WEBVTT - 3_1_DraftShow.mp3 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:09.640 This is the Dallas Cowboys dot Com Draft Show, your 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:13.480 war room for incenter news and craft analysis from deep 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:17.400 within the conbines of Cowboys headquarters at the Star in Frisco, 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:26.440 Dallas Cowboys Tyler and now your host, Kyle Yeomans. Today 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:31.000 is Wednesday, March first, twenty twenty three, as we are 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:35.080 live from Indianapolis, Indiana and the twenty twenty three NFL Combine. 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:38.159 Welcome into the Draft Show presented by Miller Lite, the 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.519 official beer of the Dallas Cowboys. We are pleased to 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:45.639 be joined by the Great Bucky Brooks. How's it going 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.479 back on the show. Yeah, we've got Aisha Morrison. I'm 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.280 Kyle Yeoman's our trio today, the first show of a 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:54.120 couple that we're gonna have here at the Combine on 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:57.200 Radio Row this week. We'll have Dame Bruegler in the 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:00.160 action later this week as well. But Bucky, welcome back. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:03.080 It's been probably a year, right, Yeah, it's been it's 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:04.880 been I think it's been a year even the year 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:06.920 since Uh I've had a chance to come home with 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:09.880 you guys. But what's been going on? That's what I say, 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:11.520 old thing. I mean, you know, at this time of 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:13.960 year is this lying season. Everyone's lying about who they 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.040 like they don't like. Uh, we're kind of filling in 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:20.600 things and we're having soap operas with mock drafts and 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:22.840 stuff like that, so we can't create a conversation. So 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.600 you know what it is? So lying season? Has anybody 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.920 lied to you yet? There's no way? Right, Oh, everybody's 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.360 lying there, Like once you get anyway, he's lying about 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.200 who they really liked to throwing out names out there 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:33.600 so you can run with them and put them out 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.800 there and all kinds of stuff. And so if it's 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:38.760 not the teams, then it's the agents. There's not the agents, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.120 it's the players themselves, and so you know what it 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:45.360 is like, that's that's that's the part of the year. Yes, yeah, 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:51.440 welcome the lying season to me. Yeah, you gotta take 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.200 everything with the grain is salt. You gotta take everything 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.680 with you gotta be confident in your own mindset. You 0:01:57.760 --> 0:01:59.720 gotta be confident with all of that. And you have 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.800 been as we've seen on the draft shows already. We've 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.040 already seen that a couple different times. But we're excited 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:09.080 to be here. This is my fourth combine, this is 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:14.480 your Oh you know, going all the way back, your 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.959 first was the playing career, right, so so since two 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.119 thousand would now so it's like twenty two, twenty three 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.360 plus one. Yeah, so like twenty three twenty four. They 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.799 were working on a long time, and this is my 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:32.160 first one. This is my Yeah, we're getting started. Yeah, 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.679 you see the workhouse tomorrow, ye kind of get it going. 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.119 That'll be your first taste of what it is. And look, 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:42.079 it's it's a great event. Is For the longest time, 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.600 it was always like the football Convention. It's the only 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.360 time that everyone has a chance to see everybody, until 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.760 coaches decided that they didn't want to bring their coaching staffs. 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.280 But it was a great opportunity to not only talk 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.320 about like these players or whatever, but it was a 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.240 chance to talk about trends in the league, how you 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:00.200 build your team, what do you like, schematics, all this 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.520 other stuff. We're robbed of some of that because people 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.680 are staying at home. But it's still a really, really 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.359 great affair because you get a chance to see so 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:08.679 many guys that you don't see doing. Of course in 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.359 the regular season. Somebody yesterday really point put it out 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.240 in the open for me that that kind of put 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.680 it into perspective. But this is the only time that 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.800 the NFL comes together, like you said, in one spot, 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:23.080 and nobody's trying to win, nobody, nobody's trying to beat 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:27.280 the other at something at either even the Pro Bowl. 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.040 Maybe the Pro Bowl is probably the closest thing to this. 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.160 But but you don't get you don't get all the teams. 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.840 You don't get you don't get the executives, scouts and 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.720 the coaches together in one city. And I do like 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.680 That's why I'm a little disappointed that so many teams 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.800 decided to leave their coaches behind, because it was that 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.600 one time that you can see everybody and connect and 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:50.760 all those other things, and you don't get a chance 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:52.640 to do it because once we leave from here, you 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.200 don't see those guys anymore. Maybe you see a handful 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.000 of guys at a Pro day, you see him doing 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:00.760 a game, you know, but you won't see everybody. And 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:05.200 so hopefully, man, we get everybody, shoot everybody back, get 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.680 everybody back. Cowboys did bring their coaching staff, they did 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.240 bring their executive department. So the front office is here, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.000 the scouts are here, the coaches are here. We will 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.160 talk to coach McCarthy today, So we won't have that 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.480 information on this episode, but we'll talk about it on 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:21.240 the second episode that we have coming out in from 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.800 Radio row from Indianapolis. Now, it is your first combine, 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.600 it is, so what what's your thoughts so far? How? 