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Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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Speaker 1: It is Wednesday, January twentieth, twenty twenty one, Season sixteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number ninety four. Welcome to the latest edition of

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Speaker 1: The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at

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Speaker 1: the Star. Got Nick here in studio with me. David

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Speaker 1: Amber are remote and we're gonna talk some Cowboys football

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Speaker 1: here for the next hour. We're gonna talk a little

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Speaker 1: bit about the offseason and what the Cowboys might want

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Speaker 1: to do different this year than maybe they did last year,

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Speaker 1: facing some of the similar challenges that they had last year.

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Speaker 1: We'll also get into some NFC East talk. There's a

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Speaker 1: one coach that's out. One coach for the Cowboys is

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Speaker 1: maybe a candidate for that position. We'll talk about that

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Speaker 1: a little bit, and as usual, we'll take some picks

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Speaker 1: at the end of the show, and everybody will give

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Speaker 1: their picks for the NFC and AFC championship games this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Before we get to some fan questions, how's everybody doing

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Speaker 1: this morning? Good? Awesome, Derek, good, good, wonderful, good good.

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Speaker 1: Let's go. Let's get some energy here, Let's get this.

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Speaker 1: I'm feeling really good. Ready to go. A lot to

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Speaker 1: talk about it. Bill, great, let's go. Thank you, Dave,

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Speaker 1: all right, thank you, all right. Let's jump right in.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with a little conversation on the offseason. I

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Speaker 1: was I was actually looking around on the internet yesterday

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Speaker 1: is the nfl PA executive director. He was on a

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Speaker 1: call with agents and this was reported by Tom Pellicero.

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Speaker 1: He said that there's no rosy outlook on widespread vaccinations

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Speaker 1: of players by August, and OTA's mini camps likely will

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Speaker 1: be virtual again. Quote. We're planning for an off season

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Speaker 1: that looks a lot like the twenty twenty offseason. My

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Speaker 1: question for you guys is what would you change if

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Speaker 1: didn't do last year that you would do this year,

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Speaker 1: the ones that think, oh, we don't need preseason games. Well, no,

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Speaker 1: to prove it to everyone. Russell Wilson's going out saying that, well, no,

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Speaker 1: more about the tackles, in my opinion, than it was

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Speaker 1: even the quarterback, because the fact that you couldn't run

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Speaker 1: and you had those two tackles out there, he just

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Speaker 1: give me one of those tackles. With Andy Dalton, I

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Speaker 1: think the team wins this division. I think that's way

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Speaker 1: more of a problem than losing in and than losing

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. Because the defense was going to be the defense.

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Speaker 1: You were gonna have to run the ball, and you

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Speaker 1: which is way I think Andy Dalton did right. That's

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Speaker 1: one point. That's the best thing that they do is

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Speaker 1: that they they have an offensive line, and they have

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Speaker 1: top ten, are they. I wouldn't be against it if

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Speaker 1: he's the best guy there who I'm saying, I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: we're gonna draft. I would not be against it if

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Speaker 1: no problems with doing that because I quite frankly, I

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Speaker 1: don't see how you can look at this team and

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Speaker 1: feel like, well, tackle spots are good like I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel like the tackle spots are good. I

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Speaker 1: feel like coming off surgery, and for particularly for Tyring,

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Speaker 1: this has been year after year after year with these injuries.

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Speaker 1: You give me a tackle, I'll find a way to

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Speaker 1: use him for now, and I certainly will find a

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Speaker 1: way to use him for later. I would say a

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Speaker 1: Obviously that's going to change. But yeah, all right, well

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Speaker 1: here's we're gonna do. We gonna take our first break,

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Speaker 1: Welcome Back. It is a second segment of the Break

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Speaker 1: Life from the SWBC Mortgage studios. At the start, we're

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Speaker 1: presented by Geico Stock a little NFC East. What was this?

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Speaker 1: I think it was early last week or maybe even

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Speaker 1: the week before that Duck Peterson, the head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, was fired, and I'm interested to know

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Speaker 1: what was your initial reaction when you first start of

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Speaker 1: his firing. This is the guy that three years ago

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Speaker 1: won a Super Bowl in Philly, their first super Bowl

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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl era, and then he's three years out,

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Speaker 1: he's removed as the head coach. Dave, let's start with you,

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Speaker 1: what would your first reaction when you heard? I thought

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Speaker 1: it was completely insane. Not only did he win the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I mean, they've made it to the playoffs

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Speaker 1: three of the five years that he was the coach,

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Speaker 1: and one of those years was his first year. So

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Speaker 1: really twenty twenty was really the first time that you

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Speaker 1: could say that he fell short of what the expectations were.

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Speaker 1: On top of that, you know, this ain't this ain't

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Speaker 1: like a franchise that is in the super Bowl all

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Speaker 1: the time. It's the first ever super Bowl in Eagles history.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's gonna be in their Ring of Honor.

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Speaker 1: They built a statue of him already. So to fire

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Speaker 1: him after one season, I thought it was pretty crazy.

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Speaker 1: And then I mean the more I thought about it,

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Speaker 1: I was like, to me, I don't have any inside

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Speaker 1: information into Philly, but it just makes me think that

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Speaker 1: his relationship with Carson Wentz must be absolutely awful at

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Speaker 1: this point. And Howie Roseman and Jeffrey Lury decided that

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Speaker 1: salvaging the court, you know, getting rid of the head

536
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Speaker 1: coach to salvage the quarterback, is easier than trying to

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Speaker 1: offload one hundred and thirty million dollar quarterback. That's the

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Speaker 1: only thing I can think of that makes sense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't have much to say it was

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Speaker 1: pretty It did surprise me, but I mean, based on

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Speaker 1: some of the things that I've read and heard, it's

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Speaker 1: like to the point where, I mean, just like Dave

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Speaker 1: was saying, that relationship right there with Carson wentz. From

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Speaker 1: what I heard, they were to the point where they

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Speaker 1: weren't even speaking to each other. So it must have

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Speaker 1: been pretty bad. I don't really know the situation, but

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Speaker 1: and also don't know the mentality of the GM as

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Speaker 1: far as his AI on that last game of the

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Speaker 1: season and then just kind of doing that move of

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Speaker 1: taking out the quarterback and just kind of mailt it in. However,

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Speaker 1: the American saying goes with that whole thing. So at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, I can care less. I

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Speaker 1: really don't care what the Eagles do. I do care well.

