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Bonus issued is now a throwable bonus bet set expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fandal.com. Gambling problem, call 1-800-522-4700. Thank you very much, Lucius. It is the G back nation here on 105-3, the fan. We're joined now by Odyssey NFL insider Mark Schlerith, host of the Stinking Truth podcast, insider calls are brought to you by Hellman's Real Manays. May your game day be delicious and a Mark, good afternoon. How the heck are you? I'm doing great. How are you guys doing? All right. Wonderful. It's great to hear your voice and talk football with you now. Big discussion here. Will the Cowboys sign DAC to a new deal five days until the season starts? How worried would you be about losing DAC right now, Mark? Well, I mean, considering the fact that, you know, he was what? Second of the MBV voting led the league in touchdowns. I mean, the guy was pretty phenomenal last year. And, you know, I know we push it toward the playoffs, you know. And it's interesting to me because everybody looks at DAC. Well, you can't win in the playoffs, you know, like we need a new quarterback or, hey, you know, I mean, you know, Michael McCarthy is a great coach. 12 wins the last three years straight, but he can't win in the playoffs. I mean, the Cowboys ain't one of the playoffs since the 90s. I mean, like, it's, it's more systemic of the organization. It's, it's more about, you know, pointing the finger at the organization. We keep thinking the changing the quarterback or changing the coach is going to change your playoff future. I just don't know. Like, like, I'm a DAC Prescott believer. I think he's a damn good quarterback. I think he's a guy that, you know, if the Cowboys decided, well, we're just not going to pay the guy, you know, and let him walk. Now, obviously there's going to be 20 some odd teams that can't wait to sign him. So he's a guy to me that you sign, you get him done, you figure it out, and, and you move on. And the other thing that I always say is, I mean, look what the San Francisco 49ers have done. They've signed IU. They made, you know, they made Christian McCaffrey a big money contract. IU got a deal with Samuel a couple of years ago. You know, they just signed Trent Williams today. Like, you know, both is signed to a big time deal. Fred Warner signed to a big time deal. The salary cap is fake. It's just a matter of you want to push money into the future or not. You know, it just doesn't matter if you want to manage it well and pay your really good players, or if you don't. And, and I don't know what else you have to learn about that to know that that is a, is a damn good quarterback and gives you a chance to be at least be in the playoffs every year. Shoot, I live in Denver or I've lived in Denver for, you know, for the last 20 some odd years. And I know what it's been like going through kind of quarterback purgatory the last couple of years. So do I pay him? Hell yeah, I pay him. Stink, you have a clip from last year that we love playing on the show about the Cowboys, where they're going to S in their helmets like they do every year come playoff time. And honestly, it was gold and it was like you saw the future because it happened again. If your pro deck is, is it then an organizational failure? You're pointing the finger at the Jones family. Is that the reason for the lack of playoff success for damn near 30 years now? Yeah, I mean, at some point, right, it's Jason Garrett's fault. It's, you know, it's Mike McCarthy's fault. It's Zach's fault. It's Ramos fault. It's a, you know, eventually you have to look at the organization and figure out, okay, what is it that we're not, you know, what is it that we're not addressing? What is it that we're not doing right? You know, and I said this last year, I mean, in all honesty, when you're head coach and your quarterback show up to the organization or show up into the locker room and neither are more aware that you just made a trade as a management team, as, as an owner, as a general manager for Trey Lance, that's an issue. Like that, like, that should be something that's addressed with the head coach. Does he fit? Do we want him? Does he work with what we're doing? You know, that would be something that to me, again, and there are little things that become big things when you emasculate your coach, when you don't empower your coach to be the guy that makes the decisions, you know, and you can make decisions on a daily basis. But if everybody in the building knows, yeah, you're not really in charge. Yeah, that's a, that's a bad situation. We can sit there and say, well, how does that manifest itself into losses in the, you know, in the playoffs? Well, listen, when you get the playoffs, it's pretty freaking good, right? When you get to the playoffs, you're playing the best of the best. And if things are even a little out of whack, I think you're not going to overcome those things against really good teams. You've got to be so dialed in and so sold out from one another and so incredibly connected you know, when that stuff doesn't, when that stuff happens, I remember the tide in Schultz, who went to Houston last year and said, what a relief it was to just focus on football and not feel like you're a zoo animal, like, you know, you're walking through and, you know, there's glass and there's people that are sitting there watching practice and watching you walk out to practice. And like, that's the sanctuary. It's funny when Sean Payton took over the Denver Broncos and I've done a bunch of games there. And, you know, you go in and you have, you eat lunch at the cafeteria, right? They feed you and they've got a meeting room right off the cafeteria where you meet with the coaches, you meet with the players and all that stuff. And every time I was in there calling a Broncos game, you know, people from the sales office would be up there with their clients, would be in the players cafeteria and eating lunch with clients and the, you know, the clients would be like, oh, they're so-and-so and oh, there's so-and-so. Oh, there's a player, right? Sean Payton came in. It took him about three days to put the moratorium on. There's no non-essentials that are allowed in my cafeteria. Hey, like business people pack a freaking lunch, but you're not bringing clients to where my players are, you know, where my players have a sanctuary. Like, I can tell you, as a player, it used to bother the crap out of me when, you know, I mean, we had a couple of really good seasons, three good seasons. Well, we started 13 and oh, and, you know, all the national media started showing up at about week seven. And it got to the point where we're so crowded, you felt violated. Like, I don't have any place to go high. I don't have any place to get away from this. And when that's constant, I just, I think it takes away from you guys being together and you guys doing the things that are required to really have a close knit. Doors take us to summers away or winter adventures and afternoon getaways. Your dedicated Fidelity advisor can help you open those doors by working with you on a comprehensive plan to help you reach your wealth's full potential because doors were meant to be opened. Visit fidelity.com/wealth. Investment minimums apply Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC number NYSE SIPC. The seasons may be changing, but the deals the sharpest rides are unbeatable as ever. Hey, what's going on? 