WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Say it with Your Chess 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:03.680 The following. 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:05.760 He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:07.600 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:12.520 Cowboys. 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:18.360 This he's Talking Cowboys Training live from Dallas Cowboys Training 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:22.560 Camp in Oxnard, California. 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:26.599 Six past second Poti Today. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:32.720 Touchdown and now your hosts Isaiah Standback, Patrick Walker, Josh 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.480 Rodriguez and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:41.200 It's a Monday morning edition of Talking Cowboys presented by 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:45.479 Black Rifle Coffee Company, live from Oxnard, California and the 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:49.880 River Ridge Sports Complex site of training camp twenty twenty five. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.360 We've got the whole casting crew ready for you to 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:57.000 rock today with Isaiah Standback, Patrick Nocy Walker, Josh Rodriguez, 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.160 my man Chris Beam in the back. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:03.040 We've got the the sound playing already. The music is here. 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.120 The Cowboys are back on the practice field for what 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:10.520 is officially, gentlemen, a game week. 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.839 It is a game week in Oxnard. 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.600 The Cowboys not only with the joint practice on Tuesday 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.280 against the Rams, but on Saturday they take on the 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.840 Rams at Sofi Stadium. Glad you're with us, and gentlemen, 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:25.600 it feels a little different around here. 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:26.720 Maybe it's just the. 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.360 Song and the atmosphere set that's in the background, but 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:32.640 for the most part, it's going to be Uh, it's 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:34.840 a different feel this week for this Cowboys team. 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:36.400 Why does it feel different than you, Kyle? We never 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:37.400 get to ask you questions? 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:38.280 Well, then ask me. 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:40.440 Let's know what. Why is it a different feel around here? 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.720 Because we get to see. 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:45.160 Our team hit somebody else, We get to see someone 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.640 else get laid out by Malie Hooker, we. 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.360 Get to see you. I'm tense, I'm ready to go. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:52.440 It's an intense week. 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:54.040 A safe place. You know that, right, It is a 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:54.559 safe place. 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:55.600 It's always a safe place. 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:57.240 Its big brock lesnar energy. 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.680 Right. Oh, okay that he was a Hall of Famer. 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:01.040 No, this is. 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:06.320 Right, hot friend energy. 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:07.360 It came back. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:13.720 Summer changing jo. How was Summer Slam? Everybody? 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:18.720 It was a good Uh. It ended spectacularly before this Country. 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.920 No, I mean it was some hesitation, it was. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.359 It started off both nights started off great, dipped, had 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.720 some filler that was quite mid, and then popped off with. 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.400 I always checks in about our wrestling like a. 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:34.600 Strange did you guys have far? 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:35.160 Are you winning? 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:35.480 Son? 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:40.240 Extremely contrub But to get back to your question, sorry, 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:43.359 I'm looking forward to seeing the Rams. I love when 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.640 the Rams and the Cowboys practice have their joint practice 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:51.760 because it is very competitive, very competitive. They have some 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.440 dudes on their team as a very well coached team, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:55.560 we know they are talented. 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.600 They have some new additions that are going to test out. 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.480 Not only are are obviously our offensive line got tested 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:07.240 last year here with their defensive young and young and verse, 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.160 but now our cornerbacks, which we know that room is 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.080 a little bit depth challenged at this point with all 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.360 the injuries that they have going on here in Dallas, 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.200 They're gonna get challenged by Pooka, Nakua Davonte Adams, and 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.360 that's gonna be a sight to see. I'm looking forward 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.720 to seeing those one on one opportunities, not only in 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.000 the team sessions, but those one on ones because you 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.280 really get to see guys get exposed. 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:29.440 On both sides. 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.040 So I'm looking forward to all the competition revolving around 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:32.720 joint practice. 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.520 But it's like Isaiah said that there's a lot of 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.680 new additions for the Cowboys, and the question is can 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.920 they stand the ring. When you're talking about Jared Vers 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.720 and you're talking about the addition of Dante Davante Adams, 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:47.240 along with Will and Nicola and I mean the we 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.920 talked about the cornerbacks position with the Cowboys. We said 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.280 this coming into camp, and the situation hasn't improved her 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.600 kyer Elam. Notwithstanding, you're starting to see a little bit 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.560 of shine from some of these younger guys like a 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:00.720 Keimon Hall. Andrew Booth had a good practice a couple 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.280 practices ago, but he's nursing all that working back from 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:04.960 an injury. As far as getting back a hundred percent 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.480 s gonerbacks group is going to get tested real early. 