WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: The Pollard Dilemma 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.600 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:15.920 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys, Let's go. Are 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.800 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:23.880 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah? And so 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.800 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:33.479 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:43.240 bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It's February twenty second, twenty 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.839 twenty three. This is season eighteen, episode number one seventeen. 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.040 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. We're live 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.960 from s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star War presenter 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.680 by mill of like the Only Beer of the Dallas Cowboys, 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.400 and today I think we're actually going to get to 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.760 the topic that we started a couple of weeks ago, 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:04.520 where we're going to identify the biggest question for the 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.080 Cowboys at each position. We got through the quarterback in 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:11.039 the running back position on that episode. We'll start up 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.199 with tight end today and keep moving through the roster 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.039 seeing what we think. But before we get there, I 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:19.080 want to talk a little bit about the franchise tag. Yesterday, 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:23.039 the NFL Franchise Tag period opened. It will remain open 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.880 through March seven. So basically, teams have two weeks to 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.680 be able to identify players that would like to put 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.080 the franchise tag on. In March seventh, at four pm Eastern, 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.959 that window will close, and then they'll start on March 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.319 thirteenth and negotiating period, that little tampering period where teams 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.840 can start talking to players about free agency and deals. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.160 And then on March fifteenth at three pm Central, that's 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:48.080 when free agency will begin. Here's my question for you, guys, 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.400 who would you use the tag on for the Cowboys. 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:53.400 I'm gonna lay it out for you. You've got, I'm 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.720 gonna give you four different options, and I'll tell you 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:58.800 how much you'd have to pay for them. Some of 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:00.960 them may seem well be, but I will throw him 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.720 out there just for the sake of discussion. Dalton Schultz 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.680 Cowboys would pay roughly about eleven point three million dollars 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.799 to put the tag on him. Tony Pollard Cowboys would 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.480 pay roughly about ten point one million to put the 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.520 tag on him. Layton vander esh he would have to 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.320 pay a whopping almost twenty one million dollars to put 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:24.160 the franchise tag on him. And then Donovan Wilson Cowboys 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.240 would have to pay about fourteen point five million to 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.960 put the tag on him. Which of those would you 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.680 put the tag on? Or your other option could be 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.800 none of the above. I think this is pretty easy, honestly, 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:40.480 because I'm the best guy is the cheapest guy. So 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:43.320 to me, I would go Tony Pollard on all day long, 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:48.080 because I don't I mean, I don't know if some 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:49.400 of these guys, I don't know if you even want 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:53.000 to bring back anyways, and especially for that price. But 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.040 Tony Pollard, I think at ten point one that you're 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:59.399 getting a steel And I think with him specifically, it's 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:03.280 perfect time to go one year with him, and you 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.360 know you're going to draft the running back at some point, 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.840 and I think it's, you know, him coming back from injury. 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:11.280 I definitely wanted for one more year and then we'll 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.359 see what happens after that. Maybe this is the year 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.120 that he breaks down. I mean, I mean, knock on wood, 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.160 I hope not. But I'm just saying running backs at 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.360 that age, I mean, at that level of their career, 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.520 we'll see, you know, what the wear and teary looks like. 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:24.280 But I go one year ten point one. I think 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.280 that's almost a steel. Do we expect then he kind 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.360 of set back from the injury that I would have 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:33.480 some kind of effect in I know he should be 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.320 ready by training camp, but is that the type of 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:41.000 injury that maybe it kind of changes his footwork and 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:45.040 speed and game? Really? Yeah, you know, it's one of 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.320 those things. It's a It's a really good question because 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.560 we kind of thought the same thing with Michael Gallup. 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.200 And I know it's a knee and an ankle or 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.480 two different things. But you look at when you start 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.800 to talk about ankles and running backs and they use 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.480 their feet their legs, is there going to be the 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.120 flexibility there? You know? Is it going to be the 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:04.880 same for him? I don't think. You know, with Tony, 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.160 he's he's one of those guys that I feel like 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.160 that he would bounce back. But with a running back, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.520 you don't know. You just don't know, because where is 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.760 the ankle flexibility? Where's the ability to cut, to break, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.800 to turn to pivot? You know, where where are you 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.159 with all that? It was a pretty significant injury that 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:25.000 he had. Me personally to answer your question, I don't 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.240 tag any of these guys. I don't and I do 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.920 this for the reason of I have a little bit 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:32.960 of advantage because I've looked at all the players in 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.279 the college draft, you know. I mean, I've seen the 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.440 running backs in the draft. I've seen the list of 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.560 the pro free agents. I'm sure you guys have seen 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:44.160 all those names and stuff like that. To me, I'm 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.680 going to let him go and test this market. I 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.520 think the Cowboys are fifty fifty on this one. I 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.640 really really do. I don't. I think there's people in 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.200 the building that would like to see him, you know, 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.800 at one year at ten million dollars makes a lot 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.400 of sense, you know, yeah, you know, if there's that 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.880 unknown that you just asked about. You know, I think 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.880 being in the running back business, especially with tags and 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:10.279 contracts and stuff, is dangerous. I think it really really is. 