WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Full Workload For Zeke? 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:07.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:19.959 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.680 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:28.040 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:33.400 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:39.680 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.440 It is Wednesday, September fourth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:45.960 number thirty six. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.000 We are live the SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.479 at a poppet Star like. Lots of a lot of 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:55.240 stuff going on today. Cowboys get their guy back. Diquel 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.000 Elliott Ezekiel Elliott is in the building, or at least 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.000 on the practice field today. He did to start preparing 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:04.640 himself for this upcoming game, the first game of the season, 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:08.679 and with a much much bigger bank account than either 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.640 of us will ever experience, I assume. But I got 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:15.400 my guys here, Nick Dave amberback with us. How's everybody 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:20.240 feeling this morning? I feel great. There is nothing nothing 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:24.120 better for the adrenaline system, the old shock start than 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:28.720 the six am work group text. Like we talk about 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.040 how we don't like to hear from you at ten pm. Well, 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.399 it's interesting hearing from you at five forty five am. Too. 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:37.560 Hell of a start to the old day. I mean, 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.759 we knew it was coming, but and you guys were 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.200 well prepared. We were as well prepared. You're you're as 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.080 well prepared as you can be. But still, you know, 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.040 wasn't expecting to have my MacBook in my lap with 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.840 me at five forty five this morning in my bed. Well, 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.760 let's jump right in. I want to get some opinions 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:55.080 from all three of you guys. I want to go 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.080 around the table. When you heard about the news that 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:00.640 they got the deal done and for the amount of 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.800 money that they got it done, tell me what your 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.440 initial reaction was, Nicholas, start with you that Zeke, you know, 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.400 did exactly what he wanted to do, and he pushed 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.920 the issue here and he won. You know, not to 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.160 say that the Cowboys lost. They're still getting a great 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:18.800 running back, the best in the league in my opinion. 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:23.280 But you know, they they had to come his way. 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.400 You know, they said they weren't going to set the market, 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.840 but they did. And you know, he's a cowboy for life, 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:29.400 and he didn't go to training camp, and now he 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.320 gets to play this first game and he gets fifty 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.320 million dollars guarantee. I think he's a winner. That's a 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.040 fun thing though, is did they set the market? It 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:38.839 depends on how you want to look at it. It's 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.800 a six year extension that sets the market. It's also 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.720 an eight year contract that puts him very comfortably down 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.840 in about third place twelve point eight million per year. 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.519 I think, so, I think both sides get what they want. 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:54.160 I'm curious to know. You know, and this will come 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.640 out over time, but you know how it's structured, the guarantees, 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:01.120 how frontloaded and how backload is it backloaded? Is it? 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.760 How quickly can you get out of this? How much 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.679 is voided? If Zeke steps out of line? It matters tremendously. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:09.120 And that's what we I mean a week ago, we 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:12.040 were like, it's gonna get done. He'll probably be here 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.920 for week one. What's it look like? And we know 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.919 the money. We still don't know that it's an eight 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:19.760 year contract for a running back. I mean, are we 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.120 kidding ourselves? Like, let's be real, Like we're all very 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.120 excited he's back, but what are the odds he plays 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.480 to the end of that deal. Is that sorry, but 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:32.760 you're good. No, I'm just happy that one he got 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.240 what he wanted, but he didn't in a way where 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.960 he didn't ruin relationships. I mean, you hear Jerry Jones 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.240 talk about him. You hear Jason Garrett talk about him, 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.880 and they all speak very highly of him and talk 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.800 about how much they love him, how much how important 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:50.720 he is to the team. I just I'm really glad 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.200 that along the way he didn't do it in a 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.560 nasty way where he comes out here and then people 0:03:56.560 --> 0:04:00.640 are just negative about it, or you know, every one's happy, 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.240 everyone's in it, and it's great to see that kind 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.560 of relationship in chemistry around the team. Are you guys 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.240 surprised at all that the guarantees were so high? I 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.640 when I looked at the deal, my initial reaction is, okay, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.160 six years, probably a little bit high, but whatever, um 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:21.359 ninety million dollars overall, Okay, whatever. The fifty million dollars 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:24.240 guaranteed is the part that that kind of took me aback, 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.960 just because that is setting the market. That's higher than 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.560 Girly who had previously. I think he got like forty five, 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.919 somewhere in that range, but he was significantly well, I 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.960 should say it just above above what Girly got. Did 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.440 that all surprise you guys that he got more guaranteed money? 