FRISCO, Texas — If you fall to 0-3 at dwelling, winless within the final 4 video games when additionally contemplating the playoff loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers in January, there isn’t any spinning the details right into a pillow that permits for a smooth touchdown after being shoved from the rooftop by the fact of the scenario, and that actuality says the Dallas Cowboys are at the moment damaged at AT&T Stadium.
Can they repair it? Certain, contemplating they have been the perfect in your complete NFL on their dwelling subject previous to the aforementioned loss in January, and getting again to that degree of play will headline their self-reflection going into the bye week.
When requested concerning the present state of affairs, proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones was candid.
“OK, that was a protracted day, because of Detroit, and due to plenty of issues you may criticize about what we have been doing on the market right this moment,” stated Jones. “That may’t be [us]. That may’t be. We’re not — we have got to evaluate.”
However even Jones is admitting the repair is not a magical one that can instantly seem over the following two weeks earlier than they step onto the sphere at Levi’s Stadium, the most important constructive in that equation to come back is that the sport is on the highway, the place the Cowboys are undefeated however, as everybody effectively is aware of, it is also towards a 49ers staff that has been the bane of Dallas’ existence just lately.
And the schedule does not precisely flip down after that.
“We have actually acquired a bye week, however there’s nothing magic a couple of bye week,” Jones stated. “You are able to do some issues in a different way [as far as] among the issues that bit us on the market right this moment. This was very regarding and it was very humbling and it was very — I felt unhealthy due to all of our nice followers, particularly those within the stadium and definitely those which can be all concerning the Cowboys.
“So we have got plenty of work to do.”
Sitting at a .500 document as a consequence of three dwelling losses is one thing nobody may’ve rightfully predicted, nevertheless it’s the place the Cowboys are in mid-October. Their subsequent matchup at dwelling would be the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 10, a division conflict that might assist decide a number of situations because the season rolls into December.
“Everyone knows it is best to really feel higher at dwelling,” stated Jones, befuddled. “I feel that is a bonus. You do not journey. You sleep in your personal mattress. It ought to be a bonus at dwelling and that is one of many first stuff you have a look at.
“How come we’re not taking part in higher after we’ve acquired the benefit towards the opposite staff? You get to get up within the morning and in acquainted territory. All that is stuff to consider. However, typically talking, I feel my message is, I do know you needn’t hear me say this, however I am effectively conscious that we’re within the proverbial sh-tter proper now.”
That, nevertheless, does not imply Jones is seeking to push head coach Mike McCarthy out of the door, as he made clear after the loss to the Lions.
“I am not contemplating that hypothetical,” stated Jones. “I am not going to be hypothetical inI contemplating a training change, and I am by no means.”
With that predictable hypothesis seemingly put to mattress, the Cowboys are pressured to stare within the mirror over the following a number of days and determine who they’re and what they need to be outlined as when the 2024 season is all said-and-done.
As a result of, proper now, there’s a disconnect between these two issues.