[The Cowboys followed their 4-of-15 third-down conversion rate against Seattle with a dismal 0-for-9 performance Saturday.] It's something that we talked about and worked on extensively this last week, and obviously we still have some work to do there, ... One of the important things is we've got to be in third-and-shorter yard situations. |
A lot of throws I make to him feel weird to me. It feels like I'm throwing to the wrong place, but it's actually the right place for him because it's up high and he can snatch it. |
A win like this shows what we can be when we get out of our own way, |
Anytime somebody picks somebody else over you, it's motivating. The Bills went and picked this young kid to play ahead of me. I don't think it was the right decision. I still don't. I want to go out and prove I can still get it done. The ability to throw the ball effectively, accurately and all over the field is still there. When that goes away, I think you'll see me tip my cap and hand it off to somebody else. |
Anytime you turn the ball over four times and still end up on top, ... it says a lot about what your defense is doing. |
As a veteran player, I understand there's a method to his madness, |
At that point in the game I felt like we were absolutely manhandling them, ... When we turned the ball over I wasn't happy about that. |
At that point in the game I felt like we were absolutely manhandling them. When we turned the ball over I wasn't happy about that. |
Bill challenged us a little bit, that this week was a little bit different than the others. The fact that our team answered that challenge, I think, says something about us. |
Bill said when he brought me in here: 'You've got to be smart. We're not going to throw the ball like a high-wire act, living life on the edge all the time,' ... The biggest thing I am going to be focused on is eliminating negative plays. |
But, ultimately, when it comes right down to it, I knew what was going on. ... Any speculation that my skills had dropped off is just not correct. |
By 'slowest,' do you mean it took me longer than any of the other nine to reach 40,000 yards? |
Crazy things can happen, ... There are a lot of talented players in this league and if you don't take advantage of your opportunities and put a team away when you have a chance, you always leave them some opportunity to beat you. That's what happened. |
Everyone knows Bill challenged this team to get to 5-3 at the bye. It's a team with strong character that will respond when challenged. |
Finally you saw the guy that I expected him to be all the time. He battled through this injury, and it's been hard on him. I know that this year hasn't gone the way that he wanted anybody to envision for him. But when everything was on the line, he stepped up. |