it's blasphemy it's it's unbelievable I mean the guy shows up every year year in and year out putting up numbers leading his team um he can't do it all by himself right you know a lot of those great quarterbacks that I've been with Tom and Drew they don't get me wrong won a lot of games won a lot of Super Bowls uh but they had a lot of help around them as well right and so us players around them also got to step up and so when we hear that disrespect you know I take that personally and as his teammates we should take that personally because at the end of the day somebody got to be able to help him get over that hump so we can go win and cowboys writer Clarence Hill Jr added this on social media Cooks continued the conversation with me later and said he's not saying this because Dak is his quarterback he truly means it and he offered a warning to the Cowboys and Cowboy fans let him go if you want to and then he walked look who is here in the flesh our girl what a treat we're on your Co so great to see you I want to start with you I realize there's a lot to unpack I mean you you heard from Jerry yes uh you heard from Brandon Cooks are Cooks comments fair or foul absolutely Fair he's absolutely correct he is right that Dak receives disproportionate criticism relative to other quarterbacks in his play he's right that his teammates need to step up in big moments I he's probably talking about himself he's a self-aware guy by the way he was inconsistent last year and he is especially right that quote from Clarence Hill at the end there that Cowboys fans will miss Dak Prescott if he's gone because the world in which they let him leave they don't get a deal done is a world where the odds of this Cowboys team improving at the quarterback position both in the short and the mediate term are tiny let's game this out Dak Prescott walks you're taking a $40 million cap hit you got to pay Mel Parsons you have no money to sign anyone not that there'll be anyone as good as de Prescott available in free agency you're looking at a draft that most people think is not nearly as good as last year in terms of quarterbacks and you're not going to be picking near the top you're going to be stuck in the same sort of quarterback Purgatory that we find Stephen A Steelers yeah and you're going to miss that man greatly because realistically you are just not going to improve upon him do you want to go or you want Dan to go let Dan go I'll get to mean the first I'll get to mean minut see if I'm going to get at him too let's go yo what up MK all right so hearing Jerry talk to Stephen A I don't think there's any chance that Dak plays elsewhere now I I I honestly thought maybe it it seems like he will be resigned just I don't know if it's before the season during or after but it it doesn't sound like Jerry Jones is gonna let Dak Prescott leave so yes quarterbacks are unfairly criticized every one of them though outside of Patrick Mahomes and he even he at times gets it we've we've SE we just had a segment about Lamar Jackson who's a two-time MVP he's got to go beat Patrick we have constant conversations about Josh Allen and is he overrated he's been voted the most overrated quarterback in football Jaylen Herz can he replicate 2022 or does he actually stink this is the reality of playing quarterback in the league and at times it certainly is unfair it certainly is unfair and a lot of guys outside of Prescott get it Dak Prescott might it might be um at the focal point often because Cowboys fans you guys have the biggest fan base in the NFL okay so there's more of you guys and there's more people who hate the Cowboys um so that part of this can be true the second part of this can be that the play in the regular season is at such a consistently high level that that sets the table for the expectations in the playoffs and those have fallen short three out of the last four playoff games he's thrown five interceptions he's taken 10 sacks he's got 30 missed throws not incompletion missed throws so there is a legitim legitimate element to yeah well a lot of the things that get said about Dak Prescott are because of the play but it's also because he's a quarterback and quarterbacks are constantly picked apart in in this world that we live in NFL other than Patrick Mahomes you have something I just want to address one thing you said go ahead you brought up all these other quarterbacks Dan of course saying oh all quarterbacks are disrespected this the poor quarterback position but you mentioned Jaylen Hurst Josh Allen uh get their fair share of criticism Lamar Jackson you know what's different with those quarterbacks and Dak Prescott those teams believed in them and got long-term deals done this isn't even the first time the Cowboys have let this play out so I would argue on that basis alone Dak pres is being treated differ Lamar's took a long time I mean we were talking about our team no doubt and he had an MVP he had an MVP in his belt but he also had a lot of he had the injuries and I look I thought you know I thought that the Ravens should have gotten that done earlier but ultimately Dan they got the long-term deal done the Cowboys appear to be letting this play out with Dak Prescott that is unique I agree with that oh my God let me get right to this first of all Mina first question I asked Jeffy Jones yesterday was about CD lamb and knowing what you know you knew you were going to sign him why the hell it take so long he said I have my own timetable what's the big deal is he here when he needs to be here before the season began the answer is yes that was his answer that's basically I'm paraphrasing that basically was his answer okay and when I talked about Dak Prescott I happen to know that you know they're negotiating as we speak and they're hoping to get something done we'll see whether or not it happen happens okay but obviously the negotiating and you know the issue with Dak Prescott from what I've heard on the inside not from Jerry Jones but from people walking in the building because I was at the star and there was people talking about it yesterday and they talking about how Dak Prescott and his Representatives they about that LeBron James Theo they want shortterm deals Jerry and Steven wants you longterm and that's usually the issue as opposed to money itself but in the end here's what it comes down to interesting he wants a shortterm he always does he that's what they say that's he should he has leverage that's cool that's F and that's fine but this is where y'all lose me okay Mina okay and I love you but this is where y'all lose me y'all act like the disrespect and I'll get into Brandon Cooks in just a second okay y'all act like the word disrespect is not appropriate here if you're saying that Dak Prescott cannot play that's disrespectful right if you're saying that he doesn't have star caliber talent and and then you're acting like you're blind and you haven't seen what transpired September through December now Mr now now I do appreciate that Brandon Cooks watch his first take CU When he said blasphemy we all know that that we know he talking about we know he's talking about okay he's talking to me and