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Hey Stank, one of the things that a lot of cowboy fans are concerned about is their running game. And you know, you have the two rookies, the rookie tackle, and the rookie center making starts. And you played with some really good teams that were running the football. What's Dallas going to have to do to be more efficient running the football this year? You got to run it. Yeah. I mean, like, I'm not trying to be, you know, I'm not trying to be wise, but, but run the ball. Like, I was, I was talking about CU football and I don't know if you guys watched that opening game with Colorado. Don't run the ball very much. Yeah. No, but listen, you can't run the ball if you don't run the ball. And what I mean by that is you can't throw it 42 times and get a lead of nine points and say, okay, now in the fourth quarter, here we go. Let's grind it out. That is a skill that requires commitment. It requires commitment from everybody, from wide receivers to the running backs to the offensive line to the quarterback. Everybody has to be dialed in the tight end. Everybody. And the coaching staff has to be dialed in. And there is no greater skill than moving a man from point A to point B against his will. That is technique. You just don't like, I heard this all the time from coaches like, Hey, man, I got to say lower here. Yeah, no crap. Really got to say lower. Why? Because I'm getting impaled. Yeah, I get that. I get that. How? You're like, how do you stay lower? Well, a technique, right? The technique of creating leverage from your feet through your ankles, through your knees, through your hips, all that ties together with your hips and your hands. And if all that stuff comes off in a kinetic chain, one after the other after the other, and they all strike at the same time, you lift your opponent up through the sky, you know, when striking, not out, but up. And when you do that, you create leverage. And then you take people off the ball. And when you do that consistently across the board, guess what? You start getting those yards that those dirty yards where that two yard run becomes a four yard run. That four yard run becomes that eight yard run. That eight or running becomes a 16 yard run. And pretty soon in the fourth quarter, they're waving the white flags over on the other side. They're like, we don't want to do this anymore. But that takes the commitment. So you don't just say, Hey, man, we're going to have this great passing game. And we're going to have this great running game. Got to have a great running game first, right? And you play off that. You got you tie and you marry, you'll play action off of that stuff. And you tie and you make it look identical. And then then you just absolutely, you know, eviscerate people. But again, that's one of those things that there is such a commitment that has to be made. And your coaches have to understand and your OCs have to understand that, you know, that probably doesn't excite a lot of owners when the next round of hiring comes up. Mark Slarith here with you in the G bag nation. We were wondering about your other former stomping ground of course now in Denver. But first half of your career in Washington, how good are the commanders going to be here with a new quarterback rookie year? Yeah. Well, I mean, there's a lot that has to go on with the commanders because it's been a mess for decades and decades. And listen, I think that hired the right guy in Dan Quinn. Dan Quinn is Quinn is one of those guys that I think players just genuinely respect, genuinely love and genuinely want to play hard for. So I think that's, you know, that's an important aspect of kind of creating and changing and helping to, you know, manipulate that culture, if you will. I am concerned about the offense coordinator. You know, Cliff Kingsbury is a air raid, you know, guy and air raid guys tend to live outside the numbers. And, you know, that's the college game. Like we're going to run it outside the numbers. We're going to throw it outside the numbers. That's what we do. The NFL tends to be inside the numbers. That's how you win in the NFL. And so, you know, questions about him in general, what he's learned from, you know, his time in Arizona and his time in the NFL. And we'll see how that kind of happens and the kind of maturation process that that offense goes through. But I do believe Dan Quinn is the right guy. And Jayden Daniels, you know, watching all the film, Jayden was one of my, you know, one of my favorite evaluations. The two guys that I like the most coming out, I didn't really look that much at Caleb Williams because everybody knew Caleb Williams was going to Chicago, right? So, I looked a little bit at him, but I knew he was going to Chicago. I looked at Jayden Daniels because I live in Denver. And I looked at all the other quarterbacks. And it really was Beau Nix's and then Jayden Dallinger, my two favorite quarterbacks coming out, just watching the timing of the way they play the game, the accuracy, the, you know, just getting the ball out of their hand quickly, accurately. And you can't be accurate in the NFL. You cannot be accurate as a quarterback if you're not on time. Being on time lends itself to being accurate. And I thought they did it. Those two were really good in those aspects. Well, thanks for joining us this season. Mark, we really look forward to it. Enjoy the first week and we'll catch you up with you next Tuesday. All right. Sounds good guys. Take care. There he goes. Odyssey NFL insider Mark Schlerith host of the stinking truth podcast insider calls brought to you by Hellman's real manays. Mayo game day be delicious. I like the way you said catch up with you next Tuesday instead of see you next Tuesday. You're so much more respectful than what he was up in. Yes, sir. I'll have to keep that one in the back pocket, though, you know, just in case things get squirrely. It's a long season. You know what I mean? You never know. Yeah, you never know what could happen. In addition to the finest coming up next, though, Eric, where are you taking us? Well, we got more Jaden Dingell's conversation that needs to be had. We have Mike Zimmer pulling no punches. And if you think this guy forgot how to play football, think again. The seasons may be changing, but the deals at the sharpest rides are unbeatable as ever. Hey, what's going on? It's your girl, Tasha McKia. And I need you to join the sharpest rides for their fall into savings events where they're offering incredible prices on their massive inventory. That's right. Everything is on sale now. Shop from sleek sedans to rugged SUVs and sporty convertibles. The sharpest rides has the perfect ride to match your fall adventures. 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