Calvin Watkins from the Dallas Morning News joined the GBag Nation to preview the Cowboys' season finale against the Commanders and if Trey Lance should start over Cooper Rush in that game, if he thinks Mike McCarthy and DC Mike Zimmer will return in 2025 and more.
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00:00This game kind of feels like going into Cowboys Commanders.
00:19It's must lose here to maintain that spot in the top half of the first round, isn't
00:23it?
00:24Yeah, it is.
00:25I mean, I think the Cowboys are going to lose.
00:29They have a QB dilemma to settle, but yeah, I mean, I knew they were going to lose last
00:38week in Philly, which they did.
00:40I thought they'd be a little more competitive, but they weren't.
00:44And now I saw Micah Parsons on Injury Report with a wrist injury, so I'm like, oh boy,
00:49here we go.
00:50So you know, I think the Cowboys will be okay.
00:55I think they'll lose this game on Sunday, and the draft position will be just fine.
00:59You know, Jerry and Steven would never talk about actively tanking, but do you think they're
01:03making some business decisions with that in mind here on these injured players?
01:07Well, I think one of the business decisions they made was with Demarcus Lawrence, and
01:12another one they made was with C.D. Lamb.
01:15I think if they had been in the playoff hunt, C.D. Lamb is definitely playing.
01:19And I think Lawrence would probably, because I remember talking to Lawrence about a month
01:23ago, and his objective was to return this season at some point.
01:28But now that the season has been a loss for the last three weeks, what's the point, right?
01:33So yeah, I think some business decisions have already been made.
01:38And playing Trey Lance, I think, would be a big step in the direction of not winning.
01:44Do you think they're considering that in light of bonus money and how it affects the cap
01:50or actual real dollars?
01:53What all goes into that decision, Calvin?
01:55Well, your boy Cooper Russ, he just needs about $250K, you know, that's all that's left
02:02of that bonus, right?
02:04I would think, in order for him to get that bonus, he would have to play at least 65 snaps,
02:10right?
02:11And the Cowboys are averaging about 68 snaps a game offensively.
02:16So that would mean he'd have to play the whole game, in essence, to kind of get that bonus.
02:22So you want to upset Cooper Russ and his agent by not giving them a chance to get that bonus?
02:29And, you know, we're only talking about $500,000, it's not like we're talking about $500 million,
02:33you know?
02:34So I don't think it's going to be that much of an issue with the cap.
02:39And the answer is, yeah, why not?
02:40Let's play Trey Lance, let's see what you got.
02:42Cooper, you got $250K out of $500,000 already.
02:45We're sorry you can't get the rest of it.
02:48But we're running a football program here, not a cash app.
02:53So, you know, play Trey Lance, play Will Greer, and keep it moving.
02:57As much as I like Cooper Russ, and I would like for him to get his money, but I don't
03:01think it's going to happen.