WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Gaining Leverage? 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:09.760 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:21.920 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:25.640 a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.960 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:35.320 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:41.639 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:50.240 It is Wednesday, May sixth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.160 number eight. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:56.440 We are alive from our home studios. We'll call him 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.640 the s WBC Mortgage Studios. I got my guys, Nick 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.840 eat Dave Hellman, and of course Amber Garcia joining us 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:05.200 today for another episode of The Break. We got a 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.559 lot to talk about today. Schedule releases coming up tomorrow. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.520 We want to talk a little bit about that, get 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.399 you guys ready for that. We'll also talk about a 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.319 couple or a new player for the Cowboys, Andy Dalton 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.280 and why the Cowboys made this move and moved on 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.240 from Cooper Rush. And then we'll finish up our discussion 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.640 on the draft. Well, last week we went through our 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.679 first four picks, and today we'll talk a little bit 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.399 about Bradley and I ben Denucci and wrap up our 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:37.039 draft coverage here on the break. How's everybody doing today? Great? Great, 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:44.120 good to see you good, good surviving surviving out here. Yeah, 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.120 I saw it before we went on the show. Amber 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.840 was taking some medicine, some medicine because she wasn't feeling great. 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:50.880 Nick was like wiping his nose because it looks like 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.200 he's kind of got a little something going on. So 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.320 it's good that we're all in different locations. At least 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.480 we'll keep each other from from getting sick. And yeah, 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.320 it's either toilet paper or or tissue for Unick. I 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.600 don't know, like one or the other. Right, I'm always 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.040 going to bring something. Where is that toilet paper? Maybe 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.600 we've used that? I don't know. Have you guys used it? All? 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:12.200 You need some more? We running low? No, not running low. 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.320 I've got I've got plenty, I've got all right. Good. Well, 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.360 let's talk a little bit about the schedule release the 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.440 Cowboys tomorrow night. Actually, the entire NFL is going to 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.840 be pushing forward releasing the schedule for the twenty twenty season. 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.840 Their intention, the intention of the league is that they 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:31.000 are going to approach the season as though they're gonna 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.760 play a full season, and so they're gonna release the 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.280 schedule to morrow night. For the first time, each team 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.080 will be allowed to release the schedule at six thirty. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:41.840 So we'll be releasing our schedule to morrow night at 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:43.760 six thirty. So make sure you check out Dallas Cowboys 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:47.040 dot com, Cowboys Mobile, any of our social channels. We 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.120 will have a live show where we will release the 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.839 schedule that we will cast across all those different platforms. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.240 But the question I have for you guys, is we 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.560 already know the opponents. We know who the Cowboys will 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:02.240 be playing next season, just to give you an idea. 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.600 At the home schedule, we know the Cowboys will play 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.280 the three division teams. They'll also play the Cardinals, forty 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.120 nine Ers, the Browns, the Steelers, and the Falcons. And 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.760 then on the road they'll play the three division teams 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:16.360 plus the Seahawks, the Rams, the Vikings, the Bengals, and 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.560 the Ravens. Which of all those games do you think 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.200 is most intriguing to you? Well, I guess even if 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:23.840 you had a couple of games that you kind of 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.720 bunched together, what's most intriguing to you about the opponents? 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:33.640 The Cowboys have next season. Let's start with you, Dave Well. 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:37.760 I don't know this, but I have an inkling, just 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.960 a just a hunch that I think there's a very 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.440 good chance the Cowboys are going to be the team 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:48.040 opening the Rams News Stadium in Los Angeles. There's been 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.040 buzz about it for months. Jerry Jones just had a 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.760 twinkling as I talking about it at the Combine back 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.880 in February. And Jerry Jones is a pretty persuasive guy. 0:03:57.920 --> 0:03:59.680 So I think there's a good chance that happens. And 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:03.360 if it does, um, what a spectacle that would be. 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.200 You know, we know how impressive at and T Stadium is. Uh, 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.720 this is the you know, the new you know, the 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.280 next big thing. It's going to be the next greatest 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.440 stadium in the NFL. I guess. So that'll be cool. