“Well, I think that’s fair. I think that’s very fair. And I always provide the roster for the coaches. And so if you don’t get there, then you’ve always got some second guessing. And yes, I second guess myself all the time. So the answer is yes.

“… We’ve got some work to do and we need to do some things differently and we can, and that’s usually the case, but we can really do some things differently and we’ve got some commitments that we have in place that are real cornerstones of what we ought to consider.”

On when contract talks will begin with Micah Parsons:

“I’ll talk to Micah. I’ll talk to him about it. As a matter of fact, I think he’s called and I think he’s sitting with me at the Cotton Bowl, so that’s probably where we’ll do some talking.”

On if a potential Micah Parsons’ deal could land before training camp:

“I’m not going to alter my timeframe in any kind of negotiation over somebody thinking that one of them [might have] been a little more together in training camp, and that they would’ve had a better year. I don’t buy that and I’ll never buy that.”

On if “all-in” will be the mantra for 2025 as well:

“​​All-in is pretty good with Dak Prescott’s [contract], how many hundreds of millions is it? Is that enough in for you? Okay. I’m not kidding. Is that enough? Is CeeDee Lamb’s enough in? We really went all in with Dak. We put a cornerstone that we work with here and we’re going to work with in these decisions we’re making, work with as we look ahead the next three or four years — that decision was made when we signed Dak.”

“… I think we’ve got in place some of the best quarterbacking there is in the game. I think we’ve [also] got the basis of great protection for that quarterback when he’s done his best, as we’ve been the strongest on the offensive line. And I think you saw out there that we have the ability to get a rushing attack too, because we got to go out there with it. So, maybe skeptics and possibly doubters in the beginning, but it turns out that shows you what you’d hoped for.