WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: The Perception Changed 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:05.160 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:06.800 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:10.039 Cowboys. 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.919 This is the Players Lounge, broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:23.440 World headquarters at the Star. Now your hosts Barry Church, Heckmaharrison, 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:26.840 De Montrey Moore, and Newie Scruggs. 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:33.440 Oh one more, Gain tele a friend. 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:37.479 It's the Players Lounge, spustored by Aristocrack Gaming. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.080 Welcome to the taj Mahall of Football. 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:41.080 I got my. 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:41.720 Boys with me. 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.839 Were gonna talk football, We're gonna talk to the draft. 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.120 We gonna check in. Welcome to the Players Lounge once 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:52.200 again at home of your Dallas Cowboys and man another 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:56.840 day to talk about this draft, to talk about all 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:01.080 the different movement around the NFL Dallas. Y'all know how 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.960 I do. I got my guys at the desk, former 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:07.720 Dallas Cowboy players. The truth is definitely in the boot. 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.840 But when I do a show, I always check in 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.160 on your mentals. That's the number one thing, you know, 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.960 because Hey, number one is I would never want to 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.679 leave here and know that I didn't address something that 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.240 I had an opportunity to address in my time with you. 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.280 So let me check in with you. Demo's start with you. 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:26.240 How are you? Brother? 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.600 Man, I'm making it man, making another day, another day, 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:30.959 just in the life and in the dream. 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:31.800 Man, it's your world. 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.600 Yeah it is. It is that. But that was shallow. 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:42.600 Give me something more than that. Dog, I'm a pinky 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.720 toe in there, man. 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.440 What he said? Hey, I can't complain, man, just out 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:49.720 here just trying to just trying to live, man, just 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:51.360 trying to enjoy the draft. 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:56.040 You know, I'm here with my brothers and. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.040 We locked in. Man, I already talked about some football. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:58.200 I'm checking. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.200 Man, like like the mind said, I can't complain. 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:04.760 You know, the weather's been a little shaky here and there, 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.240 but it's supposed to be warmer today. Your boys heading 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.520 over to the Barron Nelson to check out the pros. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.160 See how see how they do it when it comes 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:12.840 to the sticks. 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:17.640 But nobody got it. I got it? Ye what you said, 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:17.880 p G. 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:18.880 I said, you playing? 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:22.120 You know, you know, you know. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.359 The fam doing great, kids doing great, the excelling in 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.200 school sports and all that good stuff. 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.919 Wife doing her things. So I feel blessed. 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:31.040 Man. 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.000 I can't really can't really complain about much. 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:34.200 My boy. 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.560 You got you You're getting your your not your man? 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:43.880 What's your the bachelor? Come on, you already got it? 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:45.560 No, I do not. 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:51.600 May the graduates had to make sure I had. 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:53.480 That's huge, man, that's huge. 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:55.040 That's huge. Welcome to the twelve percent. 0:02:55.120 --> 0:03:00.920 Yes, indeed that's the brothers to have their degree yselves. 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:05.960 You're in the company. How you do. 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:07.880 You doing? Hey? 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:08.000 Boy? 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:09.280 They let me in a building one more. 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:21.720 Times and from the mahall of football. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.880 Talk about living a dream. I he's got this type 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:34.320 of energy. Yeah, got us don't know, but fellas it is, 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.000 we have to break down. We did all that talk 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.480 months in advance about the draft. We talked about with 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.880 the Cowboys needed we talked about all the holes that 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.800 needed to be filled. But now the players lounge finally 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.520 gets an opportunity to address how you felt about the draft. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:53.000 B C. You're the man that always said, man, it's 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:54.240 it's so many holes to feel. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:56.560 Where do we even get started with this? 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.080 But what was your What did you come away with 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.600 after that last pick for the draft of the draft 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.760 for the Dallas Cowboys? What did you come away with? 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.160 Grade wise? And you're feeling on how the front office did. 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.000 Man, I'm not gonna sit here, it's sugarcoated or lie 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:11.360 to you can't do that. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:12.000 Can't do that. 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.480 But I loved it, Man, loved it. 