WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Finally, Football 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:08.480 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:18.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Nick Shot 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.520 screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:27.240 Dallas Cowboys apt now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:34.880 and Nicky Spagnola. Are you ready for some football? We've 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:39.560 got some football at the Star in Frisco. First practice 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:43.320 of the Mike McCarthy era is in the books. And 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:48.080 Mickey Spagnola was right by the field to watch it. Well, 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.599 he was sort of. He had. In fact, Mickey had 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:54.440 a bird's eye view of it, better view than anybody 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:58.920 around Ford Center at the Star in Frisco. Bill Jones, 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:04.920 Everson Walls, Mickey Spagnola and Mickey. It's supposed to be 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:09.360 a high of one hundred five degrees today here in 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.880 Dallas Fort Worth. I think it was around eighty two 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:14.720 degrees when the Cowboys took the practice field at eight 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:18.160 o'clock this morning. So, and it was outdoors at Ford 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.600 Center at the Star in Frisco. But wouldn't it be 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:26.119 COVID nineteen And it is the hottest day in at 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.319 least two years in Dallas Fort Worth when the Cowboys 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.520 have their first training camp practice. How about that? And 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:37.720 Bill and Everson. That's a very good reason why Mike 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.880 McCarthy started this practice at eight o'clock in the morning, 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:46.120 because my thermometer here in Frisco said eighty three. I 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.640 think when they finished it was about eighty five, and 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.320 they had a two hour window, but they finished in 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.200 an hour and a half, so it wasn't that bad. 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.160 And one thing to remember, they've got four tents out here, 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:05.120 and judging from these big piping things from behind them, 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.760 they must be refrigerated, so there's some air conditioning in there. 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:14.320 And when they took a break at nine o'clock, everybody 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.120 went into the tents, so that's why I assume they 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.040 were cooling off. So they're trying to combat the heat. 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:22.720 And when you said I had a bird's eye view, 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:27.120 bird's eye is right because we're one level up and 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.560 I'm watching out the window from my desk because we 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.119 can only have one person out on the field and 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.000 Rob Phillips took that honor today, so the rest of 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:41.200 us watched from high above. But you know it's a 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.280 little different, and you guys are gonna laugh at this. 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:50.000 I used to judge my eyesight during these ota practices 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.840 where where you know, could be a hundred yards away 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.359 from the other end of the field where guys are working, 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.440 and I can see my eyes fading. So I said, okay, 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:03.320 now I need glasses, right, well, now I need binoculars. 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.720 So I got to alternate between my glasses and my 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:10.640 binoculars just to watch practice. So a little bit challenging. 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:14.839 But guess what, We're here at the start and there 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:19.760 was football on the field, and this is your first 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.200 time back at the Star, and I mean this week 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:26.000 is the first time back since the pandemic began. Right, well, 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.120 think about this. So I came back yesterday just to 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.960 see the protocol of how to get in, what I 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:36.440 had to do, get my temperature taken, answer a few questions, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.880 make sure my mask is on, and I went and 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.200 sat at my desk, right and I kind of looked 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:46.400 around Bill and Everson, and you know, there was a 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.000 little clutter there and no one cleaned it up right 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.080 all this time. And then I looked at the calendar 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.680 and the calendar was still turned to March when time 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:01.080 stood still, and I could see my TS bags and 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:06.120 I saw the notes on my calendar, and the last 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:10.000 one I had there was Wednesday. I think it was 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.160 March twenty fourth, so that would have been the last 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.120 day I was here. I counted it up and it 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.920 was one hundred and forty days since I had been 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:24.400 here at the start. So yeah, it's been a while. Well, 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.960 I flew for the first time this past weekend and 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:33.400 Brave Soul that was a herowing experience, I must say, uh, 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.520 And it was a little bit crowded as well. So yeah, 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.919 it's this is a different thing that we're dealing with, guys. 