WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Four Corners 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.160 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:19.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:23.200 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:28.360 Absolutely ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:33.720 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:40.040 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.879 It is Mark twenty fifth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:52.440 number two. Welcome to a different edition of The Break. 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.600 We are live, but in all different locations. Everybody's at 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.520 their own homes, social distancing, and but we got an 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.760 hour of cow Boys talk here for you guys, live 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:05.360 on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. I got my crew, Nick, Dave, Amber, 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.160 good to have you guys back with me so we 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:11.479 can talk a little Cowboys football. Everybody's doing today, It's 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:17.120 about time. It is about time. I mean, da Nick Good. 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:21.120 I don't know where y'all were, but yeah, let's party. 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.960 I've always wanted to be like in The Brady Bunch, 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.080 you know. I love that show, and Derek you know 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:29.800 what I'm talking about. Dave probably don't, Amber, maybe not, 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.560 but you know the Brady Bunch, y'all think I'm like eighteen. 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:36.479 I swear to God, you keep getting we don't ever 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.800 aige you you just stay at eighteen forever, right, yeah, exactly? 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:42.880 All right, So we got a lot to talk about today. 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:45.120 I mean, there's been obviously a lot of news around 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:49.040 the Cowboys. Uh now the free agency has begun. They've 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.560 been signing players, they've been losing players. Um, and I'll 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.760 start the conversation right there just looking at it holistically. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.040 If you look at all the players that they've lost 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.600 and they signed, I'll run down a quick lists for 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.600 you guys here of the guys of the players at 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.480 the Cowboys have lost. And then I want to ask 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.120 the simple question if you think the Cowboys are better 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.480 or worse now than they were when the season ended 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.360 or at the end of last season. So they've lost 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:19.040 Randall Cobb, Cam Fleming, Xavier Sphilo, Travis Frederick, Robert Quinn, 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:25.040 Lee Collins, Byron Jones, Jeff Heath, and Jason Witten. They 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:33.480 have added Gerald McCoy, Haha, Clinton Dix and Blake Bell. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.000 I think is a tight end that they're they're adding today. 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.920 I don't know if that's final yet, but that's what's 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.600 being discussed at this point other names of guys that 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:45.240 are that are actually having conversations with the Cowboys, and 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.079 then Cowboys sound some of their owns, guys like Sean Lee, 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:51.880 Kai for Bath, Amari Cooper, Joe Looney. So where do 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.079 you guys think they are right now in free agency? 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:55.880 Are they better or worse than they were at the 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:59.040 end of the season. I'll start, I'll say worse. I mean, 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.720 I don't know how they could not be how they 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.280 can't be worse than what they were last year, just 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.560 because of the of the guys that they've lost, the 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:11.680 big names they lost to Robert Quinn and Byron Jones, 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:18.000 and they haven't resigned anybody remotely close to replacing those 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.840 two guys. So right now you have a need at 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.360 pass rusher and you have a need at corner. I 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.200 think safety, you could say, was a wash. So I'll 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.560 let the other guys talk about about the other positions, 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:31.120 But for me, those two right there, I think you're 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.880 going into a draft with a big need now at 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.240 corner and pass rushers. So I think that they're they're 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.720 worse than what they were. Yeah, like Nick said, I 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:42.920 don't think you can even question it to be honest 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:45.320 with you. I mean, yeah, Anthony Brown is back, so 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.240 I mean, okay, the Cowboys have three serviceable corners, but 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.640 you didn't replace an all Pro cornerback. As of right now, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.840 you don't have a viable replacement for an eleven sack player. 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.200 And Robert Quinn I know, you know, Tyrone Crawford's still 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.240 kicking around coming off of hip surgery, didn't play most 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:06.280 of last season. That's terrifying, you know, the offense not 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.040 so much, but as of right now, it doesn't look 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.240 like they have a viable way to replace Randall Cobb 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.600 other than the draft. I saw, you know, Philip door 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:17.520 Set signed with Seattle yesterday. So your list of like 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:21.120 experienced slot receivers who can step in and do it 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.440 that are available in free agency is not long at all, 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:27.800 which probably prompts you to have to do something in 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.560 the draft. It just seems like there's a lot of 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:34.200 a lot of work they have to do to cover 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.840 themselves for the draft, and like, honestly, not that many 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.960 good players left to do it with, you know, for me, 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:44.480 and I'm trying my best to stay calm because as 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:47.520 soon as free agency starts every year, I feel that 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.920 the Cowboys are just kind of laying low, and then 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.680 you see other teams signing people, and then you're like, Okay, 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.320 what the heck are the Cowboys doing? Why are they 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:59.080 not signing anybody? And then eventually they start signing some guys. 