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.200 As much as I love Tony, I think I feel 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:14.920 like they need to kind of start over here with this. 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:16.960 I think you could kind of move on from Tony 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.279 and you might be in a situation too where Tony 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.920 goes out with other running backs trying to get deals. Well, 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.239 he's a little bit of a damaged goods right now. 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.839 Are you going to give a guy, you know, six 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.599 seven million dollars a year as a damaged player with 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.039 that kind of that unknown. But you do know the 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.080 college running back situation, you do no free agency with 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.040 the other running backs. I'm gonna take a chance. I'm 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.599 gonna maybe get Tony Pollard back on a deal that's 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.880 not going to be tag tag high. So that's kind 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:49.360 of where I'm at right there. And if i lose 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.840 Tony Pollard, then I'm going to trust what I do 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.080 very well. I'm gonna draft, you know, I'm gonna go 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.000 out there and I'm gonna draft, and I'm gonna study, 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.320 and i'm gonna figure this thing out, and I'm gonna 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:00.240 get the guy that kind of fits the best. There's 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:04.320 several of these backs that have similar qualities to what 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.560 you get with Tony Pollard. So I'm gonna let him 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.520 test the market and see what he can get. And 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.240 if you want to come back to us and say, hey, 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.320 we got this kind of a deal and you shop 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.960 it back to us, maybe we'll consider it. But other 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.760 than that, I think i'm gonna let I'm gonna let 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.320 these guys all kind of go test the market. Yeah, 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.440 money wise, it seems like it would be the right deal. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.440 For the Cowboys to kind of put a tag on Pollard. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.360 But I am concerned about the injury and just not 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.600 really knowing. But I do think that it all goes 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.520 into like in correlation with what's going to happen with 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.840 Zeke and what are they gonna do that with him. 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:43.160 I just find it very hard to believe that they 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:47.360 would have those two running backs here next season, like 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.279 something's gonna one of them is gonna be gone. I 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.440 do think that it's hard also for me to see 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:57.000 at us both of them being gone. But then to 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.440 that point, do you what do you do with Zeke? 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.360 I see I kind of see right now despite the injury, 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:06.279 I see Zeke more out the door than I see 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:12.680 taller and taller Poler Tony Poller being out. But you know, 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:14.120 I don't know if they if they can come to 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.320 an agreement to even cut or how much they would 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:20.120 even cut zeek salary. You're right, that's the big domino first. 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:21.720 I mean, you got to make that decision before you 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.880 make some others. I believe, but you know, I just 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.120 feel like the injury is the reason why the franchise 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.400 tag makes sense, because yeah, there's there's some unknown but 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.760 I'm willing to take that chance at the ten point one, 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:38.640 mainly because and when he went down, we talked about this. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.400 When he went down, I remember being in the press 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:45.120 box going it's over, this game is over. And it 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.160 wasn't you know, they couldn't make a kick to save 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.480 their life. You know, Mayer wasn't gonna make any kind 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:52.400 of kick until I guess later in the game. But 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.600 like you didn't feel like you had that weapon, You 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:56.960 had nothing going for you. It was just CD. And 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:00.600 I'm like, so that for that reason alone, I think 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.480 I would say I'm gonna bring Pollard back again. Let's see, 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.400 got one of the best rehab teams there is. I 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.080 think that he'll be in good shape for there. I mean, 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.720 the Julius Jones kind of scares me a little bit. 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.120 High ankle's brain. Second year of his career never really 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.320 was the same, So we'll see. You know, that was 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:19.120 twenty years ago, but I'm just saying I still think 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.120 Pollard with one year, I like it, and I like 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.120 drafting a guy, and draft a guy Pollard, Willie Davis, 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.160 I'm okay with that. I'm gonna take you back to 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.040 what you were thinking in that game. Coming back to 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:33.360 the old school fools. Yeah. Does that say more to 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.240 you though about your thoughts on Zeke and whether Zeke 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.960 should be here next year? Yeah, yes, yeah, I think 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.000 I think that Zeke, and we've talked about this on 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:45.120 one oh five three the Fan, if that we feel 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.599 like that Zeke is in the situation of what you 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:51.400 had with Dez Bryant DeMarcus Ware. You know, you don't 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.040 you think so much of these players that you don't 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:57.280 want to low ball them so badly that you say, Okay, 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.160 you're only gonna play here if it's the veteran minimum. 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.960 They moved on from where they moved on from Dez Bryant. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.240 You know, remember that whole thing with Dez Bryant. It 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.960 was just kind of what's gonna happen, what's gonna happen, 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:10.959 and then you know, he's you know, they're in their 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.920 draft meetings over here, Jerry and Dez all of a 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.480 sudden have a meeting and then Dez storms out, never 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.960 again to be back in the facility. You know, I 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.760 have a feeling that it's going to be the same 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.679 way with Zeke. I think there. I don't think they 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.560 want to I don't think they want to take zeke 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.640 salary so low that it's an embarrassment to him. I 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.480 think they're just gonna move on now again to your 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:36.280 you know Pollard question about that, that's if Pollard wasn't 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:41.160 hurt to me. I agree about the tag. I agree. 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.640 The thing is, now that he's injured, I'm gonna bet. 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:47.079 I'm gonna bet. Yeah, we got the rehab and all that, 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.560 but I'm gonna bet that somebody else is not going 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.120 to see it like we do right here, right now, 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.680 and that you can maybe get him back. And it's 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.640 not that not that ten million dollars that you have 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.000 to pay. So let's assume for a second that that happened. 