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:43.279 And that's one I think A factor that we really 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:47.120 didn't figure into. I don't think is you know when 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.640 you look at the NBA and you look at how 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:54.600 some teams are adjusting better to the new schedule, to 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.039 the new venue than others, and then you've got the 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:59.600 Phoenix songs and breaking out there undefeated, and you've got 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.400 some tea that are just really not adapting well at all. 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.200 You have Baseball having to deal with fragmented scheduling and 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.520 things of that nature. I wonder, with the short practices, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:15.560 no preseason, if I'm not mistaken, just not getting into pads, 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:20.960 how the team that adapts the best and the quickest 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.919 it may surprise you on the ones that are able 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.560 to do that, because when you look at this season 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.479 and you know, I guess they're going for a full season, 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:33.120 but the preparation for it, the time leading up to it, 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:37.560 I think it's extremely fragmented as well. And i'd be 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:41.160 interesting to see how many injuries you're gonna look at, 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.880 how many people are gonna look like they're a little rusty, 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.760 so I'm out of shape even so, I'd be very 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.560 interested to see how that's going to work out. So 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.000 it's pretty important guys to point out that while there 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:59.480 was football practice, it was basically a mini camp practice. Helmets, shorts, jerseys, 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.839 so uh, they don't put the pads on, or they 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:06.080 can put the pads on on Monday. So whatever they 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.720 did today and whatever they do Sunday, uh it'll be 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:14.440 uh in as a mini camp ota type practice, so 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.760 they won't be hitting and they don't have to put 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:21.680 the pads on Monday. They get fourteen padded practices over 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:26.440 uh twenty days once the Monday arrives, so uh, they're 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.880 gonna try to ease into this, and they've been doing 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:33.400 conditioning out on the field but not going up against 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:37.600 anybody today was the first time. The different thing to 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.360 try to get that timing down. You know, when you 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.320 try to get that timing down, it's it's totally different. 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.120 I don't care if you're a veteran of your rookie. 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.239 You know, you gotta you gotta get some LIXI in first, 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:50.760 and you gotta have to get a lot of them 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.840 in and we probably need to and we probably need 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:58.120 to qualify things because they were kind of going three 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:02.039 quarters speed maybe and there was hardly any There wasn't 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.680 really contact. It's like the offense and defensive lineman would 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:09.360 come up and just kind of hit, but not anything physical. 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:14.040 There wasn't really anything physical in the secondary of their linebackers. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.480 It was touching up. So you're going to hear different 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:21.080 things about what took place and an interception that was thrown. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:26.000 But let's let's qualify this, Okay, Let's not get too excited. 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.800 You know. I think the interesting thing about it from 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:33.680 an injury standpoint, you know, we see a lot of 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:38.920 injuries in normal years when training camp gets started, muscle pulls, 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:42.280 that sort of thing. And with the way things worked 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.440 out this offseason where they had no offseason except on 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:49.520 their own working out and really the veterans. Now the 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.240 rookies got in a week earlier than the veterans, but 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.120 the veterans that have been there since August first, basically 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:59.040 at the facility doing strength and conditioning and walk through 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.960 and so forth. And the fact that they don't have 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:05.560 preseason games that they have to prepare for initially, they 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:09.400 can afford. Actually, even it sounds strange, they can afford 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.040 to ease them in a little bit more. And they 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.720 need to ease him in a little bit more just 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.280 to make sure that the Bill doesn't have those injuries. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:23.080 A few connection problems right now. But yeah, and when 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.960 you mentioned injuries and stuff, I guess I should probably 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:30.000 give you guys an update. They did take Tyrone Crawford 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.959 off of physically unable to perform, so he's off of 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:37.600 POP and he was able to practice today. This was 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:41.040 his first day. Don Terry Poe is still on it. