00:00Hey, it's Team Masterpiece right here on 105.3 The Fan.
00:03And right now, it's time for a special edition of the C-Block starring Corey Majors and our special guest,
00:09Kyle Yeomans.
00:12Kyle, how's it going, man?
00:13It's great, guys. That sounded like you were harmonizing on the drop that time.
00:18Dude, one of the things Kevin's always wanted to see inside of a barbershop is a quartet.
00:24That would be awesome.
00:24Maybe what we can start doing is practicing our Kyle Yeomans in harmony so that next time we can become
00:31a barbershop quartet.
00:32That sounds good to me. Next time I'm on, I will say it with you.
00:36I got you.
00:38Yeah, do I need the high part or do I need the bass level stuff?
00:40We'll send you a text about it and try to figure it out.
00:43We'll kind of set it all aside.
00:44We don't want to use this time right now.
00:46You always yell at us.
00:48You're like, this sounds like an off-air conversation, guys. Let's get back on track.
00:52That does sound like me.
00:54What would Kevin do is what I'm always trying to do.
00:56We're just friends catching up. That's what fan radio is, right?
01:00I mean, we're all friends, talking sports, hanging out.
01:03Sometimes I could definitely see that.
01:04As a matter of fact, Kyle, to stay with the we're just goofing off conversation here.
01:09Love it.
01:10I was playing some Warzone the other night, and my buddy, who's a Tolo, he was like,
01:13I used to play with Yeomans all the time. I don't know what happened.
01:16I was like, well, he has triplets now.
01:17Yeah, that's the easy answer to that question is I got married and had triplets pretty quick.
01:22So that changed my Xbox playing time, too.
01:26I'm not nearly what I used to be.
01:28And I usually in the season.
01:29You kind of regret it then? Is that what you're saying?
01:31No, that's not what I'm saying.
01:33I'm just saying priorities change is all.
01:35But in Warzone just wasn't happening.
01:38Was it Red? Was that who you were playing?
01:40It was Hickson.
01:40It was Hickson.
01:41Hickson. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:42Yeah.
01:43No, he's awesome, man.
01:44He's a good dude.
01:45He's a good dude.
01:46Hey, Kyle, you're supposed to be talking about football.
01:50Well, ask me a football question.
01:52Okay, I will.
01:53Isn't George Pickens the best?
01:56Don't you think another team, especially right now, should come and sign him away for, you know,
02:04whatever the hell they want to pay him and we get two first round picks out of that?
02:09Yeah, it's never happened and I don't anticipate that happening here.
02:15The whole scenario is, it's really interesting because it just feels like, and we anticipated the tag, right?
02:22I mean, everybody here kind of talked about that and it was going to be a franchise tag.
02:28Now, the non-exclusive side to it just feels like a negotiation tactic on the Cowboys side
02:33to not just create a little bit of leverage, but really just to make sure that the number is more
02:40accessible, right?
02:42Because that's the number one thing that I think is putting, is providing a gap between the Cowboys
02:51and the George Pickens representation is Pickens is looking at it saying,
02:56I was one of the best receivers in the NFL last year.
02:58I did it in the one year that I was in Dallas.
03:01This is why I should be valued at X, where the Cowboys are looking at it and saying,
03:06yeah, you did, but part of why you had that success was being in Dallas.
03:10The league doesn't necessarily see you as this level of value in your own right.
03:15So allowing him to try and find the correct value of a league-wide representation by asking other teams
03:23and at least looking through some of these contracts, it really is an interesting chess move by Dallas to say,
03:30and I don't think it's a negative chess move.
03:33It's not an insult to anybody or what the numbers would possibly be,
03:38but I think it gives them a clearer picture of where the negotiations need to be
03:43compared to his in-house value and his league-wide value at the wide receiver position.
03:49And Kevin, it doesn't allow the Cowboys to outbid themselves.
03:52Yeah, that's also fair.
03:53What are they, the Rangers?
03:55Yeah.
03:56Okay, so, Kyle, I understand what the deadline dates are, but I've just been saying this all along.
04:03I realize the deadline to get the long-term deal done is July 15th.
04:07I feel this with every part of who I am.
04:11I think the deadline needs to be March 9th, because if you're going to get a long-term deal done,
04:17you can potentially save $10-ish million, depending on what that long-term deal looks like.
04:24But I don't get that sense of urgency from the Cowboys at all.
04:28Do you?
04:29I don't know if it's a public sense of urgency, but they know that there's urgency in the negotiation side
04:37of things.
04:37And I know there's been a lot of talk this week for the Brandon Aubrey situation
04:41and some of these other contracts, and they get Javante Williams done.
04:44But Pickens is the number one name that has been talked about among inside circles and outside circles, I think,
04:52with Dallas.
04:52So when you talk about a lack of urgency, I don't think I would put them in that fold.
04:58I tend to agree with you.