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.880 How what have you taken out of the first couple 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.720 days of being here, first couple of days of being here. 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.800 I think I describe it yesterday as like a high 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:42.520 school reunions. Everybody, everybody coming and you meeting everyone. It's 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.279 it's it's interesting to see everyone in their own niche 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.560 Like our photographers have their own group of people they 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.360 meet up with and they're they're talking mess about, you know, 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.360 what they're doing. And then I meet some of your 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.040 reporter friends. And then it's just an interesting dynamics that 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.480 I've gained so much respect for everyone and every piece 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.040 that goes into what we do by being here. I 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.000 think I've already done that, but just kind of hearing 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.680 the intricacies of like I have to be here at 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:09.080 this time, I got to set up at this time. 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.719 A yeah, and we're just you know, to me, I'm like, 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.640 I'm just taking notes, getting ready. Sure, but they don't 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.240 want to do what you do in vice versa, And 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.880 I think that's so awesome, like that everyone has their 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.200 individuals thing here and we can kind of see it 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.400 come together here me personally going to see it. Yeah, 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.000 I think the best part of this is what happens 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.839 late at night, like when you really have the casual conversations. Yeah, 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:30.920 like that's that's the part of it. Like people will 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.719 talk about it being your little spring breakers because everyone's 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:36.920 at the bar or whatever, but really in the cut 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:41.120 sometimes you have some great conversations about team building, who 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:45.080 you like, evaluations, what do you look for? What have 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.159 you learned from this mistake or that mistake when it 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:51.039 came to scouting and evaluating. So to me, I feel 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.680 like I come away from the combine not necessarily learning 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:57.560 about this class, but continue to learn about how to evaluate, 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.359 how to put together a team, what it looks like, 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.480 what it's going to look like in the future, as 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.360 you continue to be the best version of yourself when 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:05.960 it comes to doing what we do on this side. 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.440 Now you've done a little bit of everything because you played, 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.040 You've been on the coaching side of things, the scouting 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.000 side of things. You've also been on the media side 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.000 of things, doing a ton of great work with the 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:19.520 NFL Network. What is your favorite to do? I mean, 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.880 other than playing? I mean that's probably the easy answer. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:26.640 You know, like it. It's funny because there's so many 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:30.560 different things to football that you enjoy. There's the Exino 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.120 nerd in me that loves like watching tactics and schemes 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:37.480 and the latest trends and who's doing what. And man, 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:39.520 look at how the Eagles were able to help Jalen 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.320 Hurts go from being a second round pick to now 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.280 he may be a top five quarterback based on how 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.080 they utilized him, how you continue to improve, but how 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.479 they tweaked the game and you know those things. And 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.280 then you look at a guy like Pat Mahomes and 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.000 how can you remove an All Pro player from Pat Mahomes? 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.400 And yet this team goes and wins the Super Bowl? 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.080 What did I miss on him watching him at Texas Tech? 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:02.240 That I didn't know he had that singular power to 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:07.280 do those things. The evaluation part is always cool, like 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:13.280 looking studying projecting, seeing what those projections turn into two, three, 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.960 four years down the line. All that stuff is far 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:18.280 I just think like just being associated with the game 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:22.080 itself is the fun part in any capacity, And when 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:26.320 you're like multidimensional, like we all are, like different things 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:28.640 fascinate you at different times in the year. And so 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.480 right now I'm just fascinated about, Hey, how do you 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.680 put together the team, the best team that you can 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.800 put for it to get ready to see if you 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.040 can compete for a team of a championship in twenty 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.680 twenty three, go for it. Oh, I was gonna say, 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:44.400 I'm actually fascinated listening to the players, like getting to 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.680 put what I think about them or what I've studied 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.880 about them. Just actually hearing how they speak, how they project, 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:53.720 who's had influence on them and stuff like that. That 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:57.160 to me is so valuable really starting to understand these 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.560 guys a little bit more because the character is important, right, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.560 character part about the players is important. So we're starting 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.560 to i don't know, just hearing them and even getting 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.400 the opportunity to interview them, ask them questions and be here. 