Victory Formation
Victory Formation
Are the Cowboys Making the Right Moves in Free Agency?
In the freshest episode of the "Victory Formation Podcast," Prescott and Eddie break down the Dallas Cowboys' latest free agency moves. We help the fans understand the team's strategy of filling roster gaps with solid signings, like defensive end Payton Turner and Javonte Williams, to keep their draft options open. We also discuss the thinking behind retaining key players like KaVonte Turpin (It's Turpin Time). The conversation touches on the Cowboys' cap space, future contracts for stars like Micah Parsons, and the balance between spending wisely and being aggressive. Finally, we wrap up with some fun March Madness predictions and as always, a reminder to cherish time with loved ones.
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Excitement for Free Agency (00:00:37)
Hosts express enthusiasm about discussing the latest news on the Dallas Cowboys.
Free Agency Week Anticipation (00:00:47)
Hosts share excitement about the upcoming free agency week.
Comparison of Last Year’s Free Agency (00:01:22)
Discussion on how last year's free agency was slower compared to the current year's activity.
Signing Brian Anger (00:01:42)
Eddie mentions the recent signing of Brian Anger and its implications.
Importance of Special Teams Players (00:01:58)
Discussion on the significance of retaining key special teams players.
Roster Overview (00:02:12)
A brief overview of the Cowboys' roster and recent signings.
Feelings About the Upcoming Season (00:02:37)
Hosts share their feelings about the upcoming season and team performance.
Concerns About Free Agency (00:02:53)
Eddie expresses cautious optimism about the team's free agency moves.
Aggressive Free Agency Strategy (00:03:38)
Discussion on the Cowboys' aggressive approach to free agency this year.
Analysis of New Player Signings (00:04:27)
Eddie lists new player signings and discusses their potential impact.
Resigning Key Players (00:05:35)
Prescott emphasizes the importance of resigning key players for depth.
Cap Space Discussion (00:06:50)
Conversation regarding the Cowboys' available cap space and spending strategy.
Frustration with Cap Management (00:07:39)
Eddie expresses frustration over the management of cap space and spending.
Drafting vs. Free Agency Spending (00:08:32)
Discussion on the Cowboys' strategy of focusing on drafting over free agency spending.
Player Contracts and Extensions (00:09:09)
Talk about the importance of resigning top players and managing contracts.
Micah Parsons Contract Discussion (00:12:04)
Discussion on how the Myles Garrett contract affects Micah Parsons' potential contract.
Future Projections for Players (00:15:09)
Hosts discuss the longevity and future contracts of key players.
Legal Tampering Period (00:17:32)
Discussion on the timeline for signing players and the legal tampering period.
Compensatory Picks Explanation (00:18:21)
Explanation of how compensatory picks work in relation to player signings.
Recent Free Agent Signings (00:19:32)
Overview of recent free agent signings and their implications.
Team Needs for the Upcoming Season (00:20:51)
Discussion on the positional needs for the Cowboys moving forward.
Quarterback Backup Strategy (00:21:39)
Eddie discusses the need for a backup quarterback who can support the team without causing controversy.
Discussion on Free Agency Strategy (00:21:41)
Eddie shares his thoughts on using free agency to fill gaps before the draft.
Concerns About Rookies (00:22:44)
Eddie expresses reluctance to rely on rookies for immediate play
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Intro 00:00:05 Yeah. Come on. Here we go. Here I come. Here we go. Yeah! Come on. Here we go. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. I'm blue when I fall through a lot. Do not like how you're walking with a lion. Got me feeling like Michael. I've been on the way. The team on my back. Like a biker. Shorty wanna be with a star. But you lucky if I invite you. We can take it to the next spot. They yellin like red sky. Everybody like there ain't no brakes, no red. Stop, we tryna get your head chopped. The whole club yelling everybody.
Prescott 00:00:37 Here we go, here we go. Victory Formation podcast got your boy Eddie pounding back. Michelob Ultra getting ready to discuss some cowboy news I guess.
Eddie 00:00:47 Trying to get my energy up for this week, this free agency week.
Prescott 00:00:51 Man I remember land man. was it Michelob Ultra? He was drinking in there where he said, it's not really beer. He's an alcoholic.
Prescott 00:00:58 He's drinking Michelob Ultra because he said, but it's not really beer. Yeah.
Eddie 00:01:02 It's not alcohol. No, it's like the brown liquor he used to get him to. Yeah. No, no, that's a good show energy going with these with all these moves.
Prescott 00:01:12 I can't believe it. My cowboy alert's been going crazy.
Eddie 00:01:15 I know, it's like I'm back in the back. And when the girls were. Were used to text me when my phone. Oh, yeah.
Prescott 00:01:22 Ding ding ding. Man. Last year I don't think we met our first move for about a week. Like we watched that first two days come and go and we were like, oh yeah, at the five days you're like, we're not doing anything. I think we signed our first person after a week to this, so far as because we sound like six people.
Eddie 00:01:38 We're holding out our pockets last week, last year. Yeah, the first week.
Prescott 00:01:42 And then literally I'm talking about literally when I pushed record, I got the alert that we just signed Brian Anger to your deal.
Prescott 00:01:50 but hopefully we won't have to use them. Hopefully we get to leave them home for a couple games because I often sell efficient, but still a good move. I like them.