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Speaker 1: We're about to talk next when they start messing with

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Speaker 1: our side and picking in and trying to get people

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Speaker 1: from our team. That's a big problem, which we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about in a little bit, right But as far as

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Speaker 1: him and all that don't care whatever, do whatever they do,

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Speaker 1: don't care, Nick, Yeah, I mean, if that's the answer,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'll take that answer too. I don't care either,

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Speaker 1: But for I have to answer it. I'm surprised, you know,

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Speaker 1: the guy fell on the sword for you and then

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Speaker 1: you go and do that. I mean, he embarrassed himself

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Speaker 1: because of this. I mean, there was some kind of

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Speaker 1: miscommunication going on. Why Why wasn't this talked about earlier?

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Speaker 1: And it gets to the end of the sea, end

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Speaker 1: of the game, and then then you know he coach

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Speaker 1: Peterson embarrassed it himself by making that move that obviously

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Speaker 1: talking about changing out the Yes, that was an organizational

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Speaker 1: move so they could get a better draft pick, the

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Speaker 1: draft pick that he doesn't not even a part of.

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Speaker 1: I mean, do you think do you think are you

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Speaker 1: saying you think Jeffrey Lurie was not being truthful when

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Speaker 1: he said that he didn't tell him to do that.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. Again, I barely know

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Speaker 1: what's going on with this team. I really, I really,

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Speaker 1: do you give yourself You should give yourself a little

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Speaker 1: more credited, But seriously, I don't though, we don't know

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Speaker 1: all that what's going on this team. So with that team,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I thought it was kind of classless.

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Speaker 1: But who's surprised, you know, seriously, who's surprised about that,

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Speaker 1: So hey, it is, it is what it is. It's

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Speaker 1: nice statue, though, I mean it's so awkward, But I

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Speaker 1: mean he will forever be in their history. I guess

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Speaker 1: that's the point. He'll forever be in their history. And

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Speaker 1: as we know with all these things, like they all

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Speaker 1: have a way of working himselves out long term, and

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Speaker 1: the guy will still be coming back when his career

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Speaker 1: is done. He'll be coming back and waving at the

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Speaker 1: crowd and saying thank you so much, and they'll love

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Speaker 1: him forever. Like that's just the way it goes in sports.

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Speaker 1: You break up to make up, right, all right. So

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Speaker 1: here's the question. Kellen Moore and Amber you mentioned this

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Speaker 1: Kellen Moore interviewed for the Philadelphia head coaching job. Amber

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Speaker 1: you was interesting the tweet you put out that you know,

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Speaker 1: you took a little umbrage to them messing with our

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Speaker 1: guys you put it. But here's my question. How long

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Speaker 1: do you think Dallas gonna be able to hold on

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Speaker 1: to Kelly Moore? Because he was a guy that was

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Speaker 1: rumored for the head coaching job in Boise. He's now

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Speaker 1: had an interview as a head coach in Philadelphia. What

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Speaker 1: we see around the league right now is there are

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Speaker 1: a lot of teams out there that are opting for

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Speaker 1: the young I would call him unproven head coaches, the

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Speaker 1: guys that are this is their first opportunity, but they're

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Speaker 1: the young, bright minds in the game, offense or defense.

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Speaker 1: He seems to fit that mole. He's had this offense

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Speaker 1: I think playing pretty well in the time that he's

609
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Speaker 1: been the offensive coordinator. How long do you think Dallas

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Speaker 1: can hold on Amber. We'll start with you, Well, we

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Speaker 1: first got to see what happens here with Philly and

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Speaker 1: what kind of decision they make, and Kellen Moore makes

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Speaker 1: clearly he's been a popular guy. He's getting the attention

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Speaker 1: of many, many people around the NFL and even college football.

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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be It's It's a tough one because

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Speaker 1: as if I was in Kellen Moore's position, I would

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Speaker 1: who doesn't want to get head coaching jobs? So yes,

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Speaker 1: that is the next step that most people would head tours.

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Speaker 1: But you know, when I heard the news, and especially yesterday,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, now he's going out there. If Kellen

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Speaker 1: Moore accept this job, that is like a freaking stab

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Speaker 1: in the bag. That is called treason in my books,

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Speaker 1: that's a betrayal. That is a stab in the bag,

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Speaker 1: is stabbing the heart, and I would be absolutely disappointed,

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Speaker 1: even though obviously I understand and get it that is

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Speaker 1: the next step, and you would want to do that,

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Speaker 1: But it does you know, you know, God, you know me.

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Speaker 1: I like to read into things a little bit more,

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Speaker 1: and it makes me feel that, Okay, if you take

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Speaker 1: this job, does that mean that maybe you don't feel

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Speaker 1: as confident with the team that the Cowboys currently have

632
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Speaker 1: because we keep talking about how close they can become

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Speaker 1: a contender to get to a super Bowl. So if

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Speaker 1: you're over here, okay, maybe we can get to a

635
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Speaker 1: super Bowl as an OC or maybe I just go

636
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Speaker 1: to a crappy team that wears green and it's called

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Speaker 1: the Eagles and become a head coach over there. So

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Speaker 1: what option? If it goes that way, I'm gonna feel

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Speaker 1: a lot worse about our position and what we currently

640
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Speaker 1: have as a team. Because if you really think that

641
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: you have a great offense and you're just to step

642
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: away from getting there, why would you want to leave?

643
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Speaker 1: I mean, you would want to make a run to

644
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Speaker 1: get to the super Bowl, so you get to be

645
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Speaker 1: the head coach. Huh, because you get to be the

646
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: head coach, right, isn't that the answer? Like if he

647
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: if he's offered the job and he takes it, he

648
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: gets there's only thirty Brian brought you always say there's

649
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: only thirty two of these positions in the world. Right,

650
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: They're only thirty two head football coach positions in football

651
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: in the world. And if you get an opportunity to

652
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: take one of them, that's better than being an offensive coordinator. Sure,

653
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: there's only thirty two of those, but the head coach

654
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: is a head coach. That's the reason why he goes.

