The Cowboys had their bye last week, so Monday marked the first time head coach Mike McCarthy was asked about Troy Aikman’s comments made about the team’s receivers during a recent radio appearance.
Aikman said the team’s wideouts “run terrible routes” and are “lazy coming off the line of scrimmage” as they discussed the problems with the team’s passing attack. McCarthy was given a chance to respond Monday and said he disagreed with Aikman’s characterization of the receiver group.
“They don’t carry some weight with me because I watch all the tape, I get to go to the meetings, I’m practicing, I’m part of the games,” McCarthy said, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. ‘So I have a clear understanding of what and where. Especially Troy’s statement: I disagree with the choice of words. There is definitely a need for improvement in every position, not just one position he commented on.”
The Cowboys have the second-most passing yards per game in the league, in part because they have thrown the second-most passes in the league to cover the league’s worst rushing attack. That approach has resulted in a 3-3 record and a few big losses on home court, so the focus in Dallas should be on improvement rather than the word choices someone makes to describe his shortcomings.