Eddie 00:01:58 Yeah, you could, It's good. I think you got to hold down your your cornerstone. you know, special teams, players. You know, obviously we got I think we signed everybody that we needed to. Aubrey's on contract.
Prescott 00:02:10 See? See back.
Eddie 00:02:12 See. And we got your your your boy.
Prescott 00:02:14 Then your boy.
Eddie 00:02:15 Your boy. Your your your your your sprinter.
Prescott 00:02:18 Straight line runner, straight line runner, C.J. Goodwin. Oh.
Eddie 00:02:25 I don't I'm not.
Prescott 00:02:25 He's a friend of the show. He's a friend of the show. We like C.J. Goodwin. Anyway, so man, now we gotta. Now we gotta go down the list man. It's like
Eddie 00:02:37 I mean well let's, let's before we even say anything about it. How are you feeling right now about this about this season coming up. Because I mean a lot of people are feeling anxious.
Eddie 00:02:47 A lot of people are feeling excitement. A lot of people are like, are this is the same bullshit about blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. What do you feel?
Prescott 00:02:53 So I'll say it like this I feel Pretty good. I feel pretty good. So. And now I'll tell you the reason why I feel pretty good. Because I like what we've been doing. But I don't feel great only because we have to do it like we had so many free agents. We have to sign like they can't sit. Like last year we only needed a few free agents, so they didn't sign hardly anybody. This year half our team is a free agent, so we have to sign like we don't have a choice in it. So I'm like Lee. But then I still like the players that we are signing. Yeah. how are you feeling? Before I go down the list of all the people will sign?
Eddie 00:03:38 I feel the same way. I mean, I think, you know, that was a big thing that you and I talked about was the, well, the feeling that I'm getting from from this whole couple of weeks or I think we were going to be aggressive.
Eddie 00:03:53 I was excited about that. But I knew that there is going to be a period of time that we we weren't going to spend, because that's not in our that's not what we really do every year. Right. So yeah, it I knew there was going to be a point where we kind of slowed down a little bit in a and the aggressiveness was going to be a little bit after everybody got released, because that's, that's the next wave is when everybody gets released. And I think that's going to give us a better idea of what our what our roster is going to look like and what our how we're going to attack the draft.
Prescott 00:04:27 I think so, too. I think so too, because, like I said, I think we have a good, a good setup of of what we've been picking up. Like, we haven't picked up any surefire starters, like, you know, like how the Vikings picked up Jonathan Allen, who I wanted, like, you know, he's going to be a surefire starter.
Prescott 00:04:48 We picked up some people who could be starters but not surefire. So let me go through the list and tell me which ones you like the most. So these are our new people. We got a defensive end Payton Turner. It's coming from the Saints. It used to be a first rounder. Solomon Thomas he used to be a first round of the 40 niners. Robert Jones the old lineman. Javonte Williams he's pretty decent. And that's it for new players. Now we resigned. Javonte Turpin, Trent Sieg, Marquise Bell, Wagner Thomas, Tyrus Wheat, Brock Hoffman, C.J. Goodwin and OSA Oduduwa. So which one of those get you the most excited besides the obvious ulcer? Which one gets you the most excited?
Eddie 00:05:35 Well, I think the resigning because all the other free agents that we signed from other teams, I think we're just roster adjustments, right? I don't see too many starters on that because, I mean, even like the D linemen that we got, they're not going to start over. OSA.
Eddie 00:05:55 The pickups that we that we had from the other teams I feel are for mostly depth, right? the Vontae Turpin signing was really big because if we lost ten. Oh yeah, that was a big part of our special teams and part of our offense hopefully.
Prescott 00:06:14 Yeah. Because he was he's he was literally the best returner in the league last year. I mean like it.
Eddie 00:06:19 How many how many guys do we have that are returning all I mean Pro Bowlers and all pros I mean we don't have very many of them.
Prescott 00:06:25 Yeah. Yeah I think we only had like I think him I think Aubrey should have made it. But I was cool with him because the other guy who got it from Pittsburgh, he was pretty good. So I wasn't too upset with that. But those are only two pros. Everybody else was just a Pro Bowl.
Eddie 00:06:40 Yeah. Yes, sir. so I think those I think our bigger signings are coming. I really do, I really believe so.
Prescott 00:06:50 How much cap do we got?
Eddie 00:06:51 You remember 54 million right now.
Prescott 00:06:54 50 million right now.
Eddie 00:06:55 We had like 58 or something and we haven't spent anything. So really.
Prescott 00:06:58 Yes. It's been anything so like. And so, so just, just to to get everybody I was, I was Chicken Little in the discord today. I'm so so mad. I'm like why why do we create all this cap space. Just let everybody get signed. You know, it's like why? It's like borrowing money. Like, I'm gonna go borrow $20,000 to go buy a $3,000 car. Like, no, we they they did not have to create this cap space like they did it. And I'm like, if you're going to create it, use it. Like creating all the cap space just to spend two of the 50 something million dollars in cap room, I'm like, come on, man, let's, let's, let's do something with it.
Eddie 00:07:39 The only thing that I saw, like, I'm glad that we didn't overspend and reach like a lot of teams do because a lot of teams are like, oh, this is what we're supposed to do.
