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Michael Irvin on Alex Barron: 'He shouldn't even be on the football field'
09:44 PM CDT on Monday, September 13, 2010
SportsDayDFW.com
Former Dallas Cowboys players Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders comment and analyze the Cowboys defeat to the Washington Redskins on Sunday. Here are some highlights:
On Alex Barron holding to negate the winning touchdown pass:
Irvin : Man, you look at Alex Barron here. As much as you want, I want to get on Jason Garrett for not going downfield early. The way he receives this bear hug of a block says that he shouldn’t even be on the football field. This guy doesn’t even know how to set up a block, let alone talking about starting in a game like this, tonight. I would put a wide receiver at tackle. That’s ridiculous right there. Put anybody out right there.
Would an old Flozell Adams be as good as or better than Alex Barron for the team?
Sanders : I would answer that question, yes. It depends on what do you want. Do you want Flozell Adams? He reminds me a lot of the basketball Rasheed Wallace. Yea, he’s going to get you a holding penalty; Rasheed is going to get you a couple of technicals. But at the end of the game, they’re going to do their job.
On protection of Tony Romo by offensive line:
Irvin: You want Tony protected. You want to try and protect him but when the game gets like this…you saw what kind of blocking he had. But Tony has the ability to create and make things happen. And you got to allow him, at least give him that chance. You can’t continue to throw screen after screen after screen because you’re not getting protection. Allow Tony…the reason you gave him all the money you gave him…he has the ability to make plays with his legs and look up field. Give him that opportunity to make those plays.
Do you give Wade Phillips some credit for taking responsibility for the blotched play at the end of the first half?
Sanders: I mean, Wade is the head coach, of course, but he is a defensive coach, first and foremost. So, for him to take the blame, to take the bullet and say, “You know what, guys, I think we should have just taken a knee.” That’s not his call, that’s Jason Garrett’s call. And then he went on to run this defense here. We played against these guys a couple of times now. We haven’t given up a touchdown defensively but we’re on the losing end. A phenomenal job on defense today by Wade Phillips’ defense. I think that is to be commended.
On Dallas’s offense:
Sanders : We’re going to point the finger at anybody and that’s something we do. We need to talk about that offense: it’s very anemic. I don’t believe that you could just waltz through the preseason and hit a switch and all the lights turn on. You can’t do that offensively. You need to be in sync, you need to have a rhythm. And we can’t keep making excuses like Dez Bryant . Dez Bryant was not going to be effective. Get Jason Witten the ball. I believe he caught three balls for 27 yards. That’s not an All-Pro tight end. You got to get him more involved in this offense in some type of way.
You got three pretty darn good backs that could start for pretty much any team. You’ve got a couple of receivers that are pretty good, an All-Pro tight end, an All-Pro quarterback and an All-Pro center. What else do you need on that offense?
Irvin: You can’t block, so that kills the run. You can’t go up field because every time he’s ready to go up field, guys are in his face. That is the problem they’re having is up front. The skill positions, they can play with anybody. But certainly, the Dallas Cowboys are having problems up front and we knew that coming in.
To listen to the interview, click here.
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09:44 PM CDT on Monday, September 13, 2010
SportsDayDFW.com
Former Dallas Cowboys players Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders comment and analyze the Cowboys defeat to the Washington Redskins on Sunday. Here are some highlights:
On Alex Barron holding to negate the winning touchdown pass:
Irvin : Man, you look at Alex Barron here. As much as you want, I want to get on Jason Garrett for not going downfield early. The way he receives this bear hug of a block says that he shouldn’t even be on the football field. This guy doesn’t even know how to set up a block, let alone talking about starting in a game like this, tonight. I would put a wide receiver at tackle. That’s ridiculous right there. Put anybody out right there.
Would an old Flozell Adams be as good as or better than Alex Barron for the team?
Sanders : I would answer that question, yes. It depends on what do you want. Do you want Flozell Adams? He reminds me a lot of the basketball Rasheed Wallace. Yea, he’s going to get you a holding penalty; Rasheed is going to get you a couple of technicals. But at the end of the game, they’re going to do their job.
On protection of Tony Romo by offensive line:
Irvin: You want Tony protected. You want to try and protect him but when the game gets like this…you saw what kind of blocking he had. But Tony has the ability to create and make things happen. And you got to allow him, at least give him that chance. You can’t continue to throw screen after screen after screen because you’re not getting protection. Allow Tony…the reason you gave him all the money you gave him…he has the ability to make plays with his legs and look up field. Give him that opportunity to make those plays.
Do you give Wade Phillips some credit for taking responsibility for the blotched play at the end of the first half?
Sanders: I mean, Wade is the head coach, of course, but he is a defensive coach, first and foremost. So, for him to take the blame, to take the bullet and say, “You know what, guys, I think we should have just taken a knee.” That’s not his call, that’s Jason Garrett’s call. And then he went on to run this defense here. We played against these guys a couple of times now. We haven’t given up a touchdown defensively but we’re on the losing end. A phenomenal job on defense today by Wade Phillips’ defense. I think that is to be commended.
On Dallas’s offense:
Sanders : We’re going to point the finger at anybody and that’s something we do. We need to talk about that offense: it’s very anemic. I don’t believe that you could just waltz through the preseason and hit a switch and all the lights turn on. You can’t do that offensively. You need to be in sync, you need to have a rhythm. And we can’t keep making excuses like Dez Bryant . Dez Bryant was not going to be effective. Get Jason Witten the ball. I believe he caught three balls for 27 yards. That’s not an All-Pro tight end. You got to get him more involved in this offense in some type of way.
You got three pretty darn good backs that could start for pretty much any team. You’ve got a couple of receivers that are pretty good, an All-Pro tight end, an All-Pro quarterback and an All-Pro center. What else do you need on that offense?
Irvin: You can’t block, so that kills the run. You can’t go up field because every time he’s ready to go up field, guys are in his face. That is the problem they’re having is up front. The skill positions, they can play with anybody. But certainly, the Dallas Cowboys are having problems up front and we knew that coming in.
To listen to the interview, click here.
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