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:04.640 My biggest worry is I don't want them to completely 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.320 rely on the draft, to have to rely on that, because, 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:11.440 like Dave said, like you need the experience. I am 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:15.400 tired of sitting around waiting every year. Oh yeah, you know, 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.760 these guys are gonna grow into this kind of player 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.520 in the future. And I always say this over and 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.760 over on this show. I'm like, I'm tired of the future, 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.240 like I want to now. I want to see guys 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:32.039 coming in with experience and being able to perform this year. So, 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.480 as of right now, even though that's my feeling and 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:39.279 how I feel, I'm still trying to be patient and 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.640 give this new coaching staff the benefit of the doubt. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.799 Let Steven Jones and Will McClay kind of work things 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.080 down and see how they finally put this team together 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.880 as a whole. But as of now, I don't think 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.880 they're better than they were. So let's look at some 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:59.640 of those individual guys. They lost Randall Cobb, who is 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.400 there their slot receiver. Um, they've lost Travis Frederick now 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.760 to retirement, big, big, big loss. We'll talk about that 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:10.040 a little more in depth. They lost Robert Quinn defensive 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:13.120 end pass rusher, and they lost Byron Jones a cornerback. 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.200 What do you guys think the biggest hole is at 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:23.000 this point for them based on the guys that they've lost. Oh, okay, 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.000 there we go. See I think it's I just like 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:29.039 I said a minute ago, at the very least Anthony Brown, 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.840 Jordan Lewis and Cheeto can can do it. And they're not. 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.440 They're not Byron Jones by any stretch. But I just 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:38.479 like I said, like who is playing right in for 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.839 this team right now? And that they'll probably add some 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.400 more guys than the draft is also there, but like, 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.599 don't feel great about Tyrone Crawford given what's going on 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.400 with his injury history. And then you have Jalen Jelks 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.120 and Joe Jackson. I just who is going to line 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:55.720 up at that position in Week one? I have no idea. 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:59.839 You're not counting on Randy Gregory. I mean it's awesome. 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:05.400 I didn't make a laugh at that, but honestly, hopefully 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.360 the new CBA lets him come back. You know, the 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.920 word on the street is that he's applying for reinstatement, 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.640 and I think the world of Randy. I really hope 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.960 that for him. But number one, I can't count on it. 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.600 Number Two, I feel like people think that he got 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:24.000 suspended with like fifty career sacks to his name. He's 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:28.600 got seven. He has seven career sacks. So as good 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:32.040 as that would be, I hardly think it just completely 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:35.240 solves the problem. Right, He is a He is a 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.280 piece in a puzzle that will need other pieces in 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.440 order for it to be successful. I think a defensive 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:46.480 end agreed. Now, what's the deal with Antoine Woods right now? 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:55.040 Good question. They he he's a exclusive rights free agent. 0:07:55.720 --> 0:08:00.720 They could have tendered him by now and they haven't. 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:04.280 So that's a little bit interesting to me because I've 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.240 been wondering, like, what's going on with him and why 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.040 are they waiting on doing anything? Because when you see 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:14.600 the lack of guys within the defensive line, that is 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.200 one guy at least that you would assume or expect 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:22.720 the Cowboys to bring back. Well, but I guess right 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:28.320 now we'll go ahead, Dave, No, go ahead. Well, I 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.280 was just gonna say, I wonder how much the speculation 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.760 around don Terry Poe fits into that. If they're looking 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.440 at other guys out there, maybe they feel like they 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.080 can upgrade that position. I know, I don't think there 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:42.120 was much legs this, but you do have guys like 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.720 Damien Damon Harrison, Snacks Harrison that are out there, So 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.679 there may be other guys that they look at in 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:49.640 free agency and they're looking at and saying, maybe we 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.760 can upgrade the position. If we don't, then maybe we 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.760 go back to an Antoine Woods. Yeah. Well Antone Woods 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.920 is to me, sorry, Dave, but Antoine's a guy that, 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.000 like as big as he looked walking around and in 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.560 uniform and all that we're in that ninety nine, he's 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.400 gonna look real small when you put them next to 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.920 Dontari Poe. And I think it's