WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Favorite Pick? 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:09.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:21.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.600 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.920 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:35.280 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:41.599 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:46.479 It is Wednesday, May fifth, twenty twenty one, Season sixteen, 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:49.360 Episode number one, O eight. Welcome to the latest edition 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.600 of The Break. We are presented by Geico. We're in 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:55.360 the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Got Nick David 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.320 Amber with me. We're talking Cowboys Draft. We're gonna break 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:00.640 down everything that we saw happen last week. He enter 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.480 in the NFL Draft. Cowboys had lots of selections. We're 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:04.960 going to tell you how they were going to fit 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.360 into this team. Before we do that, though, we need 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.960 to catch up on a little news. I want to 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:15.200 start first with Layton vander Esh Cowboys decided Monday that 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.640 they were not going to that they were going to 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.000 decline to take his fifth year option. My question for you, 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.800 guys is what are the advantages and disadvantages of the 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:28.399 Cowboys making this decision. Let's start with you, Nick. Well, 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.200 the advantages are that they don't have to set the 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:37.840 floor of his contract negotiations at nine million per season, 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.800 because that's sort of what happens when you do like 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.520 the Let's say like when Dak and d Law they 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.240 got the franchise tag and then even though they wanted 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:46.840 to do a long term deal, it's like, all right, 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:50.279 well this is you know, franchise tag for twenty million 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:52.400 or for d Law. So this is where it needs 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:54.840 to start. And so I think if you're doing negotiations, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.280 if you did that, I believe that you'd have to 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.640 kind of started at nine million. So you don't have 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:01.000 to do I don't think it means that they're not 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:02.480 going to keep him on the team or they're going 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.440 to try to make him, but they don't have to 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.760 be guaranteed nine million I think for next year. Yeah, 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:09.720 it just I mean the advantage is that they're not 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.639 on the hook. And in addition to what Nick just said, 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:14.080 they're not on the hook to pay that. I mean, 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:18.280 if you GIF, you if you guarantee the option, you're 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:20.760 paying that in twenty twenty two, no matter what happens. 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:22.919 So I mean if he and you know, God forbid 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.040 knock on wood, but if he tores acl week two 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.960 of this season, that, I mean, that's still something that 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:29.760 you got to deal with. So it it gives you 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:34.760 financial flexibility and the freedom to make that decision in 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.360 the future, as opposed to committing long term, which typically 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:42.040 when you guarantee the option, it's almost like ceremonial because 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.320 you're like, we will have a long term deal worked 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.200 out before you even start on that fifth year option. 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.920 Buy and large so just gives you flexibility. Does that 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.160 also mean that they are okay with the idea of 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.600 not having him, because when you do this, that means 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.119 that he will become he has the ability to become 0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.720 a free agency If he doesn't want a free agent, 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:01.400 if he doesn't want to accept whatever deal you put 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.160 in front of him, he can walk. And does that 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.360 signal that the Cowboys are like, well, we're kind of 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.440 okay with that if it gets to that point. I 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.720 think that it was evident in the draft. I mean, 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.840 I think I think that because of the draft, I 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:16.440 think they became okay with that more so than they were, 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:18.840 you know, earlier in the week. I mean, they didn't 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.880 know how the draft was going to go, but you know, 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.080 they got a couple of guys that probably changed their 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.680 opinion Abody and they said it has no no weight 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.440 on that. But I don't know. I don't believe that. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.280 I mean, I don't think you can you can draft 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.120 those two guys and say, well, it didn't affect the 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.960 decision of Layton Vanderscher. I think it did. I absolutely 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.480 think it did. And I mean Layton and Jalen. I think, 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.720 you know, getting obviously Michael Parsons and then Jabril Cox, 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.520 who most people agree fell a little bit is more 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.920 talented than his draft slot suggests. I think it gives 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:51.280 them the flexibility to make decisions on both of those guys. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:55.120 And I love that. I love not being painted into 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.160 a corner at any position on the depth chart. And 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.280 I think that's exactly what they achieved. And you think 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.200 that was the right decision Cowboys decide not deciding not 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.800 to take the fifth year option. Absolutely, I mean, how 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.240 can you with someone that has been hurt as much 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.560 as he has. I think that you shouldn't take that 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.160 kind of rushed chance. Even though they're saying that they're 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.760 still interested in the long term deal, which is kind 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:20.040 of what you have to say. I mean, you don't 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:21.920 want to let the player know that you're kind of 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.080 done with them and don't care about them anymore. But 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.880 I just I think they thought it very well and 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.880 it was a smart move not to do it, especially 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:36.239 after the deal that you had made with Jayleen Smith 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.760 and the way he performed last year, and we talked 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.400 about him all the time. But I don't know if 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.200 I don't really don't know how the Cowboys truly feel 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:51.159 about signing or extending Jaylen Smith contract and seeing the 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:54.840 way that he's been performing since. So I think they 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.440 thought it through very well and it was a good decision. Yeah, 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.200 I think there will be a lot of things that 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.520 will be decisions the Cowboys will have to make it 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.960 the linebacker position over the next couple of years, because 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.400 at this point, I don't think that after this year, 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.040 I don't think Jalen's contract is one they couldn't get 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:13.240 rid of if they chose to do that, obviously, LV 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.719 would be a free agent at that point. They've got 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.440 two young guys they just drafted that are on rookie deal, 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.080 so you're not paying a ton of money relatively speaking, 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.200 for those guys. So Cowboys have a lot of decisions 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.159 to make a linebacker, and we'll see how that plays 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.560 out for them. Let's talk about the draft. Let's dive 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.000 in a little bit more to that, and I first 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:32.840 want to start just kind of big picture. I want 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.680 each you guys are gonna go round the table, and 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.760 I want you to tell me your biggest like from 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:39.520 the draft, the thing you like the most of the 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.479 Cowboys did during the draft. Let's start first with you, Dave. 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:48.039 The thing that I liked the most is probably they 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:52.320 ensured themselves in this linebacker conversation. And you know, I'm 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.240 not shy or reluctant to say Michael Parsons is not 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.520 who I would have drafted, even after trading back. That's okay, 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.400 He's a hell of a talented player. Again, you know, 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.640 I've said this a few times. I wonder, and they 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.240 certainly don't regret drafting Mica, but if they had known 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.920 that they could have gotten Jabril Cox later, I wonder 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:11.960 if it would have affected what they did. And obviously 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.000 there's no way to know that, but it's interesting. But 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.039 two great players, two guys who bolstered the depth chart 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.560 right away. And again I love the flexibility. You're not 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.080 married to Layton Vanders, You're not married to Jalen Smith. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:24.800 There's a lot of fun stuff you can do with 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.880 both of those guys. Cox's big attribute as his ability 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.760 and coverage, which is something this team hasn't had from 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.599 a linebacker recently. And Parsons, I mean, what can't you 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.359 do with him? I mean he can rush the passer, 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.160 he can blitz, he's athletic enough to drop in coverage. 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.640 So I just you know, linebacker is a strength again, 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.960 which it hasn't been in a couple of years. So 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.880 I definitely liked that a lot. I mean, the Parsons 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.880 pick is I don't have a problem with it, but 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.359 adding Jabril Cox on top of that, I thought was 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:55.120 was really great. I'll costume one thing. We think it's 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.880 a strength because we also thought, well two years ago, 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.240 I gotta get on the teen. Well that the things 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.800 I know I'm saying. After we finished twenty and eighteen, 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.680 we thought the linebacker corps was as good as as 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.880 any other position on the team, and we found out 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.160 later not so much. So that's something first to keep 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:16.360 an eye on. Amber Well, to me, it was defense, 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.040 the fact that most of it was defense. I was 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.200 very pleased. Although most of these guys I had no 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.920 idea who they were to be honest, Like, after the 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.520 first pick, I'm like, okay, who is this guy? No idea, 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.400 but get to learn about them a little bit more. Um, 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:36.120 what same for you? Names that I feel like I've 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.680 never heard, not heard of one of the players after 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:42.240 the first round. You didn't hear about Cox, not not 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:46.560 until little couple of days before. Not in though the process. No, No, 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.480 I should have you picked off Arkansas in the middle 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.080 of the game and almost scored. I wasn't watching that 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.280 about to say you should have known? Not right, Yellen, 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.360 I'm sure so I didn't hearing the name. You're probably 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:03.000 throwing stuff. You didn't miss my remote thrower. Sorry ahead. Anyways, 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:10.120 Despite all that, I think that, um, the fact that 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.560 with eleven guys and most of them being defensive players, 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:19.280 you have a higher chance of hitting some right, you know, 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.280 getting some players that will turn out okay, because we 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.800 the previous weeks, you know, we went through the past 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.080 drafts and we looked at these talents and how they 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:29.720 turned out over the years. I think that with the 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.880 amount of players on the defensive side, of the ball. 