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.360 It means something to meet Also some of these players 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.080 that I'm interested in them. Well, I mean, I think 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.320 that part is is huge because it's one thing to 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.760 blindly lick a tape without knowing the person. Yeah, you know, 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.360 and so you're looking at the tape and you see 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.040 one thing, but then when you hear them talk or 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.200 you find out more about their background, their character, some 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.640 issues that it may or may not have had, then 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.400 you get a better feel for Okay, well, how do 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.600 we now put the pieces of the puzzle together, and 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.280 what's different for us? What's different for me? Like it 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.400 NFL Network, Like you're trying to think about all thirty 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.600 two teams. You guys are tied directly with the team 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.840 the Dallas Cowboys. No, no, Now you have a better 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.160 understanding of the culture in the locker room. Yes, you 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.520 have an understanding of Okay, well, how would this guy 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.640 fit in that locker room? Which is harder when you're 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.840 having the broad perspective of what what's Dallas really like 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.400 compared to what's Philly like? Was Washington and all those 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.360 other teams, and so it's just a very different deal. 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.920 And also the way you great players is differently working 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.720 for a team as opposed to doing the broad scope, 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.120 because when you work for a team, you have certain 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.920 parameters and standards that you're looking for based on what 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.120 the team wants and a player. When you're working at 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.160 a higher level or at a national level. Now you 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.640 just kind of grating the player for what he is, 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.480 and sometimes that differs from he if he goes to 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.040 this team, he'll play this way. If he goes to 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.760 that team, he'll play a different one. And he's gonna 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.440 fit in this scheme? Is he not gonna fit in 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.880 this scheme? How's he going to perform? We were literally 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.680 just talking about that just three four four three defense 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:37.200 and how some guys may not look like they can 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.720 play there. I mean, dan Quinn showed this. He showed 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.120 like there's so many guys on the Cowboys defense in 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.800 particular that before being in this scheme, we didn't know 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.040 what they were and we didn't know how they were 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:49.719 going to project to what their ceiling was. But that 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.840 just talks to they speaks to how schemes, specific things 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.840 can make a difference in this league. Yeah. Look, the 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.600 one thing that we can never project is how coaching 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:05.800 and schematics, like a great coach, a creative mind, a 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.000 brilliant teacher can bring out stuff in players that we 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.120 just don't know. You just can't you can't predict the 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.120 kind of scheme that they play in and how they 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.679 utilize the role that they play. Those things matter, and 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.920 so the hard part is trying to see what a 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.400 player did in college and trying to stretch it out 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.480 and project what it will look like at the next 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:32.040 level without knowing how the team has taken them and 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:38.040 visions him play. Yeah, and the whole overarching thought of 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:40.400 the player, like you talked about with these interviews, it 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.800 all kind of becomes clear this week because not only 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:45.760 are we getting the chance to talk to the players, 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.800 and we're having these media sessions and they're hitting the 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.840 podium and we're learning about some of the things that 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.319 they've talked about, some of the things that they feel 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.760 like are important to them. These teams are doing the 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.360 same exact thing. They're putting them on the whiteboard. We 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:01.680 heard d Over shown earlier talking about the Texas linebacker 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.000 talking about how teams have put him on the board 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.679 and allowed him to take a dry race marker and 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.880 show exactly what he's seen on film and how he 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.320 can pick certain things up. These teams are not only 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.360 having those interviews behind closed doors, but they're also having 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.000 the medical checks. That's a huge part of this whole 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:22.000 process is having that one two punch of the interviews 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.120 and the medical checks to kind of go back and forth. 