WEBVTT - Player’s Lounge: Who Stays, Who Goes? 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.200 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:18.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the player's label, 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:23.320 broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:28.960 Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray, and New He scrugs. 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.479 All right, here we go on a Tuesday. Everybody, This 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:36.239 is the players lines are New He scrugs, a long 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.960 time Cowboys reported, joined by Barry Church and Danny McCray. Gentlemen, 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.960 we spent so much time allowing Barry to take that 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:50.000 victory lap yesterday. We failed to give credit to a 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:53.720 guy who had a good game that was very underrated 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:57.840 in the win, and that is Special Teams Ace who 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.279 played a lot of defense. C J. Good. So, gentlemen, 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.760 let's peak that praise on old CJ. His partner. Big 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:08.399 win over the Eagles. We gotta get go ahead, Dan 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:12.479 mc go ahead. They called Barry Church nostradamins. But I'm 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:15.399 gonna I'm gonna take this one because I've been calling 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:19.160 this man the MVP of the Dallas Cowboys football team 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:22.240 four weeks now, and they and they put him out there, 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.840 and they had them specifically out there to spy on 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:29.480 Jalen Hurts, and I think that changed the game. It 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:31.360 forced Jalen Hurts to stay in the pocket a little 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.640 bit longer than he wanted two and allow our pass 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.520 rush to get there and allow our coverage to be 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.200 in the right position to get those interceptions. So he 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.000 went out there, he changed the game the same way 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.080 he's been doing all year. And a shout out to him, 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.440 and he's still the MVP in the only pro bo 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:51.120 snub on the Dallas Cowboys football team. Hey man, good 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.320 good stuff for CJ out there. You right, We forgot 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:54.960 to show our boys some love. He was one of 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.800 our first guests here on the Players Lounge last year, 0:01:57.880 --> 0:01:59.720 and I mean he's been a special team's demon this 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.800 whole year, whether it be covering kicks down and kicks 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:06.600 inside the twenty, doing reverse passes, taking it down the sidelines. 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.919 I mean, he's been a special teams demon. And then 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:10.800 they threw him in on defense and I didn't even 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:14.639 notice the small little wrinkle that Mike Nolan put in 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.480 there having him back there at safety and as the snapper. 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.400 As the play progressed, he slowly crept down into that 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:22.960 kind of quarterback spy position and we all know he 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.200 has world class feed, so it wasn't like Hurtch was 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.080 gonna be able to run away from him. But I mean, 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.040 they did a great job adding him in on the defense, 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:30.799 and he's just been a stud all year round. I mean, 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:32.880 not a lot of people noticed him because of special teams, 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:34.840 but this guy's been a stud for the team all 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:36.760 year round. And like, like Danny said, he was the 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.600 only snub on the Cowboys roster as far as Pro 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.760 Bowls concerned, who did make the Pro Bowl over him? 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:48.560 I forgot I want to say it was. It wasn't 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.960 Matt Slater because you know he's always at a special 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:53.600 teams gay, but that's AFC. I'm not sure who made 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:59.320 it in I'm not sure who may maybe well, I mean, look, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.799 here's an other tough thing for a guy like c J. Yeah, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.680 when you're a losing team, you guys to know this 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:06.320 because you play the game. It's hard. It's hard to 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.600 make the Pro Bowl, you know it just just losing 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.800 teams is it's tough, and we do it. And we 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.320 have seen in the past when the Cowboys win, the 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.280 Cowboys get a lot of guys on the Pro Bowls. 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.240 So you know, for a guy like CJ. Hopefully he's 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.079 back in twenty twenty one and the Cowboys have a 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.480 winning record, then he's going to have that better opportunity 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.480 to make it on special teams. But you know, so 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:30.639 many times that's how a big chunk of this goes 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.880 into who makes the Pro Bowl squad. And you know, 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.040 you get lucky, you know, you gotta be, you know, 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.840 extraordinarily a big time name like a Deshaun Watson to 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.680 make the Pro Bowl on a losing team like he 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.760 did this year. And Ryan Tannehill was all mad about 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:45.960 how he did make it. But um, you know, I 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:49.880 think we all saw Deshaun Watson was out there by himself. Yes, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:57.880 absolutely by him. I mean, to answer your question, he 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.680 was Nick Blore from the Seattle Seahawks, who was the 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:07.840 special teams pro bowler for the NFC. Gotcha listen. It 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.400 also doesn't help when your team cuts you before the year. 