Player's Lounge: Expectations, Expectations

the team. All right, Uh, who I guess we gotta start at number four here and Jerry Jones making his weekly appearance on the Black Ship Radio station to the Cowboys one oh five three the fan. A couple of things Jerry said here. Number one, He said that act should be ready for offseason work by late April, early man. And he says he's not concerned about the injury, that this is something that Dak Prescott can heal up from

and be good to go. So mcraig, knowing that the Cowboys Hall of Fame owner feels this way about Dak Prescott, were your thoughts, I mean, how he feels about when Dak would be ready, it's kind of irrelevant. That's kind of up to Dak and how how he heals up. So you know a lot of times owners and doctors say, yeah, you know, this is a six to eight month injury, and then you see guys you know, they're out for

a year or they could be out shorter. So it's really just up to you know, to how fast Dak heels. And it sounds like Jerry has some confidence and Dak being on the squad next year. So it's a possible franchise tag coming because anything they say about paying the panning the man, you know, the Deshaun Watson type of contract or Pat mahonside of contract, it's all emotional right now, just because they feel so bad for him for being such a good guy. So we'll see hot pans out.

But I'm shooting for the franchise, taging for them to see, you know, how healthy is he is next year? Yeah, I mean, you know, I hope everything you know pans out and you know, his the bone grows back stronger than ever and he's able to go out there and and ball out when when he does come back. Um, but for me, you know, The question I want to ask is, you know, what if Andy Dalton goes out here and just balls out. I'm talking about, like he leads us to a what are we right now? Two

and three? What if he leads us to a ten and six record or something crazy like that, we go to the playoffs, he makes it lights little. I'm just saying. I'm just saying, what if he balls out ridiculously and he leads us to a nice little run in the playoffs? You know, are we still gonna hear all this? You know? Hey, he's gonna be ready for camp like he's our future. I can't wait. I mean, that's that's the real question I want to know. But I guess when we chail,

we ask you, we ask you this. I know he stuff? Man, yeah, stuff man? Why we're bucking up stuff from months to go? Man? Like, what about he's all on Twitter? And he all on Twitter here? Crazy now he's raising the question like, oh this, this might be possible. Yes see, Buried, this is why you should should listen to us when we're doing the players. Lady, we were trying to already take you here. Um, I'll answer your question for you this one. And I said

it yesterday. Now I'll say it again. I expect Andy Dalton to be a starting quarterback for a team next year. Um, and then I don't expect it to be with the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones coming out today and saying he expect expects Dak to be fine and be the quarterback of the team. Stephen Jones yesterday saying that he expected Dad to be, you know, to be the quarterback of

the team. Andy Dalton did this on a one year deal. Gay, it was designed, Hay, I'm gonna be here for a year and I'm gonna go ahead and move on along. And I think Andy, with these weapons will be able to put up enough of a resume that will help him get a contract. Um. Maybe in a Teddy Bridgewater type of situation. You saw what Teddy did for the Carolina Panthers in the off season, got a nice contract. I think Andy Dalton can still play, but I don't

I don't anticipate Andy Dalton being here. I think that we will see Dak Prescott here. And as far as this team win in ten games, church Is, are they about to get Aaron Donald in a trade. I'm just I'm just saying I'll tell me how how's this defense gonna transform with with you know, another starting defensive lineman. Da How's this a ten win defense? Look, I know, I know, I know, we got a lot of factors going against us right now to go ahead and get

those ten wins. I was just throwing out there, what if something happened, What if my gap goes on a on a run like Dac did in his rookie year. Will change a little bit. But hey, it's it was a fifth you know what I'm saying. So look, I don't think it's gonna happen, but I'm just throwing the question out there. That's all. So yesterday, it's absolutely change bad.

It's absolutely going to change if Andy Dalton goes ten and six, if that's a win in the division and that he could possibly win a playoff game, the conversation will change because he knew he would have said. We talked about how expensive the franchise tagers go be next year,

So that's gonna be tough. So you looking at automatically given that, you know, a big contract with Andy Dalton coming off a year where he he won more games than that you know, was projected to win So I got a buddy of mine and who does radio or Philadelphia, so he always has me on, and he had me on yesterday and he was asking me all these Andy Dalton questions. And I said to him, will you stop talking about Andy Dalton and start talking about the defense.

