00:00And right now, powered by Men's Tea Clinic, it's time to go around the entire NFL
00:06and dip it in some gridiron gravy.
00:10DIP it and LIP it, Kevin, from the 806.
00:14Does it say something that zero Cowboys free agents have been signed by a different team?
00:19Yes. Yes, it does.
00:21It says you had one of the worst, a historically bad defense last year.
00:27Right.
00:27And you are doing everything you can to correct that.
00:31I mean, those guys back is probably not the best idea,
00:35as they were a reason that you were a historically bad defense last year.
00:39Yeah. Yeah.
00:42That's a good way to put it.
00:44So, yes.
00:45Now, there's been a few others that I know that we have missed out on,
00:54and wanted to run through a few here that I know folks on social media were making waves about.
00:59And they were like, hey, why didn't the Cowboys go do this person, go get this person, go do that
01:03deal.
01:05The Bears lost Nashawn Wright to the Jets one year, $5.5 million max.
01:11The Titans, they signed Elante Taylor to a three-year, $60 million deal with $42 million guaranteed.
01:21What did y'all think of the player?
01:23Because I know that's somebody that we've talked about with Bobby before.
01:26Or was this always going to be too expensive for the Cowboys?
01:29Seemed to be a good fit for them, my understanding.
01:35I have no clue where the Cowboys are in the cornerback market right now.
01:39That's the thing, because, like, Tariq Woolen, we kind of got the idea that they were out on him altogether.
01:45Right.
01:46They were looking at it, but not looking at it.
01:48Though he also, one year, $15 million with the Eagles.
01:52Yeah.
01:52And do you feel like you might be able to beat him with George Pickens?
01:56Maybe.
01:57Yeah.
01:58But I have no clue where they are in the market.
02:00And here's why.
02:04Your defensive coordinator is the guru when it comes to secondary.
02:10So is he saying, no, no, we're good.
02:13I'll figure out with what I have.
02:16Or is he saying, let's find some other guys that, you know, in the draft or something like that, that
02:21I can really grow.
02:21I have no clue where he is with this.
02:24But, again, this comes to I'll trust Christian Parker until he gives me a reason not to.
02:29Okay.
02:29Yeah.
02:30I can appreciate that fact.
02:32All right.
02:32But I think a lot of people will be in the boat of another sign of proof that Jerry hasn't
02:38changed.
02:38Sure.
02:39And he's not going to pay any of these cornerbacks or any of these players at the top of the
02:43food chain.
02:44Yeah.
02:45The Steelers agreed to a one-year contract extension with Cam Hayward for a total value of $32.25 million.
02:51That includes a $16.25 million fully guarantee.
02:57This is Hayward's fifth NFL contract.
03:01Now, I choose to believe that the NFL saw this success or they've seen the success of Peace-A-Thon.
03:09And that's why they're doing this.
03:11They're exploring adding a game on Thanksgiving Eve.
03:14Now, we've talked about it for the longest time on Thanksgiving.
03:17You open with the Lions.
03:18Then you have the Cowboys.
03:20And then they've had a rotating night game for Thanksgiving night.
03:25And that has been very successful.
03:27So, now, they are looking to potentially, as soon as this year, add a Thanksgiving Eve game.
03:35I assume it would start at about 7 o'clock to coincide with when Peace-A-Thon normally ends.
03:41I don't know if that's exactly their plan.
03:43We're still working out those details.
03:45What do you think about the idea?
03:48We're still working out those details.
03:50That could be true.
03:51There's no way we could defeat that time.
03:54Yeah, that could be true.
03:55What do you think about the concept of the Thanksgiving Eve game?
04:01I love it.
04:03Okay.
04:04Because, Kevin, guess what that gives me?
04:07Wednesday night football.
04:09And, Corey, I checked the numbers.
04:12And I do believe in a span of nine days that would give you NFL games on seven of them.
04:19I know we're not back.
04:21100% sort of looking for you.
04:23Yeah, we're not quite there yet.
04:25But this does represent a significant step in the direction that I know you've always been wanting.
04:30Yeah, Tuesday night football was one of my favorite moments.
04:33Wednesday night football, even better.
04:35It gets me to Thursday night football that much faster.
04:39Kevin, I do, I mean, obviously, if the NFL wanted to go to Thursday or Wednesday afternoon eve, we'd have
04:49to consider how much they would pay us to move Peace-A-Thon.
04:52Because if they're going to make a hefty donation, then we can only do our part here.
04:57I have always been waiting for a corporation to make a hefty donation to Peace-A-Thon.
05:02Who wants to make a hefty donation to Peace-A-Thon?
05:05And we'll move it for you if that's what you want.
05:07Shoot, if it's hefty enough, we'll do it at your freaking house, man.
05:12So, yes, absolutely, I approve this.
05:14They want to maximize that time.
05:17Yeah.
05:17I'm interested in this, though.
05:20Do more people need off Wednesday now?
05:23Because now you've got to prepare early in the day for Wednesday night's dinner.
05:27Yeah.
05:28See, I've always thought Wednesday should be a half day.
05:30Now, I realize, this is about to be an old man rant here.
05:34I realize that now kids get the whole week off.
05:37But when I was a kid, you got the half day on Wednesday, and we were happy for it.