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:14.400 You know, you kind of help along the way there, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.840 you know. And that's and hopefully c J can get 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:19.320 some real most of all, and Danny, you know you 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.760 know this well, the special teams was your thing. You 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.400 can get some respect in your own locker room, you know, that. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.400 That's what I hope CJ. Goodwin can get out of 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:33.480 this twenty twenty season. It's just some respect from the organization. No, No, listen, listen, listen, listen. 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.880 I can guarantee you that they have a respect for him. 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.839 But as Barry knows, and you're covering, the Cowboys know 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.360 that safe the safety position is one of the positions 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.480 that is not really that invested in when it comes 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:49.160 to dollars and long contracts and special teams. Is also 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.880 one of those positions to where the Cowboys have not 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.520 been able to keep their stars special teams players and 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.000 stack those guys up so they can have guys like 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.240 CJ on the roster for long periods of time, kind 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:03.680 of like a team like um the New New England Patriots. 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:05.960 So I hope that this is the year that we 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.680 kind of turned the corner and realized how important a 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:12.480 guy like CJ is. But if history, you know, tells 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.480 us anything, then he might be headed somewhere else. He 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.320 needs a gimmick, man, he needs one of those. I mean, 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.440 knew what you were around here? When who was the 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:22.960 guy back in the day? Man? It was I think 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.120 it was Kenny the Shark. Yeah, he think't in there 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:29.640 doing his little shark dads like yeah, yeah, yeah, he 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.280 needs this little gimmick man, just to get him a 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.159 little bit more TV time, and then I'm sure he'll 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:37.640 be able to turn the corner and get cjes CJ. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.240 He even going to come out. He ain't about to 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:44.080 do that, man, And listen, if they don't respect him 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:45.640 for his play on the field right now, he don't 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.120 need to go out there and do no shark man. 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.640 So hey, them shark dads might put a couple of 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:54.920 extra mill in your pocket. May I don't know. Look, Look, 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:58.400 I mean I was there for it, man. I remember. 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.600 I mean Kenny the Shark Gant was so popular. I 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:03.719 mean he had a radio show. I mean, man, people 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.400 loved that dude. And when when it was Special Team's time, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.599 you know, people were in the stands, you know, watching 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.280 him dance do his thing. So I'm just saying, uh, 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.240 it was it was a niche that he took and 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.679 fans loved it. I mean even when pat Man Jones 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.040 was here, you know Pat Man Jones, people wanted to 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.040 see him in the return game. And I thought, okay, 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.720 I was wrong, but I thought Tavon Austin could have 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:27.039 been a guy who who got people going into return games. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:28.960 It didn't happen that way. But like I said, I thought, 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.480 but taking this a little bit further out here on 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.960 the players lauch Boty by hotels dot Com. We saw 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.880 some uptick from the defensive back and we've seen it 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.880 now in three football games, and my jaw remember it 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:50.479 against rookie Jalen Hurts. It's against uh Nick Mullins. None 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.160 of these three players will be starting for their teams 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:57.000 if they can get their starting quarterbacks back next year. 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.400 In my opinion, I don't think they are. Maybe Hurts, 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.080 but I doubt I doubt it because they got so 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:02.919 much investing in Carson Wentz. I think they'd like to 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.920 try and make it work with them first. But do 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.640 you bring these guys back? Do you blow it up? 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.040 What do you do with your secondary next year? With 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:13.840 just one game to go? What do you think they 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:18.320 should do? McCraw? Wait, wait, so I know Nick Mullins 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.320 didn't start the next game after he played US, so 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:24.040 that's already off the table. And did Brandon Allen start 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.120 the next same? Yeah, he played, he falled out and 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.920 against balled out and any player. Yeah he played okay, 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.400 so so Nick so so. Nick Mullins is already off. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.600 It's not happening all right, So listen, It's like I said, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:42.160 it's hard to make those plays no matter who's playing quarterback. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.080 It's it's been some guys out there. Like you said, 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.320 Brandon Allen goes out there next week and play as 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.920 well against Houston, and you never would have thought that 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:50.560 would have happened. The way that he gave them, gave 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.360 the turn up was over to us. So, like I said, 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.760 when you have those opportunities to make those plays and 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.360 you make them, you deserve all the credit in the world. 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:02.640 But that doesn't change what happened previously throughout the season 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.920 and with your dB coaches and these guys getting you know, 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:10.080 bombed on balls, going over the head, getting you know, 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.360 blonde coverages and simple stuff like cover three and cover four. 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.720 None of that stuff changes that, right, So they made 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.600 some plays, but it needs to be some reconstruction going 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.880 on in that secondary just to make sure that this 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:24.960 is not our Achilles Hill next season. Reconstruction that they 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:29.840 need to throw a TNT whole secondary room and blow 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.080 that thing up. I mean, look, I only see maybe 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.520 two two people coming back from this secondary and I 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.400 would be Wilson, who he's shown. He's shown that he 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.440 can be that playmaker. He needs to. He needs to 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.320 fine tune his coverage a little bit and kind of 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.720 get his game under control as far as getting penalties 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.160 and late hits in that nature. But you can ride 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.319 with a guy like that who goes one hundred miles 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.680 an hour, no matter what position it is, no matter 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.319 what snap it is, no matter what time in the 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.439 game it is. He's going one hundred miles an hour. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:57.760 So you can live with that. You can go to 0:08:57.840 --> 0:08:59.560 war with that, and then the other guy has to 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.600 be trade on days. I mean, yes, he had his 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.880 ups and downs. He's been getting beat by four touchdowns, 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.040 but he's also fought and came back. I mean, look 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.960 the receiving corps he had to go against his first 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.760 six games as an NFL. I mean he had Julio Jones, 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:19.360 DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett cut from LA, he had Roods. 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.439 I mean, he had a lineup of receivers that I 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.240 don't know any veteran corner would be able to go 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.640 up there and have success again, So this guy had 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.240 his ups and downs. But he's done enough to be 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:29.920 able to come back and I think be that number 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:34.040 one corner for the secondary. But the rest of those guys, Whosier, Woods, 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:38.240 Jay Lou want to throw in there. I think it's 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.240 time for them to, you know, go look elsewhere. I 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.320 think it will benefit like like the restkins say, it'll 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:48.400 benefit both parties. Hadn't separate, all right, So so we 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.560 need to blow this thing up and bring those two 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:57.280 back and see what happens. I got five, got you 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:02.520 got five? Five? Yeah? Five? Okay, go ahead, name those guys. 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:07.640 Please dig Diggs is one, obviously, yes, Tray digs Um. 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:12.960 I'm bringing back Darian Thompson because he's a backup in 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.160 my opinion, and you put him in a backup role 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.160 and he's making one point three million dollars in twenty 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.920 twenty one, so I'm bringing him back. I'll bring it 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.280 back Wilson in twenty twenty one as a backup. He's 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.960 making eight hundred and eighty one thousand dollars. I'm bringing 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:32.120 back Striker. I'll bring it back Wilson. I'll bring it 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.040 back Anthony Brown. Anthony Brown next year got a salary 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:39.160 of five point seven million dollars and I'm looking at him. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:44.439 There's a lot of money, a lot of bread. Um, Look, 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:46.880 what do I need in this league. I'm gonna need 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.920 three guys, are gonna need some debt. So you've paid him, 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.640 and my hope is that a new defensive coordinator can 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.880 get something out of him. But I'm bringing him back, Okay, 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:58.839 So I'm bringing him back and I'll bring it. I'll 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.720 bring it back Reggie Robins, and for seven hundred and 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.920 ninety two thousand dollars, here's a guy that you've already 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.720 vested in and hopefully with a full offseason, the kid 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.720 from Tulsa can give you something on special teams and 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.240 give you something as a defensive back. So those are 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.440 the guys I bringing back. What I do need. I 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.600 need another starting corner on the other side of digs. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.600 I need a starting I need two starting safeties. So 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.080 so I go to at least three to possibly four 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:25.959 guys to go with these other dudes. I'll bring it back. 