ESPN: No excuses from these Cowboys

[Juke99]

No excuses from these Cowboys
Jason Garrett's paradigm shift promotes injuries as opportunities for others, not alibis

By Jean-Jacques Taylor
ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas -- Terence Newman won't play against the Jets, if you believe owner Jerry Jones.

And the Cowboys might have to go without Tyron Smith and Mike Jenkins, each of whom tweaked his knee in practice Wednesday.

The Jets played in the AFC Championship Game last season, and it was going to be difficult for the Cowboys to beat them with essentially three rookie offensive linemen and a rookie kicker.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/6941987/dallas-cowboys-head-coach-jason-garrett-use-injury-excuse

[Joe Rod]

OMG! An article by JJT with no smart-alec comments or smugness! Maybe Garrett is rubbing off on him as well.

[Hostile]

That article is awesome.

[ThreeSportStar80]

Nice read...

[dfense]

No excuses from these Cowboys
Jason Garrett's paradigm shift promotes injuries as opportunities for others, not alibis

By Jean-Jacques Taylor
ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas -- Terence Newman won't play against the Jets, if you believe owner Jerry Jones.

And the Cowboys might have to go without Tyron Smith and Mike Jenkins, each of whom tweaked his knee in practice Wednesday.

The Jets played in the AFC Championship Game last season, and it was going to be difficult for the Cowboys to beat them with essentially three rookie offensive linemen and a rookie kicker.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/6941987/dallas-cowboys-head-coach-jason-garrett-use-injury-excuse Sounds like JJT heard alot of his fellow journalists laughing at his last output comparing Dallas to the Bills and Cleveland. A little more down to earth.

[Doomsday101]

If I was the HC I would not be looking for excuses either but the reality is key injuries make it much harder to win. This weekend the Colts take on Houston and will likely do so without Manning. This would be a hard game even with Manning in the lineup without him the Colts are at a disadvatange.

[boysfanindc]

I love the tone Garrett is setting, you have to play, compete and hopefully find a win to win with what you got on any given Sunday.

Ask the Packers how that worked out for them having that attitude.

[ejthedj]

You guys like this article?

It still has the assumption that we are rebuilding throughout. It is total agenda.

He even says we won't be surprised to get blown out. Blown out? By Sanchez? When has he ever blown anyone out? I would be surprised. And JJT will be surprised when we win 9-11 games this year

[Idgit]

I love the tone Garrett is setting, you have to play, compete and hopefully find a win to win with what you got on any given Sunday.

Ask the Packers how that worked out for them having that attitude.

I love it, too. Of course, it's partially bull****, but the part that's not is great. And this quote is beautiful:

"We talk a lot to our team a lot about opportunity. Opportunity as a football team and individual opportunity," Garrett said. "Our team is littered with guys that got an opportunity to play because somebody got hurt and they took full advantage of it. That's something we've been preaching to our team since day one."

It's all about attitude.

On a related note, what's gotten into Ware this offseason? He's dropping quotes all over the place this week. Here's another good one, again, about 'attitude' (sorry, no link):

"I think that’s what you’ve got to have in this defense," Ware said. "You can’t go out there and be timid. He’ll [fat-***** demon-spawn Rob Ryan] throw the kitchen sink at you as players and expect you to learn it. Now, let’s throw that kitchen sink out there on the Jets and see how they take it."


Good stuff.

[Idgit]

Oh, and your obligatory moment-of-retardation/look-at-me-somebody,-please,-I'm-relevant from any JJT article:

None of us will be surprised if the Cowboys get blown out Sunday. They're undermanned, and the Jets are among the NFL's best teams.

[CCBoy]

...if only JJT had a Junior High School audience as his main body.

Both coaches have pressure. One has been to the AFC Championship two consecutive years. They are expected to beat teams such as Dallas. Dallas is attempting to return to the playoffs. They are expected to challenge teams such as the Jets.

Myself, I feel JJT is gardening the weed patch.