Jerry Jones Says Cowboys’ Blowout Loss Puts Everyone on Notice

WHO:

NY Post - Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones was visibly frustrated after Dallas’s loss and said he was not considering a coaching change at that time.

DallasCowboys.com - Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said he would take responsibility for his part in the team’s losses and continued to express belief in the coaching staff and players.

DallasCowboys.com - Players named by Schottenheimer as people he believes in included Dak Prescott, Shemar James and Quinnen Williams.

DallasCowboys.com - Arizona players involved in the comeback included Michael Wilson, Tyler Allgeier, Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew.

Fox News - The report said Jones confirmed Brian Schottenheimer remained the Cowboys’ coach; it also discussed Colts coach Shane Steichen, without a comparable pledge about his job.

WHAT:

DallasCowboys.com - Dallas lost to the Arizona Cardinals 33-30 in overtime after leading 17-3 at halftime and blowing a 14-point fourth-quarter lead. The Cowboys fell to 3-5.

DallasCowboys.com - Arizona scored 27 second-half points, including Wilson’s game-tying touchdown with six seconds left.

DallasCowboys.com - In the second half, Arizona outgained Dallas 286 yards to 157, converted four of five third downs and scored on all three red-zone trips.

DallasCowboys.com - Jones called the defeat “an indictment of the whole show” and said the team did not play well enough to win.

DallasCowboys.com - Schottenheimer said Dallas needed to “learn to finish in all three phases” and acknowledged missed opportunities to get defensive stops, close out the game and attempt a long field goal before halftime.

DallasCowboys.com - Dallas had also lost to the Ravens on a last-second field goal after allowing Baltimore into field-goal range with one second remaining, and to the Buccaneers, then described as winless, with backup quarterback Jalon Daniels.

DallasCowboys.com - The Cowboys were seeking their first pair of consecutive wins of the season and their second such streak under Schottenheimer in Dallas.

DallasCowboys.com - Jones said, “Everybody knows that when you've been hit on the nose or you've been knocked down, that those are difficult times to overcome,” and said players, coaches and he would all face a difficult challenge.

WHERE:

DallasCowboys.com - The Cowboys’ loss to Arizona took place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

DallasCowboys.com - Dallas was set to travel to face the Indianapolis Colts, described as 2-6; the Colts had traded away guard Quenton Nelson and defensive lineman DeForest Buckner.

DallasCowboys.com - The NFC East-leading Giants were 4-2-1.

WHY:

DallasCowboys.com - Schottenheimer attributed the defeat to poor second-half execution across all three phases and said Dallas failed to finish after taking a lead.

DallasCowboys.com - Jones said Dallas had opportunities to win but did not capitalize on them.

HOW:

DallasCowboys.com - Arizona erased Dallas’s lead with a second-half comeback, including a tying touchdown with six seconds remaining, then won in overtime.

DallasCowboys.com - Schottenheimer said the team would review film, work to identify a solution and try to correct its execution.

The Cowboys blew a fourteen-point fourth-quarter lead, losing to Arizona 33 to 30 in overtime. Dallas owner Jerry Jones said Brian Schottenheimer remained coach, despite calling the loss an indictment. Schottenheimer accepted responsibility, citing poor execution as Dallas fell to 3-5.