Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware is the last player on the team who should take the blame for Sunday’s 34-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles; he recorded a career-high four sacks in the contest. Ware also doesn’t believe the blame belongs to Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who publicly took the wrap for his team after the embarrassing loss. On Wednesday, Ware addressed that issue and vowed that what the Eagles did to the Cowboys won’t happen again.
“He’s not going to let his players take the blame for what happened, but it’s partially on everybody,” Ware said. “We’re not going to let him down anymore.”
The Cowboys’ defense gave up season highs to the Eagles in almost every category, especially the running game. Eagles running back LeSean McCoy recorded twice as many rushing yards in the contest than the Cowboys had previously allowed to opposing teams on average this season.
After the game, Ryan said his play-calling put Dallas at a disadvantage and he let his players down. Ware obviously thinks the opposite and went on to say both the Cowboys’ players and coaches have figured out what went wrong against Philadelphia.
“I think regardless it’s all 50/50 – 50 on coaches, 50 on players,” Ware said. “But it’s up to the players to execute and make plays. We didn’t do that last week. We’re surely going to do that this week. We’ve corrected everything we need to correct.”
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