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Bobby took us Below The Belt to break down whether the Cowboys are one draft away from competing or more. They discussed targeting Miami’s Ruben Bain at pick 12 or landing a "dream scenario" like Sonny Styles and Colton Hood to instantly fix the defense, and more.

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00:00before we dive into the specifics of what's going on with the Dallas Cowboys and what options they
00:05may have as things stand now how far away do you believe we are from a from this team being
00:14competitive can this team given what we've seen from them so far make up enough of a difference
00:21to be able to like in one draft to be able to make this a competitive football team given what
00:27they have right now competitive to win the Super Bowl yes I mean I don't think so that's a lot
00:38I think they're more than one player away
00:42like they have more than one player they have more than one pick I think they're more than two
00:46players away especially two rookies see that's why I'm not necessarily like yeah I understand the
00:53whole need of getting like an impact player right now I don't think an impact player impacts it
00:57enough this is this team is two drafts away so to me I'm like we've got three years when you
01:08have a
01:08three-year window they have three it's a three-year window I think they're playing I really is realistically
01:14this team is playing for one year one Super Bowl you so that is in year three so there you
01:21think
01:21they're building towards something they're building towards year three so this is not a three-year
01:28window this is a build for that one year it's a bill for a one-year window because look are
01:34they
01:34better do you think right now they're in better shape than the Rams than the Seahawks just just just
01:42no hey here we go speak when I come across a team you've seen this on social media speak when
01:49you hear a team that they're in a better position than in the NFC Seahawks Rams San Fran
01:58Detroit Green Bay Chicago Philadelphia I just don't know about Chicago I guess fair
02:11uh you could probably say the same thing about Carolina too right we don't know about them I
02:14feel like they're probably in a better spot than Carolina because I would say this Carolina beat
02:18them last year yeah and Carolina is better this year than last year right yep are they better than
02:23they have better position than Tampa yes Washington maybe New Orleans you love New Orleans I like New
02:30Orleans but New Orleans you're still not certain they have a quarterback so Minnesota with Kyler
02:35uh yes okay but still we mentioned Rams Seahawks yeah they're still they're still not like a clear
02:42so they've got Green Bay Detroit Philadelphia that's six the problem is are they
02:51even though they're not necessarily better than those and they're definitely not better or they're
02:55not in a better position a number of those teams they're in like similar waters with maybe I can
03:01see that or or could quickly get up to a point where they're in similar waters because the
03:06the quarterback setup in the NFC right now is not as dominant as it's been in the past it's not
03:12as
03:14it's not as strong a group as it's been in the past so you feel like maybe that alone can
03:18give you
03:19somewhat of an advantage so but I agree with you they are in a spot right now where they they've
03:25got
03:25some work to do to be able to open things up so Joe Hoyt over at Dallas Sporting News has
03:28his
03:29latest Cowboys mock draft up he has an entire NFL mock draft posted uh and at pick 12 he has
03:35the
03:35Dallas Cowboys selecting Miami edge rusher Reuben Bain hey he says Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was
03:41talking about how rare it is to find an edge rusher who could chase the quarterback and drop into
03:44coverage it's something they want in Christian Parker's scheme they get one of the best options
03:48with Bain whose power and bend ability is enough to ease concerns about his shorter arms this would be a
03:53huge win for the Cowboys go down a little bit to pick 20 Cowboys select Clemson quarterback Avion
03:59Terrell so the Cowboys really missed Jordan Lewis last season with Terrell they find his replacement
04:03this would also allow them to keep Duran bland outside a goal according to Schottenheimer
04:06he's not doing trades in this mock draft Joe wasn't but if the board looked like this in a team
04:10call when he moved up he could see the Cowboys moving back and acquiring more draft capital but right
04:14there you address corner and edge rusher and you get one of the guys who's near the top of the
04:18board
04:19in in a lot of instances with uh Reuben Bain and then you get somebody who can play inside and
04:25outside give you some various flexibility you feel good probably coming out of that draft if that's
04:29what you get I do feel good about it I know I just my thing is with this biggest problem
04:35is you
04:35haven't picked a linebacker yet and you still don't have a starting linebacker in that instance
04:41yeah I I look I I would love to come out of this draft I've said I would love to
04:46come out of two
04:47corners that was my in the first round if I that's my number one I like dream um I would
04:55love to trade
04:55down I would love for them to get if the best player at 12 happens to be an offensive lineman
05:05I'm
