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00:00Rolling along on the early line here, action-packed and a lot of fun.
00:04And I'd like to say it is new week, new money.
00:06We're trying to get new week, new money here from Micah Parsons and how much money he is actually going to make.
00:12It's the endless saga right now in Dallas as they're in training camp.
00:16Let's hear from Jerry Jones on this saga.
00:18So there's always, always negotiation.
00:24And the negotiation is to put the best team on the field.
00:28And we, it's many times, it's not even a question of deserving.
00:35And in today's salary cap, you've got to have either or.
00:38You can't have it all.
00:40And so all those things go into the, so to speak, the equation.
00:45And the art of the deal is to get the best players out there for the resources that you have under the cap.
00:52And so that's what we're doing.
00:55That's what this is all about.
00:57But I'm here.
01:01I do what I do.
01:02I love these guys.
01:04Frankly, I could be any place in the world.
01:07And I want to be right here.
01:08I want to be right here with camp.
01:10I enjoy these players.
01:12I enjoy Micah.
01:12But as always, in any relationships or different moods at different times of your relationship, that's what it is.
01:23Don't lose any sleepover.
01:24That's the one thing I would say to our fans.
01:27Don't lose any sleepover.
01:28Joe, here's what I need to know about what Jerry was just rambling on about.
01:33Can he just admit that he is a wonderful business person?
01:36Look at all the wealth that he's accumulated over his life, right?
01:41But then we have to say to ourselves, Jerry, can you just admit you are horrible at being a GM?
01:45You are one of the worst general managers we've ever seen in this sport because you're talking about you need resources and salary cap.
01:52When one of these reporters should have just said, Jerry, if you signed him two years ago, you'd make a lot more money on the field to put more players on the field.
02:01The same thing with Dak Prescott.
02:03Why do you wait so long to sign these guys and then try to say, well, we can't sign everybody because they make too much money?
02:09Help me out, Joe.
02:10What is Jerry talking about in that clip right there?
02:12But listen, Jerry is so in his element with this.
02:17We see it year after year.
02:19I mean, honestly, Donnie, he loves this kind of situation here.
02:24This back and forth, this negotiating.
02:27He did it last year with CeeDee Lamb.
02:29Remember, when is CeeDee getting the contract?
02:31When is CeeDee?
02:32You talked about Ezekiel.
02:34He does this all the time to players that aren't just a small part of the team, like his best players who are due for huge paydays.
02:46This is what he does, eventually hoping that they'll break down, take less money because he wants to be with his teammates.
02:54It's just this is Jerry's element.
02:57And this is not a field I think Micah Parsons wants to play on.
03:01But you know what?
03:02He's not going to have a choice here, ultimately.
03:04Otherwise, the only one who's going to be losing money if he doesn't show up is Micah Parsons.
03:09The crazy part about this, too, is like Micah has been the good guy all along.
03:13Always happy.
03:14Always talking.
03:15Wants to be with his guys.
03:16And understanding his next paycheck is going to be the most lucrative defensive paycheck in the history of the NFL.
03:21It's almost like, Micah, you wish you were just an NBA player because it's just automatic.
03:25Once you are due for a contract, within two hours of you are ready for that contract.
03:29You get it delivered.
03:30Top of the line.
03:31No negotiations.
03:32This is what you get.
03:33And the fact of the matter is that we've been waiting so long.
03:36Forget about even like last year, he could have got an extension.
03:38Let's just fast forward to this offseason where Jerry and Micah sat down in like March.
03:44Yeah, we got everything worked out here.
03:45It's pretty much at the end of the rope.
03:47We're going to sign this deal.
03:48And then Jerry started saying things like, well, I don't even know who his agent is at this point.
03:52And, you know, I thought we had a deal done.
03:54And Micah is telling you through his podcast, like, no, I have an agent.
03:57I'm not going to agree to a deal when it's Stephen Jones and Jerry Jones and my agent isn't there.
04:02It has to get run through those proper channels at this point.
04:04And then understanding that while days wait here, Joe, the price of the brick goes up every single day.
