1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is he is Radioheads, 3 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: broadcasting live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at Now. Your hosts, Tyler Klutz, Christie Scales, 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: and Brad Sham two out of three. Ain't band that. 6 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take that. Christy got a better offer today. 7 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: Our table is much less good looking, oh much, ever 8 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: so much. And this, as far as we know, will 9 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: be the final episode of Radioheads for the twenty nineteen season, 10 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty will be upon us momentarily. UM, how 11 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: many teams that you played on um endured coaching staff 12 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: changes while you were playing on those teams? Uh? Just 13 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: just one? Really, yeah? Just one? So that was Cleveland. 14 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: I came in, UM, I came in gosh week for 15 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: fifteen week fifteen, so I was there. No, I was fourteen, 16 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: So I had four weeks in Cleveland. UM, and that 17 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: was when Mangini got fired, and so it was kind 18 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: of my first experience in the NFL. And UM GM 19 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: comes in. It's like, you know, Eric span let go, UM, 20 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: you know, we'll keep GM met with the team, met 21 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: with the team. He didn't come into Mangini did not 22 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: even come into the team meeting. Interesting, okay, and so 23 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: so then now you had no particular attachment to Eric Mangini. No, yeah, 24 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: so not not really except for the fact that, um, 25 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: he was an advocate for me because I was a 26 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: fullback that had moved over from defense, so I was 27 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: on peace squad, so he practice squad. So he was 28 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: an advocate that. Okay, he can play on defense for 29 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: practice squad and offense, so we can utilize him. So 30 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: he's a good sign. Had he not pushed for that, 31 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: I may not have gotten signed after the workout. Um. 32 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: So so there was that. So he really truly was 33 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: was very responsible for my first opportunity. Um. But other 34 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: than that, not really um. And so it was a 35 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: dark day. Um. I didn't know really what to expect. 36 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: It was my first experience and it was, you know, 37 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: four weeks into it and uh, and it was just depressing. 38 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: I mean, Cleveland's already depressing in December. Um you know 39 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: that year that year? Yeah, No, And honestly, I really 40 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: did enjoy my time in Cleveland. Um. But and that 41 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: was a year that Peyton Hill has had the good 42 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: rushing year we ended up going I think we went 43 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: six and ten that year. Um, but there was some 44 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: hope of a playoff opportunity to beat the Patriots and anyways, 45 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: But other than that, the staff stayed the same year 46 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: after year. You know, I changed quite a bit week 47 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: one for my first four years of my career. But 48 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: but you know it, a coaching change is hard. You know, 49 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: guys invest a lot of a lot of their time 50 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: and emotions, and then the coaches invest in the players. 51 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: It really does become a tight bond, a tight family 52 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: within the locker room in most cases. And I believe 53 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: that to be so here. And you know, again, we're 54 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: not speculating one way or the other. No, And I'm 55 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: glad you said that because we as we sit here 56 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: at three oh five Central Time on Monday having this 57 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: conversation live, no change has occurred. And Jason Garrett's contract 58 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: I believe has two weeks to run, right, And so 59 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: there are all kinds of reports on Twitter. You're well 60 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: advised to avoid Twitter or not. It's up to you. 61 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: It's a free country. But the information you find there 62 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: may or may not be reliable. But the point is 63 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: that we don't everyone can assume or speculate, but nothing 64 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: has happened yet. But we were just talking before we 65 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: actually took to the interwebs here that what people get 66 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: so emotionally wrapped up in their team that they let 67 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: it get personal when they're ready for the coach or 68 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: the manager to be fired. And that strikes me as 69 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: patently unfair. And people also either don't realize or don't care, 70 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: and that might be worse that when you change the 71 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: head coach frequently, you're changing twenty five coaches, almost all 72 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: of whom have families. You may be changing administrative staff, 73 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: you may be changing trainers, you may be changing and 74 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: you know, equipment people. Now, I mean some of these 75 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 1: people have been here for a very long time dating 76 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett, and so you know, for me, as I 77 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: know it's the case for you, those guys are friends 78 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: and you would kind of hope not to have any 79 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: of them affected. But when a new a new broom 80 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: frequently sweeps clean and you you just don't know what's 81 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: going to happen. And the thing that strikes me is 82 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: that there are a lot of guys on that roster, 83 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: in that locker room who have not known a different 84 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: head coach. I mean Jason and LP. Well, I guess 85 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: the guys that came in, Well, Jason play Wit and 86 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: played for Parcels and Wade Yeah, LP played for Parcels 87 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: hired LP yea, so he LP's been with with through 88 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: now three Yeah. And then the other free agents that 89 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: came in and signed from other teams. Yeah. I mean, 90 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: you know, Randall Cobb is going to be on the 91 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: Cowboy Hour to night. He was in Green Bay when 92 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: when Mike mc arthy was let go, So that'll be 93 