655
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Speaker 1: Right if he go absolutely absolutely no, And I agree,

656
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Speaker 1: I agree absolutely one. But I'm just saying, like right

657
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: now for this upcoming year, and like how you feel

658
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Speaker 1: with the Cowboys currently and the players that you may

659
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: have and all that stuff. I mean, people talk about

660
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: all the time about wearing that ring, and you mentioned

661
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: Brian brown Is he loves wearing his little Super Bowl

662
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Speaker 1: ring and showing it off. So it seems that people

663
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: care a lot about the ring. So I don't know

664
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Speaker 1: these you guys can keep answering and talking about this subject,

665
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: but I don't like it. I hate it. I don't

666
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: think that Kellen Moore will live out his whole contract

667
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: here with the Cowboys, because if it's not with the Eagles,

668
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that another position and opportunity is gonna

669
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: pop up in the near future and he might go

670
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Speaker 1: for it. All right, Nick, I mean, the average offensive

671
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: coordinator salaries about a million dollars. The average NFL head

672
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: coaching salaries about six point five million dollars. Right, So

673
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Speaker 1: if you looked at for reasons of why you would

674
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Speaker 1: want to do that, I mean, that would be one

675
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: of them right there. I don't know. I mean, what

676
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 1: am I missing here? I'm about him? I mean I

677
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't see the infatuation. No, I don't.

678
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I think this offense, I don't think this

679
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: offense functions really well. Since I think he has done

680
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: a really good job with this offense. And as we

681
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: talked about, for them to buy the end of this season,

682
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: the offense could have been like really really bad, it

683
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: was not. The offense was still a decent offense. And

684
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: that's without two tackles and a quarterback, Like I mean

685
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: that that was your point is like without those guys, Like,

686
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: how are they able to do anything, and they were

687
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: actually a functioning offense. I don't. I'll go back to

688
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: last year then, I just I mean, the stats were great,

689
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,360
Speaker 1: but when they needed to go win games, they didn't.

690
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: You know, when they need I mean the two games

691
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: they lost the year ago, the Eagles and the Patriots,

692
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 1: they even score touchdown. I mean, I just, I don't know.

693
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: I think there's flaws in the offense. He's a young guy.

694
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: He's gonna get better, but I just, I mean, I

695
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: think Jerry's gonna sleep fine if he goes to another team.

696
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: Who's behind me? Here? The boss? Okay, the boss? Okay? Sorry,

697
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 1: like what are they? Yeah? Well, what are you staring

698
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: at it? Like? Okay, Jerry Jones, Jerry Jones Joy. Yeah.

699
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: I mean I'm glad Nick said that first part, because

700
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, if you offered to Quinn tupple my

701
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 1: salary and let me call the shots, I'll go wherever

702
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 1: you want me to go. I mean, that's I mean.

703
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: And there's only thirty two with these jobs in the world,

704
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: and I think, you know, I honestly was happy to

705
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 1: hear that Kellen's taking the interview, not because I want

706
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: him to leave, but because I think that that's useful

707
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 1: experience for anybody to have, and he's probably gonna want

708
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: that in his back pocket. Do I think he will leave? No?

709
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: And Amber's point is exactly why, because you know, and

710
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: you know, if Kellen Moore wasn't confident in himself or

711
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: wasn't a good coach, and I think that he is,

712
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 1: he would probably be like, holy crap, this might be

713
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: my only chance to do this. I better go. I

714
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: better take this NFL job, even though it's not ideal.

715
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 1: But instead, Kellen Moore is smart and he's a good coach,

716
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: and he can say maybe I should stick around here

717
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: for another year and let Deck and these tackles come

718
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: back and add some more talent in the draft. And

719
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: we were number one in overall offense when we had

720
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: everybody healthy. We can do it again. And if we

721
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Speaker 1: get this thing crankin for sixteen games, now that people

722
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: already know who I am, I'm gonna have way better

723
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,479
Speaker 1: options next year, especially, you know, especially. I'm not saying

724
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: they will, but hopefully if the Cowboys have some playoff

725
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,240
Speaker 1: success to go along with that, you know, top five

726
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: offense playing in the playoffs, those are the guys that

727
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: get jobs. Look around at who's getting hired and who's

728
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,720
Speaker 1: getting interviews right now. So I think Kellen is smart

729
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: enough and patient enough to see the long term picture,

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Speaker 1: which is why I can't imagine him sticking around here

731
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Speaker 1: for more than maybe two more seasons. And of course

732
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: we would be remiss if we did not note the

733
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett parallel, which is to say, clearly the Joneses

734
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: think highly of Kellen Moore. They paid him handsomely not

735
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: to take the Boise State job. They definitely, I don't think,

736
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 1: want him to go to Philly, And if Mike McCarthy

737
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: continues to struggle, maybe they'll be the ones that want

738
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: to try. Think we got you would have. You would

739
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: have to be crazy not to at least mention that.

740
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: I'm saying it will happen. You would have to be

741
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: crazy not to at least mention it. I'm just saying, no,

742
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: I think history has away of repeating itself. It absolutely

743
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,720
Speaker 1: is a fair point, and I think that I agree

744
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: with you. I think the Jones family really likes him.

745
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: I think I think they see value in him, and

746
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: I think they see that same thing. The other teams

747
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: around the league are starting to kind of their intendas

748
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: are going up. This guy may be that next coach

749
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: that could be you know that really thinks about the

750
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: game maybe a little bit different. We all know if

751
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 1: you watch college football and you watch the NFL, you

752
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: know the NFL game is vast is quickly becoming the

753
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: college game. Like you can just see by the way

754
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: offenses are being run by the guys that are coming

755
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: from college into the pros, by some of the guys

756
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,399
Speaker 1: that are getting jobs in the pros, Like, you see

757
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,879
Speaker 1: it coming. And so when you look at that, then

758
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 1: you can't help but look at Kellen Moore and say,

759
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,879
Speaker 1: like he is a product of that. He is, and

760
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: he seems to be in the opportunity he's gotten so far,

761
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: he seems to be doing quite well with them. So yeah,

762
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: I could definitely see something like that, But I personally

763
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,240
Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna get to that. I think personally,

764
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys would be lucky if they keep

765
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: him from more than one more year. I think with

766
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: his pieces back, I think next year their offense is

767
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 1: gonna be right back back there among the top of

768
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 1: the league. And if their team overall can figure out

769
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: how to have some team success, that just elevates the

770
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: possibilities of what he could be. And I think he's

771
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: going to be one of the hottest names out there

772
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 1: as far as hit coaching candidates next year. And because

773
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: of that, I think it's gonna be very hard for

774
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 1: the Cowboys to hold onto him for more than more

775
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: than two years, for sure, but one year I think

776
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 1: would even be a bit of a challenge. I think

777
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna start getting a lot of a lot of

778
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: looks from teams. I really don't think he's gonna even

779
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 1: get the opportunity for this job. I mean, I don't

780
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: think I think they're gonna offer it to him. I don't.

