WEBVTT - Tallkin Cowboys_1_2.mp3 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:05.240 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:06.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:09.959 Cowboys. 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:17.440 This He's Talking Cowboys Straining live from the Dallas Cowboys 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:18.800 World headquarters at. 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:19.680 The Star in Frisco. 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:27.160 Seclet's dot T touchdown. 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:33.120 And now your hosts Isaiah Standback, Patrick Walker, Josh Rodriguez 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:41.920 and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.960 It's a terrific Thursday edition of Talking Cowboys, presented by 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:50.040 Black Rifle Coffee Company, live from the Star in Frisco. 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.520 Texas in the s WBC studios. 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:57.680 Today we preview the final matchup of the Cowboys twenty 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:01.440 twenty four season. They welcome in the Washington Commanders, a 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.920 familiar face looking for a bit of revenge and Dan 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.480 Quinn and company. We're gonna talk about it with Patrick no, 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.520 Cy Walker, Josh Rodriguez, Isaiah stand Back, Chris Beam in 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.039 the back of Kyle Yeoman's full casting crew ready for 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:13.880 you to rock this Thursday. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.160 Happy New Year everyone, especially five. 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:21.000 Happy New Year fellas it is. 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:21.880 Have you messed up? 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:24.880 Have you messed up by writing the wrong date or 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:25.959 typing the wrong date? 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:30.319 Yeah? I don't really write checks anymore. Oh wow, you've 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:31.640 got people to do that for you. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:36.520 No, I just call No, it's just just move hit 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:37.640 this button, take the money out. 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:39.440 Yeah, just moved on. How it goes now. No, you 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:40.240 guys will be proud of me. 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.120 First thing I did website changed to twenty twenty five. Hey, 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.640 that was like at twelve o'clock. I was like, I 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:46.679 have nothing better to do. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:51.160 Change the website dates ceremonious. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:52.440 Yeah that's awesome. 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.840 I thought you were doing with some watch and K 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:56.160 terror type thing like. 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.160 I was just like, I got nothing better to do. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.600 Yeah, I might as well just flip it to no 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:04.640 one invited me to. Poor Josh. After you did that, 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.600 did you like jump up in freezing midair? 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.239 Yeah, yeah, we did it. 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:14.840 Got nothing better to do it than work. 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:15.760 Oh man. 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.920 Now, hope everybody had a safe, happy holiday, have some 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:23.079 happy New Year and a great start to the new year. 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.280 That's the thing, is it. 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:30.200 New Year's resolutions are always I think for the most part, 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.560 they're kind of cliche. But you can still change your 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.720 your mindset on things, and there's no better way to 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.919 do that than to have a starting point, having a 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.000 January first. I don't think a lot of times new 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.120 Year's resolutions can get a little silly if you don't 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.400 take it seriously. But if you take it seriously and 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.480 you really want to take a resolution and run with it, 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:51.200 I'm all for it. 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:51.880 I think it's great. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:57.359 So my resolution is to be better at communication. I'm 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.560 bad at that, so I'm gonna try and be better 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.560 at community, especially since the babies came. 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.840 Communications rough. I'm not around my phone as much. 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.799 I was going to say so, considering what you do 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:14.359 for a living, the communicating communication, right, being a bit 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:19.359 of a downside, not downside, but opportunity for improvement, kind 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:20.359 of an oxymoron. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:24.440 Yeah, yeah, Actually it's mostly communication with others and family. 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.600 It is kind of yeah, being the one to reach. 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.160 Out man, you and not communicate very well, done right, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:30.200 very well, You're done right. 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.760 Yeah, big day for you dogs play to night. 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:36.440 Yeah, but yeah, I'd be remiss if I first didn't, 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.080 you know, offer my prayers and condolences to New Orleans 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:43.400 and you know, the families for those who relatives of 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.080 the lives lost in that terror attack on yesterday. So 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.920 I mean, yeah, we will get to the football here today, 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:52.320 and I'm excited to get to the football. But I 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.680 know there are a lot of fans of both sides, 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.480 the Irish and the Dogs, who were as I was 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.680 reading on Twitter, upset that the game was moved. I 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:04.280 had no issue with it whatsoever. Let's just not be insensitive. 