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: some interesting perspective. But think about the offensive lineman. Yeah, 94 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: they've only played for one head coach here, and I 95 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: think I think that's true of all of them. Who 96 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: who are the five listed starters? Yeah, because Tyranne's nine 97 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: years so that would have been so I mean, there 98 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: there's a big percentage of this team that is about 99 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: to get a cold, wet rag in the face. That's 100 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: not necessarily a bad thing for the no No, But 101 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: all I'm saying is there's there's human layers of emotion 102 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: that go And I agree with you, and that's the 103 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: hardest part. You know, whether you're listening to talk radio, 104 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: whether you're on Twitter, wherever you're at it's everywhere right 105 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: now is the fact that they're dehumanizing what this really is. 106 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: And like you mentioned, families are affected, kids are affected. 107 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: You know, kids are going to have to move schools. Um. 108 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: I mean it's there's uncertainty in future, there's panic. I mean, 109 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: there's all sorts of things. I mean, the thing is 110 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: and like you said, is it needed in this in 111 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: this business, yes, there has to be a change of guard. 112 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: It's inevitable. It's just a matter of when. But you know, 113 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: the thing that's that we've got what twenty six free 114 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: agents coming up from this rong, twenty six twenty six 115 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: players who are out of country. So now the uncertainty 116 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: with a coaching staff. Now, how many of those twenty 117 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: six guys have relationships with the coaching staff here that 118 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: there is a chance that they will not be here? 119 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: So now who is their advocate? So now you've got 120 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: twenty six guys or do they want to stay here? 121 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: Or do they or do they want that's it, that's 122 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: exactly right. Or does the new guy coming in want 123 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: them to stay here? And now we have this problem. 124 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: I don't know how expeditiously they intend to move, but 125 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: there are there seemed to be only a few slam 126 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: dunk candidates. Yeah, they're going to disappear pretty quick, it's right. 127 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: And some of those slam dunk candidates are not necessarily 128 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: real candidates, right right, Like Lincoln Riley, I have not 129 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: seen one thing where he has said that he is 130 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: open to moving and leaving Norman. No urban Meyer said 131 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: that Lincoln Riley would, but yeah, but we had not 132 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: heard that from him. That's right. But but yes, I 133 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,239 Speaker 1: think the hard part about today and right Black Monday, 134 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: and it's it's really just it's a hard day across 135 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: the board because there's disappointment. It went up to the 136 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: very last minute for this team. And I've been through 137 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: that as well when in Week seventeen or Go Home. 138 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: That happened for me here in twenty thirteen when Orton 139 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: came in for Romo. But the hard part is just 140 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: the uncertainty as you go to the offseason and there's 141 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: a lot and you're disappointed and not get into the 142 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: ultimate goal of winning the Super Bowl, which thirty one 143 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: teams go through every year. But now the reality of 144 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: how this game affects your family and what my future 145 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: is beyond this, because chances are of the what sixty 146 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: seven guys including ire practice squad. Of those guys, there's 147 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: probably ten of them that won't play again, right, If not, 148 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: we'll never play the game of football again. You know 149 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: when you go back to that like last game your 150 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: senior year in high school, right, one percent of those 151 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: guys are going to play another game of football. Beyond that, 152 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: the rest of them are never going to play the game. 153 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: There's guys here that have no idea if they're ever 154 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: going to play football again. So walk away with your 155 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: trash bag with as many free shorts and shoes as 156 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 1: you can carry out of this room and going out 157 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 1: and going through the exit interviews right now with the 158 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: which is away is happening even as we speak, there's 159 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: only about halfway through seven day exit interviews. Which what's that? Like? 160 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: What's an exit interview? Like? Yeah, so you'll sit down, 161 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: so you've got two, you got to go about three. 162 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: Most of the time is usually you go sit down 163 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: with a special teams coach if you play special teams 164 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: and most guys you know, have some special team's role 165 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: unless you're like Dak or Amari or Zeke or those guys. 166 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: So you go with the special teams coach. Then you 167 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: go with your position coach. And when you go with it, 168 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: so you sit down in their office, which very rarely 169 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: you're ever in their office. So you're in a new, 170 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: uncomfortable formal environment that is so new that you only 171 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: go for exit interviews or getting cut like that's it. 172 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: And so usually you're in the meeting rooms and all 173 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: that with them. So then you go to your position 174 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: coach into his office and he's going to tell you this. 175 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: The coach is going to tell you, here's how we 176 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: think the year when, here's what you did well, here's 177 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: where we think you can be better? Yes? And what okay, 178 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: like do we have do we think we have plans 179 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: for you? What are the things I want you to 180 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: improve on in the