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Speaker 1: heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. It's been

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Speaker 1: on everyone there. Hey, Cowboys Nation. As of course, it's

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Speaker 1: a big offseason for Dallas and there's plenty to reset about.

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Speaker 1: And after a long week, that's what we're gonna do today.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna reset. We're gonna talk about what the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: top storylines are this offseason and how they can be

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Speaker 1: successful going in to twenty twenty one. I'm your host

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Speaker 1: Kyle Yeoman's alongside Rob Phillips, heck My Harrison. We've got

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Speaker 1: our guy, Isaiah stand back, resident super Bowl champion as

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Speaker 1: always down in the bottom left hand corner. Guys, how

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Speaker 1: are we doing this week? Rob? You able to stay

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Speaker 1: warm throughout the last week? I missed you guys on

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Speaker 1: Let's talk some Cowboys here over the next hour. And

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Speaker 1: I mean, the biggest storylines this offseason are what quarterback

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Speaker 1: play right, contracts, garterbacks, salary caps, and rob There was

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Speaker 1: It's going to stress the hell out of your cap

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure it's frustrating from a players standpoint too, Isaiah.

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Speaker 1: It's like a crossroads. It's like what's your future going

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Speaker 1: Heck mentioned creating room and getting creative. They can do that.

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Speaker 1: those crossroads, gentlemen, because I'm gonna put you guys in

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Speaker 1: it comes to the draft. April twenty ninth is the draft.

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Speaker 1: We're less than sixty days away at this point. And

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Speaker 1: the draft. And so we had a mail bad question

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Speaker 1: this week, Rob that was talking about no Dak Prescott

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Speaker 1: long term deal. If there's a quarterback available at the

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Speaker 1: tenth overall pick, would you take a quarterback there? And

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Speaker 1: what would you do from that point forward? So this

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Speaker 1: is the crossroads. You're looking at a rebuilding of a

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. Which one would it be, Robin, Which one

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Speaker 1: do you think would be more successful. That is a

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Speaker 1: juicy hypothetical, Kyle, I did you mean noodle of June

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Speaker 1: the drop dead date, get tagger or a long term deal.

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Speaker 1: Usually yes, if they keep the same schedule, the league

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Speaker 1: back question, and I answered, yes, stick with Dak Prescott

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Speaker 1: and don't worry about drafting the quarterback because I'm with

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Speaker 1: you in that. You know, you'd like to know what

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Speaker 1: the deal is by the draft because you have a

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Speaker 1: ten pick. You know, you got to be pretty bad

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Speaker 1: with me is you've invested all this time, and and

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Speaker 1: if you if there's still hope, if there's still optimism

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Speaker 1: that you know, okay, it's not done by the draft,

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Speaker 1: but we think we could still get there in two months.

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Speaker 1: Then I'm not drafting somebody to potentially potentially sit for

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Speaker 1: five years, four years on his rookie contract as the

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback behind Dak Prescott. I'm just not ready to

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Speaker 1: do something like that. And sure that could blow up

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Speaker 1: in my face, but I would still be operating under

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Speaker 1: the premise that we could still have Dak as our

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Speaker 1: even if there's not a long term deal, and it

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Speaker 1: could really put you in a situation that I know

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Speaker 1: you said you would sit for a year, but isn't

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Speaker 1: that ideal with a rookie quarterback that may not be

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Speaker 1: ready yet aka Trey Lance North Dakota State quarterback or

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Speaker 1: Mac Jones out of Alabama. Well, I'm ease that was

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Speaker 1: part of that was part of the hypothetical, that was

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Speaker 1: probably hypothetical. Yeah, okay, okay, because that change your answer

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Dak Prescott, are you saying that's high

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Speaker 1: or low? Mack mom, I'm curious as to where you

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Speaker 1: think that would be as No. Look, all of this

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Speaker 1: you know, what we cannot do as an organization is

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Speaker 1: at ten, I don't look, no matter where we go

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Speaker 1: with the Dak Prescott contract, what we can't do is

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Speaker 1: reach on a player at ten and we can't reach

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Speaker 1: on mac Jones, all respect to him, great quarterback, but

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Speaker 1: not do that. Huh. Ten is too high in your mind?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, If you're in that position, you know you

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Speaker 1: should start thinking about trading draft capital if that's what

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Speaker 1: that's on your mind. Okay, good, I'm glad you think that.

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Speaker 1: I thought you were saying he wasn't going to fall

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Speaker 1: not there at ten. Ten would be reaching, I think

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Speaker 1: a read. I completely agree. I think Tim would be

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Speaker 1: I'm either staying with that. I'm definitely a drafted a

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Speaker 1: quarterback that's just not the round to go, So I'm

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Speaker 1: staying with that, or I'm gonna I'm gonna have some

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Speaker 1: kind of crazy, blockbuster, your Matthew Stafford type type type

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Speaker 1: tree that gives me a Russell Wilson or something Aboudy

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Speaker 1: somebody like that. That's the only thing that's even a

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Speaker 1: foreseeable and that's that's a super stretch since we're doing uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, just a craziness today. So yeah, I'm staying

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Speaker 1: I'm staying with that, or I'm doing a crazy blockbuster trade. Okay,

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Speaker 1: how about I give you guys a crazy blockbuster trade.