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.280 Life is bigger than football. We will get to the 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.320 football when it's time to get to the football. So yeah, 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.600 so today three o'clock Central Town. You know, we get 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:12.840 it all. 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.400 Are you doing media mash at three o'clock? 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.200 Absolutely not, Chris, Oh you're not. Yeah. 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.440 Eatman said that you were going to do that. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:21.240 Wait, fire me. 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:24.200 For this one. 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:29.480 For this one shows it's not happening, but it's not happening. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:30.280 Taking it serious. 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:32.919 Here's the thing is, if Nick Eatman was put in 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:36.320 the same exact scenario and it was the Arkansas Razorbacks 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.440 that were in the college football playoffs, finally you would 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.480 say the same thing. It'd be like, no, yeah, so 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.880 I completely get it all. Right, Let's get into some 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.800 news and notes. Cowboys had some Pro Bowl nods today. 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:53.080 We did have some information coming over from five Cowboys 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.640 who not only are getting Pro Bowl nots, but are 0:04:55.720 --> 0:05:00.160 returning to the Pro Bowl, Cavante Turpin and Brandon Aubrey. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:06.320 The XFL experiments gone wonderfully successfully. They both are returning 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.400 to the Pro Bowl for the second year in a row, 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.800 which is fantastic for them because they've only been in 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:14.120 the league for two years. For Brandon Aubrey, that makes 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.200 him the first kicker in Cowboys franchise history to ever 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.520 go to back to back Pro Bowls, and that is 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.760 actually mind blowing when you consider some of the names 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.680 some of the right foots that have kind of walked 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.240 through here, Dan Bailey being the most recent legend that 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.080 walked through. So shouts out to those guys. Michael Parsons, 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.520 he gets another Pro Bowl nod. Ceedee Lamb. You talk 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:37.760 about someone who could not deserve it more. Ceedee Lamb 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:39.880 and what he went through and put on the field 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:41.599 and put on tape and put in the locker room 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.160 leadership wise for the Cowboys with one bad armed shoulder 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.240 barely attached to his body. Shouts out to him and 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.160 Tyler Smith, the lowe offensive lineman for the Cowboys, who 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:54.400 got another nod. But Tyler Smith, he was a manchild 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.719 again this year. He was the stabilizing force when you 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.360 talk about the flux due to injury at left tackle, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.359 the Zach Marer in situation at right guard. Is it 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.200 brock Hoffman, is it TJ? Bass t? Terrence Steele had 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.200 a rough start before he finally kind of got going. 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:11.039 It was Tyler Smith who was basically handling his business 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:12.960 for the majority of the game and if nearly of 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:14.800 the season, And if you don't believe me, go ask 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.520 Vida Vea if Tyler Smith should be a pro bowler. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:23.200 So Turping Aubrey take that year, that Turping Aubrey parts. 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.200 I did that on purpose, Lavin Smith. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.640 All Pro bowlers, all deserving and will likely see some 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:34.200 alternates as well as injuries and guys kind of pull 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.800 out pause because they're in the playoffs and things like that. 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:41.479 So that is one of the headlines we'll kind of 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:46.120 go down before we finished with the explosive one. Cowboys 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:52.159 signed three on yesterday. They signed Luke Barkoo, who is 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:56.520 a cornerback. Household name, household name. He went to school 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.000 at Well. He was undrafted in twenty twenty of the 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:03.159 Jacksonville Jaguars. But if you know anything about that particular 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.080 draft of bark who was one of the names that 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.960 had a lot of interest coming out. Offensive guard Jack Anderson, 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.960 Plaino native went to you know, high school out here 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.000 in Frisco, so he's a homecoming for him. And then 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.840 Ernest Brown, which is a defensive end. He won a 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.840 Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams, so he does 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:24.240 bring some experience here. Former what is it, fifth round 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.280 pick of the Los Angeles Rams before getting a trophy 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.360 in a ring with them, Aubrey, Texas native. All right, 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.920 and he went to school out in Ditton, your neck 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:36.200 of the Woods's care. So we got two homecomings for 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.239 the Cowboys, got a cornerback, of defensive end and offensive guard. 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.240 And for anyone wondering, you know why sign these guys now? Well, 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.440 as the season is about to in effective next week, 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.960 futures deals can be secured by the Cowboys. So these 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:50.600 are guys who are going to get a shot this 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.360 offseason to try to stick with the roster. Now what 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:57.080 head coach will they be playing for, We don't know. 