'Fight Back!' Dallas Cowboys Legend Deion Sanders Slams Effort in Week 5 Loss

If Deion Sanders can motivate his college team to punch above its weight class, maybe he can do the same for the Dallas Cowboys.

When you lose badly in the most watched Week 5 Sunday Night Football game in nearly two decades, people take notice.

The Dallas Cowboys fell to the conference-best San Francisco 49ers, 42-10, last Sunday, prompting questions about the future of the coaching staff, quarterback, and playoff hopes.

This broken promise of a game failed to live up to even the least generous expectations of hype, leaving Cowboys fans around the country miserable. That group includes Dallas legend and Hall of Fame cornerback, Deion Sanders.

Sanders, who is now the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, is no stranger to the spotlight. From the “Prime Time” nickname to television roles and, now, the most well-known 4-2 team in recent college football memory, Sanders is everywhere.

He commented on the state of the Cowboys after Sunday’s embarrassment.

“The Cowboys have guys that’s supposed to be dogs,” Sanders said.

He’s referring to the likes of superstar edge rusher Micah Parsons, quarterback Dak Prescott, and plenty of other starters who have earned a hard-nosed moniker. On Sunday, it seemed like none of them showed up. No facet of their game looked good, and San Francisco came out as the decidedly more talented, and better-coached, football team.

Not exactly a kickstarter for the Cowboys’ confidence.

“You remember when we went to school and the teacher called your name and you said, ‘here,’” Sanders added. “I need you to say here. Something. Say something. You gotta fight back.”

Parsons, to the internet’s amusement, fought back through his podcast. Gesturing empty threats toward 49ers tight end George Kittle and his "(Bleep) Dallas” undershirt, he drew more attention to the loss.

Trying to defend one’s team is admirable, but it seems it fell upon deaf ears. He didn’t have much of a leg to stand on.

With that said, Dallas’ season isn’t over. Regardless of how people feel about the Cowboys’ Super Bowl hopes, beating them in January would silence … everyone.

Sanders spoke about that possibility and the reality that San Francisco is just on another level right now.

“I know that happens sometimes in that game because we have a long season,” Sanders said. “But that was something to behold.”

As much as it may have felt like it, Week 5 was not an elimination game. Dallas can play their way into another potential date with San Francisco with a strong stretch of play in the coming weeks. That starts on Monday night against the Los Angeles Chargers.