Lack of accountability, trust a problem for Dallas Cowboys
February 11
Dallas Morning News columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor
"Six weeks into the off-season, is there any wonder why the underachieving Cowboys finished 9-7 and missed the playoffs?
All you have to do is listen to all of the players who have complained about their roles or their teammates or the team since the Philadelphia debacle in the final regular-season game.
Not one of them has said, "I didn't do my job."
That's the problem with this team. There is no accountability.
Too many players think they did their job and their teammates didn't. Too many players are consumed with their role in the offensive or defensive scheme instead of doing the best job possible in the role they've been given.
Too many players find fault with various aspects of the organization instead of looking at their own performance as one of the reasons the Cowboys had the most disappointing season in franchise history.
None of this is going to change without significant work in the off-season. Time won't do it.
This team is too fractured.
There needs to be some real dialogue - not the politically correct stuff the players and coaches usually toss out - between the key players on this team and Jerry Jones, Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett.
Jerry and the Cowboys' key players can't ignore the negative vibe surrounding this team. It's not about searching for locker room snitches or trying to find leaks on the coaching staff. It's not about the media.
This is a team devoid of trust."
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