WEBVTT - Draft Show: Vision of the Future 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:09.920 Is the Dallascowboys dot Com Draft Show, your war room 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:13.680 for insider news and draft analysis from deep within the 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:17.040 confines of Cowboys Headquarters at the Star Infrasco. 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:27.960 Today is Wednesday, January sixteenth, and we are now officially 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:33.640 ninety nine days from the twenty twenty four NFL Draft. 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:35.839 Welcome into the Draft Show for the first time in 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.440 twenty twenty four, presented by Miller Lte. We will be 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.479 here twice a week from here on out. Unfortunately a 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:43.960 couple weeks early, but we're here. 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.560 Nonetheless, you think you're so funny, don't you think. 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.920 Ninety nine days? I looked that up this morning and 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:50.519 I had a mini heart attack myself. 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:52.880 I will mention that it's January seventeenth and not sixteenth, 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:53.639 but it's fine. 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:59.440 What it's I say, sixteenth, It's okay. It's Wednesday, January yesterday. 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:03.200 Welcome in the Draft Show. Nick's already cut off. We've 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.920 got Zach Wolchuk, Nick Harris, the Great, Brian brought us 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.399 Ayisha Morrison, I'm Kyle Yeomen's Chris Beame in the back. 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:10.920 We will have Bobby Belt in the rotation as well 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:15.280 throughout the Draft Show here this season and his draft. 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.119 Season, so we will have all those guys. 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:20.600 But Brian, it's always, uh, it's always bittersweet to be 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.839 back in here because one we're getting the talk draft season, 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:25.679 but two, it means the Cowboys season has come to 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:26.080 a close. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.760 Yeah, that's usually the way things work. And you know, 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.400 you felt like that maybe that you'd have a couple 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:35.560 more opportunities to to kind of see this football team play, 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:40.400 but it really is you know, all year long. They 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.320 have your season, but the scouts are working on the draft, 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.000 you know, and we just pick it up. We we 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.240 cover the season and then we try and catch up 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:50.840 with the scouts and what's going on. 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.520 But you know, this is the way, you know, this 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:55.880 is the way you make your team better. You go 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:57.920 out and you evaluate. We always talk about in the show. 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.040 We educate and investigate are the two things that we 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.400 do here and so, you know, looking forward to doing 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:07.160 that with all you It's always a fun time of 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.919 the year for me because I lived this, this has 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.639 been my life and I'm so happy that I have 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.919 teammates here that have a passion for it as well. 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.280 And that's I think what makes this show so great 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:23.600 is the camaraderie, but the discussion about these players and 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.520 how to make not only the Dallas Cowboys better, but 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.840 we have fans from all over the country that watched 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.920 this show and learn about players, so we welcome you 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:33.400 as well. 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:35.480 Can't wade and it's always a lot of fun. 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:39.000 The more you dive into the draft process, and I 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.160 usual got her first taste of it last year, Zach 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.080 got his first official taste of it. 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.200 Nick, you're the rookie of the show this time around. 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:49.720 So the deeper you get into it, the more fans 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.920 enjoy the learning, and the more learning that's had on 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:56.240 our side as well. Investigate and educate all day every day. 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.639 And Nick, you've you've been around a lot of these 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:02.120 prospects from the recruit root trail. Excited to see how 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.280 you kind of bring that extra taste into it on 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:05.160 the draft side too. 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.919 Honestly, me too, just kind of give everybody some perspective 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:09.959 on where I come from. I started working for the 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:13.600 Dallas Cowboys. This was the first day, was the first 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.000 day of the draft for me last year. So while 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:17.880 I was getting everything since you wait to give him 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:19.960 my hr paperwork in, I was watching you guys trying 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:21.919 to handle who's going to get trapped in the first round. 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:23.840 But yeah, this is my first time going through the 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:25.920 draft process with you guys. Where I came from, I 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:28.240 was covering college football recruiting for four to five years 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.960 with twenty four seven Sports and Rivals. My last two 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.760 years was with Rivals as a national analyst. So whenever 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:35.760 you see those high school kids get the stars, put 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.480 on them three, four or five star. I was one 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.680 of the seven guys that was doing that nationwide. So 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:41.920 whenever one of these two stars gets drafted in the 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:43.480 first round, I'm the one you can come to and 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.760 be like, you're stupid so looking forward to it? 