I said, people show so much time talking about the Cowboys weapons, and we on this show kept talking about defense more than any other show. Right here on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. We kept talking about the defense. They just lost the starting defensive tackle, and you have people assuming and thinking, well, you know, the Cowboys just gonna win the division. Oh, the Cowboys can get on this run. They got players that are not buying into the defensive

coordinator at his defense. Okay, Daniel Jones had three hundred yards. Daniel Jones man um, Kyler Murray's coming here. Okay, Kyler

Murray Monday night. I'm worried it's gonna get because this helps, This helps, this helps Andy dont know new This helps Church's point because with everything that you're saying, if Andy Dollar comes out here and takes this, takes this defense that we're talking about, and this team to ten wins, this is a legit conversation that we're having all of a sudden, all right, let's let's get out of the ten wins because we all know that ain't What about nints?

What if he goes nine and seven or something like that, because I'm just hearing these ten wins and I'm like, all right, man right, it got about nine. The bar. The bar has to be ten, Church. He can't be nice. It's gotta be ten. He gotta win. What if he goes nine and seven, makes the playoffs, gets them to the divisional round? That don't that don't give him another year here and that doesn't get back out of the picture this defense. And he goes nine to seven, goes

on a mini playoff run, you're saying that don't count. Nay, don't we shall say I agree with Danny. I agree with Danny. I mean, the Joneses have come out here basically the last two days and told you they expect Dak Prescott to be here. And I go back to what you said, Danny, the way he left the field and the respect that you saw from players on both sides, and then his former head coach, and then the amount of people who reached out to Dak Prescott on social media.

I mean Gordon Hayward today and the Celtics who had one of those awful leg injuries, broke his leg. He came out, hey, you know Dad reaching out to Dak Prescott. I'm telling you right now, they know more so than ever, this is truly the guy, and this is the guy who touched people, you know. I mean, I was listening to somebody's podcasts, to the Yahoo NFL podcast with Tres Payler Charles Robinson, and they were both talking about how, hey, you know normally nay, you don't know injuries or injuries,

but man, this would touch me. It hit me. They want him back because one thing we know about Jerry Jones, Jerry Jones loves a good story. Okay, you guys played for him. He loves to get in front and talk to you about stories. He loves to tell stories. What kind of story can he spend with Dak Prescott here? So going back to your point, Barry about Andy Dalton, I think Andy Dalt will be able to put up

numbers here because of the weapons. And I expect Andy Dalton to take that and go get himself a contract and another team and and be somebody else's starting quarterback because this was always for him a one year playing you know, he came into my hey, it's Dak's team.

But I think, especially what we saw from him when he came into the game and was able to leave two scoring drives, I think this kid will will go someplace else, and I believe people will go back and say, oh, yeah, you know what, Andy Dalton can play in this league. This is what happens when you play for Cincinnati and they decided with spend any money. You know, they ran the guy out. And look, they did a smart thing in terms of going and drafting Joe Grow and moving

on from Andy Dalton. I give the Bengals credit for that. It will definitely be a fun game to see Cincinnati and Dallas played each other up in the Queen City. But I just I just think that Andy Dalk's gonna put up his numbers in league, and as as you should, because there's some bad quarterback play this league, and Andy Dawk can go. He can get started to Look, I definitely agree with y'all both y'all. I mean, I think you know, he did this one year deal and you

know the circumstances that happened. He's gonna be able to parlay that into, like you said, something like a Bridgewater type deal. But I mean, let's not let's not act like, you know, the Jones just having said, Oh, we're gonna keep our guy. We're gonna get this guy done, We're gonna get everything done. This contract is imminent. Let's not act like they haven't said that in the past. So I'm just saying, Man, if this guy goes out and balls out, I think the title changed a little bit.

But like I said, I agree with y'all overall, I think Dak will be back here. But we'll see. We'll have at the lesson of that when when the time comes. Let me play Devil's Advocate here one more time, because earlier in the year, you know, I brought something up to New and New he shot it down real quick. And when I said Cam Newton will be going to

New England, I tell you one thing. If Jerry Jones and them decide they want to move in a different direction, the sleeveless guy up there in New England, he'll be waiting for a quarterback like Dak Prescott to come on the squad. Like I said, look like we talked about last night. There would be no shortage of teams who want who want a guy like Dak Prescott, and I think New England will be top of the list. And I'm calling that now, Jerry. Don't you heard it here?