05:42So, help the adults out.
05:44Yeah.
05:44Make that a half day.
05:45So everyone can make their way out to come see Peace-A-Thon.
05:49I was shocked whenever I saw my kids had a whole week off.
05:52I know.
05:53What the hell is happening here from the 469?
05:55We don't call it Thanksgiving Eve in DFW.
05:57We call it Peace-A-Thon Day.
05:59Mmm.
06:00I freaking love that.
06:02All right.
06:02Love the Tolos.
06:03Let's talk about Osa.
06:05Now, there's been continued discussion that, you know, it depends on who you hear from.
06:12Either the Cowboys are open to trading Osa, or perhaps the Cowboys are the ones who put him on the
06:17trading block.
06:18I'd be more inclined to think that they're listening if people have the offer.
06:22What is the offer that you would need for Osa?
06:26And let me present you with this salary cap information.
06:29I want to thank Spotrack for helping me out with some of this.
06:34If you traded Osa, you would take a dead cap hit of $16 million.
06:42Now, that sounds really bad, right?
06:44Here's the way I can kind of balance it out for you.
06:47His cap hit this year was supposed to be $20.75 million.
06:53All right?
06:54So Osa goes away, and you theoretically save $4.75 million on the cap.
07:01And you take the entire cap hit right now.
07:04So you would not carry over cap hits into 2027 and beyond, because they haven't flipped the switches in his
07:12contract.
07:13And so you would take the hit for the entire signing bonus right then and right there.
07:19Does that interest you, and what would that compensation need to look like?
07:23Max Crosby straight up.
07:25I mean, sure.
07:27Go ahead and make that deal.
07:28I would also do that.
07:30Assuming you can't get that.
07:31I heard some people say a fourth.
07:33I believe that is what Mr. Medford thinks.
07:35I think that's too high a price for other teams.
07:39That's just my opinion.
07:40Okay.
07:41I would love to get a fourth.
07:43It would be awesome to add that compensation to it.
07:47I would feel more like you'd get a fifth.
07:50I think that's about it, though.
07:52Does this change your opinion at all?
07:54It might not.
07:54The new team that acquires Osa will pay $16.75 million guaranteed this season, and then you're on the hook
08:03the next two years for nothing.
08:05Because while his salaries would be 20.5 both years, there's no more guaranteed money.
08:10So the only guaranteed money you'd be acquiring with Osa is $16.75 million.
08:15Does that make a difference, or you're still like, that's still a lot of money?
08:18Look, man, if they want that player that bad, my question is how many people out there want him that
08:24bad?
08:25Yeah, I don't know.
08:26The deal that he signed with this team we thought was pretty spectacular and reasonable.
08:30Safe to assume now that it looks like a bad deal.
08:34He plays really hard.
08:35I agree.
08:37But if you're willing to trade him off one year after you sign him for a fourth or a fifth.
08:40Because you have a plentiful amount of those guys, and you're also asking how he fits into this new defensive
08:50system.
08:51Yeah, it kind of looks like...
08:53But when you made the deal with him, it was with the understanding that you were hoping he would be
08:58a defensive leader for the team.
08:59Right.
09:00And then you were also hoping that he would be in the Eberflus defense for eternity of his contract, and
09:08now it's a different world.
09:09Would you do it for a fifth?
09:11You're the Cowboys.
09:13Would you do it for a fifth?
09:14Yeah, I want a fourth.
09:15Okay.
09:16I would probably do it for a fifth and maybe another compensation if I could get one.
09:20Okay.
09:21Of some sort.
09:22All right.
09:22But yeah.
09:23Like a conditional seven or six?
09:25Yeah, best deal.
09:25Because I would like to be able to manipulate.
09:27Like, you got five fifths or four fifths at that point.
09:30Can I get a fourth out of that?
09:32Yeah.
09:32You know, work something out.
09:33I could do that.
09:33And then obviously, you know, number one is Max Crosby straight up if you can make that happen.
09:39I would also do that.
09:40And I saw this from Bobby.
09:41He sent it to all of us.
09:43The win improvement of the last 10 teams that spent the most in free agency.
09:48Because, you know, especially in baseball, people say, oh, it doesn't matter if you win the offseason.
09:52And over the last decade, the team that has spent the most in free agency has improved by an average
09:58of 5.2 wins.
10:00And they've never improved less than three wins.
10:04So, man, you talk about winning the offseason, how that's not the end-all be-all.
10:08It has really moved the needle in the NFL.
10:10Oh, so adding better players.
10:13I know.
10:13What a novel concept.
10:14But 5.2 wins.
10:17That's a big freaking improvement.
10:19And never less than three.
10:21Cowboys would be an 11-win team.
10:2312-win team.
10:24Man.
10:2413-win team.
10:25Can you imagine the shock if the Cowboys spent the most in free agency?
10:29All they have to do.
10:31They could still make it happen?
10:32Yeah.
10:32Okay.
10:33Go get Daniel Jones.
10:34Well, I mean, that deal's done.
10:37I'm so sorry to tell you that.
10:40Have they spent more already than they have in the past, like, 10 years?
10:44It does feel that way.
10:45And also, you know, they've given out more money per player.
10:49For them, that's busting the budget, isn't it?
10:51I guess.
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