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Speaker 1: Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hi, guys,
Speaker 1: welcome back to another episode of Cowboys Break. Football is
Speaker 1: one step closer. Time is moving, it is moving fast.
Speaker 1: OTAs have started this week. It started yesterday, but today
Speaker 1: is the first time that the media gets to see
Speaker 1: the whole team come together, where the rookies merge with
Speaker 1: the veterans and see how that looks. But before we
Speaker 1: get into OTAs and all that, I just wanted to
Speaker 1: clear things up, well, try to clear things up with
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott and what happened with him in the incident
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas, because a lot of people are asking
Speaker 1: what's going on here, what's going to happen with him?
Speaker 1: And wanted to get an update from you guys if
Speaker 1: there is an update. Well, we probably made ourselves look
Speaker 1: like fools two years ago trying to predict what was
Speaker 1: going to happen with Zeke in a situation like that.
Speaker 1: He was not arrested, He was not charged with anything.
Speaker 1: Stephen Jones made that pretty clear on Monday afternoon after
Speaker 1: that news surfaced the videos on Twitter. I bet you've
Speaker 1: seen it if you're listening to this doesn't look like
Speaker 1: a ton in terms of, you know, legal issues or
Speaker 1: criminal issues. But I would I am hesitant to try
Speaker 1: to predict what the NFL is going to do with
Speaker 1: disciplinary matters at this point after everything that I've seen
Speaker 1: in my time doing this. Yeah, I mean, it didn't
Speaker 1: look that bad. He having the elbow out didn't help.
Speaker 1: That's the only thing that I saw was the elbow
Speaker 1: was out. But really, what I take from this is
Speaker 1: it does it's probably and then you're right about being
Speaker 1: hesitant on this, It's probably going to be okay for Zeke.
Speaker 1: I don't think it helps Crawford at all because I
Speaker 1: think when you look now you're looking at videos to
Speaker 1: compare Tyrone Crawford's, you know, that video is way worse
Speaker 1: and in terms of and it draws more attention to
Speaker 1: the Cowboys that the team is like, Okay, what's going on?
Speaker 1: So I you know, I actually talked to Tyrone over
Speaker 1: the weekend, and he he said he felt like he
Speaker 1: was okay legally, but again, you don't know NFL wise,
Speaker 1: he was, you know, probably concerned by that, you know,
Speaker 1: for missmissing a game or two or I would agree
Speaker 1: with that. So and I just don't think maybe, and
Speaker 1: I'm sure the NFL or anybody would be like, no, no,
Speaker 1: two things are the same, but I think that they
Speaker 1: are in terms of okay, this one it's Zeke, you know,
Speaker 1: and here he is again. But I don't think it's
Speaker 1: just enough to to It doesn't look like enough. And
Speaker 1: you know, there's uh, you know what was said right right?
Speaker 1: Not no. He said something about like you know, why
Speaker 1: are you in my face or something like that, and
Speaker 1: the guy, you know, looked like a flop to me.
Speaker 1: But also it really happened like he barely touched him
Speaker 1: with a nailbow and he just fell back. I will
Speaker 1: say this, I will. I mean that the video and
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily tell the whole story, you know, Like I always,
Speaker 1: I hesitate to just have this ridiculously strong take just
Speaker 1: based on forty seconds of video that I saw, and
Speaker 1: I wasn't there. Um, it doesn't it doesn't look like
Speaker 1: enough based on what's there. But again it's I mean,
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell is the only guy that has to have
Speaker 1: an opinion about this to change that conversation real quick.
Speaker 1: You know what Zeke did last year as far as
Speaker 1: coming back and play, you know, from the suspension and
Speaker 1: kind of I don't know about turning things around, but
Speaker 1: but he definitely, you know, had less incidents like that.
Speaker 1: He showed a lot of signs of maturity and he
Speaker 1: still does. But you know, the problem that I have
Speaker 1: is is it's not so much that night, it's the
Speaker 1: next day, Like that's again I'm just, if I'm being honest,
Speaker 1: I have a problem with that of him having a
Speaker 1: camp the next day and and treating it like well,
Speaker 1: you know it should be like but he made it right,
Speaker 1: he made it in Yeah. But if if the timeline
Speaker 1: of events is as described, he was doing stuff in
Speaker 1: Las Vegas at three am and then was here on
Speaker 1: the Star at the Star doing a camp like less
Speaker 1: than twelve hours later, right, I just you know, that's
Speaker 1: that's not a great look. But it's like you do
Speaker 1: whatever you want the night before. You know, he didn't,
Speaker 1: he didn't do anything wrong. But I agree with Nick
Speaker 1: that it's it's not an awesome look in my opinion. Yeah,
Speaker 1: just just from you know, you think about it from
Speaker 1: you know, parents that pay their kids paying good money
Speaker 1: to get to go there. Pro Bowl running back again.
Speaker 1: You don't want to you don't want to speculate, and
Speaker 1: we're kind of getting a little close for that. But
Speaker 1: but the three am, all I know is that usually
Speaker 1: I found out at three am, I'm probably not ready
Speaker 1: to go to work. Yeah that, and so now by
Speaker 1: twelve whatever and were again. I think everything's gonna be
Speaker 1: fine there. But you know, it's a it's a little setback.
Speaker 1: Did one of you guys go to the camp? Not
Speaker 1: that one? I didn't, So we don't really know how
Speaker 1: it turned out with him or how much how he
Speaker 1: acted his participation, you know, because if he was able
Speaker 1: to participate enough, then it doesn't really matter. I've been
Speaker 1: to work with a hangover before. I cannot. I cannot
Speaker 1: to the Ranger game last night? Was that or it's
Speaker 1: an a Mariners game? That was? It's a Mariners game
Speaker 1: they lost? I was. It was a very tame night.
Speaker 1: I'm not hungover right now? Do you think Zeke does
Speaker 1: this more than more than we know? About too, Like
Speaker 1: I think he's used to this kind of thing, I mean,
Speaker 1: staying out, coming to work, being a running back. It's
Speaker 1: it's pretty He's twenty three years old, we know. I mean,
Speaker 1: he likes to have fun, and that's his right. I
Speaker 1: mean a lot of these guys do they you know,
Speaker 1: they take trips all the time. I don't have a
Speaker 1: single problem with that, good goodness, gracious, especially not in
Speaker 1: the offseason. I mean, that's what you should be doing
Speaker 1: if you're twenty three and have the type of money
Speaker 1: that pro football players have. Um, and we talk about
Speaker 1: this all the time though, the whole fact that this
Speaker 1: is the situation, what we saw, it's something that people do.
