I set it up BEAUTIFULLY! 🤩 Stephen A. REACTS to the Cowboys losing 48-32 to the Packers | First Take

should we be surprised by the Cowboys early playoff exit considering history did you say surprise is that what you asked me did you say surprise I mean come on I mean come on now Dak Prescott excuse me ladies and gentlemen four interceptions in the last two playoff losses uh Mike McCarthy three1 and outs in four years as the Dallas Cowboy head coach the Dallas Cowboys on the 28th anniversary of the last time they went to an NFC Championship that's 28 years that's 28 years I mean we're talking about look did y'all know that 28 years ago in 1996 when the Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl did you know that excuse me 10% you I look this up 10% of us households had home internet connections Google didn't even exist you can't make this up you can't make this up man you know and I just said to myself I'm sitting there listen I got got to tell you something in all seriousness in all seriousness okay in all seriousness I am shocked at the Fashion in which they lost to get beat down we all predicted that Dallas should win this game because we thought that Green Bay's defense was suspect but we knew that Green Bay could put up points in them but I must confess sh Shay I must confess Dio I was shocked at the beat down this was a beat down I want to give I don't give a damn about the final score 4832 oh no no no no 4816 with 6 minutes left in the game it was done okay what I was shocked by was the beat down when they ran downfield and they scored all right your March downfield 75 yards Aaron Jones is running the ball lights out okay we get that we saw that before we saw that against Buffalo we saw that against San Francisco we got that part okay but Dak throws that interception that was the first indication and then after that a pick six you can't make this up so I'm going to tell you this I am surprised at the Fashion but but I'm not surprised at the loss when things when the playoffs arrives Palms get sweaty backsides get tight and you got cats that ain't ready and nobody I don't give a damn about the excellent analysis of do I don't give a damn about the excellent analysis of the three-time Super Bowl champion and the Hall of famous sh Shay himself I don't want to hear I saw panic I saw a dudes who was shook I saw a crew that was nervous okay and so we'll get into the ramifications The Fallout from this in a minute all I'm going to say is I'm surprised at the Lop side of the fear that we witnessed but I am not surprised by the loss because do I said it up beautifully didn't I I sat up there and I talked about those expectations and I let it climb and they all got caught up in it and Dallas Nation Cowboys Nation was all caught up and remember I told you sh Shay I don't want the fall to be light I wanted it to be steep I wanted it to and I wanted to collapse and that is what we saw yesterday they never let me down I always say be patient just wait it's coming that's and boy did it arrive thank you I'm not I'm not surprised at all Molly you remember a couple of weeks ago I said the Cowboys are like my ex I like them a lot but I don't trust them and remember everybody was talking about this is this is the Cowboys best chance to get to the Super Bowl I said best based on what they went 12 and5 last year they went 12 and five the year before that I said so what's different about this year than the previous years I said absolutely nothing I said they still do a bunch of talking Jared Jones is still in front of the cameras yapping like he always does it's funny Stephen A did you find it funny Jerry Jones says he doesn't want to rank this loss but let me tell you what happened on Thanksgiving when they beat the commanders 4 5 to 10 I don't know if I had a day like this and I'll include them all I'll put Super Bowls in there I don't know if I've ever had a better day with the Cowboys than today but yesterday he didn't want to rank it but you wanted to rank a meaningless Thanksgiving Day game against the commanders I remember Michael comp Parson opening day he said after beating the Giants we're making the statement that I've been trying to make we're the best defense in the National Football lead really I said when you can't run the football consistently and you can't stop the run consistently when you get to the playoffs whatever your flaw is it gets exacerbated what could the Cowboys do yesterday consistency consistently run the football what couldn't they do Aaron Jones looked like Eric Dickerson running the football he had two Rush touchdowns all season long he had three yesterday 48 16 and Dak said well I got it going late what you mean you got it going late bro Dak numbered at 4816 Dak was 2439 193 a touchdown with two picks now he ends up with over 400 yards and three touchdowns bro that was garbage time those are empty calories which means you got fat with no nutritional value I'm not surprised by this because I for told of this when you look at the Cowboys and the way they play when they play good teams this is what normally happens unfortunately in a situation like this it happened to be the playoffs with all these expectations man the greater the expectations the greater the hurt I'm not surprised that the Cowboys lost yeah maybe 48 to 16 at one point in the ball game but no one should be surprised because if you watch the Cowboys all Year Stephen A teams that ran the football and I'm not trying to get wide run outside run right down the middle of the field because when they got