04:09You saw unbelievable contracts for pass rushers come through where maybe you could have got an even better deal in March.
04:15And now Micah's going like, you think that deal in March that we semi-agreed to is still valid today when guys like, you know, Miles Garrett went through and, you know, T.J. Watt got their deals done?
04:26Like, no, that deal is gone.
04:27I want even more money now just because of the hassle of what you're putting me through.
04:31So let me ask you this question as we sit out there in Oxnard, California, which Jerry goes, I could be anywhere in the world.
04:36Yeah, you're in Oxnard.
04:37That's exactly where you're at.
04:39Does this deal get done immediately?
04:41Or does Jerry just play this out like, this is such good news, man.
04:44I don't have to pay for any publicity.
04:46We lead every single telecast, Sports Grid, ESPN, NFL Network.
04:51I love this stuff.
04:53Again, it's his element, man.
04:55He sat in front of that camera for 16 minutes talking about just rambling back and forth when he knows full well what his intentions are.
05:05He already knows how this is going to play out.
05:08Don't you know, he's just going to make it.
05:10So it's all about Jerry and the Cowboys and top of mind.
05:14You know, if nobody's talking about you, does anybody really care?
05:18Right, Donnie?
05:18That's always been Jerry.
05:20Whether they're good or not good, he's going to make sure the Cowboys are top of mind and getting the headlines.
05:26And you know what?
05:27He's doing it again here right now before we even get before they play one preseason game.
05:32Oh, and by the way, this is all happening with a new coach for the Cowboys, whose best defensive player is in total turmoil with the owner right now.
05:41It's hilarious here.
05:42It's so Jerry.
05:43But again, miraculously, he'll ride in last minute just before it really is, you know, push comes to shove and come up with a deal.
05:51And he'll be like, see, I told you, don't lose any sleep over it.
05:53It's not a badge of honor for a GM slash owner to reset the market every time he has to sign one of his good players.
06:00That's just a sign of stupidity at this point.
06:02If you would have signed Micah earlier and you signed Dak Prescott earlier, we don't have to have these conversations with Jerry Jones where he goes like, well, if we sign him too much money, we don't have enough for the rest of the team.
06:12You'd have plenty for the rest of the team if you sign them earlier.
06:14That's the whole point and the whole concept that we're trying to get through to Jerry Jones.
06:18But he's the owner and whether or not he signs, you know, Micah Parsons or who else, they're still going to make a ton of money being the biggest brand in the world for the Dallas Cowboys.
06:25But when you take a look at Micah Parsons, he's deserved this year.
06:28Four seasons, four Pro Bowls, three times in all pro, 52 and a half sacks.
06:32He's not Joel Embiid where you say, wow, that guy's really good, but maybe only has a year left because his knees are bad.
06:38This guy's in his prime.
06:40Just get him paid, Joe.
06:42Yeah, 27 years old.
06:43And again, you're crazy to think that Jerry doesn't know how this ends already.
06:48Like Jerry is just pushing the envelope, kicking it down the road.
06:52He will eventually pay this man and all will go away and we'll laugh and be like, remember, yeah, he did it to CD Lamp, did it to Dak.
07:01He does.
07:01This is how Jerry operates.
07:03It's kind of old at this point.
07:05No doubt about it.
07:06In the next segment, Joe, we're going to touch on the Dallas Cowboys and what it could mean if Micah Parsons isn't there at the beginning of the season.
07:11And also double down on James Cook.
07:14You're getting his money.
07:14And then take a look at the Hall of Fame.
07:17New inductees are spending this weekend right here on the early one.
07:21Micah Parsons.
07:22I think we can agree, Joe.
07:23Let's start here because I just want to get a quick answer from you.
07:25Micah Parsons will not be traded.
07:28Is that correct?
07:30Oh, no.
07:30Definitely not traded.
07:32He's got no.
07:32Yeah.
07:33Okay.
07:33This is the problem, though, right?
07:35That's where is the leverage?
07:36You're going to sit out and then what, Donnie?
07:39Then what?
