00:00You know, I feel like we've been doing this for a decade now.
00:17I think Greg Hardy was the last signing of an outside team of any significance, and that
00:23was still a pretty small one.
00:25But what do you make of this approach, David?
00:27Is there any way, like, playing devil's advocate, maybe they're kind of getting it right by
00:31plucking off some of these bargain-free agents in the $5-6 million range?
00:37I don't feel particularly inclined to play devil's advocate for something that, you're
00:44right, we've seen play out for a decade now.
00:46I mean, the names change, the strategy remains the same.
00:49Like, on the surface, it's all defensible, you know, plugging up your depth charts, signing
00:56guys who can play a role for you, but you're hoping that your drafted players are better
01:02than them.
01:03Like, that's what the Cowboys do, is they sign free agents that can play a role, but
01:09the hope is that their homegrown guys take those jobs and are the better guys that you
01:14can rely on.
01:17Why is it our responsibility to be excited about that or defend it after a decade of
01:23this strategy producing, at best, disappointing results?
01:28Maybe not outright bad.
01:30I mean, the Cowboys have made some free agent signings that truly worked out in this period,
01:36to be fair to them.
01:38But the end result is not anything that is overly exciting, and I'm not going to put
01:44my name on trying to sell that hope, because, I mean, you're right, Greg Hardy, which I'm
01:51glad you said that, Gavin.
01:53I mean, people bring up Greg Hardy as the last big signing, but even that was, I don't
01:59remember the details of it off the top of my head, but it was like a $6.5 million signing
02:04that had incentive bonuses per week and with SAC milestones built in.
02:10So even the big money was all contingent on how he produced, obviously, because he was
02:15radioactive because nobody else in the league wanted him.
02:18So even giving the Cowboys credit for that is a bit of a reach, in my opinion.
02:23So yeah, it's been more than a decade, I would say.
02:25It's probably been Brandon Carr since they were really willing to do anything in free
02:29agency that is worth really having a deep conversation about.
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