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Speaker 1: I'll see what you think. Here. The Miami Dolphins, who

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Speaker 1: currently hold the number three overall pick, the number eighteen

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Speaker 1: overall pick, and they have a two a Tonga Vloa

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Speaker 1: they're gonna trade for Dak Prescott, what if they gave

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Speaker 1: you all three of those for the tenth overall pick

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Speaker 1: and Dak Prescott, or they give you all three of those,

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Speaker 1: Let's do all three of those four Dak Prescott alone.

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Speaker 1: So then you have three ten and eighteen and two

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Speaker 1: of What would you do? No in Miami, man, I'm

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Speaker 1: not doing that in Miami. I would have to do something. No,

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Speaker 1: I would have to do something where I'm giving up,

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Speaker 1: you know, my number ten pick and Zeke to get

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Speaker 1: rust in here. That would be the only thing that

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Speaker 1: I could even see. I can't see anybody else that

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Speaker 1: I would want to go grab. Isaiah wants a sure thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you get if you're gonna do If you're gonna do that,

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Speaker 1: you have to get the sure thing right. Like, it's

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Speaker 1: not even a question. It's no different than Tampa. Right.

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Speaker 1: Tampa was like, hey, screw it, we're gonna get T

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Speaker 1: twelve because we know what position he puts us in.

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Speaker 1: So if you pull a move like that, you better.

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Speaker 1: That's why why do you think that La did what

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Speaker 1: they did? They know Matthi Staffords a dog. They're like, hey,

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Speaker 1: we'll do this. It's gonna make us look crazy, but

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Speaker 1: we know we're getting a dog. You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: So you just if you pull that move you have

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Speaker 1: to have it's if a show right home. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: it made him look crazy for a week. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So you're not interested in trading to rebuild. You're trading

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Speaker 1: for concrete. You're you're trading for somebody that you think

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Speaker 1: is going to be the dude. Is Russell Wilson the dude?

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Speaker 1: Are you? Like? Are you sold on Russell Wilson? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not sold on him at all. You're

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Speaker 1: not You're not sold on Russell Wilson. That's interesting in

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Speaker 1: this offensive line. Though it's too short, I still think

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Speaker 1: he's short. What ya a look at the past? Look

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Speaker 1: his in. Oh my goodness, look he's it's not a

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Speaker 1: troll job. I think Russell Wilson's a great right goodness.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying. I'm saying, I don't let me. Let

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Speaker 1: me help you out with this quarterback thing. Okay, this

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Speaker 1: now and obviously being a quarterback my entire levee, let

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Speaker 1: me just just me, just go ahead and squash this.

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Speaker 1: Quarterbacks don't look over lineman. You look through through throwing lanes.

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Speaker 1: So this whole height thing is such a myth and

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Speaker 1: it gets way too much weight put on it. So

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Speaker 1: all my short quarterbacks out there, keep balling, keep killing

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Speaker 1: it because you look through lanes. You don't look over lineman.

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Speaker 1: I'm sixty three. I was not looking over my six

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Speaker 1: I would agree that you know what to do. Kyle

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Speaker 1: But eighty six, let's come back. Let's come back a

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Speaker 1: the kick in the can down the road sort of deal.

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Speaker 1: which way you need to go. But the Cowboys are

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Speaker 1: If let's say Seoul is gone, if the offensive line

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Speaker 1: You know, look, anytime you can get a big ten,

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Speaker 1: anytime you can get a big ten offensive lineman, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna be a several of those guys in the second, third,

642
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Speaker 1: and fourth round. There's going to be opportunities, and even

643
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Speaker 1: for a quarterback in the later rounds, right, Kyle Trash,

644
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm high on that guy. But you can

645
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Speaker 1: go in and you can still develop guys. I don't

646
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: understand how Dak Prescott is being penalized by being everything

647
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Speaker 1: that you want from a fourth round draft pick. You

648
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Speaker 1: develop him, he turns out to be a player, and

649
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Speaker 1: this is what you get. You have to sign to do,

650
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Speaker 1: and we're reluctant to do that. And we're talking about

651
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Speaker 1: two of like nah noh, Kyle's Kyle's throwing it out there.

652
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Speaker 1: But going back, going back, that's just we're just throwing

653
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Speaker 1: stuff out there. Going going back to the original hypothetical, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: why do you feel like so if you if it's

655
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Speaker 1: not done by the draft, you're not done by the draft,

656
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Speaker 1: you would draft quarterback at ten. It's basically what you're saying.

