Shannon Sharpe does not like what he’s seen from the Dallas Cowboys on the field this year and really didn’t like what he saw from them off of the field after their latest game.
The Cowboys were drubbed by the Houston Texans in Week 11’s Monday Night Football game, losing 34-10. Even with a win, Dallas would have been in a shaky playoff position. But the loss moved the Cowboys to 3-7 and effectively out of the postseason race. After the loss, stars Trevon Diggs and CeeDee Lamb were seen partying in a club. That did not sit well with Sharpe, who didn’t pull any punches in criticizing the players and the team in his Nightcap podcast with co-host Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson.
“That’s why your Cowboys suck — because two of their best players, this is what they’re doing,” Sharpe said. “That shows you how much the game of football needs to them.”
And Sharpe was just getting started.
“You got your ass kicked. I would have left the stadium with a bag over my head. There ain’t no way y’all would see me leave the stadium — after I got beat like that? After I’ve gotten beat like that every game — 47-9, 37-10, 48-32, a yada and a partridge in a pear tree. And you do this? It’s disrespectful. It’s disrespectful to the fans that pay their hard-earned money.”
Sharpe then turned his attention to the owner of the franchise, Jerry Jones, making it clear that the attitude of the players trickles down from the top.
“But you know what? It couldn’t happen to a better franchise. Because all the owner do is run his mouth and talk about what they’re gonna do. And ‘I’ve been around Super Bowl teams’ and this and that. And all their players do, because they take it from the top, they run their mouths — and they ain’t won dog crap. None of ’em. And they talk about they know what it takes. You don’t know what it takes to win because none of you guys have won. It is disgusting. It’s disappointing. That these, two of your best players, this is what they think. It just goes to show you. See, everybody tells you what they think you want to hear. But I see what I need to know. And it tells me everything I need to know.”
The three-time Super Bowl champion and Hall of Fame tight end then said that he feels that the Cowboys — and many other players around the league — care more about enjoying the perks of playing in the NFL than winning.
“You can’t convince me these guys these guys care about winning,” he said. “Because this is not what you do when you want to win. So what’s in the club that’s gonna help you get better? Take your ass home and start the recovery process. This is why I couldn’t play in today’s time. Because I don’t care what they say, guys, most — a lot — don’t care about winning. They like the bag. They like what comes along with being an NFL player. You’re gonna get the baddest women, you’re gonna get to go to the clubs, you get to move to the front of the line. You get to go all these places.
“But everything, ‘Our brand,’ ‘My brand,’ the Cowboys is the brand,” Sharpe said. “Ain’t one player on that team got a damn brand because you ain’t won nothing — because you don’t care about winning.”
[Photo/Video Credit: Nightcap Podcast on YouTube]