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.400 And here we are, and we talk about these young guys, 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.720 they're going to see preseason reps. Now, granted, in the preseason, 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.080 they're not going to be going against Devonte Adams, they're 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:16.760 not going to be going against pookin the cool but 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.240 they're going to be going against a talented wide receiver 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.719 corp who's coached up by I guess who, Sean McVay, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.359 who can scheme some things open offensive line. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:25.800 We talked about Jerry Verse. 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.960 It doesn't get any better from there, right, So we'll 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.720 see what they do as early as tomorrow Tuesday, when 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:33.400 they go up against them in the scrimmage. 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:34.880 That's when the Cowboys. 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.960 Will officially get to hit someone other than their own 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:38.599 teammates for the first time. 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.800 So I'm interested to see that too, love to see that. 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.599 And the Rams are a team that's constantly sort of 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:45.400 in the mix. I mean, they're coming off of a 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.880 divisional loss, but they did not start off the season 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:50.919 very well. They didn't look great throughout the season. But 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.400 a big thing at least that I remember from last 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.520 year is when they came into our facility and they 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:58.440 practice against us, we they kind of. 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.320 Beat us up a little bit. It didn't look great. 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:02.400 We looked a little sloppy, and they were kind of 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.279 big dog in us. And this is something that Nate 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.280 Newton pointed out to me and felt like, you know, 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.120 that was the writing on the wall of like this 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:10.560 team is not ready. 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:10.880 To be a dog. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.400 Now you have a chance to defend your honor here 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.680 in Oxnard. This is our town, right So I think 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.839 at least when you have that, you can compare it 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.520 to last year. You can say, if we're showing out 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.360 in practice this time, it's going to be a lot 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:29.719 different than it is for the season. 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.040 Hopefully it's indicative of that. 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.359 But like you said, pointing out Keemon Hall to a 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.000 guy that you really want to see play well in 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:39.200 the preseason and just in practice in general. Hopefully it 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:42.040 doesn't take too many preseason snaps, but just in general. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.680 Yeah, And I want to kind of preface this conversation 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:47.840 for the people that are listening at home. The reason 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.680 why we put so much emphasis on these joint practices 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:54.240 is because this is really the first and only opportunity 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.839 that you get throughout all of training camp to see 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.320 where your team that's going to be on the field 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:01.960 their regular season, where they stand. 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:02.320 Yep. 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.360 This is the only time that you'll see Ceedee Lamb, 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:09.760 George Pickens and everybody else as a starter going full tilt, 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.880 not to the ground, not full tackling, but full tilt 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.119 against the competition that they will face when the regular 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.800 season approaches. Other than this practice, this one practice, they 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.880 will not see that level of competition outside of their 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:23.680 team again until games matter. 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:24.640 Yeah, that's the big thing. 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:28.680 So we've got a month between Tuesday, a month exactly 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.920 from today until Game one against. 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.120 The Philadelphia Eagles. 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.440 But tomorrow it'll be thirty days out until then, and 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.440 so you've got a long time to see it. But 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.640 you'll get to see a really good snipe of it. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:42.520 Of it and to y'all's point, I mean, you look 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:46.440 at the roster from the Rams and they probably say 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.440 the same thing vice versa to a certain extent, but 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.120 they're playmakers at every level, and so it's gonna challenge you. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.000 I'm excited to see what the run defense looks like, 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:57.080 the interior of our defensive line, the Mazi Smiths, the 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.880 Solomon thomas Is, the j joy Is who's had a. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:01.680 Good camp so far. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:03.800 All of those guys go up against the stable of 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:05.919 running backs that I would love to have on our rosters. 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:06.880 I would love to have. 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.279 A Kyrin Williams or a Blake Cora Moor, a Jarquez 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.280 Hunter who is a rookie draft pick out of Auburn 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.360 this year in the fourth round. 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.200 I would love all of those things to come to fruition. 