WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Training Camp Quarterback Battles and Fantasy Quarterback Tiers 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:11.160 Training camps continue across the NFL a wave of injuries, 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.920 though visits one hotly contested division. We will update you 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.520 on all of the divisions are coming up today. The 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.160 Dallas Cowboys training camp continues. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:20.720 On the road in Oxnard. 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:24.119 Yesterday, Jerry Jones making news saying the Cowboys didn't walk 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:27.160 away from Max Crosby. We examine what they're walking towards 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:29.600 on a live report from Jane Slater on our show, 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.880 and the Las Vegas Raiders have their starting quarterback for now. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:35.000 We tackle some possible outcomes and. 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.199 Chat with former Raider and current Raiders broadcaster Kurt Morrison 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.479 on Today's Insiders. Hey, everybody, welcome to this edition of 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:43.839 The Insiders. Patrick club On here with NFL Network insider 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:45.440 Ian Rapport and Judy Batista. 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:45.880 Folks. 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.640 We are three days away from back together Saturday, and 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.959 while a lot of teams are back together on this Wednesday, 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.880 not everyone's doing everything. That's what we start with here 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.200 in What's New Today, Two of the best and most 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.760 explosive players in the NFL that happened play running back, 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.520 winning on new contracts. Both Jon Robinson and Jamier Gibbs 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:08.920 not practicing as they aspire towards that goal of new deals. 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.920 The Falcons and Lions now in very similar situations. Ian, 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:15.319 but timeline was, I guess somebody has to go first. 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:17.479 We'll start right there. 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.920 It certainly seems, just based on the landscape of this thing, 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:23.320 that the Atlanta Falcons and Vjon Robinson are having more 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.759 active conversations as it pertains to a long term extension. 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.240 If a deal is going to get done for either 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:29.720 of these. 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.679 Guys, which they coe's safe to say is up in 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.320 the air right now, certainly would make sense based on 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.479 where it's going for Jon Robinson to be first running 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.800 back this offseason to get the blockbuster deal and become 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.800 the highest paid running back in the NFL. Make no mistake, 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.720 both of these players, both Jamier Gibbs and Jon Robinson 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:50.280 are in similar situations. Both have fifth year options, both 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.520 are entering the fourth year, Both have been engaged at 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.800 some point of the offseason in long term extensions, and both, 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.920 if they get a new deal, will be either close 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.800 to or the highest paid running back in the NFL. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.040 We will see if the Atlanta Falcons of v Jon 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.240 Robinson can end up landing that plane. As far as 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:13.200 Jamior gives these conversations do not seem to be as active. 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.960 He is holding in as well as not really taking 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:17.400 part in practice at all. 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.320 Similar to b John Robinson. 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:22.919 Would not be surprised if we don't see Gibbs at practice, 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.920 Patrick and participating in practice until they get some sort 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:30.800 of real significant progress on a contract extension. You know, 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.280 he's going to be ready physically. Both of these guys 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.639 did the condition test. Both these guys past the physical 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.360 would not be surprised that we don't see them participate 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.560 at all until they get new contracts. 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.680 A lot to watch for, specially with these two players. 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.040 So again, they play the running back position, but in 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.480 terms of the share that they have for their offense, 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.280 it is very significant for both of them. And with 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.519 that Falcons offense, they have another set of issues in 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.080 the quarterback position. To a talk about Alola limited in 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.119 camp with a back injury. They're still waiting for clearance, 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.919 for full clearance for Michael Pennock Junior. He updated us 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:02.160 on his status today. 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.720 I was told that like another four weeks possibly going 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.720 into that next stage, but at the same time, it 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:10.800 could be earlier. You know, it just depends on, you know, 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:14.639 how my body is doing. Throughout this whole camp process. Obviously, 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.480 I have a long injury history, so the last thing 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:19.880 I want to do is try to rush back just 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:21.000 to get out on the field. 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:21.079 You know. 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:22.440 I want to make sure my body is healthy so 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.120 that whenever I do get on the field, I can 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:24.880 give it. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.279 This team one hundred percent. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.040 Did the very open acknowledgment there for Michael Pennock Junior, 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.679 citing everything that he's been through. The Falcons had a 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:36.160 slew of quarterback transactions this week as they kind of 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.800 prepare to deal with this. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.440 This is, first of all, a very unfortunate situation for 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:47.040 Michael Pennox Junior, who has had three torn acls. He 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.400 obviously says, you know, he's got a long history, and 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.600 so they are not going to rush him back. What 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.720 this basically means is there's no quarterback competition for the 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.280 Atlanta Falcons as we thought there might be. 0:03:57.760 --> 0:03:58.520 To a Tubify. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.160 Look, who's got a back shoe that flared up. So 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:06.720 he's currently not practicing unless that sets him aside for 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.240 most of training camp. He's going to be the starting 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.600 quarterback at least going into the start of the season. 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.440 If Michael Pennix is out four weeks before he can 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.520 even start practicing. Well, that takes you up to about 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.920 just two weeks before the season opener before he can 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:23.920 start practicing. So this is going to be to his job. 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.839 They hope he will be able to start practicing by 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.960 the end of this week, maybe early next week is 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.559 more likely. As long as they can manage the back 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:36.400 issue that Tua is having, it's going to be his job. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.640 With Michael Penis unfortunately unable to even practice. 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.400 Yeah, So as a part of those transactions, Cooper Rush 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:46.279 comes in, they release former Broncos starting quarterback Trevor Simy, 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.920 and we'll keep an eye on the quarterback situation there 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:49.680 in Atlanta. 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:51.320 Let's come back over here to the. 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.600 West Coast where the Los Angeles Rams training camp underway 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.760 from Loyola Marymount University, as we get a chance to 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:01.520 see the Rams quarterbacks at work. Their top target, Pooka 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.640 Nakula addressing some of the issues that he's had off 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:08.280 the field, including some moments where he was asked to 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.159 do anti Semitic hand signs by twitch streamers. Addressing some 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:13.560 of those issues today. 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:15.719 Trying to take accountability for the things that I know 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:17.960 that I can continue to change and it can grow 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.680 in ways that I know that help have helped me 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:22.880 feel as best as I can when I step out 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:24.760 here in the football field, them and outside of the 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.320 football field, them being a father, some of that has 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.800 changed my life. But then also just becoming a better person, 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.039 continuing to work on a there's my therapist. 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:34.320 I feel like we have a really good. 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.119 Connection and just the ability to communicate in different ways 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.480 and to use the safe space that I have out 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.800 here and finding ways the other places that are safe 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.280 space for me outside of the football field. 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.120 Finally, here of that rookie deal in looking at another 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.080 contract with the off the field issues and issue in. 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:54.680 Terms of them, it certainly is the Los Angeles Rams. 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.400 Really what they want to see from Pooka Nakula is 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.000 that he is in a better place this year than 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:01.960 he was at any point last year. I'm not even 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.320 talking about on the field. On the field, he is 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.560 a superstar. He's one of the best, if not the best, 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.560 receiver in the NFL and certainly, just based on his play, 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:12.320 deserves a huge contract. 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.080 That's not really what this is about. This is about 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:14.680 off the field. 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.120 It's about him personally, and Pukinikua mentioned some of it 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.760 has worked with a therapist, going to rehab, taking accountability 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.080 for some of the actions that he very well did 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.920 last year in very public manner. That really is what 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:29.560 the Rams want to see, and that is why my 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:33.640 understanding of the situation. Do not expect a Pookin Nikua 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.400 contract extension before the season. 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:37.000 Do not. 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.240 He has one more year left on his deal. The 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.200 Rams have had a lot of money and a lot 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.039 of different places on a lot of different players. I 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.400 expect that to sort of be the focus this year, 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:49.640 and we will see after this year if he ends 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.800 up getting tagged or a new extension and deal from 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:53.279 the Rams. 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.800 You know, one of those players, most notably is Miles 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:58.520 Garrett's former team, the Cleveland Browns, with a deal for 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:02.360 one of his former teammates, fellow defensive players, safety Grant Delpit, 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:06.039 and the grounds of agreeing to a deal could be 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.520 worth up to forty eight million dollars over the next 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.840 three years. Delpit played in all seventeen games last year, 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:17.640 had seven quarterback hits from the safety position, and speaking 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.040 of hitting quarterbacks, former number one overall pick to Debian 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:24.280 Clowney visiting the Browns today. According to the NFL Network 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.320 asider Mike Garrofalo Jad Clowney had eight and a half 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:28.600 sacks last year. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.160 Me While the Browns they. 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.080 Still got to figure out who they will be starting 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.680 at quarterback. Let's hear from their head coach Todd Munkin. 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.080 All four quarterbacks are going to compete. They all won't 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.200 get equal reps. Obviously, we will alternate, just like we 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.720 did in the spring, Deshaun and Shador with the ones. 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.000 We're gonna have to have a start of the first game, right, 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.720 I mean, ultimately, I'm not going to decide who the 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:52.120 starter is. They decide by their play. Their play decides 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.840 who the starter isn't. I don't have any preconceived notions 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:57.920 of how they played in the past or how they're 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.760 going to play. I only can with my eyes. Judge 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.160 and guys got to play well around him. I think 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:08.120 we've shored up some things up front. We've added some 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.640 weapons on the perimeter, so I think that's going to help. 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.680 But they'll decide who plays. I don't decide who plays. 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:14.880 The players decide who plays. 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.000 That's one way to look at it from the head coach, Judy. 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.080 But before they play, you're gonna have to figure out 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.240 who gets a chance to play in those preseason games 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:24.720 because those are going to be coming on the way 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:25.240 pretty soon. 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.800 Yeah, the plan is to split the first team rep 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.920 So today it was Deshaun Watson with the first team. 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:36.160 The reporters who were on the ground said, he struggled. 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.880 He threw back to back interceptions. Of course, it's the 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.800 first day of practice. We will see how Shador does 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.440 when he gets with the first team. 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.600 This is sort of how it went in the spring, too. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.560 One guy would seem to take the lead. 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.240 It looked early on like Deshaun Watson was pulling ahead 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.679 in the race, and then Shador Sanders started to make 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.680 some headway. Don't forget going all the way back to 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.560 the spring. Originally, Todd Monkin wanted to have a decision 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.600 on his starting quarterback coming out out of the spring, 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.720 So that tells you neither one of them was able 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:07.400 to separate himself from the other. The preseason games are 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.640 going to be really important. Monkin said he's going to 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.920 play his starters, So obviously these guys are going to 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.719 have to show something in the preseason games. 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:16.160 To pull ahead. 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.199 This is a very tough situation if neither one of 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.560 them can pull ahead. That tells you this is a 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.480 tough decision and probably not one that is going to 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.240 land them a top tier quarterback performance. 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.280 Yeah, if it is Watson in week one, he'd be 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.360 only the third quarterback to start in three week ones 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:35.839 for the Browns in the last twenty years. So's wes 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:40.560 new today coming into the nfl LA newsroom. The Houston 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.240 Texans and CJ. Stroud back at work this week for 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.680 training camp. The twenty twenty three Rookie of the Year 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:47.640 had his fifth year option picked up, but it's the 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.520 subsequent years that are yet to be straightened out. Today, 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:54.719 GM Nick Cassio said, they're already having some productive conversations. 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.040 We've had pretty constructive discussions here with Corse of the spring. 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.040 So I'd say as possibility gonna happen in training camp, 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.559 it doesn't happen in training camp, and I have to 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.319 make a decision about, you know, what we feel makes 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:05.880 the most sense. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:07.960 So, like I said, try to take it one day. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.040 At a time, and you know, if we reach an endpoint, great, 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.480 If we don't, you know, I think everybody understands what 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:13.920 that you know, will on tail as well. 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.920 What I've done is what I've done on the field, 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.360 and what I will do, you know, we'll see. So 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.120 I think you know, I've had some success, and I 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:22.520 think you know I'll continue to have success. 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.120 There's a quarterback in his league, so I'm. 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.600 Excited for the future, you know, and pass all the 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:28.320 contracts stuff. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:29.559 I love playing football. 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.280 Let's welcome back Brian Baldinger into this edition of The Insiders. 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:35.480 The en Rapper ward with us as well. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.520 It feels like the expectation was a Stroud deal would 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.720 come after whatever performance he provides. 