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Eagles 24, Cowboys 22
ARLINGTON – This time, there was no moral victory for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
“This is very disappointing,” Jones said shortly after Dallas lost 24-22 in a winner-take-all game against the Philadelphia Eagles. “There’s no feel good in this loss. There was a lot of stake, not the least of which is getting to come right back here next week and play. We’re very disappointed.”
It’s the third year in row Dallas fell to an East foe in a do-or-die season finale. The only thing different about this one is that Kyle Orton was at quarterback after Tony Romo underwent season-ending surgery Friday.
It’s also the third consecutive year Dallas has finished 8-8. The club’s four-year playoff drought is the longest of the Jones era.
“It is unbelievable, unthinkable really for me to be sitting here three years in a row and this game putting us at .500 and eliminating us from going to the playoffs,” Jones said. “I had thought some of the changes we had made this year would put us in better shape tonight.”
The loss left Jason Garrett with a 29-27 record since he became coach midway through the 2010 season after Jones fired Wade Phillips.
Asked about Garrett’s future, Jones reminded reporters he’s already given Garrett a vote of confidence.
“I said at that time I thought his future and what he’s going to be doing with us was good,” Jones said. “But this isn’t the time, and I don’t even like the way it feels or looks to speak to anything about our coaches.”
Asked if he believes the team has made progress under his watch, Garrett said, “We certainly do, and we have to keep banging away. Unfortunately, we haven’t taken the next step. We didn’t get it done, and we all have to live with it, coaches and players.”
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ARLINGTON – This time, there was no moral victory for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
“This is very disappointing,” Jones said shortly after Dallas lost 24-22 in a winner-take-all game against the Philadelphia Eagles. “There’s no feel good in this loss. There was a lot of stake, not the least of which is getting to come right back here next week and play. We’re very disappointed.”
It’s the third year in row Dallas fell to an East foe in a do-or-die season finale. The only thing different about this one is that Kyle Orton was at quarterback after Tony Romo underwent season-ending surgery Friday.
It’s also the third consecutive year Dallas has finished 8-8. The club’s four-year playoff drought is the longest of the Jones era.
“It is unbelievable, unthinkable really for me to be sitting here three years in a row and this game putting us at .500 and eliminating us from going to the playoffs,” Jones said. “I had thought some of the changes we had made this year would put us in better shape tonight.”
The loss left Jason Garrett with a 29-27 record since he became coach midway through the 2010 season after Jones fired Wade Phillips.
Asked about Garrett’s future, Jones reminded reporters he’s already given Garrett a vote of confidence.
“I said at that time I thought his future and what he’s going to be doing with us was good,” Jones said. “But this isn’t the time, and I don’t even like the way it feels or looks to speak to anything about our coaches.”
Asked if he believes the team has made progress under his watch, Garrett said, “We certainly do, and we have to keep banging away. Unfortunately, we haven’t taken the next step. We didn’t get it done, and we all have to live with it, coaches and players.”
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