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:16.880 But now we get to see how we stop them 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.600 and how you can stand up against them. So, along 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.720 with the receivers that you guys mentioned, with Nikoua and 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.080 Adams and Jordan Whittington who tore up Dallas in the 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:28.960 preseason last year, I'm excited to see what the depth 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.000 of our defense looks like. Because there have been some 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.080 good things that we've seen, there have been some some 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:34.960 not so good things that we've seen on the field, 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:36.720 and we're going to get all of that tested going 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.000 into Tuesday. One of the not so good things that 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:42.840 we've seen throughout camp has been the Micah Parsons saga. 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:48.800 Micah Parsons edge rusher All Pro. He wears number eleven 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.320 when he wants to put on the jersey. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:50.680 I've seen it. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.040 Yep. He's out here, yep. 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:55.800 Pretty good at football arguably. 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.280 And since we were last on this show, of course, 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.320 we were last on the show, breaking news, of course, 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.960 to hit right around. He has requested a trade for 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:10.320 Ellis Cowboys releasing a statement on X I'm sure if 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.520 you're a Cowboys fan and you're listening to Talking Cowboys 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:14.800 about now, you've probably seen the post. 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:17.840 You've probably heard one hundred different opinions on it. 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:19.920 But guess what, we haven't talked about it on our show, 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.160 So I want to get your opinion on it. 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.640 The We'll start just by the request. 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:27.320 We'll get into the back and forth here in a 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.840 moment and maybe the impact of it all, but just 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.320 your thought on the request initially, and remember this is 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.400 a show where we do what keep you one, we 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.480 say that is what we do. 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:39.320 So Isaiah, I'll let you start. 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.079 Try to say that for Friday's Kyle, but being that 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:42.680 as a Monday, I'll give him a sample of that. 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:47.400 Okay, I think that I take that back. Let me 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:47.880 start over. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.400 I believe I believe Jerry Madelon was on my shoulder. 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:56.640 I believe I believe that this was if this is 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.600 more to comeback, Michaeh. Parsons has been using all of 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.520 his moves right hidden, mashing all the buttons, and then 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.319 finally he sees the code and the and the sequence 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.600 in which he has to enter in his final finish 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:15.080 him move, and this was his finisher move. Yeah, for 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:19.600 the Dallas exactly for the Dallas Cowboys. And the reason 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:23.000 why I say that is because, as a player who 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:28.880 is contractually bound to an organization and a team in 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.839 his current state, there's only so. 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:31.480 Much you can do. 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.800 And you've communicated through the media, you've communicated directly with 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.880 the individuals that are a part of the negotiations. You 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.120 feel like you're trying to treading water, like you're running 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.440 on a hamster wheel and nothing's really getting done. There's 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.319 no progress. You want a deal done. They're very patient. 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.400 They don't have a sense of urgency, but you do. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.000 You have to pull your card. And if you're playing Uno, 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:56.199 this is your wild card. This is this is the 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.520 one that you've been holding on to until you absolutely 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.520 needed it, because bam, here we go. Oh this is 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.320 all I have left, And the wild card is I'm 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.760 going to put the Dallas Cowboys in a position in 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:11.200 these negotiations where I can remove myself and I now 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:14.720 can allow the fans and the media to negotiate on 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.840 my behalf. There is nothing else that needs to be 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:21.400 said for Micah Parsons. The organization feels the way they 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.760 feel they have all the leverage they have him in 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.320 a current contract. They don't feel the need to have 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.680 a sense of urgency in this regard. And you're already 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.000 heard Jerry say I don't mind him not being out 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:34.440 there right now because I don't want him to get hurt. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.800 So the Joneses in the organization are perfectly fine. But 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:39.559 in terms of Micah, this. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.800 Is smart from my stance as a former player, from 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.600 his behalf, because now he literally has to say nothing else. 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.679 But we will talk about it every other platform will 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.319 talk about it. The fans will be yelling his name 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.559 whenever Jerry walks out the practice Jerry Jones and he 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.160 cans just sit back, sign sign you know, fake checks 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.960 on the sideline, kiss babies, and just let everybody else 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:01.440 do his bidding for him. 