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.240 Could we get this sooner rather than later? 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.120 We could in fact, it a CJ. Stroud deal sooner 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.720 rather than later, provided all sides agree. 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:50.920 And they are not there yet. 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:51.400 It does not. 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.480 Seem like they are close yet. A couple of important 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.280 factors here. First of all, we saw CJ. Stroud struggle 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:58.960 at the end of the year for the Houston Texans. 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.240 It is clear inside the organization they view him as 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.440 the franchise starter, no question, the player who led them 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.120 to the playoffs multiple years in a row, who is 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:12.320 entrenched at that position. And those guys, those franchise starters 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:15.480 who were young, were looking at new contracts they essentially 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.240 make in the fifties based on new money average. I'm 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.720 talking about the Jared Gobbs of the world at Jordan 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.200 Love and Trevor Lawrence. Certainly seems like that would be 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:24.760 the category of c J. 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:25.360 Stroud. 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.000 Will he end up being able to get a deal 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.480 with Texans, We simply don't know. It seems like both 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.480 sides are comfortable making an attempt out of that. If 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:35.960 it doesn't happen by the season, that is okay. They 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.840 will try again next year. But the fact that talks 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:42.120 are going on is I would say at least extremely 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.520 notworthy for Houston's belief in c J. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:45.640 Stroud and Baldi. 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.080 If we're going to create a circumstance where those conversations 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:49.480 are very amenable for c J. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:53.679 Stroud, what needs to change, Well, the people around them 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.400 have to change. I mean, they went from Laramie tunsl 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:58.679 at left tackle last year to a rookie and Ariante 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.920 Ursery building their offensive line again this year. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.040 They got a rookie Keelan Rutledge at center going to start. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.199 That's never an easy transition to go from guard and 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:12.160 Kyle's to a starting center with CJ. Getting Dell back 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.520 might really help. They needed that slot receiver. I think 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.360 the running gate has to pick up. You look at 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:21.160 that last defeat against the Patriots right there with those interceptions. 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.800 They ran the ball for forty two yards that day. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.680 They didn't run the ball well at all last year 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:27.920 at the very bottom of the league. They've got to 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.720 run the ball better. They've got to protect better. I 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.480 have no question that CJ. Stroud knows how to go 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:37.200 through progressions, knows how to the open receiver, has great 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.200 arm strength in touch like those things haven't changed. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.800 But the pieces around them have to get better. 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.160 And if they do, I think you'll see a real 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:46.800 uptick in CJ's play. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.040 Plenty of aspects statistically where c J. Strout was still 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:53.640 maintaining the success he's had early in his career last year. 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:55.520 That's the latest on the Stroud on the Texans with 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.040 Ian Rappaport and Brian Balding. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.959 The one thing I love about the cow Boys fan bases, 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:02.040 it's that or nothing. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:03.439 I love those expectations. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:04.760 Okay, snap. 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:06.679 To go. 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.559 So I'm talking about a go do something the Cowboy. 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:16.920 Didday Dak Prescott, you gotta pass in right now while 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.080 you have this opportunity. 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:19.479 I will prevail. 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.200 Everybody came into Oxnard yesterday, the first day of practice 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:28.640 for the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard, California. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.199 And well as well as the. 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:35.680 Birthday for their starting quarterback. 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.560 It's your birthday today. What's your wish this year? 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:45.480 So happy birthday to Dak Prescott. A training camp annual circumstances. 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.520 We are back in Oxnard with Jane Slater after the 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:49.600 first day of practice. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:50.920 Good evening to you, Jane, how to. 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:55.520 Go well, Good evening to you. Here's what I'll say. 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.920 There are no pods yet. That comes on Saturday, Patrick, 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.920 but there's still a lot to light from day one. 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:02.200 Including this. 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:04.760 I know this is going to excite the fans. We 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.080 have gotten George Pickens here, and if you'll pay attention, 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:11.360 this is their first connection of training camp. Pickens slips 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.960 the defender there along the sideline, turns it upfield for 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:16.000 extra yards. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:17.240 And this was the. 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:20.080 Part that got the fans really really hype the stuff 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.200 that we've been seeing in practice. When he showed up 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.760 to mini camp. That celebration a little bit of his personality. 