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Shan, RJ, and Bobby went Inside The Star to break down the national hype surrounding the schedule release and the Cowboys' standing in the elite top five. They weighed the high expectations for Christian Parker’s defensive makeover, debated whether the betting market has ruined the team’s Super Bowl value, and more.

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00:00Well, it is NFL schedule release day.
00:02This is Sean and RJ along with Cowboys insider Bobby Bell.
00:05Which I don't know about timing yet, but I may be over at Russell Manor by that time.
00:12Where's that?
00:12I don't know. You've got to send me the address.
00:14You haven't sent it to me yet because I'm having a sleepover at Peyton's house tonight.
00:17What?
00:18We only have one bed.
00:20You know, this is going to get dicey.
00:21Oh, it's going to get all Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in there.
00:24We're going to be like the grandparents.
00:25We're going to have to preview that in the Neighborhood Watch at 740.
00:30You know, I used to schedule release day to me.
00:34Okay, whatever.
00:36It's kind of like tipping the picks on draft night.
00:39I hated that.
00:40And I stay away from social media.
00:41We already know the opponents.
00:43The most interesting thing about tonight is the way that the teams do it.
00:48Right.
00:48With their skits.
00:49Yeah, the little bits.
00:51The Cowboys used Taylor Sheridan in the past.
00:55They used him with the Yellowstone theme.
00:58We've seen the Chargers did a...
01:01Chargers usually dominate, right?
01:03They usually do a good one.
01:04They did a Game of Thrones one one year, which is pretty cool.
01:06Maybe there's the Falcons.
01:07So there's some good ones out there.
01:09That's really...
01:10Cowboys have always lagged in this area, I feel like.
01:14Pretty bad.
01:15They don't have to.
01:16See, the teams that have the...
01:18No, everybody has to.
01:19Everybody's got to come with something strong.
01:22But the thought is that the teams that have to have a great, elite, creative social media team
01:31are the ones that don't have the great promotion from being the superstar team.
01:36Like the Lakers, the Cowboys, the Yankees.
01:39The thought in the organizations is like, ah, we're above that.
01:42Leave that to the Sacramento Kings.
01:45What is the theme of the preview that they put out?
01:49I don't know.
01:49Go look on their...
01:50A cult ritual?
01:51They're about to...
01:52I don't know what the hell's going on in that video.
01:54It's got to be some show or movie we're not aware of.
01:56They threw Tyler Guyton in it.
01:58That's probably going to be good prospects for him heading into training camp.
02:00Was he wearing his wedding outfit?
02:02Was he playing...
02:02Was he on the right side?
02:03I thought he was on the right side of the screen.
02:05That could mean he's playing right tackle.
02:06That could very well be.
02:07No, he had the...
02:08It's like three of them out of...
02:10It was like the big hoods over there, and they were swinging...
02:12I don't know.
02:13They looked like they were about to do...
02:14Harry Potter thing.
02:15Something.
02:16Are you saying it?
02:17Yeah, I don't know what it is.
02:18What is that?
02:19I don't know.
02:20I don't know what that is.
02:21Y'all, let us know in the fan text what the...
02:23It looks like they're about to drink the Kool-Aid, like they're in a cult ceremony.
02:26What a segue.
02:28That's what it is to you.
02:29Rich...
02:30There we go.
02:30Rich Eisen.
02:32One who I would not say is generally prone to wild, like, hot takes, or...
02:38He'll have his own little different take sometimes, and usually the way he likes to drop
02:42it is, he'll go, you know what I think?
02:44I think, you know...
02:45And he'll try to, like, just drop it as, like, a quick thing.
02:47He doesn't want to make a whole bunch of waves, but yesterday, he was going through his top
02:50teams in the NFL.
02:51He's running through the top ten, and his producer, I cannot remember the guy's name
02:54right now, his producer is, like, a massive Cowboys fan.
02:57Yeah.
02:57And so they talk about the Cowboys on there a lot, and they're always, you know, messing
03:01with him and poking him about, like, oh, you know, Cowboys, what are they going
03:04to do?
03:05Well, Rich Eisen, apparently, is now a big believer in the Dallas Cowboys, putting them
03:11in his top five.
03:13Number five.
03:14Hey, guys, say that.
03:16No.
03:18Come on.
03:19I believe in him.
03:20No way!
03:21I'm putting the Dallas Cowboys in the top five.
03:24Oh.
03:25Oh, yeah.
03:26Wow.
03:26I think they've nailed it.