off season? They candid with players 181 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: about that. You almost never up to them. No, yeah, 182 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: I think I think you go into that expecting them 183 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: to get expecting to hear all the bad things, and 184 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: they're always usually fairly positive. Um, you know, especially from 185 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: your position coach. Your position coach is going to be transparent, 186 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: but only to a point where like, hey, I want 187 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: you to I want to help lift you up, Like 188 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about Hey, we struggled in this, 189 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: this and this, but here's how we can correct it. 190 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: But you did this, this, this and that really well. 191 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: You go into the meeting with the head coach. Now 192 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: he's got, you know, sixty guys that he's got, he's 193 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: got to go through this with that is that is 194 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: usually more direct because he doesn't have the time to 195 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: kind of like fluff ego. It's going to be like, hey, 196 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: great year, or hey, you know, we know the year 197 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: didn't go well. I appreciate this from you, appreciate that 198 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: from you. But you'll get more sense from the head 199 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: coaches meeting about what is in store for you in 200 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: the future. Like Jason, for example, when I finished twenty fourteen, 201 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: we had you know, we had a good year, unfortunately 202 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: lost in Green Bay. But I went into that meeting 203 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: and he was very transparent and said, I don't know 204 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: what's going to happen with you next year. Uh, you're 205 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: a free agent. I would like to have you back 206 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: here because I think you are good for our team, 207 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: but I don't know what is so make sure you 208 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: stay ready. So I stayed around, but he was very candid, like, 209 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: don't know if we're going to resign you like, we've 210 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 1: got thirty seven other guys that need to be addressed 211 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: before we get to you. So I left that meeting 212 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: with kind of a realistic expectation. That was an offseason 213 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: where they signed another fullback and then ended up bringing 214 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: me back two or three weeks later. But he was candid. 215 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: So they're really unnerving, which then sends you off into 216 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: the hardest part of these players years, Like this is 217 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: this January February is the hardest window personally, professionally, I mean, 218 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: because you go home in your relationship and now your 219 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: wife significant other is used to this routine and now 220 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: you come in and impose your will into what they've 221 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: really figured out, you know, over the last six months 222 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 1: without you, and now there's fighting. You know. You try 223 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: to travel, you try to do that, but it's a 224 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: really hard time because it's a lot of self reflection, 225 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: but a lot of like conflict that you don't really 226 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: ever prepare for, and you may not know. I would say, 227 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: some of those guys know they'll be playing here next year, yes, 228 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: yeah for whoever the coaches and many of them don't. 229 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: Many of them don't know where they'll be playing. Yeah, 230 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: I would say when does the league years start, which 231 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: is when generally March tenth is So that means that 232 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: some maybe around the first of March, you get some 233 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: phone calls and some speculum. Would I would imagine, you know, 234 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: the top ten percent of the internal targets here that 235 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: they have, there'll be some conversations here over January February. 236 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: I think, you know, staff wise is going to be 237 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: is the most immediate, but you'll there'll be some conversations. 238 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: But you know, the fifteen through fifty three on the roster, 239 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: those guys won't know anything until they get close to 240 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: the league year because they're gonna go see, okay, hey, 241 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: can we upgrade over you? And what's going to be 242 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: available out there. We're gonna put something out there. If 243 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: it's a crazy smoke a deal, we'll do it, but 244 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: we're willing to test the free agent market to see 245 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: if we can find someone else. So, yeah, there's three 246 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: months that you've got to go out and say, I'm 247 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: not sure what my future looks like. And then, by 248 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: the way, what is the team gonna do with finite 249 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: resources under the salary cab And we're going to see 250 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: if Tyler Kletz has any ambition to be a general 251 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: manager at all, because now he's a businessman extraordinary and 252 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna find out exactly how good he is it 253 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: at that We're coming right back on radioheads. I'm Jay Novachik, 254 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: former tight end for the Dallas Cowboys. Back in the day. 255 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: I was the guy who always got the tough yards, 256 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: and that's why I run with John Deer today. 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In that a fancy way of saying, um, 286 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: she chose not to be with us? YEA, she said, 287 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm not coming to either um any party you want 288 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: to be a general manager? No, no, no part no no. 289 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: I you know I would probably prefer to be on 290 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: the coaching side, if the lifestyle wasn't so hard for families. 