Between the Cowboys and Dak Prescott?

牛仔隊和達克-普雷斯科特之間？

Well, greeny.

好吧，綠的。

For many, this is the beginning of the franchise process.

對於很多人來說，這是加盟過程的開始。

For Dak Prescott, it feels more like a restart.

對於達克-普雷斯科特來說，這更像是一次重新開始。

Let's not forget that it was last year when the team also applied the franchise tag not on the opening day of the franchise tag window, but instead toward the end March 9th being that deadline this time around.

別忘了是去年，球隊也不是在特許權標籤窗口的開放日申請特許權標籤，而是在3月9日接近尾聲的時候才申請的，這次就是那個截止日期。

This is significant, though this day is significant because basically, what we're talking about here is the Dallas Cowboys saying, Hey, look, if we can't reach a long term deal, we'll probably slap that tag on you again.

這是很重要的，雖然這一天很重要，因為基本上，我們在這裡談論的是達拉斯牛仔隊說，嘿，聽著，如果我們不能達成長期協議，我們可能會再次把這個標籤貼在你身上。

So let's get to the table.

所以，讓我們來談一談。

Let's start negotiating.

我們開始談判吧

Very important to point out here, though speaking with people on both sides of this thing, it does not sound as if any progress has been made in a long term extension for Dak Prescott.

在這裡非常重要的一點是，雖然和這件事雙方的人都在談，但聽起來達克-普雷斯科特的長期續約並沒有任何進展。

So while this is the beginning of the process for this year, it also feels like we still have a very long way to go.

所以，雖然這是今年的開始，但也覺得我們還有很長的路要走。

It's this groundhog.

就是這隻土撥鼠。

I mean, it's just every single day.

我的意思是，這只是每一天。

They're getting no closer to a resolution while the clock is ticking.

他們沒有得到更多的解決，而時間卻在流逝。

Let me bring the whole crew in here and let's talk about this.

讓我把所有的人都叫來，我們來談談這個問題。

I mean, Mike Tannenbaum.

我是說，邁克-坦南鮑姆。

First of all, you've been the general manager.

首先，你已經是總經理了。

You've been in the room when these conversations take place, do you directly say, if you're sitting in that room, do you directly say, Look, we're going to tag you if we don't get a deal done?

當這些對話發生的時候，你一直在房間裡，如果你坐在那個房間裡，你會不會直接說，你看，如果我們沒有完成交易，我們就會給你打標籤？

Is that explicit of those conversations that actually take place when you're in the room having these discussions?

當你在房間裡進行這些討論時，這些對話是否明確？

100%?

100%?

I'm saying that at the beginning of the conversation, I'm saying it at the end.

我是在談話的開頭說的，我是在談話的結尾說的。

We may not announce it until, as Jeff alluded to maybe March 9th, but they will know in no uncertain terms that if we can't get a deal done, we are gonna franchise you that's not in your best interest or are best interest, but 100%.

我們可能不會宣佈，直到，傑夫暗示也許3月9日，但他們會毫不含糊地知道，如果我們不能完成交易，我們會特許你，這不是在你的最佳利益或最佳利益，但100％。

We will tell you by March 9th, if we don't have a deal and Mike, I want to use the word urgency here because, ah, year ago, the franchise tag was a luxury that the Cowboys on their side of the negotiating process had.

我們會在3月9日之前告訴你，如果我們沒有達成協議，邁克，我想在這裡使用緊急這個詞，因為，啊，一年前，特許經營權標籤是牛仔隊在談判過程中他們這邊的一個奢侈品。

It's a very different one this year.

今年的情況很不一樣。

Could you explain just how different it is for the Cowboys than it was a year ago.

你能不能解釋一下，現在的牛仔隊和一年前有什麼不同。

Absolutely greeny.

絕對是綠色的。

And I've been in the room.

而我一直在房間裡。

I've been there.

我去過那裡。

He is 12 months away from graduating.

他還有12個月就要畢業了。

He they could tag him next year, but it's cost prohibitive.

他他們明年可以給他打標籤，但成本太高。

So last year they had the luxury of like, Hey, if we get a deal done on our terms, great.

所以，去年他們有這樣的奢侈， 嘿，如果我們得到一個交易完成 在我們的條件，偉大的。

If not, we have the tag in 21 This year, there is a pit in their stomach.

如果沒有，我們在21今年的標籤，他們肚子裡有一個坑。

I've been there.

我去過那裡。

It stinks.

很臭

They have no leverage.

他們沒有籌碼。

They have to get a deal done.

他們必須完成交易。

And if they can't the second best option this year.

而如果他們不能今年的第二好選擇。

Unlike last year, greeny is a sign and trade.

與去年不同的是，綠茵是一個標誌和交易。

I did it with John Abraham going back to 2000 and six, where there was no deal could be done with John Abraham and his agents, and we were able to get a first round pick.

我和約翰-亞伯拉罕做的事情要追溯到2000年和6年，在那裡，沒有任何交易可以與約翰-亞伯拉罕和他的經紀人達成，我們能夠得到一個首輪選秀權。

But if I'm Dallas, if I can't get a long term deal done, I really have to look at trading him because the alternative is even worse, which is in 12 months.