Speaker 1: Young people do that and go through those scenarios instead.
Speaker 1: But it just brings small light to him. It's tough.
Speaker 1: It's tough because you want to be like, well, you
Speaker 1: shouldn't be in those types of situations. It's like we've
Speaker 1: all been there. Yeah, I have been there a million times.
Speaker 1: I agree all of that is is right. It's just
Speaker 1: that you had a really big work day the next morning.
Speaker 1: And that's that's the thing. That's that that's my only
Speaker 1: issue with it. Again, and I you know, you get.
Speaker 1: He has to realize that everyone's got a phone, everyone's
Speaker 1: everyone's showing. You know, it's if you're gonna wear Lebron
Speaker 1: James jerseys like that. I mean, really, who's gonna wear
Speaker 1: a jersey like that? Yeah? Who would ever do that?
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's it sucks. I mean, we had
Speaker 1: the camera on you that day too. The rules are different.
Speaker 1: The rules are different when you're Zeke Elliott, and it's
Speaker 1: you know, not necessarily fair to him. But so, what
Speaker 1: were some of the things that Stephen Jones? He really,
Speaker 1: he really didn't say a whole lot. He said, we're
Speaker 1: still gathering information, don't. I mean, he's right, which maybe
Speaker 1: we should listen to him. He said, it's unfair to
Speaker 1: really comment on it beyond the fact that we're still
Speaker 1: learning about it. This was Monday, so I'd assume they've
Speaker 1: got a pretty clear picture by now. I'm sure Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett'll talked about it later today, Zeke may talk about
Speaker 1: it himself. We'll see the locker room's going to be
Speaker 1: open today. Not sure, it doesn't seem like a huge deal,
Speaker 1: but it definitely is kind of a hiccup in what
Speaker 1: had been a very you know, feel good offseason for him. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Now moving on to OTAs that started yesterday. Obviously this
Speaker 1: is far away from real football and we always talk
Speaker 1: about it and it's not that exciting, but the media
Speaker 1: is out there and we get to watch some of
Speaker 1: the things that happened there. I wanted to get each
Speaker 1: of your opinion and like, what are some of the
Speaker 1: things that you're looking for today, and like what to
Speaker 1: watch for during this first practice that we'll get to see.
Speaker 1: Even though you're not above doing it, I'll do it
Speaker 1: for you. Plug your article for yesterday. Dave wrote an
Speaker 1: article about five things to to really watch, so let
Speaker 1: me I was kind of struggling by the end of it,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, though, Like the time I
Speaker 1: got to number five, I was like, ah, just because
Speaker 1: it's probably because you know what she just said. You
Speaker 1: know that it's not right real like you're not really
Speaker 1: going to be able to see if Connor McGovern could bloak.
Speaker 1: I don't want Yeah, oh, I could write twenty things,
Speaker 1: but I want to try to be as honest as possible.
Speaker 1: What was what was one number one for me was
Speaker 1: just that this will be the first chance we get
Speaker 1: to see the offense under Kellen Moore and like air
Speaker 1: quotes big time because not really, but I mean it's
Speaker 1: still you know, it's stuff that he's installing and stuff
Speaker 1: that they're gonna use under him. I don't expect to
Speaker 1: see anything, you know, juicy, but it's still get some
Speaker 1: sort of look at like what he's trying to install
Speaker 1: on what they're trying to look Yeah for me, and
Speaker 1: I think this was on your list too, Like I
Speaker 1: just want to see how we how we line up
Speaker 1: on offense, the offensive line, yeah, first and second teams.
Speaker 1: You just what are we starting with here? You know,
Speaker 1: where's Frederick? Is he right there at the center spot?
Speaker 1: And you know no issues there? Where's McGovern, Where's Suaphila
Speaker 1: Looney those guys like that? Just just how it all
Speaker 1: shakes out to start with, and then you know it's
Speaker 1: all subject to change, especially with injuries and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: I just want to kind of see where they where
Speaker 1: they have these guys. That was my number that was
Speaker 1: my number four, I think. I mean, Frederick is expected
Speaker 1: to be limited, so you know, don't know how much
Speaker 1: you'll see of him. McGovern can play center and I
Speaker 1: expect them to work him there. It's some a little
Speaker 1: bit in the In the next month, um Lyle Collins
Speaker 1: had a surgery that he's still coming back from, so
Speaker 1: that should be an opportunity for Cam Fleming. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I know it looks based which we you know, even
Speaker 1: though we work here, we didn't get to go to
Speaker 1: yesterday's Ota, but based on photos and stuff, it looked
Speaker 1: like he was the first string left guard. So I
Speaker 1: don't know about that. Yeah, Connor was, um, so I
Speaker 1: don't know about that. Yeah, I know that name. They
Speaker 1: do this stuff on purpose, is like they get as
Speaker 1: many similar names as they can. Um, you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: so you know, I don't know if that'll happen, but
Speaker 1: there should be some shifting and some different stuff they
Speaker 1: can try out. That should be fun there. Um. One
Speaker 1: other one for me is again you're not going to
Speaker 1: see a lot of it, um just you know about
Speaker 1: them tackling or anything like that. But I do want
Speaker 1: to kind of see that Sean Lee you know, in
Speaker 1: the in the sam position. You know, see what's going
Speaker 1: to happen there. If he's gonna be I mean, it
Speaker 1: sounds like he's going to be the starting strong side linebacker. Um.
Speaker 1: You can definitely tell in the offseason that he has
Speaker 1: changed his his physique a little bit. His upper body
Speaker 1: looks very noticeable that he is he's gotten bigger there um.
Speaker 1: So I'm anxious to see how how that plays out
Speaker 1: and if he can play that position. I mean, you
Speaker 1: can get those three linebackers on the field. I know
Speaker 1: they say they don't play bass a lot, but they
Speaker 1: might play it more of Sean Lee's there. I don't
Speaker 1: even want to talk about this injury wise because I no, no, no,
Speaker 1: it's but people mention it all the time. You know,
Speaker 1: injuries and how these let's say hamstring injuries happen a
Speaker 1: lot during this time, and what he could possibly mean
Speaker 1: for a guy like Sean Lee who is trying to
Speaker 1: get back it is known his past record of injuries.
