Jon Machota

Covering the Dallas Cowboys for @TheAthletic. Previously: The Dallas Morning News. Email: [email protected]

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Cowboys CB Joey Porter Jr. (foot) was at practice but not taking part in drills during the portion open to reporters

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Cowboys WR George Pickens (hamstring/shoulder) going through individual drills during today’s practice

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Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer on Dallas not making a trade yesterday before the deadline: “It shows you that we’re confident in our roster and our best football is still ahead.”

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The Cowboys did not make a trade before today’s NFL deadline

Brian Schottenheimer: “I’m very comfortable with our team. I think the heart of these guys, the way they’ve shown that they can perform, we just have to be more consistent in that performance.”
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Sunday’s uniform matchup

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It’s clear that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is disappointed about the team not meeting expectations.

Jones on @1053thefan: “Relatively speaking, we’re acceptably healthy. Our quarterback is really in good shape. That’s saying a lot. We’ve had years when we haven’t had him in that good of shape.”

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was not as positive as he normally is following a win during his radio appearance on @1053thefan. He called Sunday’s 27-23 win over the Colts “bittersweet.”

“We would like to have avoided in those circumstances where we had spurts of playing well, both the offensive statistics are impressive, the defense played some great snaps out there. On the other hand, we had to really have some help to get that win.

“And overall, we’re not playing very good. And we’re sure going to have to take what we’ve done over the last several weeks, put the best parts of it together, because we’ve got a real challenge coming up this weekend with San Francisco.

“That’s where our focus should be, and that’s where it is. Mistakes and penalties that we made the other day, those aren’t typical. We were averaging about seven penalties per game up until then. … We did some good things offensively, but we’ve got to put it all together against this San Francisco team.”

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With Cowboys No. 2 RB Tyler Goodson expected to be out multiple weeks with a knee injury, Jerry Jones said on @1053thefan that they will look to add another running back via free agency, not a trade

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on @1053thefan when asked if over the years teams have called about trying to acquire Dak Prescott: “No. No, not really. We’ve always, let’s say for two-thirds of his contract and two-thirds of time with us, we’ve had him in a position where it wouldn’t make any sense to trade him.”

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on @1053thefan said Joey Porter Jr. and George Pickens not playing Sunday was “100 percent injury related.”

Jones said “don’t count out” the Cowboys potentially making a move today. But adds “I don’t look for us to make a significant trade today.”

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Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer on his postgame celebration routine: “It’s hard to win in this league. So, when you win in this league, you’re going to celebrate. There’s high highs and low lows and guys do really cool things when you win. And so we’re always going to celebrate that.”

Schottenheimer said he got the idea from something similar that Pete Carroll used to do in Seattle.

“It was good juice, good energy. It’s something that we’re always gonna celebrate when our guys do things that help us win games.”

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Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer was asked if it’s fair to say the team was undisciplined in Sunday's win over the Colts: “I would say that word is accurate. It was undisciplined. It needs to be better.”

On if that's more on coaches or players: “All of us.”

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Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson (knee) and RB Tyler Goodson (knee) are likely out multiple weeks.

CB PJ Locke (concussion) won’t be available Sunday vs. the 49ers.

WR George Pickens (hamstring) and CB Joey Porter Jr. (foot) will go through the same process as last week before determining if they’ll be able to play Sunday

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Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer when asked about tomorrow’s NFL trade deadline: “I’m very comfortable with our team. … We just have to be more consistent.”

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Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on @1053thefan on this DeMarvion Overshown penalty: “It is (unacceptable). … It’s not a good look. It’s not a disciplined look.

“We certainly didn’t play a disciplined game yesterday with (14) penalties. We have to be better than that.”

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Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones said on @1053thefan that they are “gonna have some challenges” with their injury situation going into Sunday’s game against the 49ers.

On WR George Pickens (hamstring) and CB Joey Porter Jr. (foot): “We’ll just have to see how the week goes.”

On RB Tyler Goodson (knee): “He’s got a real injury that unfortunately he’s probably gonna miss some time with.”

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Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones doesn’t sound like he thinks something notable is about to happen for Dallas before tomorrow’s trade deadline.

Jones on @1053thefan: “If you’re really getting close to something, especially something really major, it’s (usually) heating up (right now). It’s close to the deadline, it’s time.”

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Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on @1053thefan said they haven’t gotten any calls from other teams about their players. Jones said the Cowboys continue making calls about potential additions.

“Right now, it’s pretty quiet on our front.”

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Cowboys escape with win; now get to see how they stack up against a Super Bowl contender

Brian Schottenheimer: “All teams in this league are good. The 49ers are a good football team. Again, every team in this league is good. That’s why there’s so much parity. That’s why it’s such a popular sport.”

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Cowboys escape with win; now get to see how they stack up against a Super Bowl contender.

Caleb Downs: “People can say whatever they want, but when we play well, we’re a good football team.”

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