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RETHINK: Should the Dallas Cowboys INVEST Big Money to Keep Javonte Williams in Dallas
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Dallas Cowboys face a pivotal decision: Should they re-sign running back Javonte Williams, or seek more explosive options for their backfield? Marcus Mosher and Landon McCool debate Williams' value, weighing his reliability and pass protection against the rising costs of retaining key players. Can the Cowboys upgrade at running back without breaking the bank, and is continuity in the offense worth the price? The hosts explore alternatives like Isaiah Pacheco and Travis Etienne, plus draft strategies that might reshape Dallas’ ground game.
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Marcus Moser
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Landon McCool
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Marcus Moser
The Cowboys want Javante Williams back and he wants to be back in Dallas. But that might not be a great idea. We'll tell you why next.
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Are Locked on Cowboys, your daily Dallas Cowboys podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast network your team every day.
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Marcus Moser
Welcome back to the Locked on Cowboys podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast network. Your team every day. We'd like to thank you for making us the number one sports podcast network and today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Before tip off, check the FanDuel app and see what's dropping during NBA Happy hour every Friday from 6 to 7:30pm Eastern. Welcome back. I am your host Marcus Moser. He is Landon McCool and on today's show we are answering your Twitter questions including should we change our thoughts at the Barbie and Overshone's long term future. Plus, what are the Cowboys going to do with their special teams coordinator. But I want to start with this question about Javante Williams because it's just assumed that the Cowboys are going to bring back Javante Williams. But we have a question from at JJ Tour. Let's go. He wants to know am I the only one that doesn't think resigning Javante Williams is a mistake? To me it depends on the money and length. He's also injury prone or the position's prone to injuries. Should they bring him back, land them.
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Landon McCool
I, I do think that they should, and we've talked about this previously and I still feel that way. But, but I also, you know, I think that this is a good opportunity to talk about the fact that I do think there are parameters here. Right. Like, I do think that there is a price point that I probably would not, you know, necessarily resign him at. And I'm not necessarily interested in giving him, you know, kind of a blockbuster. I mean even really, you know, a, we, we talked about, you know, like a six to eight million dollar range, you know, sort of deal. If we talk if, if, if the numbers become like three years, $10 million, I, I mean that may even be more than I'm comfortable with. I, I think what you're paying for when you're paying for Javonte Williams is stability. I think you, you're, you know, as much as you can get year to year from running backs, especially as they start to get older. But I think, you know, what you're paying for is you're paying for a guy that obviously understands your system. You know, can, can run both a good blend of zone and power as you've seen him do in your own system, is a very good pass protector and is a guy that can carry the load in the sense that he can take a lot of these touches and physically withstand it. Now I, I do think while recalculating the, the price here, you should be baking in the fact that you, you really did need another running back to kind of help support him because by the end of the year he started to tail off as all the touches started to add up a little bit on his body. So I think that should be calculated into his price a little bit as well. But I think if we're talking about signing him at the deal that we have kind of previously kind of kicked around at $6 million, maybe for two or three year deal, that maybe that third year is really kind of an option deal. I think that makes a lot of sense simply because it kind of ties things up on your, on your offense and creates some stability at a spot where, you know, this is not defense. Having that son of continuity is really important, important year to year and I think it would be beneficial to get that offense up to kind of hit the ground running with this running back.
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Marcus Moser
I think in general, I am okay with them bringing Javonte Williams back for all the reasons that you mentioned. Right. Dependable, reliable, you can pick up blitzes. He ran really hard between the tackles. Yeah, I think he gave you an attitude in the running game. At the same time, I don't necessarily want to run back the entire same offense as they had last year. Not that it was a bad offense, but I think you should always be looking ahead on how you can improve and fix things. Right? And I think bringing back the same exact offense, but more expensive. And it will be more expensive because you're going to have George Pickens, who's probably going to cost you at least $28 million a year. And if you're paying Javante Williams, let's say, three to $4 million more, then you need the offense to be even better than it was this year. And this offense was a top five unit by every metric. However, if you've been following this team, you know, week in and week out, you know that there were games where the offense, as great as they were, didn't even pull their weight. I mean, think about some of these games like the, the Denver game or the Minnesota game in the first half, the Detroit game, where it took them a while to get started. That's not Javante Williams's fault by himself. But I also just don't want this to be the exact same team on offense in 2026. So the question is, is there a way to either upgrade Javante Williams without breaking the bank or replace Javante Williams at a cost that's very reasonable? Like you paid last year and I went to overthecap.com as you were talking and right now they're valuing Javante Williams at like nine and a half million a season. If that's the number, I have no interest.