07:41Then what is, hey, I just want to make more money and I'm going to get 20 million.
07:45He's going to be in camp.
07:46They're going to sign up to the biggest deal we've ever seen for a defensive player.
07:49We just don't know the timeline.
07:50There's no need for the charade, but that's the way the Dallas Cowboys operate.
07:53So what I want to ask you this is, let's just say the rubber meets the road and they
07:57get real angry with each other and he doesn't show up for the first game.
08:01How embarrassing would that be for Jerry Jones?
08:03Opening night in Philadelphia, banner drop here.
08:06And the biggest story is not the Philadelphia Eagles got their rings and they're going to
08:09see the trophy before we kick off the NFL season, but that Micah Parsons, his crown
08:13jewel is not in the building to try to help them out.
08:16And then the Eagles wipe the floor with them right away.
08:18But if we do see that scenario wind up, how are we feeling about the Dallas Cowboys?
08:22Let's just say he sets out the first game for four games of the season before he gets
08:26signed.
08:26How are we feeling now, Joe, about the Dallas Cowboys?
08:30Business as usual, Donnie, is what it feels like to me with this whole thing.
08:35He's never going to get, I mean, listen, Jerry knows if he truly wanted to trade him, he could
08:40get back a ridiculous haul for him, right?
08:43Especially at this point.
08:44But that's the leverage half.
08:46He also knows that, all right, you're not going to show up.
08:49You're going to forfeit the money this year, right?
08:51And what are you going to take, a year off?
08:53You know you're going to be worth less money a year away from the game than anything else,
08:58Donnie.
08:58So in all likelihood, this is just Jerry being Jerry because he figures he's going to get
09:03the best deal done the longer that this goes and the more he is itching to get out on the
09:10field.
09:10It's a timing issue with Jerry.
09:12It always is.
09:13And he's done this with every star that came up for a contract that he's had over the last
09:18couple of decades.
09:19So I'm telling you right now, it will be in the 23rd hour right before kickoff, the week
09:26of the first game.
09:27And then all of a sudden it'd be like, see, I told you don't lose sleep over.
09:29It's all good.
09:30And the worst part about it is too, it's like, you know, when you have a beautiful car, let's
09:34just say like a Ferrari and it's so expensive.
09:37There's only, you know, a minimum amount of people that can actually buy that car.
09:41Whereas you say, Hey, no, I got a nice Toyota Corolla here.
09:43It's got 30,000 miles on it.
09:44It's a little bit older.
09:45You might have a lot of people bidding for that car.
09:47Why I'm bringing that up is it's easy to say, I want a trade, but what is fair market
09:52value for Micah Parsons for the Cowboys?
09:54Okay.
09:54An NFL team, Joe, three first round picks, and then you're going to pay this guy more
09:59money than anybody's ever seen on the defensive side.
10:02Like it's almost like saying, yes, everybody would love Micah, but nobody's paying that price
10:06for Micah Parsons.
10:07What fair market value would be in a trade.
10:10Yeah.
10:11A boatload, you know, a, a resetting of the franchise kind of boatload is what you've
10:17get these kinds of position players in there heading into their prime at the end of a, what
10:2350 or rookie deal.
10:25They don't come available, Donnie.
10:26This is, you know, it just does not happen that it's like, Oh, well, you know, Joe Burrow
10:32is not going to, I mean, the kinds of guys that have gone to this point with other teams,
10:37they don't leave the organization.
10:39Like the organization realizes we've got a franchise dude here.
10:43We're going to pay him, but we're not going to make it easy for him.
10:47They never, ever, ever do.
10:49But you could reset this franchise if you truly wanted to do it.
10:53Yeah.
10:54And by the way, like you never want to lose your great players, but if there was a world
10:59where you can make a Madden trade and get three ones from, I don't know,
11:02the New York jets and not pay all that money, you're probably better off, but it's hard
11:07for the fan base to swallow.
11:09We just got rid of Micah Parsons in his prime because our owner was such a buffoon and didn't
11:13sign him two years earlier when he could have been much more affordable and we could have
11:16enjoyed him through his prime years.
