Nick Harris on what the Cowboys need to do better moving forward.
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00:00Does it seem the temperature is too high when you're 3-3 in a game at a first?
00:07Does it just seem like we're just too on edge?
00:10I think there could be a little bit attributed to that, but I think this has all been kind of built up since the start of free agency if you're looking at the fan perspective, right?
00:23Because you expect to go out and make a splash at free agency, whether it be a Derrick Henry, or you re-sign a Tyron Smith, or you bring back one of these guys that you didn't want to lose at free agency.
00:36And I think the losses from the fan perspective really started then, and then it kind of trickled down to the draft.
00:42You don't go get a running back.
00:44You don't get a Jonathan Brooks or Isaac Garindo, who's already starting to pop a little bit, Braylon Allen.
00:51And then it kind of trickles down into OTAs.
00:53You don't sign C.D. Lamb before training camp.
00:56So, I mean, I think you look at it from the fan perspective, and they were 0-4 before training camp even started.
01:01So, I think all of that is kind of mounted from the fan perspective, and you look at it on paper for what the season has been so far, 3-3, going into the bye week.
01:12Yes, a lot of questions need to be answered.
01:14I have probably more questions need to be answered than have been answered so far in the season.
01:20But all in all, everything is still out in front of the Cowboys, but it's going to take a lot more intention, a lot more accountability from guys on both sides of the ball to be able to correct the wrong so far.
01:31And for me, that starts with this team being more physical.
01:34It starts with it being more tough.
01:35And I think at the end of the day, there is a little bit more intention being put to that.
01:40You know, I asked Dak Prescott after the game against the Lions, what can you do to be a more physical team?
01:45He put all the accountability on practice during the week.
01:49He said guys can't just show up on Sundays.
01:51You know, Mike McCarthy said something very similar on Monday.
01:53He said guys are practicing hard, but they're not practicing well.
01:56So, I wonder how much practice changes during the week or how much their approach during the week does change going into these final 11 weeks, because they need to be able to find something so that they can match up with these physically tough teams whenever they go up against them.