WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:12.359 This is a downbeat on ninety seven one freak comedy man TJ. Miller joins 2 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:17.839 us in thirty minutes. You might know him from many things Silicon Valley, 3 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:22.519 I think his big breakout role and we watched that office Christmas Party movie at 4 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:27.039 Alamo Drivethouse Cinema. Who does bring us this segment right now? Back in 5 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:33.759 December when we did let's freaking chill, turn this flanky light off? Is 6 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:42.000 it flickering? Yes? Lights just flicker. I feel like you should see 7 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:48.079 a huge band aid put her on the building. TJ Miller got a new 8 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:51.240 stand up comedy album out. He's a good dude. We had him on 9 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:55.960 and then he was up in the building a few months ago and then he 10 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:57.840 came in. It's like, what's up, guys, and he's like, 11 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:00.799 oh, and they turned out like the nicest guy ever. I already talked 12 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.840 to him, thought he was nice. Then he came in and kicked it. 13 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:07.439 Just get it around, pop back in and he's a friend. He's 14 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.840 a friend now he's had tough stuff right now though, JJ is my audio 15 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:17.680 up here because we're going to try something here. Big day Yesterday, all 16 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:23.680 day long is even though it wasn't full you're not fully legal to sign contracts. 17 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:30.000 It was like the tampering period's open and negotiations are happening, and so 18 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.519 many huge things happen in the world of football. So I think we should 19 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:42.519 take a drive on the Franklin Frankel Free agency Freeway. All right, Mike, 20 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:48.000 you got the wheel around there. We're in Mike's jeep. Buckle up, 21 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:51.879 because safety first. It's not gonna be my fault if something goes down, 22 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:56.799 but if it's someone else's fault, I'll be calling Franklin Frankel. I 23 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.400 don't even want to do too much Cowboys, I don't think. But while 24 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.319 there's not too much to do other departures, every team in the NFC East 25 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.120 is doing a lot of moving and also some shaking, and the Cowboys have 26 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:12.599 done nothing except lose people. The Eagles one of the you know, big 27 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.120 boys so far of maneuvers. I mean, they brought Saquon Barkley in three 28 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:21.599 years, thirty thirty eight million, buck that tight end with a tough to 29 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.919 pronounce name. They got Landon Dickerson eighty four million, Brandon Graham, Bryce 30 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:29.879 Huff. I mean, they made a lot of moves and I'm not gonna 31 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.439 panic and say, you know, Cowboys aren't really doing anything, but it 32 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.039 is odd to be one of I think only a couple teams in the NFL 33 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:40.080 who essentially did nothing. If you look at the Commanders, they added two 34 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:46.120 former Cowboys and Tyler Biattish and Dorance Armstrong. Doran's going to play with Dan 35 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.159 Quinn over there in Washington. They also added Zach Ertz, who's at least 36 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.319 a name five million dollar deal, and then Austin Eckler, who is one 37 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:59.639 of those very good, albeit aging running backs that is productive and from what 38 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:01.080 I can tell, a great dude. I think I love Austin Eckler. 39 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:07.360 Yeah he does. He's a future media man, smart man. But he 40 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.240 got a two year deal worth of almost twelve million bucks if there's some incentives 41 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.919 and stuff laden to that. But I mean pretty big names coming to the 42 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:19.199 division. Giants not huge names, but they at least made four moves, 43 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.759 including getting edge rusher Brian Burns from the Panthers for a second and a fifth. 44 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.879 So it's just weird to even look at like the transaction list, and 45 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.479 you can determine the significance of the transactions, but when you see Giants Eagles 46 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:37.479 commanders and a lot of bullet pointed names and numbers and information. Then it 47 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.879 just says Dallas Cowboys and there is nothing written underneath it. I mean, 48 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:46.680 the most famous and lucrative franchise on the globe. And they're like, it's 49 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:51.840 time to go shopping, and they're like, and it does go back to 50 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.879 our lack of faith in the front office, which is headed by Jerry Jones, 51 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:00.719 And our nightmares were like, are they just like we've joked about Stephen 52 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:05.319 being at south By Southwest? But oh, did the date catch up on 53 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:11.000 you know, sneak up on them? That's I gotta