Speaker 1: What if something like that happens during this time. See,
Speaker 1: that's why I think that it's a real interesting move.
Speaker 1: They typically the strong side linebacker plays about twenty percent
Speaker 1: of the snaps, and the way the system is now,
Speaker 1: when it's Damien Wilson or god give me some other names,
Speaker 1: that maybe oh geez, maybe Hitchens Wilbur did it for
Speaker 1: a little while. I mean it's been Damien for the
Speaker 1: last like four years and he doesn't play a whole
Speaker 1: lot so and no Taco. So if it's so, if
Speaker 1: it's not, you know, so if he's not out there,
Speaker 1: it's it's something that they're used to playing with. Um,
Speaker 1: So it's kind of a good situation. It's almost like
Speaker 1: win win, Like if he's out there and he's healthy,
Speaker 1: they can do some different things. If not, it's not
Speaker 1: going to be much different than what they've done in
Speaker 1: the past, which that also speaks you know, and it's
Speaker 1: exciting because they're back on the field, but it's may
Speaker 1: and they'll probably limit what a lot of those guys
Speaker 1: do for that very reason is you know, not to
Speaker 1: set them back to the point where they might not
Speaker 1: be ready for training camp. That's another thing is you know,
Speaker 1: don't expect to see a lot of DeMarcus Lawrence. You know,
Speaker 1: you know Kent now you can do the taco drop
Speaker 1: because he's probably not going to do a lot there
Speaker 1: we go. He just had an ankle surgery. So I
Speaker 1: expect to see a lot of young guys, you know,
Speaker 1: Like I said, Connor McGovern should get a lot of
Speaker 1: work at Center if Travis Frederick is limited. So I
Speaker 1: think there should be some cool opportunities there for some rookies.
Speaker 1: Mickey actually wrote an article about nine nine guys that
Speaker 1: were on us have surgeries that aren't going to be
Speaker 1: participate rating here. I didn't really you know, you hear
Speaker 1: one or two here and you think, and I would
Speaker 1: have thought four to five. And then you really break
Speaker 1: it down to the Cindric Wilsons and all that I said,
Speaker 1: Lyle Collins had something done. I mean a lot of
Speaker 1: these happened a while ago. But again, you know, why
Speaker 1: risk anything. Antoine Woods had a shoulder surgery. Byron Jones.
Speaker 1: We're not going to see Byron. So there's an opportunity
Speaker 1: for some of your young corners right there. I think
Speaker 1: we'll see Woods. Antoine Woods. I would expect so because
Speaker 1: he had his surgery in January. And that's why what's
Speaker 1: interesting about that for me is it's really the same
Speaker 1: surgery as what DeMarcus Lawrence had, and so you want
Speaker 1: to see when he came back and he actually was
Speaker 1: fortunate to have it right seasons over? Is it? You know,
Speaker 1: where's this going to play? Because you go back to
Speaker 1: that first game against the Giants and you think, I
Speaker 1: think we talked about this last week who from the
Speaker 1: defensive line. Do you are you sure is going to
Speaker 1: be there? I mean, do you know d Law will
Speaker 1: be there? Maybe you, Randy Gregory. There's no way you
Speaker 1: can even predict that. And all signs would pointed probably not,
Speaker 1: Tyrone Crawford, probably not. Maybe. So you look at the
Speaker 1: defensive end, that's three three guys there. That's I mean,
Speaker 1: Jalen Jelks and those guys you know, Joe Jackson, Oran's Armstrong. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's although don't every year. Don't forget Quinn though,
Speaker 1: but yeah, oh yeah, I mean Robert Quinn for sure.
Speaker 1: And I'm just saying, and this team has gotten really
Speaker 1: good at saying, okay, well these players will play Week
Speaker 1: one because we have a defensive starter that's going to
Speaker 1: be suspended. I mean, what are we at six years
Speaker 1: in a row? Now? Maybe? Yeah, I mean maybe yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean it's circul to the Rolando mcclean's and d Law,
Speaker 1: David Irving, Gregory long list Gregory, uh Gregory, you know right,
Speaker 1: Brandon Carr, Hey, hey, don't start listing never missed games. No,
Speaker 1: it's really interesting. I mean usually when you look at
Speaker 1: I can't hear that. I just kind of a little bit.
Speaker 1: I forgot you're not wearing your head I kind of
Speaker 1: could hear a little bit. Car Clayborne and Scandrid Nice
Speaker 1: anywhere are those headphones? Well they really go to that one.
Speaker 1: I'm waiting on Derek to come in. I was just
Speaker 1: gonna say, it's really interesting because at first your initial
Speaker 1: thought is to get kind of freaked out when you
Speaker 1: see this this type of list of injured guys and
Speaker 1: are recovering and all that stuff. But when what that
Speaker 1: does it allows to create opportunities for these other guys
Speaker 1: and allows the Cowboys to prepare this early on for
Speaker 1: when the season starts and kind of figure out who
Speaker 1: the backup guys will be and earned the spot. Yeah yeah,
Speaker 1: and I mean it starts, it starts this month. Although
Speaker 1: you know, again what I don't Why do I always
Speaker 1: apologize for sounding like a wet blanket, like that's what
Speaker 1: I do. But I just remember last year, you know,
Speaker 1: g hot Ward looked great and he was like the
Speaker 1: starting He was a starter on the d line because
Speaker 1: Malie Collins was out out and people were real high
Speaker 1: on him, and it clearly didn't work out. Dayton Jones
Speaker 1: was another one and didn't play a game in the
Speaker 1: regular season that was more because of injury than anything.
Speaker 1: But you know it's going to change big time between
Speaker 1: what we see without pads here in May and you
Speaker 1: know what the team actually does on roster cutday. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and take a quick break. When we
Speaker 1: come back, we'll keep disconsin OTAs and everything that's going
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Speaker 1: we found out not too long ago that the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: released defensive tackle Jural McCoy, and I wanted to check
Speaker 1: in with you guys if you thought that the Cowboys
Speaker 1: have any interest in bringing him back, especially after with
Speaker 1: this cause all day injuries and scenarios here. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: think it was Adam Schefter from NFL or where is
Speaker 1: Adam Schefter? Sorry? He um listed the Cowboys as some
Speaker 1: potential teams that he would be you know, that might
Speaker 1: be has some interest there. I don't think that the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have come out and said that they're you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, Cowboys haven't said there's any interest. We'll see today.