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.120 Oh, I can't wait for that. That's gonna be fun. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:48.400 Yeah. 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.440 Well, well I was going to be a three star 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:51.960 in the first round and we're real look at Nave 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:53.440 and be like, what were you doing? 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:55.520 I will say twenty twenty six draft is when my 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.200 evails will start coming around. So I'll save the BEA 0:03:58.400 --> 0:03:59.880 for that. We'll save the be for that. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.640 That's awesome. I issue year number two. 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.480 How is it different for you this time around? 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.480 Well, if I'm being human and being very honest, I'm 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:11.000 not nearly as nervous as I was. It's it's this 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.960 is not an easy feat coming up here, and Brian 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.719 used to tell me, like, you can't fake it doing this, 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:19.880 and so the you know the work that you have 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.800 to put in to be precise with it, and people 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:23.200 will hold your feet to the fire. 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:24.599 You know, and you guys will too. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.880 So I think coming into this season, I'm far more 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.599 just comfortable being with you guys, because I know you 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.960 at this point, and as far as the process goes, 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.560 I'm just learning to I can trust myself more, you know, 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.359 because I have done it, and so now I'm like, 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.720 I trust my eyes and we can go for it. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.960 So I'm excited. That's actually I. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.520 Think it's be pumped up the fact that you're going 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.680 into your number two and you already feel that comfortable 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.640 like and you're back into your rhythm that you already 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.560 had last year, and I think everybody can speak to 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:55.720 you did a phenomenal job and your number one, your 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:56.800 number two is going to be even better. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:57.240 I can't wait. 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.200 I will say this, The anxiety never goes away, That's true, 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:01.480 it never really does. 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.680 But I mean because like you say, you're you feel responsible, 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.240 you really do, and especially when you're sitting in that 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.000 chair across the hall up there when you're drafting players, 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.960 you feel responsible for what's going out there, and so yeah, 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.600 that's that's the great thing about it. And you you 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.560 your your missus uh resonate with you more than your makes. 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.240 And it's nice when people remind you about the makes though, 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.120 because that's that makes you feel a little bit better 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:27.120 about the job you're doing. 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.120 It happens every once in a while you'll get one 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.880 where it's like, hey, you have this guy right, appreciate 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:32.560 all the insight. 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:33.560 But more often than. 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.880 Not, it's why did you guys have this guy so 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:37.360 high or why did you have it so low? 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:39.279 And it always turns into that Zak you had that 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:40.520 a couple times last year. 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.920 Oh yeah, Yoshivash ended up making me look pretty good. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:44.480 Princeton kid from Bengals. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:44.960 I got a cup. 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.560 But then yeah, there were some you know, Emmanuel Forbes. 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:49.599 I think we were all high on and I definitely 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:52.120 got the gotch. You guys loved Emmanuel Forbes. Look at 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.200 me getting benched over there in Washington, what do you know? 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.080 But hey, it's part of the process, and I don't 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:57.520 think that you can go ahead and just write a 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.880 kid off after a rookie season. Though, I know we'll 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:01.680 talk about that with some of the Cowboys from this 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:02.600 past draft as well. 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.840 Yeah, there's a lot to dive into. I do want 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.360 to get into the recent reaction though, with the way 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:09.640 that the season ended. 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:10.720 You give up. 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.080 Forty to forty eight points, almost had forty two. I'm 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.520 giving six points to this Dallas defense, forty eight points 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.400 in the wildcard round to Green Bay. You fall forty 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.520 eight to thirty two. You get bounced in a round 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:27.159 that you anticipated to win. And things really do change 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.160 on a dime. I mean, one week we're talking about 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.880 Mike McCarthy and extensions and everything that can happen there. 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:34.640 Dan Quinn's a shoeing. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.640 For head coaching jobs around the league, and then all 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:38.240 of a sudden you put a halt on him, really 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.320 every conversation, and you don't know what the future of 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.400 this franchise really looks like, Brian when it comes to 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:48.000 the draft and really the team's perspective, how much can 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.560 things change just over the next couple of weeks. 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:52.440 It can change quite a bit, you know. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:56.320 And now everybody goes they'll have their meetings, they've dismissed 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.960 the team, you know, the coaching staff, you'll get everything 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.880 kind of squared up with see what happens with DQ 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.440 in his interviews. You know, you have to maybe prepare 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:06.960 for him being gone. Do you have to get a 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:10.600 different defensive coordinator? Does that change the philosophy? Is there 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.160 a coordinator coming from the outside. If that's the case, 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.880 is he a four three three four? You know, does 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.160 he mesh with what we're trying to do. Dan was 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.200 really involved with personnel, and so if Dan were to 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:25.200 move on, now you're trying to think, okay, well all 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.320 those players that we really watched all year that Dan 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:32.360 really liked. Now where someone else might come in here 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.960 and say, well, this is a type of player I want, 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.760 you know, And that's the tough thing on scouts. 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.880 They have to go back now and. 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:43.600 Bring back potential players that they might not have liked 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:45.920 or graded well enough. 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.640 For the team. But you have a new defensive coordinator. 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:53.040 So any type of tweak with the coaching staff could 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.000 be a little bit of a stress on your scouting staff. 0:07:56.320 --> 0:08:00.720 How much does that put a pressure on adential hire 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:05.480 coming in because there's already an infrastructure laid from the 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.720 draft picks you've made from the roster that's been put 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.000 on the field recently. But Nick, whenever you look at 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.000 maybe even potential candidates, whether it's at head coach or 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.040 defensive coordinator, how much does that put a pressure on 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.760 them to come in and immediately either change or keep 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:19.440 things the same. 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.360 Yeah, I think there's going to have to be a 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.160 pressure to change, right because if they're brought in, they're 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.560 brought in to change. That's what kind of the whole 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.640 conversations are this week about. You know, how much change 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.160 do you want to instill on the cornerstones of this roster, 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.760 the cornerstones of this team. And I think if someone's 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:36.200 brought in to do that, then they're going to have 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.240 to do that, especially considering when you look at it 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.480 from a draft perspective, what the twenty twenty three draft 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.000 class put on the table this last season. Being able 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.120 to have a successful twenty four class, I think there's 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.240 even more pressure on that. Whether that be for a 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.560 first guy or the guys that are already here, I 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:51.679 think that would be the equal pressure in that sense. 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.719 Man, it really does change things pretty quickly. But how 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.280 did it change your perspective on the way that this 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:02.440 roster's been the way that they were bounced out of 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.440 that wild card round and really dismantled by Green Bay. 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:09.040 I mean, yeah, I think that, and really I don't 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:13.760 want to upset anybody, but listen, this league is ever changing, evolving. 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.800 I feel like I personally felt like the big nickel 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.679 in the way that it's been used and just kind 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:20.800 of with some of the things they do on the 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.559 defensive side of the ball has been really good for 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.480 this system. But I do think, just like every other 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.199 thing in football, at some point in time, people figure 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.800 some stuff out, they figure how to counter it, and 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.719 I think this is year three, four, whichever year it is. 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:37.920 I think some defenses, I mean, because it would be 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.040 different if it was just like one or two times, 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.920 but every time that you got beat, it was people 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.560 attacking that part of your defense. And so to me, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.520 I do think there's some changes that have to be 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.600 made or some it's okay to take a step back 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.400 and also to reevaluate to see if you need to 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.120 change some things or how you can adjust. 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.600 So for me, it's like if there's a new coordinator 0:09:59.640 --> 0:09:59.960 coming in. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.520 I thought Brian made a really good point about even 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.560 looking at some of the players. Now, I'm like, I 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:09.080 don't know the foundation of what this defense might look 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.440 like next year, as opposed to we went into last 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.480 year looking at for as like this is a ballhawk guy, Yeah, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:19.760 press all that lengthy corner. That's the prototype for what 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.200 you know, this defensive staff likes or that side of 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:25.120 the ball. But now you're like, well, man like, if 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:28.560 there's a philosophy change, what is the foundation? And so 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.000 I do think it also puts some not pressure on us, 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.920 but it does change how we even attack this show, 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.560 I think at this point. So now for me, I'm 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.959 just like, if there's changes that need to be necessary, 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.360 I need them to go ahead, and you know, decide. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:42.400 To do that. 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.960 But I'm I'm just being honest, man like, because the 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:49.080 way that you lost in these games was because of 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:50.880 not that side of the ball. 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:52.719 To me get out of it, I. 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:54.000 Think there's a really good point to make on the 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.679 defensive side that you made because you already made the 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.760 changes on the offensive side. You figured those out last offseason, 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:01.600 and feel like the offense had a pretty strong year 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:04.080 from from by any measures, especially if you look at 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:05.920 Week six going into the bye week and what they 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.720 did coming out. I think there was a lot of 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:09.520 positive you could take away from that. But you look 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.160 at the defensive side and how like you said, wherever 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.320 they lose, it was the same exact areas of the 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.600 defense that we're getting attacked. You can't go into ox 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.280 Star next year with the same exact thing that you 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:20.960 finished with on Sunday afternoons. You're going to have to 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.560 make some sort of major change. And I think that 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.400 starts with the defensive side of the ball, because they 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:26.280 haven't done that yet. They already did the offensive side. 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.000 All right, let's do a defensive overhaul. Let's see what 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:28.520 that looks like. 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.559 And as she gets a philosophy question coming out of 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.920 ox Star, did we all think that they went short 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:34.640 at linebacker? 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:35.280 Yes? 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.040 Absolutely, everyone was concerned about seed line. 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.880 To me, that's where I felt like the House of 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.800 Cards was right. Yeah. And and I think Gan was trying. 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.520 His best to put what I would say a band 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:47.559 aid on an amputation. 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:48.680 Oh absolutely, you know. 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.960 I mean, and you know and Bell, and you talked 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.360 about Bell and and and what he could do and 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.280 all that you brought up. I think he gave a 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.280 great thumbnail about the player and all. But see This 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.280 is where I you know, you wonder about philosophy. They 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.439 made a determination to go short at linebacker, and they 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.480 trusted that Van dersh would stay healthy. 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:09.040 You know. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.480 The Overshown injury was just a thing. Was tragic from 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.440 what we saw during training camp. 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:15.360 There were some. 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:19.240 Things philosophy wise that they chose to do that the 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:23.320 end of the year really just showed its ugly head. 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.240 And you know, and I think that's what they have 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.840 to go back and study. Like when we were coming 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.080 out of camp, what did we think? Why did we 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.360 think this? Yeah, and I think that put a lot 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.959 of stress on the defense for some of the things 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:37.840 that some of the decisions that they made. 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.400 I think we were pretty excited about overshowing. Right, So 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:42.480 that's that the right point. Like for dan Quinn, you 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.439 look at the undersized nature of this defense and you're 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.839 absolutely right, Ayisha teams were exploiting that. But you were 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.360 hoping to have LV right, you were hoping to have Overshown. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.840 But I think that this this team is very well 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.120 built to win the NFC East. I think now you 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.280 need to look at Okay, how can you match up 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.640 with the San Francisco, How can you match up in 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.320 the postseason when you get there, because I think we 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.800 believe this team's good, this team's gonna win double digit 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.400 games every single year. But once we get into the playoffs, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.400 there seems to be a little bit of a disconnect there. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:11.480 You need to get bigger, you need to get bigger, 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.320 and you need to get stronger for me, and that's 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.040 kind of a difference that I'm looking at instead of 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:16.200 just simply speed. 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:20.000 Well, we all evaluated Mossi Smith, right, yeah, and Massie 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.000 Smith was supposed to be the three hundred and thirty 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.280 pound defensive tackle. And next thing I know, I'm watching 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.959 tape and I call Aisha, I go, Massi Smith looks small. 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.320 To you, you know, and we all were kind of yeah. 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.200 He looks small and playing at like three oh seven. 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:33.560 Yeah. 