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Landon McCool
Yeah, that's a lot of money. And I think that, you know, it's part of, it is kind of like shock, like in the, in the sense that he outperformed much, much more than what you, the expectation was for him. And so I think that that's, you know, kind of raising his price a lot. But, but, but the economics of the position shouldn't change. Right? Like, at the end of the day, you know, the thing that kind of makes him worthy of, of even being resigned at the running back position is, is the reliability that we discussed. But there's also a, a floor, a ceiling to that value. Right? And I think that, you know, to pay a running back kind of the ten million dollar range, I, I would want somebody who was even more like a level, even above from what we've seen of, of explosive. Right. Because I do think that not all of his production was necessarily him going above and beyond, though I do think that was A portion of it, especially early in the season. I, I think as the season kind of wore on, I mean, he was getting a lot of what was blocked for him. And I think that, that, you know, the reliability should be extended to elite production. If you're going to be paid that kind of money, $10 million.
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Marcus Moser
Well, and, and that's why I'm open to a lot of different ideas here. Like there are a couple running backs who, like, I think you're going to get paid around the Javante Williams price that we saw last year. Like, I'll give you a name. Isaiah Pacheco, who's with the Chiefs, physical downhill running back. Probably going to get a one year deal at 3 or 4 million. I wouldn't be surprised at an offense that's a lot better. And it's hard to believe that the Cowboys offense is light years better than Kansas City, but they are. Maybe you can get similar production, but if you don't want to go that way, maybe you pay a little bit more and you get a breeze hall or a Kenneth Walker who I think is really dynamic, or a Travis ETN in Jacksonville who's awesome. I think those guys are upgrades over Javante. And if it only cost you a million or 2 million more per year, I wouldn't be opposed to doing that. And then Landon, we should talk about it. You can get passable level running backs in free agency for vet minimum, right? What if you do that and then you use the second or third round pick on a running back? I know the Cowboys don't have a second or third round pick right now. That doesn't mean they can't get one. I, I'm just not opposed to them trying to improve the running back situation even though it was very, very good for them last year.
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Landon McCool
Yeah, because I think that's the thing. And you know, look, the hope is that they've been better. About the way they approached the running back position last season was encouraging. Right. In the pantheon of how they have approached the running back position in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, it was encouraging that they didn't necessarily feel like they had to go out and break the bank for the running back position. This to me is the next step. Right. Having a running back that you know is good but still under. Not, not just understanding the floor, but understanding the, the, the ceiling of what their value is. Right. And, and being able to walk away from a situation when it's, you know, potentially too much money. Because I agree, you just listed off some very enticing, you know, running back situations that, you know, again, there's something about being able to pair together certain quality skill sets which is again what we're already prescribing for Javonte Williams right now. Just maybe at a higher proportion of. Of running back one touches. Right. I think the idea of having a dynamic group that, that can do a lot of different things and that can kind of be cobbled together to make sure that you have consistent play throughout the season, I think to me that that's really appealing and ultimately it might up. It might end up being, you know, only slightly more expensive than paying somebody a whole bunch of money, which may then limit your options on what you can do to kind of help Javonte Williams from himself with all the touches that are required.
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Marcus Moser
And I'm not surprised that Javante Williams and the Cowboys are talking because I don't there. It's almost like musical chairs here. You don't want to be the one left without a chair. And if you're Javante, I mean these running back rooms fill up really quickly and there's going to be a draft coming up. You don't want to be one of these guys that's having to sign a one year, $3 million deal. Again, if you can get two for let's say 12 million, you probably take it. Now, even if you could potentially, you know, Maybe there's a 70% chance you could get a million more in free agency. It might not be worth that risk and I bet you that's why the Cowboys are talking now. But I think the overall point is I'm not opposed to seeing what else is out there. And if they lose Javante Williams in free agency, we saw last year they replaced Rico Dowdle with Williams cheaper and it was no big deal.