657
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Speaker 1: I would highly if if if a guy's available that

658
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Speaker 1: you like and you would have to have, you would

659
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: have to have somebody that you like there, or trade

660
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Speaker 1: up and go get somebody if you wanted to go,

661
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: maybe get Ajton Fields or Zach Wilson. I don't know

662
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Speaker 1: how much draft capital you'd have to give to give

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Speaker 1: up there, and I don't know if the Cowboys would

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Speaker 1: be willing to do that. I think that would be

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Speaker 1: a waste of draft capital. So I don't want to

666
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Speaker 1: trade up. But if somebody falls and you like him

667
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Speaker 1: a lot, like a Trey Lance, I think Trey Lance

668
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: would probably be the more likely of the quarterbacks to

669
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Speaker 1: fall and for the Cowboys to like him, because he's

670
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Speaker 1: really similar in play style to what Dak Kreshcott brings

671
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Speaker 1: to the table. But I just don't I'm with Hecma

672
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Speaker 1: and what he said. It makes my gut turn knowing

673
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Speaker 1: how bad this defense is and thinking, oh my gosh,

674
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,720
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to try and maybe draft a quarterback

675
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Speaker 1: because that just makes me sick in the point of

676
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Speaker 1: having to use a tenth overall pick where you could

677
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Speaker 1: get a starter opposite of Trey Von Diggs. You did

678
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Speaker 1: get a starter somewhere else, and you make your better

679
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,720
Speaker 1: and you're worried about this the only way you've invested

680
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: too much onto your offense. Look offense. So that's the

681
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: last position that you can have being a question that

682
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: has to be a solid freaking exclamation point, you know

683
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like that has to be either you

684
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 1: sign that or like I said, you pull something off

685
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: that nobody else in a world that right, you bring

686
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: somebody in who's up a show right on, because that's

687
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: all you can do now you get you turn your

688
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: your attention towards defense, or you solidify that offensive line.

689
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,760
Speaker 1: That is the only moves that should be made on offense.

690
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: Old line, that's it, you know what I'm saying. Other

691
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: than that is defense. Yeah, and even even old line

692
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,320
Speaker 1: to me, for me personally, it's like he's got to

693
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: be ceedee lamb, he's got to be the best guy

694
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: on my board way better than any defensive prospect that

695
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: can step in and help me right away, because because

696
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: they need an infusion of talent on defense in my opinion.

697
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 1: But absolutely, I just feel like with the quarterback thing,

698
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: the only way you consider drafting quarterback that high for

699
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: me is if by the draft, like Isaiah reference in

700
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: the first segment, if there's emotions involved and there is

701
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: a sense that it's just not going to happen with

702
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: d then then maybe you have to pivot. But unlesson

703
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,919
Speaker 1: if that's not the case and they're just not it's

704
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: not done yet, and again maybe it won't ever get done.

705
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: Then I'm still trying to build around Dak Prescott and

706
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: hope that I can figure figure something out. Yeah, Pete,

707
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: let me ask you this. You haven't I know you

708
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: y'all haven't forgot how bad our defense was last year, right,

709
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: I've not forgotten that. Okay, I watched the film. I

710
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: watched the film, and we were bad of d last year.

711
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: So even all of this talk of offensive line and

712
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: I'm with new His Struggs. Man new He Struggs is

713
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 1: the guy that said, I mean, he's hanging on this

714
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 1: whole argument because man, you defensively, and historically we have

715
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 1: not been a team that has drafted safeties, and we've

716
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: had opportunities and free agency and all that, we still

717
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: didn't get a safety last year. Bad safety play cost us.

718
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: But we can also go to the front of our

719
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: defense and say, man, up front, seven was pretty weak

720
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: as well, and so if we had any guys that

721
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: could create or manufacture any pressure on the quarterbacks, maybe

722
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: that wouldn't have been as blaring of a need. But

723
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Speaker 1: doesn't matter. Man, if you look at the NFL, you're

724
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,839
Speaker 1: going to have to have a safety, especially in Dan

725
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 1: Quinn's defense where he's playing safety high. So look, I

726
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: trust I think Dunver Wilson will be fine at the

727
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: strong safety spot, but who will we have back there

728
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 1: facilitating as a midfielder. That free safety is a huge

729
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: question mark, and the Cowboys having drafted one in the

730
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: first two rounds since what two thousand and two, Rob,

731
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: Is that right? Two thousand and two is the last

732
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: time they drafted a free safety or a safety and

733
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Speaker 1: Roy the first couple rounds and it was Roy Williams. Yeah,

734
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: it just hasn't best. It has not been a priority

735
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: for them, you know, Thomas, But like, how old were you?

736
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 1: Kyle was six years old last time. Oh my god,

737
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: drafted a safety six years old. Dang it, you're still

738
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: yeah what you what you that? Doug? I could have

739
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: baby set you man. Don't you ever? Don't you ever?

740
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: You baby sit me on the show. Anyways. It's fine,

741
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: But that's another thing. I mean, whenever, what's your birth?

742
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Speaker 1: What's your birth? Here? Mighty what? And there's no recorection

743
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: of Michael Jordans. That's that's That's what I always go to,

744
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 1: is I never saw mic play. Yeah. Yeah, even with

745
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: even with all of the jokes and everything, aside the

746
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: fact that the Cowboys could take a safety in the

747
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 1: first or second round, it's not gonna happen at the first.

