Dan Quinn Reveal Makes Tony Pollard 'Smartest' Cowboys Player

LAS VEGAS - We've always known that Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard was a pretty sharp guy. But not under Wednesday here in Las Vegas, the site of Sunday's Super Bowl, did we know just how sharp.

"You know what's crazy?" Pollard said when asked on the "Pat McAfee Show'' about assistant coach Dan Quinn having left The Star to take the Washington Commanders head coach job. "I just found out right now!''

Wait. How can that be? The news has been out there for almost a week and was made official on Saturday. And since then there have been a flood of stories about which Dallas assistants he might take with him and which defensive coordinator candidates are being interviewed to take his place.

How can all of that news have escaped Pollard?

Simple. He has apparently discovered the what we believe to be the secret to the modern athlete's utilization of social media. As we state often - and have said to the face of an assortment of Cowboys players who get far too wrapped up in what is said about them on Twitter and beyond: "Social media should be used by you to promote your charities and to send photos of your kids to Grandma. That's it.''

And by gosh, given that Pollard didn't find out that Quinn left to become the head coach at Washington until he mixed his way into interviews on Radio Row? He must be following that rule, or something like it.

"See, I haven't been on social media,'' Pollard said. "I got rid of Instagram like midway through the season. Being a Cowboys you just have to find ways to keep your mental(ity) on point ... I just found out right now."

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We've seen skeptics insist that TP's claim "is difficult to believe.'' But the skeptics are wrong. As of 2021, only 23 percent of U.S. adults were in Twitter. ... meaning the huge majority of Americans don't get lured into the echo chambers and the mindless arguing and the trolling and the cesspool.

#Cowboys RB Tony Pollard had no idea that Dan Quinn was hired as the #Commanders HC until he was on @PatMcAfeeShow today.

Quinn was hired six days ago. pic.twitter.com/oZI1yYI8X4
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) February 7, 2024

Pollard is about to hit free agency, where his every strength and his every weakness are about to be scrutinized by "experts'' who actually know very little about those strengths and weaknesses ... meaning he has picked an excellent time to pay no attention to it.

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