WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Rivalry Revisited 0:00:02.080 --> 0:00:02.600 The following. 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:04.600 He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:11.400 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.720 This He's Talking Cowboys, springing live. 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.440 From the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:29.400 Straight Scot Tis Tosdo and now your hosts Isaiah Standback, 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:34.800 Nick Harris, Josh Rodriguez and Kyle Yeoman's. 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.720 It's a Talking Tuesday edition of Talking Cowboys, presented by 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:45.880 Black Rifle Coffee Company. Today we talk to Cowboys Nation. 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:48.920 Give us a call eight eight eight eight five five 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.120 two two ninety seven or hit us up on the 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:54.720 Cowboys Podcast text line eight one seven two nine zero 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:58.200 three two nine eight. It has been too long since 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.520 we've been able to talk to Cowboys Nation. These short 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:03.160 weeks have really hindered our ability to do so. So 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.800 today we are going to take plenty of phone calls, 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.080 We're going to answer so many text messages, and we're 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.319 gonna do it here over the next forty five minutes. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:16.480 We've got Nick Harris, John Machoda, Chris Beam in the back, 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:20.240 I'm Kyle Yelmans, and we also have PAC twelve champion 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:24.160 Isaiah stand Back. His Washington Huskies is. 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:25.080 Part of the journey, Kyle. 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.880 Yeah, hey, you helped build that program to college football 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:30.119 playoff birth. 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.560 I mean I was, I was just a little speck 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.240 amongst the whole picture is so humble. I mean those guys, 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.319 I mean, all these programs having especially like guys like 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:40.960 Derek Eagleton and Brittany. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.160 I mean, you know, their programs have watch parties. Yeah, 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:46.320 watch parties to see if we're gonna hold that's right. 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.200 You're a Texas guy too. Did we get in? Did 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.440 we get in? You know, you know what we had, Kyle. 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:51.880 What you have? 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:55.160 Our coach showed up to the office, getting back to work, 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.440 just back to work. We just need to find out 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:58.800 who our next to the border was. That's all he 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:00.600 cared about. He didn't care about nobody else is in 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:00.960 the building. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:01.200 Cap. 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.960 He's going right back in the office on January second, too. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.959 Getting ready for the National Championship You're right, baby, you're right. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:12.440 Getting ready for the National championship game. Yeah, that's gonna 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.920 be a fun game. Texas Washington. I'm sure there's plenty 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.080 of Texas longhorned fans listened to this show. 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:20.240 Could we did it last year? 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:21.239 Yeah? 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:21.960 I was there for that. 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:23.919 Yeah. Now, the mobile. 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:24.840 Yeah, what was the result? 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.079 Washington won more or less? Yeah? 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.880 Interesting, majority of our players are back. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.440 I was about to say Texas sat some guys in 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:35.720 that game, and they're not sitting anybody in the college football. 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.799 Majority of our guys are back. I know the better. 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.519 Trust me. If I had that thig. 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:43.800 That's big and that's like it. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.800 Twelve hundred yard rusher towards a cl and then replaced 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.480 him with another guy that's averaging one hundred yards. 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.000 How many guys are you, guys sending to the Heisman finalists? 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:57.000 How many are you? How many are gonna win? 0:02:57.600 --> 0:02:59.160 Guys, we're already starting this. 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.000 We got a month of this, we got a whole 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:02.440 of it. 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:03.239 I love it. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.080 And then we've got John over here across the table 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:10.160 that's from Detroit. But you hate Michigan, right, yeah, yeah, 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:10.760 very much? 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.639 So why does that work? 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:14.840 Unfortunately at Florida State as well. 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:16.840 You see I didn't even think about that. 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.160 Yeah, dang, you see them. See I don't go through, 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:19.919 through and through. 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:21.800 I am for the pro teams, but I didn't. I mean, 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.280 you went to Washington. I didn't go to Michigan. 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:24.280 Why do I have the roof? Yeah? 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.840 You don't have to do anything. You're grown man, are 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.920 you didda? Did you handle the Florida State news well? 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:32.600 Or you upset about the whole. 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:34.920 I don't think anybody that who would. 