Why did the Cowboys sign that guy? | Focus on the Defensive Line

In this episode of the "Victory Formation Podcast," Prescott and Eddie do a deep dive into the Dallas Cowboys' recent activities, focusing on free agency moves and draft strategies. The discussion covers the Cowboys' balanced approach in free agency, avoiding high-profile signings in favor of cost-effective, immediate contributors. We also defend some of the moves the Front Office makes (not all though, cause we are psychopaths). Like some trojans we wrap it up with an analysis of draft prospects and the importance of strategic picks, hopefully giving the fans some hope for the future. LFG!!!
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Introduction and Excitement for NFL Draft (00:00:00)  
The hosts introduce the podcast and express excitement about the upcoming NFL draft.

Discussion on Free Agency and Player Signings (00:00:21)  
The speakers discuss recent free agency moves and their implications for the Cowboys.

Analysis of Team Strategies and Player Development (00:01:05)  
Eddie shares insights on how understanding the game has evolved over time.

Impact of Information Accessibility on Fan Knowledge (00:01:46)  
The conversation highlights how access to information has changed fan engagement with football.

Debate on Dak Prescott's Performance (00:03:04)  
The speakers discuss perceptions of Dak Prescott and the importance of watching game tape.

Recent Free Agency News and Player Releases (00:04:12)  
They review the latest free agency moves and notable player releases in the NFL.

Cowboys' Free Agency Spending Strategy (00:05:35)  
The hosts analyze the Cowboys' spending strategy and compare it to other teams.

Remaining Free Agents and Team Needs (00:09:19)  
Discussion on the top remaining free agents and how they fit into the Cowboys' plans.

Pro Day Performances and NFL Draft Prospects (00:12:13)  
The speakers recap recent pro day performances and their potential impact on the draft.

Analysis of Recent Player Acquisitions (00:15:05)  
Discussion on the Cowboys' recent player signings and their potential contributions.

Debate on Drafting Strategy and Player Potential (00:17:16)  
The hosts debate the effectiveness of their recent draft strategy and player potential.

Discussion on Key Positions for Draft Consideration (00:21:03)  
The conversation shifts to the importance of defensive tackles and ends in the upcoming draft.

Defensive Linemen Overview (00:22:12)  
Discussion on current defensive linemen and potential pickups for the Cowboys.

Available Free Agents (00:22:17)  
Eddie mentions top available free agents, including Calais Campbell and Za'Darius Smith.

Defensive Line Strategy (00:23:01)  
Debate on the effectiveness of potential defensive line acquisitions and comparisons with existing players.

Player Size Importance (00:23:45)  
Prescott emphasizes the significance of player size and its impact on confidence and performance.

Mocking Draft Prospects (00:24:00)  
Discussion on potential draft picks, including Deion Walker and Alfred Collins, and their attributes.

Joshua Farmer Analysis (00:25:53)  
Exploration of Joshua Farmer's skills and potential fit for the Cowboys' defensive line.

Late Round Picks (00:26:31)  
Consideration of late-round draft picks, specifically Nasir Stackhouse and his strengths and weaknesses.

Free Agency Rumors (00:27:21)  
Talk about potential free agent signings and the implications for the Cowboys' roster.

Defensive End Roster (00:28:50)  
Overview of current defensive ends on the Cowboys' roster and recent signings.

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Intro 00:00:00  I come. Here we go. Here I come. Here we go, here I come. 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.

Prescott 00:00:14  Here we go, here we go. Victory Formation podcast boy. Prescott. Eddie, tell the people how you feel.

Eddie 00:00:21  What's up, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Good morning. Good evening. We missed you.

Prescott 00:00:27  Whatever. Whatever time of day. Y'all listening to this? But we had to catch you up on all the latest cowboy news.

Eddie 00:00:37  Yeah. I'm ready. I'm ready to talk about this because it's, I've been pretty thirsty for these last these last couple of days, going through all this info and man watching, watching all this free agent mess and excited.

Prescott 00:00:50  This this is draft time. This is Eddie's Christmas. This is his Super Bowl. He don't care about the season as much as he cares about draft time, watching college players field each other up, try to get to third base with each other and those pro days.

Eddie 00:01:05  Yeah, that's not true. I love the game, but the thing about it, it was like after I stopped playing coaching like this, the nerd in me started learning more about like, what the game was all about and how how teams are put together and stuff like that, because it is the back end of everything is just amazing.

Prescott 00:01:25  I think you start getting into it, man, like, I don't, I just don't know how to look. Watch it like like y'all do how to look at it scientifically.

Eddie 00:01:32  I it's not like there was a lot of information pushed out because a lot of people nowadays they kind of get on and they do that. you know how there's a different view? It's a 20. The, the oh yeah.

Prescott 00:01:46  The all 22.

Eddie 00:01:46  Yeah. 22. That wasn't, that wasn't there for the, the public for a long time.

Prescott 00:01:52  Just it wasn't.

Eddie 00:01:53  Yeah. And. Yeah. So more.

Prescott 00:01:55  People can get to.

Eddie 00:01:56  It. If you wanted to learn. I mean, you had to dig.

Eddie 00:01:58  You had to read articles, you had to listen to sift through. I mean, but now you can go on YouTube and you can listen to whatever. I mean, how many podcasts and and evaluations? It's just a matter of time finding the time to do it. It's. Yeah, I'm just ridiculously, have a lot of free time in my hands, so.

