<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-coaching-change-trade-deadline-rumors-firm-stance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cowboys’ Jerry Jones shuts down coaching change, trade deadline rumors with firm stance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jerry-Jones-shuts-down-coaching-change-trade-deadline-rumors-with-firm-stance.jpg"></figure><h1>Cowboys’ Jerry Jones shuts down coaching change, trade deadline rumors with firm stance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T19:20:39-07:00">October 15th, 7:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T19:20:39-07:00">October 15th, 7:20pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Coming off the nasty 47-9 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 6, the Dallas Cowboys still remain confident that they can finish the season strong and qualify for the postseason. After all, they’re still 3-3, not enough to go into desperation mode. However, at least that’s what Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones believed, as he insisted he won’t trade his players or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-not-firing-mike-mccarthy-this-season">fire coach Mike McCarthy</a>.</p><p>“As for the upcoming November 5th NFL trade deadline, Cowboys Jerry Jones says they will not be active,” via <a href="https://x.com/DMRussini/status/1846306275812167808" rel="noopener">this post</a> from NFL insider Dianna Russini on X, formerly Twitter. “He also says they will not be making any changes at head coach or coordinators. He points to a lot of details that need to improve during practice.”</p><h2><b>The Cowboys stand pat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jerry-Jones-before-a-game.jpg"><figcaption>© Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After making excuses about the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-addresses-not-pursuing-derrick-henry-in-offseason">Cowboys not signing Derrick Henry</a> in the offseason, Jerry Jones continues to stick with his team despite treading water nearly halfway through the season.</p><p>The Lions loss was their fifth-biggest loss in team history, but it was only the second time this season that they’ve lost by 20 or more points. In Week 2, the New Orleans Saints put a drubbing on them with a 44-19 blowout.</p><p>Perhaps he believes he can still get decent returns from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dak-prescott-agrees-historic-240-million-contract-extension-before-week-1">extending quarterback Dak Prescott</a>, one of the NFL’s highest-paid players this season. However, against the Lions, Prescott didn’t play up to the level of his contract, finishing 17-33 with 178 yards and two interceptions.</p><p>Likewise, Jones extended wideout CeeDee Lamb to a six-figure contract for four years. Against the Lions, he had a solid showing, with seven receptions and 89 receiving yards.</p><p>If they weren’t trading for anyone, then how can the team improve?</p><p>Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the team will simply have to fix its mistakes during practice. Through six games, the team’s defense has given up 365.5 yards per game, good for ninth-most in the league, and 28 points, third-most in the NFL.</p><p>Still, improving internally is good and repairs team chemistry. However, at some point one wonders how far practice can take a team if the quality players simply aren’t there, or if the coaching staff isn’t as good as one hoped.</p><h2><b>The owner responds</b></h2><p>As expected, fans also aren’t happy with how the team is faring so far, blaming Jerry Jones for not doing anything in the offseason, and the Cowboys owner has responded by <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41810125/jerry-jones-calls-radio-hosts-feisty-interview-cowboys-struggles" rel="noopener">going off</a> on a Dallas radio show.</p><p>“This is not your job. Your job isn’t to let me go over the reasons that I did something and I’m sorry that I did it,” he said. “That’s not your job or I’ll get somebody else to ask these questions, men. No, no. I’m not kidding.”</p><p>Even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-shannon-sharpe-blasts-jerry-jones-for-threatening-radio-hosts-job">Shannon Sharpe called Jones out on First Take</a> for threatening the radio hosts’ jobs. Still, by deciding not to shake up their roster or coaching staff, the Cowboys will have to dig deep and figure it out before it’s too late.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones shuts down coaching change, trade deadline rumors with firm stance

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-after-issuing-threat-radio-host');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jerry Jones doubles down on stance after issuing threat to radio host');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-news-Jerry-Jones-doubles-down-on-stance-after-issuing-threat-to-radio-host.jpg"></figure><h1>Jerry Jones doubles down on stance after issuing threat to radio host</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T19:03:43-07:00">October 15th, 7:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T19:15:13-07:00">October 15th, 7:15pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appears to be spiraling in the wake of the team’s brutal loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 6. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-hits-historic-rock-bottom-after-loss-lions">Cowboys were historically awful</a> in the 47-9 blowout. With the loss, Dallas is now 0-3 at home this season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-brutally-honest-week-6-disappointment">Jones expressed his disappointment</a> over the shocking defeat. Unfortunately, he took things a step further on a radio appearance Tuesday.</p><p>Jones joined 105.3 the FAN for an interview but the 82-year-old billionaire appeared to be spoiling for a fight. In a tense exchange, he was asked if he should have done more to improve the Cowboys’ roster during the offseason in his role as general manager. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-calls-himself-idiot-during-unhinged-radio-rant">Jones responded with an unhinged rant</a> during which he implicitly threatened the radio host’s job.</p><p>Despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-shannon-sharpe-blasts-jerry-jones-for-threatening-radio-hosts-job">facing backlash over the public tantrum</a>, Jones has doubled down on his rage-filled radio spot. He <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1846325512647725517" rel="noopener">defended his actions</a> to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini. “I don’t know that I would go as far as (calling) the volume connotation as yelling. OK? But the facts are that if I’m going to be grilled by the tribunal, I don’t need it to be by the guys I’m paying,” Jones said, via The Athletic’s Jon Machota on X.</p><p>“I can take it from fans and take it from other people. I take a lot of pride in how fair and how much I try to work with the media, we’re brothers and sisters. But I was a little frustrated there today. … The wrong ones were doing the questioning. Now, if those had been real fans sitting there or if there had been people that knew what they were talking about, football people, I might have had a different answer,” Jones added, per Machota.</p><h2><b>Jerry Jones is melting down alongside his Cowboys</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jerry-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Cowboys head into their bye week at 3-3 and in third place in the NFC East. With nearly two weeks before Dallas plays its next game, the horrific beatdown handed out by the Lions has plenty of time to linger. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-destroys-with-top-5-list">Stephen A. Smith was quick to rip the Cowboys</a> following the depressing defeat. Smith pointed out the 47-9 whooping was the team’s worst home loss since Jones bought the franchise in 1989.</p><p>Despite three straight 12-win seasons, some pundits have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-calls-for-mike-mccarthys-firing-emotional-rant">called on Jones to fire</a> head coach Mike McCarthy. However, the Cowboys’ owner has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-not-firing-mike-mccarthy-this-season">doubled down on his commitment to McCarthy</a>. He’s also stated his general opposition to mid-season firings.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dak-prescott-agrees-historic-240-million-contract-extension-before-week-1">Dallas paid quarterback Dak Prescott</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-ceedee-lamb-dallas-agree-record-136-million-deal-after-lengthy-contract-standoff">wide receiver CeeDee Lamb</a> in the offseason. So far the results have been suboptimal. The Cowboys have a Week 7 bye to regroup. The team faces the 49ers in San Francisco on Sunday night in Week 8.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jerry Jones doubles down on stance after issuing threat to radio host