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.000 Yeah, honestly, like, if you handled that well, if that 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.680 was your team, if it was a one loss, you know, 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.920 we've all done dealt with that stuff. Rights to everybody 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:45.920 you gotta want. Everyone's got one. But when you're an 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:49.400 undefeated Power five conference champ and your non conference includes 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.000 Florida and l s U, like, it's your fault that 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.880 they sucked, your fault that Florida lshie worked as good 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:56.960 as they normally are, Like, you can only schedule the games, 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:00.120 you know, so that yeah, that's if they honestly, Like 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:01.680 I even would have been fine with it if their 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:03.600 nine conference was you know, some teams will just like 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:05.400 their three nine conferences are just like come on, guys, 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:07.280 what are we even doing here? You know, But when 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.440 it's Florida and LSU, you're just kind of like, uh, 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.240 this is what the games that would have played. I 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.440 think all like quarterback being out, it's kind of a 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:14.160 cop out thing, you. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:15.840 Think, So yeah, I think it's like an excuse a 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:16.400 way to get out. 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:17.839 Yeah, excuse, get the SEC. 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:19.840 It's such a weak excuse. 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:21.839 It's such So what are you guys thoughts? What do 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.040 you guys think should have happened? 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:24.840 Florida State should have been four? 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:25.320 Yeah? 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.279 Yeah, no, I don't even think it's up for debating. 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.280 Who do you think should have been three? Texas? 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:29.520 Yeah? 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:29.880 Texas? 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.160 Have you Pike of the time now Georgia. 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.600 No, you should go from one to eight when they. 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.120 Went to six seven or six six six six. 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:38.559 I just think that there's two different arguments. 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.880 If you're trying to put the most deserving teams in, 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.240 then I think Florida State's in. If you're trying to 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.280 put the best teams in, they didn't get that ready either. 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.159 Because Georgia is one of the best four teams. There's 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.720 no debating that. So it's not come with this clown 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:55.200 committee stuff about how, oh Georgia, Georgia is now still 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:56.320 one behind Florida State. 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.160 Yeah, they're fourteen point dog in that game. 0:04:58.200 --> 0:04:58.480 You're not. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.839 You don't really think that Georgia is below Florida State. 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:03.640 So just do it real then if if you're hey, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.520 you want it started this year and do the best teams. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:07.280 Then do the best teams they lie to us? 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.279 Who do you believe have been the best four teams 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:09.560 in there? 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.360 The best four teams? You're not gonna want to hear me. 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:15.560 Well, go ahead, Liberty, No, it's tough. 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:16.040 It's tough. 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.360 I I definitely think the best the best team is 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.760 is Georgia. I think Alabama second. It's close with me 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:25.240 between Michigan, Washington, and Texas. Yeah, you know I would. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:26.840 I don't think Florida State is one of them. I'm 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.880 not naive to this. Surely I would have no other problem. 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:32.280 But then even if you do that, then you're gonna 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:36.080 have Washington or you're gonna have Texas whoever complaining about 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:36.840 them being left out. 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:38.080 So we have the most ranked wins. 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.400 Yeah, I mean they're undefeated, so I would think Washington 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:42.440 deserves to be in. 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.279 Washington and Michigan are locks. 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.600 And then like I can just I'm I'm just telling 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:47.760 you this, nobody, You're. 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.200 Gonna be so unbearable for the next. 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.919 Nobody would be like you see that reaction of the 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.120 Michigan Like I was just telling like you see. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:55.960 That reaction of the Michigan players when they. 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.400 Saw and said, I'm telling you that's how all those 0:05:58.400 --> 0:05:59.960 teams would have been if they got Georgia instead of 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:01.919 every team that they got, they'd be like, oh, I 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.320 thought they were out. So just don't lie to me 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.839 and make this phony thing of how, no, we're putting 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:07.120 the best. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.120 No you're not. You know you're trying to find in. 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.120 Let's be kind of like we're doing the right thing. 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.200 But make sure you get cc team and make sure 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:14.719 we get. 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.240 I don't know how you drop from one to six 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:17.600 or seven or whatever the heck it is. 