03:28Winning the offseason.
03:29I think that...
03:30Well, that's what...
03:31It is the middle of the offseason.
03:32We are right in the middle of the offseason that they have been winning.
03:36That defensive line, I know they coughed up Odigazua to San Francisco, by the way,
03:41but Rashawn Gary, Kenny Clark, Quentin Williams, the kid they just drafted, Malachi Lawrence,
03:49Overshown, my guy Jay Sean Barham out of Michigan where they drafted, Caleb Downs on the back
03:54end.
03:55I think they have checked some defensive boxes, man.
03:59Whoa.
03:59And offensively...
04:01Whoa.
04:01It was already nice.
04:02There is one...
04:03How do you not have them as maybe a top five offense in the NFL?
04:08Seventh best odds to win the NFC.
04:10Okay.
04:11Those people don't know everything.
04:12These are my power rankings.
04:14I'm putting the Cowboys five.
04:16Ooh.
04:16Not just putting them five.
04:18Leading off with all these points about...
04:20Look at these...
04:20Look at these pieces they have on defense.
04:22How intriguing is it?
04:23Oh, and yeah.
04:24I mean, I guess their offense is top five, too.
04:27It's wild the lapping up of the Cowboys Kool-Aid that's going on nationally right now.
04:32I don't remember nationally there being this much buzz about them as like, oh yeah, that's
04:37a team that's really going to do something this year.
04:39It's getting uncomfortable now.
04:40They did a lot of things right in the draft.
04:43I mean, they didn't...
04:44We think.
04:45We think.
04:46We think.
04:46We don't know.
04:46We don't know.
04:47We've had some bad draft classes here recently.
04:49Bad.
04:50It could just be that Michigan connection.
04:52That Eisen always loves anybody with a Michigan connection.
04:54That's right.
04:55But yeah, it's just like, you know, the right pick...
04:58The right pick.
04:59Whether he works out, but the right pick was Caleb Downs.
05:02They didn't screw it up.
05:04They could have screwed it up.
05:05It was impossible to screw it up at that point.
05:07The only way they could have...
05:08I was seeing him.
05:08It might be better.
05:09Who knows?
05:09He might be.
05:10He might be.
05:11But like, you know, on that draft day, unequivocally, he was the better...
05:16Downs the better player.
05:17Yeah.
05:17So...
05:18I'm being a smartass.
05:18Yeah.
05:19They made the right picks.
05:23There's something to be bullish about.
05:24They made the right decision.
05:25We think, again, on defensive coordinator, this was an offseason.
05:32They couldn't have screwed up, and they didn't.
05:36817 says, low-hanging fruit from Rich.
05:38He's better than that.
05:40See, that's...
05:40I agree.
05:41Rich does not go for low-hanging fruit and stuff like that.
05:43That's why I think he genuinely probably feels this way.
05:46Is that he...
05:47Yeah.
05:47And that's why it is surprising to me that there's so much buy-in nationally.
05:51And maybe it's just because there is...
05:53Everyone's following this formula.
05:55Offense is really good.
05:58Defense was here.
05:59We think the defense can be here.
06:01And that means you're in the playoffs.
06:03Yeah, and I mean, maybe...
06:05Maybe Christian Parker doesn't get talked about like this if he's hired in...
06:09Absolutely.
06:10You know, Arizona to be the defensive coordinator.
06:13Yes.
06:13But now, all of a sudden, everybody's dropping his name.
06:15He's got to be the most spoken-name defensive coordinator in the NFL this offseason on, like, national media.
06:22They...
06:22And it's part...
06:23Man, he's this up-and-coming star.
06:26And it's the Dallas Cowboys and putting all that together and, like, how bad they were.
06:30And so, I guess it's just a perfect storm for looking at him as like, man, here's a test case.
06:33But it's...
06:34This is the star.
06:35It's the power of the hype.
06:36And nobody knew who Christian Parker was a week before he was hired.
06:40No.
06:41No.
06:41Nobody did.
06:44And now you come here and you get this profile and you get hyped up and you get covered like
06:50this.
06:50And the Cowboys are a top-five team, according to Rich Eisen.
06:53But here's CBS Sports to bring us back down to earth.
06:57Spike, the roofie, the Kool-Aid.
06:58Man, talk about...
06:59Right there.
07:00Roofie and the Kool-Aid.
07:01So, they did their tiers of who they would bet on to win the Super Bowl.
07:06Now, granted, this is just...
07:10Is there any value?
07:12Right?