First You'll be seeing guys win super Bowls up there in New England for a while. Okay, So so all right, so Danny here, you're saying Dak potentially to New England. No, no, listen, listen, no, no, no, no no, I said, if Jerry, if they if they don't do right by Dak. This is what we were floating the whole Andy don't think out there and if the tide turns. This is all hypothetical, but I'm not

saying that this is going to happen. We were just going down this rabbit hole of if Andy don't does this and blah blah blah blah, And I'm saying, listen, if they don't do right by the guy, I'm going back to my it's always somebody, and that he will have a bunch of suitors waiting for him to pay him some big money. Okay. So when you say so, help me, because I want to make sure I'm getting this correctly from me. When you say don't do right

by him, what does that entail? So the rabbit hole was no, Yeah, the rabbit hole was one day, would have to not franchise him. Right, So we're going down this hypothetical of there. They're saying Andy Dalton is the guy, like he goes ten to six, and all of a sudden they say, Andy, we're gonna stickle Andy Dalton and not pay Dack. That that's a far off thing, you know, to happen. But this is hypothetical. So no, I'm not

saying it's gonna happen. When since we were floating it out there and playing in that world, I was saying, if that does happen, it's possible, and Bill Belichick would be waiting. So Belichick would have to be waiting in twenty twenty two because I'm from what the Jones is put out there, I'm anticipating Dak being with this team being through in twenty twenty one bid through franchise tag, sacond,

franchise tack or a long term contract. But if you know, if neither, if he signs the one year deal and you know they go through twenty one, so that means Belichick's gotta wait till twenty twenty two to get Dak Prescott. Yeah, that's why it's hypothetically that's what I'm saying. They would have to do. They would have to say that Andy Dalton is their guy for this, for back to get there next year, which we we none of us think will really happen. Okay, well, let me ask you all this.

Let me ask you all this. Let's just say, let's just say, for since we're talking about hypotheticals and all that stuff, what do you think after this, you know, this injury and all that stuff, what do you think Dak Prescott's number should be going forward with a contract situation like it was all like it was, you know, there was there was reports that it was around you know, thirty five, thirty six, and then later on it went up to the to the high thirty nine, maybe forties

after this injury. No, Franchi, let's just say there's no franchise tag. What would be a fair number in your opinion, like, because you said do right by and what would it be a fair number and get over thirty five? You're starting it. You're starting at thirty five. I mean because it's not like Dak was running around like Lamar Jackson the guy. If he heals up right, he comes back, he can he can throw from the pocket. He should still be able to move around just as much as

he did before. I know they said he had the first one with three touch Russian touchdowns. They were from the run one yard line. It's not like he's fifty yards, you know, and running around the field everywhere. So I think he'll be all right. And you're starting at thirty five at lease, Okay, I think the agent is to me, if I'm the agent, I said, give me the Watson deal. That's what I come with. Give me the Watson deal. Respect. Respect. We know the cat, the cat might go down as

well this year as well. I mean reporting talking about the cat going down twenty five. So that could do a little Yeah, that couldn't hurt hurt it a little bit. So we'll see. We'll see. But he said, you ain't waiting.

They gotta do. They gotta handle that. That does. So that's whether the money for Dak Prescott on a new deal is thirty five, thirty six or seven or eight for forty, I mean, whatever it is, it's to me still gonna come down to this whole premise of years that the Cowboys are sitting here saying we need five, and his agents still sitting here saying we need four, then they're still going to have a problem here. And that to me is the bigger deal more so than

just the number. It's the number of the contract number in the average salary, but but the number of years. Cowboys want a five year deal and essentially a four year deal for Dak Prescott means it's really a three year deal because we know how these things work. If the quarterback is any good, they've renegotiate the final year because it's usually a fatter number in that final year, and you want to get that cap number down. So you know, it's about those bike to the apple, which

is why people want those four year deals. That's why Golf got a four year deal, Wins got a four year deal, Russell Wilson got a four year deal, and Rogers got a four year deal. I mean they all want to go ahead, have a shorter contract and jump