781
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 1: I think, not this job, the film, the Villa job.

782
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 1: I think that they're you know, they're interviewing everybody under

783
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 1: the sun, and I think they're there. There's probably a

784
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 1: little cat and mouse game going on with the fact

785
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 1: that they were interviewing the Cowboys people. That's what I believe.

786
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's gonna get offered this job.

787
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 1: But you're right, I mean, you do this again and

788
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 1: have a better year and maybe getting the playoffs. Yeah,

789
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: I mean he's gonna be out there. Probably he probably

790
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: will be. Yeah, all right, we're gonna take our final break.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, when talk a little more NFC.

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Speaker 1: Somebody ask these guys about the quarterback situations among the

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00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,600
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Speaker 1: we're talking about the NFC East and the thing that

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Speaker 1: the fact that they were really, really horrible this year,

839
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Speaker 1: other team in the NFC East that has a clear

844
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Speaker 1: picture of who their quarterback will be beyond this year.

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Speaker 1: That includes Dallas obviously, because we know the contract situation

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Speaker 1: going on with Dak Prescott. My question for you guys

847
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848
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: got the Cowboys dealing with Dak Prescott, who if they

849
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Speaker 1: franchise him this year. A lot of people feel like

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Speaker 1: this isn't going to be his last year because he

851
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 1: has the opportunity then to walk after after this year.

852
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: You got Daniel Jones in New York. You got Carson

853
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 1: Wentz and Jalen Hurtz in Philly, and then you've got

854
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 1: Alex Smith and Kyle Allen or maybe some other player

855
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: that they want to go out and get in Washington.

856
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 1: Who has the best quarterback situation at this point, Let's

857
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: start with Nick. Let me clarifying this from whose perspective,

858
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 1: from the head coach's perspective about how his quarterback Explain

859
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: to me the difference, because I would think just in general,

860
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 1: but if you if you have a nuance, well, I'm

861
00:42:55,320 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 1: just I'm like the best. I don't know. I would

862
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: say Washington because because they're not asked a lot of them,

863
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: because they don't have to go win and win a

864
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 1: bunch of games. They have to go and manage the

865
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,240
Speaker 1: game and play well. And I think they'll draft somebody. Um,

866
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: So maybe I'm not answering the question right because but

867
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 1: I think it's a good way to look. Yeah, I

868
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: just look, I think you don't need a quarterback. I

869
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: don't think I don't think the quarterback position is now.

870
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,439
Speaker 1: If they get one, they draft one or they maybe

871
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: they sign one of these veterans or something like that,

872
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,439
Speaker 1: and then they add them to the team. Watch out,

873
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,800
Speaker 1: it's even gonna be scary or it's gonna be a problem,

874
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: right yeah, right, so, um, you know, and they got

875
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:39,800
Speaker 1: a short window. I mean, they got to do it

876
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: in two or three years because those those first round

877
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: and second round picks, I mean, those guys, you can't

878
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 1: sign them all, so they're gonna go away. So you

879
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: got to you gotta do it, like right, you already

880
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:49,320
Speaker 1: gonna lose probably one of them this year, this offseason.

881
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,919
Speaker 1: And Karragan's a free agent at this point, so I'm

882
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 1: pretty sure Karragan's going somewhere else. Yeah, uh, Dave, I'm

883
00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:02,280
Speaker 1: over here. I mean, New York is in the envious

884
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 1: position of you know, they don't have to even worry

885
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 1: about paying Daniel Jones until next year, and they can

886
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:09,959
Speaker 1: keep him under contract for three years, so at least

887
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: they have, you know, that stability. But Daniel Jones isn't good.

888
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: I'm ready to say that. Yeah, he's not a good player.

889
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe he'll make some sort of crazy jump. You know,

890
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: people were down on Josh Allen, but Josh Allen showed

891
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: more before this season than Daniel Jones has. The guy

892
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,880
Speaker 1: averaged six and a half yards per attempt, eleven touchdowns

893
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: and ten interceptions. Like, no, you should be showing more

894
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,760
Speaker 1: than that by your second season starting in the league.

895
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: If you're if you're legit, it's the Cowboys, because the

896
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 1: Cowboys have the ability to retain the rights of arguably

897
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: one of the five best quarterbacks in the league and

898
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: definitely one of the ten best quarterbacks in the league,

899
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: and nobody else can really say that in this division. Washington.

900
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: I agree with y'all, Washington is a quarterback away from

901
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:01,359
Speaker 1: being really, really scary. But I'm not sure what the

902
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: path is to getting that quarterback. And that's that's the

903
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: problem with winning the division. You're way out at nineteenth

904
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: in the draft order. I mean for Jalen Hurts, Yeah,

905
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: it's trade for wins, I guess. I mean, I'm not

906
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: convinced Kayalen Hurts is going to get you a better

907
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: return on your investment. Maybe if you want to trade

908
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: for trade for Matt Stafford or something. Maybe I don't know.

909
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: But the point is is that you got to do

910
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: a lot of work or spend a lot of resources

911
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: to get a quarterback if you're Washington, and I know

912
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: Dallas does too, but again, he is a known commodity

913
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,280
Speaker 1: in my eyes at least, so I think it's the Cowboys.

914
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: What if Andy Dalton went there? That's an interesting one.

915
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 1: I mean, you start looking around the league at quarterbacks

916
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: that will be available. I think Andy Dalton is an

917
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,359
Speaker 1: interesting an interesting piece for a lot of teams around

918
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 1: the NFL. What about the kid they had and the playoffs.