Prescott 00:02:22  I like, Lombardi and Broadus. I like how they break stuff down. And then I like, chase. Daniel's chase Daniel's is surprisingly good. Him and, Kurt Warner. I like those two.

Eddie 00:02:33  I like I've been watching a lot of La Nacion and, brought us and, and, and, Pat Patrick nosy. I mean, watch a lot of those guys. And because I want to know the in the insides and what they're hearing from guys that that are actually at the star, you know what I mean? Yeah, because.

Prescott 00:02:56  You know what? I've been a fan for a long time. You know, when I started watching, when Dak had his lots of interceptions and I got tired of people saying.

Intro 00:03:04  Oh.

Prescott 00:03:04  Dak suck, Dak suck. And then people who I trust start saying hey you gotta watch the tape. It's really not all on Dak. And so that's when I really started watching it. So I can learn concepts and that's and then that's when I started learning how they had those option routes. And lamb was like not running his routes correctly. Yeah.

Eddie 00:03:21  And so who was the other the tight end that wasn't running the combo routes with him. Right. It was a oh yeah.

Prescott 00:03:28  It was it was bad. Yeah.

Eddie 00:03:30  You know the the the phrase casual fan, I mean it's it's basically been, you know, referred in the last few years, but it, it refers to the fan that, you know, walks us on Sunday, jumps on to these, you know, these head talking shows and they listen to, you know, the shady Stephen.

Prescott 00:03:49  Yeah.

Eddie 00:03:49  Stupid Dak is and how much he sucks. And then that's just his reality.

Prescott 00:03:53  Oh man. And then. And then that's what they get on the BR boards and the Reddit boards and they start posting.

Prescott 00:03:58  They just start mimicking what they say. And I'm like, do you even watch the game?

Eddie 00:04:02  The first thing is like, just trade Dak trade Dak for a rook and for Sanders I'm like what the hell are you talking about?

Prescott 00:04:11  It's crazy.

Eddie 00:04:12  So so the last couple of weeks have been pretty heavy with like our free agent and free agent news and moves and everything. And it's been pretty heavy in this last, you know, week three, where a lot of teams have already spent a lot of money, a lot of the free agents. But it came to the end of the the league year actually happened on the 12th, which was just six days ago. So that's when a lot of the the players got dropped and there was a whole nother wave. Right. The Cooper Cups and the, you know, all those guys that were that were actually released after that. So did you I know I mean, we're going backwards, but did you think we were going to be in that Cooper Cup mix?

Prescott 00:04:58  I did, I honestly did because only because of who they didn't sign.

Prescott 00:05:02  Like I'm watching the tea leaves of who we signed and who we didn't sign based off of how many free agents we had. So from the beginning of the year, I saw a graphic when the season ended, how many free agents we had, and it was literally half our team were legit free agents. Not one year left, two years left. It was legit. They had no contract once the season ended. So it's like we had we we didn't have a choice. We had to sign. Even if we had 12 draft picks, we still had to sign like 15 to 16 different people.

Eddie 00:05:33  Yeah. So I think that's why.

Prescott 00:05:35  It was big.

Eddie 00:05:36  That's why a lot of people were like, who are these guys that you're signing? You know, Jerry's doing that same thing again. No he's not. We've never we've never spent the amount of money that we spend in free agency like we did this last.

Prescott 00:05:48  Yeah. They're up to like 33 million or something like that, that they've only spent when they spent quote unquote a lot for Jerry.

Prescott 00:05:55  But it's been spread across 8 to 12 players as opposed to, you know, signing a huge, you know, like, like out of the best free agents that were available. Like, for instance, the guy, the number one free agent, the guy from the defensive tackle from Philadelphia that went to the to the Patriots.

Eddie 00:06:16  Oh, yeah.

Prescott 00:06:17  He signed a four year, $104 million contract. So we spent probably 33, 35 million for everyone. They spent 26 million on him by himself. So like we didn't do those guys. Yeah. Or or the Ronnie Stanley's, you know, the attack or the Zach Bonds. You know, those guys, we didn't do those type of guys. We had to make our money stretch so we couldn't spend all the money on one player.

Eddie 00:06:41  But I don't think the I mean, yeah, I get it. Some of those teams didn't need to do that. They already had their their holes filled, but they also lost holes as well. They lost players.

Prescott 00:06:51  So yeah, that's what she said. Yeah.

Eddie 00:06:53  Our our strategy wasn't okay. Who's the best player out there. Go get them. Because that's in my opinion that's just dumb because you're spending as much you're spending a lot of money on a vet, on a vet contract where if you do if you draft right, like we do, you know, we can get somebody in on a rookie salary, we might have to pay him three years and then everybody's going to freak out. But that's just the way it is when you draft it.

Prescott 00:07:15  Yeah.

Eddie 00:07:16  But the what we've done was we've signed players that not only field roles, but they can compete as well because, you know, back in the day we would spend you know, they they said we were with the goodwill shoppers or the basement shoppers and just picking up things. But that's not true this year. I think we've spent minimum dollars because we've signed minimum contracts. They're they're basically all one year proven deals.

Prescott 00:07:44  Yeah. One 1 or 2 year deals.

Eddie 00:07:46  Yeah, except one player got a three year deal. That was that Dante Olson did. They also did. Yeah. Okay.

Prescott 00:07:54  Yeah.

Prescott 00:07:55  No doubt they got a one year.

