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But 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:19.760 yesterday Randy Gregory started going around Twitter and trending around 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:24.319 Twitter and something that's happening there where we don't necessarily 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:28.080 have all the facts just yet and what's exactly going 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:32.760 on there. But the reports from yesterday was that the 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:37.600 Cowboys had offered an extension to Randy Gregory's contract for 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.199 I believe another year. Right and as of right now, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:45.600 where does this whole thing stands? It's true? What's going 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.200 on here? Well, it's definitely true. They agreed on the deal, 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.040 they send it into the league, the league is now 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.920 reviewing it, and usually it's just accepted. It's not a 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.000 big issue. But I think that there are some some 0:01:57.080 --> 0:02:00.920 things about this um extension that the NFL fell obviously 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:04.640 has questions about the timing of it. UM and you 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.560 know who it benefits, I guess obviously it's a different 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.840 situation for a guy that's been uh in you know, 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:14.400 going in and out of them. He's had some some 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:18.679 rehab situations, he's been suspended multiple times. He's actually suspended 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.359 right now with no definition of like how many days 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.400 or anything just yet. There's not a time limit on 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:28.160 the suspension. So I think that you know, there's you know, 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:29.840 we talked about this just before we went on with 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.240 there's a precedent here that the Cowboys have done this 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:36.560 before and it definitely benefits them. Um, you know, Randy 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.720 needs he needs money. I think that's what it comes 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.840 down to. They're trying to help him. That's the overall 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.359 thing here is that they are trying to help this guy. 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.040 He's going through different centers in and out of him. 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:48.720 He has to pay all this on his own. And 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.760 what this says is basically, you're buying next year's restricted 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.679 year and you're giving him a signing bonus right now. 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.440 You're putting three hundred thousand or so dollars in his 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.800 pocket now. And what that does is it you know, 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:06.000 it prevents Randy from, say, getting a big year this year, 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.360 Say he does play gets a big year, the Cowboys 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:13.359 would be forced to give him a probably of one year, right. 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.680 It keeps him from being up for renewal as soon 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.680 as he comes back. Basically they'd done this. I can 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:24.919 think of Lance Dunbar, Phil Costa, Jeremy Parnell again, not 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.679 the same type of players Randy Gregory. It's a very 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:31.040 normal thing to do to a restricted free agent who 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:36.400 you're anticipating using. Yeah, except usually without all the suspensions 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.920 and the right that I'll be perfect. Like I hate 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.040 talking about Randy Gregory and that's like nothing against Randy 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:46.680 at all. I like Randy Gregory as a person, not 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.000 but his whole career has been kind of like this, 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.840 Like it's it's convoluted and there's conversations going on between 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.040 the league and the Cowboys. I mean, you know, you 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.480 talk about his suspensions, you know, his visits last year 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.440 where he had to go to Chicago as part of 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:05.480 his treatment. It's it's always it's always hard to get 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.200 to the bottom of it with Randy. And that's not 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:09.400 you know, like I said, I'm not not blaming him 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.560 for that, but it's always tricky with it. We don't 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.280 talk about the you know, government in Germany because we 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.720 don't know what's going on exactly. I'm like, I don't know. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:21.240 I don't say I don't know. I like the analogy 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.400 because like anytime Randy Gregory's in the news, I'm like 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.320 looking through the CBA like okay, what I like going, 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.640 what is what is this? All? Right? So I had 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.680 to be real vague with you, guys, because I could 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:34.480 have said in any other country and you guys would 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:38.920 have been like, well, yeah, I was there last week 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.280 and Angela Merkel, what's up. I know that I got 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.159 that going for me. All right, Well, let's try to 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.279 put a little bit bit more sense. So based on 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.520 what you said, what do you explained this is actually 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.719 a good thing or like a smart thing that the 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.359 Cowboys are doing here, Because there are a lot of 0:04:56.400 --> 0:05:00.400 confused fans as to why the Cowboys would do something 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.960 like this to a guy that has not been trustworthy 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.760 or reliable. Let's say it's better, yeah, reliable, reliable on 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.600 the field, you know, just just his availability hasn't been reliable, 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.040 and but the Cowboys still want to give him every 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.960 opportunity to succeed. They want to help him. Um, and 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.240 this would be one of those win win situations. It's 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:24.719 like listen, it's it's like i'll help you, we'll help 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.000 you here. Well, we'll give you this extension. This will 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:29.720 put some money in your pocket right now. Um, it 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:33.039 doesn't it also protects us and we don't we won't 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.440 pay you a lot next year. Um, if you have 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:37.440 this great season, but we're helping you. We're betting on 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.960 you right now. Um. Actually, you know you can throw 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.599 Buried Church in there for as an assigned him do 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:44.800 an extension while he was coming off a torn achilles. 