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:45.960 He was working with Britt Brown on the resistant chords, 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.200 so they're taking his a little bit slow. He had 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.920 a I believe it was a hamstring injury to end 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.240 the season, so they're bringing him back. So Brandon Knight 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.960 was over there working with Britt along with Lale College, 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.880 and so from an offensive line stamp point, it was 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.520 basically what you would have thought, Uh, with the exception 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:12.280 of Collins not being at right tackle. Uh it was 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.400 Wyatt some guy I never some guy had never heard 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:22.240 of before. Okay, it was Wyatt Miller. Wyatt Miller. See 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:27.000 Miller working at right tack. Yes, yes, So from an 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.160 injury standpoint, though they were in they were in pretty 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.880 good shape because everybody else was out there. So I 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:38.079 guess I since I brought up the offensive line Tyrone Crawford, uh, 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:43.320 Connor Williams, Connor McGovern kind of rotating there, Joe Looney 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:47.800 at center, uh Martin at right guard, and then Wyatt 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.960 Miller at right tackle. Yea, all right, Uh, okay, let's 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.960 talk about who's not there yet, because that was the 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.320 breaking news on Wednesday night. We got so much of 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:02.440 Mickey's observations about what he did see from his bird's 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:06.880 eye perched there at board center. But let's talk about 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:11.920 the name the guy that's named after Everson Everson Griffin. 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.360 As of course, Jerry has his State of the Team 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.640 address earlier in the day on Wednesday, and then on 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:24.480 Wednesday night the breaking news the Cowboys sign the pass 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.520 rusher that they needed to sign one year up to 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:32.520 six million dollar deal, three million dollar base reportedly, and 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:36.760 Everson Griffin is a Dallas Cowboy. Now he has to 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.560 go through his COVID testing. I believe a couple of 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.960 negative COVID tests and he could be out on the 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:47.400 field as early as Tuesday, I believe. Is that right, Mickey, Yes, absolutely, 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:51.760 He's got to have the basically probably tested today, will 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:56.040 test tomorrow, and then test again on Monday, and then 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:59.000 if he gets the three negatives, he's allowed to be 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:03.679 back on the field on Tuesday. So you know what, 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:06.920 And I'm going to cut right to the chase. They 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.920 signed a bunch of guys this offseason that have been 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:15.000 former Pro Bowlers. This guy was a Pro Bowler last year, 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:20.760 and I think this might be their biggest offseason veteran 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.880 pick up of everybody they signed. I know, Gerald McCoy, 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:30.040 Don Terry po Haha, Clinton Dix, but this guy was productive, 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.920 had eight sacks last year. And this is the key 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.720 thing for me. And you guys know Mike Zimmer. Mike 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.200 Zimmer doesn't mince words and he doesn't just say stuff 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.360 to say stuff to be politically correct. So when he 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:48.880 came out several weeks ago and said, we want Everson 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.240 Griffin back on this team, we want him here, then 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.480 to me, that kind of qualified that this guy still 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:59.439 got something ten years in the league, thirty two years old, 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.040 be really interested to see what he's able to do 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:48.920 once he gets here. How did you find that out? Oh, 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:53.840 apparently we lost Everson. Apparently we lost Everson. So just 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.440 one that was important because I wanted to find out 0:12:56.520 --> 0:13:02.840 Jill how he how he knew he was named after 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.920 Everson Walls. Now we'll get Everson back here, Shorty got 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:16.080 you and h But I agree Mickey though that that 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:22.760 Everson Griffin is the key signing of this offseason defensively. 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.720 And you know, one of the things about the Vikings, 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.400 uh my guy in the draft a few years ago. 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.400 Daniel Hunter plays on the other side for the Vikings 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.840 as about fifty sacks early in his career, and probably 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.040 one of the big reasons that Daniel Hunter has as 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.920 many sacks as he has is because Everson Griffin has 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.640 been on the other side and he's averaged. Griffin has 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.920 averaged ten sacks a season over the last six years. 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.160 But Everson Walls back with us now, and you know 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.880 he was Everson Griffin was a fourth round pick out 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.120 of USC and has had some issues along the way. 0:13:56.480 --> 0:14:00.520 But as long as he is on board and and help, 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.800 he sounds just like his namesakes. I had a few 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.080 He sounds just like his namesake. I had a few 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.200 issues along the way as well, So that was part 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.840 of the course. But but I can't say that early on. 