Eddie 00:07:50 I thought somebody put up a link just a little bit ago in the discord that said, you know, the Cowboys haven't spent more than $6 million on a free agent since 2015 and like 31 other teams have since, like, I think like the oldest one was like 2021 or something like that. But my reaction to that, like everybody else's reaction is, oh, why don't we spend money? Look at this. And my reaction to that, it's almost opposite. Like this shows why you shouldn't spend all that money. It's 31. Other teams didn't win a Super Bowl. They got to the same spot we did and we didn't overspend on anything. I don't know where our money went, but we didn't. We didn't spend.
Prescott 00:08:32 The the flip side of that is because we do a great job of drafting.
Eddie 00:08:38 And resigning our we spend.
Prescott 00:08:40 We spend the money on our own players like so it's not like we're resigning bums, you know, we're resigning. CeeDee lamb, top five receiver. We have the task of resigning Parsons top 2 or 3 defensive end.
Prescott 00:08:54 We had to resign resigned digs went and before he got hurt he was top ten. DB resigned that top ten quarterback. We had to resign bland top ten cornerback. So it's like it's. And then we have to give money to Zach Martin.
Eddie 00:09:09 You got a.
Prescott 00:09:09 Hall of Famer.
Eddie 00:09:10 We got to extend Tyler that soon to Tyler Smith. Like all these guys. It's not like yeah we're not going out.
Prescott 00:09:16 And they're really good. So the money was not being wasted. I can't think of a big signing we've done maybe steal. But the way they did his contract it wasn't like crippling. So. So we still can get out of.
Eddie 00:09:27 That.
Prescott 00:09:28 Minimal damage. Yeah. So so that's probably the only big number we've given somebody who we're kind of looking back at it like, maybe we should have done that. But one out of ten ain't bad.
Eddie 00:09:37 Yeah. So but like adding on to that. Like that's one thing that people are screaming like, oh look at us. Not we haven't spent and we're still not spending.
Eddie 00:09:46 But then when I was looking at the actual free agents that are being signed and everybody and that are being traded for, I mean, there's a handful that we should have. Like there's some DBS that were like that were like 3 to 5, $6 million that we definitely could have had. I mean, that would have definitely been smart. But, you know, spending a lot of money on all these free agents, I just I think you just kind of sit back, let the dust settle and let's see what happens. Because even like the the last post that somebody posted with like, the free agent, receivers that are still out, there's like, yeah, I'm putting that at the top 12 that are still available.
Prescott 00:10:29 It's a couple that I really wanted. I would say like people like I really wanted Allen, but I knew he was going to be out of our turnover.
Eddie 00:10:38 Is he going to start over? Oh, so.
Prescott 00:10:40 They could have put both of them.
Eddie 00:10:42 There's no defense that has three, two, two, three texts.
Eddie 00:10:45 So there isn't unless we're.
Prescott 00:10:47 We could start something new. We could start something new. But I'd be changing the game.
Eddie 00:10:51 You gotta think of we have to think of things like that when we're like. you know, all I want that I want that type of bread.
Prescott 00:10:58 Well, I want you. I don't want you making sense right now. I want to I want to sign a big name so I can feel sexy about free.
Eddie 00:11:03 That's what.
Prescott 00:11:04 I'm saying. So don't come to me with that nonsense.
Eddie 00:11:06 I mean, that's how you're feeling was today with the Chicken Little like. Yeah. Why didn't we make.
Prescott 00:11:09 That's why he had to talk me out. I said, I said, talk me off the ledge. And they talked me off the ledge. So. So I'm back on Earth right now. But it just seemed like they were like. But then it just seemed like they were gearing up to do something huge and they didn't. That that's how I was like. It just seemed like, you know, like, see, last year they didn't gear up to do anything huge.
Prescott 00:11:30 They just didn't do anything. They didn't do anything in preparation, like they didn't go out and fix their credit to try and get a loan or anything. They just yeah, we're not going to do anything. And they didn't do anything except for that one line where he's like, we're all in. Yeah, that was the only thing.
Eddie 00:11:43 I think they were saying. Like, if you go back, it was all in on our future quarterback and our future receiver, which he was. Yeah, we're all in on Micah. We're going to work with Micah and and oh. So we were all in on our core guys. Our all in is a meaning that we're going to go see what everybody else has and spend as much money as we possibly can. It's just not our yeah, but our steez.
Prescott 00:12:03 But so.
Eddie 00:12:04 The simple fact of it is there's a lot of really good free agents that are going to be released in the next couple of days, and a lot of us.
Prescott 00:12:13 That's available right now.
Eddie 00:12:14 When Jerry said out of his own mouth, I'm not going to spend any money in free agency to fill these holes. We're like, oh, la la la la la. We didn't hear that. He said it out loud.
Prescott 00:12:24 Yeah, yeah, we're going to ignore that and write the story that, clicks and headlines. So so how does the how does the Mouse Garrett contract affect Parsons? are they going to have to beat it or or do you think he'll take less like he said? Because I mean, he said, oh, I'll take a discount, you know, get a good team. Did he say so? You think he's going to really do that? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. She said it on a, like a quote, but it was like a couple months ago. You said it a while ago.
Eddie 00:12:52 What? He he didn't say he was going. He'll take a discount. What he said was, I don't need top market. If I'm able to play with.
