One.

Let's look Jerry Jones in the face and challenge them.

Why?

If this what?

Tony Romo, What would you dio?

Why would this guy What's the problem?

What's the alternative?

Andy Dalton.

What's the alternative?

Where you going?

You saw what Ezekiel Elliott did without him last year.

We had a way.

Were asking what the hell happened to Ezekiel Elliott.

And then we had to reach and look at the offensive line and say, Okay, Problematic their way.

Saw their defense knows die because Mike McCarthy decides to bring in a guy that last time we saw him, he was He was in Atlanta in 2014 with the 31st ranked offensive.

But guess what?

We weren't talking about it that much when that Prescott was in the lineup, even when they were in route to go into.

And three.

Why?

Because they were averaging over 30 points a game and that Prescott was doing his thing.

And still, there's no contract.

Why, why, Why this guy?

Why doesn't Jerry Jones?

Why hasn't somebody pin Jerry Jones down?

To explain that you got a guy that conducts himself the way that he conduct himself and plays the way that he plays and leads the way that he leads.

And let's get this straight you're talking about.

Oh, my goodness.

Well, here's the money.

And Dak Prescott wants to sign up for you.

Did your 78 years old?

You ain't one in 25 years.

A quarter century?

You're 78.

You're talking about your own mortality.

Time's running out.

Okay?

And at 78 years of age, this man wants to commit to a four year deal coming in the last season.

And you said no.

We want you for five.

Really?

Really?

Really.

When are we gonna talk about this?

Why are we just looking at numbers?

There's something else going on here.

Luis.

Riddick.

There's something else going on here.

It doesn't make any sense, man.

It doesn't make any sense.

No, you're right.

You're right.

It doesn't look.

Look, I mean, all the point that you're making that lead to this question of why why hasn't this been done?

I mean, when you look at when you look at the numbers and you know where they need to be when you look at the subjective evaluation of that Prescott on the football field and what he has done, the objective evaluation of that Prescott relative, every everyone else and where he should stack up.

This really does seem like one of these situations that this should be a simple fix.

This would be a simple fix, and I was just talking to people who are just negotiate contracts for a living.

Before I came on this show and said, Hey, and I was like, I'm like, Look, where does this go from here?

Where does this really go from here?

Why hasn't this gotten done?

And and the one thing they reminded me of was this Look, it always takes two to make a deal.

It always takes to the prevailing.

I should say, sentiment out there is the fact that Dallas wanted wanted five Dac wanted for.

I just have a hard time believing that that that that one year was what kept this deal from getting done, there has to be more to it than that on somebody's behalf.

There has to be more to it than that.

Who was driving the bus on back side?

What exactly is a deal making number?

Dealmaking terms?

What is it?

And this individual told me.

Look, 200 million, five years done.

Is that Are you gonna take that or aren't you?

Because from there, if you're not gonna take that, if you're not gonna take 40 million per year, guarantee 100 million, it's siding.

Have it ramp up to where you know, it's essentially at some point.

For all intents and purposes, Ah, 150 million of it becomes essentially guaranteed.

If you're not gonna take that, that we have to figure out a way to move on from you because I don't I don't get it.

And everyone else where I talked to doesn't get it either.

It can't be just the one year.

Well, I don't know what the other what the other reasons could be, but it can't be just because of one year, because it really doesn't make sense is that it doesn't make sense at this point.

At this point, it doesn't make sense.

I suspect that once upon a time, not all that long ago Jerry Jones was thinking, You know what?

We're probably not gonna fall off that hard with Andy Dalton.

Andy Dalton is pretty good and maybe didn't really believe That was a good as he is.

I didn't.

I thought they would fall off.

I didn't know how hard.

So everything that was that could have been leverage for Dak broke in his direction.

And at this point, the Cowboys have to recognize even if they thought they had a sound strategy, it backfired.

Dax got all the leverage.

Just like once upon a time.

Emmitt Smith, Stephen A.

You know, he doesn't play a couple games.

They lose.

Now he's got the leverage the Cowboys gonna have to give in, right?

Like they're gonna have to give in now.

Max, stay with me.

That's where I'm going.

The Emmitt Smith, your Super Bowl champion.

You want to defend your crown?

Jimmy Johnson wants Emmitt Smith.

What happened?

It wasn't just that they went Oh, and two to start that season.

It's that in the post game press conference and you remember this vividly.

Luis Riddick.

Okay, put me upon that three screen.

I wanna look at Luis Riddick and remember this.

Jimmy Johnson goes, Jimmy Johnson goes and he throws up his hands and he has nothing to say.

He's absolutely speechless because it made no sense and It was then the reaction from Jimmy Johnson that ultimately said toe, let Jerry, Joseph and I'm telling you right now.

Listen, I've been in this business report for over 25 years.

I have never seen somebody more ticked off at a press conference for their own contracts on him.

That Emma Smith, because he was so offended it came to that.

You just brought up Max.

Jerry Jones must have a plan.

What a plan that he had involving Andy Dalton was fresh off of that Prescott throwing for 4900 plus yards, throwing 30 touchdowns, 11 interceptions.

And you still have the mindset.

Well, let me see what this backup does.

When you saw what he did in Cincinnati for nine years and it didn't compare to that question, it makes no sense.

So for Jerry Jones to me, I am appalled that no one has been able toe, have him in front of them and to say, Could you explain that?

Would that have happened of Tony Romo?

Would you have done that to him?

Why this guy?

Why, it makes no sense.

It makes no sense, and no one has said to him why that guy.

They keep talking about numbers.

No, Jerry, Why that guy?

Because you would have done this to Joe.

Tony Romo.

You would have done this to him.

You would have done this to Troy Aikman.

You would have done this to him, even though Troy it was a three time Super Bowl champion.

I'm just saying why that guy Somebody needs to ask Jerry Jones that question.

I want to know.

Why are you doing that today?

That Prescott off all people?

Why him?

That's the question to ask Jerry Jones.

That's what we need an answer for.

It makes no damn sense.

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