Eddie 00:07:56  Yeah I mean look at that. Does Dante Dante almost I mean having a best year that he's had ever.

Prescott 00:08:04  Yeah.

Eddie 00:08:05  And and like.

Prescott 00:08:07  One year 8.

Eddie 00:08:08  Million how he had he signed a one year.

Prescott 00:08:11  Prove it. Yeah.

Prescott 00:08:12  Because the only reason I know his is because they had this narrative going out that ever since, what's the guy? The crazy guy, Greg Hardy. We hadn't spent 6 million a year on a free agent since Greg Hardy.

Eddie 00:08:26  We did that.

Prescott 00:08:26  We did so.

Eddie 00:08:27  3 or 4 times this.

Prescott 00:08:28  Year.

Prescott 00:08:29  Yeah. And so and so. No, no, no, no, Dante Fowler became the first one.

Eddie 00:08:33  No, no. But Dante did it. We did it with like three other guys. We spent more than 6 million.

Prescott 00:08:37  On well.

Prescott 00:08:37  Outside free agents. Like we don't we don't count resigning our own guys.

Prescott 00:08:41  So like oh so beat that. But he wasn't a free agent Where, you know, he came from another team.

Eddie 00:08:46  Yeah, but wasn't there like 2 or 2 guys in the last couple of days that we spent more money on them?

Prescott 00:08:51  I don't think so. Not not not a eight not $8 million per year. It might have been 8 million in total. And they signed a two year deal, but it wasn't like the first guy to break that 6 million, 6 million per year number was was not the.

Eddie 00:09:07  First day was the first one. I get that, let's move on. So the next two free agents that are left out there, I mean, there's some pretty good guys that are still left out. And I know you did some.

Prescott 00:09:19  I look this up. Yeah, I look this up. Out of the top 50 it's only seven left okay. So Amari Cooper Asante Samuel Aaron Rodgers Cam Robinson right now online. Hold on. Yes. Best available I'm like yeah Amari Cooper or something Samuel Aaron Rodgers.

Prescott 00:09:42  Cam Robinson. Stefon Diggs. Tevin Jenkins he's an offensive guard. And then Calais Campbell. Those are the seven that are in the top 50.

Eddie 00:09:53  And then it.

Prescott 00:09:53  Goes like 50 for Jameis Winston.

Eddie 00:09:55  What about the dude from the Cardinals. The guard. He's not in the top 50 Gonzalez.

Prescott 00:10:03  He's not on here unless somebody signed him.

Eddie 00:10:06  No they didn't. But I mean that's that's cool I think I think the the the movement that we've done, I think there was like that first wave of let's fill some, some needs and some holes so that we're not drafting for need. We're not having to reach for a mozzy because we need defensive tackles.

Prescott 00:10:29  Correct. Yeah.

Eddie 00:10:30  And so we signed Solomon.

Prescott 00:10:31  All for.

Eddie 00:10:32  That. We said all.

Prescott 00:10:33  For.

Eddie 00:10:33  That. We signed OSA and we signed Solomon. So we don't have to reach for somebody in the first or maybe draft two of them because we didn't pick anybody up.

Prescott 00:10:46  I am all for that. So, like with with us, the highest ranking free agent we signed was Dante Fowler.

Prescott 00:10:55  You know, minus OSA. So the highest ranking free agent we signed with Dante Fowler. He was like the 60th rank player on the top 100. And the highest ranking player we lost was de La. He was number 47. So the only people we had left in the in the top 100 was, Dowdall. He was 67. Jordan Lewis with the you he was 71 and Chauncey Golson was, was 95. Those only other three free agents we had in the top 100.

Eddie 00:11:29  So the, the, the free agents that we actually signed, I think are going to meld well with the players that we already have. Plus bringing some guys back that we that we had before. I mean, Dante knows he's he was only away from us for a year. Yeah.

Prescott 00:11:48  And he's back.

Eddie 00:11:49  I know it's nice. the next steps for the NFL or pro days and those have been happening. You know, this last week, one of the biggest things that happened was the Arizona pro day happened yesterday. And, Oh, yeah, McMillan or I always say his name wrong, but I just say Tata.

Prescott 00:12:13  Had to say t t t t.

Eddie 00:12:16  So his so his, his pro day was pro. I mean there was like 24 teams there yesterday. Yeah. He went out there and he ran a, a four for eight and a 4 or 5. Three.

Prescott 00:12:30  Yeah.

Eddie 00:12:30  He's not on his.

Prescott 00:12:31  So far.

Eddie 00:12:32  So on his, but on his frame. Right. Like I hated coaches putting me in a box because of numbers that I had, right? Like my my coach always. I've heard him a couple of times and I've heard I've said it to players too, is like if I had yeah, if I, if I could put your heart in somebody else's body, you know, with you know that. So his, his frame is NFL, his plays is NFL. His game speed is NFL. His sprinting when you're holding a stopwatch is not is not going to be it's not going to break records.

Prescott 00:13:13  Think like a Anquan Boldin something like that.

Eddie 00:13:15  Yeah I, I think that helped us.

Eddie 00:13:20  I think it helped us a lot because because he wasn't going to be there at 12 if he ran a four, three, nine at all, there's no way.

Prescott 00:13:29  Man. No way he would have been top ten easy.

Eddie 00:13:31  Easily people would have been trading up to get him.