291 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: Like we just talked about the problem, I really enjoy 292 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,239 Speaker 1: the interaction with the guys, right, the mentorship, the leadership, like, 293 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: that's the stuff that I would be more drawn to 294 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: as opposed to general managers. There's there's some really big 295 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: decisions that are made, but a lot of times it's 296 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: behind closed doors, and I don't I would have a 297 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 1: harder time taking the emotion out of it. Whereas Steven, 298 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 1: who's done a great job here taking the emotion out 299 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: of a lot of the decisions and getting I think 300 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: our cap situation under control over the last four or 301 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: five years. I would have a hard time with that 302 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: because I would pay everybody if it was if it 303 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: was me, So don't put me in responsible of paying people. 304 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 1: I just that's not that's not my strength. One of 305 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: the things I've learned this year is is know what 306 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: you do well and stay in that lane. Don't try 307 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: to be who you're not. I'm not the guy that 308 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: you do. However, understand budgets and salary casts. So we 309 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: could look at this roster and say, let's just see 310 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: what some of the decisions are that have to be made. Yeah, 311 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: quarterbacks a free agent. But I think we are all 312 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: assuming that one way or another, they're going to sign him, Yes, 313 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: whether it's a tag or it's like to sign him, 314 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: because you can use a franchise tag and a transition tag, 315 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: and there seems to be a growing body of speculation 316 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: that one of those tags might be used on Amari 317 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: Cooper right correct? Now? If you had to, if you could, 318 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: let's say you could not make a new agreement with 319 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 1: Byron Jones, Yeah, you could franchise tag him, Yeah, save 320 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: that tag for him, that's right, and transition tag Amar 321 00:18:54,680 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: Cooper if you signed back, if you signed back, yeah, 322 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: yeah you I mean you could do that, and that's 323 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: your big three, right, And I would say lel Is 324 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: probably they gave him a new deal, that's right. So 325 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: he's fine. Offensive line's fine. Um Randall Cob want Randall 326 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: Cob back? I mean he has come in clutch all 327 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: year long. When you need to absolutely, um switch to 328 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: the well wait a minute, let's stay with the depth. 329 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: Cameron Fleming serviceable back up. I mean got us through games. 330 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: I mean who and who do you have to replace him? 331 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: If you say we're not going to sign him. You're 332 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: gonna Hyatt, No, not internally, you don't have it. Okay, 333 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: Joe Looney, who is I mean the last three years 334 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: been the guy to fill in Xavier sue Filo played 335 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: well when he came in, played extremely well when he Okay, um, 336 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: well you got a side of Cooper rush Is has 337 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: an another year. I think he's got another year as 338 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: your backup quarterback. Okay, fine, Now we'll go to the 339 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: defensive self. Well, so Blake Jarwin is a restricted free agency, 340 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: so now you know, depending on they've got to give 341 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: him a tender and then other teams have the ability 342 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: to match it. He's played well enough that another team 343 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: could come offer him something, and then we dive on 344 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 1: to the active roster because Philadelphia wanted to sign him 345 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: off the practice squad. So there's already been interested in 346 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: him in his career before he was what he is now. 347 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. Let's go to the other side of 348 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: the ball. This is a longer list. Robert Quinn, He 349 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: to me, has been the most impactful defensive player on 350 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,479 Speaker 1: this defense this year. To me, between he and Byron, 351 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: Byron has been very quiet. But that's what you want 352 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: from a corner. Yeah, you want him? Please go replaced 353 00:20:54,080 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: Byron Jones. Please find someone, right, MALIEK. Collins. Who do 354 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: we have on the inside, Well, he's up. I believe 355 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: Christian Covington signed a one year deal. I believe Carrie 356 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: Hider signed a one year deal. So the defensive lineman 357 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: that you would have under contract would be DeMarcus Lawrence 358 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: and Doren's Armstrong. Yeah. Uh, Tyrone Crawford, is he well, 359 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: Tyrone Crawford maye. But that's up in the air of health. 360 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: Is that's right? That's right? Exactly right? So, um, do 361 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: you make a run at Michael Bennett? Do you? I mean, 362 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't have anything to show that says 363 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: I don't attempt to keep him here. There's to me 364 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: and I haven't been in the locker room. I haven't 365 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: talked to guys. But there's nothing from his play on 366 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: the field that says if he's a bargain, I'm I'm 367 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make a run at it. He did have 368 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: eight offside or false starts penalty, Yes, Um, but I 369 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: don't know if you noticed there was there's two or 370 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: three plays this last gamage. I know you did. He 371 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: was like almost like a Canadian style a yard off 372 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: of the ball when he was lined up on the field. 373 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: I would say that's that's probably a fair assessment of him. Yeah. Um, 374 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: Cooper Rush has a restricted free agent, okay, so uh 375 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: probably gonna have to play Sean Lee Yeah. Um it's 376 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: his contract up is okay, and he may retire regardless. Yeah. 377 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 1: So yeah, I want to talk a little bit more 378 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: about that, because that's you know, there was there was 379 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: highs and lows for Sean this year. Um, but I think, 380 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 1: and I think I heard you talk about it the 381 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: other day before the game, Um, that the amount of 382 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: plays that he had to play was more than he anticipated. 