I think it's important, 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.400 and who wouldn't, but I think it's important that to 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.800 know that the Cowboys are definitely trying to change that 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.360 look of what their defensive tackles look like. And you know, 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:21.400 I think now Crawford is definitely a defensive end. I 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.720 don't know where Tristan Hill. I mean, he's under contract 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.080 for three years, so you know he's gonna be here, 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.800 But I don't know if he's the perfect fit for 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.960 what they're looking for for that type of position now 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:36.480 very I had completely forgotten about him. Sorry. Sorry, It's 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.600 very fitting timing because words you know, they've been linked 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:41.600 to Dontarri Poe for four or five days and it 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:46.240 sounds like that's being finalized right now per Twitter, which yeah, 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.560 I think Nick's absolutely right there obviously, between Gerald McCoy 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.920 Dontari Poe. I just think they're looking at a bigger 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.760 mold of defensive tackle than Antoine Woods. And maybe, you know, 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.240 if if things don't work out in free agency the 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:00.840 way they want them to, it would be very easy 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:02.199 to bring him back. All they have to do is 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.480 tender him. So I wouldn't rule it out completely, but 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.040 I think they want to get larger at that position 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.319 based on what they're doing so far. Just so people 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:15.319 know the actual measurements. Antoine Wood six foot even three 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:19.920 hundred pounds. Don Terry Post six ft three forty six pounds, 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:23.360 so he's almost fifty pounds heavier, three inches taller. He 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.680 is a big, massive, guy, Nick, you've always said, give 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.239 me that big sloppy guy. I could put the one technique. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.199 This may be your big sloppy guy. You put it 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.199 the one technique that's hard to move, and it maybe 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:36.440 a little harder to move than than even in Antoine Wood, 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:39.320 who's a big guy. But this guy's even bigger, bigger. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.800 And also, I mean, you know, if you have issues 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.160 in the red zone, he has thrown a touchdown pass. 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.959 He's the only player in the NFL history, the only 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.800 defensive tackle to ever throw a touchdown pass. And if 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.840 you haven't seen it, google it. It's pretty awesome. So 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.839 you're saying, if they can't get the deal worked out 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.199 with Dak and Dak decided to hold out, we should 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.200 be okay. Yeah, but you know what, relax, let's forget 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.160 forget that though. Hey, guys, forget the part about don 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.120 Terry Poe because they got the Belldozer And I don't 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.240 know if you remember that, but I mean, and I'm 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:14.240 sure Derek does. He played at Oklahoma what ten years ago, 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:18.280 and bring that up. Well, I mean, you know the 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.160 Belldoz or you probably don't even know his name, but 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:24.120 you know what the Belldozer you're right, Jim Tibo. He 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.200 was Tibo before tibodn't now and Tebow was first. Well, 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:28.880 I don't know, yeah, I don't know the timing on that. 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.439 Another time on that. All right, let's let's let's move 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:33.000 a little bit, and I want to talk about some 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:34.839 of the other free agency that are out there. I'm 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.880 gonna throw some names of you guys, and i want 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.160 you to tell me if any of these names strike 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.679 you as as players that you would like the Cowboys. 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:43.880 Not again, we're not saying the Cowboys are talking to them, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.440 but players that you would like the Cowboys maybe to 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.440 consider based upon where they are right now in free agency. 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.360 Michael Bennett, Tavon Austin. Those are two names of guys 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.160 that were here last year. There are still free agents. 0:11:55.800 --> 0:12:00.160 Everson Griffin, the defensive end from Minnesota. We talk by 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.160 Damon Harrison. I mentioned him just a few minutes ago. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.679 Defensive tackle Ted Ginn Juniors out there. If you need 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.800 a guy that can return punts and kicks and give 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.960 you a little bit of something speed receiver, Jadeveon Clowney. 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.680 Defensive end, you got Delaney Walker, which is an interesting 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.760 name at tight end now obviously Blake Bell being signed today, 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:20.640 Maybe he's not a guy that even factors in. But 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.920 a name I throw on the list. And then at quarterback, 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.400 an interesting name, Matt Moore, guy used to be here, 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.040 he's a free agent. If you're looking for a backup quarterback, 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.600 maybe a guy has a little more experience, maybe he fits. 