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:19.039 Uh Selfishly, I've never been to Baltimore, So going to 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:22.240 Baltimore to watch the MVP, the reigning MVP, Lamar Jackson, 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.480 and then obviously get to see my guy Joe Burrow 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.159 in person next year, so that's fun too. So that's 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:33.360 three that I've got my eye on. All Right, I'll 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.039 take Ravens. I'll just do one and I'll say, Ravens, 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.080 I think that's the one. I think that could be 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.599 the season opener actually, and I just think playing you know, 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.520 Lamar Jackson and going up to Baltimore place the Cowboys are, 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.440 the stadium the Cowboys have never won at, will be 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.640 will be an intriguing, intriguing matchup. I could see that 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:56.800 being very early in the season. Camber Well, um, I 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.600 would say I want to see them play with the 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:05.720 still just for the Spanish content, honestly, just for pure 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:10.240 Spanish content, Cowboys versus Steelers. But I am excited about 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:14.640 the Rams. Hopefully it's a better experience than the last 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:18.159 few times we've been over there, because that sucked. But 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:23.320 I'm excited to see what they've turned that stadium into. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.720 You know, it's interesting. I'm looking at the schedule and 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.599 if I had one game that really intrigues me a lot, 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.560 it would be the Cardinals just because with their addition 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.599 of DeAndre Hopkins and what they were able to do 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.239 last year offensively. You started to see as the season 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.120 war on, they were starting to get that offense going 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.479 a little bit. You had a guy who I think 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.640 is at least top three wide receiver in the NFL 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.479 and playmaker in the NFL. I think that's gonna be 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.599 a really really high flying, high scoring offense there in Arizona. 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.440 So that's gonna make it interesting. But I say that 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.479 because I think when you look across all the opponentsy 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.120 Cowboys next year, man, it's gonna I know, Dave, you 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.279 guys talked to the Daft Show about this whole concept 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.839 of the forty burger. They may need that because they're 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.760 playing a bunch of teams that can put up some points. 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:12.520 You look at the Cardinals, you look at the Falcons, 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:16.200 you look at the Seahawks, you look at the Bengal 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:17.960 I mean, I'm at the Bengals, I'm sorry, the Ravens, 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:21.440 the Rams, and then there's some teams like the Browns 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.600 and the Cardinals who have a lot of talent offensively. 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.400 On any given we could show up and score a 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.080 lot of points. I just think that overall, the Cowboys 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:30.600 are gonna play some teams that can score, and the 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.560 Cowboys gonna have to score in order to match or 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:37.120 play some really really really stingy defense. This could be 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:43.000 a really interesting season, you know. Obviously, the discussion continues 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:45.120 to go about Dak and how good he is and 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.240 how much money he deserves. He's gonna have a great 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.800 chance to prove himself again. I mean obvious, you're gonna 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.839 play good cornerbacks every year, but it's interesting how many 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.760 members of like the young class of cornerbacks are on 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.760 the schedule, from Kyler Murray to Baker Mayfield, the new 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.640 number one pick Joe Burrow, Daniel Jones and maybe Dwayne 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.839 Haskins who were just drafted, the reigning MVP Lamar Jackson, 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:13.840 the arguable MVP Russell Wilson. It's just a i mean, 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.840 the you know, the face the next face of quarterbacks 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.440 in the NFL is all over the schedule. It'll be 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:24.200 fun to see how Dak stacks up against that just Dak, 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:28.120 but all the defense. I'm very curious to see how 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:32.040 this Cowboys defense is gonna look like and perform against 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:36.400 some of these other offense in the NFL, because based 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.120 on what they just didn't do, you know, of last year. 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.200 So I'm hoping that this year with the new coaching staff, 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.920 they're able to actually pump up the game and perform 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.560 better and to the expectations that we were expecting them 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.000 to play last year, and they didn't you know, you 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.680 gotta watch out for the Giants too. I mean, because 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.880 you know the Jason Garrett is the offensive coordinator. You 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.960 say what you want about him being here, t shirts whatever, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.120 He's an good offensive coordinator. He's gonna have some good weapons, 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:07.120 and he's got arguably one of the best running backs 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.040 in the NFL, one of the most dangerous players there. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.320 So you know, with Daniel Jones coming in there, I think, 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.280 you know, the Giants will be a tough matchup for 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:20.560 the Cowboys. I always are here. Two. Yeah he did, 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.640 I mean he did, yeah, and it was good and 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.280 he was good. I mean the offensive coordinator he was good, 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.560 I mean really good. So yeah, he's he's a good 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.280 offensive coordinator for sure. So that that that that was 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.160 a problem for the Cowboys, I mean for other teams 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.640 when he was offensive coordinator and running the offense. So yeah, 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.280 you're right, he had that. Here the chair point, I 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.920 actually think he was a better go ahead, Dave, No, no, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.320 go ahead, Derek. Now, I was gonna say to your point, 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.720 I think he was actually a better offensive coordinator than 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.640 than maybe even a head coach. I think he was. 