Speaker 1: But I don't think you just talking to some people
Speaker 1: that there would be Tristan Hill. They drafted him and
Speaker 1: they have the money for it. But I just I
Speaker 1: just don't see that as a as a guy that
Speaker 1: they would they would turn in here, because, like I said,
Speaker 1: they know they have some young guys that they liked there,
Speaker 1: and I think the focus would be on just so
Speaker 1: many other players that you did you have to sign.
Speaker 1: He's not going to get a big deal, but you know,
Speaker 1: I just I just see there would probably be teams
Speaker 1: with more money, with maybe a better fit for him.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's totally conceivable that they could get out bid.
Speaker 1: He is a six time pro bowler. And it doesn't
Speaker 1: you know, just from being around here, it doesn't sound
Speaker 1: like there's a whole lot of interest. I don't really
Speaker 1: get it. I think this is the rare example of
Speaker 1: a guy that would be Taylor made to go after.
Speaker 1: He's thirty one years old. He's had some injury issues
Speaker 1: that should keep his price relatively low. Tristan Hill is
Speaker 1: the only defensive tackle of the significance on this team
Speaker 1: that's under contract beyond this season. And I know they
Speaker 1: feel when they always feel good about their guys. I
Speaker 1: know they love to say that, but like, which of
Speaker 1: the guys that's on this team is definitively better than
Speaker 1: a six time pro bowler? Right now? Let me ask
Speaker 1: you this question, Dave. When you say go after are
Speaker 1: you are you willing to go go in on a
Speaker 1: multi year deal for significant money or when you say
Speaker 1: go after is it if it falls to you, you
Speaker 1: make it known to him and his agent. Hey, we're
Speaker 1: interested talking, but it's only if the deal works that
Speaker 1: it's just a one year for relatively little money. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't want to sign him for more than two years,
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't want to pay him more than like
Speaker 1: even like ten sounds like a lot like somewhere if
Speaker 1: he wanted to sign between you know, six and nine,
Speaker 1: and it's you know, the rap woars and the chefters
Speaker 1: of the world have made it known like he wants
Speaker 1: to play for a contender. He wants to play for
Speaker 1: a team that can get to the playoffs. He's never
Speaker 1: been in the playoffs in nine years in Tampa, so
Speaker 1: it's conceivable. And from Oklahoma City, by the way, grew
Speaker 1: up a cowhos Fane went to OU. Like I said,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of reasons why it sounds plausible that
Speaker 1: he might be willing to sign here on a fair deal.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Cowboys are interested. I don't really
Speaker 1: get the feeling that that would happen, but I would
Speaker 1: try to make it happen if I were them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I kind of agree with you. This is a question
Speaker 1: of will they or should they? I think Nick was
Speaker 1: pretty clear, and I think that's everything that all of
Speaker 1: us have heard is is it doesn't look like they
Speaker 1: want to. But when you talk about it from a
Speaker 1: standpoint of should they, I kind of agree with Dave
Speaker 1: that this is an opportunity if it should fall to you,
Speaker 1: if you get the money right and you can get
Speaker 1: him for a year, two years, then to me, he
Speaker 1: is better than right now. He is better as a
Speaker 1: three technique than anybody you have on your team. And
Speaker 1: I saw a fan put this out there. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure you may know the ramifications of this, but you
Speaker 1: look at a guy like Tyrone Crawford and the amount
Speaker 1: of money that he makes, would there be some relief
Speaker 1: if you were to release him to be able to
Speaker 1: sign a guy like that that would replace at least
Speaker 1: the role defensive tackle. Now there is the issue of
Speaker 1: is Crawford more of a defense to end yeah, as
Speaker 1: it currently sits, because they got a lot of defensive
Speaker 1: tackles on this team defensive ends. I don't know if
Speaker 1: they got enough to start to see they like having
Speaker 1: a guy like that can switch back, yeah, versatile, so
Speaker 1: Tyrone can provide that, and he's been here, and I
Speaker 1: think they have enough ends. I don't think that they
Speaker 1: have enough ins that we just talked about that they
Speaker 1: can count on for Week one, right, and that that's
Speaker 1: the issue. But yeah, I think they have plenty of
Speaker 1: defensive ends and I don't know if they have enough
Speaker 1: tackles there, but they don't have a lot of tackles
Speaker 1: that are under contract, and which you know, in a
Speaker 1: perfect world, you would sign McCoy to a one year deal,
Speaker 1: which that doesn't really alleviate the problem of not having
Speaker 1: any guys under contract. But he's a two time All Pro.
Speaker 1: He's never had less than six sacks in a season
Speaker 1: at defensive tackle. How many big number, how many guys,
Speaker 1: how many guys on this team can say they've had
Speaker 1: six sacks in a season. Yeah, and it's like Quinn
Speaker 1: Lawrence and but I don't think anybody else draft in
Speaker 1: Tristan Hill, and is should be the reason that you
Speaker 1: would consider it more than a reason that you wouldn't.
Speaker 1: Here's a young guy that that is you know, he's
Speaker 1: he's still he's gonna be raw, obviously, and he's gonna
Speaker 1: learn from Marinelli and Lee Unlett. That's great, But in
Speaker 1: the trenches they're getting to learn from a guy like
Speaker 1: like Gerald McCoy. I think that would that would be
Speaker 1: even better. Is that a position where you would expect
Speaker 1: a quick impact that he could learn? You know, boy, no, no,
Speaker 1: Tristan about quick impact? Um, if he's if he is
Speaker 1: the badass they make him out to be. It's mean
Speaker 1: Malie Collins stepped in and there was a reason why
Speaker 1: they picked him where they picked him. If this was
Speaker 1: a guy that was picked in the top ten a
Speaker 1: defensive tackle, then yes, you would expect that he would
Speaker 1: immediately step in. Defensive tackle is not a position where
Speaker 1: he couldn't immediately step in and give you immediate production.
