WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Sounding Off 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.640 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:18.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:22.560 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:26.880 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:31.240 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:38.559 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, Ambar Garcia, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.919 It is Tusy November seventeenth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.960 number sixty five. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.760 I'm live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.479 Star got Nick David Amber joining me today and we're 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.360 gonna turn the show over over to Amber here in 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:57.600 just a little bit. We're gonna do some fan questions. 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.440 We don't get to fan questions often enough, so we 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.840 decided we're going to turn over the almost most of 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.280 the show today to you guys and let you guys 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.479 get some questions in and we'll answer as many as 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.920 we can and hear what you guys think is important 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.920 to discuss. We do have a few news items, a 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.200 few topics we want to hit before we get to that. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.919 Though yesterday we find out that Andy Dalton and Cheeto 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:26.399 a Woozier. Both we're back at practice. According to coach McCarthy, 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:29.839 the expectation is at this point that they will both 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.480 play this weekend. First, starting with Andy, do you expect 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:37.240 to see the offense playing better than it playning even 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.480 better than it did versus Pittsburgh with Andy back, Nick, 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:45.240 let's start with you. Yeah, I think I expect that. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.760 I think the Cowboys expect that or they would have, 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:51.040 you know, gone to Gilbert. I think that they feel 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.320 like a little bit better quarterback play would have won 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.360 that game. I'm sure it would have won the Eagles 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.240 game as well, and so, you know, as as good 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:03.720 as Hilbert played, based off our expectations, I think that, 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.640 you know, it could have been way better obviously, And 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.880 I think that they're just hoping that Dalton, with a 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.679 couple of weeks off here, maybe he's fully healthy now 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.200 and he can convert some of those field goals into touchdowns. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.359 So yeah, I would I would think that he could 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:23.520 be a little bit better amber I think, so there's 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:28.000 a possibility of that, but there's just something that I 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.560 feel that it just doesn't work with Andy Dalton, and 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.120 I think obviously he has all the experience. He's a 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.520 proven guy. You've seen him do it. You know he 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.400 can do it. But at the same time, for some reason, 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:43.360 and this is just me, I just feel that he 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.680 just doesn't quite fit in with the guys in the offense. 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.480 I just feel like there is a lack of connection 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:54.360 there and unity in a way. And there's nothing necessarily 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:58.560 to back this up. It's merely based on the interviews 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.640 that I've watched the guys when they go up there 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.399 and try to talk to the media. Just the way 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:09.400 I've heard certain players express themselves about Andy Dalton makes 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:13.400 me feel like there's a lack of unity there and 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.800 a lack of connection. And not to say there's nothing 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.520 bad and like it's nothing bad against him whatsoever or 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.320 his skills, but to me, personally, I just feel that 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:30.359 Gary Gilbert fits in better and therefore maybe that's the 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:34.640 reason why we saw the offense perform differently than what 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.800 we saw with Andy Dalton, even though Andy Dalton have 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:43.480 had a very limited time on the field. Dave, those 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:48.440 Andy is Andy quotes really bothered you. Huh, what'd you 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:52.520 say that that was the only thing coming out when 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:56.000 Andy Dalton was the starting quarterback was Andy's Andy. He 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:58.640 looks the same as he always does, and if you're 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:03.480 not wrong, it was very boring. But I'm I lean 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:07.119 toward thinking Andy Dalton's going to be a pretty drastic improvement, honestly, 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:11.920 And I'm I'm banking mainly on the fact that Zack 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.920 Martin basically was out for both of his starts. He 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.840 went down actually in that Arizona game and missed the 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.000 Washington game. I think having him there can stabilize that 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.039 offensive line. And yeah, like I think he's the better quarterback. 