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.880 Is that a better or a worse situation, because then 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.000 you're now going to have to probably do a multi 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:10.320 year deal where I'm thinking maybe if he I'm I'm 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.560 trying to bet that. I'm trying to bet and the 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.760 fact I talked to somebody in the league yesterday that's 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.120 fifty fifty on him. It's not a slam dunk. Yeah. 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:20.200 I talked to one of my gang of seven guys 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.720 around the league and I said, Hey, where do you 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.079 see Poard? What would you do? With Pollard and they 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.640 gave me I'd say it's fifty fifty it really really, 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.680 you rather do three for twenty five. I'm throwing numbers 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.040 out here. Three for twenty five, you know, a little 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.520 bit more than eighty years, probably less per year, but yeah, 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:40.560 but but you have three years. Yeah, And I'll that's 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.920 that's interesting too, because he's at that point in his 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.800 career where a running back. You know, you're like, is 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:49.040 he gonna get a big deal? Is he not? I'm gambling. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.320 I'm gambling only because I know I know that, I 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.480 know what he is as a player, but I know 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:58.560 he's injured to rehab and I don't know, from Ambar's point, 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.160 how he's going to come back. And do I want 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.720 to pay? I paid. I already saw what happened with 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:07.440 Polar excume me with Gallup, you know, the knee and stuff. 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.480 I mean, he came back, he was but it wasn't 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.120 the same. It just wasn't the same. And now we're like, 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.720 the team needs are drafted wide receiver, they need a 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:17.400 second wide receiver. And now you're like, wait a minute, 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.520 we just paid for one here. I don't think I'm 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.199 going down that path again. But if he was, if 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:28.800 he was completely healthy, I would I would totally dance 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.640 with you on this one. But I'm gonna gamble too. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:32.760 I think it's a gamble as well, and I would 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:34.360 do it. I think the ten million of the year 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.800 is a gamble because of the injury. But I'm willing 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.599 to do it because I saw what difference maker he was, like, 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:41.920 he is a difference And the thing about Zeke, this 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.320 is the interesting part. I think Zeke would be a 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:48.600 really good number two running back for any team that's 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.120 got a you know, an established, established number one starter. 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.240 You know, let's say somebody like a Chicago that has 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.480 a Montgomery and then he comes in and he would 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.400 be really good. But I don't think he is a 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:02.319 good number too. When you've got Pollard, who've got question 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.280 marks at number one. That's that's the issue. That's the 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.160 average amount of years that you give a running back. 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:12.000 Pollar's about to go into his fifth year. Yea, that's 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.079 the The wear and tear on him is not as 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.400 bad as this was. Zeke and I and I just 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:20.160 remember this. I remember this Hard Knocks episode where Stephen 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.679 Jones was standing next to Mike McCarthy and he was 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.120 pointing out to Zeke and he goes, man, you guys 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.440 have given him a lot of carries. You guys have 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:29.600 given you know. And this was two three years ago 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.319 when that that hard knocks and I'm thinking, well, he's 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.360 already seen it then, you know, now where are we 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:38.440 with zek? I think? I think to me, I think 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.679 it's a move on. You take your cap hit and 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.240 then you you go for it. He had like a 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:47.480 hate smile, kind of like Steven acknowledges, like stevens Cone's like, well, yeah, yeah, 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.840 we have, we've we've he's carried the ball a lot. Yeah, 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:54.000 you're right about that, coach translation, Uh, give someone else 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.560 the ball? Yeah, Like when when I when I when 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.959 one of the owners comes in and says, um, I 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.520 think maybe we should you know, like, yeah, any think 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:03.199 maybe we should give the boat a Lance Dumbar. I 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.319 mean I remember when Jerry used to say that. I'm like, oh, 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.240 then Lance Dumbar is gonna get the ball. Yeah. I 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.560 think the interesting thing here is that And I don't 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.000 know which way I really believe here, but I've I've 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.960 heard a lot of people with the concept of never 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.800 give a running back in the NFL, A second deal 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:22.720 just because there's just too many other young fresh out 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:26.800 of college facts that you can get from. It can 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:30.240 get you similar production for a lot less money in 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.280 a stra in a capstrack litchtrap league, Like if you 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.240 were in a league that was like the nineties where 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:37.680 there was no salary cap, then go for it. Keep 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:39.160 paying them and keep them here as long as you 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.360 want to keep them here. But it does make you 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.040 wonder is it a better just when you talk about 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.360 the philosophy of team building, it is a better model 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.000 to say, if I'm going to spend money, it won't 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.360 necessarily be on a second contract for running back because 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.360 of replacement value is relatively spend I'm not doing that. 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.640 I mean, that's why I like the one year deal. Yeah, 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:58.600 you're not going to draft the fourth overall pick it 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.400 and Zeke. I mean, you're not getting that guy. You're 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.600 getting some first round maybe second round whatever, and you 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:05.520 might have a little bit of a learning curve. Yes, 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:07.720 runners can come in the league and make a difference, 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.199 but you're gonna have a little bit of a curve. 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.400 I like, my guy have a one year deal. He's 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.360 coming back from an injury, he's got something to prove 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.960 as well, to prove that he's worth a big deal. 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:19.320 I got him. I'm drafting someone. How high are you drafting? 