It’s not the end of the world for Jerry.

Frisco, Texas – There aren’t many happy campers around here after Sunday night’s 42-10 loss at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers.

And frankly, it shouldn’t surpass the Cowboys’ largest margin of loss since 2010.

Not the players. Not the head coach or coordinator. And above all, it shows a pragmatic determination to do what needs to be done to ensure that the rout never happens again, rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, not on the part of the owners. And not just if the now 3-2 Cowboys happen to meet those 49ers again, but more sharply so they don’t rear their ugly heads this Monday night when they face the 2-2 Chargers in Los Angeles. It’s refreshing to see him making such an effort. The daisies are saying goodbye and they also need an extra day to prepare.

So what do we do? Jerry Jones let loose and delivered a Tuesday morning monologue on flagship radio station 105.3 The Fan without asking another question for what seemed like several minutes. After the loss, he first classified it as “disappointing” and then followed up with “shocking.” ”

Here we go in yet another direction.

“Number one, one of the first things I ask myself in any situation is can we do something different than we did against the 49ers? Can we do that? Can we do that? Do we have the players? ”, do you have a system in place? You should have planned it, but if you didn’t, can you do something differently?

“The answer is yes. We can make adjustments. We will make adjustments.”

It doesn’t seem like the owners are questioning the effort or talent, and it doesn’t seem like the owners are mentally prepared to play the game.

“Have you seen players do what they have to do to play the game differently when given the chance? Absolutely. We have the players and we have the players to do it. “We have a system in place to execute. There’s no doubt in our mind that we have a quarterback that can get there. So we’re going to be very strong there. We feel. There’s coaching on both sides of the ball to get us there. Five games into the year, this was very disappointing. If you’re you, you know, it was shocking. ”

And when it comes to how the team will react to this disappointing loss on such a big stage, and despite losing games the past three seasons thus far, the Cowboys Jerry doubled down, reminding us that we are now 10-1.

“Be prepared, let’s face it, we’re just getting started. We looked at this game as a game that would tell us where we are. And what you’re asking me, what I’m asking our mirrors, what I’m asking myself is, could we do things differently? Play differently. Can we potentially play differently against a team of San Francisco’s caliber? And I feel strongly that the answer is yes on all fronts.”

Sounds like solid advice to me.

• According to Mika, In fact, Cowboys Lionbacker Micah Parsons said much the same thing as Jones, but only on his weekly podcast. The Edge with Micah Parsons, 42-10, about the Niners playing club action with the Cowboys. “Well, they did all the counterattacks,” he said. “They just plotted against us and that’s the truth. They were ready for everything they put us in. … Hats off to Kyle Shanahan and how prepared he was. . I definitely think he was ready for us. I don’t think we were put in a position to deserve what we have. ” Apparently he heard what the guy upstairs might have said after the game.
• Charge ahead: That might not be what the Cowboys want to hear heading into Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers, who received a bye. Running back Austin Ekeler said he is 99 percent certain he will play in the nationally televised game at SoFi Stadium, his first game back since suffering a sprained ankle in the season opener. Despite being injured in that game, Ekeler still ran for 117 yards on 16 carries and one touchdown in a 36-34 loss to the Miami Dolphins. In that game, the Chargers had 234 yards rushing. After rushing for just 61 yards in the next two games and 30 after that, he had 155 yards in his most recent game, a 24-17 win over Las Vegas. The Cowboys’ run defense was put to the test again after losing 222 yards against Arizona and another 170 against San Fran on Sunday night.
• Hi Mika: The Cowboys will need depth at the linebacker position after leading tackler Leighton Vander Esch will be placed on injured reserve (minimum four-game stay) with a severe stab wound suffered in Sunday’s game against the Niners. Veteran helper Rashaan Evans, who is reportedly exploring, training four players and preparing to sign, is awaiting a medical exam and could join the practice squad until he is ready to play. be. However, Evans did not go to any team’s training camp and only joined the Eagles’ practice squad for three days after the season opener before his release. There’s no way he’ll be ready to play Monday night. Well, my modest solution to Vander Esch’s absence is to move Parsons back primarily to linebacker, his natural position before the Cowboys converted him to defensive end. The Cowboys have a deep defensive end with DeMarcus Lawrence, Dorance Armstrong, Sam Williams, and Dante Fowler, and either Chauncey Golston or Junior Fehoko will be used as needed, but both are defensive ends. I’ve made tackles before. Parsons and Damone Clarke, the team’s second-leading tackler, would be a very good pairing for me. Especially since Mark-Keith Bell is the only player considered to be a linebacker on the 53-man roster after the Cowboys removed Malik Jefferson from the practice squad. Last two games.
• Put simply: On behalf of the Cowboys, the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week is Niners linebacker Fred Warner, who entered Sunday’s game with eight tackles, one sack, one tackle for loss, one QB hit, one interception, and a forced. He finished with one fumble. Another troubling injury for the Cowboys against San Francisco was the sprained ankle of Cavonte Turpin, who scored the team’s only touchdown on a 26-yard reception from Dak Prescott. He’s getting attention every day, which is somewhat reassuring…The Chargers’ Justin Herbert ranks third in the NFL with a quarterback rating of 106.3, and he’s gotten some attention from the Cowboys, who struggled with deep passes on Sunday night and against Arizona. I should collect it. The only loss: Herbert is tied for second in the NFL with 34 completions of 40 yards or more and tied for first with six completions of 50 yards or more since entering the league in 2020… and… What about this Brandon Aubrey? When he made that 50-yard drive in the wind, special teams coach John Fassel called his 14th consecutive field goal a five-game career high and went on to point out: It didn’t swing directly through the pipe, “hmmm.” ” And then there was the wind situation, and he talked about how he went out in the middle of the week to try to beat the wind conditions at the Star Venue, and basically told Aubrey that instead of trying to compensate for the wind, he just “hit the ball into the pipe.” Strike it,” he said. I passed between the pipes on Sunday night.

And for the final words of the week, we return to Fassel, who is devastated by the loss of Cowboys special teams ace CJ Goodwin to a torn pectoral muscle. He’s headed to IR and possibly the season. Goodwin leads the team with three special teams tackles, plays on all special teams units and is the leader of a group comprised primarily of young players.

Why, even after Goodwin was injured against the Niners, he said he wanted to get back into the game, wanted to go into coverage, and tried to play with one arm before the Cowboys said, “Okay, enough is enough.”

“I can’t tell you how big of a loss it is for C.J.,” Fassel says of a player who probably goes under the radar and is often underrated. “Obviously, you see it on the field, but everything else he does Monday through Saturday: the meeting room, the practice field, the coaching, that. He’s still going to be doing it, but, well, we’re going to miss him Sunday.

“It’s hard to say, ‘Hey, okay, try this job,’ because he’s different, just very special. He’s very special…very special. That hurt. … We have other guys who can do that, but it’s hard to replace CJ.”

Hey, it breaks my heart to hear Fassel talk about how painful the loss of CJ is.