748
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: It's not gonna happen in ten. I'll tell you that

749
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 1: right now. This draft class is not strong enough to

750
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 1: have a safety ticket ten. But at forty four, I

751
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 1: think it's a realistic converce, a realistic conversation depending on

752
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: who's there. Because there is the Richie Grants, there is

753
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: the treyvon Mo Riggs, there's the James Wiggins. I mean,

754
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys there that could be at

755
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: forty four that the Cowboys could take a safety so

756
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: we may see it for the first time. How likely

757
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: is that going to be and how highly does this

758
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: front office in the scouting department think these safeties are

759
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,320
Speaker 1: going to be held to. I don't know like that,

760
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: it's it's a huge question mark of I don't know

761
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 1: what it is. It continues with the quarterback, but it

762
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,840
Speaker 1: continues with the safety position and where they value that

763
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: heck fund. But let me ask you this though, pe

764
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Speaker 1: Now now that like last year in twenty twenty, the

765
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Speaker 1: practice squad players increased, Now in twenty twenty one, is

766
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Speaker 1: that going to be the same thing or where they

767
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: have to go back to the regular account we're practice

768
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: squad players because teams were hoarding their practice squad guys. Yeah,

769
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: that's that is a great question, because I think it

770
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Speaker 1: was it was like an addendum they made to the

771
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Speaker 1: new CBA because of the pandemic. I don't I don't

772
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: know if that carries into twenty twenty one with a

773
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 1: with a larger practice squad. Maybe that might be something

774
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: they got to figure out at the spring meetings with

775
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Speaker 1: the Competition Committee and all that stuff, or past rule

776
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: changes and all that kind of thing. Now that and

777
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 1: the reason I bring that up is obviously in free

778
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,320
Speaker 1: agency as well and picking players. This is gonna be

779
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Speaker 1: a huge offseason for Will McClay and his staff to

780
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: be able to calm through those guys. Because we didn't

781
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: have a preseason last year, and because teams were able

782
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 1: to hoard their guys and keep their talent you know,

783
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: still on their roster. Will we be able to pick potentially,

784
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Speaker 1: you know, good guys at the safety position, d line,

785
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Speaker 1: what have you. But I think that's going to be

786
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Speaker 1: it's scary because there's so many different spots that the

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Speaker 1: that's been two weeks, man, he said, the symphony on

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00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: my face. That's why I got the on from I

851
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 1: showed you up. Okay, my bad in the face, O,

852
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 1: my bad. No, you're good. We love it. Uh. We've

853
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: got about ten minutes left here and show about fifteen

854
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: minutes left and show. We started a little late, so

855
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 1: we'll go a little bit longer as well. But Rob,

856
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: whenever it comes to the Cowboys in this crossroads. And

857
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about the draft, We've talked about

858
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: the salary cap. But now it kind of comes to

859
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: the fact that, well, the Cowboys have to do some

860
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 1: some shifting, some moving. They're gonna have to to have

861
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: some guys that maybe salary cap cuts. They may be

862
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: something in terms of and ease. What do you expect

863
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 1: the Cowboys and when do you expect the Cowboys to

864
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: start shifting this roster around, because there are a lot

865
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 1: of different things that are going to have to go

866
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 1: into the next couple of weeks. Well, yeah, I mean

867
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: I mentioned the option to restructure certain guys and that's

868
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 1: been you know, you could read about it, and it's

869
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:22,240
Speaker 1: been speculated a lot recently. There's you know, I mentioned Tyrone,

870
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: Zach and Marcus. You could restructure their deals again, Amari Cooper,

871
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,920
Speaker 1: There's there's ways you can create millions and millions of

872
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: salary cap space. And what you're doing is you're you're

873
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: taking a big base salary and you're dropping it way

874
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: down and taking that extra money and converting it too

875
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 1: signing bonus that goes on the back end. It's the

876
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 1: whole kick the can down the road thing and they

877
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: do that all the time. Teams do that all the time.

878
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: So I think they can probably do a lot of

879
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: that and not have to do a bunch of salary

880
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: cap casualties like you mentioned, Kyle. No people have speculated

881
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: maybe Jalen Smith. They don't. I don't think they have

882
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 1: to do that. It could be an option. Um, But

883
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: to me, when you're looking at all of their needs,

884
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 1: I would I would rather uh, knowing that you're you're

885
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: you're thin on salary cap space, knowing you only have

886
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 1: a certain amount of draft picks. How about Dan Quinn

887
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: comes in and figures out the best way to use

888
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,640
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith. I mean, that's that's kind of where I'm

889
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: at with that. Um. But yeah, they've they've got to

890
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 1: figure some stuff out. They will in terms of creating space,

891
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: and UM, what I'm interested to see, guys is how

892
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to see how this this free agency period

893
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,279
Speaker 1: works around the league. How many guys are going to

894
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 1: take a bunch of one year deals. You know, is

895
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: that going to be the thing guys betting on themselves

896
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 1: and banking on everything turning around next year and try

897
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: to cash in then and maybe you maybe you can

898
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 1: wind up with some impact players on cheaper deals than

899
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: you would think, depending on on on how guys want

900
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: to approach free agency this year, or maybe not. Maybe

901
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to sign anybody because you

902
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 1: don't have any room. I don't know. I'm fascinated to

903
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: see it. Well, look at us, It's scenario time, boys

904
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: and girls. So let's do this. Let's do this. Let's

905
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: get specific, guys. Come on, let's get dirty. We've been

906
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 1: I mean, spend two weeks and you know, Kyle almost

907
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,080
Speaker 1: started to fight with Isaiah. But so let's get into

908
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: some specifics here. So if we're just in cap Hell

909
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: and we're at the point where we're like, look, we're

910
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: just gonna start this whole train rode over and we're

911
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,800
Speaker 1: gonna reboot with some more guys than I say, everybody

912
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,439
Speaker 1: last named Smith boy June first is traded a cut.