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.600 I loved what they were able to do in this draft, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.560 especially that first round pick, because we talked about it 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.720 pretty much the week's leading up to the draft, the 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.880 Trenches that was I feel like that was the consensus 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:27.840 around here. Like, you know, knew he of course wanted 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.120 to go with that wide receiver Arizona. 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:30.960 We'll talk about that week. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:35.840 Yeah, but the Trenches needed to dress offensively defensively. I 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.359 was like, man, we gotta get some players in there 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:42.240 that one could be. You know, they can go out 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.520 there and maybe be Day one start, especially on the 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.279 office side of the football. With that first round pick, 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.280 I believe he's going to be a Day one starter. 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:52.679 You're talking about a guy from Alabama who's known about 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.800 that championship pedigree, who knows how to win games. He 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.320 has that nasty dog mentality, all right, and I'm talking 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.240 about the guard that draft and I'm Tyler Booker. 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:02.599 I'm talking about Tyler Booker here. 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:06.120 Nasty dog mentality and you gotta have that in the 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:07.560 middle of that offensive line. 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:08.360 That's what we needed. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:08.680 All right. 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.479 Last year, you saw the pressure that was coming after 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:12.240 Dak Prescott. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:13.840 It was in the middle of his face. It was 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:14.520 in the middle of his. 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.680 Face, and that's the one place that quarterbacks hate to 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:18.400 get pressure from. When you coming from the outside, you 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.200 can step up in that pocket, you can manipulate the. 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:21.640 Pocket, you can get the job done. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:23.960 But when you got guys you know, from all type 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.480 of angles and in front of you coming towards you, 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.120 it makes it hard. And I feel like with that pick, 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.880 that helps solidify a gap that that offensive line had. 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.560 We lost Zach Martin to retirement, Hall of Fame career 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:39.440 right off into the sunset, much much, much deserved for him, 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.520 and we needed somebody to fill that void, all right, 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.599 So we got Tyler Booker. I feel like he's gonna 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:46.080 be a day one starter in there. The center situation, 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.640 you got Cooper or Cooper bb in there at the 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.679 center situation, you got Tyler Smith. That left tackle spot, 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.640 that's the one that's kind of bigger question. That's the 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:59.480 bigger question. But hopefully, you know, our guy can make 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:04.039 a a second year leap similar to what Terren Still 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:05.599 did with his second year because he was up and 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.760 down his first year starting out there. Then he made 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.240 that leap the second year, and then you know, last 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.400 year kind of went back down. But if he can 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.560 make that leap, I think you solidified at the offensive 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.560 line and we can get that run game go and get. 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:16.760 The pressure off of Dak Prescott. 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:18.880 But overall, I liked what they did in the draft. 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.800 That second round pick from Boston College, the defensive end, 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.719 his name is escaping me. I didn't want to butcher 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.479 his name, didn't want to butcher his name out there, 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.360 but I like what they did. I love what they 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.279 did with those first two picks. You got an athletic 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:33.760 guy coming off the edge. We were looking at some 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.600 of the numbers before the show, and he has that 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:38.960 good change of direction. I'll let you I let demnd 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.360 Trace speak a little bit more on him because he 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:41.880 you know, he hears from through the grape vine what 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.720 this guy can bring to the table. But my first 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:46.800 initial thought process on this draft is I felt like 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.000 the Cowboys they filled much needed holes. There's still some 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.159 holes that need to be filled, but the priority list, 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.360 I feel like they knocked at least the first two 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.960 three spots that they needed to out the park. 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.040 Before I asked you this question because it's kind of 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.200 layered my question to you because you know, surprisingly enough, 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:14.200 I never got drafted, neither or not, I never got 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:18.480 a mayor come back, shut up? 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:20.720 What is that? 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.080 What is the feeling on draft night for a player 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:24.920 that is put in all the work, done, all the 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.960 prep and then you get the call from one of 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.280 the thirty two teams in the NFL, and you now 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:33.040 you know what city you're going to, Like. 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:33.520 What is that? 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:34.400 What is that feeling? 