07:12Is there any value in betting on these guys?
07:14Okay.
07:15All right.
07:16To win it all?
07:16To win it all.
07:18So, the tiers...
07:19There are eight tiers.
07:21Tier 8.
07:22Thanks.
07:23No thanks at any price.
07:25That's the hell no.
07:27And then the number one tier is like your contender tier.
07:30And the bottom ones are your usuals, right?
07:32Your Jets, your Dolphins, Arizona.
07:35The guys all the way at the top.
07:37Again, usual suspects.
07:39The top three, the best bets.
07:41Kansas City, again, value.
07:43Because you're getting 16-1.
07:45And then Seattle.
07:46And then, actually, they have Philadelphia at 18-1.
07:50And I went, I was like, all right, let's just see where they have the Cowboys.
07:52Because everybody has been hyping up the Dallas Cowboys.
07:57Tier 2, the contenders.
07:59Denver at 20-1.
08:02Jacksonville at 25-1.
08:04Chargers at 16-1.
08:06Lions at 17-1.
08:08Bears at 25-1.
08:10Rams at 7-1.
08:11And basically what they're saying is, there's no value on the Rams.
08:13So, we're not going to place a great bet on them at 7-1.
08:16Packers at 20-1.
08:17All right, deep sleepers.
08:20Minnesota, 55-1.
08:22Oh, I know we're in this class at least.
08:24Giants, 70-1.
08:27Atlanta, 80-1.
08:30Let's head on over to Tier 4.
08:31Still nothing.
08:32Stop.
08:32Who made this?
08:33CBS.
08:34RJ White.
08:35It's an RJ.
08:36It's a betting RJ.
08:38Not quite sleepers.
08:39Another whore.
08:41Another media whore for attention.
08:43Houston, 20-1.
08:44Houston is behind.
08:47Name the top, the group right above them.
08:50Atlanta, Giants, Minnesota.
08:52But again, look at the value for the return on your money.
08:56Oh, okay.
08:57Right?
08:57Because the Giants are 70-1.
09:00Oh, okay.
09:01Right?
09:01Houston's 20-1.
09:02So, the Cowboys are going to have such low value because they're so loved.
09:06Yes.
09:06They're not going to be higher up.
09:08A thousand percent.
09:09San Fran.
09:10Apologize for the whore.
09:12San Fran at 16-1.
09:13One Cincy.
09:14Just a skank.
09:15Tier 5.
09:16You can make a case.
09:17Washington.
09:18The Titans at 175-1.
09:22Indy and the Bucs at 40-45-1.
09:25How about this?
09:27Tier 6 is your favorites at awful prices.
09:30Which means the odds are too low.
09:32Buffalo at 10-1.
09:33Ravens at 10-1.
09:34And then you get to Tier 7.
09:36Not enough value to consider.
09:38Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Cleveland, Carolina, the Raiders.
09:43And at number 29, the Dallas Cowboys at 22-1.
09:49And the write-up is, the Cowboys in particular are a strange case.
09:54Love the downs edition.
09:55Defense is so bad.
09:57Can't understand why the market is so bullish on them, though, to give them better odds than
10:01the Bears and the Jaguars that put them within spitting distance of Philadelphia.
10:06So, basically saying, Vegas has so overcorrected on them, they've ruined any value they have.
10:1422-1 bad value?
10:17It's not great.
10:18It's not great.
10:19So, that's improvement.
10:21You know, we've compared them to Cincinnati a lot, in a lot of respects.
10:25Like, good offense, just a terrible defense.
10:28You know, Cincinnati's 25-1.
10:31I put down 20 bucks, Cowboys in the Super Bowl, I have $440.
10:35That, to me, is not bad value.
10:38I'm looking through his history now.
10:39Now I've got to look and see what other dumb stuff he said.
10:41So, he said that the Seahawks were the eighth best value to win the Super Bowl out of, like,
10:48the 12-14 teams that were in there going into the postseason.
10:52He said what you should have bet on heading into Week 18, throw some money down on Ravens
10:56versus Bears or Jaguars versus Bears.
10:59That's where the value is.
11:00He thought the Jags were the best value in there.
11:02And even the Rams, there were, like, two teams that had better odds than the Seahawks
11:05that he had as better betting values.
11:07So, there's your Vegas...
11:08You should replace that RJ as a bet analyst.
11:11There's your Vegas...
11:12Well, they just replaced our RJ as a betting analyst.
11:16Right.
11:17Does Sandler be betting, too?
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