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Landon McCool
Yeah, I mean that's the funny thing is that people constantly are talking about the Rico Dowdle situation. And look, the Cowboys gave up Rico Dowdle guys. They had. They got Devonte Williams out of this situation. Right. And so. And with. On a cheaper deal, if I'm not mistaken or like close, closer to or it was basically.
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Marcus Moser
Basically the same deal. Guess who's available again next offseason. Rico Dowdle, if you want to get.
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Landon McCool
That's right. So again, like the, these, these. This is a position that we've talked about is imminently solvable. So don't go crazy because you have some emotional feelings about how Javonte Williams played this year. Approach it the right way and offer him a deal. That's fair. But it's also fair to you so you can, you know, make the moves you need to make it Other spots.
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Marcus Moser
All right, let's talk about DeMarvi and Overshone, who is dealing with yet another injury. It's a concussion. He'll be okay for the the 2026 season, but is it time to consider replacing him? We'll get to that next. This episode is brought to you by Robin Hood. What if sports were treated like markets? Now you can put your sports IQ to work in real time with Robin Hood Prediction Markets. It's not you against the house. It's you participating in a live market. You can buy or sell your positions live all game long. Use your sports knowledge in the moments that matter. Robin Hood Prediction Markets changes the game. It's people moving the action so when the momentum shifts, you can move with it. I always knew the game but never had a dynamic way to apply that knowledge and and now I can actually take part live in a market powered by the people, you're no longer just a spectator. Play by play, you decide. Trade every play with Robin Hood. Now available across the U.S. download the Robinhood app now to begin futures in cleared swaps. Tradings involve significant risk. It is not appropriate for everyone. Event contracts are offered by Robinhood Derivatives llc, a registered futures commission merchant and swap firm.
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Marcus Moser
Welcome back to the Locked on Cowboys podcast. We'd like to thank you for making us your first listen every single day. If you listen to the show every day and of course you do because you're an everydayer, we've got the deal for you. Check out lockedon cowboys supercast.com to get ad free episodes of this show every single day for just $5 a month or $50 for the year, you're going to get exclusive Discord member service service with us where you can come chat during the games. We can just talk draft. I've been talking with some fans about some prospects. It's all there. Just go to lockedon cowboys supercast.com. all right. L. Let's talk about demarvan overshone. We've got a couple good questions about him. Is it time to be a little bit worried about overshown given his injury history? And should the Cowboys be looking to grab not just one, but maybe two starting linebackers this off season?
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Landon McCool
I mean, I certainly think it's time to, you know, be concerned about. About. About it and plan for it. I think even, you know, the, the questioner mentioned something about treating him almost like Randy Gregory, and I think he meant in the sense that there was a point, you know, during the off seasons when we just pretended that Randy Gregory wasn't here and, and had to like, draft around him and still accumulate pass rushers. Like he wasn't here because you just, you couldn't rely on. On. On getting, you know, enough games out of which ultimately ended up being very true. You know, same same thing for different reasons with the Marvian Overshoner at this point, right. He's then this fantastic player who every time you get an opportunity for him to be on the field, it's just, it's lights out and he looks like borderline all pro linebacker. But the injury situation is. Is obvious and it's consistent over the years. You know, obviously this, this concussion situation is nothing like what he's had previous, and this will be his first opportunity to kind of go into the offseason clean and healthy after once he's over the concussion. But yes, I think that, you know, you have to find enough linebackers to make sure that you're not going to be left out to dry completely. Completely if you lose over shown. You know, whether it's short term or long term, because it feels like we've seen a little bit of both there and, and lucky enough, it's a position that you can. You kind of accumulate talent and get. Give them opportunities to play. So it's not like you're going to be, you know, going out and getting a guy that is gonna have to sit on the bench while you're waiting for over shown to get hurt. Like these guys get rotated out a lot. But yeah, I do think it, it is something that you have to consider to consider when you're doing your team building that, you know, you can't just think that you've, if you've got two kind of starting quality linebackers that you've got enough, you're definitely going to need more just to kind of rotate in and out and also, also to account for a fact that you've got A linebacker who's really talented but also is pretty injury prone at this point.