Prescott 00:13:00 He didn't need to set the.
Prescott 00:13:00 Yeah, he didn't need. He didn't need to set like a record like highest paid non quarterback. He doesn't.
Eddie 00:13:05 Do that. Was like Mike is gonna break the bank and everything's gonna break the internet when he signs. But he's saying, no, just give me a market value. Just give me what I want. I'm valued at what I what I deserve.
Prescott 00:13:14 But she should. I wouldn't be upset if they gave him, you know, a dollar more than Myles Garrett.
Eddie 00:13:21 Garrett that we have to beat. Or is it, what's facing the Raiders because that his extension Crosby more like per year I think.
Prescott 00:13:31 Because Myles is 40 million. No Myles Garrett was 40 million. He had the highest non quarterback contract ever. But I think I think Max Crosby had.
Eddie 00:13:40 Crosby was the one that was the.
Prescott 00:13:42 He had more something. It was let me see.
Eddie 00:13:44 It was four years at 160 million. So extension it was it brought him to like $48 million a year. So some shit like that.
Prescott 00:13:54 I'm looking. I'm looking right now.
Eddie 00:13:58 But his signing.
Prescott 00:14:00 Did he sign after.
Eddie 00:14:02 He signed before Garrett?
Prescott 00:14:05 Oh, see, it says here's his three year 106.
Eddie 00:14:10 That was the extension in what he had before. That's what. That's what we're not doing.
Prescott 00:14:15 Oh yeah. You're right. Hold on. Let me see. They see they don't have that. They're just talking about the extension.
Eddie 00:14:20 I think they extended him. I think he had three years. They sent him another three years. Either way, I was like, it's it's got to be really close, right? Either way, if it's.
Prescott 00:14:29 A three year deal is worth 106 with 91.5 guaranteed, making him the highest paid non quarterback in the league, blah blah blah. They don't talk about all of it.
Eddie 00:14:39 Yeah that was that was one of the.
Prescott 00:14:41 He did sign a four year 94 million extension in 2022. So he was about to be at the end of this 129.
Eddie 00:14:49 And then literally three years later, I was just stunned.
Eddie 00:14:54 Some. That's crazy.
Prescott 00:14:57 He got he got bank. He got some money. He could put some cheese on his burger. Yeah. Anyway, so yeah.
Eddie 00:15:03 So yeah, you know either way it's, it's increasing. What Micah's going to be.
Prescott 00:15:09 Per year is going to be. But the good thing is he has a good 4 to 5 years left in him right now. Like 4 to 5 possibly being the top. You know the only thing of course is you know knock on wood injuries. But he has another 4 to 5 years so I have zero I if there's a negative percent concern I have -37% concerned giving him that contract. Because the way he plays, the way he trains and plays, he'll be good throughout this whatever contract he signs in the next 2 or 3 weeks, he'll be worth it. So I have zero.
Eddie 00:15:44 Problem, I.
Prescott 00:15:44 Think. Same thing with lamb.
Eddie 00:15:45 I think teams should take that more into consideration that this player deserves that first big contract. Now the second.
Eddie 00:15:56 Usually teams will break out the bank for the second big contract a lot of the time. Yeah, but the first big contract is really where you're you're setting your roots and. Yeah. And like you, you believe this team believes in me. So I'm going to sign another contract with them afterwards. I'm not going to go look for something else. I think teams should really invest in that first big time.
Prescott 00:16:20 Agree. Give me give him the money. So. And then they know they're going to pay him. Like I can understand the hesitation with Dak. I didn't understand the hesitation with CeeDee lamb at all. I didn't I didn't understand at all because he's the same thing. Top of his game coming off his rookie contract. He is a good 4 to 5 years in him. And you saw what he did when just with with with rush. So imagine when that comes back. So it's like I don't understand why they hesitated.
Eddie 00:16:46 I think it was but guaranteed money that with him, I think that was the only thing.
Prescott 00:16:50 That was that was insane to even consider. Like the like we should. We should we not like. Yeah. Anyway. But we'll see next two, three weeks how smart, Jerry Jones is, because it's just going to lower the cap. I mean, give us some more cap room because his his, fifth year option is all guaranteed. So signing him to an extension is going to lower the cap. And and then, of course, we're a believer in the building, in the restructuring in our contract guys. So they're they're going to build in restructures for him. So we'll see how it goes.
Eddie 00:17:23 But when when we build in restructure things like that, we also have to give in to like little things where they can opt out of things that we don't want them to opt out of.
Prescott 00:17:32 Yeah, like two voidable years or whatever at the end like that. So, so how are we feeling? So when, when is when there's a legal tampering over? When can we sign people for real? Tomorrow.
Prescott 00:17:42 We can start signing people tomorrow. Yeah. So that's that's March 12th for people watching this in case y'all watch it tomorrow, which is the 12th.
Eddie 00:17:49 I think there's going to be a big dump tomorrow. It's going to be a big dump of free agents tomorrow because it's the end of the year.
Prescott 00:17:55 They're going to release a lot of people. Yeah. So are you familiar with, when it. Because, you know, we're like the Ravens. We believe in compensatory picks, but you can't replace any of your big losses, like so. So if we sell, like, say we had lost OSA, but then we signed a defensive tackle, we wouldn't have got a pick for him because we replaced him with a high priced free agent. But when is that over? You know, it's.