back in the market again. So if the Joneses are still fighting this thing about five verses four, I'll be very interested to see And oh, By the way, as we spoke about yesterday on the show, the Joneses now have they have the leverage here because Dak is hurt and will not have played a complete season, and just some of the things that they were going to be able to throw out there, they're not able to throw out there, which is, Hey, he starts every game, he's

always healthy. Look at these great numbers, Look at the team in the playoffs, look at Dak in the Pro Bowl. Some of those negotiating things that they were gonna use are not going to be there when they try to negotiate this deal in twenty twenty one. Real quick, real quick,

real quick. Up. Ask do y'all think if they can't get a deal done, do you think that bets on himself again, given though, giving this injury and everything, do you think he bets on himself again with another franchise tag or he takes that five year deal or or less our offer. Yeah, he's betting on himself. He didn't once, he'll do it again. And how much is that franchise takeing again next year? It was like thirty seven. It's

up there. It's up there. Man. Yeah, yeah, okay, all right, you know so I mean, it's not like you're playing for pennies on the dollar. And from what newis just said, listen, if they start saying all that, yeah, he didn't play the full season, he's not healthy, and all that the tape that he put out there and the taste that they that he left out there for everybody to see is he's top Nights quarterback. So I don't want to hear none of that is a free accident. The dude

has always been healthy. He played through a free accident and all the all the hurt guys that we keep on the team, I've better not hear nothing about availability for Dak Prescotte. Once again, I would love to have more information about what happened in July when they apparently did talk about getting a contract done and they ran out of time. So to me, the fact that those conversations being held meant that Dak was trying to get something done. So I believe they'll try to get something

done again. And you guys know this because you played in the game and I didn't. But from what I've heard from guys as they go through the rehab process, you know what doubts do you have and if you're having some doubts, If you have some questions, maybe you want to sign that deal and just give yourself some peace of mind versus going out and gambling again. That is something you have to think about. Like I said,

I've never played at this level, never got hurt. But in talking to guys that have turned down deals, is something they think about. And Jerry says he expects Dad to be one hundred percent that he should heal fun but I don't know what's in the back of his mind. And I don't know how this last negotiation went that whether he was like, man, let me go ahead, get this deal done, because I want it. I don't want to think about this. I want to just go out, be free and play. So mentally, I think that's a

big deal that you got. You gotta ask you. We got to get inside the mind of the player and ask the player hope. Okay, all right, let's take a break here. We've dived into Dak enough here. I don't think we've spoken enough about this defensive line. The defensive line has lost another starter. Let's do that next. On the players line, spot you by hotels dot Com. That's Danny McCray Barry Church on nWise scrubs. Hey, they're Cowboys fans with Tight Cleaners at home pickup and delivery. Cleaning

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All Right players louds on new we Scrugs a long time Cowboys reporter, joined by Barry Church, former Cowboys safety, and Danny McCrae former Cowboys safety as well. So Tristan Hill is out for the season. He uh has a ACL injury, so we wish him a speedy recovery. Gerald McCoy was supposed to be a starting Cowboys defensive tackle. He is out for the year. Happened with him but the injury at training camp, So don Terry Poe is now the other starter. You've got Tyron Crawford who's played

some at defensive tackle. And now we get to potentially see what Nevin Gallimore, Cowboys third round pick out of Oklahoma can do. Checking my notes here, he was a healthy scratch in weeks three and four, and that Sunday was his biggest workload to date where he played twenty two snaps and had a pressure on Daniel Jones and in the final possession of the game. And the Cowboys also a rookie defensive lineman Justin Hamilton and Ladarius Hamilton

on their practice report here. So you know, Barry, I know you spoked about a possible ten, ten and six run. But but for me, this defense and we can talk about Andy Dalton all day long, but to me, this defense has issues and it didn't get any better with losing a guy like Tristan Hill. So your thoughts on this defensive tackle front going forward for the Cowboys. Yeah, First, I'll allow I gotta say to the people watching, man, excuse me for my ten win remark. I mean, my

mind's kind of fuzzy right now. Danny Danny put us through a workout earlier today. I don't know if he thought he was Billy Blakes or something, but I mean, I'm out here, I'm out here confused right now. So let's you know, those ten wins, I'm gonna just swipe those to the side a little bit over there. But back to this defense, man, Look, this defense looks downright terrible.

