WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Where Do We Go From Here? 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:06.920 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:17.239 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Player's Landage, 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:22.040 broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:27.680 Now your hosts Buried Church, Danny McCray, and new He scrugs. 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.760 All right, everybody is Friday. We had to push back 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:36.639 the players lads a little bit. We kind of had 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.400 to make sure that things got tightened up around here, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.520 and we've done our best. So we've got an hour 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.240 to go here. I'm new He's scrugs. Joined by former 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.680 Dallas Cowboys players Danny McCray and Buried Church here on 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.879 a Friday at Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio Dallas. How 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.880 are we doing? Just amazing over here? On my side, 0:00:54.960 --> 0:01:00.120 just amazing. I'm doing good over here. To him, I'm 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.160 doing good. I just put together, you know, one of 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.080 the biggest hot wheel sets I've ever had to do 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:09.559 in my life. So I'm doing item. Man. Hey man, 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:11.880 I got three girls, so I don't know what hot 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.400 wheel sets are. I don't have talking for us man. Yeah, 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:17.600 when you got girls, man, I didn't get to have 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.360 any of that. So so I'm a little bit jealous 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.280 of you, man, because I would love to have a 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.480 little hot wheels to put together. But hey, it is 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.880 what it is. Church. You're looking good in those bulls headphones. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.800 I got mine, mccraig, how come you're not? How come 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.360 you're not? Max Man? Listen, I don't know what bowls 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:35.920 didn't want to deliver mine, you know, to my to 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:37.760 my spott or not. But they just a little late. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.800 So maybe maybe next time y'all see me, I'll have 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:43.360 on some bowls. Okay, Well that man, you left boss 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:47.400 to the Star too. I know, I know, man, I know, 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.000 I don't know. Why don't do me like this man, 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.800 like like the like the step child. All right, So 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:55.360 so definitely next Friday, when we recap Day one of 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:58.320 the draft, you will have your bowls headphones on, so 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.840 all three of us will act here on the players Loue. 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.360 Topic Number one that I want to get to is 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:08.080 something that I saw today. Adam Schefter of ESPN tweeted 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.680 out the Jamal Adams that's told the Jets he's not 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:16.800 going to participate at all program. So then you add 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.560 the fact that Chefter tweeted the Jets were not looking 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.040 to extend his contract at all. So you know that 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:28.120 got cowboy fan thirsty all day long talking about Jamal 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:32.480 Addas because the Cowboys the Jets had conversations about Adams 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:37.959 last year. So gentlemen, do you want to start those 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:44.240 talks again? Straight? No, don't do it. Don't do it. 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.560 You got, like we talked about this earlier. You got 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.200 too many other areas that you need to focus on. 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:54.040 We have two starting caliber safeties already, so I mean, 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:55.800 I don't think we should go out and do that. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.920 And new he has been adamant on saying then we 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.320 have to pay him a ton of money to keep 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.360 him here, So I don't think it makes sense. So 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:07.280 that's a hard note for me. Yeah, I'm gonna have 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:09.960 to agree with DMC on this one. That's a hard note. 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:11.800 I mean, he's a hell of a player, hell of 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.960 a safety, great playmaker, but it just adds to another 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:16.919 piece of the puzzle that you're gonna have to eventually 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.560 pay and shove out money too. We already see we're 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.040 in in a fighting chance for our quarterback right now 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.639 over contract dispiece. So that's just not just another guy 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.639 that you want to throw in there. He's a great safety, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:29.079 he'll elevate our defense, But I just don't think it's 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.240 it's worth it right now. If he was the only 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:33.440 piece of the puzzle left to get to this championship 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.320 that we want so bad, then yeah, I would pull 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.320 the trigger. But I mean, you got Clinton how hot 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.200 Dicks back there now, and then you got Woods back 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.440 there as well. Who's a young, promising safety. So I 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.520 just don't see the reason to pull a trigger on 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:46.240 this one hell of a player. But I wnna have 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.840 to pass for myself, all right. Cowboy fans want to 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.760 let you know according to sport sporttrack dot Com here, 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.920 Jamal Adams will make seven point one million dollars in 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.920 twenty twenty that he's under contract for twenty twenty two. 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.520 Here's also something else you need to know. Not only 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.520 are the Cowboys gonna have to trade a draft pick 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.880 to the Jets, You're going to have to sign him 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.320 to a deal. Much like what we saw last year 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.720 with Ezekiel Elliott holding out and saying, hey, I want 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:17.120 a new contract, Adams is doing the same thing. Here 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.360 are the numbers for the top safeties that are being 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.520 paid in the NFL right now. The Bears gave Eddie 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.960 Jackson deal He's being paid the high safety in the 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.760 game right now fourteen point six million. Number two is 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:31.000 Kevin Byner of the Tennessee Titans making fourteen point one. 