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 DeMarcus Lawrence Explains Why the Cowboys Lost in the Playoffs

The Dallas Cowboys’ season ended abruptly as they lost to the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round. DeMarcus Lawrence discussed the First Take incident in detail.

The Dallas Cowboys are one of the thirty teams who will not be playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl. The Wild Card collapse this season was excruciating, as they were humiliated — at home – by the first-ever No. 7 seed to win an NFL playoff game.

The loss put Dallas’ future in jeopardy, making head coach Mike McCarthy more comfortable in his position and igniting discussions about what it truly meant to go all in for a franchise owned by Jerry Jones during the offseason.

DeMarcus Lawrence, a defensive end for the Cowboys, participated on a championship edition of First Take on Thursday and offered his thoughts on his team’s disastrous playoff run.

In all honesty, Lawrence stated, I believe the primary issue was that we were exhausted. Long season, squad maintains a high level of health the entire time, but legs fatigue.

Lawrence offers a disclaimer, but his response seems… less than practical. No one is wishing for additional injuries for the Cowboys the next season, and being exhausted is not a good enough justification for looking foolish in front of the country. Lawrence is familiar with the routine, having worked for ten years in the sport’s largest media extravaganza. Debate programs about sports aren’t always the best venues for honest performance evaluations.

Though they would go on to frighten the shit out of the San Francisco 49ers before collapsing late in the NFC Divisional Round, he did give credit to the Green Bay Packers.

Lawrence went on, But you also have to give Green Bay credit. They launched a brilliant strategy, rolling out in the direction of Micah Parsons and dodging me. They seemed to have jumped on us quickly because that was what they needed to start their game.

The Packers were determined to take Micah Parsons out of the game, and they succeeded. The tenacity of Green Bay’s run attack was too much for Dallas’ defense to handle, and quarterback Jordan Love produced one of the greatest playoff performances in recent memory.

The Packers led 27-0 at the half and never looked back, winning 48-32. They were remarkably outmanoeuvred and outcoached, but Lawrence mitigated the damage.

Man, adjustments, he murmured. It didn’t go the way we had hoped, even though we felt like we had adjusted after entering the locker room.

Dan Quinn, the defensive coordinator who was probably implementing those changes, resigned to become the head coach of the Washington Commanders, allowing room for a fresh face to take charge of a team that has some of the most exciting athletes in the league.

In order to maximize players like Parsons and Lawrence and make sure the rest of the defense can match the offenses that have expanded the gap between the NFC’s elite and its permanent playoff fodder, it is imperative that this hire is made.