913
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: All right. Let you while you're thinking about whose last

914
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 1: name is Smith, then I'll tell you anybody past ninety

915
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 1: ninety seven, All right, any number past ninety seven, you know,

916
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,880
Speaker 1: trader cut. We gotta get rid of, get rid of

917
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: all of that. So basically, what you're doing is you're

918
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,360
Speaker 1: you're needing some you're needing some things on your defense,

919
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 1: and that's where your draft and free agency is going

920
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: to come in. Offensive line is still gonna be a

921
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 1: problem for you because now you don't have a left tackle,

922
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 1: so you're gonna have to get a guy there. And

923
00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 1: if you're telling me that you know the guy that

924
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:01,960
Speaker 1: we signed last year from Kansas City can come in

925
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: and do it, then fine, all right, then we have

926
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 1: to stick with him. But you still have a problem

927
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,840
Speaker 1: at right tackle, and no one knows when Leo Collins

928
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 1: is coming back with those moves. I think you're healthy.

929
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:14,959
Speaker 1: Cat wise, you're able to bring in better players, maybe

930
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: even better, be able to get a good second string

931
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 1: quarterback from somewhere that gives you confidence. I don't know

932
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,160
Speaker 1: to start the season, but otherwise, those are some of

933
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: the things that you're going to have to do specifically

934
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: to turn this around ninety seven. When I when I

935
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 1: keep we're here in ninety seven, I still think a

936
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 1: taco I don't know, it's not it's not. It was

937
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 1: a Driffin this year and he's so that's already done.

938
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 1: And then it's above that, man Antoine Woods is above that.

939
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,400
Speaker 1: There you go. Yeah, so I see where Hack was

940
00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 1: going with it. But they're free agents. But they're free agents.

941
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 1: Tyrode's a free agent, Antoine is restricted. I think I

942
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: thought wasn't bad. I didn't think he was that bad

943
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: helping you at the one text spot. I don't know. Sorry,

944
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:00,880
Speaker 1: go ahead, But whether dan Quinn wants him or not,

945
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a whole nother thing. Like we're just

946
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: kind of broad stroking this thing. I want to get specific.

947
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 1: Let's get down and dirty. I hear you, Um, yeah,

948
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: I'm not too far off from where heck is. Man,

949
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:15,360
Speaker 1: I be honest with you, I'm gonna look at my

950
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 1: entire roster, and I'm gonna say everybody who's under contract

951
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:19,759
Speaker 1: right now, if I picked up the phone and called

952
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,320
Speaker 1: all thirty two teams, how many teams would trade or

953
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: if with any team's trade and pick up this guy's contract.

954
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: And if if I have to debate and figure out

955
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: whether or not somebody else will want to pay for

956
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 1: the same services I'm paying for, you might want to

957
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,439
Speaker 1: think about letting that person go. You might think about

958
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,440
Speaker 1: letting that person go. Um. And I think that's the

959
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 1: situation that we're in right now. I mean you started

960
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,160
Speaker 1: talking about the last name Smith. If you picked up

961
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: the phone right now and say, hey, you guys wanted

962
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: his contract? Nah nah? Right, So so, I mean, obviously

963
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 1: that's not all on the player. That's on some of

964
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: that's just bad contractual agreements by by the organization. But

965
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 1: that's where I would start. That's where I would started,

966
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: I was started, I would just pick apart my entire

967
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,320
Speaker 1: roster and figure out obviously this is what they're doing anyway,

968
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 1: but I'll try figuring out who who has to be here,

969
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 1: who do we absolutely need here, and who can who

970
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 1: can we bring in possibly somebody else to do it

971
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: the zact same road that they're doing and probably do

972
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 1: it for cheaper. You want to hear something that might

973
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:15,760
Speaker 1: surprise might be the most surprising thing I've said today

974
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 1: on this show, which is going to be something interesting

975
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:22,400
Speaker 1: for you guys to hear. But I wouldn't mind having

976
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:26,600
Speaker 1: fifty four back next year. And I'm talking about Jaylen Smith. Now.

977
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: There's two conditions here, though. One, like Rob said earlier,

978
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,320
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn's gonna have to figure out a way to

979
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: use him. I think that's bar none. That's the most

980
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 1: important thing that Dan Quinn has to figure out is

981
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:41,840
Speaker 1: how the hell are we using Jalen Smith. How is

982
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: he going to play next year? Is he going to

983
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: be more of a pass rusher. Is he going to

984
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,799
Speaker 1: be somebody that's going to plug these gaps? Because right

985
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,719
Speaker 1: now he can't change direction and he can't necessarily plug

986
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 1: a gap, so he's not physical enough to do that

987
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: right now. I think you need to figure out a

988
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: way to get Dan Quinn to fix Jaylen Smith. The

989
00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:00,120
Speaker 1: second one is I wanted to restructure his contract and

990
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: that would probably be the best way to do it.