Prescott 00:13:34  So yeah, they wouldn't be like, you like this guy.

Eddie 00:13:36  Yeah. So, I mean, his protégé happened. I mean, there's there's been multiple pro days that I haven't really, I'll look more into kind of the results of what we of the players that we were looking at in those days. But I mean, obviously, I mean, you have you have to have a, a representative at most of them because even if. Yeah, I mean, you're not going to Colorado's to watch Utah. You're going to Colorado's to see him throw to Jimmy Horn, you're going to Colorado's to see, you know, the offensive lineman in the back corner. I mean, New York's going to see him the rest of the pro days have happened.

Eddie 00:14:15  And I'm really we'll have to do a little bit more digging into kind of like the players that we followed on those. and then after that, there's going to be like the official visits and the and the actual workouts with each specific team, but gotcha. Then we have our, our draft coming up. and I thought it would be important to kind of go through some of the some of the players that will be drafted and what we think is going to be on our board, what we need and what some of our favorites. I even came up with a couple guys that I think we should, if we need to, can reach on, and they would be, you know, they might even be like undrafted free agents, I have no idea.

Prescott 00:14:58  But but we don't even need to, do we? We just picked up Parris Campbell. Aren't they like the same player?

Eddie 00:15:05  That's what I'm talking about though. It's like.

Prescott 00:15:07  Carbon copies.

Eddie 00:15:08  Well, if you think about it, I, I listened to an hour of Law Nation talking to about about Parris Campbell because he has this he has almost the exact beard as long if you watch it.

Eddie 00:15:22  It's pretty funny. But I didn't like I only knew Parris Campbell from fantasy. Right? I'm not a Colts fan. I'm not a fan.

Prescott 00:15:32  I do not.

Eddie 00:15:32  Know. But if you think about it, remember the year that everybody was like, oh, you got to pick up Paris, man. He is killing it because he was killing it. It was one season. I'm not kidding. The six years that he's been in the league are like six catches for catches, like 85 catches, six catches, three catches. And like the season that he had last year with the Eagles was crazy because like you can overlook it and be like oh dude this guy only had six catches. Yeah he had six catches on six targets. And out of the six catches one of them was a touchdown. Like he was like the ultimate in he had a in in benefit from that salary. Yeah that he got paid because he was getting everything. Nobody threw any balls to him. He wasn't.

Prescott 00:16:25  People keep picking them up based off potential.

Eddie 00:16:28  And I think it's.

Prescott 00:16:29  We can fix him.

Eddie 00:16:30  That that that mofo can run a legit 431 40 I mean he is speed speed speed. And it's not Turpin speed. Turpin is tiny speed. This guy is big. I mean tall enough to be to to be able to out there run and run safeties and corners off if he needs to. Yeah. so I mean, a lot of the pickups that we did were. Yeah, they were camp bodies. We could say camp bodies, but each one of the players that we got brings a unique thing to, to our team that the other players don't have. Right.

Prescott 00:17:08  So is there anyone who you're like, yeah, we could have done without that guy. I don't even know why they brought him on the team.

Eddie 00:17:16  yeah. the last running back that we picked up, Miles Sanders.

Prescott 00:17:22  Miles Sanders.

Eddie 00:17:23  Okay,

Prescott 00:17:24  What about the, what about the guy?

Eddie 00:17:27  maybe the maybe that guard that I like, maybe the guard that we picked up from Miami, like the second guy that we picked up that was like.

Prescott 00:17:33  What's his.

Eddie 00:17:34  Name?

Prescott 00:17:35  Yeah, like 64 out of 64. Yeah. Maybe. You know, the one I do like. I've been here a lot of good stuff about that I didn't know anything about. It's that linebacker.

Eddie 00:17:45  Don't even get me hot because I can only get so hard. Don't do it. Don't do it. Like, don't.

Prescott 00:17:50  I'm like, a lot of, a lot of the smart people have been saying that he is really a good pickup. Like he's a sneaky good pickup.

Eddie 00:17:57  Are you talking about Sanborn from the bears?

Prescott 00:17:59  Yeah. Sanborn. Yeah, him. The linebacker. A lot of people said that they like.

Eddie 00:18:03  Him, so the.

Prescott 00:18:04  I never heard of him before.

Eddie 00:18:05  I don't know, he came out. He was not drafted. Right? I watched him Wisconsin. And I kept putting him on our mock like, hey, we need to draft this kid. And then he wasn't drafted. And like, you know, maybe we're going to pick him up.

Eddie 00:18:16  But we picked up Marcus Bell, Marquise Bell, and we picked up somebody else. Yeah. Mark that was our undrafted free agency that year. But he got picked up by the bears and he had a hell of a season, like.

Prescott 00:18:28  Okay.

Eddie 00:18:29  Ridiculous season. And then he became a starter. And like, I'm thinking, like, they got so much value out of that. I'm sure they're going to resign him. And then they released him and we picked him up and I almost fell out of my chair. But the other linebacker that we picked up too is like, are you kidding?

Prescott 00:18:45  Yeah.

Eddie 00:18:46  Kenneth name? not Walker, because I keep saying Kenneth Walker and everybody keeps. Yeah.

Prescott 00:18:51  I was just about to say Kenneth Walker, but what is not him? I'll tell you his name.

Eddie 00:18:56  But, I mean, he's. He this boy in college, he was the he was the man. And if he can get back to playing, like, what he's saying is Aybar first, what he does is he creates a defense that allows you to turn your brain off and just play.