11:18It just happens.
11:19Other business in the NFL that we touched on in the seven and seven, James Cook, Buffalo
11:23bills, great season last year, running backs got to capitalize, got to make that money when
11:27he can.
11:27Other running backs are getting second contracts on top of those big contracts.
11:32That we saw last year.
11:33That's Derrick Henry.
11:34And of course, you know, the drill in Philadelphia with Saquon Barkley, James Cook showed up to
11:38camp.
11:38He just wants his money.
11:39They were close to an agreement.
11:41It felt like not anymore.
11:42Business decisions being made now for James Cook on, I'm not hurting myself when I'm up
11:46for a contract right now.
11:48I'll sit this one out until you pay me what I'm worth.
11:50Listen, he's done everything right to this point, but you also had to figure if he doesn't
11:57have a contract after eight days of practice heading into your first preseason game where
12:02you got to throw the pads on and you're getting risk of injury goes through the roof, you got
12:07to make a business decision, Donnie.
12:08I don't fault the player in this in any way, shape or form.
12:11He's done everything right to this point.
12:14He still is waiting for the bills to show up and give him a contract here, which I think
12:19we can all agree he's probably worth it.
12:22I mean, more than any other position, Joe, right?
12:24Like a running back, like that is probably the most interesting position to try to pay
12:30because you know, at any moment in injuries around the corner, the fact that they fall
12:34off a cliff immediately once they're down, get your money, James Cook.
12:38We're going to talk NFL Hall of Fame next.
12:40Who's in?
12:41Next.
12:41We talked about the Hall of Fame preseason game last week.
12:45It was a big deal.
12:46Why?
12:46Because the NFL was back on our lives for the first preseason game.
12:48And Joe Ranieri, we got a full slate of preseason action coming up this week.
12:52I believe we got Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
12:55Fantastic.
12:56At least something that we can watch and your favorite team will be playing.
12:59So you can check out some of those rookies here because of course, not a lot of starters
13:02are going to play, but I have to tell you one thing.
13:04Let me ask you this because we usually like do the, you know, ask the public a question and
13:08say, you know, fade the public or not.
13:10But this class that went in, which is again, you make the Hall of Fame, you are an unbelievable
13:14football player.
13:15Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharp.
13:19Well deserving of going in.
13:20But is there a class that might have been more boring than this class that I don't think
13:25I tuned in or even saw a highlight clip of the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame induction
13:31ceremony?
13:32Great players.
13:33Eric Allen was an eagle.
13:35I didn't care that any of these guys went in, Joe.
13:37Did you watch any of this at all?
13:38Well, the Sterling Sharp, his intro introduction and his speech stole the show of the thing.
13:46He brings up his his brother, Shannon.
13:50And I mean, there wasn't a dry eye in the house there.
13:53It was.
13:54I mean, it was maybe the most clippable moment there is.
13:59I mean, everybody in the stand was crying.
14:01It was a it was a pretty emotional moment with both of them.
14:05And even though his brother's going through all sorts of negative publicity, he still brought
14:10him up there and they embraced.
14:13And he told the story about how they grew up in rural Georgia.
14:16It was, you know, that's the kind of stuff that will make this introduction, this class,
14:22Donnie, to your point.
14:23It's not a lot.
14:25I mean, greatest for the greatest ever played a game and lay some up.
14:29But there was only one induction here that really had the needle moving.
14:34And that was Sterling Sharp in his speech.
14:37Ski up.
14:38Did we get any of those there from Shannon Sharp at that point?
14:41And by the way, Sterling Sharp, like we sometimes predate ourselves.
14:45And Sterling Sharp is not that old.
14:46But this guy was so unbelievable for Green Bay.
14:50And I always remember, like, later in his career, he had the neck issues, which is why
14:53he had to retire.
14:54He had, like, the six, like, straps on the back of his helmet just so his helmet couldn't
14:59go lower to force the neck down to have any more injuries.
