'Murica's Team

Witten's commentary on Dak Prescott last night was pretty damning. - by Blind-Pirate

Last night during a first half drive by the cowboys Witten made some comments about Dak that have shaken my opinion of Dak. He showed a replay of Dak watching Amari Cooper and no one else during a passing play. I believe Cooper caught the pass but the point Witten was making was that Dak does not have eyes on the rest of the field. He watches his number one option and the rest is too much for him to process.

Then Witten said that it was good that Dak was doing this. That that style of play was all Dak should focus on because he is incapable of doing anything else.

Think about that. Witten was a receiver for Dak. He is going to know if the guy has trouble going through his options. He said Dak was incapable of going through his options and so he shouldn't even try!

Having lived through the Dallas Cowboys' decline after three Super Bowl wins in the 1990s and witnessed the franchise's continued struggles, longtime broadcaster and Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman said he believes major organizational changes will be needed if the team doesn't turn it around in the second half of this season.

Those changes could include owner and general manager Jerry Jones, the one constant during a parade of coaches. Aikman mentioned the coaches since the Cowboys' last Lombardi Trophy -- Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett -- none of whom has been able to take the team to an NFC Championship Game, let alone a Super Bowl.

"Go through the list and this team, over a long period of time, has been what it's been," Aikman said Tuesday on 1310 The Ticket. "It hasn't always mattered who the head coach has been. So to me, if you're asking me, I'd say there has to be a complete overhaul of the entire organization."

Jones has been the general manager since 1989, but he does not operate as a traditional general manager. He leans mostly on executive vice president Stephen Jones, vice president of player personnel Will McClay and Garrett in personnel moves.

"I've heard Jerry say, 'OK, look, we're going to do it differently. I'm going to do it differently.' ... But it's the same. Nothing changes," Aikman said. "And that to me is the bigger issue. ... Yes, coaching is important, personnel, all those things are important, but how are you going about evaluating how you're going about running the organization?

"Whatever that looks like -- and everyone has an opinion on what it does look like, but I'm not in the building. I have no idea. I talk to people. I talk to people who have been inside the building and have a pretty good understanding how things are run, and in a lot of ways there's a lot of dysfunction, and that has to change if this team is going to be able to compete on a consistent basis like the teams that you look to around the league that seemingly are in the hunt each and every year."