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:22.880 I mean wherever he falls to me, if if, if 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.760 the Texas kid is there, the in Dijon, I know 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.200 there's two. If that kid is there at twenty six, 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.280 I'm fine with that pick. I really am with with 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.120 now with five year deal, with five years guarantee, I'm 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.200 fine with especially running back. I'll take the five years 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:40.520 and then I'll probably move on situation. It seems like 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:42.400 this guy is ready to play. You've seen him more 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.200 than okay. We know that there's always okay, one of 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:52.040 a kind. Oh yeah, and you're just looking at the 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:55.080 position itself. Obviously you look for talent as well. But 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.960 how high are you rating taking him off because he's 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.640 a special Hell, then I like the Alabama kid. Gibbs 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.040 is a game in the first round. Yeah, I actually, 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.320 you know, I went to the Arkansas Alabama game and 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.200 I think he had three hundred rushing yards in the 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.320 fourth quarter. You remember him from the Texas game. I 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:16.080 do he know. That's That's the thing about That's the 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:19.360 only reason why I'm I'm interested to seeing if I'm 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.880 gambling on Pollard is because I know there's probably six 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.720 or seven running backs that are legitimate R and it, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.320 A and M kid. He's he's a second round kid, 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:32.680 I like, I mean, he's a second third fourn This 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.440 thing is gonna stretch the tank Bigsby. We're gonna have 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.440 the draft show falling this one today. Yeah, Auburn Tank. 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.760 Bigsby is a guy that. Yeah. See that's I'm saying, 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.800 there's options here. You know. See that's where I'm kind 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.320 of you know, you've got compensatory picks, You've got all 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.400 these kinds of things. Here's here's another thing about Pollard. 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:53.680 Go go, Look he started four games his whole career. Yeah, okay, 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.000 in those four games, I gotta look this up. But 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.320 in those four games, I think the Cowboys have scored 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:01.840 forty points every time he's I mean he started a game, 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.840 I mean average average forty, average forty. Because there was 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.560 the Green Bay he scored twenty eight. They're scoring points 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.720 with them. So I'm just saying, for one year, give 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:11.520 I'll give him. I'll give him a one year. I'm 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.600 not against that. Yeah, I don't know what happened to 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:17.600 the running game because when when all the both those 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:21.120 backs stopped any kind of production when Steele went out. 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.760 You know, I mean there's games were Pollard go go 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.000 look at them, go gook the game against the Commanders, 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:29.440 you know, you play them twice a year, you know, 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.800 and and both those games were like I'm you know, 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:37.160 twenty something yards, thirty something yards, you know it. There 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:39.280 were some games where he had one hundred and thirty 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.080 yards or what I mean. There's but then all of 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.680 a sudden, Steel gets hurt and the running game goes 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.840 to hell. You know, nobody's running the ball, and you're like, going, 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.080 wait a minute, now, well, why why are we not 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:50.920 running the ball anymore? Is it the backs? Is that 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.120 the line? I mean, I I'm one of these guys 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.400 that believe putting Tyrn Smith at right tackle was gonna 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.120 be better, you know, and it wasn't. And that's the 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.640 interesting thing here, Brian. If let's say, for example, you've 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.600 got that ten million dollars that you would use on 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:04.960 the franchise tag that you tell me, Okay, we're not 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.119 gonna franchise him. We're gonna select somebody in the draft, 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.560 probably gonna be paying him his coup hit will probably 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.520 be a million or so, and that other nine million 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:16.359 I can now use to go out and get me 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.640 a veteran guard. That's a really good veteran guard. What's 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.600 a better use of your money? Is it to keep 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:25.760 Pollard here on one year franchise tag or is it 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:29.639 spending that money on a better, better guard? Can I 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:31.920 so now your offensive line is better? Can I keep 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:36.560 Wilson and Vanderish? Maybe? I mean, I mean, it's it's 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.439 the same philosophy. It's the same philosophy that that that 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:43.560 they told Nick and everybody about about with Randy Gregory. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:47.560 Jerry's argument about not paying Randy Gregory fourteen million dollars 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.720 years says he got three defensive players. Yeah, that's that's 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:54.120 the that's the by the way, Durrance's back up right, Yeah, see, 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:57.160 that's that's I mean. I was looking at the contracts 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.359 of Michael Gallop yea, and I was thinking, and you know, 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.479 that's a situation that the Cowboys. I don't know if 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.040 they're looking at that right now, but I would be like, 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.560 you can get out of this deal after nixt after 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.360 this year, this year, after this you could get out 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.440 of it. Yeah, but you could also save about eight 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.040 million dollars. If you said, we think he's going to 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:20.280 be a good receiver for us, let's let's extend him 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.000 a little bit. Let's extend his deal, lower his cap 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.600 right now, and push him out a little bit. You know, 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.120 you could do that. You could save some money as well. So, 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.400 I mean, there's a lot of different that's a risky 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.000 one just because you don't know what that's gonna mean 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.359 two or three years from now exactly. I mean, I 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:41.119 don't gallop. Gallup had one game with fifty yards or 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:42.919 more of this year and that was sixty four. It 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.000 wasn't like he was you know, he had more games 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:49.240 with zero than he had over fifty, right, something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:50.720 for that amount of money, And that's a that's a 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:53.200 risk if you if you choose wrong on that one. 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.080 All right, let's take our first break when we come back. 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:57.640 We're going to dive into this the question of what's 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.760 the biggest problem or question the Cowboys have to solve 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:02.719 at each position. We're going to start with the tight 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:04.200 ends when we come back. This is the Dallas Cowboys 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.159 dot Com Radio. 