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:54.800 I think that offense was really really good. When he 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.440 was an offensive coordinator. And I actually wonder if the 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.920 Cowboys did themselves a favor and they when they made 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:02.679 the decision that he was going to step away from 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.280 being the guy to call the plays, because I think 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.080 that's when you started getting into a lot of other 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:09.959 things where where the offense. You know, you get into 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.520 the Scotland Ahan year and then years, and I just 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.559 don't I don't know if they were better with him 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.559 not calling the plays and they were with him calling 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.800 the plays. Let's go ahead and move on and talk 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:25.040 a little bit about the quarterback position. Cowboys made a 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.880 decision this week that or last week that I actually 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.160 really loved, and I want to hear your opinions. They 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:34.040 signed Andy Dalton to one year deal three million dollars. 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:35.880 I think what he's being compensated. I think he can 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:39.160 get up to as high as seven million withincentives. I'll 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.079 ask you guys a very simple question. Do you think 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.680 this was a good move for the Cowboys? Let's start 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:48.800 with Amber. How can he not be I mean, there 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:50.720 is no way you can argue that it was a 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:55.079 bad move. I loved it completely unexpected Honestly, I did 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.000 not expect to see the Cowboys pull something like this. 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.320 He's a veteran guy, he has the experience. You know. 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:04.840 You Some people are arguing, Okay, does this mean that 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:08.840 they can use this as leverage to negotiate with Dak 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.960 when it comes up about his contract, And I don't. 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.440 I don't know if that necessarily plays a role into that. 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.720 But what I do know is they back themselves up 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.720 whatever the reason or case may be, whether that decides 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:27.160 to hold out, or whether he gets injured, whatever may happen. 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:31.720 He is a guy that can definitely step in and 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.240 play a game, make it happen. The Cowboys haven't had 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.320 a veteran guy with this kind of experience, at least 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:43.440 not since I've been here. So that's really relieving and 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:47.160 good and refreshing to see the Cowboys do something like this, 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:51.079 because I truly think they really needed someone with experience 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:57.439 behind Dak. Nick. To me, you know, it's like changing 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:01.280 your car insurance. Have you ever switched her out? Like yeah, okay, 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.640 like you hope it doesn't even matter. You don't see 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.360 a big difference. Yeah you made a change, but you 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.439 don't see a difference. That's what I hope the Cowboys 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.840 will have here. Yes, it's a good backup, veteran backup. 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.440 It's funny how if you were to say two weeks ago, 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:17.120 a week ago, what's your thoughts on Andy Dalton, everybody 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.679 would be like, no, as the backup, You're like, oh, yeah, 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:24.760 it's the backup. So if he plays, that could be 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.200 a problem. But but you know, he's never had this 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.480 type of offensive line and weapons really around him, so 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:33.680 you know he might be pretty good in that. But 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:37.240 I just you know, as a backup. Sure, it's it's expensive, 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.040 but it's should be an upgrade. But again, you hope 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.240 that he plays as much as Cooper Rush played. That's 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:46.239 the beauty of it that it's it's not it's not expensive. 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.840 It's so cheap for a guy that started one hundred 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.640 and thirty games. It's they're only paying him nine hundred 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.960 thousand more then they were paying Cooper Rush, who has 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.520 thrown three NFL passes in a real game. They got 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.560 him for three mill and you know there's playtime incentives 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:03.960 and if if he plays and they go to the playoffs, 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.360 he could get up to seven. That's still a bargain. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:11.200 The Texans are nine hundred more than what one hundred 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.360 more than what was what was Cooper rushmaking. They're paying 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.480 nine hundred thousand more there. They were gonna pay Cooper 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:19.760 Rush two point one million dollars and you think they 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.920 were gonna pay I mean, they hadn't paid him yet. Well, 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.520 they hadn't paid him yet. He had never made that 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.640 much money. He got a tender for two point two 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:29.400 but he hadn't made that much. He didn't sign it. 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:33.320 I'm just saying, well, he signed it, but he didn't 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.920 get any money until the week one. That's what I'm 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.040 saying is they hadn't going to pay him that they like, 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.120 that is what they were going to pay their backup 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:45.880 quarterback until they switched him out. Debatable either way. Either way, 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.360 it's it's a little bit more. It's a lot more 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:52.160 than they were paying their backup quarterback last year. So 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:53.600 and it's a lot of money for a guy, you 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.319 hope where he's a ball cap the whole year. That's 0:12:55.320 --> 0:13:00.520 all I'm saying. I just disagreed because again, like Dalton's 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.920 making way less than a lot of other backups in 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.840 the NFL right now, Like that, the going rate for 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.640 a quarterback that can step in and win and potentially 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.200 win you games. Is a lot of money. The Saints 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:14.080 are paying Taysom Hill sixteen million dollars and he's not 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:18.240 even their preferred number two or hasn't been, so I 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.840 just I think it's an absurd discount. Yeah, I mean 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.760 I hope, I hope he doesn't play. But to get 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:25.360 that kind of deal on a guy that's been to 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:28.880 three Pro Bowls, um, it's it's freaking awesome. And it's 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:33.840 so refreshing that the Cowboys were like, ah, maybe that 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.000 guy's better than our guy, as opposed to we love 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.560 our guys, which is what we heard for a decade. Um. 