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.560 I got two questions. I got two questions. Is Anthony 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:32.800 Brown's contract guarantee because you know, like I don't know, 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:34.680 he might have had his first two years guarantee. Because 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.040 I know he's having the three for fifteen, but I 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:37.880 want to know if his second year is guaranteed. If so, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.040 then yes, he'll have to be back. And then my 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:43.120 second question is you bringing Reggie Robinson back? He could 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:51.720 practice squad, practice squad. Okay, all right, all right, never listen. 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.079 This year has made us forget that there is a 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.440 practice squad, so we could bring we could bring them back, 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:58.560 put him on practice squad, kind of developed them, kind 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.400 of like we did Teddy Williams back in the day. 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.640 You can still get him, you know, get him that way. 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.599 Uh and NEWI I think you also are correct on 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:09.120 Anthony Brown. I think he's played well enough that he 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:13.280 deserves another shot, you know, hopefully with a new defensive 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.280 coordinator or at least new defensive back coach that can 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.480 really get the most out of these guys. But yeah, 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:24.240 Traymon Diggs, Anthony Brown h woods. You know, he's a 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.560 no go for me because you know, he went out 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.560 and embarrassed the whole defensive staff really about telling people 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:32.320 that he couldn't hustle for for a full game. That's 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.720 just going to stick with me, you know, as long 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:36.320 as he's here. And it makes no sense. But yet 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:39.480 Wilson and Thompson, I think you still give those guys 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:41.520 a shot. You bring them back and see what happens 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.520 because they are on team freendly dials. And you said, 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:47.120 if we plan on signing break Dak Prescott, then we're 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:48.840 going to need to be on some have some team 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:52.400 friendly deals going on. Thompson gonna be starting if we 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:58.800 bring Prescott back. Church. Here's your here's some numbers here 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.040 for over the cap. On Anthony Brown, he's got a 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.760 cat number next years at five point seven five million dollars. 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.440 It's he takes up two point eight percent of the cat. 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.920 That's not a lot. If you cut him before June first, 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.200 it costs you three million dollars. If you're cutting him after, 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.880 it's two point seven million dollars. And for me, you know, 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.040 I'm thinking right now he's going to be my third quarter. 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.160 At five point seven million dollars, that's not a lot. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.319 You go when you look at Trevon dig he doesn't 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.360 have a high number next year because he was a 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.439 first round draft pick. And then I'm gonna go out 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:35.480 most likely draft or sign another cornerback here. So for 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:39.760 my corner room, that's not a lot. Of money, considering 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.080 how many teams you're going to face in the NFL 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.880 that want to throw the football. I just don't think 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.000 that Anthony Brown is killing me. I don't look at 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.360 him and say, oh my gosh, this dude is you know, 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.280 he's he's so put it like this. You'll ask Jaylen 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.240 Smith to take a pay cut, and you'll figure out 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.560 a way to lessen his money, then you will. Anthony Brown, 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:02.319 in my opinion, that's true, that's true. I just think 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.160 he's as I think of him as a three and 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.240 I don't know how you guys, I think of him 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.160 as a three. I think of as a guy that 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.360 you know, you're gonna need some nickels and dime packages 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:12.679 and so that's you know. Can he be one of 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.160 my top three four dB corners. Yeah, I think he 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.319 can be that. But if you're looking at him to 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.560 be a starter, then maybe you I think you might 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.760 be a little bit. You might be a little bit often. 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.880 And that's my thing about Wilson and Thompson. These guys 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.160 as starters, you may not want them there as backups. Great, 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.280 I mean that that that's just me. Um, yeah, I 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:35.240 would I would agree. I would agree with you on 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.640 the Wilson, I mean on the Thompson. Think, if he's 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:39.360 coming in, if we can keep him for that same 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.600 kind of VET minimum deal, I think he'd be a 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.080 valuable piece on that on that special team because, like 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.480 like mcrais said earlier in the season, you know, we 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.560 don't value special teams that much. We kind of just 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.160 throw guys out there. But if we can keep a 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.920 guy like Thompson on that VET minimum deal and have him, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.640 you know, not waste his energy on defense but basically 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:57.720 be nothing but a special teams player, I can get 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:59.400 down with that. I can have him being a backup 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.800 but a b you know, I think you talked me 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.160 into to him being that third corner because, like you said, 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.960 five point seven for a third you know nickel start 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.800 starting Nickel corner. That's that's mediocre money for for a 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.840 starting Nickel corner. So I think he could the cap. 