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Jerry Jones on Monday night's loss: 'I don't know when I've experienced that type of domination'
Posted at 3:01 PM on Wed., Oct. 27, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appeared Tuesday on KRLD-FM. Here are some highlights from the interview:
On how the Cowboys played during the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters:
I don't know when I've experienced that type of domination by an opposing team. And again, I want to say, these Giants they can turn it up and I was impressed with that ball team. I don't know when I've seen a team that was able to complete the passes as well as run the ball. The combination of those two things for that period of time, that really set us back.
On the way the Monday Night Football game went:
The other thing is we did have some things going for us. Although I will say, I want to give the Giants credit. We had three turnovers and we looked up and we were only six points ahead at that time. And that concerns you because those turnovers should have had more points on the board relative to the Giants. And of course we did have a letdown, there's no question about that, after Romo's injury. That was disappointing.
On his feelings about the way the team played after Tony Romo was injured:
I thought that Romo was playing well, and once we got in a groove from an offensive standpoint, I thought we could go on and eventually have a really good night. We really hadn't done that well up until that time when we had the ball on offense. We made our plays really because of those turnovers. And even after Romo's injury we got that punt return. But if you remember back last night after the first two or three series that we made the interceptions on the Giants, they moved that ball pretty good. That really concerned you when you saw the way they were running the ball even before his injury, and what was an apparent letdown, we were seeing too much movement. The other thing is that the Giants had the ball for two-thirds of the ball game for all practical purposes. You've only got so much snaps in those defensive players. We all know there's more energy expended over on the defensive side of the ball by the big guys than the offensive guys. So, you leave them out there too long for any length of time and you can see that. Again, I saw that, but I also saw a dip. I thought we got some of it back near the end, but it was too late.
On if he thinks the football gods are out to get the Cowboys:
The way we were going with our turnovers right in the beginning, we had lost our games prior to that time with those types of plays going against us. I even had the audacity to be sitting there thinking, 'Oh my goodness, slow it down, save some of these for future games. Don't use them all up here in about 20 minutes.' Obviously, it was way ahead of ourselves. And what we got to do is, from the standpoint of how we approach this thing, we will have to have better offense. One of the things that kills you is that you do get conservative when you bring that second quarterback in. You almost have to. And you pare the game down and you count on your defense, you count on the running game and you just try to get physical. When we tried to do that with them we weren't successful. You don't come out throwing. Kitna's actually really good. One of his best qualities is his ability to go to the wide receiver and throw the long ball. We just couldn't and didn't see any of that as we brought him into the ball game. In the end it was a good combination of circumstances by the Giants. But I want to say it one more time, they were playing really physical, really playing well and we couldn't get the pressure, we couldn't defend the pass and it really swarmed on us.
Posted at 3:01 PM on Wed., Oct. 27, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
SportsDayDFW sports Bio | E-mail | News tips
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appeared Tuesday on KRLD-FM. Here are some highlights from the interview:
On how the Cowboys played during the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters:
I don't know when I've experienced that type of domination by an opposing team. And again, I want to say, these Giants they can turn it up and I was impressed with that ball team. I don't know when I've seen a team that was able to complete the passes as well as run the ball. The combination of those two things for that period of time, that really set us back.
On the way the Monday Night Football game went:
The other thing is we did have some things going for us. Although I will say, I want to give the Giants credit. We had three turnovers and we looked up and we were only six points ahead at that time. And that concerns you because those turnovers should have had more points on the board relative to the Giants. And of course we did have a letdown, there's no question about that, after Romo's injury. That was disappointing.
On his feelings about the way the team played after Tony Romo was injured:
I thought that Romo was playing well, and once we got in a groove from an offensive standpoint, I thought we could go on and eventually have a really good night. We really hadn't done that well up until that time when we had the ball on offense. We made our plays really because of those turnovers. And even after Romo's injury we got that punt return. But if you remember back last night after the first two or three series that we made the interceptions on the Giants, they moved that ball pretty good. That really concerned you when you saw the way they were running the ball even before his injury, and what was an apparent letdown, we were seeing too much movement. The other thing is that the Giants had the ball for two-thirds of the ball game for all practical purposes. You've only got so much snaps in those defensive players. We all know there's more energy expended over on the defensive side of the ball by the big guys than the offensive guys. So, you leave them out there too long for any length of time and you can see that. Again, I saw that, but I also saw a dip. I thought we got some of it back near the end, but it was too late.
On if he thinks the football gods are out to get the Cowboys:
The way we were going with our turnovers right in the beginning, we had lost our games prior to that time with those types of plays going against us. I even had the audacity to be sitting there thinking, 'Oh my goodness, slow it down, save some of these for future games. Don't use them all up here in about 20 minutes.' Obviously, it was way ahead of ourselves. And what we got to do is, from the standpoint of how we approach this thing, we will have to have better offense. One of the things that kills you is that you do get conservative when you bring that second quarterback in. You almost have to. And you pare the game down and you count on your defense, you count on the running game and you just try to get physical. When we tried to do that with them we weren't successful. You don't come out throwing. Kitna's actually really good. One of his best qualities is his ability to go to the wide receiver and throw the long ball. We just couldn't and didn't see any of that as we brought him into the ball game. In the end it was a good combination of circumstances by the Giants. But I want to say it one more time, they were playing really physical, really playing well and we couldn't get the pressure, we couldn't defend the pass and it really swarmed on us.