383 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: And obviously, you know, over the years, his body has 384 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: not held up the way that he prepares for it 385 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: to hold up, because he prepares as well as anybody 386 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: on taking care of his body. So that's one of 387 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: the hardest, the saddest things that I actually witnessed firsthand, 388 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: is how much he actually did to take care of 389 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 1: his body and it just didn't respond, interestingly enough. It's 390 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: the first time he's played also, Yeah, I know. But 391 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: you know what though, but he will tell you that 392 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: it is getting harder and harder to coax his body 393 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: into doing the things that have to be done to 394 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: stay on the field. For say, let alone what you 395 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: have to do in the offseason, that's to be ready. 396 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: There's got to be some other motivating factor for him 397 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: to come back. He could be a guy that I 398 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: would see, you know, he's going to take care of 399 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: his body. He may say he's going to retire, and 400 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: then come week three or four he gets a call back, 401 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: if there's an injury, he comes back. I would say this, 402 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: and I'm guessing based on knowing him. I don't think 403 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,719 Speaker 1: he wants to be a part time player. Yeah, yeah, 404 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: I could see that. So that would something that you'd 405 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: have to factor in. Now you got a better you 406 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: better get your new coach and your new defensive coordinate 407 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: that what does that look like? Is he fit in 408 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: the scheme? And yeah, there's a lot of factors there. 409 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: So then you you go to and I'm not even 410 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: by the way, including the people like Malcolm Smith, I'm 411 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: not sure. I don't want Malcolm Smith back. He played 412 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: pretty well less than two weeks right that he was here, Right, 413 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: I mean, that's a tough situation, and I've been in 414 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: that position. A couple of times because you go into 415 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 1: an organization. It was the Cleveland situation. You go in 416 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: you have very little to evaluate, so you're looking at 417 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: past performance, but then you've got two weeks of actual 418 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: and then you got a new staff. So I mean 419 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 1: the uncertainty there is is huge, Like how do you 420 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: evaluate this player? I mean, if he's gonna demand any 421 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: kind of monetary value that is above league minimum, how 422 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: do you how do you sign that guy with a 423 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: new staff and very little to evaluate from the season 424 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: before because he was out all of this year, right, 425 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: So I mean that's another tough guy. That's a tough 426 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: one to evaluate. But two weeks of decent play, he 427 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: was supposed to be an insurance policy. And then Joe 428 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: Thomas got hurt in Philadelphia and played like five plays. 429 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: Malcolm Smith played something like forty eight and then started 430 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: and played all those snaps in bass yesterday. Yeah. Now, 431 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: do you have the contract expiring list open there in 432 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: front of you. I will have it in two seconds. 433 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: Because Jeff Heath is he is he up? I don't 434 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: know if Jeff's up or not, So I mean he 435 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: is the ultimate safety blanket for the staff. The current 436 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: staff So he's the guy that Jason Keith, O'Quinn, Marion 437 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 1: Ellie that they can trust to do everything good. He 438 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 1: is the old at safety blanket, like, you know, we're 439 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: not gonna we are not gonna go wrong. Why I 440 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: put him in So, I don't know. I don't know 441 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,880 Speaker 1: what a new staff how they would evaluate exactly. Heath 442 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: is an unrestricted free agent, by the way, So Jeff's 443 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: deal was up, So if you want Jeff Heath back, 444 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: you gotta sign him, like you gotta sign MALIEK. Collins 445 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: and and Byron Jones and all the rest of them. Yeah, 446 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: I mean, and then what about Brown, Anthony Brown? You 447 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: got to replace him, sign him? And Cheeto is a 448 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: restricted free agent? Is he Cheeto's Cheeto was a second 449 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: round picking his third years? Yeah, so he's still he's 450 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: still under contract. Um, yeah, I'm same with Jordan Lewis. 451 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: That's why I don't want to be a GM. Is 452 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: this conversation we're having right now? Yeah, how do you 453 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: feel about your kicker? I mean the hard part is, 454 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: I mean he was perfect, right, so he was great, 455 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: but what we had to compare him from the previous weeks. 456 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he is a row right in most people's 457 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: eyes as you're looking at it. And it's hard because 458 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: Brett was a great kicker for us, made some really 459 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: big kicks. But there's the thing, the thing that is 460 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: most valuable for kickers in this game, in this age 461 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: is consistency, and you've got to be consistent. And I 462 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: think by yet, by the game yesterday, we without thinking 463 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: think Okay, he's now gonna make it. He's going to 464 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: Dan Bailey it and we know that he's going to 465 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 1: be money no matter what. So I mean, there's another guy. 466 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: I mean, but you've got to pay that, right, he's 467 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: not going to be I mean, I guess he's He's 468 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: probably close to a million dollars league minimum as a kicker. 