919
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: I don't know how to say his name, Heinick Taylor, Heineck.

920
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: Now that you gotta see more than one game before

921
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 1: I'm me too. I'd like to see more. But he

922
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: was a I think it tends to be like that

923
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 1: sometimes when it's your first time, nobody really has film

924
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: on you. I didn't be interested to see what he

925
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: is if he had to do that in week you know,

926
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: that's what I'd want to see. But you're right, in

927
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 1: that game he was fine. But you just said you

928
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 1: were ready to trade for jail and Hurts. I mean,

929
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: isn't he kind of in the same boat? But exactly

930
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: in the first week it was is not. It was like,

931
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:30,360
Speaker 1: you're like, he probably played a little bit better. But

932
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,760
Speaker 1: I think over the course of the games that he played,

933
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: I think he still showed you some good things. I thought,

934
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 1: if I'm feeling I feel like we're talking about the

935
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 1: Eagles way too much. But if if I'm filling, I'm

936
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: getting a coach that could come in here and fix

937
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. I think he's a good quarterback. I think

938
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:47,240
Speaker 1: he's fixable. Yes, okay, just like fifty four is fixable

939
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:52,439
Speaker 1: on the defensive stop it don't even go there. That's

940
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: I think that's the same though. Sorry, I know she's

941
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: about to make a point there, but my point is

942
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: is that defensive coordinators got to come in here and

943
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: he got to figure out how you want to If

944
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:02,919
Speaker 1: you're gonna keep Jalen Smith, you got to figure out

945
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 1: how to use them. I think Phil is going to

946
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 1: have to figure out how to use Carson Wentz. Amber agreed, Um.

947
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,040
Speaker 1: I mean mine is pretty simple. I'd like to look

948
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 1: at the next year, not really long term. I'd like

949
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: to focus in the next season, in the present, in

950
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,960
Speaker 1: the now. So if we're specifically talking about next year,

951
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,760
Speaker 1: I do think that m Dallas is gonna the Cowboys

952
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: are gonna end up signing Dak Whether it's a long

953
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 1: term or just tagging him again. I think he's gonna

954
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 1: stay here in Dallas for at least another year. And

955
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: when you look at these quarterbacks, I do believe that

956
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:41,880
Speaker 1: Dak is the best quarterback out of the bunch. Especially.

957
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: I know we got a very small sample, but from

958
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,360
Speaker 1: what we got this past year, I was very impressed

959
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: about his uprising, the way he had improved, and the

960
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,320
Speaker 1: way that he was playing. So I'm excited. I'm excited

961
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: to see what he can do this upcoming year. So

962
00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:02,160
Speaker 1: I think that when you look at this next season specifically,

963
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 1: Dallas does have the best quarterback situation because I think

964
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:10,359
Speaker 1: one way or another, Doc is going to be here. Yeah.

965
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: I think if if Dallas is willing to pay the

966
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: price for Dak, then they're in the best situation. However,

967
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: if you're looking at it from a GM's perspective, I

968
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: don't know if I feel like Dallas is in the

969
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: best situation because I really feel like Dallas has lost

970
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: a lot of it's whatever advantages it may have had,

971
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,359
Speaker 1: whatever leverage it may have had. I think right now

972
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 1: the leverage is clearly on Dak's side in my opinion,

973
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 1: just because I feel like he knows that the least

974
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 1: worst case scenario, he's gonna make what upper thirties this year,

975
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: and then after that he would be a free agent,

976
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 1: and so there really is no downside for him either way.

977
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,479
Speaker 1: So he's not motivated to have to do a deal.

978
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,839
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys look at this now like our

979
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,399
Speaker 1: option is either we're gonna pay him or we're gonna

980
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 1: go back to the well and try to find a quarterback.

981
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,399
Speaker 1: And I don't I think that's a very daunting We've

982
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 1: talked about that since the beginning of the show. We've

983
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: been talking about how important the quarterback position is. Having

984
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,120
Speaker 1: to go back to the well is not something I

985
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,440
Speaker 1: would ever have an appetite for if I were an

986
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: NFL GM, even if I had the top pick in

987
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: the draft, I'm not willing to go back to the

988
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 1: well if I got a guy I think is good,

989
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: because you just that's a fifty fifty proposition no matter

990
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 1: where you select him in the draft. And so I

991
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,360
Speaker 1: think from that standpoint, most of the leverages is with

992
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,279
Speaker 1: dak at this point. I don't know that it's an

993
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 1: enviable position to be where Dallas is from a GM perspective.

994
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: All Right, we're gonna also keep in mind, Derek, I

995
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: just real quick, and I was reminded of this because

996
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,800
Speaker 1: John Harbaud did his exit press conference and was talking

997
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: about how confident he is that the Ravens are gonna

998
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: lock up Lamar Jackson for the long term. Lamar Jackson,

999
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, and Josh Allen will all be eligible for

1000
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 1: extensions this offseason. And that's just more contracts the Cowboys

1001
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: front office might have to compete with. So we've got

1002
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:01,840
Speaker 1: Deshawn's deal was what forty million was forty and you

1003
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 1: had obviously my homes up there in fifty Like, that's

1004
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:06,759
Speaker 1: a whole different stratosphere. But you're right. If you start

1005
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: getting these other guys that are coming up and they

1006
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,640
Speaker 1: start getting forty plus, that does it changes the negotiation

1007
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,720
Speaker 1: a bit from Dak's standpoint, I would think, And now

1008
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: what was just two years ago, you know, thinking of

1009
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:21,919
Speaker 1: whether you should do a thirty three, thirty four, thirty

1010
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 1: five million dollar deal has now turned into forty plus.

1011
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: It does it changes the It drastically changes how you

1012
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: look at this negotiation. If you're Dak and if you're

1013
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,839
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, well, and they also they need to need

1014
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,839
Speaker 1: to learn from the Deshaun Watson situation. And I don't

1015
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:40,239
Speaker 1: know exactly what's going on over there, but you know,

1016
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: it seems to me that he doesn't like the direction

1017
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: of the team of how it's going, which I think

1018
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:51,760
Speaker 1: is ludicrous because they just paid you forty million dollars.