those little small ass safeties playing middle linebacker uh deal cuz you know they like to play a lot of nickel a lot of dime you got those small guys when those big guys scoop up on you uh oh won't help you this is what the cow this is who they are they got to do some soul searching today I've seen 12 wins 12 wins 12 wins and they've come up short every single time is that the expectations of the Cowboys given who and what they are Jerry Hypes them up see the thing is is that the the fan basee gets so frenzied by what Jerry is saying and what their players are saying and they beat up on a bad Jets team and they beat up on a bad Patriots team and they beat up bad on the early Giants team and they get out and they score 40 and they score 50 points oh this and everybody gets off I'm telling you you're not that good defensively you're not that good if you can't turn people over Green Bay protected the ball Mike McCarthy is the because the problem that I have with Mike McCarthy is because he told a lie he wanted Kell Moore out so he could call plays and said he was going to run the football more than Kell Moore and ab be damn it he didn't run the football less than what Kell Moore did that's right he Bears culpability in this so at the end of the day if you're happy with 12 wins and getting being one and done Mike McCarthy is your guy it's really that simple de Stephen A if you want 12 wins in a possible division title and be one and done Mike McCarthy is your guy let me be very serious here because I want to I want to Veer away from the trolling and having a good time with all of this to get very very serious here there does come a point in time where Dak Prescott needs to shut the hell up you a standard what would you know about the standard you haven't lived up to the standard that was once set decades before you Dallas Cowboys will winning Super Bowls in the 90s when Michael Irving Troy Aman and EMT Smith was there and ultimately Prime Time Deion Sanders came there the Dallas Cowboys were winning in the 70s when you had Roger starbo there okay with the Drew Pearsons of the world with the Tony dorsets of the world they were winning what would you know about that if you are a Dallas Cowboy since 1996 you wouldn't know anything about that if anything all you know is that historically there was a standard that you have failed to live up to in your entire career in a Dallas Cowboys uniform and I say that respectfully and here's reason why do Shannon put them up on the screen because I want to look at them please it comes a point in time we all know that Dak Prescott is an incredible role model is a really really good guy really decent guy he's class personified we know all the things we say all of these things but have you noticed that most analysts have gotten to a point where we preface anything we say about him by bringing that up the time has come to stop all of this we're talking football we're not talking anything else we're not talking about your character we're not talking about as a man we're not talking about how good of a person you are we we're talking about the fact that coming the month of January you plummet you have a winning record in every single month but January that is not an accident that is not an accident so we don't give a damn about Dak prescot's endorsement of Mike McCarthy a matter of fact if we do give a damn about it it should be for the opposite reasons the fact that Dak Prescott endorsed him is more of a reason he should be gone because he can't seem to get more out of Dak Prescott then we need him we need him to get out of them now as it pertains to Mike McCarthy let's be clear he has to go he has to go and I'm GNA tell you why it's not just about the 12 wins during the regular season but you went to bed in the postseason it's about the fact that that Jerry Jones is 81 years of age it's about the fact that when we look at the Personnel on the Dallas Cowboys we expect better come postseason time it's about the Mandate that you took the job knowing what the Mandate existed and you failed to live up to it for four years that's what this is about and how does it end Deo you walk into a postseason game a postseason game on your home turf Kansas City won at home okay Houston won at home when everybody was talking about Cleveland Detroit won at home who's the one team that lost a home game the team that was 16-0 over the last 16 home games that's the Dallas Cowboys and how did they lose because we're literally looking at them and saying they're ill prepared they got outplaced we saw Musgrave wide open we saw dobs wide open I'm talking about you didn't see a defender in the vicinity we saw more hits of Dan Quinn who also has to go by the way we saw more hits of Dan Quinn on the big screen than we saw Dallas defenders in the vicinity of Green Bay pack of wide receivers that's what we're talking about here they were ill prepared for a playoff game and it's not about them being inep Dan it's about the fact that you got guys that are available now a harar a bellich that you know something like that would not happen that's the thing they got to go yeah there's no way that Jerry Jones can sit here and tell anybody Cowboys Nation the reporters all of us that he's serious about winning a Super Bowl unless he restarts everything I would restart everything if I was Jerry Jones we are what we are now there's a couple things I want to push back on Stephen A okay in the context of Dak Prescott I said this last year everybody wants the player to be as good as the person and that's not