WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: A Dak Discussion 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:06.760 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:17.720 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:21.520 training live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:32.600 Star in fris jost And now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:38.880 heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's welcome into 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.480 Talking Cowboys here on this Monday morning as we are 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:46.680 back another offseason addition, and we have got plenty to 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.479 break down because there's excellence all over the place this morning. 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:54.840 As always on this show, we have got guys ready 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:59.040 and raring to go about quarterback news. The Senior Bowl 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.840 is in the rearview mirror, and we've got some offseason 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:06.920 dates in Hey, we heard from Will McClay. The Cowboys 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.319 front office has now spoken over some of the draft process. 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:12.280 We're gonna break all of that down for you at 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.880 Kyle Yeoman's alongside heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, and our 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:19.120 residents Super Bowl champion Isaiah stand back. It is the 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:21.680 week of the Super Bowl, gentleman, and yeah, we've got 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.839 a lot to get to around the NFL because well, 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.840 there were some trades that happened that involved quarterbacks but 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.720 I want to start talking tight end. How about that, gentleman, 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.360 And because you know, for those of you who watched 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:36.960 this show over the course of the year, you know 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.520 that that Heckham and I are very engulfed in Texas 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.680 high school football. So it's always been a dream of 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.800 mine to talk Texas high school football on this show. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.200 And now we get a chance to do that because, 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:53.040 as of about thirty minutes ago, tight end, former tight 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.000 end soon to be Hall of Famer Jason Witton, who 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.120 announced his retirement from the NFL last week, has been 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.640 hired now as the head coach of the Liberty Christian 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:08.560 Argyle Christian School. Uh, they're excited to announce their new 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:12.040 head football coach, Jason Witton. Jason, the former Dallas Cowboy 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:16.120 and longtime Liberty parent, will be joining the Liberty Christian 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:20.240 coaching staff as their head football coach. So Rob, first off, 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.760 it's another new venture for Jason Witten. We saw that 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.400 last year or I guess two years ago. His new 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.640 venture though, was Monday Night Football. This one a little 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:34.200 bit more tame, but still very intriguing from WIT's perspective. Well, 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.960 I need a breakdown from you guys about Argyle, Liberty, Christian, 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.240 tell me, tell me about the program. What are we 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.679 working with here for Jason Witton? All right, heck, you 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.760 want to go at it. This is a great absolutely, man, 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:50.600 this is a great, great school. Obviously, the program they've 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:54.760 been building it over the years. Championships, golore man they've had, 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.400 that's there are a few players that have been there. 0:02:57.600 --> 0:02:59.359 I don't know where they are now, but a few 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.679 guys the next star Guard guy from from this are 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:08.680 exactly well, they're just a lot of there, a lot 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.400 of they. I mean, they have turned out some talent 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.880 there and couldn't be more excited for those For the 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.360 staff obviously, the players, and man, getting a guy like 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:18.760 Jason Witten as their head coach has got to speak 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.200 volumes for those players and through that program. I just 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:24.880 know that they have been a contender for years, and 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.800 so I just look to see what he's gonna do 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:30.480 as far as taking these guys to the next level. Yeah, 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.160 those years. Just for a quick second, they were not 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.880 a contender this past year. Let's just say that he's 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:37.840 got some work to do. They were two and seven, 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.440 so he's got some work to do. Rob Whatever it 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.120 comes to turning this program around, but a very rich 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:48.680 history nonetheless as a as an organization. And he's staying home. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:52.000 He's staying home with family. And look, Shaun Lee has 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:53.520 been asked the last couple of years, what are you 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:54.920 gonna do when you retire? You're gonna be a coach? 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.680 What are you gonna get into coaching? Witten is like 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.960 the prime candidate to do that because, as you know, 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.600 his grandfather really shaped his life. That was his high 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.880 school coach, and I have never had any doubt that 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.960 that's what he wants to do at some point. But 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:13.800 you know, he's thirty eight years old and there's time 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.720 to get in back in the NFL, back to go 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.760 to college and coach. If that's what he wants to do. 