.320 and took a spot. That's what this league is about. 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.240 It is about competition. And now he finds himself not 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.360 being reinstated here with the Cowboys, but he gets an 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.640 opportunity with another team, right, And that's the thing you 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.839 interview for thirty one other teams which put on film, 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.800 somebody most likely is going to be appreciative of it 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.040 and feel as if you can be a contributor to 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.400 them in their program. So now him and Malik will 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:09.880 let's get to become best buds. 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.839 I thought it's interesting that he's probably one of your 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.720 top receivers for Miami now considering the trade that they 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:21.440 had last week. But it's tough because Tolbert, like you said, 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.479 contributed in touchdowns the year prior last year and a 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:28.360 contract year lost his job to Ryan Flinoy. I think 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.839 that more show more so says what Flinoy was able 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:33.680 to do and how he's able to make that leap 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.840 in a second year. But for me, at least, Tolbert 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:38.400 was kind of more the same. He was a reliable 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.360 pass catcher at times, he made a lot of really 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.400 clutch receptions. For you, but I don't think the run 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:45.480 blocking was there. I don't think the you know, the 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.120 mantra last year was compete every day. I don't think 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.960 that he was necessarily. I'm sure he was competing, but 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.640 I just mean like he was obviously overtaken by Illinoy 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:58.000 and probably the biggest reason why he's not here as 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.240 a number four receiver because Flinoyd took that job. 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:05.799 Yeah, let me start by saying, I enjoyed covering Jalen Tolbert, 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:07.760 and he was always very good to us, and he 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.040 was always somebody that was willing to talk and was 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.360 very insightful when we had those conversations, and he was 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.960 very open about some of the hard stuff too, especially 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:18.920 like early in his career when he was talking about 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.360 how he didn't feel like he connected enough with Dak 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:25.240 and he wanted to be a right hand man to 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.560 him and be a reliable target. And he did to 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:31.160 a certain extent build himself into that at certain points 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:31.600 in the year. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.080 But the consistency was a problem. I mean, he had flashes. 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.760 He had one of the best catches of the twenty 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.040 twenty five season on the sideline against the Packers. 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:41.760 Late in that game. 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.760 He made plays and he's capable of doing so. But 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.200 the consistency was where it fell short, and it was 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.560 it was one. If it wasn't one thing, it was 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.360 another thing. If it wasn't the connected connection with Dak Prescott, 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.960 it was a lingering injury. If it wasn't a legering injury, 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:59.080 it was his understanding of a scheme of a play 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:03.040 calling standpoint or a loss assignment. Or he wasn't blocking 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.000 well so he wasn't getting playing time. When it gets 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.560 down to that, that's where I tend to have less 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.600 of a patience with a wide receiver who was a top. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:13.080 One hundred pick. 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.120 He was picked eighty eighth overall in a time where 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.640 Dallas really needed another wide receiver to step up, and 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.080 they anticipated him to do that immediately. And I loved 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.520 his college tape out of South Alabama. I was very 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:28.440 much so a high proponent and a high supporter of 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:32.160 drafting Jaylen Tolbert in the third round there, so at 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.280 that point I thought he would come in and contribute, 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.599 and he did, but not to the level that you 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.559 would anticipate from a third round guy. And then you 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.960 get a guy like Ryan Filinoy who comes out after 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.720 being a later round pick and does exactly what you 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.640 needed Jayaln Tolbert to do. And now he's kind of 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.200 the one that overstepped him. And that's why Jaylen Tolbert 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:51.439 is no longer a Dallas Cowboy. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.520 Yeah, and I didn't mean to turn this into talking Tolbert, 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.120 but I think it was worth mentioning because of the 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.160 contributions that he's made as a Dallas Cowboy. You've won 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:00.920 games because of James Colbert, Like there's no out about that, 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:04.160 that game winning uh touchdown in Pittsburgh, Like, I will 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:05.319 big one to you for a long time. It was 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.440 a big play by him. But uh yeah, moving on 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.520 to some other names. I mean brock Hoffman as well. 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.319 He signed with the Pittsburgh yesterday officially. 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.240 Is that is that a fisial the table? I like Hoffman. 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.440 I understand that, you know, obviously they want to move 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.920 on from him. I trust this coaching staff because they 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.680 have two offensive line coaches on this coaching staff, so 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.920 it's not just one person making this decision. I'm sure 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.719 that they came together and collectively said, yeah, we both 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:31.200 feel the same way about this particular thing or his 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.000 this particular shortcoming or this lack of development in this 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.200 particular area, and they felt confident enough to move on 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:42.480 from him. Losing him and Rob Jones doesn't necessarily make 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.320 me feel awesome in terms of depth. Those are those 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.520 are I would have liked to have retained at least 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.160 one of those guys. And people will look at Rob 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:50.520 Jones and be like, well, he never even had a 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:54.000 chance to play here. Yeah, he got hurt early in camp, right, Yeah, 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:54.559 and he. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:59.719 Got hurt helping other like rookie linemen that that presence. Yeah, 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.880 it's a terrible circumstance, but he was showing out in 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:04.760 camp to a point where I was like, I'm surprised 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:06.599 this guy's not starting. I would be surprised if this 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.319 guy is not starting in week one. Granted that the 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.760 line was what it was at the time, but yeah, 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.320 it's a sucky situation when he goes to a rival 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:17.520 at that and then. 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:18.800 Peyton Turner goes to Detroit. 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:20.600 So those are three guys that were on the back half, 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.439 and with Turner and Jones, both of the guys, those 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.400 guys never really ended up playing just because of injury 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.240 and what ended up happening there. But they are all 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:33.480 off the roster. Cowboys did re sign Corey Ballentine, who 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.880 came on late in the year last year, that that 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.800 was really kind of their one addition or retainment in 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:44.160 the roster this past week. Are you guys a little 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.120 disappointed on the back end? 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:51.160 Okay, maybe more than a little, Yeah, maybe more than 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:51.559 a little. 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:55.000 How much would you equate it to what would you 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:56.120 equate your disappointment? 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.000 You know that meme where it's like the guy that's 0:10:58.040 --> 0:10:59.640 like poking the thing with a stick, Just do something, 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:00.000 do something. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:01.520 I feel like that. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.120 I have felt like that the last two weeks because 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.840 you have still not addressed linebacker in any former fashion. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.560 I'm very frustrated with that. Obviously, they have a plan 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.600 going into the draft, but like we've talked about here 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.920 the last three episodes, it would be nice to have 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.280 a veteran presence behind there, a coach on the field 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.880 that is able to contribute to the linebacker room and 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.439 also be a solid player at that I'm not saying, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:25.920 you know, it needs to be a world beat or 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.120 anything like that, but you just need consistency there, and 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.120 you don't have size to speak of at linebackers. 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:32.319 So I'm just very. 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:35.920 Confused at the approach there. But you know the Christian 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:37.560 Parker's defense, he obviously has a plan. 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:39.080 I don't know what it is. 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.440 I don't have that ball knowledge at this point, but 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.520 to me, it is just frustrating that I feel that 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:51.320 position currently has been undervalued in free agency. I know 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:56.640 they attempted to go get their guys, but I mean, I, 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.880 along with most of the of the fans, feel like, 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:00.720 you know, there should have been a backup plan. At 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.760 least you should have at least three or four guys 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:06.480 that you would have gone to get had the one 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.320 player that went to the Raiders not worked out for you. 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:14.080 Yeah, it's very difficult for me to foresee Dallas moving 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:18.760 forward through this draft utilizing both first round picks now 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:23.880 in the draft to acquire two players. With the lack 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:31.280 of acquisitions that they've had this offseason, I can't foresee. 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.920 I can't foresee them utilizing both picks and being okay 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:37.720 with the remainder of the picks they have in this 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.800 year's draft to fill the voids that are on defense. 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:43.280 And you have one Day two pick now, I mean 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.600 one one. 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.640 So you know what I'm saying, Like I was hopeful 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.440 whether they are big names or just you know. I 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:53.520 think they did a good job of feeling positional needs 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:57.640 in terms of contributors, right. We made that. We had 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:59.520 that conversation, right, either you're going to get big name, 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.120 big spla guys or I felt like they were after 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.080 like that first wave. I was like, Okay, they're no 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:05.760 longer going to go get a big splash guy, but 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.000 they're gonna get multiple guys that can contribute right consistently. 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:10.959 And I feel like they started doing that right. You 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:15.360 got a safety, I got a nickel, all those things. However, 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:19.640 there are still a lot of voids that are that 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.760 need to be filled, especially with the change in scheme. Defensively, 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:28.440 those positions of need are nowhere near near field, and 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:33.560 I can't I can see them using the first picking 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.800 the in the first round that we have. Was it twelve? Yep? 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.640 But was it? The next one is twenty twenty. I 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.040 can't see them using one in twenty. I are twelve 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:43.360 and twenty. I can see them using twelve. 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.400 You're saying you would use it to go get you 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:46.959 have to approve in commodity. 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.400 I think that you have to trade one of the 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.240 trade the twenty to go get multiple players in the 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.600 second and the third. I just don't there's not a 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.199 saying to acquire more, to acquire more draft you because 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:01.839 you just don't have enough pieces. And if there are 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:05.800 guys that you believe that you this is what I believe. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:07.160 I believe that they're going to try to go through 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.319 this draft and whatever decisions they're going to make, right, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.040 I believe that they're going to try to feel those 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.240 voids after the draft like most teams do, right, they say, Hey, 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.400 let's see what our team looks like after the draft, 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.600 and then let's go fill those voys. I don't want 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.120 to be in that position again. I feel like I 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:24.080 told you this. I think that mister Jones and Steven 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.600 Jones are in this tug of war of mister Jones 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:29.200 really wanted to go want in two past tense now 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.680 to go grab some high, highly claim claimed guys, and 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.720 then Stephen Jones kind of pulled them back and kind 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.080 of pulled back to what we've always known Dallas to do, 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.120 is like, let's go to the discount double check, and 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.200 I feel like, there's this I want to do this. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.160 I'm no, let's go back to our old way. No, 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.480 let's stay true to who we are, but we and 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.520 now you find yourself in a position where it's like, Okay, yeah, 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.040 you made a couple moves, but you're still looking at 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.160 saying we still don't have enough guys. 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.280 Yeah. I think the plan was there. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.120 I think the plan was there to go get the 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.640 guys that you're talking about, the guys that that. 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:01.840 You would think Dallas would want to. 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.320 I mean, obviously the interest was there for several guys, 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.440 but there wasn't that final like we're gonna make that 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.200 final bid to get this guy because this is the 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:11.240 guy that we want contributing on our defense next year. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.320 To me, I would have used free agency to kind 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:16.880 of fill out the room. Granted, you're overpaying in a 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:18.440 lot of positions, but I think there are guys that 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:22.360 are contributing and not getting paid, you know, an exorbitant 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.400 amount of money. I feel like you could have filled 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.720 those holes enough to say, like today, if we're playing 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:28.200 a game today. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:29.480 We're not playing a game today. 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.200 Obviously, but it's like we have a roster we feel 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.560 solidly enough about playing today if we had to, and 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.000 then using the draft to get even better guys to 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.240 take you over the top that didn't happen. You're now 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.680 relying on the draft yet again to get those guys 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:44.760 on the field, and you're relying on youth in a 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:45.160 big way. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.840 Yeah, And I think you bring up a good point 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.800 talking about the plan that was there. I believe going 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:55.680 into free agency they were willing to spend, and they 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:57.720 spent more than they have in the past, so I 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:00.880 give them a little bit credit. There is the high 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:02.960 end stuff that we kind of wanted to see. No, 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.800 was it the crazy moves that they wanted to make, No, 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:11.200 it wasn't. However, I agree with you in the fact 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:16.920 that there's kind of a fundamental breakdown somewhere in free agency. 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:18.280 And I forgot who said it. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.440 Somebody said it the other day, and I agreed with 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:21.920 part of what they were saying. 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:23.000 Part of it I didn't agree with. 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.640 But what I did agree with was when you haven't 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:32.800 been in free agency, players in free agency recently, and 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:34.880 you all of a sudden decide to go play in 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.840 free agency after not doing so for the better part 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:41.800 of a decade, there's going to be things and nuances 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.880 and negotiation tactics that you aren't sharp on. 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.000 And that's what ultimately happened. 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:47.600 In my opinion. 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.640 I think they did want to get involved. I think 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.920 they wanted to push for all of this based on 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.400 not just conversations that we had with Jerry on the 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:58.200 bus or Steven Indianapolis, but the top to bottom, the 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.360 entire organization felt like they were going to make some moves, 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:03.840 and I think they attempted to do so, or they 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.720 wanted to do so, but there's a fundamental breakdown at 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:11.000 some point in time where they decided to make a move, 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:12.320 but they weren't ready. 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:13.440 To make a move, if that makes sense. 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:16.840 Yeah, and that's where I think there was a falling 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:20.119 through the cracks. Now you added some solid names. I 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.760 love the Jalen Thompson signing. I've said that already. 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.919 I like what they did with Kobe Durant and with 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.280 o Tito Albonna. I like those signings. 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.640 Are they as good as going and getting a blue 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.800 chip drusher, which they haven't done, or a starting caliber 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:36.240 linebacker which they haven't done. 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:37.240 No, it's not. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.080 Those are good moves that are going to make your 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.480 team better in the long run, but you need other 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.280 moves to supplement that outside of the draft, and they 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.840 haven't done that. So that's where my disappointment lies in 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:47.440 the off season. 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:49.520 I look at it is a math equation to me. Right, 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.280 you lost a number of starters or you know you 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:56.400 lost Osa was a starter, Solomon was a rotational guy. 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:58.399 Who else did we lose? 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.120 But what was also starter in this defense? 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.159 Right? No? I mean he probably has he would have 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.879 would have because of his price. Right. But so you 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:11.440 so you replace you swap Osa with a Rashan Gary, 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.760 You acquire a Thompson who's a starter. You acquire PJ. 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.520 Lock who's a starter. You acquire Kobe Durant who's a starter, 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:21.120 and O Tito is a starter, I would imagine right now, Okay, 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:25.000 right now, so you have four starters that you brought 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:26.960 in on a defensive side of the ball. All good stuff, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:31.639 all good stuff. Okay, So now as well, you know 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.080