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.640 It's really cool to see them step outside of their 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:48.400 comfort zone to try to improve their roster. That was 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.800 the most the most refreshing part was cutting Cooper Rush 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:55.199 on Monday. Not not nothing against him, It's just that 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.320 they wouldn't have done that before. They would have sat 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.040 there and wait, well, let's see what happens, and then 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.199 he has to go to camp and get no snaps 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.080 and then see if there's a you know, a job 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.760 waiting for him. At the end, you know, they cut him. 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.080 They knew there would be somebody in New York waiting 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.800 for him, so you know, it worked out. Do you 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:14.800 think that that part of that was that they they 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:16.760 really like Denucci and they want to see how much 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.600 they can develop him. And they know with four guys 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.560 on the on the roster, they're they're just not going 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.440 to get a lot of opportunity, or actually five. I 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.360 think there's another quarterback on the roster for training camp, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.200 but they just wouldn't get enough. They'd have too many 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:30.800 bodies to really get a chance to see what de 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:34.000 Nuci could do. Yeah, I do think that I think 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.400 that Denucci's got a really good chance to be the 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:40.760 third quarterback, especially now that they've added two spots on 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:44.360 the rosters. Fifty five spots on the roster. I mean, 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:46.280 that just makes it more sense to have a third 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:50.400 quarterback there. But I guess I mean, but Clayton, Clayton Thorsten, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.760 I mean, don't forget him. Yeah, So let's take it 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:55.880 a little different direction. Let's back up a little bit 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:57.800 to Andy Dalton. Why do you think he made the 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.560 decision to come to the Cowboys. This is a guy 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.240 that's I think is fairly accomplished as a quarterback in 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.640 the NFL's played a lot of Football's gone to the playoffs, 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:07.880 hasn't gotten a playoff win, but has played on some 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:11.240 pretty good offenses here in his career. Why do you 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:14.040 think he chose the Cowboys where he's behind a guy 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:18.760 who notoriously doesn't get hurt. Where there are probably situations 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.520 in the NFL where maybe he could have gotten an 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.320 opportunity to go in and maybe compete for a starting job, 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:26.080 or even be behind a quarterback that may have a 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.800 little more injury concerns that that gives him maybe better 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:34.760 opportunity to being able to get on the field. I 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.960 don't know how long is this contract for one year 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:45.120 deal that you know, I don't know. It's hard to 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:49.440 gage that because um I won't I won't lie. I 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.400 did think about Kyle Orton when he when he signed, 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.040 because I just thought, you know, that was interesting too, 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:56.880 when Kyle Orton signed a few years ago as the 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.840 backup when he had seemingly some other options, and you wondered, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.720 you know, maybe he just doesn't want to do that. 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:04.960 It doesn't want to compete. He's just he's okay being 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.280 the backup. I don't know if that's the case with 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.160 Andy Dalton. I've never met him. I don't know anything 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.320 really about him other than what he was doing. And 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.480 since so one year deal probably just a chance to 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.480 come back, to come back to the Metroplex area, and 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:21.200 it's where he's from, and you know, maybe turn that 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.120 into something else. But I don't know. Maybe this was 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.400 this was a better situation for him, but where he 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.120 is mentally that he just wanted to be here. I've 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.280 been thinking about this a lot, and I don't know 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.960 it for sure, but I wonder how much COVID nineteen 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:38.560 played into this decision, because this is where Andy Dalton lives. 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:42.200 He owns a home here, he's here, he's been like 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.240 for years, he's been here in the off season, like 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.920 he is very familiar with the area. Obviously he went 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.480 to school at TCU, And I just wonder if you 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.320 look around at the options, and you know, if there 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:54.880 had been a place that wanted him to be their 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.080 clear cut starter, maybe you do that. But if you're 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:01.040 looking around and the best bet you have is we'll 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.960 give you a chance to compete, but you've got to 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:08.000 uproot your family too. And I'm just using I'll use 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:09.919 Seattle as an example. I don't need to know if 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.120 they offered him a spot, but You're like, well, am 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:14.879 I really going to try to move my family to 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:17.000 Seattle and figure out how to get the kids in 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.439 school and find a home and all this other stuff. 