that's fine my brother I would ask you this question why the hell is he so great in December with a 21 and8 record with all of a sudden nose Dives in January Dan alosi just talked about the 30 Miss throws well you could argue the competition get stiff damn it tough because when you go to a negotiate listen when you go to a negotiating table it ain't about oh I'm going to show up when the competition is in my favor but when it gets tougher I'mma shrink beneath it no you're saying that you're that dude now is he not is he better than Cooper Rush sure is he better than Tre Lance sure is he better than a lot of quarterbacks in this league sure but there's a legitimate argument that there's quite a few quarterbacks that are better than him and in the end well they debated it yesterday some people said they whether or not he was top 10 I don't but I'm going to look at it from this this standpoint you haven't gotten it done it's four years we talking about it four consecutive years that this man has not shown up in the biggest moments when it counts in Poston okay I don't give a damn how many sacks he's Tak the fact is Dak Prescott you can look at Dak Prescott and you could say he hasn't stepped up now I walked around this building I'm I'm I'm having fun on first take but ask him I walked around the star yesterday I was hoping to see him I was hoping to run into him I wish I would have ran into Brandon Cooks matter of fact I'll come back to talk to Brandon Cooks that I'll talk to the damn entire team in the locker room and say what the hell I'm saying nobody scared we talking facts here we're talking we're talking facts at the end of the day you have a quarterback who based on his regular season numbers Mina deserves his contract today okay but you're doing it with the knowledge damn he probably ain't going to do it in January I think that what you just hit on though is how I'm defining disrespect because to say that Dy Prescott has to be better in the playoffs that is not disrespectful that is true by the way it's true of Lamar Jackson who I think is one of the best three quarterbacks in the NFL Jaylen Herz was terrible in the playoffs last year obviously had Super Bowl run before then yeah but I'm just saying there also have been games where Dak Prescott has played well in the playoffs it's not like it's all first one against first one against Green Bay and then against Tampa Tampa one of one of the best playoff performan I've ever seen honestly but anyways my point is what I'm saying is disrespectful is not that that's that's just obvious what's disrespectful is half this fan base saying let's eat the $40 million and move on from him we're going to get better what I am saying yeah what I'm but I'm a lot of fans there a lot of Cowboys fans I hear them because they're frustrated meaning they're hurt I mean my God how much disappointment how much dis how much disappointment and heartbreak can you give them I mean listen I'm telling you right now ring around the street I swear to you I'm not exaggerating roaming around the streets in Dallas you talk about everything else we going to do we going to do it you talking about Dak Prescott they go like this that's problem I'm saying that's the problem hope Dan hold on me and Dan really quick Stephen A is always hard on him and you brought up a great point about Lamar Jackson jayen other guys that have been struggled in the playoffs why do you think there's been such a significant drop off of his play in the playoffs versus the regular season to Stephen A's point do you think he's truly like scared the moment's too big too much pressure or is it on the team the coaching what what happen Dan you want to go first on this go ahead go ahead well I just thinking about the last playoff game which I watched recently it was a team wide failure Dak was bad CD was bad the play calling was bad the defense was bad uh and now the thing is I understand anyone says well the quarterback has to be an elevator and deserves disproportionate responsibility he gets most of the credit when they win that kind of thing totally fair but if you're asking me why were they so bad in the playoffs it was team wide it was organizational in my opinion Dan yeah I agree obviously Green Bay and the San Francisco game the past what 21 and 22 like those were he just didn't play well I go to the I think the Rams playoff game where they were ofer on third down so here's here's like where I get frustrated because I can appreciate Brandon Cooks I'm a massive fan of the human being that he is and he's having his guys back so am I but there's got to be a reality to some of these conversations if we were saying because Dak is in the same conversation a little bit as Lamar when it comes to don't really care and you've earned your right don't really care what you do in the regular season that that is a small group you've earned that right but in the playoffs like MK I'll put you on a spot now because I love to and Stephen now you can answer as well one game in the playoffs who you want Dak or Josh Allen Josh Allen Josh Allen Dak or Joe burrow bur Joe bur Dak or Pat Patrick I'll get past that one Dak or Matthew Stafford Stafford Stafford daker CJ stad stoud St are we at five right now stopa we're at seven one game I I'll go Str I'll go right now we'd go Str but that's a four five six now we're getting to the point where it gets a little bit come on that gets dicey we we got to see him play sophomore campaign let say this hold on one sec Ste Steph real quick sorry so we had five you're saying that there's five quarterbacks I'm at six you want Dak or Lamar I'll go Lamar you want Dak or Aaron Rogers Aaron roders that's the thingy coming thees before I'm going to say I want him overc come back from an injury lar that easy an answer oh my Lord you want D or Jordan Love This Is The Love Scout deak is kind of the same a little DIY now you know so we're at 10 names didn't even say plays in a significantly better offense which was another big takeway from that playoff game first of all Brandon Cooks Brandon Cooks I'm not I'm not questioning your intelligence in any way but you need to right if you looking for the definition of blasphemy it was me and the KH right now just acting like Dak Prescott and saying conversations D Rogers I mean that's ridiculous that is blasphemy right there I mean that's unbelievable okay but I'm going to say this to y'all Dak Prescott one and three career home playoff record tied for the worst in NFL history Dak Prescott 48 record in January combining both regular season and postseason fourth worst in NFL history I'm looking at it and I'm saying to y'all this and Brandon Cooks especially you my brother because we we all know it's an emotional emotional diet tribe you went on that's why you walked off the way that you did it's emotional because see this is what Dak Prescott does this is what Dak Prescott does he's such a nice guy okay he's such class I have one question for you but go ahead let me let me let me let me finish my point okay Dak Prescott the reason I can bring that up if I were denying how great he is during a regular season y'all would have me [Music]