Speaker 1: He's gonna there's a reason why the second round he's
Speaker 1: gonna produce if he can. If he and this is
Speaker 1: why I think if you signed someone like a McCoy,
Speaker 1: he would produce. Tristan Hill would produce even more because
Speaker 1: if you ask him to play all these snaps in
Speaker 1: there and he has to play against the run time
Speaker 1: in and time out, he's gonna he's gonna have some problem.
Speaker 1: If he can come in on Nickel situations and get
Speaker 1: over that center and rush him, that's where he really
Speaker 1: is going to be effective right away. So I think
Speaker 1: the less he has to play three downs, I think
Speaker 1: that the better he can be. And you get some
Speaker 1: guys in here like that, but he might be better
Speaker 1: than you're Antoine Woods and maybe even Malie Collins. So
Speaker 1: I'm not making more sense the more we keep talking
Speaker 1: about it. I think that's the thing. I think everybody
Speaker 1: that I've at least heard talk about it, I think
Speaker 1: it makes sense. I just don't think I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys are at least what I think. I think they're
Speaker 1: kind of too far down the road. Is in their
Speaker 1: own opinions. They feel like they've already gotten that position solidified.
Speaker 1: They feel like they have quality players at the defensive
Speaker 1: tackle position, and I just don't think they're necessarily looking now.
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean this couldn't get fluid. If he's sitting
Speaker 1: out on the market, come training camp and nobody's willing
Speaker 1: to pay him, and the Cowboys and say, well, this
Speaker 1: guy's just sitting out there, we can get a really
Speaker 1: favorable deal. I know they're opportunistic, right, I just think
Speaker 1: that's some point, at some point in a span of
Speaker 1: three to four years, I mean, every every few years.
Speaker 1: It's good to sit there in fold hands every now
Speaker 1: and again and play you know, little pots here, but
Speaker 1: everyone once in a while you just want to push
Speaker 1: him in, push all the chips in in the middle,
Speaker 1: and say, look, I'm all in. I'm all in on
Speaker 1: this team on this year. I got a great young team,
Speaker 1: this guy could fit. Got offensive line that's really good,
Speaker 1: I got great skill players. Let's go get this thing.
Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, what would be the problem
Speaker 1: with doing that. Let's assume let's assume what Dave said.
Speaker 1: Let's assume if they end up paying him, they want
Speaker 1: to do it. They're gonna be willing to pay him
Speaker 1: nine million over a year or two years or whatever.
Speaker 1: Does that affect their ability to sign some of these
Speaker 1: longer term deals that they are talking about right now,
Speaker 1: particularly DAK where you're talking million plus back. In fact,
Speaker 1: if they sign those deals, it would be easier to
Speaker 1: get a deal like McCoy because those first couple of
Speaker 1: years aren't going to be as as I mean, you
Speaker 1: can actually lower some of the base salaries. I don't
Speaker 1: know about the thirty I mean, I don't know about
Speaker 1: that with DAK because there's really no way to structure
Speaker 1: it mathematically, you can't do it with that, but you
Speaker 1: can certainly do it with him because he right now
Speaker 1: he's making what less than a million, right he's making
Speaker 1: two millions because he readjusted his two million. There's no
Speaker 1: way to do this thing where he's gonna average thirty
Speaker 1: million a year and the I mean, but isn't that
Speaker 1: the point? Though? If if now all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: you're gonna go from one million to thirty million, do
Speaker 1: you have the room to be able to do that?
Speaker 1: Even if even you do, you do and Cooper's deal,
Speaker 1: I mean, you need to get Cooper's deal done. You
Speaker 1: can Looper Cooper's accounting for fourteen million. You could lower
Speaker 1: that to like you know, you could lower his cap
Speaker 1: hit to like six six and even though and they
Speaker 1: have had me pay for it right there, they have
Speaker 1: twenty million in space right now. And for the record, like,
Speaker 1: even if they were to sign Gerald McCoy, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: advocate cutting Tyrone Crawford. I mean, he he plays an end.
Speaker 1: Keep him, he's a captain. You can worry about that
Speaker 1: next year. Next year is a much better time to
Speaker 1: release him. I think you could. I think you would
Speaker 1: save eight or nine million next year. This year, I think,
Speaker 1: if I look right, I think this year is more
Speaker 1: of a wash. You don't get anything. It's about the
Speaker 1: same to keep him, to cut him. And by the way,
Speaker 1: I wasn't saying you cut him. I know. I saw
Speaker 1: that on Twitter and it made me think, is that
Speaker 1: a is that? Would that be a swap in this
Speaker 1: instance to where what you get back would be what
Speaker 1: you pay out? And it didn't, you know, I didn't
Speaker 1: really know the answer. I don't know if that would
Speaker 1: be a better fit for you. I mean, I really don't.
Speaker 1: I know that sounds these six time pro bowler. I
Speaker 1: don't know if that's a better fit just because of the
Speaker 1: the versatility, right, versatility what he brings for the team
Speaker 1: and all that, which I agree with you. The thing
Speaker 1: is signing a guy like that, like I don't even
Speaker 1: think of it as going all in because I think
Speaker 1: I might be wrong. I mean, he might sign somewhere
Speaker 1: for forty million next week, and if that's the case,
Speaker 1: then I'm like, never mind, Like yeah, same same thing
Speaker 1: with Earl Thomas. When you when you show me the
Speaker 1: price tag and it's going that high, I'm out. But
Speaker 1: assuming you could get this guy on unreasonable deal. It's
Speaker 1: little risk with high reward. And again, these contracts are
Speaker 1: gonna push you up against the caps soon. Bobby Wagner's
Speaker 1: trying to break the linebacker market. Jalen Smith sees every
Speaker 1: bit of that coming his way. You're gonna you are
Speaker 1: eventually gonna be hard up against the cap. You are
Speaker 1: not right now, so why not try to maximize the
Speaker 1: next season or two where you can still get away
Speaker 1: with it? Well, if if my understanding is correct, you
Speaker 1: can actually roll over salary cap money. So if they're
Speaker 1: at it doesn't mean you have to just go ahead
Speaker 1: and spend it this year. That means if you don't
Speaker 1: spend it this year, you actually have it for those futures.