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.520 So Isaiah makes a bunch of great points. I'll segue 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.320 off of one of his points. This is Michael Parson's 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:12.520 playing the proverbial wild card. Okay, problem is the Cowboys 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.600 have to draw for Yeah, okay, you have upwards of 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.079 three years of control between this fifth year option and 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.880 you can franchise tag him twice before you know. Now, 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.680 I don't believe it gets to that point. Let me 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.720 be clear. I've said this before. I'm gonna say it again. 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:26.760 I felt this way pre trade request. I feel this 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:28.960 way right now. I believe this deal gets done. Yeah, 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.319 I do believe the deal gets done. Everything you're seeing 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:35.240 right now is the game within the game. And that's 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.000 one thing that Jerry Jones said that was one hundred 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.200 percent true. He said, this is the negotiation and no 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.280 matter how you slice it, this is not the first 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.560 time we've seen this dance with a high profile player 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.720 who was arguably the best or one of the best 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.360 players at his position when it comes to negotiating with 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:51.960 the Cowboys. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:52.800 I can drop the names. 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:54.720 You already know the names, the Dak Prescott, that de 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.040 Marcus Lawrences, the City Lambs, to Zach Martins. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.400 It goes on, It goes on. 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.800 It goes on almost every years, but every year. That's 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:07.440 why the trade request, while meteoric in its impact, didn't 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.640 move my needle whatsoever. It immediately made me think of 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:15.280 Myles Garrett. Hopefully this ends the same way. However, you 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.840 saw what Myles Garrett did in formally demanding a trade 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.640 from the Cleveland Browns, and just over thirty days later 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.320 he signed to this massive, record setting deal. Miles and 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.880 Michael Parsons are really good friends. Now, I'm gonna use 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.080 that point to make my next point. One of the 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.360 reasons this has gotten to a trade request and it's 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:37.040 gotten so contentious is it's not just the shots that 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.040 are being fired at Michael Parsons as he views it 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.920 and as his agent views it. It's also the shots 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.800 that are being fired at Trayvon Diggs. Yeah, who's Michael 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.520 Parsons's best friend in this locker room? 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:49.440 Trayvon Diggs. 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:52.840 A little over a week ago, they stood on this 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.760 field and did a combo pack interview for Solidarity. 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:58.560 So I'm here to tell you. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.800 Parsons is taking all of this into context, and he 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.000 simply feels a way about the organization at the moment, 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.680 not simply because of his contract issue, but also because 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.040 of the contingent between Trayvon Diggs. 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.480 And the front office over the rehab stuff. 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:15.840 All of that is to say, now that I've given 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.240 you all that context and something to think about, I 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.200 am unmoved by this trade request. 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.000 I wish it didn't get to this point. 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:26.280 I believe the Dallas Cowboys would be it would be 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.960 nothing short of professional malepractice to trade away Michael Parsons 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.679 at least for anything short of and I kind of 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.400 joked about this before on inside training camp. If you're 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:38.000 not giving up two or three planets in this solar system, 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.080 it's not We're not even starting the converse. 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.800 But you do understand how Dallas fans, not necessarily Dallas 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.160 Cowboys fans, but Dallas sports fans have a little bit 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:46.880 of PTSD. 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.240 Because I get. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:57.679 A fresh woe unfortunately because of how the you know, Mavericks. 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:02.320 We love us. He just signed a deal I don't 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:02.640 want to hear. 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:05.760 So is it impossible. 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.520 No, it's not impossible, because nothing's impossible, But the odds 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.760 of it occurring are so meniscw that in my mind 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:14.840 it's not worth entertaining. 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:15.920 Josh, are you losing sleep? 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.240 I'm not losing sleep over this, And that was my point. 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:19.880 I was about to make thank you Isaiah for the 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:22.840 perfect segue, because Jerry talked about it after practice and 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.480 he said, don't lose sleep over this. This is I've 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.640 been here a while, I kind of done this a 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.640 time or two. This is how the game is played. 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:33.360 This is how Micah's Parsons is choosing to gain leverage. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.479 But matter of fact, and as you to have gracefully 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.840 pointed out, the Cowboys hold all the leverage they have 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.360 controlled this contract over the next three seasons between the 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.800 fifth year option and then of course the two franchise tags. 