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Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the microphones turned off on the set of ESPN’s First Take, former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban was caught <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1846237080671658109" rel="noopener">making a sympathetic remark</a> about Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones.<br><br>“I feel bad for Jerry (Jones), I really do,” Cuban said.<br><br>The Cowboys are on the wrong side of where they were the previous season. They have a 3-3 record and were dismantled 47-9 by the Detroit Lions on Sunday. It was their second game allowing 40+ points, with the first coming against the New Orleans Saints in Week 2.<br><br>In 2023, Dallas was simply dominant. They ended up with the highest-scoring offense in the league (29.9 points per game). Also, they had the fifth-best defense in the league, only allowing 18.5 points per game. So far this season, it’s been the inverse. They’re currently 19th in the league on offense and 30th in defense. While some of their downfall can be attributed to Dan Quinn leaving the defensive coordinator position, they retained most of their personnel.</p><p>Regardless, the defensive woes have been inexcusable. Also, the offense has looked like a shell of itself. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-michael-irvin-sounds-alarm-cowboys-season">Michael Irvin sounded the alarm on the Cowboys</a>, Cuban had a similar sentiment, but this one with more empathy and sympathy.</p><h2><b>Jerry Jones has question marks around him and the Cowboys</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mark-Cuban-feels-for-Jerry-Jones-amidst-recent-struggles.jpg"><figcaption>© Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-calls-himself-idiot-during-unhinged-radio-rant">Jones was unhinged in a radio rant</a> about the Cowboys’ performance on Tuesday. He scrutinized a reporter for asking about the lack of offseason moves. The attack could be one of frustration, since Jones has a winning expectation for his franchise. The ability to not handle constructive criticism is a little alarming, considering the circumstances.</p><p>Also, the Cowboys owner is the general manager of the team. One of the most critical moves he made was not signing current Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry. In a Sports Illustrated article, Jones stated that <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/jerry-jones-made-excuse-cowboys-not-signing-derrick-henry#:~:text=Henry%20lives%20in%20Dallas%20and,team%20couldn't%20afford%20him." rel="noopener">the team couldn’t afford him</a>. Henry ended up signing a two-year, $16 million with the Ravens. </p><p>This was one of the many misses in free agency for the Cowboys. They also let Tony Pollard walk in free agency, and he ended up signing with the Tennessee Titans. Had they been willing to spend money on anyone other than quarterback Dak Prescott, and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, this might be a different conversation.</p><p>However, there’s only been six weeks of the season so far. There’s still time for improvement and a turnaround but it’s dwindling fast. If Jones can make some needed adjustments via trade or any other move, the Cowboys could have a chance in an unstable NFC East division.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mark Cuban’s honest Cowboys’ Jerry Jones admission amid struggles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-shannon-sharpe-blasts-jerry-jones-for-threatening-radio-hosts-job');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shannon Sharpe blasts Cowboys’ Jerry Jones for threatening radio host’s job');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Shannon-Sharpe-blasts-Jerry-Jones-for-threatening-radio-hosts-job.jpg"></figure><h1>Shannon Sharpe blasts Cowboys’ Jerry Jones for threatening radio host’s job</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T09:45:04-07:00">October 15th, 9:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T09:45:04-07:00">October 15th, 9:45am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-most-blame-week-6-loss-lions">Dallas Cowboys lost in blow out fashion to the Detroit Lions</a>, 47-9, tensions were high on a radio show appearance by owner Jerry Jones. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-calls-himself-idiot-during-unhinged-radio-rant">Cowboys president and general manager would seem to threaten the hosts jobs</a> on asking questions about the state of the team which garnered an impassioned response by football analyst Shannon Sharpe.</p><p>As mentioned before, the Cowboys were outplayed in every facet by the Lions last Sunday which brings more questions to their team as radio hosts did on 105.3 The Fan where he regularly appears on. Sharpe would say on ESPN’s “First Take” that Jones’ actions on the show <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp7OMgPhe-I&amp;t=304s" rel="noopener">gave him a very bad impression.</a></p><p>“To put a man in fear for his job, I hate, I detest, I despise someone that would pray on the weak,” Sharpe said. “And because Jerry Jones is in an advantageous situation, because he has the power in this situation, he would actually say that publicly. That tells me a lot about a man, that tells me a lot about a man that has power and would abuse that power to tell that man I will get somebody in here to ask me favorable questions. that is absolutely that guy’s job is to ask.”</p><p>Jones has no doubt been criticized in the past for not being active during the offseason in terms of acquiring more talent and for waiting on giving extensions to quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.</p><h2><b>Shannon Sharpe believes Cowboys’ Jerry Jones lacks accountability</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jerry-Jones-on-Oct.-13-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Sharpe would continue on the show saying that Jones is not accountable for the negatives of Dallas.</p><p>“Jerry wants all the credit when things go well but none of the blame,” Sharpe said. “He told us how many times, ‘the buck stops with me, any deal that’s ever happened I either signed off on it or I got notified of it.’ Now you getting trounced, you getting run through like Sherman went through Atlanta during the Civil War and now you want know part of it when they ask you about it.”</p><p>In terms of what Jones said on the radio show that has caused a flurry on social media and in the football world, he would say that he can get others to ask him questions about the team. It was a question of why the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-not-firing-mike-mccarthy-this-season">Cowboys did not make more moves</a> in the offseason to improve the team.</p><p>“This is not your job. Your job isn’t to let me go over all the reasons that I did something and I’m sorry that I did it. That’s not your job,” Jones said. “I’ll get somebody else to ask these questions. I’m not kidding. You’re not going to figure it out what the team is doing right or wrong. If you are, or any five or 10 like you, you need to come to this (NFL) meeting I’m going to today with 32 teams here, you’re geniuses.”</p><p>At any rate, the Cowboys are now 3-3 as they look to bounce back and turn around their season as they head into a much needed bye week and then face the San Francisco 49ers that next Sunday night on Oct. 27.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shannon Sharpe blasts Cowboys’ Jerry Jones for threatening radio host’s job

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doubles-down-on-not-firing-mike-mccarthy-this-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jerry Jones doubles down on not firing Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy this season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-news-Jerry-Jones-doubles-down-on-not-firing-Mike-McCarthy-this-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Jerry Jones doubles down on not firing Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy this season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T08:45:02-07:00">October 15th, 8:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T08:45:02-07:00">October 15th, 8:45am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-destroys-with-top-5-list">Cowboys are beginning to feel like the 2024 season is a nightmare</a>. Ever since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-most-to-blame-for-brutal-wild-card-loss-to-packers">getting blasted by the Packers in the playoffs</a> last season, the Cowboys have continued to get blown out in the first half during home games. Now the team is under heavy scrutiny during their bye week after getting <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-hits-historic-rock-bottom-after-loss-lions">demolished by the Detroit Lions on their owner’s birthday</a>. Regardless, it seems the team is staying the course for now.</p><p>Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was asked on Dallas radio if <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1846176977247440953" rel="noopener">he w0uld considering making an in-season coaching change</a>. Jones did not take kindly to the question.</p><p>“And I won’t be making any others during the season,” Jones said on 105.3 the FAN, per The Athletic’s Jon Machota. Jones is clearly saying that head coach Mike McCarthy will <i>not</i> be fired during the season.</p><p>The Cowboys have not made an in-season coaching change since the 2010 season when they fired Wade Phillips.</p><p>It remains to be seen what changes, if any, the Cowboys will make during their bye week. They don’t have that many levers to pull. The defense is still banged up with injuries, while the offense feels like it is Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb all by themselves.</p><p>Perhaps Jerry Jones will gut out the rest of the 2024 season and make some larger changes to the team during the offseason.</p><h2><b>Cowboys owner Jerry Jones calls himself ‘idiot’ during unhinged radio rant</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Jerry-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jerry Jones is still letting out his frustration after his team got blown out by the Lions on Sunday.</p><p>Jones <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1846181901184159753" rel="noopener">went on an unhinged rant</a> on Dallas radio on Tuesday, during which he called himself an ‘idiot.’</p><p>“One of the stupidest things I’ve ever done, that anybody had ever analyzed was buy the Cowboys,” Jones said. “It was an idiot that did that. So idiot things can turn into good decisions. Smart things can turn into bad decisions. The facts are when you make one, you don’t really know if it’s going to be good or not at the time. You want some conversation this morning, you’re getting it.”</p><p>Jones fired back when he was asked why the team didn’t make more moves this offseason to improve the roster.</p><p>“This is not your job. Your job isn’t to let me go over all the reasons that I did something and I’m sorry that I did it. That’s not your job,” Jones added. “I’ll get somebody else to ask these questions. I’m not kidding. You’re not going to figure it out what the team is doing right or wrong. If you are, or any five or 10 like you, you need to come to this (NFL) meeting I’m going to today with 32 teams here, you’re geniuses.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-calls-himself-idiot-during-unhinged-radio-rant">Jerry Jones stayed on the offensive and continued his rant</a>.</p><p>“You really think you’re gonna sit here with a microphone and tell me all of the things that I’ve done wrong without going over the rights,” Jones concluded. “Listen, we both know we’re talking to a lot of great fans, a lot of great listeners. And I’m very sorry for what happened out there Sunday. I’m sick about what happened Sunday.”</p><p>Cowboys fans already know that Jerry Jones is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lions-news-detroit-trolls-att-stadiums-blurred-out-scoreboard-post">sick about his team getting destroyed on his birthday</a>. Now they want him to fix the problem.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jerry Jones doubles down on not firing Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy this season

