They're always high when you pay your QB like they did their super high.

The Cowboys, just one of seven teams to not reach a conference championship game in the last 25 seasons, including the Texans, whose first season came in 2002 since winning the Super Bowl in 1995 the Cowboys, 4 10 in playoff games.

This is not good.

You can certainly bet Prescott new contract will be viewed as a success or failure based on what Dallas does in the postseason.

So, Marcus, let's first start with what you heard Jack say today.

What you heard, Jerry say, What's your reaction to the words that were said there in Texas?

Yeah, all of the fires that were burning and all of the things that were going haywire.

And it's funny how a simple stroke of a pen can just get rid of all of that talk.

But what I saw was a confident that Prescott, and that's exactly what we thought he should have been.

Even before this press conference took place.

We talked about leverage.

We talked about his positioning as far as a new contract and the things that he could do based on where he was sitting in the Cowboys franchise and their organizations, so when to see him just happy like, First of all, I want people to understand how much DAC has been through throughout this process of us talking about his contract.

So the bit of relief, the bit of excitement, hearing him talk about him and his brother Tad, hugging and thinking about his brother and his mother, who they lost, Um, it was just great.

It was refreshing.

It was something that that felt good.

It's the kind of stories that the NFL give us every every once in a while where you see all of the things coming together and happen the way you think they should happen.

The process was long.

It was a lot of frustration.

It was a lot of things that we talked about.

But all sitting there at that podium is that really the only thing that mattered and for them to get to this point?

Kudos to Jerry Jones, Dak Prescott and Stephen Jones and this organization.

As we told you, Booger McFarland supposed to join us dealing with some technical issues there.

I've got something else for you, Marcus.

But Kimberly wanna go to you on just the overall offense here.

Now that we know that, you know, Dad's gonna be in position as their quarterback.

Zeke Elliott, some pieces there.

How does this all fit in for you?

As you look at this entire thing?

Yeah.

Laura, you know, the first thing people are gonna say is, Well, death got his money.

Now he's got to show out on the field.

The pressure is all on deck.

I disagree, I think just as much pressure as on Zeke.

Because, let's face it, he got his money already.

And what we saw last year was not the same explosive guy that we've been used to seeing out of his five seasons.

Three of them has rushed for over 1300 plus yards, right?

But there's two where he didn't even crack 1000.

Now he's got to be more consistent.

He has to take care of the football.

And I know people are gonna, you know, get on Twitter and say well, but last year he didn't have data for most of season makeshift offensive line, a lot of injuries.

There's reasons for the struggles, and I get that.

But if we're gonna say, Doc, you got the money now prove that you earned it, which I don't think it's fair.

But that's what people say.

Then you gotta say to Z to like when you were signing that contract, you weren't giving any of the money to any of the other players the old lineman and Zach.

So you've got to also step up, and I think this is great.

The band's back together.

Deck is on board.

He's back in the mix.

So this is a key point for the Cowboys.

Everybody's gotta show improvement.

Our band is finally together Now that we've got Booger McFarland in the fold book fashionably late here on the show.

So doctors side book, they want to make an interest.

Exactly.

You made a grand entrance bug.

They've got the 10th pick in the draft in free agency before that, right?

We're coming up on free agency just next week.

What should the Cowboys be focused on?

Well, Laura, I think it's got to be their defense, and you're right.

They got so many weapons offensively now that they got back sign and a plethora receivers with CD Lamb and and Cupid, all those guys.

The offensive line is aging, but it's got to be a defense that was just abysmal.

Against the run.

They need help inside a defensive tackle.

They needed help opposite digs at cornerback.

They need a safety.

The ticket body Lord.

They need a lot of things on Dallas defense, and you know, you can say we change coordinators from Nolan to Dan Quinn.

But you name me a great chef, and I'll show you a bad chef if you don't give them great ingredients.

So you got to give him some ingredients to work with to make sure that they can put a formidable defense on the field.

Because that defense was poo poo last year in Dallas.

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