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:20.200 I think this is pretty cool. He gets to be 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.040 around his family and get and kind of just you know, 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.120 he's into the coaching thing if that's what he wants 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:29.599 to continue doing. So you know, Isaiah, you played with 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.840 him for a couple of years, and you know how 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.520 competitive he is. And I think, you know, ending his 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:38.440 career as he announced last week, not getting that Super Bowl, 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:40.640 I know him well enough to know that's that's something 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.599 that's he's probably going to think about every day for 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:44.440 the rest of his life, even if if it's for 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.920 a split second. But I think staying around the game 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.400 is something that's gonna be good for him. Yeah, I 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:52.080 think it's a good move for with man, that's a 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:53.760 good mover with. I mean, there's not too many guys 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.520 that love the game of football more than he does. 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.400 And when you love the game that much, you want 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:58.919 to share it, right, You want to share it. You 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.080 want to make sure that somebody feels that same love 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.560 that they that they have the resources um to continue 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.760 to develop as players and become who they who they 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.760 really truly hope to be one day, which is somewhere 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:13.080 in Ken Ohio. Like he's going to be UM in 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.520 a very near future. So, uh, you know, w is 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:17.919 A is a great guy, great personality. Um, he's a 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.000 great teacher. I don't I don't think there's ever been 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.000 a question about that. His leadership is second to none, 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.040 and these guys are gonna be blessed to have him 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.720 as their head coach. Isaiah, if you sit out an 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.200 email yet, he's gonna be his offensive coordinator down there 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.680 and argyle, you're gonna figure out a way to get there. 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:36.440 And uh no, I have my thoughts about being a 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:38.560 coach this offseason. Blood A couple of people ask me 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.800 and I was like, I'm not sure if I'm ready 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.159 for that. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that. 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:43.840 But you know what, I am going to support him. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:48.880 Huh but yet yet the operative work. Yeah, it's a 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:52.760 good point, you know. Yeah, maybe maybe if we get 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.520 Buried Church is a package deal and put Buried Church 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.280 on the defensive side and he's the defensive coordinator, then 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:02.559 maybe you'll find a way to get it done. We've 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:06.800 had some conversations. Never know, I never know, very get 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.159 a great coach too, you know, I will say this. 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:13.240 We got a glimpse into Witten's coaching style year to 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:17.279 year when when Jason Garrett did the Cowboys you day 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.760 every every year with high school kids getting to be 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.920 coached by Cowboys players and dude, he was super intense, 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.440 as you would expect, like, Whiten's a nice guy, but 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:32.679 there is a flip switch. Yeah, he loves the game. Yeah, yeah, 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.240 it's it's evident, right, he loves a game. And if 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:36.760 you and if you don't honor the game and the 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:38.960 way in which and which you should and which way 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.279 he perceives that you should. Oh, you're gonna catch the raft. 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.400 Believe that either little bdiy is gonna come out and 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.480 bdies can come out. He gets really intense. So those 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.760 those high school players that they might be excited today 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.120 come conditioning, Oh lord yeah us, well, and there's gonna 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.080 be so that that school Just for those of you 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.360 outside of the Dallas Fort Worth area, it's a very 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:02.960 highly privileged area and it's a really really fantastic student 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.400 body and parents around it. I mean, it is a 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.920 top notch school. And then you talk about the program. Yeah, 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.240 they've got a lot of history. They haven't been as 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.400 successful as of late as they want to be, but 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.960 it's a very very talented area, like very very talent 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.240 rich area. Argyle High School to public school that's in 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.280 the area down the street has won state title after 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.160 state title after state title. So with this being a 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:31.080 private school, Jason Witton could potentially recruit. So maybe some 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:36.160 practice that maybe alluring players into his program, some highly 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:38.760 talented guys, and I think it won't take very long 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.840 for Jason Witten. But congratulations to big Witness family staying 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.360 home and a great opportunity for him and for Texas 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.160 high school football at the same time. Now, there has 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.720 been some new opportunity throughout the NFL over this offseason 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.040 as well, and we knew the quarterback carousel was coming. 