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.080 And there's a pandemic and nobody can go outside, and 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.320 that just sounds exhausting to me, And you think, you know, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.680 you look at the offer on the table and you say, oh, 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.400 I can take one year deal where I already live, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.560 where I don't have to do any of that, and 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:37.720 I can reassess the situation next year when everything's fine, 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.480 and you know, maybe I get a chance to play 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:42.560 and improve my stock, or at the very least, you know, 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:46.479 I'll kind of get to polish my image being with 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.040 a more successful franchise. I just you know, I wouldn't 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:50.760 be surprised if that was a big part of the 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:56.960 thought process. He did mention on the Adam Schepter podcast 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.680 that he did have several options and he chose the 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.240 cow Boys. Um, And I think I think that's part 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:03.920 of it, Dave. I do, I really do believe that 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.440 part of that is right now. I think there are 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:08.520 probably now he's probably not the only player in the 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.880 NFL that, because of the limited travel and that sort 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.520 of thing, that they just they're making decisions that are 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.639 somewhat short term to give them their best opportunity for 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.280 right now, knowing that, uh, you know, you're just trying 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:21.880 to see where you can fit in for this year 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.320 and then with the hopes that next year they're a 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.800 little bit more, uh, they're a little bit more opportunity, 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.960 more opportunities to travel, opportunities to get out a little 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.080 bit more and kind of see what your options are, 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.359 um and then make a better long term decision. At 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.800 that point, he did also mention that there was some 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:39.399 value to him in coming to UH to play with 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:41.479 a coach like McCarthy who has had so much success 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.960 with quarterbacks, because that that ultimately can maybe help him 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:47.000 be a little bit better at what he's doing and 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:53.560 how he's preparing as a quarterback. And I mean, oh sorry, 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:57.040 just I mean, thirty two is not old for an 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.760 NFL quarterback. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if he 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:05.120 can turn this into one more meaningful contract. Teddy Bridgewater 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:08.280 situations a little bit different because he had that gnarly injury, 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.840 but he wound up in New Orleans and got a 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:15.679 nice deal to be their backup after sitting there for 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.680 a year, like they paid him pretty handsomely to not play, 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.399 and then he gets a chance to play five games 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:23.919 last year, you know, Suven in for Drew Breese and 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.080 turned that into a huge contract to be a starter. 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:30.439 So there's no telling what could come out of this 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:34.280 for Andy Dalton just being here for one year. Well, 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.840 Amber you mentioned it a little earlier. There have been 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.080 there's been talk up there and lots of people talking 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.159 about it one way or the other on whether this 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:45.000 really affects negotiations with Dak Prescott on a long term deal. 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.359 I'll ask you guys that question. Nicholas, start with you, 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:50.480 do you think that the signing of Andy Dalton effects 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:53.600 or allows the Cowboys a little more leverage when they're 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:58.560 negotiating with Dak Prescott. I don't think it allows any leverage. 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:03.560 I just think gives them a veteran that if Dak 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:06.680 isn't going to participate in some of the off season things, 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:08.960 or maybe it's gonna take longer for him to get 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:11.120 in there, they have just more of an option. But 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:13.159 you know, also, I think the biggest part of this 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:16.240 whole thing is just the fact that it's philosophy changes 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:19.879 it's just the quarterback. I mean, it's a backup quarterback 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:24.480 that McCarthy wanted. This guy drafted it, you know. I 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:27.320 mean they didn't draft or he drafted Aaron Rodgers or 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:30.520 cut Brett Farve when he had Aaron Rodgers, and you know, 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.640 they were drafting quarterbacks all the time. He views quarterbacks 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.240 differently than what we've seen before. So I just think 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:38.160 it's it's all about that. I don't think it changes 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:40.199 the leverage and the Cowboys trying to sign him. They 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:42.160 know what they want to pay. They just don't want 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:44.720 to pay Dak to be the highest paid quarterback in 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:46.840 the NFL right now. They don't think he's deserved it, 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:54.600 and I don't either. I can't imagine how this gives 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:58.800 the Cowboys a substantial amount of leverage. I mean, if 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.439 if they think that having Andy Dalton allows them to 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:05.399