Eddie 00:18:21 All it does. It does. it's there's determining factors is also like the team that picks him up. Are they paying him more than what he was going to be paid with us then? That's a comp pick if we sign somebody for more than what we paid him last year, then we don't get to comment.
Prescott 00:18:48 Okay. So like, for example, that the the Jordan Lewis contract. I saw that some people were saying that chances are we get a fifth round for him because he paid.
Eddie 00:18:58 By a.
Prescott 00:18:58 Lot. And that's and that's assuming we don't sign some big name cornerback more money than we signed for that. They signed him for.
Eddie 00:19:06 What they signed him for. But we can't I mean, that's going to be pretty much impossible because they threw the yeah yeah that.
Prescott 00:19:12 Man like that. Like, hey, I like John Lewis and I'm glad he got paid. But man, I don't think he like and I'm, I'm a fan of his. So I'm not I'm not saying this as hate. I just don't think he was worth that.
Eddie 00:19:22 He got paid.
Prescott 00:19:23 I'm glad he got the money. Yeah, I'm glad he got the money. Hey more probably I if you get more than that, get more than that. But I'm glad we didn't pay him that much. Let me put it that way.
Eddie 00:19:32 Yeah. I mean, there were some insane free agent cornerbacks that got signed in the last couple in the last hour today that I didn't even know that they got signed.
Prescott 00:19:43 Jaycee horn got signed. I saw him signed a deal, but, that was pretty big. C.J. Garner Johnson got traded from the Eagles. Anytime Justin Reid got signed.
Eddie 00:19:54 Anytime the Eagles can get worse is a is a win.
Prescott 00:19:57 Eagles lost a lot of players. Now the 40 Niners have gotten man decimated. So it's like unless they know something we don't like a lot of their players are gone. Like gone gone. But Travis Ward come back home man. We had him at a rookie.
Eddie 00:20:10 It's not just a players I think he already got signed. the the it's.
Prescott 00:20:13 The you might.
Eddie 00:20:14 Have the players. It's not just the players like it. They lost a lot of leadership in the in that room. They did crazy leadership man.
Prescott 00:20:23 So a fungo and Hargrave with two leaders. But Ward was one.
Eddie 00:20:27 Debo was one was one.
Eddie 00:20:29 Ward was another. there.
Prescott 00:20:32 You sick juice.
Eddie 00:20:33 That guy was a huge leader in the locker room.
Prescott 00:20:35 He was. Man, oh, man, I don't know.
Eddie 00:20:37 The fans loved him. Love him. So I don't know. Yeah. So maybe they know something we don't know.
Prescott 00:20:46 We'll see how it goes. So what else do we need? What else do we need?
Eddie 00:20:51 I think we need a cornerback. We need a receiver. We need a linebacker. I think that's the three that we.
Prescott 00:20:56 Need those three.
Eddie 00:20:57 So I wouldn't. I hate a quarterback either. And when I'm saying quarterback I said something yesterday about it. I don't I don't want them to go after somebody that can start. I want them to go after somebody that can hold the clipboard. Yeah. And hand the ball off a couple weeks if they need to. Like some of the, McNish is Zach Wilson would have been perfect.
Prescott 00:21:22 But he would have been. Man, I wanted him to I wanted him like I don't want a Jameis Winston because people are going to start calling for him.
Prescott 00:21:28 Like let James play. Like I need somebody who's not getting on the call.
Eddie 00:21:32 We need a bridge to a rookie back up next year or the year after. We just need a bridge. That's all it is.
Prescott 00:21:39 Do we have Greer still? Is he still on the roster?
Eddie 00:21:41 Yeah, I think he is, but he's not I don't know. Would you feel comfortable sitting back there?
Prescott 00:21:48 My thinking is I like the plug. Me personally, I like to plug holes with free agency. That way we can draft for who's the best available instead of going in and like like the the moxie debacle, we needed a defensive tackle so bad we had to get the one of the best defensive tackles that were available, which we had a low draft pick in the first round. So we ended up getting moxie because we just absolutely needed one. But if we had signed somebody serviceable in free agency, then we could have win with the best player available and gotten somebody better. So that's why I like to use free agency as a plug holes.
Prescott 00:22:26 Then we draft for who's best available. That's what. That's me. I highly like the approach that.
Eddie 00:22:32 I think that's what we we really need to do 100%. We got to plug a few holes because you can expect the draft to fall the way that you want it to fall every time. Yeah. I mean.
Prescott 00:22:44 Plus I don't like counting on rookies to come save us, like I don't I don't want a rookie to have to come in. And man, we're not doing good in the playoffs or go into the Super Bowl. If this rookie doesn't show up. Like that's not a way to build a team. In my eyes, it's nice when they show up and contribute immediately, but not as a we. This guy needs to perform.
Eddie 00:23:03 That's where you get where you're overspending on free agents that have done something in the past that are if they if they were still doing that, that other team would let them go, right? Yeah. I mean, I think about it with like, at work.
Eddie 00:23:18 Right. The managers that are really good, that are bringing stuff in, they leave because they get offered more money and like an incentive to leave the company.