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.080 Any of those names strike you as guys you would 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:37.920 like the Cowboys to show some interesting Yeah, bring on 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:41.800 Clowney clowning. I mean, let's say yeah, I mean yeah, 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.880 I mean if realism not my salary capture, no, no, no, 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.200 no no no. Realism is a part of this, so 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.680 I want you to think of it realistically. But but 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:51.440 just names you say, hey, you know that guy may 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:56.000 actually fit, I will say it is. So the league 0:12:56.040 --> 0:13:00.760 year opened officially a week ago today, and stuff's been 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.679 going on for two days before that. So it's been 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.360 a week and a half really since teams started negotiating, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:11.559 and Jedevian Clowney remains unsigned, which clearly means that what's 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:14.680 his volume run? Now, Well, that's that's the great question. 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.320 It's it's very obvious Clowney wanted DeMarcus Lawrence money like 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.800 he wanted twenty plus million dollars a year. He wanted 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:24.200 to be the next bank breaking pass rusher. Teams don't 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:25.840 want to pay him that because he's got a long 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.520 injury history and he only had three sacks last year. 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:32.640 So I think it's highly unlikely that the Cowboys would 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.839 get involved in that sweepstakes. But the longer he goes unsigned, 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.360 I assume the lower his price would be. So I 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.360 really don't expect him to wind up here. But it 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.600 does make me curious that he's been a free agent 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:47.120 for a week and a half. You know what worries 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:51.680 me about a guy like Jadeveon Clowney is it's interesting 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.680 to me when you see a pass rusher that has 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:59.120 now had two different teams say we're okay. You know, 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:01.480 when Houston, oh we'll get we'll just get rid of him. 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.880 We're good, we're fine, And now when you have Seattle 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.440 after having him there for a year, say now we're good. 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.400 It just it just makes me a little bit cautious. Now, 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.280 I'm not the one that buys into the whole idea 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.720 of there's a reason they're they're a free agent, Like 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:15.760 I think there are lots of reason a player can 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.600 be a free agent. But I do think that at 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.760 specific positions that are sometimes hard to feel, like finding 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.840 a good pass rusher, the fact that two teams have 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:28.400 said we're fine does make me a little bit worried either. 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.320 You guys think that when you when you think about 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.920 a player like Jadevian Clowney, Well, I mean, I think 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.400 you have a good point, but there are exceptions to 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.640 the rule. And you know, I think Robert Quinn's gonna 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.840 be going on his fourth team in five years, and 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:44.720 I think the Bears, obviously we're excited about that, so um, 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.640 you know, and Randall Cobb, now this is three this 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.320 will be three straight years for him, So I that's 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.720 just the nature of it. I mean, but you're right 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.200 for that money, I can I can see your point 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.480 for sure on Clowney, but I you know, I look 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.800 at it like the book in when he was there 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:04.000 with with J. J. Watt, and I think he could 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.640 be there with the DeMarcus Lawrence. I mean, that would 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.520 be awesome. But I'm telling you that their salary cap 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.400 is didn't the cap didn't go up as much as 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.080 they wanted it to. So they've got more cat Cowboys 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:20.840 have more cat problems than you might think. And you know, 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.840 I don't think a contract like that makes sense for them. 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.320 They're going to be they would be in cap hell 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:31.120 if if they did a deal like that, I think, yeah, 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.680 I mean, I just think at the end of the day, 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.040 Clowney and Griffin are going to cost more than they're 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.720 willing to pay. I think they could probably make it 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:42.560 work if they really wanted to. I don't necessarily advise 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.440 that they do. That is the thing that scares me 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:48.280 about Clowney is just price versu availability. Like he hasn't 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.840 had a you know, he's played thirteen or more games 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.560 every year but one in his career, but like by 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.920 the end of last season with Seattle, he had about 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.360 six different problems limiting him. And I feel like that's 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.160 been a theme for his career, not necessarily missing games, 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:05.880 but just being hindered. And for the price, I just 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.920 I don't know that it's one hundred percent worth it. Um. 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.360 I would love and the Cowboys on tend to give 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:16.160 big money to free agents that are not at home, 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.280 you know, but not their own free agents. That's the 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:21.400 point we've been making for weeks though, is that they 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.680 need to spend a little bit more money if they 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.360 expect to improve the team, Like I think, do you 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.520 know Don Arrepoe great addition, Gerald McCoy a great addition. 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.280 Glad they brought Anthony brownback. I'm intrigued by haha, Clinton Dix. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.960 But like, the defense does not look better on paper 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:41.160 than it was last year. It just doesn't. What do 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.240 you guys know about Evston Griffin because that that's the 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.200 one that that's a little bit perplexing to me because 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.120 I think he's a really good defensive end. I'm kind 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.560 of surprised he's still out on the free agent market. 