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.400 I would say yeah, because that's what we talked about 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.800 a week ago, is that, you know, the guarantees, the 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.040 the lack of trust that he's going to be available 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:51.760 are really the only issue a week that you have 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.240 with seek. You know, his on field performance is impeccable, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:59.000 um And I mean that's that's what it took. I guess, 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.599 and that's why. But I do want to know. I mean, 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.280 how's that going to hit you three years from now, 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.120 four years from now, if you do decide to part ways, 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:12.120 or if he declines or whatever might arise. Because if 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.120 if it's not structured in a way to let you 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:15.760 out of it in a few years, then it's a 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.960 bad deal. In my opinion, I am going to assume 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:21.920 that it is well structured. I don't know that off 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:23.880 the top of my head right now, but an eight 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.760 year contract for anybody should give you some pause, especially 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:28.720 for the guy that plays the most physical position. The 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.720 guarantees have got to be right off the bat. I mean, 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.640 I don't know any other way that they could structure it. 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.919 I mean, it's got to be this year's roster's guarantee. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:38.039 They got to have roster bonuses early on. You got 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.160 to have a signing bonus, you know, right now, which 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.120 a bulk of it. I mean, you got to do 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.359 as much as you can within the frame of the 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.200 of the salary cap. I mean, because I know there 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:48.640 was a report that I've got all this money on 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.000 the cap, but you know, they had a running back 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.640 that was making three million a year. I don't know 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.440 how much he was hitting towards the cap, but now 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.080 now it's a lot more than that. And so, you know, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:00.800 to make this thing work, like they were saying, it's 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:02.240 a lot of it's got to be structured, a lot 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.039 of it's gonna be guaranteed sooner rather than later. You 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.200 can't have a thirty year old running back making four 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:11.400 million a year guarantee. Previous experience with deals leads me 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.200 to believe that this is really like a three or 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.440 four year deal, you know, not an eight year deal. 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.800 But I don't know right now, but I'm going to 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.840 assume that that's the case, and that's that's it. Then 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.839 that's the cost of doing business. And fifty million guaranteed. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.520 I mean, that's that's what Girley got for a four 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.279 year deal. So really, and let's say let's say he 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:33.640 does play out the whole thing, then it becomes a bargain, 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.839 assuming we don't have to do this again. It's a 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.520 bar and I no, no, And actually I was gonna 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.680 say that that's actually a great point from the standpoint 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.440 that if you get let's say, six years from now, 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.520 and he's still producing at a high level, at the 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.120 same level or similar level to what he's producing right 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.600 now than you are, because guess what, Yeah, he google 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.840 be a Hall of Famer. But the point will be, 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.080 these numbers are just going to keep going up every year. 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.720 With every Alvin Kamara will get more, and whoever else 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.760 comes after him will get more, and these guys will 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:01.520 keep getting more and more and more. So you get 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.400 four or five six years down the road, Zeke will 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:06.400 be a little lower down that pecking chart as far 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.080 as number amount of money. Now, the problem with that is, 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.160 as we just saw in this instance, he still had 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:12.920 two years left on this deal and went back to 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.200 the wealth. So what makes you think if that's happening 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.160 at that point, he's not going to do the exact 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.960 same thing and say I want a new deal. The 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.320 oodles and oodles and oodles of history that suggests that 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:27.040 running backs hit a pretty sharp decline by the time 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.560 they're twenty seven, twenty eight, twenty nine, unless you're just 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.960 so special, yeah, and which he could be. You know, 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.600 if he's Adrian Peterson, then this deal was a bargain. 