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.800 That's right, I'm betting on you. They got him at 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.880 a pretty great discount considering you know. Yeah, he turned 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.800 into their starter for however many years. So it's I 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.479 think it's so where we stand on it is that 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.400 the league is reviewing it right now. I think the 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.080 Cowboys are going to try to fight this thing and 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:05.200 try to they're trying to help him. The league, they don't. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.640 This is new for them too, you know kind of. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:09.400 I mean, just just a guy that's been through this 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.640 many situations, so they have to figure out what a 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:17.320 suspension is. They said, He's right. People people keep asking 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.080 me and again, like, you know, I hate talking about 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:20.600 it because I can't give you a great answer. Like 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.039 it's clear, you know, Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, like everybody 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.559 from the top down has expressed at least some level 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.080 of hope or confidence that maybe Randy Gregory's not done 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.960 for twenty nineteen. What that means, I don't know. I 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.279 chalk it up to you know, every report we've heard 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.279 is is how hard he's been working to get back. 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.640 They've gone out of their way to compliment him. You know, 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:44.599 they're not really allowed to have contact with him, but 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:47.160 they are capable of checking in on him. So every 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.720 report has been favorable from what I've heard. And then 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.400 on top of that, it's very obvious and if you 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.960 remember last summer when he was first coming back, there 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:59.400 were reports about this. The NFL is at least considering 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.040 changing its stance on how these things work. And I 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.640 do think there's a lot of credence to the thought 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:07.320 that the worst thing you can do for a guy 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.200 that needs structure and help to overcome these types of 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.360 things is to send him away to be by himself. 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:16.320 And I think that thought is at least gaining traction 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.640 in the league office. What that means going forward, who knows. 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.680 The thing that's really interesting about Gregory is that his 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.960 whole life seems to be from from what we know it, 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.040 everything about the aspects of his life is kind of 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:32.920 either a contradiction or it's not what you think. It's like, well, 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.320 he's available, he's doing great, and all of a sudden, 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.120 now he's not. He's you know, there's just this whole 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.040 status with the league is up and down. Watch him 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.560 as a player. Guy comes off the edge, makes a 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.960 great play. Oh he's turning the corner. He's got another sack, 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:51.320 he forced to fumble, penalty fifteen yards penalty, stupid face 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:54.000 mask penalty or hitting the quarterback lane or rinding up 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.440 off sides and all that stuff. Then you talk to 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.960 him and like this guy keeps making mistakes, Like is 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.600 he really a smart guy? Have you ever had a 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.280 conversation with this a really smart He's a really smart guy. 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.120 Everything about him in his life on and off the 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.320 field is not exactly what you're thinking. As soon as 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.480 you think it's one way, it goes another. So it's 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.200 it's it's weird. That's that's people though, you know, like 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.239 how many everybody's got like a cousin or a brother. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.440 That's like he I thought he had a girlfriend. Didn't 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.840 he just get a new job and he got fired again. 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.160 I thought I thought this was it. I thought he 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:28.040 was yeah. I thought I thought they were gonna get married. 