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:22.080 That's just especially if the the president that's being set 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:26.800 by putting Alabama in has Georgia also should be in 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.240 because they're just the best teams that's available. They're one 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:32.320 of the four best teams. I think the committee got 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.440 it right in terms of the four and the way 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.760 that the scenario played out. It's a crazy scenario, absolutely 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.039 wild scenario. I would have done the exact same thing, 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.919 But I get your reasoning on Florida State deserved to be, 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:44.320 in no doubt about it, but they're just in a 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:48.479 peculiarly peculiar situation with the quarterback situation, the way that 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.839 they played down the stretch and the way that teams 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.680 are the way that the committee saw how they played 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:54.760 in those games. 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.200 That's the even thing. I don't even know if the 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:57.520 committee saw it that way. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:58.039 Really. 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.640 I think it's it's very hard pan driven. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:02.960 I mean when you watch the games, like, did you 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.240 would you guys sit there and watch like a Florida 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.680 State Louisville ACEC championship game. Of course not most people didn't. 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.040 That's fine, but if you watch that game the entire time, 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.320 that's all they're talking about. Like it's just so driven 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.320 on how they're not going to be It was like 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.200 the game didn't even mean anything the way that like 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.920 the ESPN was like sitting about it, and ESPN and 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.240 and and and the SEC. I mean, they're obviously big brands. Man, 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.320 they're they're in it together. It's about making money. 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:27.560 Has anybody checked on no sea Walker? 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.880 Yeah, he's not in this conversation, that's for sure. 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:32.760 They're back to back. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:33.440 He's at six. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:35.280 Very angry. 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.360 I could imagine neither one of my top college football 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.840 teams North Texas school I went to Baylor, the school 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.080 that I grew up around. Neither one of them that 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.000 may even made a bowl game. So you guys be 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:46.360 happy that you had good seasons. 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:49.160 Everybody has a down yere you had. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:51.920 Yeah, that's how it goes. All right, let's talk Cowboys. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.440 Sorry we took so long on college football, but we're 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:58.040 all big college Oh. 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:58.920 You do this is fire. 0:07:59.080 --> 0:07:59.440 I'll tell you. 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.520 I'm trying to I'm gonna uh. 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.320 News and notes from the Cowboys over the weekend. Of 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.960 course they got the big win, got the big win 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:14.840 on Thursday night football. How have things kind of gone sense? 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:15.040 Then? 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.960 Well, talking about news and notes is that we're jumping 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.000 into here. Well, we could start with Shack Leonard signing 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.880 with Philadelphia yesterday. It was kind of starting to trend 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.560 that way, and we were talking to some people yesterday 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:26.320 and it was it was. 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:28.800 It was kind of. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.920 Funny the people that were like, yeah, it's it's turning 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:34.160 towards Philadelphia, and then almost immediately it was he signed 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:34.600 with Philly. 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.480 With those people, did you get the sense that it 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.960 was it's gonna be tough to overcome this man. 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:42.000 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.360 I know there were some health concerns in the building, 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.800 but they would have been completely okay bringing him in 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.640 and having that opportunity to you know, fit him in 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.440 with this defense and have a run stopper like this. 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:54.280 They were very excited about that possibility. 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.120 But it's I mean, as we talked about as soon 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.040 as the possibility opened, it's not gonna be the end 0:08:58.040 --> 0:08:59.319 of the world if they don't get them. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.360 Does it hurt that he goes to Philly of all places. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.959 Maybe behind that defensive line, Yes. 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:04.520 It hurts tough. 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.719 Yes, you know how much of a run stopper can 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.600 he really be this season? And especially is he going 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.760 to be ready this week? I don't feel like that's 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.679 realistic right now, but I we'll see, We'll see, and 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.319 if he is active on Sunday night, then I'm sure 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.520 everyone's gonna be looking out for whatever number he's wearing. 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.400 I'm fascinated to see how he plays. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:29.720 But then also the when the eventually the contract numbers 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:31.679 will come out. I just found it interesting today this 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.160 morning on the radio and one to five through the fan, 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:34.679 when Jerry was asked about he said that when they 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.760 met that they didn't even there was never any money 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.440 of it mentioned. They didn't even talk get to money. 