15:01But if that guy had a complete, let's just say, career in the NFL, who knows what statistics
15:06Sterling Sharp should have put up.
15:08Donnie, people don't even.
15:10I mean, I remember the hit that did it to him and ended.
15:13I mean, he retired when he was 29 because the only other option was, you know, they
15:19were carting him.
15:20He wouldn't have walked off the field.
15:21It could have been dead.
15:23So, I mean, but at that point, up to that point, people don't realize he was him and
15:29Jerry Rice at that point.
15:31He was putting up Jerry Rice numbers.
15:34And if he would have played another four or five years, he'd be ridiculous, especially
15:40with Brett Favre thrown in the ball.
15:42So, people don't realize that Jerry Rice and Sterling Sharp at that time were in the
15:47same conversation, number one and number two, Donnie, and people forget that.
15:53Yeah, just a few short years later, what happens there in Green Bay, that renaissance, Reggie
15:57White comes to town, Brett Favre is there, they win a Super Bowl.
16:00He would have been a part of that team and picked up a Super Bowl easily there.
16:02He was that good of a wide receiver.
16:04But always, we sort of flip that page and say, well, what's next for the NFL?
16:07You got a pretty good class coming up here of the first-time guys that are on that ballot
16:12with a chance to go to the Hall of Fame.
16:14Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers, Larry Fitzgerald, Jason Witten, Frank Gore, and Julian Edelman.
16:19Now, I saw this list when it got put out.
16:22And immediately, I said to myself, well, no doubt in my mind, Joe, Drew Brees is going
16:27to get in and also Larry Fitzgerald.
16:29There's no argument.
16:30They're first ballot Hall of Famers.
16:31I didn't like Drew Brees, but I got to respect those numbers that he put up, Super Bowl champion.
16:35He's in.
16:36But I had to do some work, like just going back over some of the stats on some of these
16:40players.
16:41There's a few also on here that I don't know how you can argue against, like Frank Gore,
16:46third all-time in rushing yards.
16:48Jason Witten, second all-time in receiving yards for a tight end.
16:52This is a great class.
16:53And Phillip Rivers, who threw for a ton of yards and a ton of touchdowns here.
16:57We might get a lot of guys in here.
16:59This could be a huge class, except for Julian Edelman.
17:03Like, why is he even on the list at this point?
17:05Like, stop that.
17:06Like, just erase his name there.
17:08He's not even in the conversation with the guys that are on that list with him, including
17:12Larry Fitzgerald, where what if he actually would have played on a team that was, you
17:17know, run with, you know, a quality organization, quality ownership, right, on down.
17:22What he could have been in the right spot there, but still managed to be the best that
17:28one of the best that ever played the game, and he did it the right way.
17:31But, I mean, Gore was just, if nothing else, I mean, there should be a patch for longevity
17:37for playing as many years in that position as he did to rack up that many yards.
17:43I mean, how do you not, how do you not, all of these guys are going to be in the Hall of
17:48Fame?
17:48I guess the question is, are they first ballot?
17:51These are first-time eligible guys?
17:53Did they all get in?
17:53Yeah, like, you can't, because, like, to me, like, on the outset, it should be an answer
17:59right away, are you in or are you out?
18:01And I looked at it again, said those first two guys, and I said, well, how do you leave
18:05out, like, the guy who's in the top five and rushing all time when other guys down the
18:09list are in?
18:09Like, Jason Witten was always there each and every week.
18:12Was he a dynamic player?
18:13Not necessarily.
18:14But look at the statistics and the touchdowns he put up.
18:16You're going to leave, hey, the second most leading, excuse me, the second best tight end
18:20in NFL history based on receiving yardage, he's not going to make the Hall of Fame.
18:24So it feels like a lot of these players certainly are going to go in, no doubt about it, at
18:27that point.
18:28You know what I'm only upset with here?
18:29That Frank Gore didn't do a LeBron James and play long enough so his son could play with
18:33him in the NFL, Joe.
18:35That could have happened.
18:36He could have done it.
18:36Yeah.
18:37I believe when his son came out of college and was drafted, I believe Gore was even kicking
18:43that around.
