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00:00 Which position group on the Dallas Cowboys do you feel like is most in flux this offseason as we do enter that new NFL year?
00:08 Can we skip over quarterback because it's just so assumed? And again, the player is an influx and the depth chart is an influx.
00:18 We know that it's Dak and then Cooper Rush and then Trey Lance with Trey Lance getting the opportunity to compete, maybe to rise higher.
00:26 But the contract situation is in flux. And until they get Dak Prescott and the money right, they can't do much else business wise.
00:37 And frankly, until they get Dak Prescott and the money right and then the psychology around it all right, they can't do much psychologically either.
00:46 They obviously are over the cap now. The wisest way to get under the cap and be cap compliant on March 13th, the start of the business year,
00:55 is to make the move with Dak Prescott. We've discussed three options. One of them is to leave things as they are.
01:00 That would be a roster building disaster because it's a $59 million salary cap hit and it doesn't move. It just sits there.
01:07 Two is to stick with the original plan with the understanding he's going to become the highest paid player in the history of football.
01:15 And now the next day, somebody else might become the highest paid, but that's still a substantial thing.
01:19 It's a funny stat because it's really just time based.
01:22 Correct. So the next quarterback will get it. But I'll tell you, and when I say it, even if you're a Dak Prescott fan, and many are,
01:29 it still puts a shiver up your spine because you're, "But he's not the best player ever." That's not how it works. It's just not how it works.
01:36 Gasoline, bread, and milk costs what they cost. And if you have a baby, you buy gasoline, you buy bread, and you have milk.
01:46 That's just the way it is. So the Cowboys have to buy a quarterback. The third option, of course, as we've discussed, there are the two voidable years.
01:53 The Cowboys can not give him an extension, move money from this pocket to this pocket with the voidable years, get their cap room,
02:01 and then continue to negotiate with Dak Prescott all along understanding he might just say, "No, you know what? If you don't love me,
02:08 then when the season's over, I'm going to go find myself another lover." And then you won't have Dak Prescott to kick around anymore.
02:15 You won't be paying him $60 million. But then your quarterback might be Cooper Rush in 2025, or your quarterback might be Trey Lance in 2025,
02:25 who, by the way, with the May 2 deadline on the fifth-year option, they're not going to pick that up on him.
02:32 So Trey Lance would play next year on the cheap. Talk about 2025 now. And then be gone himself.
02:42 So that's the most tumultuous situation on the roster, not because of the players' ability, but because of the cap juggling situation.
02:52 situation.
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