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Bobby took us Below The Belt and discussed the Cowboys’ draft strategy. They talked about whether the team could realistically improve its offense through the draft, the earliest rounds they might target offensive players, potential positions of focus, and more.

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00:00Could the Cowboys actually improve their offense in the draft?
00:04Let's talk about it here in Below the Belt, which is sponsored by Window Nation.
00:09What is the earliest, like without knowing what the position is or anything else,
00:13what's the earliest they could use a pick on an offensive player where you wouldn't melt down?
00:17Fourth. Fourth round?
00:21Well, not the fourth pick. They don't have that one.
00:22Fourth round of 12th.
00:25What position would you be okay with them taking on offensive 12th? Offensive line?
00:28Yeah. But nothing else.
00:32If Tate is available or if Tate is as good as advertised and he's available,
00:38and that opens up an opportunity to move on, to pick up a first for pickings,
00:45I'd be doubting. I can understand that.
00:48It's not about, I'm still in team building mode.
00:50I'm always in team. ABB, always be building.
00:54They got, uh, not my preferred.
00:58Preferred is corners, but if that's, if it falls that way, I'm not saying anything.
01:02If the defense is completely depleted and that has pushed Francis Maui Noah,
01:06the offensive lineman from Miami down the board, then yeah,
01:08I could be talked into that potentially if I can't trade out.
01:12Because that's a good player. That's a really good, that's really good value.
01:15That's somebody who could go as high as three.
01:17I just, for, for years, people have said, uh, best player available.
01:23Don't trade away.
01:24McClay told us while we were in Indy said, said, what was it?
01:26You gave him the analogy of a seven versus an eight.
01:29Yeah.
01:29Even something that low where it's not even like a 10 versus a seven,
01:32a seven versus an eight.
01:33He said, he'd rather go the eight, even if it's not a need.
01:34You can't say never trade away from a good player or whatever.
01:40And then one is there.
01:41And then all of a sudden just say, I can't,
01:45I can't have that pick or I can't have that position.
01:48That's just me.
01:48I it's like, you know, if it's there, it's there.
01:50Well, we've got one of our first outlets that has produced a full seven round
01:54mock draft, which means we have all eight selections for the Dallas Cowboys.
01:58And then it's ESPN.
01:59It's Matt Miller's.
01:59Now you guys read the first two picks the other day on Monday, correct?
02:03You and Eric had gone over the first two.
02:04It was McCoy.
02:06And then the one I had a real problem with,
02:08which was, I'm guessing like Eric loved it.
02:11Cause I believe Eric does love him.
02:12Emmanuel McNeil Warren, the safety from Toledo was the second pick.
02:16Why would you be out on that?
02:18Just this position or the player?
02:19No, go back to last year's draft.
02:23Since NIL, you do not.
02:26And I mean, do not take G5 guys early.
02:30Do not.
02:31If they're worth a damn,
02:33they've already moved on to the big 10 or the sec.
02:36Wasn't Quinion Mitchell from Toledo?
02:39I have no idea.
02:40He was.
02:40When was he picked?
02:41Two years ago?
02:44That's early NIL.
02:45Going back to last year.
02:46Going back to last year.
02:47That would have to be one draft.
02:49Going back to last year.
02:50Three.
02:50There were three of the top 95 players taken for the group of five.
02:55Don't do it anymore.
02:57All right.
02:57Take a group of five early.
02:59Bad idea.
03:00These guys are,
03:02you want to talk about lottery tickets?
03:04That is your ultimate lottery.
03:05If they're worth it,
03:06they're already at a big school.
03:07Well, they go Jermod McCoy,
03:09the cornerback from Tennessee at 12,
03:10which I don't,
03:11I think that's just a hand me.
03:12Like that's all they have a need.
03:14Here's a player who plays that position and is a good player.
03:16Let's match them up.
03:17I don't necessarily think that that'd be somebody they would take at 12
03:20because I just think they,
03:22they want to.
03:23He looks the part.
03:24Yeah.
03:25Like brought us listening to him on Gbag yesterday.
03:27Get excited.
03:28Get excited over McCoy.
03:30Sent me down a highlight rabbit hole.
03:32And I am,
03:33I am on the fence.
03:35I am officially on the fence.
03:36He's so good.
03:37Cause he is a man.
03:38He,
03:38he,
03:38he is a damn baller.
03:40Now you had to watch that on,
03:41you had to watch those plays on beta max.
03:43Cause that was the last time that he played.
03:44Listen,
03:45I asked my,
03:46my,
03:46my,
03:47my Titans guy.
03:49And I said,
03:50what do you do with a player like this?
03:51And he says,
03:52you,
03:53you,
03:53you,
03:53you have to go by what your doctors say.
03:56Yeah.
03:56That's why it doesn't,
03:57it does not matter what we say.
03:58If a doctor has told them one thing,
04:00it doesn't matter what you hire these doctors for very specific reasons.
04:04If your doctor has said one thing as the Ravens showed us,
04:07it doesn't matter where they just go.