think not the case. 54 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:15.199 And they've had massive meetings and they know what opportunities they have, and 55 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:20.199 I guess they have deemed no one worth making moves for just yet or they're 56 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.519 just handcuffed by their finances. Which is also a thing, and we played 57 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:29.560 it earlier Kavanaugh mentioning the Iceberg that this ship is headed toward probably next off 58 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.639 season where you've just put yourself in a position where you don't have the finances 59 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.360 to add anyone significant right now. It makes something you can make some trades, 60 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:41.040 Yeah, And the thing is like they're very good at drafting. The 61 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.480 thing they're not like picking in the top ten here, like you're picking twenty 62 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:49.240 fourth, you're gonna be picking late in the second round, and those aren't 63 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:54.720 sure things obviously up there, so you can try to fill holes through that. 64 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.680 I couldn't help, but think about what is Mike McCarthy thinking and lame 65 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:03.120 duck of your contract? Which you know what, he can go and earn 66 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.360 a new contract by having a great season, so that's fine, but like 67 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:12.720 if your final year of a contract and you kind of feel like you're close, 68 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:16.199 you'd think that he's got to be burning on the inside, going, 69 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:19.639 can we do something. I couldn't help, but think too Tyron Smith, 70 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:23.480 as it was reported a couple weeks ago, like they're probably gonna have to 71 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:27.199 part ways with him because of his contract or whatever. But now that we 72 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:31.199 know that beatdish is gone and now you have two gaping holes on your offensive 73 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:36.399 line, do you maybe see if you can figure something out with Tyron and 74 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:41.600 make that work just so you know you're protected. That's usually how they treat 75 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.439 free agency. Anyway, We'll get enough bodies to make sure we're protected and 76 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.040 we don't have to draft from need. But they're gonna have to. If 77 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:50.879 you have two holes on your offensive line, you're not replacing that. Like, 78 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:55.000 I want Tyron to go get whatever the hell he can get. Yeah, 79 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.399 because he's been here a long time, he had a team friendly deal 80 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:02.079 for a very long time. This is very likely the last contract he saw. 81 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.680 I don't know, probably never know, dude, like that might be 82 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:09.759 around five years. You know. He's just a horse that can probably still 83 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.759 be worthy of a roster spot for a few more years, and younger than 84 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:17.199 you'd guess. But yeah, I don't know. So I like the chatter 85 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.120 around here seems to be running back, but there's big running back moves, 86 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:26.480 we said. Saquon Barkley is an Eagle. Josh Jacobs is a Green Bay 87 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:31.160 Packer and Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones just as of like an hour 88 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.639 and a half ago, it's apparently signed with the Minnesota Vikings. There's your 89 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:39.800 upper echelon guys, gone. I think Derrick Henry my name, is in 90 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.519 that category. I don't know if if I think of him that way, 91 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:46.040 you know, And there's still rumors that he could sign. Apparently the Ravens 92 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.519 offered him one year, six and a half million. I don't know if 93 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:55.079 he's considering that or what. I don't know. Do you think the Cowboys 94 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:59.600 if they signed Dereck Henry to a deal about like that one year for seven 95 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:08.839 million? Does that appease the torch wielding cowboy fan today by doing what we 96 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:13.120 all kind of know now is bad to pay anything to aging running backs. 97 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.079 Or I mean, Derek Henry is still King Henry, and he still ran 98 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:23.800 for a dozen touchdowns last year and thirteen or fourteen hundred yards whatever. Yeah, 99 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:26.639 he is still better than what we currently have, which I guess isn't 100 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:30.600 saying a whole lot. Yeah, it feels like he'd be great in a 101 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:34.000 great situation, right rather than Tennessee where they don't know who the quarterback is. 102 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.639 I mean they do now, but they didn't. Or is he great 103 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:43.879 here with a newly decimated offensive line seemingly more so by the day. Another 104 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.199 thing I'm going to throw into all of that conversation. I think Kellen Moore's 105 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.079 name needs to brought up because he's the offensive coordinator for the Eagles now. 