I need someone to tell me if there are 100% confident that the Cowboys can win like legit win NFC title Super Bowl.

And they believe that Dak will carry a subpar roster because that's what happens to your roster.

You mentioned Andy Dalton.

Yes, death is better than Andy Dalton.

We we all know that by a significant margin, because he's one of the top 10 12 starting quarterbacks in the NFL.

That offense was absolutely definitely.

I think the division point is very good that you can feel confident winning a division.

But at the end of the day, this comes down to he has been good point to me the time outside of the rookie year, guys, five years ago, it happened, no doubt, pointed me the time.

You're like, Oh, my gosh, that is a stretch of football when deck has been absolutely great.

Dan Orlovsky, may I interject?

Please let me be.

Let me be very, very clear.

Number one if you recall when Dak Prescott, other than the 17 points they scored in the opening loss to the Los Angeles Rams to start the season.

They scored 40 31 38 the game he got hurt.

Don't Don't go there.

Don't go there.

Don't go there.

Don't go there.

I'm gonna bury that point.

Stephen, Hold on.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

My point to use this.

When you look at the Dallas Cowboys and we talk to them, we What do we rave about when we talk about the Dallas Cowboys?

We say that Jerry Jones is a brilliant businessman.

I thought it was about winning football games because being a brilliant businessman and being worth $5 billion as a franchise, that hasn't helped them win.

A matter of fact, it's just made it more glaring that they lose.

So we get, you know, they get headlines and we know they get notoriety and we know that they got to star in their helmets and they're playing a billion dollar playpen.

But that hasn't transferred into victories.

Okay, with that press got on the football field, if that gives you your best chance to win, that also helps elevate his stature.

And then, by the way, this is the National Football League.

We're talking about, so you know this better than me?

Dan Orlovsky.

Maybe it's not just literally about the money.

Maybe he wants the money, but then he wants to license to restructure.

He wants the license for you to come to him and ask him to restructure his deal or whatever it is.

The National Football League.

It's not like it's not like it is with the N B A or maybe even Major League Baseball, where they pay you it.

That's what your money is.

That's what you're getting.

We'll talk next time.

It's time for negotiation.

No, in the National Football League, they can sign you $260 million.

They can sign you to 40 year, and then they can come to you at a later date and say, Could you restructure because you're trying to do this?

We're trying to do this.

We're trying to do that.

The point is, they want you might have a situation because of what I highlighted in terms of how some of these quarterbacks are being treated, you want, they want to be in a position where they have to come to you, and they have to cultivate a relationship with you and make you somewhat at least somewhat of a partner in the business dealings that they accept that they exit their exercising because the more money they pay you, obviously they have to deal with you.

And you have to be accountable with the situation as well as opposed to you being franchise on one year deals or anything like this.

We sign you to a long term deal, but guess what.

If we want to do certain things now, we got to come to you.

Which means to some degree you get to dictate what the organization does, moving forward to facilitate winning.

These are all things he could be thinking about, and you know that.

So why not?

Why shouldn't he want to be in that position?

That's what I'm talking about.

No.

And I first of all, people like I'm saying Dak should get like the 34 35 36 world.

There's a big difference between the 40 to 42 world.

That's what I'm saying.

I'm not saying you pay him 21 okay, I get your point and understanding that teams will come back to the place, the problem.

But it all comes down to, like what?

Here's here's here's the thing you did to the numbers to start this season when he did start those five starts.

Okay, this is the point that I was gonna rip out in those first.

For the first half of those football games, Dad threw for four touchdowns and he had four turnovers.

Okay, so, like, let's not let's not pretend like they were building these massive leads and all.

Setting everything is really good with and then in the and then the second half.

So when they were down multiple scores for a bunch of touchdowns and 1000 yards, Okay, those numbers and stats look the way they do in the time to sign back to an upper middle class quarterback.

Contractors two years ago.

Time, Time to sign them to The numbers you're talking about was a year ago.

The problem now is and where Stephen A is actually right about this right now.

The franchise tag hasn't it?

37 this year.

It all counts against the cat.

Next year it'll be 53 or 54.

They can't afford it so what they're faced with, If your deck and you go, you don't sign me now why would I take even 40 next year?

Because now, once you're a free agent, you're opened up to whatever market forces.

They're not truly free because there's a cap.

But every team in the league that wants a good quarterback is going to be in on the bidding.

And believe me, he'll get at least 40 next year.

So Jerry knows this.

He knows he's been beat.

He out the outplayed.

He overplayed his hand.

Here, he is going to sign back.

And it's going to be the contract that Doc wants at this point.

My prediction.

Three years and very close to 120 million, Okay?

And but that goes back to my initial point.

What do you want?

Because Greeny did a great piece this morning.

There's no quarter, no player in the NFL.

I think over the last three or four years has made more money than Kirk Cousins.

So yes, if that is the when you get drafted into the NFL, every player's goal is to get to that second contract.

We know that's happening for Dak Prescott here and that.

So then what is the next goal?

Is it to just sit here and say, Well, I beat the franchise tax system, I beat the financial system and I got more money than anybody.

That's fine.

But don't expect to win, then that's my point.

Do not expect to get to the NFC title game or to get my Super Bowl.

Or do you want to say I'm gonna get a ton of money?

Stephen A.

Should they expect to win in Dallas?

Steven, Steven.

And let me just let me just lob this up for Stephen.

A.

Please less money to keep our getting together.

Dan, please let me lob this up for Steven.

Steven A.

Should Doc have any faith that the Cowboys will feel the Super Bowl championship caliber team if he takes less money?

Please, please.

He knows better.

That's the bottom line, and here's the deal.

At the end of the day, you can sign them to the dollars, and then you just have to go to him to restructure when you want to do something in the future and he'd have to be complicit in your dealings, that's all that's it they It seems like they don't want that to have cachet.

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