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After losing to his former team, Commanders TE Zach Ertz mentioned the strong season Washington had with the wish that he was still young like some of his teammates who have the rest of their careers in front of them.
“Obviously, I’m going to be disappointed we didn’t win this one,” Ertz said, via CommandersWire.com. “I’ve only played in two of these NFC championship games in 12 years, so I understand how difficult it is to get here. But the thing I’ll take away is just the bond that I had, the guys that I met, playing with Jayden, you know, I wish I was 22 playing with him, had my whole career in front of me with them. So, it’s just….that’s tough. But overall, just what an amazing group of guys. Amazing coaching staff, DQ (Dan Quinn), I’ve loved every minute of being here with him. He just sets such a good foundation every day, so when times get tough, or things get tough, we just kept going back to our foundation. So I’ve loved every bit of it.”
During new HC Brian Schottenheimer‘s introductory press conference, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his experience helped him make the decision to promote the former offensive coordinator.
“I know that Shotty is no stranger to these guys (players),” Jones explained, via NFL.com. “I know he’s no stranger to this building. I get my proverbial ass kicked over needing people in my comfort zone. Without this thing being about me in any way, if you don’t think I can’t operate out of my comfort zone, you’re so wrong it’s unbelievable. This is as big a risk as you can take. As big a risk as you can take. No head-coaching experience.”
“I have a good background in the makeup of what a coach is,” Jones continued. “To think that you can make a decision in an interview and if you didn’t and had never communicated or had a visit, I wouldn’t dare have an interview unless I talked to many, many people that knew that person, and had those kind of life experiences. I knew their story. “We know what osmosis is and we know what Shotty grew up around. … Frankly, from the standpoint of Shotty, those X hairs crossed. Shotty might never have been in our mirror, our view, had he not joined us to be with Mike as a consultant three years ago. … I’ve sat in a handful of meetings with Shotty. I’ve listened, I’ve watched him. I’ve watched him have deference to his head coach. I’ve watched him have deference to experienced guys like (defensive coordinator Mike) Zimmer. … I’ve watched him bite his lip sometimes when he didn’t necessarily agree with that direction. But he bit his lip, as his daddy would have told him to bite your lip.”
“Now let me share something with you, with all of that you’ve just heard him reference his osmosis. His family,” Jones said of...