106 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:54.439 And the best thing Kellen Moore was good at was run like designing run plays, 107 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.560 and I think that was a big problem with the run offense last year, 108 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.800 A little bit on the offensive line, a little bit McCarthy is. 109 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.040 I think we saw they did some good things on offense last year. But 110 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.079 he likes to throw it. Even though he said we're gonna run the damn 111 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:11.360 ball, he likes to throw it. And I just think Kellen Moore now 112 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:16.839 and it was in a bad situation with the Chargers, moves over with Saquon 113 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.040 and a good situation with the Eagles. I mean, my goodness, that 114 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:26.399 is that's dangerous to me. So it's a Kellen Moore and Dan Quinn in 115 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:31.959 the division. It's just stuff you could have imagined two years ago, making 116 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:37.080 moves and swinging ds. Swinging d's for sure. By also saw Mike the 117 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:43.200 Justin Fields might go to the Eagles too. Maybe that's a fun interesting one 118 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.279 whatever. The Justin Fields mystery is, of course, with the Bears holding 119 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.639 the first pick, overall the Falcons have. I mean, if you're a 120 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:56.279 Falcons fan, you have been acquiring offensive talent drafted very highly in the first 121 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.240 round for the last few years with Drake London and b John Robinson and how 122 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:05.559 Pits and you just don't have a QB. So they I mean, does 123 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.600 anyone run out in the streets and dump a forty ounce on your own head? 124 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.600 If you bring in Kirk Cousins, it's probably not the most exciting thing, 125 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.759 but that is a steadying of the ship for them, and that is 126 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:22.799 a division that is pretty much gettable, you know, like I for the 127 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.320 Falcons, you bring in Kirk Cousins, all right, we at least got 128 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:33.480 a good quarterback, right. It is funny to think of Cousins in Atlanta, 129 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.399 the most milk toast quarterback in the NFL, out there doing the dirty 130 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:48.639 bird. Oh yeah, for shes well, if he starts wearing bling, 131 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:56.879 he already has clock around his one of his bits. He took all the 132 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:01.519 chains from everyone on the plane and put them along. Yeah, a lot 133 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.120 of weird, dead energy. I like Kirk Cousins, do boy that the 134 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.000 quarterback that these shows it helped him. These reality shows really do swing you, 135 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:13.960 because I kind of like, I'm able a douche and there he is. 136 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:18.679 Just I thought it as a nerd. I never liked you. Liked 137 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.200 that, you know, really, I like you like blowing up. I 138 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.360 don't know. He signs a four year, one hundred and eighty million dollar 139 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:30.200 deal fifty million signing bonus, one hundred mill guaranteed for Kirk Cousins for being 140 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:37.720 a good quarterback, and he is now running up the list of all time 141 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:43.559 paid dudes. Who's now with his third team. Bet on himself. I 142 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:48.200 think he got franchise a couple of times back in the Washington days, but 143 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:52.200 he's made a lot of money. And for him at that age to get 144 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:58.440 a hundred mill guaranteed coming off of Achilles, Yeah, but it just shows 145 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:05.440 Atlanta's been so screwed and they are a steady hand at quarterback away from having 146 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.559 what should be a potent dophense. They kind of get that turned around that 147 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.879 division real quick. Now it's I mean, Derek Carr, whatever you think 148 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:18.960 about him, and then Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield. Yep. And I 149 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:20.759 know it's not sexy, but they The Falcons also signed Robert Hunt, who 150 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:24.240 was a Dolphin for a long time. He got a five year, hundred 151 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:28.440 million dollar deal with another twenty six million dollars signing bonus, and he's a 152 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:33.399 good interior lineman. Guards making twenty million a year now. I love guards. 153 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:39.279 Guards are badass. I think Zach Martin has changed well We've had some 154 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:43.200 great guards in this town, but I don't know. Guard is very underappreciated. 