Cowboys Weekly - The Window Is Now

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4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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February 19, 2026 - Are the Cowboys actually cap-strapped… or is that just accounting theater? This week on Football Friends, George and Bob zoom out and ask the question that should drive every decision in 2026 and beyond: What is the window? With Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and a core in their primes, the reality may be a two-to-three-year push — not a slow rebuild. That shifts everything. Do you draft younger “developing” players… or guys ready to contribute by Week 3? Do you trade picks for a veteran like Maxx Crosby? Is George Pickens a no-brainer long-term deal? And what does “busting the budget” actually mean when the Cowboys can create more than $100 million in space with a few restructures? Bob breaks down how the cap really works. George lays out his offseason priority list. Together, they debate whether Dallas is positioned to make an aggressive move, or if they’ll once again play it cautious. If the window is now, the decisions better reflect it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the Musers, the podcast, Cowboys Edition.
0:06.4	Football Friends is what we call this.
0:08.7	George Dunham, Bob Stern, talking cowboys well into the off season.
0:15.5	Football is a, it's not played year round, but it's talked about year round, especially in these parts and around the country where there are so many cowboy fans. And thanks for tuning in,
0:25.7	all you cowboy fans who still keep the faith, despite just getting hit upside the head for
0:31.4	the last 30 years. But Bob, we're going to fix this in 26. That's the idea.
0:37.5	He's going to get this right.
0:39.3	He and Will McLeigh are going to join hands, and they're going to figure this whole thing out.
0:45.2	And we'll talk about some numbers.
0:49.9	We'll talk about some players on today's episode.
0:53.8	But let's start here, and that is the way we think they should operate and the way they are operating.
1:01.7	And I think those two things are in line.
1:05.9	I think the Cowboys, based on who they have committed to, namely their quarterback for $60 million
1:13.1	plus a year. C.D. Lamb, his favorite wide receiver, who they've committed right at $30 million,
1:21.4	to. And there's a lot of investment just in those two players alone we're going to talk about
1:28.5	george pickens here in a second but the way they're operating is we got two maybe three years to
1:35.8	make this count and this is not about hey let's slowly rebuild the defense man it's uh let's get
1:44.1	as many good players as quickly as we can.
1:47.5	And let's maximize the DAC Prescott era.
1:52.2	It could last for another six years.
1:54.1	But realistically, you're looking at a two or three year window.
1:58.2	Yeah.
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