Prescott 00:23:26 I used to think that too. I used to think that too. But every once in a while you can look up into a good free agent, only because either he's disgruntled with his role on the team, or they are so bad at the cap in their contracts that they had to let somebody go just to save money, and they had to let like, will they really want to keep this guy? But they couldn't keep him at the price he needed. Those are the guys I want. But the ones you're talking about where, man, I mean, he's good, but you gotta overpay to give him, like, I don't want those guys. I don't want the guy who is still good. And. But his team had to dump him for money reasons or he just didn't fit, like, kind of like Hassan Reddick. Maybe.
Eddie 00:24:08 So. So like the the examples that were that I was thinking about earlier today and they just popped up just a couple minutes ago like, I know we don't need him, but like Evan Ingram, he is a he can change the game and he's still doing it. And who's going to pick him up? Who's going to spend a little bit of money for for that.
Prescott 00:24:34 and another guy. We wouldn't have got him last year. We couldn't have got him last year on it because McCarthy loves blocking tight end. So we would have never picked him up. So maybe we can now if that's the way Schottenheimer wants to go. But a pass catching tide in.
Eddie 00:24:47 And like a bunch of safeties went today that I think that we could have like that. Like just read.
Prescott 00:24:54 I want to read so bad.
Eddie 00:24:55 I mean that was that was a nice pickup because I'm sure they didn't spend a whole lot of money on him at all. And then like, who else was it I was looking at earlier?
Prescott 00:25:09 I.
Eddie 00:25:09 Really, the honey badger honey badgers out there.
Prescott 00:25:14 Oh, yeah.
Eddie 00:25:15 I know I'm not the best. I mean, he's not honey badger from, like, 4 or 5 years ago, but he's still somebody that can make plays. Xavier Woods was a free agent that was available. And you know Xavier.
Prescott 00:25:26 Man.
Eddie 00:25:26 He was.
Prescott 00:25:27 Available on our team.
Eddie 00:25:28 And he got stolen from like.
Prescott 00:25:29 Three on our team. I would have really liked to have the guy that was on the Jets. Man. Was it C.J.
Eddie 00:25:40 Something you're talking about Reed.
Prescott 00:25:42 Reed yeah. Him.
Eddie 00:25:43 Oh he was like one of the first corners that got picked.
Prescott 00:25:45 Yeah yeah he yeah he's one of the first ones gone, like I really.
Eddie 00:25:49 That was like the guy that bears last year that we really wanted.
Prescott 00:25:52 oh yeah.
Eddie 00:25:53 Yeah, yeah. He's talking like. Yeah, I like to go to the Cowboys. Everybody wants to go to the Cowboys to get a bigger contract to actually go.
Prescott 00:25:59 And I know they couldn't do it, only they couldn't give a cornerback big money.
Prescott 00:26:03 Only because it's, it's it's a Bland's turn. He's about to get paid. So they have to pay him. Javon Holland he was one I wanted to man, but he signed a big deal. Three year, 45 million bucks.
Eddie 00:26:20 So 15 million. What do we pay Trayvon? We paid him 20, didn't we?
Prescott 00:26:24 I love the Giants because they let Saquon walk and they gave the exact same contract to what's the guy. The other wide receiver they had there is Slayton.
Eddie 00:26:38 You mean the Slayton.
Prescott 00:26:40 They gave Slayton the exact same contract they gave to, Berkeley. And I'm like, Berkeley is far and away better than Derrius Layton. Like, why why would you give that money to him but not him? Like, it doesn't make any sense. I think you just do some weird things.
Eddie 00:26:56 Berkeley. Never. And they could have resigned him and it he could have gotten hurt again. And what are they. They're going to be sitting there holding like, yeah, you got fooled again by the same guy.
Eddie 00:27:07 Haha.
Prescott 00:27:08 And then yeah. And then it was kind of fool's gold because, I mean, he was running behind the best offensive line to lead. He was not running behind that offensive line in the Giants. He wouldn't have produced like that for the Giants. So I can see why. They were like, we're not paying that much for somebody that can't. So he earned his paycheck. But I mean yeah, he's like, what do you expect?
Eddie 00:27:30 I don't.
Prescott 00:27:30 See. But anyway, we'll we'll see how it goes. We'll see how it goes. Let's see what else we got on here. So what else we got at the like free agency. This is the spending period. We'll see a lot of signings tomorrow Then by Friday, Saturday, Sunday, we'll see the B tier guys come out. You might see 1 or 2 big names thrown in there, like extensions maybe, or finally like like a cup where they like we couldn't trade for them, so we had to release him. Then he'll get signed, something like that.
Prescott 00:28:01 But I think the big names are gone. The big the well, the big money's gone. So now the Cowboys are about to get busy, even though we've been kind of busy. But most of us have been our own players. But we've got to get in there.
Eddie 00:28:11 Yeah, well, I think a lot of the, the pickups we made in the last couple of days were just for depth and resigning our players because that, that.
Prescott 00:28:22 I wouldn't mind.
Eddie 00:28:23 Right guard from the Dolphins is not going to start for us that there's.
Prescott 00:28:27 Like oh man.
Eddie 00:28:27 64th out of 65 guards.
Prescott 00:28:30 I thought he was so bad. His numbers were so bad. I was like, oh my God.