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Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is letting out his frustrations in the press with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-most-blame-week-6-loss-lions">his team’s performance</a>. Jones called himself an idiot in <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1846181901184159753" rel="noopener">a prolonged rant</a> he gave on a Dallas radio station, 105.3 the FAN.</p><p>“One of the stupidest things I’ve ever done, that anybody had ever analyzed was buy the Cowboys. It was an idiot that did that. So idiot things can turn into good decisions,” Jones said on the air. “Smart things can turn into bad decisions. The facts are when you make one, you don’t really know if it’s going to be good or not at the time. You want some conversation this morning, you’re getting it.”</p><p>The Cowboys turned in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-mike-mccarthy-diagnoses-cowboys-biggest-problem-entering-bye-week">a horrific performance</a> in the team’s most recent game, a 47-9 drubbing at the hands of the Detroit Lions. Dallas is now 3-3 on the year.</p><p>Jones’ comments were picked up and reported by The Athletic. The Cowboys owner seemed to get very testy and frustrated with the interviewer during his radio appearance. He was asked about why he didn’t make more offseason moves to improve Dallas before the 2024 campaign.</p><p>“This is not your job. Your job isn’t to let me go over all the reasons that I did something and I’m sorry that I did it. That’s not your job,” Jones added. “I’ll get somebody else to ask these questions. I’m not kidding. You’re not going to figure it out what the team is doing right or wrong. If you are, or any five or 10 like you, you need to come to this (NFL) meeting I’m going to today with 32 teams here, you’re geniuses.”</p><p>Jones didn’t stop there. He kept up the offense as his comments continued to flow.</p><p>“You really think you’re gonna sit here with a microphone and tell me all of the things that I’ve done wrong without going over the rights,” he added. “Listen, we both know we’re talking to a lot of great fans, a lot of great listeners. And I’m very sorry for what happened out there Sunday. I’m sick about what happened Sunday.”</p><p>Cowboys fans surely feel the same frustration as Jones. The team hasn’t won a Super Bowl for almost 30 years.</p><h2>Cowboys have been a total disappointment this season</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dallas-Cowboys-QB-Dak-Prescott-1.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Dallas entered the 2024 season with high expectations, after losing to the Green Bay Packers in the 2023 NFC Playoffs. The Cowboys are instead 3-3, and have looked completely lost on defense in those losses.</p><p>The Cowboys allowed nearly 500 yards of offense to Detroit, including 308 yards through the air. Dallas <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-calls-for-mike-mccarthys-firing-emotional-rant">has given up more</a> than 40 points twice through the team’s first six games. Those are numbers that will need to see improvement for the team moving forward.</p><p>Dallas visits San Francisco for its next game, on October 27. Cowboys fans are desperate to see a victory in that contest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones calls himself an ‘idiot’ during unhinged radio rant

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-most-blame-week-6-loss-lions');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cowboys most to blame for Week 6 loss to Lions');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CowboysLions-most-to-blame-for-Week-6-loss-to-LionsCowboys.jpg"></figure><h1>Cowboys most to blame for Week 6 loss to Lions</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T17:47:20-07:00">October 14th, 5:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T17:47:20-07:00">October 14th, 5:47pm</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>If anybody cares, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-michael-irvin-sounds-alarm-cowboys-season">Michael Irving has “sounded the alarm”</a> about the Dallas Cowboys. And <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-calls-for-mike-mccarthys-firing-emotional-rant">Skip Bayless is oddly emotional</a> about the state of the team. Guys, it’s just football. But since people love to toss blame, here are three Cowboys, including Dak Prescott, most to blame for the loss to the Lions in Week 6.</p><p>The Cowboys got manhandled 47-9 by the Lions. At home. Yep, 47-9. In that kind of a loss, it’s easy to point fingers. In fact, it would be more difficult to find areas for encouragement. But there is one. The Cowboys have the best place-kicker on the planet.</p><p>OK, back to the bad stuff.</p><h2><b>Cowboys QB Dak Prescott didn’t get it done</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dallas-Cowboys-QB-Dak-Prescott-1.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>He missed on almost half of his pass attempts, completing 17 of 33 tosses. He totaled 178 yards with two interceptions — including an ugly one in the end zone — and no touchdowns. Meanwhile, the ground game only supported him with 17 carries for 53 yards.</p><p>Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article293919699.html" rel="noopener">there were many problems</a> for Prescott.</p><p>“I think really the passing game you can start with the protection,” McCarthy said. “I think he was, you know, he was on his back foot all day from the get-go. And we had a couple things that were not clean, as far as a chip, check down, release and so forth were mistakes. Young players, but we need to be better, at the end of the day we need to take care of the football.”</p><p>Of course, Prescott’s performance impacted CeeDee Lamb. And the Lions added to the mix by playing supreme attention to the star wideout.</p><p>“They doubled CeeDee pretty much most of the day,” McCarthy said. “And then definitely Jake Ferguson saw some doubles too. We got to continue to do more in those areas. Not getting the run game really kind of put us on our heels. And that’s not fair for, you know, our alignment. But you know, the combination of run and pass is where you want to be. But once again, I think they I think they were ahead of us at the line of scrimmage.”</p><h2><b>What did Dak Prescott have to say about loss</b></h2><p>Prescott said it turned <a href="https://x.com/PatDoneyNBC5/status/1845620927985271024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1845620927985271024%7Ctwgr%5Eedd5497b84eddb29286a5370e2241077e16f94e4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F10139292-dak-prescott-after-cowboys-blowout-loss-to-lions-we-need-to-look-in-the-mirror" rel="noopener">into a tough day</a>, according to a post on X by NBC’s Pat Doney.</p><p>“Very frustrating,” Prescott said. “I don’t want to say I’ve got to play perfect, but I’ve got to be better. We’re 3-3, six games under us, a long season to go. We need to look in the mirror and figure out how we can be better for this team. Humbling for sure. That’s the #NFL. Concerning? I’m not a guy to hit the panic button.”</p><p>It added up to the Cowboys’ third straight home loss.</p><p>“We’ve played winning football on the road,” McCarthy said. “We’ve played three good teams. We have three good teams that have come in here and played well against us. It’s the National Football League. It’s not who you play, it’s when you play them. And you know, that’s part of where we are. You know, we have, our lineups are changing. This is a good experience with some rough moments and this definitely was a rough moment today.”</p><h2><b>Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy under fire</b></h2><p>After putting together thre straight 12-5 regular seasons, the Cowboys don’t currently look like that kind of team in 2024. It could turn around, but McCarthy has to be feeling a little heat. Still, Prescott <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1845888496445092025" rel="noopener">has his back for now</a>, according to a post on X by Jon Machota of The Athletic.</p><p>“The man he is,” Prescott said. “The preparation that he puts into this. The leader. I’ll go to war for that guy, with that guy, every single day. And I’m not the only one in that locker room. I feel like everybody feels that. If you heard what he said after that game (last night), not something that I care to let you guys in on honestly, but strong message. Strong message. In a loss, to be able to feel that way and show those emotions and respond, I’ll follow him. I’ll follow him. I know he said it to you guys, he said it in there, he’s looking in the mirror, as we all should. Thankful for him as my coach. Period.”</p><p>One good thing for McCarthy is owner Jerry Jones’ <a href="https://www.on3.com/pro/news/dak-prescott-reaffirms-confidence-in-cowboys-coach-mike-mccarthy-after-blowout-loss-to-lions/" rel="noopener">reluctance to fire coaches</a> in midstream, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter via on3.com.</p><p>“First of all, that’s not (Jones’) history,” Schefter said. “No. 2, who do you want to appoint from that staff that’s going to be a better coach than Mike McCarthy? Who on that staff is taking over? His contract is up after this year, so there’s no reason for the best coach on their staff not to continue on. Let the season play out and then make a decision, especially considering Jerry’s history.”</p><h2><b>The Cowboys’ defense isn’t holding up</b></h2><p>As the final score suggested, the Lions did what they wanted to do. Jared Goff passed for 315 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. On the ground, they racked up 184 yards on 36 rushing attempts with a pair of scores.</p><p>That’s kind of been what is has looked like for the Cowboys at home. They’ve been tougher on defense on the road, but it came against the lesser offenses of the Browns, Giants, and Steelers. McCarthy said it has been a rollercoaster.</p><p>“We’re up and down right now,” McCarthy said. “If you want to put it on a grid, use mathematics, the analytics. I mean, the ebb and flow of what we’re doing is there’s way too many highs and too many lows. This is all over right now. There’s none of us that feel good about how we performed today. That’s where it’s important for every one of us, starting with myself, they need to look in the mirror. We don’t need any help; don’t want any help. So, we just need to stay after it, keep working. And I’m very confident we’ll come out the other end.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cowboys most to blame for Week 6 loss to Lions