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.279 I'll be surprised if he doesn't play significantly better than 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:32.159 he did against the Cardinals and Washington. Yeah, I think 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:35.440 that'll be the interesting thing. I'm cautiously optimistic, is the 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.719 way I would put it, because I do think that 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:39.919 what I saw from the offense last week was different 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.440 than what I've seen since Dak has been out. So 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:44.560 what I don't know is, like you say, Dave, I 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.479 don't know if that's because Zack Martin was out and 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.839 now Zack's back and the offensive line was better because 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.479 of that, or was the offensive line better because the 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.159 quarterback got rid of the ball quicker and was being 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.680 more decisive with his decisions getting the ball out right. 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.840 So that's where I really don't know, and I think 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:01.719 that'll be an interesting thing to keep an eye on 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.320 this week, as everything points to the fact that Andy 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.159 Dalton will be your starter and presumably play the entire game. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.839 Let's look at the defensive side of the ball. Cheeto's 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:14.279 coming back. You've lost Treyvon Diggs. Do you expect the 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.640 defense to be better, worse, or the same with basically 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:20.320 swapping out Cheeto for Treyvon Dick. Let's start with you, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:25.680 Dave the same. I think you're you're swapping out one 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.400 solid corner who occasionally gets beaten for another solid corner 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.760 who occasionally gets beaten. I think if you had them both, 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:36.160 you would probably feel pretty good, but you don't. So 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.960 it's you know, it's Cheeto on one side, and then 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.000 you piece it together with everybody else as you go. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.360 So I would guess it's gonna look fairly similar, which 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:50.120 is to say, okay, all right, Nick, Yeah, I mean 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:51.840 I agree with that. I mean you'd like to have 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.920 them both because I think they would be your two 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.560 best cornerbacks, especially the two best on the outside. But 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:01.760 you know, Cheeto will well should be it should be 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.719 well rested. He also should should you know, be aware 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:09.080 of certain things, certain looks. Um And you know Minnesota 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.640 they have some some good receivers. They got a good, 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:14.960 you know, young rookie that I know Dave knows all about. 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:18.320 But also you know, Adam Feelin's a really good route runner, 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:20.800 really good player, good pass catcher. So you know, you 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.480 just you'd like to have it both probably from an 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.520 awareness standpoint, I mean, you get more with Cheeto, but 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.480 you know, Diggs is a better playmaker. And he's got 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:34.119 two interceptions and I think Cheeto has four for his career. 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:37.719 So for his career, yeah, So I mean it's it's 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.000 you know, he gets about one a year, so um, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.279 and he's got his one. So I think it's probably 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:49.159 going to be about a washer unfortunately, Amber, I agree. 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:53.560 I think that we might get a similar look at 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:57.000 least in these first few games of him coming back. 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.120 I mean, he's missed a really long time. I mean 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.360 it feels like he's been out since wait to you 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.839 then he was out part of training camp because he 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.839 had suffered another injury at training camp. I forgot what 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.960 it was, but it was like maybe his knee or 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:13.600 something like that, and he was out for a little bit, 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.200 so he's missed a lot of time on the football field. 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.760 So I have a feeling that it might take him 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.000 a little while for him to kind of get back 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:27.239 on the track and get back to football shape. Although 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.400 they're not gonna put him out there on the field 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.840 and in real game if it's not ready. But at 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.080 the same time, I think it's gonna take him a 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.640 couple of games to kind of go back to him 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:40.280 full like being him full self on the field. All right, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.640 let's move to another topic. And I'm gonna ask you 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.640 guys to put on your GM hats a little bit here. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.040 DeAndre Baker's a guy that's been in the news here recently. 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.080 He was a guy that was on the New York Giants. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.720 He's drafted by the New York Giants. He was charged 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.040 with armed robbery, and over the last day or two 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.640 those charges were all dropped. At the time when he 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.440 was first charged, the Giants decided to cut him. So 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.160 he is a free agent. He's sitting out there was 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.760 a guess ball accounts and Dave, I'll ask you, since 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.040 you do the draft show, give me a scout report 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.640 on what you guys thought of this guy coming into 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:18.840 the NFL. From what I remember, DeAndre Baker, he's a 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:22.720 pure like classic man corner. You know, Georgia used to 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.160 put him out on an island. He was an elite 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:28.120 college player. I don't think he gave up a passing 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.960 touchdown during either of his seasons as a starter. Wow, 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:36.280 average athleticism, Like he's not a freaky athlete, but he 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:40.520 was just a sticky man corner. Giants drafted him thirtieth. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.560 He was one of three first round picks they made 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:47.880 that year. And the big thing that I remember being 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.360 a knock, which is interesting because of what's happened with 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.560 him over the last six months, is his off field 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.480 demeanor got a lot of bad mark People questioning how 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.800 much he liked football, people questioning his attitude. I think 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.400 I remember a report last season that he fell asleep 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:06.480 during a meeting, that type of stuff. So, I mean, 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.600 you know, you talk about any leap cover corner who 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.360 played at a program like Georgia, you would think he 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.440 would be not higher than thirtieth overall. So that probably 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:19.640 contributed to it a little bit. And I you know, 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.040 just he had a really rough rookie season, like even 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.360 by rookie cornerback standards. He got picked on a lot 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.400 last year, So that's kind of the thumbnail, I guess. 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.000 With that all being said and understanding where this team 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.360 is with regards to cornerbacks, we've talked a lot about 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.960 the fact that they're gonna be losing some cornerbacks presumably 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.080 or could lose some cornerbacks this offseason with free agency 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.360 coming up, would you, if you were the Cowboys GM, 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.760 make the decision to give this a shot, if you 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.000 had an opportunity to go in and get this guy. Nick, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.840 let's start with you. Well, if I was the Cowboys GM, 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.120 I would be Jerry. And if I'm Jerry, I go 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.000 and look at it. I mean, Jerry does this is 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.560 what This is the type of thing that Jerry always does. 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.760 You're trying to steal players. You're trying to steal talent. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.000 They've done it since, you know, since the moment he 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.600 got here. If Charles Haley had a little bit of 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:09.320 talent left and he could get him for cheap, let's 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.960 bring him in. And it doesn't always work out, Demetrius Underwood, 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.920 Alonzo Spellman, it doesn't work out all the time. Greg Hardy, 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.840 I mean, but he's trying to steal talent, and so 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:21.400 he's gonna look at it. I think I think you 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.440 have to. I think they look at the situation, they 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.000 see is it worth the headache? And it sounds like 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.080 in the year it's been a headache enough for the 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.880 Giants to say, even without even knowing what's going on, 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.679 the Giants said we're out. So that means to me, 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.520 there's thirty one teams available to sign them. I doubt 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.600 that Giants will be one of them because he'll probably 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.560 won't want to resign them that they turned their back 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.240 on him before they knew all the information. But but 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.720 but they might have known enough to say no thanks. 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.600 But Jerry will look into it. Doesn't mean he'll sign them, 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.920 doesn't mean that they'll they'll get them, but they will 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:54.160 always try to get acquired talent like this Amber, would 0:10:54.160 --> 0:11:00.280 you kick the tires. That's a tough one because I say, 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.360 you always want to get talent, especially at an area 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.320 of need on your team. But at the same time, 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:11.600 I'm someone who doesn't want to deal with behavioral issues 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.600 and problems outside the field, so I don't want to 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.760 bring that into the locker room or anything like that, 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:20.640 and to me, hearing what the head coach from the 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.880 Giants said and the fact that they're like, you know, 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.480 we made the decision that this is what's better for 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.680 our team not to have him on there, to me, 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.320 that says a lot because those people know you a 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.240 lot better than other teams do, and people from the outside, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.400 and we know we've seen it. I mean, Nick was 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.920 talking about Jerry Jones, and we've seen it with Jerry 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:42.520 Jones when it comes to certain players, for example, Randy Gregory, 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.400 very very very different story. But when you have guys 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:51.520 that you have their backs and you want to root 