Eddie 00:28:35 But you never know.
Prescott 00:28:35 I mean, anyway, people need.
Eddie 00:28:37 You know, a different face.
Prescott 00:28:38 Change.
Eddie 00:28:39 Of scenery, different, you know, scenario. Scenario could change things in a heartbeat.
Prescott 00:28:44 My dark horse is. I want to see us get, either Keenan Allen or Cooper Cup.
Eddie 00:28:51 Yeah.
Prescott 00:28:52 I want either.
Eddie 00:28:53 One. Hernandez. Come and and and I do want to see that guy is his old coach.
Prescott 00:28:59 Yeah. I would like to see him and Brock Hoffman, like, murder somebody on the field. Like, commit the first murder on live.
Eddie 00:29:05 TV comes over, then Hoffman's not playing. That's what I'm thinking. Yeah, because he's not going to.
Prescott 00:29:09 Bebe's going to be center for sure. Yeah, I know, or maybe they'll put Bebe at right guard and put Hoffman at center. He filled in pretty good for Bebe when he was out. Yeah, then I didn't. Hoffman play center a little bit.
Eddie 00:29:22 Last year on a, for two games, and Bebe was hurt as Bebe got hurt her ankle.
Prescott 00:29:26 But I thought so.
Eddie 00:29:27 I think they invested a lot of time and effort into teaching Bebe the center. they're not going to move him, right guard. They're going to draft a guard. We have two capable right guards that can play right now. And bass. And,
Prescott 00:29:40 We'll see.
Prescott 00:29:41 We'll see. Yeah.
Eddie 00:29:42 And they just invested money in Hoffman, so they're not.
Prescott 00:29:44 So so so what's next after free agency? What else have you got to look forward to?
Eddie 00:29:49 Pro days. Pro days.
Prescott 00:29:51 Okay.
Eddie 00:29:52 Especially for a lot of the the players that didn't do anything in the combine.
Prescott 00:29:56 Go to the combine.
Eddie 00:29:56 Yeah they.
Prescott 00:29:57 They went.
Eddie 00:29:58 Weird. It's like they just showed up and put the uni on and just talk to people and toss the ball around. But it this is where we're going to actually see a lot of players increase their numbers. This is where the workout warrior thing comes comes in. I've all had their their pro days circled.
Prescott 00:30:16 Good. Yeah.
Eddie 00:30:17 And then we have official visits after that. Official visits are like the third official.
Prescott 00:30:23 Now we got to see how how that works, because normally we used to pull from our 30 day, our official visits a lot. So I want to see how this new coach works with that.
Eddie 00:30:32 The thing about it, the official visits have really changed a lot too.
Eddie 00:30:37 because of the increase in pro days, the official visits used to be local guys coming in, just all local guys like the small, small school, local guys coming in. But now there were we're inviting them early and trying to get people to come in. And actually it's it's a isn't it's a chance for our coaches to actually put them through a workout of our own. So the players want to do on their own feel like we yeah, this these are the drills that are really important to us. Let's see how many balls you catch out of 60 from the 30 on one foot. You know, things like that that are important to us. So.
Prescott 00:31:17 So isn't there a rule something about if like, like really, really local people don't count toward the 30?
Eddie 00:31:26 I don't know.
Prescott 00:31:26 About that, but I thought I read that somewhere, like if they're really local, like if they're.
Eddie 00:31:31 Live.
Prescott 00:31:31 Around the Dallas area or Texas, like, they don't they don't count toward the 30.
Eddie 00:31:35 You got to do the research.
Eddie 00:31:36 I find out about that. We'll talk about it next week. Yeah, but.
Prescott 00:31:38 I thought I heard that somewhere.
Eddie 00:31:40 Well, shit, if that was the case, I mean, that would suck for teams that are in Minnesota. Because you know what I mean? Like it's it's awesome for teams that that are in Texas and Florida and California where the players are good. But it would suck. It would suck balls for, you know, New England player teams. And you know, they they don't have the same players out there locally.
Prescott 00:32:08 I see I found it. So it says this is where things can get confusing. The players who count as being part of the 30 visits are all non-local players. The club can bring in as many local players as they want and work those players out at their facility. In fact, many clubs have a designated local workout for players to find as being local.
Eddie 00:32:32 That's where Meriweather came in last year because he was looking at all those pools.
Prescott 00:32:38 He sure did.
Prescott 00:32:38 All those offensive linemen, since by league rule, a local player's determined to be a player who is from the local metropolitan area, as defined by a current Rand McNally map. So that's what I remember them talking about. So if they're from the DFW area, even if they're like a top star. So say cam Ward was from DFW. Technically, we could have brought him in where it didn't count as a as a local at the top 30.
Eddie 00:33:06 Visit, I don't think I mean, I get I get that, but I don't think I'm, I don't think that we're going to interview more than 30 players that aren't local, you know what I mean? That's kind of weird.
Prescott 00:33:16 Yeah. Yeah. So. Well, no, no, it doesn't count. We still get our 30.
Eddie 00:33:20 I know what I'm saying. Yeah. What I'm saying is, like, I don't think that there's 30 players that aren't local that we're going to have. I mean I'm sure. Oh yeah.
Prescott 00:33:31 So it might be like 17 non-local players and then they'll bring in some and then it might be another 17.