991
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 1: But I if those two things happen, would not mind

992
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:09,280
Speaker 1: seeing Jalen Smith back into Cowboys uniform. But at this moment,

993
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if even one of those things are

994
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 1: going to happen. I just look at it, like seven high,

995
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: two million dollars, right if I'm looking at that curb. Yeah,

996
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: but I mean you're you're hit. You're getting a dead

997
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,719
Speaker 1: money hit too if you do it. I mean it's

998
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 1: not it's it's not massive. But I just look at

999
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: it like, Okay, you don't have Jalen Smith. That's another

1000
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:28,959
Speaker 1: spot you go in the draft and you're like, Okay,

1001
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: who's who's playing whatever linebacker position. For me, I just

1002
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 1: think a more please, thank you. Yeah, he's he's a stud.

1003
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,839
Speaker 1: But I'm just saying, I mean, we've talked. You can

1004
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:40,320
Speaker 1: name any you can name a lot of positions on

1005
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,719
Speaker 1: this team right now and say yeah, they can use that,

1006
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,200
Speaker 1: even in the first round, and then make a linebacker

1007
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,359
Speaker 1: or another one. I guess that's what you'd have to do. Yeah,

1008
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:49,960
Speaker 1: But this is all about trimming the fat, right, right,

1009
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 1: This is all about trimming the fat. So I mean, yeah,

1010
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: even though you might create more voids, but you're you're

1011
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 1: shedding some you're shedding some weight, right and if if

1012
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 1: rich out you're ready for our spring and summer bodies

1013
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,359
Speaker 1: that we need we got, we gotta share some fat,

1014
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:04,680
Speaker 1: right and become in my wheelhouse right now talking about

1015
00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:08,359
Speaker 1: you know what, So even though yeah, it might create

1016
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,880
Speaker 1: another problem for you, it might be it might be

1017
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,200
Speaker 1: the first step to your resolution. And that's not just

1018
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 1: that's just not just that position. That's at a lot

1019
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:18,840
Speaker 1: of positions. Well, yeah, go ahead. Sorry, No, I was

1020
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,759
Speaker 1: just gonna say, you know, if you watch the Super Bowl,

1021
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 1: man and you talk about linebacker play, Devin White, put

1022
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 1: everybody on notice and so if he is the where

1023
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:33,440
Speaker 1: you start comparing your as your linebacker, then you have

1024
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:37,520
Speaker 1: to start talking about Jalen Smith possibly moving to the

1025
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 1: mic linebacker and moving LV to the wheel because of

1026
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,800
Speaker 1: just coverage and all of that. But you're still in

1027
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: a situation when you talk about dan Quinn bringing into

1028
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:50,440
Speaker 1: four three and starting to have those reminiscing about twenty

1029
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,240
Speaker 1: eighteen with these two guys, I think they're far removed

1030
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:56,160
Speaker 1: from that, and so I may agree, you know that, Look,

1031
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:57,920
Speaker 1: you can bring it back if your restructure, but it

1032
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,479
Speaker 1: may be time just to move on because dan Quinn

1033
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,399
Speaker 1: may not be able to salvage anything. They've moved him

1034
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 1: from Mike to Will, They've they've put him at the

1035
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,960
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. They've done a lot of different things.

1036
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:11,360
Speaker 1: And you know, if you want to trust your eyes

1037
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:15,239
Speaker 1: or look at film on him, as Jalen says, you know,

1038
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: the numbers are there. He's making a ton of tackles,

1039
00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,800
Speaker 1: but I don't think that that production correlates into difference

1040
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,160
Speaker 1: maker on your defense, and that's what the Cowboys need. Hey,

1041
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:30,920
Speaker 1: don't forget. He's also been given it the title of cornerstone, right,

1042
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,880
Speaker 1: and Cornerstone, yeah, are we are we sold on Layton

1043
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: vander Esh too, And while we're talking about linebackers, are

1044
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 1: we sold on what he brings to the table as

1045
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,240
Speaker 1: a as a young linebacker? Is his health and issue?

1046
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,280
Speaker 1: Are we seeing a decline already? Are we worried about

1047
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 1: fifty five moving forward? I mean not just fifty four,

1048
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: but Rob mentioned if fifty four goes, you're gonna have

1049
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 1: to fill them with somebody. But same thing with Layton Vanderesh.

1050
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 1: How much of a hole is he potentially on that defense?

1051
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: Will be your option coming up? I like, I like LV, man,

1052
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:04,920
Speaker 1: I don't I don't have to if you have to

1053
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 1: fight to put LB put it like this, if we

1054
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:09,920
Speaker 1: had to compare to two, right, if we had compared

1055
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 1: to it, you're going to keep one. I think it's

1056
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,359
Speaker 1: an easy it's an easy call for me to stick

1057
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:15,839
Speaker 1: with Lvee. That's That's no shade that Jalen at all.

1058
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: I just I just like the way to he approaches

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Speaker 1: the game. And for me, that's a lot. Obviously, I

1060
00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:23,080
Speaker 1: don't know all the classroom stuff and all that other

1061
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,399
Speaker 1: jazz that that all the intangible is that really matter?