Prescott 00:19:14  Kenneth Murray. Kenneth made his name. Yeah.

Eddie 00:19:17  He he came over from the from the Chargers and he from the Titans. But he was with the Chargers before.

Prescott 00:19:23  He was with the Chargers too.

Eddie 00:19:24  Yeah yeah he actually has had been playing with our linebacker that we had last year. what's the name? The long hair.

Prescott 00:19:34  Leah?

Eddie 00:19:35  No. Not really.

Prescott 00:19:36  I mean Kendricks, Kendricks, Kendricks.

Eddie 00:19:37  So he learned a lot of the NFL from Kendricks. You saying? Yeah. So he's like, what he taught me was, you know, to play like a vet. And I'll be a rookie right off the bat. So yeah, I'm thinking that Sanborn and and Murray are going to take over this locker room big time. I know Micah wants to be a leader, but these these guys are true leaders. A lot of people have been saying that Sanborn is going to walk in, and he's going to take over that locker room right away, which is what we need. He is a and word for word with this this scout said he is a Sean Lee type.

Eddie 00:20:12  And I know how he's.

Prescott 00:20:13  Very good against the run because he's very good against the run. He's so-so in coverage, but he's excellent against the run. It's what I've been here.

Eddie 00:20:20  And Murray's is, Murray's the the yin to that yang. Like he can play the middle. He he puts everybody where they need to be. He's good in the run, but he's best in coverage. So that's going to help a lot. But let's let's go through these because because what we did was we talked about talking about specific positions throughout the week. And yeah, this week we, we chose defensive tackles and defensive ends. Right. Our, our D-line, which if anyone knows the game, if you don't have good players in the trenches, you could have you could have $4 million, $400 million quarterback.

Prescott 00:21:03  Anyway, that's a lot. Yeah. And all the best linebackers. And if they can't get in the muck and and keep those guys clean, they won't be making any tackles because they'll be taking on guards all day.

Eddie 00:21:13  So let's start. Let's start with D tackles. And what I wanted to do was I wanted to do it this way. Let's talk about who we retained real quick. I picked up as free agents, and then we can start talking about who we need and the draft.

Prescott 00:21:28  All right.

Eddie 00:21:29  So who we have on our roster right now is D tackles is Mazi. OSA which resigned.

Prescott 00:21:38  Yep.

Eddie 00:21:38  Solomon Thomas which is a.

Prescott 00:21:41  One year. it's a two year deal.

Eddie 00:21:43  And.

Prescott 00:21:44  He's worth $8 million.

Eddie 00:21:45  He's more of A33 tech not a one tech. He's long, tall and can rush the passer. And then we have a guy that we. I don't know if we drafted him or if it was a. You have a UFA last year with Rogers. That kid from Auburn.

Prescott 00:21:59  Yeah we drafted him. We did okay. He can't he he left and then he came back.

Eddie 00:22:04  Yeah he did.

Prescott 00:22:04  So we drafted him and then he went somewhere. I can't remember where he went, but then he came back this year.

Prescott 00:22:09  Yeah.

Eddie 00:22:12  Okay. So those are the D linemen that we have right now. Not not including anybody that we pick up the streets or whatever.

Prescott 00:22:17  Yeah. And so now speaking of who's available right now. Top two available. Calais. Campbell. Oh.

Eddie 00:22:27  Please.

Prescott 00:22:29  And, And he's like the 33rd. He's he's in the top 50 of, of, free agents available. And then there's. So Darius Smith he's not a tackle. He's a demon. But those are only two defensive.

Eddie 00:22:45  Remember when we were negotiating with him we went back I remember.

Prescott 00:22:48  Yeah. But. And I kind of wanted him I, I like him, but those are the only two defensive linemen who are still available that, you know, would get people, you know, get their nipples hard, like, oh we picked him up.

Eddie 00:23:01  Coleus was a unicorn to me for a long time because man, living here and still.

Prescott 00:23:05  Effective.

Intro 00:23:06  He's still effective.

Eddie 00:23:07  But but he plays the same exact position and the same thing that Solomon Thomas does.

Prescott 00:23:11  Solomon Thomas.

Eddie 00:23:12  Does.

Prescott 00:23:13  So that's why I don't think we'll get him. I said the same thing. We already got him in. Solomon Thomas, a younger, higher draft pick, which are our defensive line guy. If he can get something out of Solomon Thomas, that would be just,

Eddie 00:23:26  Oh, yeah, we have kids we need to do. And what I focused on when when I was looking at a guys is I focused on size. Size is going to be I mean, I don't know about you, but when I, when I stepped up to somebody, if I physically knew that I could overpower this person, and if I felt like it, my confidence was up.

Prescott 00:23:45  Yeah.

Eddie 00:23:45  If I walked up and I had to look up at somebody and I'm like, oh, this is going to be a long ass day. So I mean.

Prescott 00:23:52  Caught him off the bus, guys. We caught him off the bus, guys, and they walking off the bus. He was like, man, look at this dude.

Prescott 00:23:58  Like, what are we going to do with him?

Eddie 00:24:00  So, so the guys that I found that that I've been kind of mocking to my, to myself and things I found, Deion Walker, he was, he went to the, Senior Bowl. He's from Kentucky. He is a monster, But he needs work. with his pursuit. he's six seven, 331 now. Six seven, £331 Prescott. Think about how big of a man that man is, man.