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:38.320 Like demontray Man, that feeling is like PTSD for me, 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.680 y'all over here making the scene. I kind of had 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.800 the what he said, the Sanders effect on my draft night. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.880 I was expected, you know, projected coming out number one, 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.440 number two overall pick in this round, and then had 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.320 a bad combine and slid all the way down to 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.360 the third round, eighty first pick. So when I dropped down, 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.560 it was kind of like I had everybody there the 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.840 first like, you know, leaving out as a true junior. 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.360 I'm like, yeah, I'm gonna be going to New York. Okay, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.200 I ain't gonna go to New York because I might 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.360 be going in the bottom of the first round. And then, 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.320 like you know, you got your people that are celebrating 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.400 the first day, and it's like you gotta go there 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.640 with pride and be like, well, y'all, sure tomorrow, don't 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:21.000 worry the man tree y'alling, but you know we might 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.040 be on TV again. 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:23.440 And so going through. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.160 That whole process, it was kind of like I was mad. 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.480 I was bitter about it, But when you finally get 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.400 your name called, it's like, all right, it's time to 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.280 go to work, Like it's time to get here, and 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.720 like I had that chip on my shoulder and like now, 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.880 looking back, I put a lot of pressure on myself, 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.440 but I'm appreciative of it because, like you said, there's 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:43.240 some guys that have never been drafted and stuff like that, 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.600 and so a lot of old people tell you are 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.160 OG's in the game or people that they tell you, 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.160 enjoy the process, enjoy everything that comes with it, because 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.640 when it's all said and done, it's like, man, just 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:55.600 to hear your name. 0:08:55.440 --> 0:09:00.439 Get called on draft night, it's special. You're a one center. 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:02.679 And then after that, like to be in. 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:05.760 The first three round, like first three rounds, like you're 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.920 pretty much guaranteed your job unless you do something just 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.079 astronomical that mess up that you're you're going to be 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.120 there for that year. So it's a great experience of 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.240 looking back on it. But that day, I tell you, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.920 I was mad. Actually probably about the first three years. 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.800 Every time I watched the draft, I was bittered. I 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:29.720 had PTSD. But with that being said, you got over it. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.640 It was twelve years playing, so you know, hey, man, 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.880 I did I did more than most. But yeah, like 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.800 you said, it was a great experience. But anyways, let's 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.720 get to these draft picks. The Cowboys. What how did 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:42.840 you feel about the boy? You know, I came in 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:46.840 here excited, like my boy said, I heard through the 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.960 greape vines. Won't say who told me, but this second 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.840 round draft pick, oh man, if he come in and 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.040 do what he was doing in the senior boat, he said, 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.880 arguably he was one of the best defensive ends, if 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.120 not the second best one there that like improve their stock, 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:07.800 that has that dog mentality I'm talking about. Like the 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.960 person that I was talking to, they said that they've 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.760 been around like great defensive linemans, and like his mentality 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.520 was kind of like a Cliff April, the type of 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.120 mentality like he can take control of that room and 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:23.840 be a leader, but he doesn't care about people following him, 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:28.000 like he has that leader amongst men mentality. And so 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.240 to pair him up with Micah coming in change a direction, 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:32.679 learning from under him. 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.480 I'm really excited about that because the whole off. 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.400 Season we was talking about who can we get on 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:39.839 the edge, who can we pair up with him? So, 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.800 like we know Michael is going to do his thing, 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:43.719 but if he can at least have somebody take that 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.760 pressure off of him, and then you paid up Osa 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:47.360 in the middle. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.600 I'm liking the way the d line is going. 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.760 I wanted this guy as the first round pick we 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:53.760 got Tyler Booker. 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.880 It was only two guards that I wanted in that 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:58.880 first round and he has one of them. 