Some of the players reactions to the firing of Wade Phillips and the hiring of Jason Garrett.
Jon Kitna:
"Anytime the head coach gets fired, it’s an indictment of the football team," fill-in quarterback Jon Kitna said. "I hope it serves as a wakeup call for guys around here. When they start making decisions like that and things like that happen, it’s just a prelude of things to come as far as changes on the football team."
Jay Ratliff on what went wrong.
"If I knew, I would have said something a long time ago," Ratliff said. "We wouldn’t be here talking about this. Nobody knows. You ask anybody else the same thing and they probably give you the same answer I just did. I’m pretty sure you heard that a lot lately. I can’t quite put my finger on it."
David Buehler:
"I'm just kind of in shock right now," said kicker David Buehler. "It's tough. A guy you respect so much and rally around is gone."
Martellus Bennett:
"Sometimes it’s not all on the coach," Bennett said. "We’ve got to make plays as players. Coaches take the blame for it, but a lot of times, players need to take some of that blame too."
Miles Austin:
"Any time someone loses their job, you obviously have something to do with it," Austin said. "It’s tough, you know?"
Terence Newman:
Cornerback Terence Newman said after the loss to Jacksonville that the Cowboys were not quitters, but more like someone who had encountered rough times.
"It’s like a boxer," Newman said. "Once he gets hit in the face, he kind of gets that reaction of ‘Woo, I just took one.’
"Sometimes a boxer is not used to that. Mike Tyson was the greatest fighter at one point in time. He got hit and he got hit and he ended up losing a fight because he wasn’t used to what was happening. We’re not used to what’s happening so at certain points and times, your confidence can wane."