1019
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,799
Speaker 1: Of course, it's going to be tough to figure out

1020
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,319
Speaker 1: what you're doing with everything else because they paid you

1021
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: forty million. So I think dak is I think if

1022
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 1: they do sign, that's a simplification of what's happening there.

1023
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: Based on the things I've read, well, it sounds more

1024
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 1: like his issue is not necessarily the direction as much

1025
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 1: as it is he was told he was led to

1026
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,880
Speaker 1: believe that he would be a part of the decision making,

1027
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 1: and he was not a part of the decision making.

1028
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,760
Speaker 1: So that's part of the decision making making the decision No,

1029
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: he being consulted in, and I think that was what

1030
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 1: he was led to believe. Now again, that's what this

1031
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,240
Speaker 1: is all reporting, so we may not know the truth.

1032
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 1: What the reporting says is he was led to believe

1033
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: by ownership that he would be consultant before decisions were made,

1034
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:35,239
Speaker 1: and he was not. That's no different than you and

1035
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: I are talking about something going on here at work,

1036
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 1: and I tell you, hey, Nick, I'm gonna get your

1037
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,440
Speaker 1: opinion before I do it, and then I just do

1038
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 1: it and don't tell you about it. Like that probably

1039
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,839
Speaker 1: pissed you off, right, you do you do that too,

1040
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: but I don't tell you I'm gonna consult you. That's

1041
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: the difference. Okay. My point of well, the Cowboys, we

1042
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:51,239
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about that. The Cowboys aren't going

1043
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 1: to tell Dad that he's gonna be in the wouldn't

1044
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: then he doesn't need to be and they don't need

1045
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 1: to They don't need to mess with that. But I

1046
00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:58,640
Speaker 1: just I think they need to figure this out that

1047
00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:01,640
Speaker 1: if you're gonna pay a guy forty million plus, you know,

1048
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 1: there needs to be some talk about about moving forward.

1049
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:08,720
Speaker 1: So don't get upset when the wide receiver, when Michael

1050
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 1: Galla leaves and you don't sign this tackle and you

1051
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,319
Speaker 1: have to play with the rookie and all this kind

1052
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: of stuff. I'll come back later and be like, lay,

1053
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,960
Speaker 1: aren't y'all signing guys? Right? We know why? You know?

1054
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: And there and there's not a coincidence when you look

1055
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,239
Speaker 1: at Brady and Rogers two of the best quarterbacks to

1056
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,600
Speaker 1: ever play, and they're playing against each other this weekend.

1057
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 1: They ranked thirteenth and fourteenth in the average salary in

1058
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: the NFL. My question is where were they ranked when

1059
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 1: they first did those deals, because we're not over time.

1060
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 1: Brady did it last year, right, Rady differ and Brady's

1061
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 1: in the twilight rights not due Right, That's the thing,

1062
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,360
Speaker 1: and that's why they're trying to chase championships here. But

1063
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 1: guessing when Roger signed his deal, he was close to

1064
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: the top. He was, Yeah, he was was at the time. Yeah. Yeah,

1065
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,240
Speaker 1: So it changes, it does, it changes, It changes quickly.

1066
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:55,879
Speaker 1: But but I just think that, you know, go ahead, finish. Yeah, yeah,

1067
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: then I was going to change subjects. Well, it's still

1068
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:04,320
Speaker 1: in the same topic. But since we're talking about quarterbacks

1069
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:09,040
Speaker 1: and we've been talking about Dak, the most popular question

1070
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:11,720
Speaker 1: that I've been receiving from fans is the whole question

1071
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 1: about his contract situation. And I think that there is

1072
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 1: a big expectation or there was an expectation based on

1073
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:22,120
Speaker 1: all the things that we heard from like Stephen Jones,

1074
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones making so much emphasis on how much they

1075
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:29,320
Speaker 1: want Dad to stay here and all that throughout the season.

1076
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,840
Speaker 1: I think fans are surprised right now as to, Okay,

1077
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:36,360
Speaker 1: the season's over, Why is there no movement? Why is

1078
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,000
Speaker 1: there no news? Why havn't we heard something? Why is

1079
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: there not a contract done at this point? And I

1080
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 1: know we haven't heard anything new, but wanted to post

1081
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 1: that question, that question to you guys as to maybe

1082
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: why why is that that we haven't actually heard any

1083
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:58,280
Speaker 1: movement happening right now? Well, I'll say this, just because

1084
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 1: we haven't heard doesn't mean that there may not be.

1085
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean that there is, But I don't think

1086
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: it necessarily means there hasn't been. We don't know what

1087
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:08,839
Speaker 1: conversations have even been had before the official period where

1088
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 1: you can start talking. I mean, obviously Dak's been at

1089
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 1: home for a while now recovering from his injury. You know,

1090
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: there obviously could have been conversations between the Cowboys and

1091
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,319
Speaker 1: his representatives all along, and they could. I mean, some

1092
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: of the things we heard last year before that deadline

1093
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:27,359
Speaker 1: was that they actually were talking the day of the

1094
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:31,600
Speaker 1: deadline and there were some there was some movement, just

1095
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:33,879
Speaker 1: not enough movement to get it done in the period

1096
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:36,919
Speaker 1: of time that they had left, So look, here's a deal.

1097
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,360
Speaker 1: There could be there could be movement, There could be

1098
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 1: differences of opinions at this point than where they were

1099
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,759
Speaker 1: last year. I just don't know that we know that,

1100
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:46,839
Speaker 1: and I don't know that just not hearing anything means

1101
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:49,399
Speaker 1: that nothing has happened or nothing has changed. I mean,

1102
00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: was he just trying to be cute with the tweet

1103
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:54,160
Speaker 1: about holding my crutches, because I mean that's funny, I

1104
00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:57,800
Speaker 1: get it, But are you really is he still on crutches,

1105
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,800
Speaker 1: because I mean we're about six he was on crutches

1106
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:07,720
Speaker 1: at that was about three weeks ago. Yeah, like walking

1107
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: crutches or whatever. I mean, we're six to seven months

1108
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:15,000
Speaker 1: away from him trying to run around from defensive linemen.