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.719 So we know when these guys come up here for 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.800 the Cowboys if they want to be paid the highest 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:37.839 at their positions. We saw Zach Martin, we saw it 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.520 with our Cooper. We saw it was Zeke Elliott. We 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.240 saw our Tyrant Smith traps Frederick. Jamal Adam's gonna want 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.240 the same thing. So you're talking fifteen million dollars for 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.560 a safety. And if Dak Prescott gets his contract and 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:52.479 becomes the highest paid guy in his position, he'll be 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:57.080 making thirty five million per season. I just don't see 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:00.760 how the Dallas Cowboys can give up draft capital and 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.280 then turn around and pay Jamal Adams fifteen million dollars 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.120 a year. So anybody was thinking about the seventeenth overall 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.240 pick for Jamal Adams, I tell you right now stop 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:10.960 the reason I'm not gonna give up with the number 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.680 one pick for Jamal Adams. I therefore have to pay 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.160 him money. I remember when Marshall Fault was traded from 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.839 the Coach to the Rams. The Rams gave up a 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.240 two and five, and the reason they did they did 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:22.960 that because they also had to go ahead and get 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.520 Marshall a new contract. So if the Cowboys are even 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.080 thinking about a Jamal Adams trade with Stephen Jones was 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.080 asked about on the fan at noon, I think you 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.520 got to start with no less than a two. I mean, 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:36.120 I just said ada less, but just it has to 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:37.640 start in the two. There's no way you can give 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.000 up the first round pick of five years guarantee of 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:41.719 a guy in the first round to go ahead and 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.760 make a trade for a Jamal Adams. Joal, Yeah, I 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.440 just don't see that. Go ahead, go ahead you mack Well, 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:52.240 I'm just saying quickly, just the same as cool. It's 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.039 the same situation. You trade for this guy, he comes in, 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:57.440 he makes this huge impact, and you gotta pay him. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.800 And I would say that us having to pay Coop 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.680 is kind of slowing down to us getting paid back. 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.719 So we're in this situation now and we want to 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.360 do the same thing again next year. It doesn't make sense. 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.880 So yeah, giving up your seventeen pick, no, starting at 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.359 the two, you're still just giving up a lot for 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.000 a guy that may not even be on your team. 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:21.320 The following year. Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't go for 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.800 him because I mean we're in the same situation where 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.720 we had with Byron Jones this past year. I mean 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.600 people were saying, you know, he wants to be the 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.960 highest paid corner and Cowboys fans had problem because he 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:33.320 wasn't getting interceptions. I mean, Jamal Jamal Adams is known 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:35.520 to be this box safety, he's not really a ball 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.520 hockey safety. Yeah, he'll get you maybe one or two 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.600 a year, but he's not like the Eddie Jackson's He's 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:41.159 an't like the tiring magis. He's not going to go 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.520 out there and get you a bunch of ball hockey interceptions. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.640 And that's what the secondary needs right now. So I 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.839 just don't see you know, giving him or trading for 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:49.600 him then paying him all these big bucks when we 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.359 had a problem with Byron Jones not getting interceptions. I 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.040 just think we need a ball hockey safety and I 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:58.440 don't think he's the answer right now. Okay, so the 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.160 three of us are in agreeing that we love Jamal 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.000 Adams from hebron as a player, but not in terms 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.240 of making a trade and then therefore turning around and 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.720 paying him fifteen million dollars, So at the seventeenth overall pick, 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.480 let's revisit the topic we talked about last week. Grant 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.960 Delput of LSU is rated as the top safety, a 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.480 Xavia McKinney of Alabama is rated number two. Would you 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.360 want the Cowboys to go to seventeen last week? When 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:26.000 to take a safety? Seventeen? McCray, when we spoke last week, 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.840 you went back into how the Cowboys already have two 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:31.760 guys under contract and you didn't think that they would 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:33.960 bring in another safety. So go ahead and explain for 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.720 anyone who missed that last week. Yeah, I still don't 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.600 think that that's that's just a good choice. But the 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.920 fact that we have Woods, who's who's approving starting caliber 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.200 safety back there. You picked up Hi high clin Dix, 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:50.679 who is a starting caliber safety proven over the years 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:53.680 to you know, make big plays, and then you have 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:55.880 a guy who you're going to draft in the first 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.119 round and put one of those guys to the bench 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.920 or release. I just don't think that makes much sense 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.120 when you could use that seventeenth pick to help you 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:08.080 out in a position where you need some serious, serious help. 