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.120 Now you tall crap, Like back at square one with 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.440 this guy, Like everybody knows somebody like that. They're just 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:37.200 in Yeah, that's a good one. You're usually they're usually 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.480 not great at sacking the quarterback, like they're usually not 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:44.000 superstar athletes. But Randy Gregory is so all right. Well, 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.680 we'll keep waiting to see if we find some things 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.360 Dolly in the meantime. Yeah, And what's weird is that 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.400 there's a that's just one of many situations with the 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.559 defensive end position. I mean that, you know, you would 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.520 think they signed a guy Robert Quinn for a one 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.720 year deal. We don't need to go into we could 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.280 have this. Derek's not Derek's not here to call DeMarcus 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.160 a bad player to so we don't have to fight 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.599 about it. Yeah, Derek's gonna hear this hot wind of 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.680 that you probably saw. I watched the show after seeing 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.200 all the what did you think about that? I was 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:18.200 with you guys, Yeah, you were. I would have loved 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:21.559 to be in here while that was happening with Brian 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.800 in here and Derek in here. Brian was just like 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:28.280 making no sense. Brian was that cook that's making like chili. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:32.960 You know, he just band like Brian like if he 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:39.080 thinks it'll make if you like him. Sigh. Derek's gonna 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:40.720 listen to this in three hours and like, come to 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.560 my desk and be like, I did not say he's 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.319 a bad player. He might just say Quinn's just as 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.880 good as he is. Was that the same kind of 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.280 level of intensity he had with the hot dog or 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.760 a hamburger? Yeah, oh my god, we don't need to 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.280 do that. But yes, he was animated. He Derek likes 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:01.160 to argue, like he really really likes to argue. So well, 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:06.720 just transition into something else. Okay, Um, obviously free agency technically, 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.760 I mean it's not really over. There are still free 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:15.400 agents player acquisition exactly, so, but we started to transition 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:20.400 into the draft and more draft stuff. The thirty visits started, 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.360 so I wanted to get a little bit into that 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.040 and some of the guys that the Cowboys have brought 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:31.320 in here, any name that seems attractive to you. Obviously 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.560 this is on the second day of the draft, so 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:37.439 the names are not as flashy. But with that being said, 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.319 are there some of those guys that kind of cut 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.839 your eye? I had an hour and a half. Um, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.800 we all had a mandatory Dave hour and a half 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:51.480 training session on safety here and which was ironic because 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:56.160 Cowboys have a lot of safeties. They sure do, waiting 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.280 for kids like I'll be you know the draft drum. Yeah, 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:04.160 it was pretty bad. Anyways, what's I'm trying to do 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.480 my twelve things here? Yeah? Literally, no, okay, you're good. No, 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:09.320 it was it was a really bad joke, and I 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.480 was it wasn't It wasn't great. All right, give me 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.080 a name, give me an and why Jonathan Abram is 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.880 right here on the cover. I know you're hungry. Can't 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.480 just hold on shows over at twelve. Yeah, we look really, 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.040 we look pretty smart with the guy we put front 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.040 and center on this magazine this year. Yeah, Jonathan Jonathan 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.040 Abram is a I actually have seen him play a 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.240 game one game this year and he was wrecking the 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.840 whole first quarter and I was like, man, that's a 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.000 guy that Cowboys need. And then you guys been all 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:39.880 over the draft show and you watch every player from 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.000 here to sagonall Valley State, and so Jonathan Abrams, a 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.000 guy you like, stands out. You don't think you'll be 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.280 there fifty eight? Yeah? Well so, I mean, you know, 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.240 I don't want to read off the whole list on 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.200 the show. You can go plenty of places to find 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.400 it if you want to look. But they are clearly 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:56.840 focusing on safety. I think they've got as many as 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:00.560 like six guys coming in defensive line is a spot, 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.960 and like that's so you get thirty you can bring 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.839 thirty guys in from around the country to meet your 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:10.119 coaching staff, you know, work on the whiteboard, meet everybody 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.320 two or the facility, stay in the hotel across the 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:19.080 street for the night. So six safeties, I think six 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.800 or seven defensive linemen. Like that's and and the Cowboys 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.440 haven't really hid that, like that's been their focus. They've 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.040 sent it. That's kind of what we're looking at. If 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.120 you look at what they've done in free agency, that 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.920 makes the most sense. You know, what's what's the status 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.640 of Demark Lawrence, what's the status or Randy Gregory. None 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:37.280 of these defensive tackles really are here for the long term. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:39.720 And then the same thing with your safeties. You know, 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.520 Jeff Heats coming up in a contract year, George Ilokas 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.560 on a one year deal, and you would like to 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.920 potentially improve the talent level. So those are those are 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:51.040 two spots that I think are really intriguing. M Abrams here. 