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Visit your local pro 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:17.520 shop or log onto Dallas Cowboys dot com and fanatics 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:21.760 experience upgrade your Cowboys Nation wardrobe. Today. Welcome back, second 0:21:21.760 --> 0:21:24.520 segment of the Break Life from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:26.199 At the start, we're presented by mill of Light, the 0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:28.439 only beer of the Dallas Cowboys, and this segment is 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:32.359 brought to you by blockchain dot Com. All right, here 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.960 we go. Let's talk positions. And the question I have 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:38.040 is for you guys is pretty simple. It's what's the 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.440 biggest question that the Cowboys have to answer at each position? 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:44.280 That could be about a player contract, that can be 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.720 about player performance, whatever you want to path you want 0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:49.359 to go down, But we're gonna talk about the position. 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:51.480 Let's start with the tight end position. We've already talked 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:54.439 about running back and quarterback in our last show, so 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:56.800 let's talk about tight end Nick. Which what do you 0:21:56.800 --> 0:21:59.120 think is the biggest question for the Cowboys this year 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:04.120 in at tight end? Um? Who's who's the starter? I mean, like, 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:07.560 who's who? Who are they gonna have to replace? Um? 0:22:07.680 --> 0:22:09.879 Dalton Schultz And that's what I think he would go 0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:12.760 to free agency. I think he'll probably get a deal 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:16.240 and if somebody will will pay that based off of production. 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:19.679 And then then is do they feel like Ferguson is 0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:22.679 ready to be the starter there? Or do they draft 0:22:22.800 --> 0:22:25.000 or they sign someone. I'm here, I think they will 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:28.320 sign somebody. But um, you know, I just just kind 0:22:28.320 --> 0:22:29.879 of what do they do with that third spot. Do 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:32.200 they feel like it's just another draft pick? Or they 0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:35.800 did they get a veteran Maybe I could see a 0:22:35.880 --> 0:22:39.240 veteran guy that's kind of more of a blocker. You know, 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:42.399 these two, these two young guys were good. Would it 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:45.639 kill you guys if they took the best tight end 0:22:45.680 --> 0:22:50.240 in the draft at twenty six? Yes, No, wouldn't kill me. 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.840 I will tell you this. Let me put it. It's uh, 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:56.560 it's Michael Mary six five. He's two sixty five from 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:59.600 Notre Dame. Can he be Kelsey or Kittle? He can? He? Yeah, 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:03.000 he's out the ability to he's he doesn't have the 0:23:03.080 --> 0:23:06.560 great speed, but there's plenty of routes where you see 0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:09.760 him doing stuff that same kind of game, the dragging, 0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:11.920 the up the field stuff all that. Let me ask 0:23:11.960 --> 0:23:14.360 you this, what I heard. What I heard about him 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:19.520 was he is more in the mold of Witten than Kelsey. Yeah, 0:23:19.680 --> 0:23:21.120 and the reason why and the reason why that makes 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:23.200 no no, no, no no no. But here's why it makes 0:23:23.200 --> 0:23:25.680 a difference to me. Yeah, if I'm willing to pay 0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:29.399 that higher premium a first round pick on him, I 0:23:29.440 --> 0:23:32.159 really need him to be a mismatch problem for other teams. 0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:34.359 I don't know that Witten was ever a mismatch problem. 0:23:34.359 --> 0:23:37.200 Whitten just had a knack for you. Put a linebacker 0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:40.680 on me, stirred down. I'll find a way to get open. 0:23:40.760 --> 0:23:43.680 I'm gonna catch the ball. You're gonna tackle me first down. 0:23:43.720 --> 0:23:46.280 We moved the chains. Isn't that a mismatch? Well, no, 0:23:46.440 --> 0:23:50.600 But the difference, I mean, the cowboy history, the difference is, 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:53.520 the difference is coming up here tomorrow. The difference is 0:23:53.560 --> 0:23:56.080 a mismatch type player. The one I'm talking about, a 0:23:56.200 --> 0:24:00.720 Kelsey type is he's now he's out wide. Yeah, he's 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:02.479 all over the play. You don't know where he's lining up. 0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:05.320 He's down the field like he does a lot more things. 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:06.919 And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I'm not 0:24:07.000 --> 0:24:10.040 diminishing what Witten does. I'm saying, if I'm gonna pay 0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:13.000 a premium like you gotta steal getting Jason Witten in 0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:16.000 the third round. Yeah, first round. We got lucky attacking 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:17.919 that draft, No doubt you did. We did. We had 0:24:17.920 --> 0:24:20.480 a first round. He was our last player. And that 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:23.000 the reason I asked that was Witten's grade was a 0:24:23.080 --> 0:24:25.920 one one nine. The lower the grade, the better, So 0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:28.280 one one nine would be the very last player in 0:24:28.320 --> 0:24:31.760 the first round. So if you had twenty names, he 0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:34.439 was number twenty. And so all of a sudden, and 0:24:34.520 --> 0:24:38.560 this was a draft that was pretty deep. LJ. Smith, Sidler, 0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:42.320 Dallas Clark from Iowa. They had, there was players. I mean, 0:24:42.359 --> 0:24:44.440 people were like, well, I'll take this guy, I'll take 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:46.679 this guy. And so Witten just kept going down the 0:24:46.720 --> 0:24:49.480 board and finally it's like, you know, Jerry LuxI Bill 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:51.520 and like, we gotta take Witton, don't we. It's a 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:53.520 first Fronily like, yeah, we'll take him. Now here we go, 0:24:53.560 --> 0:24:55.080 let's turn the card in, you know the kind of thing. 0:24:55.560 --> 0:24:57.959 So if you're telling me that you can get Witten, 0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:00.560 the guy that has that kind of longevity, it could 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:04.360 potentially lead the team in receptions about his career. I'm 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:06.960 I'm I'm more open to that, and I'm not I 0:25:07.000 --> 0:25:10.240 wouldn't be as disappointed in that. But I understand what 0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:13.840 you're saying, because Luke Musgrave from Oregon State fits the 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:16.439 guy that you're talking about. But that might be a 0:25:16.480 --> 0:25:19.040 guy that when you talk about Mayor is the first 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:22.280 round guy, and then Musgrave is just right there, just 0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:24.600 right below him as far as that goes. But I 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:30.040 think that you're trying to replace Schultz, am I? I 0:25:30.040 --> 0:25:31.879 I think so. I think I think the Cowboys are 0:25:32.000 --> 0:25:33.400 trying to I don't know about you. Well, I guess 0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:35.439 the reason why I said why I said again that 0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:37.399 sounds weird, And the reason why I'm saying that is 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:39.600 because when I talk about those two types of tight 0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:42.000 ends right now, the way I'm looking at it is overall, 0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:44.760 my offense needs more firepower. I got it. That's the problem. 0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:47.399 And so I don't need necessarily a third down type 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:48.840 tight end. I need a tight end it's going to 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:52.240 create problems. That's gonna catch the ball, run twenty yards, 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:55.639 jump over someone and then just bulldoze someone else, loses helmet, 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:58.000 los his helmet running. No, no no, no, I'm talking about 0:25:58.000 --> 0:26:00.520 what Ferguson did. I got a fourth round pick out 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:04.960 of Scholtz. He's developed into a pretty good touchdown catcher, 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:10.240 and he can make no, no, no, not at all. 0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:13.720 He can go, he can walk backwards or where where. 