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Marcus Moser
I just think in general, I. I don't know what to think about their linebacker situation because number one, we don't know who the defensive coordinator is and who that's going to be is going to change our thoughts on these guys. But the two backups, Maris Leofow and Chamar James, are those guys that could potentially be, let's say like third linebackers, guys that you feel really good about. Or do the Cowboys need to add two starting linebackers and let over shown kind of be that third linebacker who plays a lot of snaps when he's healthy and then. But you don't really, you know, expect him to be healthy. I don't know. But the more and more I've been thinking about free agency in the way that the Cowboys are gonna have to try to rebuild this defense, I'm starting to think the best bang for your buck might be going out and paying a free agent linebacker. And honestly, it's a pretty good class of linebackers. Yeah. If you want to pay up for like Devin Lloyd, who I think is awesome, or someone like Nakobe Dean or whoever, there's. There's some really good linebackers in the class. I think you could do that. You have over shown and then maybe you draft the linebacker in round one and that's your linebacker room. And then Shemar James, Ameris Leofoult are competing for that fourth linebacker spot and special special teams and that's how you quickly rebuild a room. And it's also a great spot for the, the rookie linebacker not to be forced onto the field right away. Maybe before they're ready, you can kind of ease them in early in the year. And it's also the best way to make sure to insulate yourself with the Marvin overshown that, hey, let's not load them up on a bunch of snaps early in the season. Let's try to keep him healthy for the postseason or you know, late in the year. I just wonder if that's how they're going to try to fix this linebacker room in one offseason.
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Landon McCool
Yeah, I mean, it feels like the way no matter how you slice it, you're gonna need a veteran linebacker and you can go the route of a Kenneth Murray level.
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Marcus Moser
I don't want to do that anymore.
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Landon McCool
I don't look, I look, I know that his name. Yeah, but it's like that.
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Marcus Moser
It's that group of guys, the Jack Sanborn, Kenneth Murray, Logan Wilson, like the.
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Landon McCool
Guys that have been points, you know, starting level, starting level, starting level, but replacement starting level linebacker that you want, you can go that route and, and then draft another linebacker. And I think that can get you probably where you need to go. But, but I, but I don't disagree. It's. It, it is a good class this year and if you really want to kind of take a swing, you've got to accumulate talent and, and, and accumulate it in all the ways that you can. And I think one way that you can. Look, there's lots of things that we can't do. Getting a talented boundary corner who's going to be ready to play and be a number one corner next year if Bland can't play, that's going to be really hard to do. Right. Like some of these other spots are going to be hard to do. But going out and getting a linebacker who, like, you know that you feel like you come in and not only be a stopgap solution, but a plus and a positive to your defense, that's something you can do this offseason if you really put some money. You've named a couple of different guys and I think that there's probably a couple more on top of that that you could go out and get. So I do think that linebacker. That doesn't mean you have to take them off the list of what you draft, but I do think that linebacker is a position that you, that, that they should consider not only getting like a. Just a starting level guy, but going out and getting swinging, taking a swing at the position and go get a good guy. Because at worst comes to worse, you have two really great linebackers playing with each other as long as the Barbie and overshow can stay on the field. Right?
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Marcus Moser
Well, here's what I'm starting to wonder. This could maybe be a topic for a different show, but they're not going to be able to fix all their needs on defense in one off season. There's just too many, right? Like there's going to be a spot or two that gets left behind and you're either. You're just going to have to roll with the guys on the roster rather than spreading yourself so thin to make sure you get a corner, make sure you get a safety. You got to make sure you get a linebacker. Got to make sure you get an edge rusher. What if you just try to address two spots? Hey, we're gonna, we're gonna fix edge rusher and we're gonna fix linebacker in one off season. We're gonna spend big money on A linebacker. We're gonna draft a Sonny Styles at 12. And now we're good at linebacker and we'll draft the defensive end with that Green Bay pick. And now at least we have one strength between our defense or two strikes. Our defensive tackles and our linebackers. Yeah, we're gonna, we're gonna have issues in the back end, but at least we have something we can hang our hat on.