They played a little bit better, but it was against the hapless New York Giants, and look, and I think this D line they got the potential, they got the talent to go out there and affect the quarterback, but we're just not seeing it. And I'm gonna tell you what, man, I don't know what you know, don Terry Poe got on this organization or something, But how is he still

a cowboy right now? I mean, if you just look at the tape, if you look at the film, man, it just he just doesn't look athletic and he's getting pushed around. There was one time I saw him and granted this is a defensive tackle, that's he got to be over three hundred pounds, he got pushed back by the tight end at least five or six yards and he was into the lap of Jalen Smith. And you just can't do that and be considered a good defense and a good defensive line. So for me, it's just

confusing right now. While he's getting so much burn out there, it just I guess it goes to show you the lack of depth at that defensive tackle position. But to me, this this defense is struggling and struggling in all phases right now. The defensive line, the linebacker unit, they showed a little bit more pop, but they're struggling in coverage as well. And in the secondary. We've seen what they've

been doing so far this year. So for me, I mean this defensive struggling and ten wins is nowhere in the in the near future. Like I said, my mind was kind of fuzzy. So we got a lot of problems to fix. But hopefully the reinforcements come. I mean, we got we got some problems to fix. I'm confused, NUIs what is up man with you in this defense?

And listen, it does not matter you Just last week we said we had three defensive alignment at the bottom of the league for their position, So it's it doesn't matter if somebody gets hurt or who we put out there, you know, if if they're at the bottom, it's it's it ain't no drop off. It's the same thing. And we already know that this defense is what it is, So I don't think it's that big of a deal,

and I don't think it changes much. I think the big change you know that that can come and help us is still Keller Moore leaning on twenty one, taking the ball out of quarterback hands and letting the whole offense revolve around us running the ball and then you know, capitalizing on play action, getting the Mark Cooper in the game. You know, well, you know, if he's if he's available, and they can see let's see the lamb and gallop, get some spin, just but just base it off Zeke.

The defense. To me, how they play is irrelevant. We need to control the clock. We know it's gonna be a shootout. We're not gonna stop nobody, so we just need to find a way to possess the ball more than the other team and score more points. But you know that ain't happening. D Matt. You know that that. You know that run game is too ugly, you know what I mean. The OC shines when the passing game is going on. So for me, you know they ain't

going to running that ball trying to move up the ranks. Man, it's a hypothetical, you know, just like that. You know, I'm hoping it happens. I've been I've been saying I've been saying it for a while, but I mean, you know, I saw it in the second half of last of last week, and hopefully that light switch is still on and hasn't gone anywhere. If not, we're gonna get ran out of the building by Arizona. Um. Let me push back on something you said here Danny. Okay, you talked

about the defensive linement at the bottom. Okay, Uh, there's botify players interior run um and it was Don Terry po number seventy two, Antoine Wood seventy three, Tyrone Crawford seventy four. So you've just lost the best defensive tackle. Now the other three put in respect the old one day man, you know he was I'm just saying I thought he said he wasn't in there. I'm like, oh, what about Hill? Was not just saying that three When Danny let, when he let, he said, man, we had

the three bottom and three lines at the bottom. He was he was including Hill, And I'm just saying, like, naa, bro, he wasn't one of them. He was the best of the buets. So this means now that ol Woods and Crawford, this is what you've got. So it can't get worse. By man, that's all time saying. That's what I'm saying. It can only it can only get better. So you know we're looking up. We're looking up. Okay, Well, I'm concerned.

And at this point in time, maybe maybe the light goes on for Nevin Galimore and Gallimore and maybe he can can you know, get out here and do his thing. He's got an opportunity, is Jason Garry always use that word opportunity. He's got an opportunity right now that he can get out here. Oh wow, okay, listen you you ow j G this week, that's what I'm talking about. Last eight Church. By the way, yesterday I talked to New Yor you know, offline, and he said that Jason

Garrett called a wonderful game. He called a wonderful offensive game. So you know, we can so we can't. We can't get no praise on the players loud. So yeah, here's what's interesting. Here's what's interesting. Yeah, you go check social media, Like Jason Garrett saved all these players to come back and throw them on Jerry, the players he didn't run when he was here. Social media, social media, just jumping on social media, jumping on j G about that. But yes,

Jason Garrett had a good game plan. And if it's not for the tikie tack call, you know that that special team's touchdown, I think they end up winning that football game. But it didn't happen. The Cowboys won. Uh Daniel Jones three yard I mean the guy looked decent. I still think they're a bad football team. But this is what the Cowboys defense can do for you. Man.