Speaker 1: But see, but I mean you do you're right. But
Speaker 1: if you could get a six time pro bowler on
Speaker 1: a manageable salary on a team that looks pretty good,
Speaker 1: it sounds it sounds smart to me. I win on
Speaker 1: a one year deal. I mean, you're kind of you're
Speaker 1: kind of going in already. Yeah, I would maybe their
Speaker 1: go in player for this year. Yeah, we've already done that.
Speaker 1: We're not willing to try for Quinn And they gave
Speaker 1: a pretty decent amount of ring of Randall cop The
Speaker 1: Rams never stopped. You know, the Rams just got Sue
Speaker 1: and Donald of course, and then you know they kept
Speaker 1: adding guys going bad guy, but I mean they just
Speaker 1: kept adding guy. It helped there were a couple of
Speaker 1: plays away from winning a Super Bowl. Yeah, you like
Speaker 1: I said, like, even if even if they even if
Speaker 1: they extend Dak, Let's say they extend Dak and Amari
Speaker 1: this year, they will still have one to two seasons
Speaker 1: before those hits really start to affect their cap because
Speaker 1: we Amario'll lower it and Dak's big numbers won't kick
Speaker 1: in for a year or two. So you'll have a
Speaker 1: short window where you can still add talent to this
Speaker 1: roster without really having to worry about you know, Jalen
Speaker 1: doesn't need a new deal till twenty twenty one, YadA, YadA, YadA.
Speaker 1: I'd say try to maximize this short little window you
Speaker 1: have before these huge contracts start coming home. And by
Speaker 1: the way, in twenty twenty one, I think is the
Speaker 1: year that they're going to have to have a new CBA.
Speaker 1: So who knows what the CAP's gonna look like, how
Speaker 1: much money is gonna be guaranteed, like they'll have to
Speaker 1: they'll have to give to players. It may change everything economically,
Speaker 1: so so that there's a lot that would be a
Speaker 1: part of that. I don't think they're gonna do it,
Speaker 1: but I think they should. I feel like they would though,
Speaker 1: because looked at what they have done so far. They
Speaker 1: have given so much importance during this offseason to the
Speaker 1: whole defense. During free agency, during the draft, they used
Speaker 1: a lot of their draft picks just on defense. So
Speaker 1: clearly they're trying to rebuild and reinforce and build on
Speaker 1: what they already had last year, which was pretty good.
Speaker 1: So I think they're they're deciding to make that final
Speaker 1: push and turn it over to hopefully an elite defense.
Speaker 1: We'll see what The longer he gets the air, the
Speaker 1: longer he goes unsigned, the better it is probably for
Speaker 1: your hopes of it happening, because it means that the
Speaker 1: price he wants probably isn't out there. And literally twelve
Speaker 1: hours after the Bucks cut him, they signed Sue. And
Speaker 1: I believe like his deal is worth up to ten million,
Speaker 1: which means that's incentive based. So if you can sign
Speaker 1: in Dominican Sue for seven to eight then I would
Speaker 1: think McCoy is probably similar because they're same age range.
Speaker 1: I think at this point in my opinion, I think
Speaker 1: McCoy's a better player than Sue personally, but I'm not
Speaker 1: going to tend to have watched tape of them. I
Speaker 1: just know that they're both pretty good. I Sue, to
Speaker 1: me is the class Like it's so obvious. Sue turned
Speaker 1: it on in the playoffs last year, like he just
Speaker 1: got plays when he wants to. Yeah, he went through
Speaker 1: the motions until they got to the playoffs and then
Speaker 1: was like, oh wait, I'm actually still really good, which
Speaker 1: and I may need to get a new contract. Everything
Speaker 1: I've ever heard about Gerald McCoy is that he's one
Speaker 1: of the highest character players in the NFL. So I
Speaker 1: don't think maybe what I'm talking about that I would
Speaker 1: I would have liked to get sued here because this
Speaker 1: whole turn it on, turn it off thing. If Rod
Speaker 1: Marinelli is is the guy that everyone says he is
Speaker 1: and in the way he coaches and we see the
Speaker 1: way he coaches, he'll keep it on, he'll turn it off.
Speaker 1: But I also think also think that Rod Marinelli wants
Speaker 1: guys that showed that propensity at least the things I've
Speaker 1: heard about him, even during the draft process. He particularly
Speaker 1: looks for guys who are high motor guys and actually
Speaker 1: shuns guys that are not motor. So my thought would
Speaker 1: be to him, Yeah, my thought would be he would
Speaker 1: probably be the one of the people to say we
Speaker 1: don't need Sue. I think Rod would shut that down immediately, yeah,
Speaker 1: which I mean because and for other reasons too. He
Speaker 1: thinks Tristan Hills that underdog type guy. He likes those guys.
Speaker 1: He does because it makes him look better if he
Speaker 1: can coach him up. You can't coach up Sue. I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean that's the like you probably can't, especially at
Speaker 1: this point in his career. I'm not saying he can't
Speaker 1: coach him up. What I'm saying, if if he has
Speaker 1: this great year, I don't think anyone's gonna be patting
Speaker 1: Rod on the back. And that's what he wants, That's
Speaker 1: what all coaches want. I don't know about that, because
Speaker 1: I think I think the narrative around Sue right now
Speaker 1: is he's a guy that by for the most part,
Speaker 1: did not play great throughout the season last year, played
Speaker 1: well in the playoffs, did not play great. So if
Speaker 1: Rod could get him to play with a high motor
Speaker 1: at this point in his career. I think that would
Speaker 1: be a pat on the back for us. So Gerald McCoy,
Speaker 1: same thing is that gonna be? Is that gonna fit
Speaker 1: into the I just think did he call him? I
Speaker 1: forgot the orphans orphans that I'm not calling him that anymore.
Speaker 1: Even if they don't sign Gerald. Now, they got played,
Speaker 1: they put too much. Yeah, they got players, line, they
Speaker 1: got players. But I think I think it would make
Speaker 1: the team better. And I agree there's nobody that you
Speaker 1: would have to cut Gerald McCoy for that you just
Speaker 1: can't bear to part ways with. Like I would throw
Speaker 1: him in there and be like, you know, we're probably
Speaker 1: gonna keep four defensive tackles. So that's two of them
Speaker 1: right there. This good luck to the rest of they.
Speaker 1: I'll find them. There's two other roster respects, No, just
Speaker 1: Nil is going to be here. Hill will be here
Speaker 1: and if he were to sign, McCoy will be here.