05:00I think if you get the deal done the right way, then it allows you to maneuver the cap situation
05:08to actually be aggressive the way that you want to be in free agency,
05:13or at least the way that they've insinuated that they want to be.
05:18Where I think the secondary deadline is the draft.
05:20So that way you at least know going into night one of the draft,
05:25is wide receiver a question mark or is it not?
05:27Right.
05:28Is what your draft capital going to look like and what would you get in return
05:32if you do have to indeed move on from George Pickens?
05:36And I don't think that's exactly what they want to do.
05:39They want to sign him.
05:40They want to have the urgency to get it done.
05:42March 9th is that first deadline.
05:43The draft is the second one.
05:45I don't think anybody's looking at July 15th right now.
05:47And that's why I think there is a level of urgency among the front office
05:51to at least get some level of negotiation done sooner rather than later.
05:56This might sound like an odd question, but I've become very fascinated by it.
06:00Would you rather no other team comes around on T.J. Bass and Brandon Aubrey,
06:05or would you rather both of them get picked off in exchange for those second-round picks?
06:11Oh, man.
06:13That's a great question.
06:15And I think I've kind of gone back and forth on it
06:18because a second-round pick for a guy like T.J. Bass would be incredible value for Dallas.
06:23Incredible value.
06:24I mean, this is a guy that is a valuable offensive lineman
06:29just in the fact that he can play nearly every position on the offensive line.
06:34And he's capable enough of a guy that he could be a starter anywhere else in the league
06:39depending on what their situations are too.
06:41So there's value in that.
06:44However, a second-round pick for a guy that you picked up as an undrafted free agent
06:47who's not necessarily a front-line starter for you either,
06:50I don't think you can be upset about that.
06:53But Brandon Aubrey on the other side, I mean, he's been such a weapon
06:57and it's so impressive what he's done in such a short amount of time in the NFL.
07:01But you're also looking around the league and saying kickers,
07:05and this is not a knock against Brandon Aubrey,
07:07but kickers that kick 60-yard field goals aren't necessarily unicorns anymore.
07:12There are a lot of them around the league that are starting to step up.
07:15It doesn't mean you can just say so long to Brandon Aubrey and go pick up somebody
07:19and they're going to be incredible.
07:20There's going to be a lot of work to be done there.
07:22And for a lack of a better term, you're going to have to get lucky again in picking up a
07:27kicker.
07:28So I think I'd be harder pressed to see it happen for Aubrey than it would be for TJ Bass.
07:35But either way, I still think Dallas wants those guys to be a part of their team
07:39because they hold valuable roles in each of their specific ways.
07:43I know having Brandon Aubrey as a weapon is awesome, and I appreciate it.
07:48Just this past year, did you ever feel like maybe Shoddy fell back on him a little bit too much
07:55in games where you're like, I don't know if field goals are going to win this game, man?
07:59Sure.
07:59Yeah, I think especially in the middle parts of the year that happened,
08:02where if you cross the 50-yard line, we've got points, right?
08:06And I think there were a couple times where he may even have admitted this.
08:10I can't remember if it was in conversation or if it was in a press conference setting,
08:15but I think he even admitted it, that the play-calling element maybe took their foot off the gas a
08:21little
08:22in those situations because they would rather end up with points early in the game
08:27than either lose the field position battle or make a significant mistake
08:32and then come up empty in their own right.
08:35So I think they did fall back on that a little.
08:39But I also think football is such an interesting game that if you mess up twice in a row,
08:44you're in a tough spot regardless, and then having a guy there that can still help bail you out with
08:48points
08:49when you do get past the 50-yard line is just an incredible weapon,
08:54and he does it better than even the guys that I was mentioning earlier.
08:57So it's going to continue to be – that's going to be something that Shottie has to grow on
09:04from year one to year two as a play caller, not relying on it but still making sure
09:08that it's something in the arsenal.
09:10Christian Parker is just a fascinating person to, I think, all of us right now,
09:14and we still know so little about him too, but we're all trying to learn
09:18and get as much as we can from him.
09:20And I got to hear him this morning with Sean and RJ and Bobby and Broadus.
09:25That show just keeps getting bigger.
09:28But I got to listen to him a little bit.
09:30After hearing him talk as many times as you have so far
09:33and all the study you're doing with the draft,
09:36do you feel like you have a little better understanding of the type of players you need to hone in
09:41on?
09:42Yeah, we're getting there.
09:43I think this week has provided a little more clarity in that,
09:46and part of that clarity is that the guys that we thought were just perfect fits
09:50might not even be there for Dallas.
09:54Caleb Downs, Sonny Stiles.
09:55Caleb Downs, Sonny Stiles.
09:56I mean, those are the two guys that, like, if I had to put a guess down today
10:04that one of those guys would be available at 12,
10:07I think if they could pick them both, they would have.