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Landon McCool
And here we are. We've arrived at the beginning of this segment, too, because to me, it's about the defensive coordinator here. Right. Because I, I agree. I think that is the strategy is personnel can solve two of these spots, but the defense coordinator is going to need to figure out that third spot. And, and, and if that's whether that's through X's and O's or repurposing players that you already have on the roster, whatever. But like, I, I agree. Just because of the resources you have, you're probably only going to be able to fix two of the three kind of de. Depth levels of your defense through personnel.
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Marcus Moser
So you.
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Landon McCool
So deciding who your defensive coordinator is, what area they are adept at covering up the best, and then investing in the other two spots so that you can make sure that you can make this defense go. That's the quickest way to get this defense kind of back up to snuff, as opposed to trying to just get enough Pro bowl talent on this defense on itself to run some vanilla defense and be very good like the Houston Texans. No, it's got to be a mixture of both of these things.
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Marcus Moser
Like if they came out and said, hey, we wanted to make sure that we could stop the run in our nickel defense with just six guys in the box and you. That's why they signed Devin Lloyd to a $16 million deal and then they drafted Sonny Styles. Honestly, that's. The positional value is not great, but I would totally understand it because it's now, hey, we've got these defensive tackles, we've got these linebackers. At least we're going to be good at stopping the run and we're going to devote numbers to coverage. It's not. You're not going to have a top 10 defense, but this is how you get back to at least being average and playing competent football. I'm curious to see how the Cowboys handle it. Let's talk about the Cowboys special teams coordinator, Nick Sorensen, who, it seems like he's going to be back in 2026. Should he? We'll get to that next. This episode is brought to you by fanduel the wild card round us here and fanduel is officially in playoff mode. Every game day during the NFL playoffs, FanDuel is giving new customers even more ways to get in on the action. Because right now, every NFL playoff game day, FanDuel is giving users a profit boost pack waiting for them inside the app. In each game day, you'll see a pack loaded with multiple profit boosts that you can apply to the bets that you like the most. Like for me, I love the Steelers getting three points this week at home on Monday Night Football. I like them so much I think they're just going to win the game outright. I've already bet on the money line that's going down, but now you can get an even bigger payout while the playoffs get rolling with the profit boost from FanDuel. So visit FanDuel, the official sportsbook partner of the NFL, and grab your profit boost pack and every NFL playoff game day. This episode is brought to you by Rocket Money let's be real Managing your finances can feel overwhelming. Between subscriptions that you forgot about, bills that keep piling up, and trying to figure out where all your money actually goes each month, it's easy to feel like you're losing control and who has time to track every transaction or hunt down hidden fees. But that's where Rocket Money comes in, the personal finance app that helps you take control. It helps you find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your savings, and helps you lower your bills so that you can grow your savings. I was shocked to learn how much money we were just throwing away every single month on subscriptions that we didn't even know we had. Rocket Money helped us cancel them right away and put that money back into our pocket. So let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join Rocket Money.com lockon that's Rocket Money.com lockon Rocket Money.com lockon. Welcome back to the Lock on Cowboys podcast. We'd like to thank you for making us your first listen every single day, Lynn and our final question here is is a really good one about Nick Sorenson.
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Landon McCool
Real quick, Marcus. I do have some breaking news that I think we need to talk about real quick. Todd Archer just mentioned in what we've talked about early on, the Cowboys have requested permission to speak and this is just a little bit of coaching news here. Ready? The Cowboys have requested permission to speak with Minnesota defensive passing game coordinator Durante Jones, Denver assistant head coach, passing game coordinator coordinator Jim Leonard, and Brown safeties coach Ephron Banda for their Defensive coordinator vacancy according to multiple sources. And here's another interesting note added by Todd Archer. The Cowboys were denied by Atlanta to talk with Jeff ulbrich for the D.C. job. According to sources, he remains under contract with the Falcons. So that, that basically, basically what he's saying here is that since they still technically have him under contract, they denied him. But if Atlanta gets a new head coach, then you can go back and and re interest him, get those opportunities. So just some no sad in there real quick.