Speaker 1: And the other guys can figure it out. Who else
Speaker 1: did Collins? Woods? Woods and Collins probably gonna be one
Speaker 1: techniques then Colin probably you know, um Hyder figured out Coton,
Speaker 1: Covington figured out have fun. That's what I'm trying to bring.
Speaker 1: We're trying to increase the level of competition, and you
Speaker 1: would have just done that. I agree a bit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: still don't think they'll do it. Having said all of that,
Speaker 1: we spent a whole segment in now I don't think
Speaker 1: they're gonna do it. Well, we'll see what happens here.
Speaker 1: But now switching up things a little bit, well, not really,
Speaker 1: let's stay on defense. Jordan Lewis. It's a guy that
Speaker 1: I've we've talked about and how he has become kind
Speaker 1: of like the black sheep of the group and and
Speaker 1: just not really being asked involved just because of his
Speaker 1: size and what christ Shart wants. I saw an interesting
Speaker 1: question from a fan about the possibility or thought of
Speaker 1: moving Jordan Lewis to the safety position and maybe trying
Speaker 1: him out there to where he can actually be on
Speaker 1: the field and do something for the Cowboys, you know,
Speaker 1: a skill set wise, I still think he's a better
Speaker 1: cover guy. You've never shown the ability to be a
Speaker 1: like a real physical player. Not that those guys are,
Speaker 1: you know, in the safety position or lightening people up really,
Speaker 1: but I mean, I just think he's a he is
Speaker 1: a corner. I think that's a skill set all the way.
Speaker 1: M Is he a corner here? Maybe? Maybe not, but
Speaker 1: you know there's a place for him. I mean, there
Speaker 1: really is a place for him here, and they showed
Speaker 1: it last year. I mean kind of a spot duty.
Speaker 1: You know, I think there's okay to have a preference,
Speaker 1: but I don't think. I don't know if he's the
Speaker 1: guy that's getting pushed out of the door, like I mean,
Speaker 1: you say that, but I mean I haven't really seen
Speaker 1: that yet. Yeah, And honestly, I mean he's not better
Speaker 1: than Cheeto or Bryan Jones. So he's the third quarter right, Yeah.
Speaker 1: And I think last year, in my opinion, if you look,
Speaker 1: if you want to find yourself, especially in the secondary,
Speaker 1: find yourself an MVP of that Saints game, he was it.
Speaker 1: I mean the way that they used him on Kamara
Speaker 1: coming out of the backfield, I thought was really really smart.
Speaker 1: And having that kind of depth allows you to do that.
Speaker 1: Some teams don't have that kind of depth where they
Speaker 1: could use a corner to be able to cover a
Speaker 1: running back coming out of the backfield, but they had
Speaker 1: that depth. So I think he's valuable to this team
Speaker 1: and Now when it times comes down first contract, that's
Speaker 1: a whole different ball game. They will figure out whether
Speaker 1: they want to keep him or not, and whether he
Speaker 1: wants to stay here or not. But the fact of
Speaker 1: the matter is, I think he still is a valuable
Speaker 1: a valuable piece in that second well from what we
Speaker 1: saw last year. But when you start, you know, seeing
Speaker 1: the corners that were brought in by Chris Rashard basically
Speaker 1: in his preferences, and when you see that whole group,
Speaker 1: then the question begins to rise even more to where, okay,
Speaker 1: where does that leave Jordan Lewis and what do you
Speaker 1: do with him? What you said is going to be
Speaker 1: put to the test, and it'll be fascinating because we're
Speaker 1: not going to see Byron Jones until September. I won't
Speaker 1: be surprised if he misses a game. That's just me.
Speaker 1: That's conjecture for the record, But I won't be surprised.
Speaker 1: So who's going to get those reps of training camp?
Speaker 1: Cheeto will? What do you do with Anthony Brown? What
Speaker 1: about these gigantic corners that Amber just mentioned that they
Speaker 1: brought in. Where does Jordan Lewis fit in that new
Speaker 1: pecking order? Because you would think that a three year
Speaker 1: vet who's got starting experience would be pretty high up there.
Speaker 1: But if he's not getting reps outside over the likes
Speaker 1: of Mike Jackson, what does that say? Yeah, No, you're
Speaker 1: you're right about that. And the interesting thing too, is is,
Speaker 1: you know, you start looking at down the road and
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about corners, corners that are going
Speaker 1: to be on this roster next year. You know it's
Speaker 1: Byron Jones gonna be on the team next year. What
Speaker 1: about Anthony Brown? Anthony Brown, I have a hard time
Speaker 1: thinking he will be, So you know, Jordan would have
Speaker 1: that extra year. I just don't think there's any reason
Speaker 1: to just kind of fade him out. Now you get
Speaker 1: to the end of the training camp and someone wants
Speaker 1: to throw a fourth round pick at you to get him. Maybe, yeah,
Speaker 1: depends on how Jackson and who else are we talking
Speaker 1: about these gigantic corner I mean, Mike Jackson, Chris West.
Speaker 1: But that's also my point on all of that is, Yeah,
Speaker 1: they brought in all these guys, but it wasn't a
Speaker 1: priority because most of those guys were either late picks
Speaker 1: or undrafted guys. Yeah, so they're bringing in guys because
Speaker 1: of what you said, like they don't have future right
Speaker 1: now a corner A lot of the guys are gonna
Speaker 1: be up on their contracts over the next couple of years.
Speaker 1: But then you don't know what zury shard turns to
Speaker 1: mean too. Yeah, I get that, but I'll believe it
Speaker 1: when I see it. But you're gonna take an undrafted
Speaker 1: free agent cornerback and this year he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: guy that's gonna be playing over Jordan Lewis. Maybe it happens.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Necessarily, I'm not buying necessarily. A Lumba
Speaker 1: is a nice player. He showed a little something at
Speaker 1: training camp last year. He's a practice squad guy. So
Speaker 1: I mean, I just think you just have to let's
Speaker 1: just let's let's pump the brakes a little bit on
Speaker 1: that for you know, just for the what's gonna happen
Speaker 1: this year? Maybe in the future, Well, what's gonna happen
Speaker 1: this year? It wasn't a priority. If Westy makes the team,
Speaker 1: then Chris Richard is even a better coach than I
Speaker 1: would even give him credit for it. And the thing
Speaker 1: about it, and there's nothing against Westy, but he there's
Speaker 1: a reason why he didn't get drafted. I mean, six's four,
Speaker 1: but he doesn't have the fluid movement hips that you
Speaker 1: would look for in a corner. Why haven't they moved
Speaker 1: him to safety? If there's a reason for all that.
