Former Cowboys defensive back Everson Walls joined the Shan & RJ Show on 105.3 KRLD-FM The Fan on Wednesday. Here are some highlights from the interview:
On the Cowboys:
"It's such a delicate team. The locker room is so delicate. You've got every one from the outside talking about how you want the locker room to be, 'Well this guy doesn't have any credibility. This guy has a bad reputation.' You talk about Greg Hardy, all these little things that come down the pike. Claiborne, when is going to start playing well? Carr, you've just got so many guys that are not really living up to the potential that we wanted, especially the kind of draft picks that we had. Then you've got Romo trying to hang on as long as he can. He's trying to just hang in there, just, 'Come on guys, give me something.' Then here it is, you had something, you had that triple threat, that's the kind of thing that every quarterback looks out for. When you look at it, DeMarco was the one that protected Romo. I don't mean he's back there physically protecting him, but the fact that he was an outlet, the fact that he was the first option when it came to the Cowboys offense, and such a reliable option not just on the field but also in the locker room."
On if he'd draft a quarterback in the first round:
"I would. I like this kid from Memphis. This guy is pretty doggone good. He's just a lighter shade of Cam Newton as far as I'm concerned. Big physical guy, he's very athletic, he can pass the ball like no one can and when you look at it, if you want to get safety, which I think we really need, let's get that guy in free agency."
On the Cowboys secondary:
"It's pretty bad. I talked about Claiborne. To me, he's the most solid one that played last year. That's sad really. He didn't get any interceptions. He did make some plays on the ball a lot. A lot of incomplete passes came his way, but when you look at how he played, it made Carr's play look even worse. I don't think Carr tackled anybody or anything."
On who was the smartest football mind out of the coaches he played for: Bill Belichick, Bill Parcells and Tom Landry:
"That's easy. Everyone things Belichick, but you forget about Tom Landry. This guy coached every facet of the game. If he got upset about us, he would run our special teams meeting. Of course he would run the defense. He thought up his own defense. The Flex Defense. He made that up. The Flex Defense was made to stop Jim Brown and guys like that when he was back in New York. He was a player coach if I'm not mistaken. ... He was very good at everything he did. He was very innovative, he offensive linemen with the hitch, the multiple formations, movement, shotgun, all those kinds of things he really brought those into play."
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