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Marcus Moser
Yeah, and Albright is somebody that we really liked. He was the, the play caller in Atlanta. Wouldn't be surprised if he eventually becomes available, just depending on what they do. But I don't blame them at all for denying requests right now as they look for their next head coach. Real quickly on Nick Sorensen, it sounds like the Cowboys are going to retain him. Yeah, Stretch and I were wondering if Bones Fossil could potentially come back from the Titans now that they've moved on from their head coach. But it seems like that's the same situation there where the Titans don't really want to give him up while they're looking for the new coach. But do you think Sorensen should be back in 2026?
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Landon McCool
Well, a couple funny things there. First of all, some of you guys know if you follow me on Twitter, that I actually was at the Star the other day when they were doing the, the post season press conference for something unrelated for the Cowboys. But I did the tour for the first time and it was actually really neat. I recommended it for everyone who's a Cowboys fan who can make it out to Frisco to check it out. But while I was on the tour, I saw Nick Sorensen and I was like, man, that's interesting that you're still kind of hanging around here. And lo and behold, we got the news that he is hanging around. I got to tell you, I was surprised. I mean, honestly, like, I always assumed even early in the season that Sorensen was always kind of a, a stepping stone for something else. Right.
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Marcus Moser
Placeholder for somebody, right?
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Landon McCool
Yeah, exactly. And it's funny you mentioned Bones Fossil because there was a list that came out today of, of most penalized special teams units and the Cowboys have the number two most penalized unit in the league, but far behind the number one team, the Tennessee Titans. So, you know, I don't know what it is about evaluating special teams coaches at this point, especially since, you know, all the angles have changed. All, all the X's and O's have changed, especially in the kickoff and kickoff Return teams, you know, you've got a really good kicker, a really good punter and a good, you know, unit there. I don't think honestly that the special teams coordinator has any effect on that at all. So I think what we judge them on is basically on their coverage units and the operation aspects and you know, any kind of trick plays, that sort of thing that get called and how effective they are or how well that they can scheme up a block or that sort of thing. And I just don't know that what we've seen from them so far this year has really inspired a ton of confidence that, that we couldn't at least go out and look for another special teams.
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Marcus Moser
There was so many times watching the games in the tape this year that it just felt like that unit was sloppy. I mean, just Kevante Turpin's. I mean he had a, what, two different illegal fair catch signals. He was jogging on a lot of these kick returns and I know that's a little bit of his style, but he ended up losing a bunch of yards. The Cowboys had the worst field position on returns of any team in the league this season. And that's, I mean, they had one long return and that was came in Week 18 against the Giants. I think this is kind of a make or break year. If he comes back. I'm shocked that they're not and maybe they are. Maybe they are shopping around for a better special teams coach, but it seems like they're going to give him a little bit more time and I don't know if that's wise.
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Landon McCool
I just don't know that he's earned it, you know, like, like I, I mean, it was odd that he got the job in the first place, like we said, and then, you know, there wasn't anything about what happened this year that that was, you know, inspiring on special teams that, that he really had anything to do with, you know, so, yeah, I mean, again, like, it's, it feels like this is a situation where he's, he's resting on the laurels of, of your all world kicker and, and punter and, and I think that that's unfortunate because yeah, I think that Kevonte Turpin is a really good return guy, but he had a really not great year of returns, especially considering he just got a new contract. And, and if it's going to be more of the same of that and the coverage units are going to have problems tackling and, and if we're going to give up, we gave up so much. Think about especially at the end of the year. We gave up so much field position on kickoff returns. So yeah, I just, I'm really confused why they would bring him back and I'm kind of. We didn't really get a chance to see the the press talk. Asked about this in the press conference. I at least I didn't hear them ask about this because I think it was announced after the the press conference. Yeah, so. So. But yeah, I would like to hear maybe something on the coach's thoughts here because it was really surprising when they announced it.
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Marcus Moser
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Landon McCool
Expired in 2012. Dang it.
- [31:57]
Marcus Moser
Fortunately, by switching to Geico, you could save about $900 on car insurance without ever touching a coupon.
- [32:02]
Landon McCool
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Marcus Moser
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- [32:29]
Landon McCool
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