Prescott 00:24:30  I'm six foot tall, and I'm usually one of the tallest people in the room when I go seven. He's six. Seven. That's two people. Man, that's like where they make him at. Like in the lab somewhere. Like. Like they don't make humans like.

Eddie 00:24:40  You know what's funny about him is that what I like to do is I like to see. Hey, what other positions did this kid play when he was younger? This guy was a tight end before, too. So you know that he's got. He can move his hips and he can catch the ball.

Eddie 00:24:53  And he I mean, he's an athlete, right? So he's just a big boy now. And so I think of things like that. next guy is a hometown boy, Alfred Collins. 663 32 Texas, UT kid okay. Everybody in the Cowboys discord love all the Texas boys, right? This is a this guy played. If you went out to a Texas farm and looking for steers, I bet you you would find Alfred Collins out there, you know, grazing with these cats. This guy is a big boy. yeah. He just, you know, some scouts saying that he kind of has a little problem getting off the ball, and that takes plays off. But I mean, that's here, you know, neither here nor there. We can't really say he's going to do that in the NFL because there's going to be guys, you know, you're making money. This is your livelihood. It's not your you're not in school. You weren't partying tonight.

Prescott 00:25:50  You got to be you got to motivate yourself.

Prescott 00:25:52  Yeah.

Eddie 00:25:53  And then finally the the another guy that I really like from FSU, his name is Joshua Farmer. 63305A little bit smaller. He's shorter. All right. But for the the the lack of height, he, he has this mean streak that, you know, those guys that you don't want to go up against in your, you know, that you just piss them off and you don't want to go back out to the next place because he's going to be me. Yeah, he's he's a non-stop motor, constant non-stop. he's just short. And then I threw I threw a late a late swing in there on on a guy that I think,

Prescott 00:26:31  How late are we talking? Like six.

Eddie 00:26:32  Seventh round. Yeah, I'm talking about late fifth. Sixth. Where you're going? what are we going to do with this pick? We've already picked people who we want. Who are we going to fill out? this kid, his name is Nasir Stackhouse. He's from Georgia. Right. So you don't really think of these big cats as from Georgia as late swings, but he he is ranked a little bit lower than most people.

Eddie 00:26:55  He is six four, 327. He's thick with CC. Thick. what? He's a run stuffer. But they're saying that he has tight hips. He he doesn't rush the passer. That's why, that's that's the problem is he's just a run stuffer. Okay, so that's why I'm thinking, you know, if we if we can get him later, even up a m.

Prescott 00:27:19  Yeah.

Eddie 00:27:19  Maybe we can help him. Yeah.

Prescott 00:27:21  Because some people we're talking about. I mean, I heard the rumors of some people talking about Don Terry poll this week for us.

Eddie 00:27:27  Oh, I haven't even seen that. And he's.

Prescott 00:27:29  Been.

Eddie 00:27:30  It was like, so long.

Prescott 00:27:31  Right, man. Oh, man, I hate I hated that guy when he used to. He was the one person that used to give Travis Frederick problems. I remember that to this day.

Eddie 00:27:41  But I really thought it was like going to go after like Allen. Like, so like one of those guys. Yeah.

Prescott 00:27:46  But because out of all the defensive tackles, the only person left, like out of the top ten is Calais Campbell.

Prescott 00:27:54  He's the only one left that's you know that they'll get somebody. But like I said they already picked up him in Solomon Thomas. So I don't think so. I think those out of those names you listed were doing defensive tackle in the draft. You might sign other free agents. But when it comes like, you know, like we might spring up and right before the camp sign a Keenan Allen or something like that, or maybe a random safety. But I think on the defensive line and linebackers, I think we're done until the draft.

Eddie 00:28:20  Yeah, I think so too.

Prescott 00:28:22  Unless somebody gets released, that's shocking. Like, oh, we don't want to pay this guy. We're releasing them, or he just got arrested for a DUI and we're releasing him and we take a shot at him or whatever. That's the only signings I see now. So the fun time.

Eddie 00:28:36  You know who I really wanted to get? I was hoping that that kid like that nose tackle from Baltimore didn't retire. Remember him? Oh, yeah.

Eddie 00:28:43  Yeah, that made that interception in the playoffs last year. And everyone.

Prescott 00:28:46  Was like.

Eddie 00:28:47  I wanted him so bad. But he retired, man.

Prescott 00:28:50  Yep.

Eddie 00:28:50  So so the next position I, I hope I'm not talking too much, but the next position is defensive end.

Prescott 00:28:58  Yep.

Eddie 00:28:59  And who we have on the on the roster right now at defensive end. Yeah. You know who they are right.

Prescott 00:29:06  No. Go ahead. All right. Now, you know the the irregular names. I know we got Neil and Kneeland and Sam and we. Well, I can't Nealon.

Eddie 00:29:15  We have wheat. and then you have, Micah. but we signed Donte Fowler. We signed Payton Turner. You know why? If you if you guys have a chance, go check out. I mean, I guess we could put a link in the in the bottom here of that.

Prescott 00:29:33  He's he's not one of the favorite. Yeah, he's not one of the favorite pickups.

Eddie 00:29:38  Man, he you know, you know, when you're looking at your watching somebody and you see things and you can write down like, oh, this kid has tight hips.