They can sit around here, can look good. They could make me think about what looked like he's he's he can call plays and Daniel Jones looks like a real court. That's what this cowboy Dan can do for you. They didn't get you, right, I mean, think about what you just said right there. Man, They let Danny Dimes come in here and throw for over three hundred yards. Man,

I'm talking about a guy that's a walking turnover. He will throw the ball to the opposite team, and we let him come in here and look like the next reincarnation of of who knows Eli Manny, I don't know who it is, but he went out there and balled out on us, and we just can't have it. I mean, we got cowboy surprised. I was surprised. I was a little surprised. I just thought we would. I don't know, I just thought, you know what JJ coming. We had

throw a little juice in there. What made you think like, give me something, give me something. You know that you're seeing in New York that made you think that our defense are gonna come out here and stop Danny down. You gotta you gotta point something out besides emotion. I was I was thinking, I was thinking about my heart

and not my head. Man, it showed, it show I was frustrated that it was just I mean, on that pick play which they threw the flag on that the one long one of Slaton, it shouldn't even been called a pick. I mean, the guy was more through his route and the defensive backs on our side of the ball, we're on the same level. It was like a pick offence.

That's the That's the main thing. Like if you if a quarterback looks out there and he sees that nickel back in the cornerback on the same level and they're playing man the man, that's an automatic rub. They should know this. But then it comes back to that coaching and it comes back to that. Oh man, it was. It was a brutal one. It was a brutal one for your boy on Sunday, the the Mike Nolan. The Mike Nolan frustration amongst the fan base is real, and

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by Global Life. Starting at just twenty dollars, visit Dallas Cowboys dot com Slash United. You were in the players lounge of NUIs Scrubs, longtime Cowboys reported joined by former Cowboys players Danny McCray and Barry Church. So got on the phone with a NFL scout and he says, all right, here's what I'm hearing according to people he's talked to her with the Star says, Mike Nolan's playbook is thick. It's very thick. And he says, guys are not getting

the playbook, which is why you're seeing them struggle. Which reminded me of something that you guys pounded home all off season about what happened with you guys with Rob Bryan when he was a Cowboys defensive coordinator and you didn't have an off season. Rob came in here with a huge, thick defensive playbook and it was not a

good result. Nah, not at all. And look, I mean it's hard learning a defensive playbook, especially one that's as thick as you know these guys are talking about, especially with no OTAs, no mini camp and abbreviated training camp, and you don't even really get to go out there against live bullets in preseason and kind of and kind of practice that that playbook. So for me, I mean, it's hard. It's extremely hard. But we had back when Rob Bryan was here and he tried to implement that defense.

I believe we had a full offseason and it was still hard. I mean for every offensive audible or check and he had another check with me, so like every time they motioned, we would check with him and decide which we wanted to play with a defense we wanted

to play. So it was extremely hard, man, And I can only feel what these players are going through because I mean, with all that abbreviated offseason, to go out there and try to perform at a high level when you don't really know the playbook, I mean, it slows your game down because you're out there thinking too much, and boys aren't aren't just going out there reacting. So I can feel with these boys what they're saying as

far as the playbook being a little too difficult. Hold on absolutely, you know what, I'm not letting these dudes off the hook with this playbook team. I think none of that, bro, I'm not letting it happen. We have talked about this on the show for the last few weeks at about the type of mistakes. We're not talking about schematic mistakes. We're talking about technical mistakes and hustle

if you like. That has nothing to do with the playbook, all right, Like we said Warley, backing up until the end, Zoe had absolutely nothing to do with the playbook. He knew who he had man a man, he knew what he was supposed to do, and he didn't do it. Just like we just talked about it on the pick play, they had nothing to do with ski They knew that they were a man to man and they got picked and luckily they got the call against Cleveland. They weren't hustling,

nothing to do with the scheme. They just didn't do it. So I'm not gonna put it all on the scheme. And if you watch the defense, to me, it really doesn't look that complicated against Seattle. When they got beat on those d plays, it looked like a simple cup of four play with odds in the backfield, and that has nothing to do with scheme. That was just them