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:38.120 And if he's not Adrian Peterson, then I would bet 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.880 you can get out of this after the time. Is 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.440 there a report on the signing bonus? Not yet. That's 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.560 and that's the thing is, you know, it's got to 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.640 be a very high The agreement comes first, and then 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.920 the terms and then you know, maybe even a week 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.080 from now, we'll start to hear because about the specifics 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:56.880 of it all. Because if you think about it, if 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.120 you get a high signing bonus, it's why you would 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:00.880 extend it and make it a six year deal, just 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.400 so you can, you know, you can kind of cut 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.360 that up and spread it over the course of six seasons, 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.560 really eight seasons, you can if you put it in 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.560 right now. So I would imagine when this numbers come out, 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:13.680 I would imagine that the signing bonus is going to 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:17.360 be relatively high. That's why you make it stretch it 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:19.600 out for so long. All right, So let's get into 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.400 expectations for this Sunday. What do you guys expect to 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.960 see when Sunday comes around and the Cowboys take the 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.240 field against the New York Giants. How much do you 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:30.680 expect to see Zekiel Elliot amber Well? Again, like they 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:33.239 keep saying, we just have to see how he responds 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:37.240 to these next few practices. But I would like them 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.400 to throw him in there a little bit. I think 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.079 this is the perfect game to do that. Where you're 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:45.360 going up against the Giants, you don't really have to worry. 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:48.440 I know we'll get into the Giants defense and all that, 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:52.640 but you don't really have to worry about getting a 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.880 guy like Zeke in there. You got other guys that 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.920 can do that, Tony Polar So this is the perfect game. 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:01.679 Too easy him in. We've mentioned smilar things with Byron Jones. 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.840 I don't know if he'll he'll be playing or not, 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.679 but just throw him in there a little bit and 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.000 get him a good feel for it. He's he can 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:13.840 definitely handle the Giants with no problem. I'm starting to 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.440 get nervous at the way, and I include myself in that, 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.280 like a lot of writing off of the Giants going 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.280 on from that from the outsider's perspective, not the team, 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:26.400 but us. Use. Those are always bad situations when it 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.160 just everything says one thing. In the NFL, especially at 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.400 the beginning of the season, it just it works me. 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.320 There's no way, there's no way it can be the 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.480 other way. I mean, it shouldn't be seen, it should 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.320 not be I've seen crazier things happen. I would expect 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.200 him to be out there for the first snap of 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.360 the game. I don't. I mean it's dumb, but I 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.480 think that matters. I mean, you just gave him this money, 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.920 Like half the crowd's gonna be wearing twenty one jerseys 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.920 and chanting Zeke and all that stuff, and get the 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.520 first carry of the season. But like he'll be on 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.960 some kind of pitch count. I would think, like no 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.720 more than thirty snaps, you know, if they play sixty 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.920 five seventy snaps in a game, like maybe half of it. 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.040 I agree, I think that he'll start. I think Tony 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.679 Poller will will play more than what Rod Smith did 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:07.600 and I think that they'll have a little bit more 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.679 of a rotation there. But I don't think that you're 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.600 really gonna see a big difference this week because I 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.680 think we signed him. We made this big fuss. You know, 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.679 everybody's talking about it. Let's put him out there, and 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:22.120 it'll also determine on how he's how he's playing in 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.400 the game. But like I said yesterday, you know, the 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.640 freak back factor has to to you know, weigh in 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.319 here and we're gonna find out. We're gonna find out 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:32.240 if this guy can come in from Cabo on Tuesday 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.520 and play and be effective on Sunday. I would be 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.600 I would be surprised if he