0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:15.679 You know. I'm good with the tight ends you have 0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:18.760 right now. And that's also another reason why him no, 0:26:18.840 --> 0:26:20.600 not at all, because as a matter of fact, because 0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:23.199 not only that, the reason why when you look at 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:24.880 even taking a tight end the first round, the reason 0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:27.679 I was hesitant initially is so much because I'm like, 0:26:27.800 --> 0:26:29.600 I believe in the two tight ends you got. I 0:26:29.640 --> 0:26:31.840 think you have enough at tight end. So I look 0:26:31.880 --> 0:26:33.399 at a lot of other positions where I'm like, man, 0:26:33.440 --> 0:26:35.440 I need a lot more around on this team that 0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:38.320 I need tight end. That's what I'm like. Literally, I'm 0:26:38.359 --> 0:26:41.320 just sitting here listening to you guys, and tight end 0:26:41.520 --> 0:26:45.479 is one of my least problems right now in my 0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:49.520 mind of problems and positions of needs. Um, I do 0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:51.440 get the point that tight end is a very very 0:26:51.440 --> 0:26:55.320 important position, especially for a guy like Dak. Dak does 0:26:55.400 --> 0:26:59.119 tend to rely and need the help and comfort of 0:26:59.160 --> 0:27:01.640 a guy that can be there and secure in tight end. 0:27:01.640 --> 0:27:05.480 But I think that what Ferguson and what Hendershot have 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.800 done this year or did last year, it impressed me 0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:12.280 enough to believe that they are more than capable of 0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:17.320 taking another step in this coming year. You do need 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:22.159 another guy to come in there. But I am sorry, Brian, 0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:25.760 I am not looking to draft. I mean, that's the thing. 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:28.200 You don't know what the player is going to become 0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:31.000 until they become that. You don't know if Jason Witten 0:27:31.880 --> 0:27:36.440 was gonna be Jason Witten. So for this specific year, 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:40.160 I'm looking at it. I would rather draft a wide 0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:42.880 receiver than a tight end right now. I can't wait 0:27:42.920 --> 0:27:47.560 till episode one hundred and sixty five when Derek when 0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:50.119 we launch into Derek about this tight end and you 0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:51.919 feel you feel like the tight ends are getting the 0:27:51.920 --> 0:27:54.159 best out of the tight ends, and Derek is going 0:27:54.200 --> 0:27:58.880 to have amnesia about this thing. Honestly, again, I just 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:02.080 I don't feel like Ferguson is far off from being 0:28:02.080 --> 0:28:05.400 able to provide what Schultz provides. Sure, So for me, 0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:08.439 I'll take the chance that I think that he'll be fine. 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:10.600 Do you think we're gonna try to cut Ferguson after 0:28:10.600 --> 0:28:13.840 the end of this training camp? No, because that's what 0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:16.320 it was. Yeah, And by the way, let's let's be clear, 0:28:16.720 --> 0:28:19.240 Schultz has been a good tight end from Cowboys. Oh yeah, 0:28:19.280 --> 0:28:22.000 he's gotten let's not, let's not, let's not look over that. 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:24.800 And I think he's gonna get paid this offseason by somebody. Yeah. 0:28:24.840 --> 0:28:26.680 I don't think the Cowboys in a position where they 0:28:26.680 --> 0:28:29.000 have to pay him because they have alternatives. They got 0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:31.159 other options. Yeah. Yeah, And you look at you know 0:28:31.280 --> 0:28:33.720 those guys that you mentioned in the previous segment, like 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:39.280 Donovan Wilson, Layton vander esh Um, Tony Pollard and then 0:28:39.360 --> 0:28:43.280 and then uh this guy, I meant Schultz, all of 0:28:43.320 --> 0:28:46.040 the lost this guy. Yeah, he's already out. He's already 0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:48.400 I'm looking into my world. Yeah. No, No, those four guys, 0:28:50.360 --> 0:28:53.520 you trust me five hours a day, right, But he 0:28:54.280 --> 0:28:57.360 they got better when when Scharltz got hurt, like like, 0:28:57.520 --> 0:28:59.600 they won games. I mean, you know, Cooper Rushman and 0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:03.080 they still Man, I'm just saying, but Tony poll is 0:29:03.120 --> 0:29:04.920 the guy that I think when when he went down, 0:29:04.920 --> 0:29:07.680 he saw a big difference. So that's why there's other 0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:09.880 three they were able to win games. Let me ask 0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:11.920 you this, would you feel Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna 0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:14.160 throw the Schultz thing out there again on the tag again, 0:29:14.400 --> 0:29:19.840 and I'm gonna ask you this. No, No, I'm because 0:29:20.000 --> 0:29:22.600 I'm worried about the wide receiver Roote. I'm worried about 0:29:22.600 --> 0:29:24.880 the wide receivers in this draft. I'm worried about the 0:29:24.880 --> 0:29:27.320 wide receivers in this draft. This, this draft class is 0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:29.520 not what we've seen from the last two or three years. 0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:33.360 So I mean we could all throw out. Let's draft 0:29:33.360 --> 0:29:37.080 the wide receiver. Okay, it's a five ten kid from 0:29:37.160 --> 0:29:40.600 North Carolina, you know, I mean, whoa, whoa? Whoa? What 0:29:40.720 --> 0:29:44.120 did we just wait? Where's Chase? You know? Where's Jefferson? 0:29:44.280 --> 0:29:49.800 Where's Lamb? To become free? Okay, I'm gonna ask you 0:29:49.800 --> 0:29:52.680 this question. Not much Okay, get ready, get ready, get 0:29:52.720 --> 0:29:55.400 ready to get Would you feel better? Would you feel better? 0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:57.240 And let's do you think the owner would feel better 0:29:57.440 --> 0:30:03.440 if they did tag Schultz and got Odell Beckham? No, 0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:05.320 I don't do. Those two things have to be tied 0:30:05.360 --> 0:30:09.400 together like I just tied together for you. I'm not. 0:30:09.560 --> 0:30:12.640 I'm not gonna. I'm willing to say yes, I will 0:30:12.640 --> 0:30:15.560 look at I want to look at somebody like like 0:30:15.560 --> 0:30:18.640 like like Odell. Yeah. I don't. Still don't think the 0:30:18.760 --> 0:30:21.200 right option is you have to bring back Sheltz. I 0:30:21.240 --> 0:30:24.400 think you got tight end options now again, but she 0:30:24.520 --> 0:30:27.160 just talked about Dak and like how he relies on 0:30:27.240 --> 0:30:29.960 a tight ends, but he has Ferguson Ferguson Hendershot can 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:31.520 provide that for him. I don't think you. I don't 0:30:31.560 --> 0:30:33.240 think you have to go out and get shelts in 0:30:33.280 --> 0:30:35.080 order to get that. And by the way, this goes 0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:37.800 back to the original point I was making. Because of 0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:40.240 what I think about the wide receiver class of free agents, 0:30:40.480 --> 0:30:43.240 because of what I've heard about the draft class of 0:30:43.240 --> 0:30:45.480 wide receivers, if you can give me a tight end 0:30:46.200 --> 0:30:48.960 who can create matchup problems, then you can do something 0:30:49.200 --> 0:30:51.280 similar to how an offense can run when you have 0:30:51.360 --> 0:30:53.640 those types of tight ends. Now you got that kind 0:30:53.640 --> 0:30:56.640 of tight end with a CD Lamb, that's that can 0:30:56.720 --> 0:30:58.959 really create some problems as opposed to having to have 0:30:59.040 --> 0:31:04.440 two really great wide receivers. Right. I like it. Look, 0:31:04.480 --> 0:31:07.479 Ryan's not buying it, but no, no, I'm buying it 0:31:07.520 --> 0:31:11.320 just because I'm a I'm nervous about how this wide 0:31:11.320 --> 0:31:15.040 receiver draft class is gonna shake. Because if Adam we'll 0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:17.160 talk about on the Draft show it's after this show, 0:31:17.200 --> 0:31:21.760 but we'll talk about it here a little bit. If Addison, Hyatt, Johnston, Smith, 0:31:21.800 --> 0:31:25.040 and Jigbo all are gone. Now you're looking at You're 0:31:25.120 --> 0:31:28.520 looking at a completely different group of wide receivers. So 0:31:28.560 --> 0:31:29.960 would you take one of those guys in the first 0:31:30.040 --> 0:31:32.360 round if they were if one falsey, which one like 0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:35.760 you just mentioned? The three I have is Addison from USC, 0:31:36.320 --> 0:31:40.760 Hyatt from Tennessee, and Johnston from TCU all all first 0:31:40.840 --> 0:31:43.440 round guys, and then Smith and Jigbo from Ohio State 0:31:43.560 --> 0:31:45.120 is on the top of the second round. Now if 0:31:45.120 --> 0:31:47.640 I've only got twenty names in the first round, so 0:31:47.640 --> 0:31:49.760 you would take him at twenty six? Maybe at twenty six, 0:31:49.800 --> 0:31:52.400 I'm kind of yeah. I mean that's but don't feel 0:31:52.440 --> 0:31:55.760 like that at twenty six that you know someone's gonna have. 0:31:55.960 --> 0:31:59.040 I think make a mistake for you to get one 0:31:59.080 --> 0:32:01.240 of those top guys. And I'm saying if you if 0:32:01.760 --> 0:32:05.520 the names I just mentioned, they would be behind guys 0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:08.040 that we've seen in this last draft. So even though 0:32:08.040 --> 0:32:11.040 the first round, ye, so a g don't be going on. 0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:14.240 My wide receiver group has got to get better. I 0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:16.160 don't know if I can help you, my friend, I 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:18.160 don't know if I can help you right now? Where 0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:21.680 you trade twenty six for for a receiver. You know 0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:27.440 what this this owner digs just you're talking about I mean, 0:32:28.280 --> 0:32:29.880 you know what I'm what I'm saying is are you 0:32:29.920 --> 0:32:32.360 talking about going out and getting a premiere wide receiver 0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:35.120 in the NFL? Like trade that if you can get 0:32:35.120 --> 0:32:37.600 a premier wide receiver. Yeah, I'm not a name of 0:32:37.720 --> 0:32:39.720 names I mean, but I mean, if he's related to 0:32:39.760 --> 0:32:41.680 anybody on the team, there you go. See that's what 0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:44.880 I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. If he is, I 0:32:45.120 --> 0:32:48.400 see this guy, this owner has a history of Back's 0:32:48.440 --> 0:32:51.040 brother plays in the league, but he doesn't. He tweets 0:32:51.040 --> 0:32:55.080 a lot, but he does. What about's brother had a brother? 