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.400 Oh mediocre money, all right. So I said something about 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.040 the contract months ago, and I got laughed off the show. 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.240 Now he talking about mediocre about when we when we 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.760 when we're talking about top ranked guys getting paid at 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.720 the Nickel spot, they're getting paid you know, eleven and 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.320 twelve million dollars at the nickel spot. So I would 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:34.760 say five point seven is that that's that's mediocre, That's 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:39.120 that's medium, good road. Listen, it's a real contract. It 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:46.840 is a real contra. Oh May, that's crazy. Medio point 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.920 four million. So it's one point four million for Dicks 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.960 next year, and and then the cap hit on Brown 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:59.840 next year's five point point seven. So that is that 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.080 right there comes out about seven point two million for 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:07.040 two of your top three starting corners. Um, that's that's 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.960 that's good money in the national football And then so 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.520 and I gotta think something on Wilson man, I just 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:15.800 I just have a little bit more faith than him 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.920 because my understanding is this guy essentially is a rookie 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.600 because he's this is his first time really being a starter, 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.640 and he went out there and made some serious plays, right, 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:28.160 so he's you know, we're hoping that he's going to 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.560 have a chance to go through a full offseason, learn 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.360 a full defensive scheme, have a full training camp, and 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.440 have this year under his belt, and I can only 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.480 see him going up from here now. Albeit last year 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.320 I thought the same thing about some of these dbs. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.160 So you know, in football, you never really know, but 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.280 I can just see his ceiling being pretty high. As 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.440 long as as long as they make sure they develop 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.440 him the correct way and put him in positions to 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.760 be successful. Well, Donovan Wilson should need to be a 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.160 part of this conversation if you really think about standpoint 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:58.840 of even not being back. I mean, here's a guy 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.760 who's in his second year finally gets an opportunity. He's 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:05.479 the cost for him said twenty twenty one is eight 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.320 hundred and eighty one thousand dollars. In twenty twenty two 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.520 it's nine hundred and sixty six thousand. I mean, you know, 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.600 for this kind of money and the production what we've 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.680 seen so far, this is a good team friendly contract 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.879 for the Cowboys, and you need a guy like that. 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:22.640 Now I'm not saying they're gonna bring in Earl Thomas, 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.320 but just let's say you go and you get a 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.359 guy like in Earl Thomas, and then you have a 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.800 guy like Wilson. To me, that's a perfect spot where 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.959 you got two guys back, or maybe you want Wilson 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:32.760 has started one spot and you pay a little bit 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:34.879 of money more money to Earl Thomas. But but you know, 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.720 you have a cheaper guy there. And I go back 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.680 to what I said before. If you're paying Dak Prescott, 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.080 you've got to find ways, and you've got to find 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:48.080 some bargains on your football team and drafting guys, especially 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.640 guys who are in that fifth, you know, fifth, sixth round, 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.000 who could come in here and help you as backups. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:55.720 This is going to be the key towards managing this 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:59.200 cap for the Cowboys. In my opinion, keep Earl Thomas well, 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:03.240 yet keep L Thomas where he Keep Earl Thomas where 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.680 he's away from the Dallas Cowboys. Please, Oh yeah, because look, 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:08.760 if we pay, if we pay Prescott, we're gonna have 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:10.719 to do a lot of bargain shopping on the defense. 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:12.680 And as a safety. I don't think we need that 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.560 Earl Thomas or that Justin Simmons, that high priced safety. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:17.280 I think we need somebody in the in the tray, 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:20.040 Boston realm, who's a solid safety, who can be that 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.520 quarterback of the defense. Get these guys lined up, and 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:24.520 someone who Wilson can learn after. And I think that's 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.120 what we're gonna have to go since we're gonna give 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.920 Dak Prescott probably fifty some millions, So I mean we're 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:38.719 gonna do break, Okay, squeezing a break. The Cowboys may 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.719 need a new offensive coordinator next year. We already think 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.359 they need a defensive coordinator next year. 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