Eddie 00:29:48  Oh, this kid doesn't have a dip. This guy can't get off blocks. Like I was watching it. And he off of what, Law Nation had up there and, attack on cowboys. AOC yeah, it was just a it was like a rolling list of what you wouldn't want in a TV event. It was ridiculous. Yeah. But whatever.

Prescott 00:30:11  The only good thing I saw about anybody say about him is that if they release him, it won't cost us anything. That was the best thing anybody could say about him. So it's like this is a legit lottery ticket. I just hope you're seeing all.

Eddie 00:30:25  Of our offensive linemen and knees.

Prescott 00:30:27  That's exactly what it hurt somebody. They said if he can turn into a Carl Lawson or a George Selby, that would be a winning lottery ticket for us because.

Eddie 00:30:35  I just don't see it. He doesn't. He almost seems like he's a D tackle and he like he's got that thickness to him and he's not a defensive end. It's weird.

Prescott 00:30:47  But yeah.

Eddie 00:30:48  The players that that I looked at were in the draft. Some of them you know, would would have to be drafted in the first. But some of them, one of them I think is going to fall. I don't know why he's falling but he's falling. Who's that? The first guy is James Pierce. James Pierce from Tennessee. Okay. Probably the fastest defensive end I've ever seen in my life. He's that kid that ran that, like, for 3 or 4 for 40, and he's okay. 5 to 45 was just ridiculous.

Prescott 00:31:20  He's not fast. He's not passing faster than Parsons.

Eddie 00:31:24  He's faster than Parsons.

Prescott 00:31:26  Really? Yeah. Oh, man.

Eddie 00:31:28  No, they didn't make a big, big deal about his 40. I don't remember Parsons being that fast either. I remember he wasn't that fast. I know Parsons can beat people in races. I've seen that, but I don't remember at 40, if you can remember that. But, the next guy. The only reason I put him on here is because we sent so many coaches to their pro day and to George's pro day, which is Michael Williams.

Eddie 00:31:50  Oh, yeah. That kid is going to be really good. Six five, 260 he non-stop motor. He's a bully. his hands are just ridiculous where he places them. If he's on.

Prescott 00:32:06  He's going in the first round then, Yeah. So we won't get him. I, I seriously.

Eddie 00:32:11  Doubt, but they said that.

Prescott 00:32:12  They get a defense.

Eddie 00:32:13  They said that he went there specifically for to see Michael Williams and that came from, not Stephania but the other female beat reporter that Jerry is. Gives details to Slater. Yes. Later.

Prescott 00:32:31  Slater. Yeah.

Eddie 00:32:32  They sent him specifically for that and then. But what I was thinking, like when I saw that tweet, I was like, that's ridiculous, because the pro day at Georgia, there's like 8 or 9 guys there that I would that I would like Dan. But what they're.

Prescott 00:32:46  Like the linebacker from here that. Yeah I like the linebacker they got. Oh yeah.

Eddie 00:32:50  I mean it's like.

Prescott 00:32:52  We're not I don't think we're going defense.

Prescott 00:32:54  If anything we're going to go wide receiver, running back or O-line in the first round. Defensive ends like fourth. I mean fourth in the list.

Eddie 00:33:01  There's not. There's no reason for us to even try to be, just try to come up with a reasoning as to what we're going to do, because we both know that we're going to be like, oh, you're going to do whatever. No reason. There's no way in the world would we draft a punter in the first round, and then all of a sudden Jerry will pull out. But but we.

Prescott 00:33:22  Were right with, Tyler Smith. Like, we knew they wanted the offensive linemen. We just.

Eddie 00:33:26  We had we.

Prescott 00:33:27  Just didn't know they were going to. We just didn't know they were going to pick that guy. We thought they were going to pick several other people before him.

Eddie 00:33:32  That's true. We just got a sleeper.

Prescott 00:33:33  So that was shocking.

Eddie 00:33:35  Every time a sleeper pops up, I always go, oh, but it's, it was just about the money.

Prescott 00:33:40  And same thing with, the guy from last year from from, from Oklahoma. We knew they wanted the old linemen again, but I don't think they like he was the person that they said so.

Eddie 00:33:51  But I think we go get it on it because we because we didn't sign. tank, we have to do we have to somehow draw a draft an ad sometime, somewhere.

Prescott 00:34:00  I don't think that they'll do it in the first round. I think they'll they'll. But I saw a thing where they said the last time they did a wide receiver cornerback combo was when they did lamb. Trayvon did.

Eddie 00:34:12  Those. Yeah. Since. Sweet. Yeah.

Prescott 00:34:14  Since since since lamb has been drafted. That's like nobody's caught more passes than him.

Eddie 00:34:18  That's like.

Prescott 00:34:19  Saying, since.

Eddie 00:34:19  I threw these pennies up in the air five times and they landed on heads three times. So the next time it's going to happen.

Prescott 00:34:27  I trust will. Will. Will is a genius. He's like MIT level.

Eddie 00:34:32  We trust him. Well, definitely.

Prescott 00:34:34  But I don't know what they're.

Eddie 00:34:35  Going to do the next that I, that I saw that I that's falling that I don't you know, we would have had to reach earlier with like the draft board where he was. And I think it's because of the national championship, as he did really well, is Jack Sawyer, Jack Sawyer, the the Ohio State defense.

Prescott 00:34:54  He had a game in the national championship.

