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00:00 Jerry and Steven Jones are headed to the NFL combine while coach Mike McCarthy
00:04 holds down the fort here at the star. I'm Breanne Maranthus with Mike Fisher with
00:09 your Cowboys latest. Mike when you look at the combine what is what are you
00:14 watching for when it comes to the Cowboys? Well what a nice way to put it
00:17 that Mike McCarthy along with Mike Zimmer is here in this building right
00:20 now holding down the fort. Yeah I think that is a nice way to put it. I know you're familiar with this
00:24 CowboysSI.com and the Fisherport we've addressed this I just think that's a
00:28 mistake. I think there's enough time in the day to both integrate Zimmer back
00:33 into the organization and integrate his defense and go shake all the hands and
00:37 kiss all the babies and so I'm not suggesting in any way that this is some
00:42 sort of a disaster. There's other teams head coaches Kyle Shanahan of the 49ers
00:46 isn't there. Sean McVay of the Rams isn't there. He's never there. Correct. And there are no dummies. Yeah.
00:53 And so it's it's not disastrous I just I don't think that the reasoning
00:59 justifies the decision. The Cowboys are and Nick Harris at DallasCowboys.com
01:05 has done a good job of addressing this. Among the other groups that of course
01:10 they'll meet with and they'll meet with bunches of them linebackers. Yeah. And
01:14 they have already orchestrated meetings with a bunch of the top linebackers in
01:17 Indianapolis. I would caution us on this though I don't think there's a first
01:23 round linebacker in this bunch. There's certainly not a first round
01:28 graded and of course mostly we're talking about off the ball linebacker
01:31 which is a cowboy need and so I would stress and it's an old platitude but I
01:37 believe in it that the draft you just pick the best players best available
01:42 guys BAA is what I like to call it because it sounds fun to say best
01:47 available athlete and then use free agency to go plug in oh we need an off
01:51 ball linebacker specifically that kind of guy at this kind of time at this kind
01:56 of price and it doesn't have to be for five it that's what free agency is for
01:59 and I do think the Cowboys will lean in that way not drafting a linebacker high
02:04 but go sign one in free agency that's affordable and proven