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He has a Bachelor's Degree in journalism from Eastern Michigan University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-destroys-with-top-5-list">Dallas Cowboys were thoroughly embarrassed</a> on their home turf Sunday afternoon, suffering one of the worst defeats in team history at the hands of the Detroit Lions. Detroit dominated in every facet of the game, cruising to a 47-9 victory.</p><p>The 38-point margin was the Cowboys’ largest loss since a 43-3 defeat to the Minnesota Vikings in 1988, making it the fifth-worst loss in franchise history. And it all took place on team owner and general manager Jerry Jones’ birthday, no less.</p><p>Head coach Mike McCarthy, whom Jones said he had no plans on replacing following the humiliating setback, arrived two hours late for his press conference on Monday afternoon. After apologizing for his tardiness, McCarthy explained that the Cowboys simply <a href="https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/did-mike-mccarthy-players-during-231434993.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9COur%20basics%20are%20not%20in,giveaways%20and%20lack%20of%20takeaways.%E2%80%9D" rel="noopener">don’t have the basics in order</a> right now, via Yahoo Sports.</p><p>“Our basics are not in order,” McCarthy said. “It’s stating the obvious, it starts with the turnover ratio. Fundamentals of football are part of your everyday existence in this game. We cannot function where we are as far as the number of giveaways and lack of takeaways.”</p><p>“So really, I just kept it about football,” he continued. “The technique, fundamentals and how you improve that, the focus with that. The number of moving parts. Regardless of that, we need to be more connected, more uniform. Just kept it about the things we did do, didn’t do and make sure the direction was clear and the direction we’re going.”</p><p>The Cowboys are entering their bye week and won’t be in action until they take on the San Francisco 49ers on October 27 at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California.</p><h2><b>Jerry Jones insisted that he’s not considering firing Mike McCarthy</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mike-McCarthy-looks-at-his-play-sheet-against-the-Lions.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After the loss, Jones was asked directly by reporters if he was considering a coaching change. Clearly frustrated, he responded firmly, stating that he had no intention of making any such move, via USA Today.</p><p>“Oh, I haven’t even considered that,” he said. “I’m not considering that. Just so you’re clear, I’m not considering that.”</p><p>“That would be a hypothetical. In that matter, do you think I’m an idiot? Do you?” Jones continued “Ok. Well, I’m not going to hypothetical with you about would I consider a coaching change in light of the timing we’re sitting here with. I’m not. At all.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-calls-for-mike-mccarthys-firing-emotional-rant">For now, McCarthy’s job security seems safe</a>. However, it would be in his best interest to do whatever it takes to get the Cowboys back on track before their next game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike McCarthy diagnoses Cowboys’ biggest problem entering bye week

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-destroys-with-top-5-list');   ga('set', 'title', 'Stephen A. 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Smith destroys Cowboys with top-5 list</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T12:30:10-07:00">October 14th, 12:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T12:41:14-07:00">October 14th, 12:41pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Cowboys got blown out by the Detroit Lions on Sunday night. The alarming Week 6 beatdown earned the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-hits-historic-rock-bottom-after-loss-lions">Cowboys a bit of ignoble history</a> as the team continues its trend of ineptitude at home. While Dallas fans are surely disturbed by the lopsided, nationally televised defeat, noted Cowboys hater Stephen A. Smith was all smiles as he lit into the organization during “First Take” on ESPN.</p><p>In a near delirious celebratory mood, Smith <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1845862684073308472" rel="noopener">presented a list</a> featuring the top five things wrong with the Cowboys, per Clutchpoints on X. A giddy Smith launched into the segment like your drunk co-worker trying his hand at open mic night at the Chuckle Hut.</p><p>Starting at the bottom and working his way up, Smith’s list of Cowboys woes read: 5. No running game, 4. No defense, 3. Their coaching, 2. Owner Jerry Jones and 1. Their fans. You can watch the segment <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49RHrbQ8hRs" rel="noopener">here</a> but be forewarned, it contains gratuitous Cowboys hating.</p><p>While the top two entries were likely personal gripes, Dallas undeniably has issues with defense and the running game. The defensive unit was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-micah-parsons-week-6-status-ankle">missing star linebacker Micah Parsons</a>, who was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-micah-parsons-concerning-neck-injury-giants">forced from the team’s Week 4 matchup</a> against the New York Giants with an ankle injury and hasn’t been able to play since. But his absence doesn’t fully explain the Cowboys 47-9 defeat, the fifth-most lopsided loss in franchise history. As Smith pointed out in his “First Take” segment, it was the worst home loss Dallas has experienced since owner Jerry Jones bought the team 35 years ago.</p><h2><b>The Cowboys could not stop the Lions in Week 6</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jameson-Williams.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The running game was also extremely concerning as Rico Dowdle “led” the way with five carries for 25 scoreless yards. Ezekiel Elliott chipped in eight rushes for 17 yards on the ground. As a team, the Cowboys managed just 53 rushing yards against the Lions. Detroit, on the other hand, ran all over Dallas, turning 36 carries into 184 yards.</p><p>Before using his ESPN show to rub Cowboys fans’ noses in the steaming pile of bad football their team produced, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-trolls-jerry-jones-cowboys-lions-blowout">Smith trolled Jones and Dallas</a> on social media. Following the abomination of a game, Smith posted an Instagram video that showed him laughing maniacally and generally reveling in the Cowboys’ misery.</p><p>Smith had a little extra glee following Dallas’ embarrassing Sunday night performance as he was dejected when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-in-shambles-win-steelers">Cowboys beat his Pittsburgh Steelers</a> in Week 5. Pittsburgh rebounded to convincingly defeat the Las Vegas Raiders 32-13 on Sunday. All-in-all, a good day for Smith.</p><p>With the loss to the Lions, the Cowboys fell to 3-3 on the season. They’re in third place in the NFC East. Nonetheless, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-firm-stance-coaching-change-week-6-loss">Jones is not considering making a coaching change</a>. Dallas has a well-timed bye in Week 7 before heading to San Francisco to take on the 49ers in Week 8.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Stephen A. Smith destroys Cowboys with top-5 list