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.320 for them and all that, it just to me says 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.720 a lot that the fact that the Giants decided to 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.960 turn their backs and say by so I would say 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.240 I'll pass on that, Dave. I just want to point 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.439 two more players real quick though, two more players and 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.320 Dave might even mention this, but that are on the 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.160 roster right now. Jordan Lewis and Lyle Collins, both of 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:14.800 those guys. The Cowboys did their homework. They said, all right, 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.120 we see what's in the news, we see what's been 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.880 reported and all this, but let's do our homework and 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.040 see and they brought both of them in and you know, 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.640 there hasn't been any issues there. So I'm not saying 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.199 this the same thing. Like Amber said, everything's different, but 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:30.559 I think the Cowboys will at least do their homework. 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.280 They have to, they'd be silly not to, and then 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:37.280 they'll make their judgment from there. I would also point 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.920 out that, you know, you can say the Giants turned 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:43.280 their back on and maybe they did, but the charges 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:47.160 that were alleged were pretty intense, like if you go 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:50.160 read the police report from over the summer, talking about 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.600 sticking guns and people's phases and all kinds of crazy stuff. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.920 So you know, it was the type of situation where 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.280 I don't blame a team for wanting to distance themselves 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.880 from that. You know, this isn't like cutting a guy 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:05.120 over a drug, you know, a marijuana arrest or something 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.680 like that, So I think that's a little bit different. 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.079 I don't really think there's a wrong answer to this, 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.559 like kick the tires on a first round talent, maybe 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:18.839 you steal something player like Nick said, or also if 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.400 you just feel like he's it's not worth risking, you know, 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.320 the influence in the room that I don't blame you 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.160 for that either. I lean toward thinking I'd give it 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.719 a look just because there's really no downside. You bring 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.320 him in for seven weeks, see what he can do. 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.000 If it goes great, that's great, and if it doesn't, 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:36.960 you can let him go. So yeah, I'd probably do 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:43.560 it just because I don't. Yeah. I The one thing 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:45.880 I'll say here is I look at the Giants and 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.480 that actually gives me pause what they did. And the 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.680 reason why is because if he's a young guy who 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:56.240 they drafted high, that they were willing to say at 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.280 that moment, without having all of the facts, or at 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:02.439 least all the facts that we know of, we're willing 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:04.600 to say, hey, we're just gonna part ways. It makes 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:09.520 me think that maybe his behavior before that corroborated that 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.880 story enough for them, right, they could see a scenario. 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.480 You know, sometimes you hear something that someone did and 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:18.079 you're like, uh, doesn't shock me, right, Or you hear 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.720 something someone didn't you're like, oh my god, really, I 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.280 think this might have fallen in the category maybe for 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.960 the Giants of doesn't shock me, And so in that situation, 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.160 they were like, he's not playing great on the field, 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.640 maybe his attitude isn't what we wanted to be. We're 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:35.320 not shocked by this. We make a move. That's the 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.240 kind of thing that would make me a little bit leary. 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.280 But as you mentioned, Nick, like the cowboys do this, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.880 this is what they do. They look at situations where 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.680 they can steal talent and get it on the cheap, 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:49.080 and and so I think they certainly should because that's 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.040 the way they proceed I think they should at least 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.440 take a look at this, do their due diligence, which 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.120 I'm sure they have people who can find out more 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.880 information about what really happened and find out, you know, 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.400 what this guy's really all about. And then if they 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.520 feel like they can bring him in without affecting the 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:06.480 locker room, if they think they can bring him in 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:10.080 and be a second chance for him where maybe if 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:12.120 his attitude wasn't great in the past, maybe they can 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.160 think it can get better, then do that because they 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.200 certainly could use the talent. We all know at the 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.040 cornerback position, they could definitely use a talent, So I 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.240 think it would be a good thing for them long term. 