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IRVING – Despite their disappointing 5-5 record that includes Sunday night’s embarrassing 49-17 drubbing in New Orleans, the Cowboys’ won’t make any major changes during their bye week, owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday.
In what amounted to a state-of-the-franchise address on his weekly radio show, Jones essentially said the club will stick with the status quo.
That means Bill Callahan will continue to call plays even though the offense is struggling and that Monte Kiffin will continue to coordinate a defense that ranks last in the NFL and is on pace to finish the season as one of the worst in league history.
Head coach Jason Garrett is also apparently safe despite a 21-21 record since the start of the 2011 season.
The Cowboys share first place in the NFC East with the surging Eagles, and Jones believes staying the course is the right thing to do because the club will get a boost with the return of several injured players. Dallas’ first game after the bye will be against the Giants, who have won three straight after starting the season 0-6, on Nov. 24 in the Meadowlands.
“A 5-5 record is not acceptable,” Jones told Dallas’ KRLD-FM. “But we can we can say we were close in four of the games we lost. You can get critical of everything you saw in New Orleans. But we had a chance to win at Kansas City and we had a chance to win against Denver. Don’t look at what happened to us the other night (in New Orleans) and become panicky. I’m not going to address the coaching staff and whether they are safe. We are 5-5. We got players coming back. We got one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL (in Tony Romo). It doesn’t call for much change at all.”
Critics, though, would point out that Romo has been in a slump since passing for more than 500 yards and five touchdowns in the loss to the Broncos in Week 5 and that the defense will be hard pressed to improve with standout linebacker Sean Lee out for three to four weeks with a hamstring injury.
Jones did say that he wants Dez Bryant to get the ball more and that he would like to see the defense play more man coverage.
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In what amounted to a state-of-the-franchise address on his weekly radio show, Jones essentially said the club will stick with the status quo.
That means Bill Callahan will continue to call plays even though the offense is struggling and that Monte Kiffin will continue to coordinate a defense that ranks last in the NFL and is on pace to finish the season as one of the worst in league history.
Head coach Jason Garrett is also apparently safe despite a 21-21 record since the start of the 2011 season.
The Cowboys share first place in the NFC East with the surging Eagles, and Jones believes staying the course is the right thing to do because the club will get a boost with the return of several injured players. Dallas’ first game after the bye will be against the Giants, who have won three straight after starting the season 0-6, on Nov. 24 in the Meadowlands.
“A 5-5 record is not acceptable,” Jones told Dallas’ KRLD-FM. “But we can we can say we were close in four of the games we lost. You can get critical of everything you saw in New Orleans. But we had a chance to win at Kansas City and we had a chance to win against Denver. Don’t look at what happened to us the other night (in New Orleans) and become panicky. I’m not going to address the coaching staff and whether they are safe. We are 5-5. We got players coming back. We got one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL (in Tony Romo). It doesn’t call for much change at all.”
Critics, though, would point out that Romo has been in a slump since passing for more than 500 yards and five touchdowns in the loss to the Broncos in Week 5 and that the defense will be hard pressed to improve with standout linebacker Sean Lee out for three to four weeks with a hamstring injury.
Jones did say that he wants Dez Bryant to get the ball more and that he would like to see the defense play more man coverage.
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