the case Okay Dak is a 10 out of 10 human being and he's a good player but he's a better person than he is in player I do think that when he stands there and owns it every single time that should be appreciated I'll push back I understand where you're coming from with like we don't get that does does matter cuz so often we do have moments when players do finger point and to be the quarterback of the Cowboys and to consistently fall short in the playoffs and never run from it I don't think we gloss over that okay I I I'll push back on you with that this is why I think you have to change everything Stephen A and Shannon because Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy together they're 13 and 15 versus teams that end the season with a winning record the below average against good to very good football teams Dak is going to cost 60 plus million next year even if they change his contract at some point you have to be honest about who you are at some point you can't sit here and make those cool audio clips and say that noise you hear late in the the Texas night that's me laying awake dreaming about a Super Bowl there's no way that you can sell us that lie anymore Jerry Jones if you really believe that you want more than anything to get one more Super Bowl you have to restart at every major position or decision Mak process interr organization one sec steephen I just want to get this on the record so what do you mean by restart everything you're getting rid of Dak you're getting rid of mccarth what what's happening yep yep tell me I'm getting rid of those three prival pieces Dak McCarthy and Dan Quinn I would get rid of and and I I understand it's absurd and could we get worse yes it's going to be hard to find a quarterback that is going to play at MVP level but the in the last F three playoff losses he's got five interceptions and 10 picks against Green Bay and San Francisco those two guys together they're 0 and5 they lose by an average of 13 points so as as far as like those major focal pieces I would restart everywhere no no no sh uh uh Shannon before I get to you let me say two a couple of quick things number one I I think that's ridiculous I'm not getting rid of Dak Prescott before this game he was an MVP candidate I'm not getting rid of him that's number one okay and I and I think because the coach I think coaching and and and and Shannon has emphasized that a lot with all the times he's mentioned Mike Shanahan obviously and obviously play for Harbaugh as well so when you look at it from that perspective the the bottom line is this I just have I'm not getting rid of Dak pres but here's another reason why just to throw this out and then I'll hand it to you Shannon look at Dallas's defense yesterday zero sacks on Jordan love zero takeaways allowed TDS on allowed TDS on six of Green Bay's first seven possessions allowed 60% on third down conversions allowed four Packer touchdowns in four Red Zone trips and they allowed 415 yards of offense in only 54 plays which is 7.7 yards a Play Even though Dak was God awful and I don't want to hear from him when it comes to endorsing his coach right now to me the defense was more culpable in what transpired yesterday than Dak Prescott even with the two interceptions in the six I I agree check this out Stephen do you know that the Green Bay Packers have more playoff wins in AT&T Stadium than the Dallas Cowboys themselves and that's the Cowboys home stadium and the Green Bay Packers have more playoff wins in that building than the Cowboys you see what happens here's the problem because Jerry Jones tells us every year these teams that he has assembled has more talent look just as good as those teams that won the Super Bowl and I'm like Jerry are you crazy do you understand what you're saying the team you got to let these teams do something before you credit them for doing nothing they won nothing and you say oh they reminds me they're just really do you know I don't think Jerry understands just how good those Super Bowl teams that he had in the 90s were or he would never put these teams in the teens in the two in the 20s alongside those that's his own fault I don't know if you get rid of Dak because like you said what are you going to replace him with Mike McCarthy is an easy fix given what's out there and available I believe there are coaches out there available that's better than Mike McCarthy remember Mike McCarthy had years of Brett Favre and Aaron Rogers guys that won seven Su MVPs seven so no yeah but things got to change Dan qu Dan qu's gota go here's where I'm struggling Shannon here here's where I'm struggling Shannon in in mostly with with Stephen I guess in central to the Dak Point again dak's a good player he has boarded on being a really good player there is that reality Stephen he you just said he has a winning record in every month but January we know what has happened in the last last three out of the last four playoff games he has not played well it isn't just Dak or what else it's if you are going to reset something okay you're going to probably get a new coach so now that new coach has to come in and accept the guy that you said Stephen A doesn't has has a winning record every month but January and we're going to pay him $60 million and and we're we're we're just completely okay with that when you watched yesterday afternoon a young man go on the road in his first playoff game and let's be honest let's take emotion it wasn't close performance-wise [Music]

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Published: Mon Jan 15 2024