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-michael-irvin-sounds-alarm-cowboys-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Michael Irvin ‘sounds the alarm’ on Cowboys season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Michael-Irvin-%E2%80%98sounds-the-alarm-on-Cowboys-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Michael Irvin ‘sounds the alarm’ on Cowboys season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T11:43:53-07:00">October 14th, 11:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T11:43:53-07:00">October 14th, 11:43am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>People across the NFL landscape, including Michael Irvin have torched the Dallas Cowboys after their 47-9 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 6. Even ESPN’s First Take host <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-trolls-jerry-jones-cowboys-lions-blowout">Stephen A. Smith trolled the Cowboys</a>. Nonetheless, Irvin took to the “Come and Talk 2 Me” podcast and shared <a href="https://youtu.be/GMEXaiWQr-o?t=441" rel="noopener">his continued concerns</a> with his former squad.</p><p>“That thing on the wall that says break glass in case of emergency, crack that s**t now, right now,” Irvin said. “I’m sounding the alarm for the help that they need on offense. I’m not sounding the alarm thinking that even with DeMarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons coming back, that’s going to be sufficient enough to stop the holes and the bleeding on that defense.</p><p>“So, I’m just sounding the alarm and breaking the glass saying get Davante (Adams), get me some help on this offense because I know you cannot fix that defense. But yeah that glass is broken.”</p><h2><b>Michael Irvin points out the Cowboys’ issues on both sides</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Michael-Irvin-%E2%80%98sounds-the-alarm-on-Cowboys-season-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Barry Reeger-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The issue comes as a recurring one for the former star receiver. A few weeks ago, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-michael-irvin-trade-demand-ceedee-lamb-performance">Irvin demanded the Cowboys make a trade</a> to improve their offense. Now with Davante Adams likely not playing for the Las Vegas Raiders again, Dallas could snag him when the value might not be the highest. However, it’s not only a receiver issue for the team. It’s a bit of everything.</p><p>There’s no established run game since Tony Pollard signed with the Tennessee Titans in free agency. Also, the Cowboys had an opportunity to sign Derrick Henry but they simply refused. There’s been a lack of consistent offense the entire season. On the flip side, the defense hasn’t fared much better either. </p><p>Irvin has given up on any hope that Dallas can fix their defense, so he just wants them to bring in more weapons for Dak Prescott on the offensive side of the ball. After losing 47-9 they might need to make player personnel changes. Dallas is giving up 28 points per game, the <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/2024.htm" rel="noopener">third worst in the NFL</a> only ahead of the Panthers (33.8) and Jaguars (29.7).</p><p>In six games they have given up over 40 points twice already. The three wins they have came against the Browns, Giants, and Steelers. While the Steelers have a 4-2 record their offense has been more in line with the Browns and Giants. </p><p>Regardless, the Cowboys have some serious work to do if they want to reach the top of the NFC East again. The Philadelphia Eagles are looking more like their old selves. The Washington Commanders look like a legitimate threat with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels leading the way.</p><p>The Cowboys will need to clean up the issues quickly if they want to avoid another blowout loss.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Michael Irvin ‘sounds the alarm’ on Cowboys season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lions-news-amon-ra-st-brown-beefing-cowboys-jourdan-lewis');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown beefing with Cowboys’ Jourdan Lewis');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Amon-Ra-St.-Brown-beefing-with-Cowboys-Jourdan-Lewis-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown beefing with Cowboys’ Jourdan Lewis</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T08:39:41-07:00">October 14th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T08:40:34-07:00">October 14th, 8:40am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-lions-overreactions-after-victory-over-cowboys">Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 6 encounter</a> in Arlington was a snoozer.It was lopsided in favor of the visiting team, with Detroit coming away with a 47-9 win. But just because that game was over, it apparently doesn’t mean that the hostility between Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and Cowboys defensive back Jourdan Lewis is over.</p><p>On Monday, St. Brown shared a <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1845808712637714743" rel="noopener">screenshot of an alleged private message</a> sent to him by Lewis.</p><p>“You a b***h,” Lewis’ message read (h/t Ari Meirov).</p><p>Nevertheless, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-throws-shade-dak-prescott-jared-goff-take">St. Brown’s Lions got the better</a> of whatever Dallas’ defense threw at them on Sunday. Brown did not exactly put up a fiery performance, but he still scored a touchdown to go with 37 receiving yards on four catches and four targets. As a team, the Lions dumped 492 total yards from scrimmage on the Cowboys, who were lackluster on both ends of the field.</p><p>Detroit quarterback Jared Goff repeatedly marched the Lions’ offense into Dallas territory, finishing with 315 passing yards and three touchdowns with zero interceptions on 18-of-25 pass completions. Detroit’s win was sweet revenge for the Lions’ 20-19 loss to the Cowboys in Week 15 of the 2023 NFL season, which also took place at AT&amp;T Stadium.</p><h2><b>Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown and Cowboys’ Jourdan Lewis have history</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Amon-Ra.jpg"><figcaption>Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>This is not the first time that St. Brown reacted off the field to Lewis’ trash-talking.</p><p>“I’m like, ‘Yo, hold on. I’m gonna have to go hard. He was talking crazy out of pocket. [Jameson Williams] heard it too, he was coming in. At that point, it was like, I don’t know what he’s saying. I’m trying to make plays, win the game, I’m not worried about him,” ASB explained,” the Lions wideout said of Lewis during a July episode of the “The Pivot Podcast.”</p><p>Lewis also <a href="https://x.com/Tony_Catalina/status/1810767826149658861/photo/2" rel="noopener">reacted to that comment</a> by St. Brown.</p><p>“I am passionate about my craft and I don’t want to be friends with everyone, especially a Detroit Lion not from Detroit,” Lewis posted at the time via Instagram Stories.</p><p>In any case, both the Lions and the Cowboys will be moving on to their next assignments. Detroit will take on the Minnesota Vikings in Week 7 while Dallas will have a bye in Week 7 before locking horns with the San Francisco 49ers in Week 8.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown beefing with Cowboys’ Jourdan Lewis

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-calls-for-mike-mccarthys-firing-emotional-rant');   ga('set', 'title', 'Skip Bayless calls for Cowboys to fire Mike McCarthy in emotional rant');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-news-Skip-Bayless-calls-for-Mike-McCarthys-firing-in-emotional-rant.jpg"></figure><h1>Skip Bayless calls for Cowboys to fire Mike McCarthy in emotional rant</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T07:17:50-07:00">October 14th, 7:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T07:17:50-07:00">October 14th, 7:17am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Cowboys’ celebration of Jerry Jones’ birthday did not go as planned. Dallas got blown out in front of their home crowd <i>again</i>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-hits-historic-rock-bottom-after-loss-lions">this time losing 47-9 against Detroit</a>. The loss has Cowboys fans furious, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-firm-stance-coaching-change-week-6-loss">some calling for head coach Mike McCarthy to be fired</a>.</p><p>Count Skip Bayless among them. Bayless <a href="https://x.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1845609938997191052" rel="noopener">posted a fiery and emotional video on social media</a> after yesterday’s blowout loss.</p><p>“I just had to watch the fourth straight Dallas Cowboys home game in which they were blown out by halftime,” Bayless began, clearly emotional and wearing a Cowboys hat and jersey. “Annihilated, humiliated, and I have been devastated having to watch the team I grew up loving play like this<i>. </i>Embarrass us all like that.”</p><p>Bayless did not hold back when talking about coach McCarthy.</p><p>“And I ask you,” Bayless continued, “how in the name of Thomas Wade Landry does Mike McCarthy still have a job? I asked that question after last year’s home playoff game in which we were the No. 2 seed playing the No. 7 seed Packers, the youngest team in the league. And the Packers had us down 27-0 before halftime.”</p><p>Bayless even took a shot a owner Jerry Jones to conclude his video.</p><p>“Jerry, how do you not fire McCarthy?” Bayless concluded. “It’s because he’s your best friend and maybe your only friend. Happy birthday Jerry, 82. And I’m dying over here.”</p><h2><b>Cowboys left searching for answers after another embarrassing home loss in Week 6</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mike-McCarthy-with-Dallas-Cowboys.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys will need to find some answers ASAP if they want to turn their season around.</p><p>On offense, the Cowboys need to stop overcomplicating the game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-dak-prescott-agrees-historic-240-million-contract-extension-before-week-1">Dallas paid both Dak Prescott</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-ceedee-lamb-dallas-agree-record-136-million-deal-after-lengthy-contract-standoff">CeeDee Lamb massive contract extensions</a> this offseason. They need to be the focal point of the offense, not Rico Dowdle or Jake Ferguson. This is their best solution aside from adding new talent, which it feels a little late in the season to be doing.</p><p>On defense, the situation is ever worse. Dallas is incredibly banged up on that side of the ball with Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, and Marshawn Kneeland all injured. And that’s just edge rushers. One realistic mid-season change could be schematic tweaks. If that doesn’t work, we may see a coaching change on defense, with defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer the likely victim.</p><p>Dallas is still alive in the NFC East, but they need to start winning games. The Cowboys are 3-3 after the loss, but their schedule does not get any easier in the coming weeks.</p><p>Next up for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/schedule/upcoming">Cowboys is a road game against the 49ers in Week 7</a>. They follow that up with a road game in Atlanta, then two straight home games against the Eagles and Texans. Dallas needs to find a way to go .500 in that four-game stretch or their postseason chances will start looking grim.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Skip Bayless calls for Cowboys to fire Mike McCarthy in emotional rant

