The Dallas Cowboys are on a bye this week, boy has it been nothing but eventful. Not only was the Lions loss brutal enough, I am sure you all heard the mess Jerry Jones got himself into on the radio the other day.
Now, a Cowboys legend did not hold back on what he thinks of the current wide receiver situation going on with Dallas right now.
Troy Aikman, who played quarterback for the Cowboys for 12 seasons from 1989 to 2000, took his bluntest shots at the team’s wide receivers for running “terrible” routes.
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“I think they run terrible routes,” Aikman said on Dallas sports radio show 96.7 The Ticket on Thursday. “And I’ve thought that beyond this year. I think CeeDee (Lamb) has got to improve in his route running. As a quarterback, if you’re not certain where guys are going to be consistently, it’s hard to play the position,” he said.
“That’s what I see. I see guys lazy coming off the line of scrimmage. Sometimes they run, usually if they do, it’s because they’re anticipating they’re going to get the football on that play, but if they’re not, they don’t. And it all ties together. I’m not impressed with that part of it.”
Yikes, if the Jerry Jones stuff wasn’t enough, now the only quarterback that has ever won anything for Jones is lashing out at the team.
https://twitter.com/jonmachota/status/1846909813164319125“It’s hard to play the (QB) position if you’re not certain how guys are going to run routes or where they’re going to be,” Aikman said.
“And I’m not speaking for Dak (Prescott). Dak may say, ‘Hey, I think (their routes) are amazing.’ But as a former quarterback watching it, it’s gotta get a lot better.”
I agree with him. The interception that Dak Prescott threw in the first quarter against the Lions when they had a chance to take the lead was not great, but Lamb did not even try to turn into a defender and break it up.
They could still have gotten at least three points out of that.
By The Numbers
Just looking at the surface, the Cowboys have a total of 1,654 total passing yards, which is good for the third-highest in the league. However, what do they have to show for it?
They are lucky they have Brandon Aubrey. He has nearly half of all the Cowboys’ points. CeeDee Lamb finished 2023 with 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns. Through six games this season, he has 467 yards and two touchdowns.
This offense is going to have to figure it out, because this could be a long rest of the year with how bad the defense is.
I knew the offense would probably take a step back with the loss of Tony Pollard and the changes on the offensive line, but I did not think it would be this bad.
The good ol Texas coast that they ran last year, looks nothing like a year ago. Brandin Cooks is hurt, but even when he was there, it did not look great.
Jalen Tolbert has been hit or miss every single game, but he is not a game changing wide out.
I am glad Troy came out and said something after all this Jerry mess, maybe all of this will finally get under his skin like it seems it already has. He set this team up to fail this offseason.
They are still good enough to beat average to below average teams, but as of now, I am not sure they win more than 9 games. They return from the bye on the road on Sunday Night Football against the 49ers.
This story is only going to get worse, Jerry.