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:13.600 You're right, Bill, he did have some issues. He had 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:15.880 to grow up a little bit, had some issues off 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:17.920 the field as well, and then all of a sudden 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.240 he got it. And I really think that had a 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.000 lot to do with Mike Zimmer. I think spacts you 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:27.120 mentioned them earlier. I think that that defense, we saw it, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.240 how well they played against the Cowboys last year, how 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:35.600 they they had these great athletes on the defensive line 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:39.040 and they were a catalyst, uh for that success on 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:43.000 that defense. One thing I like about him coming from Minneapolis, 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:47.560 from Minnesota here to here is I like how uh 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:53.400 with with the new defensive coordinator Nolan, that we're going 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:58.160 to have I think the similar style, very unpredictable blitzes, 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.320 which will allow things so open up for your defensive 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.680 lineman as well. More aggressiveness. Of course, you know I 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.080 was always complaining about the Cowboys defense previous years. I 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.840 think we're going to get back to the aggressiveness that 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:17.800 we need, and that's that really posed as well for Everson. So, Everson, 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.560 two questions for you. One, how did you find out 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.280 he was named after you? And two? How many other 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:28.640 Eversons have you run into in your life? Well, my 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.400 old agent, Steve Weinberg, you know, he was a pest 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.400 to Gil Brand and his text ram for quite some time. 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.800 As my representative, he was still out there, you know, 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.480 trying to make make make his name, get his name 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.720 out there and get some clients. And he was the 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.840 one that approached Everson Griffin and asked him a question. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:54.720 And his parents just happened to be major Cowboy fans. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.200 And I don't know maybe the uniqueness of my name, 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:04.440 but the parents themselves, they settled on calling him Everson 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.120 a lot, being a Cowboys fan, but of course being 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.920 an Everson Walls fan as well. So I knew about 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:14.000 him as he was coming out of USC and it 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:15.760 was pretty cool. So of course, you know me, I 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.320 have to do a search on how many Eversons are 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.840 out there, you know, so I looked it up a 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.640 little bit and went on Facebook, of course, and there's 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.760 a few. One guy, I know, it's one Everson. I 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:33.560 had a picture sent to me back in nineteen eighty 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:39.200 two and a young kid named Everson Eiders Marsh he was. 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.480 It was mailed to my home and he was also 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.000 named after me. And I've also been named as a 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:51.080 one of two twins just recently was born right before 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:59.000 this whole COVID thing with. So what's the story behind 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:05.960 your parents naming you Everson? We lost Everson again? You know. 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.040 One of the things, Uh, Mickey, you may recall this 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:15.960 early in Everson's career, TV broadcasters oftentimes mistook his name 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:19.320 and would call him Emerson Walls inside, Everson Walls. You 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:23.239 remember Emerson Boozer. Yeah, Everson Boozer. That's exactly what I 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.280 was thinking of. But Everson Griffin is a great pickup 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:29.520 I think for this team, and really, Mickey, when you 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:33.199 look at what this team has done, let's let's go 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:37.080 this route on this. Think about Dak Prescott's contract and 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.879 the thirty one point four million dollars because he is 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.680 franchise tag, I think he give a lot of credit 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.520 to the way Stephen Jones and think Will McClay the Cowboys. 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.639 They have worked this roster this offseason where they even 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:54.639 though they knew there was a possibility that Dak was 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.280 going to count that much against the cap, they have 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.600 managed this roster and the salaries on the roster to 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.840 the point that here as training camp starts, they're able 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.000 to bring on a big time veteran talent at a 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.640 position of need and sign him and have that kind 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.960 of money available because there's not a lot of teams 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:17.040 that could that could do that. And when you're you know, 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.600 you're thinking that, Okay, you might be able, you know 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:23.040 this contract that you're trying to negotiate with your quarterback, 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.119 you might be able to free up some space. But 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:27.600 for them to have the foresight that, hey, if we 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:29.520 don't get a deal done, we still need money to 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.440 add to this team. I give them a lot of 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:33.879 credit to be able to do that. Yeah, and we 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.920 have to remember it's kind of a one year, proven deal, 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:39.960 sort of what they did with Robert Quinn last year, 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:46.280 and it's it's will count three million for sure, it's guaranteed, 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.840 and then he has a per game bonus that can 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.719 count another three million if he gets all the games. 