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.440 I just don't see safety as being that big of 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.720 an issue, and I really didn't see it last year. 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:14.920 I actually saw a grade of Jeff he've come out, 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:16.680 came out last year just to give him a shout 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:20.200 out as being one of the most consistent and shure 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.440 tacklers in the league. I just don't think safety is 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.679 that big of an issue for us at this moment. 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:30.160 So seventeen, I just don't see it church for me 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.160 at seventeen. I'm gonna stick with my guns. I think 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.200 I had last week. I had us taking Digs the 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:38.320 corner out of Alabama, and I just saw his pro comparison. 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.240 His pro comparison is Jalen Ramsey. They're both long and 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.040 both fast, can run with anybody in their physical and 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:45.680 we saw I mean, this is a guy and Jelly 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.400 Ramsey who's all over the place. So I think we 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:49.280 want to bring a guy like Digs in there to 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.440 kind of shadow to be able to shut down number one. 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:53.480 I mean, we saw what happened. We passed up on 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.480 Ramsey last time. Yeah, we got Zeke instead, but Ramsey's 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.439 an All Pro, Pro Bowl caliberl corner who we passed 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:00.839 up on. I mean, I don't see there. I don't 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.040 see there. Being in Ezekiel Elliott in this draft. So 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:04.920 for me, I'm gonna stick with my guns. I'm gonna 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:06.920 stick with Diggs. I mean, he's a solid corner out there, 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.600 and I think we need corners more than we need 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.760 safeties at this point. Like Danny said, we got a 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:13.520 guy in Clinton had hot Digs back there, who they 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:15.640 just gave four million to to come in there. We 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.040 got Woods in there who's who's steadily becoming a better 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.560 and better safety as the years go on. So I 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.880 think safety is pretty much solid, and I think the 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.440 biggest need for the secondary and his defense overall would 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.840 be corner, and I think Diggs fits the mold perfectly 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.199 all right. For any of the listeners out there don't 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:35.840 don't know Danny McCray and Barry Church or both defensive guys, 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:40.200 so they understand the position. And then Barry played in 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:44.240 Jacksonville with Jalen Ramsey when he left the Cowboys. So 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:49.800 explain to the listeners here and viewers what having a 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:54.360 guy like Ramsey did to help that Jacksonville defense. Well, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.480 having a guy that can pretty much shut down the 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.480 half of the field, not even that pretty much shadow 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.320 the number one receiver if you got a I like 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.440 that who can play with any receiver out in this league. 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.040 You just say, look, that's your man over there. I 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:05.640 want you to shut him down and you don't have 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.480 to worry about that side of the field. I mean, yes, 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.200 he's gonna give up catches, but he's gonna make up 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.480 plays as well, and that just lets you focus more 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.040 on blitzing and you're able to blitch your linebackers more. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.040 You're able to do more stunts with their defensive line 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.480 because the quarterbacks gonna have to hold the ball or 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:20.079 it's going to force the quarterback to go to a 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.560 second and third option, which if you beat us with 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:24.679 our second with your second and third option at receiver, 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.400 then you deserve to win the game on that one. 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.480 So I mean overall, just having a guy that can 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.160 blanket a receiver out there, and not only that, he's physical, 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.000 he can tackle in the game because now I think 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:34.480 he's a lot of these dvs, a lot of corners, 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:36.679 they make business decisions when it comes to tackling. And 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.680 that's a guy that I respect because he was able 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:40.480 to come in there at corner and hit like a safety. 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.360 And from the highlights I've seen with Diggs. I mean, 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:45.120 he has that same prototypical build that's able to play 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.560 good against the run and against the past. So that's 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.040 why I'm so adamant on them taking him. But if 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:51.800 you lose a guy like Byron Jones out there at 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.959 the corner, you're gonna have to get somebody to take 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:56.400 his shoes, and I just don't think we have that 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:02.320 in the building right now at the corner position. Mccraig, 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:06.240 let me ask you about Diggs playing at Alabama, You 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.320 played at LSU, you played in the SEC. How much 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.800 do you think it matters when you play in a 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.960 conference like that and in that Western Division and there's 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.840 not a tougher division in all of college football than 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:22.000 that SEC West. I think it's huge. I mean, I 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:23.800 think it's proven over the years till you see the 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.280 guys that come out of that conference, and those guys 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.320 are nfl A ready when they when they come out. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.120 And then you look at a guy like him who 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:34.160 had to play against LSU last year, who had a 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:39.040 Justin Jefferson Chase top quarterback, so he saw some of 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:41.480 some of the best receivers that he will ever see 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.360 in college. And then he was also coached by one 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:48.160 of the best defensive coaches for college at his position 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:52.160 for dB by Nick Saban. So I think if anybody 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.000 is NFL already it's coming out of SEC and playing 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:59.880 for Nick Saban, it will be digs. Okay, So Dix 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.200 seventeen could be there. There's a lot of mock drafts 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:06.000 that had CJ. Henderson of Florida going to the Cowboys. 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.960 Now Jacksonville, your old place, Barry Church, is an interesting 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:13.160 position because they got rid of Ramsey, A J. Boyers 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.839 out there anymore Jana and Goquay on the D line 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:20.719 wants out. They've got left tackle issues there. So just 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.719 based on your knowledge of Jacksonville, where do you think 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:27.960 they go nine? I think at nine they have to 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.520 go corner man. Like you just mentioned, they're in the 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.800 same type of boat as the Dallas Cowboys are in. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.320 Um they lost Jayla Ramsey via trade and they traded 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:38.760 jay or A J. Boyer as well, both of their 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.520 solid corners on the outside, and I think they have 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.280 now there's Trey Herndon and that's it over there at 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.400 the cornerback position for them. So they're gonna have to 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.600 go secondary to meet in this draft. They just paid 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.839 the linebacker from Cleveland to go down there. I believe 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.520 they have on their mock draft. I'm going after the 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.400 guy from Oklahoma. I think his name is Murray, the 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.720 one we had looked at his interview last on Friday. 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.680 But to me, they're all about having speed on their defense, 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:05.640 being able to fly around. You already got the kid 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.080 from Cleveland, you got Miles jack there, and like you 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.480 said in Goakway, who's one of the premier pass rushers 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.720 in the league. He's already spoken saying he does not 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:14.240 want to come back there. He does not want to 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.199 be a part of that organization. But they did slap 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.800 the franchise tag on him, so one likely he will 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:20.960 be back there. So we'll see what happens with that. 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:22.480 But there's a lot of a lot of mess going 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.200 down there in Jacksonville. But I can see them going 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:28.000 secondary and taking a corner as well. So we know 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.120 Jeff o'couda, the kid from Grand Prairie, should be a 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.600 top five pick. And that's the number one quarner on 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.600 basically everyone's board, with C. J. Henderson number two, which 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.720 brings us into guys that the Cowboys of have talked to. 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:45.160 Digs Jeff Glatteney of TCU as a guy there Fulton 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.800 over there at LSU, there's another corner, Danny, give us, 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:53.000 give us a little bit of insight on Fulton from LSU. Uh. Yeah, 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:54.960 this guy has been a starter for years. He's a 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:58.480 he's a proven player. The only thing that takes away 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.840 from him and his shine is that he has a 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:02.600 guy like Delpa and then he had a guy like 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:06.000 Stingley come in in the previous years. But you haven't 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.280 heard anything bad about his play. He's a good physical corner. 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:13.160 He's coached by great coaches. He has speed, he can tackle, 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.240 and he makes plays on the ball. He's been doing 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.560 this for years at LSU, So this is a no 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.000 brainer for me as well. It's just a few names 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.560 that may be more known out there than he is, 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.400 but he's still a great pick for any team. All Right, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.760 you are checking out the players Lounge here on Dallas 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:34.000 Cowboys dot Com Radio NEWI Scrubs. We've got Buried Church 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:39.800 and Danny McCray with us here. McCray Church seventeen. I'm 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.920 a guy that says, you know, sit there, take your guy. 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:44.920 There are a lot of folks out there that want 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.280 to see a trade down. In your opinion, Church, should 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.920 the Cowboys take that best player that hits them for 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:56.920 defensive seventeen or do they entertain trading down. Ah, that's 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.480 a tough one, but for me, it would I would. 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.480 I would stay at seventeen and get the best defender available. Um, 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.360 if you go, if you trade down the best defender 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.320 down there, I mean you're gonna you might be able 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.440 to sniff around Okuda, the corner from Ohio State, but 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:12.920 I feel like he'll be gone top five and I 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.480 just don't think you have the ammunition to trade down 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.080 enough to get down in the top five, So ill 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:19.600 fount with them. I would stay where they're at. I'm 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.640 sure one of those top corners will still be around 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.320 around seventeen, Like you mentioned the kid from Florida or 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.840 the guy we were just talking about things from Alabama 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:28.640 or the LSU kid. I think they'll still be there. 