0:32:55.120 --> 0:32:57.440 I don't know. Okay, go ahead. So but the thing 0:32:57.480 --> 0:32:59.920 about it is, though, if you're looking at wide receiver, 0:33:00.640 --> 0:33:03.280 that's not a bad that's not a bad thought. Because 0:33:03.320 --> 0:33:06.720 the one thing this ownership has proven is they will 0:33:06.760 --> 0:33:09.800 move draft capital for wide receivers, whether you like it 0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:15.040 or not. Joey Galloway, Roy Williams, you know, Mary Cooper, 0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:17.600 they will move draft capital. Go get wat Has that 0:33:17.680 --> 0:33:21.360 worked it worked? I would say it worked. We'll see. 0:33:21.440 --> 0:33:23.280 But I'm trying to What I'm trying to do is 0:33:23.320 --> 0:33:25.800 I'm gonna get you an established wide receiver like a 0:33:25.840 --> 0:33:29.080 guy like Diggs. Yeah, I said it. You know, I 0:33:29.160 --> 0:33:31.880 don't you know, Dallas Cowboys dot Com. It's not their fault, 0:33:31.880 --> 0:33:33.840 it's my fault. I'm not Look, the point at the 0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:35.920 point is what you're saying is would you be willing 0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:38.840 to take because of the lack of talent at or 0:33:39.000 --> 0:33:42.200 perceived talent at in free agency at wide receiver the draft? 0:33:42.640 --> 0:33:44.280 Would you be willing to go out and spend that 0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:47.000 first round pick if you could get a high caliber 0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:50.200 I'm talking top ten wide receiver in the NFL. They 0:33:50.280 --> 0:33:52.960 talked about Mike Mike Evans. Mike Evans is a name. 0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:55.360 It's being floated for a lot of people. It's being 0:33:55.400 --> 0:33:57.440 floated like, oh, you could go get Mike Evans. He's 0:33:57.480 --> 0:34:00.480 had one year on a twenty three million dollars contract, 0:34:00.520 --> 0:34:03.640 got one year left on a twenty three million dollar contract. 0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:05.440 Look at the end of the day, a draft pick 0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:08.480 are we talking there for a guy like that? Would 0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:10.800 see That's what I'm saying. If somebody, somebody with somebody 0:34:10.840 --> 0:34:13.719 holds that's what I'm saying, you wouldn't give you know, 0:34:13.920 --> 0:34:16.120 you know, if you're picking in the top ten, you 0:34:16.320 --> 0:34:19.359 surely wouldn't do this. But if you're if you're, if 0:34:19.400 --> 0:34:23.920 you're that focused on we've got to have a wide receiver. Now, 0:34:24.600 --> 0:34:28.080 that might be your best route that guy, I don't know. 0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.279 We talked about other players, but I don't know. I 0:34:30.280 --> 0:34:34.200 don't know. I don't know Jen Tolber, who is still 0:34:34.280 --> 0:34:38.680 under development. Yeah, and maybe that's a scary thing. That's 0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:41.840 the scary thing when you start talking about wide receivers. 0:34:41.880 --> 0:34:43.920 Some of these cats. I mean, you you end up 0:34:43.960 --> 0:34:47.359 drafting like you know, some of these teams, I mean 0:34:47.400 --> 0:34:50.760 they rager goes and you know, you just get lucky 0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:53.719 with some of these receivers and where they fall. Yeah, 0:34:53.760 --> 0:34:56.760 I just I think that right now, the most glaring 0:34:57.120 --> 0:34:59.560 problem for this team. Need for this team is they 0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:01.799 gotta get more playmakers, because I agree with you, Nick, 0:35:01.880 --> 0:35:04.400 when Polite went out of that game, it to me 0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:07.840 it felt like your your opportunity to make big plays 0:35:07.880 --> 0:35:11.080 and certainly just to scare the opposing defense was gone 0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:13.000 other than CD. And if you've got only one guy 0:35:13.040 --> 0:35:15.480 that scares a defense, they're gonna take him away. And 0:35:15.520 --> 0:35:17.680 so they need more juice on the offensive side of 0:35:17.719 --> 0:35:20.080 the ball. So I'm I'm drafting a back at some point, 0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:23.480 and I'm looking for whether it's free agency, whether it's 0:35:23.480 --> 0:35:26.839 a trade, whatever it is. I'm looking for another playmaking 0:35:26.880 --> 0:35:29.840 type offensive player where the offense tighten something. You know, 0:35:29.920 --> 0:35:32.160 I'm out on the first round or any round. Really 0:35:32.239 --> 0:35:35.879 trade trading for veteran receiver. I can't do that. Come on, man, 0:35:35.920 --> 0:35:37.480 you've done it twenty years of your life. I know, 0:35:37.560 --> 0:35:39.560 I know, but but but you've got to pay CD. 0:35:39.680 --> 0:35:41.560 CD is gonna be on your team. You gotta pay CD. 0:35:41.560 --> 0:35:43.759 You've already paid Michael Gallup, and you're gonna say, hey, 0:35:43.920 --> 0:35:46.600 guy gave us, you gave us the parachute. Pull on 0:35:46.719 --> 0:35:49.160 on Gallop. If we had to, right, you can, you can, 0:35:49.239 --> 0:35:51.120 But I don't think I would do that. I think 0:35:51.160 --> 0:35:53.799 I would actually do the whole move him out for 0:35:54.040 --> 0:35:55.960 four or more year after this year, spread it out. 0:35:56.440 --> 0:35:59.160 He's gone, Oh, you're saying, you're saying your restructure, your restructure, 0:35:59.520 --> 0:36:01.640 and just out, Hey, she's not too happy with you, right, 0:36:01.680 --> 0:36:05.160 I don't know. I'm gotta look at her Gallup fifth year. 0:36:05.239 --> 0:36:08.080 I know you got a different opinion. Gallup is the 0:36:08.120 --> 0:36:10.799 guy that you will you can change your opinion about him, 0:36:10.800 --> 0:36:13.200 fourteen times during the season. Yeah, like like he's like, 0:36:13.280 --> 0:36:15.839 oh see, he does make those catches. He's a good player. 0:36:15.880 --> 0:36:17.960 And then other times you're like, did he play yet? Right, Yeah, 0:36:18.000 --> 0:36:20.600 he played twenty six. They're taking a corner and I'm 0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:22.720 fine with that. Get ready for that. I'm not against 0:36:22.760 --> 0:36:24.879 that at all, not against that. I mean, you said 0:36:24.880 --> 0:36:26.560 tied in. I was like, well, if he's like those two, 0:36:26.600 --> 0:36:28.440 I can see it. Receiver, I can see it. Running back, 0:36:28.440 --> 0:36:30.280 I can see it. Is he a big nasty guard 0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:32.439 that can come right in and plug. That's a That's 0:36:32.440 --> 0:36:34.560 another thing from that guy. There's there's a lot of 0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:36.600 position when you start really breaking it down, like the 0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:39.239 linebacker they're gonna need. They got needs at linebacker right now, 0:36:39.280 --> 0:36:40.879 I think, all right, let's take our final break. 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We 0:39:09.640 --> 0:39:11.760 are in the final segment of the Breakloft Nest WBC 0:39:11.880 --> 0:39:13.840 Mortgage Studios at the Star person my mellow, like the 0:39:13.880 --> 0:39:16.840 only beer of the Dallas Cowboys? Did you is Beyonce 0:39:16.960 --> 0:39:20.080 coming to the stadium? I don't know. I hear that. 0:39:20.239 --> 0:39:22.800 I don't know if that's I don't know, I concert. 0:39:23.320 --> 0:39:25.479 She doesn't have a concert. She's got a tour. Yeah, 0:39:25.480 --> 0:39:27.239 she got a tour, but she making a trip to 0:39:27.239 --> 0:39:29.279 the stadium. We know this, Yeah, I don't know. I 0:39:29.320 --> 0:39:32.840 haven't No, I don't know. We see it on the 0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:35.239 we see it. That's true. I've seen it on that 0:39:35.480 --> 0:39:39.919 a bunch of advertis Yes, yes, on a horse she's 0:39:39.920 --> 0:39:42.319 on a horse lane. She's coming to the Yeah. Yeah, 0:39:42.360 --> 0:39:44.640 but that that's for her tour. You guys gonna get 0:39:44.640 --> 0:39:51.040 a box, that's my question. September twenty September twenty first good. Yeah. 0:39:51.080 --> 0:39:54.680 I get confused. I get confused on what I know 0:39:54.760 --> 0:39:56.480 that I'm supposed to know and what I know that 0:39:56.520 --> 0:39:59.040 I'm not supposed to know. So I wasn't sure if 0:39:59.040 --> 0:40:00.560 this was something I knew that I didn't mean. I 0:40:00.560 --> 0:40:02.520 didn't mean to bring up something that you didn't supposed 0:40:02.560 --> 0:40:05.160 to know. But but yeah, I guess we got the date. 0:40:05.239 --> 0:40:08.320 So yes, yes, yes, Bryan An, you're gonna get a box. 0:40:08.680 --> 0:40:11.719 You're gonna box the at and T Stadium. You're not 0:40:11.800 --> 0:40:14.839 the last concert I went to. You get all the time. 0:40:14.880 --> 0:40:17.280 It's like, hey, show up for those great concert concert 0:40:17.320 --> 0:40:19.239 I went to. No, last concert I went to was 0:40:19.280 --> 0:40:22.120 Rodneo and Joe Cooley. Oh really that tells you anything. 