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.600 Now you have a bigger chance or higher chance for 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.679 you to get a couple that will turn out all right. 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.920 So I'm feeling good. Don't know many of them, but 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.400 I'm hoping that a couple of them will turn out 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:46.640 all right and will actually help this defense. Biggest light 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:53.440 nick um, biggest like the I like the fact that 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.280 when you look at the themes. Okay, there's four themes 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.320 that I could come up with. Number one, a lot 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:01.600 of defense. Defense was the theme of it. Number two, 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:08.360 big players, I mean, big quarterbacks, big run stoppers, big linebacker, um, 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:12.600 you know, big safety, just bigger players. Receivers, huge too, 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:16.040 I mean, so just size. A third theme is that, um, 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.720 you better know how to pronounce these guys because they're 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.320 not easy, you know. And the fourth one, not looking 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:25.160 forward to that part, yeah, is um, you know, they 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.600 they got some they got some issues, some of them 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.679 got some got some history to them, you know, and 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.800 a lot of them have some have confidence walking in 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.960 the door. I don't know how many comparisons we saved. Well, 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:37.320 I'm going to be the best of this, and I'm 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.440 gonna be the best or I'm a better Richard Sherman, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.480 You're like, wow, So confidence is not something that's that's 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.840 really lacking here. So there's a lot of themes. I 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:46.640 like them all, but I like the fact that they 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.480 size was a big issue here and they look like 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.760 they addressed it. Okay, so let's flip it. Biggest dislike Dave, 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.400 I just kind of what Nick just touched on. I 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.840 said this over the weekend, and I still think it. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.520 I think this is the draft with the most boomer 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.960 bust potential that I have ever covered. I think two 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.800 or three years from now, we could look back and say, 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.400 holy crap, this was amazing. Look at you know, they 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:16.880 found like two Pro bowlers and four really quality starters contributors. 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:18.400 I think we could also look back in two or 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.240 three years and be like, yep, that's why they suck, 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.800 because this draft class did not I mean, they all 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:27.240 washed out and like there's there's especially with the big picks. 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:31.080 There's a lot of concern um Mike, like the character 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.439 issues with Mica. From everything I've heard, they don't they 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.640 don't concern me that much. I actually me and Kelsey 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.760 Charles interviewed his defensive coordinator at Penn State yesterday and 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.800 was very encouraged by what I hear heard, So that'll 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.680 be on the site later this week. Um, but like 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.280 he's he's so raw, he's he's he has he hasn't 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.120 turned twenty two yet, he hasn't played in a year. 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.680 He's only played linebacker for two years, by the way, 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.600 So there's the potential that he's only scratching the surface. 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.800 There's also the potential that this is going to be 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:01.760 a heck of an adjustment for him. Like it's hard 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.880 to say Kelvin Joseph again, you know, everything I've heard 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:07.480 is that he's he's not like a bad guy like 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:09.920 you hear a character concerns. I don't get the impression 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.719 that he's a bad person. And I've you know, I've 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.720 talked to people at ls A difference. Yeah, absolutely, I've 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:17.640 talked to people at LSU about this. Like I heard 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.360 rave reviews about like his work, ethic and his character. 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.559 But you talk about like how focused are you can, 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:27.320 like can you handle being a professional football player and 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.640 dedicating what you need to dedicate to being good at football? 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.960 Because he's got a rap career. He was suspended from 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.160 LSU's bowl game a couple of years ago, So there's 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.200 there's history that suggests that keeping him on the straight 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:41.880 and narrow could be a bit of a challenge. And 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.040 then obviously Josh Ball being a big one as well. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.440 Sorry all of them, We're gonna go through all the 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:50.120 picks he has. Think I think I think he's talking 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.600 about the three that have the issues with that being 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.160 the weakness of for him of this draft. Okay, yeah, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.320 I mean, and so Josh Ball being the last one, 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:00.080 which those are some really serious allegations eleven to for 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.839 an allegations of domestic violence. That's not what you want 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:07.160 to hear. So if all of these guys are ready 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:10.160 to go and ready to embrace professionalism and all that stuff, 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.200 it could be really great. If they're not, then it 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.280 could lead to some problems. I will say. It seems 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.920 like they drafted some really high character guys as well. 