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:47.000 And not to mention, the Cowboys have used the franchise 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:50.440 tag as recently as Dak Prescotte. Don't think for a 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.560 second that they won't also use it on a Micah Parsons. 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.000 It would be unfortunate, but they will do it if 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.800 they need to. Michael Parsons will not be traded, in 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:02.960 my opinion, to any other team. He will play for 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.840 the Dallas Cowboys. If it comes to him wanting to 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.240 set out games or what have you, that would be 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.560 obviously a financial risk. But if he feels that way, 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.520 I mean more power to him. That's based on what 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.680 the player wants to do and between him and his agent. Now, 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:22.880 if you consider the fact that here we stand, you know, 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.760 just a few days after the trade request, within thirty days, 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:29.960 it happened for Miles Garrett. Again, it's just a move, 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:31.560 a part of the move, a part of the move. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.000 This is how the game is played. I'm not phased 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:34.800 by it at anyway. 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:39.040 I've had conversations with Micah too when hosting certain events 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.440 and different things where it's about his money, and even 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.840 before the contract talks were even a thing. This is 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.160 going back multiple years now, but one of the things 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:49.600 he talked about was being smart. 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:49.920 With your money. 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:51.760 And one of the things he's doing right now to 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.040 show that he cares about being smart with his money 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.680 is showing up to training camp, showing up and not 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.760 taking that fifty thousand dollars fine and standing on the 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.480 side at least being their first teammates and being around 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.680 the camp and the facility and the staff and all 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:08.080 of those different elements. So I find it hard to 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.880 believe he will sit out games. Yeah, that's but that's 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.440 the next leverage move, that's the next wild card that 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:17.480 people aren't necessarily seeing as a possibility. That would be 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.720 where I think the front office could lose a little 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.240 bit of leverages if he were to sit out certain games, 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.360 because they want him on the field, they want him 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:25.600 as a. 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:25.960 Part of this. 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.680 But in order to give up that leverage, or to 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.760 gain that leverage, if you're Michael Parsons, you're gonna have 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.000 to give up some cash, and he's going to be 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:35.200 less smart about his money. 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.760 And I do agree with Kyle in the capacity of 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.800 if Michael Parsons were so inclined if for whatever reason, 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.200 the deal is not done by September fourth, and Michael Parsons, 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.400 we're so inclined to miss the first couple of games. 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.120 Those couple of games are against the divisional revels, right, yep. 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.640 Where it's not just one loss equals mathematically one loss. Yeah, 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.640 it's more like one and a half pretty much Okay. 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.160 On top of that, let's just be completely clear. Let's 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:58.800 be honest. We're saying with our chests, right, let's say 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.720 with our chess. Jerry Jones said this time and again, 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.200 and he knows what I'm about to say is true. 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.840 He's mortal, okay, and he's not a spring chicken. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:11.800 So if you were to entertain trading Michael Parsons, yeah, 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.440 you get all these draft picks that you hope hopefully 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.800 panned out in the next two, three, four, five years. 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.280 However, again, you're not a. 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:20.959 Twenty year old, a thirty year old to forty year old, 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:22.399 not even a fifty year's trying to win now. If 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:27.080 you're trying to win right now, you just put the 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.040 keys to the throne in the hands of Brian Schottenheimer, 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:32.360 who was the first time NFL head coach, and he's 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.480 saying all the right things, and through this point in training, 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:36.080 cap Brian Schotenheimer's also doing. 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:36.639 All the right things. 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.399 Do you want to take a blade and cut at 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.679 one of his proverbial achilles going into his inaugural season 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:44.760 right as far as taking one of the if not 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:47.879 arguably the best pass rusher off of the field, maybe 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.639 for one game, two games, multiple games. So yes, to 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:54.400 your point, Kyle, if Michael Parsons pushes that envelope, yeah, 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.679 Jerry could call us bluff. He has three years of 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:58.760 rights to call his bluff for And so yeah, Michael 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.240 Parson is not going to sit out one entire season, 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.040 two entire seasons. This will get resolved. But if Michael 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:06.359 Parson sits out one or two games and they happen 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.000 to be against the Eagles and the Giants and you 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.240