{"id":445890,"date":"2026-09-24T05:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445890\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T05:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:14:09","slug":"dallas-cowboys-pass-rusher-sends-clear-message-after-sackless-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445890\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Pass Rusher Sends Clear Message After Sackless Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRISCO, Texas \u2014 Rashan Gary<\/a> has no sacks through two games in his first season with the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>. The edge rusher said Wednesday at The Star that he would be more frustrated if the pass rush were not getting pressures and hits.<\/p>\n

Dallas had 2 sacks in the 28-20 loss to the New York Giants<\/a> on Sept. 13 and none in Sunday\u2019s 37-20 win over the Washington Commanders<\/a>. Donovan Ezeiruaku<\/a> leads the Cowboys with 9 quarterback pressures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys acquired Gary from the Green Bay Packers<\/a> in March for a 2027 fourth-round pick. As part of the trade he agreed to a pay cut to $16 million for each of the next two seasons, NFL Network reported. Gary, 28, has 46.5 career sacks and made the Pro Bowl in 2024. He had 7.5 sacks in each of the last two seasons. Defensive coordinator Christian Parker was a defensive quality control coach in Green Bay during Gary\u2019s rookie season in 2019.<\/p>\n

The plan is working, Gary said, and the No. 1 thing is not changing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still early in the season,\u201d Gary said. \u201cIt\u2019s two weeks. I\u2019ll be more frustrated if the things that we practice is not coming to fruition, we\u2019re not getting pressures, we\u2019re not getting hits. But when sacks come, they come in bunches. And the number one thing is not changing the plan, especially when the plan is working. So we just got to stay true to what we\u2019re doing, and it\u2019s all going to start clicking soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rashan Gary On Lamar Jackson And Derrick Henry<\/p>\n

Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> are next, Sunday at Maracan\u00e3 Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Jackson is a two-time MVP with 181 rushing yards in two career games against Dallas. Derrick Henry<\/a> has 212 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns in two games.<\/p>\n

Jackson has stayed in the pocket through two weeks, Gary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDerrick Henry, hard runner, especially once he gets past the line of scrimmage,\u201d Gary explained. \u201cHis tape speaks for itself, the type of his resume speaks for itself, but very elusive, big-time playmaker. A guy that the team will rely on and lean on when they need him to get tough yards, things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLamar Jackson, the same thing, man,\u201d Gary continued. \u201cIn terms of him, seems like he\u2019s been doing a great job staying in the pocket throughout the first two weeks, actually being true to playing quarterback. But then Lamar\u2019s Lamar, he\u2019s gonna be able to extend plays, especially if our rush lane integrity is off. And just if any type of seams is open and a breakdown of coverage may happen or a breakdown, whatever the case may be. But yeah, he\u2019s able to extend plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRashan Gary On Cowboys Rush Lane Discipline<\/p>\n

The Cowboys have allowed 126 rushing yards to quarterbacks through two games, the most in the NFL. Defensive tackle Kenny Clark said Tuesday<\/a> that the game has to be won up front.<\/p>\n

Gary described the job up front as four rushers moving as one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always a point of emphasis,\u201d Gary said. \u201cThere\u2019s always a point of emphasis just in terms of it don\u2019t matter what quarterback we\u2019re going against, they\u2019re running. You could say it\u2019s more emphasized, but we understand, four equal one, we got to control up front.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kickoff at Maracan\u00e3 Stadium is 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday on CBS, with Dallas as the designated home team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRISCO, Texas \u2014 Rashan Gary has no sacks through two games in his first season with the Dallas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-445890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}