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I Loved reading this. Absolutely made my day. Total 100% accountability from both players. When you question Garrett as a coach, and you should at times, always remember he built this mentality too. Here are two of our leaders after they messed up yesterday. No excuses whatsoever from either:
But the Cowboys also gave away drives. Elliott and Jason Witten – the team’s elder statesman and likely future Hall of Fame tight end – lamented two lost fumbles against the Saints. First, trailing 6-3 in the second quarter, Saints linebacker A.J. Klein poked the ball away from Witten on a 16-yard catch and run into New Orleans territory at the 47. “Terrible turnover on my part,” Witten said. “I’ve got to be better there. It’s a basic fundamental play. “It’s usually not the guy you see. It’s the guy you don’t see. But line one for playing tight end is catching balls over the middle and securing the catch and getting first downs. Yeah, you want run after catch, but you’ve got the hopes and dreams of the team in your hands.”
“You play against good teams, they’re going to limit your possessions,” Witten said. “Turnovers -- that’s why every possession is so critical. You come back and say, well, maybe it didn’t cost us because we got a defensive stop, but it does because you don’t get enough shots at it.”
Then, just before halftime, Elliott appeared to pick up a fourth-and-1 run to the Cowboys’ 45-yard line, but Saints safety Vonn Bell poked the ball loose in the pile and recovered it. Replays showed Elliott’s elbow might have been down before the fumble, but the officiating crew upheld their call. “I just coughed it up,” Elliott said. “It’s not acceptable. This team relies on me in moments like that, fourth-and-1. I just can’t let the team down like that. “It doesn’t really matter if my elbow was down or not. I’ve got to take care of the ball in that situation. The team relies on me to take care of the ball in that situation.”
I Loved reading this. Absolutely made my day. Total 100% accountability from both players. When you question Garrett as a coach, and you should at times, always remember he built this mentality too. Here are two of our leaders after they messed up yesterday. No excuses whatsoever from either:
But the Cowboys also gave away drives. Elliott and Jason Witten – the team’s elder statesman and likely future Hall of Fame tight end – lamented two lost fumbles against the Saints. First, trailing 6-3 in the second quarter, Saints linebacker A.J. Klein poked the ball away from Witten on a 16-yard catch and run into New Orleans territory at the 47. “Terrible turnover on my part,” Witten said. “I’ve got to be better there. It’s a basic fundamental play. “It’s usually not the guy you see. It’s the guy you don’t see. But line one for playing tight end is catching balls over the middle and securing the catch and getting first downs. Yeah, you want run after catch, but you’ve got the hopes and dreams of the team in your hands.”
“You play against good teams, they’re going to limit your possessions,” Witten said. “Turnovers -- that’s why every possession is so critical. You come back and say, well, maybe it didn’t cost us because we got a defensive stop, but it does because you don’t get enough shots at it.”
Then, just before halftime, Elliott appeared to pick up a fourth-and-1 run to the Cowboys’ 45-yard line, but Saints safety Vonn Bell poked the ball loose in the pile and recovered it. Replays showed Elliott’s elbow might have been down before the fumble, but the officiating crew upheld their call. “I just coughed it up,” Elliott said. “It’s not acceptable. This team relies on me in moments like that, fourth-and-1. I just can’t let the team down like that. “It doesn’t really matter if my elbow was down or not. I’ve got to take care of the ball in that situation. The team relies on me to take care of the ball in that situation.”