10:11But I don't know if either one of those guys is making it outside the top eight now.
10:15I've already gone and told everybody Caleb Downs is not going to be there.
10:19Go ahead and move on, everybody.
10:21Yeah, I think you can start saying the same thing.
10:23You can say the same thing for Stiles now.
10:25After what he did yesterday and kind of the buzz around him this week
10:28and really where he's been going, I think those are two guys that you just can't.
10:33You can't bank on them being there.
10:35If they end up being there and it's an incredible C.D. Lamb type situation,
10:40and that's even better than I think C.D. Lamb because it fits a need more so than C.D.
10:45did
10:45in that draft in 2020, I mean, that's one where you're doing backflips
10:49and you're running half marathons to the star and back to make it happen.
10:54When it comes to Christian Parker, and you talked about knowing so little about it,
11:00I think part of this week has been gathering information on the way that he wants to build
11:07this 3-4 base scheme, even though it's got multiple look and a multiple element to it.
11:14What's the value in the 4-I position?
11:17What's the value in a couple of these other spots at the 3-4 that you haven't had to think
11:22about in the past?
11:25And with that being said, I think linebacker plays a big role.
11:28I think safety over the top plays a big role.
11:30Maybe a guy like Dylan Thienemann, who is the safety out of Oregon, who's rangy and smart and physical.
11:38He kind of checks a lot of those boxes.
11:40Jacob Rodriguez.
11:41Yeah.
11:42Hey, he had a great day yesterday, too.
11:44They did.
11:44Maybe he's now in that conversation at 20, and there's players that fit the mold,
11:51but we're still trying to figure out exactly what that mold is.
11:55And it's also funny because he's a celebrity.
11:58Christian Parker is out here.
12:00I mean, everybody that I've seen, anytime I've seen him, he is in a conversation with somebody new.
12:06I mean, he is a well-respected individual, and I think the more that I've seen and gotten to know
12:12him
12:12and really what the vision is for this team, the more I've been impressed.
12:17We've gotten the Cassius Howells, these David Bailey's.
12:21We've gotten these opportunities to kind of see what they're doing the rest of this weekend.
12:24Who are you like, I can't wait to see what they do?
12:27And whether it's 40 time or whatever.
12:29Well, I think one guy tonight is the LSU corner, Mansoor DeLane.
12:34He really needs to run kind of a 4, 5, and under to kind of cement his spot.
12:40Oh, he's not going to run, I'm being told by Brian Broaddus across the table for me.
12:44So that's disappointing.
12:45I was looking forward to that 40 time.
12:47Great.
12:47And maybe that's a smart decision for him because he needs to hit a number to kind of
12:53take away some of that straight line speed question marks in his tape, but he's got some
12:57great tape.
12:58And I still think he's a first round caliber corner.
13:02And maybe it's a 12, maybe it's a 20.
13:05He's kind of in that middle ground in between the two, which means Dallas is a possible landing
13:10spot in both scenarios.
13:12So that was one guy I was excited about, but he's not going to end up running, apparently.
13:16So I'm trying to think of any of the other, maybe it's just as a football fan, I'm excited
13:24to see some of these running backs go.
13:26I know Dallas isn't necessarily looking at running back unless they really fall in love
13:30with somebody.
13:31What if Jeremiah Love was there at 12?
13:33Man, it's a conversation.
13:35I think you can't discount it.
13:39I mean, I hate to even say there's no way that he falls to 20, but if he's there at
13:4512,
13:45which I still think is out of the realm of possibility, you got to at least have that
13:49conversation because Javante Williams was great for you.
13:53You signed him to the three-year deal.
13:55Some of those numbers on his contract came out today and were talked about today.
14:01We talked about him a couple days ago.
14:04Yeah, we had already broken it down.
14:06Yeah, good job on your side of things.
14:08But if you're looking to the future and another playmaker that you could add to this offense,
14:13he would be the one guy there you would consider.
14:16I really like Emmitt Johnson out of Nebraska, too.
14:20Another guy that you could kind of look at as a burner.
14:23He's going to be fun to compete with.
14:25They don't start until the weekend with some of those position player guys.
14:29But yeah, lots of prospects coming up that I'm excited to watch.
14:33Was there ever a time in your life, probably when you were younger,
14:36that you would have been considered a burner?
14:38No, I was never that guy.
14:41They always put me in the five spot in basketball.
14:45I played first base in baseball and pitched, so I didn't have to run a whole lot.
14:50That was my thing.
14:51I was a blocking tight end and an edge rusher that was not a very good pass rusher.
14:56I was all run stuff ability, so yeah, no.
14:59I was never the burner type.
15:01You didn't have a garage band or anything either?
15:04No, none of those either.
15:06Unless you count rock band on the Xbox.
15:10Maybe.
15:11I don't know.
15:13Some people like that.
15:14Thanks, Kyle.
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