'No Finger-Pointing!' On Dallas Cowboys Defense After 49ers Blowout, Vows Coach Dan Quinn

'No Finger-Pointing!' On Dallas Cowboys Defense After 49ers Blowout, Vows Coach Dan Quinn

The one thing that the Dallas Cowboys felt they could hang their hat on this season was their "Doomsday" level defense led by Dan Quinn and Micah Parsons. 

But after the 42-10 loss at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers, it has left many wondering exactly how good this defense really is. After such a poor performance against the Niners, it would be easy to point the finger at each other instead of focusing on your own individual performance.

But coordinator Quinn and his unit aren't playing the blame game.

"There's no finger-pointing with our group," Quinn said. "In fact, the fingers are being pointed in the direction that they need to — ‘let's work on this, let's work on that.’ I admire that about our group. I've been on other teams where there was finger-pointing and blame, but that's not this group.

"Extremely disappointed, but I also know what we're made of, and we're not gonna let this game beat us twice."

Parsons and Quinn of the Cowboys

Against the might of Kyle Shanahan's offense, the Cowboys' defense gave up the most total yards of the season (421), allowed 170 rushing yards, and allowed 6.3 yards per play, while the 49ers converted six of 11 third downs.

If that wasn't bad enough, once the 49ers got into the red zone, there was almost no stopping them, as four of their five trips ended in touchdowns.

It was as a complete beatdown as the Cowboys simply got out-coached, out-played, out-schemed, and were physically beaten into submission.

Billed as a chance for Dallas to show it was worthy of being in the same Super Bowl conversation as the 49ers, the Cowboys, on both sides of the ball, failed to show up at all.

As Quinn states, there can be no finger-pointing as this type of result can easily fracture a locker room, and when that happens, a team has big problems. Veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore had his own message to the unit, stating they all must be hard on themselves in the game review.

For now, Dallas has to stew on that horrorshow in Santa Clara, and one would hope that the mental and physical toll of the game doesn't linger when they face the Los Angeles Chargers and Kellen Moore on Monday night. …

Because as brutal as the assessments have been after Sunday night, one can only imagine what they will be like should the Cowboys produce another stinker on national television.