155 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.200 But if you have the plug and play guard, I mean, not 156 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.600 even Zach Martin, you don't be that good because he's maybe the best guard 157 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:54.879 of all time or one of the best. I love when you draft the 158 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.679 best guard, like at the beginning of the second round. Oh yeah, 159 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:01.600 and you have some stud guard it just because by the name of his position 160 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.519 lasted longer than he showed and you're like, well, we'll see you in 161 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.080 there for a better part of a decade. I mean, the Cowboys had 162 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.240 the chance to do that last year. I mean they just chose not to 163 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.000 because they've thought they were good. And I think they were committed to leaving 164 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:20.440 Tyler Smith at guard now, which makes sense, like he's proven he can 165 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:24.559 do it. Let's just handle that. We think he can play left tackle 166 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:26.639 some but let's just leave him the left guard. They're going to draft the 167 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:33.440 left tackle and their figure out center, and it's all I don't know, 168 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.519 man, they have to do something on the offensive line. You have to. 169 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:39.679 I mean, you can't have another year of running the ball like that 170 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:43.360 either. And I don't know how much of that is Tony Pollard coming off 171 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:48.840 the broken ankle, because I like Tony Pollard a lot, but I wasn't 172 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:52.799 gonna give him eight million dollars a year. And the report was that Zack 173 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:56.440 Moss was four and they didn't do that. I don't know, just draft 174 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.039 a minimum wage guy. It's clear that they're going to try to fix all 175 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.840 this stuff in the draft because look, a lot a good portion of free 176 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:11.480 agents are signed off off the market, and for them to open up any 177 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.559 cap space and get any flexibility to sign people, dude, they've got to 178 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:22.679 restructure or rework two contracts. You got to make a decision on CD what 179 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:26.120 you're gonna do with him and Dak You probably need to what you mentioned, 180 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.600 cutting Gallop would be a move in that direction. But all those decisions take 181 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:35.159 time. That's negotiation, yeah, you know, And and that's not just 182 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:39.519 gonna happen overnight. And the longer they wait to do those things, the 183 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.759 less available free agents are gonna be. So it just leads me to believe 184 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.679 that by the time they get around to doing this, there's nothing gonna be 185 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.200 nothing but scraps left out there. They're gonna have to they're trusting themselves to 186 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:58.000 draft well or make trades. But I don't know that it. Man. 187 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.000 The more the more that you really kind of think about this, the more 188 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:05.519 that what Kavanaugh was saying yesterday might make sense, even though it doesn't make 189 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:11.240 sense since their owners in his eighties. Yeah. Again, we go into 190 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:15.759 the season with a lot more questions than answers, and nobody knows what's going 191 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.600 on. It's funny to look at this. I'm on the NFL free agency 192 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:22.080 tracker and I'm just quickly scralling up and down to every single team in the 193 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:28.639 National Football League, and every one of them has some transaction done except one, 194 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:31.480 except for one, because I didn't think the Saints did. The Saints 195 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:35.840 have. They got Tomorrio Davis on a two year deal, Honey Badger, 196 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:39.080 so they've signed at least people the Cowboys have. It's as Dallas Cowboys and 197 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:43.879 there's a space, and then it says New York Giants. I thought they 198 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:50.679 would do something. Still, they will do something. They will day, 199 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:56.039 they'll do something, I think, yeah, probably right, Yeah, even 200 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:00.440 if it's bringing back one of their own guys. Yeah, like Tuma Doga, 201 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:07.320 as he was your backup guard last year. He'll probably get brought back. 202 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.000 But yeah, you're right. I didn't think about Steven Gilmore, who 203 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.879 was really solid all year long. Yeah, you really wouldn't have any complaints 204 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.159 about him besides the last game, where you have complaints about everyone on defense. 205 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:24.240 Yeah, we like, how much does that cost? They traded a 206 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.039 fifth round pick for him, and maybe that's the plan. Maybe like, 207 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.519 hey, we're getting comp picks every year and we're using these fifth and sixth 208 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.600 round picks to get people. I mean, the Browns just traded a fifth 209 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.559 and sixth to get Jerry Judy and he is probably a good wide receiver too, 210 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.799 you know, so you can't find ways to get stuff. Jordan Lewis, 211 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:43.960 I think it's important to this thing. I don't think I can pay 212 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:50.799 him again, and he'll probably be taking off. There's a lot of a 213 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.799 lot of things though that I just sit there and go if you would have 214 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.000 gotten Dac done and maybe hey, Dax, team probably is like, no, 215 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:00.919 why do not need to do this now? We'll do this later. 