1109
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:17,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we we got to rehab and all this

1110
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:19,960
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So I mean, I don't know, I

1111
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,439
Speaker 1: don't know. I say all that thinking maybe maybe they're

1112
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: trying to just see how he fully recovers before they

1113
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:30,800
Speaker 1: really even started negotiating. I don't know. I don't know.

1114
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 1: I was a little surprised if he's still on crutches

1115
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: at this point. I thought, you know, he joked in

1116
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,760
Speaker 1: that video we did have on him with Zeke remember

1117
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 1: he was Zeke was mocking him and he was like,

1118
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,720
Speaker 1: I don't need these crutches, you know, but I wouldn't

1119
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:45,680
Speaker 1: think you'd still be on them. So I don't know.

1120
00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:48,720
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's doing fine. Everyone everyone says he's doing fine.

1121
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:52,799
Speaker 1: I think that's a good point. That's what I keep saying, is,

1122
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 1: you know, they gotta make sure he's got a clean

1123
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 1: bill of health. And the I mean, maybe it's it's

1124
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:00,880
Speaker 1: an answer people don't want to hear, but there's not

1125
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:05,000
Speaker 1: really any urgency right now there. I mean, they can

1126
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 1: and likely will tag him, and that doesn't mean he

1127
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 1: has to play on it. It's just a placeholder that

1128
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: keeps him from hitting free agency. It's in my experience,

1129
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,319
Speaker 1: and granted, you know, the Cowboys haven't done a ton

1130
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,720
Speaker 1: of quarterback deals in the time that I've covered the team,

1131
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: but this isn't a team that gets things done super

1132
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,360
Speaker 1: duper ahead of time. They like to do stuff on deadline.

1133
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:29,080
Speaker 1: They do. Even the DeMarcus Lawrence deal happened on the

1134
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,800
Speaker 1: deadline of you know, when he needed to have that surgery.

1135
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:35,439
Speaker 1: So they can tag him in March and they don't

1136
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,160
Speaker 1: have to do anything with him until July. I don't

1137
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:39,680
Speaker 1: know if they'll take it all the way to July.

1138
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,080
Speaker 1: I keep saying, I think you got to have this

1139
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: deal in place. If you're gonna do it, you got

1140
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:46,799
Speaker 1: to have it in place before the draft. But that

1141
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:49,400
Speaker 1: gives you all the way until April, and you know

1142
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,000
Speaker 1: that's three or four more months that Dak can continue

1143
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: to recover and you can get a look at him

1144
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 1: and see how you feel about it. So trust me,

1145
00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 1: I would love to have it done just so we

1146
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:00,879
Speaker 1: don't have to talk about it. But I just don't

1147
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:03,239
Speaker 1: think there's any urgency right now. Yeah, when I talked

1148
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,879
Speaker 1: about leverage a little earlier and all the leverage being

1149
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 1: on Dak's side, this is the one area where the

1150
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 1: Cowboys do have some leverage because there is some risk

1151
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 1: here that's built in for Dak. Let's assume, and I

1152
00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:15,920
Speaker 1: know Dak has supreme confidence, right but the fact of

1153
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:18,200
Speaker 1: the matter is, if he comes back from this injury

1154
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:21,160
Speaker 1: and he's not, for whatever reason, doesn't look like the

1155
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:25,400
Speaker 1: same guy. If he has shades of what we've seen

1156
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 1: with Wentz just a little bit, then that puts doubts

1157
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 1: in other team's minds. If he were to enter free

1158
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:33,200
Speaker 1: agency and the amount of money he might be able

1159
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,160
Speaker 1: to command right now. It may not be the amount

1160
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:36,880
Speaker 1: of money he's able to command next year when he

1161
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:38,680
Speaker 1: would be a free agent, and that might not be

1162
00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:40,400
Speaker 1: the amount of money at the Cowboys were willing to

1163
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 1: pay him in a deal right now. So there is

1164
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:44,800
Speaker 1: some leverage for the Cowboys, And I think that's a

1165
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:47,440
Speaker 1: part of kind of DA having to figure out, like

1166
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:49,120
Speaker 1: where do I think I'm really going to be and

1167
00:57:49,160 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 1: how successful do I think I can be coming off

1168
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,240
Speaker 1: the surgery, as you said, Nick, knowing that I'm going

1169
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:55,400
Speaker 1: to go right into a season coming off of rehab,

1170
00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: not necessarily coming off of preparing for the season. I'm

1171
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:01,520
Speaker 1: coming off for rehab, and those are two completely different things. Yeah, well, Dave.

1172
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:03,960
Speaker 1: Dave pointed out the fact that he could sign right

1173
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:06,400
Speaker 1: now and be the number two rated quarterback or highest

1174
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:08,800
Speaker 1: paid quarterback in the league. He could sign it right

1175
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:10,680
Speaker 1: now and by the time he takes his first snap

1176
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 1: he could be fifth or sixth. Absolutely, So I mean

1177
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,400
Speaker 1: it changes facts at a right. Here's we're gonna do

1178
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: real quick before we end the show. I do want

1179
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 1: to get some picks. Here's the NFC and AFC championship games.

1180
00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: Are this weekend. You've got Buffalo at Kansas City, You've

1181
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:26,920
Speaker 1: got Tampa Bay at Green Bay. Uh, Nick, how are

1182
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:30,360
Speaker 1: you going on these games? Super Bowl one, Green Bay

1183
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: and yeah? Yeah interesting? Yeah yeah, I take the home teams.

1184
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 1: I've been terrible in these picks. By the way, if

1185
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 1: you notice last week, you're you're half and half. I mean, yeah,

1186
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 1: I've been half and half every time. I'm terrible. And

1187
00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:45,480
Speaker 1: he guess what picking games is about a fifty percent

1188
00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 1: cool thing. That's what I do. We're all at fifty.

1189
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:51,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I think, I think and a

1190
00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 1: good thing. Mahomes didn't have a concussion. It doesn't sound

1191
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,120
Speaker 1: like he had a concussion really, so I think he

1192
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:58,360
Speaker 1: comes back. I think he plays. I think they're unstoppable

1193
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:02,280
Speaker 1: in their coach as kahonas the other coaches don't have

1194
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,280
Speaker 1: to me. He is the most underrated coach in NFL history.