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-skip-bayless-throws-shade-dak-prescott-jared-goff-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Skip Bayless throws shade at Cowboys’ Dak Prescott with Jared Goff take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-news-Skip-Bayless-throws-shade-at-Dak-Prescott-with-Jared-Goff-take.jpg"></figure><h1>Skip Bayless throws shade at Cowboys’ Dak Prescott with Jared Goff take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T06:28:40-07:00">October 14th, 6:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T06:28:40-07:00">October 14th, 6:28am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sunday was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-trolls-jerry-jones-cowboys-lions-blowout">not a very good day for the Dallas Cowboys</a> and their fans.</p><p>After barely beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 5 on the road, the Cowboys got absolutely destroyed in Week 6 by Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions in Arlington. With Dallas struggling in nearly every facet of football in Week 6, the Cowboys suffered a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-firm-stance-coaching-change-week-6-loss">humiliating 47-9 loss to the Lions</a>.</p><p>Such a loss usually gets pinned on the stars of the losing side, and it was no different for the Cowboys this time, with quarterback Dak Prescott getting called out left and right by fans for his forgettable performance under center. Of course, Cowboys fan Skip Bayless <a href="https://x.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1845602848333025395" rel="noopener">had things to get off his chest</a> after seeing his beloved Dallas embarrassed at home.</p><p>“I never thought I’d rather have Jared Goff than Dak Prescott … but I do now,” Bayless posted on X (formerly Twitter). “It has come to this.”</p><p>Bayless <a href="https://x.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1845605768810070381" rel="noopener">did not stop there</a>.</p><p>“The Highest Paid Player in Football has been the starting quarterback for four straight home games in which the Cowboys were blown out by halftime,” Bayless added in a separate post on X.</p><h2><b>Cowboys QB Dak Prescott’s play not matching his massive extension deal</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It can be recalled that Prescott got the massive extension deal he wanted just before the start of the 2024 NFL regular season, as he inked a four-year deal worth $240 million with the Cowboys.</p><p>The expectation that comes with that kind of expensive contract is huge, to say the least. However, it doesn’t seem like Prescott’s play is living up to the amount he inked prior to the season.</p><p>That was very much on display in the Lions game where the former Mississippi State Bulldogs star connected on just 17 of his 33 throws for 178 passing yards and zero touchdowns. Prescott got intercepted twice and sacked four times for a loss of 26 yards. Dallas’ offense looked disjointed with Prescott running the show. While the Cowboys got their chances in the red zone, they failed to succeed on any of their three tries inside the Lions’ 20-yard territory. Moreover, Dallas was just 3-for-13 on third-down situations.</p><p>As a whole, the Cowboys generated just 251 total yards from scrimmage, which painfully pales in comparison to the 492 total yards that the Lions slapped Dallas’ defense with. Jared Goff easily was the better quarterback in the game, having thrown for 315 passing yards and three touchdowns with zero interceptions on 18-of-25 pass completions.</p><p>Prescott, who now has three multi-interception games through six weeks in the 2024 season, has no place to go but up after such a poor showing on the field. He and the Cowboys will have a long break to address their issues, with Dallas having a bye in Week 7. They will emerge from their lengthy rest in Week 8 for another tough test against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara on Oct. 27.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Skip Bayless throws shade at Cowboys’ Dak Prescott with Jared Goff take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lions-news-detroit-trolls-att-stadiums-blurred-out-scoreboard-post');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lions troll AT&T Stadium’s blurred-out scoreboard post');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Detroit-trolls-ATT-Stadiums-blurred-out-scoreboard-post.jpg"></figure><h1>Lions troll AT&amp;T Stadium’s blurred-out scoreboard post</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T06:22:12-07:00">October 14th, 6:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T06:39:45-07:00">October 14th, 6:39am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-brutally-honest-week-6-disappointment">Lions were not very good party guests at Jerry Jones’ birthday celebration</a> on Sunday. Detroit blew out Dallas 47-9 in front of their home crowd, on the owner’s birthday no less. The team’s official social media account also took a hilarious potshot at the Cowboys and AT&amp;T Stadium after the game.</p><p>The Lions <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-stephen-a-smith-trolls-jerry-jones-cowboys-lions-blowout">did a little trolling of the Cowboys</a> after Sunday’s blowout victory. AT&amp;T Stadium’s X, formerly Twitter, account posted a graphic celebrating that 93,644 fans were in attendance for Lions vs. Cowboys. However, it appears that one minor tweak has been made to the image — the scoreboard on the giant jumbotron was blurred out.</p><p>Naturally, the Lions social media team <a href="https://x.com/Lions/status/1845660326974337250" rel="noopener">took this golden opportunity to twist the knife</a>. “is it us or is the scoreboard a little blurry?” the Lions team accounted commented while posting the original graphic.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🧐 is it us or is the scoreboard a little blurry? <a href="https://t.co/TIFeprUrGc">https://t.co/TIFeprUrGc</a></p><p>— Detroit Lions (@Lions) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lions/status/1845660326974337250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>AT&amp;T Stadium really set themselves up for this one. There was simply no chance that nobody would notice that the scoreboard was blurred out of this image.</p><p>It seems clear that even the Lions social media team was still salty <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lions-news-ref-brad-allens-explanation-game-deciding-call-detroit-losing-it">after last season’s controversial loss against the Cowboys</a>.</p><h2><b>Recapping the Lions’ blowout victory against the Cowboys in Week 6</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lions-QB-Jared-Goff.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Lions put together one of their most complete performances as a team against the Cowboys on Sunday.</p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401671764" rel="noopener">Detroit was firing on all cylinders in all three phases of the game</a>. The offense was unstoppable, rumbling for 492 yards and never being forced to punt. The defense was smothering, surrendering only nine points while sacking Dak Prescott four times and forcing five turnovers. Even the special teams unit had a special day, with kicker Jake Bates knocking down four field goals and five extra points.</p><p>The Lions threw everything but the kitchen sink at the Cowboys, seemingly getting revenge for last season’s controversial loss. Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson cooked up some nasty plays, including a pass intended for left tackle Taylor Decker and a hook-and-ladder play to right tackle Penei Sewell. Sewell’s play scored a touchdown, but was called back because of penalty.</p><p>Unfortunately, the victory came with a heavy cost. Lions superstar pass rusher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lions-news-aidan-hutchinson-suffers-devastating-injury-cowboys">Aidan Hutchinson suffered a horrific injury in the third quarter</a> which was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lions-news-detroit-announces-aidan-hutchinson-surgery-update-brutal-injury">later confirmed as a broken tibia</a>. In all likelihood Hutchinson’s 2024 season is over and the future of his career hangs in the balance during his recovery.</p><p>“Hate it for Hutch, it’s tough,” Lions coach Dan Campbell <a href="https://x.com/E_Woodyard/status/1845616396497031258" rel="noopener">told reporters after the game</a>, per ESPN’s Eric Woodyard. “He’s in good hands right now, he’s being taken care of. He’ll stay back here (in Dallas) and obviously he’s going to be down for a little while. That’s tough, man. It’s hard when you lose someone like him. We’ll know a lot more after this, and obviously wish him the best.”</p><p>Next up for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/detroit-lions/schedule/upcoming">Lions is a date with the 5-0 Vikings in Week 7</a> in what should be the best matchup of the week.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lions troll AT&T Stadium’s blurred-out scoreboard post

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-sabrina-carpenter-curse-continues-after-lions-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sabrina Carpenter curse continues after Cowboys’ blowout loss to Lions');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-news-Sabrina-Carpenter-curse-continues-after-Lions-blowout-loss.jpg"></figure><h1>Sabrina Carpenter curse continues after Cowboys’ blowout loss to Lions</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T06:11:04-07:00">October 14th, 6:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T06:11:04-07:00">October 14th, 6:11am</time><address><a>Andrew Korpan</a>Andrew Korpan is the lead entertainment editor and film critic for ClutchPoints. He's also an award-winning author and Ken Jeong's best friend.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After being spotted in a Dallas Cowboys sweater, social media believes <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sabrina-carpenter-becomes-new-sports-curse-queen">the Sabrina Carpenter curse</a> has continued as “America’s Team” <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-brutally-honest-week-6-disappointment">lost to the Detroit Lions 47-9</a>.</p><p>On Friday, October 10, 2024, Carpenter was donning a Cowboys sweater <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/sabrina-carpenter-off-duty-style-pop-star-persona" rel="noopener">while out for lunch</a> in New York City. She was also wearing blue denim shorts and leather boots.</p><h2><b>What is the Sabrina Carpenter curse?</b></h2><p>Just a couple of days later, the Cowboys were blown out by the Lions. This caused speculation that the Sabrina Carpenter curse has continued. She previously wore Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys during her <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sabrina-carpenter-2024-short-n-sweet-tour-announcement">Short n’ Sweet Tour shows</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Phillies: DEAD<br>Leafs: lost season opener to Montreal</p><p>Will be monitoring the Sabrina Carpenter curse going forward. <a href="https://t.co/H5Qrw0bw2d">pic.twitter.com/H5Qrw0bw2d</a></p><p>— Hookah-Pekka Luukkonen (@shawn_depaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/shawn_depaz/status/1844197914182320441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Both teams had bad luck after she wore their jersey. The Phillies lost to the New York Mets in the NL Division Series. The Maple Leafs lost their season opener to the Montreal Canadiens, 1-0.</p><p>Fans will have to continue tracking Carpenter’s jersey-wearing habits. More teams could be added to her list of affected teams. In the case of the Cowboys, Carpenter is from Pennsylvania — perhaps she was trying to have the Philadelphia Eagles’ rivals lose.</p><p>Her latest headlining tour, the Short n’ Sweet Tour, is in full swing. She is coming off a show in Chicago, Illinois, and will perform in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 14.</p><p>The North American leg of the tour will conclude on November 18, 2024, with a show in Inglewood, California. In 2025, Carpenter will perform in Europe. The tour is set to conclude on March 26, 2025, with a show in Milan, Italy.</p><h2><b>The Dallas Cowboys loss to the Detroit Lions</b></h2><p>Following narrow victories against the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cowboys are reeling after losing to the Lions. The 38-point loss is their second this season of over 20 points. In Week 2, they lost to the New Orleans Saints, 44-19.</p><p>The Cowboys are now 3-3, third place in the NFC East behind the Washington Commanders (4-2) and Eagles (3-2). They are heading into their bye and will face the San Fransisco 49ers on the other side of it.</p><p>The last time the Cowboys faced the 49ers, they got destroyed. They lost 42-10 in Week 5 of the 2023 NFL season. Quarterback Dak Prescott threw for just 153 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dak-Prescott-throwing-a-pass-against-the-Lions.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><p>Prescott had a disastrous game. He barely completed over 50% of his passes. Prescott did not throw a touchdown and had two interceptions.</p><p>The run game was not much better. Running back Rico Dowdle had 25 yards on five carries. Ezekiel Elliott did not fare well, either, gaining 17 yards on eight carries.</p><p>However, the win came at a cost for the Lions. They lost star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson to a gruesome leg injury. He was carted off the field during the game as a result.</p><p>Lions quarterback Jared Goff threw 315 yards and three touchdowns. The Lions ran rampant over the Cowboys, rushing for 184 yards. David Montgomery led the way, rushing for 80 yards and two touchdowns.</p><p>The Lions are now 4-1 and second place in their NFC North. They are still behind the undefeated Minnesota Vikings. The two teams will square off in Week 7 for first place in the division.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sabrina Carpenter curse continues after Cowboys’ blowout loss to Lions