04:09Nope.
04:09We're trusting him.
04:10We hired this guy to make these decisions for us.
04:11We're not doctors.
04:12We vetted this person and said,
04:14you are the expert that we want to make these calls for us.
04:16And they've told us this is what it is.
04:17So yeah,
04:18I mean,
04:18they could be even comfortable that he'll be fine for like the rest of his
04:23career.
04:24But I think for them,
04:25if they're like,
04:26if there's any question about him contributing early,
04:29no,
04:30and then I think that that's how they would have to look at it is that
04:32there's just so many questions.
04:34You've never seen him play as an adult.
04:38He was,
04:38I mean,
04:39technically you have,
04:39but he was a teenager.
04:40He was 19 when he played,
04:41like you've never seen him play.
04:42You haven't seen a place since he was 19.
04:44It's been two years,
04:45basically since he stepped on a football field.
04:47That's a lot to say.
04:49I'm going to take my biggest piece of draft capital and devote it to that
04:52question,
04:53especially coming off of Savone revel,
04:55where you felt like you got to steal,
04:56you got to deal in Savone revel.
04:57And then he went out there and it's like,
04:59yeah,
04:59this is what of rebel balls this year.
05:02Let's say McCoy.
05:04Let's say McCoy is available next year.
05:07After rebel balls this year.
05:09Does that change your mind on the thinking on McCoy?
05:11Well,
05:11it changes my mind that I just wouldn't feel I need a corner as much.
05:15I know.
05:16No,
05:16that's what I'm saying.
05:17I'm saying like,
05:17but I'm talking about in terms of your injury mindset.
05:19No,
05:19it doesn't change mine.
05:20Why?
05:21Revel's balling out in year two.
05:23Yeah.
05:23So like,
05:23to me,
05:24it's just like,
05:24I,
05:24I don't know what you're going to be when you come back.
05:27I would have been opposed to taking revel.
05:29Revel was by a lot of estimations.
05:31People thought he was a first round talent.
05:33Like he had that kind of ability.
05:34I was completely opposed to the idea of taking Savone revel in the first round.
05:37I was worried about taking him in the second third.
05:40Give it to me.
05:41But that's the same sort of thing with McCoy.
05:43Don't want to take him in the first.
05:44Cause I just don't know.
05:46Second.
05:46I could probably be talked into third.
05:49Absolutely.
05:49That's how I look at those.
05:51Broadus thinks that training,
05:52the training camp injury to revel,
05:54like that,
05:55that's the one that,
05:56that,
05:57that got him.
05:57The one is the brace.
05:58The one,
05:58his dad broke on the G bag nation.
06:01Yeah.
06:01Which is still hilarious to me that that's how some news gets broken these
06:05days is we're talking with Savone revels dad.
06:07He's like,
06:07yeah,
06:07he's hurt by the way.
06:08He's had a,
06:09he's had a problem.
06:09He's going to be out for the next 12 weeks.
06:11Yeah,
06:12man.
06:14I guess I'll,
06:15I'll,
06:15I'll put myself out there.
06:17All right.
06:17Oh,
06:18you've been,
06:18you've been coaxed.
06:20Broadus,
06:20I'll blame you.
06:21All right.
06:21And I might,
06:22I might want to throw Brian some love after this beanbag video,
06:25Bobby put up.
06:28If all the big names are wiped out at 12.
06:33Okay.
06:34If they're all gone and we hear afterwards that they tried to trade back and
06:40could not even for 80 cents on the dollar.
06:45Miller and they pick McCoy.
06:46I think I'll come in Friday morning being okay with it.
06:50I'll be more okay with it at 20.
06:52Let's see if he falls at 20.
06:54See,
06:54let's see if he drops on there,
06:55but I'm giving the caveat that downs and styles and Bane and,
07:02and those types of guys are gone.
07:04And I tried to trade back and I couldn't.
07:09I'll be excited about watching the highlight tapes until I find out if he
07:13can run in Oxnard,
07:14which he ran yesterday.
07:16438 ran a 438.
07:17Did,
07:18did,
07:18did what?
07:19I'm sorry,
07:19real quick.
07:20Did rebel run?
07:21No,
07:22I don't think so.
07:24No,
07:25rebel was more recent.
07:26What else?
07:27Rebels had occurred the previous fall.
07:28It was September.
07:29And so it was six months later.
07:31McCoy is a year and a half past his injury.
07:33What else does a DB do at a pro day?
07:35They'll do,
07:36they'll do vertical.
07:38They'll do broad jump.
07:39He did.
07:39He tested well yesterday.
07:40He had almost an 11 foot broad jump.
07:42The vertical was 38.
07:43He had some good numbers yesterday.
07:45They'll do three cone.
07:46They'll do bench sometimes,
07:47but the big thing is also just drills.
07:49Yeah.
07:49Like the drills,
07:50you're getting a lot of cutting and stuff.
07:52Yeah.
07:53He had a couple of videos yesterday that were out that he looked okay.
07:57I mean,
07:58it didn't look like great to me,
07:59but I'm also not a scout.