18:44There was a conversation of him maybe even signing a contract and trying to get back in there
18:48so we could actually see that happen.
18:50But just they don't, that position, when you think about it, that position for as long
18:56as he played it, at the level he played it, teams were going out looking for him in the
19:02backfield there to be a part of their teams in depth and to help because he could still
19:06perform.
19:08That's very, very unique in this day and age in the NFL.
19:12Certainly is.
19:13We'll see when the Hall of Fame gets up next year and how many of these players will certainly
19:16go in.
19:17How about this fade to public, Paul?
19:20Let's get down to business, people.
19:29Micah Parsons.
19:30The question we asked today on our Fade the Public Poll at SportsGrid, if you want to
19:33follow along and also give your vote.
19:35Will the Cowboys trade Micah Parsons?
19:38There's only two options.
19:39Yes and a no.
19:40There's no maybe out here.
19:41And it's pretty decisive and rightfully so at 81% of the public voting on a no that Micah
19:49Parsons will not be traded from the Dallas Cowboys.
19:52How do you feel about that, Paul, Joe, with the 80%?
19:55And how do you feel about Micah Parsons' possibilities of being traded from the Dallas Cowboys?
19:59Yeah, we know what the playbook is for Jerry Jones, and he is following it to a T, just
20:07like he has done with every other superstar that he's had on this team that required a,
20:13well, a new contract.
20:15And there is nothing simple and easy about it, especially the higher-to-profile player.
20:21It seems like the more we get Jerry in front of the cameras here rambling on about who knows
20:27what, but the reality is this job will get done, this contract will get done, it ain't
20:33going to happen tomorrow, but it will happen at some point.
20:36So I agree with the public.
20:38I don't see Jerry trading a guy at 26, 27 years old about to enter his prime in one of
20:46the most important positions on a football team, a generational talent.
20:50But don't see that happening here.
20:53Well, and the question I want to ask you too, Joe, is because sometimes it gets, you know,
20:57convoluted, like what are we waiting on?
21:00It can't be about money, because we understand that he will be the highest paid player in
21:06the sport defensively in its history.
21:08Do you remember when it was, I think it was Adolfo Mensah, the general manager for the
21:12Minnesota Vikings, when Justin Jefferson was up for a contract, he took the podium and
21:17he goes, he's going to make more money than any wide receiver has ever made in the
21:20NFL.
21:20We understand that.
21:21So like they had the hard parts out of the way.
21:23And it feels like the hard part is out of the way for the Dallas Cowboys.
21:26Are these escalator clauses?
21:28Is this length of contract?
21:30Is this, if I get injured, I want all my money?
21:32Or if you get injured, you get a half of your money.
21:35It cannot be about the, you're going to be the highest paid player in the sport here
21:39defensively.
21:40And I don't think you're worth that much as Jerry Jones might say.
21:42I don't think that's the negotiation.
21:43Is it length?
21:45Like what is holding up this deal that we thought we had an agreement to between the
21:49two parties back in March?
21:51Principle.
21:52That's what it's all about.
21:54It's principle.
21:55Because you can't set precedent.
21:56And Jerry Jones knows this.
21:58And all he wants to do is make it known, especially to Micah Parson and others, that, yeah, we're
22:04just not going to give you what you think you're worth.
22:08We, uh, simply because, tell me this, Tony, what are the chances of them franchised having
22:13him?
22:14Maybe once, if not twice, coming, you know what I'm saying?
22:18So Jerry knows leverage.
22:19He understands the situation.
22:21And he knows that Micah thinks he's worth a trillion dollars.
22:24But the reality is, Jones is a businessman.
22:28He is, uh, he'll come to an agreement, but it'll be on Jerry's terms, not necessarily Micah's.
22:34Again, you're at camp, you know, you're in Oxnard, a little bit cooler.
22:38Obviously, then, you know, maybe having a training camp in Dallas, that's why they get
22:41away, but also they're a global brand.
22:42So wherever they go, they're a star like Notre Dame, right?
