The Dallas Cowboys found a new way to unravel on Sunday, and one of their former quarterbacks didn’t waste any time saying exactly what he thought.
Ben DiNucci, who spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons with Dallas and now works as an analyst for CBS Sports, blasted his old team after it blew a fourth-quarter lead and lost to the Arizona Cardinals in overtime. His verdict was blunt: “This was absolutely embarrassing today.
They stink. I’m lost for words honestly.
They have so much talent on both sides of the ball, and year after year, week after week, all we see is just let-downs from them. I’m not sure what needs to change,” DiNucci said, in a clip shared by Awful Announcing.
Dallas had the game in hand for much of the afternoon. The Cowboys were up 14-3 at halftime and stretched that advantage to 24-10 early in the fourth quarter. Then Arizona flipped the script, putting up 20 points in the final period and forcing overtime on a Gardner Minshew touchdown pass to Michael Wilson with six seconds remaining.
Minshew had entered in relief of starter Jacoby Brissett, and according to Awful Announcing, he hadn’t completed more than three passes in a game since 2024. Arizona kicker Chad Ryland then missed the extra point that would have ended it in regulation, but the Cardinals still finished the job with a field goal in overtime for a 33-30 win.
The defeat dropped Dallas to 3-5, and the frustration around the team keeps growing. Jerry Jones has said he is not planning to make a coaching change, but the criticism has only intensified. Cowboys legend Michael Irvin even said on First Take that his dead mom could coach them better.
DiNucci said the pattern in Dallas has gone on long enough.
“At some point the same-old, same-old in Dallas for the Cowboys, it’s not cutting it. Something needs to change.
Somebody needs to look in the mirror. I don’t know who it is.
But that was an embarrassing loss. They had a 10-point lead with a couple minutes left.
They let Arizona drive the length of the field a couple times. Tied that thing up.
Should have lost in regulation, ended up losing in overtime. This is embarrassing for the Cowboys.
Embarrassing,” DiNucci said.
For a team already under heavy scrutiny, Sunday’s collapse only added another ugly chapter.
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