08:02Yeah.
08:04It didn't look explosive to me when I was watching the drills.
08:08It's always the year after anyway.
08:09I don't know,
08:10man.
08:11It is the year after for him.
08:11Yeah,
08:12it is.
08:12It's been two years.
08:14Look,
08:14my biggest thing with him,
08:16and obviously I'll just be honest as a Tennessee fan.
08:18My biggest thing with him is not the knee.
08:21It's 2026.
08:21Not worried about knees anymore.
08:23Is it his agent?
08:24Nope.
08:24Okay.
08:24Who's his agent?
08:25David Mulgutter.
08:26Oh,
08:26it's the best in the game,
08:30baby.
08:30Not for Jerry and Steven.
08:32I'll be honest.
08:34He was clear to play.
08:37They,
08:37they were still in it at the time and decided he want to come back.
08:42That's my biggest issue.
08:44Why?
08:45Team still had a chance.
08:47Team had,
08:48they had one loss.
08:48They had,
08:49they were ahead home games ahead of them.
08:51They had winnable games.
08:53How many games did he sit out while technically clear?
08:56It was like half the year.
08:57Half the year.
08:58You know,
08:59like two lost teams got in.
09:00Right?
09:01Two lost teams got in.
09:02They had home games against Oklahoma and Vandy.
09:04They win them both.
09:04They're in.
09:06They were favored in both.
09:07Draft preservation,
09:08baby.
09:09Okay.
09:09I'm going in the first.
09:10I'm going,
09:11if I,
09:11if I'm his age,
09:12I'm putting this in his ear.
09:13Yeah.
09:13I'm playing devil's advocate.
09:14I get it.
09:15You sit out half the year.
09:16You're still going round one.
09:17You come back,
09:18you get hurt.
09:20You,
09:20you,
09:21you may,
09:21you may go in the fifth.
09:23Well,
09:23these are the game.
09:25I love the bank account.
09:28Love the bank account.
09:29This is my issue with Scoobel.
09:30You know,
09:31Scoobel didn't want to pitch to WBC because he's got all this money coming.
09:34He's going to get the money anyway.
09:35What do you mean?
09:35What do you mean?
09:36What do you mean?
09:36What do you mean?
09:36What do you mean?
09:36What do you mean?
09:38What do you mean?
09:38What do you mean?
09:40What do you mean?
09:41I'm sorry.
09:42Oh,
09:43for a wannabe Olympics.
09:44I bet if he played for a V,
09:45if he played for the Dominican,
09:47he wouldn't think that way.
09:47Cause they think it's the bigger,
09:48they think it's bigger,
09:49right?
09:50Venezuela thought it was bigger.
09:53Third round.
09:53The Cowboys take Harold Perkins linebacker from LSU.
09:56The fourth pick deny Dennis Sutton,
09:59edge rusher Penn state.
10:00If they got him in the fourth round,
10:01that's a steal.
10:01This is Matt Miller.
10:02Yeah.
10:02This is Matt Miller's mock draft at ESPN.
10:04That would be a steal.
10:04So four picks right there,
10:06all on defense.
10:07What do you need?
10:08You need nothing else.
10:09According to this mock draft,
10:10because the Cowboys,
10:12the rest of the way go offense in this mock draft in the fifth round,
10:17they take the Alabama tight end,
10:20Josh Cuevas.
10:21They've got at the end of the fifth round,
10:23jam Miller,
10:24the running back from Alabama,
10:26Cade club,
10:26Nick quarterback Clemson,
10:28who is not anybody that I'd be big on.
10:31And then chase Roberts,
10:33the wide receiver at BYU.
10:34So they would use that half their picks all day,
10:36three darts basically on the offense,
10:39which they were asked shot.
10:40He was asked about this the other day about like,
10:42Hey,
10:42have you guys,
10:43you guys still looked at anything on offense?
10:44And that's when he started talking about Guyton and some stuff.
10:46But he had said that Clayton Adams still walks into his office every day and
10:49just kind of raises his hand and goes,
10:51Hey,
10:51I'm here.
10:52Remember I'm over here too.
10:54We,
10:54we,
10:54we would like some stuff over here.
10:56And so shoddy of course is not going to forget that.
10:58He's a big offensive guy himself.
10:59But in this instance,
11:01this would be half of the picks,
11:02pretty much all your day,
11:03three capital,
11:03just throwing it against the wall,
11:05seeing what sticks on offense.
11:06Yeah.
11:06You know,
11:06not ideal,
11:07but look,
11:07the Carolina Panthers drafted every single defensive position and that didn't do
11:11anything for Matt rule.
11:12Now he's at Nebraska.
11:13Yeah.
11:13Yeah.
11:13Now he's at Nebraska.
11:15So,
11:15you know,
11:15not ideal,
11:16but if there's a deal offensively that you can't turn away from explosion,
11:22upgraded tight end.
11:23I'm not giving Jaden blue anything either.
11:26So if it's running back or tight end day three,
11:28okay,
11:29fine.
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