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.079 Taylor Rapp from Washington is also here. I would be 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.800 pretty surprised if either of those fell all the way 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.840 to number fifty eight. That's that's the trick thing about 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:06.280 on one Thornhill. He's another guy that's a little more realistic. 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:10.720 I think Chauncey Gardner Johnson is he now I'm I'm 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:14.480 doubt he's a visit he is. He's a vis um 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.880 another guy that I think could be there. The tricky 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:20.040 thing is obviously you're you're picking six spots away from 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.720 the start of the third round, so it's not even 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.480 like you're at the top of the second So Brian 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.360 a favorite. Brian brought us catchphrases they're just at the 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.720 mercy of the board, like you just you just gotta 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.800 seem just gonna have to see who's there. Um, my 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.600 favorite player in this whole draft, Deebo Samuel was here. 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:42.240 That's really exciting. I honestly think that, you know, what 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.720 what they've done in free agency is really good. I mean, 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:46.320 this is what you're supposed to do in free agency're 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.160 supposed to cover your basis, and I think they've done 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.920 even better than that of adding some players in that 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.840 are that are that can start for you. You don't 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.600 have to draft a safety. You don't have to Yeah, 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.360 I actually no, I'm I'm completely with you. I did 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.280 this chart yesterday. It's penned on my Twitter profile. I 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.120 just went down, you know, the eleven positions on a team. 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.240 You know, is this is this a Cowboys draft need? 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.560 Why or why not? And like, you can make a 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:15.840 convincing argument why every position is not. Any column coming 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.199 on Dallas Cowboys dot Com could be yeah, I mean, 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.160 like I feel like I've written about it on the 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.600 website before, but yeah, I mean probably tweeted about it before. Yeah, 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.720 I do that too. You know, there's many ways to 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.160 put out content these but so is it a need 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.080 or not? You can make a convincing argument why every 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:35.000 position is not a need. Safety. You're bringing in I Loco, 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.720 who's a six year starter. Spare me your heath hate, 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.600 but he's still there. So you've got three experienced starters 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.760 at safety defensive tackle. As much as you would like 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.240 to upgrade the depth there, you've got four experienced starters. 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.840 You've got Kerrie Hyder and Christian Covington to back up 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.200 Antoine Woods and Malik Collins defensive end. And that's and 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.440 that's not to say that Tyrone Crawford might right and 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.960 Tyrone well, and you know we've said it a million times, 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.640 he doesn't do it, but Taco could probably do it. 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:06.000 Two in a pinch, and signing Quinn gives you four 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.200 guys and you don't feel great about it if de 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.080 Marcus Lawrence isn't there. But you've got four guys and 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:15.520 hopefully five, maybe six if Randy comes back. Tight end you, 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.040 I mean, don't get me wrong, there's so many tight 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:19.600 ends in this class that I'd love to have on 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.480 this team. But are they how much playing time are 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.200 they going to get behind the three guys you have here, 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.400 especially Jason Witten? I mean, how much is he really 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.400 coming off the field? So the receiver you brought in 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.680 cop to go with all the guys you already have here, Like, 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.240 I think they've done a very very good job of 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.360 covering themselves. I think the one position that I just 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.840 think that you have to draft is running back. You're right, 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:44.560 That is you're right. That is the one spot where 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.400 you're like, yeah, they need to and and and it's 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:52.560 good they are. Yeah, I think there's three backs on 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.840 the list. Yeah, I mean, which you know, it's funny 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.360 to think, like their biggest need is a spot that 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.040 I would bet twenty bucks they're not to address until 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.280 the third day. Yeah, like they're not going after a 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:09.080 running back involves a position that has best player. And 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.880 the other thing I think we brought this up last 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.280 week is Jerry Jones said this at the owners meetings. 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.080 If they don't get a guy they love in the draft, 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.000 or maybe even if they do, there's still several good 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.560 free agents out there, Like it just goes to show, 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.880 you know, we thought running back was making all this progress, 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:27.320 and it's like Todd Gurley got hurt and now everybody's 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.800 afraid of him again. T J. Yelden's still out there. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.720 It's h c J. Anderson just signs like it just happened. 