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:40.559 It was more about, hey, this is what we want, 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:42.480 this is how you can help us. We think you'll 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.000 be a good fit in this way had lunch and 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.160 that was more of and then obviously they looked into 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:48.600 the health side of it as well. But I found 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.120 it interesting that he said that they didn't even get 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.080 into the financial side. So I'm interested to see when 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.120 those numbers eventually do come out. Maybe there's a lot 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.160 of incentives in the contract. But to your point, I 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.840 remember you talking about like potentially like more than one year. 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.240 I found interesting that it was only a one year deal. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.480 And the other interesting part about too, is that like 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.800 the Eagles website like put that out immediately, like you know, 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.320 there was like some reports that came out and then 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.960 boom they were like we have signed you know, Shack 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.440 Leonard one year deal or whatever. So obviously they didn't 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:16.280 include the numbers, but I want to see what those are. 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:17.640 I'm very interested in that. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.439 Especially with it being a one year deal. That was 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.200 the conversation that we had was does he want to 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.439 test free agency and does he want a two year deal. 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.520 I know you thought a two year deal would have 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:28.160 done him well. 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.280 I think a two year deal would have done him well. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.480 But I mean, I understand signing a one year with Philly, 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.280 I really do. I mean, I know, Cowboys fans don't 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.679 want to hear that, but that's reality. If you're a linebacker, 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:40.280 you're going to go where you're going to have the 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.240 most freedom to roam without getting blocked. And the deepensive 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.000 line that they have in Philadelphia allows for him to 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.400 do that. He could roam free without any office a 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:49.719 lineman being able to get up to him. 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.200 And it just makes total sense. It makes total sense. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.040 That's why I said when he if he leaves this 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:55.880 building without a contract, he's not coming back. 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:57.560 I just knew that, knew it. 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.760 Well, that was the plan all along. He was always 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.360 I had a plan to go sleep five schools. After 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:04.640 my third school, I canceled the rest of them. It 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.680 was very you know what I'm saying like, it was 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.839 very once you know, you know, but you. 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:10.560 Don't, Okay, So you. 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.400 Don't think that a player could potentially be like, I 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.000 want to go to the Eagles, but let me just. 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:18.560 Go check out. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.640 Oh, I don't know, their biggest rival, their most hated rival. 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.480 Let me just go check it out. Like that a possible, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.240 that's a possibility. At least let me at least kick 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:27.200 the tires. See what's going on. 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:29.360 This is two of the best teams in the league. Yeah, 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:31.719 when you're talking about Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia. 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.600 Eagles, based upon what's going on right now, these are 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.000 two the best teams. So it makes sense that you 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.720 would go see those two teams. But if you go 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:39.520 to one and they don't talk to you about many 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.360 money and money is a big part of your decision. 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.199 But that's what I'm saying. Money is a big part 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.120 of your decision. So you need leverage. You know, you 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.440 need to be able to go to this team and go, hey, 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:51.760 you know, I really like what you guys are doing. 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:53.400 I'd like to join you, but you would at least Again, 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:54.640 that's why I want to see the numbers. You want 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.560 to at least have something like, Hey, also, your biggest 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.520 rival is really interested in me too. I mean, that 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:00.920 does had a factor to it. 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.320 I think that can be it. 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:06.720 I mean, obviously between the I wouldn't do that personally, 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:08.760 so I can't speak for him, but I can say 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.480 that he knows and everybody around the league knows that 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.480 Philadelphia is going to go after what they want. 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:15.280 Yeah, that's that's what's one thing. 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.560 That one they both need linebacker help to the other. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:19.640 Top team in the NFL right now is the San 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.319 Francisco forty nine ers. They don't necessarily need linebacker help. 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:24.800 Even if he would kick out in the middle of 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.480 the game, and even if they do, if one it 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:28.280 needs to get kicked. 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.120 Out in the middle of the game, stategy out there. 