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00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:27,839
Speaker 1: But I like the way that LV approaches the game. Now,

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00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: obviously all both of those guys need to improve, just

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00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: like every other player in this league. But I feel

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00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: like it appears as if he's more willing to, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, to adapt, and more willing to absorb information

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Speaker 1: from coaches. Um, just when you just hear somebody, just

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Speaker 1: when you hear them speak, right, Um, it's almost like

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00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,280
Speaker 1: Jay when Jalen speaks, it's almost like like, my stuff

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00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,480
Speaker 1: don't stink type type stuff. So it's like that's just

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Speaker 1: from just from that alone, UM, I would go at

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00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:59,840
Speaker 1: LV if I had to pick betweenty two. I agree,

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Speaker 1: I agree that with that, but also it's it's kind

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00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 1: of funny how both of these guys came into the

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00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:09,400
Speaker 1: NFL with durability issues, with Laydon with the neck and

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00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:12,800
Speaker 1: also Jalen with the drop foot and knee issues. So

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00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 1: look at this point, and even back to what Peace

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00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:19,400
Speaker 1: said about the fifth year option, the durability issues of

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00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 1: your defense are your linebackers has got to be addressed.

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00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:24,880
Speaker 1: You've got to get some young studs in here that

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Speaker 1: can get the job done. I think dan Quinn realizes

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00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,360
Speaker 1: that he doesn't have that long of a timeline. We

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00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 1: got rid of Mike Nolan on twelve months into the job.

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00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: So you know, there's not a lot of safety for

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00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,600
Speaker 1: these guys, so you gotta turn it around, especially when

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00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,840
Speaker 1: you talk about a historically bad defense and the linebacker

1087
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 1: played was so pits poor obviously with you know, bad

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00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:52,560
Speaker 1: defensive line player as well. Yeah, I'm I'm with the

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Speaker 1: guys on it. I mean, I think I think he

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00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 1: can play. I think he's he is a above average

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00:55:57,680 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 1: linebacker when he's healthy. I don't want to make a

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00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: direct comparison to Sean Lee, but that's kind of what Unfortunately,

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00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:05,680
Speaker 1: that's kind of way it's gone for him the last

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00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,040
Speaker 1: two years where I don't think he's been on the

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00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:11,080
Speaker 1: field enough to I don't know, find his rhythm, find

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00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 1: you know, he just hasn't looked as comfortable overall as

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00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: he did that rookie season when he was a pro bowler,

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00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:20,480
Speaker 1: And it's just unfortunately for him, it's just constantly been something.

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00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:24,319
Speaker 1: Um But I think, I think there's a good player

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00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 1: in there, and I think more importantly, there's a guy

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00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 1: that really I think he has committed to being a

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Speaker 1: good football player. It's just going to be a matter

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00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:36,359
Speaker 1: of health and so yeah, I mean, but he's got

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00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: one year left on his rookie deal unless they pick

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00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:40,319
Speaker 1: up his option. I don't know what they're gonna do there.

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00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 1: I would think they would, but he has had some

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00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 1: injuries that you know, it's it's Raises dry brows the

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00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:51,280
Speaker 1: last couple of years. Yeah, I mean the linebacker position,

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00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:54,839
Speaker 1: at least in my eyes, is the most unstable part

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00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: of the Cowboys defense, even though I know there are

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00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 1: worst parts of the Cowboys defense, talking about maybe the

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00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 1: cornerbacks and maybe the defensive tackles, But in terms of

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00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: the most unstable, it would take one injury, two injuries.

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00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:11,360
Speaker 1: We saw that last year to really up in the

1115
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 1: entire linebackers room, and I think it's something that needs

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00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 1: to be addressed this offseason. I don't know how you

1117
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: address it. I don't know if you just look for depth.

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00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:20,480
Speaker 1: I don't know if you just find a way. If

1119
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:24,160
Speaker 1: you're Dan Quinn to figure things out. That's not my job, luckily.

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Speaker 1: My job is to talk about it and ask about it.

1121
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:29,280
Speaker 1: But we do have a We did have a trade

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00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 1: in the division, and while we've got a couple of

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00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:33,520
Speaker 1: minutes left, wanted to get your thoughts on the trade.

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00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is no longer in the NFC East. He

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Speaker 1: has been traded to the Indianapolis Colts for a conditional

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00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,240
Speaker 1: second round pick that could become a first round pick

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00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:45,920
Speaker 1: pretty much based on Carson Wentz health and then a

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Speaker 1: third round pick plus Michael Pittman Junior, the Colts wide

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00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,880
Speaker 1: receiver who wore number eleven last year, was a rookie

1130
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:56,040
Speaker 1: last year out of USC wide receiver, somebody Carson Wentz

1131
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 1: is going to be throwing the ball too, said no,

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00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,400
Speaker 1: you're not getting my number eleven. You are not wearing

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00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:03,920
Speaker 1: my jersey number. Carson Wentz, you come in and you're

1134
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:06,680
Speaker 1: just as new as the rest of us. So respect.

1135
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 1: My question is do you do you like the trade

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00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: for the Eagles? Is it nice to have Carson Wentz

1137
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 1: out of the out of the division or is this

1138
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 1: a sad day for Cowboys fans that you won't have

1139
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,040
Speaker 1: eleven throwing the ball to your team? And yes, I

1140
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:23,000
Speaker 1: mean the Cowboys for any twice twice a year anymore?

1141
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:31,160
Speaker 1: Well I'll go first, Eagles suck, and you know, I

1142
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: absolutely love it. You know how backwards was that they

1143
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:39,200
Speaker 1: take on a thirty three million, thirty four million dollar

1144
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:43,280
Speaker 1: cap hit and they trade it Carson Wentz for a

1145
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:51,000
Speaker 1: black and mile and a golf bag. It makes no sense.