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.800 And it like to se him come out like you're 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.000 gonna have that energy from him, like to see a 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.439 big guy. He didn't come out mean or nothing like that, 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.400 just strolling like that man was excited when he got 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:13.199 his name called, ran out there, did a high jump 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.120 and everything like that. I want to see that, like 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:18.040 I want to if you're going to have that when 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.360 your name is being called, wait until he gets in 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.959 his element. He comes from that championship pedigree Alabama we're 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.400 talking about knowing how to win, knowing that it's a 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.760 certain standard that those guys are pro ready, so for 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.160 him to come in and knowing the pressure that's going 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.760 to be him, Like, I couldn't see nobody else that's 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.920 ready to step in there. I think he's a Day 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:40.199 one pluggin guy. And then you got some big guys 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.160 towards the end of the draft. Yes, I won't speak 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.839 on the East Carolina kid. I'm not sure, but he's 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.480 in the third round. I'm assuming that you know something 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:53.520 that I don't, but Carolina, Yeah, yeah, But like I said, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.360 these first two picks going from there, and then in 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.040 the back end, we got some offensive lineman that I 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.839 was looking at. I feel like we added a lot 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.120 of good depth pieces. Now I just want to see 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:09.280 who's going to be the guy. I'm letting it know 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:11.280 him right now that I'm saying the second round pick 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.920 is going to be the star of this draft class. 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.760 But I don't know what every draft pick, there is 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.320 always a guy that you don't expect that like that 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.040 becomes that guy you have fifth or sixth round pick. 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.120 So I want to see from these guys on this 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.240 back end, who's really going to make their name and 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.000 it starts tomorrow with this rookie Minnie camp. 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:30.800 And yeah, that's setting up and it's going to be 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.920 rooky Minni caamp starts tomorrow. As you just stated, veterans. 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.959 Everybody's in the building talking to coaches right now as well. 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:41.320 But I think it's interesting for me. I thought, for one, 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.679 that this was one of those few draft, one of 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.600 those drafts where I felt like Jerry did not listen 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:51.480 to fans. He went right down the board with what 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.800 he needed understanding like this was one of those solid 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.520 drafts that you look back position one all the way 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.480 through seven and said, y'all addressed me right away. Y'all, 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:05.080 y'all address this team's needs in a way that automatically 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.559 you make the offensive line based off of that Booker piece. 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:10.640 You add some depth there. 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:14.240 When beforehand we were talking about it, who are these 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.800 guys are you gonna start this season with? And the 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.520 same moment with as a as a rock who as well? 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.320 I think you bring in pieces that can help you 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:26.160 immediately what we say off the bus, Off the bus, 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.840 if got the running back to don't let me James Blue, 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.120 I forgot. I forgot to address him off the bus. 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.000 He's another guy that's gonna be like, wow, yeah, like 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:34.679 that running back. 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:35.880 You gotta still like. 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:37.760 No, you got you got something. 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.960 You got something in this here gives it gives you 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:43.640 an opportunity because I felt like there were some position 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:47.480 groups that got better, rooms that got better through the draft, 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:51.280 And I'm interested to know who you guys thought got better, 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:54.040 what room got better through the draft? 0:13:54.640 --> 0:14:00.440 What you got Trey me, Yeah, I'm biased. I like 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:01.080 the D line. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.280 And then once I heard, like from a credible source 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:08.240 like that to say like, hey, this guy like put 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:11.040 your put your put your dollar on him. I think 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.040 the D line got better because now Mike is gonna 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.880 be able to do what he do. Then you're gonna 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.040 have another booking guy, and then you're gonna have USA 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.200 that's gonna be there in the middle, and we all 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.360 know defense wins championships. And then with Ebra Fluz coming 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:27.960 in getting those boys to hunt straight ahead downhill and then. 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:28.760 Y for skin. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:33.440 I really think that this D line just solidified theirselves 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:38.320 to make a running case or at least be be 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.720 mentioned in the top if they do what they supposed 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.440 to do. You have Michael Parson being who he is outstanding. 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.440 And then you have another guy that comes in there 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.120 with that al Famel mentality that doesn't care about the 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.960 media and that's gonna lead right away. And then just 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.000 a working three technique like that, I think the overall 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:54.520 got better. 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:59.480 But then also that offensive line man, like what you answer, and. 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.760 That that single handedly makes you better, bringing that dog in, 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:06.280 that plug in player like Bama sec ready, like those 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.480 are the two position groups that got They got the 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:10.000 job done. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.040 For me, Yeah, for me, you know, I'm a piggyback 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:13.960 off of which you said. I think the trenches as 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.240 a whole got better. Here when you talk about the 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.920 Dallas Cowboys, both offensively and defensively, you look at the 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.920 offensive line out there, you feeling the knee by you know, 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:26.320 replace it, basically getting Zach Martin's replacement right there. We 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.600 saw the growth of this offensive line throughout the season. Yes, 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:31.920 they had struggles, they were up and down, but towards 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:33.840 the end of the season they started to you know, 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.080 jel as a unit and started to play better. Now 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.800 you're bringing a guy with championship pedigree and Booker in there, 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.320 who I don't consider him a project, you know how 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:42.880 you know the past couple of drafts, was like, Oh, 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:44.760 this guy's a project. You're gonna have to work with him. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:46.880 I don't consider him a project. I feel like he's 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.080 polished out there. So for me, I feel like that 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:53.680 offsive line definitely got better, and for sure the defensive line. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:54.720 I mean, you just said it. 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:56.920 You talk about Parsons coming off the edge. You know 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:58.280 what he's going to bring to the team. But that's 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:01.840 a double digit sack guy, a game disruptor, whatever you 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:02.480 want to call it. 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:04.880 He's coming off of the edge. And then you also 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:05.920 got Dante Fowler. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:10.200 You know, you know what he like. He he's a 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:10.800 freaking nation. 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.600 People talked about him a lot about Dante Fowler coming 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.800 back to the Cowboys. And also you put that you 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.240 put this rookie in there with him, the. 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:20.800 Rotation is going to be unreal. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:22.920 And you play the defensive like you understand when you 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.200 get those fresh guys rolling, I mean the quarterbacks back there, like, man, 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.640 I don't know what Williams. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:34.360 Williams coming his injury. You got also who just got paid. 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.440 He's gonna want to go ahead and prove himself out there. 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.200 He was a you know, up and down player last year. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:39.840 But I feel like if he can get more consistent, 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:41.400 that middle will be a lot better. 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.560 The only you know, caveat are variable. 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.200 And I'm hoping, you know, if if it was a fifth 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:50.200 we all understand if Bazzi, you know, can just take 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.120 that consistently. But we saw you know, plays here and 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.320 there where you know, he wasn't getting tossed out the 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:56.800 club like he was his rookie year. 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.760 He was being more style at attack what it is. 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:04.399 You know that was a rookie year. Last year he 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.960 got he got more consistent. If he can build upon that, 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.199 I mean, you're talking about a solid defensive line that 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.840 can hunt the quarterback and make things easier for that 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:14.560 secondary that. 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:16.320 I'm sure we're going to talk about. 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.640 It, but I don't want to put I don't want 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.240 to give them too much gas. But they literally can 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.040 have the potential to be like the Eagles defensive line. 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.280 You have those guys like that, and you have like 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.320 a Brandon Graham that's on the that's coming off his 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.480 back end, that's on the bench. We have that in 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.560 a younger version, Dante Flower. That's why I said this 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.080 defensive line is going to be scary. And then on 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:40.920 the back end. I don't want to mention those guys 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:43.080 because we know you got to make those roster cup 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.560 but there you added the defensive tackle. You added the 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.000 offensive tackle at the back end, like somebody is going 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:50.800 to be that dark horse and this is going to 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:52.720 get it's only getting better. 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:54.639 And once you start up there in the front, you 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:55.760 can leave room for the. 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.680 Jayden Blues to come in there, the freemans to run 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:00.560 like I want to. 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.959 You know, I think when when you mentioned the Eagles 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:07.240 defensive line, I mean, I look, there's still a Jalen 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:11.479 Carter over there that I think is seriously so careful 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:13.119 about that. I just I'm just saying I think that 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.240 the defensive line, I agree with you. The defensive ends, 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:19.119 we got better with bringing in as Roku from Boston 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.600 College and also with what you already have on the 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:23.280 defensive end. 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:25.200