1195
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: He's been so good when you look at his resume,

1196
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 1: what he did in Philadelphia. I know he never won

1197
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:12,320
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, but what he did in Philadelphia was

1198
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 1: well that that's that is amazing. I know they're gonna

1199
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,440
Speaker 1: make their picks, but I mean, there's only one coach

1200
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:21,200
Speaker 1: has ever hosted the playoff, I mean the MC Championship

1201
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:29,320
Speaker 1: three straight years and he's done it twice. YEA wow. Um,

1202
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:34,520
Speaker 1: I'm with Nake on this one too, surprisingly but yes,

1203
00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and then Tampa. Good for you, you made

1204
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:42,040
Speaker 1: it this far. An applause to you, Tom Brady, You're great.

1205
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:46,480
Speaker 1: Good for you. But Aaron Rodgers, let's shine some light

1206
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 1: on him. I want to see him in Green Bay

1207
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:53,680
Speaker 1: in the super Bowl and see how that does. All right, Dave,

1208
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: You know, I feel like usually we're really lucky because

1209
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 1: I don't think you can go wrong this weekend. Like

1210
01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:04,440
Speaker 1: all four teams are you know, it's a great story.

1211
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 1: All four of them are fun to watch. I think

1212
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,200
Speaker 1: the super Bowl would be good no matter which two

1213
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 1: teams make it. Honestly, where like that's not usually the case,

1214
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:14,360
Speaker 1: Like nobody wanted to see Tennessee in the super Bowl

1215
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: last year, or there's nobody like you know, there's there's

1216
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: all yeah, there's always there's usually a team that you're like, oh,

1217
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:23,160
Speaker 1: not those guys. I don't want to see those guys.

1218
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 1: But I'd be happy to see any of the four. Um,

1219
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 1: but I do. I mean, who doesn't want to see

1220
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:32,400
Speaker 1: Mahomes versus Rodgers. Who doesn't I mean that's I don't

1221
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 1: like mahomes is He's incredible, and I you know, I

1222
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:39,400
Speaker 1: know people hate me for thinking this, but Aaron Rodgers

1223
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 1: has become like one of my three or four favorite

1224
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:44,960
Speaker 1: football players ever. Like the throw he made the other day, Yeah,

1225
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:48,040
Speaker 1: he was in his own end zone and freaking dodged

1226
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:50,200
Speaker 1: like four guys and threw that ball on a rope

1227
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:53,000
Speaker 1: like they're just there's like maybe two or three guys

1228
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,280
Speaker 1: in the world who could make that throw ever, like

1229
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:58,120
Speaker 1: not just right now, but ever, and two of them

1230
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:00,600
Speaker 1: are Pat Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers. So who wouldn't want

1231
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 1: to see those two guys play in the super Bowl?

1232
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,919
Speaker 1: That would be that would be awesome. So I got Yeah,

1233
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,280
Speaker 1: I got Chiefs Packers. If the Bills make the Super

1234
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:09,640
Speaker 1: Bowl in about a week and a half, we're gonna

1235
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:13,280
Speaker 1: find out that the world's gonna realize. Wait, Cole Beasley raps.

1236
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 1: Maybe Oh it wasn't, because he put out that that

1237
01:01:17,880 --> 01:01:20,680
Speaker 1: single like last week, a week before, like right as

1238
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,840
Speaker 1: they were in the playoffs. Yeah, it'll be like, yeah,

1239
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,000
Speaker 1: that same love like when you went the Cowboys. You

1240
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:27,800
Speaker 1: can put it out in week two, and everybody's gonna

1241
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:30,320
Speaker 1: know it's a little different when you're in Buffalo, right Yeah.

1242
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:32,840
Speaker 1: But I will say this, and Dave, I agree with you.

1243
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,160
Speaker 1: I think any one of these four teams will be interesting.

1244
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:37,360
Speaker 1: There are tons of storylines with all four of them.

1245
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:39,160
Speaker 1: If they were to make the Super Bowl. I actually

1246
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:41,160
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be an upset this week. I actually

1247
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:43,600
Speaker 1: think Buffalo is gonna be Kansas City. Um, I think

1248
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: Buffalo is gonna end up in the school. They have

1249
01:01:45,240 --> 01:01:48,160
Speaker 1: been playing some really good football and offensively. Talk about

1250
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 1: a quarterback that can just do some amazing things. I

1251
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,400
Speaker 1: know Pat Mahomes obviously can, and Aaron Rodgers obviously can.

1252
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:57,080
Speaker 1: But what but what USh Allen is doing? Ushall am

1253
01:01:57,120 --> 01:02:00,280
Speaker 1: I getting done? I get all those Allens anyway, what

1254
01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:03,040
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is doing right now? And if you watch

1255
01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:05,480
Speaker 1: the way he plays, like literally the guy will just

1256
01:02:05,560 --> 01:02:07,720
Speaker 1: flick it his risk and the risk and the ball

1257
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:10,080
Speaker 1: will go fifty yards down the field. He is an

1258
01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: amazing I think young quarterback in this league and the

1259
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,959
Speaker 1: way they're playing right now, I just had that feeling,

1260
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:18,800
Speaker 1: like you know, sometimes teams get on these roles and

1261
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:20,800
Speaker 1: it's just kind of part of their story like they're

1262
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:22,960
Speaker 1: gonna win. I just kind of think that's gonna happen

1263
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,080
Speaker 1: this year. And I think that you're gonna end up

1264
01:02:25,120 --> 01:02:27,640
Speaker 1: seeing Buffalo and Green Bay and the super Bowl. And

1265
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,480
Speaker 1: we'll get to that pick next night. You have to

1266
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:33,360
Speaker 1: know the quarterback's name if he's gonna beat Patrick. Okay,

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Speaker 1: and you didn't know yet. The allans they all get used.

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Speaker 1: There's so many alans like this. It gets me confused. Anyway, No,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to see a home team. I don't

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Speaker 1: want to see a home team. Yeah, he's playing. The

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Speaker 1: thing about it is, if it were a knee, I'd

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Speaker 1: be like, yeah, he's playing. It's it's a head injuries.

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Speaker 1: And with head injuries then you know, you just it

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Speaker 1: just that's not up to him. So we'll see. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: a more taught on the Cowboys. We'll also talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit about the NFL NFL when next week. Next Wednesday,

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