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If Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers weren’t winless, the Dallas Cowboys would stand alone as the most dissapointing team in the NFL this season. The Cowboys are 3-5 after another collapse, this time to the Arizona Cardinals.
On Wednesday, Dallas defensive tackle Quinnen Williams had one word for how Dallas can improve: execute.
“Yeah, we got to execute,” Williams said. “So that’s the No. 1 thing. No matter what they’re doing, no matter what no team in the NFL is doing, the Dallas Cowboys’ defense has got to execute.”
The Cowboys are gearing up to face the Indianapolis Colts and star running back Jonathon Taylor. How do they prepare for a running back of that caliber?
“I think the biggest thing is we got to execute,” Williams said
Williams has recorded three sacks over the Cowboys’ last four games, which he feels is a step in the right direction.
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“And, like I said, I got to continue to execute, continue to do the things I know I can do to help this defense turn around and help this team at football games.”
On Thursday, die-hard Dallas fan Skip Bayless made it clear how he felt about Williams’ interview and his favorite team during Sunday’s loss to Arizona.
“We became a national laughing stock yesterday when Quinnen Williams, in a five-minute interview, used the word ‘execute’ 32 times in five minutes and I must tell you that during Sunday’s collapse against the Arizona freakin’ Cardinals, I wanted to execute several of my players during the game, execute them on the field. I wanted them to be executed,” Bayless said on First Take.
“Quinnen Williams used the word ‘execute’ 32 times… I must tell you that during Sunday’s collapse against the Arizona freakin’ Cardinals, I wanted to execute several of my players during the game, execute them on the field. I wanted them to be executed” – Skip Bayless https://t.co/uvTSVD83Y8
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 5, 2026
As emotional as Bayless was on Thursday, he almost certainly doesn’t actually want any Dallas players hurt. However, if the Cowboys do lose to the Colts, it may be time to tear it all down and become sellers at the Nov. 10 trade deadline for Dallas, and if so, he at least won’t have to worry about watching some of the current roster anymore.
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