但如果我是達拉斯，如果我不能完成長期交易，我真的要考慮交易他，因為替代方案更糟糕，那就是在12個月後。

We get nothing except a calm picks, so there is a lot of pressure on Dallas.

除了平靜的選秀，我們什麼都得不到，所以達拉斯的壓力很大。

They have a pit in their stomach, and this is massively different than it was 12 months ago.

他們的肚子裡有個坑，這和12個月前有很大的不同。

Alright, So Luis Riddick, I mean, what once and for all the fact that we're being told that as we arrive at this place again, they are no closer to making a deal, it seems, and they have been at any other stage in the process.

好吧，所以路易斯-瑞迪克，我的意思是，什麼一次和所有的事實，我們被告知，因為我們到達這個地方再次，他們是沒有接近做一個交易，似乎，他們已經在任何其他階段的過程中。

What does that say to you, Lewis?

這對你有什麼意義，劉易斯？

And what does it mean?

這又是什麼意思呢？

Or does it tell us about what's gonna happen?

還是告訴我們會發生什麼？

Yeah.

是啊。

What it means is, to me that they just don't feel is, though.

這意味著什麼，對我來說，他們只是不覺得是，但。

That deck truly is in the same conversation as the Patrick Mahomes is, and the decision, Watson's and the people who we go on shows all the time and talk about as being transcended generational difference makers because they're not willing to go ahead and do whatever it takes to go ahead and get their quarterback in the fold and then fit everything else around the structure of his contract.

這副牌真的和帕特里克-馬霍姆斯是一樣的對話，決定，沃森和我們一直在節目中去談論的人是超越代差的人，因為他們不願意去做任何事情，去做任何事情，讓他們的四分衛加入進來，然後圍繞他的合同結構來適應其他一切。

They're just not willing to do that.

他們只是不願意這樣做。

And that's his mind blowing to me especially, You know, I e like, I've seen that play his entire career, so What did I do just the other day?

他的表現讓我很震驚，尤其是，我看了他整個職業生涯的表現，所以我那天做了什麼？

A couple days ago, I went back and just started watching some of his best throws and really watching some of his worst throws and just watching him throw the football and execute within the confines and context.

幾天前，我回去了，只是開始看他的一些最好的投球，真的看他的一些最壞的投球，只是看他扔足球和執行的限制和背景。

This offense and it's just I just don't I don't understand what else it is that Dallas could know that we don't Noah's faras his performance on the football field or what we know about back off the football field.

這個進攻和它只是我只是不我不明白還有什麼是達拉斯可以知道我們不諾阿的faras他在足球場上的表現或我們知道什麼回足球場外。

That would give them pause to not go ahead and make sure that they do everything they can from a contract negotiating standpoint in the future cap planning standpoint.

這就會讓他們暫停不前，確保他們在未來的上限規劃上，從合同談判的角度出發，竭盡全力。

To get this done, I don't understand what the hang up is.

為了完成這個任務，我不明白有什麼掛念。

If it's if it's the number of years, I don't understand why they can't go ahead and make some, you know and make some kind of concessions to make sure that this deal gets done because what he brings to the football field this year, in particular when he wasn't on the football field, spoke volumes toe all of us and it had to speak volumes to them too.

如果是... ...如果是年限的問題，我不明白為什麼他們不能繼續前進，做出一些... ...你知道，做出一些讓步，以確保這筆交易能夠完成，因為他今年在足球場上帶來的東西，特別是當他不在足球場上的時候，對我們所有人都很有說服力，這對他們也很有說服力。

So yeah, I think the exasperation that I hear in your voice screening when you talk about this is the same one that everyone across the country is going.

所以啊，我覺得你說到這個問題的時候，我從你的語音篩選中聽到的氣憤，也是全國人民都在去的。

How in the heck are we here at this point again, Jeff?

我們怎麼又到了這個地步，傑夫？

I mean, that's what we keep being told is that this comes down to the years like they wanted five years and Jack wanted four years.

我的意思是，我們一直被告知的是，這歸結為年限，就像他們想要五年，傑克想要四年。

They're allowing the entire franchise toe hang in the balance over that discrepancy.

他們讓整個特許經營權因為這個差異而懸而未決。

It just doesn't compute in my mind, Jeff, but that's what I keep being told is the hold up greeny.

這在我看來是不可能的，傑夫，但我一直被告知這就是綠衣人的堅持。

And that's what makes this so much more complicated this year than it did last year and the year before that.

也正因為如此，今年的情況比去年和前年複雜得多。

Because Dak Prescott wanted four years, not five, last year, The Cowboys want him on a five year deal.

因為去年Dak Prescott想要的是4年，而不是5年 牛仔隊想讓他籤5年的合同。

So what happens this year?

那麼今年會發生什麼？

Does Dax say Hey, look, the clock still ticking now?

Dax是否會說嘿，你看，現在的時間還在流逝？

It's three years now.

現在已經三年了。

It's a three year deal.

這是一個三年的協議。

I mean, So how did the Cowboys handle that to me?

我是說，牛仔隊是怎麼處理的？

It just feels like the further away we get from the start, the harder it will be to bridge the gap.

只是感覺離起點越遠，越難彌補差距。

And that's why I have zero faith in this process.

這就是為什麼我對這個過程毫無信心。

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