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:23.560 We're gonna go and take our first break and we 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.680 come back. We're gonna jumpupto Fan questions. We're gonna get 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:27.840 up to a lot of them, Amber Haasm all lined 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.520 up for us. 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It 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:54.800 is the second segment of The Break Will Life from 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.760 the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star. We're going to 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.520 spend the whole rest of the show taking questions from 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.040 you guys. We want to hear what you guys have 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:07.840 to think. Amber has questions lined up. Amber, what you got? Okay, 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.880 Now that I'm looking at the list of questions this question, 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:13.879 I probably should have given you guys the heads up 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.840 because I doubt you know this from the back of 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:20.439 your head. But yesterday, Derek, you brought up Jeff heath 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.960 and and what he's doing over there in Vegas when 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:28.119 you start looking at his contract compared to what the 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.840 Cowboys are losing in guarantees when they decided to cut Haha, 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:37.439 Clinton Dix, how does that compares. They're a big amount 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:40.600 of money in comparison to what they did with Clinton 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:44.040 Dix versus what they could have done with Jeff Heath 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:49.440 and trying to keep him here in Dallas. No, they're not. 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.359 I mean, they're not that different. I think Haha, Shoot, 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.160 I can pull it up. Haha signed for like one year, 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.480 three and a half with two and a half of 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:02.600 that guaranteed. Jeff if Heath signed a two year, six 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:06.280 million dollar deal. I think, Um, yeah, Haha signed a 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:08.640 four million dollar deal. Jeff Heath signed a two year, 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:12.440 six million dollar deal. So they're very similar. And when 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:17.160 when Heath left and Haha signed, people were like, this 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.000 is a wash or maybe even a downgrade, like at 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.080 this point in his career, Haha, Clinton Dix is not 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:26.520 definitively better than Jeff Heath. Um. I think that's I 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:29.520 think that's a difference between you know, a coaching staff. 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:31.960 You know, the guys that really loved and knew Jeff 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:35.040 Heath aren't here anymore, and the new coaching staff wanted 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:36.880 somebody that they were more familiar with, or they thought 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:41.480 it was a better fit. I'm trying to hear people 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.840 act like letting Jeff Heath go was this stupid decision 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:48.200 based on how many fans hated him while he was here. Though, 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.320 that's I mean, that's the that's the epitome of hindsight 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:55.879 is twenty twenty. Now. To follow that up, do you 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:59.640 guys think still think that it was a bad decision 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.639 from the Cowboys to have decided to cut Hicklington Dicks 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:06.280 before the start of the season and even giving him 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:10.600 a trying to having him on the field. Well, I mean, 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:13.920 when when you consider that they brought in Stephen Parker 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:16.520 up and up and down from the practice squad, and 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.600 I mean, I don't know, it's hard for us to 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:24.000 say how bad haha. It was apparently the coaches didn't 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:26.439 didn't like him at all, and and they'd let him go. 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:29.160 And I don't believe he's in the league anywhere, so 0:20:29.920 --> 0:20:32.600 you know, it's he must have been pretty bad. But 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:35.639 I mean, when you what you've seen out of Darien 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:39.240 Thompson and Stephen Parker and you think, well, I'd like 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:41.680 to thank for the veteran, it would click here at 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:45.280 some point, um. So I thought it was a little 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:47.600 bit early to do that, especially when you don't have 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.240 any backups that are playing well. Your starter next to 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:55.800 lager Woods isn't doing anything really, so I would have 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.800 probably kept him. But again, it's hard to say we 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:01.600 weren't watching a ton of practice to be able to 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:04.920 see what was happening and what wasn't happening. Yeah, I 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:10.000 will say I always thought it was Oh sorry, I 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:12.560 always I mean, Nick is right, we didn't get to 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:14.760 see a whole lot, But like I remember thinking it 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:18.320 was weird, haha. Was a starter for about the first 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:21.919 four days of practice, and then he was just buried 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:24.480 on the depth chart, And I was always like, I'm like, man, 0:21:25.320 --> 0:21:27.640 we sure haven't had a whole lot of training camp 0:21:27.640 --> 0:21:29.560 for y all toon just decide that this guy's not 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:32.440 worth a damn right off the bat, like it must 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:35.360