not being disciplined. So I think a lot of this is on the players not doing what they're supposed to do, and that goes to your position, coaches, as much as it goes on Nola. All Right, it's Tuesday, and we have the rarity. We have Tuesday Night football. The Buffalo Bills are in Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans. Gentlemen, have you ever played or even going back to college, if you ever played on a Tuesday night you damn right. I played on it university, man. I was a part

of the map. Man. We play on Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Friday, don't matter, Wednesday, and I tell you what, you was expecting to go to class the next morning at seven am. I mean, it was ridiculous. So I know exactly what they're doing. I'm not. I don't feel sorry for none of these players, y'all making millions. I wasn't making nothing but a stipen check to pay my rent in college. So look, I know what they're going through. They need to get their bust ready to play and Josh Allen,

show up because I need you for my fantasy team. Man, I need you. Yeah, I listen. You know, I'm sorry I hurt you like that man right there? Man, Yeah, the great LSU Louisiana State University. We never had to play on Tuesday. Uh, but it looks like we should be playing on Tuesdays. You know what. We've been rolling out there this season so far. So you know, you know, gladly we haven't had to so Church, I do not understand your pain. But these dudes, they know, they know

what's at stake. And I think Tennessee hadn't played in two weeks. This is a second week, right, yeah, yeah, so they so they should be ready. They should be ready. I think Buffalo gets the dumb though. Oh all right, let's go ahead, let's go ahead, write it down. Let's let's put it on the board here, all right, So put it that on the board. So, d Mac, you got, you got Buffalo Buffalo winning. I got Buffalo by fourteen, by the way, now by fourteen by fourteen? Wowright, absolutely,

Buffalo is the truth this year. Yeah, I got uh, I got Buffalo by ten, got Buffalo by or not? But yeah, Buffalo by ten. Is it at Buffalo? Is it in Tennessee? It's in Nashville, Tennessee. M I'm still going Buffalo by ten. We're going Buffalo by ten. All right, give me Tennessee on the field goal, on the field, Tennessee on the field goal, Tennis. I don't know he's trying to steal my No. Tre Domini's name, man a name I'm given to you. Well, I mean, Tennessee, have

you got plenty of time to get ready? Plenty of time to get ready? Listen, I mean think about it. I think they have plenty of time to look at all the field. They should be ready for this one. You're at home, you don't have to travel. I mean, they should be ready to play this football game. They're losing this football It all comes down to job. If Josh Allen is able to go out there and use his legs and arms, it's gonna be a rap for for Tennessee. But if they can bottle them up, they

might have a chance. But like I said, I need Josh Allen the ball out because right now in Fantasy, in Danny's league, I mean, I'm getting destroyed right now. So we ain't even gonna talk about that. But in my other league, I I got a chance, man, I got a chance. So I just need Josh Allen to do what he does. Man. Okay, so we have we

got some Tuesday night football here. By the way, some news that has come out that the NFL it's thinking about bubble locations and that Dallas, Fort Worth and Los Angeles are two potential places where we could see an NFL playoff bubble, gentlemen, your thoughts about that? Man, I hope they don't come to Dallas. Man, we already got enough people here. Man, it's already jam packed. I mean,

they already talk about voter lines out out the way. Man. Look, it's go somewhere else, man, Go go to go to California, go to you know, Arizona or something like that. Man. I guess too many people here already, and now I already feel like it's too crowded here, man. So I ain't trying to bring no bubble in the bubble atmosphere and some more COVID people. Man, I ain't trying to do all that, man, So go somewhere else with all that. Yeah, I don't listen unless they're gonna follow it. About the

book into the team. What the NBA did. I don't think it makes sense if you go, if you have a bubble and you're gonna allow sixty seventy thousand fans to come into come into the stadium, it makes absolutely no sense. So I'd like to see, like what they really plan on doing and how they plan on making it work. But you know, if it isn't exactly like like the NBA, I'm not, I'm not. I have no confidence in it. Here's where I would I'll say this to you, Danny. I think depending on how we see

