'Go Straight Through That Wall!' Jake Ferguson Reveals Mindset To Overcome Cowboys' Playoff Failure
Dallas Cowboys fans have often been chided for "living in the past." Pokes tight end Jake Ferguson has vowed not to do the same, no matter how recent.
So much has transpired on the NFL landscape over the past month that it's easy to forget that the postseason began with the Cowboys' historic 48-32 shellacking at the hands of the seventh-ranked Green Bay Packers. This offseason will no doubt be partly dedicated to determining the cause for the utter no-show in the wake of an otherwise brilliant campaign.
Ferguson, one of the few Cowboys who lived up to his job description amidst the carnage, has perhaps provided one of the more unique answers for the shortcomings, saying he and the rest of the North Texas cornerstones set to be retained don't want to focus on what happened against the Packers but how they're going to respond and ensure it never happens again.
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"You can't look back and you know, have any sort of just 'Oh, I made a bad play, so we lost.' No, it's just on to the next, it's over with, so we played that game, clock's zero, it's time to move on to the next week," Ferguson declared during a recent visit to "NFL Total Access." "We've got to get ready for this OTA session coming up, and then also fall camp and just get ready so if we do get in this situation down the road again, where we take advantage and we aren't really looking back ...
"We're just going straight through the wall."
"Next week" is still a few months away as the Cowboys have to start from scratch from a gaming perspective when it comes to ending the franchise's troubling championship drought, which is nearing its third decade. Dallas has won a dozen in each of the past three seasons but has but a single playoff victory to show for it. One can't fully blame Ferguson for the shortcomings, as he was a scorer of three touchdowns in the defeat against the Packers.
Ferguson, a second-year man who is firmly entrenched into the Cowboys' offensive endeavors, is confident that Dallas can break through with another year of chemistry under its belt. He's particularly pleased with the rapport he has built with quarterback Dak Prescott.
"When you start to get that chemistry going, and not only that on the field, but also just the brotherhood that you create with your teammates, that's also very good," Ferguson said. "I think that had a really big play in our chemistry this season and it's going to have a lot to do in the future as well."