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-firm-stance-coaching-change-week-6-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cowboys’ Jerry Jones has firm stance on coaching change after brutal Week 6 loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cowboys-news-Jerry-Jones-firm-stance-on-coaching-change-after-brutal-Week-6-loss.jpg"></figure><h1>Cowboys’ Jerry Jones has firm stance on coaching change after brutal Week 6 loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T20:21:11-07:00">October 13th, 8:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T20:21:11-07:00">October 13th, 8:21pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Cowboys <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-brutally-honest-week-6-disappointment">lost 47-9 to the Detroit Lions in Week 6</a>. The blowout was the fourth-straight home loss for Dallas, and none have been one-possession games. Rumors about coach Mike McCarthy’s job security have been out there but owner and general manager Jerry Jones shot those down. Jon Machota of The Athletic <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1845615347006677470" rel="noopener">was one of</a> the reporters who caught up with Jones after the game.</p><p>“Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when asked about potential personnel or coaching changes: ‘I’m not ready to talk about changes right now,'” Machota posted on social media. He added, “Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when asked about a coaching change: ‘I’m not considering that.’”</p><p>For now, McCarthy appears to be safe. While things can change at any moment, this would be the most convenient time for Jones to make a change. The Cowboys head to a well-timed bye week in Week 7 before a big road matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.</p><p>There is no shortage of viable options if Jones did want to move on from McCarthy. Brian Schottenheimer is the offensive coordinator and has been in the league since the 90s. Mike Zimmer is the defensive coordinator and is fresh off a stint as the Vikings head coach. Special teams coordinator Bones Fossil is also a veteran voice on the sidelines.</p><h2><b>Cowboys must figure out their problems quickly</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mike-McCarthy-with-Dallas-Cowboys.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Cowboys are 3-3 heading into their bye and one game out of first place in the NFC East. The Washington Commanders lost in Week 6, which saved the fanbase from a total panic and a two-game deficit. With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-micah-parsons-week-6-status-ankle">injuries plaguing the defense</a>, it’s no surprise that the Lions took advantage of their deficiencies. These problems must be fixed coming out of the bye.</p><p>After the 49ers, the Cowboys face the Falcons, Eagles, and Texans in consecutive weeks. Each of those four teams has playoff potential and some have Super Bowl aspirations. This season could spiral away from McCarthy and the team quickly coming out of the bye. He must save his job by setting up the team for a successful stretch.</p><p>Dak Prescott told the media that practice needs to be improved for the Cowboys to have success. This does not bode well for the public perception of McCarthy, which is growing worse by the week. After getting blown out by the Packers in the Divisional Round last season, they have not won a home game this season. If they meet a similar fate this year, don’t expect to see McCarthy on the sideline next season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones has firm stance on coaching change after brutal Week 6 loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl-rumors-bill-belichick-cowboys-buzz-intensifies-loss-lions');   ga('set', 'title', 'NFL rumors: Bill Belichick-Cowboys buzz intensifies after Dallas’ loss to Lions');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NFL-rumors-Bill-Belichick-Cowboys-buzz-intensifies-after-Dallas-embarrassing-loss-to-Lions.jpg"></figure><h1>NFL rumors: Bill Belichick-Cowboys buzz intensifies after Dallas’ loss to Lions</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T19:41:51-07:00">October 13th, 7:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T19:41:51-07:00">October 13th, 7:41pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Just when it looked like the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-drops-truth-bomb-super-bowl-chances-amid-injuries">Dallas Cowboys had recaptured their form</a> with back-to-back wins over the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers — both on the road — in Weeks 4 and 5, respectively, they got blatantly humiliated by the Detroit Lions on the field in Arlington on Sunday.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-hits-historic-rock-bottom-after-loss-lions">47-9 loss to Detroit</a> may have just warmed the seat further of Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy. who is in the final year of the deal he inked with the NFC East division franchise in 2020. That could also mean that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is already entertaining the thought of making a change in the head coaching position, though, he said after the Lions game that he was <a href="https://x.com/WerderEdNFL/status/1845616961394254247" rel="noopener">not considering such a drastic decision</a>.</p><p>That being said, there is one name that is starting to gain traction again concerning a potential head coaching hire by the Cowboys in the offseason: Bill Belichick.</p><p>“While owner Jerry Jones remains committed to Mike McCarthy, many around the league wonder if Dallas could become the primary landing spot for Bill Belichick this offseason, should the #Cowboys decide to make a change,” wrote NFL insider Jordan Schultz in a post on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>“According to multiple sources, Belichick has a “really great” relationship with the Jones family. McCarthy is in the final year of his contract, and Dallas is 3-3 this season, with all three losses coming at home.”</p><p>Belichick has not coached in the NFL since parting ways with the New England Patriots in January of 2024, but his coaching resume is legendary, having won six Super Bowl titles as a head coach and two as an assistant.</p><h2><b>Social media reactions to Bill Belichick rumors after Cowboys-Lions</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Jerry-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“No coach is helping until Jerry lets go of the gm position. 🤷🏽‍♂️,” <a href="https://x.com/MobSquad508/status/1845638275790241906" rel="noopener">shared</a> X user @MobSquad508.</p><p>“Jerry Jones would never hire Bill Belichick simply because Bill also wants to be a GM, and Jerry isn’t ever giving up the GM title,” <a href="https://x.com/0604Reynolds/status/1845636473833525407" rel="noopener">commented</a> @0604Reynolds.</p><p>From @c0rwyn_: “FO is living in the past and always a step behind offensively and HC wise. Get Ben Johnson or someone from the Shanahan tree and see what happens. Definitely need better players but scheme &amp; IDENTITY <a href="https://x.com/c0rwyn_/status/1845647113100603777" rel="noopener">can help with lack of talent</a>.”</p><p>Via @JasonVNelson: “Bring in Belichick as a “consultant” to get a plan in place to turn the team around. He wouldn’t be able to coexist with Jerry as HC. He’d need full control, and Jerry <a href="https://x.com/JasonVNelson/status/1845647291673096205" rel="noopener">won’t go for that</a>.”</p><p>“it needs to happen. if bill can’t change us i don’t think anyone can,” <a href="https://x.com/EdanDaggett/status/1845637493284065490" rel="noopener">wrote</a> @EdanDaggett</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NFL rumors: Bill Belichick-Cowboys buzz intensifies after Dallas’ loss to Lions