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:28.199 Have you seen enough from this class to to really 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:30.480 feel like it compares to something that there's some other 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:32.640 class that you've seen in the past based off of 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.319 all of those overarching elements. You know, it's it's hard 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:39.120 to compare classes, but what you can assesses the draft 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.559 is I would say not as top heavy as it 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.360 bitted the pass, but you got a lot of mid 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:49.560 level talent meeting. It is really deep in terms of 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.760 second or third route players. You get starters in those routes, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.920 first routers. I mean, what we all are going to 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.880 have to cut a tiper xpects in this class. I 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:05.080 think they're probably like fifteen to eighteen true first round talents, Okay, 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:09.000 and so when you have eighteen first round talents, that 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.640 means someone's going to take a play in the first 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:15.520 round who's not necessarily your traditional blue chip player, but 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:17.840 when you take them in the first round, fans have 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.480 expectations that they're gonna play a certain way. The team 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.320 will even find themselves having certain expectations that they're going 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.720 to play at a higher level because they were taken 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.640 in the first round, when that might not be what's 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:30.800 really in them, and so we have to kind of 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.440 understand that, and maybe we don't get upset when our 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.959 favorite team takes a cornerback and you're like, well, why 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.720 do we take a cornerback when we need an offensive 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.840 tackle or we need a pass rusher in those things, 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.760 and so we just kind of have to understand the 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:48.360 strength lies and tied d classes solid and cornerback classes solid. 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.880 There's a really group of running backs in the mid 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.360 levels that can always play, and you know, and then 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.960 you got some some wildcards like the quarterback class. Who 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:02.080 knows what this quarterback class is? And good thing cowboys 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.360 are not thankful quarterback because who knows what this class is? 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:12.040 That here you ask, I know, but I agree with 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.800 you by that way. But but it's it's it's it's 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.880 a it's a weird it's a weird deal when it 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.120 comes to that, like not as many offensive tackles that 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.560 you would like because it's not as deep in that class, 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:26.240 and so it's going to change how you evaluate it. Um. 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:30.080 What teams to do is the draft the parts that 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:33.120 are like plentiful. What you do is your circle back 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.240 to that you're going get something from a shallow pool 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:37.640 early and come back late and maybe take a chance 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.920 on a position that has a deeper pool. You mentioned quarterback. Um, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.559 do you do either one of you feel like there 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:45.840 is a thing. I feel like there's a need for quarterback. 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:49.000 I mean, you look at the NFC specifically, like there's 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.640 so many teams that really need to be building towards 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.679 having a quarterback. And we talked about this class when 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:57.720 you talk about how many first round draft picks that 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.160 you really feel like there are, could you do think 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:04.200 we could see people necessarily reach, but definitely they don't reach. 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:10.640 They reached people reach for I mean, I really feel 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.640 like in this first round, So to your point, how 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.000 we might see some guys like we don't think that 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:16.920 our first round draft picks. I feel like some of 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.720 the gentlemen that maybe we think our second round draft 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.280 picks may be picked up earlier in the in the 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.720 in the rounds because there's not that many of them 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.000 in certain places like you were talking about, No, it's 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:31.120 funny and there's a level of desperation. So the one 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:34.440 thing that we know when it comes to the quarterbacks, 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.840 the golden era quarterback play Nail Hisskey Younger and it's 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.680 really heavy in the AFC. Yes, to win a Super 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.440 Bowl in the AFC, you better have a dude at quarterback. 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:45.680 Because to win in the AFC you have to deal 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:50.960 with Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert Lamar 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:52.760 Jackson will put an asterick buy because we don't know 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:54.760 if you'll continue to be in Baltimore. Sure you have 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:57.360 Trevor Lawrence who is coming He's coming around, you know. 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.600 And so like we're already talking about six or seven 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:05.400 quarter right there the NFC. Aaron Rodgers is coming down, 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.680 but it's really wide open. Like now you have to 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:10.800 talk about Jalen Hurst, which is crazy, but a year 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.560 ago no one believed this. But Jalen Hurst now has 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.000 to be in consideration as a top five quarter So 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.880 now you talk about what ain't Jalen Hurst is now 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:23.040 the standard bearer in the NFC, and Aaron Rodgers is 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.320 coming back to the pack. You have Kirk Cousins and 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.120 Jerry Golf and those guys, but how good are those 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.000 And so you now have a situation where everyone in 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.600 the NFC has to look at their quarterback and say, 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.200 is he good enough to not only give me to 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.200 the Super Bowl. But if we have to square off 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.440 against one of those teams in the AFC that has 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.320 one of those guys, Kenny win a one game scenario, 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:46.720 all right, Bucky? Based off of that, do you think 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.760 Dak falls into that category? I think so. I think 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.200 I think the one thing that we can't do, and 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.160 it's unfortunate for players when a player