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:58.680 Well it's already started via the Los Angeles Rams and 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.640 the Detroit Lions. For those Cowboys fans that are tuning 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.080 in because we are talking Cowboys, don't worry. We're gonna 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.600 turn this back to Dak Prescott here in just a 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.800 little bit. But first I wanted to get y'all's reaction 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.520 on the Rams and the Lions trade Matthew Stafford going 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:17.400 to LA two first round picks Jared Goff on their 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.720 way to Detroit. Now there was a couple extra pieces 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.160 in there as well, But Rob, what did you think 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:24.360 about the trade overall? And do you think that the 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:27.440 Rams got enough and return in Matthew Stafford, because now 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:34.200 this quarterback market gets very intriguing. My first thought was, wow, 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.400 you know, I like when you see Jared Goff, who 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.240 played in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.120 and has the contract that he has and he's viewed 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.680 by some as like a throw in as part of 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.640 this trade. You know, we talked about this in our 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.240 text group the other day. It's like it's yeah, oh yeah, 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.560 Jared Goff, but you got two first round picks in 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:56.040 a future third round pick in addition, like that is 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.880 a huge haul for Detroit. And like they signed Dan 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.320 Campbell to like a six year deal as the new 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.400 head coach, so they're not in a hurry here. They're 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:08.000 trying to rebuild. And so it just shows you, you know, 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.920 when you're a team like the Rams that thinks you're close, 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:16.000 you know, just keep mortgaging that future basically because you know, 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:18.200 I mean, they just keep trading away first round picks, 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.320 and it makes me wonder guys, like, are other teams 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.800 gonna start doing this? Because I don't think it works 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.000 from a long term point of view. I don't think 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:31.320 it's very efficient operating business because of the financials involved. 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.439 The draft is so important. But I mean, they're kind 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.560 of like the Lakers right now. They don't care about 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.000 the future. They're just trying to win now and who 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:40.560 cares if we don't have a first round pick for 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:46.720 five more years or whatever it is. Well, I think 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.640 in the business of the NFL, we've seen some pretty 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.280 bad and some pretty good deals. This is going to 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.400 rank a months Tom. I'm like, oh, this one a 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:59.160 bad deal on paper right now with everything that they've 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.040 given up, I mean leveraging the future of two first rounds, 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.640 two first rounders, and a third and you know throw 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.400 in golf in the deal as well. So you know 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:12.120 it's uh, it's just one of those, it really is. 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.640 And when when I saw the one thing that I 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.480 thought of immediately was like deshaunk My mind going to 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.839 Deshaun Watson and just what are they gonna give up 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.240 to get a guy like that? But just stay with 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:27.720 Matthew Stafford and just his opportunity that he has. Obviously, 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.480 we know Matthew Stafford very well because he's from the 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.960 Dallas area and from Holland Park. Uh. And this is 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.200 a guy that has a gun, I mean an arm. 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.720 He can make all the throws. Obviously, you have no 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.240 question marks there with him as far as his arm strength. 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.600 But you know, he hadn't want anything in Detroit. And 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:49.520 there are a lot of people that are gonna say 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.559 that it was the organization that bought his play down, 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.720 but he's played with some studs Megatron. I mean Roy 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.840 Williams gives bush Bell, and the list goes on. But 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.199 I think for Matthew Stafford gett an opportunity to play 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.560 for the Rams in Sean mcveigh's offense. Man, I'm really 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.280 excited to see what he can do. It's gonna, you know, 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:13.200 give them ability to stretch the field and expose a 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.360 lot of defenses. That's what Sean McVeigh does better than 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.920 a lot of coaches is find the mismatching, do a 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.640 lot of that from different formations. So it's gonna be 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:25.680 really interesting to see what they can do. I know 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.240 a lot of people all have put them in the 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:30.240 Super Bowl already. With matt Stafford, I'm not gonna go 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.000 that way, but it seems as though that Detroit with 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.720 Dan Campbell, their future is going to be bright as well, 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.160 because man, they're gonna have some first round picks via 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:44.439 the Rams for a couple of years now. Yeah, it's 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.880 kind of funny that, Robbie, as you mentioned in the 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.040 group text other day, you know, hey, two first round picks, 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.000 a third pick, and then you get a year it 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:57.240 goffe because this is because a toss up. No, I mean, 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.760 my understanding of the situation is that the Rams are 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.400 in a bad contract situation with Jared Goff, and they 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.319 needed to get that off their hands by any means. 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:06.439 And if you can, if you can get yourself out 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:10.000 of a bad contractual agreement and at the same time, 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.560 grab yourself somebody who's proven in this league, and that 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.040 as a proven leader and as a proven dog, I 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.040 think that's what the Rams were looking for. I think 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.000 they were looking for a dog at quarterback. It's not 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.280 to say that Jared Goff wasn't a good quarterback. I 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.319 just don't know if he fits in the dog category. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.319 And you really need that whenever you're trying to go 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.680 out there and grab some championships. So I think that 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.160 you know that situation is what it is. I think 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:32.680 they gave up a whole heck of a lot to 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.840 do so. But as you guys already said, you know, 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.160 these guys aren't worried about the future. I don't. I don't. 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.920 The Sea mcvays about seventeen years old, so I doubt 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:41.840 that he's thinking he's thinking about the future. I know 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:43.680 he's worried about the now because he has about thirty 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.080 more years of coaching, so he needs that ring on 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.760 his finger now. And Isaiah I think don't like it, K, 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.400 you don't like the trade. I like the trade. I 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:54.040 do like the trade. Actually, I was about to say, Isaiah, 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.959 and I think here on the on the island together, 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.199 and it's not a very populated island right now. A 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.800 lot of people don't like this trade, and I see 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.680 where they're coming from, because there's an immense amount of 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.880 pressure on both of these guys. Both Matthew Stafford and 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.840 Jared Goff have to be good. They have to go 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:15.480 to their respective teams now and have some success. Now, 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.079 I agree with Isaiah on the contract situation. You look 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.000 at Jared Goff's contract over the last couple of years, 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.360 I mean twenty eight million dollars last year. He was 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.880 set for twenty seven point eight this year. It was 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.240 twenty five in twenty twenty two, and then you have 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:31.800 a potential out in twenty twenty three. But he's contracted 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.080 in till twenty twenty four. So it was not a 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.320 good contract for Jared Goff. But then you look at 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.640 the rams in what they gave up. Some of the 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:42.320 stats on this trade are just mind boggling. The fact 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:47.040 that one Los Angeles right now has slated themselves for 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.360 not having a first round pick from twenty seventeen till 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:55.080 twenty twenty three almost or that's seven years full of 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.319 draft picks that they have given up at summer to Jacksonville, 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.160 some now to Detroit. Of course, the trade that got 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.280 Jared Golf netted two first round picks, and then they 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.439 trade two first round picks to get rid of the guy. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:10.080 So it's a crazy trade that hasn't been seen in 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.800 the NFL. For instance, it's the first exchange the first 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.839 number one overall picks in the common draft era since 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:19.680 nineteen sixty seven, So it's been a long time since 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:21.880 we've seen a trade like this, and I think that 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:23.760 puts a lot of pressure on these quarterbacks. But when 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.280 you look at it on paper, the Rams now have 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.600 a chance to win. Now they get rid of the 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:32.200 contract situation, which are two that's two very positive things 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.680 for Los Angeles. Yeah, they gave up a lot, and 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.200 I agree they did give up a lot, But now 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.240 Detroit has a chance to build and be and to 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.440 start over. And if Matt Stafford doesn't work out, Isaiah, 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.920 then the Rams have the same thing. They can start 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:50.160 over in twenty twenty three. Yeah, no, I agree, I 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:52.560 mean one thing that nobody's really thinking about, and we're 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.920 talking about right now is the fact that how easy 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.760 is it for the Rams to get free agents? Right? 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.600 Think about it? Think about it easy to move to LA. Right, So, 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.520 even though you don't have your first round draft picks, 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.640 you still are gonna have a quarterback that everybody wants 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.720 to play with. Right, you have some dogs in the 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.160 backfield and some dogs at the receiver position. There's gonna 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:11.520 be guys that they want to come play on the 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.520 office side of the ball. Flip the script. On the 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:15.880 other side of the ball, your secondary you got Ramsey, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.520 you'r d line, you got a freaking Donald. Guys want 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:21.800 to come to LA and live the Lala life. And oh, 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.000 by the way, there's some really good dogs on this team. 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.120 So it's not as difficult for guys. It's not they're 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.760 not as in bad How can I say this, They're 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.640 not in that bad of a situation because they don't 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:34.680 have to develop these guys. They can wait till guys 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:37.200 are three or four years removing their contracts and they hope, 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:38.800 by the way, you guys want to come win, come 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.000 play with us, and guys are gonna be like taxes 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.680 or weather. I'm gonna get this weather and get trying 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:46.280 to go shoot for this ring. So I think that 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.520 they're in a good position in that regard, and their 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.880 coach doesn't hurt either. I hadn't thought about that. That's 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.760 interesting because the problem with doing this is that and 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:57.800 they've done it since twenty sixteen, and actually, Kyle, I 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.640 think twenty twenty fourth the first year they get their 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:03.360 first round pickback. But if you if you, but you 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.760 know that, I don't know their salary cap situation. But 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.920 the problem is where that that's where you gotta get. 