216 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.360 Dak's not gonna do it. Like I know people think, well, Dak 217 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:07.360 O, if you want some better people around him, it will take less 218 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.240 and all that stuff that's not real that doesn't. That's just not how it 219 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:14.720 works, especially with his agency of CAAA and Todd Frantz, Like, you're 220 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.480 gonna go get as much as you can get, you know why, because 221 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:21.120 there's other people relying on you to do that. Other quarterbacks have to get 222 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.120 the next amount of money, and no one is doing it for their team 223 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:26.399 to have the rest of the league mat at them and the rest of the 224 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.639 Players Association mat at them for taking less. I wonder how I mean. 225 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:34.240 The Vikings are an interesting case because they said screw it. They're the most 226 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:40.279 iconic, like, just watch this because this is what the cowboy's future could 227 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:45.720 be. Well, because you're in the position of having a good quarterback, 228 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.039 and I'll put Kirk Cousins in that. I'll put tu a tongue of Ilo, 229 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:52.519 who's about to sign a fifty million dollars a year deal, which I 230 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.840 don't know if he deserves, and Dak Prescott good. But the Vikings said, 231 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:02.240 forget it. Kirk Cousins gone, We're gonna rock Sam Darnold for a 232 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:06.480 one year deal for up to ten million dollars, and then we'll take Aaron 233 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:11.160 Jones and sign another half dozen other guys and just use that money elsewhere. 234 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.599 But the Cowboys are in a position where you just have to pay for a 235 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.200 good quarterback. I mean, if it's Patrick Mahomes, you don't think twice 236 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:23.440 fine. And this Chiefs lost people as a result of the money that they 237 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.559 had to pay to Patrick Mahomes, and I think it worked out well for 238 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.119 them. Can I play a quick game? Oh right, just family feud 239 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.400 and Mike and then Danny here, Mike, are we playing the eliminator again? 240 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.319 It's not the elements? Oh man? Do you have any faith in 241 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:45.440 Tua going into Kansas City or Buffalo in January and it's twenty degrees and winning 242 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.160 a playoff game? Well, I hate to say we just the Dolphins just 243 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.440 did that. I know it was minus twenty degrees, but do you still 244 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:55.319 have any faith in that? No? So therefore why gush far out your 245 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.119 head into the wall when you could just But that's what we always say is 246 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:00.319 because you have to, because you have to, And that's what you say 247 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.440 with Dak, Well you have to And I still think that and it but 248 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:08.400 is that yeah? I think that too. But once those good quarterbacks get 249 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:12.000 through their first contract, which Tua is, Dak's, well passed it and 250 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:17.039 then you have to pay them. The team around them just has to get 251 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.000 worse because you don't have the money to do much with it. Dude, 252 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:26.319 the Dolphins probably had their window and it's probably closing now as they've lost great 253 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:29.279 players like Christian Wilkins, who signed one hundred million dollars plus deal with the 254 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:33.240 Raiders. Hell Andrew van Ginkel was a late round draft pick, a good 255 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:37.240 linebacker and pass rusher that get signed by the Vikings. Robert Hunt is a 256 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.880 guard they just get signed by the Falcons. They drafted all through those dudes. 257 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.240 You did it right, you hit them. We can't afford to keep 258 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:47.000 you, but we got to fire fifty million at TUA. Damn. That 259 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:52.359 sucks. Any faith in dak going into San Francisco for the NFC Championship game 260 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.160 and bringing it home. I don't have faith in them beating the Packers in 261 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.599 their own in their own yard in the first round, the first round. 