After the Dallas Cowboys’ disastrous 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions Sunday, fans and pundits pointed fingers everywhere. Some lashed out at team owner Jerry Jones, while others blamed head coach Mike McCarthy, quarterback Dak Prescott and even AT&T Stadium’s roof (the sun appeared to affect at least one critical Dallas pass play).
Monday on ESPN’s Get Up, analyst Damien Woody said the Cowboys’ woes can be summed up in one word.
“The Dallas Cowboys are soft. And for me to use the word ‘soft,’ you’re basically attacking players’ manhood,” Woody said. “The game of football is very simple… if you can’t win in the trenches, you have no shot at winning in the National Football League. Anyone, go look at the film, just watch the game and just watch what goes on in the trenches with the Dallas Cowboys.
“They can’t move anybody up front on offense, and on defense, the line of scrimmage is getting moved three or four yards backwards. No one’s getting touched at the line of scrimmage!”
“The Dallas Cowboys are soft. … At the end of the day, these guys are soft. That’s the bottom line. No scheme is going to correct what is ailing the Dallas Cowboys right now.”
—@damienwoody did not sugarcoat what’s going on with the Dallas Cowboys 😳 pic.twitter.com/5HtS3SEQji
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) October 14, 2024
That’s as good of analysis as any for a Cowboys team that got abused Sunday. Dallas suffered its worst home loss since 1988. The Lions moved the ball with such ease they even ran a few trick plays with offensive linemen. After the game, Jones admitted, “I think my message is, I know you don’t need to hear me say this, but I’m well aware that we’re in the proverbial s**t [hole] right now.”
Fans obviously weren’t pleased, booing the team; one video on X showed a fan apparently attempting to sell his Cowboys season tickets in the stands during the game.
Cowboys fans were pawning off their season tickets mid game pic.twitter.com/SMenrTYJFH
— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) October 14, 2024
The bad news, according to Woody, is there is no easy fix for the Cowboys. Because they are “soft.”
“At the end of the day, these guys are soft,” Woody said. “That’s the bottom line. No scheme is going to correct what is ailing the Dallas Cowboys right now.”
[Get Up]
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