gets more than like 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.080 a dozen or so carries. Though a dozen, yeah, I 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.400 mean I don't. I just I don't think you want 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.199 to put thirty carries on a guy who just came 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.160 back from Cabo. It's a big difference, though, I mean 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.440 between twelve and thirty. Yeah, I mean, I don thirties 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.360 a lot, but twelve. I think if you have a 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.439 good first half, you can get you can get more 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.400 than twelve. I would be surprised if he gets more 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.680 than twelve. Let's put it that way, right, he doesn't 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.160 have to get all carries. He can still be out 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:09.080 there just moving, say, I mean thirty snaps and you 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.280 assume he's not going to get a touch on every 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.839 single snap, so probably somewhere around twelve to fifteen carries. Yeah, 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.760 putn't pick up that blitz. Yeah right, that's that's a 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.840 big part of it, because you know, other than that, 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:21.640 like you don't have a lot of experience back there 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.920 running backs. So having a guy that you know can 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.280 pick up the blitz probably is a good thing and 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.680 you don't lose learning how to do that. If he 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:30.000 knows how to pick up the blitz, he should know 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:31.520 how to pick up the blitz, right, he's been a 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:33.520 practice or not. It'll be fun to see how they 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.240 play this, because like they're not just gonna throw them 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.199 out there for the first half and then they're like, whoa, 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.600 you hit your count and it's the fourth quarter, you know, 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.760 like the Giants are down three, but they're like, well, 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.000 he got his thirty snaps, Like we're not putting them 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.000 out there. Like, so they're gonna have to be judicious 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.959 about this, assuming they don't feel comfortable just giving him everything, 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.920 like you know, we We've joked for years about like, well, 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.720 Alfred Morris gets the third possession of the game, doesn't 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.200 no matter what, no matter what, if he's humming or not. 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.559 So I would guess there's gonna be some mixing and matching. 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.199 Hopefully it's not too frustrating to watch. Yeah, I went 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:07.199 back and put some numbers to it. Yesterday we talked 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.520 about how Zeke has started the season these last three years. 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:11.800 Check this out. In the first three years, first two 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.640 games of the season, his averages three point seven yards 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:17.320 per carry, and he has about sixty six yards per game. 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.440 Third game and beyond four point eight yards per carry 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.920 and one hundred and eight yards per game. It's a 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:29.200 little over a yard per carry more and about forty 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.880 four yards per game more. He's not been a guy 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.720 that traditionally has had a great start, so I think 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:38.280 we should just kind of pull it down just a 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.640 little bit. He'll be back, that's the great part about it. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.040 See what happens. I also want to see how much 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.080 adding in a different kind of back that they can 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.559 kind of mix in with him helps that a little bit, 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.959 because you know that I think they'll probably have a 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.240 little bit more excitement at the backup running back position 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.920 than they've probably had in quite a while, and maybe 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.720 that helps with getting you know, defenses a little bit 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.000 off kilter a little bit. But we'll see. It would 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:05.200 be fun in a I mean, just imagine, like Zeke 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:08.880 has a very solid but pedestrian like twelve carries for 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:13.000 fifty yards, maybe even a touchdown, but like Tony Pollard averages, 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:15.760 you know, he has like a seventy five yard run 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.520 or something. You know, but just that actually create a 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.400 hell of a conversation on the morning talk shows. Tony 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.520 Pollard actually may be able to make this deal actually 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.199 make a ton of sense, if that makes some sense, 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.280 because if you have a running back that actually really 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:34.480 can legitimately give Zeke time off the field for him 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:36.360 to not have to have the number of touches and 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.000 carries that he's had in previous years, you may actually 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.600 be able to see a good part of this six 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.559 year deal. This eight years that they have him on 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:45.079 the contract, you might be able to see him get 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.520 through most of that because you're not working him at 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.600 the same pace as you worked him those first three years. 