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A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-brutally-honest-week-6-disappointment">Dallas Cowboys have hit an alarming low</a> in their franchise history following a crushing defeat to the Detroit Lions at AT&amp;T Stadium. This loss not only underscores their ongoing challenges this season but also places them in a dubious <a href="https://x.com/toddarcher/status/1845608804479574081" rel="noopener">historical context</a>.</p><p>“The Cowboys have allowed 167 points in their last 4 home games, including regular season and playoffs. That is the 3rd-most over a 4-game span at home in NFL history.” via ESPN’s Todd Archer on X, formerly Twitter. This staggering statistic highlights a significant defensive collapse contributing to the team’s current predicament.</p><p>This trend of defensive frailty at home concerns a team that prides itself on a solid fan base and iconic status in the NFL. The Cowboys’ defense, once a cornerstone of their game plan, has been particularly porous, allowing an average of over 41 points per game in these last four outings. Such performances demoralize the team and dishearten the fans, who expect much more from the franchise donned “America’s Team.” However, the Cowboys have not been America’s Team since the late 1990s.</p><h2><b> Cowboys need to make some changes going forward</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mike-McCarthy.jpg"><figcaption>Barry Reeger-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The effects of this defensive slump are varied. Firstly, it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-drops-truth-bomb-super-bowl-chances-amid-injuries">creates significant pressure on the offense</a> to perform at an unsustainable level, aware that any mistake could be too costly to overcome due to the points being conceded. Secondly, it prompts concerns about the defensive strategy and coaching, as adjustments appear to have not been successfully implemented despite ongoing issues.</p><p>As the season progresses, the Cowboys need to tackle their defensive issues to salvage their chances. The upcoming bye week offers a vital opportunity for both the coaching staff and players to reflect and develop new strategies. In addition to potential schematic adjustments, altering personnel or modifying the defensive lineup could be necessary to halt the flow of points that has plagued their recent home performances.</p><p>As the Cowboys prepare for their next game against the San Francisco 49ers, the focus will undoubtedly be on shoring up a defense that has been historically bad. The task will not be easy, especially against a well-rounded 49ers team. However, the urgency of the situation and the potential for a mid-season turnaround could inspire the Cowboys to muster a response befitting their proud legacy.</p><p>This period could very well define the remainder of their season and perhaps the future trajectory of the franchise. It’s a test of resilience and adaptability for a team that is desperately seeking to regain its footing in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cowboys hits historic rock bottom after loss to Lions

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lions-news-tom-brady-blunt-lions-review-fire-up-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tom Brady’s blunt Lions review will fire up fans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lions-news-Tom-Bradys-blunt-Detroit-review-will-fire-up-fans-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Tom Brady’s blunt Lions review will fire up fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T18:27:34-07:00">October 13th, 6:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T20:22:37-07:00">October 13th, 8:22pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Lions took out the Dallas Cowboys 47-9 on Sunday for Week 6 of the NFL season. Moreover, the game saw the Lions manhandle the Cowboys so thoroughly that they gave “America’s Team” their worst loss since 2010 and their fifth-biggest margin of defeat in team history. Afterward, this impressive win convinced legendary quarterback Tom Brady to give a glowing personal assessment of the Lions.</p><p>Per the NFL on Fox broadcast, Brady claimed that the Lions “are the toughest team to beat right now,” as shared on this clip on X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TomBrady?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomBrady</a> believes the Lions are the toughest team to beat right now. <a href="https://t.co/JD5x9LhHRO">pic.twitter.com/JD5x9LhHRO</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/1845606559457431890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Week 6: Lions def. Cowboys</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tom-Brady-before-commentating-on-a-game.jpg"><figcaption>© Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Moreover, in a conversation with FOX analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Howie Long, Tom Brady <a href="https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2024/10/13/tom-brady-detroit-lions-best-team-hes-seen-week-6-nfl/" rel="noopener">had more praise</a> for the Lions, talking about what makes them so dangerous after blowing out the Cowboys in Week 6.</p><p>“I think their ability to play on offense with so many styles,” Brady said, via Jeff Risdon of Lions Wire. “They’ve got this two-headed monster at (running) back, creative playcalling. Everyone got involved–they got (Kalif) Raymond involved… they just have <i>weapons, </i>but it all starts with that offensive line. The way they dominate the line of scrimmage, you can’t get any pass rush on them. Goff back there, surveying the field, just seems like they’ve got everything rolling.”</p><p>Meanwhile, Brady also raved about the Lions’ defense.</p><p>“They’re up there challenging people,” he said. “They’re playing aggressive man coverage, challenging every single play. It’s frustrating when you’re a quarterback and there’s no easy throws out there. They’re going to be tough to stop.”</p><p>Likewise, the legendary quarterback also noted the team’s positive culture, humility, and team-centered attitude cultivated by the coaching style of Dan Campbell.</p><p>However, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lions-news-aidan-hutchinson-suffers-devastating-injury-cowboys">devastating injury to Aidan Hutchinson</a> was the only black cloud in an otherwise entertaining game for the Lions. The defensive end injured his leg when he sacked Cowboys QB Dak Prescott early in the third quarter, but then his leg hit his teammate Alim McNeill’s left leg, causing it to snap above the ankle.</p><p>Medical staff carted Hutchinson off the field. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lions-news-detroit-announces-aidan-hutchinson-surgery-update-brutal-injury">Hutchinson also underwent immediate surgery</a> to what the team has called a broken tibia, which will force him out of the lineup for a while, per Campbell.</p><h2><b>What’s next?</b></h2><p>This injury is a big loss for the Lions’ defense, which clamped the Cowboys’ offense on Sunday. On the other hand, this <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-brutally-honest-week-6-disappointment">loss humbled Cowboys owner Jerry Jones</a>, as the team also deals with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-micah-parsons-concerning-neck-injury-giants">injuries to Micah Parsons</a> and other key players.</p><p>Moreover, this game also came after Jones stated the Cowboys could still compete for a Super Bowl. Staring at a 3-3 record, they’ll have to lean harder on the guys they recently extended, Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, to generate wins moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tom Brady’s blunt Lions review will fire up fans

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A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After the Week 6 blowout loss, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-jerry-jones-drops-truth-bomb-super-bowl-chances-amid-injuries">Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones</a> did not mince words following his team’s staggering 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions at AT&amp;T Stadium. The defeat, one of the worst home losses in recent memory, prompted Jones to openly express his dismay and concern about the <a href="https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1845613510664831215" rel="noopener">state of his team</a>. “This was a shocker,” Jones admitted, reflecting the unexpected nature of the loss and its scale, via Jon Machota of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Sunday’s game was more than a typical loss; it represented a historic low for the franchise, tying it for the fifth-largest margin of defeat in the team’s distinguished history, with the <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/jerry-jones-didnt-mince-words-after-cowboys-blowout-loss-vs-lions" rel="noopener">worst since 2010</a>. The Lions took control early, building an unassailable lead in the first half and compounding the Cowboys’ difficulties on offense and defense. Ultimately, not only did Detroit secure the win, but it also revealed significant problems within the Cowboys team.</p><p>The performance was particularly alarming given the Cowboys’ struggles at AT&amp;T Stadium this season, where they have now dropped their first three games. Such a trend at home is troubling for any team, but it’s a call to action for a franchise with the Cowboys’ aspirations and fanbase. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-tom-brady-breaks-down-dak-prescott-bad-interception-vs-lions">The Lions’ ability to dismantle Dallas</a> in every facet of the game—limiting them to only 53 rushing yards and preventing them from scoring a touchdown—underscores the team’s significant challenges.</p><h2><b>Cowboys look to regroup ahead of 49ers clash</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dak-Prescott_3ebf45.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Looking ahead, the Cowboys have a bye week to regroup and address the glaring deficiencies that have plagued them. The break comes at a crucial time, providing an opportunity for the coaching staff and players to make necessary adjustments before their next game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Week 8. This upcoming game will be a significant test of the team’s ability to bounce back from adversity and implement effective changes.</p><p>The Cowboys do not return to AT&amp;T Stadium until November 10, when they will face the Philadelphia Eagles in a key Week 10 matchup. This game will not only be a litmus test for any adjustments made during the bye week but also a chance to redeem themselves in front of a home crowd that has yet to see a win this season.</p><p>In the meantime, the Cowboys’ leadership, including Jones, will need to conduct a thorough examination of all team components. From coaching decisions to player execution, every aspect of the team must be scrutinized to avoid a repeat of the humiliation experienced against the Lions. As the Cowboys look to the remainder of the season, the pressure to turn around their fortunes is immense, not just for playoff aspirations but also for the morale and future direction of the franchise.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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