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:14.760 That's that's why the drafts so important, heck, is that 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:16.680 you you know you're getting what you hope as an 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.840 elite player in the first round who doesn't cost that 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.200 much on your salary cap for four or five years. 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.960 And so Jalen Ramsey's a huge get, but he's not. 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:27.480 It's kind of like when a Marie came over here. 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:28.960 It's a huge gip, but you can't say that a 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.120 mari in a sense was the Cowboys first round pick 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.280 because you had you signed him to a monster deal 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.440 way before a first round pick would have been signed 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.240 to it. So it just comes down to the cap. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:43.040 But that's interesting what Isaiah said about you know, if 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.680 guys want to come aboard and take less and still 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.400 make an impact because it's la maybe it's a wash 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.160 and maybe they're the only type of market that can 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.560 really pull that off. There's very few that can. They 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.600 also talking about the specifics of the salary cap. I mean, 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:58.320 I think that's going to make the difference. I think 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.800 they have a ton of dead money on the books 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:02.520 that they're still going to have to deal with with 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.800 golf and also girly, so they're marching for error is 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.160 gonna be very slim and be in a situation where 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:13.000 you can't get those top tier players. But again, you know, 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.360 these guys are right on the customer of a championship 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.639 and this move was pushing all of your chips to 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.639 the middle of the table and saying we're all in 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.480 to go on a Super Bowl run. How long is 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.560 Matthew Stafford gonna be able to play at a high level? 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.600 And look, man, if you're Detroit, you would have to 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.040 be crazy to turn down that deal. I think any 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:37.240 team two number ones, a three and the first overall player, 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.720 and thinking about Detroit, they're still going in my opinion, 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:45.840 I think they're still going to draft a quarterback this year. So, man, 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.800 Golf just went from LA. He just went from LA 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:53.960 to Detroit and a quarterback battle. So man, all prayers 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.720 up for Jared Golf. We'll go bad for the man. 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.680 Did you did you see his quote? His course, I'm 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.600 happy to be playing for a team that actually wants me. 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.199 For a guy, Cherry Off, I think if I had 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:10.639 to paycheck, I'd be okay. Now with the Rams, you 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.600 talk about wanting to win now and maybe not caring 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:15.920 as much about the future and about the draft picks 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:19.080 and YadA, YadA, YadA whenever the Rams. You look at 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.359 this division in the NFC West, the Seahawks are a 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:22.919 little bit down. I mean, they've got a little bit 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.320 of turmoil. And I'm not saying they're bad by any means. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.600 I think the Seahawks are in a great situation, but 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.920 they're not as good as the Seahawks have been previously. 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:33.480 The Cardinals are on the ascension, They're starting to climb 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.480 the ranks. They're starting to win games. And how long 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.840 until Kyler Murray and they and Cliff Kingsbury all get 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:41.520 it together and then the forty nine ers, of course 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:43.399 had a down year as well, So maybe the Rams 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:45.800 are looking at this as we've got a two or 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:47.800 three year window to try and get out of this 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:51.439 division and make a playoff run. Let's try and do it, 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:55.720 because we made the playoffs this year. If it doesn't matter, yeah, 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.840 you get a ring up out of this, and maybe 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.080 after that if you struggle and you don't have your 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.280 picks for a couple of years, it doesn't it's worth it. 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:05.080 It's worth it to your fan base. So I get 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.200 it from that standpoint. I just I don't think we've 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:09.240 ever seen this in the NFL, in the cap era, 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:11.920 where teams just do not care about their first round picks. 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:13.520 This is why we have the draft show. This is 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:15.840 what this is. It's the life blood and that it's 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.320 the lifeblood of a franchise. And so they just they're 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.040 just kind of like, yeah, we're good. You know, it's interesting. Yeah, 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:22.960 we don't want to participate, No thanks, we'll try and 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:25.280 find our guys later on. That's exactly what the Rams 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.240 have done. And it is a crazy trade. But you 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.400 talk about something we haven't seen in the NFL, well, 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.480 that's certainly what's on the docket for Deshaun Watson and company. 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:39.199 How does DeShawn Watson's situation relate to Dak Prescott's. We're 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.040 gonna talk about that on the other side of the break. 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:46.480 Keep listening. It's talking Cowboys, presented by Geico. There's nothing 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:50.720 as unique as our eyes, which is why SLOR pioneers 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.520 ways to make lenses as unique as you. 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