When you win in the NFL, life is relatively good. Unfortunately, the reverse also applies. The Dallas Cowboys haven’t had many meaningful wins since Marvin Harrison (like his brother, not his rookie son, who played for the Arizona Cardinals) was in the league. Their Super Bowl and NFC Championship Game droughts are well-documented, and every time they fall short of the streak becomes a peak of frustration. When a team gets off to a bad start, as they have this season, things tend to escalate more often than not.
The intensity of the problem came after the franchise’s last playoff loss last January, and two months later, former quarterback Dalton Schultz took it to a new level, making the environment around the Cowboys even more worrisome and making them feel that it would be more than the brand. as a whole. Focus on anything. Key to Schultz’s comments was a tour of the Cowboys’ facility, where the team practices, lifts weights and generally prepares. As Schultz points out, this is troubling, leading to debates about whether the team as a whole (specifically owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones) was more focused on winning than the Dalton brand represented.
With the Cowboys’ morale low for some time, a tour of the team’s facility stoked the fire again. Past players include Jayron Kearse, Dorance Armstrong, Tony Pollard, Kelvin Joseph and Dante Fowler Jr. It’s all in a lengthy story published Wednesday by ESPN’s Calyn Kaler. In the interview, Kahler discussed the tour in detail, what was available during the tour, comments from random fans during the experience, and more. It’s definitely worth it. The story included a quote from former Sheriff Jayron Kearse referring to Schultz. He said the tournament wasn’t the reason Dallas failed during his time with the team, but it was definitely an issue.
Jerry Jones’ tournament defense has been mentioned several times in history, noting that the team last played in a Super Bowl and that the Cowboys were (in his words) one of the most successful teams in the NFL since the inception of The Star . in 2016. , which takes this kind of thing to a whole other level. In fact, the idea that everything will change is nonsense. As previously mentioned, fans were reportedly chasing players, including the injured Micah Parsons (offensive comment). Kaler noted at the beginning of this story that it was the Saturday before the Cowboys hosted the Detroit Lions and that Parsons was dealing with a high sprain then (and still today). But he couldn’t do it alone.
If you find some or all of these confusing, that’s one thing. Needless to say, Kersey at least said that despite everything, that’s no excuse for the team’s playoff failure. But if you think about the names of the last players of the aforementioned team, they all speak with their words. Sure, it’s easy to say the Kansas City Chiefs will win, but it’s a bit of a travesty to assume the Washington franchise does what the Cowboys don’t. The Chiefs have been successful this season and the Cowboys can be prisoners of the moment because they have to deal with situations, but they are selected from people and their experiences.
As mentioned earlier, the Stars opened in 2016 and one of the players who was there is the team’s current point guard, Jourdan Lewis. The quote is about teams finding a way to succeed, no matter what. As you can imagine, given Schultz’s previous allegations and the Cowboys’ current temperature, the story began circulating almost immediately after publication. Micah Parsons seems to challenge the idea that tournaments are a distraction.
