The Cowboys’ latest collapse ended the same way so many of their frustrating nights do: with the other team celebrating and Dallas left sorting through the wreckage. Arizona walked out of AT&T Stadium with a 33-30 overtime win on Sunday, and the loss only sharpened the scrutiny already hanging over Brian Schottenheimer and his staff.
But Von Miller wasn’t interested in piling on the coaches.
After the game, the veteran linebacker pushed back on the idea that the blame should land on the sideline. Miller, who has been around long enough to know how these conversations go, said the coaching staff had done its job preparing the team.
“I’m a parent,” Miller said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “I got three kids.
Sometimes you raise your kids a certain way, and you teach them lessons. You expect them to act a certain way when they go out.
“And sometimes the kids just go out there and do things that are not a reflection of who you are as a parent. And I use that reference for our coaching staff.
We have amazing coaches that keep us prepared, ready to go mentally, physically, emotionally. They breathe life into us, and just for whatever reason, that’s the product.
“The product that went out there is not a reflection of our coaching staff. This is pro sports.
This is not parenting. So at the end of the day, the buck has to stop somewhere.
Somebody’s going to get the blame.
“But my opinion, this is just me, I don’t know nothing about football. I only played 16 years.
We’ve got great coaches. We’ve got a great coaching staff.
And that’s not a reflection of how they coach us and get us ready every week.”
The game itself was a gut punch for Dallas. The Cowboys had built a two-touchdown lead early in the fourth quarter, only to watch it disappear over the final 16 minutes of regulation. Gardner Minshew led the Cardinals back late, and with seconds left he found Michael Wilson in the back of the end zone to tie it at 30-30.
Arizona then had a chance to win it on the extra point, but Chad Ryland missed left. That sent the game to overtime, where neither side found field goal range on the first possession. On the Cardinals’ second and final chance, Wilson’s 17-yard catch and a 11-yard run by Tyler Allegier set up Ryland for redemption, and he delivered the kick that finished off the 33-30 win.
For Dallas, the loss was another brutal entry in a season that has already drawn heavy criticism. The defeat dropped the Cowboys to 3-5, though they are still alive in the NFC East race.
And for the franchise, the questions aren’t going away. The Cowboys haven’t had a Super Bowl season since 1996, and the blame game around the organization has long centered on owner Jerry Jones. Next up is Indianapolis, where Dallas will try to avoid another round of finger-pointing if it can’t get right against the Colts on Sunday.
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