05:05fine with that I'm fine with that um I I just to me this team has so many holes I
05:13don't say so
05:14many holes but enough holes to where I could look at four or five scenarios that come away from this
05:19draft like cool yeah there's a there's a lot of things but to me I think you can't come away
05:25from
05:25this draft feeling good about anything if you don't address linebacker in some respect so it's Bain
05:31and who else did you say Avion Terrell from Clemson cornerback yeah I'd be okay with that
05:39I wouldn't I wouldn't walk away from this being again I mean who's available at 12
05:44who's available at 12 that took Bain um it would be just McCoy no let me look here so it's
05:51like is
05:51McCoy gone the players that went immediately after that McCoy is not gone in this instance uh I would
05:57take McCoy over Bain I just don't I get it I get it I get it I get it I
06:04get the injury it's it's
06:05there do you buy do you buy the arms at all the arm length on Bain um it's a big
06:11deal I think it
06:12matters because look here's the thing but you think it matters less than than McCoy's potential
06:19risk of injury not risk of injury but risk that he's never the same yes yeah because I mean here's
06:25here's the thing though his arms are so short and I know some people are like what's the big deal
06:29he's a baller yeah but you do have to ask the question you got to tap the brakes and slow
06:33down
06:33a little bit and say why why have we never seen as as personal people tell you all the time
06:38why have
06:39we never seen a player who looks like him never it's just never been the case people are saying Bain
06:48needs to play a three tech like like Aaron Donald is he big enough um he could play three tech
06:56he'd
06:57have to bulk up a little bit more probably he'd have to add just a little more size but I
07:00mean on
07:00passing downs he may be playing some three tech okay uh for the 901 trade future picks get back in
07:06the second round the 214 I'm trading up all day long pick number 20 is a high chance of busting
07:10like
07:10taco and mozzie oh man it's they all do there's we've talked about and we talked about this a
07:19little bit earlier the idea of trading up and and what it would cost it would cost the cowboys a
07:23significant amount to go up um now I I don't know if you if you feel like hey it's worth
07:29it to go up
07:29there and get a player who can make a real difference for me maybe you do that um but it's
07:34just
07:36there's so many holes and you have to address linebacker and you're not trading up in all
07:40likelihood to get a linebacker uh Lance Zerline over at nfl.com he had his mock draft updated and
07:45released as well and he has the Dallas Cowboys standing pat at number 12 and he has them getting
07:49Sonny Stiles the linebacker he says jackpot Stiles could go much higher if the Giants don't take him
07:55at number five overall he could be a potential trade-up target for a few teams but if he's still
07:58on the board of 12 spot the Cowboys should be very excited I'd agree with that and then down at
08:02pick 20 he has them taking Colton Hood the cornerback from Tennessee and to me that's a dream scenario
08:08you get Colton Hood to be in here as a Quinion Mitchell physical type in Christian Parker scheme
08:13and then you get Sonny Stiles who can be a big time interior linebacker for you somebody who can
08:19play forward can drop back and do some stuff in coverage that's a really versatile collection that
08:25I think right there boom instantly makes you a more competitive defense than pretty much any
08:30combination that you could potentially draft to me if they can get that and clean that up
08:34that would be huge for them now I don't think it's it's super likely right now that Stiles
08:40would get to 12 tough I think you'd have to make a move Stiles and Hood
08:46Stiles and Hood at 12 and 20 that would change things that'd be all time in a big way for
08:51them big
08:51I think if you walk away if you were to tell me I am definitely taking two players I am
08:57definitely
08:57picking at 12 and I am definitely picking at 20 and you told me I get either Stiles or Downs
09:02at 12
09:02and Hood at 20 cartwheels yeah I mean for me I can't really do cartwheels I don't know can you
09:07do a
09:07cartwheel right now Peyton what was the last time you tried um a long time ago I enough drinks in
09:14me
09:14I bet I could try one you know I bet I could do one do you go left first I
09:17bet you Hagee could do
09:18one I know Hagee could do one oh yeah yeah 100% Hagee he would do those would you go
09:24right arm right
09:25first or left I'd go left on the ground first yeah I think so too yeah I think I can
09:31swing it
09:32more yeah but see my feet aren't going straight up in the air it's like my knees are gonna be
09:37bent
09:37everything I mean my feet are getting a foot off the ground it's a half there's no way I would
09:41get
09:41my legs all the way up at this age I'm 46 years old man I'm getting I ain't getting up
09:45like that
09:46I'm not I'm definitely not able to do it I know that I know that answer these people who do
09:50a one-arm
09:51one I mean who are you freaks of nature I bet you Medford can do a good cartwheel yeah for
09:57sure
09:58do a cartwheel right now you got a little space right there core yeah oh small 552 yeah exactly
10:05four by four by seven oh boy oh so you're trying to cheat him there shame all right below the
10:14belt
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