has an injury, 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.480 we never give them or cut them slack. Okay, whatever 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.160 happened with Dak Stumb, it certainly had to have an 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.000 impact on the way that he threw the ball because 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:06.200 he normally doesn't throw turnover. He doesn't have turnovers like that, 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.760 and sometimes it can snowball and those things. The other 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.800 thing that I think maybe you'll have to assess when 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.240 you're Mike McCarthy and you're thinking about this offense as 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.680 he takes over, do I have enough weaperry on the outside, 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.200 and so you remove Amari Cooper for whatever reason. So 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.920 now you go from having what I thought was one 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.760 A and one B and Cede Lamb and Amari Cooper 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.720 to then you have Cde Lamb and in a significant 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.320 drop off before you have the next wide receiver and 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.880 what you're seeing in this league, it's moving away from 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.280 like the running back being the feature player, but more 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:42.000 you better have two wide receivers that can get it done. 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.720 Because in the games, when you get down the stretch, 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.360 someone has to come over and someone has to have 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.240 the ability to have one of those big games. And 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:54.240 right now the Cowboys need more around Dack than just that. 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.920 And I know that Dad got forty million dollars, but 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.720 he's still needs pass catches to be able to kind 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:00.880 of do what he does. And to add on to that, 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:04.040 it's it's also too do you have do you have playmakers? 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.720 But if you don't have the playmakers, are you doing 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.760 enough with the guys that you have? Are you getting 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:10.760 the most out of them? Are you utilizing them in 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.200 ways that are conducive to how well they play or 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:15.840 or what even is working well? In the league right 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:18.520 now we see a lot of yak guys with yak 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.240 ability really making a difference at the wide receiver position. 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.879 So also too, I just wanted to add on to, like, 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.959 are you getting the most out of even what you 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.359 have presently there? You know, I mean, I think I 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.040 think that's a big thing, and I think that's probably 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:32.120 one of the reasons why Mike McCarthy is now kind 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.720 of taking the rains over as the play caller. Now, 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.480 I would say, based on his experience in Green Bay, 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.520 some of the yak ability that you talk about, it 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.679 may change the profile of the wide receiver that you 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:46.080 look for in Green Bay when he was there the 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:48.960 way that it has always been passed down from Ron 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.480 Wolf down. You wide receivers need to have punt return ability, 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:54.680 and the reason why they wanted guys who have punt 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:59.320 return experiences because those guys have natural running skills, they're tough, 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.320 they are able to break tackles in space. You can 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:04.639 get them the ball on catching round concepts, and they 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:08.120 can turn short games into big plays. Ceedee Lamb has 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.800 punt return a building. Do the rest of the guys 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.280 in the wide receiver corps have punt return to building? 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.160 And if they don't, you need to add some guys 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.639 who have that. So now Dak's efficiency can go up 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.120 because rather than asking him to throw the ball farther down, 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.760 the field is shorter, but you're getting more bang for you. 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:27.040 But because those guys can break tackles and make things happen. Yeah, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.879 so you're what you're saying, is Bucky that might have 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:35.879 a chance in this The only the only thing about 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:40.640 that he's so good as an internity sometimes because some 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:45.120 offensive coaches will use the return game as another offensive play, 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:49.480 and when you're an All Pro player like he is, Yeah, 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.880 he's a difference, Baker. That's it. They certainly can put 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.600 a package in where he comes in the game and 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:58.120 he gets the ball on screens in those things. He 0:18:58.200 --> 0:18:59.960 has to be a part of it, though. He's too 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.040 dangerous with the ball in his hands to let him 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.280 just stand on the sideline the entire game. Yeah, I 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.560 completely agree, and he's even talked about that as well. 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:08.680 I mean, he said, I want to play on offense. 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:10.919 He said that a couple weeks ago in an interview 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.720 that he loves the return specialist gig, but for the 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:16.600 most part, he wants to make an impact on offense. 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.600 And he could probably find a way to make an 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.440 impact on offense, especially if they can use some of 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:23.000 the stuff Bucky's talking about here. But let's take our 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:25.040 first break. When we come back, we're gonna have some 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:27.560 Twitter on the twenty. We're gonna answer your fan questions 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.600 coming back. Who are some of the players that we 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.560 haven't talked about yet that we should be talking about. 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.480 We're also gonna get Bucky's thoughts on the Cowboys draft 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.560 strategy on what maybe they should do moving forward. More 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:40.800