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.600 So it'll be important for Tony Pollard or somebody to 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.720 be able to be a good spell type back, somebody 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.840 that can come in and give you some good production 0:13:58.120 --> 0:13:59.920 so that Zeke doesn't have to carry that full low. 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.800 And I don't think though, I mean we're talking about 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.720 other backs. I mean they have to make a move 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.320 here for when Zeke officially goes on the roster, So 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:10.600 it would make sense that one of these running backs 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.360 would not be here. Explain to me where they are 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.640 right now? Is what is the deal? Because obviously he's back, 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.760 but is he on the roster the way it hasn't 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.000 been another move? No way I understand it. I mean, 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.400 in these situations, you're usually granted an exemption by the NFL. 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.520 He can be here without you having to make a move. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.280 I mean you get basically get here. You get the 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.680 three days to evaluate him without having to kick somebody 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.680 off your team. And if he plays, which he will, 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:34.880 then they have to make a move by a Saturday. 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.240 Probably so And I mean, if I had to guess 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.520 right now, would probably be Alfred Morris. Do you think 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:40.720 it has to be a running back or do you 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.440 think in this instance, I know, yesterday you guys are 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.240 saying maybe you keep that extra running back just so 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.320 you kind of mix between the three guys. But do 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.800 you think it has to be Alfred more? Do you 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:50.440 think it's most likely going to be offered more so, Well, 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:52.840 it doesn't have to be obviously, but you know they 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.880 brought Jordan Chun up. Now, maybe they decide to put 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:58.960 him back down. But I think he's a special team's guy. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:00.320 I think you're gonna try to fig out of way 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:01.840 to get him to the game. We said all along 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.120 if if Zeke's here, I mean Alfred was only signed 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.840 when Zeke wasn't here. So I think you know it's 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:10.960 all about and guaranteed. I mean I said during the 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.400 summer I thought Alfred would be on the team regardless, 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.680 which maybe not because again the forty six man roster, 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.040 two running backs that don't play special teams, that's hard 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.320 to work with. And his salary I believe since he's 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.520 on the roster on Tuesday, I believe his salary. Now 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.200 I was guaranteed for the entire season, Alfred Morris and 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.800 all veterans, and the likelihoods you could probably keep him 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.120 around and if you need to resign him back, to 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.440 resign him back, I would think cutting him on Saturday 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.760 does not mean he's done with this team by any stretch. 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.760 If they were really gonna just cut him and say 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:43.720 see you later, I mean, would they even let him 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.040 change numbers? I mean, would they go through that process like, oh, 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:48.920 Le's changed numbers and be like, you're about to be 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.400 cut anyways. Oh what do you tell the guy if 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:53.760 he's like, I won this jersey number you, Oh, well, 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.720 we're gonna cut you. And you're sure about that? Are 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:58.440 you sure you want to change? I don't know if 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:02.720 I can't do that because we've got Scandrick. You know, 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.160 we're going to retire as a number or something like that. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.480 Justice protection, I would probably want to keep Alfred Morris 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:11.880 because I'd probably make him inactive every week. But just 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.880 having that insurance in the event that if you don't 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.320 feel great about Pollard being able to be your workhorse 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.080 back in the events he goes down, then I think 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:22.040 that gives you a little bit of insurance. Knowing that 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.200 Zeke has been out of training camp gives you a 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.960 little bit insurance just in case something should happen here, 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.120 you know, in this time when he's having to kind 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.760 of reacclimate himself to the NFL and to playing football, 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:33.600 all right, let's take our first break. When we come back, 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.840 we're gonna talk about the Giants offense. I'n't spoke yesterday. 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:38.640 Me and Dave talked about it. He's gonna do OFFENSEI today. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.840 We'll talk about the Giants offense versus the Cowboys defense. 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:42.480 Do that when we come right back. This is Dallas 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.600 Cowboys dot Com Radio. Well, a player can look good 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.000 on paper, it's when he's out on the field that 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.840 you really find out what he's made of. 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