November and December, go if it gets bad. And I don't know if you've paid attention to the news or not, but over in Europe they've had cases of COVID come back strong, and we're talking about some cases in London where it's in Spain where it's as bad as it was in March. So if there's a second wave of coronavirus it hits and it affects NFL teams, then maybe the NFL has to go to a NHL NBA like bubble where you just simply say, okay, we're bringing folks here,

we're locking you up. Um And I do think we see an eighteenth week. I think we'll see an eighteenth week here. So so I think that that, you know, if it goes the way the method, you know, the true scientists are saying, you may have to do that very thing, Danny, and then you go have people trying to go get wings and folks speaking. It's gonna be a lot of fun. There's gonna be a lot of fun because there's a lot more players will be in

this NFL bubble. You're gonna bring them. The Texas were like one of the most lenient, lenient states in the in the country right now. Yeah, and that's where you're gonna bring them to. I think we seventy five right now. Bars opening up church, they never closed. They never closed church, you right, But the NFL can impose whatever, you know, stipulations they want. They can sit there. We don't care if the bars are open. You guys are limited and

you can only go to these certain areas. Man, I don't think they're gonna be able to control all those NFL players. I mean, it's wishful thinking, but I do. Man, I don't know about that one. But don't you But wouldn't you like to see it wouldn't you like to see it though you got it. You'd like to see if it's a trader, at least let it happen here. Yeah, happened that it happened right here. Something to talk about

on the players that'll give us something exactly. You know what, you guys will never go back to the Star because I'm sure that has a star, so hey check check man. Listen listen. I hate, I hate to go backwards, but like I did, get to bring this up, you know, because we all been on the expecting and hoping and you know, whatever all this happens, I got to get back on Dak one more time for this, just for

some of us to think about to borrow. If Dak doesn't heal up in the expected time, right and let's say it's a setback and we start getting into September and then October to where he's not active yet, what do you see happening contract wise for him? You're saying if he's not ready, bad october of next year. Yeah, because so so so right now, they say they're expecting him to be an Ota is a mini camp and all that stuff. Say that say the guy's not able

to perform. What the franchise tag is? What July like the middle of July, Yeah, deadline? So so so so how does his health around that time affect the Cowboys decision? Right if he hadn't already signed a deal by the end, they don't know if he's healthy, They don't know what's going on with his health, doesn't and they and they have the franchise tag in his face. That's just something to think about. Look, I mean, it's real simple. If they don't have a long term deal July fifteenth, they

tag him again, he has to play on it. Then you start to ask yourself this question, is he going to show up to camp? I don't think so, you know, that's that's the big question. Does he show up to camp and you could? You know, your worst case scenario is you're dealing with it Andrew Luck like you where they kept telling everybody, Oh, Andrew Luck, it's fine, he's fine, he's fine. God never played the whole season, So that

that's your worst case scenario. You know, that worst scenario of there's no deal done, the franchise tag and he doesn't come to camp, and when he finally does show up, that that he's not able to do what you want to do, and maybe he doesn't play the whole See that that's that's your worst case scenario, that you've got

thirty seven million dollars wasted. That could potentially happen. I don't think it will, but I have to account for the possibility because from Danny for what you're saying and you're throwing out there, Okay, yeah, it could be there, but they're they're going to have some working knowledge I believe by July to know where Dak Prescott is to see if they want it, you know, proceed with the deal. Yeah, but that's my point. That's my point though you know,

like you know, COVID might not be over. They might they might have to go through the same type of offseason that they went through now where they don't really get to see much of that. They don't really get to see much of how he can performing in him running around and being around the team. You might you might have to be the cam new situation, like we don't really know. Okay, you know, Danny, I I'm glad you brought it there. And as we get ready to

end this year, we got sixty seconds. I'm gonna end this with what Jerry Jones spoke about on his radio show today, and he said he prefers to live in the land of una the word nia nativity, okay, na. Yeah, so you like to be you know, you have a ten so so so that's Jerry, you know, um, so he'd rather be naive. So Jerry's gonna live in the land of naive a tech. That's the word naive a tech. So Jerry's prefers to live there. So you bring up this real world scenario. Jerry's not wanting to think that.

He wants to be optimistic and think it's all roses and rainbows and everything will workout. That is our time today, all the Players lash Danny will be back with more negative scenarios tomorrow and at that point in time for Harry Church, Danny mccraie, not Newess Scruggs, and of course our producer Chris Being. This has been the Players LOUNSBT you by Hotels dot Com right here on Dallas Cowboys

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