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.400 See, that's what I'm saying. All of a sudden, there's 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.200 some philosophy things on defense, and yeah, they absolutely do 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.600 need to get bigger, tougher, I think is something. But 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:45.439 we talked about toughness two years ago against San Francisco. Right, 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.040 you know, some things have to change, you know what 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:49.559 exactly what you're saying. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.920 Yeah, I said on our show yesterday, I said one 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.240 of the one of the changes I'm looking to see. Hey, man, listen, 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.600 if you keep the head coach in the OC, fine, 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.800 for the love of God, bring an advisor of somebody 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:06.599 in here that understands the Shanahan tree, because defensively and 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.720 off offensively, they give you trouble and it's not getting 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:10.199 any better. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.080 The Rams have turned it around and figured their life out. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.080 Green Bay looks like an up and coming team. You 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:16.920 got to see these people you're gonna have to see 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.160 and the forty nine ers could possibly be just as 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.320 good next year. You're gonna have to keep seeing these 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.680 these guys. And then also to on the AFC side, 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.640 to your point, you played a lot of unfamiliar opponents 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.880 this year and it showed, And so I thought that 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.280 was I thought that was a good point that you 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.520 guys made in regard to like, Okay, well, this team 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.200 is beat to you that it's built to build the 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.440 NF to beat the NFC NFC East Oh yeah cool, Yeah, 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.440 but you need to look at how do you match 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:45.080 up against everyone else as well? Can this travel Can 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.400 this philosophy be extended across the NFL, because maybe if 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:50.000 you once you get in the playoffs, or if you're 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.400 trying to get to the ball, you gonna see the 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:52.160 AFC team. 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.280 There's no avoiding them at this point. 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:58.920 So it's like, to your point, broadening the matchups and 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.320 the personnel I think is going to be important. But 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:05.640 also find an identity, identity and philosophy on both sides 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.680 of both sides of the ball that's conducive to be 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:10.280 successful in the league is going to be important moving forward. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:10.680 Agreed. 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.480 And they got to figure out an offense. How do 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.680 you run the football? And it's a little bizarre. You 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:16.560 look up and you've got two first team All pros 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.400 at guard? Have you got a second team All Pro 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:18.920 at tackle? 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:19.160 Yeah? 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.680 You could not run the ball all year. 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:23.200 Do you think they look at that? 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.800 Do you think they look at the coordinator position, even 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.280 though a lot of the players love Salari? 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.680 Is that something that maybe you look at the inability. 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:34.160 To run you have to But if anything, I think 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.200 it's a philosophy from your head coach, if your play caller, 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.040 not just the head coach specifically, but you. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:40.960 Sold as the idea that we're going to run the 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:41.720 ball right. 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.280 All training camp long, run the ball, run the ball, 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.080 run the ball, and then you can't run the ball. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.680 That's troubling to me. If you're saying there's an emphasis 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.760 on running the football and you've got three All pros 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.480 up front to first team one second team, you should 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:58.760 be the best running team in the country and or 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.160 at least top five, and you barely crack the top 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.080 fifteen and you're just man in terms of running the football. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:09.120 Bringing up a lot of these points, linebacker, defensive tackle, 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:12.680 offensive line, different elements of this team. 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.200 Is there one specific position of need? 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.600 I asked the question yesterday on Twitter, and it was 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:22.680 resounding linebacker as the number one. But I think we 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:24.400 could all kind of look around the table and say 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:28.359 linebackers maybe not what twenty four overall is gonna institute. 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:31.000 That's not a spot for twenty four overall unless it's 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.320 the perfect player and it's somebody that you feel like 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:34.800 is going to be a starter for twelve years in 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.720 the league, and YadA, YadA, YadA, But where is the 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:38.680 position of need. 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.120 Right now for the Skallas Cowboys team? 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.640 For me, I'm looking offensive line. I want a guy 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:44.520 that has versatility up front. I want a guy who 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.640 could play multiple positions. I want a guy that can 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.160 come into the building and be able to Okay, we 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:50.920 could fit you in there. If you work there, If 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.680 Tulers moves to tackle, maybe we can keep Tyler Smith 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.600 and Gard and move you to tackle. You look, get 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.120 a guy like Graham Barton out of Duke. 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:58.440