Speaker 1: He even says why he's not a receiver. He says
Speaker 1: he can't catch. He said it. I mean, so if
Speaker 1: he can turn him into a guy that can play
Speaker 1: corner in this league, that that will be phenomenal. That
Speaker 1: it's really an uphill battle for him. He looks great. Oh,
Speaker 1: look at Westy, but you know he should be playing
Speaker 1: safety or another position typically, So we'll see if he
Speaker 1: can he can make it. But the guy, I think
Speaker 1: you still need to know how to catch playing that
Speaker 1: well position, you know, but if you knocked balls down,
Speaker 1: you get paid. Yeah, to answer to answer the question,
Speaker 1: because we didn't really like Jordan. Jordan's probably like six fifteen,
Speaker 1: twenty pounds underweight for what you would want a safety
Speaker 1: to be at, Like he's like one eighty. His height
Speaker 1: isn't necessarily a problem, but I think his weight is,
Speaker 1: especially because what we keep saying they want is a
Speaker 1: box safety and Jordan like he's a tough dude. That's
Speaker 1: not what I'm saying. But I just don't know if
Speaker 1: he would hold up doing that, you know, week after week.
Speaker 1: I would be surprised if they tried to do that.
Speaker 1: What I would I mean really like to see out
Speaker 1: of him. And maybe this is something he's working on,
Speaker 1: because if he can be the slot corner, if he
Speaker 1: can really work that in there, that's such a big position.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think, um, Christopher Shard wants a slot guy.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how big you are on the outside,
Speaker 1: that's one thing, but on the inside you can cover.
Speaker 1: I've that's maybe I'm disillusioned because I thought that's what
Speaker 1: he would be. Like I thought he would be the
Speaker 1: number three corner last year and he wasn't his And
Speaker 1: you know, he was great against the Saints. It was
Speaker 1: eight snaps. His participation dropped from seventy five percent in
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen to eighteen percent, and that was probably a
Speaker 1: jump in that game versus a lot of games. Play
Speaker 1: did a lot of games this season. He didn't get
Speaker 1: on the field. I mean, the numbers are stark, and like,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's like this anti Jordan Lewis agenda,
Speaker 1: Like he's a great dude. I think everybody likes him.
Speaker 1: Chris Rashard even said, you know, he's a good player.
Speaker 1: We've just got these guys above him. But if you
Speaker 1: can't find a use for him, it would And I
Speaker 1: don't think they're trying to push him out the door,
Speaker 1: but it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to find
Speaker 1: something for him in the future and like a trade
Speaker 1: like you know, Roster gets. I will send you to
Speaker 1: elaborate on that. Yeah, you meant another team, Yeah, if
Speaker 1: you know somebody else's death. I mean the Cardinals sent
Speaker 1: Ben abin Wickery here two years ago. I could see,
Speaker 1: you know something similar. I think one of the issues
Speaker 1: that that's that's keeping him from playing more is on
Speaker 1: special teams. He's really not He hasn't been a good
Speaker 1: special teams player. And from what I would have been told,
Speaker 1: strength is a problem there. Strength just to go in
Speaker 1: safety's out of the fALS double team as a gunner
Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. So, yeah, being a
Speaker 1: safety would be tough. And you know, going back to
Speaker 1: what you said about Byron Jones this training camp, by
Speaker 1: suspicion is that means that Jordan's probably gonna be day
Speaker 1: one a camp, a starting cornerback on this team. So
Speaker 1: if that's the case, he's gonna you don't think so,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I would be shocked. If I would
Speaker 1: be shocked, and what I mean by that as one
Speaker 1: of the top three, I would be shocked if he's
Speaker 1: not out there starting day one of training camp getting
Speaker 1: reps with the first team defense at least when they're
Speaker 1: in nickel And if that's the case. If that's the case,
Speaker 1: then I would bet you he would be the starting
Speaker 1: slot with Anthony Brown outside. So that being said, that
Speaker 1: being said, I think he's gonna have every opportunity to
Speaker 1: be able to move the doubters wrong. So let's see
Speaker 1: what he can do. If you can get out there
Speaker 1: and show him something. Maybe Christian Shard says, you know,
Speaker 1: this guy's got a little more than I thought he had.
Speaker 1: If he doesn't, then you're right. Maybe at some point
Speaker 1: they they didn't consider the fact that, especially one of
Speaker 1: those young guys steps up. Maybe they consider the fact
Speaker 1: they don't need him one hundred percent, right, Because if
Speaker 1: you start training camp on the first day and Mike
Speaker 1: Jackson or a Lumba, a Lumba is getting more snaps
Speaker 1: than we know the writings on the wall, like okay,
Speaker 1: he's gone, like he won't be here. Last year on
Speaker 1: training CAM, I cannot remember very well. I didn't really
Speaker 1: stand out in my opinion. Yeah, I just remember, barely
Speaker 1: remember anything. I just remember being like, okay, today, they'll
Speaker 1: give him some reps. Today, they'll give him some reps.
Speaker 1: And like I, you know, I sympathize with fans. They
Speaker 1: were asking about it, and I was curious about it.
Speaker 1: And it's not how the dominoes fell. But I'm interested
Speaker 1: to see when they get to camp. I really believe
Speaker 1: he'll be one of the top three. If he's not.
Speaker 1: Like you said, Nicko, Man, it's not looking good for him,
Speaker 1: not for him, but it would be good for somebody else. Yeah.
Speaker 1: How you guys say the writing is on the wall, Yes, exactly,
Speaker 1: how we see. That's not nice. It's not there yet. Sorry,
Speaker 1: started writing, were right on the wall, paint on the wall.
Speaker 1: We write on the wall here. All right, Well, we
Speaker 1: we have to go, guys, because coach Garrett. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: guess he has to get on there and do a
Speaker 1: press conference. I guess. So we'll see if he says
Speaker 1: some interesting things. Maybe he will. He will all right,
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