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.800 Is there something I'm missing about what he is? Is 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:55.840 there an injury history? Is there's something about him that 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.600 maybe could point to a reason why he still hasn't 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:02.400 been signed by someone At this point, I can't tell you. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.560 I mean, I know that Mike McCarthy should should know 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.760 a little bit about him, you know, playing against the 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:12.840 Vikings for so long, so I you know, I don't know. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.600 I mean, I would seem like a pretty good good 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.360 fit just to you know, another one of those bridge players. 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.520 But you know, you got to remember that what the 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:26.200 what they view these players for, they're not trying to 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.200 to break the bank, and I think, you know, guy 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.480 like Griffin, maybe Clowney, you know, they look at it 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:34.119 like this is one more big opportunity to make, you know, 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.600 a lot of money, and so you know, I think 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.080 people just have different agendas right now for what these 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.840 roles would be. Yeah, I think. I mean when a 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.159 guy like kind of like Clowney, I think it's price 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.760 verse market. He's thirty two years old, honestly, like he's 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.119 barely missed any playing time, Like he's very reliable, but 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.760 thirty two year old coming off an eight sacks season, 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.440 he probably has a different idea of what he's worth 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.679 than the teams that are pursuing him. At the end 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:03.040 of the day, I still think he's going to be 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.000 worth more than what the Cowboys want to pay. But 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.240 every day that a guy like that goes unsigned, I 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.280 feel like it's better for teams that don't want to 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:12.560 spend a bit more money because eventually your christ has 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:17.280 to go down. Right. That brings up another name, Michael Bennett. 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:18.760 How do you guys feel about that? As long as 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:20.760 he sits out on the market, Let's assume it gets 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:22.679 to a point where he's willing to take a one 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:25.080 year deal again, I think the Cowboys should go after 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:31.000 a guy like like Bennett. Isn't he retiring? I mean, 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.320 he hasn't said that, but honestly, at the end of 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:36.720 last year that it was headed to like he was 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.680 headed to retirement. I don't know what I thought. I 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:43.120 think he said he was not. I thought I'd read 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:45.159 somewhere that he was planning to play this year. But 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.960 maybe I'm thinking about someone else. I saw a tight 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.800 end retire and go to money Night Football. I'll come 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.320 back and play. And now he's going to the you know, Wraiters. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.840 So I mean, what, you know, what if Michael Bennett, 0:18:56.920 --> 0:19:00.560 you know Michael Bennett. I think the Cowboys are going 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:05.520 to have some interesting players on the defensive And I'm 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.320 gonna say I'm gonna just gonna say that they're gonna 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.760 have some interesting players and stories at the defensive end position. 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:17.320 I don't think it'll be Michael Bennett. So Randy Gregory obviously, well, yeah, Ran, 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:20.040 if Michael Bennet wanted to sign back for a one 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:22.800 year deal, I'd love to have him. Yeah, I mean, 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.560 I there was speculation he was retiring. I don't know 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:27.960 what the new coaching staff thinks about its skill set. 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.840 But so he did enough for you to want to 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.640 bring him back. Absolutely, Yeah, he can play. He can 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:37.960 still play, I think, so I'll take the off sides, 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:41.199 flags and everything. Bring it on, yep. And he has 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.879 that attitude. He has the attitude that you know, we 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.320 keep talking about the defense sometimes needing that little fire. 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.720 He has that kind of firing. He he doesn't. He's 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:53.040 just focused on what he needs to do and goals 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.840 for it. So we're gonna take our We're gonna take 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.480 our first break, and when we come back, I want 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:02.080 to take a little time to dive into the most 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:05.160 recent signing. I guess the most recent signing before today, 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.199 which was Haha, Clinton Dix. Get your opinions and what 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:10.480 you think he brings this team and how he rates 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:13.200 relative to the guy that you'd be replacing in Jeff People. 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:15.240 We'll talk about that when we come right back. This 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:20.320 is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. I'm Jay Novachik, former 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:23.000 tight end for the Dallas Cowboys. Back in the day, 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:25.160 I was the guy who always got the tough yards 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.480 and that's why I run with John Deer today. In fact, 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.800 I have a John Deer three zero twenty five E 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:33.720 tractor that can handle any yard work I need to do, 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:36.560 even the tough yards way out back. 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