469 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,239 Speaker 1: So even if you pay him the league minium, he's 470 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: been in the league long enough. By the way, that's 471 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: a good job when the worst guy gets paid a 472 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: million dollars. I know, I know, I know. Darren Woodson 473 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: and I were talking about this today, the league minimums 474 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: and how they've changed since we played. My first year 475 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: was two hundred fifty thousand dollars was my was the 476 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: league minimum for a rookie um and then we went 477 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: through the CBA, and then it went up to three 478 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: seventy five. But now I want to say league minimum 479 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: is almost five hundred thousand dollars. And Darren looked at 480 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: me because he's serious. It took me four years to 481 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: make that. That was a second round pick. Well, he 482 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: is now officially a grumpy old man. Yeah, yeah, he is, 483 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: he is. But yeah, I mean to your point, we 484 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: have we have a lot of things to address and 485 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: then you know, throw the staff questions on it and 486 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: then here's here's a question. Is And I know this 487 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: has been kind of running into the ground, but I 488 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: haven't had a chance to talk about it. Is what 489 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: do you do with the staff? I mean, do you 490 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: try to retain some of the guys? I mean what 491 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: is look at look at the body of work from 492 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore and Kitna. I mean let's let's uh, let's 493 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: mull that over and discuss that when we come back 494 00:28:54,720 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: with Tyler Klutz. I'm brad sham. This is radioheads. Hey, yes, 495 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: oh are we gonna win? At play? We share just 496 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: okaying is not okay, whether it's cheerleaders or your wireless network. 497 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: AT and T is America's best wireless network, Best network 498 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: based on GWS one score. September twenty nineteen. Ladies and gentlemen, 499 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: it's that time again for tailgating with the Auterbox boys. 500 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: Autterbox the company that builds wildly overproductive phone cases the 501 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: one and only, but cases are just the start. 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It's the final edition 526 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: of Radioheads for this season. Brad Sham and Tyler Klutz. 527 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: Christie Scales is on assignment. The question that mister Klutz 528 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: posed before the break was what to do with the 529 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: current coaching staff. I don't have an accurate list of 530 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: which ones are under contract for next year, but let's 531 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: start with this. What in your mind is the importance 532 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: of a new head coach being given a completely clean 533 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: slate or being told you've got these three guys who 534 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: I'm still paying so they're sticking around. So I think 535 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: there's there's two questions, what's the right thing and then 536 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,959 Speaker 1: what is likely going to happen. I think those are 537 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: two different questions, and I think the right thing is 538 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: as a head coach, you need to have control over 539 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: the team, and that includes the staff. Those are the 540 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: guys that you're going to be in the room with 541 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,239 Speaker 1: day in and day out. You should have the right 542 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: to bring in your system, your people, because you're getting 543 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: hired for your body of work, and it is the people. 544 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: It is the people that are around you that contribute 545 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: to that body of work. I don't know if you've 546 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: seen the HBO special on Belichick and Save It, Yeah, 547 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: it's awesome, And they talked about like coaches moving right 548 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: head coaches. If there's a new head coach, especially if 549 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: he's not a previous head coach, they can't bring their 550 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: entire staff. It's really hard to do because it's not 551 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: say a coordinator comes from another team and he tries 552 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: to poach that staff that he's been with. That's a 553 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: no no in the coaching industry. So to say that 554 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: a coach is going to come in with a staff 555 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: set in stone is unrealistic. But he does have his 556 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: network and the coaches network is Okay, what treated a 557 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: come through? Who did I coach with, who did I like, 558 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: Who's available, who's right? So it's it's gonna be put together. 559 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: But I do think that a coach should have the 560 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: creative freedom to put that staff together because it's going 561 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: to be his brand, his name on the line when 562 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: it comes to judgment Day, you know, on Black Monday, 563 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: whatever year it is, the next year of the year after. Now, 564 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: with that being said, I think here, I think there's 565 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: a handful of guys that deserve to stay, and I 566 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: think those are the handful of guys that would be 567 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: very attractive to a new head coach if that's what 568 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: it comes to. Again, all speculative depends on who the 569 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: coach is and what his orientation is. That's exactly right. Now. Again, 570 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: I think if you're looking, you're looking at the Okay, 571 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: let's start with John Kittna. For example, John Kittna, he 572 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 1: can coach a quarterback in various schemes. Right he has played. 573 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,959 Speaker 1: I mean, he played in enough schemes over his career 574 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: in the NFL that he can coach that. And I 575 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: think the body work that he has one year in 576 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: the NFL with Dak and what we saw the change 577 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: over his previous three years to now to this season. 