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.920 And even if he that was the case, I'm not 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.600 saying it was, but that he wanted to have some leverage. 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:38.680 I'm not saying that even if that was, that doesn't 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.079 make you a bad person or anything like that. That's business. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:42.960 That's a smart move if you did something like that. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.719 I don't think that you should look any differently on 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.160 a player if they were to do something like that. 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:48.160 It's business at the end. 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:48.520 Of the day. 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.439 I just I just think that you know there's a 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.440 chance when you go to Dallas that you that you 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.000 may leave the building without a contract. When you go 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.360 to Philly, you're not leading the building without a contry. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:57.760 You're just not. 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.640 Yeah, we just we we know that sitting here. Players 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.520 know that too. I'm a highly talented player. I'm somebody 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:06.120 that everybody wants they have their hands on. I'm going 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.240 to go to the arguably one of the best teams 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.920 in the league and their defensive line is freaking amazing. 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:12.720 Yeah, there's just something you know what I'm saying. 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.559 It's not just about this year though with me either, 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.360 it's like my entire time covering the team. How many 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.800 times they've just been nauseated at the reports that come 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.319 out about a player being available, and how the Cowboys 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.160 are one of the teams. Like there'll be four teams, 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:29.000 but then there'll be four teams, but then there's always 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.120 like one where they'll be like and then the Cowboys, 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:32.559 and you know that they're not going to the Cowboys, 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:33.959 but it's like always included in there. 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.360 Actually it ties in with the colleg football playoff little bit. 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.679 The Cowboys would love it if they did this by 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:40.880 a committee because how many years would they be real close? 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:42.360 They'd be like, no, no, no, Cowboys are. 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:43.240 What they've got to come in. 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:45.200 You got to the Cowboys. 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.400 I mean you just see the numbers that they put 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:50.400 up that that Thursday night game, the most streams that 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:51.000 they've ever had. 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:51.720 It just came out. 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.960 This game this Sunday night is going to be one 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:57.160 of the most watched games. Yeah, I mean, yeah, the 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.679 Cowboys are just I feel like I'm not please remove 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.760 the Jack Clary thing from this. I'm not saying him 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.760 for this instance, but I'm just saying the Cowboys are 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:04.720 used as leverage. 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:09.000 Yeah, it happens every off season, it happens in season, 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.360 and then especially in a heated divisional race like this, it's. 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:14.240 Let me else say, he's going to be very, very 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.960 unbearable shackliner. He gets on the field and is a beast. 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.440 We're not going to be able to deal with Isaiah. 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.000 And I told you, I told you. 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.360 It's just I mean, it's just that's it just makes 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.040 sense as a linebacker, Like you think about some of 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.720 the greatest linebackers in the game, they were playing behind 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.720 really big defensive tackles. And if you want to roam free, 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.200 and if you're a run stopper, like that's the biggest 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.240 part of your game, how can I be most successful? Well, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:41.720 I can have some big boys in front of me 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.600 that don't allow the office on line may get up 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:43.760 to me. 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.160 That's how you're successful as a linebacker. And that's what 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:46.440 they have. 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.000 And so it made sense from that from that regard, 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:50.640 and then you add the aspect that those guys have 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:51.720 been at the top of the league. 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:53.040 They've been to the Super Bowl. 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:57.520 These guys have a highly competitive, aggressive general manager. It 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.960 was just gonna work that way if you left this building. 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.600 The way that Philly got pressure on Brock Purty early 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:07.000 in that game this past weekend, it was so impressive 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.120 and it felt like Brock was just running for his life. 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.720 And then somehow San Francisco figured it out when they 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.479 started giving it to giving it to McCaffrey. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:17.760 Greatest trade in history. 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:21.080 Ye Deebo Samuel got the rock a couple different times. 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.120 That opened some things up and then they were able 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:26.000 to kind of get around it. But man, yeah, Shack 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.000 Leonard going to Philadelphia. I don't think it's a huge 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.880