22:45We're going to play in Ireland.
22:45We're going to play in Florida.
22:47We're going to play in Tennessee.
22:48They always draw a big crowd and he loves to feed off that crowd.
22:51But it's also an interesting part where usually the crowds just love Jerry Jones because
22:56he is a celebrity.
22:56Like I've been to tons of Philadelphia Eagle, Dallas Cowboy games, Sunday afternoon games,
23:01Monday night football games, monster games.
23:03You'd guessed it.
23:04And his box used to be right next to where I used to sit.
23:07And even the Eagles fans would give him a hard time, but they still wanted his autograph.
23:10Like he's a mega superstar and he loves the microphone.
23:13I even saw somebody ask like a poll question, like, do you think Jerry Jones like would rather
23:17win a Super Bowl next year, but he would have to give up his press abilities, giving press
23:22conferences.
23:23And you feel like he wants to win a Super Bowl.
23:24No way.
23:25No way would he give up the radio, give up television, give up the, hey, I'm going to
23:28walk down to the locker room or show up on the sideline in the middle of the game.
23:31He loves that concept of it.
23:33But doesn't he know, Joe, like to the detriment of his team, not because you want to make more
23:37money because you're more visible and you can't pay for that type of like exposure you
23:41get.
23:42But if he just signed his players sooner, like over the past 20 years, he would probably
23:46have multiple Super Bowls.
23:48Talent was never the question on the Cowboys.
23:50It was leadership.
23:51And it was also, can we get an extra player or two that can put us over the top?
23:55But, oh, no, now we can't afford these guys.
23:58Yeah.
23:58Well, this is the problem.
23:59And don't forget, with Jerry, it's the most successful Cowboys error was one in which Jerry
24:07was told to get out of the locker room and leave the players alone and I'll handle it.
24:13And ever since that time, it's been all Jerry, Jerry, Jerry.
24:16And guess what?
24:18Yeah, not working out.
24:19I don't recall these issues back in the Aikman and Michael Irving days, and he tried to do
24:24it with Emmitt Smith.
24:26Remember how well that worked out?
24:27You think he would have learned his lesson, right?
24:30You think he would have learned his lesson when the team was like, you sign him and get
24:34him here.
24:35Otherwise, we're going to get killed.
24:36And sure enough, Emmitt Smith is back by game three.
24:40You know, this is who Jerry is.
24:42And at 185 years old, he's not changing his ways now, Donnie, for anybody, including Micah
24:48Parsons.
24:48Yeah, that was a big, that was a huge deal back in the 1990s.
24:52Emmitt Smith was the running back.
24:53He wanted more money.
24:54And you want to talk about how a holdout goes perfectly for you?
24:58You were a Super Bowl team.
24:59You opened the season 0-2 without Emmitt.
25:01Like, oh, I better get the guy and sign him to what he wants.
25:02They do that?
25:03What do they do that season, Joe?
25:04Go on to win a Super Bowl.
25:05But also in that Aikman, the triplets error.
25:09Like, Jimmy Johnson was a genius as a general manager, de facto head coach.
25:14Can you imagine your owners like, we're going to win so many Super Bowls and have so much
25:18fun.
25:19But my goodness, if they give Jerry more credit than maybe Jimmy or vice versa, that gets the
25:26ownership group upset, which was Jerry Jones.
25:28You couldn't live happily with winning a Super Bowl probably every three years with Jimmy
25:33Johnson, which was what's going to take place.
25:35Kicking that guy.
25:36I'm like, it's not him.
25:37It wants to be me.
25:38Like, no.
25:38Nobody liked the move of getting rid of a Herschel Walker.
25:41But Jimmy Johnson goes, you know what?
25:42Watch how this plays out.
25:44I'm an unbelievable talent evaluator.
25:45I did this at the University of Miami.
25:47I'll do it here.
25:48And they were on their way to probably winning five out of six.
25:50Ah, I got to get rid of that guy.
25:52It just doesn't work out.
25:53Look at these topics on the early line, man.
25:55We just keep rolling.
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