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:58.920 What are the assistant coaches? We don't know, But that's 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.360 Those are storylines that will wrap themselves up hopefully in 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:05.200 the next several weeks or so, and now several days 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:11.920 hopefully hopefully. And now for the bombshell, Ezekiel Elliott. This 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.080 happened on New Year's Eve, so I will say Happy 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:17.720 New Year's because it was his request. So Ezekiel Elliott 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.400 requested to be released on New Year's Eve and the 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.760 Cowboys honored it. So for the second time, and I 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:26.600 love numerology, for the second time in exactly twenty one months, 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:30.680 the Cowboys and Elliott. Yeah, Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott are 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:31.680 parting ways. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.320 He cleared waivers yesterday, so he is free to sign with. 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:39.680 Any team that will have him going into the playoffs. 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.280 So if there's a playoff team that needs a running 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:46.560 back for whatever reason injury depth, Ezekiel Elliott is now 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:50.400 on the market. Now what does that mean for evaluation 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.720 purposes for Washington Commanders? Do we see a lot more deuce? 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.840 Do we see Hunter lip keep get back in the mix? 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:58.920 Do we see an elevation from Alik Davis to kind 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:00.600 of get him some burn because he's had any burn 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.800 it all this season? Just makes it a little bit 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.920 more interesting. But yeah, So, former two time NFL rushing champion, 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.600 one of the most productive Cowboys running backs in history, 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.040 for the second time in less than two calendar years, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:14.439 is back on the fruit market. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.880 Stand back, He's making faces, he has. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.040 He said one word this entire show. 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.040 Fair enough, But I gotta ask, if you're a playoff team, 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:25.160 you're kicking the tires on them. 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.080 I think it really depends on the type of team 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.440 that you are and what is it that you're looking for. 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.679 What role are you looking for him to feel? Are 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.200 you looking for somebody to come in and be a 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.480 good blocking back? Then I think that's the guy that 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.960 you go with. He does a good job past you 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:48.400 are fighting. It's not Friday, say for tomorrow is our 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:50.120 last Friday of the year. 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.040 I gotta you know, I gotta build up for it. 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.840 Yeah, I think, I mean, it really depends on the 0:09:54.840 --> 0:10:00.160 team needs. I personally can't foresee a team needing his services. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.920 As I look at the look forward into the outlook 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:07.439 of these teams that are a playoff bound, I think 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.120 of one team that may be interested. 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:10.960 Who is that? 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:11.679 Can we talk about? 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.600 There's one that comes to I mean, he's a free agent, 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.280 so yeah, I mean the only playoff team that I 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:20.760 could potentially foresee would be a Detroit. 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.040 That's exactly what Montgomery. 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:24.720 Yeah, but he's almost back to the world. I mean, 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.920 from what I'm hearing, he's working towards it. So I mean, 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.559 what insurance possibly, I mean it's possibly. I mean it's 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:31.640 it's it's a depth move. 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.160 Yeah, so I would end up being anyways, but in 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:36.800 times he's going to take an RB one. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.600 Spot in all of these But I mean, I don't 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:42.960 see a team in need of the running contributions from 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:43.840 the running. 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.800 Back picking up Ezekiel Elliot. I don't foresee that. 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.840 I could only see it as a practice squad insurance signing. Yeah, 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.240 he's I don't see him taking anyone's active spot. He 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.600 wants a ring before he retires. Yeah, that's that's what 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.920 this is about. Do you very clearly here, here's here's 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.960 a conversation. I'm interested in you guys thought process because 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:08.080 it popped in my head. How far or phrase it 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.920 this way? How close are we to Ezekiel Elliott call 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:11.920 it in a career. 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:15.439 This year that I think this is this is why 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:16.600 he's asking to be released. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:17.319 It's either this. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.880 Year or next year. There's there's only two, and I 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:22.400 think it's probably this year. 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.240 It's the only the only justification that I have for 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:27.720 him wanting to be released. He's like, Okay, this season 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.760 is done. I necessarily haven't been that welcomed here. 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:31.560 It might stay. 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.440 Hasn't been great, right, I've caused some some issues while 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.840 being here last week in the season. Go ahead and 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:39.960 cut me so I can go bandwagon it and get 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:41.360 a ring and call my. 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:41.840 Career a rap. 