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:29.040 And when he's not making plays, he and eighty eight, well, 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.920 they're constantly talking between reps and feeding off one another. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:34.080 Throughout practice. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.680 Whether Pickens is playing for a long term future in 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.960 Dallas or simply resetting his value ahead of free agency, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.880 Brian Schottenheimer says he's seeing a player who styled in. 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:47.760 I think you're going to see a very motivated George 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.840 Pickens going into the season, and I think that's great 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:52.560 news for us and maybe bad news. 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:53.840 For the rest of the league. 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:59.080 Second year running back Jaden Blue also answered a challenge 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.640 from his head coach after admitting he got off to 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.440 a slow start as a rookie and was even a 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.200 healthy scratch at times. Blue opened up camp with that 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.520 explosive run right there. He told me this coaching XAV 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.520 has challenged him to become a more complete back, particularly 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.120 in the passing game. Think cleaner routes, better timing, and 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.120 creating more opportunities on screens and checkdowns to make this 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.600 offense even more versatile. Now, I did have to ask 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.880 Blue about the admission by his head coach last year 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.600 that he was wearing Louis Vaton cleats and practice that 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.120 led to blisters and he had to sit out a bit. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.280 He laughed about it, but he said, guys, what happened 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.560 there was that you've got to size up. When it's 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.680 Louis Vaton, he says it's not the brand's problem, it 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.560 was his problem. They were ill fitted, so he will 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.400 size up. But those are just some of the things. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.680 He's got his head on straight this year, and he 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.920 really wants to make an impression and he certainly did 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:52.640 that on the first day back to camp in his 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:53.240 second year. 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.120 Yes, a great opportunity for all of us who planned 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.840 intently on having lou Vaton footwear when we were playing 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.280 and athletic competition. 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.800 I appreciate him looking out for all of us. 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.560 Shane Slater with the latest on the Dallas Cowboys their 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:11.080 first day of practice in Oxnard. When we come back, 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.040 there's a couple of MVP winners drafted in twenty eighteen. 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.720 Both of them had their longtime coaches replaced. So just 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.880 how different are things in Baltimore and Buffalo. We hear 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.920 from Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson coming up next on 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:24.600 The Insider. 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:36.640 I love the Rams, I love this city. 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:38.760 This the team that has drafted me. 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:41.360 Gotta game my money, rat. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.320 They need to get a long term extension in place. 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:45.800 There's so much at stake. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.080 Gotta get my money, Rat. The extension is going to 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:50.840 get done or he's going somewhere. 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:56.080 Else back here on the Insiders, what's new today, Well, 0:16:56.080 --> 0:17:00.760 what's new with Lamar's contract. He's not telling us that 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.440 training gap since he's going to keep the contract extension 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:04.640 discussions private. 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.600 But the thing he is very willing to discuss his 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.200 new play caller decland Doyle. 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.280 I don't think we carried over anything. Man, it's deck 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:14.879 Deck like a wizard. 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:15.159 You know. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.160 He's he's trying to get the best out of all 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.119 of us, you know, not just the quarterbacks, but every 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.679 every aspect of the offense. And I feel like he's 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:23.560 doing a great job at that, challenging us each and 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.320 every play, you know, even with the huddle, how the 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.480 huddle is set up, he's challenging us. Men get to 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.480 the line of stremings, facts, execute, breakdown, you know, break 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.119 down the defense process everything fast. It's like process of 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.119 elimination when we get into the line of streamings. 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:36.680 So it's great. 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.440 Each and every year you're getting older, your your mind 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.920 is getting sharpened. Uh, everything is slowing down even more. 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.040 It's like you're not seeing everything. You know, anything a 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:47.320 defense can bring at you. 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:47.560 Uh. 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:49.439 The only thing different now is just a new offense. 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:51.280 So once I get that down pack, I feel like 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:53.240 there's no room for error with us. 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.639 Keep stacking Judy. 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.800 Everybody isn't still there from that history twenty twenty four offense, 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:01.120 but there are pieces of ale to Deck Len Doyle 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:02.359 have played at a very high level. 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.159