578 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,479 Speaker 1: I think a new coach would look come in and say, okay, 579 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: I've got to heavily consider John Kittnas as being a 580 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: retainer on the staff. And then also too, there is 581 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,879 Speaker 1: there is some value in some familiarity in carrying over 582 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: some staffs. Right. You look at you look at our 583 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: staff here at the training staff has been here since 584 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: Jerry came in, Right, So that's that's one thing that's 585 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: probably going to stay the same strength staff coach Boysick 586 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 1: Brett bash chances are. I mean, he's been talking about 587 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: retirement for fifteen years, so who knows what that Those 588 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,439 Speaker 1: guys do a great job. They do a phenomenal job 589 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 1: they do. And you look at this year, right, we 590 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 1: didn't have a bunch of huge injuries. We were beat 591 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 1: up like every NFL team is, like every player is. 592 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: They did a good job with that. So there's some familiarity. 593 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,360 Speaker 1: But even on the staff, like a guy that is 594 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: pivotal as Dak is, to have someone that he is 595 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: familiar with and knows, Okay, I can trust this guy. 596 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: I don't have to start over. There's some value in 597 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:16,240 Speaker 1: that case in point. Look at Ryan Tannehill's career in Miami. 598 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: How many coordinators he went through in Miami one year 599 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: every year his first five years in Miami. So it's 600 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: really hard to build trust from your team captain, your 601 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: decision maker, your leader, and changing that all over. Now, 602 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,879 Speaker 1: not to say that Dad can't do it. I mean, 603 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that, but there is some value in 604 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: having at least your quarterback have someone that he knows 605 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: is in his corner. So there's some value there. Kellen 606 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,479 Speaker 1: Moore is going to be tough. That's a really tough, 607 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: tough scenario unless Jerry and Stephen pressure that. And I 608 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: think that's really it's really tough because although he had 609 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: a number one offense for all the way, I don't know, 610 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 1: did we end up as a number one offense. Well, 611 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: keeping in mind that the in a permanent apparently a 612 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 1: permanent flaw in their thinking, the league decides to measure 613 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: offense and defense by yardage total yards, yeah, not by points, 614 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,360 Speaker 1: not by you know, Troy Aikman developed a rating system 615 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: years ago that he still uses that combines turnovers, yes, 616 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: and scoring average and all kinds of things. This is 617 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: not that, but the league officially says Dallas is the 618 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 1: number one offense in the league because they had the 619 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,759 Speaker 1: most most yards. They were sixth and points by the way. Okay, 620 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: so six point six and scoring six that's good and 621 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: it's good. But you look at Jamis Winston for the 622 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers was the passing leader. I mean Andy 623 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,880 Speaker 1: Dalton until he got benched, was at the top of 624 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,560 Speaker 1: the list on passing and they didn't win a game. Yeah, 625 00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: but I think that that I don't know about that 626 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: because is the way the league looks at. UM qualifies 627 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: the leading passers by quarterback rating, not by yards or so, 628 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: it's by passing. So the NFL, they just came out 629 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: today and it was strictly yards. Who has the passing title? Yeah, 630 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 1: but I saw the passing title. The league's official passing 631 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 1: champion this year was Ryan Tannehill, who had the highest 632 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: quarterback rating. Yeah. Now, um Winston. Let's see, Prescott had 633 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: forty nine hundred and two yards, and where is Jamis Winston. 634 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,360 Speaker 1: I have to look down and find someone with thirty interceptions. 635 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: Here he is five thousand and one hundred and nine yards. 636 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: And so he did lead the league in passing yardage, 637 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 1: but the league's leading pastor was Ryan Tannehill. Because it's 638 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: based on quarterback. Yes, okay, um so so. But I 639 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,719 Speaker 1: back to Kellen. The whole point there is is he 640 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: he was a big risk and signing, you know, a 641 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: guy that had one year of coaching experience as a 642 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 1: quarterback coach and to come in and be the coordinator. 643 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: So that was a big risk. There is a new 644 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:15,160 Speaker 1: head coach, although he had a very effective year. And look, 645 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,239 Speaker 1: let me let me preface this. I love Kellen's one 646 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,319 Speaker 1: of my favorite people, and I think he is a 647 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: phenomenal coordinator. But he is a new coach coming in 648 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: going to be comfortable saying I'm gonna put my offense 649 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: in the hands and my job in the hands of 650 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,560 Speaker 1: a third year coach, second year coordinator. And that's why 651 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: it depends on who they are. That's exactly right, and 652 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: what influence the front office has on those decisions. Right, 653 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: And I have come to believe that the head coach 654 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: should pick his staff. Yeah, and Wade Phillips didn't have 655 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,759 Speaker 1: the opportunity to do that. I was off I knew 656 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,879 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett and I thought he'd be a tremendous coach, 657 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: and I think he has been a tremendous coach in 658 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: from the quarterbacks coach coordinator. I mean, he's a really 659 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: good football You don't have to like him as a 660 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: head coach, but he's a good football coach. Yeah, and underrated, 661 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:11,760 Speaker 1: like highly highly underrated. But Wade deserved, in my opinion, 662 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 1: the opportunity to sign off. I don't know if he 663 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 1: was given that opportunity or not. I think he was 664 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,320 Speaker 1: told here's your offensive coordinator, by the way, and Wade 665 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: really wanted to be the head coach, and so he 666 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,280 Speaker 1: went along with that. And so the next guy might say, 667 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to pick the staff. Yeah, and then the 668 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:33,640 Speaker 1: ownership could say, okay, here's three guys. We would really 669 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 1: like you to look at