0:40:22.360 --> 0:40:24.160 I was in I thought it was. I thought it 0:40:24.200 --> 0:40:27.400 was exactly. You don't boys them in in Vegas. No, 0:40:27.560 --> 0:40:32.040 I'm not act I'm like, I can listen to music 0:40:32.080 --> 0:40:33.719 in my house or in my car. I don't need 0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:35.560 to go to a concert for But I know a 0:40:35.600 --> 0:40:37.440 lot of people love concerts. That's just not my thing. 0:40:37.480 --> 0:40:39.279 We'll go see if you have a chance. Yeah, And 0:40:39.320 --> 0:40:41.000 now here's the deal. I might be there because my 0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:42.840 daughter wants to go. There, you go, life wants to 0:40:42.840 --> 0:40:44.320 go there, you go. You know, I'm just not a 0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:50.120 concert people be in college. Hey, trust me. Yeah, it's 0:40:50.600 --> 0:40:53.480 that's September. You're gonna have to take on seven more 0:40:53.560 --> 0:40:55.520 jobs like I have. Yeah, I kind of a deal. 0:40:55.560 --> 0:41:00.080 I don't want to do it. Talk about these wide receivers' 0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:02.480 talk about these bid receivers. The biggest question Cowboys have 0:41:02.520 --> 0:41:04.879 to answer at wide receiver. We got three minutes Nick 0:41:05.040 --> 0:41:08.400 Michael Gallop. Can Michael Gallab be the guy you know 0:41:08.480 --> 0:41:11.719 Ken Kenny or the number two guy opposite of Ceedee Lamb? 0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:13.600 You can't. You look at the Tampa game that they 0:41:13.680 --> 0:41:18.560 lost Week one. I mean the receivers there were Dennis Houston, 0:41:18.640 --> 0:41:21.879 Noah Brown and CD and the Buccaneers won that game 0:41:21.920 --> 0:41:25.279 because they neutralized CD and no one else could hurt him. 0:41:25.440 --> 0:41:27.920 They Michael Gallop has got to figure out. They got 0:41:27.920 --> 0:41:29.920 to figure out ways to get him to be a 0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:34.560 really good number two receiver. What's up with Jalen Tilbert? Yeah, 0:41:34.560 --> 0:41:36.479 I gotta figure that one out. A good question. What's 0:41:36.560 --> 0:41:39.920 up with Jalen Tilbert? They told us that, you know, 0:41:40.000 --> 0:41:42.280 Stephen Jones came on you know it's come on various 0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:44.520 platforms and said, you know, maybe we gave him a 0:41:44.520 --> 0:41:46.960 little bit too much. Mike McCarthy kind of said the 0:41:46.960 --> 0:41:49.040 same thing. Where where are we at with Jalen Tilburg? 0:41:49.480 --> 0:41:52.560 That's gonna be if you want to talk about with 0:41:52.760 --> 0:41:55.360 can you get Lamb's contract done? Which you know that 0:41:55.400 --> 0:41:58.400 they're gonna go full steam ahead on that one. The 0:41:58.480 --> 0:42:02.480 Gallop stuff. To me, the big question is is Tolbert 0:42:02.480 --> 0:42:04.360 a guy that you're going to be able to rely on? 0:42:04.840 --> 0:42:08.200 And how do they and now do you worry about 0:42:08.239 --> 0:42:11.160 with a new play caller, do you worry about him 0:42:11.160 --> 0:42:15.560 having to learn something completely different? We'll see true? To me, 0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:18.680 it just feels like there wasn't really much progress made 0:42:18.760 --> 0:42:21.640 from a year ago when we were at training camp 0:42:21.719 --> 0:42:24.200 trying to figure out what's happening with wide receiver right now? 0:42:24.280 --> 0:42:26.560 The only guy that you feel that you can now 0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:30.120 rely on a City Lamb and kind of what And 0:42:30.160 --> 0:42:32.719 it took him a little second there to get going, 0:42:32.960 --> 0:42:36.080 but he did it and he showed a huge step 0:42:36.120 --> 0:42:39.200 in his game, I thought. But other than that, everybody 0:42:39.200 --> 0:42:41.800 else you want to mention, We talked about Michael Gallup 0:42:41.920 --> 0:42:45.000 like he's a guy that, based on why we saw 0:42:45.080 --> 0:42:47.719 this past season, that's not a guy that I'm like 0:42:48.640 --> 0:42:51.920 thinking I can rely on or consider a threat or 0:42:51.960 --> 0:42:55.560 a weapon currently. He's made certain really great plays, but 0:42:56.239 --> 0:43:00.640 there's nobody else and here I just I just hope 0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:03.960 we're not at training camp figuring out or having the 0:43:04.040 --> 0:43:06.920 same similar conversation that we were having a year ago. 0:43:06.960 --> 0:43:09.160 But I'm gonna disagree with you on that, just because 0:43:09.560 --> 0:43:13.440 Ceedee Lamb was that big question Mark two, like is 0:43:13.480 --> 0:43:15.279 can he be the number one? I mean that was 0:43:15.320 --> 0:43:17.479 one of our twenty questions. I was like number four, 0:43:17.520 --> 0:43:19.440 like can Ceedee Lamb be the number one? And I 0:43:19.480 --> 0:43:22.640 think that has been answered, which that helps. Now. Yeah, 0:43:23.000 --> 0:43:25.120 I took him a little second, he got there, and 0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:27.120 I don't think it's like he's the only guy. No, 0:43:27.160 --> 0:43:29.120 I'm worried about the number two receiver. He's worried about 0:43:29.200 --> 0:43:32.560 number three receiver and all that stuff. So I mean, 0:43:32.680 --> 0:43:35.880 you're right. See there's still gonna be questions at receiver, 0:43:36.000 --> 0:43:38.080 but I do think they're in a little better situation 0:43:38.160 --> 0:43:41.120 because you know that CD has proven he could be 0:43:41.160 --> 0:43:43.080 the guy. Well, the question also could be too if 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:45.960 some of they draft, could they be better than Gallop 0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:49.080 and Talbert? You know, depending on where Yeah right away? 0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:51.719 Did they come in and fit or do you have 0:43:51.800 --> 0:43:54.080 another year like you had with Tilbert. I don't think 0:43:54.080 --> 0:43:56.319 you can afford that. No, you gotta be honest with you. 0:43:56.560 --> 0:43:59.160 I could very easily see a scenario, and I know 0:43:59.200 --> 0:44:01.960 what everybody here doesn't see it, but I could see 0:44:01.960 --> 0:44:04.160 a scenario where you're going to training camp and you 0:44:04.239 --> 0:44:07.120 have a very similar wide receiver room is what you 0:44:07.200 --> 0:44:11.400 had last year. Because things just don't pan out for 0:44:11.440 --> 0:44:13.799 you in the draft. Things you just don't pan out 0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:16.920 for you in free agency. There's just not the there's 0:44:16.960 --> 0:44:19.239 not the level of opportunity out there to be able 0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:21.600 to add an impact player. You might get a guy 0:44:22.000 --> 0:44:25.440 that's equivalent to a you know, to a Gallop, or 0:44:25.440 --> 0:44:28.040 a guy that's equivalent to a Noah Brown. I don't 0:44:28.080 --> 0:44:29.680 know that we're gonna go to camp. I think it's 0:44:29.680 --> 0:44:31.960 a real possibility you could go to camp and still 0:44:32.040 --> 0:44:35.640 have this type this type of wide receiver room. The 0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:38.120 numbers will well, obviously you'll get back up because you're 0:44:38.120 --> 0:44:40.360 probably gonna lose no Brown. I would guess. I don't know, 0:44:40.400 --> 0:44:42.600 he might be back. But the point is I could 0:44:42.600 --> 0:44:46.640 see a scenario where, because of limited options, you go 0:44:46.680 --> 0:44:48.680 back and you run it back with what you got. 0:44:50.160 --> 0:44:52.080 I know, and I don't know that anybody wants that, 0:44:52.200 --> 0:44:54.160 but I think that might be where you are. This 0:44:54.200 --> 0:44:55.960 is not like Brian was saying. This doesn't sound like 0:44:56.040 --> 0:44:58.319 it's a draft where you're gonna be in the second round. 0:44:58.400 --> 0:45:00.520 You still got plenty of wide receiver. You're gonna be 0:45:00.520 --> 0:45:02.600 in the third round. You've got plenty of wide receiver options. 0:45:02.760 --> 0:45:04.560 Doesn't seem like it's that kind of draft. You look 0:45:04.560 --> 0:45:07.120 at the free agency list. I know Patrick Walker did 0:45:07.239 --> 0:45:08.759 an article where he was kind of laying out some 0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:10.760 of the free agency and free agency and wide receiver 0:45:10.800 --> 0:45:12.320 and I looked at that list and thought, is that 0:45:12.440 --> 0:45:15.759 it like it wasn't anything that excites you. These are 0:45:15.760 --> 0:45:17.520 the kind of guys that are equivalent, in my opinion, 0:45:17.520 --> 0:45:20.200 to Gallop And so, yeah, you could go get one 0:45:20.200 --> 0:45:22.320 of those guys, but I don't know that you're appreciably better. 0:45:22.560 --> 0:45:25.120 And that's the point. You want somebody that's better. The 0:45:25.160 --> 0:45:27.400 only person that really right now is on the horizon 0:45:27.440 --> 0:45:29.799 that looks like he might be better. Could be a 0:45:29.960 --> 0:45:34.480 healthy Odell Beckham junior. That's it in my opinion. Guys 0:45:34.520 --> 0:45:36.279 on the street, on the street, and you've done all 0:45:36.280 --> 0:45:37.600 the guys that you project will be free agent, and 0:45:37.600 --> 0:45:39.600 you've done a lot of legwork on that one. Yeah, 0:45:39.680 --> 0:45:42.520 you've done a lot of leg where that's not flying blind. 0:45:42.960 --> 0:45:45.239 You know what it's probably gonna take there. All right, 0:45:45.239 --> 0:45:47.399 we appreciate you, guys. Jan Us we'll be back next week. 0:45:47.400 --> 0:45:49.480 We'll get a little deeper into this look. It looks 0:45:49.480 --> 0:45:51.080 at like at this point we might finish it right 0:45:51.120 --> 0:45:53.279 before training camp. We'll see how that goes till then. 0:45:53.280 --> 0:45:54.960 For Nick, even Brian brought us a regard to see. 0:45:55.000 --> 0:45:56.520 I'm Derek Eagles and this have been the Break live 0:45:56.560 --> 0:46:00.640 on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This is a production 0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:04.399 of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.