262 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.720 What's this NFC Championship game? You mentioned? What does that mean? True? 263 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.000 But like Mikey said, you've got to feel the team. You still 264 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.799 have to sell jerseys, you know, You've still got to make money and 265 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:15.359 be a profitable organization, which Jerry is. That's clear that that is his 266 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:18.480 number one priority. Yes, he wants to win, but not at the 267 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:23.799 expense of everything else. It's better to have a chance of making the playoffs 268 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:27.079 than missing the playoffs, is it? Though? I don't know, because 269 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:30.279 I kind of agree. Yes, there's been a long time since the Cowboys 270 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.519 have sat here and had a you know, five win season. But sometimes 271 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:37.400 that's the time and investment you need to make. But when you're owners ancient 272 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:42.799 and he'd rather have ten wins and no chance of advancing in the playoffs and 273 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:51.039 maintain interests and ratings for the year, like is that better? I bag 274 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:53.519 myself off of it. And then say, when you said no chance of 275 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:57.359 advancing in the playoffs, like we know that because they were favorites to win 276 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:03.039 at home and then two years in a row of a one score game loss 277 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.400 to San Francisco, who was probably the better team, and you so you're 278 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.160 going, yeah, I could beat this team, the San Francisco team, 279 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.720 and we could shake this demon because if they were close games, not they 280 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.359 wiped us out. And that's why I keep going back to it. But 281 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:22.480 I'll be damned if the Vikings haven't made that interesting. They're a big test 282 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:26.880 case for a lot of teams. I'll say Houston kind of did that too. 283 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.680 Now it took multiple years of tanking for them, but letting Deshaun Watson 284 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.640 go, and he probably had to go given what was going on there. 285 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:37.119 It's a little different. But they're like, we'll do Davis Mills for a 286 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.279 couple of years, we know it's not gonna be good, and then you 287 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:44.680 get your guy. Yeah, and now they're looking sexier than the Cowboys. 288 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.440 Absolutely. You know it's because you invested four and twelve, four and thirteen, 289 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.240 three and thirteen and one. I mean it's different sport. But the 290 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:56.960 Rangers and the Astros totally did this. Yeah, absolutely, and guess what 291 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:02.440 it works. I mean the thought of a lot better than pissing around and 292 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.559 being first round or second round fodder in the playoffs, getting your ten win 293 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:10.720 season, and you do that for three decades and I hate it. I 294 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:15.920 hate it right forever cool And that probably is the reason why we all yell, 295 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:18.119 you haven't won a super Bowl forever. It's because they won't take the 296 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.119 dive. If the forty nine er are gonna feel good about paying brock party 297 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:26.559 when it's time. Is he just hangs out on rookie dealt nothing, Probably 298 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:32.440 not, but ten wins the season guarantee you they give. They give the 299 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:37.039 fan base hope and they put money in your pockets because every year you can 300 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:40.720 sell them a bill of goods. We're all in. We're all in. 301 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.079 Sure, you're all in. Look man, and look, the fans are 302 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:47.480 just gonna keep going back for it. We're gonna keep buying it. As 303 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.680 many people wring their you know, shake their fists at the sky after getting 304 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:55.920 smashed by Green Bay and say never again, I'm not buying it. It's 305 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:00.400 just a matter of time. The NFL is God. The NFL is God, 306 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.640 and all of you cowboy fans are going to worship your Lord every year, 307 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:10.480 no matter what. And if they if they went to ten twelve games, 308 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:15.160 even more better to have that one little thing that Jerry knows is the 309 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.480 is the freaking heroine that keeps you coming back, and that is hope. 310 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.240 Meanwhile, Stephen and Charlotte at south By Southwest for the Neutral Milk Hotel Reunion 311 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:29.039 Tour. Okay, I love that JOT series. I'm glad it's continue. 312 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:36.960 Glos Stick Stephen Jones did y'all see Monkey Maya. Okayred Man, good show. 313 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:40.480 Thank you for riding with us on the Franklin Frankel Free Agency Freeway. 314 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:42.039 It didn't crash as much as I thought it was going to. Yeah, 315 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:45.440 two and four, all three on that number, but we did crash. 316 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:52.279 Let's hit the road, oh by muted myself here all right, coming up 317 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:55.440 next to Mike Live Spotting comedian TJ. Miller joined us on Nice one.