Prescott 00:33:36 So it might, it still might be over 30, but it won't be like we're bringing in 70 players because we're using 30 of them. So I see what you're saying. Yeah. So it could probably work out that way.
Eddie 00:33:46 That's true. It's got to be a that weekend or that week that happens. It's got to be pretty. Oh, crazy.
Prescott 00:33:54 I just got an alert. The Niners just replaced Debo with DeMarcus Robinson. Who the Marcus Robinson wide receiver two year $9.5 million deal. I guess he's a Deebo clone maybe I don't know. That's what the alert does.
Eddie 00:34:13 Oh you mean the Rams. Oh okay. he was the guy that, he was a wasn't he a rookie last year?
Prescott 00:34:23 I don't think so. He's he sounds like he's been around for a while. Like 2 or 3 years. Not not a rookie, though. Cause I remember the I do dynasty, and his name sounds familiar. Like he's been traded around like he's he's been one of those players. People just drop and pick up on a regular.
Eddie 00:34:40 It really was good. When, when Puka was hurt, he was, he actually played that spot for a little while. Yeah, he was on the.
Prescott 00:34:53 I don't even know why.
Eddie 00:34:54 He.
Prescott 00:34:54 Was on. He was like, I have.
Eddie 00:34:56 He was drafted to the Chiefs drafted him in 2016.
Prescott 00:35:00 I mean, yeah, I'd say he's been around for a while I thought so. I'm like, I don't even know why. I'm guessing I have to. I have the all the information tip of my finger.
Eddie 00:35:08 Replacing DeVoe with this guy. I'll tell you that right now, his career receiving yards is 2700. But whatever. Anyway, at least they put a, you know, another.
Prescott 00:35:21 Yeah. All right, so we got some some things to watch out to bring next week. So what else we got going on? you got any March Madness picks? Who who's going to win it? Selection Sunday. This Sunday.
Eddie 00:35:35 It's gonna, I think I'm going to reserve my my right till after the selection show, but I do have some dark horses that I really like.
Eddie 00:35:43 I didn't watch a lot of college basketball last year, so when I was making my picks, I was like, I'm going to go off of, but this year I didn't really watch a lot. I like Missouri, I like Kentucky.
Prescott 00:35:55 I like Auburn.
Eddie 00:35:56 Auburn. Yeah. They got beat by Alabama last night. They got that last night.
Prescott 00:36:01 that, that when it's going to raise their their to a tenacity and like you know what it's not going to happen again.
Eddie 00:36:08 I really like that Missouri team. But watch out for these New Mexico Lobos. Do you remember that one. Just watch out for these kids because they they were a 12 seed last year. This year they they won the Mountain West or the whack or whatever. They're in that west, but they're they're really good. So watch out for them. They're pretty good.
Prescott 00:36:31 People. Talking about Cooper Fleck, I'm like, that guy's a one man team.
Eddie 00:36:34 Duke is Duke is Duke. I think Duke is going to lose to a team that they're overlooking.
Prescott 00:36:40 Yeah, like in the sweet 16. Because, I mean, if he if he has a bad game, they're toast. He leads them in everything.
Eddie 00:36:46 Like every time he.
Prescott 00:36:47 Leads off the.
Eddie 00:36:47 Points, it's.
Prescott 00:36:48 Like rebounds, assists, steals, blocks. He leads them in every category. It's insane how much he does for that team.
Eddie 00:36:54 I was watching the Carolina Duke game the other day and every time he was off the court, Carolina made a run and then they'd bring him back in. They didn't know what to do.
Prescott 00:37:02 Yeah, it's like the first team. They can figure out how to even kind of corral his.
Eddie 00:37:08 Gun at him. They'll throw a gun at him, get him out of the game and.
Prescott 00:37:11 Just body him all game. Yeah. Anyway, we'll see. But that's all we got. All right.
Eddie 00:37:18 Players next week. Next week we'll have a little bit more news. We'll have some.
Prescott 00:37:23 Should be about 1012 more people signed in my opinion.
Eddie 00:37:26 We'll have more players on our team.
Eddie 00:37:28 More stuff to talk about. This is exciting. And maybe we're getting closer.
Prescott 00:37:31 To.
Eddie 00:37:32 Getting closer to our mock draft episode. Those are the yeah, those are the ones I love.
Prescott 00:37:40 Man. You got to be ready. So, Eddie, to tell people how you feel, you know?
Eddie 00:37:45 You know how it is. You gotta make sure that you are, telling your kids and your loved ones how much you care about them, because you might not get another chance. And don't go to bed.
Prescott 00:37:54 That's right.
Eddie 00:37:54 Stop that bullshit.
Prescott 00:37:57 So, as always, we'll see you next week. And,
Intro 00:38:09 Yeah. Here we go, here I come, here we go. Yeah. Come on. Here we go. Yeah. Yeah. Cooper blue and I fought through a lot. Do not like us. How you're walking with a lion. Got me feeling like Michael. I've been on the way. The team on my bad. Like a biker. Shawty wanna be with a star. But you lucky if I invite you.
Intro 00:38:29 We can take it to the next spot. They yellin like Prescott. Everybody like there ain't no brakes, no rest stop. We tryna get your head chopped. The whole club yelling everybody.