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.760 So I think there have plenty of options at seventeen. 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:32.200 I don't think it's worth the risk to go down 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.120 there and trade down to get, you know, one of 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.920 the top defenders down there when they're pretty much evenly 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.760 based out throughout the throughout the first top twenty twenty picks. 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:41.520 So if I was them, I would stay where they're at, 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:47.280 get the best defender. Okay, yeah, you know it's a 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:51.240 them thinking business wise. If the offer is good enough, 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.240 I mean, I think you have to entertain it to 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.440 some extent um. If you're a player is still sitting 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.200 there two picks before and you think you trade down 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.200 to let nineteen or twenty and he's still be there, 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.440 and then maybe maybe that's that's a good case, but 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.640 it's seventeen. I mean, is it worth the risk to 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:11.520 miss out, miss out on the player that's on your 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.800 board that falls to you at that position. I don't. 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.320 I don't think so, but you never know. In that 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.040 in that war room, it gets a little difficult and 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:24.040 intentions get high. So we'll be able to watch next week. 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.640 Let me ask you a question to all right, god, yeah, 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:28.480 Let let me ask you a question for Quenning. Do 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.040 you feel like there's any offensive player in this draft 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.400 worth trading down for or do you think it's it's 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.600 gotta be defense? But are we talking to training training 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:40.000 back or trading up training up? I'm sorry, training? Oh yeah, 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:44.600 got you? No, No, there's really not um, this is 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.360 all about your defense. Now. You brought it first off, 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.360 and I will not be able to stress this enough. 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.760 You're bringing Mike McCarthy. Mike McCarthy is already a guy 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.120 understands offense. He's got a Super Bowl ring, he's coached 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:59.280 an MVP quarterback and Aaron Rodgers. You're paying this guy 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.120 good money to come in here and take a lot 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.600 of the pieces you have and excel them, take them 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.800 up another level. Here. You've already paid the receiver, You've 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.480 paid your line, You've paid your paid your running back. 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.080 You're going to pay your quarterback. Nah, you don't get 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.640 any more help. You make duty with what you've got. 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.080 Marcels us to say, you know they want you to 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:21.359 cook the meals off of the groceries. Well, guess what, 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.840 Jerry went out there and bought you a slew a food. 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:27.800 On offense, the defense is hungry. The defense needs help. 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:29.880 And I go back to what we talked about last 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:31.800 week on the Players Club and two weeks before that. 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.679 The Cowboys have an issue with their roster. When you 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.359 start talking about how many dudes are up after the 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.320 twenty twenty season, there's a lot of guys on one 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.840 year deals right now. And then the secondary alone. There's 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:47.480 only one player that's under contract passed this season, and 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.080 that's your corner Brown. So you got to start to 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.200 address these needs here. And the beauty of a first 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.520 round pick is five years of control. Five years of 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:01.000 control where the price tag on these guys is it's 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.080 it's it's friendly to the club. You ain't gotta pay 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.960 him until year you know, two year six. So to me, 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:08.320 if you're the Cowboys, you spend all this money on offense, 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.080 and of course we got Tank making a lot of 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.480 money on defense. Number one page defensive end in the game. 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.200 You have to start to give Night Nolan the pieces, 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.240 And to me, I think that starts with the corner 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:22.639 unless you decide that caleban chasing from LSU is what 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:25.439 you need up front, because to me, it has to 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:27.879 be the corner or somebody on the edges helping you 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:31.119 up front. You got your rank, it's gotta be the 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.680 edge guy, because I think you're paying the markets. Lawrence 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:35.719 Well one hundred and twenty twenty one million, I think 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:37.720 that's what a hundred and twenty one million he's got. 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.320 He's gotta produce, He's got to produce. He shouldn't have 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:43.320 to have a Robin on the other side to help 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:45.440 him out. Man, hundred and twenty one MILLI, man, it's 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:47.480 got to be the second day for me. Yeah, you 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:51.040 gotta go to me. You gotta go secondary. Like they 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.280 picked up all the smith They're banking on Randy Gregor. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.440 They get reinstated, they got Crawford, they got some guys 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.760 on the D line. Cornerback to me, is you let 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.040 your best corner get out of there because he was 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:02.760 too expensive. This is a way for you to get 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:04.960