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.400 That's that's what my thought process is with this. 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.400 I can't I'm not going to put that on him, 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:49.280 but I'm that's what I'm perceiving. 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.520 Outside of past blocking, though, do you see him contributing 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.359 in an of the other fashion outside. 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:56.320 Of that's it. That's what I mean. 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.520 It's a supermergency. It's a break glass emergency running back. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.520 I mean, but I'd imagine that most of these teams 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:04.280 have a running back on their roster on the practice 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.120 squad already that they probably feel good about. 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.599 But if they don't, then you have a veteran. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.160 Who knows, you know, all the defenses, he knows how 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:12.600 to protect. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:14.000 I mean, that's what I'm saying. That's the value. I 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:15.520 don't see him. He hasn't done. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:20.640 Anything here this year to prove his running ability as 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.520 valuable for another team that or that's playoff bound. 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.200 No, really doesn't have that burst anymore. It looks worse 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.400 than he did in New England last year, which I 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.719 thought was going to be a sticking point this year 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.439 was like, okay, well let's bring that, Let's bring a 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.320 receiving type Zeke into the fold, and it just didn't. 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:35.439 No. 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.120 I was curious because Detroit was who popped in my 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.920 head first with a Montgomery injury. And yeah, like I said, 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.719 practice squad insurance. But I think the same would be 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:48.320 said for Skip Pete. And so if Tampa gets into 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.240 the playoffs, I just looked at their practice squad situation. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.240 The only running back they have on their practice squad 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.160 is DJ Williams, and I don't think DJ williams presence there. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:57.800 Will be enough for Skip Pete. 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.480 With the familiarity he has with Ezekiel a l to 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:02.800 four Golds, I think that's the reason why he wouldn't 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:03.240 sign him. 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:08.320 Think so, I don't know if they were particularly close. Yeah, 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.280 like during his time here a lot of times and 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.200 in the conversations would Skip Pete back. Whenever he was 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.920 in Dallas. He wanted to get Tony Pollard more involved, 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.120 and there was more of a there was more of 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.560 a forced hand at Ezekiel Elliott than there may have 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.160 been for Tony Pollard at that time. 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:25.760 So I don't know if. 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.880 It if it fractured their relationship, but I don't know 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:29.480 if they were. 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.320 Necessarily like Buds, I would think that his familiarity would 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:33.840 work against him in that regard. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.120 And so you're saying what he's saying. 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.920 Yeah, all that being said, there's nobody else more on 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:40.960 his side than Jerry Jones. What Jerry Jones said about 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.000 Zeke obviously has a lot of respect for him, with 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:44.480 a lot of love for the player that he is 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.160 and what he can provide to a team leadership wise. 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.120 But obviously you know they're doing it because you know, 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.200 even McCarthy said, like, he deserves it. If he's requesting this, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.880 he deserves to get what he wants in that regard. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:01.640 So it was interesting to see a Jerry Jones statement 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.280 out of that because you know that a player that 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:09.080 didn't necessarily impact your team statistically throughout the entire season 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.000 to get a statement from Jerry Jones, the owner, and 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.360 it says a lot about his character. 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.880 And also not to mention I put this on Twitter 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.080 when the news broke, but the fact that Zeke came 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.360 back in the first place, the fact that he returned 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:25.480 to Dallas took a different number, took a second role completely, 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.960 at least from the outside looking in, was okay being 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.920 that second back because it seemed like that was the 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.160 case from the get go. I know there was kind 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.400 of a back and forth between him and Dowdell early on, 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.720 but very much so that changed into Dowbdele. The fact 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:42.560 that he came back and showed it shows how much 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.560 he did enjoy being here and the guys that are 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.080 around him. Of course, you know the relationship that he 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.080 has with Dak, the relationship he has with. 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:50.640 Some of those other guys in the locker room. 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:55.960 So I will always appreciate Ezekiel. And we did the 0:14:56.000 --> 0:15:01.080 whole Goodbye Zeke the first time that he was released 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.560 twenty one months ago, so I don't think it's as 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.600 ceremonious now, but it doesn't change what he did for 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.680 this organization. I heard somebody on the radio the other day. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.720 I'm not going to say which station. Somebody on the 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.080 radio the other day was like, man, what did he 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.640 even do? What was his most memorable time with the Cowboys? 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.080 I was like, you obviously did not watch Prime Zeke. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.680 I was like, tell me you didn't watch Prime ze 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.840 without watching Prime Z, which he was a two time 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.440 reising leader. He was one of the more elusive and 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.440 incredible and explosive backs in all of football, and even 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:30.880 up until the end of his first tenure with the Cowboys, 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.520 he was one of the best past protection backs, one 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.400 of the best red zone backs. He did a lot 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.000 of things for this organization, including seventy one touchdowns. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.480 Worth which led to him sort of breaking down physically, 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:42.600 yes towards the end of it. 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.360 And his frustrations this year. 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.720 Notwithstanding, over the course of being one of the more 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.480 dynamic beacks in not only the history of the franchise 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:52.880 but in the history of the NFL, he was also 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.040 mentoring guys like Tony polit and Rico daudle, getting them 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.400 up to the point of performance that you're seeing right 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.560 now from Tony polit in recodoubt so Ezekiel Elliott has 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.560 his fingerprints all over the success of Rico o'dowdle this season. 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.280 Not to take away from Rico's work, but if you 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.400 go back when we were having these conversations two three 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.680 years ago with ric o'dowdo asking him about the mentorship 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:16.240 of Tony and Zeke, he gave all these reasons, all 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.520 these things that he was kind of absorbing from Ezekiel 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.480 Elliott to become a dynamic back in the NFL. So 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.360 when you talk about influence in the locker room production 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:29.240 on the field, the highlight reel right the fact that 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:32.520 he kind of reset the whole running back market when 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.560 the Cowboys took him and he showed that he was 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.480 more than worth it. That's why you didn't see a 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:41.920 sa Kwon Barkley get a high pick. So that had ramifications. So, yeah, 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:47.360 let's admit two things can be true. Wildly unproductive reunion 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.880 with the Cowboys in twenty twenty four, but don't let 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:53.320 that draw strike through from what he actually meant. He 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:57.360 is a ring of honor candidate in my eyes, So 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.120 let's not dismiss Kennedy did candidate, not a lot, not 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.000 a shoe in, not a lock. But that's that's definitely 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:05.040 a rightful conversation. 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.960 He was a very, very productive, very good back during 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.080 his time in Dallas. Don't forget that just because of 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:11.240 the last couple of years. 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:12.640 I do believe that he will. 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.760 I don't believe that he makes that request without knowing 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:16.800 that he's going to get picked up. 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:18.720 That's kind of what and the fact that he came 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.960 from his agent to makes me think there's something out there. 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:25.879 They Hey, if you guys get releaved, we'll pick you up. 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.280 That's how I would foresee that going. 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.280 Also, not to mention it gives him the option. He 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:33.879 doesn't have to sign right now. He can sign whenever 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:35.800 he wants because he's an unrestricted free agent. 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.560 So there will be another reunion. It'll be the one 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:40.439 day contract thing, is. 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.679 What when he finally decides. 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:44.000 Yeah, when he decided to retire, and he'll get a 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.480 one day contract thing and the whole press conference because 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.200 he didn't get to the Jason Witten treatment first time around, 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.520 so I think they'll give him the Jason Jason Windrey. 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:54.840 All right, when we come back, it's time to dive 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.560 into a little bit of q B vision. We're going 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.879 to preview the matchup with the Washington commander's taking a 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.200 look at what dan Quinn's bringing from the defensive side 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:04.960 of the ball, and then after that we'll flip to 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.879 the offense. See what the Cowboys offense or excuse me, 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.240 see what the with the Tampa or the Washington offense. 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:12.720 Goodness gracious, we're talking about all. 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.879 These different teams what the Washington offense is bringing with 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:18.080 the rope Jaded Daniels. 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:21.040 Welcome to twenty twenty five. More talking cowboys right after this. 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:26.480 If you're looking for fresh American roasted coffee that gives back, 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.960 you need to head to your local grocery store and 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.040 pick up a bag of Black Rifle Coffee. 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