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:57.320 So basically, for potentially six million dollars, they got a 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:02.120 replacement for at least a replacement that played last year 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.800 in the league at a high level for Robert Quinn, 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.000 who was counting a bill if I remember, it was 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.760 like seven and a half million maybe last year or 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:13.080 something like that. So yeah, it's it's kind of a 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:18.240 sweetheart deal. And obviously, you know, he opted out of 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:22.000 his contract that he had going in Minnesota to allow 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.240 him to become a free agent, and he took that 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:29.760 deal and played for less last year. So yeah, and 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:35.720 look at it this way. Coming into today, that right 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:39.440 defensive end spot had a big question mark up there, right, 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.840 And I'll tell you how they lined up today. Over there, 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:46.320 Alden Smith lined up with the first team at right 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:50.400 defensive end. And he hadn't played any football since twenty fifteen. 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:54.240 And by the way, he's wearing fifty eight and they've 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:57.480 got him listed at two eighty. He doesn't look, from 0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.679 my bird's eye view more than two hundred sixty pounds. 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:04.280 He looks just the way you're supposed to look at 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:11.400 defensive end. And then, because I'm guessing them signing Everson 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:16.560 Griffin and counting on Alden Smith. Tyrone Crawford, who I 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:19.760 mentioned came off of PUP today. He was the other 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:24.120 first team defensive tackle with Gerald McCoy since done. Terry 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:26.959 Poe is still on PUP. So that shows you the 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:30.760 versatility of Crawford, But what they think of Alden Smith 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:34.679 and after that, then it's guys that you know, didn't 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.520 do much at all last year. So to bring this 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:41.280 guy in and have a proven talent and put a 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:45.760 rotation there, I thought it was huge. You know, to 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.040 hear what you say that he looks more like he's 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:51.400 two sixty than two eighty, I think that is really encouraging, 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:55.480 because you know, there were the reports after the Cowboys 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:58.000 signed him that he was like two hundred and eighty 0:20:58.000 --> 0:20:59.960 five pounds or something. I said, if he's two hundred 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.840 eighty five pounds, then he is he's more of a 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:06.720 five technique than he is and edge rusher. And to 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.880 hear but to hear that he looks like to Mickey's 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:12.280 bird's eye view, closer to two sixty. And I haven't 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:14.840 seen the official weight that he added at his physical, 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:19.840 but I think that is really really great news to 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:23.080 hear that he's in that kind of condition. Yeah, yeah, 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:26.800 I think not with him anyway, He's got that great 0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:30.520 athletic ability, so he could probably just make make two 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:33.639 eighty five look like two sixty because he's just been 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:36.000 that exceptional. But what I like about what the coach 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:40.320 McCarthy's doing is he's bringing in the veterans. And the 0:21:40.320 --> 0:21:42.840 thing about bringing in veterans, you have guys you can trust, 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:45.840 you understand. You want to make sure that you have 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:48.920 guys that you can trust. And they may not always, 0:21:49.080 --> 0:21:53.439 you know, play consistently necessarily every game because some of 0:21:53.480 --> 0:21:56.760 them are a little bit older, uh in in in 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.560 their careers, but what you can look at is they 0:21:59.600 --> 0:22:02.600 will know the gravity of the moment. And that's one 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:06.480 thing that Parcells has always done, one thing that Belichick 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:10.080 has always done. They brought in veterans who understand the 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:13.359 gravity of the moment and you can trust them to 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:17.080 be in position every time that you need a play done. 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:21.440 And also these guys can bring along the young kids 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:24.040 in there and make sure that they understand, you know, 0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:26.360 what it is to be a professional. So I think 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:29.879 what coach McCarthy's doing, it's a great game plan. Working 0:22:29.880 --> 0:22:33.479 with Will, working with McLay and how he's bringing these 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:37.400 these quality veterans in and able to fit them under 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:40.280 the cap. This is this is looking pretty good, guys. 0:22:40.280 --> 0:22:43.840 When you when you look at the entire architectural piece 0:22:43.880 --> 0:22:48.200 of it's coming together very well. Okay, if if if 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:51.760 these a thirty something guys can stay healthy. Did the 0:22:51.800 --> 0:22:55.879 math on it. There's fifteen Pro bowls on this defensive line. Now, 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:58.840 the Marcus Lawrence with a couple, Gerald McCoy with six, 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:02.800 Dantee Jerry Poe with a couple, Everson Griffin with four 0:23:02.840 --> 0:23:05.760 Pro bowls, Alden Smith one Pro Bowl in his career. 0:23:05.800 --> 0:23:08.399 I total it up, there are fifteen of Pro Bowl 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:12.040 accolades on that defensive line. That's a lot of playmakers. 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:15.160 That's a lot of playmate. Yes, now we'll see, we'll 0:23:15.200 --> 0:23:17.520 see if they'll play at that Pro Bowl level. 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