kidnap You'd really like you 670 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 1: to look at Nuss much. We'd really like you to 671 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,359 Speaker 1: look at who a call and whoever it is. But 672 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 1: I think that there'll be better served if the offensive 673 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean, if the head coach chooses are coaching staff 674 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,719 Speaker 1: very very much agreed, you know. And then on the 675 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, you know, I know that 676 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:59,360 Speaker 1: it was a underperforming unit, especially from our expectations and 677 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,880 Speaker 1: how they played in recent years. And you know, Richard 678 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: is one of those guys that eight weeks ago we 679 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,960 Speaker 1: talked about as a potential head coach candidate. And now 680 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,040 Speaker 1: if if there's a change in the staff, is he 681 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,719 Speaker 1: going to be on the staff? You know, it's it's 682 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,240 Speaker 1: it's really hard. And I think that's to your point. 683 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,279 Speaker 1: The right head coach in the right system, he could 684 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: be a great fit. And you know, here's one thing 685 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 1: I look at, I look at twenty fourteen that Bill 686 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,280 Speaker 1: Callahan I think really got the short end of the stick. 687 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,880 Speaker 1: Is when you have co coordinators, it's really hard because 688 00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: a coordinator needs to have control over it. And Bill 689 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: Callaghan did a phenomenal job calling the run game for 690 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:47,359 Speaker 1: us in twenty fourteen and then, but it was really 691 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 1: hard to share those responsibilities because his philosophy was very 692 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,480 Speaker 1: different than Scotlan Dahan who came in and it was 693 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: a pass coordinator. Same thing on the defensive side. I 694 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,879 Speaker 1: don't know if marion Elli and Richard had the same philosophy, 695 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: although they're calling the plays and you know, marion Ellie's 696 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 1: focused on the run. And I mean, it's a really 697 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,600 Speaker 1: tough situation to be able to judge a guy when 698 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:13,480 Speaker 1: you're splitting the responsibilities and I think, you know, yeah, 699 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 1: like dividing Cocker. The more people you have, the greater, 700 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 1: But there needs to be a clear cut leader, and 701 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: I think that that was confused on the defensive side 702 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: of the ball, on the coaching side and on the 703 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:32,240 Speaker 1: player side. And these coaching questions have to be answered fairly, yeah, quickly, 704 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: because the playing decisions will be married to the salary 705 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:43,080 Speaker 1: cap limitations. And I mean it's January now, so you've 706 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 1: basically got sixty days to get a coaching staff in 707 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:52,960 Speaker 1: place and evaluate your entire roster and make a plan 708 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,759 Speaker 1: for free agency. Who are you going to keep? Who 709 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,680 Speaker 1: are you going to try to keep? What players on 710 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 1: other teams would you like to go after? Because that 711 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,280 Speaker 1: middle of March comes and you got fifteen other guys, 712 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred other guys you know, to evaluate. Obviously, you 713 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: know you don't have access to all of them, but 714 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,680 Speaker 1: there's a lot of film that these guys need to 715 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:19,600 Speaker 1: go through. You know. The other thing, too, is what 716 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: happens if the Joneses decide we're not going to move 717 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:30,440 Speaker 1: forward with Jason right his contracts through the fourteenth, do 718 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 1: you do you wait? Until the fourteenth limit his chances 719 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 1: to get a job somewhere else, because I mean, you 720 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:41,760 Speaker 1: look now, there's activity firing and hiring all over the league. 721 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: I don't know this. I haven't talked to anybody about it. 722 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,920 Speaker 1: They have such high personal regard for him. I agree 723 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 1: they knew they weren't going to retain him. I don't 724 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: think they would be standing in the way of him 725 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: getting another job. Yeah, I agree. And then also too, 726 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:01,279 Speaker 1: is you've got to make a decision. Is you know 727 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 1: that that list of potential suitors, which you know there's 728 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:07,920 Speaker 1: a list out there that's floating around. I don't know 729 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,359 Speaker 1: if it's going to be on that list. I think 730 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:15,480 Speaker 1: that there's there's some people on in out there that 731 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,919 Speaker 1: would be great fits that the media is not thinking 732 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:23,000 Speaker 1: about and talking about guaranteed um. But at the same time, 733 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: staffs are going to get solidified, and you're on a 734 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: clock on Okay, who's available and who's gonna who's the 735 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,640 Speaker 1: You're on a draft board for coaches essentially right now, 736 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,480 Speaker 1: who's gonna get who's gonna get gobbled up? And again, 737 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 1: like you said, there's so many things that are contingent 738 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:40,720 Speaker 1: upon dominos will fall and last thing I'll say, other 739 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,520 Speaker 1: than what fun this has been to do this with you. 740 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,000 Speaker 1: This has been so great. So Brad has been on 741 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,800 Speaker 1: me for years, four of your five years now about 742 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:51,839 Speaker 1: doing something. I was glad that we got. You were 743 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,680 Speaker 1: still playing when I first told you that you had 744 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:59,239 Speaker 1: a future in broadcasting. Yeah. Um, and you still do well. 745 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. It's been a blast and opened my 746 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,600 Speaker 1: eyes quite a bit. So it's been a lot of fun. 747 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 1: And as far as everyone who has been hankering for 748 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:12,600 Speaker 1: a coaching change, any coaching change, just remember, be careful 749 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:17,200 Speaker 1: what you wish. That's right. Happy New Year, everybody. This 750 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 1: has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 751 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.