Eddie 00:34:55  He had a game and a half and, six four, 260. high Motor kid, has a amazing family, grew up, dad, coaching things that, you know that you know that player, the one that you don't ever lost? Yeah, the one that.

Prescott 00:35:13  He played on lost and everything.

Eddie 00:35:15  And stuff like that. Yeah. He's him. So I'm thinking that maybe, you know, if we miss out on all these guys and we do go on offense and then running back or receiver and stuff, if we do end up being able to pick BPA, who's going to be there in the third? Hopefully.

Eddie 00:35:30  So yeah, maybe. And then the late swing.

Prescott 00:35:32  You got this.

Eddie 00:35:34  I like this kid named Tyler Batty from BYU. He's like, you know Brock Hoffman with the the eye makeup and the the oh yeah. You know, he's staring in the mirror before the game and, like, punching himself and shit. That's it. That's this kid. Yeah. He's six six, 271 as a defensive end. I take a swing on him at the in the in the late rounds. Definitely.

Prescott 00:36:00  Let's do it. Let's do it. I trust you in, Eddie. I trust you like you like second to Will McClay.

Eddie 00:36:07  I'm Willie McLay. McClay.

Prescott 00:36:09  Like like the only person I like. If you said something, I'm willing. And I'm like, I believe. Yeah, I'll listen to Eddie. Unless Will says the exact opposite of you. And then I'd be like, yeah, man, forget Eddie. He don't know what he's talking about.

Eddie 00:36:21  I mean, we all have our little things, right? Like in the discord every single time.

Eddie 00:36:28  what's this dude's name?

Prescott 00:36:31  Oh, Moss.

Eddie 00:36:33  no, no, no, no. Moss. Jay Scruggs. Whenever I see that that red truck pop up, I know some some moved. Somebody moved. This is a legit post, so I better go open it up pretty quick if I see it. If I see it to Moss, I know that he just got some sort of. He just found a tweet with the chicken. And,

Prescott 00:36:55  A Texan with the Texas Longhorn on there? Yeah, man. It's like.

Eddie 00:36:58  Oh, it's like.

Prescott 00:36:59  Us.

Eddie 00:36:59  Okay, somebody said that we're going to draft Ewers. We're drafting.

Prescott 00:37:03  Kane. Yeah, he's in there because he's, he, he's a dehydrated from, ejaculating too much because he just hung some, some Texas Longhorns.

Eddie 00:37:12  Because he's everywhere right now. But I love the passion that he has. And he like hills, man. He's like me because I'll do deep dive on everybody, but he'll do deep dives on all the all the Texas Longhorns.

Eddie 00:37:25  it's not not bad. Not as bad as, as Peyton with his, arc with his Aki.

Prescott 00:37:32  His Arkansas Razorbacks. Oh, my God.

Eddie 00:37:34  Like, yeah. Speaking of what we got.

Prescott 00:37:36  Whatever happened to that linebacker that we wanted from there? Where is he? Did he do anything?

Eddie 00:37:41  Disappeared?

Prescott 00:37:42  He either disappeared, man. He he was so glad.

Eddie 00:37:44  The defensive end from Arkansas that has alopecia, kid. That kid that scares me. Looks like he's got a a skin colored chassis on the whole time.

Prescott 00:37:53  All right.

Eddie 00:37:54  Anyway, we're gonna say I forgot that Caroline's playing tonight. Starts in, like, 30 minutes, doesn't it?

Prescott 00:38:02  Oh, yeah. So we gotta jump on that. It's. It's, March Madness time.

Eddie 00:38:08  Man, you gotta fill out your brackets. You gotta pay your, that basketball. I mean, my my boss used to call it is basketball tax every year because any any money you put on on these tournaments.

Prescott 00:38:18  You're gonna lose, man. And lose.

Prescott 00:38:20  So, dads, grab your kids and, sit them down and teach him the game of college basketball.

Eddie 00:38:26  And don't give your wife anything to fill out, because I guarantee you she'll beat you by just picking you up.

Prescott 00:38:32  I don't know how they do it. They're like.

Eddie 00:38:33  Oh.

Prescott 00:38:34  I like this teal color. Like what? Like, you don't even know if they're in a 2 or 3 zone or a man or man offense. Like, no, I like this color. Like, did you see that mascot?

Eddie 00:38:45  Did you see that that one tech school is in? I mean, I know GQ is brand new in.

Prescott 00:38:49  I know you're talking about. I saw that.

Eddie 00:38:51  high point. And I researched who high point was. It's a life skills university. So they teach, like, life skills. It's not of.

Prescott 00:39:01  Like, how to do taxes and, how to change the tire, like.

Eddie 00:39:04  Like stuff like my kids, my school. Cool, man. That's perfect. And they're making the.

Prescott 00:39:10  That's crazy. Exactly. Anyway, so y'all jump on some March Madness. Yup. And we'll have the holiday People next week. So I'm about to go in there and it is, Girl Scout cookies and watch them, some marshmallows, baby. So, yeah, keep everything straight, Eddie. Tell the people what to do with their families.

Eddie 00:39:29  you know how it is. You got to make sure that you're, Don't go to bed angry. Make sure your kids know that you love them and that you do anything for them and really do it. Don't be dick.

Prescott 00:39:39  Right. That's right, that's right.

Eddie 00:39:40  I'll just.

Prescott 00:39:41  Talk. Yeah. Stay tuned. We'll have some more Cowboys news for you next week. Keep your ears to the streets and are.