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.400 I encourage anybody that hasn't done it to go read 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:24.040 about um Osa Diggi Zooa's openness with mental health and 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.320 what he's gone through with his family. Really fascinating. John 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.520 cy Golston high character guy. His coaches at IOWA loved him, 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.720 and Jabril Cox as well. So done rambling now, but 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:37.200 it's there's concerns there that we're not used to seeing. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.040 You know, they drafted Randy Gregory, They've done this at times, 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.720 but to take three big swings in one draft, it'll 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:47.880 be interesting to see how it pans out. Camper. I 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.800 mean to pig it back on that, because dislike for 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:54.280 me of this draft overall, just basically what I said 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.760 to begin with, the fact that these were guys that 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.720 I didn't know much about, and maybe that's on me. 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.040 To hear people like Nick say anything either, it makes 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:07.120 me feel better, you know. But aside from that, once 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.480 you start knowing about these guys and you hear the 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:13.880 things that they've just mentioned, and you're like, Okay, I'm 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.199 not one to judge, and I don't know much about 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.800 them just yet. I don't know enough to form an opinion. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:20.840 But the fact that all of that is out there, 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.320 it's like, Okay, do we seriously always need to get 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.520 someone that has some kind of like baggage with them? 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.920 And we don't know again, how that's all gonna pan out. 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.720 But after last year and seeing and I wasn't in 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.360 the locker room, but I feel like the past two 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.200 years kind of the dynamic and everyone kind of clicking 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.000 together and just no drama and everything just kind of 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.560 seems to be working out, and it appears to be 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:49.520 working out. As far as the people within that locker room, 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.720 it makes me wonder. I'm like, are we gonna go 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:56.760 through one of those years again where you have someone 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.760 that doesn't quite fit in? For example, tackle Charlton that 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.520 you know, he didn't have all that stuff um on 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.480 his back. But as far as like fitting in within 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:10.000 the group, that does concern me. It does concern me 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:14.600 whether someone will get um suspended during the season. We 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.760 don't need any of that happening again, especially on the 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.320 defensive side of the ball, which seems to be always 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:24.080 the area where a player gets suspended. But other than that, 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:25.680 are they going to fit in? Are they going to 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.520 fit in with the group and everybody else in there? 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:32.120 So that's my biggest uh. I would say, dislike as 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.920 of right now, all right, didn't like the second round pick, 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.320 So that's I just I don't think that's a we'll see. 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:41.240 I don't think it's a good pick. Um you need 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.720 the corner to come in and play. And I understand 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.320 that they took the best talented guy that they had, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.560 but um, you know if you're just talking about a dislike. 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.360 I mean, I was really hoping the Raiders did not 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:55.640 take Mariga in there right before, because I think that 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.240 broke the tie. It was. It was a fifty fifty 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.360 right there, and I think, and maybe maybe we're gonna 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.680 take the cornerback anyways, But he just doesn't seem like 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.840 he's committed, fully committed, fully committed to playing football. That 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:09.800 is what it seems like. I could be wrong. They 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:11.920 do their homework, They do their homework way more than 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.840 we do, so um, but I don't know. I don't 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.440 I don't love the pick because I think you're counting 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.360 on him so much and there's two SEC teams that 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:24.120 couldn't count on him. So you answered the second part 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:25.560 of my next question. I want you to to answer the 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.480 first your favorite pick and then your least favorite pick. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:34.320 Obviously was Kelty Kentucky, Kentucky, you got your big boy, Yeah, 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.320 And I think I think, I really think sixth rounds, 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.200 you can say, well, how much is he going to contribute? 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:41.960 First of all six rounders on this team the last 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.520 few years, there's always one that seems to make us 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.040 to stick. But I think that he's gonna have a 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.880 role because who else looks like him, who else can 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:51.960 do what he does, and they had a higher grade 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.640 on him, So you know, I don't know. I mean, 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.680 there's not many six round picks that the defensive coordinator 0:15:57.680 --> 0:15:59.600 actually talks about him in the press conference of where 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:01.640 they're gonna play. So I I like the Bohanna pick. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.880 I'm you know, And if I'm wrong about Joseph, that 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:07.840 that's great. I mean, I just think they need to 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.000 count on him so much and he's gonna have to 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:14.200 mature and maybe, you know, maybe he will, maybe being 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.240 here and the Cowboys can kind of help with that, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.200 so we'll see. But I mean, that's if you're just 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.320 gonna say which one, and I would say that that one. 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:25.640 That's why my favorite one was Bohanna. All right, I 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:27.400 promise it has nothing to do with where I went 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.440 to school. But I just think you're bro. No, it 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:31.680 really doesn't, you know, But LETNNA tell you why it does. 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.080 The reason why it does because you've watched him so much, 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.120 so you know what you love about it, right, that's 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.400 the irony. I mean, I watched him all last year, 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:39.920 but that was the only year he was there. Like 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.240 this isn't a guy that I've followed since he was eighteen. 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.240 I just think he he's a hell of a football player. 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.240 He's a high character guy. He literally we talked about 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.920 him on this show. We did, and I love his stories. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.280 He literally was like North Dakota State's not hard enough 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.080 for me. I want to go to the SEC and 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.040 he bawled out. He was the only good thing about 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:03.160 LSU's team last year. And I again, I don't know 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.240 this for sure, but I wonder because I think I 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.840 bet they started talking about him. No, I know they 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.679 did in the third round, like pick seventy five. They 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.000 were like he was in the conversation from then on, 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.840 and I wonder if they had known that they could 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.600 have gotten him on Day two for sure. Maybe they 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.800 draft Rushans later. I don't know that. Maybe they still 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.159 draft Michael Parsons, and that's fine, but it's interesting to 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.680 think about. He can cover and that's what you need 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.119 in a linebacker in the modern NFL. Again, like not 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:34.960 worried about his focus or his commitment or any of 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.960 that stuff. And they got him at pick one fifteen. 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.280 So that's a great value, just awesome value. This, Like 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:44.520 I don't know I'm not here to judge the guy. 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:46.640 He wasn't charged with the crime, but the Josh Ball 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.840 stuff like he just you don't want to have to 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.320 think about stuff like that perfectly, Like you don't want 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.840 to have to say this, what's what's this guy doing 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:55.760 when he goes home? I don't know? And again again 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.600 was not charged with the crime. Not my place, but 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.520 it just kind of makes you feel icky a little 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.679 bit when you hear stuff like that. I really do. 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.920 And we'll throw in, you know, the draft nerds, the 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.119 Nishan Right one. It's funny because I feel like people 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:13.479 are going to judge this draft more on Nishan Right 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.680 than Michael Parsons, because like everybody is like, well, Michael 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:18.760 Parsons is the most talented defender in this class, like 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.600 you got you gotta draft him, and if it doesn't 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:24.000 work out, that's just the draft. But Nishan Right, the 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.879 Cowboys are much higher on this guy than seemingly everybody else. 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.760 And that doesn't mean they're wrong, but it is going 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.040 to make that really interesting as we see how his 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.000 career unfolds. And it does also make an interesting point 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:38.640 of where could you have gotten him? If everybody else 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.520 but that's hard this year, unlike every other year. Usually 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.040 your scouts are out and they're running into other scouts 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.480 as they're on the road, so they're kind of getting 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:49.840 an idea of what teams stink of players they didn't 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:52.360 have that this year. Will talked about that on Saturday 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.960 Night Will McClay and I love it because he's right. 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:56.840 And it's the same thing like if you go back 0:18:56.840 --> 0:19:00.480 and listen to our draft coverage, you know, Day Brugler 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.840 does more work on the draft than anybody. I respect 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.360 him implicitly. He had I think he had a six 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:08.399 seventh round grade on right. But the minute an NFL 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.840 team drafts a guy in the third round, you start thinking, like, shoot, 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.080 like did I miss something? Did they miss something? And 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.879 all of a sudden, you're second guessing yourself. Again respect 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.280 a lot of other people that do this for a 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:22.440 living as well. But then they go home and watch 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:25.680 rite and they're like, oh yeah, like I can sort 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:27.760 of see it like maybe like a fourth round, and like, 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:29.200 all of a sudden, the fact that a team was 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.399 willing to draft him ninety nine. It just it affects 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:34.359 your opinion. It just does. And so I'll be fascinated 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.760 to see, you know, not having that think that that 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:40.359 group think where you know, scouts go out on the 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:42.680 road and they watch the workout and the guy from 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:44.760 the Cardinals is like, this guy as a baller, and 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:46.720