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.800 So there's a couple more veterans that are still out 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.880 there as well. So I'm very confident they're gonna want 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.000 to trade for one or I don't know if we 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.440 can talk about that depends on the pro well. I mean, 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:47.920 well that's always the fun gray area. I know. You know, 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.440 the rumor coming out of Cleveland is that the Browns 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:55.680 want to deal Duke Johnson. He would very much, he would, 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:57.120 oh he would be a lot of fun to have 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:58.960 as a backup here. He can catch the ball, he 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.560 runs routes, He's obviously a capable runner. I wonder about 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:06.040 the cost, though, because you're trading for him. I'm one. 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:07.600 I mean, maybe you could do it for a twenty 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.680 twenty pick, but even then, he's got three years left 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.560 on a you know, I think average of five million 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.480 dollars a year. You pay him two million this year, 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.080 and then it escalates like three next year, three and 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:21.280 a half the year after that, which not a huge salary, 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.520 but when you consider that a guy you draft would 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.560 be paying, you'd be paying him six hundred thousand. I 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:28.280 think I'd rather just dract. Think. I think we're at 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:31.200 this point. You said about the free agency being over. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.440 It's never over, but but it gets to a point, 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.639 and I didn't know if it was this early before 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:38.840 the draft, but it gets to a point where you're like, all, hey, 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.159 you're not gonna do anything else because we want to 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.080 wait and see what we get out of this, right, 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.440 and then then it'll pick back up. I bet, yeah, 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.040 they'll probably sign a couple more guys, but it'll be 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.199 when the draft's over, because yeah, I mean the visitors 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:53.320 are here, you know, you still got to do Dallas Day, 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.080 which is when you bring in all the local kids 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.840 that should be coming up soon. This guy's just staring 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.920 at me. Here, this Elijah holy Field. You like him? 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.440 I do? And maybe I'm just enamored if his name 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.560 was Elijah Jones and his dad just was well, but 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.320 his dad get that weight champion boxer of the world played. 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:12.000 He played for Georgia. They've been one of the best 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:14.160 programs in college football the last two or three years. 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.280 He kind of runs like Zeke like he now this 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.800 four seven eight for his forty time is obviously not great, 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.399 lower like four eight four nine. I'm just saying, I 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.600 don't know. I don't want to running forty yards. I 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:29.920 want to run in like six yards. But I think 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:31.680 I think a guy like that in the mid rounds 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.080 would be good. It may not be him, It'll be 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.040 somebody with with a little bit more. I say that, 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.160 I mean, who cared? Like how often do you see 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:39.560 NFL running backs run forty yards at a time? Like 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:41.600 what's the ten yards split? Like? Can he get through 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:43.480 the hole? Can he hit can he hit the split 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:45.240 in like one point five? Are you going to carry 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.400 a couple of guys with him. Yeah, again, we saw 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.800 one of the are you talking about from a physique standpoint? 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:52.800 We saw one of the best they've ever had in 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:54.879 the seventh round pick last year and he's not in 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:58.440 the league both Scarborough, Oh yeah, you're right, so which 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:01.720 that was sad. But his dad's not heavyweight boxer. That's 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:05.480 I really I look at the fourth round as the 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:09.800 sweet spot because you know, you draft, you go any later. 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.760 You're talking about bo Scarborough, you're talking about Darius Jackson, 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.000 which you know, big fan of Darius Jackson, but he's 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.919 had six carries in the NFL in three years. But 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:22.159 they've got two picks in the fourth round. You know, 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:26.360 you think about holy Field, Justice Hill. I think there's 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:29.040 two kids coming out of Memphis that I'm drawn a 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.080 blank on their name right now, who are both really good? 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:34.960 Going to my draft guide, yeah, which get on news 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:37.160 stands and on the internet, like starting this week, right, 0:19:37.480 --> 0:19:40.760 I think, yes, starting today. Darryl Henderson's the guy, Darrell Henderson, 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:44.480 really good player. I said, Justice Hill out of Oklahoma State. 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.280 You know he ran the fastest combine at the fastest 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:51.119 combine fastest forty at the combine, So two picks in 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:54.040 the fourth round. Um, that's where I'm looking if I'm 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:55.800 the Dallas Cowboys, and I think you could find a 0:19:55.880 --> 0:20:00.480 really capable back up in there. All right, Well, let's 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.720 our quick break and we'll be right back and we'll 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:06.159 keep talking about some of these guys and then transition 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:12.640 to Jason Kin. 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