1146
00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 1: But at the same in the same breath, Um, you know,

1147
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna miss him. I never thought he was

1148
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:02,120
Speaker 1: any good at all in the comparison between he and

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00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:05,080
Speaker 1: dak As. I've always believed that dak was a better

1150
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:08,440
Speaker 1: quarterback and people know that as well. But you know,

1151
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,520
Speaker 1: he's out of here, and unfortunately for those guys in

1152
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:14,960
Speaker 1: his division, he'll be able to serve up those hot turnovers.

1153
00:59:15,360 --> 00:59:20,440
Speaker 1: And the wind sucks too. And you know, the Eagles

1154
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,040
Speaker 1: are just gonna be in a situation where they're not

1155
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:24,919
Speaker 1: gonna be able to bring in a bunch of talent

1156
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: because of that cap hit. And you know, when you

1157
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:29,240
Speaker 1: talk about teams in the NFC East and you look

1158
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,480
Speaker 1: at how bad things are for you, just look around.

1159
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 1: I mean, you can find a neighbor that is in

1160
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:36,720
Speaker 1: worse than shape. And the Eagles are in a bad place.

1161
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 1: And I can't wait to beat them twice this year.

1162
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,280
Speaker 1: So do we move? Do we move? Mondays? I mean

1163
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:45,360
Speaker 1: Fridays and Mondays now that we're only once a week

1164
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:47,880
Speaker 1: that we're doing. I miss you guys. I miss you

1165
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:53,560
Speaker 1: guys now. I think I Honestly, I think I think

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00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:55,920
Speaker 1: Wins needed a fresh start. I think how he's obviously

1167
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:57,920
Speaker 1: been bad for for a little while now I think

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00:59:58,040 --> 00:59:59,840
Speaker 1: Nick Falls is better than him while while he had

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00:59:59,880 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 1: his time there, honestly, but I think he needs a

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01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 1: fresh start. Man. I don't think that he has a

1171
01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 1: lack of talent. I think he actually has talent. I

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01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: just think that he's he just mentally just couldn't get

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01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:10,200
Speaker 1: his together. So I think that Indianappa has actually got

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01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 1: a pretty doug on good deal. Yeah, those guys, I mean,

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01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:15,640
Speaker 1: they stole him. So I think that if he has

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01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:18,160
Speaker 1: a I think if you have a resurgence and confidence

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01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:20,200
Speaker 1: um with the new way, and that happens with the

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01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:22,920
Speaker 1: new start, sometimes you you you remember who you were

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01:00:22,960 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 1: at one point in time. I think that Indianappa has

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01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 1: won the deal. And in Philly, yeah they got they

1181
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:32,880
Speaker 1: got got, as we say in the hood. Yeah, I mean,

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01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:35,840
Speaker 1: I I feel like, based on it was a pretty

1183
01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:38,760
Speaker 1: small sample size of Jalen Hurts, but I think he's

1184
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty good. I mean, watching him for whatever

1185
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:44,640
Speaker 1: four starts, it was like, damn for a rookie, he's

1186
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem. He's gonna be a problem and

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01:00:47,120 --> 01:00:50,440
Speaker 1: give credit to the Cowboys in December for kind of

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01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:53,560
Speaker 1: keeping him in the pocket and making him uncomfortable. Yeah,

1189
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:56,080
Speaker 1: and for a young player, that's tough. But I think

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01:00:56,240 --> 01:00:58,440
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna get better. And I you know,

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01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:02,040
Speaker 1: I know people were thinking, maybe, you know, Eagles could

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01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,320
Speaker 1: still draft quarterback in the first round. They could be

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01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,160
Speaker 1: in play in the top ten to give competition. But

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Speaker 1: I would look at drafting an alignment or a receiver

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01:01:09,640 --> 01:01:12,640
Speaker 1: or somebody to help him because I think, you know, yeah,

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01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,920
Speaker 1: I Wentz is out of the division, but I think

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01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:17,440
Speaker 1: there's a good chance that they build around him properly

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Speaker 1: and he doesn't have, you know, all these injuries around

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Speaker 1: him like Wins did. I think Jalen Hurts could be

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Speaker 1: a really good quarterback in this division that you got

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01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 1: to deal with for a while. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: don't believe that. I think you might be in the

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01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:33,440
Speaker 1: minority there and you think so disagree. Yeah, I think

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01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:37,920
Speaker 1: you might be. Now, I don't disagree with you, though.

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Speaker 1: I think Jalen Hurts is a winner. He's proven that

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Speaker 1: both at Oklahoma and at Alabama, and he got his

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Speaker 1: way to the Philadelphia side of things and instantly provided

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Speaker 1: a jolt to that offense. So we'll see if he

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Speaker 1: ends up being the quarterback that ends up being the

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Speaker 1: future for Philadelphia. But right now you look at Carson

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Speaker 1: Wentz and just say, hey, maybe now that he's out

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Speaker 1: of the division, he can turn into the top notch

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01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:02,280
Speaker 1: prospect he supposed to be with Indianapolis, and I think

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Speaker 1: that's what the Colts maybe looking for as well as

1215
01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:07,120
Speaker 1: a replacement for Philip Rivers. But that's going to do

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